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Scheduled to continuejthroughThursday, Feb. 7, the Mercyhurst

College phoneathon, an annual eventthat's purpose is to raise money tosupport student financial aid, hascome to a close a week early.

There were approximately 10,000prospective donors , consis t ingmainly of Mercyhurst alumni, to becalled and three weeks set aside inwhich to call them. However, due to

overwhelming student participation,every prospective donor had beencalled, many of them more than onetime, in two weeks rather than three.

The phoneathon, which began Sun-day, Jan. 20. surpassed the $90,000mark with a total of 1,791 pledgesby Thursday, Jan. 31. The eventraised a total of$90,440, u p from lastyear's total of $80,152. "We were

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Approximately 200 students from 13 campus organizations participated in this year's phoneathonmaking it possible for all prospective donors to be ca lled in two weeks rather than the usual three.

stunned," said Steve Zinram, direc-

tor of the annual fund.According to Zinram, "The key

this year was the fact that alrrheteams totally committed. He ex-plained that 13 different campus or-ganizations and sports teams partici-

pated in the phoneathon to complete

the calling. "We had an average of23 callers per night," said Zinram.He commented that the average lastyear was around 16 per night.

Mercyhurst's Ambassador Club,dance department and men's ice

hockey team kicked off the calling

Jan. 20. In one day, the three groupsmanaged to raise $31,186 from 495pledges. The Ambassador Club fin-ished as the group that raised themost money, securing 751 pledgesfor a total of $29,691. Men's ice

hockey was ranked second amongthe participating groups with

$12,528 and 296 pledges. A groupof three students from the HRIMdepartment collected $9,9095 from106 pledges. The men's andwomen's rowing teams followedclose behind with $8,565 from 217pledges. Over 200 student callersparticipating in the event made a to-

tal of 15,946 calls during the twoweek period.

"We would like to thank all the

callers for their time and commit-ment. We really appreciate it andwere very impressed," said Zinram.

According to Zinram, the perfor-mance of this year's volunteers"give's next year's group a wholenew set of go als." He expects simi-lar increases next year as well. Hebases this assumption on the fact thatthe number of Mercyhurst alumni,which is the primary target of thephoneathon, increases each year.

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By Annie DeMeoStaff writer

The theme for the Mercyhurst teamwalking the M arch of Dimes* annualwalk is "Double Up.w The three co-captains- (Gennifer Weiss, Ju lieGladitz, and Kristen McCaskey) arehoping to double the number ofwalkers, and double the amount ofmoney raised by the Mercyhurst

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team."Last year we took note of some

things that should be done for thisyear; we knew that getting started

early would help and Kristen(McCaskey) thoug hts theme wouldbe a helpful motivator," said Weiss.

McCaskey, Weiss and Gladitz are

getting things under way in plentyof time to have reach their goals f orwalkers and money raised.

"We are hoping to have 40 walk-ers this year and raise $15 00," saidWeiss.

The funds raised benefit the Marchof Dimes, which is a non-profit or-ganization that works to preventbirth defects and other early child-hood com plications through the pro-motion of a healthy pregnancy term.

The first organizational meetingfor those interested in participatingin the walk was held in the Great

Room of the Student Union, Tues-day, Feb. 12. Any student interestedin participating in the walk that wasnot at the meeting should contactWeiss at extension 3315 for more

information.The annual walk is nine miles and

takes place at Presque Isle. This yearit will be held Sunday, April 28.

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By Annie DeMeo

Staff writer

The buzz of who's going where forSpring Break has begun to spreadacross campus. However, some stu-dents will be working in warmerdestinations. A group o f seven stu-dents and two advisors are headingto the W omen's Intercultural C enterin Anthony, N.M. to gain insight intothe difficulties of ife along the U.S.-

Mexico border.The group will participate in a

Border Awareness Program fromWednesday, Feb . 20 through Tues-day, Feb. 26.

"This is actually more of an edu-cational experience than a volunteertrip," said Sister Kathleen MarieLeap, director ofthe Mercy Institute,who is jointly coordinating the tripwith Sister M ichele Schroek, direc-tor of Service Learning. "We will allbe learning about women's issues,sweat shops, and other border relatedissues."

