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At 7 p jn. Wednesday, Feb. 19 ,six senior Engl ish majors and oneminor presented their seniorprojects in the Mercyhurst Heri-tage Room, formerly SullivanHalL The presentations lasted alittle more thin an hour. Englishfaculty mem bers, students, friendsand family of the presenters cam eout to show their supportSophomore English major KariRepealling,wh o attended the pre-sentations, said , "It's going to be ahard act to follow. It was helpfulto watch in order to become pre-pared for the future," she said.Barry McAndrew, a professorin the English department, intro-duced and explained the present-ing process to the nearly'thirtypeople in the audience. After theColloquy Task Force Report

By Mike OppennanMerciad ColumnistThis week, Dr. Joseph Grower,vice president of academic af-fairs, revealed the findings of the

Colloquy Task Force Report Oneof three task forces designed tocomplete the final document of anew core curriculum, the Collo-quy Task Force established theprojected parameters of the Fresh-man Program. W hen, the fin aldocument is ready, it will be pre-sented to Dr.Garvey, the studentsand the fa culty.According to Gower, the short-age of available classroom spaceprevents implementation of thefreshman small group meetings.He said, "we arc notable to com -mit at all t o small groups for verypractical reasons." Il l esc meet-ings were constructed to providefreshman students with individu-alized attention. Instead, th eFreshman Program will be lim-ited to large group meetings.TTie Exp erience Learningponent of the College Colloquyhas not been addressed. T his por-tion of the program would requirea combination of service hoursand attendance at cultural eventsfo r th e matriculation o f aMercy hurst student Gower dis-closed that there were problems

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with record keeping. It is be-lieved tha t this would need to bedone electronically. There is noprovisionfor h s transition at thepresent time.There i s no projectedimplementation date for either thesmall group meetings or the Ex-perience Learning program.Gower said, "we will not be mov-ing forward for next year's class."Gower hopes, however, that thela rge group plan will be ready forthe coming academic year.Eight topics presented at eightlarge, group meetings over thecourse of the year will "assiststudents in the transition to col-lege life," according to Gower.Each session will last approxi-

I mately one hour. Four sessionswill be held during the fall termand tw o sessions each will bepresented in the winte r and springterms. Topics to be Included are:Mercy hurst College and Tradi-tion; How to be a Student andStudent Skills; Scheduling andRegistration; Information Tech-nologies; Choosing a Major,Grading an d QPA; AcademicHonesty; Student Life an dWellness Issues; and ExperienceI Learning and Volunteerism. TheI order of these topics has not yetbeen determined. 5 ? I I I

initial introduction, McAndrewalso gave a brief introductionbefore each presenter read her/hisproject The presentation was alsofollowed by a briefreception withrefreshments.The presenters included Engl ishEducation majors Heidie Bock,who presented her study of thecha racter narrator d evelo pment inthe stories of Sara Orne Jewett,and Rosalia Ciminella, wh o pre-sented an analysis of the protago-nist in Stephen Crane's Redpad geanaF.qglish Education major AlanaMatochik presented her research

entitled, "A micro case study onthe differences in male and fe-male writing attitudesthe high school and college lev-e ls ." Matochik distributedquestionnaires to students in orderto assess how frequently theywrite, what they prefer to writeabout and their perceptions withregards to gender and writing abil-

Mindi McDowell, an Englishmajor with a creative writing con-centration read from her shortstory "Intrigue." Creative writingminor Michael Kisiel read an ex - Icerpt from his work "Solitaire"which explored existentialistthemes such aa the alienation ofthe ind ividual fin contemporary

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ity. Englmajors wh o chose to focus oncreative writing projects insteadof analytical essays and wh o pre-sented an excerpts from their sto-ries along with their reasons andinfluences for such a project

|cty."I tried the best I could not toshock too many people. The se-lection I chose to read was moredramatic than graphic," Kisielsaid.Two other English majors withcreative writing concentrationsNicole Ponstingle and AmberPeelman, both read from selec-tions of their poetry and disc ussedtheir influences and die reasonsfor their projects.Peelman, who cited HarlemRenaissance poet Langs tonHughes as a major source of in-spiration, read four poems in clud-ing the poignant "A Woman La-menting" which dealt with theissue of abortion. Another workentitled "Costume Jewelry11 hu -morously portrayed the end of aromance.

Peelman said.According to Sister LiMcCartney, the chair ofglish department, this isyear that those participthe project were gatherclass setting once a weekstudents worked indepwith instructors and gathweek before graduation| their individual preseThis year, th e studenteamed up with a facultybut the department alsotogether as a team, Msaid.L- Another change institb*year was that die promoved u p to winter termyears, the project was dospring. The deadlines werup, according to McCartway to alleviate some o f tsure on students, but a 1 sto help improve the qualityin the projects, ^ j p ^McCartney said tha t shemat doing the presentatilier produced "better resu"It was a wonderful imment over past years. Tdents exhibited more ser"This presentation was by nomeans the pinnacle of my career,

but it was a hell of a good time,"and professionalsentalions," sh e

Freshman representative Jen Novak (r.) serves co fM to Brian McCarthy, who bought her for $the MSG Auction last Thursday ni ght Photo: Aaron Connell f B I f

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A " F e w G o o d P e r s o n s " N e e d e d f o r l i b r a r y A u t o m a t i o n P r o jBy Shannon HaganContributing Writer

Monday, Feb. 3, saw the inau-guration of a landmark event forthe H a mm enn il1 Library with diesigning of he library automationcontra ct between Mercy hurst andthe library computerization ser-vice. Innovative Interfaces. Dr.Ga rvey officially initiated the ear-liest phase of the automationproject by bar coding the firstvolume ro m hecollection ofover1 million books, bringing the li-brary one step closer to its goal ofcomplete automation bv fall termof next year.According to Library D ean, Dr.Roy Strausbaugh, bar coding isoneof themost important phasesof the project, as it allows forimminent management o f mate-rials by computer, which is a greatimprovement over the present in*ventory control system of cardcatalogues and metal-tagged li-brary cards. By early summer the*'shelf card bar codes "will be -scanned and electronically linkedwith catalogue information mathasbeen previously downloadedinto a computer database in Ohio.This linking of materials and in-formation will ultima tely be avail-able for patrons la the fall viacomputer.The new system will allow forthe immediate access of informs-tion on materials hi relation towhether or not the library, in fact,has the book on file, and if thek has been checked out BarJes will further allow for themanagement of books taken out

of the library. Patrons will re-ceive a bar coded library cardwhich will be linked to the book'selectronic riles via the listed bar*l

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Placing bar codes on .thelibrary's collection is quite amonumental task, Strausbaughsaid. The codes must be labeledon die book as well as the shelfcard, which is a catalogue card foreach book that provides informa-tion such as author, title, subject,and Library of Congress or DeweyDecimal classification. With twobar coders working concurrentlyon the books'and their relatedshelf cards, which must be exam-ined to determine if the card'sinformation coincides with j thebook, approximately 100 booksan hour are processed. That's10,000 hours of bar coding,"Strausbaugh said.Due to die overwhelmingamount of time involved in cod-ing, the library is sending out aninvitation to any faculty, staff, orstud entawho maybe interested inassisting in this phase o f automa-tion. Volunteers should expect tospend 10 hours perweek through-out the spring term since much ofthe project involves some train-ing and working on a team withanother individual.Any interestedpersons should contact DarciKress at ext 2236 for further in-formation. The scheduling ofteams is currently a major enter-prise of the library, and muchassistance is needed la the barcoding phase in moving one Stepcloser to electronically managingone of die college's largestassests.

