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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929The world watches with baited breath as tension in theMiddle East escalates.

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^LAKERSPORTSFootball team defeatsNorthwood 17-14

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M ampus[EventsCeramic Explorations onexhibit now in the CummingsArt Galleryntervarsity Christian _Jjellowship meeting Thursday18:15 p.m. in D Angelo 19.pin Classes Friday at 4:30Lm. in the Rec Center.

Women s Hockey vs. BemidjiSlate Friday at 7 p.m.Hypnotist Friday at thePAC 8p.m. -11 p.m.On Your Toes presented byhe Dance D epartment Satur-ay at 11 a.m. in theanceSpace.ootball vs. Findlay Saturdayit 1 -30 p.m .

Women s Hockey vs. Bemidjitate Saturday in the Ice Rink17:30 p.m. 3 ftoffee House with pastriesind karaoke Saturday at 10Lm. in the Union.Family Bingo Saturday at 10p.m. in the U nion. ?The Son s Room, film at thePAC Wednesday 8 p.m.- 11).m.

SportsScores. Soccer 3-3 (2ot) (tie): X-Country 17-45 (win)

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Mercyhurst mourns dual lossBy Megan FialkovichNews editor

The M ercyhurst communitylost two very special membersover the weekend.Dr. David D. Palmer, a formerEnglish professor and KoreanWar veteran, pasted away onSaturday, Sept. '28, after alengthy illness.. He taught atMercyhurst main campus foreight years, and also served asacademic dean at the N ortheastcampus. 1|A patron of the arts and fatherof three, Dr. Palmer served as aboardmember in a number oflocal cultural institutions,including Lake Erie Ballet, ErieYouth Sympohny and EAFAsarts in education committee.Visitors may pay their respectsMonday and Tuesdayfrom7 to9 p.m. at the John R.Orlando

Funeral Home. A mass will besaid at 10 a.m. at St. Luke sCatholic Church on East 38Street, followed by burial atCalvalry Cemetary.Sister M. Eustace Taylor,former six-year MercyhurstCollege President, head of theEnglish department and superiorof the S isters off Mercy,succumbed after a brief battleagainst cancer early Monday,SepU 30. The 98-year-oldalumnus of the first graduatingclass at Mercyhurst in 1926 wasan inspiring and noble characterwhose contributions surroundthe campus.While Sr. Eustace wasteaching, * Mercyhurstintroduced its first inancialaidoptions^ for stud ents, builtMcAuley and Egan Halls andbecame co-ed.TheTaylor Little Theater wasrenamed in her honor, and she

wrote a commemorative 50*anniversary history ofMercyhurst, thefirstever madefor thecollege. Her last officialappearance was at -theMotherhouse s activities on therecent 77 Founder s Day.A viewing will be held for Sr.Eustace at the Motherhouse onThursday rom2-4 and 7-9, withher vigil at 7 p.m. Visitors mayalso call on Friday rom2-4 p.m.The funeral mass will be saidFriday at 4:45 p.m. in theMotherhouse, and Saturday Sr.Eustace will be buried at St.Catherine s Cemetary inTitusville. Dr. Palmer and Sr. Eustacewill be sorely missed, andremembered fondly. The entireMercyhurst community extendsits condolences and prayers tothe riendsand families.

i . Jody Mello/ photographerThe Student Union will be open for family bingo and karaoke Saturday night

Parents provided with glimpseinto the College LifeBy Michelle Stevenson!Contributing writer

Phis weekend, Oct. 4-6, M ercyhurst invites parents tosee what kinds of activities areprovided here at the college tostudents on the weekends, saysJessica Montana, currentchairperson for the StudentActivities Com mittee.SAC is organizing theevenings activities, workingalong with the school, dancers,artists, athletes, and the churchto provide parents with activitiesall weekend long in theeveryday life of students.Registration will begin at 5:30p.m. in the lobby of the MaryD Angelo Performing ArtsCenter on Friday, Oct, 4,* andwill be accompanied by aWelcoming Reception to assistparents i n meeting the staff.Attendance is dependent onreservations, which were to bemade by Sept .26. The event willbe hosted by Dr.Andrew Roth,Dean of the College and VicePresident of Academic Affairs.A women s Ice hockey openerwill begin at 7 p.m. in the IceCenter, Mercyhurst vs. BermidjijState. The Lady Lakers ranked

#11 last season in the NCAADivision I polls.The school will also bewelcoming hypnotist MichaelAnthony at 8 p.m. in the PAC.Thanks to the SAC, tickets arefree, and Family Bingo followsin the Student Union at 10 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 5 begins withRegistration again from 9 to11:30 a.m., with acomplimentary breakfast in thelobby of the PAC. Parents willalso have an opportunity to lookat the new Audrey HirtAcademic Center.A one-hour session taught bythe Mercyhurst Lakers headcoach Marty Schaetzle, entitledFootball 101, will begin at 10a.m. in the Hirt Building. Thisis designed to provide a uniqueperspective designed for thenovice, the armchairqua i terback, and even formerfootball players, according tothe M ercyhurst website.At 11 a.m., directly followingthe seminar, the MercyhurstDancers will present On YourToes in Zurn Hall 8DanceSpace, along with apreview of the upcoming seasonand a special appearance.Lunch on Saturday, A Tasteof Italy, w ill be held in the Egan

Sr. M.Eustace TaylorFile photo Photo courtesy of Orlando FuneralHome . g ,IThe lateDr. David D. PalmerHomecoming 2002unites and excites

By Megan FialkovichNews editorThis year s homecomingweekend was a celebration ofthe past, present and future ofMercyhurst College."11onorees at the distinguishedalumni reception Frday night

included Daniel F. Langan 91,Brent W. Scarpo 84, JeanneLedoux Linek 48 and SallyCarlow Kohler 51. ;fThe 2002 King and Q ueen ofHomecoming were named asLuke Slater and Kristin Brown;congratulations to the entirecourt, and to MSG, fororganizing a wonderful campuscelebration.Every competing Mercyhurstathletic teams defiedcompetition, claiming theweekend as their own. Men ssoccer trounced AldersonBroaddus, women s volleyballshut down Lake Superior State,

The Gin Blossomsand the Lakers edged out a w inagainst Northwood U., 17-14.Another exciting event (albeitunforeseen) took place Saturdaynight, as early-90 s favorites GinBlossoms took the stage in placeof Sister Hazel,. A steadilygrowing crowd assembled infront of Baldwin Hall fordancing, frisbee and crowdsurfing as the band played theirhits.AH in alt, Homecoming 2002was a success, and a good timewas had by everyone.;

Mall Dining Room from 11:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Meals are $5a person, but students may usetheir meal tickets.Next, the Lakers vs. FindlayOilers football game will beginat 1:30 p.m. at the Tullio Field.Another women s ice hockeygame against B emidji State willstart at 7:30 p.m. Both eventsare w ithout charge.Coffee and Dessert Hour,most likely featuring pastries,will be provided by SAC from8 to 10 p.m. in the CarolynHerrmann Student Union, and.will lead i nto a night of karaoke.Mercyhurst wraps up theweekend with a liturgy at 10 a.min Christ the King Chapel, andbrunch fro m 11:30 a.m. to 1:30p.m. in the Egan. This meal willcost $10, and once again,students may use their mealtickets.