Components of the program in-clude a look at issues that affect the

area, such as immigration, humanrights, distribution of wealth, laborand wages, the environment, andhealth and safety. In addition thegroup will receive a tour ofthe bor-der and visit with families in Juarez,Mexico.

The Women's Intercultural Centeris operated by the Sisters of Mercyunder the direction of KathleenErikson, RSM. Students not travel-ing to New Mexico for spring breakwill have the opportunity to learnabout the border issues from Eriksonin April.

"I've invited her to speak on Sun-day, April 14 as part ofthe Academic

Celebration and the Sister MauraSmith Lecture Series," said Leap."She is going to speak about "bor-ders" in all aspects of life: as the re-late to relationship of the UnitedStates to Mexico, but also as theyrelate to our spiritual b oundaries."

The students are enthusiasticabout the upcoming trip, Jen Konssays that she is "definitely excited"about the trip. This will be her sec-ond year participating in a MercyInstitute sponsored trip, "Last year I

went with the M ercy Institute to doMercy migrant work with children

of migrant farmers, I was struck bythe social justice issues surrounding

that environment.*'

Kons decided to take part in a sec-ond trip in part because it will "helpme consider what I want to d o" af-ter graduation. Though, the topic it-

self also motivated Kons to take theopportunity.

[I'm really interested in the issuessurrounding the people on the bor-der, I want to have first-hand expe-rience with th at," said Kons.

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CAMPUS NEWS

Policejapcl SafetyfLog

January 12,2002Overdose of alcohol. Suspecttaken to hospital by EMS.

January 19,2002West Duval apartmentsIllegal gathering, large party.

January 21,2002Main CampusSubject pretending to be policeofficer on phone.

January 24,2002 1South side of main campusNeighbor struck by vehicle.

J a n u a r y24,2002

McAuley HallNon-student caught trespassingand not allowed on Mercyhurstcampus

January 26,2002Parking lot #1 *f •Criminal mischief involvingbroken window in vehicle with nosigns of entry.

January 26,2002Lewis Avenue apartmentsStudent received harassing phonecall

Martial Arts program provides classesin flexibility, striking and grapplingBy Alison SpencerContributing writer

January 27,200$

Students intoxicated and chargedwith liquor law violation.

January 27 ,2002East Duval apartments^Unwanted guest involvingharassment Student was warned

The Mercyhurst recreation center isoffering a self defense and martial[arts program to students. John Bruno,a Mercyhurst graduate, is the direct-ing the program.

Bruno took over the MercyhurstSelf-Defense and Martial Arts pro-gram after Master Joseph Chungstarted theprogram last year. Brunonow offers a program that encom-passes both the intellectual as wellas physical side of martial arts.

"Martial Arts is very spiritual tome, but 1 do not expect others to nec-

essarily see it that way. However, Ithink it is perfectly alright forpeopleto participate in the martial arts sim-ply as a hobby.** Bruno stated. In fact,martial arts are an excellent way torelieve stress, gain flexibility, havefun, and stay in shape according toBruno. He added that it can be anexcellent cardiovascular workout.

At the same time, he advises thatpeople may potentially learn to de-fend themselves. Bruno suggests thatpeople should participate in martialarts for themselves. "I enjoy being apart of someone discovering and en-joying the martial arts as recreationas much as I enjoy helping peoplethat will fight in competitions, and I

learn things from everyone that Iteach as well." says BrunoT^^^^n

The Mercyhust Martial Arts Pro-gram is open to everyone, studentsand faculty alike. Currently there arethree programs going on. There aregrappling martial arts that focus ongrabbing and wrestling techniques.There are striking arts that focus on

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Working out in the recreation center, Ariana Horton throws apowerful kick to her partner.

punching, kicking and other types ofstrikes. Striking arts are Kung Fu,Karate, Tae Kwon Do and boxing.

