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| allegiancesK I R K U S H , I raqPFor 24years, Yousif Abdulla climbedthe ladder of Saddam Hussein'sarmy in Iraq.Last week, he started over asa foot soldier with nearly 700other new recruits, the firstbatch of gradua tes in Iraq's newarmy."All those years were fornothing/* said Abdulla, whomarched with the recruits Sat-urday in the autumn sun. "Iwas an officer. Now I'm a sol-

dier." IIf army professionals such asAbdulla can swallow their prideand join a new force, Iraqstands a chance of rebuildingits army out of the ashes ofthe one that was disbanded,despite the c urren t difficulties.On Sunday , hundreds o fmen claiming to be former Ira-qi soldiers converged on a US.base in central Baghdad and inthe southern city of Basra de -manding financial help in a sec-ond day of violent protests."The old type of disciplineand structure was based on fearmore than on mission accom-plishment," said Don Land, aburly ex-U.S. Army infantryman W Wwho serves as one of the train-

ers.For years, Iraq's army was atool of terror for a regime benton conquering its neighborsand obsessed with maintainingpower. From brutal wars againstIran and Kuwait to aggressivecrackdowns against its ownpeople, the Iraqi army was on eof the most feared institutionsin the country.To rebuild from the ashes ofthe old army will likely takemore than* just new uniformsand nine weeks of training;-Itwill require a sea change tobring professionalism to ranksonce littered with brutality.But whether the army can be

a force for good - or much ofa force at all, considering its de-

pleted num bers - is unclear. Yetmuch is riding on the army tosecure the country and defendits sovereignty so that U.S. sol-diers can go home.I s rael re ta l ia teswith s t r ike ons us pec ted t e r ro r i s tcam p in Syr ia

of its choosing because Israelsays he is complici t in terror at-tacks. Saturday's carnage inHaifa provided all the justifi-cation Israel needed to act, sev-eral cabinet ministers said.;;But the United States is op-posed to Arafat's ouster at thistime, so it appears Israel feltpressure CD come up with a dif-ferent response.^JERUSALEM _ Israel struckdeep inside Syria Sunday in re-taliation for the suicide bomb-ing of a Haifa restaurant thatkilled 19 Israelis and wounded55 on Saturday.Israel said i ts warplanesbombed a terrorist training campused by grou ps including Islam-ic Jihad, the organization thatclaimed responsibility for theHaifa attack..Syria protested, saying the at-tack was on a refugee cam p, andIslamic jihad denied that it hadany training camps in Syria.The pre-dawn raid on thecamp about 14 miles from theSyrian capital of Damascus wasthe first Israeli airstrike on Syri-an soil in 20 years, raising fearsthat the Palestinian-Israeli con-flict could spill over into region-al hostilities."The Islamic Jihad, like otherterrorist organizations operatingin the West Bank and Gaz a Strip,enjoys support and backing ofcountries in the region, foremostamong them Iran and Syria," aspokesman for the Israeli De-fense Forces said. "Syria givescover to terrorist organizationswithin the country, including inDamascus, while Iran providesfunding and direction."

Ranaan Gissin, a spokesmanfor Israeli Prime Minister ArielSharon, said in a broadcast in-terview that Israel "will not tol-erate the continuation of thisaxis of terror^between- Tehran,Damascus and Gaza/* By retal-iating in Syria;*instead of Ramal-lah, where P alestinian PresidentYasser Arafat has his headquar-ters, Israel sidestepped domes-tic pressure to deport Arafat;;Last month, the Israeli cabinetvoted to "remove" him at a time

Assis ted su ic idedeath highlights;France ' s debate oneu thanas iaPARIS _ In the last, torturedyear of Vincent Humbert 'stragic life, the 22-year-old quad-riplegic sought to rally Francebehind the right-to-die move-ment and shame the nation'sleaders into adopting a law al-lowing euthanasia.His plight - the former fire-fighter was thrown into a comaby a 2000 car accident only toemerge months later mute,blind and paralyzed - provokedsympathy. His case sparkedpassionate discussion aboutGod and law. And his death lastweek, which came after hismother spiked his intravenousdrip with sedatives, producedwaves of sorrow.But no political change ap-pears imminent."Life doesn't belong to poli-ticians," Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said. "We mustbe very cautious about theprospects of a debate in par-liament We cannot legislate forsituations that are so specific."Raffarin s comments to theFrench media undercut sug-gestions from his own Cabinetthat France should allow someso-called mercy killings. With noresponse from PresidentJacques Chirac, the politics ofthe matter became clear: Soci-ety in this mostly Roman Cath-olic country could go on debas-ing whether life belonged toGod or to the individual;French law would stay itscourse.Information provided by KRTAm I g o n n a ge t sued?Burning questions about the recording industry lawsuits

By Malcolm MayhewKnight Ridder NewspapersOn Sept. 8, 261 people whohad swapped songs over the In-ternet started singing a differenttune. That was the day theyfound ou t they were being sued.The Recording Industry Asso-ciation of America launched theattack on people across the coun-try who had allegedly dow nload-ed and shared more than 1,000fi les of copyrighted music.Those being sued in federalcourts around the country in-

'welude a 12-year-old girl fromNew York and a 71 -year-old manfrom Richardson, Texas.The latest tactic the RIAA hastaken to deter people from ille-gally downloading and sharingmusic has caused the biggestcontroversy in the music indus-try since CD s started overthrow-ing vinyl.But if it all seems a little am-biguous to you, you're not alone.People who download and sharemusic from the Internet may noteven realize what they're doingis illegal. Here, we answer som eof the questions the lawsuitshave prompted and explain theeffect the suits will likely haveon downloading music.So what's going on?Th e 261 people who have beensued have been accused ofdownloading and uploadingcopyrighted music on the Inter-net. In other words, stealingcopyrighted material and distrib-uting it to friends and other us-ers.The artists and record compa-nies who own the songs receiveno money when songs arc ille-

gally downloaded an d/or shared.Experts say this has caused themusic industry to lose billions ofwdollars. According to the RIAA,which represents the five majorrecord labels in the United States,revenues are down 14 percent,from $14.6 billion in 1999 to12.6 billion last year.What exactly is the RIAA?

