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M@MBy Carly E. SimonMerciad News EditorEditor's Note: This column will covernational and world news. There will be t.survey question at the end of each brief.Readers are encouraged to respond byphoning in their votes. Readers can call824-2936. The next column will publishthe results of the survey s. I

New studentloan proposalburdens poorIn order to help reduce the federalbudget deficit, the House and Senatecommittees must trim more than $10 bill ion ifrom student loans costs. Two plans are upfor vote this week.Students would pay an extra dollar amonth in the House plan to eliminate theinterest subsidy for student loans. Thiswould occur during the six-month graceperiod after school before students startrepaymentAnother House plan would abolish directlending in *wbich the government maJces -Jcollege loans directly to students,eliminating private lenders. |A 0.85 % fee colleges would have to payon all student loans serves as the mainconcern for college associations.Do you agree with the two new studentloan proposals?

Perot to create3rd national |political partyAfter receiving 19% of the vote in the1992 presidential election, independent Ross

Perot will form a new third party called the"Independence Party." However, Perotdeclined to say whether he would run as acandidate for the 1996 election.Although Perot spent $60 million of hisown m oney on the 1992 election, he will notfinance the party. yPerot says that the party will be owned bythe peop le, not special interests.Collecting signatures for the primariesproves to b e the first ob jective for the party.The party needs 890,000 signatures inCalifornia. The 'independence Party'* willhold its national primary in April with thewinner's name put on the ballot in all 50states.The new party will pick its ownpresidential candidate., endorse Senate andHouse candidates and push for majorreforms. However, Perot says that the partywill not run congressional candidates.The p arty's platform con sists of passageof a balanced budget amendment,congressional campaign and ethics reform,an end to the Electoral College and makingsmm mm wpresidential and congressional pensionsconform to the pensions of ordinaryAmerica ns.J Vol un eers can calluit 80 0 n u in her tohelp out.Would you v ote for this third party inplace of the Democrats and R epublicans?

CRIMECOMBATANTS:The Mercy hurstCollege CriminalJusticejHonor |Society pulledtogether in thesecond annual ErieYouth on a IMission Tug-O-War Challenge.FRONT (L-R)Brett A twood,Jamie Crock, KellyHeaton, Joe Alberts 1BACK (L-R) |Heather Barron,Lisa Roberts, ChrisCope, MattBonacci, NickSchnieder

Security investigates cuttingBy Carly E. SimonMerciad Editor

Head of security M errill Bud Dever says that the jscampus has been very quiet. He' s been very pleased withthe way students h ave acclimated so far, especially newstudents. Usually, there are a lot of roommate disputesand personality conflicts. The college has not had a lot ofundesirable activity.Only a few incidents have put a damper on thecampus' positive atmosphere. A cutting, a few small drugseizures and parking problems have preoccupied security."A week ago, on Sunday, we had a student whoreceived a severe laceration just below his right shoulderblade. That student does not know how it was inflicted,does not remember being cut and does not rememberbeing in a fight," Dever said.After interviewing two dozen students and people whowere out and about that night, security still has n't beenable to find anyone who has witnessed how the cut wassustained. | ICommenting on the difficulty of the case, Deversays,"We can't say for sure that there was a cutting withthe knife. We are saying that there was a severelaceration sustained by the student with some kind ofsharp instrumen t Either he fell into something to cuthimself, or he was, in fact, attacked in some way. Thereis no evidence that we can find of this incident."Dever would like to dispel some of the rumors oncampus. One rumor said that the student had told hisparents that unknown assailants had jumped ou t of thebushes and stabbed him. T hen, somebody claimed tohave heard reports of something that had sounded likegunfire around 611 Briggs Apartment.However, nobody saw anybody with a gun. Therpeople in 611 also had no kn owledge of a firearm beingon campus. |Some people had tried to tie a disagreement betweenathletes at a party to the cutting. After interviewingeveryone at the party, there's no evidence that there wasanyone mad enough to inflict a wound of this magnitude."Of course, I find it hard to believe. In the ten yearsI've been here, there's never been anyone attacked in thisway. If our students do have a disagreement, they usuallyfight it out with their hand s," Dever said. |Dever docs not believe that the victim was stabbed bya fellow student. If there was a stabbing , it might have*been done by someone w ho's not from this campus orIwho had been walking through the cam pus J Security Ss&continuing to check and investigate the circumstances.Fellow students found the victim wandering aroundcampus. They checked him, saw that he was cut andarranged to get him to the hospital. Erie police have been