These events provide anopportunity for parents,especially parents of freshmen,to join the students for the firsttime on campus, meet theirfriends and the* Mercyhurstfaculty and administration,says Patricia Lionel, director ofParents Weekend.Contributing information fromthe Merevhurst Website

Sexual assaultsprompt warningsBy: Megan FialkovichNews editorDowntown Erie has beenplagued by a number of sexualassaults and attempted rapesrecently, eliciting cautiousaction primarily on thefpart ofGannon officials. jAll victims were attacked bya stranger in the late evening orearly morning hours whiletraveling alone, and describedtheir assailant as a tall, clean-shaven, muscular black male.Presently, no college studentshave come forth withallegations.The incidents all occurredaround West Fourth and FifthStreets, and none have beenfetal, j |Young women are especiallyat risk for violent sexualassaults, and Gannon studentshave been singled out in thewarnings. Safe behaviorin \ < lives a great deal of commonsense, such as traveling in painor larger groups, keening to

well-lit streets, and alwaysbeing aware of thesurroundings and peoplenearby/ 1This latest rash of crime is notindicative of any fault on thepart of Erie officials or collegeSecurity, but is merely amanifestation of the issues inany modern city. Erring on theside of caution is moreadvisable than takingunnecessary risks.vDetective Barber of theEriePolice Department confirmsthat a 17*year-old male is incustody regarding one sexualassault, and will be questionedabout several other incidents.Any students who areuncomfortable going home lateat night may call Police &Safety at ext. 2304 to requestan escort. AdditionalIv, ErieRape Crisis Center always hasits doors open to victims,families and relatives ofvictims, and volunteers dike;their number is (814) I9414. ! 51

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Kuwait City, Kuwait U.S.Marines rode massive greenhovercraft onto the Kuwaitishore. But instead of assaultinghostile Iraqi troops, they oinedKuwaiti allies for a three-weekexercise in the desertFighter jets from the USSAbraham Lincoln flew_overhead, not part of theexercise, but on their way toenforce a no-fly zone insouthern Iraq.Engineers in Qatar,meanwhile, are finishing a newforward command post for theU.S. Central Command the

men and women who wouldlead a war in Iraq. They reexpected to ar rive ; inNovember to direct anotherexercise from the low-profilebuildingscamouflaged as sanddunes.Special operations forceshave put up tents at a new basein Djibouti, across the Red Seafrom Yemen. In Kuwait, partof an armored infantry brigad efrom Fort Benning, GA, sitswithin 28 miles of the Iraqi

By Megan FialkovichNews editor

President George W. Bush addresses Congressborder a 10-hour drive to IBaghdad.U.S. military spokesmeninsist the exercises anddeployments are routine, orpart of the war againstterrorism. But there is littledoubt these forces could beused in an invasion of Iraq toremove President SaddamHussein.

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bear witness daily to the U.S.military presence in the region.The Kuwaiti governmentordered gas masksforall civilservants and authorized theirsale to civilians. Troops haverolled out Patriot'missilebatteries to defend againstpossible Scud m issile attacks.From what we re seeing , itlooks like something is goingto happen, but it s hard to knowexactly what, said Bader al-Otibi, a government worker

ne pnorowho was taken prisoner duringthe Iraqi occupation in 1990.I m against war, but I m alsoagainst Saddam.Experts differ on the numberof troops needed to invade Iraq50,000 to 350,000, dependingon the strategy. Deploymentsalready planned would bringthe number of troops in theregion to near 50,000 byNovember, which coincideswith a U.S.-proposed deadlinefor Iraq to comply with U.N.resolutions!

The acclaimed author of1995 s runaway bestseller TheHot Zone, Dr. Richard Preston,recently made a lectureappearance at the PAC. Hismessage,was told throughjournalistic war stories, graphicslides, and political discussion.Preston also penned Th eCobraEvent, a fictional accountof a smallpox outbreak in NewYork City. The author hasworked in concert with the FBI,Pentagon and CDC to gatherfacts for his books, and althoughhe writes with the zeal andmeticulousness of a scientist,Preston is a Ph.D. in English,and admits that he s mostfascinated by the humancondition.Last year s anthrax attacks andMercy hurst s own brush withbioterrorism, or black biology,as Preston calls it, have nearlybrought tofruitiona terrifyingvision. Nations stand poised onthe brink of biological warfarewithout any real comprehensionof the worldwide ramificationsof, say, launching a smallpoxwarhead.This particular situationpresented itself during the ColdWar, when Russia armed twelve

missiles with a smallpoxcontaigon. If launched, Prestonexplained, millions around theworld would have died within10-12 weeks. Smallpox isindeed responsible for the mostdeaths in written history, and isa highly contagious airbornedisease, 8Even more bone-chilling wasthe revelation to the modest yetattentive crowd that one canpurchase materials online andgenetically engineer a strain ofsmallpox resistant to treatmentfor about $300. iIn light of the Iraqi threat ofblack biology, Dr. Preston sexplanation of the workings ofEbola, smallpox and antrax onthe human body seem all themore pertinent. His latest work,The Demon in the Freezer,recounts and foretells the use ofsmallpox and anthrax asbiological weapons.Dr. Preston was personableand highly accessible to hisaudience, for whom he latersigned copies of his books.While professing that he is nota Doomsday preacher, he is thevoice of reason in anincreasingly unpredictableworld. This lecture was the firstof MSG s 2002 Lecture Series,brought to the community freeof charge.: Science \at\your

By Megan FialkovichNews edito^HTokyo, Japan: An odorouscompound called DSA, whichgrows in jimson weed, hasproperties that could treat aspecific type of brain cancer, sayJapanese cytologists. G lioma, arare neurological cancer, hasbeen linked to chemicals used inthe refinement of gasoline, asKvith a rash of cases in a BP/Amoco plant in 1999.Glioma is fatal if untreated,and causes tumors in an area ofthe brain that is inoperable;radiation and chemotherapydestroy healthy outlying tissue,while DSA tagerts onlyhyperactice cells.[Source: Reuters)W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . : Federa l[scientists presented Congresswith a plan to have a West Nile[Virus vaccine ready in t h reeyears, an d tests for the nation s_lood supply within one. j _ |

Whi le th e only people atmorta l r i s k a r e t h e e lde r ly ,infan t s a n d t hos e w i thsuppressed immune systems, thespread of West Nile across th eU.S. is some cause fo r concern.Put together the climbing AIDSrate an d those being treated forcancer, and a snowball effectemerges .West Nile is deadlybecause it triggers encephalitis,or swelI ing of the brain.(Source: US A Today)M urra y Hil l , NJ.Bell Labs andon e of its disgraced employeesface a real scientific snafu. Dr .Jan Hendrik Sch n, a Swis swunderkind who appeared to beon his way to a Nobel Prize, wasrecently accused of fabricatinghis research into th e operationof organic (i.e., carbon-bsaed)compounds as semi- and super-conductors . Fellow scientists an d reviewcommittees became suspiciousof Sch n when his experimentscould not be replicated, and laterhi s data and measurements werefound to cont rad ic t known

physics . The journals Sciencean d Nature have a l s o beenimplicated in the perpetration ofthe fraud fo r accepting has ty,more camera-friendly researchin place of meticulous methods.Thi s 32-yea r -o ld e l ec t ronic swhiz is going to have a lot ofsplainin to do.(Source: Ne w York Tlmes)^ |Giza , Egypt : Archaeologi s t shave sent a robot into the GreatPyramid of Khufu to search fo rhitherto undiscovered shafts andantechambers. T w o doors havebeen found in the northern an dsouthern shafts , much to thedelight of Zahi Hawass, head ofEgypt s Supreme Counc i l onAntiquit ies . H e disclosed thatthis is the first fresh material onthis, one of the Seven Wondersof th e Ancient World, in 100years . -Fourth-dynasty PharaohKhufu , o r C h e o p s , as he issometimes known, ruled over4,000 years ago. * 2(Source: www, egvptolog y. com/kmi) ^Irvine, CA: University ofCalifornia biologists think they

have the formula for limaregeneration in the genes of thecommon salamander, which isable to regrow body parts losiin the jaws of predators (and theforceps of scientists). This is adeparture from the recent stem*cell heavy advances in geneticresearch. j ~Harvesting and reproducingthe amino acids which causisalamanders and several otheispecies to regenerate would bea more cost-effective, ethicajsolution to stem cell techniquesEventually synthesized as fdrug, the healing compouncould give a new life to suffererof amputation such as diabeticsthose with advanced meningitior gangrene, and accidenvictims. j(Source: New York Times)

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To contact: featwemerciad@mercyhurst.eduEATURESSPAN- Fun with Nature CeramicBy Courtney NicholasFeatures editor

If you are concerned aboutenvironmental issues and wantto expand your knowledge ofnature, Mercyhurst College hasthe club for you. It is calledStudents for the Protection andAppreciation of Nature (SPAN).President Matt Goodrich, asophomore Nutrition major atMercyhurst, first heard aboutthe club but did not give it muchthought until he met andchattedwith another student, NevinWelte. Welte and Goodrich hadclass together and they foundout that they shared a love ofrock climbing.Welte persuaded Goodrich tocome to a SPAN meeting.The officers of SPAN this yearare Goodrich, President; SaraLopata, Vice President; StephBartlett, Secretary; AmandaMcCullough, Treasurer, andJessie Grow, Public relations.

