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Christmas arrived a few weeks earlyfor approximately 90 Erie children asft*

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerChildren and Mercyhurst students listen intently to the Christmas classic "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

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By Sara SeidleEditor in chief

Each child was given the opportunity to whisper their wishes to O ld.St Nick. \i. p * | J *MSG provides airport \shuttle service for studentsShuttle to run before and after upcom ing break Tuesday, Jan. 1 and Wednesday,Jan. 2, the shuttle will be providingtransportation from the airport tocampus. The pick up point will belocated outside of the airport's bag-gage claim area. The shuttle will bemaking one trip Tuesday at 11 p.m.and four trips Wednesday at:*]2:15p.m., 3: IS p.m., 7 p.m. and 11p.m.According to Lauren Griglak, theMSG representative responsible fororganizing the shuttle schedule, thedeparture times were set in accor-dance with flight schedules providedby the airp ort Griglak added that stu-dents will be receiving informationby e-mail before break about what todo in the case of a delayed flight. Stu-dents can contact Griglak atext. 3189or Cass Shimek. associate dean ofstudent development, atex t 2433 formore information or specific ques-tions regarding the service.

Although it seems as if flying out ofErie International Airport may not bean option for as many Mercyhurststudents once US Airways discontin-ues jet service from the airport,thereare still a number of students that willbe departing for home from the air-port for the upcoming holiday break.To accomodate these students,Mercyhurst Student Government willbe offering a shuttle service to ErieInternational airport.Th e shuttle will be departing fromBaldwin Hall Thursday. Dec. 20 at 2p.m. and 5 p.m. It will run again Fri-day, Dec. 21 with pick-up fromBaldwin Hall at 8 a.m 11 a.m., 2p.m., and 5 p.m.

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerDr. McAndrew, accompanied by junior Kristen Brown, readsTwas the NtghHteforeChristmas."

Mercyhurst College celebratedChristmas on Campus for the 11 thyear Saturday, Dec. 8.A day full of cookies, can dy, crafts,and surprises was complete with avisit from Santa, his elves and a sackfull of toys. Each child received a giftdonated by members Of the Mercy-hurst community.Mercyhurst students worked tomake the day magical by participat-ing as "buddies" to the children*while others dressed as Disney char-acters. Many campus organizationsprovided activites for the childrenthroughout the day.^"Nothing compares to seeing theexpressions on the children's faces.,**said Mercyhurst junior Joe Wiertel,who volunteered as a buddy. "Formany of the children, this is the onlyChristmas they will experience.Knowing that really makes the dayspecial," Wiertel added.Mercyhurst English professor Dr.McAndrew*s annual reciting of theChristmas classic "Twas the NightBefore Christmas." accompanied bycookies andmilk for all, provided theperfect ending to a fun-filled after-noon.

"Lakemef fproposed to make cam puscommunication more efficientBy Sara SeidleEditor in chiefPlans to develop "Lakernet" an in-ternal communications source to ben-efit the college community were pre-sented by Pat Benekos, Mercyhurst*sdirector of information technology,during the M ercyhurst StudentGov-ernment meeting Monday, Dec. 10,2001/V T r * .$Benekos expressed concern thatthere is not a more efficient comm u-nications path among campus groupsand organizations? "Lakernet," asBenekos referred to it, will functionas a means for posting importantmessages, campus events and essen-tial information for the Mercyhurst

community. "Over time, mis w ouldbe the main communication device,"said Benekos. She added that fitwould help eliminate many of the fre-quent paper flyers that students nowreceive in their campus mailboxes.Benekos said Lakernet could beutilized notonly by students and fac-ulty of the college, but by parents thatwould like to be more involved withMercyhurst She made a distinctionbetween the current Mercyhurst website and the proposed Lakernet, sug-gesting that the current site would beused to provide "an overall pictureof the college" to prospective stu-dents or other individuals looking forthat type of information, whereasLakernet would be geared more to-ward the "inner workings" of Mer-cyhurst She said Lakernet would be

more functional than the current website. It would be accessible by wayof the main Mercyhurst web site andavailable to anyone looking formorespecific information about campusorganizations, but would be specifi-cally targeted for campus use.Benekos said "By next fall, we willhopefully have a communicationsnetwork that is useful to the commu-nity of students and faculty at Mer-cyhurst**Benekos asked that MSG considerforming a committee to providetinuous student input for the projectover the next six months. Accordingto Annie DeMeo, MSG secretary,plans for an ad hoc committee dedi-cated to the issue will be finalized atthe weekly student government meet-ing Mondav. Dec. 17.

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PAGE 2 THEMERCIAD DECEMBER 13 2001CAMPUS NEWSLocal colleges unite tocontrol consumption Model UN lands third placeBy Annie DeMeoStaff writerMercyhurst College has joined forceswith Gannon University, EdinboroUniversity, and Penn-State Behrendto work on finding solutions to alco-hol related problems that plague allfour campuses. A grant provided bythe Pennsylvania Liquor ControlBoard (PLCB) has enabled a coali-tion that existed in part about sevenyears ago to resurface, according toMarvin Jones, assistant director ofthe student union, who co-wrote thegrant for the Erie County chapter ofthe Pennsylvania Campus-Commu-nity Coalitions to Prevent Dangerousand Underage Drinking.

The goal of he coalition is to shareinformation amongst the neighboringschools on drug and alcohol policies,according to Montana, a student whois a member of he Healthy LifestylesCommittee, which is an offshoot ofthe coalition and is for members ofthe Mercyhurst community to shareinformation and work out solutionsindependent of the Erie County or-ganization."We have a chance to share infor-mation from every perspective,which is extremely interesting be -cause it gives you a chance to seewhat people in different positions andat different schools think about the

alcohol policy," said Jess M ontana."There are two separate grants,"said Jones. "One is specifically forMercyhurst and the other is for theconsortium of four schools. Bothgroups are funded by the PLCB. Butthe purpose is to create an open lineof communication about problemsrelated to alcohol."There are three specific groups inthe Erie community that the schoolstarget and invite to their monthlymeetings in order to understand theproblem m ore fully. The group meets1with area bar owners, beer distribu-tors, and agencies such as GECAC.The groups have many goals forpreventing dangerous alcohol con-sumption and consumption by under-age students. Some of the events thatare in the works are: sending birth-day cards to students turning 21 withvouchers for dinner or a movie inorder to prevent the "21 shot ritual"and encourage other ways of cel-ebrating, beginning a social norm ingcampaign next year that publicizesthe positive results of a statisticalstudy known as the CORE survey,advocate "keg tagging" which willenable police to track kegs to thepurchaser.

"From my perspective, although thecoalition is young," said Montana, "itis on its way to making an impact onstudents* lives, whether it affects ev-eryone or just one person."

By Megan EbleStaff writerThe Model United Nations teambrought home third place toMercyhurst! The competition thatwon M ercyhurst the title took placeOn Oct. 21 through Oct. 24 at K entState, A shtabula.Model UN is a group of 15 to 20students who participate in debateswhere they represent a country. Theteam is given a position on a particu-lar country and they are responsibleto defend their country, explain theirposition and argue against positionstaken on by other colleges.Kin this debate, the Model UN teamfrom Mercyhurst represented thePublic of Korea, competing againstCase Western Reserve, YoungstownState and other schools.