notified because of the extent of uswoumk Theirnivestig#ianis being handed by their detective divisio n.Since school started, security has investigated threeincidents where small amounts of marijuana for personaluse were seized. There will be co llege disciplinary actionby E. William Kennedy, the dean of students. J"One thing students should know is that incense andcandles are forbidden on campus. A lotof these peoplewho sm oke pot think that if they bum incense, it will beokay. However, just the mere fact that they have incenseand candles on camp us is also a violation of student code.They should also be aware it is a tip-off that you 've beensmoking pot," Dever said. ^In one case, if four Baldwin hall students are chargedwith every fine po ssible in the student handbook, theywould each owe five hundred dollars. They w ould alsoface disciplinary action for a whole year which wouldlimit their social activities. *': "We would advise all students that they are still part ofthe real world, when they go to school here, jit [drugs] is aviolation of the law. If apprehended, they face-severepenalties same as with drinking ," Dever said.Parking at this time of year has been complicated byconstruction. The large parking lot behind the Zurnbuilding h as been half filled with construction equipm entAs a result, it has created a shortage of parking forcommuter students. 'if "At various times during the morning hours, ^particularly around ten o'clock, we basically had to haveofficers present to direct incoming commuters to parking 1spots. This includes parking them on the grass which is areal no-no," Dever sa id.There is a severe crunch in the area of northern Briggs,particularly students living in the comer apartments.The college is looking at alternative parking. T h e ^college has use of St. Luke's church parking lot Securityis trying to find something to accommodate the overflowofcarsinthat area. One of the suggestions they'remaking is car pooling. sFreshmen have already been banned from parkingexcept for very dire circumstances like sickness. Some ofthe uppcrclassmcn complained that a lot of freshmen hadcars. Only twelve to fifteen freshmen have been givenspecial permission to drive which has helped out thecrunch a little hit. %"We're probably thirty to fifty spots shy for the numberof registered cars. Once construction is done, which willbe probably in January or February, we feel that thecrunch should end. There may be a lifting of the freshmanban frthespnngtanV'Rwadded.

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By Kim CoughllnGraduate InternStudent Union A Student ActivitiesThose of you who are returning commuters may remember the"Commuter Chronicle" which was produced as a pilot publicationand was sent to you in the mail. You might also remember that itwasnot serving its purpose, which was to keep YOU, the commuter,informed of what was happening on and around campus.So , here we are in the Merciad in our own "Commuter Corner. **This is the new and improved production of the "Chronicle.This column is reserved for information that directly pertains tocommuters and will include information on activities and eventsthat will be happening throughout the term on campus. Look for usweekly and let Us know what you think!COMMUTER COUNCIL: There will be an interest meeting

held on Oct 5 at 4:io p.m. in the Student Government Chambers ofthe Carolyn Herrmann Student Union to discuss the formation of aCommuter Council .vThe council is being proposed in order to bringcommuter students together and provide them with opportunities tobe beard and to become more involved in campus life, activities andschool. Please contact Kim Cough I in at ext 2422 or Cass Shimekat ex t 2433 to reserve your spo t This meeting is open to allcommuters and all are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will beserved.CAMPU S M AILBOX : All commuters are strongly encouraged toobtain a mailbox on campus. For more info. contact Jean Coffey inthe Preston-Ma i Iroom (lower level) or call ext 2396..MARK YOUR CALENDARS * I \Oc t 2 6 - BOOK FAIR: Start your Christmas shopping early.Student Union , 2nd Floor Balcony. Lots ofchildrensbooks&greatprices.!UPCOMING ACAD EMIC SKILLS & LEADERSHIP WORK-SHOPS: j i i %Building Your Test Taking Skills - Presented by Shane Musich,Asst. Dir. of Res. LifeTues.,Oct. 3 at 8:15 p.m. inMcAulcyHall;Time Management - Presented by: Cass Shimek, Dir. of StudentUnion & Student Activities Wed., Oct 4 at 4:15 p.m. in StudentGov't Chambers (Student Union); Anxiety & Stress RelievingMethods - Presented by: Caryl Unseld, Asst Dir. of Res. Life Wed., Oct. 4 at 8:15 p.m; in Baldwin Hall f J *

Oct. 5 - SERVICEFAIR: Sr. Carol Ann Volte, Director of ServiceLearning, strongly encourages all comm uters to attend the ServiceFair and explore opportunities to serve the Erie Community and shequoted H. Albright (1928) "Perhaps the world little notes nor longremembers individual a cts of kindness - but people do-Oc t 16 & 17-FOOD DRIVE: AII commuters a re encouraged tosign upon teams and go out into the community to collect food forthe poor. Contact Michcle Garvey in Campus Ministry at824-2430for more details. You may also bring non-perishable food items toBaldwin Hall Front Desk/ Student Union for food baskets forfamilies in need within the Erie comm unity.Oc t 21 - FALL FUN FEST: Highlight activity: "MONTECARLO NIGHT" 8:00-10:30 p.m. in the Student Union.Oct. 28 - HAYR1DE / SLUMBER PARTY: *AII freshmencommuters are invited tojoin the freshmen residents ofBaldwin andMcAuley Halls on a iHayride,and then spend the night in theresidence halls watching movies, telling ghost stories, and eatingpopcorn.; Stay tuned for more details in the next few weeks.NEED SOME HELP? Tutoring in writing and a II math courses(except statistics) is available at the Academic Success Center(basement of McAuley Hall) or contact John Coleman (Egan Rm.18) at 824-2303 for details. j | |ANY SUGGESTIONS???? If you have ideas or suggestions forcommuter-oriented activities, events, workshops, etc please sharethem with Kim Cpughlin at ext 2422.WRITE FORTHE MERC IAD: Would you like to contributeto this column? If you like to write, gather information, or bothplease consider sharing your talents by writing for this column. CallKim at ex t 2422 for details.KNOW TH E R ULES : Student Handbooks are available in theStudent Union at the Front Desk.DON'T GET CAUGHT WITHOUT YOUR SHOT: Flu shotsare available at no extra cost in Student Health Services, Rm. 101Preston, through Nov. 30 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