'The RIAA is an organizationmade up of the five major la-bels 2 BMG, Sony, Universal,Warner Music and EMI. It isessentially the body that pursuesmajor legal efforts that comm on-ly affect the entire industry," saysBobby Rosenbloum, an enter-tainment-law correspondent forCNN. '&% i | ? I"What it's doing here is takinga position to curb the tide of themassive degree of unlawful ac-tivity that has dramatically affect-ed the industry," he says."There's been a significant lossof jobs, a reduction in the ability to sign new artists, a majordecline in sales. Some say this islong overdue." [Am I gonna get sued?More than 26 million adultsshare illegal music files in theUnited States, according to asurvey conducted by the non-profit Pew Internet &c AmericanLife Project, so the chances thatthe RIAA will zero in on you areslight.Still, the RIAA says many moresuits are likely to follow. Themore songs you upload anddownloads the more susceptibleyou are to getting sued. Accord-ing to T he Wall Street Journal,if you simply download music,the RIAA will not come lookingfor you; the RIAA is gunning for

people who swap songs.And if I do get sued?| Hope you set aside some ofthat money that you saved bynot buying CDs. U.S. copyrightlaw allows the trade organizationto sue possible infringers for upto $150,000 per song beingshared. However, experts say theRIAA will settle the suits formuch less, which has alreadyhappened.According to music Web sitepitchforkmedia.com, the moth-er of Brianna LaHara, a 12-year-old honor student living in ahousing project in New York,agreed to ante up $2,000 to set-tle her daughter's ile-sharingsuit.The site reported that, accord-ing to the youngster's m om, thechild's downloads included TVtheme songs and nursery-schoolsongs such as "If You're Happyand You Know It."

"Ijhas nothing to do with ag e"Rosenbloum says. "I think theirprimary goal is to find peopleJ with the most content on theirjjhard drives. The folks who aretargeted had an average of 1,000recordings on their hard drivesthat were being shared."How can I download musiclegally?By paying for it. There are sev-eral legitimate music-download-ing sites, such as Apple iTunes(found at applc.com), listen.comand buymusic.com. Most ofthese sites work on a subscrip-tion service you pay a monthlyfee for a buffet oi music.

'The key is to make these sitessimple and affordable," saysDavid Rice, vice president ofsales and marketing for Lime-light Networks, #

Kozak op en s L eade rshipCertification Pr og ra mBy Jonelle DavisContributing writer

Throughout the 2003-04school year, M ercyhurst will beoffering a Leadership Certifica-tion program for students.Theprogram consists of two lecturesper term.If students attend at least fiveout of the six lectures they re-ceive a certification in leadership.The series gives student an op-pert unity to gain more knowl-edge about leadership.Although the first lecture of-this program is over, studentscan still attend .the next five andreceive their certification.The first speaker in this lec-ture series, which kicked offThursday, Oct. 2, in the TaylorLittle Theater, was Dr. DavidKozak of Gannon University.During his lecture Dr. Kozakdiscussed the importance ofleadership, and leadership vers-es manage ment. He told stu-dents that leadership is morethan just something that happenson a football field or on a battle-field. }$$ $ iLeadership is being able to getthings done with excellence.Leadership is the magic potionthat gets things mo ving

Dr. Kozak went on to discussthe 10 skills need ed for leader-ship. They include: knowingyourself, being able to managestress, having the ability to rollwith the punches, having goodgroup dynam ics, being a criticaland creative thinker, being ableto effectively comm unicate, be-ing able to negotiate and bargain,being able to understand decisionmaking, being able to use quan-titative and qualitative tech-niques, and having good ethicsand judgments.He concluded the lecture bygiving students a piece of advice.He said that when you have tomake and important decision, talkto other people, and make deci-sions with an appreciation forother peoples points of view.Dr. K ozak, who is the directorof Leadership Erie, has had alarge amo unt of experience withleadership throughout his life.He graduated from GannonUniversity and went on for hismaster's degree at Kent State Uni-versity.After receiving his masters Dr.Kozak worked as an Air Forceofficer for 20 years. He thentaught at the Air Force Acade-my for almost 10 years beforereturning to The University ofPittsburgh for his Doctorate.I-

After receiving his doctoratehe went on to teach at the WarCollege, where he taught Dem-ocratic Presidential candidateWesley Clark.Dr. Kozak returned to Gan-non University, after recently re-turning from West Point wherehe was working as a visiting pro-fessor-After listening to the first lec-ture, Communicat ions MajorAmy Lanphair thinks she is readyto comp lete the certification pro-cess.She quotes, "getting certifiedwill look really good on my re-sume, and I will be able to usethe skills in the CommunicationDepartment."

Lanphair feels that all in all thatthe program is very beneficial tolearn skills that can be usedthroughout life.Students interested in attend-ing the remaining lecture in thiscertification program can attendthe next lecture on November6. 3$^v IDr. Krahe, also a member ofLeadership Erie and an employ-ee of Erie Insurance, will speak.His lecture will be on Leader-ship and Leadership personalitiesand is open to all students.

Campus Police and Safety LogSept. 25 VFootbal l Locker Room inBaldwin Hall \ 0 $Theft: Money taken from play-er s pants pocket. Investigated.Sept. 26 tPreston DriveCriminal Mischief, UnderageDriftkingr. "Three nonatudentsbroke electronic gate behind OldMain. All three issued State ci-tations for criminal mischief andunderage drinking.

Sept. 28 |3828 Lewis Ave.Weapons violation: Male studentin possession of a stun gun.Weapon confiscated, incidentturned over to Residence Life.Oct. 3 JMcAuley Hallj, . .College violation: Possible mar-ijuana found in hallway. 1 nves-tigated.

Oct. 6Off CampusSexual Offense: Mercyhurstand Erie police involved. Inves-tigated.

Oct. 7'Radio Stat ionFire Alarm*jFire was reportedon camp us. Mercy hurst andlocal authories responded.

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Community Counseling * He has been driv-The main shutde driver is Mark ing for Mercyhurst for the past

three years.His position became full-timethisfyear due to an expandedroute.McCamman said, I like work-ing with the students.-lt keepsme young." *j#t'He wanted to remind the stu-dents, "There is no smoking onthe shutde bus."McCamman is extremely im-pressed with the politeness ofthe students, "It is refreshing tosee that the youth today are soincredibly polite. They always say'thank you* when departing theshutde." JOn a weekday, the shutde willearn' approximately 40 students.The weekend runs may averageclose to 100 students per day.

