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ENTERTAINMENTLooking for a good movie?Forget Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929

Mounting evidence suggests Iraq's biological warfare capabilities

are posing considerable threat leading to potential war-

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Field Hockey ranksninth in the nation

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Mercyhurst climbs threespo ts in college rankings

By Megan Fialkovich

News Editor

U.S. News & World Report, a <|weekly news magazine, has re-leased its annual Best Collegesrankings, which is included inthe magazine s Sept. 23 issue,which went on sale Monday,Sept. 16.

Mercyhurst is again includedin the Top 20 ComprehensiveColleges in the North. The lib-eral arts college has moved from#15 in 2002 to #12 in 2003, anotable jump. This is the seventhyear Mercyhurst has been in-cluded in the rankings.

T wo years ago we were 19th,last year we were 15 th and thisyear 12th—a 37 percent increase

m stature among our peer groupin just three years is somethirfgto be proud of, said AndrewRoth, Ph.D., vice president ofacademic affairs and dean ofthecollege.

•; It s gratifying to see thecollege s increasing academicand institutional excellence rec-ognized by the most widely read

college ratings guide —U.S.News & World Report.

Mercyhurst won t rest, however,until it is rated at the top withStonehill, Elizabethtown andGrove City colleges, Roth said.

U.S. News & World Report se-lects institutions as Comprehen-sive Colleges due to their focuson undergraduate education andtheir wide range of degree pro-| grams.

There are 3 24 comprehensivecolleges ranked within four re-gions: North, South, Midwest,and West. Rankings are based onan overall score that is an aver-age of the following: Peer as-sessment score, Average fresh-man retention, A verage gradua-tion rate, Percent of classes withfewer than 20 students, Percent

of classes with fewer than 50 stu-dents, Student/faculty ratio, Per-cent of faculty who are full time,SAT/ACT scores, Freshmen intop 25 percent of high schoolclass, Acceptance rate and theAverage annual giving rate.

Information retrieved fromwww. mercyhurst.ed u

Career HSen4ces«*b ri n gsworkforcelto your doorBy Kristin PurdyEditor-in-Chief

Tucked away at the far end of

the second loor ofOld Main, theCareer Services office offers alot to students with no hidden orextra charges. As the year be-gins, there are many things thatstudents should begin workingon to advance themselves, be-sides attending classes, passingexams and cramming for tests.""Mr Hvezda, head of CareerServices, is just one part of ateam that offers many servicesto students that relate to f indinga future employer or continuingwith education. Career Servicesassists students in searching forscholarships or assistantships todefer costs of education, search-

ing for obs, reviewing interviewtechniques, writing cover letters,

and creating resumes.I The Career Services depart-ment is not a placement agency;what we do is the entire prepa-ration to make students market-able and competitive, Hvezdasays." *

Career Services will create astudent s resume, provide cop-ies, and save the document forfuture use at no charge, rhis ser-vice is built into the tuition bill,and Hvezda strongly encouragesstudents to take advantage of heservices the office offers."Hvezda welcomes all studentsto his office for help, especiallyseniors who are planning to at-tend law school or grad schoolafter graduation from

Mercyhurst. Above all, hestresses the importance of mak-ing good impressions, and en-sures that students are preparedand are aware to look profes-sional for interviews."" With the college s Career Fairon Oct. 8, prospective employ-ers will be looking for future em-ployees. Preparation and initia-tive are two essential things thatstudents need to focus on, re-gardless of class standing.Whether a freshman is simplylooking for a way to build his or

herresum when beginning col-lege, or a student is approach-ing graduation and in need of a

resum for job-hunting, it is im-portant to access Career Services

for help. Hvezda is student-ori-entated, filled with a passion forassisting students in the jobsearch or graduate school search,""While a G1A of 3.0 or highergives some students an edgeover others, being well-roundedis equally, if not more, impor-tant, says Hvezda. Any involve-ment that relates to your majoror hobby is important to include,as it reflects your interests anddedication.

All of the services offered areimportant to use, because ofthedeclining amount ofon-campusrecruiting. Because of Septem-ber 11 and the hit the economyhas taken, a lot of companieshave cut back on on-campus re-

cruiting, Hvezda reveals. Dueto this, students need to be awareofthe increased competition andensure that they have controlover where their future isheaded.'"Students interested in resumehelp, interviewing techniques,job searches, law school orgraduate school, and internshipsare encouraged to call CareerServices at ext. 2426, call Mr.Hvezda at ext. 2534, or stop byOld Main 204. I

The Top 3 Things SeniorsShould Do:

1. Open a senior credential file;this can be done without an

appointment, by picking up with

information in the CareerServices office in Main 204.This file contains your resume,letters of recommendation, and

faculty reviews for futureemployers to review.

2. Begin or update your resume;Career Services not only helpscreate a resume, but the officewill type and store it at no cost.

3. Begin to get letters ofrecommendation; faculty.

administrators, advisors, andpast employers are the best to

use.

Gefj to kno wsyour campusy Megan Fialkovichlews editor

It s inevitable: each year, theerciad prints a front-page storybout the tremendous leaps andbunds Mercyhurst has made forhe incoming freshmen class.

is year is no different, except[for the fact that there are roughlyJ70 first-year students alone,vith the expected results. Park"ng is at a premium, housing isusting at the gills and there s aea of unfamiliar faces on cam-us. The obvious conclusion is

o submit a guide for students inheir first month of life atercyworld.yjYour first and last contact in

ousing should be your floor sesident Assistant. The R.A.

sn t just an enforcer; he or she

s there for you to talk with aboutby of the problems you 11 en-punter as the first trimester bar-els ahead. Chances are an oldertudent will know more peopleho can help you study for a

ertain exam, or help you join alub if you re bored.Resident assistants are also theirst people to talk to if there areoommate issues, from irrecon-ilablc personal ity differences -toopmg with sharing such a smalljving space. Any student inbusing who feels that he or sheould like to move out of their

urrent residence should see therea s designated R.A. to beginhe process. 3

Baldwin, Egan and McAuley

{Halls as well as the convertedMercy apartments are all exclu-sively freshmen housing, whichis a nearly two-fold increase inspace rom hree years ago. Eachdorm has its own honors floor,which has stricter quiet hour

les to ensure an atmospherepore conducive to studying. Forhose who wish to enter dorm ofhe opposite sex, visiting hoursre from 12 p.m.-12 a.m. Sun-ay through Thursday, and 12m.-2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.The Office of Residence Life,

jwhich you will become very fa-miliar with after your first hous-ing sign-up this spring, has been

Patience is a virtue: freshmen

moved from its ground-floorhome in Egan to the third floorof Old Main. Sharing the floorwith Res. Life are AcademicServices (the best place to go tofind or become a tutor) and Stu-dent Conduct,. 'A

Laura Zirkie, Dean of Resi-dence Life, was kind enough totake a moment out of her busyschedule to clear up a few points.The staff has been really greatthese past few weeks. The tough-est part about moving [fromEganJ is that people don t knowwhere we are, she says.

The Student Activities Com -mittee (SAC) is responsible fora lot of the free programs thatwould behoove freshmen andnew students to be aware of,such as movie nights, Coffee-house concerts and trips.Mercyhurst Student Govern-ment (MSG) also deserves creditfor bringing free cable to resi-dents this year, as well as for or-ganizing numerous events on thecampus throughout the year.Both groups are located in theHerrman Union above the LakerInn.

The offices for work-study andhousing/maintenance (which is

practice waiting in line.

more important for R.A.s), un-der the direction of TyroneMoore, are now on the secondfloor of Old Main by the en-trance to Preston Hall. M ost pro-fessors have their offices inPreston Hall, which also housesthe main mailroora, arid com-puter services.

Financial Aid and Student Ac-counts, which have been com-bined to form Student FinancialServices, are on the first floor ofOld Main. This is the place togo to sign loan checks, ask aboutwork-study or scholarship pay-

ments. If you use a TAC codefor long-distance phone service,you may also come here to payyour bill. |1

*The policy on freshmen caruse is the same as it has been pre-viously, but will be more strictlyenforced this year. No freshmanmay keep a car on-campus, withthe exception of commuters andthose with extreme need, for ob-vious reasons (just try finding aparking space on a weekday). Ithas been rumored that freshmenmay begin to bring their automo-biles on-campus in spring term,but this is not and has neverbeen true, Laura Zirkie in-

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formed me. jFinally, ail students should be

aware that Res. Life is being es-pecially unflinching in its opencontainer policy; anyone outsidewith a cup, water bottle, or evena container with a lid or cap maybe asked to dump out the con-tents, or provide proof that theliquid isnot alcoholic. This isnot]simply a Mercyworld whim; it sPennsylvania state law, andchances are the Erie police willnot be as understanding as yourlocal RA. Simply put, anyonewho consumes alcohol should be1)

indoors,2)

of legalage

(that s21 , in caseyou didn t know), and]3) compliant with Res. Life staff]Underagers, be aware that adrinking offense will result infines, community service, loss ofhousing points and possible lossofyour driver s license, if you recaught in a car. f I

With a little legwork and apatience, M ercyhurst will be^come much more accessible and]friendly. It s an exciting time tobe young and impressionable, soalways use good judgment, askquestions and, as my mothersays, always get a receipti

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Homecoming celebration kicks off this weekendDance, pep rally, bands and vendors add to festivities

By Jessica MontanaContributing Writer

In the past, Homecoming hasconsisted of a football game andthe election of a King andQueen. 1 his year, with the helpof MSG and SAC, the festivitieswill redefine homecoming as weknow it.

The weekend will kick off withthe formal on Friday, Sept. 23 at6:30 p.m. at the Zem Zcni ShrineClub. This facility was chosenover Sabella s because it canaccommodate more students.The doors will open at 6:30 p.m.to begin letting in revelers. Din-ner will be served rom 7-8 p.m.,followed by a pep rally in 8:30,and dancing until midnight. Ati he pep rally, the football team,coaches and homecoming courtwill be introduced Shuttle ser-vice will be available for stu-dents without transportation.Look for the signs directing youto shuttle stops..

Saturday will have the tradi-tional games: men s soccer

against Alderson Broaddus at12 p.m., and football versusNorthwood at 1:30 p.m. Fol-lowing the games, the home-coming festivities continue oncampus.A concert at Munson Plaza willopen with rock group SisterHazel, followed by countrysinger Kevin Denney. Vendors

will be present to sell food anddrinks. |

Nominees for homecomingcourt are as follows: for Queen,Katy Delaney, Kristen Brown,Debbi Pofi and Tina Stanyardare in the running. Contendersfor the King s crown are BradParker, :Larry WoodyWoodall, Brendan Mahoney

and Luke Slater. Elections willbe held in the Student UnionWednesday from lla.m.-7p.m„and Thursday from 11a.m.-3p.m. Best of luck to all nomi-nees.

If you have any questions orconcerns about Homecomingevents, call the MSG office atext. 2428, or SAC at ext. 2463.