College President William Garvey (L) helps Dr. Roy Strausbaugh, Deanof Libraries, affix the firsto a Hammermill library book. The automation process began Monday, Feb 3. Photo: Jessica

MSG NeIn celebration ofdiversity, the Office of Cultural Affairs is I Auc t ion aHu gesponsoring a C ultural Jamboree on Saturday, Feb. 22 from8 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Student Union. Food, beverage andmusic will be provided. Admission is free.Seats are still availablefo r he Tullio Lecture on Friday,Feb. 21 at 8:15 p.m. in the Taylor Little Theatre. The talk;entitled "Rethinking the City," will be given byWashingtonPost journalist Joel Garreau, who has been nominated fo r

By Melissa LangMSG Secretary

On Monday, FeMercyhurst Student Gheld its weekly meeUnion.the Pulitzer Prize three timesforhis book> For reservations, call ex t 2003.The Com mittee to C elebrate Women will be meeting onFriday Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Student Government_ Chambers upstairs in the Union. Among the events beingS A C N e w s : Foo d forF in a l s , Cafe Stud y H o u r s | planned is a poetry reading scheduled forThursday, March13 at 2:30 pjn. Tliis|ycar,s project will be a book of

By Mrndi McDowell JI personal reflections (poem s, stories, art) from members ofMerdadWriter 1 I I the Mercyhurst community dedicated to the wom en wh o

Vice President Tomminded the body thaBoard letters of intenthe MSG office by MPresident Staceyannounced that $500lectedfrom he MSGledof- i T l t

'Winter term is quicklyCommittee wishes the lilt

to a dose and the Student Actrviuesof thestudeni body good ruck on their finals.Last weekends events wentwelL The Da ling game was a successand ti>c fivewinning couples will be enjoying dates courtesy of SACIn order to eirouragestudying, SAC has designa ted this weekend asa studyweekend. There will be no more actrvitka una! everyor* irturm

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minito make the studyingthere will be Food torFinals in the LakerInnHowever, SAC has madeiWcOnSanudayat 9 pjn. The usual ere ncludes fruit, vegetables snd bageK There wiD alsobequktstudyaviilabfcinthecate^hours are 11 pjn. through 3ajn. Sunday and Monday. OnTuesday, they willbefrom11 pjn. through 2 ajn. *All must bring theirown cups fordrii bmrDfolissJlowed.SACwould liketo stress that these nights are rbr CXHET study, so anyone whobecomes too loud or distracting may be askedto eave.

have had an impact on their lives. Submissions may behandwritten or typed on one sheet of light colored, unlined8.5 x 11 paper. More than one submission by the sameperson are welcome. Keep in m ind that originals will b eused in creating the actual book. Please send all submis-sions to Cass Shimek in the Student Union by Feb 26. Ifyou have any questions, contact Cass at ext 2433 orKris ten Locastro at 2740.

reps were auday'night in the GrFitzpatrick and the fcommittee thanked atended and donated tocan Cancer Society.fundraising event willMonte Carlo night onin the Union.There will be no meday Feb. 24 due to fin

After the break, the MSG Lecture TheatreEng speaking on "The Diversity Time Bomb ." Admissionis free. For more info, call the MSO office at e xt 2428.

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SurveyResultsReleasedBy Chris :v i

Results from the. 1996 seniorsurvey are now ava ilable. In addi-tion to asking questions about as-pects of a student's pa rticul ar ma-f whichere released to department anddivision heads only, the surveysalso included more general ques-tions about the students' percep-tions concerning the effectivenessof a liberal arts education and thearious skills it provides.In April of last year. Dr. JamieYule, * director of academic as-sessment, sent copies of die sur-class of'96. Of these, 164seniorsreturned a completed survey, aresponse rate of52.4%. Yule saidthat she thought it curious matmore than 70% of the respon-dents wer e female and wonderedwhy more male seniors did notreturn the surveys.Although the number of re-sponses has increased over the

five years that the survey hasbeenadministered, the results havebeen consistent in the patternsthey reveal. The results were alsodistributed t o the Board of Direc-tors and are likely to influencedecisions m ade about the liberalstudies core as well, Yule said.Last year, incentives were of-fered for the first time in order toincrease the number of studentresponses. For those seniors whoreturned a completed copy o f thesurvey by the deadline date, thecoded corner of the envelope wascut off and placed into a lottery.Thefirstprize inthe drawing wasa $75 gift certificate to Barnes &Noble Bookstore,According to Yule, a similardrawing, with as yet unspecifiedprizes, is likely to take place thisyear so that response rates will beabove 50% again after the sur-veys are distributed to seniors inearly March. "We would like tooffer something with a high in-centive to encourage seniors toreturn the survey," she said*

Sell your soulto the devil!!By Richard CosteUoeContributing Writer

On Sunday Feb. 23 at 6 p.m.,SPAM (Student Philosophers AtMercyhurst) will present JanSvankmajer's film interpretationof the classic tale of Dr. Faust inMain 206. Based somew hat uponthree previous versions writtenby Goethe, Marlowe andGrabbe,the film details the journey of aman who gives up his studies inphilosophy and theology to pur-sue "dark alchemy:After summoning the spirit ofMephistopheles, Faust proceedsin malgftuj a pact with the Devil,

through which he shall be servedby Mephisto for"fourand twenty"hours in exchangeforhis soul.Set in Chechoslovakia, thismodernized interpretation ofFaust uses fascinating visual ef-fects to portray a story which of-ten borders on complete absur-dity. All are welcome to attendthis film and participate in thediscussion to follow.

Blade HistoryEvents ThisWeBy Chris WlochNews Editor

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This weekend, two events arebeing sponsored by the Office ofCultural Affairs as part of theMercyhurst celebrationof BlackHistory Month.On Friday afternoon, Feb. 21 ,nine Mercyhurst students will betraveling to A lbion State Prisonto take part in a discussion aboutdie film "The Shadow of Hate."Those who will depart for theprison at 1 p.m. are John Barry,Kelly Brown, Susan Burke,Danielle Burns, Lemuel Graham,Gina Mannavelli, Pete MofGt,Jaime Smith and TheresaZukowski. The trip will be led bygrad intern Nthabi Mohande andLesha Johnson-Powell, directorof the college's office of culturalaffairs.According to Powell, diemovie"chronicles the history of ntoler-ance in Am erica. The purpose ofthe trip is to educate and encour-age hew and collaborative effortsof behaviors and conversationtowards being supportive and in-

clusive ofall people regarace, gender and religiotion," she said.Several of the studentsAlbion are part of DHagan's Social Researods class. "It should bethem tobe exposed to than environment under csettings," Hagan said.The following eveninday, Feb. 22, there will tural Jamboree" in theUnion beginning at 8 get-together will featubyDJ K evin Carrol, a Mgraduate. There will buffet with chicken winballs,vegetable trays, cpunch catered by Kemp

pany, a business owneGordon, father of Mercydent TifEanyGordon.Although the jamboriginally scheduled tmidnight, Powell said tprobably last until 1 aais enough student suppone with questions aevents can caU Powell a

