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Au t u m n h as arrived and by thefeel of the cold, cutting winds thathave blown across c a m p u s : thisweek, we can be sure that winter ison it s way. Before crawling intohibernat ion w e p a v e o n e lastchance to l e t loose: Halloween.

Fo r a while, I thought that I hadoutgrown th e night of witches andgoblins,and in all hones ty I haven ' tdressed upf or he occasion in aboutsi x o r seven years. B u t this yearwill b e d i f feren t Maybe i t ' s b e -cause I have m e t with a little toomuch stress lately or ust because Iwan t to be crazy again, bu t onFriday , O c t 3 1 , 1 will become m yalter ego, Big Brother Ray-Ray. |

N ow B ig Brother Ray-Ray ispart Blair Outlet, ,part Salvat ionArmy, part Goodwill and (hethinks) al l soul . Ray-Ray is thekind of guy that would bring M adDog 20/20 and Kraft Slices to a

wine and cheese party. It 's true, heha s n o social graces, n o r does hewant them. H e even has a partnerin h is fashion crime, o n e P i m pDaddy James. Together they fightto rid the world o f over-stressedcollege students a n d faculty, byjust annihilat ing th e hemispherewith laughter.

Som e claim that there is a methodto their m adness, and they dare yo uto figure them out. But the wholepoint i s j u s t to have fun and let |]loose a little b i t (This is where Iget philosophical.) T o o manypeople a re insecure about them- jse l ves, or too apathetic to make a nat tempt a t reaching within to findsomething completely different

I have sat in classes full of intel-ligent people, listened to the pro-fessors give wonderful lecturesandwatched as most of the studentsstared ou t the windows or sketchedbatt le axes and arm y tanks i n theirnotebooks. It real ly angers me tosee this kind of attitude in higher

education. W e are supposethe next generation of leadwe take a two-hour lecturevalue and don't challenge otion any of i t I s this th eAmerica an entire generpeople who just s i t and waworld go by them with ouin g out to take their parthope not . I know tha t I refudown and accept what peois m y fate, my destiny.

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and Carrie TappeA&E EditorIn celebration of the 10th an ni-versary of the Visiting A rtists Se-ries, Mercyhurst College presentsviolinist Tricia Park and pianistSonya 0\ rutsky, on Sunday, Nov.

2, at 2:30 p.m., in the MaryD'Angelo Performing Arts Cen-ter. Admission for students is free."With*a program featuringworks by Mozart, Stravinsky,Liszt, Sarasate, and Bright Sheng,it is clear that Tricia Park is in thefront ranks of an extraordinarygroup of young musicians ontoday's international concertscene,"said AlbertGlinsky,Ph.D.,founder of the Visiting A rtists S e-ries and faculty member of theD'Angelo School of Music.

"Ms. Park possesses a first-rate technique andfluidmusician-ship, with both a confident andelegant musical personality."A native of Se attle, Park beganstudying the violin at age six. Hercareer was launched after winningfirst prize in the Simon-Fiset StringCompetition three years later, andin 1989, at age 12, she made hersolo orchestral debut with the Bal-

timore Symphony O rchestra, per-forming the Paganini Violin Con-certo No. 1. Three years later sheperformed with the Seattle Sym-phony, and that same summer wasinvited by Pinchas Zukerman toperform with the Dallas Sym-phony,"Engagements with both orches-tras immediately followed alongwith performances of the V ivaldiDouble Violin Concerto withZukerman at the 1993 inauguralconcert in Harris Hall at the AspenMusic Festival.The following summer, Parkmade herNew York debutin AveryFisher Hall at Lincoln Center'sMostly Mozart Festival, and re-turned to the festival in 1996, toappea r with the festival s orches -tra on a tour of the United States,Canada and Japan. Her perfor-mance of Mozart's Violin Con-certo No. 3 under the direction ofHans Vonk revealed "a trim, re-fined sound and demonstrated animpressive technical and interpre-tive control. She handled the de-tailed passage work in the quickouter movem ents with agility anda command of Mozartean style,**according to a New York Timesarticle.%t Since the festival, she has per-