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I r a q i t h r e a t I f e l t a c r o s s t h d p o n d : B l a i r r e s p o n d sBy Andrea Gerlin Knight

Ridder Newspapers (KRT)LONDON Iraq has contin-ued producing chemical and bio-logical weapons of mass de-struction that could be deployedwithin 45 minutes and has tried

to acquire material for nuclearweapons in Africa, the Britishgovernment said in an intelli-gence report Tuesday.K* The report also says SaddamHussein s regime has up to 20old Scud missiles with a rangeof 400 miles, which are capableof reaching Israel or SaudiArabia, and has begun develop-ing ballistic missiles with a rangeof more than 600 miles, whichcould reach British and NATO

military bases in Cyprus, Greeceand Turkey and which could beready in five years. The U nitedNations has banned Iraq fromdeveloping missiles with a rangeof more than 150 kilometers (93miles).

The information in the 50-pagereport was based on work byBritain s Joint Intelligence Com -mittee, which usually works insecret. British Prime MinisterTony Blair said he authorized the

unprecedented release of thereport to demonstrate the threatthat Iraq s weapons programposed.I Quoting from the report at thebeginning ofa heated em ergencydebate in the House of Com-

mons, Blair repeated details

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President Bush and Prime M inister Blair meet to discuss waron terroism.

about Iraq s past use of poisongas against Kurds and Iraniansoldiers and its 1990 invasion ofKuwait, what he called a historyof lies, obstruction, defianceand denial.

He said the report s evidencethat Saddam s regime retained,further developed and planned to

use weapons of mass destruc-

tion, in violation of U.N. Secu-rity Council resolutions, wasoverwhelming and should not

be ignored.His weapons ofmass destruc-

tion program is active, detailedand growing, Blair said. Thepolicy of containment is notworking. The weapons of mass

destruction program is not shut

down. I is up and running now

W e all know that diplomacynot backed by the threat offorcehas never worked with dictatorsand never will, he said.

Blair told the lawmakers, whogathered for the special sessionafter weeks of rancorous publicdebate about Iraq, that Britainshould join the United States inpressing for a stronger U.N.resolution. But he refused to bedrawn in on the question ofwhether Britain would join aU.S.-led m ilitary strike if weap-ons inspections fail or whetherlit would support the regimechange policy that the Bushadministration advocates.

The Iraqi government dis-

missed the report as a hodge-podge of half-truths, lies, short-sighted and naive allegationsand suggested that Blair provideit to the United Nations for veri-fication. Iraq said U.N. weaponsinspectors would have access toal the sites the report m entioned.

His conclusions that Iraq isengaged in the production ofweapons ofmass destruction aresimply not true, Iraqi presiden-tial weapons adviser Gen Amiral Saadi said in Baghdad. Hisallegations are long, his evi-dence short.

In Washington, the WhiteHouse called the British dossierfrightenin g and praised Blair

for his strong defense of the

U.S.-led effort a gainst Saddam.

We don t trust this man, and

that s what the Blair reportshowed today, President Bushsaid after a Cabinet meeting.( Security experts said the reportdidnot contain much compellingnew evidence, but that the intel-ligence agencies that suppliedthe information probably couldnot risk exposing their sources.It s definitely not the smoking

gun ofevidence the internationalcommunity was expecting, said| Clifford B eal, editor ofthe Lon-don-based Jane s D efenseWeekly. A t the moment theworld is being asked to take thison face value, because no gov-ernment is willing to compro-mise its raw intelligence.

The report also did not provideany support for U.S. allegationsthat Saddam is linked to terror-ists. It did not give any evidencethat Iraq is a sanctuary for al-Qaida terrorists and did not ad-dress the possibility that Saddammight share weapons of massdestruction with terrorist groups.

Bush repeatedly has raised thethreat of Saddam s possible co-operation with terrorists as a keyjustification for war.

The 15-member U.N. SecurityCouncil is expected to begin de-

bating Iraq policy Wednesdayamid intense backroom negotia-tion over a proposed U.N. reso-lution that would demand Iraq sdisarmament and possibly clear

the way for military action.

Although several nations have

objected to the idea of militaryaction, an official from one ofthe Security Council membercountries, speaking on conditionI of anonymity, predicted that theUnited Nations would not standin Bush s way.g We all know that when theUnited States wants something..., the official said, ending thesentence with a pause andchuckle that indicated a likelyvictory for Bush.

At the White House, Bushprodded the United Nations andthe Congress to take a toughstance against Iraq. A day afterformer Vice President Al Goredelivered a blistering critique ofBush s policy, Democrats inCongress continued to workwith the White House on a reso-lution that would give Bushbroad authority on Iraq.

I think the vice presidentspoke for many Americans whoare very concerned about the cir-

cumstances we face with regardto going to a war with Iraq, saidSenate Majority Leader TomDaschle, who, like Gore, is apossible Democratic presidentialcandidate in 2004. Those arethe matters that we re attempt-ing to work out in the resolutionitself, and I think, by and large,Republicans and Democrats areprepared to give the benefit ofthe doubt under these circum-

stances to the administration.

Hay hasifull dance cardBy Emily CrofootContributing Writer

| * The newest faculty member ofthe dance department, ChristineHay, is delighted to be on theteaching staff here atMercyhurst.

Hay has performed with manyballet companies, including Bal-let West, Dallas, Louisville, Or-lando, and Tampa. She firstI heard about Mercyhurst when

she metTauna Hunter while per-forming at Ballet West. Theykept in touch and met again inDallas.

I ve always heard so manynice things about Mercyhurst. Itis a good school, has a goodreputation, and has a beautifulcampus, said Hay.

Hay considers dancing to be a

vocation, not a ob . She couldn tcontinue dancing in a companyforever, so when she heard therewas an opening for a danceteacher at Mercyhurst, she ap-plied.P I want to give the knowledgeand wisdom that I have learnedin the past, and pass it on to oth-ers who can benefit from it. Iwant to keep the tradition alive.According to Hay Mercyhurst

is a great place, with a wonder-ful studio and friendly people.

She went on about her ambi-tions, There are a stack ofthings I want to do this year. Ilove choreographing, so I hopeto broaden my experience withthe shows we have this year. I vebeen doing studio work for thepast 2 years; I like working withstudents, so this was a nicechange.

New INS tracking system imp lem ented:First Amendment infringements, racial profiling cause for concern

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By Ben Finley KnightRidder Newspapers (KRT)WASHINGTON The Immi-gration and Naturalization Ser-vice told Congress on Tuesdaythat its system for tracking for-eign students will be operationalby its January deadline. How-ever, members of Congress anduniversity leaders are concernedabout the system s effectiveness.

The Student Exchange andVisitor Information System willhave difficulty preventing stu-dent visa fraud and cannot ac-count for the significant numberof international students whohave overstayed their visas, anINS official acknowledged.

Universities contend that theINS won t be able to process the

information that SEVIS will col -lect every semester on more than500,000 international studentswho are studying in this coun-try. % f

Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Ca-

lif., noted that a Georgia profes-sor was indicted earlier this year

on charges of creating 17 fakestudent visas, and asked whetherSEVIS could safeguard againstsuch occurrences.

No system is completelyfraud-proof, said INS spokes-

woman Janis Sposato. She saidit would be difficult to detectfraud by a school official whowas using legitimate documents.

She also said SEVIS could nottrack international students whowere in the United States ille-gally. Nor will the system trackforeign w orkers or tourists whotake classes part time.

The cost and upkeep of SEVISare unknown, Sposato said, al-though the INS would chargevisa applicants up to $100 tohelp pay for the system.

Congress created SEVIS in1996 in response to the 1993World Trade Center bombing.One ofthe terrorists involved inthe bombing had come to theUnited States on a student visa.A January 2003 deadline was setto have the system operating.

After the Sept. 11 attacks, inwhich three of the hijackers hadused student visas, Congressappropriated $37 million to en-sure that SEVIS met that dead-line.

The INS is expected to over-see the system s implementationat more than 7,000 higher edu-cation institutions with a staffof1,500 contracted workers,Sposato said. Nearly 1,000

schools currently are compliantwith SEVIS, she said.

But university officials worrythat the deadline is too near andthe resources too slim.

We are somewhat concernedabout how much remains to bedone in a rapidly shrinkingamount of ime, testified David

Ward, president oftheAmericanCouncil on Education, whichrepresents numerous higher edu-cation associations.

Ward said the final rules foruniversities to follow regardingSEVIS had not been published.Sposato said they would be pub-lished by January. |

The INS attempted to create adatabase of foreign students inthe mid-1980s, but the lists offoreign students names and ad-dresses just sat in a warehouse,Dixon Johnson, executive direc-tor of international student ser-1vices at the University of South-ern California, said in a tele-phone interview.f" The track record with such

innovations is not one that en-V

courages confidence, Johnsonsaid, *

Johnson said SEVIS would bea vast improvement over thepresent situation if the INS had

enough resources and universi-ties and colleges got assistance.

The INS has a monumental taskin not only collecting the data on500,000 international studentseach year but also on followingup on any information it deemsappropriate, John Greisberger,

director ofthe office of interna-tional education at Ohio StateUniversity, said in a telephoneinterview.

Glenn A. Fine, inspector gen-eral for the Justice Department,told Congress on Tuesday thatthe INS needs more resourcesand more staff to implementSEVIS effectively.

Another topic at the hearingwas the backlog of male Mus-lim international students apply-ing to study in the United States,which is growing because of a

policy that the Bush administra-tion began earlier this year. Thepolicy, independent of SEVIS,requires extensive backgroundchecks and Washington approvalfor men from 26 Muslim coun-

tries.The backlog is due to the new-

ness ofthe policy combined withthe beginning of fall semesters,said Stephen Edson, a spokes-man for the State Department.

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Erie, Pa: The Great Lakescontain more shipwrecks thanthose purportedly lost in theBermuda Triangle, and mari-time archaeologists are takingnotice. Lake Erie itself hidesabout 1500 sunken crafts by aconservative estimate, and

preservation of hese sites mustbe undertaken to prevent totalloss. No one s saying that thereare any pieces of eight to pil-fer, but rcconnaisance of thematerial before any furtherdamage is accrued is necessary.(Source: Paula Schlels, ErieTimes-News)

Dos Pi las , Guatemala:Archaeologists have deci-phered a 1500-year-old Mayatext from a pyramid abandonedin 760 A.D. It details the 20-year civil war between the

kingdoms of Tikal I andCalamakul, which were bothheavyweights of the ancientMesoamerican world. The textalso focuses on the reign ofBalajChan K awiil, who was adouble-agent of sorts among his

own people. Oct 15would mark

K awiil s 1377th birthday.(Source; John Noble Wilford,

New York Times) t

Yotir local bookstore: Au-thor? Richard Preston, whoscared us to death with The Hot

Zone and The Cobra Event willsoon release The Demon in the

Freezer* which chronicles theterroristic use of anthrax andsmallpox.

