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NEWS:
Senior class gift
announced to
students
Do you feel safe on campus?
By Holly Burns
Page 3 Contributing writer

Is Mercyhurst College a safe cam-

pus? That is always a question of
great concern for Mercyhurst stu-
FEATURES: dents and parents, as well as faculty.
Kristin Kriegbaum ^ According to Director of Police and
wins OTM awards Safety, Rodger Gregorich, "Yes, in-
deed. This college is a very safe
from Residence Life place. We have invested a lot of re-
sources to ensure the safety of stu-
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In mid-October, Police and Safety

published their annual security report
for 2002. This report includes in-
formation on personnel, procedures,
and rules of Police and Safety. How-
ever, it also includes crime statistics
OPINION: | for the preceding calendar year.
Looking back on the The report is published using
nostalgia of CVS guidelines provided by the Pennsyl-
vania College and University Securi-
ty Act and the federal Jeanne Geary
Page 6 Disclosure of Campus Security Pol-
icy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
|These acts require colleges and
universities to put out an annual re-
port of all of the crimes that were
committed on-campus, on land next
ARTS& to the campus, or on land that the
college controls. This means that the
ENTERTAINMENT report submitted by main campus is
different from that of Mercyhurst
NorthEast.
Daniel Hawkins to The report is compiled using reports
play at Borders this from the Police and Safety Depart*
Friday mentj Residence Life, Student Affairs
Departments, the Dean of Disci-1
Page 9^ pline, and local and state police de-
partments.
So, what does the report say about
Mercyhurst? According to Grego-
SPORTS: rich, the numbers are very reason-
able. The statistics show, for the most
Men's soccer remains part, that the numbers of incidents
on campus are taking a downward
successful
trend. This implies that Police and
Safety ate doing their job and doing
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For instance, the number of bur-
glaries on campus, in dormitories and
other residential facilities, has dramat-
ically decreased.!
In the year 2000, there were nine-
teen burglaries on campus. Howev-
er, the following year there were only
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THURSDAY, NOV. 6-
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12 Annual Career and Job Fair from 1
to 4 p.m. in the MAC.
FRIDAY, NOV. 7-
SAC Tournament Nightfrom10 to 12
a.m. in the REC.
These photographs were taken with the Police and Safety campus-wide surveillance system.
It shows students damaging the Old Main rear gate.
seven. Even better, the number of
burglaries was down to 6 in 2002.
This indicates that the security in
these areas has gotten tighter each
year, thus preventing burglaries from
occurring
On the other hand, one increase
worthy of note is the number of li-
quor law violations. "This college is
very strict about alcohol. We have
decided that we are going to enforce
liquor laws on campus."
This is the main reason for the in-
crease of violations in this arca.VThe
number of arrests made as a result
of liquor law violation has increased
from only 5 in 2000, to thirteen in
2002. College security and the resi-j
dence life staff has cracked down and
is serious about enforcing the laws
on campus, Gregorich said.
These numbers may seem small.
This is because it only represents the
number of individuals who were ar-
rested as a result of a liquor law vio-
lation.
Police and Safety would like to point
out that it is college policy that an
individual who has violated a liquor
law will only be arrested if they are
combatant, extremely confrontation-
al, or if the incident is their second
or subsequent offense.
The number of cases referred to
as "disciplinary referrals" is much
larger. A disciplinary referral is when
a liquor law violation case is turned
over to the Office of Residence Life,
under Laura Zirkle, for appropriate
disciplinary action in accordance with
the student handbook.
The number of disciplinary refer-
rals was 86 in the year 2000, 148 in
2001, and all of the way up to 228
cases in 2002/; Again, this reflects
the stricter enforcement of liquor
laws on campus.
However, the number of drug re-
lated violations that received disci-
plinary referrals has decreased with-
in the past year.. It was 21 in 2001,
and decreased by nearly half to 11
in 2002. r\ jfe ^M
In addition, there are more posi-
tive conclusions brought about by die
report.f For example, there have
have not been any cases of criminal
homicide, manslaughter, robbery,
aggravated assault, arson, or motor
vehicle theft within the past two or
three years.
Also, there have not been any ar-
rests for drug-related violations or
weapons violations.
Gregorich feels that the number
of incidents is very reasonable. All
reported incidents arc immediately
investigated. He admits that there
Rxxo prowled tw F and Safety
are incidents that go unreported, how-
ever.
He encourages everyone to report
crimes that have come to their atten-
tion. It is important that Police and
Safety, and obviously the students
themselves, are aware of what is hap-
pening on their campus.
It is also important that crimes do
not go unreported because? it would
affect the accuracy of the crime re-
port- Gregorich says, "It is my un-
derstanding that some colleges try to
mask negative things that occur on
their campuses." However, he says
that this is definitely not the cast- for
Mercyhurst.
"Mercyhurst is as safe or much saf*
| er than many other colleges," he said.
However, he adds "We hide nothing.
What you see is what you get. I feel
very confident that should anyone
walk in here and demand to see our
crime statistics, that they would be ac-
curate."
In fact, Mercyhurst Police and
Safety actually report more than what
is required of them. For example,
they include uniform crime statistics
in the annual report*
Please see Safety on Page 3.
a 5?
Grace
under
pressure
By Kelly Rose Duttine
News editor

SATURDAY, NOV: 8-^ The Mercyhurst College Distin-

guished Speakers Series presents no-
nonsense Court TV anchor Nancy
SAC Stress Relief Nightfrom10 to 12 Grace, who spoke on the Kobe Bry-
a.m. in the Student Union. ant and Scott Peterson criminal cas-
es on Monday night.
THURSDAY, NOV. 13 Kalie McAdams/Mordad photographer Grace told a full house at the Mary
Junior Brendan Doran registers for classes online. Even though there were a few problems with D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
registration, it was successful overa that it is important to believe in he-
Speaker Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ph.D. at roes and that everyone has the op-
7:30 p.m. in the Mercy Heritage Hall on portunity to become a hero at some
'Birth and Culture." Online registration successful point in their lives.
In fact, ihe PAC was so full that
many students were sent over to the
bachelor degree students, and Looking at the technical aspect of Walker Recital Hall in the I (irt Cen-
By Jonelle Davis 73.13% adult students that registered the process, Wheaton said that the ter to view the lecture through a tele-
Jndex | Con i ri buting writer online. system was able to handle the first conference,
News. 1 According to Registrars Michele night of registration. There was one Grace touched on the cases that
News ... -2 There has been a lot of talk the Wheaton and Sister Patricia Whalen, minor glitch Sunday night when the make today's headlines, the feist)* vic-
v
past few weeks concerning online they were both very impressed with network went down for approxi- tims' rights advocate, who was pro-
News...., 3
registration. After the first group of these numbers. mately twenty minutes. pelled into the field by the random
Features 4 registries, the main topie left to talk Sister Patricia said that the online She also said that most students murder of her fiance, and told ev-
Features -,.£..5 about concerning registration is its registering process was a long time that are having difficulty are having eryone that "Victims Have Rights,
Opinion ....6 success. in the making. Michele Hubert was problems because their version of loo.
Opinion % £ «....7 According to statistics provided by responsible for setting up the regis- the Internet Explorer is not up to Grace's fiance was killed in a mob
Michele I lubert, 90.68% of tradi- tering program and after it was com* date, their computer clocks are not hit for just 35 dollars. His unneces-
A&E. -."U 8 set at the right time, or they are hav- sary death caused Grace to want to
tional seniors that met with their ad- pleted, Michele Wheaton and Sister
A&E % 1 9 visors and were academically and fi- Patricia had to review the registering ing trouble with their Webadvlsor be a lawyer and seek justice for oth-
Sports & L 10 r
rules, check the. program and work passwords. ers.
nanciallv eligible to register registered
Sports u. x online. Along with traditional stu-
out and possible scheduling problems Please see Registration on Please set Grace on
students may encounter. Page 5. * Page 3,
Sports #»& « 12 dents there were also 67.74% post
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C u b a n A I D S strategy praised, criticized

By Gary Marx tiscments and volunteers distrib- "I have enormous praise for
Knight Ridder Newspapers uting educational materials and what they've done," she said. "It
condoms to encourage safe sex provides an object lesson in what
PINAR D E L RIO, Cuba - and limit transmission. a socialist government can do <

N iurka Roj as was diagnosed with
HIV 13 years ago and confined
to a sanitarium on the outskirts
of the provincial town of Pinar
del Rio, Cuba,
Since then, the government has
given Rojas all the medication
she needs to fight the illness,
ample food and a tidy three-
room home that would be the
envy of most Cubans. In ex-
change, Rojas and 45 other pa-
tients living here have forfeited
some of their independence-
Using a strategy that critics
have called excessive but that
some health experts praise as
effective, Cuba has managed to
control the spread of the AIDS
virus more successfully than
most nations. But the approach
is grounded in the kind of coer-
cion that only a one-party state
can wield.
While the Caribbean's HIV in-
I But the government also close-
ly monitors the lives of those
infected with the AIDS virus.
Most Cubans who test positive
are required to stay in a sanitar-
ium for at least three months.
Once there, they can leave only
with the permission of the staff.
Those who are considered high
risk to spread the infection could
stay much longer. Some, like
Rojas, choose to make it a per-
manent home.
"It's good in comparison to
how people live on the outside,"
said Rojas, 32, who now has
AIDS. "I've adapted to this
world. I don't know if I will ever
leave."
Cuba's campaign against HIV/
AIDS provides an outline of
how government officials here
often use the absolute power of
the state to advance what they
define as the collective good —
when they want to do it."
But critics say Cuba's success
infightingthe AIDS virus is tem-
pered by the tough measures
used in its campaign.
Berta Gomez, an AIDS expert
with the Pan American Health
Organization, said Cuba's ap-
proach to fighting AIDS has not
been a model for other nations
because its policy of isolating
carriers violates human rights.
"This model is impossible to
replicate in other countries be-
cause it's a model that separates!
a person from their family,
Gomez said.
In a country where family ties
are strong, many Cubans infect-
ed with the virus said they were
devastated after being pressured
to move into a sanitarium,
"The moment you are diag-
nosed, you are very vulnerable
and feel a lot of fear," said Jorge photo courtesy of wwwJirtcarrojs.com

fection rate is exploding and now
is second only to sub-Saharan
Africa, officials in Cuba say that
only .05 percent of the country's
population has been infected with
the AIDS virus, by far the low-
est rate in the region.
Cuba's aggressive campaign
against the AIDS virus involves
universal treatment for those
who are HIV positive. There
also is an extensive outreach pro-
gram that uses television adver-
in this case slowing the spread
of the AIDS virus — even if it
means limiting the civil liberties
of individuals.
Peggy McEvoy, a former top
United Nations AIDS official in
the Caribbean, said Cuban Pres-
ident Fidel Castro responded
quickly to the initial outbreak
and has continued two decades
later to pour staff and resourc-
es into the fight against HIV/
AIDS.
Brito, a psychiatric nurse who
was sent to a sanitarium outside
Havana last year and now works
there. "The separation from
your family is very traumatic.
"When you enter, you lose
your privacy," he added. "You
feel like a prisoner."
While the government's public
service campaign has helped
curb discrimination against those
infected with the AIDS virus,
many HIV-positive Cubans liv-
Niurka Rojas, an AIDS patient, has lived at the sanatorium in Cuba, for 13 years.
ing outside the sanitariums said
they still fear rejection and isola-
tion from most of society.
Rev. Fernando de la Vega, a
Catholic priest who runs one of
the few non-governmental sup-
port groups for Cubans with
HIV/AIDS, said he had to shut-
ter the church s balcony windows
after neighbors shouted obscen-
ities at participants.
"There is a lot of ignorance in
Cuba about how you get infect-
ed by HIV," he said. "A month
ago a neighbor told me that I
should stop helping them be-
cause AIDS was a punishment
from God."
Some with HIV/AIDS refuse
to participate in a government
program that provides them
with increased food rations
because they fear neighbors
may find out that they are in-
fected.
"If the person in the local
store knows about my illness,
then everyone will know," said a
33-year-old Cuban who is HIV
positive and asked not to be iden-
tified. "The society is not yet
ready to receive people who are
HIV positive.