formed with the Saint Paul Cham- Hiber, Frankfurt R adio and E nglishChamber Orchestras as well as theNational Symphony Orchestra ofSouth Africa; the Montreal, Se-attle, Dallas, Cincinnati, Lincoln,Honolulu, and Nevada Sympho-nies; and the Calgary, W estchesterand Buffalo Philharmonics.She has given recitals through-out the United States, including ahighly-acclaimed performance atthe Ravinia Rising Stars. She ap-peared at the Festival of Camposdo Jordao in Brazil in July 1994and was engaged for recital andconcerto appearances in Sao Pauloand Rio de Janeiro in April 1996.Park currently studies with Dor-othy DeLay and Hyo Kang at TheJuilliard S chool.Also from Juilliard and appear-ing with Park is pianist; SonyaOvrutsky who gained worldwideacclaim after winning the Interna-tional Piano C ompetition in Italy(Senigalia) at the age of 15.She has since performed in themain concert halls of Russia andthe United States including Mos-cow Conservatory Hall, MoscowPhilharmonic Hall, RachmaninovHall, Lincoln Cente r's Alice TullyHall and the Aspen Music FestivalCompetition, where she is a full

Viol inis t Tr icia Park to perform in PACscholarship recipient.'The Visiting Artists Series wasoriginallycreated to include artistsand ensembles of various disci-plines who would come toMercyhurst College to present un-usual and specialized performinggroups and soloists," commentedGlinsky. Each performance iscomplemented by a m asterclass or

discussion to bring into the backstage wperformers. Future eseries include "Romaopera by Pulitzer Pcomposer Robert Wday, Nov. 9 in the TTheatre; and pianist Lon Feb. 15, and the NSaxophone Quartet o

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By Tim Kelly.Based on Mary Shelley'sclassic story.Directed by Jeff LipiecFriday, Oct. 31standSaturday, Nov. 1 st

Alex Theater, 8 p.m.Admission is free withMercyhurst SturentS I.D.

By James HainCopy EditorLately, there haven't been toomany good door-slamming, mis-taken identity farces in theatre.There was Noises Off a few yearsback, but Broadway seems to beshying away from that once-re-vered combination of slapstick andmiscommunication."Moon Over B uffalo," which iscurrently playing at the Erie Play-

house, is a throwback to the classicscrewball comedies of the 1930s,and although not as well-writtenas some of those farces, it is justas much fun.The play takes place entirelywithin the confines of a rundowntheater in B uffalo. A touring com-pany has set up shop there for a fewperformances. Th e cornerstone ofthe company is the husband-and-wife team of George and Charlotte

(played by Mike Hayes and ChrisCooper), whose chemistry onstageis offset by their backstage bicker-ing. ITheir daughter Rosalind (LaurieOreen), who has left the companyafter breaking off a relationshipwith stage manager Paul (PatrickThcim), has returned to introduceher parents to her new fiance, amousy weatherman namedHoward (Howard Savoy).Meanwhile, Charlotte is con-templating running oil* with thecompany's attorney, and Georgediscovers that he has gotten thecompany's resident ingenue preg-nant This all takes place againstthe backdrop of a small-scale pro-duction of Cyrano de Bergerac,which is going to be viewed bylegendary director Frank Capra.Capra is considering George andCharlotte for his new movie afterhis stars have dropped out in mid-

production.Directed?by Richard Davis,"Moon Over Buffalo" is a fast-moving, well-pacedproduction. Inthe leads, Hayes and Cooper per-form magnificently, and the entire[uction is well-cast from top tobottom. Theim's performance asthe harried stage manager is espe-cially noteworthy, with just theright blend of confidence and awk-wardness.The play takes place almost en-tirely. on one setthe dressingroomand it*works well, givingthe show a claustrophobic feelwhile at the same time being largeenough for all the action that takes

wplace.| "Moon Over Buffalo" is a funny,light-hearted comedy that shouldplease fans ol classic screwballcomedy as well as the new genera-tion of slapstick fans. Jim Carreyhas nothing on this.

Just a Reminder...Erie Ballet Thperformance, "RockRemember" is at thing Arts Cente r on F31,a t8p.m.andSatuI, a t 2:30 p.m. Ticke$3 for students witr ange from $3 - $general audience.

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"Shall We Dance the fourthfilm in the Fall Film Series will bepresented Wednesday, Nov. 5 at8p.m. in the Mary D'Angelo Per-forming Arts Center.Directed by Masayuki Suo,the film is an audience favoritefrom the 1996 Cannes Film Festi-val. "Shall We Dance" is both acomedy and a love story about agroup of Japanese people and theballroom dance lessons that bringthem to life.The story is one of a youngwoman who is noticed by a busi-nessman in Japan while she staresout the window of a dance school.He signs up for a dance class inorder to get closer to her. Soon, heevolves into quite the waltzing

king. (His wife is suspicious of anaffair and decides to hire a detec-tive for the case.