The State Street route carriesabout 20 students on Thursdays,60 on Fridays, and roughly 30on Saturdays.Senior Joe Dwprzanski said, "Ir0tHi!rik - it's gffcaKthar Mercyhurstgives thefr students a safe ridehome. It gives me the freedomto go out and have fun and toget home without endangeringmyself or anyone else."The shutde schedule is postedon the upper floor of the union.Once you've got a scheduleyou can catch the shutde in front.of Baldwin Hall or at{3910^Briggs Avenue.Remember to always bringyour student ID with you on theshutde.

30th annual food|drive at MercyhurstSecond HarvestFood Bank sponsorsfooddrivefor local communityBy Kaitlyn ReifContributingwriter"When the last hungry personeats, we all grow more human."This is the message going tomercyhurst students as part ofJe current campus food drive.The 30th annual Second Har-vest Food Drive sponsored byCampus Ministry has been go-ing on for the past two weeks atMercyhurst College.Sept. 29 was the first date inwhich food could be collected oncampus.Between two hundred and fif*iv and third hundred studentsparticipated in the drive. Manysports teams helped with thedrive; rowing, soccer, basketball,hockey, and lacrosee.Anyone can volunteer for thisgreat cause, not to mention thisis an excellent way to get in-volved with the school and be-come familiar with the CampusMinistry i t you aren't already.All nonperishable food is col-lected by the Second HarvestFood Bank of Pennsylvania, anddonated to as many as 275 dif*fcrent agencies and soup kitch-ens around the area.Daniel Cabanillas, a staff mem*ber ol Campus Ministry, h;isorganised the food drive throughCampus Ministry for years.

1 le said that Campus Ministry

has stayed with Second HarvestFood Bank because they "distrib-ute the food accurately and tomany needy families."Last year 4,100 pounds offood was donated, which is arecord.It looks like Campus Ministrywill be close to that num ber againthis year."I grew up in Honduras and 1saw that people were always hun-gry," said Cabanillas.He continued to talk abouthow mind-boggling it is to cometo the United States, "Everythingis so industrialized and the wayof life is so much different.Nevertheless, there is a goodchunk of the population that isstill homeless and hungry."The food drive, in Cabanillas1opinion, has always been a suc-cess no matter how much foodis collected. It doesn't matter ifthey don't always top the previ-ous year, or beat the highestamount donated, all the fooddonated is beneficiary.

"Even if you get a pound offood to one hungry person, it isa succ ess," said Cabanillas.It is because ol Campus Min-istry the food drive is made pos-sible. It is a place to get involvedin activities along with being in aspiritual place. It acts as amen-tor to many different studentsaround campus.

mJ H X & Jody Molto/ Moroldd Photo editorMegan Lisca sorting the canned food collected fromstudents In Campus Ministry. ^ jfj; |

Cabanillas would like to ex-press his gratitude to everyonewho has participated and donat-ed food to the 2003-2004 fooddrive. It is fora very good cause

and there are many people whoare in need of food.It;Isn't too late to donate. Thefood drive is taking place untilMonday, Oct. 13.

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By Meghan SullivanContributing writerOCT . 16. JustinTimberlake. AgoraTheater, Cleveland. Onsale Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. atTicketmaster. N ote: Thisis an 18-and-over show. 1

OCT. 18. Chris Rock.Benedum Center,Pittsburgh. (Second show,10:30 p.m.) ; pOCT . 20. Dope. HardRock Cafe, Pittsburgh.OCT. 24-NOV. 2.Ringling Bros, andBarnum & Bailey Circus.Gund Arena, Cleveland.OCT . 26. MarshallCrenshaw and his Two orThree Friends. BeachlandBallroom, Cleveland.OCT. 29. Uncle Kracker.Odeon, Cleveland. Onsale Oct. 3 atTicketmaster.NOV. 5. Martin, Medeskiand Wood. KleinhansMusic Hall, Buffalo.NOV. 5. Drive-ByTruckers, Bottle Rockets.Beachland Ballroom,Cleveland. ''*NOV. 5-9. Ringling Bros,and Barnum and BaileyCircus. Mellon Arena,Pittsburgh..NOV..\fioLenfFerames,.Carmaigv -Metropol, .Pittsburgh. On sale Oct. 4at noon at Ticketmaster.NOV. 11. Eric Idle: TheGreedy Bastard Tour.Byham Theater,Pittsburgh. On sale Oct. 3at 9 a.m. at Ticketmaster.

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NOV. 20. Crown RoyalComedy Soul Festivalwith Earth Wind and Fire,Isley Brothers, Rickey 'Smiley, Adele Givens,Earthquake, Bruce Bruce.Gund Arena, Cleveland.On sale Oct. 3 atTicketmaster.NOV. 21. Crown RoyalComedy Soul Festivalwith Earth, Wind andFire, Isley Brothers,Rickey Smiley,Earthquake, Bruce BruceAdele G ivens. MellonArena, Pittsburgh. On sale)Oct. 3 at Ticketmaster.NOV. 21 . Cradle of Filth,Type O N egative. AgoraTheater, Cleveland. Onsale Oct. 24 atTicketmaster.DEC. 5-7. KIDS. "Bobthe Builder Live." Mellon]Arena, Pittsburgh. On saiddate TBA. iDEC. 12. Harry ConnickJr. Palace Theater,Cleveland. On sale Oct. 3at tickets.com, (800) 766-6048. \DEC. 19. Vince Gill,Amy Grant ChristmasConcert. CSUConvocation Center,Cleveland. On sale Oct. 6at Ticketmaster |

The Erie Philharmonic justopened its 90* anniversary sea-son. Their first concert took placeon Oct. 5 at the First Assemblyof God.The orchestra played a selec-tion of songs ranging from agroup of Aafon Copland piecesto an arrangement of "Over theRainbow/' Conductor Jeff Tyz-ik* lead the Philharmonic to starttheir season off strong with thefirst of many concerts from a

touring Boston POP series.Grammy award winning Tyzikis known for his creative pro-gramming and terrific arrange-ments. H is skills were showcasedin this concert as the Erie Phil-harmonic played his arrange-ments of "Every Time I Feel theSp i r i t " "Amazing Grace," and"Jesu, Joy. of M an's Desiring "which featured the MercyhurstConcert Choir.Choir director, Rebecca Ryan,was thrilled that her choir wasallowed to be a part of this expe-rience.Preceding the performance,Ryan commented, "We're a smallpart of the concert, but our con-tribution will be lovely." Thisstatement proved true as thechoir completed their minor partof the concert and received ahearty and well deserved ap-plause. .The performance of HarryBurleigh's piece, "Hold On," re-ceived the most approval fromthe audience. Ryan, who has pre-viously worked with Tyzik on aproduction of "Porky 8c Bess,"was happy to work with such a