Five Mercyhurst students earnedindividual commendations: theAward of Superior went to ShawnMahoney, the Award of Excellence

was won by J.J. Bishop, RachelKaverman, Brianna Stratman andQuinn Sullivan.All members on the team enjoycompeting, said Kaverman, and shehas only heard positive feedback.The resurrection of Model UN atMercyhurst was developed by pro-fessors Dr. Rhonda Clark, associateprofessor of history, and Dr. BrianRipley, associate professor o f politi-cal science, five years ago.Clark, who participated in herschool's Model UN as an under-graduate said, "It's a wonderful aca-demic extracurricular activity. It'sdesigned for the students to have funand increase their academic activ-ity." ? |Throughout the last five years,Model UN has participated in eventsall over the U nited States. Last yearthe team traveled to Montreal. Thisyear the team will be making theirway tot he United Nations in NewYork City. ;' X

In addition to the traveling, ModelUN encounters over 1,000 students]during their competitions, givingthem the opportunity to get to nownumerous individuals from a varietyof locations.. "Participating helps you see howAmerica is viewed in the United Na-tions, and it allows you to respect theUnited Nations," said Kaverman.Model UN increases academicstrength, keeping students up to datewith current events.The team decides on countries theyare interested in representing andthen submits those choices to a teamorganizer. After the submissions arereceived from all participants, theteam organizer chooses what coun-tries will be represented by whichcolleges. The organizers then sendthe final decision to debate coordi-nators weeks in advance to the de-bate to ensure preparation.As of now, Model UN has no spe-cific dates for their next competition.

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(U-WIRE) ^VANSTON, 111. AsIllinois and other states discuss pro-found budget cuts as a result of thecontinued economic downturn, pub-lic universities set to lose millions ofdollars in state funding will be chal-lenged to provide a level of qualityeducation on par with private schoolsthat are less affected by the budget-ary process.With financial outlooks bleak for

the upcoming fiscal year, some stateschools have resorted to cutting fac-ulty, raising tuitions and halting con-struction projects as they expectfunding to remain flat or be signifi-cantly slashed.

But as public schools feel the fi-nancial effects of the budget cuts,private universities like N orthwest-ern University may be looking tocapitalize on problems faced by com-petitive state schools. In a Nov. 15interview, University PresidentHenry Bienen said NU will continueto make new faculty hires and eventarget some talented professorswhom public schools can 't afford topay- I '|; ji ||fe"The state universities are going tobe in very, very bad shape," Bienensaid. "One of the most vulnerableplaces now are the state universities,!so it is a good time for us to get somereally good faculty. At the same time,we have to do it selectively. Theworld's changed, and the markets and

economy have been softening foreveryone."While public universities nation-'wide are planning on decreased allo-cations from state legislatures for the2002-03 fiscal year, governors of atleast nine states have told schoolsthey may need to cut their budgetsbetween 1 and 7 percent for the cur-rent year.Other states experiencing budget

But as faculty members leave, classsizes will increase. At the same time,more public schools are discussingtuition hikes to make up for the de-crease in state funding.Jon Fuller, a senior fellow with theNational Association ofIndependentColleges and Universities who moni-tors trends in higher education, saidalthough tuition increases may seemhigh percentage-wise, the actual dol-shortfalls include Florida, which lar amounts are relatively small.I "The dollar difference does n't re-ally change that much, because stateschool tuition is so low compared toprivate schools," Fuller said. "Evenif tuition goes up 20 percent, theamount might not be that large indollar terms."Fuller also said the length of the

carved $106 million out of state)school funding allocations; Arizona,which has approved a 4 percent mid-year cut on all state agencies includ-ing public colleges; and Colorado,which has put $340 million worth ofcampus construction projects at Uni-versity of Colorado on hold.

economic downturn will determinethe possibility of state universitiesfalling behind private schools in re-search, due to less faculty and thedelay of more technologically ad-vanced buildings."If the downturn lasts a long time,it would probably have a compara-tive effect on the abilities of publicschools to improve education againstprivate schools," Fuller said."State schools are obviously morevulnerable," Fuller said. "Private in-stitutions always have greater controlover their budgets and more freedomover the allocations. But it's onlvwhen you have a major downturn instate revenue like this that the advan-tage that private schools have comesto the forefront,"

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The class of 2002 has pressed for-ward with their plans for their seniorgift to the college. Meeting once aweek since the beginning ofthe year,the senior gift committee has decidedon giving the college a seven foot tallMercy cross.The committee, whose membersinclude seniors Megan Verbanick,Annie DeMeo, Billy Byrnes, AaronHayes and J .P. Ratajczak. would likethe cross to become part ofthe court-yard outside the Audrey Hirt Aca-demic Center that is currently underconstruction.The committee has been workingwith other seniors to coordinate thetundraising needed to pay for thecross. According to Megan

Verbanick, "Letters were sent out toseniors along with pledge cards, andwe have already received severaldonations."Another important part of the se-nior gift development has been thecreation of designs by senior art stu-dents Connie Biesei, Kristen Lettsand Elaine Hilfiker."We hope to have drawings ormodels done before break, so we candisplay the idea in Old Main or thelibrary," Verbanick said.The committee also hopes to cre-ate a new tradition with their gift."We would like to have SisterDamien bless it, so students goinglinto the building to take tests couldit " Verbanick explained.The cross itself will be constructed;by Erie City Memorial Company, andwill most likely be made of stone-ware with some type of rock base.

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PAGE 3 THEMERC1AD DECEMBER 13 2001FEATURESM u l t i c u l t u r a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s p r e s e n t u n i q u e c h a l l e n g e sBy Alison SpenserContributing writerIf you are like most people, youknow that making a relationshipwork does not come easy. Some-times the problems can seem end-less. But imagine for a momentmore than those every day problems.A relationship with someone ofanother culture presents new diffi-culties. A relationship of this sort ismuch harder to maintain, but neverlet it be said that it can not be done .

The word "relationship" of course,implies a romantic relationship ofsome sort. Defining multicultural issomewhat m ore difficult. One couldsimply say that a multicultural rela-tionship is dating someone from an-other country, but there are somecountries that have cultures too simi-lar to that of The United States topresent any of those more difficultproblems.For purposes of this article, definemulticultural relationship as beinginvolved with a person from a com-pletely different religion, different

pol i t ica l scheme, basica l ly acompletey different way of life.A multicultural relationship is inmany ways similar to every relation-ship. Honesty, trust, give and takeand endurance are requirements.These things are, if anything, moreimportant here, but there is muchmore that is needed to succeed.The first and one of the most im-portant things to accomplish is tobreak the language barrier. Chancesare that if the person, comes from anon-English speaking country, theirEnglish may not be very good.The best w ay is to develop a per-sonal sign language of some sort forthose occasions when communica-tion breaks down. As you get toknow one another this will becomemore natural and be needed less. Itis also helpful if you learn a fewsimple words in their language.Hello, good-bye and thank you,would be start^Remember that this is your cul-ture and the other person may feeloverwhelmed at times. You musthave patience when they may notact the way they should. Things are

done differently where they comefrom and this may have been a behav-ior that was appropriate in their cul-ture.In many countries around the world,the culture is male dominated. Fromtime to time you may find that theydemonstrate this type of behavior.Don't get angry, but take time to ex-plain it to them. Don't be surprised ifyou need to explain it more than once .You need to understand where theyare coming from or why they do cer-tain things. This is just as importantas the need for them to understandtheir new surroundings. You are withthis person for a reason,* so taking aninterest in their life should be quitenatural.Understanding of theirlifestyle and culture will come alongwith this process of getting to knoweach other. You may find that the easi-est and probably most fun way to startis to experience the food common totheir culture.In most cultures, family is very im-portant and, without the approval offamily, the relationship can go no-where. This is not true in some cases,but you will discover the relevancy of

this in time. But either way, no onewants to make a poor first impres-sion, so before taking that leap tomeet the family make sure you knowhow to act.There will be times when the twocultures conflict with one another. Inthese times it is important to remem-ber your negotiation skills. In manycases, one or the both of you will bewilling to just cast aside the norm,but sometimes it just isn't possible.There is always a way to work aroundthe differences, but it takes brainpower and patience. Reach some sortof compromise, even if it is to keepeach of your norms in place and ac-cept the difference in each other.This occurs many times in regardto religious practices. This isn 'tsomething that most people are will-ing to give up. So, in this case onemust agree to disagree.Take going out as another example.In many countries, men don't courtwomen and going out is rather un-common. In this case, you need tobe patient, yet persistent when ask-ing for those special outings. But alsoaccept spending more time at home.