Anywhere , USA: Mutatedstrains of HIV and AIDS areproving more resistant to experi-

mental drug therapy, with thenumbers of newly infected pa-tients on the rise. 230,000Americans have unknowingly'contracted HIV and 15% will be

unbeatable by known methods.Sexual abstinenceand refrainingfrom I.V. drug use are still the

best methods of prevention,which is better than any cure.(Source: Luis MiguelAriza, Sci-entific American)

Pam pa, A rgentina: Suspi-ciously bird-like footprints havebeen found in 210 million-year-old clay, possibly upsetting thetheory ofthe emergence of aviandinosaurs. Archaeopteryx, afeathered theropod, has beencoined as the first bird, but theArgentinianprints would appearto be a distant relative ofAllosaurus and the modern owl.

(Source: Jocelyn Selim, Dis-cover Magazine)

IA television near you:The Discovery Channel willpresent a modern forensic)analysis of one of the ancientworld s most famous murders

with Th e Assassination ofKingTut on Sunday, Oct 6 at 9 p.m..A combination of textual study

, from contemporary inscriptionsand medical research involvingradiography and a very post-mortem examination ofTutankhamen s mummy willshed some light on a life cuttragically short

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The Shindig Good time rock and roll

By Courtney NicholasFeatures editor

How cool is it to be in a band?The band, The Shindig can an-swer that question for all youreaders that arc inquiring. O neof the lead vocalists forthe band,Heidi Engel is a senior voiceApplied Major at MercyhurstCollege.

The other members of theband are vocalist Laurie Roberts,guitarist Shawn Brosius , bassistand keyboard Rick Sadlier, anddrummer Bryan Pietzrak. Oneway of describing the sound of

the band is a mix between 60 srock, R&B, and today s modemcountry. No matter how youdescribe the Shindig s music,one thing is for certain; it s aboutgood time rock and roll.

The Shindig opened for ChadBrock at the Crawford CountyFairgrounds in Meadville, PA.Engel said it was a stroke of luckthat the band got to open Brock sshow. She commented that thecrowd was amazing and reallymade the band feel welcome onstage. She also smiled as she ad-mitted to getting a glimpse of

Brock s tattoo!The Shindig performs per-

forms in local clubs in the ErieArea; some being Sherlock s,Docksiders. The DogHouse, and

Service Above Self-Mercyhurst Rotaract Club

By Courtney NicholasFeatures editor

The band The Shindig has been performing around Erie over the past year.

Merciad file photo

The CornerStone. They havealso performed at clubs inEdinboro.

The band also has a ( D that isbeing released in October. Therelease party is planned forSherlock s but the band has notfinalized these plans yet. The al-bum will be self-titled. ^TrevorHuster, who produced the first

album for Train, is producing thealbum. Huster also plays thekeyboard for the funk groupStarfish.

When asked what s he saw her-self doing with or without thebandnext year at this time, Engelanswered with a smile, I thinkthat I will still be with the band.It depends on how we are doing

and where we are With our ca-reer. She also said that TheShindig is in the process of sign-ing a contract with a promoterin New York.

1 The Shindig will be perform-ing in the Carolyn Hermann

Union at Mercyhurst College onNov. 2,2002.

Coming to college and beingon yourown ishard at fi rst Find-ing students that have the sameinterests as you is vital to havinga good time and getting to knowothers. Kerri Ruschak, D aniellePoole, and Heather Enos al 1 cameto Mercyhust College and wereinterested in forming a club thatperformed acts of servicethroughout the Erie communityand on an international level.These three girls started the firstMercyhurst College Rotaract

Club in the fall of 2000. fIn November of 2000, the

Mercyhurst College Rotaract'Club had a cha rter ceremony, in-viting the Governor of Rotary;Dr. William Garvey, the Presi-dent of Mercyhurst College; andother individuals that helped getthe club off its feet that year.This ceremony officially markedthe start of the Rotaract Club.

During its first year the clubraised money for t-shirts, pro-moted service over self, and hada blood drive. T he club alsobecame close to The Erie Ro-tary Club, who sponsors theRotaract Club.

Returning this fall under theleadership of PresidentCourtney -^Nicholas, theMercyhurst College RotaractClub is hoping to expand theircommunity services. N icholasand the rest of the club s offic-ers would like to raise moneyfor the child that the clubadopted last year as well as for

a great international pro jectThe Rotaract Club of

Mercyhurst College will holdits irst meeting of he year wason Wednesday, Sept 25, 2002in Caf Diem at 9:15 p.m.. Ifyou are interested in oining theclub and did not makethe meet-

ing please contact CourtneyNicholas at 824-3154.

To Survive College, Follow These Tips Ron Norman, Norman Photography

Courtney Nicholas recieves her Mercyhurst College RotaractClub certificate In Nov. 2000 at the Charter Ceremony.

Lisa Glass (KR T) You rean accomplished co l leg ian .Maybe you re a' fresh man, ormaybe you re a sophomore inneed of guidance: In any case,you need some help.

The first step to surviving col-lege is simple.

Drag yourself to class, saysMaribeth Ehasz/ vice presidentof academic development andretention at the University ofCentral Florida.

Grab your books, set a fewalarms, and make sure you represent when the professor callsroll on day one.

Another important task? Makesome friends. You 11 need somecontacts in the class in case youmiss a day or don t understandsomething. And it s a great ex-cuse to get a phone number.

And, oh yeah, start doing thework immediately, Ehasz says.Even if something is not due for

six weeks, if you don t getstarted right away you can eas-ily get in a hole.

More money, more problems:A common problem for every-one, not just collegians, is hav-ing no clue where the heck yourmoney goes.

Use a pencil and paper andkeep track of your pennies, saysDara Duguay, executive directorof Jumpstart Coalition, whichpromotes financial awarenessamong young people. Maybeyou could buy a coffee makerinstead of dishing out threebucks for a latte at Starbucksevery morning.

Set up a monthly budget andtry to stick to it, Duguay sug-gests. That means figuring outhow much money you re bring-ing in and how much you respending (on a car payment,apartment rent, etc.). so you 11know how m uch you can use for

extras.Space invaders, also known as

roommates: Now that you knowhow to manage your money,here arc some tips on how tomanage your space. Whether

you re a clean freak or one ofthose.guys who wears his dirtyboxer shorts inside out to savelaundry money (not a recom-mended financial tip, but it maywork), you can get along withyour roommate.

That s not to say the two ofyouare going to be best friends. Shemight like country music whileyou re a die-hard punk rocker,but you can have a happy exist-ence in a 10-by-10 concrete box.It just takes a good attitude andsome compromise.

The most important thing iscommunication, Ehasz says.

Ehasz says new roomies'shouldn t forget about safety.You have to take time to buildtrust with your roommates orapartment-mates, so don t putyour grandmother s diamondearrings on the rim of the sinkevery evening.

Ahead of the curve: Now thatyou re following all of hese bril-

liant tips, you may think you redoing everything you can to sur-vive college. Reality check: Lifeis not all parties and pennies.You re in college to prepareyourself for a future career. *

It s difficult for many of us

to think beyond the moment,Ehasz says. But that s exactlywhat you must do to realize yourdreams _ build a portfolio forthe future.

Ask yourself where you regoing, Ehasz suggests, and thenfigure out what you need to doto get there.

Real-world experience is key

to building a resume. So checkout your school s career servicesdepartment for information oninternships or apprenticeshipsor use the Internet.

Lots of people look back oncollege as the best time of their|

I HyeSo so remember to take a deepbreath and enjoy yourself. Havea wild time, but don t be aslacker. If you can manage ahandful of these tips, you canpave a smooth way to fun andfabulous years ahead.

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chapel until 1933 whenChrist the King Chapel

was constructed .

MSG andSA Cevents planned for 2002-2003 year

By Courtney Nicholas

Features editor

Two organizations that arefound on the Mercyhurst Collegecampus that are directly linked tothe students are the MercyhurstStudent Government (MSG) andStudent Activities Committee

(SAC). . •These two organizations informthe students of what is going onat Mercyhurst. MSG defines itspurpose as the primary line ofcommunication between the stu-dents and the administration of hecollege. MSG has several com-mittees, such as Health and Safety,Housing and Residence Life, Col-lege Services and Facilities Use,Spirit Club, and Publicity and Ad-

vertising. :The representative s work on

addressing problems and concernsfrom the students. 1 he Presidentof MSG. David DelVecchio, Vice

President, Lauren Griglak; Secre-tary Rachel Confer; TreasurerMike Foglio; and SAC Chair JessMontana head the ExecutiveBoard.

These individuals are workinghard and planning events such asthe new Homecoming Dance, andother events that come to campus.

During fall term there are a lotof interesting things that are go-

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THE GOOD ...

The PAC s schedule of fall movies includes a w ide range of ilms, from comedy to

documentary which promise to be one of the best movie line-ups in the program s history.The Academy Award nominated French film, Amelie, screened this week to a great crowd.

• Pax Christi had a solid turnout of students interested in the many opportunites available on

campus. Kudos goes out to Jennifer Kons and all those who helped organize the event.

Starting off the season with a double dose of victory, the women s Field Hockey team won

both of their games this weekend

THE BAD ...Not that any of us are surprised, but another water main broke on Briggs Avenue last

weekend behind the Hirt Center. Most students were without water for nearly 12 hours.

Oh, freshman. Do you really think that when you leave to go out on a Friday orSaturdayj

night with book bags on, anyone buys that yourbags are really full of clothes and/or books?All you re missing is a neon sign, guys. It s a little thing called tad;, but you guys areyoung. J"

The campus s internet connection is narclepsy-enducing. Itmakes one wonder when the

Internet Revolution is gonna stop at the Hurst..

Peace, sanctions and IraqFirst-hand accounts o flife under Saddam Hussein

On Thursday, Oct. 3, from 2to 4 p.m., the Rev. GilbertShaheen, pastor of theEvangeli-

cal Presbyterian Church ofBasrah, in the south of Iraq, willbe on the Mercyhurst campus tospeak with students and faculty.00

Although Rev. Shaheen schurch is relatively young inage,it is rooted in a deep faith tradi-tion that extends as far back asthe earliest centuries of Chris-tianity,* and Iraq is the site*ofsome of he earliest Biblical his-tory.

Why would Campus Ministrybring an Iraqi to Mercyhurst?00

Rev. Shaheen has been deeplyinvolved in ministering withIraqi refugees who fled the bor-der with Iran during the eight-year Iraq-Iran war. He has also

been ministering to the needs ofIraqis suffering from the conse-quences of the sanctions im-posed against Iraq,*

For eleven years, Iraq hasbeenunder what areperhaps the mostsevere sanctions ever imposedby the United Nations, limitingand monitoring trade into andoutof the Iraqi borders.° °The original purpose of the

sanctions was to prohibit anyraw materials entering Iraq thatcould be used for the manufac-ture of illicit weapons. Later, theaim was to chastise the Iraqigovernment for its refusal to co-operate with weapons inspec-tors." I | !