". . The RAV4, Which Corners Better, Rides More Smoothly And FeelsMore Nimble Than Any SUV Ma d e* -AutoWeek, June '96'The RAM Is A Fun-Junkie's Dream Machine." -Car Anil Driver, April '96

"Toyota's New RAV4 Seems To Bridge The Cast Chasm Between Car And Truck. TLittle Wagon With Big Wheels Is A Car And A Truck." -CarAn d Driven April'"Rally-Car Performance, Camry-Like Quality" -Car And Driver, July '96

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Cruise?Shows Us the Humor in "Jerry Maguire !By Heather CvitkovicMerciad Writer

^Early last week theAcademy Award .nominationswere announced. Receiving fivenominations, including best pic-ture, was one of the year's block-buster hits, Jerry Maguire. Themovie, starring Tom Cruise, CubaGooding Jr. and Renee Zellweger,u > ' I ) ination Cor Cruise's performanceand Best SttfMmrtinsActor t i l lnation for Gooding's perfor-mance. ,The movie is about/erryMaguire (Cruise), a man whoknows the score. Asatopa gentatSMI (Sports Management Inter-national), Jerry is unquestionablymaster of his universe. Jerry ishandsome, charming, and devoted

to his glorious client roster andstunning fiancee Avery Bishop(Kelly P reston), anNFL publicistwhose schedule-intensive ap-proach to sex and relationship ismatched only byher professionalambitions. Trouble is, Jerry'smind, mouth and soul are usuallyon automatic pilot He's good atfriendsh ip, but bad at intimacy.In fact, theses absolutely nothingwrong with Jerry Maguire that asudden dote of failure can't cure.This man with a Mission State-ment is firedby SMI a fter an 91-idered act ofhonor: h is writ-

company should focus on real'caring fo r fewer clients, qualityrather thin quantity. People andnot money are what really countA week after issuing his missionstatement, Jerry is unceremoni-ously fired. Stripped of his job,his self respect and a good mea-sure of his identity, Jerry is forcedto startfromscratch.

He's joined on his journey toredemption by two unlikely al-lies, Rod Tidwell (Gooding), a[-tier wide receiverfor heTf. l l l

t i l ting of a stirring, visionary sug-gestionfor SMTsglorious futureentitled T h e Things We ThinkAnd Do Not Say: The Future OfOur Business." Jerry's statement- written on a bad night - m akesthe idealistic conclusions that the

Arizona Cardinalswho, as Jerry'ssole remaining client, stakes hisown unstopped desire or irst-tier fame and ortuneon his flail-ing agent, and Dorothy Boyd(Zellweger), * wishful 26-year-old aingje mother who , inspiredby Jerry's state of mind and rec-ognizing his potential for full

membership in die human race,willingly departs her currentposition with SMI for a very un-certain future with her new boss.Although Gooding hadthe audience laughing the wholetime, and Cruise was the usualheart stopper thereal scene stealerwas JonathanLipnick, who playedZellweger's six year old son, Ray.From his firstappearance on thesuitcases until the end he had theaudience laughing and exclaim-ing how precious he was.

iserry Maguirer deserving of diet has received. 1 i n : iftorsgavesuperb performances anddie script was well written. Ican't wait to ace Tom Cruise onOscar nightwalk up to receiveaward. Show Me th e AwardJerry! \

DanceBy Amanda Sm ithMerciad Contributi

The Mercyhurst Dment will present anoriginal dance in theDance Studio. On F21 , at 6:30 pan. MemChoreography Idassan hour ofnew w orkrange from dramatdance to contemporardent choreographersBlack, Gina CostanColville, Sondra DorFife, Erin Hodgson Hutson.

Coffee house willing place at 6 pjn. istudio. There will berefreshments served.M a n a a j . tangDancers Present it Framed t

- ' ^ *y Richard Costelloe ., ;Merciad Contibuting WriterAlthough seemingly quite acommon occurencein the morecultured regions of die world, agood modem dance performanceis indeed a rare treat in Erie. Onesuch occasion was provided last

week when "Framed" a site-spe-cific improvisational dance per-formance by Catherine Schaeffer,was held at the new CummingsGallery on Thursday, Feb. J3 at7:30 p.m.Surrounded by the excellentphotography exhibit now on dis-play at the gallery, "Framed" in-volved an interesting collage ofmovements, sounds and visualimagery. Performing alongsideSchaeffer were dance studentsCbrisu Colville. Erin Hodgson,

*.; - Jen Black, Sondra Dorwart andKelly Fife. Musical accompani-ment wa s provided by MarkM arena nt with recorded excerptsof music by John Cage andMeredith Monk.The piece started out with thedancersdescribingwhat Tramed'meant to them, what associationscame to mind with frames, photo-graphs and pictures. The dancethen proceeded through fasci-nating sequence of movementsthroughout the gallery, using sev-eral props such as a huge frame,rope, chairs and aluminum foil.At several different points, theaction stopped as the dancers allposed for photographs taken byaudience m embers.Throughout the work, the skill-ful overtopping of visuala adsound elements provided

a remarkable performance. Sev-eral components ofthe dance weresimple movements and posestaken from everyday life , epito-mizing Schaeffer's definition o fmodern dance as "an expressionof the reality o f life." There were a few disappointingaspects of this performance, frommy perspective. The first prob-lem I had was the overall lengthof the piece, lasting short of oneha Ifhour. Theonly other problemI had was that I expected the danceto be more interactive with theaudience.However, "Framed* waa indeedan enjoyable performance, andhopefully in the future we shallhave the pleasure of seeing manymore modem dancesfrombothSchaeffer and the dance depart-ment

Maestro to Play BrieMaestro Peter Bay and theErie Philharmonic will perform aconcert featuring ma sterworks ofSamuel Barber and MauriceRavel. A highlight ofdie concertwill be child prodigy and guestartist, Corey Cerovsek, perform-ing Barber's Violin Concerto. Theconcerttakes place on March 8 indie historic Warner Theatre at 8p j n .Canadian born Cerovsek is ac-claimed as one of the most bril-liant young violin performers. Atage 24 he already holds master'sand doctoral degrees in both ma thand music from the University ofIndiana and has performed exten -sively throughout North Americaand Europe.TheNew York Times has hailed

his playing as "dazz"-.rich in coloration."Hup the stagejas he Barber's Violin ConceThe performance beMinuet antique by Rastro Peter Bay contAmerican symphony cthe performance ofBarphony No. 1. Finally,ends Jwith Ravel's Bolero.Taudience a closer lookfavorite will come to 1cians are proj ected onabove the stage.

Student tickets areare available through tmonic office by callingor by stopping by 1Street Suite 924.