ATTENTION!Starting next week, the Merciad will featurean ANNOUNCEMENTS column. All clubs andorganizations are encouraged to send in |information about upcoming events,meetings and special awards.

MSGsI NEWSBy Dan HilflkerMerciad Editor-in-Chief

MSG treasurer Marc Johnston iscurrently researching new avenuesof investment fora Mercy hurst Stu-dent Government bank account atPNC Bank.The reason for the new invest-ment is that the interest rate on theaccount is low. By investing else-where, money could be raised forother e vents such as the fund-raiseror the annual concert"We could invest it in a bunch o fmarketable accounts thatwould giveus a muchgreater return,"Johnstonsaid. \ iKevin Seg edi, also a FreedomZone representative, passed but aproposal for the objectives, dutiesand responsibilities of the FreedomZone. The proposal gave details ofhow Freedom Zone editors wouldbe chosen and their responsibili-ties. The proposal was taken hometo be studied by all representativesand voted upon at a later date.President Jessica Cuffia heardcomments regarding a proposedstudy day that would separate thelast day of clas ses from the first dayof finals. To facilitate this, a fewminutes would have to be added toeach class period.Cuffia w ent on to propose that thefund-raiser be made into a separateevent rom he annual concert. Thestudentgovernmenf would look intonew waysofraising money for char-ity, while saving funds fora biggername band. A motion for approvalwas unanimous.

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GET AGRIPNicole PonstingleA& E EditorI hope you all had a greatweekend. My highlight came on Sundaywhen I went to see Henry Rollins give a spoken word performancein Cleveland. I have longed for years to see this charismatic mangive such a performance.For those of you who do not know who he is, let me see if I canhelp. He is the singer ofThe Rollins Band, you know, that band thatdoes the song "Liar." If this still doesn't ring a bell, you may haveseenhim acting in the movies "The Chase," in which he played a copor most recently in "Johnny Mnemonic," in which he played somekind of scientist Aside from tha t, he used to play in one of theBESTpunk-rock bands called Black Flag. |[f Anyway, if you still don 't know him, then you probably live in acave somewhere. So, back to the point Henry gives these spokenword performances to fund his independent record label, Imago,which tries to give underground bands a chance to record and havecomplete creative freedo m.I have seen Rollins Band play a few times and let me just say thatHenry gives quite a performance. He is the most energetic performerthat I have ever seen. He really gives the fans back what they paidwith intensity. But, for today, we w ill just delve into the man and histhoughts. }I was so psyched when I got there. I could not wait to lay my eyeson this man, again! Let me say that this guy looks mean. If I knew

nothing about him, wel Heis jus* say that I wou ldn't want to meethim,in a dark alley. Hisbody is covered in tattoos and he has incrediblemuscles. Oh yeah, and a neck that is as thick as a tire. The weirdthing is though, he is just really cool. He is not intimidating at all.He talked about so many things. W e heard stories about his dayswith Black Flag. He talked about friends he had lost to drugs, onebeing River Phoenix. Hetold about the one time that he ever smokedpot and how stupid it was. One thing to note about Henry is that hedoes not drink, smoke or do any drugs As a matter fact, he despisesall of them. He says that they are just a cop out. He is not into thatstraight edge thing thoug h. I got the impression that he found that tooaverly repressive. iAs his two and a half hour program went on, he told us about howhe would go on nighi-timetalk shows and just goof on all the otherguests. He was on one with Kathy Ireland once and said that he justmocked her and her lack of a brain.He also told us about how he had an interesting "business" dinnerwith Madonna, which I found tofbe an interesting contrast ofxrsonas. I never realized how many people ;* this "old punkrocker" knows and how they are not just other alternative or punkSgures. i *I did feel that the best part of this show was when he told that wexnild all do everything that we ever wanted to and how he was gladfor each of our existences. He also said that he wished that he hadime to meet each ofus personally because we are all cool and notust for coming to his show. As a matter of fact, he said that he wassurprised that anyone even showed up to hear him! |All in all, he is a really tough, sensitive, caring and intellectualnanperhaps some thing you would not guess atfirstglance!If you are interested in hearing any of his spoken word perfor-mances, check out the CDs "Boxed Life," which also comes onvideo, Ta lkin g From the Box," "Get in the Van" and "Big UglyMouth." I