Su o won the Japanese Acad-em y Award for Best Film in 1992for "Sumo Do, Sumo Don't .""Attendance at the films fordiscussion has been outstanding,especially for a Wednesday nightproduction," said Yvonne Maher,assistant director and publicist forthe Performing Arts Center. Anestimated 200 people have beenattending the viewing of the films.Only five films make up theFall Film Series. The last filmwill be shown Nov. 12. Ticketsfor the films are $3 for adults, $2for seniors and students.Mercyhurst College students andPresident's Card Holders are ad-mitted free.

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A m e r i c a n a : H e y , l e t ' s g e t t h e f a c t s s t r a i g h t !By Emilio ColaiacovoSenior Writer I

Two years ago, I was criticizedfor writing an explosive article inmy column which was then en-titled 'The Heavyweight Cham-pion of the Right." Many said Ishould have written a letter to theeditor to vent my frustrations in-stead of using my column as avehicle to bring light to a topic thathad irritated me at the time. Never-theless, I find myself in the samedilemma this week.1 was criticized by Me re adWriter Joe G allagherin last week'sissue and I would like to respond tosome of the baseless comments hehas made throughout the past fewweeks. Regardlessofwhat Americameans for Mr. Gallagher, for me itstands for freedom and I shall ex-ercise that freedom properly to re-but some of Joe's fallacies. ILast week, Joe said that Merciadcolumnists should be more consis-tent and responsible when givingtheir commentary. While the ideasexpressed in his article were a bitconfusing, I will try to make thecase that"my articles have beenconsistentwith the rich trad tionofacademic integrity.Throughout his article, Joe ex-pressed a concern overan apparentmisinterpretation concerning thephilosophy of John S tuart Mill, an18th Century political phi 1osopher.While admitting that he was noexpert in political philosophy, Joewent on to criticize the most basic

tenets of Millian philosophy. Cur-rently, I am a political science mi-nor and have taken several coursesthat involve political theory. Whilenot professing to be an expert inthe arena of theory, I must admitthat my interpretation of Mill wasfree? of errors and contained nomisinterpretation or ambiguities. Ibelieve that Joe should have thor-oughly read my article before mis-quoting me.Nowhere in my article did I write,"an individual's right to opinionand speech" equates to libertarian-ism and anthropocentrism. What Idid say was that Mill's radical in-sistence on civil liberties in manycases leads to damaging effects onsociety. To support this opinion Iused the example of the Germananti-Semitic newspaper "DerSturmer," which served a culturethat systematically murdered 6million Jews. This is one of thedangers of radical individualism.One theory which is held by manyconservative philosophers is thatthe unrestricted freedoms of whichMills spoke indeed have a detri-mental Teffect on society. Moraldecay surrounds us, Joe, and it is inlarge part due to the fact that FirstAmendment jurisprudence hasshifted from the protection of ideas

towards the protection of lewd andobscene actions. This is the idea Itried to convey in my article. Un-fortunately, in his article last week,you were less than stellar in up-holding the journalistic responsi-bility you spoke of. Tsk, Tsk.

Furthermore, Joe's inability toremain objective in his articleshasbeen nothing but commonplace. Inhis October 9th Stasis column ap-propriately entitled "Inconsis-tency," he in fact m isrepresentedtwo programs that exist on thiscampus: R/IAPand ROTC. In thearticle, Joe more or less equatedROTC cadets wi th goose-steppingStalinists.Additionally Joe stated in thesame article that the military bud-get consumes 50% of our tax dol-lars. This is untrue! In a $7 trillioneconomy, roughly $250 billiongoes to military spending. This is afar cry from the50% you spoke of.This represents a major problem inyour writing, your articles lack fac-tual basis and this is irresponsiblejournalism. This is unfair tosay theleast

Also, Joe, your attack on thegraduates from theR/IAPprogramwas inappropriate. While callingIntelligenceAnalystpositions "me-nial," I believe that you failed torealize the significance tha t Intelli-gence Analysts play in the com-munity. All organizations, includ-ing Coca-Cola, McDonalds, andSears employ analysts to analyzetrends and products throughout theworld. I do not understand howyou can equa te this noble profes-sion to the "questionable activi-ties" that are often associated withtheFBI andthe CIA. This is a clearcase of blaming the many for thecrimes of a few. Knowing of yourdisdain for the military and gov-

ernment, it is obvious that yourprejudice has clouded your ab ilityto act as a responsible journalistOne who lives in glass housesshould not throw stones.