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Photo by Jody Mello/ Merciad photographerSPAN memebers take time out from their meeting to pose forthe camera. ijAs a club they will berewriting the missionstatement, revising andapproving upon success ofthe club, and will be producinga website.We are planning a trip toUtah over Thanksgivingbreak. We will be hiking, rockclimbing, and camping. Wewant to expand our efforts ofrecycling oncampus, and alsolaunch our website,

Goodrich said, We also wouldlike to go white water raftingthis spring and skydiving. Wewill continue to rock climb bothindoors and outdoors.If any students areinterested in oining SPAN,contact Goodrich at ext. 3165or by emailing him atgfiger@aol.com.

Cutting Loan Payments FastDo not let those loans build upSpecial o The MerciadFeaturelles Magazine(NAPS) It shouldn t take anadvanced degree to understandstudent loan forms. That s thelesson many students havetaught colleges and lenders dueto the difficulty they have beenhaving in illingout these forms.As a result, steps have beentaken to make the loanapplication process easier andfaster.)Today, students can use* theWeb to apply for loans, check[ the balance owed on a loan or) shop around' for lenders. Ar'gfdup dkn

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O PINION To contact: opinionmerciad@mercyhurst ed uTHE GOO D...

Despite arriving ten years too late, the Gin Blossoms salvaged our Homecoming concert thispast weekend after a certain band (Sister Hazel) bailed on the last minute. A real band, on a realstagc.we are movin on up.Someone actually made good on The Good: Kudos to all those who placed the cigarrettetrees at the Hirt Center. The Smoker s Outposts are a welcome addition to the building. Nowif we could only do something about the labyrinth one takes to find a bathroomin the place...Congrats goes out to the football team for their Homecoming victory. It was a great game towatch, despite the fact that half of those in the stands were a bit on the intoxicated side. Aside from a can of Campbell s, the other source for good soup on campus comesfrom noneother than the Laker Inn. It is the one food there guaranteed to be served warm at all times.

THE BAD...The computer virus that has managed to infect more than 100 students computers on campus.And whomever devised this little annoying science project needs to download a social life.College students don t have time for immature Bill Gates adding more stress to our alreadystress-filled schedules. So go back to your parent 8 basement, roll some 12-sided dice and stopwith the viruses. What is up with the new wave of rude people on this campus? Unfortunately, when under-classmen s maturity levels are lower than their blood alcohol s, it would not be a typical night onthe party scene without some sort of feud. So kids, grow up or stop the binge drinking. We areadults now, at least some of us. 5No campus call boxes at the Hirt Center? Instead o f wasting ime and money paving a roadandthen re-paving it, put the call boxes up and increase students sense of secuirty instead ofdecreasing their tolerence for wasteful expenditures.ls the Hurst hosting auditions for HBO s Hookers on the Point ? Didn t think so, but someonemight want to tell many of the reshmangirls that before they go to class. Come on, ladies: noteveryone wants to see your cleveage and thong straps on our way to a core class. Have somemore resepct for yourselves. & ',

THE UGLY...For the love of all ilingsNokia: Turn off your cell phones during class! (Please.) Sidewalks along Briggs Avenue were littered with shattered liquor bottles. Students, what awaste of beverage. If you can t keep the campus beautiful, at least try to take better care ofyour booze.Last week s monsoon. Any place else, such weather would seem random. But not Erie. Nomatter what the clime, it seems that the city lost a bet with the rest of the country and hasbecome the focal point for all things rainy, cold and/or snowy. So keep that poncho ever ready. Students not only publically urinating on campus grounds, but also making an athletic eventout of it by walking and taking care of buisness while doing so. Gold medal for creative sport,but very bad form. a Traffic this past week on 38th Street has been God-awful, due to the seemlcssly endlessconstruction being done on the stre et Does one road need that many holes dug in it? Are weputting in a quasi-aquaduct or something?The Maintenence staffs lack of timely responses to many students requests for repairedtoliets, broken doors and other domicile problems. And when complaints are filed, studentsaren t greeted with customer service but rather rude, condesending tones Do the job or getsomeone else who can . We don t pay for attitude.

GotOpinions?Let the Opinion page be yoursoap box.Seeking/irrate, Intelligentpoints-of-viewsfromstudentsabout anything from what s\right with the Hurst to whatswrong with the media.From the little things to the bigideas, everybody has anopinion and the Merciad wantsto print It.Sendyour rants, er, articles to:opinhnmerciad@Hereyhurst.edu \

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Living outside the Box 9Love, truth, romance, ethicsand an honest understanding ofhow to apply theaforementioned things are someof humanity s concepts that

have evolved acrossgenerations.Or have they?In this volatile climate; wheresuicide bombers, pedophilicpriests, disenchanted politiciansand talk-show-circuit bounddivorcees, one can onlyspeculate where we are goingand if we are mature enough toget there, mature enough tohandle all the things technologyand moral conveniences allowus to postpone.This analysis of the humancondition, from an ethics andinterested viewpoint, stemsfrom recent discussions in bothmy Applied * Ethics andTheology of Marriage andFamily classes. These twocourses are objective in nature,but retrospective in effect. Ican t remember any class (thatI ve paid for) whose homeworkis still being graded long aftergraduation or career.Using the three moralresources (respect, sympathyand moral identity) as a m eansto iltermy current observationsof human behavior, I see someserious suspension of theseresources in favor of self-serving agendas and rhetoricdisguised as true writ.We dropped two, TWO,atomic weapons on civiliantargets. Such a milestone ofinhumanity, one would thinkfrom an infantile point of view,would be marked with thecliched stopping of theworld."Instead, it is markedwith historical debate and20/20hindsight.From a cynical perspective,over the course of humanity sevolution, one could argue thatAugust 6 and August 9, 1945,is marked with suspension ofmo ral' restraint and moreconcern with mail-ordercatalogues or riding shotgun.*"""In two days, years of unlivedlives went up in a mushroomcloud and we have grown alltoo easy with sweeping suchethically questionable acts underhistory s rug.

And Another Thing.Phil Pirrello

And as beings, whose primaryinstinct is to survive viaprocreation, the concept ofmarriage seems to have becomemore of a commodity, a fad,and less of an institution.Marriage is a past time now,with more people cashingalimony checks than filing formarriage licenses. One couldargue that love, romance and thecorny ideals of love that comefrom fairy-tales and AudreyHepburn movies is a fadingphotograph, stuck in an albumof many other traditions thatevolving ethics and de-evolvingI ethical practices have created.'" I do not mean to spoutignorance from a novice ssoapbox. But in the wake of |Imany class discussions andreadings on the subject ofhistory s changing viewsregarding the moral question andfamilia, I worry that my kidshistory books will be nothingmore than cautionary tales. Iworry that they will only serveas reminders of a time worthsaving if only its perpetuatorsstopped crying wolf and playedhero. ' |Humans, all humans, have amoral obligation to one another,despite the info one reads inCNN s news crawls.We have suspended answeringthe moral question in favor ofsatisfying military necessity orself-serving agendas. We havetaken a tradition, a sacrament,a home movie staple, and turnedit into a practice more fearedthan envied."Love and marriage, war andpeace these are not mereconcepts to define in somej notebook or short-answer quiz.These are defining variables inthe equation designed to ind hepurpose of being human asopposed to being savage. Theseare hurtles that life purposelyhands us as a m eans to test notonly our intelligence, but also

our worth to possess suchintelligence.