TUNES ON TAILS*B y Jason UleryMerciad Contributing WriterWeek two, kids. I was told towrite in more correct Englishfor the remainder of my tenure.This week I will be coveringtwo of the summer releases >from the indie label MatadorRecords.First up is the Experimental}Remixesfrom he Jon SpencerBlues Explosion. I must say thatthe-Blues Explosion is a great*!*!band combining punk rock with'

blues, of Course,*The Bxperi- &mental Remixes features someof their greatest hits remixed bysome of today's biggest names.It starts off with a remix byBritain's U.N.K.L.E. of tBellbottoms, off their most $recent album Orange. It isfollowed by Flavor parts one ^

and two, done by the ABA *connection of Mike D, Beckand Mario Caldato, Jr. Othernoteworthy contributors to thisEP are Moby, Dub Narcotic,and Genius of the Wu-Tang iQan. It also features the. Extended Playing track, whichis live band material, inter-views, and long-distance phonecalls. j:The second summer Matadorrelease was that of Pavement's dI Wowee Zowee. This is just an*.incredible album that I stronglyrecommend to anybody with 4taste. It combines all of theband's influences,frompunks'edge to bluesy, soul fill, down-home melodies. Pavementcontinues the experiment ofdifferent styles they started with1992's Crooked Rain,tanother excellent album.

The song "Rattled by la Rushfmwhich describes the difficulty ofadjusting to a new environment,and generation-angst anthem*"Fight this Generation" provideinspiration, while the punk-ish"Flux=Rad" gives the album acertain attitude. Pavementprovides an amalgamation ofsound that aesthetically pleasesthe ear- vLastly, I must tell you that Ifcpicked up the just-releasedCypress Hill single "ThrowYour Set in theAir," from theforthcoming album Cypress HillIII (Temple of Boom). It's adifferent sound than the Hill hasgiven us in thepast, but it's stillsick. It features members of theWu-Tang Clan. It comes out on24 October 1995. Look for it.Pick it up.Until next week.,*Buy or Die.

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By Dan HilfikerEditor-in-Chief %

While I was sitting in class the other day we began talking aboutwho our heroes were. W e did not talk about it for very long, but theidea has stuck with me ever since. We don't seem to ask ourselveswho our heroes are all that often, but maybe we should.More often than not my heroes while growing up have been sportsheroes. I can remember growing up in Western New York, justoutside Buffalo and totally idolizing many members of the BuffaloBills and Buffalo Sabres. --< I used to dream abou t being on the field for that one big catch, oron the ice to score that game winning goal in sudden-death overtime.It was a dreams that I dreamt all through childhood, and stillsometimes think about today, but not as explicitly.Maybe you were the same way when you grew up , or maybe yourheroes were rock stars, or actors and actresses.Why is it that we idolize people in these positions? We makeheroes outof people like Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist, but we failto see the contributions of many people who put the needs of othersahead of their own needs.Who is it out there that is worthy of m odeling our own live s after?Who is the model of the so called "good life?"It seems to me that too many people today think of people who arein the public spotlight, such as acto rs, athletes, and rock stars, as thebest in society, or the epitome of success. Are they successfulbecause they hav e led good lives and worked hard for themselves tomake a living or are they successful b ecaus e they were fortunate tobe blessed with natural talents that not all of us are able to achieve?As part of my R eligious Persons class I have the opportunity to dowork for various comm unity service organizations that arecurrentlyserving the grea ter Erie area. I am going to be doing my service withthe Pleasant Ridge Manor, which is a nursing home that serves manyelderly in the Erie area. I have to admit that I haven't yet started myservice but I am very excited to be able to work with the people at

the manor.On Thursday, October 5, Mercyhurst College is going to sponsora service fair that will present to the Mercyhurst community morethan 25 different organizations that engage in community servicework throughout the Erie area. Maybe some of these people are theones that we should start labelling as our heroes. These people arethe ones who are outand working with the homeless, the elderly, andthose who have been victims of political injustice.Very few of these people are paid w ell, if at all for their services.Many do it out of the kindness of their own h eart These people arethe ones when*we should be labelling as our heroes in this day andage. People jump to attention when M ichael Jordan sinks a ju mpshot from three-point land, but how many of us actually take anynotice when someone goes to work ina soup kitche n, or startsa letter

writing campaign in order to get someone out of prison who hasbeenwrongly imprisoned. Not too many of us I'll bet.What is the good life? If living the good life means living in hugemansions and driving nice cars every day, then I think most of ushere at Mercyhurst arc going to bejrcally disappointed.mho isworthy of emulating in our lives? I have always admired my parentsbecause of all of the things that they were able to provide for myfamily. We never had any great family vacations to Florida, or fancycars every year. We didn't have a lot of money, butmy mother andfather always made sure that we had everything that we needed,even if it meant that they didn't get what they wanted all of he time.I am very proud to call my parents my heroes. They have alwaysbeen J there for suppo rt and h elp in whateve r it is that ifhaveundertaken. The sam e support has been given to m y older brotherand my two younger sisters.