It is unclear whether any goalshave been met as a result of thesanctions. The price paid by the

Questioning Faith

Rev. Lyta Seddig

Iraqi people has been enor-mous.00

According to a report by twoformer UN Coordinators forSraq ̂ between five Jncl six'thou-1sand children die each monthbecause of contaminated water,lack of medication, andmalnu-trition.

j£ UNICEF officials report thatmore than 500,000 children and1.5 million adults have died fromthe effects of the sanctions.0 .Infant mortal ity rates have sky-

rocketed, and mortality rates foral 1 age groups have escalated outof control.

In addition, the sanctions im-posed on Iraq have, in manyways, strengthened PresidentSaddam Hussein s positionwithin his country and in theArab world.

By blaming his people s suf-fering on the Western world,Hussein has polarized many inIraq and the surrounding coun-tries against the United Statesand its allies.

000

While the political mood of heUnited States favors a militarysolution, past attempts to remove

I President Hussein from power

have had results similar to thesanctions, devastating the civil-ian population and further fuel-

ing the fire of PresidentHussein s hatred of the West.

Rev. Shaheen is an Interna-

tional Peacemaker, invited fora second year to participate intheprogram. Last year, Mercy-hurst hosted Monique MisengaMukuna from the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo.

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International Peacemakersare leaders who are engaged inpeacema king- in their own

Sands. .•,„:.; . .,They are invited by tfre Peace-

making Program of thePresby-terian Church (U.S.A.) to sharetheir experiences and furtherourunderstanding of the peaceand justice concerns of othersaround the world.

In an often unjust and increas-ingly violent world (the stark

reality of which we so drasti-cally experienced for the firsttime on 9/11), we are chal-lenged to understand and ad-dress the root causesof violenceand injustice.

Dialogue with the peacemak-ers often brings about a betterunderstanding of thepeace andjustice issues in our own com-

i muni ties.All students, faculty and staff

are invited to hear Rev.Shaheen s stories, find out first-

hand what it is like to live un-der sanctions, ask questionsand0'consider steps which maybe taken in response to themounting tensions.00

| For more information, contactRev. Lyta Seddig, ProtestantCampus Minister, at ext. 3348.

I've b e e n m e a n i n g t o ask^you ....Why*do!they*call you •Patches '? *

Diploma feedbackAll high school did was show

us how to be conformists, andaccessorize with brand-names

only. %I came to such a revelation this

past summer at my sister s highschool graduation. It wasa rev-elation that only occurs whenhindsight and cynicism set in.

Hindsight is an awesome fac-ulty. It greatly affects the past wepresently reflect upon. And re-cently, I have spent a lot oftimelistening to friends and acquain-tances recollections about highschool that are absent frommine: senior free days, ca-tered, better-not-skip lunches,and the real kicker, FUN.

Most kids at college seem tohave fond memories of theirhigh school years, especially

their senior year.But not many of us McDowellgrads. \

When I hear kids brag abouttheir senior trips to Cool Town,USA, I cower and pretend thelame post-graduation party atPenbriar and a purposed trip toCleveland make up for it. ThenI futilely wish to go back toschool, but not to McDowell.

I would go to any school wherelaughter was substituted in theplace of bitching. Where wewere all Mike Ceavers growingup in a Kevin Arnold world.Good times instead of wonder-ing why all the not-so-goodfuzzy memories.

Yeah, I was a senior too. Idonned the cap with giddy prideand turned the tassel with to-hell-with-it eagerness. But uponexiting the Erie Civic Center and

And Another Thing...

Phil Pirrello

leaving behind the mass of stu-dents whose names I only knewvia casual glances at the direc-tory, I felt the chains of gymclass routines and pointless hy-perbole disguised as disciplinaryaction begin to loosen.

All that remained were thefaint scars of m ost of my younglife spent ineducation, with onlya cheap silk robe and a straightA report card to remember meby. 4

Where were all these life les-sons and real world survival

drills? Why, they were waitingfor us at college, where beer runsand hassles at Financial Aidawait.

But regret is what closes on aSaturday night.

All any ofus can do is wonderwhere high school went wrong,specifically.

Well, it wanted to prepare us.It even thought it could withlocker room chit-chats and caf-eteria politics. JTeenage pregnancies came and

went like slap bracelets. Wordslike random and kids werescratched on T rapper-Happers., The smell ofgym floor will al-

ways bring back images ofdodge ball games and dancesscored to Lady in Red.And graduation, with speeches

filled with clich d lines about

endings and new begin-nings and references to liter -ary figures whose quills would

turn suicidal at how bias theirwords were evoked |Go back, Say Anything s

Diane Court said in response tothe challenge of the brutallyhonest future ahead.

I d have to agree. ^j A teacher of mine used to saythat the best four years of ourlives will be lived and breathedin high school. I, being thesmart ass, added on the untilcollege part..

And, for the most part, I was

right. «Sure, the sound of the fading

echo of crowded hallways willalways be intoxicating. Butthey don t hold a detention slipto all the late light, getting-to-know-your-roommatechats, orthe It s about time looks yourprofessors give you when youshow up late.

In between the darkest ante-chamber ofhell and a post-gradsoir e in the Hamptons, thereare those who still live the highschool mentality and those whoarejust grasping the college ex-perience.

And in between that littlefour-square, there are a few ofus who saw past the sea ofJansports and endeavored tobecome something more thananything high school had instore. i

And if those smelly lockerscould talk, who would havethought we d become some-thing more than the contents ofour yearbooks?

Ready-to-wear: Formal flair4 1

By Megan Cvitkovic^j >

Contributing writer &v

I can still see it. The stifflyerect hair with not a curl out ofplace.0'i'&The makeup overemphasizedjust in case it starts to wear offin two days from hen. The dress

we won t even go there.°Andof course those ridiculously highstiletto shoes, pointy enough so

v i * V I

that you permanently relocatedyour baby toe to rest on top ofyour foot."

That s right. I m speaking ofthe time-honored tradition ofhomecoming formals."

Yet surely now that we are incollege, it can t be quite as bad,nor quite as long and drawn outof a process. f

In any case, we can look tohomecoming to provide us withan excuse to put off the moun-tains of homework (again) andhave some booty-shaking fun atthe dance.00 | f

That being said, I hear thecringes of many racking theirbrains either trying to come upwith some cool concoction or

figure out howlttp spend the least Emb ellish me nt is anot heramount of money and still lookhot!00 i

Fear not, we ve got craftinesson our side!

With less than a week until thebig dance, you realize that youstill have nothing to wear. Theresponse of most would be to

head off to the mall and checkout those often hideous dressesat the stores.

But I implore you, hold offjn-stead, run through the inventoryof dresses you have collectedoveryears.00

Remember that favorite dressfrom senior homecoming thatcost a pretty penny and sat in thecloset for years? Now isthe timeto bring it back to life.

Many of us are familiar withthis recycling method of dress-ing for formals, but let s add atwist and get creative.

One simple solution is hem-ming. No one expects you to bea first class seamstress, but there

are plenty in Erie."Instead ofbuying a brand new dress, pull alittle cut and stitch on your oldone.

: - • -•

simple trick , /Get funky,accessorize your getup to be alittle more trendy.But when hitting the mall, have

an idea of what you want andwhat styles look good on you.Three-quarter, and mid-calflengths are popular and work out

multitudes of height problems.0

. Lace, bell and slit sleeves,draped Greek goddess gownsand bright colors can also befound in abundance and accord-ingly solve many a body shapecrisis. <r f

If none of the above solutionswork for you, borrow fromothers, and then accessorize.

And for all the guys who don tknow where to begin, take iteasy and remember that the la-dies just love it when you actu-ally take time to dress up . "Ifyou re still having qualms, askyour friends or step outside yournorm and pick up a crazy col-ored shirt or funky tie."

Confidence looks better thanany thousand dollar designergown ever will. *

Happy homecoming!

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Contact info: Opinionmetviad@mertyhurst.edu  OPINION

What is your opinion of the new academic building, the Hirt Center?I think that the building is

good for the expansion andgrowth of the college.Meghan Morse, sophomore

It s nice. [The building]matches the rest of the cam-pus, but the air conditioning inthere is quite annoying — isso cold in there all the time,and you can t regulate that inthe classroom itself.

Kasia Orzel, sophomore

I believe the architecture isquite attractive. The class-rooms also seem nice.

Mar garet Harold, freshman

Other than the weird noisesand huge temperature changes,it s a great facility. The desksare kind of uncomfortable,too.

Kari Claph, freshman

The building is good, but toogood. Needs more trees.Kevin Murtha, freshman

It looks pretty good from theoutside. It actually looks fakefrom far away. I haven t beeninside it y et *Steve Strohm, senior!

They did a good job building itin so short a time. That s whyI m worried that somethingmight go wrong, like [the build-ing wiHJ fall down. *Eric Hollenbeck, sophomore

The outside looks big, but theinside is much to be desired

Pustyn Risner ^junior

It is difficult to find rooms andit is not marked out very wellJim Pifer , sophomore

11 ike the openness of he class-rooms. The structure is beauti-ful. P |g \ I ;)Heather Peskorski, freshman

Put an information office inthere.

Ryan McCullough, sopho-more

It s cold in the classrooms.There is a bad paint smell.

Anna Dunin. freshman

It went up really fast since Ivisited last year. I m definitelyimpressed with what I havewinessed so far.3 Briana Sulivan, freshman

While it is not in any way aes-thetically pleasing to ma* I be-lieve we are very fortunate tohave it here. Americans need toappreciate the conveniences wetake for granted and often donotdeserve.

Lindsay Wilhelm, sopho-more *

It is a great new building andit is roomy so that many classescan be taught Nice work!

SarahLuzar .freshman

I think it s the ugliest, mostphallic looking thing and theytore down my old apartmentbuilding to build that? What sup with that?

Kate Pacne, junior

It s a great building, equippedwith a lot of resources. I lovethat there are computers ineach classroom for theprojec-tion screen.

CorrieThearh, freshman

TV stereotypes: Fact vs. fictionIn the battlefor ratings, exaggeration equals entertainment

Larry Evans (Knight Ridder

Newspapers) A fat woman, hairin curlers and carrying a pig,steps from an elevator.

Where are they going?Not shopping on Rodeo Drive.

No , the woman and the littlepink porker are fans on their wayto a University of Tennesseefootball gam e.

That scene unfolds in a 15-sec-ond video made as a promo forCollege GameDay, ESPN s|

overview of the day s footballschedule.

Tennesseans who previewedthe video got steamed by thestereotypical hillbilly fashionin which they were depicted, ac-cording to the Knoxville Senti-

nel-Consequently, ESPN benchedthe offensive v ideo.The entertainment industry has

made fun of Southerners for solong that the laugh-seekingESPN marketing team didn t re-alize it was about to step into,uh, a mess. '=•

Remember the TV show HeeHaw, with its caricatures ofcountry folks?

How about the assortment ofthinly drawn rednecks on TheDukes of Hazzard ? (OK, 111concede this much: Every

Southerner over the age of 35

has known a Boss Hogg or two.)Before television existed, twoSunday-morning comic stripsperpetuated the hick stereotype.