We all don t have to be longto MENSA to see that romanceis fleeting and basic conceptsofright and wrong are erodingwith every D ivorce, SpringerStyle special or Milosevic-esque ethnic cleansing.""PlaywrightAaron Sorkinwrote, We live in a worldtoday that has walls.Those walls are not to be sotall as to block free will out andkeep ignorance in, nor are theyto be so small as to put us inour own harm s way.Ambiguity, the gray in black-and-thinking, the middleground all things we wantto grasp but fail to get a firmgrip on. v i.Communism or Fascism.Liberals or Conservatives.Right or wrong. All extremesthat we diagram and often live

by. *.It is hard to find optimalbalance in an incrediblyturbulent society. But historycannot go on withoutrecognizing the error of ourfuture way s, err ors we 11never be able to Whiteout withendless hypotheticalscenarios, broken vows orgood intentions."I d like to believe thatromance will thrive as well astechnology has, or that a formof marriage can 1 i ve happilyever after behind a white-picket fence.I d like to wake up to theimprobability to an ever-probable nuclear war. ,I want to be content with myrole in history, not become acasualty of it. Unfortunately, Ican only speak for me.It will take more than someverbose opinion column toremove the blinders andacknowledge faults in faiths,creases in the silver lining anda line of demarcation betweenwhat is and what needs to be. JCredit cards are licenses toJprocrastinate. Susceptibility is,a sympathetic form ofignorance.But change, the ability toembrace the past withouttainting the future, that is thetrue challenge, a challengehistory should record as avictory and not a defeat.

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Fughettaboutit: "Sopranosdefines epic television

By Stanley CrouchKnight Ridder NewspapersThe Sopranos has madetelevision history, and HBO,always the ront-runner n cableTV, has put itself ahead of thecompetition again.What is the appeal of thisseries? Why has it becomecomparable to the radio showsof the 30s and 4 0s or thetelevision shows of the 50s thatdrew such large audiences thatone always knew a certainentertainment vision was goinginto the national consciousnessat the same time?Some say it is becauseAmericans love humiliatingimages of Italians twisted up incrime, murder, screamingmatches and endless plates ofspaghetti. According to thiscritique, no group other than

Italians is so consistentlydepicted as caught up inunderworld life, vulgar fashionsand crude loyalties.Maybe so, maybe not.But I think the appeal is thatThe Sopranos is the best (aleof gangsters and their families'since The Godfather one of thegreatest films ever made.fp We will never forget Th eGodfather as long as films aree because it totallyreworked the subject oforganized crime and was movedalong by a remarkable script,

Photo courtesy ofwww.the-sopmnos.comextraordinary performances anda sense oi the unpredictabilityof the human personality thatresonates far outside of theworld of crime.That is why 1 he Sopranosis so well loved. No one reallycares about the gangsters andtheir girlfriends and wives andtherapists being Italians. Theycould be the last of theMohicans living in New Jersey,and the audience would react inthe same way, so long as themyths of our nation and of ourculture were so perfectly raisedand shaken in our faces.Pony Soprano has risen towhere he is by an alternate setof rules that perverts the ideasof family, responsibility, risk,protection, loyalty andretribution. He is a monster witha heart, a demon whom wecannot dismiss as a cartoon, aman not particularly smart butone who is clever enough to

stay ahead ol the game in aprofession that does not drawmany great minds.James Gandolfini sperformance is one of the fin estthings that has ever happenedon television. Audiences loveem because they give them asurprise. Playing by noconventional rules, they mightdo anything. rhat aspect of surprise, ofboth identifying with and beingrepulsed by Tony and his crew,of sympathizing with his wifeand children and therapist whileseeing them as often pathetic,gives the show its special thing;the feeling of looking at humanbeings handling andmishandling, building anddestroying, betraying anddisappointing. It is a view thatwe know is true about thehuman condition, whether itfunctions within the world ofmurder or ordinary life,

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To contact: opinionmerciad@mercyhursLeduOPINIONCampus?Question

What makes a good entertainer?Someone who is funny andhonest JGreg K line, seniorSomeone that appeals to awide audience and can makecollege students laughconsidering we all have a shortattention span. *jKyla h Smith, JuniorSomebody that s runny andgets your attention and makesthe audience laugh.Kristen LaDuca, seniorSomeone who can grab yourinterest}

Jenny Stmnsky, JuniorSomeone with no commonsense.Dave Portenier, juniorSomeone who can make afool of themselves and notjnk twice about it.Shannon King, JuniorA good entertainer issomeone who is talented atwhat they do but has the abilityto adapt to the circumstancesand also please the audienceand themselves.*Todd Swavey, sophomore

Someone who gets up in frontof people and makes a fool ofthemselves and doesn t reallycare.Ryan Jakubczak, sophomoreI truly believe that a goodentertainer is someone who canrelate to their audience.Entertaining is all about helpingpeople to orget heir problemsfora short imeand giving themhope and something to relate toin whatever may be going on intheir lives. $Jen Coffman, sophomoreAn entertainer has to bepersonable! They have to beable to interact with their fansand audiences.* Ki m ber Kalicky, freshman

They have to have run with thecrowd and involve them.'Basically, just having fun doingwhat they re doing. *Jessica Ellara, seniorSomeone who is energetic andinteresting. *Stephanie Davison, juniorSomeone who knows how tointeract with the audience. *Loaralne Schellito. senior

Somebody who is funny. *Marti Fudge, freshmanSomebody who is energetic. *Liz Patrode, freshmanSomeone who keeps yourinterest. * |CarolynTareau, freshmanSomeone with a passion forwhat they are talking about ordoing. 'ABrittany Harger, fresh-man *Someone who can make theaudience forget abouteverything else for themoment*Mike demons, freshman

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Someone who can keep myattention. **' Jestina Klink, juniorSomeone who keeps theaudience alive and awake. *Katie McAdams, fresh-manSomeone who is entertaining,funny, and can hold yourattention for an hour."Someone who is not boring. *Lindsay Bond, freshman

Must-necessitateTV: "ER" is not what the doctor orderedBy Karen HellerKnight Ridder Newspapers

Just when I think I m power-walking with the rest of thecountry, Americans take afancy to something, I can livewithout. *" a , , s 5 i i 6 S'**V^?*f if*rt?f > *iFlavored coffee. Wrestling.Wrap sandwich es. Here sanother: ER.Not that this is'a ne wdevelopment NBC s Thursdayscrub opera has been thenation s top-rated drama sinceits debut seven seasons ago,rarely faltering the way somany of its patients do.Gurneys burst through doors.Frenzied residents, hair askew,defibrillators at the ready, yellstat This isn t entertainmentIt s the Heart Attack at 10 p.m."Some of us have alreadyspent too much time inhospitals, and not in a goodway.The show is a technicalmarvel, though it never lets youforget it, and the effulgence ofGeorge Clooney, and nowGoran Visnjic, is not lost onme. But that doesn t make it

likable in a Simpsons kind ofway. It s all jawline, no soul."In a rare inversion, the show srealism makes hospitals andtheir staffs appear worse thanthey actually are. Real ERs,frequented by uninsured patientsin need of primary care, aregenerally'staffed by calmprofessionals who treat a widearray of household accidents.ER portrays doctors andnurses as miserable, lonely,angry, humorless, jerks inserious need of mood elevators,making them easily confusedwith journalists.Real doctors and nurses aremore interesting. Frankly, it sshocking the AMA hasn tcondemned its membership sportrayal.Here is NBC s synopsis of arecent episode: A brittle Dr.Corday desperately searches fora possible Angel of Deathwho s been secretly murderingher elderly patients leavingher to shoulder any possibleblame. Elsewhere, Dr. Greenehardly shares a happy homewith a stressed-out Corday andhis wild teen-age daughterRachel Fun? You bet!