Meghan SulHvanfContributingphotographerThe Mercyhurst Concert Choir performed with the Erie Philharmonic on Sunday, O ct 5 for the celebration of its 90thanniversary season* *talented musician.Although the Conce rt Choir dida wonderful job, the main drawto the concert was LivingstonTaylor. Taylor is the brother ofthe famous James Taylor as wellas a folk icon.He played some of his originalpieces, along with some classicsand one of his brother's tunes,"Carolina On My Mind."Taylor is a professor at theBerkley College of M usic, He hasbeen singing, and playing guitarand banjo over the last 30 years

of his musical career. Besidesbeing a musician he has also writ-ten two children's books, and iscurrently working on a bookabout stage performance.His performance was some-what disappointing. Although heshares a very similar tonal quali-ty to his brother's voice, he doesnot have the same soothing tex-ture and lacks musicality in com-parison.Livingston Taylor is a photo-copy of a great piece of artwork.The general consensus after the

concert was positive, as the per-formance ended with a standingovation.One music aficionado attend-ing the concert was MercyhurstComposition major, MatthewRendulic."It was a good concert withgood arrangements and orches-trations. Both the MercyhurstChoir and Erie Pops orchestra dida great job and the orchestrationsand the arrangements were tight."When Rendulic was asked tofurther comment on Livingston

Taylor's performance he confi-dently declared, "I know whyJames Taylor is famous and Liv-ingston, his brother, isn't. BecauseLivingston Taylor sucks."'f^The Erie Philharmonic is look-ing forward to a great season thisyear.Their next performance, "Cel-ebrating 90 years of the EPO,"will be on Nov. 1 at the WarnerTheatre.If interested in attending anErie Philharmonic conce rt, call814-455-1375 to reserve tickets.Keller Williams re-invents the term 'band

By Emily CrofootArts and Entertainment editorHow appropriate that Keller'Williams' latest release is titledBreathe? All of life's rhythmsstem from breath.And so, with Breathe, Kelleroffers a nother impeccable collec-tion of musical colleagues TheString Cheese Incident.Demonstrative of Keller's out-standing percussive ear and fin-ger wizardry, witty commentaryand creative imagery, Breathe isa distinctive next step in thismusician's career.i I Otten compared with such art-ists Aas Michael Hedges and LeoKottke, Keller stands out for hisunique approach to folk musicand for his undeniable rhythmicmystique.This singer/songwriter's playful

combinations of all musicalgenres blend with clever lyrics toignite imagination, inspiration andsmiles.Respected and appreciated forhis musical creativity, such tech-

Photo courtesy of www.mysccomKeller Williams w ill be playing at Forward Hall on O ct 14 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $13.50advanced sale, and $15 at the door.niques as -mouth fluegel" and"guitar beats" contribute to hissignature sound. Keller consis-tently exploits the freedom ofmusic and the result is marvel-

ous.With recent appearances on theSummer Sessions '99 Tour (PhilLesh and Friends, The StringCheese Incident, Galactic, moe.

Gov 't Mule), and headlining over150 nights each year, hundreds-of-thousands of listeners are be-ing exposed to K eller's world.1 le has performed at the Tel-

luride Bluegrass Festival and theHigh Sierra Festival, and hasshared the stage with artists asdiverse as Ani DiFranco, DavidGrisman, and Colonel BruceHampton, to name just a few.Armed with his 12-string gui-tar (of which he uses only 10),Keller's remarkable versatility andamazing live delivery continue towelcome new fans into his grow-ing legion of loyal followers. Airexpands as one explores deeper.i$And so, with the release ofBreathe, the world of K eller Wil-liams expands in every way.Keller hones his songwritingskills and challenges his music.His family and friends nurture hisvision, and his fellow musiciansand fans swell with him,Keller W illiams will be playingat Forward Hall on Tuesday, Oct

14, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $13.50for advanced seats, and $15.00at the door.Forward Hall is located at 2502Peach St. For more informationabout Keller Williams or othershows, call 455-8231 or visit:http://www.forwardhall.com.

Old French Street fire hall provesito be place of great diningRestaurantReview

By Kelsie SmithVContributing writerIn 1907, the construction ofthe firehouse on French Streetbegan. After 72 years of serviceit closed and became what weknow today as The Puffcrbelly.You can feel comfortable in ei-ther jeans or a prom dress andtux. The Puffcrbelly has a warmand casual atmosphere with light*ing that is romantic yei homey.When five of us visited on apast Saturday night, we were seat-ed in the back surrounded by firehouse memorabilia. An originaltrampoline hung on the wall ad-jacent to our table.

The menu offers nine differ-ent appetizers (32.25 to $7.50),We enjoyed the Bacon WrappedShrimp ($7.50), served with fivejumbo shrimp covered in piecesof bacon along with a creamyhorse radish sauce. Mv favoriteof the two appetizers was theSautecd Provolone ($5.25).

It's thickly sliced provolone,breaded, sautecd, and topped withmarinara. It's served with garlicpita triangles, vWe ordered two o) the entreemeals. The Horseradish CrushedSalmon ($14.95)was not only ex-tremely appealing to the eve withit's sweet potato rosettes sur-rounding the Salmon, but thetaste of the baked Salmon servedin garlic sauce, was comparableto Salmon from Seattle, Wash.The Honey-Dijon Pork Chops(SI4.95) were also a favorite.Another appetizing display ofdelicious char-grilled pork chops

served with garlic mashed pota-toes and a side of steamed vege-tables.Great Salads ($3.50 to $7.50)are next on the menu. They rangefrom Honey-Dill Glazed Salm-on Salad ($7.50) which is servedon a fresh bed of fresh spinachtossed in zest)' dill -dressing andgarnished with green apple .andtoasted almonds.Dressing choices include Sweet& Sour, Dill Vinaigrette, CtetynyCheese & 1000 1 stands, Lo-CalItalian or Oil & Vinegar. BleuCheese or Feta Crumbles can alsobe added ($'J50).Fettuccini Primavera ($5.95) isserved with creamy ail redo sauce,whose texture of creaminess isperfect and doesn't sit in yourstomach like some alfredos tendto do The unique blend of veg-etables (broccoli, cauliflower, zuc-chini, yellow squashv carrots*-eel*cry, and peppers) gave the pasta

a unique but delicious flavor.With a choice from 10 Sand-wiches ($5.50 to $6.25) one can'tseem to go wrong. The BBQChicken Club (S5.95) was en-joyed by two in my party.[ic char-grilled chicken breast,stacked with bacon, lettuce, to-mato, Colbv cheese and BBQsauce was served with a side offresh cantaloupe draped in anorange twist.