L il Abner, who was allbrawn and bib overal Is but notmuch in the way of brains; andSnuffy Smith, a floppy-hatted

man of the mountains who wasnever tar from a jug of moon-shine.

Belittling humor aimed atSoutherners and people in thesouthern A ppalachians, in par-ticular t continues in the enter -tainment industry, as well as insociety at large. (Heard any WestVirginia jokes lately?)

It is surprising, therefore, that

ESPN had the good sense to pullthe plug on the video.CBS, however, is stumbling

along toward a kudzu patch ofcriticism from Southernersweary of the jokes.

The network plans to launch anew version of The BeverlyHillbillies, the 1960s showabout an extended family thatemigrated out of a deep, sunlesshollow and into glitzy BeverlyHills, where everything shineslike gold. |This time around, there will be

no actors.

REAL people will be sniffed

out like rabbits by the CBS tal-ent hounds, who are looking inmountainous, rural areas of

West Virginia, North Carolina,Tennessee, Kentucky and Ar-kansas for a family that includesparents and children plus agrandparent or two, according toThe Washington Pos t 'jj

The idea is to put bumpkins inthe promised land so TV view-ers will laugh.

What kind of Southerners doyou think CBS is looking for?Letme guess: men and women

in cheap, tight-fitting clotheswho  fish with worms, speak withanexaggerated Nashville twang,keep dogs outdoors but take

barnyard animals into the house.They arelooking for Southcnerswho build little ponds of butterin their grits. Southeners whomarry their first cousins, tradetheir babies for used cars thatdon t run half the time, eschewshoes, carry guns, and expecto-rate wads of tobacco at traffic

lights.'They never dance except in

cowboy boots.They drink cold beer not dry

wine, and wear heavy, camou-flage-patternedunderwear. Theybelieve Elvis is out there some-

where, race souped-up riding

lawn mowers at family picnics,think golf is for sissies and be-lieve California is a communistcountry.

If theCBS talent scouts lookhard enough, they can find thecharacters they set out to get.

In their journey through theSouth, however, they will en-counter more sport utility ve-hicles than pickup trucks.

They will encounter moreyoung Republicans than oldDemocrats, and a culture thatlost its distinctiveness whenmass culture especially TV

blanketed the nation in the1950s, 1960s and 1970s.In some cases, Southerners

young ones became the un-real stereotypes they saw de-picted on the endless hours ofTV they watched while growingup. .

On into adulthood those new-age rebels play the charactersthey ve seen on TV and in BurtReynolds movies.The unreal became real.Meanwhile, a society is in deep

trouble ifmany of ts people lookwith envy upon the rich, vacu-ous and rootless people ofBeverly Hills.

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C a m p u s Question:*In-depthOne students account rom nside Hirt

By Kerry Marshall

Contributing writer

When I printed my scheduleover the summer, 1 was pleas-antly surprised when I saw theletters HRTC appearing in theroom slot,

I didn t mink it that the newacademic building, the AudreyHirt Center, was actually fin-ished ahead of schedule. As thefirst day of classes began, Imixed inwith the confusion andas I was approaching the frontentrance, the same question wason everyone s mind: Where smy class at? For others, it wasWhere is the first floor at?

With the way the building isset up, one would think thatwhen youwalk through themainentrance you would be on thefirst floor. Not the case. I soonfound out that I had to go downthe stairs to find any room in the100s. W*.

As soon as I found my class-room, I was extremely im-pressed at the design of theroom. Being a communicationsmajor, I am used to the dun-geon, also known as the base-ment of Baldwin. This was adefinitely a treat.

All of the rooms seemed to bevery well made and modern, es-pecially with the addition of

technology in the classroom,I was also excited to hear thatthenew television studio was al-most complete, along with manyother added benefits for the stu-dents. Although I am absolutelythrilled with the new building, Ido have a few complaints.§I understand that air condi t on-

ing is a wonderful luxury tohave, but it is way out of con-

trol. SO degrees is a bit chilly formy standards, but I guess I drather suck it up and wear asweater than roast to death insome other classroom.pProblem number two: the situ-ation with the clocks. I am sickof hearing and asking the ques-tion What time is it? I guess Icould wear a watch, but thatwould make things all too easy.Designers, it is okay to putclocks in the school. Time is agood thing.

Another problem that isn t di-rectly correlated with the HirtCenter is the parking situation,or rather the lack there of. Theclosest parking lot to the new

building is D Angelo. This lotfills up very quickly. Althoughwatching people fight or a park-ing space is at times amusing, itis a hazard to everyone. I have asolution: park by McAuley. Itisn t too bad of an idea and theexercise can do everyone somegood.

My final complaint is the lackof restrooms. Maybe I m notlooking hard enough, but all ofmy classes are on the f irst floorand I have yet to find a restroom.My bladder doesn t appreciate it,but I have survived thus far.

These minor inconveniencesare a small price to pay for sucha beautiful building, i

I give kudos to the construc-tion crew for working so bardand having everything ready togo for that first day of classes. Ilook forward to the completionof the building.

I think this center will benefitstudents for many a trimester tocome. y.

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have fun with new wave ofMa ria Mills (Knight Ridder

Newspapers) Spread by e-mail,Web sites and plain old-fash-ioned, word-of-mouth, newwords bounce around Englishfaster than dictionary editors, oranyone else, can track.

Often, people come up withnew terms to fil 1 what dictionaryeditor Erin McKean callsEnglish s semantic gaps,where a word could exist butdoes not.

Many of he terms arise as purewhimsy.

Others are sure signs of thetimes, such as e-dress, an e-mail address. (That one has oc-curred to more than one person,as has ginormous a combina-

tion of gigantic and enor -mous.)

Most made-up words nevergain wide circulation, but everynow and then one emerges w ithstaying power.J

You never know, saysMcKean, a senior editor withOxford University Press-USAwho was profiled in the ChicagoTribune last month. As part ofthat article, the Tribune askedreaders what new words theyhave made up, or noticedA

Below is a sampling of the re-plies. Judge for yourself if youthink any have linguistic legs.

Cellicide (cell-a-cide) n. Kill-ingof pedestrians, cyclists, mo-

torists and passengers in acci-dents caused by drivers dis-tracted by use of their cellphones. Cellicidal — adj.

Duane Carlson, Ch icago!Chillaxing (chill-axing) n.

Chilling out and relaxing. Spot-ted online and heard in conver-sation with area teens.Kathleen Eng, Skokie, HIFrustankerous (frus-tank-er-us)

adj. Mywife (Olena) and I haveinvented a word to describe thebehavior of our 11 -month-oldboy who, when he doesn t getwhat he wants, acts both frus-trated and cantankerous. Thisbehavior includes yelling,

pounding fists, working up hisface to cry, but also looking an-gry. Robert S. Marshall,Evanston, 111.Chompacuted (chom-pac-uted)

vt. When you get mangled andelectrocuted at the same time.

My friend Jesse was alwaysscared at the elevated stations ofgetting hit by a train and keptsaying, I don t want to getchompacuted!;... He is an as-piring filmmaker and plans touse it in a film someday, somaybe it will see the Ugh t of daysometime. Brendan Walsh,Chicago

E-dress (e-dress) n. An e-mail

address. Several months ago, inthe midst of retrieving/logging

daily e-mail and phone messagesto paper, and quite by accident,I elided the words for e-mail ad-dress into e-dress.

As I read it back, I thought itquite clever, and asked my co-workers if they had ever read orheard of such a term.| It seems to be a natural refer-ence to such a, now, often-usedterm. No one I have spoken tohas seen or heard of it since Isuggested it.

Karin Magnuson, ChicagoOak (gack) nvHere s a word I

made up in the 70 s.... It wasthe sound my cat made Whilecoughing up hairballs. The wordgak later evolved from ono-

matopoeia to a noun, as in Whatis this gak in the sink? LindaM. Cain, Schaumburg, III.

Graetma (grate-ma) n. As myage and family increase, I havecoined less cumbersome titlesfor the matriarch/patriarch of hefamily. Rather than great-grand-mother, I choose graetma andthe male graetpa.

Kinly (kin-lee) adj. Someonewho is not blood relation, nor anin-law, but is nonetheless con-nected to a family. Such as mybrother s in-laws... his mother-in-law is my kinly. tMichelle McMullin, Aurora,

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Sept 27 -vSuicide Machines. AgoiaBallroom, Cleveland.

Sept 27Ink Spots, Four Lads. AllenTheatre, Cleveland. On sale attickets.com. 

Sept 28Super F urry Animals. Laga,Oakland, Pa. <

Sept 29Medeski, Martin and Wood.

University of New York atFredonia, Fredonia, N.Y.

Oc t 2Reel Big Fish, Starting Line,Kicks. O deon, Cleveland.

Oct 6Everclea r. Hammermill Cen-ter, Gannon University, Erie.$17. On sale at Gannon sWaldron C enter front desk at10 a.m. Also on sale at DiscGo Round, World o f Music,Grasshopper, and for stu-dents only Penn State-Behrend s Reed Union andEdinboro s SGA Conve-nience Store.

Oc t 10Mooney Suz uki. Agora Ball-

room, Cleveland. J

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Rolling Stones, ElvisCostello and the Imposters.Gund Arena, Cleveland.

Oct 14 \ \N o Doubt, Good Char lo t t e ,Distillers. Bryce Jordan Cen-ter, State College, Pa. On saleat (800) 863-3336 or onlineat www.bjc.psu.edu. 

Oct. 15

Ratdog. Warner^Theatre,]Erie. $26.50. On sale Sept 20at 10 a.m. at TicketMasteroutlets, by phone at 452-4857or 456-7070, online atwww.ticketmaster.com.  

Oct 24Wflco. Agora Theatre, Cleve-land, On sale at TicketMaster.

Oct 25 XBeck, Flaming L ips, PalaceTheatre, Cleveland. On saleSept. 21 at tickets.com. 

Oct. 30 7No Use for a Name,Yellowcard, Eyeliners .

Agora Theatre, Cleveland.

Nov. 1 fMushroomhead. Agora The-atre, Cleveland. On sale atTicketMaster,

Nov. 2 fDonnas, Superd rag, Camp-fire Girls, Your EnemiesFriends. Agora Ballroom,

I Cleveland. On sale atTicketMaster.

Nov.3 | I *Bob Dylan. Kent State MacCenter, Kent, Ohio. On saleSept. 21 at TicketMaster.

Nov. 10Lords of Acid. Odeon,Cleveland. On sale Sept. 20at TicketMaster.

Nov. 13Ataris, Sugarcult. AgoraBallroom, Cleveland.

Nov. 23 %Club Paradise Tour withPhil Vassar, Carolyn DawnJohnson, Sixwire. WarnerTheatre, Erie. $28.25 On saleOct. 5 at 10a.m.

Ecks vs. Sever.Monkeys could make a better movie

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Warner Bros, promotions de-partment has a fine skill at mak-ing great movie trailers for out-house-bound movies,.