Republican Senators plan to hold hearings into postwar intelligence

By J a m e s K u h n h e n n a n d committee also has broad au- planes and to monitor a safe Now, said one senior official
John Walcott thority to probe. house, not to detect whoever was who spoke on condition or ano- Democratic hopefuls assail Dean,
Knight Ridder Newspapers | "I intend to look at it and he attacking U.S. troops. nymity, Secretary of Defense
does, too," Warner said. "The L. Paul Bremer, the top U.S.
. .
Donald Rumsfeld is trying to
.
deride Bush's Iraq policy at forum
Two key Republican senators main thing is that our troops are official in Iraq, on Sunday ac- blame current problems on the BOSTON - Racial politics took center stage at a forum for
want the Bush administration to in danger night and day over
- ,\
CIA, which has 280 officers in Democratic presidential candidates Tuesday as former Vermont
knowledged that intelligence Gov, Howard Dean came under attack for suggesting that tH
explain U.S. intelligence failings there and are highly dependent training and the use of technol-
Iraq, although there are 130,000
in Iraq that they say are endan- on intelligence. I think it's of Defense Department personnel party should reach out to Southern whites who display the Con-
ogy could improve in Iraq. He federate flag.
gering American troops and con- sufficient seriousness that we're there, including more than 1,000
said the United States has in- "You can't bring a Confederate flag; to the table of brother-]
tributing to the rising death toll moving on setting (hearings) up military intelligence officers. "It's
creased the number of special-
there. right now." not the agency," Roberts said, hood,. j . That is insensitive and I think you ought to apologize to
ists conducting counterterrorism
Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, The senators' misgivings shine referring to the CIA. "It's the people for that," the Rev. Al Sharp ton told Dean, "You are not a
intelligence. "That has begun to
the chairman of the Senate I in- a spotlight on failures in Iraq just DIA (Defense Intelligence Agen- bigot, but you appear to be too arrogant to say, T m wrong."'
pay off," he said on Fox News.
telligence Committee, and Sen. as the Bush administration is try- cy) and the services." Sen, John Edwards of North Carolina accused Dean of ste-
But the Army report noted
John Warner of Virginia, the ing to focus public attention on Neither the CIA nor military reo typing Southern whites.
that members of tactical intelli-
chairman of the Senate Armed postwar successes, such as the gence teams, whose job is to intelligence, however, has had 'The last thing we need in the South is somebody like you
Services Committee, are planning restoration of electricity and build rapport with the local pop- significant success penetrating coming down and telling us what we need to do," he said. "The
to hold Senate hearings to exam- schools. ulation, were at times participat- the ranks of Saddam loyalists, people that I grew up with, die vast majority of them, don't drive
ine the performance of military The push to examine current ing in raids aqd "door kicking" foreign fighters, militant Shiitc around with Confederate flags on their pickup truck,"
intelligence in postwar Iraq. intelligence gathering was driv- operations. "Putting them on a Muslims or common criminals He called Dean's remarks "condescending" and **wrong."
"I'm very concerned about it/* en, in part, by an internal Army door-kicker team ruins that rap- who are mounting the attacks, Dean, who also faced criticism from former Illinois Sen, Carol
Roberts said in an interview. report this month that cited U.S. port and there would be no ad- the senior officials said, and the Mosclcy Braun, called the Confederate flag "a loathsome sym-
"We're not going to win this anti- military intelligence failures in vantage to them collecting infor- latest military technology being bol," but stood by his earlier comments,
4i
guerrilla fight without better in- directing and training intelligence mation," the report said. sent to Iraq isn't likely to turn We have to reach out to every single American " he said. "We
telligence. I don't think it's up to specialists in Iraq and Afghani- Intelligence services are also the tide. don't have to embrace the Confederate flag, and I never sug-
par. It's costing us lives. We can't stan. woefully lacking in interpreters, "Maybe some of these gizmos gested that we did. But we have to reach out to all disenfran-
tell the good guys from the bad The report by the Center for the report said. Most military lin- can tell where people are hiding, chised people.
guys/' *f Army Lessons Learned at Ft. guists in Iraq and Afghanistan, it but so far as I know, none of
Warner said he and Roberts will Leavenworth, Kan., found that said, have the lowest language them can tell the difference "be- Thousands of chemicals approved
determine which of their com- intelligence teams produced only rating - "which basically gives tween a civilian with a water
one-fourth of the daily reports them the ability to tell the dif- bucket and a guy in civilian
without safety testing
mittees will direct the hearings.
Roberts has drawn criticism expected from them. The study, ference between a burro and a clothes with an RPG," or rock- PHILADELPHIA ~ Without requiring lab tests to determine
from Democrats for limiting his first reported by The Washing- burrito." et-propelled grenade, said one their safety, the U.S. government has approved thousands of
panel's probes so far into pre- ton Post, also found that un- Senior military officials said the official. "And none of them can chemicals for use in such products as sofa cushions,, soaps, paints
war intelligence failings and not manned aerial vehicles, while attacks underscore how much tell what target they're going to and baby bottles.
investigating whether policy-mak- useful during combat, were "lim- administration officials have un- try to hit next. To do that, you On average, two more chemicals are approved every day.
ers - including President Bush ited during stability operations." derestimated the enemy in Iraq need to recruit spies, and that's
The result- consumers are unwittingly part of a kind of vast,:
and Vice President Cheney - In one instance, an unmanned and overestimated U.S. high messy and hard and it takes
uncontrolled lab experiment.
misused intelligence. Warner's plane was used to locate buried technology. time. I»
"We're treating (people) worse than lab rats" said Karen Flori-
ni, an attorney with the non-profit group Environmental De-

Bill signing to reignite abortion issue debate fense. "At least with lab rats, somebody bothers to collect the
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The U.S. system of regulating chemicals is under renewed scru-
By David Jackson women's issues, hoping to make al Trade Center. Northup, whose New York-based
tiny as European officials voted last week to adopt much tough-
Knight Ridder Newspapers abortion rights a major part of Abortion-rights supporters will organization is involved in the
er rules, which would require substantial testing of many sub-
next year's campaign against protest across the street, decry- Nebraska lawsuit. "And the lan-
stances before they can be sold there.
WASHINGTON - From a Bush. ing a law they say is so broadly guage is so broad, it would en-
With growing amounts of synthetic substances detected in hu-
presidential speech in Washing- Abortion opponents said the written that virtually any doctor compass abortions as early as 12
man blood and breast milk, US. critics have stepped up calls for
ton to court hearings in Nebras- public is moving their way, in involved in an abortion could be weeks" similar rules here. \
ka and New York to a Demo- part because of objections to the subject to arrest. NARAL Pro- Architects of the Partial Birth
cratic debate in New Hampshire, late-term procedures. They add- Choice America, which is spon- Abortion Act of 2003 said they
abortion returns to center stage ed that, while the ban is an im- soring the protest, is also running designed it with the Supreme Air Force Academy starts mission to
Wednesday, legally and political- portant turning point, their goal television ads accusing the Bush Court's decision in mind. They instill values in cadets
ly. : : remains reversal of the 1973 administration of interfering said it specifically defines the
with medical privacy.Critics of abortion procedure in question] COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - It's all about character - and
President Bush will sign a bill Supreme Court decision in Roe the lack of it - at the Air Force Academy. W$
outlawing what social conserva- vs. Wade, making abortion a con- the ban predicted it would be referring to a delivery of a fetus
declared unconstitutional, as sim- "past the navel ... outside the Cadets doing drugs. Cadets stealing textbooks. Cadets telling
tives call "partial-birth abortion," stitutional right. dirty jokes and staging
ilar state efforts have been. body of the mother" in order to —o—o -a lewd
— skit.
—' Underage cadets udrinking
— * - " " ^ vMucu uniting li-
u-
capping a years-long campaign Bush told reporters last week quor. One in fourir men thinking women don't belong at the acad-
by foes who liken the late-term that he looks forward to signing Three years ago, the Supreme kill it.The bill also provides ex-
ceptions to protect the life of the emy or in tiie Ain - • in five
ir Force. One *»-•-•*-juniors
i-muu and
ana seniors
seniors aavirw
saying
procedure to infanticide. the anti-abortion bill, but he Court struck down a Nebraska
woman, supporters said. A gen- they would give alcohol to underage cadets if they could get
Abortion-rights supporters, played down its possible long- law against the late-term proce-
eralized health exception, they away with it. The most recent symptom of character lapse was
meanwhile, will ask federal judg- term impact. dures. The 5-4 majority called the
argue, creates a large loophole the sexual-assault scandal, with women charging academy leaders
es in Nebraska and New York About 400 people, many of law too vague and noted that it
that could be used to justify any ignored their assault reports. The problem isn't one thing, it's all
Cit\' to block enforcement of the them social conservatives who did not contain an exception for those things. 2
law, calling it a smokescreen de- represent a large part of Bush's the health of the woman, late-term abortion.
"You could accurately describe it as a crisis of character," said
signed to ban all abortions. Sev- political base, have been invited Nancy Northup, president of Abortion-rights supporters
Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. John Wcida, one of four
eral sued last week, even before to the bill-signing ceremony. the Center For Reproductive called the late-term issue little
leaders installed last spring during the sexual assault scandal
the bill was signed. Rather than the White House, Rights, said the new federal law more than a fraud designed to
Recognizing the crisis, Air Force leaders frame their comments
And Wednesday night, five of Bush aides will stage the event suffers from the same problem. intimidate women and doctors M
in terms of combat, saying the academy is "at war" and needs a
the Democrats seeking the White three blocks away at the Ronald "There is no provision for the into forgoing their right to an
• push of resources" at the battlcfronc.
House will meet for a debate on Reagan Building and Internation- health of the woman/' said abortion. I *_ - All Info provided by KRT
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class
Committee seeks $7,500 from senior class, highest goal in college history
ways and the beautification provements to the basketball
Special to the Merciad projects that took place over the area.
Senior class gift committee summer seem to draw attention The committee is primarily | i
to that side of campus. focused on the construction of
The committee unanimously the picnic pavilion as their senior
The Senior Class Gift Com-* agreed,that the current picnic class gift, which alone has been i
rruttce announced that the gift area could use a face-life. With- estimated to cost $7,000. The
from the class of 2004 will be in a first few weeks of their committee feels that they have K
initial development of the Pic- meetings, the committee was sur- a great vision, but lofty goals.
nic Park area that currently ex-! prised to see that the adminis- The committee has challenged
ists in back or the uppcrclass-:-| tration heard their voices and the senior class to raise $7,500,
men apartment buildings of tore down the fencing that sur- the highest goal of any other se-
3907/3909 Briggs Ave. and rounded the gnll area. nior class gift. They hope for
3908/3910 Lewis Ave. £ Administrators like Tyrone 50 percent participation among
The steering committee mem- Moore, Tom Billingsley and Dr. the senior class, which would
bers, Rachael Confer, Lisa Foe- Garvey met with die commit- make the 2004 senior class the
ry, Anna Gucrnero,'Josh Hack, ^ tee to offer suggestions about largest group of donors in Mer-
Francesca Ravasio and Justin updates ahd renovations to die cyhurst College history. The av-
Shouse, have recently decided to picnic area. Ideasforthe chang- erage gift is set at $30 and can
construct at 15 foot by 40 foot es include moving the grills and be made by cash, check, credit
picnic pavilion on die currendy adding a walkway, repaying the Card, campus card or housing
paved grill area. ^ ^ current surface area and pur- deposit pledge.
The committee'wanted to pick chasing picnic tables. The committee plans on hold-
a gift that served the traditional The committee would also ing a mini-fundraising event, the
symbolic function of a senior like to make the area larger and annual Kickoff party on Decem-
class gift, but also would be making the grills charcoal in- ber 4 at the Cornerstone.
something that would be used by stead of gas grills so students Members of the senior class
the entire college community. In could use them without a phone
the past, the east side of cam- call to maintenance to have the
can obtain pledge cards or make
a pledge by asking any of the Jody MeBtVPhcto «Mor
i
pus has not seen many senior grills turned on. Other sugges- committee members or stopping The picnic area is the future site of the senior class gift The committee proposed a new
class projects. The recent addi- tions include a brick "M" in-lay by Steve Zinram's office on the pavillion for the picnic area with many improvements.
tion of the two east side walk- on the paved surface and im- fourth floor of the library.

Online registration successful More students lean Republican

technical support team who son or .mother, after thefirstday which is about 8 percentage for Bush. Wfearing a College Re-
Continued from Page L worked Sunday night and will of registration the registrar's of- By Jeff Zeleny points higher than die general publican sweatshirt and holding
An easy way to avoid these continue working during the reg- fice still feels that the new on- Chicago Tribune public. a bullhorn with his right hand,
problems is to simply register on istration process to assist stu- line registering is a huge success. COLUMBUS, Ohio Grow- At the same time, 27 percent Druckenmiller marshaled more
a campus computer in the library dents with technical problems. To answer some questions stu- ing up, the politics in the house- of the students say they are than a dozen young conserva-
or computer center. These com- As for 51 first day registration dents have had about registra- hold of Steven Druckenmiller Democrats. And 38 percent say tives through a thicket of Dem-
puters are all up to date with the students that did not complete tion, registration times are by had always leaned toward the they are independent or unaffil- ocratic protesters.
program. their registration online, it may- class and picked randomly each liberal side. So when the 20- iated, which makes them ripe "We are a new wave coming
Overall, Wheaten said that be questioned why they opted time. Classes may be added and year-old goes home, he takes targets for presidential candi- m!" he said in an interview, step-
there were significantly less stu- not to use the online service. dropped by the minute so it is delight wearing a shirt from his dates who are paying careful at-
dents stopping in her office die u According to Senior Maria important to check die class list- ping away from die demonstra-
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first day of i^ttaitfdh^d &osf | ftk#2btf£t' sW6 did hot register ing?. At Capita] University here, of the electorate, partigulady the of Arnold Schwvarzenegger-es-
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questions'Sisked simply coii- bnlme because she did not have I Finally, for the freshmen, they Druckenmiller and several doz- nation's 0 million cflflege students. que conservatism^ .;; \ ^
cerned registering times. ^_her advisors approval tor class- are required to register in'per- en others regularly hold meet- "The days are over of colleg- Indeed, the Republican Par-
Sr. Patricia was also impressed es yet. In another case Pete Ryn- son so they can receive the ex- ings to discuss tax policy, free es being a bastion of Democrat- ty hopes to capitalize on the en-
with the group effort made in shoven said that he basically tra faculty advising, since their trade and other conservative ic politics," said Dan Glickman, ergy and interest created last
the registering process. She said knew he was going to get his classes are more likely to close bedrocks. Membership in the director of the Kennedy School month by the bodybuilder/ac-
that she would like to commend classes because he was a senior. out. rival Democratic group, mean- of Government at Harvard tor's election as California gov-
Michele Hubert for the time and He was busy Sunday and it was Winter term registering online while, has dwindled to two. University. "We've had 20 years ernor. And like Schwarzeneg-
effort she put in to making reg- just more convenientforhim to ends Nov. 6 at 9:00 p.m., any stu- "Sure," die college junior said without much radicalism on cam- ger, polls show that younger Re-
istration a success. register in person. dent wishing to register after this with a smile, "some of us have puses around the country. The publicans are more likely to
Furthermore, she said that Minus the students that chose time may do so in die registrar's liberal parents and are rebel- campuses now reflect more of support moderate positions on
she wanted to commend the not to register online for one rea- office. ling"* ? 1 :; the country as a whole/' issues hke abortion and eay
p
Druckenmiller and his He siad "This group ought to rights.
friends represent a growing be mined by the candidates* If To be sure, the Democratic