Sweet Things ($2.95 to $4.25),according to my sweet tooth , wasthe best part of the meal. ThePufferbelly's specialty dessert, theChocolate Snowball ($3.75) is adecaden t choco la te / desser tsmothered in whipped cream andchocolate sprinkles. This dessertis not for the faint and is,danger*ously chocolate!Fruit Crumble ($3.50) a crispoatmeal topping baked over sea-sonal fruit, which were fresh rasp-berries during my visit.

It's served warm with icecream. My personal favorite.Peanut Butter Pic ($3.25) is piledhigh in a graham cracker crusttopped with chocolate sauce andwhipped cream^as peanuts off-set the creamy peanut butter. The service was non-stop andattentive. The meal itself wasextremely pleasant and the pricedidn't put a damper on our bliss.S86.94 for two appetizers, fivedinners, and three desserts seemslike a steal for the quality of food.

Th e Pufferbelly may be a re-tired fire house but it's fire is farfrom put out. 1 give The Puff-erbelly an A /The Pufferbelly is located at 414French St, Hours of operation:Sunday - | l l : 0 0 a.m.-8 p.m.,Monday-Thursday - 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday - 11:30a,m.*ll p.m. For mora informa-tion or reservations, call 454-1557, **

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9 R a p p h e n o m e n a s e n t e n c e d t o l i f e i n p r i s o nBy Lindsay KezlarianContributing writer

On Jan. 12, 2002, the rapperC-Murder (whose real name isCorrey Miller) was accused ofbeating arid shooting 16-year-oldSteve Thomas at the PlatinumClub in Harvey, La,C-Murder, the younger broth-er of famous rap artist MasterP was indeed at the club thatnight but says he was not in-volved in the actions of whichhe was accused Two witnessesstated at the trial that C-Mur-der participated in the beatingof Thomas, though neither sawthe actual murder weapon in hispossession*

Next, the defense brought innine witnesses who said that C-Murder was not involved in themurder at all; however, theydescribed C-Money wearing dif-ferent clothes than he really wa swearing that night/Th e witnesses also said they sawthe rapper in different placesthroughout the club. Naturally,this lack of consistency betweenwhat the witnesses "saw" andwhat really happened leads thejury to be even more suspiciousof the witness's stories.

Prosecutors said that Thoma swa s an "aspiring rapper whosebedroom was plastered with his

rap idol, C-Murder. The reasonhe was at the Platinum Club thatnight was because he was partic-ipating in an MC battle."The defense team was unableto convince the jury of C-Mur-dcrs innocence, even after pre-senting the nine witnesses thattestified seeing the rapper with-ou t a weapon and not beatingThomasOn Sept. 30, the Louisiana juryfound C-Murder guilty of sec-ond-degree murder. This felonyconviction leads the rapper to besentenced automatically to life inprison.The family of C- Murdersobbed after the} heard the ver-dict and were escorted out of thecourthouse. According to MSN-BC News, "women were heardscreaming in the hallway out-side." ^

C-Murder's father, Percy Mill-er Sr., said that his "son didn'tdo that," and his family will tryto appeal this decision.C-Murder would have tried topay his 52 million bo nd, but thejudge repealed it due to the wit-ness safety concerns. "Prosecu-tors accused the rapper of hav-ing smuggled a cell phone intothe Jefferson Parish Correction-al Center."Sources say that he could haveused it as a way to call his friendsand have them "harm or influ-

C-Murder was accused of beating and shooting a 16-year-old at the Platinum Club In Harvey. Lasentence of life In prison.Photo courtesy ofwvwjliytft cornHe is now serving a

ence witnesses.The defense said that they re-ally don't know the reason C-Murder had a phone with himbut the state says, "he might posea threat if he were released onbond." .:

In the correctional center, a

.prisoner said that the rapper hadconfessed to him about killingThomas. MTV News reported:"C-Murder's defense team dis-missed the testimony of the pris-oner, who is facing d rug distri-bution charges, as 'preposterous'and 'dubious.'"

A previous charge against therapper doesn't help in his de-fease. MTV News reports thatlast August, C-Murder "alleged-ly fired a gun, which malfunc-tioned, outside a Baton Rougeclub after a doorman refused tolet him enter Without being

searched."This incident was caught ontape by security and as a result awarrant for his arrest was putou t . C- Murder "even tual lyturned himself in and postedbail." >t

D e n z e l ' s n o b l e m a n a c t i s r u n n i n g ' O u t o f T i m e ?B y J e n n i f e r M o r o zK n i g h t R i d d e r N e w s p a p e r s

When he learns the news thathis mistress (Sanaa 'Lathan,"Love & Basketball91) h^s beengiven a cancer death sentence,suburban Miami police chiefMart Whidock (Denzel Washing-ton) has to make tough decisionson how to save her life.Stealing money from a recentdrug bust to help pay for exper-imental medical treatments forhis beloved,Whitlock soon findshimself at the very middle ofan elaborate maze of bad ideasand misfortunes.With his future ex-wife (EvaMendes, "2 Fast 2 Furious")leading an investigation thatleads to Whitlock's c o r r u p tscheme, and the DEA lookingfor their money, Whitlock triesto stay one step ahead of thecops so he can work out histroubles and save his life."Out Of Time" re-teams Den-zel Washington with his "DevilIn A Blue Dres s" director, CarlFranklin. %This time, in place of steamy,blue note noir, we have a Flo-ridian thriller with a pulse thatwould make Buddy Rich sweat.*Time* isn't challenging, fresh,

no r all that competent.But it moves like a toddler onhis irstbig wheel and is very con -cerned with the maximumamount of tension for almostevery scene. | Franklin is a rock solid direc-tor, tastefully moving from genreto genre within his career ("OneFalse Move," "One True Thing,""High Crimes5'), yet the filmmak-er seems at home with this thrill'ride, keeping up the anxiety ofthe movie at a terrific level, and*encouraging W ashington to playdown his beyond tired 'nobleman ' act for the first time in a

long time.As mainstream and unflinch-ingly tepid as the story is, Frank-lin gives it all the right bells andwhistles. He employs a wonder-ful score by Graeme Revcll todisarm the mood , and keepsWashington sweaty and breath-less.Instead of trying to outwit thetwists and turns of the plot, theWhitlock charac ter is a victim ofthem. Franklin keeps Whitlockill at ease for most of thef i lm, making his situationsmuch more enjoyable.Washington works very wellwith Franklin, actually attempt-in g to portray a character whodoesn't always do right by the