Now, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Severcan join their ranks. This moviesuffers from having the worsttitle of the year and as 2002 sworst movie, so far.

As directed by Asian film-maker Kaos (a director sufferingfrom delusions of John Woograndeur), Ballistic is a chaotic,continuity-be-damnedmess ofpurposeless explosions and ge-neric techno passing as inge-nious score.

The title should have beenEcks an dSever, because the titu-lar subjects don t square off asmuch as they dance around aninevitable pairing up at somestock location like an abandonedindustrial yard, which still man-ages to produce an abundance ofatmospheric smoke and fire.

The Plot: Antonio Banderastries to find pathos in a perma-nent five o clock shadow asAgent Ecks, a government op-erative whose wife is presumeddead. That is until informationemerges hinting that a sort ofrogue agent-turned-biologicalweapons developer, Robert Gant(played by Gregg Henry), mayhave Eck s wife. But Ecks willhave to get in line, because rougeagent Sever (Lucy Liu) wantsGant for revenge. Soshe kidnaps

his son, who carries Gant s lat-est invention: a microscopic as-sassin that can cause a stroke atthe push of a button. (Since it isinjected via a dart, why not sim-ply poison a dart and save a fewbillions in development costs?)

As the plot thickens, theaudience s attention span thinsto anorexic proportions. Insteadof a dramatic, sensible revelationabout Ecks and his wife s fate,we are greeted with one h ell ofa n arrative curve ball that war-rants a refund on one s admis-sion price.

The Good: One nifty stunt, in-volving an airborne motorbike

followed by two more airborneSUVs, reeks ofcool. And I guessif you are NRA bound, the arse-nal of weapons is a nice touch.

Th e Bad: Where to begin ...Lucy Liu s performance has allthe range of a kitchen magnet,(Does she ever blink?)

Banderas stares intenselydown the film s barrel of clich sand underwritten stock charac-ters, and the action scenes arenarcoleptic in their execution.Action scenes are more than ex-plosions and.cool, slow-mostunts, as directors like Woo andJames Cameron have proved.

They need to motivate the plot,not provide an excuse for one.

Stringing along a narrative onviolent, lifeless scenes like theseis the best way to enter movieoblivion, especially if your stringofa script is as thin as Ballistic s.

I fear for the future of actionfilm s. Because if these guys ac-tually thought what they weredoing was good, then whathope do we as an audience haveto avoid suffering ever againfrom anything as bad as this?

El Canelo:No talking chihuahuas necessary

Check, please

Betsy Donner

Hola chicos y chicas deMercyhurs t ! Have you everwanted to try some real Mexi-can food without making a tripsouth of the border and worry-ing about the water situation?Well, for once, Erie has the an-swer.

Un restaurante, El Canelo, islocated right on West 12th Streetand will provide for you theMexican d in ing exper ienceyou re looking for.

Upon arrival you enter whatlooks like a plain old diner, butthe owner doe s his best to createan authentic Mexican theme. Thewalls are painted a patriotic red,

white and green. The bar is bor-dered by parrots, horse blankets,and plenty of paper flowers fillin the blank spots.

The atmosphere is also fin-ished off with great traditionalmusic playing in the back-ground, and the TV is tuned into,what else? a Mexican soap op-era. You might think that you ve

entered the Mexico exhibit atEpcot Center, Disneyworld.The servers and staff treated us

graciously, even though wordswere hardly spoken between us.

As for the food, they start youoff with a baske t of fresh tortillachips, salsa and plenty of pop towash down the spice. I was braveenough to try the bottle of greenHabanero sauce sitting on thetable, Ay Carumba! A

All meals are basically combi-nations of whatever you have ataste for: tacos, enchiladas,burritos, rice, beans and muchmore.

Combo platters are the way to

go because you can try severalof their specialties and they onlycost around $5.50.

You can also have an item offof their Grilled Specials men u orone of their Special Orders, suchas Taquitos, Taco Salad or a va-riety of Quesadi Ha. Even if yourbudget is extremely low, don tpass El Canelo up for Taco Bell;you can simply go in and buyitems off of the side order and ala carte menus for minimal dol-lars.

Also don t forget to try somesopapi 1 las, fried ice cream or achoco taco; anything to cool offthe Habanero.

Another great aspect of ElCanelo s authentici ty is theamount of cervezas they haveavailable (the funny word isBEER to all you unsophisti-

cated college drinkers).They have nine choices, in-

cluding everyone s favori te:Corona.

They also blend up a varietyof Margaritas, with or withoutalcohol, available by the pitcher.Now that s some hospital i tybuena if you ask me! 7]

The greatest part of the menuis the section entitled, Descrip-tions of Mexican Plates. Notonly do they describe of theChimichanga-challenged whatcertain dishes consist of, but theyalso provide pronunciations ofthe food items, which so manypeople mess up. Not that I knowfrom personal experienc e...

I strongly urge you to try outEl Canelo and their authentictaste and vibe. As for myself, Ithoroughly enjoy eating Mexi-can food, and after eating at ElCanelo, I realized how Ameri-canized Taco Bell and Chi-Chi sare.

So grab a group of tus amigosand some TUMs and try a realdining experience at El Canelo,2709 West 12th Street or call835-2290 for more information.

Ashes to ashes:Ray Bradbury's From the Dust ReturnedBy Megan FialkovichNews editor

From the Dust Returned: A

Family Remembrance beginswith the relatively innocuoustale of how the House, a livingentity, drew the unconventionalElliott clan to its drafty hallsand mouldering catacombs.Early America became a havenfora world-weary bandof vam-pires, elves, empaths and walk-ing skeletons who now holdyearly gatherings for the lastsurviving members of a dyingrace: the beings of fantasy and

superstition.

The book takes its title fromthe Ash Wednesday blessingbestowed by the priest as thefaithful receive an anointing ofpalm leaf soot on the brow.

There is A Thousand TimesGreat Grand-m re, a once-lovely pharaoh s daughter whohas all but withered to dust inher crumbling sarcophagus;Uncle Einar, an eight-foot tallvampire who loves the gift offlight; Cecy, the Dream er, whosleeps in the attic while men-tally projecting herself into na-

ture; and the evil prince damnedto an earthly eternity for a mur-derous reign. The central con-flict, however, deals with theblack sheep.

Timothy, the Elliotts adoptedhuman son, is bound by the lawsof time, gravity and space, mak-ing him the household outcastHis companions are a spider,mouse and cat who understandhim more than his nocturnal,ancient family m embers.

When the dispersed otherswho have fled to every dark cor-ner of the world to escape hu-man notice converge on theHouse, Timothy receives a les-son in the acceptance of fate andpurpose.

As the imminent demise of thefamily approaches, the revelersrecall centuries of hiding andpersecution at the hands of sci-ence, reason and intellect Themore perceptive creatures havebegun to deteriorate simply be -cause no one from the realworld is willing to believe inthem anymore; It is at this stagethat twelve-year-old Timothydiscovers his vocation: as scribefor his family s legacy.

Once again, Ray Bradbury has

dazzled tans .and critics alikewith a coming-of-age tale thatis never as whimsical or sim pleas it seems; the element o f thesupernatural blends seamlesslywith the narrative, as well asit did in 1962 s Something

Wicked" This Way Comes.While many students may rec-

ognize Bradbury for book-re-port favori tes The Martian

Chronicles or Farenheit 451,

the recipient of 2000 s Na-tional Book Foundation Medalfor Distinguished C ontributionto American Letters recalls th etrials and yearnings of child-hood with the most delicate,melancholy touch.

From the Dust Returned isthe culmination of a lifetime sdabbling in the world of theunseen, the unbelievable, andthe fantastic. The formativechapter was printed in shortstory form in Mademoiselle in1946, and evolved into theslim volume it now is afteraudiences clamored for more.It s an easy, smooth read, andcan be purchased a ta m a z o n . c o m . There are anumber of used copies forabout S6.

Pop-rock or rock-pop:Jimmy Eat World brings rock back into the limelight

By Cary Darling (KR T)Some performers vary from heirpublic personas. There s alwaysthe occasional headbangingrivethead who prefersShakespeare to Slipknot or thebespectacled, would-be intellec-tual who s really masking ram-pant idiocy.

But in the case of Jimmy EatWorld, what you see, and hear,really seems to be what you get.

They re just four average Ari-zona Joes, who grew up amid thesuburban sprawl of endless skyand sw eltering sun that is Mesa,near Phoenix, Four guys whomake crunchy, accessible pop-rock that, faster than you can sayrock is back!, is suddenly allover the radio and MTV. Moremature than Blink-182 yet moreyouthful than Creed or Korn,Jimmy Eat World is for peoplewho like a hearty helping ofhooks, hope and heartbreak.

The group s fourth album,Jimmy Eat World (originally

called Bleed American, pre-9/11), is platinum and has spawnedtwo radio bits, The Middle and

Sweetness. So now come theparties and the pretties, ight? nthe case of Jimmy Eat World,featuring singer Jim Adkins, gui-tarist Tom Linton, bassist RickBurch and drummer Zach Lind,probably not.

Jim and Zach are married. Ihave a girlfriend and Rick has agirlfriend. I was raised Mormonbut I m not religious at all. Idon t know, I ve never been intothe rock backstage party thing,

sums up Linton, 26, in a phoneinterview from Mesa. That snot really us.

And that seems to be Jimmy sworld in a nutshell; it s a bandthat runs fom.the dreadedemo tag faster than a chicken *at a barbecue but hews close tothe style s original intent:dewey-eyed, down-to-earthboys-next-door playing emo-tional rock about love s ups anddowns.

I don t think I ve changed atall, Linton says about the seem-ingly sudden stardom. I don tthink anyone in the band has. 11 sbeen like a slow growth, withour fans and stuff. We re notTHAT big. ^

As is nearly always the case,the success of Jimmy Eat World

who took the name from adrawing by Linton s youngerbrother of another brother,Jimmy, eating the world wasa slow process, and came closeto not happening at all.

Formed in 1995, the bandquickly signed with Capitol but,because of executive turnover,

soon found itself without achampion at the label. Two al-bums, S tatic Prevails andClarity, came and went with-out a trace.

Well, not quite. Thanks to tour-ing, word-of-mouth, sporadicradio play and the Internet,Jimmy Eat World had built a cultfollowing. This was especiallytrue in Europe and an indepen-dently released compilation,Singles, helped raise money

for the recording of BleedAmerican aka Jimmy EatWorld. By this point the bandhad been dropped by Capitol andneeded financial help . We were,like, so brok e. We were barelyscraping by, Linton remembers.We had $100 in our baud

checking account:;

Even so, he can t bring him-self to totally trash Capitol. Itwas kind of cool; they bought us

a van. They gave us money torecord, he says.With a new CD recorded, the

guys went shopping for a labelbut this time were a little wiser.Says Linton: We pretty muchknew what we wanted. We said,4If you re going to change us atall, we re not going to sign withyou. The record s finished. Hereit i s .