No matter what culture the personis from, there will always be some-one who feels obligated to tell youwhat you are doing is wrong. Neverlose sight of the relationship and itsimportance to you. What other peoplethink doesn't matter, and for eachperson against you there are two atyour side. If you love someone despite theirdifferences, you will eventually gettired of dealing with them. But if youlove someone because of theiruniqueness it is an entire'y differentstory. Some differences may fade asthe person becomes culturalized.butwill always be unique. The culturewith which they grew u p will alwaysbe there. It has made them who theyare.>Every relationship takes time togrow and developme, but in thesecases it takes much more work andsometimes more time as well. Thereis much more to learn about some-

ifone from another culture, but if youcare for them there is plenty of timeto get to know them. T here is enoughnew knowledge to keep you learn-ing and i nterested for years to come.

Id the spotlight with VerdiMaking Waves

Leslie EchanSenior communication major, Jer-emy Verdi is already making someof his dreams come true. This in-cludes his first CD , which has asound, according to Verdi, like"Matchbox 20 with a little pop."Verdi has been interested in enter-taining since he was in high school.Though most of Mercy hurst knowsVerdi from KHurst Rock and Insom-niac* believe it or not, he didn'twork with TV until he came toMercyhurst.

"I didn't have stage fright and I

felt comfortable performing in frontof people, I w asn't inhibited,"Verdisaid. He's not kidding either infact Verdi has also been in a couple.of movies.He recently completed a role InThe Sum of All Fear,?* inspired by anovel by Tom Clancy, starring BenAffleck and Morgan Freeman. Un-fortunately, the release date of thefilm is still unknown due to in-creased sensitivity concemmgjiherecent World Trade Center attajThe plot of The Sum of All Fearscenters around a terrorist plot to at-tack a stadium filled with SuperBowl fans.Presently, Verdi holds an intern-ship at WICU Channel 12 as a pho-tographer. "I go out and get soundbites for a story. One of the nicethings that I got to do was to take

shots on Presque Isle, 1 also have shotvideo of the Mercyhurst m en's basket-ball games," said Verdi.Verdi is planning on getting his mas-tf^atJNew^prk University in digitalarts for film, specializing in the postproduction aspect of filmmaking, "Iwill be starting in July and working inthe theatre department at NYU work-

ing with the film program ," Verdi said.He will be working alongside DorothyDanner, who happens to be GwynethPaltrow's auntVerdi's all time goal would be towork in Los Angeles or New York Cityand be a part of the film industry. "Itwould make me happy to do either onor behind the scenes," said Verdi.For now, Verdi keeps himself in-volved by putting video pieces to-gether, though he likes every aspect ofti e"television and m ovie indu stry.!

% Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerJeremy Verdi will soon take on N.Y.U. leaving in July to attend schoolwith hopes of working on films, either behind the scenes or on screen.

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In its31th year, Mercyhurst's Annual Christmas on Cam-pus was once again a success. The smiles of each child thatparticipated served as a reminder of the true meaning of theholiday season. Many campus organizations, in the spirit of g iving, arebusy doing their part for charity. Just to name a few, Diver-sity 101 is sponsoring a coat drive and student governmentis working to co llect money for food baskets for the lessfortunate. Th is past Tuesday, Rotaract sponsered a blooddrive. The Mercyhurst campus is now completely illuminatedwith Christmas lights after the tree lighting ceremony Sat-urday night. The carols and hot chocolate made for a fes-tive evening

THE BAD ... The tickets for the Winter Formal, to be held this week-end, sold out Monday afternoon. Hopefully, fresh me nwith plans to takeifull advantage of the extendedvisitation policy managed to get their tickets on time. Saturday's tree lighting ceremony was not very wellattended, just another exam ple of the consistent lack ofstudent attendence at campus events.

warmuncool for all those winter sports fans anxious to hit theslopes.

THE UGLY ...Earlier this week, a natural gas leak happened near 4007and 4009 Briggs. Students were evacuatedfrom heirapartments at 8 a.m. Luckily, this ugly (and smelly)situation was taken care of by the proper authorities. Mercyhurst's term system gives students only twoweeks of Christmas break, a time when we should berelaxing with family rather than watching the days fly byuntil classes resume.-

Advent:Atime of preparation,celebration of ChristmasQuestioning Faith

Fr. Jim Piszk erEach year, we get questions as to whythe chapel is not yet decorated for

" tChristmas, while the rest ofOld Mainis decked out for the upcoming holi-day. Hie answer is quite simple. Thechurch is celebrating the. season ofAdvent, a time of preparation for thecelebration of Christmas.Initially viewed as only a period ofpenance. Advent is now seen as atime of reflection on the coming ofChrist into our lives, now and at theend of time. It is designed to be aperiod of quiet reflection, peaceful-ness and expectation. The purplecolor that is used in the Advent sea-son is supposed to be of a dee p bluehue. representing the darkness of thistime of year and the darkness in ourlives that we believe as Christiansthat only Christ can dispel.The use of the Advent wreath as a

symbol of the season has the samepurposethe appreciation that as theseason progresses, the greater thelight becomes. This culminates in ourcelebration of the light, with all ofits brilliance, born into the world.Ironically, the Advent season hasbecome, in the midst of our society'sobsession with excess, acountercultural sign . The simplicityof theAdvent season stands inoppo-sition to the extended celebration andconsumerexcess of these same days.Advent hopefully reminds us thatthere is another path.There is another way to anticipatethe great celebration of the Incarna-tion. God loved us enough to becomeoneof us, to take on human flesh andexperience thehuman con dition in itsfullness. That, in and of itself, shouldgive us pause; causing us to reflecton the kind of God that we believe inas Christians. The brief season ofAdvent provides us with that oppor-tunity and so much more.May you have a blessed Adventseason.

0Erie: A constant game of catch-upLast Saturday's Erie Daily Times fea-tured an article about how the pro-posed construction of an IM A X the-atre downtown is being halted due tofunding and real estate issues, basi-cally terms Erie government officialsuse in place of saying-"just plaincheap." But I believe that the truereason, given Erie's track record ofnot being with the times since DuranDuran was a Top 40 staple, is thatErie and its governmental hierarchyare destined to keep the city two stepsbehind any current trends.Sure, if someone wants to buildanother Country Fair or grocery store(because Erie is really deprived ofplaces where you can get bargains onHostess cakes and salt licks), we'llwipe out entire demographics forthem. But if we want something likethe 1MAX theatre, something thatmight actually make people think,gasp, that Erie is "co ol" (read: oxy-moron), then plans for that aredropped faster than third period calc.1 was born and raised in Erie,bl inded by the small town feel it pro-vides. I was immune to its faults, untilI went to Florida State for my fresh-man year of college. There, it waslike Las Vegas for the college set:Grocery stores and CVS storesstocked with booze in one aisle andAdvilfor he next day's hang over inthe other, multiplexes whose theatresaren't decorated like some aban-doned room in "Pee Wee's Play-