Then there is the fitn ess/flexibilityaspects of martial arts and yoga.There is a basic flexibility class inwhich you can casually practice mar-tial arts style, Yoga style and athleticstyle stretching techniques to main-tain or gain flexibility. This is an ex-cellent class for any athlete or per-son that is lifting weights accordingto Bruno. It is also a good class forpeople at any level of flexibility or

fitness, as people work within theirown imi ta t ions /^^ ' ' ^ 5 ^ ^ %There is also a class in boxing/

kickboxing. According to Bruno,heavy bags, gloves, pad s, targets, andother excellent equipment were pur-chased for practicing the striking arts.Although this class is called "boxing/kickboxing** it does encompass as-

pects of many different s triking arts,including Karate and Kung Fu. Theworkout is setup like a boxing match.There is a bell that sounds the begin-ning and end of a 3-minute roundwith a one minute rest in betweenrounds. According to Bruno, it is verycardio vaseularly intense.

Finally) there is a basic grapplingclass. The class combines techniquesfrom Judo and Jiu Jitsu as well asother wrestling arts. This class is runsimilar to a wrestling practice, al-though not nearly as intense, as it is

meant to be a basic class for every-one and anyone to participate in.There are repetitive drills to practicetechniques for those that are just in-terested in gaining knowledge whileworking up a little sweat. Bruno said,"We have 'live* grappling for thosewho want to get a little more cardiofrom the workout.

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(Top picture) Dr; Mary Snyder'sHonors Peace and Justice classserves ajdinner atjfCommunity

helter Services Lodge on Jan.ji 2002.tDuring the month of

anuary the Peace and Justicelass served three dinners at thelodge. j£ i i | | t(Bottom picture) Students devel-ped a Broadway^musical pro-fam presented at the Veteran's

(Hospital! St. Mary's NursingHome and Pleasant RidgeManor East' n January for their

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FEATURES

G r a d u a t e a s s i s t a n t p o s i t i o n p r o v e s t o b e a l i f e l e s s o n

Making Waves

Scott Mackar

Justin Siemon reaches over to hisright and shuts off his blaring alarmclock that is set to the morning tunesof Star 104. The clock reads 6:15 a.m.

His long day is about to begin.Siemon is in his first year of gradu-

ate school where he will get hismaster's degree in special educationfrom Mercyhurst College, but he isfar from a regular student.

As an undergraduate, he played forMercy hurst's football team underhead coach Joe Kimball. He wantedto further his education, but thoughtthat would be impossible because hisscholarship ran out after his senior

year.S "I talked to my parents about go-ing to graduate school, but it was not

possible because of our financial sta-tus," he said.^ Siemon wanted to get his mastersin special education because he en-joys working with kids who have dis-abilities. He wants to help preparethese kids as much as possible for the

real worm.* He wlirbegin his studentteaching in the spring of 2003.

"I believe that I am the kind of per-son that can make a difference inthese kids lives. I enjoy working withthem and feel that I can help out,"said Siemon.

Siemon currently holds the all-timerecord for receptions made in a gamewith 15. He is also the second in all-time receptions for Mercyhurst Col-lege. He believed that the school andcoach Kimball would grant him agraduate position not only for hiswork that he. has done on the foot-ball ftel4,>but also; as a student in hisundergraduate yearrtij&j

"I felt that I was a perfect graduatestudent. I've done a lot for the col-lege and I believe that I could give

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something backto the footballprogram and its qcurrent play-ers," he said.

Being agraduate assis-tant would en- Jable Justin torecieve a freeeducation in re-turn for hiswork as a foot-ball coach.

"Being a>lgraduate assis-tant was the an-swer to all ofmyproblem. It gaveme anoppurtunity tofurther my edu-cation for an af-fordable price,while I got to do

something Ihave always ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^loved, even if itwasn't being on the field and play-ing," Siemon said.

Siemon has to balance his aca-demic schedule of two classes a termwhile being the team's receivers andstrength and conditioning coach.During the off-season is where heprobably has to put in the most hoursas a coach. H e runs the teams liftingand running programs.

"I feel like I'm giving the programsomething back, because it has given

me so much when I played. I'velearned a lotof life lessons from foot-ball and this gives me a chance towok with other players and help themexcel not only on th e field but off it

as well," he said.During the season Siemon coaches

the wide receivers. He is also incharge of all of the football equip-ment and laundry during the season.