Jimmy Eat World signed withDreamWorks and Bleed Ameri-can was releas ed last fa l l ,

steadily gaining in popularitythrough this year. Today, JimmyEat World is considered part ofthe back-to-basics rock revivalthat includes White Stripes, The

Vines , The Hives and SouthFlorida acts such as Dashboard

Confessional and New FoundGlory.

So far, Linton is happy aboutbeing thrown in with such com-pany but he s also cautious.There s been a lot of bad music

on the radio lately so the WhiteStripes and The H ives are a goodthings he says. W e 11 see whathappens. It s kind of hard to tell.

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W o m e n ' s ; f i e l d h o c k e y r a n k e d n i n t h i n t h e n a t i o n

By Mackenzie Dexter

Sports editor

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The Mercyhurst women s fieldhockey team raised their record to6-3 as they defeated Houghton 2-0, St Anselm 6-1 and Kutztown3-2. The wins helped the LadyLakers earn themselves a nationalranking at ninth in Division II.

Senior AU American forwardJeanna Hartmann, named thisweek s ECAC Player of he Week,

scored both goals Thursday, Sept19 as the Lady Lakers defeatedHoughton College for the firsttime since the sport was reinstatedin 1998. Hartmann scored her firstgoal as she tipped the ball over theHoughton goalie s head at 26:14in the first half. Senior midfielderMariel Zummo assisted the goal,making a cross over to Hartmannfrom a sideline ree  hit Hartmannscored her second goal unassistedat 66:56.* t i '-T

The Lady Lakers outshotHoughton 21-4. Senior goalieSummer Kraatz made three savesas she earned her third shutout ofthe season.

Mercyhurst went on to defeat S tAnselm 6-1 Saturday, Sept. 21. St.Anslem took the early lead as theyscored 6:06 into the first half. But,senior forward Fran Hollembaektied the game with her goal at11:25. Zummo started the play

hitting the ball into the circle on afree hit. Hartmann deflected theball around the goalie and

Jody Mello/Merciad photographer Jody Mello/Merciad photographer

Sophomore Catrina Schaeffer takes a shot at the top of the circle against St.Anselm. Mercyhurst defeated S t Anselm 8-1 this past Saturday.

Senior Sarah D'Emilio dribbles around a S t Anselm defender. D'Emilio scoreda goal Sunday against Kutztown and has scored six goals this seaso n;

Hollembaek finished by hittingthe ball into the back of the goal.The Lady Lakers took the lead twominutes later as Hartmann scored.Sophomore midfielder CatrinaSchaeffer increased Mercyhurst s

lead to 3-1 as she scored a goalfrom a shot at the top of the circleon a penalty corner at 24:07.

Hollembaek and Hartmann eachscored their second goals of thegame at 39:34 and 42:17, respec-tively. Sophomore forward NicoleDavis finished the scoring with agoal assisted by reshman Katie

King with only 39 seconds left inthe game.Mercyhurst outshot S t Anselm

Former lacrosse playersMerrill and Judge choseninto 2002 NLL Entry Draft

Two former Mercyhurst lacrosseplayers were chosen Saturday inthe 2002 National LacrosseLeague (NLL) Entry Draft.Tlie Toronto Rock made Patrick

Merrill its #1 overall selection.Merrill, 6-0, 180 pounds fromOrangeville, O ntario, finished histhree-year career at Mercyhurstlast spring. He was Mercyhurst sthird leading scorer at midfield in2002 and graduated last May witha degree in Sport Marketing. ATotal Lacrosse analysis ofMerrill is as follows: Pat Merrill,Coquitlam Adanacs an amaz-ing defender that can go up withthe play just as easily... is de-scribed as a Glenn Clark type

player... brings a ton of pro cali-ber experience after playing twoyears with the CoquitlamAdanacs, where he also won aMann Cup... was an integral part

ofthe Northmen s past Minto Cupsuccess... fits he Rock prototypeto a T... f

Meanwhile, the ColumbusLandsharks selected Greg Judge,6-0,185 pounds from Burlington,Ontario, at #28 overall. Judge wasa four-year player at Mercyhurstand a 2002 co-captain He gradu-ated last May with a degree inBusiness. Total Lacrosse usedthese words to describe him: Al-though Judge put in a few gamesfor the Chiefs this past summer,]

Fourth-ranked Saginaw

Valley State defeatsMercyhurst 51-7Lakers'record dropstto 1-2

Fourth-ranked Saginaw Val-ley State University drove 80yards in ten plays following theopening kickoff and neverlooked back in turning backMercyhurst 51-7 Saturday, Sept.21. The Cardinals are now 5-0lifetime against the Lakers, in-cluding 3-0 at Wickes Stadium.

Before the first quarter dusthad settled, the Cardinals scoredfour touchdowns and opened a

28-0 lead before a crowd ofnearly 3,300. The advantagegrew to 38-0 at ha 1 ftime and 51-0 after three before M ercyhurstscored its lone touchdown withten minutes left on a four-yardpass from sophomore quarter-

back Jim Schuler to senior run-ning back Craig Joseph. »

Both teams ran 68 plays fromscrimmage, but SVSU piled up586 yards of offense to just 222for the Lakers. Each team usedthree quarterbacks in the con-test Senior Brett Wcidig, sopho-more Clint Williams, andSchuler combined for 17 of 33for 143 yards, a touchdown and

two interceptions. Cardinalquarterbacks totaled 19 of27 for389 yards, four touchdowns,and no interceptions. SVSUrushed 41 times for 197 yardsand three touchdowns while theLakers were held to 79 yards on

35 attempts.Schuler had a great game

punting the football, averagingnearly 45 yards on eight efforts.Senior defensive back Rob

Keefc led the defense with threesolo and three assisted tackles.He also returned two punts fortwenty yards.

The loss dropped the Lakersto 1-2 overall and 0-2 in theOi IAC while the Cardinals im-proved to 3-0 and 2-0, respec-tively^ 1 > |^

Mercyhurst will entertainNorthwood Saturday, Sept. 28 at

TuUio Field at 1:30 p.m. Thegame will be part of thecollege s annual homecomingcelebration.

Info by MC Sports Information

his resume really looks good whenlooking at this past, but extremelyrecent, success at Mercyhurst andthe Burlington, OR As... a goodface-off man that could take a lot

of Columbus FO with Warder be-ing released... an overall solidplayer.

The NLL Entry Draft was heldin Toronto.

Merrill and Judge are the thirdand fourth players fromMercyhurst to be drafted in theNLL. The Syracuse Crunch tookBruce Alexander in the secondround in 1998 and the RochesterKnighthawks chose Ted Jenner inthe fust round last year.

Women's ten-nis raises over-

all record to 6-2 with winover SaginawValley,State :

The Lady Lakers continued to rollFriday, Sept.20, with a 7-2 winover visiting Saginaw ValleyState. Mercyhurst is now 6-2 over-

alland 5-2 in the G LIAC,The Lady Lakers started strong

by winning all three doublesmatches, then took four of sixsingles contests.

Mercyhurst gave Northwood ascare before bowing 5-4 Saturday,Sept. 21. The Timberwolves won

two of three doubles matcheswhich proved to be the difference.Two ofthe doubles contests weredecided by 9-8 scores, each team

winning one.Freshman Natalie Paparolla,

junior Lindsay Zimm and seniorLauren Dujanovich won at singleswhile the team of Dujanovich andTori Trombetta gave the LadyLakers their only win at doubles.

Mercyhurst is now 6-3 overalland 5-3 in the conference. TheLady Lakers will participate at the1TA Regional Championshipsnext weekend at Bloomsburg.

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28-4. The Lady Lakers also had atotal of 16 comers.

The Lady Lakers won their thirdstraight game as they defeatedKutztown 3-2 Sunday, Sept 22.Senior forward Sarah D Emilio

scored the only goal of the fusthalf at 14:19. Kutztown then tiedthe score 40 seconds into the sec-

ond half. Davis scored, giving theLady Lakers a 2-1 lead, at 51:01.Hartmann scored her tenth goal of

the season with a shot taken at57:13 after a Kutztown goalie re-bound to widen Mercyhurst s lead

3-1. Kutztown gave the LadyLaker s a scare as they scored onemore time within the last ive min-

utes. But Mercyhurst held on forthe win.

Kraatz made six saves as theLady Lakers outshot Kutztown31-11. } J i

Mercyhurst will begin a six

game road trip playing at SlipperyRock Wednesday, Oct. 2 for a 4p.m. game.

Women runners finish 6th whilemen finish 9th in Division IP

The Mercyhurst Collegewomen s cross country team fin-ished 15th overall and 6th in Di-vision II at the 2002 NationalCatholic Cross Country Invito-tional Friday. Se pt 20. There werea total of 110 runners who partici-pated

Junior Mindi Lauterbach fin-ished 10th with a time of 19:40.Freshman Elizabeth Kenniston

finished 15th with a time of20:13.Sophomore Heidi Irons finished32nd with a time of 20:49. Sopho-more Karen Thomas finished 39thwith a time of 21:09. SophomoreKatie Mieczkowski inished 52ndwith a time of 21:27. SophomoreStephanie Schnacke finished 79thwith a time of 22:16. Junior AnneMarie Romano finished 91st witha time of 22:38. f\

The Mercyhurst College men scross country team inished 19thoverall and 9th in Division II at

the 2002 National Catholic CrossCountry Invitational Friday, Sept.20. There were a total of 119 run-ners who participated.

Junior Ryan Knight finished25th with a time of 27:24. JuniorDavid Fredrick inished 66th witha time of28:40. Freshman PatrickHauser finished 71st with a timeof 28:49. Freshman NealHutchison finish ed 81st with a

time of 29:15. Sophomore ScottBishop finished 82nd with a timeof 29:17. Senior Daniel Fairbanksfinished I04st with a time of30:34. Junior Timothy Fox fin-ished 106th with a time of 30:38.Senior Robert Quiggle finished112th with a time of31:55. SeniorRocco Telli inished 113th with atime of 32:00. $

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W heeling Jesuit upsets Lady Laker soccer 2-0

Mercy hurst falls out ofDivision II nationalranking

Wheeling Jesuit upsetMercyhurst 2-0 Saturday after-noon, Sept 21 , in Wheeling, WestVirginia.;

The irst of the Cardinals goalscame at 20:19 while the secondcame with less than tw o minutesto play.

Wheeling Jesuit outshotMercyhurst 12-8. Senior goalieDayna Shelkey was credited withfive saves for the Lady Lakers.

The Mercyhurst Lady Lakershave dropped out of the national

rankings because of theupset andhave fallen from second to fifthin the Great Lakes Region.Mercyhurst hadclimbed to 12thnationally and to second in theRegion after a 4-1 start The LadyLakers went to 5-1 last week witha 2-1 win over visiting W est Vir-ginia Wesleyan before beingblanked by the Cardinals.Mercyhurst hadn t been shut outsince Ashland and the Lady Lak-ers played to a double overtimestalemate last October, a span of16 matches.

Mercyhurst junior forward Jes-sica Morgan scored her fourth

Jody Mello/Merclad photographer

The Lady Lakers line up before the game as the Pledge of Alle-giance plays.