Denzel Washington, Sanaa Lathan, and Eva Mendez starnow playing In theaters everywhere.Photo courtesyofwvw/ rrxJb comIn "Out of Time." which is

law, nor ends up a Shakespeare-an portrait of injustice.The change is good for the ac-tor, as it allows him freedom toshape a persona very differentthan he's used to playing. Thetrademark 'Denzel dead eves'concentration is still there, hutWashington's check-cashing turnhere (resulting in a career-highpayday) isn't the zombie walk it

could have been, i"Out Of Time" is his bestwork in ages, placing him at themercy of a plot that turns thedramatic t ides, and notbombastic speeches.While co-stars Saana Lathanand Eve Mendes are equallygood in their roles, the charac-ters seem to have been given tothe wrong actresses. As Whit-

lock 's soon-to-be ex-wife,Mendes looks more like hisdaughter (20 years separates thesetwo), and often acts like one.It ends up being a small dis-traction in a ilm ull of big thrillerset pieces, but a distraction none -thcles's. L athan wouldVe been11 I I M ^ ^ I M I . I " J > U tshe's stuck doing the femme fa-tale routine, which doesn't fit her

accurately./Mendes has the curves and theattitude to knock this role outof the park. Again, both actress-es give fine performances. Theyare just very noticeably miscastIn the film's final act, all thelose ends are attempted to besown together. This has to hap-pen, if only from a simple storystandpoint.The doSure needs to6ddit ko *tfiel audience can gohome with a sense of satisfac-tion.In the case of "Out Of Time,"the climax is more labored, overthought, and simplistic than any-thing else in the film. It leavesthe crowd cold, and wanting forsomething that can match thekicks presented in the previous90 minutes. aFranklin is in a tough position,as 80 percent of thrillers aren'tquite able to maintain their flowall the way to the home stretch.Because the script is terribly con-cerned with leaving on a twistynote, along with Franklin just try-ing to find an ending to all thismadness , "Out Of T i m e "doesn't leave the senses with aslap like it should.This is a relatively tight thrill-er, only slackening in the end, andthat's a pretty impressive accom-plishmentBeatles' debut plays at the PAC

By Emily CrofootArts and Entertainment editorOn Sunday, Oct. 12, at 2:30p.m., the Cypress String Quar-tet will be performing in thePAC :5It's not just that the CypressString Q uartet may turn out tobe the most significant; Ameri-can string quartet of the newcentury.It's not just the instrumental

mastery of these four youngSan Franciscans that makes theirappearance at the PAC so spe-cial.Notice that we didn't say "re-cital," because the Cypress is notbound by stuffy chamber mu-sic conventions.That's why they will share thestage with dancers choreo-graphed by Mercyhurst's MarkSantillano, a former member ofthe ruobolus dance company.Lighting, mood, movement anda sensational suing quartet makethis an unforgettable evening.

* Photo courtosyof www morcyhur$todu"A Hard D ay's Night," the Beatles9 debut film, will play atthe PAC on Oc t 22 at 8p.m. i f *Admission is SI5 for adults,$12.50 for seniors, S5 for youthunder 15 years old, and SI forMercyhurst students. Fot moreinformation about the CypressString Quartet, visit: h t t p : / /www.cypressquartet.com*On Wednesday, Oct. I 5, ai 8p.m., "Man Without a Past" willbe shown in the PAC.Moments after a middle-aged

man arrives in Helsinki by train,he's attacked and left for deadby thieves.In the hospital he apparentlydies from his injuries

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M e n To contact sportsmerciad@mercyhurst.edu rJLAKERSPORTSs o cce rBy Amanda Pointe rContributing Writer. Not even poor weather condi-tions can stop the Mercyhurstmen's soccer team.

So for this season, playing inthe rain has onlv made the Lak-*ers work harder .Last year, the Lakers went tothe Final Four and from the looksof i t , they'l l have another prom-is ing season.

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, Mer-cyhurst defended their GLIACtitle by defeating Findlay2-0.This win has left the Lakers at7-1 overall and 1-0 in the con-ference.In a gam e that could have beenwon by either s ide, the Lakers

put a goal one the bo ard at 65:35in the second half.Making the score 2-0, juniorforward, Mike Blythe scored thesecond goal.

Junior goalie , Mart}' Ruberry,had his s ixth shut out of the year.In game two against Ashland,who is ranked No. 15 in the di-vis ion, the Lakers again provedto be the better team.Speaking on the game against

Ashland, f reshman Jason Pedrasaid, 'T he defense did their job."Although, they played a large

Katie McAdams/Merciad PhotographerFreshman Andy Tait attempts a shot from midfield. Men's soccer went on to win 2-0 over Ashlandrole/ it was a whole team effortT h e men's soccer team isyoung this year.With 12 freshmen on the ros-ter, they have a lot to learn but

are playing an advanced game.Standing out this year, (asonPedra scored the first goal semi-early in the game.Adding a second goal to the

scored, another freshman, llmariNiklander bought the Lakerssome insurance at 49:34 in thegame.This is Ni Wander's fifth goal

of the season. :* Mike Blythe hadtwo recorded assists.Obviously, Mercyhurst hasroom for confidence.They have a young team with

12 promising freshman and vet-erans who show no signs ofslowing down.Junior , Mike Blythe spokeabout last years good season andhow he feels about the fact thatthe Lakers travel to practice andplay games.Not having a field, the teammust practice at MercyhurstNorth East."It's disappointing that wedon't have a field. We're one ofthe best teams on campus," SaidBlvthe. [iHe continued to say that theyshould get the recognition theydeserve.Not having a field won't stopthe Mercyhurst men's soccerteam.All of the men are looking for-ward to their upcoming gameagainst Hough ton.The men took on Houghtonin their first game this year anddominated leaving the score,3-0. i & j* A*JThey will play them again,away, on Oct. 7 against Hough-ton..Mercyhurst soccer will trv toimprove from their currentstanding at No. 7 in Division IIsoccer. Stonehill has a four-run winstreak in non-conference play.Julie Smith played outstanding onthe defense side again. She made

30 saves.Just recently on Oct.5 th ewomen's field hockey teamboosted their record to 6-4.Nicole Davis scored one out ofthe two goals.This was her 13th goal of theseason. Mercyhurst has had 20goals fot the team's record andDavis has 13 of them.Lauren Cohick scored the oth-er goal for the win against CAV.Post. Again, freshman JulieSmith had a great day and shutout CAV Post.This is Julie's fifth shut-out ofthe season.Mcrcyhurst will playYork College on Oct . l l .Starting time is 3:30 p.m. andthe game is away.The Lady Lak-er ieldhockey team has only oneremaining home game for theseason .The last home game is onOct . 13 against Catawba andstarting time is 4:00 p.m.