A weekly criticism ofcol um ns by anotherMircisnothing bu t unimaginahope you don't start toeach article based on theI write political columns for The use or misuse of proper

Merciad and to my best knowl-edge, I understand that you writeopinionated columns. I did notunderstand that it was now yoursole duty to act as a moral censordeciding what is just and what isnot. One does not have a monopolyon morality Joe! I hope that in yourfuture articles you write of some-thing worthwhile and independentof someone else's thought.

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When ones considers the terms "politics" and "government" asthey are dominant characteristics of most any societal states inwhich we live today, there is a presiding importance which theypossess that cannot be ignored. Once again, the day of Novemberfourth is very near, and in our hypocritically democratic state ofthe U.S.A., many people will most likely still be triek-or-treatingcome that date, just as they tend to do every year. Why?Politics is all about having practical wisdom, and it usually isinvolved with a governing plan. Politics is the science of govern-ment, of a wise and/or practical exercised plan for management ofa populace. Government comes from the exercising of a systemto govern a state. Thekey word in all of this rhetorical explanationis govern. To govern is to exercise authority, rule, control, toguide, to determine, and to influence the action of that which isbeing practiced upon. Does that sound desirable?Many people argue that it isa necessity to have such control, thatchaos would result without it because people are too feeble ontheir own to run them selves. A vast percentage of the populacemay currently be dependent upon authority and unable to stand forthemselves, but this does not mean it is impossible for themeventually to be educated enough to stand up and demolish theirinsecurities. These insecurities cause people to subscribe toparenting structures..The government manipulates us; that is a factof life. Candidatesand campaigns cater to reach people's interests for votes whilepoliticians' self-interests are ^protected. The whole" stories ofintentions are never completely revealed. The populace of com-mon people are the fuel, and their engine of structure directs themto where it needs them to burn in order to instigate motion of thevehicle of the state/The political class are the mechanics, engi-neers, and drivers.

In our system of the U.S.A., adults of age 18 and over canexercise their voice in choosing representatives. This is suppos-edly democracy where the individual'svoice is minimal. But itshould be no greater than anyone else's, right?I f someone doesnot vote they should not complain as they dismiss their involve-ment and power or potential influence. That brings up the problemthough, that the influence posed by an individual vote is minute[unless it is cast towards the favor of one of two candidates.Two powerful and elite parties are naturally self-interested and'allow no room for opposition or change. Tacit, widespreadmanipulation is necessary to keep the populace in support of i isrulers. Sadly, the people buy into it. They truly believe, thoughblindly as it may be, that there is no other way than that which ispresented by the present governing structure. They fee) the needthen to support one or the other candidate in order to be effective,thinking that anything else would be "throwing their vote away.Thus, they are led by the rich .*Wake up! This need not be! Unity and awareness in an unedu-cated populace is what is presently lacking. It can change.Dedication to ourselves is al 1 that is necessary in all aspects of life.To start w ith, open and scrutinizing thought is necessary; also ifone follows this line of reasoning then an individual should notallow their vote to be a lie.Do not complain il government does anything you do not likeif you remain in support of the governm ent's political structure.It may sound impossible ifi have a government that would besufficient for everybody. T xt is entirely the point 1 n proving thatthe present structure is hyp critical to the pcople^but not to itselfi n its detrimental persistence, which prevents a change outside ofits own set limits. Think o the impact that true unity of a non-

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F u t u r e i s B r i g h t e r t h a n e v e r f o r R e l i g i o u s S t u d iBy BUI Melville |and Chris WlochMerciad Editors> This year has seen importantchanges for the Rel i gious StudiesDepartmentatMercyhurstCollege.Among the additions to the facultyin 1997 are Thomas Forsthoefeland David Livingston."I think that we have been veryfortunate to hire two men of suchcalibre," said D r. Mary HembrowSnyder, Director of the Depart-ment of Philosophy and ReligiousStudies. "They both bring a matu-rity, sensitivity and level of so-phistication that we've long beenlooking for Each has a great senseof humor, which is also a delight."Forsthoefel originally comesfrom the Detroit area. He did hisundergraduatework inEnglish andtheology at Georgetown Univer-sity, received a master's degree inphilosophy from Loyola Univer-sity in Chicago, and is currentlyworking on his doctoral disserta-tion in the philosophy and historyof religion from T he University ofChicago, specializing in SouthAsian religious traditions. Fors-thoefel has taught previously atDePaul University in Chicago and

at several other schools in the Chi-cago area.Forsthoefel is pleased with hisexperience at Mercyhurst thus far."Mercyhurst offered me thechance to teach what I'm trainedin. The fact that Mercyhurst is aCatholic 1 i beral arts college helpedme to feel more at home because Iwent to the same kind of school aswell," he said.