On this Parents Weekend I think}it quite appropriate to say"thanks" to my parents and I urge you all to do the same to yourparents as well, because without them where would we all be today.Where are we going to getby lionizing our popular performers andtreating them like demi-gods? We hold these people in such highesteem and then we are crushed when they are arrested, or dosomething to fall from the public grace.It seems that time and again we are let down by something that oneof our heroes has done, or not done. I remember when I was in highschool one popular sports personality said that he was not a rolemodel, and that there was no sense in him trying to make the publichappy by doing appearances and looking good to society.At the time this statement made m e really unhappy because as aperson in the public spotlight, they should be expected to behave inthe best character at all times. Now, I really don 't care how thesepublic athletes, rock stars, actors, or anyone w ho is in the publicspotlight acts because these peop le's actions mean next tonothing*to me at this po int ... -I have started to reevaluate who all of my heroes are. Maybe it istime that you did the sam e. . . . 1 -

By Brad RybczynskiMerciad Contributing WriterTo begin this wee k's column Iwould like to thank every one whogave me a positive response tomy last effort Itwas very encour-aging and I sincerely thank you.It's good to know thatfl'm notalone and that people are readingthe paper as well.Next, I would like to send mycongratulations out to JessicaCuffia and Tim Duble on beingnamed homecoming Queen andKing. Along withfthem If thinkthat our football team and me n'sand women's soccer teams de-serve the same. All three played

very well and deserved the victo-ries that they received.With that said, I would like tospend some time reflecting|onthis past weekend. As you kn ow,our sports teams performed greatthis weekend, but who wa s thereto witness it?The football team played a greatgame and even the most generousestimates of the crowd would saythat 250 people were on hand.That is embarrassing. A|home-coming game with so few fans isa testimony to how little we re-spect our school, our footballteam, and the playerswho put out100 percent every d ay.g If we are truly to be a part of theMercyhurst community we haveto support each other. We used toshow that we care. Going out andcheering on our teams is a goodplace to start.For those of you who took thetime and effort to get there, goodjob. Such people as JasonPuhlman, whowalked to thegamcwith some friends, should be es-pecially proud. Those of you whodidn't go, get it in gear and go tothe next game.

Enough of the negative. I wantto move on to another topic, andcoincidentally, another chan ce toI get involved. Thatf opportunitypresents itself this weekend in theform of P arents Weekend.Some of you may say: "But myparents aren't going to be here ."!That doesn't matter. At 8 p.m. onFriday, a hypnotist, Mark Pittman,Iwill be at the Taylor Little The-ater. It is free of charge and opento all students.Another event will be on Satur-day night It is the dinner-dancewhich will beheld in the Ice Cen-

ter. Now, although you dohave topay to go to the dinner, everyoneis welcome to come after the din-ner at 9 p.m. and enjoy the dance.2Just don't get too drunk andmakea fool out of yourself in front ofthe faculty, staff, and administra-tion not to mention the parents.

Finally, the football team willplay against St Francis at Veter-ans Stadium. I'm sure that the^jfootball teamwill forgive you andbe happy if you come. After all,they are your friends.This upcoming weekend is fullof things to do and full of ways toget involved. Haven't w e all hadenough memories of nights out

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ECCOS PEAKSBy Tricia BaughMerciadcontributing writer

Since we have been backto school, ECCO has a I readyplunged into environmentalactivities. Last weekend,ECCO planted trees aroundcampus in celebration ofArbor Day. All the fun stuffaside, ECCO will begettingserious this year.*It will beexpanding their recyclingmessage to include reduc-ing and reusing as well. Weneed to realize that recy-cling isn't good enough?ifwe want to make a differ-ence in halting, or at leastdelaying, the filling of ourlandfills. It is a system thatwon't work effectively un-less all three componentsare put into action, so we allneed to cut back, and stopusing recycling as an ex-cuse tooverconsume. Waysin which one can begin toreduce and reuse are:r 1. Bring your own reus-able bag to the grocery storeeach and every tim e.2. Don 't let the water runas you shave or brush yourteeth.

13. Bring your own tnug toCoffeehouse on Wednesdaynights.4. Use old water that youhave boiled or used forwashing dishes.5. Use a battery rechargerand rechargeable batteriesinstead of spending moneyon new batteries each timethey expire.