Grace speaks to students
Continued from Page L
After her fiance's murder,
Grace enrolled in law school and
followed the path to becoming a
felony prosecutor and an outspo-
ken victims' rights advocate. As
pact of her commitment to vic-
trend of college students who they don't it's at their own peril."
are identifying with the Repub- In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan's
lican Party. Gone are the days presidency inspired a generation
Party is not ceding the young
vote. Last week in Washington,
neady 4,000 young profession-
when college campuses were of conservatives on college cam- als danced to hip-hop music at
losses while serving as a special York University. Besides her post a fund-raiser led by former
prosecutor with the Atlanta Ful- on Court TV, in which she an- liberal strongholds, awash only puses. GOP strategists hope to
in principles of the Democrat- re-create and expand that move- President Bill Clinton.
ton District Attorney's Office. chors die daily trial coverage pro- ment and are turning to college- "We've got to have young
Among the felony cases she has gram, "Closing Arguments," ic Party.
A new poll by the Institute age Republicans like Drucken- people understand why this
tried have been serial murders, which airs from 3 to 5 p.m., election is so critical," Demo-
serial rapes and serial child mo- Grace serves as a commentator of Politics at Harvard Univer- miller who were barely born
sity showed that 31 percent of when Reagan took office. cratic National Committee
lestations. and frequent guest host on "Lar- chairman Terry McAuliffe said.
college students across the When Bush came to downtown
As part of her talk, she took ry King Live" on CNN, as well 0

tims, she helped staff the hot-
line at the Atlanta, Georgia, Bat-
tered Women's Center for 10
vears.
As a lawyer, she compiled a
perfect record of nearly 100 fel-
ony convictions at trial and no
country identify themselves as Columbus last Thursday, the jun- "Right now, 7 out of 10 col-
the audience through the process as ABC's "The View," NBCs
Republicans. The poll also ior economics and philosophy lege graduates cannot get a job
of prosecuting high-profile cas- 'The Today Show," and ABC's
showed that 61 percent of col- major from Fremont, Ohio, this year. They've got to under-
es, like Bryant's and Peterson's, "Good Morning America."
lege students approve of Pres- stood on a street comer for near- stand the issues. If they don't
which dominate today's head-
Some information pro- ident Bush's job performance, ly two hours to show his support that's our fault."
lines.
Grace has a LLM degree in vided by Mercyhurst public
constitutional law from New relations'-
Are you safe on campus?
large l-Topping , larst i-Top wing I Mercyhurst Police and Safety release safety statistics^
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guilty before the Distnct Justice.
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of 100,000 students and em- placed throughout the campus. They now have to pay•finesfor
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Resident Assisstants honored with O T M by peers

Kriegbaum wins first OTM award •

Senior Kristin Kriegbaum
By Bethany Shaffer
Contributing writer
The first winner of the "Of
the Month" award for this ac-
ademic school year was senior
Kristin Kriegbaum.
As is every other RA, Kriez-
baum is on duty one night a
week and seven weeknights per
term.
She will graduate in May with
a degree in Forensic Science
with a Chemistry minor. On
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Jody Meflo/ Photo editor
out of her way at RA training
Sarah Shaffer, one of the as-
sistant directors of resident life
and student conduct listed one
of the main reasons for Krieg-
baum receiving the award being
that, "She went out of her way
to help us clean up after the pro-
gramming banquet for RA train-
ing. She made sure that every-
thing was perfect when we left
the area. She went above and
beyond the call of duty"T
Living in East Duval, Krieg-
baum decided to become an RA
movie.
"When I was an underclass-
man and every year up until now,
my RA's had been really great,
but they never really did anything
in the way of community build-
ing I really wanted to be able to
get a building full of kids togeth-
er and have them become sort
of a pseudo family where every-
one was there for everyone else."
said Kriegbaum.
One of the most important
parts of being an RA is getting
your residents involved- Krieg-
baum holds plenty of activities
for her residents to enjoy
They do activities like post- Jody MoBo/ Photo ©**tor
midterm cookie parties, pizza Senior Jennifer Stranksy can always be seen with a smile on her face — even when
parties, and planned trips to she's busting her residents.
watch the football team in ac-
tion.
"I feel like the cool aunt who
doesn't have kids. It is great that
we can all get together and have
Stransky garners acclaim as RA
a good time" Kriegbaum said. She has only served as an RA Stransky is able to help oth-
By Kyla Mclnchak
Kriegbaum said that advice Contributing writer during the current term and she ers with a simple "hello" and
from her fellow RA's help her. is already learning to help others by being a role model.
Pick your battles is a bit of ad- Jenny Stransky, a senior Resi- solve problems and live peace- Stransky enjoys the interac-
vice she was given from a re- dent Assistant and student of the ably together. tion she has between herself,
turning RA. Marriage and Family Studies For Stransky, winning the sophomores, juniors and se-
"I received the OTM because program, recently had her ac- OTM was a great experience. "I niors in 3830 Lewis. Josh Reed
I stayed to help clean up after complishments recognized smiled that day when a resident the RA of the adjoining build-
our banquet. I'm a student man- through this award. said I did well. The later ac- ing, also is enjoyable to work
ager in the cafe and I know how By awarding an outstanding knowledgement (the OTM with, and meeting new people
frustrating it can be to come in individual in the Mercyhurst award) gave me a great feeling" is always fun, said Stransky.

school breaks and in the sum-
mer; she resides in Boston, N.
Y ;^g
While it may seem odd to
have an RA of the month in
August when most students are
still at home, Kriegbaum went
for a different reason than just
the free housing and her own
room.
She wants the building to be
an environment where her resi-
dents can feel free to just stop
in and chat, or even borrow a
to a big mess. I didn't want the College community each month, "It's truly an awarding experi- All RAs are special in St ran-
manager in the morning to have the OTM committee helps to ence to see an end result. Crisis sky's opinion, and must have
to deal with anything out of recognize a wide variety of peo- intervention is a big part of my certain qualities to become a
place " she said. ple, including RAs, residents, of- major," said Stransky, and she's pleasant, yet orderly RA, "You
Recommendations for other fice workers, and other people able to put her knowledge into have to be able to listen, and
outstanding RA's can be placed who are sometimes taken for practice when people have dis- being concerned about people
at the Residence life Office. granted. putes in the Lewis Apartments. in general is imperative."

M o r e than justjthe president Maverick cell-phone carriers

try novel pitches
By Kaitlyn Reif
Contributing writer
By Jon Fortt
There is more than meets the
Knight Ridder Newspapers ?m
eve when it comes to out Mer- It's so cruel, but so clever. Vir-
cyhurst Student Government gin Mobile USA's "rescue ring"
President, David Del Vecchio. lets subscribers program their
r^Del Vecchio has been involved cell phones to ring during a bad
with MSG since freshman year date, providing a convenient es-
by being a class representative, cape.
treasurer his sophomore year, A new breed of wireless card-
and president his junior and se- er is relying on ideas such as -the
nior year. rescue ring and American Idol-
"I chose to come to Mercy- related polls to attract young cell
hurst because 1 appreciate the phone users.
small community atmosphere, As mainstream cell phone ser-
die sense of family and unity in- vice providers struggle to attract
stilled by the Sisters of Mercy, customers and increase sales, two
and the Research Intelligence mavenck companies are chang-
Analysis Program"Del Vecchio ing the rules of the wireless
said. game.
Courtesy of KRTctmpus
Del Vecchio attended a small Virgin Mobile and rival Boost All the cellphone compani are trying new things to
Mobile are targeting the high! get people to buy phones.
school and college-age crowd answer.: wake-up calls from reality-show
/chose with simple pre-paid wireless So far, the strategy appears to celebrities; also, Virgin Mobile
Jody Malta/Photo editor
Mercyhurst because David Del Vecchio has worked hard as president of MSG. plans. be working. Virgin Mobile USA has attracted a national custom-
Virgin Mobile and Boost, both has amassed about 450,000 new er base that is 55 percent female,
I appreciate the small He will miss the organization and his close friends after part-owned by major cellular customers since it went live last which is highly unusual in the
community atmo- graduation. companies, let customers buy August, said CEO Dan Schul- wireless business.
minutes through calling cards man. And he's on track to reach ^Virgin Mobile's rebel reputa-
sphere, the sense of information to address the con ten many things out of Mercy-
sold at music and electronics a half million by this month. tion is more than just market-
cerns of the student body effec- hurst, but two important lessons
family and unity tively," he said. have been engrained in him. "I stores. "The rock in our slingshot in ing; the company really is tiling
instilled by the Sisters This summer, Del Vecchio in- have received two educations at But what makes these pre-paid this battle of David versus many the other wireless carriers. In
terned at the I ligh Intensity Drug Mercyhurst. one in the class- newcomers even more intrigu- Goliaths is focus," Schulman said. Virgin Mobile's case, the cellular
of Mercy, and the Trafficking Area in Washington, room that has already been ben- ing to the industry is their ability "We built this from the ground towers and transmission equip-
D.C, "It was a great experience. eficial in my obtaining an intern- to control costs. up to focus on the youth mar* ment, it leases them from anoth-
Research Intelligence I worked with local law enforce- ship at the CIA and the High Andrew Cole, wireless indus- er wireless earner, adds its own
ket." * j * P
Analysis Program? 7 ment to aide in drug-related in- Intensity Drug Trafficking A re a. try analyst at consulting firm But competitors in the wireless features and brand image, and
vestigations and assisted the di- The other has been outside the Adventis, said Virgin Mobile's market are taking notice* Ana- resells service to customers.
Del Vecchio rector with some special classroom in leadership, and the results show how pre-paid com- lysts are whispering that other Virgin Mobile can boast a sta-
Catholic high school in Westlake, projects" experiences I have dealt with panies can make money. companies, spurred by Virgin tistic that makes it the envy of
Ohio. 1 le holds the small school After graduation in May 2004, over the past four years have "No carrier in the U.S. would Mobile's early success, are dunk- the wireless industry; 11 says 53
setting close to his heard. he would like a job in law en- been an invaluable lesson."-, have in their wildest dreams ing about launching similar ven- percent of its subscribers use
The administration of Ins high forcement or National Security. A few words of wisdom he come up with the rescue ring It's| tures focusing on teens and their phones to send text mes-
school was very student focused. He will miss MSG and his wants to leave behind, "Mercy- a good example of how these young adults. sages to each other. Analysts ex-
He felt it an honor to be m-i friends, especially the close rela- hurst is great because of the companies are important and It makes sense, then, that pect services like text messaging
volved m that environment. tionships he has developed with time, effort and dedication put relevant" Cole said. "If it's done mainstream wireless carrier to drive the use of data services
Del Vecchio enjoys getting in- diem. forward by the individuals. well, it can actually make the Sprint PCS owns half of Virgin on phones, especially among
volved m solving problems and "Anyone who has been part of These are exemplified through market more efficient." Mobile USA, the other half is young people.
being proactive. a sports team or any club or the beauty of the school, aca- I Iere's how it works: owned by Virgin Group, the Brit- "Our largest users of text mes-
MSG has fulfilled that desire, group of friends has seen things demic* distinction, and national To use the rescue ring, a cell ish travel and entertainment com- saging are 16- to 24-year-old fe-
"I have alwavs wanted to serve change over time. It will be recognition for athletic teams. To phone user preprograms the pany. Nextel Wireless, the bust* males, and then if you had a
others and it was a great oppor- missed," Del Vecchio said. maintain what Mercyhurst is, phone to ang at a time when the ness-centnc carrier, owns 66 breakdown of geography it's
tunity to get involved when I After being at N lercyhurst, one people have to recognize the user might need an escape. percent of Boost Mobile* spread relatively evenly," Schul
came to Mercyhurst." can only imagine how many peo- great things and the vision that There's even a choice of sever- Virgin Mobile has a partner- man said. **We thought mat there
r •
ple a student comes in contact others have started. Everyone al MTV personalities to voice the ship with MTV that allows tts would be an urban tilt in text
Del Vecchio hopes that MSG
with, and how many different needs to take great pride in this rescue. When the phone rings, subscribers to use phones for messaging, but we haven't seen
serves as a resource center for
situations one has to deal with. institution. That's what makes the user can choose to ignore or video voting, audio postcards and that." \
students. "I hope the future stu-
Del Vec< liio said he has got- this place great."
dent governments can access
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FEATURES
W e l c h ^attends conference in United Arab
By Kaitlyn Reif
Contributing writer
"Dr. Richard Welch is one of
the best teachers because he is
runny, easy going and students
can identity with him. Yet at the
same time, he is very profession-
al and always on task," says fresh-
man Amanda Keller.
Dr. Welch, a Pittsburgh native,
has been at Mercvhurst for four
years now, and has been teach-
ing for 20 years. He has taught
at Kennesaw University in Ga«, I
and at Villanova.
Welch attended Duquesne
University as an undergraduate
and completed his graduate stud-
ies at the University of Denver.
Recently, Welch attended a
meeting sponsored by the Arab-
US. Association for Communi-
cation Educators in Dubai,
which is part of the United Arab
Emirates.
This meeting invited educators
all around the world, and who
are also part of the organization,
from places such as Kuwait, Bay
Rouge and Cairo.
The purpose of the meeting
was to exchange ideas and meth-
ods between the United States
and Arab nations to make the
communication programs stron-
ger, 'The organization is there
to bridge the gap between the
United States and the Arab world
with the intentions of becoming
enlightened with new ways of
thinking and ideas. That way, we
Gibson is flyikigfhigh at Mercyhurst Submitlto the Lumen
By Brian Call one
Contributing writer
Many'people say that you
shouldn't judge a book by its
cover.
In some cases looking into
someone's room can give you
insight whom that person is.
If you stop by sophomore
Ryan Gibson's room you would
W m
find a life size mural of a Boe-
ing 777 cockpit hanging up on
an entire wall. After seeing that
huge mural anyone would know
that Gibson was is in love with
flying. Ever notice the aerial shot
of Mercyhurst on the school's
website? That was actually tak-
en by Ryan last year on one of
his many flights.
A native of White Lake MI,
Gibson is majoring in Business
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Many of the sites that Wlech saw were different from the United States. This is a .;
traditional souk or market place in downtown Dubai.
are all better of£" Welch said. communication •
This organization has been When new ideas are formed
around for nine years and all nine and shown to different people,
years Welch has been associated the world will become more
with the group. prosperous and working with
Arab-U.S. Association for people will become easier.
Communication Educators was The conference brings people
formed so teachers, students and together and shows them ways
many other groups of people to become more successful with
across the wodd can become Communication.
involved in an universal type way Dr. Welch is currently on the
of educating and portraying Board of Directors of Arab-US
While in high school, Gibson
started his quest to become a
commercial airline pilot. He be-
gan his training at one of the best
flight schools m the'country,
Flight 101. ; ***?
\J "I was tramed by two of the
best flight instructors in the busi-
ness, Mark Hamilton and Sara
O'Brien/' said Gibson.
Gibson earned his commercial
pilot license last February, but is
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still working on getting the flight
hours required by commercial
Ryan Gibson finds time to fly
airlines.
even with a busy schedule.
He became a certified flight
with concentrations in Alarket- instructor this past April.
ing, Management, and Advertis- Gibson is presently working at
ing. At Mercyhurst, Gibson is a the Dunkirk airport as a part
Resident Assistant and is current- time flight instructor and fuel
ly pledging to be an Ambassa- transfer technician.
dor. Me is also a member of This summer Gibson worked
the Rowing team, which mainly in Seatde at a private airport
brought him here to Mercyhurst where he operated planes for
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This is Dubai's newest hotel* It houses a theme park
Inside.
Association for Communication only difference is really Ian- Dubai.
Educators. This past October, guage, and even then, almost "Dubai has seven emirates and
they had their annual meeting to everyone there speaks English. is like a Greek city/state. It is a
discuss issues of importance to They all still wake up in the wealthy community. It is grow-
communication students and morning, eat breakfast, and ing very rapidly and eventually
professors* worry about their family.** turn into a Singapore of the
"I ran a panel on teaching new Eighty percent of all people Middle East" Welch said.
media. Ifocusedon figuringout who live in Dubai are in fact Student will soon be asked to
what type of courses should be expatriates. There is a huge become more involved in this or-
taught with the new media pro- blend of all different people ganization at the next meeting in
gram," Welch said "The Middle with a variety of cultures, which Cairo.
East is very similar to us. The have combined to make up
Lumen, Mercyhurst's award- maybe even win prize money.
skydivers, gaveflightlessons and Winning student literary maga- All poems and short stories
worked in the maintenance shop. ine, is looking for original stu- should be composed in Mi-
Previous summers he has flown dent wntmg and is offering priz- . crosoft Word and submitted on
above Detroit to report traffic, es of one hundred and ten dol- ' a*floppy disk: toP.O Box*479,
to radio stations. ars for the best poem and the the Preston Mail Room, no lat-
Along with his dream of be- best short story submitted. er then December' 17.
coming a commercial pilot, Gib- This year Lumen is sailing off
son also has aspirations to grad- nto uncharted cyber-territory,
If you have any questions,
contact Lumen Faculty Advisor
uate within three years. to produce students' work not Dr. Ken Schiff, Preston 214, at
In order to achieve this he has as a hardcopy literary magazine ext 2461. T f I
been taking extra classes per as in past years, but as a full- Lumen has many secrets and
term and during his senior year color, animated, multimedia, in- surprises in its new design, which
of high school, enrolled part teractive CD—like no Lumen will be revealed when we intro-
time at a local community col you've ever seen before. duce it next April in its new form
lege*'Between being a student, a We're seeking submissions at the annual Lumen Reception
RAV a member of the rowing from the students and faculty and Poetry and Short Story
team, and a part time flight in- to demonstrate die artistic tal- Awards Ceremony.
structor, Gibson is extremely ent at Mercyhurst: photographs,
Please submit your work now;
busy. stones, poems, and artwork, | it's your once-in-a-lifetime
If you are interested in flying, which will be supplemented by chance to be part of this para-
he would be happy to chat with music and dance clips supplied digm -smashing litera ry arts mag-
you/ by Mercyhurst's own Fine Arts azine;
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