Jody Mello/Merciad photographer

Mercyhurst senior goalie Dayna Shelkey jumps in attempt to

make a save. I

goal of the season with just 1:2 5left in regulation to giveMercyhurst a 2-1 win over stub-bom Indiana University of Penn-sylvania Tuesday afternoon, Sept.24, at Mercyhurst. The victoryimproved Mercyhurst s overall

record to 6-2 while IUP fell to 3-

The visitors surprisedMercyhurst with an early goal at1:04. The score remained that wayuntil Mercyhurst sophomoremidfield Julia Kowzan scored

from nearly 40 yards away withjust 38 seconds left in the half.

The Lady Lakers outshot IUP24-11, butcouldn t put the Indi-ans away until Morgan s heroics.It was her second game-winner ofthe season.

Shelkey made four saves for

Mercyhurst.Mercyhurst won t play again

until Tuesday, Oct. 1, whenEdinboro visits for a 4 p.m. con-test.Info by MC Sports Information

New NCAA president will Mercyhursthave to face many challenges women's volleyballWendell Barnhouse (KRT

campus) When NCAA presi-dent Cedric Dempsey announcedhis (some say forced) resignationlast January, the toughest job insports became available.

Baseball commissioner? No.Coaching the Dallas Cowboys,managing theNew York Yankees?Nope. Keeping Mark Cubanseated during Mavericks games?Negatory.'Being in charge of theNCAA is tougher than herdingcats, more than 1,000 of them.

It s like having that manybosses, said Dempsey, who tookover what was then called the ex-ecutive director s job in 1994.

It s challenging because of theoverall size and diversity of theNCAA membership, Big 12 Con-ference commissioner KevinWeiberg said. There is an ongo-ingneed to provide leadership onissues, but you don t really haveany power. It s achallenging spotto be in.

If you re talking about havingsomeone go around and makespeeches about college athletics,attend fund-raisers and be thefront man for the NCAA, that sone thing, former Southeastern

Conference commissioner RoyKramer said. When you re talk-ing about trying to build consen-sus on issues ... that s where thejob becomes difficult.

Baker-Parker, anAtlanta-basedsearch firm, has interviewed 80

candidates in an effort to narrowthe search. The search committeehopes to interview three or fourfinali sts by late October. The newNCAA leader will need to be inplace by Jan. 1 when Dempsey sterm officially expires.| Despite an annual compensationpackage estimated at nearly $1million a year, most of the popu-lar choices to succeed Dempseyhave said they re not interested.Big Ten Conference commis-

sioner Jim Delany, sitting presi-dents Gerald Turner ofSMU, BudShaw of Syracuse and DonnaShalalu of Miami have all ex-pressed their lack of interest.

Other possible candidates in-clude former U.S. Senator BillBradley, former Kansas chancel-lor Gene Budig and Dan Boggan,NCAA senior vice president andchief operating officer.

No matter who gets the job, thatperson faces challenges that didn t

perplex previous NCAA bosses,such as Walter Byers (1951-87)and Dick Shultz (1987-94), |

For one thing, the bottom line

has swollen. The NCAA s operat-ing budget for the coming yearwill be more than $422 million, a

$75 million increase over lastyear s budget. The boost comesfrom the first year of the 11 -year,$6 billion television contract withCBS and ESPN for the NCAATournament and other champion-ship events.

And during Dempsey s watch,hi s job description and titlechanged.

Five years ago, the NCAAchanged its governance system.Instead ofone school, one vote todecide legislative matters at anannual January convention, theNCAA is now run by several com-mittees. At the top is the execu-tive committee, which is made upof school presidents.

I think what has frustratedCedric is the reorganization ofthegovernance structure, said FredJacoby, former commissioner ofthe Southwest Conference andcurrently the commissioner oftheLone Star Conference. Y ouhavethe tug and pull between the ath-letic interests, represented bycoaches and athleticdirectors, andthe presidents, who don t want to

appear weak.During his tenure, Dempsey

tried to lead on legislative agen-das ranging from deregulatingNCAA rules to amateurism tocommercialization tocost contain-ment to academic integrity.

In the new \Rgovernance\S structure, the executive commit-teeexpects more leadership out ofthe president s role without giv-ing any power to lead, Dempseysaid. I found m yself leading andhaving no one following. Themembership sees the primary re-sponsibility of theNCAA as oneof service, not leadership.

It s difficult at the institutionallevel to see what s best for the

majority compared to what is bestfor that institution. That s neverbeen more evident.

Many ofus in the membershipfound itdifficu11 to figure out thepriorities of Cedric s administra-tion, Weiberg said. I think Cedwill be known as someone whoraised a lot of important issues, butwill probably be best known fornegotiating a $6 billion deal withCBS. '. y

Other than the three weeks inMarch when it runs the lucrativeNCAA Tournament, the NCAAhas little say in college athletics,The rules it administers are passedby member schools. Its enforce-

ment staff, which investigates al-leged and reported infractions, hasbeen understaffed and inexperi-enced since Dempsey decided tomove the national headquartersfrom metropolitan Kansas City toIndianapolis in 1997.

Since the 1984 Supreme Courtruling that stripped the NCAA scontrol of college football tele-casts, the NCAA has had littlemore than rubber-stamp authority  over football.

The NCAA does not controltwo of the most important com-ponents of intercollegiate athlet-ics: football television and theoperation of the football bowl sys-tem, SMU s Turner said. TheBowl Championship Seriesschools arenow dictating the di-rection ofintercollegiate football.If the NCAA is to be the associa-tion of institutions for the coordi-nation ofintercollegiate competi-tions, there is going to have to bea resolution ol the football TV andbowl question.

The NCAA and its leader oftenfinds itself as the lightning rod forcontroversy. In August, the searchfirm in charge of putting togethera list ofcandidates announced that

it had interviewed 80 people. Thenext day, the Black Coaches As-sociation expressed its displeasurethat the search firm had not con-tacted the BCA about possibleminority candidates.

We have a diverse group interms of ethnicity, gender and ex-perience, said Tulsa PresidentBob Lawless, chairman of thefive-member search committeethat includes two white men, twowomen and an African-American.

Weiberg believes that the nextNCAA leader needs experience infederal government in order to

seek some relief from Congress inseveral areas. Jacoby says the newboss needs a vision for the next10 years. Western Athletic Con-ference commissioner Kai IBenson says someone with expe-rience inathletics, higher educa-tion, politics and the business

world would be a good fit.All in all, it s a tough job, said

Turnei one ofthe inalists or thejob when Dempsey was hired in1994. The NCAA president doesnot have a clear constituency onwhich to depend. The presidentsof the individual universities mak-ing up his board of directors havemuch stronger allegiances to the

issues of their individual cam-puses. As a result, it is a job witha lot ofpressure and few friends.

sweeps Ashland

Jody Mello/Merciad photographer

Senior Carrie Borowski dives in attempt to make a dig for the

Lady Lakers. Mercyhurst wasswept Saturday by Findlay, but

swept Ashland the next day.

By Bryan ChristopherContributing writer

The Mercyhurst women s vol-leyball team fell toFindlay and de-feated Ashland this weekend, im-proving to 10-3 on the season.

The Lady Lakers were swept bythe University of Findlay Satur-day, Sept. 21 3-0, by scores of 30-25,30-25 and 30-22. Leading theeffort for Mercyhurst were fresh-man Kari Clapham with 32 assists)and sophomore Lyndsi Hugheswith 13 kills. Findlay improved to

12-3 overall and 2-0 in the GLIACand entered the weekend ranked22nd in Division II.

The Hurst fought back Sunday,Sept. 22 defeating Ashland Uni-versity three games to none. Withscores of 30-19,30-24 and 34-32,they improved their conferencerecord to 2-1. Senior LeslieMacko and Hughes combined for25 kills and as a team they beatthe Eagles in total blocks 19-9.

The Lady Lakers will hostMichigan Tech, Lake SuperiorState and Northern Michigan thisweekend.

Upcoming

'Hurst Sports

W o m e n s golfThe women s golf team will be

traveling to Findlay this Sundayand Monday to compete.

g Field hockeyThe women s ield hockey teamwill begin a six-game road tripWednesday, Oct. 2 when theytravel to Slippery Rock for a 4

p.m. game.

W o m e n s so c c e rThe women s soccer team willhost Edinboro Tuesday, Oct. 1

at 4 p.m.

Cr o ss c o u n t r y

The men s and women s crosscountry teams will race against

Sannon Saturday. Sept. 28 .

W o m e n s tennis

The women s tennis team willcompete in the IT.A . RegionalChampionships this Saturday,Sunday and Monday. Competi-tion will take place in

BIoomsburg; PA.

Women s volleyballThe women s volleyball teamwill be hosting Michigan Tech,Lake Superior State and North-,em Michigan in the MAC thisweekend. Michigan Tech willplay the Lady Lakers at 7 p.m.Friday, Sept. 27, Lake SuperiorState will visit 2 p.m. Saturday,Sept. 28 and Northern M ichiganwill play Mercyhurst at 1 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 29.

FootballThe Mercyhurst football will

host GLIAC opponentNorth wood in the Homecominggame at 1:30 p.m. SaturdaysSept. 28 on Tullio Field. Thegame will be televised live byImage Sports on both ErieCablevision Channel 20 in thecity and AdelphiaCable Chan-nel 12 in the county.

Men s soccerThe men s soccer team hostsAlderson Broaddus Saturday.Sept. 28at 12 p.m. and TrumanState Sunday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m.before traveling to LeMoyneCollege in Syracuse, NYWednesday, Oct. 3 for a 4 p.m.

game.

RowingThe men s and women s row-ing teams will host the A lumniRace as part of the Homecom-ing festivities Saturday, Sept. 28at 10:30 a.m. r T •

Men's water polojteam falls to0-8 overall and 0-3 inCWPADarren Forgea scores three goals in losses

By Bryan ChristopherContributing writer

The Laker water polo team suf-fered losses to Gannon, SlipperyRock and Salem International thispast weekend, falling to 0-8 on theseason.

The team lost to Gannon 12-4

Friday, Sept. 20. Not able to

bounce back from a 5-0 deficit, theKnights lead grew to 9-2 by half-'j

time. Freshman Pat Staab and se-nior Nate McHale combined foi13 Laker saves in goal, and Jun-ior Ryan Moton, senior ChrisAnderson, Staab and McHale allscored.

Saturday, Sept. 21, SlipperyRock University scored all nine oftheir goals in the first half. SeniorDarren Forgea scored the loneLaker goal as the night ended 9-

1.

Despite outscoring Salem Inter-national 3-2 in the second half,Mercyhurst again fell to defeat bya score of 10-4 Sunday, Sepi 22.Forgea scored twice while fresh-man Kyle Wilson and Andersonadded a goal each.

The loss dropped theLakers to

0-3 in theCollegiate Water PoloAssociation South division* Theyplay next at Washington endJefferson Tuesday, (M, I at 5 p.m.