These options are not onlyenvironmentally friendly,but they are also very costeffective.There are many ways inwhich you can begin to beenvironmentally conscious.All you have to do is breakfree from that natural hu-man tendency to be self-serving, apathetic, and lazy.After you do that, the rest iseasy. Another way to be-come environmentally con-scious is to attend ECCOmeetings every otherWednesday in the second-floor lounge of Zurn hall.JOur next meeting is Octo-ber 4, at 8p.m. Anyone iswelcome! Itwill be discuss-ing some very serious is-sues this year.

ROAST, from p. 4.Toward the end of the day itseemed only fitting that a ray ofsunshinebroke through the cloudsand a beautiful rainbow gracedthe sky for a brief time. For thoseof us who have faith in God andheaven, it appeared to be a sign.Almost like Jim was smiling downfrom heaven.This event showed the good-hearted nature of the Mercy hurstcommunity and is a tremendousshow of respect and love for agreat man who gave a great dealto our school. We should all re-member Jim and his family in ourthoughts and prayers. ;.For those who remember Jim,his memory is'forever in yourheart. Those unfortunate not tohave met Jim will also be able to

appreciate the love that was felt?for him through this memorial. The MerciadV ol . 69 No . 3 S e p t e m b e r 28,1995Merciad ^EditorsDan HilfikerJohn MurphyCarly Simon/essica Russell

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Compiled by Scott Vanceand M a m i e JasinskiMerciad Staff Reporter-Both the men $ and wome n's cross country squads travelled to Michigan lastweekend for the Ferris State Invitational. .'[.' J r -Once again Melissa, Hall led the Hurst to victory with another personal besttime of 19:75 for the3.1 mile course to finish in first spot. Katie Fox crossed theline for third place in a time of 19:40. Wendy Lampart, Bridget Holzheimer,Kelly Brown, Nichole Bult, Barbara O'Connor, Ten Barringer and Sara Boydalso contributed to the team victory. Hall, FoxLampart, and Holzheimer wereall honored for their "top 10" finishes. I

Meanwhile, Tom O'Dea led the Laker men as he covered the5.1 mile coursein a time of 28:32 for 22nd place overall out of 45 finishers. Jeffrey Welch andDan Chase finished 28th and 29th with times at 29:05 and 29:15 respectively.Davia Dausey, ThomasHumphreyvilleid Tom Vanfleet completed the line up .The men's team finshed sixth out of a field of nine teams.* i 1

The Lady Laker volleyball team faced tough opposition from SaginawValley, Northwood State and Southern Illinois last weekend and were narrowlydefeated by all three. ,Coach Davie said, "The girls looked intimidated by the teams, but we alsoplayed pur best defense of the year against Southern Illinois."j The team has its home opener on Thursday against Clarion who narrowlydefeated them in four sets in their first game of the season. Coach Davie said,"If we play as well as we did against Illinois, we have a great chance."

Tony Greidanus continued his fine form as he led the M ercyhurst GolfTeam to its first M ercyhurst Golf Classic team victory in lastweek's FifthAnnual. It also gave the team two victories in as many weeks. Coach PaulDemyanovich said, "I don't think that Mercyhurst College has ever wonback-to-back golf tournaments. ;Greidanus earned the medalist title with a 1-over par 73 and said, "It wasnice to win out second straight tournament as the competition was very stiff,and I hope we can continue our momentum through to the spring."Curry Huskes (79), Bryce "the ball" Bohun(81), Mike Pattison (83) andChad Hoisek (84) all helped achieve a fine team performance.On Tuesday, the team traveled to the Slippery Rock Invitational Tourna-ment, but couldn't keep up a winning streak. They finished a disappointingseventh place out of a field of 15.Greidanus again led the team with a 4-over par 74 to fini sh fourth in theindividual list.*'The mental stress of playing two days in a row took its toll, but I'd like tocongratulate Europe on their fine performance on the Ryder Cup," he saidjThe team travels to Niagara on Friday where the Lakers face toughopposition Gannon and Edinboro in their final tournament before the spring

season.

Mercyhursfs women's tennis team fell to defeat against national power-house Ferris State (7-2), despite thecourageous efforts of sophomore LaurenDiulus.Diulus was victorious in her singles match saying, "It w as probably thebestmatch I have ever played. I was just really focused." She also contributed toa doubles victory partnered with Kim Hodgckiss despite being a set and 4-1down. I f . . . . . jMeanwhile, on Tuesday, the Lady Lakers improved their winning record to3-2 with an 8-1 victory over local rivals Edinboro University. JThe women's next test is against Grand Valley, which takes place onSaturday at 10 a.m. at Westwood Racquet C lub.

Yvonne Parker 1993 graduate of Mercyhurst College and four-year member " * s oc ce ft ea m , w as rece ntly nam ed a s the Women's AssistantSocSr Coach. Originally from Brockport, New York, Parkerwas an influen- S S the !991tLadyLakers that made an NCAA Final Four appearance.Parker will also - " " " ' * a *- degree ,n criminal ,ust,ce.