Whafs hot and whafs not at Mercyhurst
week
The thinqs we dofor love „__-.!! % ^suddenly
. __4_4__.%1_- find
f_»_-_ you
T - r . i i _irresistible

MadaM _ j£fj$f% /*_ *tJpen a couple 1 of r eggs, 1beat

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The Good...
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— lV r f p c i c fri 1 \

add vanilla extract, and dump it whereas before I just found you
on your head. Be sure to work it moderately attractive!" Hmm.;. I w

into a nice gooey lather so that don't know about you but I've
Where does die time go? There's only two more weeks of class left! Then there are only three the "protein" (translation: egg never heard a man say that. Not
days of finals before the general populace of Mercyhurst is released for Thanksgiving break. gpo) .can get all the way to die even the ones in Lifetime Origi-
Doesn't it seem like the first day of classes was only yesterday? (Insert the Barbara Streisand tune:
w w w w *
roots. This will, of course, dou- nal Movies.
lf
Memories" here] ble your volume and shine. Look down. Do you have
When youfigurethat your hair breasts? You do? Good. It's pret-
is radiantly shiny and complete- ty much all you need. Don't

The Bad... Dear Madam Malarky,

ly "protein-ified," simply rinse! waste your time bathing in food
Be sure to do this with cool wa- or finding an outfit that makes
I read in a magazine that you ter, however... the last thing you you look hot. Men don't like
should mar vanilla extract insteadwant of is cooked egg in your hair. outfits. They would much pre-
Hope everyone had an enjoyable Halloween weekend and that no one caught something while
perfume because men bit the scentItof could get messy... but imag- fer you without them. If vou
walking around half-dressed on Friday and Saturday night It was slightly chilly out, people. Maybe
vanilla and it kind a turns them on.ine how many men will be moon- absolutely insist on accessorizing,
some more clothes would have been in order. Well, there's word that CVS got a new shipment of
Is tins true? ing over youl grab a six-pack of beer. Hold it
cold medicine and cough drops in, so go stock up.
Aromatically curious "Man!" they'll say to them- provocatively.
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selves, "She's so fine and I can [ Finally, just as a cheap plug

There have been numerous complaints about the speed of the Internet connection here at the Dear Curious, from Madam Malarky to ap-
eat breakfast off her head!"
'Hurst lately. Yes, it is quite annoying, but has everyone been reading the messages from the office I have been on this planet for Another thing that will make pease her raging feminist streak,
of Information Technology? Check your computer for viruses before complaining. It may btyour neady twenty-two years now. I you instantly beautiful is bathing please do me a favor and think
computer that's contributing to the problem. 0 0 w

haven't learned much in that in milk. Apparently this will leave about why you're wearing food.
time, but one thine I have learned your skin all kinds of soft and Dojtoit like wearing food?
is that everything you read in touchable and stuff. Milk has got I really think we all spend too

...and the Ugly
How many people have seen our new school directories yet? Here's a tip about proof-reading:
"Cosmo" is absolutely factual. vitamins and stuff in it... so if much time making sure that die
You most definitely should wear you bathe in it, through osmosis people we're slighdy interested in
vanilla extract. your skin will just suck up all the take interest in us. Sometimes we
Wear it on your pulse points. vitamins and leave the nasty ud- forget to be sure that we're in-
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Wear it on vour wrists and your der crud behind, nght? terested in the first place*
check the cover first. Everyone remember to go to the Union and pick up your new school w m

The only bad part about it is j If the scent of vanilla extract

"direcetory", not your directory. To make things even better, apparently a lot of the information neck Spray some in your hair.
when you drain the tub you'll turns your guy on, then let him
inside is also inaccurate. Nice/. Put some behind your knees,
have to think of all the starving wear it. It's not up to you to
behind your* ears, and in your
children in Mongolia who don't broaden the wodd hunger prob-
elbows. Soak your feet in it be-
Wow, a lot of cars seem to be getting booted lately. Now, whose fault is this, really? Are students lem just so that you'll feel like
fore a hot date. Throw your have any milk to drink because
having trouble understanding the very difficult color-coded system that denotes where we are you've wasted i t so that your skin maybe there's a slight chance he'll
"Degree" out the window and
allowed and not allowed to park? Or does Police and Safety need to lighten up a little? Give some can have Vitamin P32, which notice and take interest- The
just smear on some vanilla ex-
poor college students a break? Discuss. makes it .0003% more appeal- starving children in Mongolia
tract instead. Soak your nails in
ing to men. would thank you.
it.
Now if you'll pardon me,

Born of dreams:
There are somefinesalons that Now that I've given you a list
of a few things you can do to Madam Malarky is due for an
for only a few hundred dollars
make the entire male species oatmeal scrub.
will give you a vanilla extract
want you, rve^got^another J^Yum,*?
transfusion. Just think of how
you'll have to batde off the boys thought to entertain. If you read

A wake-up callfor society Artemidorus of Daldis", accord- Chang Tzu, a Chinese philoso-
with that onel last week's article,
You know what else you should men and women are slightly dif-
do? Wash your hair with eggs. ferent.
you know that
Send your
Madam Malarky

passionately burn-
Eggs are full of protein! Ladies... has a man ever ing questions to
Write Truth ing to James R. Lewis, the au- pher of the fourth century B.C.
thor of The Dream Encyclopedia.poses this question: "Was Chang
The top supermodels in the touched your hand and said, Madam_Malarky@yahoo.com.
I ' l r . •• . . , . , , . 11 it
country give their hair egg treat- "My! Your skin is .0003 percent Yesy I do answer real letters, so
ftSThe oldest dream dictionary Tzu dreaming himself the but- ments religiously. All you have softer than it was yesterday! You •, really write-[Come on, you know
Michelle around today ,is said to be the terfly, or was die butterfly dream- to do is go to the fridge, crack took a milk bath, didn't youl I vou! wanna be in the Merciad.
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Beatty papyrus, dating around ing himself ChuangTzu?" result

Letter to the editor:

1350 B.C. ing in the idea of a soul distinct
Past forward and look at from the body and suggesting
Shakespeare's Hamlet,firstpub- rather abstractly a separate spir-
lished in 1623. "To sleep: per- itual world distinct from the

Stevenson
chance to dream: ay, there's the world we consciously perceive.
rub "became a literary testament Chang Tzu's challenge of what
of the agony the human condi- we term the "physical world" has
Some facts about the senior gift
Everyone and everything tion faces when questioning the persisted throughout all of his- As a member of the 2003 se- ty while benefiting future stu- In fact, die class of 2003 gave a
dreams. For at least two or three subconscious possibilities of the tory, and was lingering in the nior class gift committee, I take dents. gift of $8,295 for Alumni Park
hours a night, everything from afterlife. minds of Shakespeare, Einstein, issue not only with Ashley Du- As for the gift of 2002, I with an average gift of $42.54
gnat to cow to human, dreams. It is this unknowing; this Howe, Bohr, Bach, and Kekule Bose's criticism of our senior would hardly call the Mercy and a class participation of 41
What a gnat would dream about, thought that all of eternity could as well. gift, Alumni Park, but of her Cross a "crappy senior gift." £ percent. Independent research
I can't even begin to guess. How- possess hellish dreams, that 1 of liberal arts colleges similar to
Our physical wodd is based on blanket indictment of all senior In fact the cross fetes the Sis -
ever they dream, we dream and Shakespeare calls "the rub" die novel ideas of those who stole gifts in recent years. ters of Mcrcv who endured Mercyhurst shows schools with
we always have. the ideas from their dreams. an average participation rate of
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Dreaming has formed the

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I would like to take this op- many hardships while pursuing
Dreaming traces all the way foundation of much of the MacGregor wrote that "You portunity to set the record their dream of opening a college only 33 percent and an average
back to the beginning of human world today.;Albert Einstein spend about a third of your life straight, § gift of $28. *
to educate young women.
kind, to the beginning of the didn't just come up with his the- asleep. That means that in a The selection of a senior class That Ms. DuBose would flip- As stated above, I would hardly
functioning of die mind. It stems ory on relativity; he dreamt it! lifespan of seventy-five years, gift is not an easy one. pantly diminish the significance call the past three years' offer-
back to die Ancient Egyptians, Elias Howe was able to com- you sleep the equivalent of twen- However, the charge of a of such a heartfelt tribute to ings "piddly little pointless senior
where, according to authors of plete his invention o> the sew- ty-five years." steering and fund raising commit- these same women is to me, per- gifts." Each is a legacy of its own
The Everything Dreams book, ing machine because he dreamt I f we can dream so much while tee comprised of students in the sonally disappointing. design and forever a part of the
Trish and Rob MacGregor, "In he was being attacked by savag- asleep, just imagine what we graduating class, is to make de- Now, concerning the so-called college campus.
a papyrus dream book that dates es with spears remarkably simi- could dream awake. Why is it that cisions they^feel will be in the "giant hunk of granite" known But, truly, if Ms. DuBose is
back nearly fifteen hundred lar to what we now use as sew- our very reality stems from a to most as the "Rock," which disenchanted with the gifts of
best interest of the college com-
vears before the birth of Christ, ing needles, with the eye of die • w

features the college seal and was her predecessors, I challenge her
fantasy world? munity-
certain dream symbols are ex- needle near the point. th
dedicated for the 75 anniver- to put her creativity and her cash
A conscious effort rxeeds to be At Mercyhurst College, we
plained." sary of the college in 2001 — where her mouth is and make
Neils Bohr dreamt that all of made to make changes in the honor the past, celebrate the
Dreams were even believed to the planets were connected by world. You'd think the mind present, and build toward the many students may not even re- 1-ER class gift of 2004 the best
be channels to higher powers in strings circling the sun, and thus could make a contribution, but futures
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ever. Carpe Diem!
alize it won first place in the
ancient Greece. The ancients of developed the theory of the it seems that creativity and in- Alumni Park hits that trifecta. Monument Builders of North -Casey Kilrov
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, movement of electrons. vention originate, not in any It is a mark of respect to those America.£002 Design Contest,
and Rome, believed in dream The author of Jonatbon hiring- form of I.Q, rather a sort of who have dedicated their lives which I believe speaks to its Author's note: All facts can be
incubation in the temples, where, ston Seagull* Richard Bach, dreamtsubconscious luck. to the betterment of the college, quality. obtained in print from past press re-
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Lewis writes, they would "seek the last half of the book eight The Einsteins and Bachs of the gives thanks for the opportunity Ms. DuBose has also claimed leases from the Mercyhurst College
dreams for guidance and even years after he began. past have mastered the ability to to learn in a serene environment, that: "We cannot have big senior Web site as well asfromth office of
for healing." In 1865, Preidrich August bring their dreams into the real and adds to the tradition of beau- gifts because no one contributes/' Institutional Adi ancemenl j.\ >•
The Oneimritica ("The Interpre- Kekule was able to comprehend ; world, but we need to learn to Or

tation of Dreams") is "the larg- the structure of benzene with the bring the real world into our
est and most complete compila- help of a ring-shaped snake in dreams.
tion of dream lore to survive one of his dreams (The chemi- Make an effort to consciously
from the ancient world... writ- cal compound benzene is shaped dream; don't let the REM cycle
ten by a second-century Greek. like a ring). map out our future. WHY?,...