I preferred the late ChicagoHope. 'Its doctors weremiserable, angry, humorlessjerks, too. But they weremiserable, angry, humorless,well-dressed, power-hungryjerks fighting about parkingspaces and the internal powerstructure/a heartwarmingstory familiar to us all.'"Don t know about you, butafter a long day of work, thelast thing I want to do is watchpeople more miserable than Iam. /!| Ever since the 80s ended,there s been', a dearth ofdramas dealing with that mostuplifting o fsocial themes; RichPeople Messing Up. There salso been an absence of myother favorite: Beautiful PeopleKissing. Occasionally, thishappens on ER. iThen in no time, the kissing sover and they re back to beingself-abnegatingjerks yelling ateach other.Television s demarcation issimple: Sitcoms are silly,dramas are work. Given thesuccess of ER, why hasn tNBC rolled out its successors,Tax Audit or OralSur gery? JBROAD

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Cam pus Q uestion: Second opinionThat's entertainment?By Phil PirrelloOpinion editor

Entertainment is a ficklebeast.It has the power toproduce various mediae andassign them labels such asClassic, ^Blockbuster, or ACharlie Sheen Movie. *Entertainment also has thepower to take p ositive epithetsaway and replace mem withbottom-of-the-rack onlystatus, or turn a literary classicinto a major literary faux pas.It can make us laugh, cry,scream and plagiarize. It puts usto sleep late at night or inspiresus to achieve publication.Yet, what exactly is goodentertainment? What makes badentertainment?These are loaded q uestionsand their answers are evenbolder statements. I ask thesequestions inthe wake ofreadingover Entertainment Weekly s listof 100 Greatest Moviemoments. Some I agreed with{Godfather at number one) andothers I scratched my head at(no recognition for Ed WoodorAmerican Beauty?).I then 6egan to wonder aboutthe best and worst of movies,TV, radio, literature, comedians,etc. Who has it and whoneeds it desperately? WhatcanI watch over and over and whatmodes of entertainment wouldI label as the equivalent to rhinoexcrement?Thousands of lists can bemade by millions of criticsrating entertainment s manyvenues. But if beauty lies in theeyes of the beholder, thenentertainment lies in theconsciousness of theentertained. ?Who is EW to say that thismovie is better than that?" TV Guide is the barometer bywhich we separate all the HomeImprovement* from all theJackie Thomas Shows!"

Oprah? Booklist?Rolling Stone! Not everyonehas to love-Raymond, The

Corrections may be in error anda dozen other rank-and-filingsmay be undeserved of theirstatus; positive or negative.* Society puts entertainmentthrough an Iron Maiden of Top10 lists and Best & Worstcolumns.?It needs to knowwhat s worth the full coverprice or the $6.75 for a movieticket, thus making media saudience a horde of greedymaterialists, craving thebragging rights for their numberone movie, sit-com, DanielleSteel novel, etc.To each his own. Such amaxim never rang more truethan in the case of personal

opinions about entertainment.* We will never definitivelydefine universal standards ofentertainment, good or bad, butfor*the most part we canunderstand what we like thatmakes entertainment good orbad. We can attempt to betterappreciate the notion ofindividual preference andrespect that one man sScreech is another s JimCarrey.If I could explain to you whyCarrot Top makes me laughwhen he s straight faced andstraight faced when he s tryingto be funny, this issue would besolved. But I can t. But the Topis the Stargate on this badboy, and I d be willing to wagerthat the comedy s equivalent tothe Rosetta Stone liessomewhere in his bag of household items-turned-comedicprops.For every Saturday NightLive, there is a Mad TV. Forevery Robin Williams, mere isan Emo Phillips. Entertainmentpersonalitiesihave>their foils,;their reasons forbeing perceivedas better than the next guest staror one-hit wonder.But how does one make acareer out of being entertaining?Given the state of H ollywood srising and falling stars andsuccess, such a career is morestressful than the prospect ofMark Furhman doing stand-upat the Apollo.

ff Do stars warrant upwards of$20 million a picture? For theprices they pay and thecompromises they make tosubjecting themselves to sucha fic kle industry? Yes, For thefact that they voluntarily subjectthemselves to it? No .Like all jobs, entertainmenthas its own share ofoccupational hazards: failure atthe box office, book signings atthe local Target, a two-hourblock hawking medieval diningwear on QVC possibilities ofrejection and acceptance areendless.But unlike all jobs, theconsequences are no moreimmediate or less dire than thatof an entertainer, especially if heor she fails to earn at the onething their publicists ensure theyare to succeed at: entertaining.* 1 suggest we stop hying to putdown one medium over another.No matter what Ebert says orShales recommends, they willstill be timeless debates over thequality of rappers-turned-actors, the need for Glitter 2,and the reason why David LeeRoth just won t take a hint.* It s a vicious cycle and it goeson forever in syndication, comicbook panels even opinioncolumns.Entertainment is the bestthing we have continued todevelop as a culture. It gives usrun and excuses to go out ondates or stay in alone with agood book and a warm drink.* It deserves better than somequaint, trite list written by aSnapple-raised group ofwannabe Pauline Kael s whocontuse pop-culture referenceswith worthwhile prose.flLove it of- hate &, agree ordisagree, Final Answer orVoted of the island,entertainment is something wewill never successfullycategorize or easily reference. ** Let it be, as the song says.We all have our 15 minutes.Let entertainment take aslong as it wants to figure outwhat we 11 always want: to beentertained.

Call him Don Saddam, crime bossHas the U.S. made an offer Hussein camrefuse?By Zev ChafetsKnight Ridder Newspapers

Asking whether the UnitedStates can fight Iraq andterrorism at the same time is likeasking whether the feds cansimultaneously go after crimeand La Cosa Nostra.In fact, Iraq and other Arabcountries have a lot in commonwith the mob. They are, for onething, family-run criminalenterprises. The Saud familycontrols Saudi Arabia the wayiAl Capone ran Chicago. TheAssad family dominates Syriaand Lebanon. The boss ofCairo, Hosni Mubarak, isgrooming son Gamal forsucc essio n. Iraq s SaddamHussein is doing the same forhis boys. Meantime, his bloodrelatives control everythingworth controlling in Iraq.Like Mafia dons, Saddamand other Arab bosses owetheir power to brute force.Muscle keeps their subjects inline and the money flowingupward. %: There are differencesamong the Arab families, justas there are variations in theMafia. Wiseguys in Phoenixmay not: dress like theirBrooklyn colleague s, and maybelong to different families,but they share a criminalculture. That S what put theputs the nostra in Cosa Nostra.

It is also what puts the leaguein Arab League. Arab familiessometimes go to the mattresseswith one another Saddam sinvasion of Kuwait is an examplebut more often, Mheycooperate.The Mafia has its standardsand its virtues. Wiseguys arecapable of good deeds,generosity and even a sort ofpiety. And they are famouslyadept at enforcing order in theneighborh ood. The Arabfamilies do this, too; diplomatscall it maintaining regionalstability.Like the mob, the Arabfamilies are big on honor, whichthey define as anything that suitstheir purposes, it is honorableby the standards of the Arabfamilies to kill a politicalopponent, behead an adulterouswoman, blow up an infidelbuilding or Invade a wealthyneighbor.Not everyone shares thisview of Arab entitlement, andoccasionally bosses likeSaddam get called on theinternational (i.e., American)carpet. But, like their Mafiacounterparts,Arab dons practicelegal insulation.There are always layersbetween the big man giving theorders and the little guys pullingthe trigger.This tactic works especiallywell when the victims aren t toointerested in indingout who s

doing what to whom. It s calledthe Hoover Syndrome, namedfor former FBI Director J. EdgarHoover, who for decades deniedthe existence of organized crime.He didn t want his agentsinvolved with the mob, so hesimply pretended that crime inAmerica was a series ofunconnected events.