The Lady Lakers anxiously await the arrival of theball from a corner kick. The team had an easy winon Saturday but had tofighthard 4a achieve a tie on Sunday in Ihe Hamot Classic tournam ent

ATalelof Two GamesBy Lee Ann Kelly tMerciad Sports WriterOver the weekend the ladyLakers soccer team playedtwo different games on twodifferent days in the HamotCup Classic held atMercyhurst On Saturdaythegirlshadaneasy7-0 winover Northwood while onSunday they battled to a 1-1tie against West VirginiaWesleyan.iIn their season homeopener against Northwood

the Lakers gave an all outteam effort Seven differentplayers combined to score agoal each, once again dem-onstrating the wealth of tal-ent on the 1995 team.From the start, the hometeam jjtook control of thegame. Team captainiandmid field giantTracy Cross,

opened lip the scoring forher first goal of the year.Before halftime three moregoals were added to leavethe score 4-0at the break. Inthe second half, despite anumber of team regularsresting, it was still allMercyhurst as another hat-trick of goals were added togive the girls a huge 7-0win."We definitely dominatedthe game againstNorthwood, we deserved thelarge margin of victory,"coach Rich Hartis said.The Lakers definitelyfound things tougher onSunday against WVWesleyan who certainlyseemed up for the challengeof playing the number twoteam in the nation. Theirrelentless desire versus theLakers'skill and determina-

tion made for a very close 1 -1 overtime resultAfter, falling 1-0 down atthe end. of the first half theLakers came out hungry fora win. Favoredby the breeze. in the second half, the Lak-ers created a countless num-ber of scoring opportunities,of which superb midfielderMaureen Gallagher was thechief architect Finally se-nior forward Clare Scan!onIscored the equalizer with abeautiful shot to corner ofthe ne t"We played some of thebest soccer of the seasonagainst a very good side,"said Hartis. "Overall I ampleased with the ladies*per-formance on both days," headded.The team is at home againthis weekend'with gameson Saturday at 2:30 p.m.and Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Junior quarterback Matt Golga was named to the ECAC honor roll thisweek for his fine performance vs. Brockport State. Photo : lErie limesGLIAC Spells Future for[ Laker SportsBy John M urphyMerciad Sports Editor

Th e 1995 sporting year sees thebulk of our teams competing inthe Great Lakes IntercollegiateAthletic Conference (GLIAC).Participation in this 12-teamleague is set to spark a whole newera in Laker sports."It really anchors our entireAthletic Department," said Ath-letic Director iPete Russo, "wenow have a lot more purpose andreason."Men's basketball was the onlyLaker team associated with thisleague in the past, now wom en'sb-ball, both soccer teams, volley-ball, tennis and cross country areall GLIAC members."All our athletes now have achance to play in the conference,"said Pete Russo, "this gives ev-eryone fair attention and meansthey're all a part of the picture,rather than one sp ort "As a member of the conference,[ the Lakers now have professionalaffiliation with a college league.There is a conference office and acommisioner of the league."There's untold benefits through-out," said Russo, "both for theathletes and the fans."Increased publicity, player ofthe week and player of the year

awards are just a few of the thingsthe conference promotes for itsathletes. The other teams in theleague all have quality athleticprograms and so Laker teams canexpect to face some intense com- . petition.[** "The winner of the conferencegets an automa tic bid to the NCAAtournament,"said Russo. "Whenwe operated as an independent,our teams depended solcly on theirrecords to get a bid."For fans of Laker sports, thenew league promises to offermuch more entertainment andexcitementsince Laker teamswillnow be competing against con-ference members regularly. "It'l lbring in twelve teams we've neverseen before," said Russo. "Newrivalries will be created, just likeour rivalry with Gannon."Gaining entry to GLIAC hasbeen a goal of the athletic depart-ment for a number of years. "Anexpansion committe of GLIACcame in and evaluated our pro-gram here," said Russo. "Wego tvery high marks and theyrecommened us highly to themembership as a whole to be ac-cepted.""Oursuccess at being acceptedinto GLIAC is another feather inthe cap of Laker sports," saidRusso.

In t ramura l NotesCongratulations |to the follow ing 1995Intramural Champions:Tag Football- Matt Benacci, Wade Sarver, NickSnyder, Chris Lope, Joe ^Alberts, and Bret

Atwood.| 1Co-Ed Vollevball-lKristin Schmidtfrerick,Dawn Wade, Shane Musich, and Mike Pattison.