Additionally, Forsthoefel saidthat he sees the Religious Studiesdepartment as growing even morecreative over the next few years bydrawing on the various gifts andexpertise of the faculty.'The new core requires two reli-gion courses, which means thatthere will be a greater opportunityformore upp er level classes that fitthe training of department mem-bers," he said.Next term, Forsthoefel will beteaching a course on World Reli-gions. Eventually, he hopes to of-fer courses in non-Western^reli-gions such as Buddhism, Hindu-

ism, in addition to specializedclasses on particular aspects ofthese faith traditions includingmysticism and devotional poetry.Three weeks ago, Forsthoefel andhis wife Therese celebrated the

M r. Thomas Forsthoefel and D r. David LivingstonI religious studies department, acol-lege needs to offer diverse kinds ofapproaches and expertise. It is en-couraging that Mercyhurst is will-ing to examine the various reli-gious and philosophical questionsthat have emerged in India and the'East'." )

birth of their {third child, LukeFrancis. About his son Forsthoefelsaid, "Between* his,; almond eyesand ruddy cheeks, I wonder if he'staken the last bus out of Lh asa."Forsthoefel expressed optimismtowards his future at MercyhurstHe said, 'To have a high qualityt Hurst Student is Sem i-Finalist in Modeling Contest

By Angela HarrisStaff Writer

On Monday, Oct. 20, AndreMcNichol, a sophomore dancemajor, recieved a letter declaringhim a semi-finalist in the 1997Structure Model Search.In order to be considered for thesearch, the Structure company re-quired that the contestant send ei-ther ahead shot photo, or enter oneof the contests which they holdaround the country. Ironically,Andre never anticipated enteringin a contest, nor did he think that hewould ultimately receive a model-ing offer.McNichol entered the contestseveral weeks ago. "I went out to aclub for my birthday, and as soonas I walked in, people suggestedthat I enter," he said. "I had ndintention, but they insisted."The contest included a L down the run-way along with atalent portion. Since he has alot ofexperience as a performer, Andrejumped at the chance. "It was just

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Andre McNichol

something fun to do, I didn't ex-pect anything from it," he said.Two weeks later McNichol re-ceived the letter from Structure.The letter said that he was chosenout of all the entrants across thecountry as asemifinalist. The semi-finalists would be considered forthe finalist position, and 20 peoplewill go to Columbus, Ohio for afinal interview.In Ohio, the contracts will beoffered. 'They said they think thatI have what it takes to be one oftheir models," McNichol added,"and they'll get back to me. "Andreshould hear from Structure againin a couple weeks, after the finaldecision is made.McNichol has had previous mod-eling experience in Miami, wherehe did runway shows. He has alsomodeled dancewear. This pastsummer, he was considered for aCapezio ad in Dance Magazine. 11everything turns out, McNicholwill also have a Structure model-ing contract to add to his resume ina couple of weeks.

As a systematic theologian,Livingston is also concerned withthe way these questions have beenarticulated within the frameworkofRoman Catholicism. Livingstonreceived his B.A. in chemistryfrom Augustana College and aMaster's i n theology from Loyola.He is currently finishing his doc-toral dissertation at VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville. The finaldraft is due in less than threeweeks, Livingston said. He willdefend his thesis on December 8.

While in Nashville, Livingstonbecame involved in the Project toEnd Abuse through Counselingand Education (PEACE). Aftercompleting all of his graduatecourse work, he began to counselmen who batter their partners.As a result, Livingston's thesisinvolves a reinterpretation of thesacrament of reconciliation in thelight of domestic violence. He isapplying the work of French Jew-ish philosopher EmmanuelLevinas in order to understand ifand when forgiveness is possiblein cases of partner and child abuse.In many cases, reconciliation isnot possible, Livingston said.