Books w They W HaltBy Michael J. OppernsaaMerciad Writer

Several weeks have passed andit is long past time for anotherinstallation of book selections.The Mcrcyhurst College Librarywrote in to let us know thst they>k fr om! : carry all except one Idie last issue's list (the Ackertide). Perhaps, I should work atpicking more obscure texts.This week's picks have some-thing in common. I needed todiscover some way to compile

the grab bag. Each author hasexperimented in some sense withform. Etch title Is worth lookingthrough, if only to see what we irdthings an author will try. Herearedie suggestions for thespring break. After aneasy winterterm, I knowthat everyone is anx-ious to open another

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ntozake shange.The lower case lettering is pur-poseful, shange has crafted anincredible dramatic prose poem

that celebrates being black andbeing a woman. The content isnottame. It's a real kick In theyou-know-what2.Maus 1 and Maus Ifc AltSpiegelman.I am counting this as one selec- 3lion. Spiegelman tells a story o fNazi era Germany in the form ofa cartoon book. The Jewsare drawnas mice and the Nazis as cats. It

Is incredibly powerful and mov- ]3.

Kushner.This play is subtitled "A GayFantasia On National Themes."Focusing on politics, sexand reli-gion, Kushner gives a whirlwindtour of themessed up world thatwe live in. His portrayal of RoyConn isn't bad, either.4.Gunslinger. Edward Dora.

This book is not forthe ImpatientCrafted as a sortof "jokey pk is a complex look at,well, everything. The main char*actcr isfilledwith LSD and turnsInto someone else and a horsenamed Claude Levi-Straussgivesthe reader unreliable bits ofwisdom, f i f S 95 .

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Samuel BeckettWinner o f theNobeLiterature in 1969, gives us ten short storieveal the underlying thewilderment in the face ing.w This is not as obdeviation from orm,buBeckett and there is ajwthing strange happeninThis co llection also confavorite short story, "Dthe Lobater."

Armed with more inlikely to be found in moclasses, you and I are bfor this spring break. Nolike just a little sun.

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I n d e p e n d e n t S t u d i o s R u l e O s c a r N o m i n a t i o nBy James HainMerciadA j**Jht*

w*Tickling the IvoriesBy Jody WashingtonMerciad Writer i

Prepare io be awed by the re-fined talent and intelligent play-ing style of pianist Ivan Moravecas he performs in the MaryD'Angelo Performing Arts Cen-ter on Sun., Feb. 23 at2:30p.m. ascontinuing Great Per-form ers Series.According to the BaltimoreSun, Mora vcc's elegantphrasing,dear tone and excitement makehis style and his concerts unique.Without moving a millimetermote than he needa tofrom the keyboard, Moravec givesperformances of extreme frtautyand refinement Jv

Born in Prague in 1930,Moravcc's first passion w as theopera, but he later studied pianoat both the Prague Conservatoryand the Prague Academy whileperforming as a student in Polandand Hungary.-He then studiedunder Arturo BenedcttiMichelangell before mai ng hisLondon debut in 1959.Moravec made his Americandebut in January 1964 with theCleveland Orchestra in SeveranceHalt Since then, behas performedwith the New YorkPhilharmonic,

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Chicago Symphony, Boston Sym-phony, the Philadelphia and Min-nesota Orchestras, among others.' Moravec regularly playscert solos in European capitalssuch aa Lon don , Paria. and*Amsterdam. He recently com-pleted a highly acclaimed tourofAustralia and Japan, with six per-formances in Tokyo.

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Letters to the EditoBy John MurphyEditor in chief

Ah yes, there is nothing like a nice break fromMerciad duties. The weekoff (j ustto inform the multitudes who didn't notice our absence last week),was indeed welcomed, if not to rediscover what drinking on Wednesdaynights wi s like, but to give myself a breatherfromupsetting all sorts ofpeople on campus, > iIt is not easy you know , annoying everybody from maintenance tosecurity to, most recently, some of the peop le involved in formulating dienew core curriculum, (see Letter to the Editor)It appears that my opinions about their masterpiece document were notvery well received. I will admit that the typo suggesting students wouldhave to perform 50 service hours a term, instead of the correct 50 per year,was a "blatant" error. For this I a pologize, but, for this mfctak*. alone.I do not feelI was wrong in asserting that the architects of the core madelittle attempt to inform the students of their plans. As much as I would liketo think of this newspaper's power to inform, I hardly mink one article inthree yean on a major issue such as mis, constitutes much of an effort toinvolve students.As for the "several" students mat it is claimed were "intimately"involved in the core process, I would like to know who they were. I haveasked around, and I only know of one student in the past year who haddirect input into the process.Indeed, I challenge those who feel mat an adequate effort wa s made toeducate students about the new core to question the students in their ownclassrooms. Unless some miracle of learning has occurred, you wJU find -that the overwhelmingmajority don't have a due to what you are talkingabout *

But youknow, perhaps yon axe right Maybe since thenew core is notgoing to directly affect students here now, then w e shouldn't be botheredabout it Maybe students who have an interest in the future of M ercy hurst,should just mind their own business, and hurry np and get o ut of here.Sorry, I'm not leaving so easily. I want to try and make sure that thisinstitution continues o n its journey to becoming a truly quality academicinstitution.

And indeed, as I stated back on Jan. 30 , the new core does containchanges that may prove positive for Mercyhurst However, aa "amateur"as my critique back then was, I have not heard nor read anything that haschanged my opinions on some negative aspects about thedocumentIn fact, if this week's letter is anything to go by, then I am not expectingmy concerns to be altered soon. Apartfromsucceeding in attacking mepersonally aa an editor, this overzealous, and rather unprofessional re-sponse did little to correct, what it terms as my "misrepresentations'' of theCore.*The letter failed to correct my assertions that a) an extra writing coursehas been added at the possible expense of a literature course, b) futurestudents will hav e the opportunity to graduatefrom his college withoutever having to take a political science class, andr) that in order to fulfill credit requirements, students will be forced toattend cultural even ts.The letter ignored these criticisms, either because its author waa notadequately able to respond to them or because he waa too busy attackingmy personal credibility.Frankly, I can stand the condemnation, I don't mind being called a liar,I being f accused o f poof journalism. I would hope to even learnfromIt :However, when my critic chooses to attack my shortcomings in such aIleal fashion, then I don't think the complaints are worthy ofmuchIII*h y . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ _respect H S ^ H S jjffijiu^l j& t$pjjHHE| {So, instead of scolding me as if I were some impudent young child,committee res r a i i ' ta tomy concerns about the new core in a professionalandresponsible manner thatshould be required of any important group onthis campus.

To theEditor,John Murphy! I Where haveyou been during the past threeyears? As Editor in Chief of thecampus newspaper, you shouldbe well aware that the new CoreCurriculum has been under de-velopment during your entire stayat Mercyhurst College. Lastspring, the M erciad itsel f did acommendable review of the CoreOutline that hadbeen accepted byDr. Garvey after it hadbeen passedoverwhelmingly by the CollegeSenate. Aa Editor in Chief of thecampus newspaper, responsiblefor the conveyance of newswor-

thy events and information to th eentire student body, maybe youshould take stock in thyself andself-discipline concerning yourown awareness o f the Core be-