By John MurphyMerciad Sports EditorOn Saturday last at Veteran'sstadium the Lakers delighted thehomecoming crowd with a con-vincing 23-15 over BrockportState. The team's record nowstands at 2-1, and this is the beststart they have had in three yearsunder coach Joe Kimball."Saturday's game was a mustwin game for us," said Kimball."Everyone!.knew how critical|itwas and we were nervous goinginto the game." That nervousnessshowed in the first quarter, where

despite one drive that resulted ina failed 4 2-yardfieldgoal attempt,the Lakers were slow getting intothe game.Itwas Brockport who drew firstblood early in the second quarterto score a 17-yard touchdown runafter a long drive. The Lakersblocked the extra point attempt toleave themselves trailing 6-0.This setback injected a sense ofurgency into the home team. Intheir last drive of the first half theoffense wen t 80 yards in 13 playsfor a one yard touchdown run byjunior quarterback, Matt Golga.

Eric Wicks kicked the extra pointyand the Lakers finished the halfwith a 7-6 lead.In the second half BrockportJjcame out looking determined andcapitalized on a Laker fumMc togo back in front with a 20 yardfield goal.Midway through] the quarter,Brockport had a fumble of theirown which was recovered for theLakers by junior linebacker, PaulMaleski.With the ball back in (heir handsthe Laker offense went 69 yardsin four plays including a huge 61yard run by quarterback Golga.Junior fullback Brian Hamblincha rged over for a one yard touch-down. The Lakers were on a roll and late in the quarter they addedanother touchdown. FullbackHamblin again did the honors,this time going 17 yards for thescore. Kicker Eric Wicks con-verted to widen the lead to 20-9.In the fourth quarter an inter-ception by* senior Jeff Monrealset the Lakers up for their finaldrive of the game. After going 39yards the Lakers settled for a 26yard field goal by sophomoreEricWicks to leave the score 23-9.

With less than a minute remain-ing Brockport scored a touchdownto give a final score of 23-15 forthe Lakers.Quarterback Matt Golga led theoffense with 134 yards rushing,56 yards passing and one touch-down. Fullback Brian Hamblin'stwo touchdowns increased histally to four on the season whilesenior running back CraigWoodard was his effective selfgoing for 60 yards on the day.Senior linebacker PatKlingensmith led the Laker de-fense with seven tackles*"We're still making mistakes,but we made less mistakes Satur-day than we d d theweek before,"said coach Joe Kimball, "thatshows we re becoming more con-sistent, a better attitude and confi-dence is coming into our play."fKimball's team ends its' threegame home stand this weekendagainstS t Francis College. "Eventhough St. Francis are 0-4, theyare still a good footballfteam,"said Kimball. They beat us 27-7 last year and the guys arepumped up to avenge that de-feat." The game is scheduled1:00pm Sunday.

Busy Week for Men's SoccerBy Lee Ann KellyMerciad Sports Writer

This past week has been astrenuous one for the men'ssoccer team, both physicallyand mentally. The teamplayed three games, twoover thefweekend in theHamot Cup against Univer-sity Missouri-St. Louis andNorth Missouri State andone! last evening againstWheeling Jesuit In all threegames the Lakers looked thebetter team but unfortu-nately the scores didn't al-ways reflect this. Th e teamscored a victory, a loss anda tie to give them an overallrecord of 3-4-2.The weekend got off to astart o n Saturday when theteam played UMSL in thefirst game of the HamotClassic. The team foundtheir rhythm and controlledthe game throughout to earna convincing 3-0 win.Sophomore striker MikeDomm opened the scoringmidway through the firsthalf when he volleyed arocket-like shot past astunned UMSL goalkeeper.Domm is the team's leadingscorer? with six goals andone assistMinutes before h alftime,junior defender GlennFrancis headed in a cornerkick ifrom team captainGreig Wadcll to make thescore 2-0 at the half.In the second half i was theFrancis-Wadell combina-

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Freshmen Stuart Hogg heads the ballon Saturday against UMS Ltion that struck again togivethe Lakers their third goalof the game.A feature of the game w a s |the play of junior forward|Ian Dickerson who relent-|lessly threatened the UMSLdefense with his silky sk illsfand lightning speed. "Wecontrolled the tempo of thegame and itwas only a mat-'1ter of time before we won,"coach Rich Hartis said.On Sunday NortheastMissouri opened up a 1-0lead over the slow startingLakers. Facing an uphillbattle the team fought des-perately to get back into thegame. Junior midfielderKeith Sclvitelli answeredthe call to duty when he tiedup the score with an excel-lently taken goal.

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clear under pressure in Lakers 3-0 winPhoto: Erica Baronethroughout the second halfbut the ball never found itsway to the net. In the end itwas Northeast who tookadvantage of their very fewchances to score the win-ning goa I with less than threeminutes remaining.This was a tough loss forthe Lakers but Coach Hartiswa s ma king Ino excuses,We were very lazy andsloppy in the first twentyminutes." he said."After thatwe tidied upwhatwe were doing and playedwell, but we did n't convertour hard work into goals."Lasl cveningfagainstWheeling Jesuit the Lakerscontrolled the game fromstart tofinishbut were onceagain frustrated in their ef-forts to put the ball in theiropponents net The gamefinished 0-0 after 120 min-utes of play.