AndAnother Thing...Phil Pirrello

house," and malls; plural. Nowattending Mercyhurst after recentlycelebrating my twenty-first birthday,I miss all the perks of college life Tal-lahassee provided, wondering justhow happy a birthday could havebeen at FSU. But, I remain semi-sym-pathetic when I hear students say thatthere is nothing to do in Erie. I gottwo words for them: Trans-fer. !Over the past two years, Erie hasmade some sluggish headway to-wards modernizing itself. We havesold our souls to the Eckerd and CVSdrug companies, allowing them tobuild all their stores in our city forsome reason. (At least we'll never runout of Metamucil or Biore pads.)These stores were built in casePennsylvania decides to approve ilegislature which would green lightthe sale of alcohol in the aforemen-tioned places. One can imagine howthe college community would react.I can see the mass of co-eds walkingin some domestic-beer-craving mobdown Lewis toCVS.We are also supposedly getting aStarbucks in downtown. Erie. Now,students pan get their triple mocca-choca-tapioca lattes without feeling

embarrassed by going into the oneinside Barnes and Noble. Yet, evenwith Starbucks making their stop onthe commercially viable bandwagon,one wonders if Erie will still be out-side the winner's circle in this never-ending game ofpop-culture catch-up.From its variety-less radio stationsto its shoppers who walk by ourmall's new (yet old for the rest of thecountry) Abercrombie and Fitch storewith "aw shucks" expressions, Erieis one giant poster child for goingslow in the fast lane, while thinkingthey are indeed leading thepack. Erieconsumers and local Gen-Xers thinkthey arehip because they have a BestBuy in their back yard, or when theyhear that "new" pop-hit that is al-ready four months old in the largermarkets. Erie is like the child whowanders into the middle of a movieand asks: Did 1 miss anything?Erie may be the '73 Gremlin to our'01 Lexus, but that doesn't mean we

have toridebitch-seat the rest of thetrip. Regardless of the things Eriecan't brag about, it can proudly boast(and we can h esitantly accept) thefact that it provides a home for allthose missing the comforts andconveniences of their hometowns.We don't have much, but we havemore than enough to keep us wish-ing, shopping, and contracting formore things to gripe about on a Fri-day night.

M ilitary Trib un als: Blind justice sees light of dayStaff editorialUniversity of Michigan(U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich.The United States has a duty to pro-vide all those accused of crimes withfair trials. The Bush administration'sannouncement that it will ignore ourestablished judicia l system and pros-ecute suspected terrorists in speciallycreated military tribunals is a rash andharmful decision.It is likely that many of the sus-pected ringleaders of the September11 attacks will soon be captured.World opinion is still strongly in sup-port of he United States and now thenext step is to try and convict the ter-rorists in a manner acceptable to theworld.Military tribunals have the powerto deal out death sentences. This ex-treme punishment only requires atwo-thirdsmajority of udges to findthe accused guilty. There is no juryof one's peers; instead the govern-

ment appoints its own m ilitary offic-ers. If the convicted feels that the trailproceeded unfairly; instead of appeal^ing to a higher court, he can onlyappeal to our trigger-happy President,George W. Bush. |The two main arguments for mili-tary tribunals are weak at best. Thefirst is that they will protect juriesfrom retribution for a guilty v erdictThe government should be concernedabout the welfare of jurors bu t pastcases, such as the 1993 World TradeCenter bombing case, have shown noharm in employing juries to dole outharsh punishments.t*Another supposed reason for secrettribunals is to avoid a media frenzythat would provide a w orld stage forthe accused. However, the backlashof closed proceedings is just as wor-risome . The world needs to see a fairtrial carried out, not a kangaroo courtdishing out only guilty verdicts. Al-ready these military tribunals are in-terfering with the ightfulprosecutionof suspected terrorists.

The big question is: What is theBush Administration afraid of? Theyf jsupposecjly have a jyfeatnYbf evidence.Iflinking every terrorist to evil. Theyhave managed to convince an inter-national coalition to attack a country.Surely this amount ofevidence is suf-ficient to convict a few terrorists.There is no reason why our owncourts cannot handle terrorist cases.Not only are they strong enough toendure any threats made againstthem, they provide an appeals processthat all people deserve. To say thatsuspected members of a terroristgroup do not deserve the right to afree trial implies said group's guilt.The U.S. court system is one of themost respected in the world. This re-spect is vital to ensure that no one canaccuse the United States of circum-venting due process. A hastily con-vened secret military tribunal doesnothing to allay fears that the UnitedStates will trample any constitutionalguarantee in its pursuit of its brandof ustice.

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DECEMBER 13 2001 THE MERCIAD PAGE 5OPINIONtJathering around the Christmas treewith all of my family,'*[r Emily Surrena, senior4My family has a traditional Norwe-[an dinner. We have lesfer everyhristmas morning and we usuallypen one present each the day beforeTbristmas."Leslie Smith, senior[My family and I sing Christmas car-Ep and we listen to the story ofJurist's birth.**Katie Resinger, junior

"At the camp where I work at duringthe summer, I get a candle which Ilight on Christmas Eve.'YJane Finn, junior"Over break, I lock myself in thebasement, practice my ping pongskills, and drink some egg nog."[Austin S iewert, sophomore"After Christmas dinner, every yearmy family and I have tea and crum-pets in the old English tradition.":?..William Cosgrave? senior"Celebrating with my family in Ire-

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"In Canada, we have Boxing Day,where we traditionally go shoppingand meet with family."Jen Jeffery, jun ior."We hide a pickle in our Christmastree and if you find it, you get a spe-cial gift" 1 I !' ^Marlene Jenkins, junior"At midnight, on New Year's Eve, wetoast and men we run around the out-side of the house because it is sup-posed to bring good luck for the com-ing newyear ''Jenifer Cole, freshman

"On New Year s Eve, my family al-ways rings these old cast iron bellsthat have been in my family forlong time. Then, on New Year's Daywe eat pork and sour kraut."Julie Segner, junior

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DECEMBER 13. 2001ARTS& THE ME ROAD PAGE 6ENTERTAINMENTT h eBuzzDec 14 ? fc |Blink 182,311, Sum 41 , Adema,Pressure 4-5. CSU ConvocationCenter, Cleveland.Dec. 15"Elvis Lives!!!" featuring KurtNovakowski and Friends. PolishFalcons, Erie. On sale at 899-7545.No comment necessary.Dec 15Kissmas Version 2.0 with O-Town, Nelly Furta do. Palace The-ater, Cleveland., On sale at (800)766-6048 and at www.tickets.conLDec 15Redman, Method Man. AgoraTheatre, Cleveland.Dec : ! 6 \Mer ry M ayhem Tour with OzzyO s b o u r n e , Ro b Z o m b i e ,M u d v a y n e , On e Si de Zero .iHSBC Arena, Buffalo. On sale atTops, www.tickets.com, and byphone at (888) 223-6000.?Dec 17 A e r o s m i t h , Th e Cul t . GundArena, Cleveland. Back from thedead Aerosmith. Seriouslyaren't fhesevguys dead yet? ^ *Jan.4&5 fU.S. Hot Rod Monster; Jam.GundArena, Cleveland.On sale atTScketMaster. I wonder if "Truck-Zilla" will be mere? aJ a n . 10Brian McKnight. Benedum Cen-ter, Pittsburgh. On sale at (412)456-6666. > | Jan. 19 I CHatebreed, Poison the^Wel l ,American Nighi tmare. AgoraBallroom, C levelandJ a n . 27Creed. Gund Arena, Cleveland.On sale Dec. 7 at Ticketmaster.Is anyone else really sick of hear-;ing about these guys? I mean,enough is enough. How manytimes can we hear "With ArmsWide Open** before a psychotic fitsets in? iJ a n . 30Tangerine Dream. M, Pittsburgh.Jan . 31Dark Star Orchestra. M, Pitts-burgh. On sale atwww.ticketweb.com.Jan. 30Alicia Keys. State Theater, Cleve-land. On sale Dec. 7 at (800) 766-6048 and atwww.tickets.com. IHer music is great but someone,please, fix her corn rows!Feb. 13Ki ngs X, M o k e .Pi ttsburg. On salewww.ticketweb.com.