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Hockey players ho no re dat pr ess conferenceSeniors and captains questioned by media

By Matt JacksonContributing Writer

Jody MelkyPrx>to Editor

(Above) The six seniors,three of which are captains,of the men's hockey team atthe annual Media Night onOct. 1. Included from left toright are Shane Relihan,Jamie King, Adam Tackab-erry, Mike Carter, Pete Ryn-shoven, and Nolan Brown.(Right) Women's hockeywas represented by captainsand seniors as well. Fromleft to right are LyndsayBarch, Lindsay Dellow, Brit-ney Millar, and Chrissy Yule.

Th e Mercvhurst men's andwomen's hockey teams held their M rannual "Media Night" on WedOct. 1, to eat dinner and givethe coaches a chance to discusstheir thoughts on the upcomingseason.Michael Sisti, women's headhockey coach, spoke first afteropening remarks by Director of

Athletics Pete Russo.Russo emphasized that a sue*cessful season relies on their re-turning players."We know it's going to be atough, challenging, but fun road...Our success relies on the twelvereturning starters," said Russo.Including in the batch of re-turnees for the Lady Lakers willbe the three senior leaders ofthe team; forward LyndsayBarch, defenseman Britney Mill-ar, and forward Jessica

Dilla bough.Men's coach Rick Gotkin wasnext to deliver his thoughts onbehalf of the men's squad.Gotkin first addressed the newconference changes.Th e Lakers will now participatein the Atlantic Hockev Asscoia-don.It is not a dramatic change asthe teams will remain the same,but the coordinators of theleague have been handed overto new people."In the long run it's going tobe a terrific thing not only forMercvhurst, but all the teams inthe conference," said Gotkin.It was evident through the restof Gotkin s speech that the mostimportant thing on the team'smind was the opening game ofthe season against #2 Michigan.Even when Gotkin spoke ofthe team's goals, it seemed he al-ways came back to the Michi-gan game." I can guarantee that we are

going to play hard, and I thinkwe will play well. When thesmoke clears, I hope we comeout on top" stated Gotkin.*The team did keep up thecoach's guarantee to play hardin the game contested later thatweek, but unfortunately the Lak-ers lost a hard-fought game 5-3.Michigan netted three power-play goals to go up on the Lak-ers. ^The women's team beat theTelus Lightning on Oc t 4 with ascore of 8-3.Both the men's and women'steams are preseason favorites towin their conference and willhave a target on their back thatthe other teams will be shootingfor, but they will not get a chanceuntil early November when con-ference games start for bothsquads. Men's hockey opens athome on Saturday against BrockUniversity.Women's hockey plays againon Oct 14 at Connecticut

Cross cou ntry finishes firstKenniston at top or the second time

By Ryan PalmContributing WriterThe Mcrcyhurst Lady Lakerscross country team took firstplace in the Le Moyne Invita-tional held Saturday, O ct 4.The Lakers were best in thefield of eight, which includedteams from New York andPennsylvania^The team placed four runnersin the top ten, which helped theteam successfully defend theirtitle.Their total of 32 points edgedout New York University's 36points.Sophomore Beth Kennistonwas the top finisher, not onlyfor the Lakers, but for the entire field.This is Kenniston's secondconsecutive first place finish,following up the Lakers victo-ry against Gannon University.Kenniston, who finished sec-ond in last year's race, toppedNew York University's ShannonSodolino by six seconds for the

top spotShe raced to a time of 20:20in the 5k run which came on awet, chilly day.Laker senior Mimli Lauter-bach finished fifth, with a timeof 20:35. $ :Lauterbach, an elementary/special education major, gavethe Lakers the top five finishthat they needed to stay aheadof NYU 1 ^ m

Lauterbach was followed byjunior Shannon Morton.Morton ran a time of 20:36,finishing in sixth place right be-hind her teammate.FollowingMorton was fresh-man Katie Jarocki with a timeof 20:52. She edged ou tRachael Mitton from Assump-tion by two seconds to secureninth place.Junior Katie Mieczkowskifinished next, running a time of21 j 16, good enough for twelfthplacc^Heidi Irons followed nextwith a time of 21:38, andKaren Thomas finished with atime of 21:45.This was the second invita-tional win for the Lady Lakers,with the irstcoming last monthat the California University ofmPennsylvania. Invitational.Junior Shannon Morton wasparticularly happy consideringthe weather, as she comment-ed following the meet, "Con-sidering the weather conditionswe did a great job, it was reallymuddy, making it difficult torun. We managed to pull it outand get the win."The team will compete nextat Roberts Wesleyan on Oct.18, which is an away meet.Also on the horizon is theGreat Lakes Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference Champion-ship, which is being held on Oct25, at Saginaw Valley State U ni-vcrsity.

Jody MdkyPrKXo EddorW o m e n ' s v o l le y b a l l t u r n s i n l wi n and 2 l o s s e sVolleyball plagued with mediocre play this last week

By Amanda HarnoczContributing WriterMercyhurst played NorthernMichigan on Friday, Oct .3^Mcrcyhurst's women's volley-ball was off to a good start.They have won two out offour matches up to thispoihtThey had scores of 30-26and 30-2LThe two matches they lostwere 25-30 and 28-30. JThe game was close until thelast match.Mercyhurst had held onstrong, but the last match did in

the team.The last match had a score of3-15, not in Mercyhurst^ favor.The women's overall recordwas 13-7.Great Lakes IntercollegiateAthletic Conference (GLIAC)play has set their record at twowins and four losses.Juniorplay-er, Lyndsi Hughes, had a totalo( 17 kills and 21 digs duringthis unfortunate loss.An exceptional amount of ef-fort and work to help out theteam.Being new to the team didn'tmatter for freshman Laurel Dau-phin.She had a career high of 16kills. t; m "? jThe tallest girl on the team, 6'1M

Kabe McAdarns/Meraad PhotographMercyhurst sets the ball against Ashland. f -Jenn Barba, had 13 kills and atotal of 10 blocks.Kari Clapham, who is a soph-omore, provided the Lady Lak-er's with 51 assists.With these outstanding perfor-mances and records it is hard tobelieve that the team did not win.The women's volleyball teamachieved a win against Lake Su-perior State on Oct.4.The final score was 3-0.The team played at the athlet-ic center on campus*This win dropped Lake Supe-rior's record to 4-13 overall and1-4 in GLIAC play.Jenn Barba had 15 kills.