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fore trying to lay blame where itdoes notbelong.For instance, you might haveidered having a simple dis-cussion with Michael Opperman,a reporter on the Merciad staff,whose article in the same January30 issue as your "Editorial" whocorrectly reported on the finalstages in the development of theCore Curriculum. Maybe it is toomuch to ask thatas Editor in Chief,you might do some editing, espe-cially with the articles to be pub-lished on thefrontpage of yourpaper. Ifyou had read this article,several of the m istakes and mis-understandings that you presentinyour editorial might havebeenavoided. If yon were in need ofclarification of these issues, mostany faculty member could havebeen approached to helpstraighten you out As chair ofAPAC, the committee that waaresponsible for proposing thisCore Curriculum Outline lastSpring, I would certainly havebeen willing to properly explainthe new core to you and answerany of your questions. Instead ofseeking the facts and in depthunderstanding o fa topic as woulda true editorial writer, you flailaway like a brash journalist in

search of som e elusive issue thatcerta inly does not ex ist And in afurther attempt to fan the imagi-nary flam es of a non-issue, youuse outright misconception anduntruth to further y our ra th er shal-low argument intoa misrepresen-tation of the new Core Curricu-lum.To just clarify the moat blatantof the errors in your meals, thenew core curriculum will takeeffect for the class of2001. Therehas never been a program placedinto effect in the history ofMercyhurst that w as retroactiveto all students currently enrolled.Furthermore, there is not nownorhas there ever been a 50 hour perterm requirement for service hoursin any curriculum reviewed byAPAC. It is ridiculous to believethat anyone would even suggestmat the faculty would considersuch a requirement On the otherhand, colloquy does offer everystudent the opportunity to gaincollege credit for ife experiences,such as traveling abroad for edu-cational purposes. Any historymajor should look forward to theopportunity to visit historical lo -ca dons throughout the world aa alearning experience and now beable to receive credit To accu-mulate 150 hours of such learn-ing in a four year period a mountsto no more than a week per year.Furthermore, the Freshman Pro-gram does not just involve theperforming arts. It also encour-ages students to attend lecturesincluding even political sciencelectures. I would think that youwould be encouraged by this.The mambody of the new coreis one that reflects the nature ofknowledge and the le xibility oaccommodate a wide range of stu-dent disciplines and aca demic in-terests. There is a common coreof reading, writing, arithmetic,philosophy, religion, science andhistory forming a foundation ofiwledge upon which each stu-dent canbuild a personal interest andknowledgefroma wide group of

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academically relatedcore courses. Thu s, ecan individualize andthat knowledge that deems most importatohis future butwithlines of a core offerinbution, one would hportunity to take theence courses that owhereas another migjoy reading through literatures and culturbal scale. The lexibilthe system is studentLasdy, there haveral students intimatein the core process dutwo years both aa mAPAC and as senatorlege Senate. No one hin the dark except wished to keep themsIn all honesty, you arto doing so, even thosupposed to be a prodent leader.Sincerely-,Dr. Larry GauriloffChair, Academ ic PlaAssessment CommittTo the E ditor,I read with interest "Books They9 Hate*J. Opperman, in yourissue. Your readers mknow mat the Hammbrary has four of thelisted by Mr. Oppermbrary staffbelieves thshould be heard, evenwhich you may not aBarry GrayCollections ManagemLibrarianKilling Rage, bell 185.615 H645 1995On the Road, Jack K3521B735 05 1979Junky, Willia mS . Bur3552 U75 J86197T Live From Death RoAbu Jamal: HV 86991995 *

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hat is the ft FreedomZone? End Of An ErBy Michael J. opperman

ColumnistSeveral weeks ago, another is-of The Freedom Zone becam eon campus,

flipped hrough the publication,this serial's contentsfound myself per-What is the The FreedomWhat is its function? I triedanswer deductively.There are three major publica-

erciad, for which,ami! writing, is thenewspaper. The Merciad,a newspaper; is responsible for

nts informed). This is done,effect, by thef o f the newspaper. The Free-Zone does not seem intendedfill this role.Lumen is put out annually as theMercy hurst College literary jour-al, h includes poetry, prose, pho-ographs and drawings. It does noteverything that it submitteda drought of materialmed w orthy, has moved backMs.still beThe Freed om Zone does not

seem to be intended to usurp thisposition, nor does it seem practi-cal or desirable for it to do so .What, then, is the function ofThe Freedom Zone? It has beenbilled as independent and under-ground. How does it fulfill thatmission? Funded by the college(and rumored to have recently re-ceived anewcomputer), The Free-dom Zone is subjectto editing byindividuals outside of The Free-dom Zone staff. What, then, is thepublication's function?According to its own conten-uon, u is me voice 01 tne campus.Strugglingforsubmissions,thelastissue was comp osed, almost en-tirely, o fshort poetry. With all duerespect to the efforts o f the con-tributors (who are distinguishedintheir acts of participation), thispoetry does not seem to consti-tute the voice of the campus. Fewstudents would consider them-selves poets and many would,unfortunately, deny the apprecia-tion of the literary form.- Com*prised of short poetry, is it to beassumed that The Freedom Zoneis merely a abort poetry journal?I do not believe that thesion concerning The FreedomZone is caused by an ambiguousmission statement or a vauueCommonSensePoKcyon Hand Guns

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OnFeb. 11,1 went to the TaylorTheatre to hear a lecture byDirector of theVio-

diatribe was entitl ed "TheRA is right, but we still need tons,* went on and onbout how guns seemed to bethereatest danger toour democracynd freedom.After enduring his talk, peoplefrom the audience peppered Mr*ugarmann with questions vary*ing from the intellectual to theinsane. In retrospect, it seemedthat every member of the NRA inErie came out of thewoodworko battle Mr. Sugarmann. All thecreaming between the two radi-al factions produced littlerogress towards solving a prob-

lem that perplexes our nation.To clarify, I am not a gun owner,but I do support the right forcitizens to own handguns andrifles for sporting purposes andself-defense. Yet, I part companywith the NRA and gun-toting radicals who believe theyshould have any weapon at theirdisposal to "hunt deer" or protectthemselves against a "tyrannicalgovernment* takeover.;As a future law enforcementofficer, I worry about the weap-ons that are on our afreets. I ques-tion the rationale of those whofed that civilians should haveaccess to better equipment thanpolice officers and federal offi-cials. I am not too certain whethera semi-automatic weapon is nec-ry for sporting purposes.In 199 5, Wayne LaPierre, ex-ccutrvevicepresidcntoftheNRA,contd. pg t

aa_wmmrr n on campus. Instead, itseems to arise from thepublication's failure to meet itsmission statement It is intendedto be a place for voices that can-not, due to journalistic con-straints, be heard through theMerciad. It la intended to be fo-rum that allows thefreeplay ofideas between students.Instead, The Freedom Zoneseems to a ttemptto occupy averyneutral position, publishing allthat is submitted. The publica-tion does have a gifted staffwho,with afirmercommitment to themission statement, could realizethe publication's potential fordiscussion and critical examina-tion of issues that perpetuallyconcern us all.This article is not an indict-

By Joe WongMerciad ColumnistAlthough President Clinton wonthe November election, the votetaken onNov. 5 will be one of thelast opportunities for my follo wDemocrats to maintain politicalpower on a large, national scale.The power and influence of theDemocratic party and its idealsstretches from the height of theNew Deal and its transition to theGreat

lions benefited Eisenhpolicies of Reagan havas evidenced by die 19lican revolution, and Cpears to have co-optedthose sentiments in anmaintain support as a Ncrat In similar fashionEisenhower absorbed mFair Deal policies andNew Republicanism, oreplaced by a continDemocratic administra

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ment, it is not a request to ex-clude those who are1 regularlysubmitting work. Instead, thisarticle is a plea to expand TheFreedom Zone's rol-The Merciad w elcomes letters to the editor.