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I Got MyHash PipeWeezerkicked @$$ imClevelaridByAdam DuSholeArts & Entertainment editorIf you don't know what a "ClevelandSteamer*' is, then you haven't heardthe odd combination of sexual, self-effacing and adept guitar playing ofTenacious D. Tenacious D opened forWeezer Saturday, Dec. 8 at theCleveland State University Convo-cation Center.

You were almost sad to see the Te-nacious brothers go. AlmostOnce the pop-punk boys of Weezertake the stage for their opening set,you quickly realize that the two hourcar ride, the $32 tickets, abusive se-curity guards and obnoxious, pot-smoking high school girls two rowsin front ofyou are only minor incon-veniences.On tour to promote their latestmusical endeavor, The Green Album,Weezer opened with a few old favor-ites from Pinker on and The BlueAlbumJgPersonal highlights include theper-formance of "Hash Pipe** and "Un-done.** Unlike many bands, the livesets sounded every bit as excellentas the a1bum"vefsions!^ i^fci'^^WThe climax of the show was theperformance of The Green Album's"Only in Dreams,'* a subtle punk bal-lad. As a blue haze enveloped thestage, hundreds of concert-goersraised their lightersin tribute..

After an exasperating break, filledwith thousands of fans chanting"Weezer! Weezer!," the boys wereback for an encore. Performing theperennial Weezer favorite, "BuddyHolly," bringing the house down intrue punk style.My only real gripe Weezer'soriginal bassist (currently in rehab)was replaced by a some 80s- hair-band-Whitesnake- wannabe (like wewouldn't notice).Plus, just a suggestion, when youdo get a seat behind aforemnetionedhigh school girls, find a new seat.Trust me , you'll save yourselfa head-ache of "Omigod, he is sooo cute!"Also, the band never performed theclassic "El Scorcho" from thePinkerton album. I know, I know,you're saying, "that's crazy talk, no'El Scorcho,* why?" I asked myselfthe same thing, but despite this glar-ing mistake the W eezer concert wasa night to remember. I recommendchecking out Weezer live to seasonedfans and newcomers alike.

Are you an avid concert-goer? Do$du support your local scene? Weft,'why not share your experiences withthe hundreds of music freaks in theMercyhurst community? If you 'reinterested in writing for TheMerciadcall x2376 or drop us a line at[merciad@mercyhurst.edu].Poet brings the(soundsof the city to MercyhurstBy Stacey Ab bottStaff writerThe first annual M erychurst CollegeCreative Writing Contest inconjunc-tion with the 2002 issue of the liter-ary magazine, Lumen kicked off thisyear's season Tuesday, December 5with a performance by poet SeanThomas Dougherty. AS100 prize forone piece of both poetry and fictionsubmitted to Lumen for publicationwill be awarded. The deadline forsubmissions is December 20. M ate-t-r ials can be sent to[mercyhurstlumen@hotmail.com] oron disc in Word format to mailbox479 in the Preston mailroom. Lumenwelcomes short fiction and poetry aswell as photography and illustrations.

This event was organized by En-glish department faculty memberProfessor Jeff Roessner and wasmade possible by an Academic En-richm ent Grant as well as funds fromthe Student Activities Committee.Dougherty currently teaches cre-ative writing at Penn State Behrend.He earned a BA from the UniversityofNew Hampshire and an MFA fromSyracuse University. Dougherty'swork has been met with much criti-cal acclaim, earning him the SyracuseSymposium Poetry Prize, the PinyonPress Poetry Prize as well as beingnamed a two-time finalist for the

Allen Ginsberg Prize. His poetry per-formances have been featured in v ari-ous venues such as Los Angeles' Be-yond the Baroque, the Detroit ArtFestival and the Lollapalooza MusicFestival.Over 80 students and faculty mem-bers turned out to see Dougherty'sunique brand of poetry performedlive. His childhood, which was spentin New York City being raised by hisJewish mother and African-Ameri-can step-father, flavor his works withthe landscape and unique feel of thecity as well as the colors and texturesof inter-racial families and relations.Dougherty's thick raspy voice,tinged with a New York accent, de-livers his words shaped into a sort ofhip-hop cadence. Dougherty's entirebody moves with thearresting, some-times gritty, imagery he presents totheaudience in a captivating, smoothrhythmic manner. Lines like "...awaitress/Who took him home, whorubbed his shoulders until sleep/Be-gan to seep in his lids, undid the rub-ber band from her hair, sleep/Cas-caded from her hair, she curled herhead beneath his chin, a waitress/Whose skin wore the scent of blackcoffee and grits with butt er..." floatinto the listener's ears with a pleas-ant col loquial ichness hat leaves theaudience wanting more.

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By Alison SpencerContributing writerIt looks like a normal Erie cafe fromthe outside, but looks can bedecieving.Step inside the front door. Thesmell of beer and a distant aroma ofchicken wings fill your nostril. TheWarsaw Cafe, on East 24th and Ash,is the most classic "biker ba r" fromthe movies, only slightly morefriendly. It is dark, almost too dark.There is the pool table in the middleof the wooden floor surrounded bypeanut shells. The juke box playsclassical rock and almost eeryone iswearing leather. But walk to the backof the cafe and the smell of chickenwings become stronger and more ap-petizing. In the back is a small din-ing area and kitchen. It is here thatDan Melvin creates, not cooks, Erie'sbest wings."Chicken wings from the Warsawused to be a tradition many years ago.This isn't as true now, but they arestill the best. The same recipe hasbeen passed down along with thebusiness for years. It almost seemsto be ingrained in the wood, it hasalways been bought and sold with thebuilding and the name."The Warsaw Cafe is located on thecentral eastside of Erie. Establishedas a bar stfnetime ititHeMd 1950's,Warsaw Cafe has had several own-ers since then. Dan and his motherbought it eleven years ago. Dan'smother had worked there for tenyears before buying the Warsaw. "Wehaven't done any major renovationssince we bought the place, or at leastto the bar area, but the ownershipismuch more hands on now. The guywho owned it before us was so richhe just owned it for the heck of it."

Although Dan has always been apart of the business, he only startedworking there full time aout fouryears ago. He used to work for Ra-dio Shack before entering the familybusiness, but in 1996 jobs were tight.So Dan made the move from beingemployed to running the family busi-ness. "But Mom will always call theshots, even from the grave!"Dan does admit that the kitchen anddining area is completly differentnow. "But we didn't remodel it be-cause we wanted to. In 1998 therewas a small kitchen fire and a fewminor repairs were necessary." Danlaughs. .The biggest change Dan has seen isa complete customer turn over. "Col-lege kids used to hangout here all thetime until everything is started open-ing up downtown. I have to say thatthe environment has changed som e-what." Dan nods toward the bar.Now there are people of all ageswho line the bar at the W arsaw. Butthey all have one thing in common;their love for motorcycles. "Now allI see is leather and Harley logos inthe bar, bu tback here (in the restau-rant) we get all kinds of people. Theneighbors come in often to pick upfood, but dont's usually stay. We geta lot of sports teams, especially in thesummer we get softball teams. Theylike to come in and celebrate ordrown their defeat."