"During the season isn't that bad, Ican balance my class schedule betterbecause it enables me to take morn-

-•• Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer

Justin Siemon spends m ost of his time helping other people. But as a graduate student and a football assistant coach,he rarely finds time to relax.

ing classes and night classes," hesaid.

It's the off-season workouts thatreally hinder what Justin can accom-plish in the classroom. He has to bein the weight room for every liftinggroup that passes through during theday. With the first one begining at 7a.m. and the last one ending at 6 p.m.

Though there are some breaks inhis day for lunch, he has to schedulehis classes around what his job is to

the football program."During the off-season I have toschedule my classes at night. Itdoesn't bother me that I don't havefree time during the day, because Ibelieve that this is a very importantlife lesson, that nothing comes easyin life, you have to work for every-thing you get," he said.

Another person in Siemon*s posi-tion may complain that there is notenough time in their day to concen-trate on what they are here for, an

education. But Siemon never com-plains.

Siemon also believes that being acoach on the field and in the weightroom will also help him with his fu-ture of being in special education. Inhis job he will have to help peoplegrow as a person.

"When I get out into the real worldthere'll be plenty of obstacles that Iwill have to balance with my job.Whether it will be a famly or justworrying

about payingrent, I believe

that being a graduate assistant is pre-paring me for these real life ob-stacles," Siemon said.

The satisfaction of watching one of

his players succeed on the field isenough for Siemon to continue hisgrueling obstacle of balancing hisclass schedule with football. He be-lieves that his work as a graduate as-

sistant will help better prepare himfor the real world.

"My job will kind of relate to be-

ing a football coach. I'm trying toteach these student-athletes the gameof football and weight room work-

outs. There's nothing more satisfy-ing than watching one of my play-ers get stringer or score a touchdown.I'm going to try and use what I'velearned as being a coach and imple-ment it in my job," he said.

Being a graduate student can bevery hectic at times, but the waySiemon is doing it only one can won-der how he balances his schedule. It'shis unconventional belief that keepshim upbeat throughout his graduateyears at Mercyhurst College.

Siemon shuts off his alarm and getsdressed to start his long day as agraduate assistant. He goes outsideon this cold February day and at-tempts to start his car to meet his firstlifting group Of the day. The cardoesn't start, the fuel line has frozen.He jogs the m ile to the weight roomwhere he meets his first group.

G e t k o k n o w S p a n o a n d h i s l o v e f o r ? t h e g a m e o f b a s e b a l l

By Tony CruzContributing writer

He walks into the MercyhurstAthletic Center and heads up theramp to his office. The seasonschedule is on the wall, practicetimes he posted and information oncurrent players is on his desk. Thefirst thing he does every morningis check his mail.

Joe Spano is the head coach ofthe Mercyhurst College baseballteam and has been for the last two

years. He is 27 years old, whichmeans he was hired at age 24 andvoted GLIAC Coach of the Year atage 25. This is quite impressive, but

you would not know that comingfrom a quiet, humble man like

Spano.Spano's college career started at

Boston University* but ended atLewis University. Boston Univer-sity had to eliminate some of itsmale varsity sports due too genderequity lawsuit.,Baseball was one of

the sports el imitated.

"I was really hurt when BU de-

cided to cut the program. I was closeto home; the school of managementwas one of the best. I made greatfriends, had the opurtunity to play arigorous Division I schedule and myfamily had the opportunity to see alot of my games."

After deciding to transfer, Spanosent some highlight tapes out to cer-tain schools and received a substan-tial amount of interest. The schoolthat was most interested was LewisUniversity. "I really liked Lewis rightoff the bat when I visited, It was asmall Catholic school, similar to

Mercyhurst." The only problm wasthat Lewis was located near Chicago.This would be a major adjustment forSpano.

"I was nervous at first, because ofthe distance and I didn't know any-one, fhe adjustment was much easierwhen fal I practices started and I m etsome great people on the team that Iwill be friends or life."