The Merciad'f editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Boardwith the Editor-in-Chief holdingfinalresponsibil ity. The opinions expressed inThe Merciad are not necessarily those oThe Merciad, its staff or Mercy hurst College.

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Angela Primo, Senior,Early ChildhoodTor Spring Break, tfae wholeLacrosse Team and I are going to^Philadelphia and Connecticut toplay two Lacrosse games. %

Greg Simmons, Senior, ..Criminal JusticeT or spring break I'll be goingbackto New Brunswick forsome good home cooking."

Andrew Zloty, Freshman, .CompositionI'll probably be working onmy composition and get drunkon the weekends."om 7-ju aro**7 m- at.tswznaovJaatfsitKrtaH 'J very. iilrW tew

Scott Bramwcll, Senior,Criminal Justice *T or spring break I'll be go ingto Burlington and Toronto, 'Ontario."* , . ' . . I t l O t C '

Erica Lynn Cook, FK R . L M .' T hi s vacation will recuperating after thhard winter term."%n * . - ; . * ! .

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Violence andAlcoholat the Hurst Johnston: Music ManBy Brad RybczynsldFeatures EditorI am sickened. It's notfinalsor due dates for term papers thathavedriven me to this point It is violence. Not violence throughout thewortd, the United States or even Erie. It is the stories of violence atMercyhurst that I have heard uweekend at home. till I returning from a peacefulI do not know spe cifics, on ly generalities about locations and 1certain groups of students. The specifics are irrelevant though. Itis the tales of h orrific acts of violence that nutter.I am not even sure of the complete accuracy of die rumors I haveheard, butwhen la m told by a variety of other students about thesame incident I have no choice but to attach some validity to theclaims.I would have tried to investigate these claims, but the hush-hushattitude of the college prevented mefromdoing sa This is anothercolumn in itself, but in short some people on campus believe it laeasier to dismiss incidents and pretend they never happened.Back to the point I wa s told that not one fight occurred oncampus,butmany. Those involved included both men and women. $It waa also relayed to me that the individuals involved wereintoxicated.I am notof the op inion that Mercy hurst should be a "dry" campus.I believe that alcohol and drugs are an unavoidable by-product ofcollege HfeJ For better or for worse that is just a tact of life. . .mCollege students are prone to certain indulgences n ot limited to' :'drugs and alcohol and in their own way they are a part of theeducational experience. Young men and women leave home and *are forced to deal with these issuesfor he first ime on their own.It is my earnest opinion that most people learn from these expert-r)jences and a re better for i t t II What troubles me about the use, or in some cases abuse, ofsubstances, is the tendency toward violence that accompanies them. ^If people are unable to handle themselves in a manner appropriateto an environment of higher education then maybe Mercyhurst'salcohol policy needs reviewing. ;*A second thought, maybe the few rotten apples should be ex-pelled. Obviously they pose a threat to those students who areJustout to have a fewbeers and unwind froma stressful weekofworkingand studying.Overall, thebest policy would be a more stringent approach to theconsumption o f alcohol when it results in inappropriate behavior. Iamnot imp licating the administration on campus. I have in mind theresident assistants. I am an RA . and in being one I know that we arethe first and therefore the most valuable line of defense againsts tuations that have the potential to b ecome volatile. 1with x-ray vision, butThe R/~s on campus are not super-he ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^you do not need to be in order to judge whether or not a party is outof hand. It appears to be common sensethat when you have anapartmentwithaJcohdthataiwubleminaytwiir.Attimeswe mustbe baby-sitters. \If you arc reading this and resent the notion that I am suggestingthat at times students act like small children without parentalguidance then maybe you are partof the problem. M aybe you lackthe ability to control yourself,from screaming like a banshee, orfrom driiildiig so muchthtf^the night before.Along with a more proactive approach from R A i mustpersonal responsibility iromatudenta. Know when to aay when.AseWdenceehowealcohollcadatoh*^notonly violence, butalso tape and otherfoimsof abuse.If I sound too scathing, tooba d. Accept the fact thatyouarenolonger children and arrive to prove it 5Be responsible in yourfestivities and please atop the violence,

By Brad RybczynskiFeatures EditorSenior M usic Education majorGary Johnston is reaching thetwilight o fnotonly his academiccareer at Mercyhurst, but also hismusical career at the college.Throughout hi s m atriculation atthe Hurst, Johnston has embarkedupon a very difficult and ambi-tious task, writing a musical.Johnston is a native of theEriearea with a T i ; : in Harborcreck.As a young man, he attended andgraduated from Academy Highin 1987.l till

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,Upon graduation from Acad-emy, Johnston went on to studyEnglish at the Perm State MainCampus and earned a Bachelorof Arts degree in English."> Returning to die Erie area aftergraduation, Johnston found em -ployment as an ESLor English asa Second Language teacher.Originally hired to write a news-letter, hewas literally thrown intothe position o f teacher.Along with a passion for teach-ing, Johnston also possessed agreat lovefor music These twoloves are what brought him backto school and to Mercyhurst topursue a degree in m usic educa-tion. His main musical experi-ence was with guitar and asJohnston said, "My goal ininghere waa to expand that to beableto write more music formoreinstrumentsand to be able to teachmusic1*Johnston's experience aa anESL teacher has greatly affectedhis life andhis music During hisfirst year aa a teacher, Johnstondeveloped a very do se relation-ship with a Russian family, Th espark for the idea atartedbecauseI was very close to a Russianfamily and that family moved toFlorida. They were lik e my chil-dren, they came tome and didn'tknown wordof English andwhenthey left Eric I was very sad," hesaid.The musical "Refugees* had itsbirth, Johnston explained a dualmotive for writing. One waa di-rectly related to the Russian fam-ily. He sought to preserve theirmemory and show their great workethic, enthusiasm and gratitudefor the opportunity to live inthe United States, Th e other driv-ing force wi a to preserve the refu-

Chris Herbolsheimergoe experience of a new wave ofethnic diversity in Brie that in-cluded the first Iraqis andBosnians hi the area.Johnston wanted people to real-ize the effects refugeeshad on theErie area and die United Slates aaawhole. Hesaid,"I wantedpeopletobe aware that mereare refugeeshere in Erie and I wanted peopleto know that refugees ate a posi-tive force because they have somuch to bring to our culture."Johnston a lso wanted to show ahands-on outlook of the situationof refugees. uWhen you think ofrefugees some images con*jured to your mind are those poorsouls. I didn't want the story tohave that tone; they have funnystories, tragic stories, love storiesand their stories are a lot like ourancestors," he said.The musical itself hasunder-gone a great deal of work encom- gpassing a span ofthreeyean. IgorStalsky, Director of the TheaterDepartment, related the hardworkinvolved by telling how Johnstonwrote and rewrote the work andoverall put together about twoand half plays, butadded,* Themusic never changed, the plotchanged a great deal, but thebeauty of the whole thing is thesongs."Dr. Albert CHinsky, AssociateProfessor of Music, is very im-pressed by the work and citedJohnston's musical talent He said,* Hehas developed tremendouslyover 3 V2 years and haamastered alot of the techniques of writingwhich sometimes take people alot longer."To sum up the musical dinakysaid, "It is a celebration of thediversity of the people of E rie, it