TicketStubBy Phil PIrrelloOpinion editorFrom the moment the Warner Bros,logo blazes in all its cold steel glory,we know that "Ocean's Eleven,"Steven Soderbergh's narrative-con-vent ions-be-damned opus, is gonnabe a lesson in coolness, an exercisein ease and a film that lives up to itsstyle, but lacks in any expectationsof substance.The Plot: This remake of one ofthe most famous (and worst) filmsmade by Sinatra's "Rat Pack" starsGeorge Clooney as Danny Ocean, acon out on parole who wants to re-enter into his life of crime with a bigscore, three big scores, actually. TheMGM Grand, the Bellagio and theSands casinos' vaults in Las Vegasare all targets for Ocean and his teamof offbeat professionals. Leading theensemblejis Brad Pitt's Rusty, thefront man; Don Cheadle's electron-ics expert; and Linus (a performancewhich earns back Matt Damon'scool), a pick pocket whose fast handsmay save the heist. The caper getsmore complicated as Rusty and thecrew realize Danny is- in it for morethan the SI50 million the vaultscontain. His ex-wife, Tess (an indif-ferent Julia Roberts) is married to theruthless owner of the three casinos,Terry, played with charm ing guile byAndy Garcia.

The Good: This is THE castofthe year. One would think assem-bling such Hollywood heavies andstars onto one set, let alone one film,would be impossible to pull off. Butall the actors, with Clooney leadingand showing cool impassivity, arepicture perfect. Pitt and Damon neverseem to have enough to do, but theirsheer presence and mastering of solittle delivers big. The film's bestscene, with dialogue written by TedGriffith, occurs when Tess andDanny meet for the first time afterhis release from prison. Their banterand comebacks create sparks not seensince Bogart and Bergman's days.

The Bad: "Ocean's" is too self-aware of its cool quotient. It seernsto do just enough to skate by on thegenre's coat tails without steepingoutside its movie realm and into"film-dom." Shame on Soderberghfor following up his Oscar-winning"Traffic" and "Erin Brockovich" withsuch an easy outing. He may haveneeded a break after working back-to-back on his big films last year, butlet's hope the break is over. We allknow Soderbergh can do nothingshort of great. "Ocean's Eleven"serves as a reminder to that fact, andthe fact that even the hottest am ateurin showbiz can make commercializedfun. "Ocean's Eleven" is the mostentertaining film of the year worththe $6.75. But don't expect it to beanything but a shoulda-been-slickerenterprise, comprised of Clooney'shandsome close-ups and the cast'splayful charisma. It has what the"Le-thal Weapon" sequels too frequentlycash in on: actors who look and workgreat together. Let's hope "Elevenis the only number this film seeswhen a money-hungry studio execshouts "sequel

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LAKER SPORTSC l u b h o c k e y t e a m w i n s , l o s e s a n d r l t i e s l o v e r t h e w e e k e n dMackenzie DexterSports editorThe men's club hockey team had abusy weekend defeat ing St*]Bon aventure University 10-5 Fri-day, D ec. 7, losing 3-6 to Kent StateUniversity Saturday, Deo. 8 and play-ing evenly to a 3-3 tie with NiagaraUniversity Sunday, Dee. 9.In Friday night's game, the Lakersdominated St. Bonaventure. Scoringfor the Lakers were junior forwardBrendon LaBoon with three goals,freshman forward Bobby Spitzerwith three also, freshman forwardMatt Krusey with two and seniorforward Chris Lott and sophomoreforward Chris Danna made one goala piece.Although the Lakers led 3-2 goinginto the third period Saturday night,Kent State University scored fourgoals in the final period to handMercyhurst a disapp ointing 3-6 loss.|>Mercyhurst cam e out strongagainstKent State as they scored the firstgoal of the game just 1:53 into thegame. This first goal was scored by

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerJunior defender Larry Woodall hits the puck to Mercyhurst'soffensive end in Saturday's club hockey game against Kent StateUniversity. Mercyhurst lost 3-6.

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerSenior defender Dustin Kerr helps defend the goal from KentState. Senior goalie Nick Lordi looks on.

Krusey and assisted by junior for-wards Rob Garber and LeePenascino. Kent State evened thescore 11:47 in the first period.LaBoon scored Mercyhurst's sec-ond goal with 4:29 left in the firstperiod. Spitzer assisted the play.The game began to get physical asit entered the second period. But,Mercyhurst was able to overcome

the rough play and score again 12:48into the middle period. The goal wasscored by junior forward Matt Coddand assisted by Spitzer to make thescore 3-1 in favor of MercyhurstKent State then scored their secondgoal of the game with 1:20 remain-. ing in the second period to shortenthe lead to 3-2. iThe game continued to be physical

at the start of the third period. KentState only needed 48 seconds intothe final period to tie the game forthe second time. Kent State foundthe back of the net three more timeswithin the next twelve.minutes totake a commanding lead over theLakers. Mercyhurst would pick upthepace after Kent State's final goal,but was unable to score.

Sunda y's game was exciting as theLakers skated to a 3-3 tie i.withNiagara. Garber, Krusey and LaBoonscored the goals for Mercyhurst.The Lakers will return to theMercyhurst Ice Center Sunday, Dec.16as they host St. Bonaventure. Thegame will be sponsored by the ErieOtters, who will be giving awayprizes. It will begin at 4 p.m.W o m e n ' s h o c k e y S w e e p s M e n ' s h o c k e y t e a m d e f e a t s B e n t l e y , r e m a i n s i n f i r s t p l a c eFindlay 4-1 and 3-f ] Mackenzie DexterSports editorRibble gets first career assistMackenzie DexterSports editorThe women's hockey team sweptFindlay this past weekend. TheLadyLakers defeated the Oilers 4-1 Sat-urday night, Dec. 8 and 3-1 Sundayafternoon, Dec. 9.Mercyhurst opened a two-day tripto Findlay, Ohio, with a 4-1 win overthe Oilers Saturday night. The gamewas the first meeting between theteams since Findlay defeatedMercyhurst 2-1 at Findlay last Feb-ruary to win the Great LakesWomen's Hockey Associat ionChampionship.Mercyhurst scored the first goal ofthe game when junior forwardSeanna Murphy scored her secondgoal ofthe season at 11:59 ofthe firstperiod. Murphy was assisted byfreshman forward Lindsay Dellowand junior forward C.J. Ireland onthe play. Freshman forward SaraMcDonald put the Lady Lakers ahead2-0 with her fifth goal ofthe season18:32 in the first period. Mercyhurstjunior goalie Tiffany Ribb le assistedon the score, her first career assist,along with junior defender RandiPilger, *Sophom ore forward Lindsay Barch

made it 3-0 for Mercyhurst with herunassisted goal on a power play at1:04 of the second period. Findlaythen took a timeout and changedtheir goalie. Ten minutes later,Findlay scored their first and onlytally of the game on a power play.Dellow concluded the scoring withan unassisted goal at 13:41 of thethird period for the 4-1 Mercyhurstwin.The Lady Lakers outshot Findlay

30-19. Kibble picked up the win in Igoal stopping 18 shots.The Lady Lakers played withoutthe services of junior forwardsSeanna Murphy and Tracy Logan inSunday afternoon' s m atch-up againstFindlay, both of whom were hurt inSaturday's game. D espite the inju-ries, Mercyhurst got on the boardfirst when junior defender JenniferJeffrey scored her second goal oftheseason at 7:54 of the first period,assisted by freshman forward ChrissyYule. I | $ -Dellow put the Lakers ahead 2-0with her fourth goal of the season,and second in as many games, at1:24 ofthe second period. Freshmandefender Rachelle Haight assistedDellow on the play. Freshman for-ward Sara McDonald made it 3-0with her sixth goal of the year justnine seconds into the final period.McDonald got the assists fromsophomore forward Britney Millarand Yule.Findlay averted the shutout scoringat 1:06 ofthe third period. Mercyhurstoutshot Findlay 25-20. R ibble pickedup her ninth win ofthe season mak-ing 19 saves.The Lady Lakers are now unbeatenin their last eight games (7-0-1) andare now 11-5-1 overall and 9-2-1 inthe GLWHA. Mercyhurst is ranked10th nationally in both the USAToday/American Hockey Magazineand the USCHO.com polls. \Mercvhurst will return to Minne-sota next weekend for back-to-backgames against St. Cloud State. TheLakers will then be off until the newyear when they resume with homegames against Colgate Saturday. Jan.5, and Sunday, Jan. 6. Both gamesstart at 2 p.m.