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The road to CVS
A tradition of convenience shopping
grass and puddles for a bag of I -So why do we go?
By Ashley DuBose
Contributing writer
nacho chips. Now where is the
feeling of triumph when you
manage to get back to the dorm
pYTough question^ Wait, let me
think. Is it because of the gi-
ant banner spread over the en-
What to do when politics get juvenile
In die past four years, I've not covered in goo? I'm quitting the country. a trick question." It sounds so
trance like a Mercyhurst adver-
I can do that, right? Hop on a juvenile and defensive.
learned one immutable fact: I'm not just talking about the tising sneeze? No, it's because
plane, fly to the Grand Cayman
ButlCoiddBe Wrong I expected more from Presi-
CVS is a godsend. For those freshmen, though. Come on you we like to.
of us who live on campus, it's smug upperclassmen, 'fess up. Islands, open up an offshore dent Bush. After that statement,
It is a nostalgia thing On the
not just a convenience store; it Everyone goes to CVS, even if bank account and leave this cra- I half-expected him to stick out
way across campus you prob-
is a way of life. zy, mixed up country far, far his tongue and blow a raspberry
they have a car. We go to "save ably end up thinking dungs like,
I remember the first time I money on gas" or to "get some behind? Sounds like a plan.. .and at die press.
Hey, I used to live in that a good one, too. Jaime
went to CVS. It was early in exercise." I believe this country has pur
building" or "Isn't that where
the first term, of course. I had Yeah, right Ashley fell down and looked
I suppose you are wondering Rinne up with a lot from its leaders.
why I want to leave this great We have dealt with a lot of com-
barely eaten any of the Egan The prices there are insane, and
Hall Cafeteria's fine cuisine you know it What ever you save
like a turtle?" Better yet, "Hey,
a willow tree with a bowl cut!"
nation of ours. No, it's not be- W h* promised dignity over the years,
during dinner, and I could not on gas, you spend on the jacked cause the economy is down. I more than we probably should
What better draw then the have full faith that we will bounce
Stomach one more packet of up prices. As for exercise, well, have to deal with. The citizens
possibility that you'll see the back before we descend into a by President Clinton. Now, Clin-
Ramen Noodles microwaved it is a long walk. However, is it of this country have been hu-
hottie from European History very Grapes of Wmth-tsque sce- ton was an eloquent speaker.
in Egan's third floor, depress- long enough to work off all of miliated by stained dresses, bun -
Since the Renaissance, or that nario. No, it's not because die Anyone would seem slightly dim
ingly cheerful kitchenette.! gled elections and make-out ses-
the high carbohydrate, high cal- friend that you haven't seen all Marlins won the World Series. by comparison. sions at political conventions, but
So my friends and I made the orie, no nutritional value;, food- year? On the other hand, you I'm pretty sure thath a sign of I was willing to forgive most I had hoped that our govern-
first of many treks to the out- like products that they sell? also have to worry that you'll the apocalypse and I can't escape of his ineloquence. I was willing ment would never stoop to the
er limits of campus. We trav- I don't think so. end up dodging your ex-room- from that by moving to the Is- to forgive a lot of things out of kindergarten, playground level of
eled through mud and over Despite all of that, you can still mate because you still owe her
# lands. respect for my country's leader, "I don't have to tell vou if I don't
cracked cement, dodged bikes see "Hurstites" stumbling around five bucks.: I ley, it's all part of The reason is that I have fi- but after watching this past week's wanna, so.. .nyah!"
on Briggs and cars on Lewis the isles at all hours of the day the fun. nally, fully realized that our pres- press conference, I was left slack- 65You're welcome to disagree
to finally arrive at our sterile, and night, muttering something Yes, Wal-Mart is cheaper. Yes, ident is a complete moron. jawed and stunned at the man with me, of course. The title of
mass-produced beacon of flo- about Ivil classes and mustard. the early route of the drunk Please. Stop. Your sarcastic who is supposed to be in charge die column is, after all, "But I
rescent light Did I mention that upperclass- bus hits all of the major shop- response to my probably obvi- of this country. could be wrong".
As much as I appreciate the men sometimes drive to CVS? ping areas, but CVS has the When asked by a member of $?So that, gentle reader, is why I
ous-sounding statement is mak-
new walkway, there is nothing It's not like there is any place convenience! It has the memo- ing my head hurt. the press if he would promise am quitting the country. Hope-
like risking a brand new pair cheaper within driving distance, tiu. The fact that it has a liquor I really tried to give President to reduce die number of troops fully, by the time this issue is
of jeans by walking over wet right? store attached to it doesn't hurt Bush the benefit of the doubt that are currently in Iraq within printed, I will be sipping a fruity
for the longest time. So, he wasn't the year, President Bush re- drink with an umbrella in it and
the world's most eloquent speak- sponded that it was "a trick ques- down-playing my American citi-

Ethics: Society's club
By Billy Elliott
Managing Editor
Individuality, self-creation, in-
dependence are all things that we
supposedly want. All attributes
that we strive to achieve. All lies
that we have been led to believe.
Society as a whole doesn't want
us to achieve these attributes. In
fact, it discourages us from real-
izing these goals. If we were to
become individuals 01^.indepen-
dent or anything; along these lines
society wouldn't be able to func-
tion, it couldn't survive. So it
strives to destroy these goals
while still providing the illusion
of them.;
The main way society works
to prevent these goals is through
social conditioning This condi-
tioning occurs in the guise of
moral or ethical systems. Our
moral/ethical system is a meth-
od through which society forces
people to behave and even think
to the extreme.
I How many times have you
heard the Golden Rule preached
to you? You know the old say-
ing, "Do unto others what you
would have them do unto you.*'
In other words <cWould you want
everyone to do this action?
When we look at diis so called
Golden Rule, it is obvious that it
is meant to produce a unified
action and thought in everyone.
Learninglwhat really matters
In doing this it is making it easi-
er for society to not only predict
people's actions but also by ex-
tension control them. This is
what the end result is of our
moral/ethical system.
Included with the ethical sys-
tern is a system of punitive ac-
tions. If an individual doesn't
follow die "accepted" ethical sys-
tem they are punished. This
main goal of punishment is to
try and reinforce the society's
* *
ethical system. It is the painful
things that we remember. So by
linking the moral/ethical system
to a painful punishment system
what society has done is cause
the moral system to almost be
branded into our psyche. The
punishment accomplishes no oth-
er goal but to force individuals
into accepting society's moral
viewpoint
Ethical systems have become
the club of society that brow
beats people into submission. By
forcing people to submit to a
moral/ethical system the society
has forced people to become a
piece of material to be used by
society. They have become a
spare part to be plugged into any
social situation where they are
needed.
0
So why does this happen.
What would be gained by soci-
ety by forcing people to become
almost like herd animals? The
answer is simple and obvious; the
spare time? Who is your role
er. It's OK, We all say stupid tion" and that he wasn't going to
things from time to time. I know answer it
I do. Well, most of my stupid Excuse me, but.. .what? Insert
statements are usually induced perplexed eyebrow raise here.
zenship as much as I possibly
can. I don't want the people of
the Cayman Islands to think that
I will resort to poking and hair-
only goal of society is to survive. by some type of malt beverage, Feel free to correct me here, pulling if I don't like how my
By having this atmosphere of but.. .never-mind. Even Presi- but a simple "I don't know" or crab legs are cooked
placing the society before the dent Bush is allowed a few flubs "I'm not at liberty to say at this You're welcome to come with
individual it allows society to sur- every now and again. This coun- time" would have been far more me, of course. Just don't touch
vive and prosper. Of course, this try was spoiled for eight years satisfying responses than: "That's my Mai Tai.
all occurs at the expense of the
individual.
Society doesn't want an indi-
vidual or a self-created person
on a budget:
because these people are not able
to be plugged into the roles that
society needs. They aren't hap-
More pitfalls of the first year
when and when not to blow the Work-study does not com-
py accepting a menial job; they By Meghan Smith extra cash. • "•£* pensate for the college expens-
don't want to destroy themselves Contributing writer '*•
My friends on the other hand,
'•••
es h^sft ^jSfcnJyhurs£. I'm
for society. With an overabun- they seem to ne&l a little guid- learning that-the hard way. I
dance of this type of people It's 5:45 and I'm absolutely ance. Apparendy it is the trend have seen both my brothers
society can't survive. Is that re- starving. I've had myself hid- on myfloortoget multiple pierc- go though college and I know
ally a terrible thing though. Do den away at my desk for the ings freshmen year, as a right of that it's just a matter of time
we really want to place our fu- past three hours doing work, passage. before I'm mooching every-
ture in the hands of a society and now I find myself wait thing off everyone.
I must have missed the memo
that is willing to use its compo- minute by minute for the clock that said it was important to In fact, it's already started
nent pieces up and toss them to read 6:15. Only I'm the one people are
aside like garbage. spend upwards of $35 dollars per
Why, you may ask? hole placed in my body in my mooching off of. It's crazy
Sure, right now society isn't It's because that's when first year of college. how fast word gets out that
requiring you to sacrifice your- Board Equivalency starts at the Personally, I would rather save someone went to die grocery
self for the so called greater Laker, and I won't have to my money and put it towards store and stocked up. News
good but how long do you think worry about spending any of something a little more impor- like that spreads like wildfire.
it will be before you are thrown my own money on food tant. Something like, new shoes College students always find
.
Sure, I could just go now and for instance,! a way to save a few extra bucks
onto the stone to be sacrificed.
get the same meal, but that Then there's my roommate here and there. Sometimes it's
Eventually it will happen. You'll
would cut into my funds that who's always taking midnight not always legal, but then again
be expected to place aside your
seem to be disappearing at a runs to the Laker for coffee. who said it had to be.
own goals and wants to pick up
steady rate. Somehow, she always convinces I guess I can't really judge
the heavy yoke of society. To be-
The first term isn't even over me it's a great idea. There goes the girls down the hall for us-
come nothing more than a beast
and I've already learned that it ing their extra cash to adorn
of burden forced to carry soci- another two dollars down the
is a bad idea to waste money their bodies. After all it is col-
ety to its next victim without a drain.
on food when it isn't needed. lege and whatever cash you
thought for your own interests. I honestly wouldn't mind
This sometimes means starv- have is yours to do with as you
Society forces us to become the spending the money if I had an
ing myself for an extra hour please. I just happen to like
beasts that march off to slaugh- equal amount coming in through
or two, but in the end it's really mine in my wallet.
ter for the greater good. my paychecks. Unfortunately, the
worth it
trivial amount that gets tossed at I'm just going to remain
I may not have much experi- me every two weeks seems to staring at the clock. It's getting
ence in maintaining a budget, go much more quickly than it
especially in college, but I know came.
closer to 6:15 and I can hear
my stomach rejoicing,
However, if you're one of the

By Emily Crofoot
Arts& Entertainment editor
So, I'm sitting in class one day
and one of my teachers walks
into class in tears. She tells the
entire class about an epiphany
she had due to several near-
death experiences.
After telling us how a tornado
struck her house when she was
younger and collapsed on top of
her, I was awestruck.
My professor then proceeds
to share some of her wisdom
with us which I found to be very
inspiring i 'i
iShe said, "What life is all about
are your family, your friends, and
your happiness. When it comes
down ro it, school is not every-
thing." I would have to say I
completely agree with tins. |
Don't get me wrong, education
is very important and beneficial,
but it is not life. These past few
months while doing some job
searches for next summer, most
employers asked me die follow-
ing questions: if ^ is going so far, good for youl
What do you like to do in your
model and why? What are some
of your extra-curricular activi-
ties that you were part of in
school? What unique qualities do
vou have that will best benefit
our company?
Not once was I asked about
what my GPA was, what my fa-
vorite class was, but about how
my education helped me to be-
come well-rounded, whether it be
hanging out with many different
people, being a part of various i
clubs, playing on sports teams,
or volunteering for a non-profit
organization.
Four out of die five employ-
ers I talked with asked about my
background, my family lite,
where I grew up, and what I
want to do with the rest of my
life. | J and won't make a huge differ-
Thcv wanted to make sure I
was well rounded and happy —
not if I was at the top of my
class, on student government, or
captain of a sports team.
If you're an average student,
and you're genuinely happy with
your life and the way everything
T^ MERCLAD
many college students that wor-
ries about their grades so much
that you don't open your eyes to
the most important aspects of
life, you're missing out.
Look around you and look at
all of the opportunities right in Adam DuShole EditoNn-Chief editormerciad & mercyhurst, edu
front of you. Billy Elliott 'vi Managing Editor prodmerciad© mercyhurst.edu §
Spend time with your family. Kelly Rose Out tine News Editor newsmerciad@ mercyhurst. edu
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Emily Crofoot
it if you get a D which you be- A&E Editor entertainmentmerciad @ mercyhurst. edu
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Don't stress everythuigl Life Copy Editor m
Jess Tobin
goes on and grades do not mat-
ter all that much when you get
Assistant Managing Editor
into the real world. Piotr Wolinski
Personality and attitude are
everything. An A in College Writ-
ing doesn't matter all that much, The Merciad Is the student-produced newspaper of Mercyhurst College. It is
published throughout the schoql year, with the exception of midterms week
ence if you got the A or the B, and finals week. Our office is In the Hlrt Center, room LL114. Our telephone
So after my long list of rants,;
number Is 824-2376.
if you get anything from them,
! just remember what my very wise The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must be signed and
professor told me:
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ARTS &
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Rock music artist overdoses