Modern-day Hooveritesportray Arab terrorism asequally disembodied andrandom. What, for instance,does Iraq have to do with al-Qaeda? How would someonelike Saddam even know a guylike Osama Bin Laden? What dothey have in common exceptsome riends,a shared culture andan enemy? Where s the legallyadmissible tape of bin Ladenhanging out at the SaddamiteSocial Club? 1In fact, there s no proof thatSaddam has ever mot a terroristHe played host to Abu Nidal inBaghdad oryears? Big deal, AbuNidal s dead now. Saddam paysHamas bombers $25,000 a pop?Let s see the receipts. He ordereda hit on the irstPresident GeorgeBush in 1993? i JHey, his DNA wasn t found onthe gun. Why go after Saddam?Why not wage war on terrorisminstead?11 s a question J. Edgar wouldhave loved, and it is best asked inthe Hoover position: ey es tightlyshut, hands clamped over yourears,

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A R T S&ENTERTAINMENT o contact:entertainmentmerciad@mervyhu rst.eduThEBuzZOct. 15Ratdog. Warner Theatre.Erie. $26.50. On sale Se pt20 at 10 a.m. atTicketMaster outlets, byphone at 452-4857 or 456-7070, online atwww.ticketmaster.com.Oct 18 'Travis Tritt, Tullio Arena,Erie. S32.50, S25.50. Onsale Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. atTicketMaster outlets, byphone at 452-4857 or 456-7070, online at"www. ticketmaster,com.Oct 22Al DiMeoIa. Odeon,Cleveland. On sale Sept. 20at TicketMaster.Oc t 25Beck, Flaming Lips.Palace Theatre, Cleveland.On sale Sept. 21 attickets.com. Oc t 30No Use for a Nam e,Yellowcard, Eyeliners.Agora Theatre, Cleveland.Oct 31Yes. Bryce Jordan C enter,State College. On sale Sept.20 at 6 p.m. at (800) 863r.;;3336 or at ; www.bjc.psu.edu.Oct. 31 fMest, Catch 22,Homegrown, Madca p.Agora Ballroom, Cleveland.Nov.lMushroomhead. AgoraTheatre, Cleveland. On saleat T icketMaster.Nov. 3 i|>!'-\#.Bob Dylan. Kent StateMac Center/Kent,Ohio.On sale Sept. 21 atTicketMaster.Nov. 3Pure Pop with True Vibe,Soujahz, Fat C hance.Orchard Hill Church,Wexford. On sale Sept. 21at noon at T icketMaster.Nov. 6v JGregg Allman andFriends, Joe Bonamassa.Canton Palace Theatre,Canton, Ohio. On saleSept. 21 at TicketMaster.Nov. 7Les Claypool FrogBrigade with DeadweightMetropol, Pittsburgh. Onsale Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. atTicketMaster. 'Nov. 10Lords of Acid. Odeon,Cleveland. On sale Sept. 20at TicketMaster.Nov. 12Down. Metropol,Pittsburgh. On sale Sept. .21 at 5 p.m. atTicketMaster.Nov. 13 vjAtaris, Sugarcult AgoraBallroom, Cleveland.Nov. 13Down. Odeon, Cleveland.On sale Sept. 20 atTicketMaster.Nov. 16Ra y Bolt/.. Warner'Theatre, Erie. $ 19.25,$15.25. On sale Sept. 20 at|Tullio Arena box office,TicketMaster outlets, byphone at 452-4857 or 456-7070, online at ftwww.ticketmaster.com. Nov. 23Club Pa radise Tour withPhil Vassar, CarolynDawn Johnson, Sixwire.Warner T heatre, Erie. Onsale Oct. 5 at 10 a.m.

Nunzi's Place:A /most better than ajar of Ragu

Are you sick and tired ofSunday Pasta night in theMercyhurst cafeteria? Insteadwouldn t you like to find a local,family owned and operatedItalian restaurant to fill yourtummy?"Well, 1 thought I hadthe answer, but I failed."""R igh t up East 38th Street liesNunzi s Place, an establishmentthat prides itself on good oldItalian family recipes, as themenu states specifically fromDad and Grandma, since1953." -You d at least think that sincethey claim all menu items areprepared fresh and with fineingredients that you d be in storefor some yummy Italian foodthe way your Grandma maymake it."But let me tell you, thisGrandma needs to consult FoodNetwork s Molto Mario.""F irs t off, I was expecting theatmosphere that I saw.**Family-style seating illedwith Erie folk,not much decor, however onewall was mil of family pictures(I felt like I was being watchedwhile I ate, afraid to finish whatwas on my plate), and a cozytown-ish bar.It looked busy for a Thursdaynight, so I was hoping that thelarge crowd predicted the greattaste of what was to com e, butinstead 1 was drawn to thisconclusion: people in Erie don tknow how to A) Open a jar ofRagu and heat it up, and B) Boilwater and cook somepasta. "They, and I, w ould vebeen much better off if we hadtaken these steps instead ofrelying on Nunzi.Now for the run down on thefood; the menu has a largeselection to choose from, so my

Check, pleaseBy Betsy DonnerContributing writerfriends and I might have simplychosen three poor dishes out ofthe bunch."Basically anyItaliandish you can think of, theyhave."Homemade spaghetti,manicotti, chicken and eggplantParmesan, tortellini, andlasagna."They also have steaksand fish dinners, sandwiches,salads, and pizza and wings.I got excited when I saw theyhad cannoli s on the dessertsection of the menu, but I waslater informed that they onlycarry one out of the five listeddesserts, which happens to bepre-made. Once again,Grandma may have been toopreoccupied with pinnacle tohelp out here.Some good points:"they giveyou some great Italian breadbefore your entrees, and mostdinners come with a salad, andthey have homemade Italiandressing that was wonderful.Their prices are also good.Dinners are mainly in the $5-$9range and they even sell a PrimeRib dinner for $9.50."I mayhave to be curious and stupidto go back and try that out."Actually, I wouldn t mindgiving Nunzi s a second shot toprove itself. I would ust be sureto stay away from the redsauce this time;If you are willing to giveNunzi s a go , head to 2330 East38th Street, or call 825-2940 fordetails and specials.Sweet HomeAlabama:

A ch eesy chick flick at its worstReese Witherspoon is settlingnicely into the It-Girl-Next-Doormold that Drew Barrymore andAlicia Silver stone once occupiedin their heyday.Sweet Home Alabama isnothing more than a date-moviecatered to the charisma andtalent of a rising star.""It is written like a collage ofthe formula conventions oneexpects to ind n a movie as leanon originality as this nice, buttoo,nice, romantic comedy."'The plot is obligatory in thisexercise.We all know that Reese scharacter, Melanie Carmichael,a hick parading around in NYCas the big fashion designer, isgoing to end up with a happyending and partake in a fewchched jokes about southernerswhile milking every romanticcomedy staple for all they areworth.

But Alabama s plot, whichfocuses on Melanie going backto her roots to get a divorcefrom her first hubby (charmingJake Lucas) before she canmarry her second hubby to be,Andrew (played by 80sromantic comedy staple PatrickDempsey),Along the way, she mustreconcile with her parents, hertownsfolk and an identity the BigApple can t truly hide fromsouthern hospitality.Never mind the leaps-of-faiththe plot begs the audience to take(do we really buy that Melanie sparents haven t heard from herin seven years?), nevermind theeventual face-off betweenAndrew s mother, the Mayor ofNew York (played by CandiceBergen) and Melanie s folks rwe are here to see MissWitherspoon do what she doesbest: look cute, act even cuter."*Vk miss her presence whenmany a sub-plot choppily steals

Ticket stubBy Phil PirrelloOpinion editorher spotlight. WhenWitherspoon is absent, we areleft watching a sub-par picturewith an above-the-title characteractress getting her first shot atJulia Roberts-esque marqueevalue.The only support the filmoffers its star comes fromLucas, who makes a one-notecaricature into a multi-dimensional character whomthe audience more thanwelcomes.Bergen s character isunderwritten and left to donothing more than bark andsupply what a Hollywoodpolitician would see as wisecracks. Bergen s personalitydominates that which is absentfrom the character, thus leavingan annoying taste m'Sweet snarrative pallet.""

God forbid director AndyTennant takes risks with theformula and tries to have funwith convention rather thanplay by the rules (then again,what can he do with a scriptwhose dramatic epoch rests Inthe hands of Melanie s woe-is-me monologue at her dog sgrave?)Witherspoon lacks sufficientmaterial to make Sweet HomeAlabama anything more than aFriday night alternative to sittingat home.4But a trip to the localBlockbuster offers a morerewarding evening, providingfunnier films to cuddle to thanthis pedestrian attempt to makeus laugh while showing uslesser scenes we ve seen donebefore in much better movies.