Photo: Jessica Rus"A majority of the timecannot get back togethethe cycle of violence cohe said.Livingston spent his unate years as a chemistry mswitched to theology inschool.""I got bored with threalized that I didn't wanall of my time there. Iscience, but it's not somwant to devote my life to," "Being trained in thehas helped me to think about religious claims," Livingston said that hinterested in the relatiotween science and religiotionally, he hopes to teacwhich examines both clasmodern understandings ocontemporary situationsethnic cleansing.At the present time, Loffers co urses on Religioand Western Christian During the winter term, Lwill teach two sectionsEthics, a class which wil issues ofjustice in relationomics, war, the environthe criminal justice systeAccording to Snyder, tof the Religious Studiesment is "brighter thanbeen. Right now we areon a scries of initiativesjunction the philosophyment to celebrate the mill

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L e n h a r t J o i n s F o o d S e r v i c e s a s A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t oBy Chris WlochEditor-in- ChiefThis year has seen many changesin faculty and staff. Among thesenew people at Mercyhurst jisCheryl Lenhart, new assistant di-rector of food services. Lenhartreplaces former assistant directorLisa Gierszal who got married andleft the position last spring,Lenhart is no stranger to

Mercyhurst. Originally from theErie area, she graduated gwith abachelor's degree4n Hotel, Res-taurant and Institutional Manage-ment. Before returning to Mercy-hurst in July, she worked i n Colo-rado, Missouri and T exas for theMarriotCorporationandlnsterstateHotels.When she attended Mercyhurst,Lenhart spent four years in theEgan Dining Hall working withGierszal and John Washington,director of food services.Washington said that he enjoysworking with Lenhart, not onlybecause she brings a new perspec-tive to the ob, but also because she

is familiar with the responsibilitiesand already knew many of thepeople having worked here her-self. :Lenhart said that she has madevarious changes since she startedher new position. "We're alwayslooking to improve the cafeteriaand overcome obstacles."Recently, the cafeteria under-went a number of renovations i n-

cl uding havingthe kitchens paintedand new wall paper installed in thedining area. At the present time,there is a need to fix the heatingandair conditioning system so thatthe temperature in the cafeteriaandoffices is not too cold during thewinter.As assistant director, Lenhart'sresponsibilities include doingscheduling and payroll, checkingover invoices, planning meals,doing research and sam pling prod-ucts, going to food and equipmentshows, enforcing and modifyingrules and regulations, supervisingthe workers and student man agers,and handling com plaints, calls andquestions about meals from par-ents. She also decorates the cafete-ria and bulletin board wi th CarolineLupfer and assists in catering withbanquet manager Carrie Alsko.Lenhart said that the changes incl ass ti mes which took effect at thebeginning of this year have made itdifficult forsome students andfac-ul ty to have a chance toeat lunch inthe cafeteria. Lunch lasts from11.15 a.m. to about 1 p.m,. andsome people have been asking if itwould be possible to add moretime. Lenhart said that since break-fast ends at 10 a.m., it is hard tohave everything ready for lunchwhen there is only a little morethan an hour to clean and set up.According to Lenhart, one of themost rewarding aspects of her jobis getting to know members of theMercyhurst community and find-

Cheryl Lenhart Photo: Jessica Russelling out what they'd like to see inthe cafeteria.uWe're very open to input fromstudents, faculty, administrationand staff. Every Monday we checkthe suggestion box to see whatideas people have for us," she said.Lenhart plans on trying to do atleast one theme meal per monththroughout the year. Thus far she isplanning on having dinners thatfeature Mexican, Italian and Chi-nese cuisine. For Halloween, therewill be caramel apples and candyfor students, she said.

Come Join George andMarthafora night of funand games as theStudent Philosophers atMercyhurst (SPAM)present the film11 Who's Afraid ofVirginia Woolf?"

8 p.m.T h u r s d a y , N o v . 6,

M a i n 20 8Hurst Represented at Million! Woman M arch

"Comln* Together1* (I. to r.) Front: C hrystal, Mattie Page. Backrow: Corania Doxey, LaShawna Page,Tammy Doxey, EfTieTucker.

By Chris W lochEditor-in- ChiefOn Saturday, Oct. 25, twoMercyhurst students, LaShawna| Page and Effie Tucker, travelled toPhiladelphia to participate in thefirst-ever Million Woman March.According to Page the event was

still enjoyable for her even thoughscheduled speakers Rosa Parksand Corctta Scott King both can-celled. Page said that she mostenjoyed the speech by CaliforniaHouse Representative MaxineWaters who "encouraged womento go back to their neighborhoodsand crack down on the violenceand drug trafficking that is occur-ring there.""The most important thing 1brought back from the march was

an awareness of the importance ofcommunity in volvement."I Tucker said she felt that the marchwas not at all what she expected,and that given the chance to do itover again she probably would nothave gone."I felt as though there were is-sues that were supposed to be dis-cussed that they did not address.There was supposed to be anagenda, but 1 saw it as being justpublicity for stars and Muslims.""I wasn't looking to go to a pro-black rally, but a pro-humanrally,"Tucker added. "You shouldn'thave people pushing others downbecause of their race, and that'swhat I saw there. But 1 stillthought it was positive that somany women, men and childrencame together without fighting."