Spano also had the oppurtunity toplay;for head coach Irish O'Reilly

who is considered a coaching legend.He has one more than 1,000 collegebaseball games and brought five

teams to the college World Series. "Ilearned everything about coachingfrom him and that is why I was soprepared to coach at Mercyhurst."

Spano flourished while at Lewis.He made all-region team his senioryear, while belting 16 home runs andhitting close to 400. His team madeit to NCAA regionals, where theywould eventually lose to Mercyhurst.No one knew what a coincidence thatwas at the time.

"Lewis was great to me in manyways. I had a successful baseball ca-reer there, I enjoyed the smaller

classes and getting to know the pro-fessors, but most importantly, I metmy wife there. I couldn't sk for any-*thing more than that."

Spano wanted to play professionalbaseball and signed with an indepen-dent minor league team in SouthernIndiana, When Lewis pitching coachDan De Caprio was hired to be headcoach at Mercyhurst for the follow-ing year, he asked Spano to be hisassistant. "I knew I wanted to coachmore than anything so I gave up onthe idea of playing and I left for aninterview at Mercyhurst."

After one year De Caprio was gone,but Spano was kept around to helpthe transition when the next coachwas introduced. Scott Norwood washired in June 1998 and he also re-signed one year later. "Coachingbaseball in Erie is not an easy thingwith the spring climate, luckily I en-joy working onthe field and the com-mute out to N orth East doesn't botherme although it can be hectic.

Many of the players were w orriedthat the program would be inshambles, but athletic director PeteRusso went with his gut instinct and

hired the one consistent person in thebaseball program. "Mr. Russo ap-proached me about the coaching va-

cancy and I couldn't have been hap-pier. He offered me the job and I ac-cepted without hesitation."

In his first year the team posted a35-16 record and hosted the NCAAregional tournament. This was quitea turnaround from the previous twoseasons. "I wanted the program to b ethe way it was when it was one ofthe elite in Division II, I wanted tomake former players proud again tosay they played baseball atMercyhurst,"

Spano's story shows that a littlepatience and luck can help you out

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THE GOODNostalgia goes prime-time

• The long aw aited ashtrays have finally been placed outside

at least most of the Mercyhurst apartment buildings. The Good,

The Bad and The Ugly has been pointing out the missing ash-trays and the Ugly problem o f cigarette-littered entryways toall Mercyhurst apartmen t buildings since last year. Finally, theremay be an end to the sea of cigarette butts in the grass thatappears every time the snow melts.

• Mercyhurst's musical theatre majors have been working non-s top dur ing their tech week for* t he i r product ion of"Fantasticks." Their hard work will no doubt produce one ofthe best and most entertaining productions to ever grace thePAC. Break a leg, guys!

THE BAD .. .• MSG reps are supposed to be in frequent contact withtheir constituents be cause all representatives are assigned spe -cific a reas of campus as their constituency area. But many stu-dents have no idea who their MSG rep actually is. Could it bethat the reps are slacking on co nstituency?

* The parking situation wo rsens... About half the vehicles parked

on Lewis and B riggs were adorned with the last thing studentswant to see when they get ready to drivehome : parking tickets.I am sure there a re more wo rthwhile pursuits the traffic offi-cials can focus on, like lobbying for a Krispy-Kreme.

For the last few weeks, after toomany deadline-filled days of stressthat Ipay for, I have found refuge andcomfort in "Nick-at-Nite's" re-runs.

Alex P. Keaton's penchant for one-liners and jabs at the "Me decade"serve as the best lullaby I've heardsince the days where I fell asleep withaction figures (Optimus Prime, all theway) in my arms.

But all of the Keaton family antics,coupled with Sam and the gang on"Cheers" (with a bit of Tony Miselliand Kevin Arnold thrown in) haveplaced me in a Capra-esque mood ofreflection. I lay back and wonder:

why these tame, by today's televisionstandards, TV shows serve as the bestreminder of a simpler time and life Ican only recall upon dusting offa fewphoto albums?