Photo: Jessicagrowa very much out ofture and show s mat it hanational sid e."Before 1111 to MerJohnston's background iwas not verystrong. Hehied guitar ro m mid d e scbut lacked the ability to other instruments. CuJohnston is working onchestra piece in which bquired to write music fpiece in the orchestra anthe work performed bythorchestra.Johnston haa been exfocused onhis educationOver die past four yearshas not imited his activitclassroom. Healso playsthe 11 a .m. Mass in the CKing Chapel on CampuCampus Ministry.Johnston's employmentyears as an ESL teacherkept him busy . CHinsk"Gary has gone way beyoteaching them (refugeesguage by showing themdrive, usebusing and howalong in the neighborhooAcademically Johnstonhaa paid oft For three yhaa been honored with th

1 nation of being a Deanscholar*In his fr ee tim e Johnsperformed at "First Nighaa well as at other locatErie. Over the summer h< for his father's business, Landscaping, by designing out of andscapes forhom: Anyone interestedon takin "Refugees * especiallywith a tenor range, shouldGary Johnston at 824*296

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L a k e r N e t m i n d e r s : B e h i n d t h e M a sBy Craig RybczynsldContributing writer

Imagine getting shot at every timeyou go to work.Chris Herbolsbeimer knows thefeeling. But the Mercyhurst Collegejunior does not carry a gun or a badge.He w ields a hockey stick.Herbolsbeimer plays goal for theLakers. The Waupan, W is., native,along with A vi Karunakar andAshleyStevens, police the goal."11 takes a different kind of personto stand in front of 90 or 100 mph slapshots everyday," Karunakar said. -."Goaltenders are a little weird,"Herbolsbeimer said. "We've got tobe crazy to stand in front of slapshots."Despite the obvious risks and thevelocity of the shots they face, thegoal tenders still prepare for eachgameand skate to their positions. No ques-tions asked.

"It was my calling to be a goal ie,"Karunakar said. "Ever since tbe firsttime 1 played goal, I loved i t"Stevens and Herbolsheimer startedplaying the position by accident.?When Stevens was nine years old,his team's starting goaltender quitand the reserve netminder took a shotoff the helmet. The youth hockeyteam in Toronto needed a goalie."I've been doing it ever since," thefreshman goalie said.

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, : ' An injury to a teammate plaHerbolsheimer between the pipes. Hewoo the game, 1 1-0 and played therest of the season. "When I was younger I didn't scorea lot of goals and I was a bettergoaltender so I keep on doing it," besaid. "It was the most fun."Fun! Stevens admitted it takes a

said. "He (Ashley) looks like he'shaving a seizure. I don't have anyluck charms.*: :

"different breed" to play goal.Entering the Mercyhurst Lakerlocker room before a game mightreinforce this belief.Tbe goal tender's pre-game ritualsrival the practices of witch doctors.Stevens is the most superstitious oftbe trio. His talisman, a lucky tennisball. The ball accompanies Stevensto every game. He bounces it off thewall to test his reflexes.

"I stretch sod then bat a tennis balloff tbe wall," be said. *I get the glovehand and blocker side going.I also stare at a puck and imaginemaking saves during a game," beadded. *Dressing for a game adheresto heroutine, aa w ell. Stevens works fromleft to right Each piece of equipmentmust follow tbe set pattern.Karunakarshares this superstition withStevens."I put on the left sock and skate and

the rest follows," Ksrunakar said.Aa tbe two goalies perform theirpre-game antics, Herbolaheimer qui-etly puts on his equipment"Ashley has a whole routine," he

Herbolsheimer admitted, however ,that at one point he painted his toenail s before every game. These days,a team meal and a nap prepare thenetminder or a game."I do those things so I am pre-pared," Stevens said. "I can't see toomany goalies just going out there andplaying. They have to go in thereconcentrating."Unlike handling the puck or per-fecting save techniques, goaltenderscannot learn this mental preparationduring practice."Tbe mental aspect of the game lasuchabigpart,"Karunakarsaid. "Youcan't have a mental lapse. You mustremain consistent."Tbe goaltenders realize the scru-tiny that accompanies the position,similar to a quarterback or a pitcher.Thisresponsibilitybrings added pres-sure."A forward or a defenseman canmake a mistake and only the coachesor players see it," Herbolsheimersaid.-A goalie's mistake is seen by sll."Even though there exists tbe possi-bilityof failure, goal tending d oes pro-vide satisfaction after a victory."As a goalie you take tbe gamehome with you more than anyoneelse," Karunakar said. "You mightthink that the team lost because of

Chris Herbolsheimer Photo: Jessicyou, but it's the times you play well inthe big games that makes up for it"According to Coach Rick Gotkin,tbe netminders can dictate tbe out-of a game.It's not the l i t ! II it glamorous posi-tion, but they are huge in what theymean to a team," he aaid.

The position challenges the playersmentally and physically. Goaliescrouch at s 9 0 degree angle for three20-minute periods, while facingshotsand controlling rebounds."It'8 hard, tough work,"Herbolsbeimer said. "When you6rststrap on the pads you get tired sndcan't make the leg saves. That couldbe the difference inan overtime game.GrP

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points in the opening minutes. Thepossession of the ball was shiftingback and forth between the twoteams as both kept scoring, untilOakland slowly opened the gapwith a lead of 21-19. Potcovastole the ball twice off Oakl andand Ralston scored a three nointer

to regain the lead 26-24. As thefirst halfcame toa d ose, Oaklandonce again took the lead 36-32.1 Oakland upped their lead at thestart of the second half, after scor-ingfiveunanswered points againstthe Hurst, with a score of 40-35 .Both teams turned over the ballSvely leading up to MoruYpulling die Lakers back into theAil I

lead at57-55. Oakland continuedto quicken their offense as theyregained the leadover the Lakers,.67-59. Ralston made an attemptto gain the lead for the Hurst asher offensive scoring offivepointslessened die gap to 69-64, still infavor of Oakland. In'the lastminute of the game, Oaklandstretched their lead to take the

victoryover the Hurst, 70Lakers9 high scorers werwith 20 points and Morthpoints. Morth was alsorebounder of the game wThe Lakers play Hillsdlege and Ashland Univerweekend

M e n rs B - B a l l H o p e s F o r A W i n n i n g S e a s oMercy hurst Men's Basket-ed to M ichigan

opponents in Wayne StateOakland University.The firstof the two games wased by Wayne State Univer-and Mercyhurst Mercy hursted the game with a 11-12, 5-

9record,wh ile Wayne State com-piled a 12-12, 7-8 record. Onpaper, die game looked to be anevenly ma tched gam e, and it was.Wayne State came out flying andeased their lead to as much asl *16 points. Maurice Profit then hitback to back jumpers and TabFreshman" Demond Stewart hadthree consecutive steals to bringthe Lakers'back within; threepoints. Wayne State stood strongand went into halftime with ^ ,-

27 lead. Wayne State increasedthe halftime lead to 10 points andcarried a 10 point lead up to theeight minute mark. Then straightout of Detroit, Mi comes "InstantCash" Jason Ioppolo who hit fourthree pointers and a lay up or 14points down die stretch to givedie Lakers their first lead of theday at 67-66 with onlyone minuteto play. Solid defense down thestretch sealed it for the Lakersand they escaped with a one point

victory over Wayne State Uni-versity. After the spectacularvictory over Wayne State, theytraveled to Oakland University totake on diehighly regarded Pio-neers. Oakland started off quickand never looked back. Oaklandleadby as many as 30 points in thefirst,half! The Pioneers madeeverything, shooting 65% fromthefieldand 54% rom behind thearc. There was nothing the Lak-

ers could do and they whalftime down by 28 poisecond half was just likeOakland was on fire. Oincreased the lead to as41 points and went on to game easily over the Lak70. Profit had a doublwith 16 points and 13 rStewart also contributed for the Lakers.