The men's hockey team defeatedBentley twice this past weekend toremain unbeaten in the M^ACHockey League. The Lakers defeatedthe Falcons 4-2 Friday and 3-1 Sat-urday.Junior forward*Adam Riversscoredjust 47 seconds into the game,assisted by sen ior forwardBrad Olsenand junior forward Marty Rychley,giving the Lakers the early 1-0 leadFriday at Bentley. Sophomore for-ward Peter Rynshoven scored thesecond goal for Mercyhurst in thesecond period assisted by senior for-ward Louis Goulet and junior de-

fender Mike Muldoon. Rynshovenscored his second of the game al-most three minutes later on a powerplay. Bentley then scored their firstgoal with only 2:45 left in the secondperiods Senior idefender.MarcVarteressian added his first careergoal'2:46 into the third period.Bentley finished the scoring?withfour minutes left in the third periodmaking the score 4-2 in favor oftheLakers. Senior Peter Aubry playedall 60 minutes in goal for Mercyhurstmaking 31 saves. The Lakers outshotthe Falcons 45-33.In Saturday's game, Bentley scoredfirst 10:06 into the second period totake the 1 -0 lead. Mercyhurst quicklyretaliated and tied the contest on a

goal scored by Goulet at 12:21 as-sisted by sophomore forward MikeCarter. Rivers then scored a power-play goal at 15:31 assisted byMuldoon and Goulet. There was nofurther^coring until 13:05 of thethird period as Olsen scored short-handed for the victory. Bentleyoutshot the Lakers 38-18. Aubrystopped 37 shots. Mercyhurst de-feated Bentley for the third time thisseason and now leads the overallseries 9-2-1.4The Lakers are in firstplace in the MAAC with an 8-0-2record and are 9-5-2 overall.The Lakers are off until Friday,Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan. 5. whenthey travel to Clarkson for a pair ofindependent game?.Men's basketball falls 79-66 to GVSU, defeats Ferris Sta te 67-55

Stacev AbbottvStaff writerThe men's basketball team suffereda disappointing loss to Grand ValleyState Thursday, Dec. 6 with a scoreof 79-66. '"This game marked Mercyhurst'sfirst conference opener. The win waswell within reach at several points inthe game. Hurst led the game athalftime shooting 63 percent fromthe field and tallying 39 points toGVSU's 34. The Lakers could notkeep their momentum and eventu-ally gave way to a 27-12 scoring runby GVSU during the first ten min-

utes of the second half. This streakallowed GVSU to take a 61 -51 leadthat they would hold onto for theremainder of the game. Sophomoreforward Josh Helm had 23 pointswhile junior forward Scott Mellehad 18. Helm and Melle also com-bined for18 of Mercyhurst's 28 totalrebounds. GVSU leads the all-timeseries between these two teams atthe 8-2 mark.A contest with Ferris State Satur-day, Dec. 8 proved to be more suc-cessful for the Lakers. The squadrecorded their fifth win in sevengames with a score of 67-55.Both teams exchanged the lead

throughout. Ferris State led at half-time with a score of 28-25. Theywere also ahead 41-40 with 11:20remaining. Mercyhurst took the leadby breaking out with a 17-3 scoringrun to take the lead at 57-44, andeventually clenched the win at 67-55. Helm led the scoring effort with20 points and 8 rebounds. Sopho-more guard Justin Shouse chipped in17points toward the win.The team will be one of fourteenteams participating in theHigh DesertClassic Tournament this weekend inLas Vegas. Mercyhurst takes onBellarmine Saturday, Dec. 15 andSt. Mary's Sunday, Dec. 16.

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PAGE 8 THEMERCIAD DECEMBER 13. 2001LAKERSPORTSWrestlingiwins first match at Mercyhurst IMackenzie DexterSports editorThe men's wrestling team recordeditsfirst-everdual victory W ednesday,Dec. 5, with a 35-10 victory over vis-iting Thiel College. The contest wasthe first wrestling match to take placeat Mercyhurst.The Lakers got wins ro m reshm enAngelo Caponi at heavyweight, MikeShumac at 133, Jake Squire at 141,Cory King at 157, Jared Snyder at174 and Justin Mautz at 197. Bothfreshmen Ed Palchak and BenMcAvinew won by forfeit at 165 and184, respectively.Caponi won his match 7-5 for threepoints to begin the scoring forMercyhurst. Freshman Jon Pecorithen wrestled for the 125 weight classlosing to his opponent 10-2 makingthe score 4-3 in favor of Thiel.Shumac pinned his opponent withjust 1:05 left in the third period g iv-ing the Lakers a 9-4 lead. Squire wonhis match with a 14-3 major decisionto increase Mercyhurst's lead to 13-4. Freshman Aaron Rowe started forthe Lakers in the 149 weight class.Rowe seemed to have the edge on hisThiel counterpart until the third pe-riod. He had the 5-3 lead going intothe final period, but was taken downand then struggled for the last minutebefore being pinned with just fiveseconds-remaining.'Mercyhurst'slead was then cut toU3-10. WithKing's 5-4 win and Palchak's win byforfeit, the Lakers took a command-ing 22-10 lead. Snyder then domi-nated his contest and won with a 13-4 major decision.- McAvinew;thenwonby forfeit and the Lakers led 32-10. Mautz won his match 7-2 givingMercyhurst three more points for the35-10. * "

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerMike Shumac wrestles his Thiel counterpart to the ground.Shumac pinned his opponent in the third period. Shumac's wingave Mercyhurst a 9-4 lead.

t. Annie Sitter/MerciadphotographerJon Pecori wrestles Thiel opponent at 125 in the MercyhurstAthletic Center. Pecori osthis contest 10-2.Before the match, two Mercyhurstwrestlers competed in exhibitionmatches. Freshman Jim Piferwrestled for the 149 weight class inhis m atch. Although Pifer started outwell, he ended up losing 7-14. In the

second exhibition contest, freshmanChris Troskosky wrestled at heavy-weight and won 3-1.The Mercyhurst wrestling teamwent; 1-1 Sunday, December 9, de-feating American University 31-13

and losing 41-3 to Kent State at theKent State Duals.Freshman Ryan Finn won by pinin the 133 classfat 3:15,^givingMercyhurst the early 6-0 lead againstAmerican University. Pifer won byforfeit at 141 increasing the Lakerlead to 12-0. Squire was pinned inhis contest at 4:02 for the 149 class.Mercyhurst led 12-6. Rowe won his157 class match 6-3 adding threepoints to make the score 15-6 in fa-vor of Mercyhurst. Freshman An-thony Fera lost by decision 6-3 at 167to decrease the lead to 15-9. Snyderlost a major decision 13-3 at 174 tomake the match a close 15-13.McAvinew then won a major deci-sion 15-5 at 184 for a Mercyhurst 19-13 lead. Mautz won by forfeit at 197to increase the Laker lead to 25-13.At heavyweight, Caponi won 6-1.Mercyhurst led 28-13. Pecori scoredthe final points for Mercyhurst as hewon his match 13-9 at 125.Mercyhurst won 31-13.