I grew up with media all aroundme. If I wasn't in front of a TV, I wasplaying with one of its many "Madein Taiwan" toys that the adv ertiser-friendly format successfully hawks.I never came close to pulling a JimCarrey in "The Cable Guy," but 1nonetheless developed a sit-comfriendly, Saturday morning cartoonapproach towards mypre-teen years.

The older I got, the less playtime Ihad, Instead of cracking out the end-

And Another Thing.

Phil Pirrello

less G.I. Joe play sets andchastisingmy playmates for putting the wrongaccessories on Cobra Comm ander, Ioccasionally took out the toys in be-tween arithmetic and spelling words,like arithmetic.

The older I get, I only occasionallyglance at my action figures and spaceships, watching them collect dust inthe closet or on some shelf.

Because of real world co nstraintsthat did not exist when four-squarechampionships were recess staples,I have nothing but quickly fadingechoes of laughter to serve as mywindow into the "good ol ' days."

The fact that I honestly refer to myyouth as the "good ol' d ays" is evenmore traumatic.

But, ah, TV is theultimate placebo.I love when 10 and 11 p.m. rolls

around and I can just sit back and letmy troubles and worries fade awaywith the familiar themes of my fa-vorite shows. And when was the lasttime you remember when TV wasjust escapist entertainment, void of

all the "Law and Order SVU, RSVP,TTYL's" that often too accuratelyportray the very things we tune in toget away fro?

Reality TV? Nothing provides moreof a reality check than Tina "JenniferKeaton" Yothers' 8 0s perm.

Simple is indeed better, especiallyin the wake of our pop-culture beingFed-Exed and e-mailed to death.

I say, less Regis and that Britishwench from "Weakest Link" andmore Mike Ceaver. Instead of syndi-cating crap-tastic shows like "V.I.P."I o r

or any of the various E! "Wild On"specials (Only thing E! has yet to get'Wild On" is a trip to the public li-brary), broadcast "Pee Wee's Play-house" or "Saved By The Bell" on latenight. Down w ith C-Span and thefif-teen different Food Channels, moreGame Show Network ("nowhammies, big bucks, stop!"). AndCartoon Network? Deep six thePowderpuff Girls and get your "He-Man" on.

Regret, as I said before, serves tohinder the fullest living of our re-maining days. But nostalgia, in all itstechnicolor glory, reminds us of howgreat the past can be whenour presentcalls for a little taste of the "good ol*days."

In-state tuition for illegal aliens?• That darned groundhog had to see its shadow, didn't he? Snow By Will Shurleyhas decided to return to Erie, turning our campus into a virtual Baylor U.snow globe. Way to not get your Doppler on with that forecast, iJoey Stevens. \

THE UGLY ...

• The icy walkways on campu s. The snow came unexpectedly,but that is not a legit excuse for not having the walkways salted.Granted, watching a kid slip and fall is funny at first, but thejoke is not gonna be funny when it's your butt lying on thecold, unsalted concrete. Let's hope this is remedied A.S.A.P.<*

9 Again, students have been getting their borderline stalker

groove on by harassing fellow students with unwelcome phonecalls, according to the police and safety log. The Jerky Boysare so eighth grade, so give it a rest.

• F ile under bad attempt to play "MacGyver:" The trash can

in front of Zurn that is being used to catch the w ater leakingfrom the roof. How 'bout fixing the leak? Just w ondering...

(U- WIRE) WACO, Texas — Some-

times it does not pay to leave home— sometimes.

OnJan. 18, theUniversity of Cali-fornia Board of Regents decided thatin-state students should still payhigher tuition rates than those stu-dents coming from out of state. Butcoming from out of country is evi-dently a wh ole different idea.

The board accepted a plan to grantillegal aliens in-state tuition rates.

That's right. llegal aliens. The stu-dents in question would have to havegraduated from a California highschool, attended high school in Cali-fornia for at least three years andpromise to apply for residency assoon as they were eligible.

As absurd as the initial premisesounds—that American citizens whoalready have paid into the societalsystem of he United States evidentlyhave less of a right o a higher edu-

cation in California than persons wholive there illegally — it is not con-fined to one random case.