The Anthropologis sponsoring twoto Seattle, for the ameeting of the SociAmerican Archae

in March, andoneFrancisco, for the aconvention of the Acan Academy of FoSciences, in Februastudents are welcoa ttend, provided ththe Anthropologywhich is also opeveryone, and hfund-raising. Duemagnitude of theseplane seats are givfirst-come, firstbasis. A $50 downment is due by Wday, Nov. 5,1997, ap.m. in the ArchaeProcessing Labbasement). Thesewill likely cost be$300-500 a person.are interested, callfor further inform

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MEN'S SOCCERLOSS MAY COSTPLAYOFF SPOT I

By Stephen NolanSports Writer

The men's soccer team had a busy weekend whenthey took part in the 1997 Hamot Soccer Classichosted by Gannon. VvHoping to tie down a playoff spot the Lakers firsttook on SIU-Edwardsville. The Lak ers lost 2-1. Thenext opponent was the University of Missouri-St.Louis. The Lakers had better results this time andcame away with a 3-0 victory. The Lakers arenow 10-5-1, and3-0 in the GUAC . |"Edwardsville was ranked first in the region and wewere second so this was avery bi g game for the us. Wewere terrible in thefirsthalf. We couldn't do anythingright Giving upa goal so early in the first half gave usan uphill struggle all the way."But we came out in the second half with new life.We put a lot of pressure on Edwardsville. Wecreateda lot of one-on-one chances which did not go ourway.We played well but our first half performance,lei usdown," said Head Coach John Melody. ..The Lakers only goal came in the second half whena penalty kick was awarded. Senior Glenn Francisstepped up but a good attempt was blocked by thekeeper. Francis slipped i n the rebound to tie the game.The game winning goal for Ed wardsville came in thelast minute of regulation. A free kick washeaded pastkeeper Darian Ttdtl by an unmarked forward.Next, the down hearted Lakers faced UMSL. TheLakers knocked in three goals, thefirstcoming fromRob Yurkovich, assisted by Barry Allen. The secondcame from Freshman Allen O'Brien after a great pieceof individual skill. The finalgoal came in thesecondhalf and wasscored by Captain Fantastic Stuart Hoggafter a great phase of play. He w as assisted by Rob[rYurkovich and Barry Allen who set up some greatone-two's w ith Hogg. Tuitt posted his eighth shutoutof the season. f"We played very well against UMSL and we got theresult we deserved. The goals were very good andwere set up well. It was an important win for us afterthe defeat against Edwardsville because it keeps uswithin sightof playoffs," said MelodyThe defeat against Edwardsville dropped the Lakersfrom second in the region tofifth.The Lakers need tofinish in the top four to make the playoffs. TheLakerslast opponent in regular season is Ashland. A win atAshland will crown them GUAC champions but itdoes not necessarily mean they will make the play-offs. I .."Our backs are against the wall now, even if we winwe arc not guaranteed a playoff spo t OurVi\t lossesthis season have come back to haunt us. All we can d0|is go down there and win. We just have to depend onother results to bring usup in the rankings. Time willtell," said Melody.

CrossCountry Team Struggles atGLIACFBy Scott VanceSports Editor^The Mercyhurst cross country teams traveled to Hillsdale Collegelast weekend to participate in the GLIAC championships.Team captain Bridget Holzheimer finished the race in 22nd place(out of a total 113 finishers) in 21:20 for the five kilometer race.Annette King finished in second place for the Lakers as shefinished the race in 36th place.It was a weekend full of highs and lows for the team. The teamfinished in a disappointing eighth place out of 13 teams.Kelly Brown, However saved her best race of the season forHillsdale as shefinished he course 21:58.The men 's team also finished in a disappointing 10th place andtheir bestfinisherwas once again Andrew Culler.Culler finished the 10kilometer course in a time of 35:50which puthim in 37th place out of 102 finishers.