NOV. 1. Mushroomhead,
Motograter, 40 Below
Slimmer. Phantasy Theatre,
Lake wood, Ohio.
NOV. 1. Barenaked Ladies.
State Theater, Cleveland.
SOLD OUT.
NOV! 1. Chevelle. Agora
Theatre, Cleveland.
NOV. 1. Rick Wakeman.
Rosebud, Pittsburgh.
NOV. 2. Puddle of Mudd.
Odeon, Cleveland.
NOV. 5. Moe. Metropol,
Pittsburgh. 1
NOV. 5. Rickie Lee Jones.
Palace Theater, Greens-
burg, Pa.
NOV 6. Third Eye Blind. J
Odeon, Cleveland.
NOV. 8. G3 '03 with Steve
Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie
Malmsteen. A.J. Palumbo
Theater, Pittsburgh.
NOV. 8. MTV Head-
bangers Ball with Shadows
Pall, Lamb of God,
Killswitch Engage, more.
Agora Theater, Geveland.
NOV. 8,9. DANCE.
'Tlhythm of the Dance. *f
Benedum Center, Pitts-
burgh.
NOV. 8. Pat Metheny Trio.
University of Buffalo,
Buffalo. 1 '$
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Courtney Love accused of illegal possession ofpainkillers
By Lindsay Kezlarian
Contributing writer
Courtney Love, one of the
most eccentric rock music art-
ists, turned herself into the Bev-
erly Hills police on Oct. 28, fol-
lowing a warrant that was alleg-
edly ordered for her arrest
Police reported to the LA dis-
trict attorney's office that
Love had the painkillers hydro-
codone and oxycodone in
her possession following
her overdose earlier this
month.
wShe faces two felony charges
and if found guilty could possi-
bly face three years and eight
months in jail.
'It's not much of a case, if a
case at all/' said William
Genego, Love's criminal lawyer.
"It was literally like three
pills.
'They were not found on her.
She handed them over to the
police that night and she had no
concern in handing them
over because she believed
she had a prescription for
them.
Hopefully we'll get proof of
that, and they'll take that into
account." \ take
Love has had many problems
prior to this incident MTV News
reported that on Oct 2 Love was
arrested for "being under the
influence of a controlled sub-
stance following a window-
smashing incident at her
ex-boyfriend's house in the
early morning hours of
Oct. 2. j#*j
She was found standing in the
facing is the intense custody
batde of her 11-year-old daugh-
ter, Frances Bean (the only child
from Courtney Love's first mar-
riage with die late Nirvana sing-
er, Kurt Cobain), who was tak-
en away due to ^Love's
arrest.
According to the New York
Daily News, "on Oct 10, police
officials from the Los Angeles
County Department of Children
and Family Services (DCFS)
came to place Frances in the care
of Co bain's mother, Wendy
O'Connor."
Love reported that she and
O'Connor shoved and slapped
each other at the Juvenile Court
hearing last week, although
Love's account of the confron-
tation remains unconfirmed.
Love also claims that O'Connor
has limited her access to
Frances.
Authorities ordered Love to
undergo a 72-hour evaluation
at Pasadena's Las Enemas
hospital, due to California's
Welfare Code 5150, that states,
"When any person i is a danger
to others, or to himself or her-
self ... a peace officer ... or
other professional^ person
designated by the county may ...
the person into
custody."
However, a source says that
Love "kept walking and never
entered the rehab center."
Photo courtesy of www googto com. MTV News reports, "Love's
Rock music artist Courtney Love was arrested on Oct. 28 for possession and overdose of long-in-the-works debut solo
the painkillers hydrocoland oxycodone. | album, America1 Sweetheart, was
originally due at the end
she admitted to breaking sever- they noticed that her behavior taken into custody and Love of this month, but£ was
al windows while trying to enter. was demonstrating a person un- then posted $2,500 bond in that recently postponed until Feb.
The resident did not want her to der the influence of an illegal case and was released several i o . " - ' • ' i

NOV 8<J<3G^thJoe -Lgj middle of the street outside his, be arrested but as the police fur- substance. m hours later*/' they said
Satriani, BtevoVai, Yngwie home just before 3 a.m., where ther investigated the situation After these findings she was Another issue the rock star is
Malmsteen. AJ. Palumbo
Theater, State College, Pa.

NOV 8. Cash Brothers.

Rosebud, Pittsburgh.

NOV. 8. Supersuckers,
Until Sunday. Mohawk
Place, Buffalo.!
NOV. 8. Violent Femmes,
Carmaig. Metropol,
Pittsburgh.
NOV. 9. B.B. King. Warner
Theater, Erie. $43.75,
$36.75, $29.75. On sale at
Ticketmaster outlets, Tullio
Arena box office, by office
at 452-4857 or 456-7070,
online at
www.ticketmaster.com.
NOV. 13. Static-X. Odeon,
Cleveland.
NOV. 13. Michael Feinstein
and Jimmy Webb. Lake-
wood Civic Auditorium,
Lakewood Ohio. Note:
Show changed venue from
Akron Civic Theatre,
Akron, Ohio.
NOV. 15. King Diamond-
Metropol, Pittsburgh.
NOV. 16. Finger Eleven?
Odeon, Cleveland.
NOV. 21, Cradle of Filth,
Type O Negative. Agora
Theater, Cleveland.
NOV. 22. Staind, Seven-
dust, Lo-Pro. AJ. Palumbo
Theater, Pittsburgh.
NOV. 22. Rancid, Tiger
Army, Roger Mi ret and the
Destroyers. Metropol,
Pittsburgh.
NOV. 22. Bruce Cockburn.
Rosebud, Pittsburgh.
NOV. 24-25. The Clarks.
Nicks Fat City, Pittsburgh.
NOV. 25. Rusted Root.
Odeon, Cleveland.
i
Hail to the Thief wins back fans m •
another direction of production makes you want to get up and
By Julie Segner .i 1* ii
as they continue to blow away shake what you've got. (One be-
Contributing writer listeners. ing not so much and five being
"For its moments of gravity MTV's the Grind.)
This summer was "blessed" and excellence, "Hail to the Ill also rate this on an "Indy-
with the never-ending music in- Thief" is an arrow pointing to- level" referring to how original,
novations of Radiohead and ward the clearly darker, more underground and non-conform-
their newest release "Hail to the frenetic territory the band have ist the album is.
Thief." * ? ; up to now only poked at curi- (One being completely main-
"Hail to the Thief," released ously," said Chris Ott of stream andfivebeing Elvis Cos-
early this Tune is Radiohead's Pitchforkmedia.com, and with tello glasses are needed to listen
sixth full-length album coming in whom I wholeheartedly agree. to this I)
with 12 tracks and 56 minutes How do I really feel about this 10- Essential, must go out and
of full-out Thorn Yorke croon- album? Well, lemme tell ya* be- buy/listen to NOW ;
ing bliss. Radiohead has also been cause I love id I think that they 9- Amazing, need to own as
on tour since mid-May and plans have managed to really incorpo- soon as possible
to keep going well into Novem- rate their "newly-found" sound 8-Great, should own but ok if
ber, into their trademark roots bet it's burned
This album did not need such ter than thev had on "Amnesi- 7- Good, have heard much
an exhaustive tour schedule, but ac.IJ better though
who's complaining when Radio- I don't think that this album is 6- Fair, has a greater good
head gpes on tour? one you can rock out to in the than bad
Actually, that would be me be- car or sing along with in the 5- Mediocre, doesn't do any-
cause I couldn't afford to shell shower. thing eithe r way 2
out the 60-somc bucks to go see "Hail to the Thief" deserves 4- Below Average, some parts
it, but all those around me who more pointed listening than just
just stink \
did attend have nothing but pure background music to your daily 3- Pretty bad, but have still I
amazement dripping out of their routines. "Hail to the Thief" has heard worse
open mouths.
Photo courtesy ol vvww rovetatiofvecofds com
to be given fair play in rotation
Radiohead's album Hall to the Thief is In stores now. 2- Awful, not a single good
"Hail to the Thief," cleverly with othei Radiohead favorites song Wk 2
tided after the 2002 US. presi- and it will take a while for fans 1- Return CD NOW!
dential election "mis-hap," have combination of front man Any /o^LRadiohead fan can see and the leisurely listener to get
So here it goes: Hail to the
critics nationwide claiming that Yorke's indiscernible moans, the natural progression that has used to. Thief gets an overall rating of
Radiohead isfinallygetting back electronic backdrops, piano and taken place from "Kid A" to Seeing that this is myfirsttime "9,'' a "dance-ability* of "l"and
to their roots. (I wasn't aware all other elements considered "Amnesiac" and now "Hail to the writing for the Merciad I'm go-
an Indy-level of probably "9"
they had been lost?) 'Radiohead/ Thief" j % | ing to explain the rating scale to because although most people
After shocking and possibly "Hail to the Thief? seems to 1 see the future of Radiohead you. know about Radiohead and thev
losing many fans with their have won back the hearts of the and I'm Ukin' it! Has Radiohead 1 will evaluate CDs on an over are on MTV, people can usually
come-back-and-slap -you-in -the - less than-faithful fans with more changed theif sound? Yesl Have all basis in accordance with the only identify songs from OK
face album "Kid A" that followed rockin* songs going back to Ra- they left behind more conserva- scale that will be featured along
Computer and their radio hit
die musical miracle "OK Com- diohead trademark song craft rive fans? Maybe. with every review. I will also rate "Creep."
1
puter, Hail to the Thief" features found on "The Bends." ; But either way, "Hail to the a 'dance-ability level which ' Similar artists: Blur, The Flam-
a more blended and cohesive This view, I feel, is a cop-out. Thiel' has pushed the band in translates into how much it
ing Lips, Oasis, Clinic, Interpol
W h o ! The Art Department
Take parkin the 'walk-about'! m&CTNOW**
W h a t * Will hold it's first ever "walk-about" where all the student artwork from the th
preceding term will be on display for everyone to enjoy and experience. Works will Book^ll people, get 12 trip free.
include pnoto, drawing, figure drawing, crafts, graphic design, illustration, interactive
web design, and 3-D designs. Group discounts for 6
W h e f l • Friday, Nov. 14 from 12 p.m.-3 p.m. Mtww.sprinflbceakctiscoyQisxotn
W h e r e : Zurn basement, first and second floor art studios and display cases, Graphics
Lab in Hirt 100 *
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To contact: entertainmentmerciad@mercyhurst.edu
Shirley's has small townlatmosphere
Restaurant
Review
By Kelsie Smith
Contributing writer
A small town atmosphere in
Erie, Pa., Shirley's Country
Kitchen is laid back. Custom-
ers sear themselves, and the
waitress is informal in a way that
doesn't make you feel like you
are in a restaurant, its more like
Photo courtesy of www.mercyhursi.edu.
you are in your own kitchen.
Kila will be performing at the PAC on Tuesday, Nov. 11. A past Sunday,fiveof us vis-
ited Shidey's for breakfast For
ENTERTAINMENT
rime and then we were ready to
order*
There was quite a selection for
breakfast ($1.69 to $4.99); some
options to choose from, one egg
and toast ($1.69) to steak and
eggs with home fries and toast
($4.99).
The Pig-out Special ($4.99 to
$5.29) consisted of two eggs,
home fries, two pancakes, bacon,
and sausage. For another 30
cents you can get toast
My brother ordered the Big
Breakfast ($3.99 to $4.29). Two
eggs, one pancake, home fries,
and a choice of bacon or sau-
sage, toast can also be added for
an extra 30 cents.
ARTS&
both the pancakes and the
French toast. Three of us or-
dered the short stacks of French
toast ($2.59), all of us enjoyed
our breakfast and were able to
finish our meal.
One person in my party or-
dered the short order of pan-
cakes ($2.39). She found them
filling On a side note, pancakes
and hash browns are not served
after 11:00 a.m. on weekdays.
Next on the menu were ome-
lets ($3.69 to $6.29). There were
choices of your standard cheese
omelet ($3.69) to the Ultimate
omelet ($5.89 to $6.29) which
consists of four eggs, two kinds
of cheese, green peppers, on-
an oatmeal and toast combo
($2.69)4 There are also daily
specials which are located on a
board in the front of the res-
taurant
[^If you are looking for a small
home-like place for breakfast
I recommend Shirley's Coun-
try Kitchen. *
k4 Shidey's also serves a variety
of sandwiches and salads for
lunch; they also have dinners
as well. The only downfall that
1 noticed was that there aren't
separate sections for smoking
and non smoking. I give the
food an A and the restaurant
over all a B.
Shidey's is located on 5924