Since the United States SupremeCourt decided in the 1982 case, Plyerv. Doe, that primary and secondary

schools could notconsider immigra-tion status when providing education,a movement has begun to extend thesame rights o the university setting.

Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Caro-lina and New York have all been toy-ing with the idea of allowing illegalsliving in their states to take advan-tage of reduced tuition to state uni-versities. Texas, already strugglingwith poorly enforced immigrationmeasures, is the first state in the unionto offer illegal aliens in-state tuitionrates to all its public universities.

But what does the federal govern-ment say about all this?

The federal immigration law statesthat "An alien who is not lawfully

present in the United States shall notbe eligible on the basis of residencewithin a state (or political subdivi-sion) for any post-secondary educa-tion benefit unless a citizen or na-

tional of the United States is eligiblefor such a benefit (in no less anamount, duration, or scope) withoutregard to whether the citizen or na-tional is such a resident."?

Translation: States cannot give il-

legal aliens reduced tuition unless aresident of another state in the UnitedStates can have access to the sameprivilege.

But crafty state politicians sidestepfederal law by reducing **residency re-quirements" for in-state tuition ratesto "number ofyears attended ata highschool Within the state." 'C-This wording works rather Well, see-

ing that unless a citizen of anotherstate is willing to move out of theirhome state by the end of their fresh-man year of high school, out-of-stateresidents will never be positioned toreceive in-state tuition.

Of course, there are those who la-ment students should not be denied

an education just because their par-ents came here illegally. But who saidanything about education being de-nied?

The C-toonLife, like time, waits for no one

Left to Write

Billy Elliott

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Hold on a second. Take a deep breath.We all need to take a step back andrelax a moment. -

This life could very well be ouronly chance at happiness. Yet, in spite

of this revelation hanging above ourheads, we our constantly rushingabout, furiously trying to get throughthe next class or rush the arrival ofSpring Break.

Maybe we all need to stop livingin the fast-paced world and start tak-ing glances at all that we have now. 1look around me and I see people let-ting the little jokes of life slip by. Ido the same thing. 1 always look for-ward to that next big thing. The prob-lem with doing that is we tend to ig-nore all the small things that rush by

us, only later realizing how greatthose small things are.

For me, the simple things tend tobe the only things. The silence ofdawn on a Sunday morning is justone of my ideas of the simple thingsthat life not only takes for granted,but often never acknowledges.

My best memory is of a beautifulskyline, hidden in the hills. I would

never have noticed it if 1 had nottaken the day off and gone for a drivewith my dad.

That memory is priceless. I w ouldtrade all of my future Spring Breaksjust to experience themajesty of thatmoment again.We all have heard people say, "Stop

and smell the roses." We hear this.9

but how many of us actually listen toit? How many of us actually do it?

Even when we put life on pause, itstill seem s like we are constantly inmotion. We talk of relaxing and yet

we never do. We watch TV, read abook, or even drink with college bud-dies, and wenever truly stop.

What I am trying to say is that weneed to stop completely. We need todrop completely out ofsociety's graspand truly let go of our worries andfears. We need to re-establish who weare and remove ourselves from whatwe have become.

When I was a kid, I loved the rain. Ialways thought of it as a cleansingforce that was there to wash away ourproblems. When it rained, I woulddrop whatever I was doing and go runand splash in the puddles. But now,when it rains, all 1 can think of is howit will make that walk between classesmore annoying, or my drive home thatmuch longer. . %

I want to return to those fun days.We all should. Because any life with-out a moment of unguarded joy canultimately become a chore.

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OPINION

I 've been playing lots of Nintendo*?— Andrew Casserly junior

pm going out dancing.!]- Charon Hribar^enior

CAMPUSQUESTION

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*Tm going tanning and looking for-ward to spring breaksk-Sarah Crawshaw senior

1 m spending lots of time watchingmovies.**S"Anna Guerriero sophomore

"Staying inside with the blindsdown."—Mike Nagy Junior

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uRve been watching a lot of mov-ies. t

Sarah Durnsy freshman

"ShovelingiofT thefturfSbefore mcrogse practice.—iJerod Felice freshman

What are youdoing to beat the

winter blahs?