This year's season concludes at the NCAA Regional Qualifier onSaturday, Nov. 8.- *

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Ice Hockey Team Off to an Impressive StarBy Todd ZielinskiSports Writer

The L akers hockey team is set totravel to Frank Ritter Arena inRochester, N.Y. to play in the an-nual tournament at Rochester In-stitute of Technology (R.I.T.) Fri-day. They will play Oswego Stateat 4 p.m. T he Lakers have had theed ge on OswegoState withanover-all record of six wins and threeloses.Last year the Laker ice hockeyteam lost a heart breaker in over-time to Niagara 5-4 as R.I.T.cruised to the championship, beat-ing Villanova 20-3.Kevin Rawlick lead the way withhis great play, which ended upwinning him a spot on the AH-Tournament team.This year is a different story asthe Lakers come into the tourna-ment with an undefeated streak offour games. In front of the pack isJohn Evangelista, a 5*10" 175 lb.senior out of St. Catharine's,Ontario, who has been on firelately.At the tournament at Fredonia

he scored two goals and had threeassists to help the Lakers capturethe championship. His perfor-mance there earned him a place onthe A11-Tournament team as wellas ECAC-West Division Player-Of-The-Week. \ %Evangel i sta looks to continue hisfour goals in four games streak inthis weeks R.I.T. tournam ent"It was nice to win the tourna-ment. How ever, we were expectedto win so it was ust business," saidteam captain Mike M assis.As for the rest of the team, theytoo, are on a rol 1. No one has comeeven close in the third periodagainst Mercyhurst. The Lakershave pummeled opponentsoutscori ng them 29-11, and duringthe third period they have been aneven tougher, 13-2.Coming off wins against Michi-gan Dearborn (8-1) and BuffaloState (7-2) die Lakers have hadsteady scoring from * all of theirplayers. Three point performancesagainst Michigan Dearborn wereturned in by Bob Atkins and JohnEvangelista.Oto Hlincik and M assis led the

Kelly Koshman in id stride or he Lakers, as he tries to launch another attack.against Buffalo State.There are 18 players with pointson the team, and 13 of them havethree points or more. Goal tenderChris Herbolsheimer leads allState, Evang elista lead the team as way, both scoring three points goalies with a 1.31 goals against

average and a .956 save percent-age, f I -The Lakers play ECAC rivals *Canisius College on Friday Nov.7. The puck is set to drop at 7:30p.m. in the Mercy hurst Ice Center.

"Expectations are aand we know that as a are only going to take a time this year/' said The Lakers will try to winning record this w

Womenfs Soccer Hope to Advance into the PlayoffsBy Stephen NolanSports Writer

The wo men' s soccer team hadlast weekend off, but were soonback i nto the thick of things whenthey hosted the University ofFindlay. The Lakers came awaywith a 2-0 victory, both goalscoming from sophomore TheresaRoach. The Women's Team nowhas a record of 13-2-1, with a 6-0record in the OL1AC."This was a very good result forus, Findlay are a good side and weknew that weneeded to come awaywith a victory. We played well inpatches, the midfield played welland gave good delivery to the for-wards. Also, two good goals fromRoachie. Ashland will be a biggame for us, a win will nean aplayoff spot and a chance o go tothe final four.The girls kn v whatthev need to do and we an confi-

Melody.Freshman Olivia Mendicino wasnamed OLAIC) player-of-the-week last week after scoring twogoals in the Lakers 3-0 defeat ofGannon. Mendicino now has 11goals this season.Roach's two goals againstFindlay gives her a total of 29 thisseason, with 11assists. Roach isnow overall leader in Division IISoccer with a total of 69 points.She has tied the Mercy hurst recordfor most goals scored in a singleseason set in 1988 by VeronicaSampson. With one game left inthe regular season and a goodchance of making playoffs Roachseems to be in a position to set anew record for M ercyhurstAs a team Mercyhurst is ranked10th in team scoring with 59 goalsin 15 games, and 13th defensivelyallowing only 11 goals this season.Stacie Bortz wasDivision II *s 10th

against-average. Bortz has hadseven shut outs this season."We have had a very good sea-son. The incoming freshmen havemade their mark on the team and i tis nice to see them getting the rec-ognition they deserve. Theresa andStacie are both very good playersand deserve all the praise they getbut you must not forget that socceris a team sport and if we don * t playtogether we w ill go nowhere andall this will be for nothing,** said

Melody.The Lakers now take to the roadto play Ashland. This is an ex-tremely important game for thewomen. The winner should takesecond place in the region andmove on to playoffs.Winning this game would givethe Lakers ihcconf ulencc theyneedgoing into the play-offs. The Lak-|s hope that Roach's scoringform continues.dant," said head coach John best goalkeeper with a 0.70 goal s- Sarah Hoppe shows ull concentration as she tries to inte