Kari Clapham continued toassist with -a total of 35 assistsand nine kills.Lyndsi Hughs also added 23digs. |The women also played onOct.5.Again, Mercyhurst was defeat-ed 3-1. VAfter this game their recordhas dropped to 14-8 overall and3-5 in the GLIAC records.Frustration must set in whenthe players are doing outstand-ing but the team is not showingit in the books.Again, Lyndsi Hughs at a totalot 16 kills.

Jenn Barba had 13 kills, whileKari Clapham added 10 kills.Barbara also added 10 blocksand Clapham again had a largeamount of assists.Clapham finished the gamewith 41 assists.The next game for the wom-en's volleyball team will be playedon Oc t 10This game is away againstGrand Valley State.Starting ime s 7p.m.This gamewill also count for the GLIACrecords.[.The women's volleyball gameon Nov. 7,2003 will be televised.Image-Sports and Mercyhursthave worked together andagreed on televising 24 Mercy-hurst Laker events.The volleyball match will startat 7p.m. and is at home.This game will be televised onAdelphia Cable Channel 12.^Th i s channel is for thecounty. 1 f you are in the city, tuneinto channel 20, Erie Cablcvi-sion.

Here you will be able to watchsome devoted Mercyhurst fansand a great women's sportingeventThis game will be against theUniversity of Findlay, fromOhio.,Th e 18 girls on the roster thisyear will be working har d for therest of the season.Laker football downed jby Finlay 23-13W om en's Golf has trouble Football loss drops record below .500in fall classic tournament

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By Amanda HarnoczContributing WriterThis years fail schedule for rhewomen's golf team has onlyeight meets.So far the team has played inone tournamentThis tournament lasted twodays.The University of Findlayhosted a fall classic.The women teed off at 11:00a.m.Arlington .Ohio was the site ofthis year's tournament/The Findlay/William BingBaell Fall Classic Tournamentwas played at the SycamoreSprings Golf Club.Second day of play started at8:30 a.m. ? iThe Mcrcyhurst women's golfteam finished ninth out of nine

teams.Ferris State came in first placewith a score of;+62^M rcyhurst finished with a+ 159. : | %This is a +97 difference.HilaryMcCall played well, even thoughit didn't help with the overallteam record.She had a score of 91 on thefirst day of the tournamentThe second day she finishedwith an 88.At the end of the tou rnamenther final score was a +35.The eight women players arcAngela Biagini, Amy Cosgravc,Lindsay Rider, Amy Natalie, Hi-lary McCalLSara I.iccks, Molly

* * Dug an, and Stephanie I rank*;iewicz.Mercyhurst will be hostingtheir annual Invitational on Oct.9. I * 'Starting time is 1G;Q0 a.m.

By Ryan PalmContributing WriterThe University of 1 indlay O il-ers defeated the Mercyhurst

wLakers 23-13 on Saturday, Oct.4, 2003. -:Findlay scored early and often,getting all of their po inti beforethe I akcrs could get on theboard.Findlay scored on their firstpossession, going. 74-yards onjust ten playfc capped by a KevinCrookrl 7-yard touchdown passto Andy Witkci J ^Jei'i Pax added the extra pointto make 7-0 with 9:54 to go inthe first quarter.The Lakers were forced to

i &punt on their next possession,giving the Oilers the ball hack attheir 22-yard line.The Mcrcyhurst defenseplayed strong, orcingFindlay topunt. |

The Lakers were unable tomove the ball on their next drive,and junior punter Jim Schulerkicked it away.Findlay w ent 71 yards on theirnext possession, scoring on aRobert Campbell 1-yard run.Pax added the extra-point togive his team a 14-0 lead earlyin the second quartetWith only 1:41 left to go in thesecond quarter, Findlay got theball back af ter Mercyhurstturned it over on downs.The Oilers went 59-yards injust forty-six seconds, whenKevin Crooks connected againwith Andy Witker, this timefrom 11-yards ou tPax's kick failed this ime, eav-ing the score 20-0 at halftime.Findlay's Jeff Pax kicked a 26-yard field goal with just overeight minutes to go in the third,giving his team a 23-0 lead.

This would be the last timeFindlay scored, as the Laker de-

fense played great for the re-mainder of the game.The Lakers got on the boardearly in the fourth quarter, go-ing 44-yards on nine plays, withquarterback Jeff Nowling scor-ing on a 1-yard run.Mercyhurst went for the two-point conversion, but Nowling'spass was incomplete, leaving thescore 23-6.The Mercyhurst offensestalled following the drive, punt-ing on their next possession, thenproceeded to turn it over ondowns the next two times theygot the ball,The Laker defense forcedFindlay to punt with 1:38 in thegame, and were able to get in theend zone again on Nowling*s sec-ond rushing touchdown of thecontest.This one was from 7-yards out,and freshman kicker Phil Scan-Ionadded the extra-point to makethe game 23-13,

Findlay ran out the clock, end-ing the game with Mcrcyhurstfalling 23-13. Lj!Findlay quarterback KevinCrooks had a great game, com-pleting 17 of 30 for 201-yardsand two touchdowns.He also led all rushers with 76-yarda on just eight carries.Mcrcyhurst junior tight endJeff Thiel led all receivers withsix catches for 92-yards,"We had a rocky start butshowed a lot of heart, and wetried to fight back in it." JeffThiel commented following thegame, "Our defense showed theyhave the ability to step up andstop people when they need to,and they stepped it up in the sec-ond half and shut them down."

The win moves Findlay to 4-1, and 3-1 in the Great LakesIntercollegiate Athletic Confer-ence. $; *Mercyhurst foils to 2-3, and 1 -3 in the GLIAC

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