Mautz earned Mercyhurst's onlywin against the Division I host team,Kent State, scoring 8-3 at 197. Finnlost 10-3 at 133, Squire lost 6-0 at141 and Rowe lost 5-4 at 149. Ferawas then pinned 4:11 into his con-test at 157. Mercyhurst forfeited the165 class. Snyder lost 17-1 at 174 andMcAvinew lost 2-1 at 184. Caponiand Pecori were both pinned in theircontests. Caponi was pinned in just48 seconds at heavyweight; whilePecori wrestled 2:16 before beingpinned at 125.The Lakers will visit Gannon Sat-urday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. and thenhost Ashland Wednesday, Dec. 19 at7 p.m. in the MAC. Mercyhurst willthen take some time off until theyvisit the University of Indianapolisto compete in the Midwest ClassicFriday, Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan 5.

Author Feinstein visits Eriei _

ackenzie Dexterports editor?John Feinstein, author of books ACivil War: Army vs. Navy, A GoodWalkSpoiled, A Season on the Brinkand Hard Courts and writer for In-side Sports, GolfMagazine, TennisMagazine and Basketball America,recently came to Brie. I had thechance to listen to his ideas and opin-ions on current sports issues.He first discussed how the Sept11 tragedy has affected'sports. Hesaid he hopes people w ill finally re-alize that sports are just games.fe* 4We need to see sports in a differ-ent perspective now. We shouldn'tsee the opponent as an enemy any-more. We now know who the enemyis," Feinstein said. **I hope that ourwording changes when we talk aboutsports too. We shouldn't be describ-ing sports so badly."He then went on to discuss the

Injuries plague the Lady Lakers

changing economics of baseball withthe elimination of two teams, mostlikely the Minnesota Twins andMontreal Expos.**I think that the players union willfight mis. They will stay united. Min-neapolis has a big tradition for base-

ball. Children grew up as Twins fans.They drew three million fans before!anyone else did," Feinstein men-tioned. He said that all leagues haveoverexpanded, but he doesn't thinkmaking franchises go away is the an-swer. "We need to deal with eco-nomic problems."The next topic was golf. Feinstein!commented that golfers are stillmaking less money than players inother sports, with the exception ofTiger Woods. He also said there area couple of hings people don't knowabout golf. 1"First of all, top players demandmoney to ust show up . Second, fansalways think that if they don't seeTiger Woods or Davis Love 111 thenit's not a real tournament. There aresome good players elsewhere, espe-cially at the college level." 1After listening to his thoughts anopinions for half an hour, 1 realizethat John Feinstein really knows hisports. He could probably tell youany fact you wished to know aboutsports off-hand. H e is a very knowl-edgeable man about the sports world.So, if you ever get a chance to read)one of his books or articles, do itYou won't regret it

Stacey AbbottStaff writerWith junior forward Jackie Donahue,sophomore guard Caroline McGrath,sophomore forward Meghan Kist andfreshman guard Cassie Seth watch-ing from th e sidelines due to injuries,the Lady Lakers were defeated byGrand Valley State Thursday, Dec. 6in the women's basketball team's firstGLIAC contest this season.GVSU's 28-9 lead with 6:34 re-maining in the first half leftMercyhurst looking rather deflated.The Lady Lakers rallied in a gameof catch-up to cut their deficit to fivewith a score of32-27 before halftime.

The second half was a continuationof heir rally,making GVSU work forevery point.Mercyhurst only trailed by onepoint with 15:48 remaining in thegame. But, GVSU managed to scorethe next 12 points, unanswered byMercyhurst, and would dominate forthe rest of the game.Highlights of the game included 18points tallied by sophomore forward[Crista Ross with freshman forwardJody Sabo stepping up off the benchto add 14. Senior center Krista Usheralso added 10 points in the losing

effort. M ercyhurst was outreboundedby Grand Valley State by a 47-37 dif-ference. GVSU also registered elevensteals.The Lady Lakers were met withanother disappointing loss Saturday,Dec. 8 as they fell to Ferris State bya score of 90-69.Mercyhurst trailed by only eightpoints at the half with a score of 43-35 . The win still remained withinreach at the 17:00 marks withMercyhurst behind only seven pointswith 47-40 showing on thescoreboard. The Bulldogs eventuallydid take command, however, scoringtwelve unanswered points to add totheir winning effort. 4Contributing to the cause wereUsher leading the team with 17points, as well as Ross with 14 points.Both senior guard Jodie Maxim andSabo each chipped in 10.The loss to Ferris State was enduredagain without the services of Seth,Donahue, McGrath and Kist whocontinue to remain sidelined due toinjuries.The Lady Lakers will take sometime off in preparation for their homecourt match-up with the College ofSaint Rose Thursday, Dec. 6 in theMAC at 6 p.m.

lUpcomingHurs t Spor t sI Men's hockey

The men's hockey team is off untilthe new year when they will travelto Clarkson for apair of ndependentgames. Both games begin at 7 p.m.

I Women's hockeyThis weekend the women's hockeyteam will travel to Minnesota to playSt. Cloud State. The Lady Lakerswill play Friday at 4 p.m. and Satur-day at 2 p.m. Mercyhurst will thenbe off until the new year when theyresume with home games in theMercyhurst Ice Center againstColgate Saturday, Jan. 5 and Sunday,Jan. 6. Both games are due to startat 2 p.m. Sunday's game againstColgate will be televised.

\ JVIen's basketballThe men's basketball team willtravel to Las Vegas, Nevada thisweekend to participate in the four-keen-team High Desert Classic. TheLakers will play two new opponents.They take on K entucky's BellarmineSaturday and St. Mary's UniversityofTexas Sunday. Both games beginit 5:30 p.m. The Lakers w ill returnto host four home games. RobertsWesleyan will visit, the MAC at 8p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 . In the newyear, Mercyhurst will host Lake Su-perior State Thursday, Jan/3 at 8p.m., Northern Michigan Saturday,Jan. 5 at 3 p.m . and Michigan TechFriday, Jan. 7 at 8 p .m. The gamesagainst Lake Superior State andMichigan Tech will be televised.

J Women's basketballThe women's basketball team willhost the College of St. Rose Thurs-day, Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. TheLady Lak-ers will then participate in the SaintRose Tournament Dec. 28, 29 and(0. The first game of he tournamentwill feature Mercyhurst against NewHaven Friday, Dec. 28 at 3 p.m. The-ady Lakers will then host Lake Su-perior State Thursday, Jan. 3 at 6p.m., Northern Michigan Saturday,Jan. 5 at 1 p.m. and M ichigan TechFriday, Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. The gamesagainst Lake Superior State andMichigan Tech will be televised.

WrestlingThe men's wrestling team visitsGannon University Saturday, Dec.15 at 7:30 p.m. and return to theMercyhurst Athletic Center to takeon Ashland University Wednesday,Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. The Lakers willthen participate in the Midwest Clas-sic at the University of IndianapolisFriday, Jan. 4 and Saturday, Jan. 5.J Club hockeyThe Erie Otters will sponsor theclubhockey team's game this' Sunday,Dec. 16 as the Lakers host St.Bonaventure at 4 p.m. in theMercyhurst Ice Center. Free prizeswill be given away!