Calling SailDylanBy William HagemanChicago Tribune (KRT)

With another leg of BobDylan s 1 m-Going-to-Stay-on-the-Road-Until-I-0 utl ive-All-My-Original-Fans Tourstarting shortly, now s the timeto get in on the Dylan Pool.The Internet contest,dreamed up by University ofBritish Columbia studentArthur Louie, is based onDylan s ever-changing setlists.Before each new phase ofthe contest, Louie gives everyDylan song a point valuemore points for ones Dylanseldom sings, fewer points formore familiar ones based onDylan s track record with eachtune. Contestants go to a Website [pool.dylantree.com] andsubmit a list of songs theythink he II play on theupcoming tour (there s nocharge to participate). Once thetour starts, standings are keptbased on what Dylan playedeach night, the point value ofthose songs and who guessedright. }'There are a few songs thatDylan will perform only onceor twice a year, Louie said. Themost obscure tune he haspulled out recently is Quinnthe Eskimo (the MightyQuinn), which showed up onthe last tour after a 33-yearhiatus...

file photoWhen twoworlds collide: Bob Dylan and Pope John Paul II.Nobody could have possibly

predicted it, Louie said.Other songs are fairly safebets.There typically isn t muchvariation in bis encores, andyoucan usually expect to hearfavorites such as 'Like a RollingStone and 'All Along theWatchtower, Louie said.Those songs aren t worth verymany points in the pool becausethey re played so often.At the end of each leg of thetour,Winners get fabulousprizes. Well, stuff DylanCDs or posters or other m usic-related materia l all of itdonated by* other contestparticipants. (More than 200prizes were awarded at the endof the August tour.)The site is run for free, and

people like to contribute bydonating prizes, Louie said.The prizes never come tome; we just match the peoplewho donate the prizes withthe people who win them. It sreally amazing how generouspeople are.More than 3,000 peoplehave registered at the Website. The question is, is Dylanone of them? JLouie said an AssociatedPress story on the contestquoted Elliott Mintz, Dylan sspokesman, as saying Dylanis not a big computer guy.However, I think it sentirely possible that Dylan speople could have informedhim of the pool, Louie said.If that s the case, I hope itgave him a good laugh.

"On Your Toes"It will get you on your feetBy Bridget HughesContributing writer

To someone who may not beinformed about the effect ofdance on one s personality,perhaps he or she should take abreak out from his busyschedule of studying at thelibrary to attend a performanceright in our own backyard.That s right, the dancedepartment here at Mercyhursthas gone all out, preparing avariety show, of performancespromised to captivate andenchant any jff interestedindividual with that sparkle intheir eye for dancing. 'kOn Your Toes is theupcoming performance series,which will be presentedHomecoming Weekend, Sept.28 at 4 p.m., and Parent sWeekend on Oct 5 at 11 a.m..Such an invigorating titleneeds no clarification; surely allthe participants agree that therecital will keep the audienceengrossed and immersed in themany venues of dance that canbe enjoyed by all.Six pieces altogether compriseof a delightful and awe-inspiringdemonstration of a behind the

scenes look at the world ofdance.A lecture demonstrationconsists of a ballet class rangingabout twenty minutes, withnineteen girls showing off theirdexterity? and proficiencyworking at the bar and doingexercises on the floor.This is meant to give theaudience a view through theeyes of a dancer and howclasses are conducted. Paquitapas de Deux is another piecethat will be performed at therecital. A duet comprising ofAmanda and Brian Walker, bothstudents here at M ercyhurst willbe performing following thelecture demonstration.The Liturgical DanceEnsemble consisting of fifteenstudents will also be performinga spiritual ballet piece. This is avery moving piece that has a lot

of feeling, and is always afavorite of many whenobserving the emotions thatcome through very effectivelyas they dance.Teachers and husband andwife team, Mark and SolveigSantillano will perform PasDeTea for Deux. %A modern dancepiece, this shows muchexpression and articulation ofpassion. It allows the viewerto step into another character,

feel the emotions and sense thetrue essence of this feature.For Loss of Rene is a thirdduet that will be performed eachweekend by two students atMercyhurst. This is acontemporary balletperformance, which ischoreographed by Ms. TaunaHunter.Lastly* a Jazz classcomprising ofeight girls will endthe performance of On YourToes with an ener getic andlively presentation to someupbeat music that the viewercan tap his or her foot to whenhe feels the immense excitementovertaking him, so much that hecan no longer control himself.All right, so this may not occurfor each and every person thatattends a performance of OnYour Toes. How ever, it isguaranteed that any person whotakes part in this celebration ofall things dance will truly beinspired to get their groove onand show their stuff the nexttime they decide to bust a moveto a great song on the radio.Sure, we all can t be themost talented dancers here at theHurst, but why not have a littlefun and cut loose with avivacious attitude about danceand a lively spirit that makes youwant to get On your toes.

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The Everclear Concert is at t heHammermill Center at GannonUniversity on Sunday, October6th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are$17 and can be purchased atGannon, Penn State Behrend,Edinboro, Disc Go Round,Grasshopper, and World ofMusic. VVe are stil l in theprocess o f selecting an openingband, which will announced at alater date. The concert issponsored by the Activ itiesProgramming Board at GannonUniversity.

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Football defeats Northwood 17-14New coach Marty Schaetzle earns first-ever'GUA C winBy Bryan ChristopherContributing writer

The Mercyhurst football teambounced back homecomingweekend, outlasting Northwood17-14.More than 3000 came to watchthe Lakers jump to a 3-0 lead,thanks to a ten play, 60 yard driveresulting in a 22 yard field goalfor senior Vinny Repucci.With 4:02 left in the firs t half,Mercyhurst took advantage of aNorthwood fumble and seniorquarterback Brett Weidig scoredfrom six yards outThe Timberwolves scored atouchdown late in the thirdquarter. The Lakers answeredimmediately when sophomorequarterback Jim Schulerconnected with senior tailbackFaheed Williams for a 68 yardtouchdown. Northwood againcountered with a touchdown passthrown with 1:42 left inregulation. Mercyhurst recoveredthe Timberwolves onside kickattempt and held on to preservethe win.Sophomore Marcus Patton ledthe Laker running game with 20carries for 67 yards. QuarterbacksWeidig, Schuler, and sophomoreClint Williams combined for 7-23passing and 121 yards. They alsothrew three interceptions.Northwood outgained Mercyhurst389 to 240 in yards of totaloffense for the game.""Defensively junior linebackerBrian Smith led the way witheight and a halftackles. Senior IkeMorrison had two tackles for

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Senior Eric Bott tries to keep a Northwood player from catchinga pass in the endzone as the rest of theLakers battle againstNorthwood. M ercyhurst won the Homecoming game 17-14. Thewin was the first-ever GLIAC win for new head coach MartySchaetzle.

Freshman Brandon Zangaro makes the tackle as senior ScottMackar and senior Rob Keefe look on. Mackar is second onthe team with 17 tackles, with 13being solo. He also leads theteam in interceptions with2. Zangaro has made 10 solo tackleswhile Keefe has 8.

losses. Senior Scott M ackar andfreshman Brandon Zangaro eachhad an interception.Patton s 67 rushing yards givehim 87 for the year, second tosenior Phil Provenzano s 141.

Schuler leads the trio ofquarterbacks with 444 of theteams 585 total passing yards.Brian Smith leads the defensewith 22 tackles for the season andthe defense as a team has

registered six sacks in fourgames. Mackar leads ininterceptions with two.The win marked head coachMarty Schaetzle s first GLIACvictory at Mercyhurst, and

improved the team s seasonrecord to 2-2 overall and 1 -2 intheconference.The Lakers host another keyGLIAC matchup against FindlaySaturday at 1:30.Lakers ranked 23rd in pre-season Division I poll(Minneapolis, MN)Minneapolis, MN TheUniversity of Minnesota, lastyear s NCAA Champion, wasselected first in the Pre-SeasonUSCHO.com Division I Men s

Poll with 22 of a possible 40 first-place votes. Minnesota willattempt to overcome the losses ofseniors like Hobey B aker winnerJordan Leopold on defense andgoaltender Adam Hauser, as wellas underclassmen like Jeff Taffe,who left school to sign with the

NHL s Phoenix Coyotes- Captainof this year s Gopher squad is lastspring s NCAA TournamentMostValuable Player, Grant Potulny.The University of Denverfinished second in the poll with12 first place votes. The Pioneersreturn nine of the top ten scorersand a top goaltending tandemfrom last year s squad that wonthe WCHA regular season andpost-season titles.1Other teams that captured first-place votes included Michigan,

which finished third, fourth-placeNew Hampshire, and fifth-placeBoston University. Last year sNCAA runner-up, the BlackBears of Maine, inished n sixth-place. Michigan State, at seventh,will try to cope with the twinlosses of head coach Ron Masonand Hobey Baker-winninggoaltender Ryan Miller.Cornell, which finished eighth,was the highest ranking schoolfrom the ECAC. Harvard, alsofrom the ECAC, finished 14th.