Men i Tennis -Hopes To Start Off With A Smashis year's men's tennis teamn coached by Ray Yost, theRacquet

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a "success" for thisteam. The team hased drastically rom 1ast year.the men's team relied

less ofthis year.w freshmen have oinedexpected tomakeThey ateKrizbai from Pittsburgh,Giilig fromown, M ass.These fresh-expected 19 eam romd se-captain Ron Rambally. Theyand

till Robson to learnof college tennisfrom.Roundingout the team is junior Matt Bertanifrom Huntingdon, Pa and seniorGreg Simmons from NewBrunswick, Canada.

The fall tournament season was.a bit of a disappointment, but thesetbacks were to be expected.Much adjustment needed to bemade by the new reshmen.Toughoppositionwas seen rom Xavier,Dusqucsne and Eastern Michigan.These difficult opponents how-ever, allowed the reshmen o getd feel for the level at whichg : : they would need to play in orderto be successful. That, and thefact that the intensity o f the prac-tices has been greedy increased,gives hope to the coming year.

The team's serious oppositionshould come from Northwi rtnUniversity and Ferristhe men play very early in theseason. One hie hitentof this sea-son will be the men's trip tonorth-

ern M ichigan. There the menwillplay Lake Superior State, Michi-gan Tech and the University ofMmnesota-Duluth* If the fresh -men can step up, the men's teamwfll control their own fate into thechampionship.The men had theirfirstmatchlast Friday and die reshmen hadtheir first test. The team fair% game of the season and it isprobably the most important one.I think that if we win this one wehave a good chance of playing inthe post-,sea son, said Vance. Vance gets readyfor he upcoming season that starts against FerrisState*

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L a k e r s 'Fight1 T h e i r Way To A n E a s y VictoBy Scott VanceMerciadSports Editor

The Mercy hurst hockey teamhas experienced mixed fortunessince the last issue. The Lakersplayed RTT on Valentine's dayand it was BIT who went homewith the Valentine's win.It was a game that BIT startedoff at a hectic pace and they wererewarded for their efforts withjust ov tr a minute gone in the firstperiod. RTT added two other goalswithin the three minute mark inthefirstperiod. The Lakers wereable to reduce the deficit to 3-1,but to no avail, as RTT added afourth goal before the end of aperiod that Mercyhurst would liketo forgetThe Lakers were able to mounteback in the second period.Theyheld the opposition score-less and they scored three goals.

In the third period, the Lakerstook the lead thanks to a goal byOto Hlincik. The Hurst movedthe puck around n icely in thezoneand Hlincik was on hand to scoreIand give the Lakers a 5-4 lead.$ Unfortunately, it was a lead thatthe team was unable to hold andthey lost the game 6-5."We knew going into tile RTTgame that itwas going to be diffi-cult Given the type of year theyare having, it was a rways going tobe hard beating them. It was a 60minute game. We played greathockeyfor 5 minutes, five min-utes of OK hockey, and 10 min-utes of horrible,n saidHead CoachRickGotkin ? ? *''

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Last Saturday, t h e !hosted Hobart College in Ifort to get back onto the winningtrack. The first period was aclosely fought encounter. How-ever, itwa s Mercy hurst who took

the lead courtesy of a Hlincikgoal. Hobart gave up the puckwhich Hlincik picked up anddrove to the net and scored theLakers' opener.Aaron Morrison added a secondgoal as he picked up a pass fromMike Massis and was able to puton a good move to put die puckinto the top shelf where grandmakeeps die cookies. VThe oppositionwas ableto scorea goal late in the first period toendthe period at 2-1 in favor of theLakersThe Lakers dominated the sec-ond period which saw them im-prove their lead 7-2. JohnEvangelists was among die scor-ers as he picked up a precise passfrom Massisfrombehind thenetand he was able to put the puckinthe netIt was the third period wheremost of die action took place,

with both teams almost clearingtheir b enches for a figh t Three ofthe Lakers were ejected from thegame, namely, Brian) Ramm,Steve Torriero and KellyKoshman, as were three of theRTT players. This means thateach of these players wil l receivea game banby the league and thismay prove costlyfor die team asthey come toa critical part of theirseason. , |"I don't think that it was a bigthing, it should never have hap-pened. There is r o place for thatin college hockey. You can goback and forth to see who wasright and who was w rong, but Ithink that it starts with the refer-ees. They are the ones who havecontrol o f the game and I minkhadthey given outsome penaltiesearlier toboth teams, I don't thinkyou would have had what you hadthere in the third period. So I

think clearly the refetrol of die game andas bad as it was, ithtial to be a lot worse,Assistant captainoed Gotkin's remarwas no big deal. Weany team would rebeen through it all bwhole incident was bout of proportion.19This interruption oseemed to increaseintensity as they scortional unanswered die game 12-3.The Lakers have aweekend as they plaSaturday at 7 :30 pjnoneof die top teamstry and no matter won Saturday, it wonECAC playoffs, wehave to plav Elmira

Women iThe result of he Brawl. Four players are sent to the 'bo

Left * tTh e Lakers rough it up during Saturday nights convinc][nlLast Two GameBy: Kara Clark & MaureenMcMahonMerciad Sports WritersLastThursday, Feb 13, theLadyLakers took on Wayne Stale andcame out with a victory. As thegame suited, Wayne State re-ceived the jump ball and got anearlv lead of 11-0. The Lakers

then turned on the offense asAllison Marsden shot for threeand Connie Ralston shotfor ourto shorten the gap to 11-7. Theshifting p ossession o f the ball ledto the Lakers gaining the lead 14-13. Wayne Sutc jumped backwith a quick offense as theyoutscored the Hurst 19-15. How-ever, with a couple of steels by

Marsden the Hurstgained the lead22-19. The Lakers continued todominateasTanya Potcovascoredfour points and Renee Burnsscored three. At the end of thefirst half, the Lakers had a lead o f35-23. IThe Lakers came out in thesecond half as srong as they endedthe firs t. Lori Morth sndPotcova

shot for a combined six points.The Lakers made a quick changeof their offensive team.Mercyhurst continued to domi-nate the offense and defense. Ali-cia Scott shot for Gve points, andwith a couple other key plays, theHurst was up 51 -34. Although theLakers had a long string of fiveconsecutive ouls, hey still pulled

out with a victory oState, 61-47. High scgamewere Ralstonwand Potcova with 11.* Th e Lady LakersMichigan Saturdaytake on Oakland UniHurstoffense picked uthe ump b all, as Rals

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