Kila to perform at the PAC a small family-owned restaurant

By Emily Crofoot
Arts and Entertainment Editor
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 2
p.m. and 8 p.m., "Under the
Sand" will be playing at the PAC.
Marie, a professor of English
literature at a Paris university, has
been happily married to Jean for
25 years. I From the serenity of a formal
During their summer vacation
in the southwest of France, Jean
leaves % Marie sunbathing on the
beach and goes to swim in the
sea. When Marie turns back, she
cannot find lean.
Has he left her? Drowned?
Committed suicide? With no clue
and no body to mourn over,
Marie acts as if her husband is
still alive.
Admission is $5 for adults, $4
for seniors, $4 for youth under
15, and free for Mercyhunjt stu-
dents.
On Friday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m.,
FCila will be performing at the
PAC 0.
To win the Meteor Music
Award for Best Insh Traditional
Act, the band Kfla had to beat
some well-known competition:
The Chieftains, Sharon Shannon
and De Dannan.
But wait a minute - what's so
"traditional" about a band whose
performances include didgen
doo, African djembe drums and
saxophone?
Sure, the ml I can pipes, tin whis-
tles and haunting melodies of
traditional Irish music are here,
but the members of Kila call
what they do "tribal-Celtic."
You'll call it unique, invigorating
and unforgettable.
Admission is $15 for adults,
$12.50 for seniors, $5 for youth
under 15, and $5 for Mercyhurst
students. For more in formation,
visit: www.kila.ie.
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30
p.m., Yamato will be perform-
ing at the PAC. From the city of
Nara, the ancient birthplace of
Japanese culture, comes Waida-
ko Yamato, the drum ensemble
that plays the heartbeat of the
world.
Japanese garden to the power of
Mount Fuji in full eruption, the
11 athletic taiko drummers of
\\ aidako Yamato present an un-
forgettable spectacle of sound
and movement-
It's exhilarating, breathtaking
and utterly remarkable. Erie au-
diences were so mesmerized at
their inaugural PAC perfor-
mance that we had to bring them
back.
Admission is $25 for adults,
$22.50forseniors, $15 for youth
under 15, and $15 for Mercy-
hurst students. For more infor-
mation, visit: www.wadaiko-
yamato.com.
On Wednedasy, Nov. 12, at 2
p.m. and 8 p.m., "Stone Reader"
will be performing at the PAC.
Filmmaker Mark Moskowitz fi-
nally reads a critically acclaimed
novel he bought back in 1972,
and then discovers that both the
book and the author have long
since vanished.
Stone Reader documents
Moskowitz's quest to find out
why. As he solves the mystery,
the twists and turns of the jour-
ney reveal something more - the
singular bond literature can cre-
ate among strangers.
Admission is $5 for adults, $4
for seniors, $4 for youth under
15, and free for Mercyhurst stu-
dents. For more information,
visit* www.stonereader.net.
it was quite busy; however,
there was no wait for a table.
There was plenty of food; he
finished everything exceptforhis
home fries. He enjoyed it thor-
ions, bacon, ham, sausage, and
it's all topped off with mush-
rooms. For an extra 40 cents you
Old French Rd. It's opened
Tuesday thru Friday 6 a.m. to
2 pjn., Saturday and Sundays
The waitress took our drink oughly. Pancakes and French can add home fries. from 6 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and
order immediately, pouring our toast ($2.89 to $1.79) are next Side orders (89 cents to $2.69) closed Mondays.
coffee as soon as we sat down. on the menu. There are choices are also an option. There are For information or to make
The beverages were there in no between tall and short stacks for choices from toast (89 cents) to reservations call 864-9296.
Daniel Hawkins performs at Borders
with him is Nathan Harpst, play-
ing on the keyboard.
It is not just another rock
band, his music is his own and
his persona shines through in his
lyrics and performance. Com-
fortable on stage, he plays off
the audience's energy. His mu-
sic is laid back, smooth and fresh.
His music style is a melodic alt-
rock medley. He holds the audi-
ence's attention between his in-
tricate guitar playing and his rich
voice.
With so many artists, the
themes of life and love either
turn depressing, stale and cli-
ched, but Hawkins gives them a
fresh angle.
His lyrics contain an honesty
that every college-age student
can relate to. Even though he tells
it like it is r his-upbeat rhythms
and optimistic touch to his lyrics
Jody MeHo/Merciad photog raphe r outweigh any negativity.
Daniel Hawkins just released
Daniel Hawkins will be playing at Borders this Friday from 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
his first CD entitled Daniel
Hawkins Live. As the album's
then the company of live mu- only 22 years old but he has his Starter, "Something to Me," is a
By Jill Rutledge sic. own story to tell. He picked up soulful blend, a perfect start to
Contributing writer His mellow, smooth music set the guitar four years ago and has a must have compilation.
the perfect mood for a coffee- been playing every since. The highlight on this disc is a
house. He played a range of He is a self-taught acoustic catchy tune called "At First
If you were Wondering what songs on and off his CD and guitarist and singer, who writes Sight." There is good flow be-
was new with the music scene in aside from his own songs he cov- his own music and lyrics. Com- tween songs and enough variety
Ene, Daniel Hawkins is the one ered Oasis's classic "Wonder- ing from a background of mu- to make it a successful album.
to keep your eye out for. As an wall." By the end of the night sic, it runs in the family and So where can you see him next?
emerging, fresh musician he re- he had the place full with people through his veins. At Borders, off of Interchange
cently performed at Starbucks even sitting on the floor to lis- Currently he is a solo artist. Road, on Friday, Nov. 7 from 7
on State Street. There's no bet- ten., However, he is starting to gath- p.m. to 9 p.m., and the best part
ter way to enjoy a cup of coffee This Erie-based musician is er members for a band. Along is that it's free.

Interested in joining a club? Join

^lUMtt
Eblen Macarl Trio Is offering a free concert on Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m. at Walker Recital Hall.
— — — — — — — — — —
Eblem Macari Trio comes to the 'hurst
The World Music group, Eblen
Macari Trio, will offer a free
concert at Mercyhurst
College's Walker Recital Hall
on Sunday; Nov. 16, at 2:30 p.m.
This Mexican-based trio is part
of a three week tour through-
out Ohio and Pennsylvania as a
part of the International Music
Performing .Arts and Commu-
nities Tout f
Pounded by the Mexican-Leb-
anese composer and guitar play-;
cr Eblen Macari, multi-instru-
mentalist Jesus Yusuf Isa Cue-
vas and percussionist Eblen
Macari Martinez, the Eblen
Macari I no takes their audienc-
es on an acoustic adventure
througl! global musical traditions.
They have performed in Mexi-
co, Central America, United
States, Canada, and Europe.
The trio unites the sound of
contemporary guitar developed
in Latin America with modem
and ancient ethnic sounds from
around the world.
The musicians combine the
creative freedom of jazz, avant-
garde musical languages and a
thousand years of musical tra-
ditions to create original and
unique sounds that honor its di-
verse roots withiri the vast mu-
sical landscapes
Mexican and Middle Eastern
of
music.
The Eblen Macari Trio will
perform as part of a distinctive
COMMON GROUND LABY-
RINTJ1 PROJECT provided by
co-directors, Carol Posch Corn-
stock and Cheryl Lossie of Erie.
The project is both educational
and spiritual.
Circle K! Meetings are she Id every
Monday at 8:30 in the Union. If you
want to j help out in the community,
need to take care of some ^volunteer
hours, or want something extra to
Photo courtesy ofwww.googto.com look good on your resume, this is the
club for you!
Also joining the labyrinth
project will be the liturgical danc-
ers from the Mercyhurst College
dance department who will guide
the participants through the spir-
itual maze.
MERCYHURST STUDENTS (+18)
The labyrinth demonstration
will take place on Monday, Nov.
17 at 8 p.m. on the stage of the
We have Immediate openings in
MaryD'Angelo Performing Arts
Center.
Tickets are free and the show
our c ustomer sales/service dept.
is open to the public, and seats
are limited to four per person $12.50 base/appt.
for the Sunday concert only.
All are welcome to attend the Fun flex. Hrs. around class.
Labyrinth demonstration. Call
the box office at 824-3000 for Work withlother students!
seat reservations and more in-;
formation.
Information provided hy Mmyhwst
Performing Arts Center
PAGE 10
-LAKER
SPORTS
Club hockey has come long way
By Amanda Harnocz
Contributing Writer
Club Hockey is one of the
IF
most popular sports on campus.
This sport should not be con-
fused with regular Division I
hockey.
Both teams are a part of Mer-
cyhurst's hockey program.
However^ many do not know
the difference between the two
hockey teams.
They both have practices, cap-
tains, regular season games, and
coaches.
The only difference is that club
hockey cannot recruit and the
game is played with more hitting
and less finesse.
Usually club hockey can get
away with more, hitting and a
more aggressive game.
Everything but individual
equipment is paid for by the
school, which is more than most
club hockey programs.
All traveling expenses and
league fees are paid for by the
program as well as all ice times.
Also, there is no scholarship
awarded for club hockey al-
though normal financial aid
packages are acceptable.
Men's hockey starts Intramural sports look promising
perfect iniAHA Many intramural sports offer a wide variety of recreation
By Matt Jackson
Contributing Writer
It was a new conference name
but the usual result in confer-
ence play for the Mercyhurst
Laker men's hockey team in a
4-1 victory over Canisius on
Thursday, Oct.3G. < •;
Mercyhurst scored a goal in
every period in the victory.
gThe game was thefirstplayed
in the AHA for the Lakers and'
concluded in Rick Gotkin's
280th career victory as Mercy-
hurst head coach.
Gotkin is now just six wins shy
of becoming Mercyhurst's all-
time leader.
Sophomore goalie Andy
Franck continued his dominant
play this season stopping 29 of
Canisius's 30 shots. He lost his
shutout with just sixteen second
remaining in the contest
Senior forward Adam Tack-
aberry shined for the Lakers
with a pair of power play goals
and also chipped in on an as-
sist.
Tackabcrry opened the scor-
ing for Mercyhurst with his first
power play goal on the night,
seven minutes into the first pe-
riod.
Senior Peter Rynshoven as-
sisted on this goal and would
also go on to assist on Tackab-
erry second power play goal of
die night.
1 The goal would be the only
scored for either team in the
first period to give the Lakers a
1-0 going into thefirstintermis-
sion.
Freshman forward Scott
Champagne then scored his first
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Forwards Shane Relihan and Bobby Spitzer are two key players In this year's squad.
The coach of the club hockey! head of the WMCE Mercyhurst the Ene Youth Hockey Program.
team, Bill Shannon, is involved radio station, and an active teach- Coach Bill Shannon has done
with Mercyhurst in numerous er in the Communication De- wonders for the Mercyhurst
ways. partment. As a native Erie resi-
He is a graduated alumnus, dent, he coached for 12 years at since the!998-1999 season.
goal as a Mercyhurst Laker
midway into the second period
to put the Lakers up 2*0.
David Wrigley assisted on the
goal to score his lone point on
the night.
Champagne had good feelings
about his first goal.
"It felt good to get it out of
the way. Now I can focus on
scoring more goals to help the
team the rest of the way
through the season," said
Champagne.
Junior forward Rich Hansen
scored his first goal of the sea-
son in the second period in an
even strength situation.
Tackaberry recorded his as-
sist on this goal and Senior Pe-
ter Rynshoven chipped in with
one of his three assists on the
nigjht.
Tackaberry not only started
the scoring but then ended it
for the Lakers with his second
power play gpal of the night 53
seconds into the third period.
Rynshoven and Hansen add-
ed points to their stats with as-
sists on the goal.
The win for Mercyhurst im-
proves their overall record to
2-1 and starts them out in a
good way with a 1-0 conference
record. The loss drops Canisius
College to 0-4-3 overall and 0-
2-1 in conference play.
The Lakers will nest compete
against conference aval Army
in a home game to be contest-
ed on Friday, Nov. 7, at 7:30.* j
Army sits one point ahead of
the Lakers in the conference
standings with 3 points and a
1-0-1 record. Mercyhurst de-
feated Army in their last con-
test.
THE MERCI AD
hockey team and organization
By Patrick Martino
Sports Editor
There is one thing that drives
all sports players. Some people
say it is money.
Others might even tell you
fame. But if you were to ask
any one of the numerous intra-
mural athletes they will tell you
that it is love for the game.
Love and pure joy of catching
a football or winging a pass in
ultimate Frisbec is what gets
these players through the every-
day grind.
Intramural sports were devel-
oped to be a source of recre-
ation for all students.
Commitment^leadership, and
friendly competition are the cor-
ners tones for intramurals.
The program consists of many
different sports offered to the
students.
It you don't think you can
catch that winning touchdown
pass, or throw a Pnsbee 30 yards,
you can still get involved. Intra-
mural sports offer basketball,
sand volleyball, coed volleyball.
3-on-3 basketball, weight lifting,
wrestling, coed soccer, and coed
Football trounced by Grand Valley State 51-6
By Ryan Palm
Contributing Writer
The Grand Valley State foot
ball team played nearly perfect
football as they defeated Mer-
cyhurst College 51-6 on Saturn-
day, Nov. 1.
Grand Valley State, also known
as the Lakers, were lightning
quick on offense and played
dominating defense, allowing
only 150 total yards of offense
against them.
Unfortunately, the Mercyhurst
offense was unable to move the
ball on their possession and jun-
ior Jim Schuler punted it away.
Upon getting the ball, GSVUJ
quarterback Jeff Dock complet
ed three straight passes, with di£
final one being a 32-yard touch-
down to receiver Micah Stale v.
Kicker David Hendnx added
the extra point, making the game
7
~°' * *, 1
Following another Schuler crs up by the score of 24-0.
punt, Dock threw for another
touchdown, this time to his halt first hah would give Grand Val-
back Brandon Langston. £
Hendnx again added the extra
point putting his Lakers ahead hurst 48-yard line.
14-0 ; | ;
,; j
After another Schuler punt, the againfindhis halfback Langston
defense stepped up, forcing just as the score would be 31 -0 head*
w
v
Intramural football has been very popular this year.
Softball.
In addition to these sports, the held in eady February.
program runs special events
such as the 5K "Turkey Trot" starting up every term, and
which will be held Saturday at throughout the term.
10 a.m.
Jeff Nowling. Rta Photo
afieldgoal after GVSU had 1st
and goal on the Mercyhurst 5-
yard line.
Mercyhurst freshman quar-
terback Jeff Nowling was
sacked on his own 20-yard line
and fumbled the football which]
was recovered by GYSU's Aaron
Hein at the 27-yard line.
Yet again, Dock made a touch-
down pass to Staley put the Lak-
Schulec's fourth punt in the
ley the ball back on the Mercy*
• *
Pi ye played later Dock would
Katie McAdams/MefDad Photogr apher
when he was named head coach.
Coach Shannon has increased
the amount of games in a regu-
lar season from 17 to 30.*
L Since he has been coaching, his
Also, a 3-point shootout will be
Events and sports are always
All deadlines for rosters are
Corey Banks. File Photo
ing into half time.
On thefirstplay following the
kickoff, Nowling's attempt was
picked off by GVSU cornerback
Phillips. I I i
This time Dock would do it
himself, as he ran it in for a score
from 9 yards out
1 lendnx's extra point made the
score 38-0.
Following a Mercyhurst fum-
ble, Dock threw his fifth touch-
down of the night, this one again
to Staley, his third touchdown
catch of the evening.
I lendrix's kick was no good,
leaving the score 44-0,
The Mercyhurst offense came
alive briefly near the end of the
NOVEMBER 5,2003
team has never failed to make
play-off appearances and have
kept a winning record ;<
In the 99-00 season as well as
the 00-01 season, Shannon has
lead his team to win the League
Championship.
During the 2000-01 season,
Shannon also won the Eastern
Collegiate Hockey. League
(ECHL) Coach oi the Year.
Coach Shannon also has a win-
ning percentage of .669 and has
won 91 out of the 136 total
games played.
So far this year the team has
done well under Coach Shan-
non's lead.?
The team is nationally ranked
in the American Collegiate
Hockey Association (ACHA).
With a record of 1-1 in the
league play, this puts the team in
fourth place in the ECHL.
Overall the club hockey team's
w
record is 1-7.
There is still time to improve
with 22 games left in die season.
fsjThe team's next game will be
on Nov. 7, away against the Uni-
versity of Rochester.
Starting time is 7 p.m. Mercy-
hurst will then have their next
home game on Sunday, Nov. 9
against Lehigh at 2 p.m.
Kaue McAdams^Merciad Photographer
posted on the intramural web-
site located within Lakemet.
Roster sheets can be found at
the Recreation Center front desk
and all students are urged to look
into this great opportunity.
third quartet, as they took ad-
vantage of good field position
andfinallygot deep inside GVSU
territory.?
Quarterback Nowling found
senior wide receiver Brad Th-
ompson for an 8-yard touch-
down, making the score 6-
0. Phil Scanion's extra point at-
tempt was blocked by GVSlft
Phillips. r y | i3
The GVSU offense would go
on to score once more, as fresh-
man running-back Jordan Sop-
er would scamper in from 19-
yards out, making the score 51
6, which is where it would end.
Grand Valley State quarter-
back Jeff Dock had a great
game, going 18-27 for 200 yards
and five touchdowns.
Mercyhurst tight end leff
Theil had yet another solid game,
with three catches for 31-yards.
"The speed of their game with
the rowdy fans of Grand Valley
put us on a whole new level of
college football." said freshman
Corey Banks following the game.
"Sometimes the will to win isn't
enough.'*
I'- GVSU now is 8-1, and 7-1 in
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Ath
letic Conference play.
Mercyhurst fulls to 4-5, and 3-
5 in the GI.IAC
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W o m e n ' s soccer to close against G a n n o n