Two teams that were unrated atthe end of last season were in thetop 15 teams of this poll. BostonCollege, which won the 2001NCAA title but finished with justa 0.500 record at 18-18-2 lastseason, was selected ninth. NorthDakota, which captured the 2000NCAA title by downing theEagles, inished ast season at 16-19-2 but was selected 13th for thisseason. A total of 28 teams fromall six Division I conferencesearned votes.

The USCHO.com Poll iscompiled by U.S. CollegeHockey O nline, and consists of40 voters, including 28 coachesfrom the Division I conferencesand 12 beat writers from acrossthe country. Thepoll is publishedweekly by theAssociated Press.Mercyhurst has three top tenteams on its 2002-03 schedule;Denver, Maine and ColoradoCollege. Mercyhurst is the onlyMAAC League team to receiveconsideration rom he voters.Men's soccer still Lady Lakers take 3 winsundefeated:

8-0 record ranks Lakers1st in Great Lakes RegionBy Emily PisulaContributing writer

With a new head coach, themen s soccer team is off to agood start for the 2002 season.They are undefeated w ith an 8-0 record and are ranked first inthe Great Lakes Region. TheLakers played two strong gamesSept. 28 and 29 , both endingwith a shutout.The Lakers hosted AldersonBroaddus Saturday, Sept. 28,winning 3-0. The Lakers scoredtwice within a three-minute spanlate in the irsthalf of thegame.Sophomore forward MikeDlythe and junior defenderShane Hogan scored the goalsfor Mercyhurst. Hogan s goalwas his fifth of the season.Senior forward J.P. Kitcho

scored his third goal of theseason late in the second half tocomplete the scoring.Sophomore goaltenders MattSullivan and Marty Ruberryhelped to combine for theshutout.The Lakers went on to hostTruman State Sunday, Sept. 29.With a tough game the Lakersdefeated Truman State 1-0.Senior defender Shawn Burke,scored the only goal of the gameon a penalty kick at 42:14. Thegoat was Burke s first of theseason and the Laker s secondsuccessful penalty kick of the2002 season. The shutoutimproved Ruberry s record to 8-0, giving him credit with foursaves in the game.The men s soccer team will beaway at Northwood Friday, Oct.4 at 4 p.m. and at AshlandFriday, Oct. 11 at 4:30 p.m.

By Bryan ChristopherContributing writer \A weekend sweep of MichiganTech, Lake Superior State andNorthern Michigan has the LadyLakers on a roll.Trailing 2-1 on Friday,Mercyhurst stormed back to win3-2 against Michigan Tech* Winsin games two, four and five byscores of 32-30, 30-27 and 15-9offset losses of 30-24 and 30-21in games one and three.Sophomore Lyndsi Hughes ledthe way with 23 kills andfreshman Kari Clapham logged58 assists.We struggled a bit againstMichigan Tech, said head coachMissy Soboleski,

The streak stayed alive Saturdaywith a win over Lake SuperiorState. 11 took just three games andscores of31 -29,30-24 and 30-24.Senior Leslie Macko and Hughescombined for 23 kills whileClapham added 33 assists.The first defeat of NorthernMichigan sealed the Mercyhurstsweep. Hughes and Claphamagain led the way, registering 19kills and 40 assists.Hughes leads the team averagewith more than four kills pergame, and Clapham averages10.86 assists per game. As a team,Mercyhurst has registered 814kills to their opponents463, goodfor a 13.8-7.8 average margin,Hughes is named GLIACplayerof the week this week.

The wins raised the LadyLakers to 13-3 on the season, and5-1 in the GLIAC, marking theschool s best start since 1993. Anexceptional balance of seniorleadership and underclassmencontributionhas the team sittingin second place in the SouthDivision, and vying for a spot inthe Division II top 25.1 m glad we re 5-1 in theGLIAC, Hughes added, I knewwe could be here, but it was all amatter of if the girls could put ittogether as a team.The Lady Lakers put theirunbeaten road record on the lineagainst Wayne State Friday andHillsdale Saturday beforereturning home to host GrandValley State M onday.

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Minnesota-Duluih, last year snational champion, finished firstin pre-season balloting for theUSCHO.com Division I Women sPol) The Bulldogs will be led thisyear by returning Olympian JennyPotter, and will look to becomethe first women s hockey team towin three consecutive NCAAtitles this spring, when Duluthhosts the finals in March.The only other team to gamer afirst place vote was sister-schoolMinnesota, based out of he TwinCities. Following a year that sawthe Gophers surpass expectations,Minnesota will surprise no onethis year, finishing second in thepoll. Two Olympians, Krissy

Wendell and Natalie Darwitz, jointhe squad as freshmen.Finishing third are the Crimsonfrom Harvard University, whichwas recently named first in theECAC pre-season coaches poll.Canadian Gold medalist and PattyKazmaier--winner JenniferBotterill returns as a senior, andis joined by U.S. OlympiansAngela Ruggiero and Julie Chu.Ivy League schools capturedfour ol the top ten spots, as fourth*place Dartmouth, fifth-placeBrown and tenth-place Princeton,joined Harvard. Other schools inthe top ten were WCIIA memberWisconsin and St. Lawrence ofthe ECAC. New league Hockey

East had two representatives withProvidence at eighth andNortheastern at ninth. TheHuskies will look to replace thescoring punch of last year s PattyKazmaier winner, BrookeWhitney, who was lost tograduation.Mercyhurst will play sixof thetop ten teams this season. Theyinclude Harvard, Dartmouth,Brown, Wisconsin, St. Lawrence,and Princeton. The Lady Lakerswill also compete against # 11Niagara amd #14 Ohio State.

Upcoming'Hurst SporttiCross countryThe men s and women s cross

country teams will compete inthe LeMoyne Invitational inSyracuse, NY Saturday, Oct 5.

FootballThe Mercyhurst football teamwill host unbeaten GLIACopponent Findlay Saturday, Oct5 at 1:30p.m.

Field hockeyThe women s ieldhockey teamplays at Shippensburg Saturday,OcU 5 at 1 p.m. and at LockHaven Sunday, Oc t 6 at 1 p.m.Men s GolfThe men s golf team competesin the GLIAC Championships atGrand Valley State thisSaturday and Sunday. The teamalso travels to AlleghenyTuesday, Oct. 8.

Women s golfThe women s golf team headsacross town as it takes onGannon this Sunday andMonday. The Lady Lakers hostthe Mercyhurst InvitationalTuesday, Oct. 8.

Men s hockeyThe men s hockey team beginsits 2002-2003 season with anexhibition game against BrockUniversity Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7p.m. in the Mercyhurst IceCenter.

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Women s hockeyThe women s hockey teambegins its 2002-2003 seasonhosting Bemidji State Friday,Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.'and Saturday,Oc t 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Men s soccerThe men s soccer visits GLIACopponent Northwood Friday,Oct 4 for a 4 p.m. game.

Women s soccerThe women s'soccer teamtravels to Northwood for a 2p.m. game Friday, Oct. 4 and toNorthern Michigan Sunday,Oct 6 for a 1 p.m. game. Theyvisit Slippery Rock W ednesday,Oct 9 at 4 p.m. > ;

TennisThe men s tennis teamcompetes in the I.T.A. RegionalChampionships in Bloomsburg,PA this Saturdays Sunday andMonday,' The men s andwomen s tennis teams both takeon Edinboro at 3 p.m. Tuesday,Oct. 8.

Women s volleyballThe women s volleyball teamtravels to Wayne State Friday,Oct. 4 for a 7 p.m. game and toHillsdale at 1 p.m. Saturday,Oct. 5.

Men s w ater poloThe men s water polo teamtravels to Washington &Jefferson this Saturday. "IheLakers play Perm State Behrendat 10 a.m., Washington &Jefferson at 1 p.m. and GroveCity at 5:30 p.m. The team alsoplays Grove City again at PermState Behrend Tuesday, Oct 8at 6:30 p.m. i;

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