By Amanda Harnocz
Contributing Writer
The women's soccer season is
coming to an end.
The conclusion of their regu-
lar season will be on Nov. 9.
The game is going to be played
at home. £ extremely important because it
Starting time is 1 p.m.The game
scheduled for Nov. 2 was can-
celled because of field condi-
tions.
The women's record is, before
their final game, 9-5-2 overalLIn
the GL1AC conference the
team's record is 4-1-1.
Although the women's confer-
ence record is not good enough
to get them into the Pinal Four,
the season was a success.
The team's goals at the begin-
ning of the year were to make it
to the Final Four, give 110 per-
cent during practice and games,
to work as a team, have a high
intensity level, and to score 75
goals against the opposition while
allowing only 15 to be scored
against them.
The beginning of the year was
shaky.
The team was starting to learn
to play together.
Freshman Nicole Soroka com-
mented, "In the beginning of the
year we struggled a lot on scor-
ing and playing together.
This was only at the beginning
of the year. At about the sev-
enth or eighth game our passes
were on, we started scoring more
goals. We really played well as a
team, we started listening to each
other more."
As with most sports, commu-
nication is a key factor in soc-
cer.
Goalkeeper, Soroka, also men-
tioned that, "Communication is
is such a key factor to the
game.If one person doesn't com-
municate, it's more likely for a
mistake to happen. One mistake
could mean losing a game."
During practice the soccer
team would work on fundamen-
tals such as passing, endurance
running, andfinishingshots.
More importandy, the team
worked on knowing where each
and every one of the players were
on the field.
They worked on die shape of
their defense and keeping play-
ers in the correct place and po-
sition.
Some of Soroka's personal
goals were to give everything she M««cyPhoto Edrtor
had at practice and during games. Midfielder Finella Annand attempts to head the ball to the net
She said, "I wanted to try and really good team next year. We hurst. together emotionally and athlet- out how I could though, even if
cash in on every opportunity I just have to work at our goals Soroka mentioned that, ically k it meant carrying water botdes.
had" | and want them." ".. .they will be missed, it will be Even though Nicole Soroka It made me feel apart of the
Next years team looks even The Mercyhurst's women's soc- tough to make up for them." was hurt with a shoulder injury team."
mote promising than this years. cer team will be losing three key If the team can find replace- for most of die season she men- Most of the women's season-
If the women's soccer team players for next years season. ment forwards for these senior tioned that, "it was important for al goals were accomplished; this
keeps the same focus and same Senior forward Jessica Mor- leaders and players, the team will me to give the team moral sup- can only lead to bigger and bet-
goals it will produce nothing but gan, senior mid-fielder Sarah Al- be fine and do well. port/' $ ter things for next years team.
wins. exander, and nominated Rhodes The team has a lot of poten- This soccer team isn't based on ^VThe women's soccer team will
Recruitment will have a big Scholar, senior, forward, tial for the future just based on just their athletic ability. have their final regular season
role in next years outcome. Stephanie Roddy will be finish- team attitude. "It was hard for me to sit back game at home on Nov. 9 at lp.m
Soroka said. "We will have a ing their playing time at Mercy- Teamwork will keep the team and just watch. I wanted to help against Gannon.

Women's hockey defeats Bemidji State Gannon defeats vol-

By Matt Jackson
leyball i3-o
Contributing Writer
The Mercyhurst women's
hockey team completed traveled
to Bemidji State and pulled off
a two-game sweep during the
weekend of Oct. 31.
The first game the Lakers
turned in their best offensive
performance of the season thus
far and junior goalie Oesi Clark
was stellar behind the net in an
8-0 rout.
Junior forward Teresa
Marchese-Del Monte scored her
third goal of the season in the
first period to open the scoring
for the Lakers.
The period concluded with a
1-0 edge in favor of the Lakers.
Chrissy Yule scored her first
goal of the season to give the
Lakers a 2-0 lead after two peri-
ods of play.
Mercyhurst would then put die
FiePhoco
Desl Clark.
game away in dominant fashion
scoring six goals in the third pe-
riod.
Lindsay Dellow scored two
goals in the period to give her
three on the season up to that
point
Ashley Pendleton, Lyndsay
Barch, Stefanie Borbeau, and
Samantha Shirley chipped in with
one a piece.
Barch and Shirley's goals were
both their second of the season.
Julia Colizza had two assists in
the period and Samantha Shirl-
ey also chipped in with one to
give her two in the game.
Mercyhurst goalie Desi Clark
stopped the only nine shots that
came her way to record her first
shutout of the season and elev-
enth of her career.
The second game proved to be
a much more competitive con-
test but the final score still end-
ed 3-1 in favor of the Lakers.
Marchese-Del Monte once
again opened the scoring with
her team leading fourth goal of
the season just 3:47 into the first
period.
Senior defender Britney Mill-
ar added a power play goal early
in the second period to give the
Lakers all the scoring they would
need for the win.
Mercyhurst would extend their
lead to 3-0 midway through the
second period off of a goal by
senior forward Lyndsay Barch.
The goal was her third of the
season.
Clark was only five minutes
away from recording her second
straight shutout before giving up
a goal to Carly Napeir of Be-
midji State.
Clarkfinishedwith 30 saves on
the night.
The sweep improves the Lak-
ers overall record on the season
to 4-1-1, while the two losses
drop Bemidji State's record to 1-
6-1. J r
Mercyhurst won the College
Hockey America championship
last season and will begin its de-
fense of the tide next weekend
in a pair of games to be played
at Findlay University.
The games will both be played
a 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sun-
day.
By Amanda Pointer
Contributing Writer
Friday, Oct 31, the Lakers
took on the Gannon Knights |
making this the second time
they've played them this sea*
son.
Mercyhurst came into the
game with high hopes follow-
ing weeks of hard practice and
it'' r .1
preparation for the game.
"We worked hard, we wanted
it/' said sophomore Kclsie
Smith.
The Lakers were motivated by
the previous game, which was
a loss. Round two proved to be
the same.
Mercyhurst fell to Gannon 3-
0 but, not without a
fight
Game one of four didn't go
as the Lakers had planned.
<c
We didn't play to our full
_J"We came out and dominat-
ed It was our game," said Smith.
Gannon proved to have the
same energy in the fourth game
making it a back and forth
match.
The Knights came back and
went head to head with the
Lakers making it a close game
at 26-30. ,
The leading Lakers of the
evening were Jen Barba with
18 kills, Lyndsie Hughes with
16 kills, and sophomore Kari
Gapham with 33 assists.
Clapham also has 1016 assists
so far this season.
Mercyhurst will close this
2003 season when they take on
Ashland and Findlay this week-
end.
The Lakers beat Ashland in
three games last match and
hope to do it again.
Saturday, they will take on
Findlay who they tied for the
conference tide with last year.

Men's soccer gains 2 more wins potential. It was more like a

By Ryan Palm
Contributing Writer
The Mercyhurst men's soccer
team had a very successful week,
earning two wins to boost their ]
record up to 14*3 overall and 3-
1 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate ;j
Athletic Conference play.
The men played their first
game on Thursday Oct. 30, tak-
ing on the Bobcats from West<]
Virginia Wesleyan University.
Junior forward Mike Blythe
scored the first two goals of the
game for Mercyhurst, coming at
11:37 and 17:54. I wood handily, taking a 15-6 ad-
The Lakers looked to be in
control unril Bobcat forward
Michael Page scored late in the
first half to make the game 2-1
at the break.
After just seven minutes of
play in the second half, Page
struck again, with this goal tying
the game at 2.
Not to be deterred, Blythe
scored again, completing the hat.
trick at 64:51. \ ond goal of the season and was
#»•
rhis goal proved to be the
game winner, and was Blythe's
second game winner in as many
games.
The goal was Blythe's 13th
goal of the season, and Blythe's
fifth straight goal for the team
. •
Kolto McAdams/Moraad Photographer
Jason Pedra struggles to maintain possesion.
going back to the game against rius by the score of 4-1.
Salem International on Oct. 25. Mike Blythe continued to be
Mercyhurst junior midfielder on fire, as he scored first at
Justin Wilbanks scored his sec- 18:51. Jjgl
The score remained that way
followed by freshman llmari for nearly forty minutes, until
Niklander who scored his sev- Wilbanks scored off of a Blythe
enth goal of the season. assist.
The team played again on Sat- This made the game 2*0, and
urday, Nov. 1, this rime taking would prove to be the game
on Northwood University. winner. Blythe scored his sec-
The Lakers were again victo- ond goal of the game just two
minutes later, giving the Lakers
some much needed breathing
room. t,
Northwood was able to avoid
the shutout when freshman mid*
fielder Mladen Oroz scored at
75:34.
Mercyhurst senior forward
m
Shane McGuckin countered the
goal with his second goal of the
season ten minutes later.
Mercyhurst junior goalie Mar
ty Ruberry played yet another
outstanding game, allowing just
Water polo ends 1-25
the one goal and making five
saves.
The Lakers outshot North-
vantage.
"These were two really big
games in the region, and with
these two wins we now get to
host-games for the NCAA
playoffs. ,'Wc played well and put
ourselves in the position we want
to be in." junior goalkeeper Ru-
berry said.
"At the end of the year we want
to be playing our best soccer for
the playoffs, and we have been
playing better and better,91 add-
ed Ruberry.
Mercyhurst is off until No-
vember 8, when they will con-
clude their regular season trav-
eling to take on rival Gannon
University at 7 p.m.
warm up game/' said Smith.
The final score of the first
game in the match was 30-23.
"We want to come out tough
to make up for last game," said
Smith. They're a good team
and we plan to give them a
The score in game two good game."
was 30-13.^| f So far this season, the Lady
It was worse than game one Lakers are just warming up.
due to the team morale. li'Tm not ready for the season
Mercyhurst got fired up in to end because I feel like we
game three leaving the score at didn't reach our full
23-30. £ potential yet," said Smith.
(ft The energy was high amongst Mercyhurst look to finish
the fans, the bench, and the play* their season with two wins.
ers on the court
scored a goal apiece in the loss
By Matt Jackson to Navy. Goalie Pat Staab as-
Contributing Writer sisted on both goals and record-
ed ten saves.
The Mercyhurst mens water Senior Ryan Moton scored a
polo team dropped 4 matches pair of goals in the loss to W&J.
while competing in the Southern McHale added a goal for the
Championships held at Bucknell Lakers to conclude their scor-
University held on Sat., Nov. 1, ing in the 17-3 loss.
The loss to Penn State Be-
and Sun., Nov. 2,
The losses extended the Lak- hrend was the closest of the
ers losing streak to 13 games. games for the Lakers on the
They will have to wait undl next weekend with a final score of
season to end the skid as their 12-9.
season has concluded with a 1- The Lakers concluded their
25 record. T season with the 12-1 loss to the
The Lakers were defeated by hands of Salem International.
Navy; Washington & Jefferson, Moton ended his collegiate ca-
Salem International, and Penn St. reer on a good note,, scoring the
Behrend in the weekend's com- Lakers lone goal in the loss.
petition. jS^j Lakers finish one game better
Nate McHale and Kyle Tobul than last year.