*Tm doing lots of skiing.— Mike Cikra sophomore

"I don't have them, Pm Canadian!**IBrad Olsen senior

I am going to be making snowanngels." §f|g M t— Amanda Hart, senior.

We're keeping ailof our lights on,pretejading lik^3t^sunsh|ne^— Jfina Kry$iejk &estnMn

"Staying inside with the blinds

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(U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa— No,no, a thousand times no.

"The Secretary of Defense practic-ing his Shakespeare?" you ask.

Not exactly. That's .DonaldRumsfeld (whose name means gin-rummy field in German) telling usthat the Taliban and al Qaeda prison-ers the United States is keeping incages in Cuba are not prisoners ofWar.

You see, if they were prisoners ofwar they'd be covered by the GenevaConvent ion, which means thatAmerica couldn't do whatever it

damn well pleases with them. Rightnow, what America seems to want todo with them is wait for the next hur-ricane to blow up and wash them allinto the Bermuda Triangle, wherethey can join several thousandFlorida ballots.

You see, these guys are evil incar-nate. They're the most-evil people inthe world, according to Rummy.

So, they were in on the Sept. 11attacks? Not exactly.

The bombing of the U.S.S. Cole,then, or the embassies in Africa? Noone has alleged that, either. Butthey're evil, make no mistake aboutit. And they have no respect for fun-damental human rights, unlike ourallies in Afghanistan, the Northern

Alliance and Afghan warlords, whohave a long, unbesmirched record ofstanding up for human rights.

Say, didn't the Viet Cong and theNorth Vietnamese stick AmericanPOWs in cages? , |

Yes they did, and they violated the

Geneva Convention in doing so.

That's why the al-Qaeda and Talibanin Cuba are not POWs. Even thoughKing George and the rest of the ad-ministration have spent the last fourmonths declaring that we're at war,we really are not. Therefore, we don'thave POWs. U nderstand?

You see, sometimes defending thehomeland is even trickier than squee-geeing the books at Enron. So whyare we stashing prisoners in Cuba

anyway?First off, they're not prisoners,

they're just not free to go, and sec-ond, so we can demonstrate to Castrohow dismal his record on humanrights is.

The great bearded one has this ten-dency to throw people he doesn' t like

into a Cuban prison and forget aboutthem. Without the benefit of a trial— or at best, a show trial.

We on the other hand, being a free-dom-loving people, take people wedon't like and throw them into cagesin Cuba. Without the benefit of a trial.

Well, Rummy says, a cage in Cubais warmer than a cave in Afghanistan.Of course, he's n ever been in an Af-ghan cave — or a Cuban cage, for

that matter.| This whole thing smacks of thekind of arrogance that has madeAmerica famous around the world.Go back to the weeks immediatelyfollowing Sept. 11 and see what KingGeorge had to say about Osama binLaden: This isn't a question of guilt

or innocence. We know he's guilty.But don 't play totalitarian games. Itmakes people think we're back in the

U.S.S.R. '• '*Of course, with all this off-the-

books stuff, you do have to wonderat what point, exactly, an auditorceases to be an auditor and becomesa bookie, j ,

No, no, a thousand times no. ILet freedom and justice ring.

Sara SeidleKristin PurdyPhil PirrelloAdam DuSholeLeslie EchanMackenzie DexterAnnie SitterBilly ElliottKelly Froelich,Sarah A ntonette

Annie DeMeo

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Personal privacy underjfireU. Oregon'scompu ter usepolicy fails toprotect its students

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The Me rciad welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must besigned, but your name can be withheld on request under certainconditions. Letters are due on the Monday before publicationand should b e no longer than 500 words. All letters should besubmitted to Box 485.

(U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. — Uni-versity or Oregon students, staff andfaculty should be aware that theschool's server monitoring is infring-ing on individuals' rights o privacy.

Nothing protects users from hav-ing the personal files they transfer onUniversity servers examined on sus-picion of illegal activity.

The way the University's "Accept-able Use Policy" operates now doesnot protect students from privacy in-vasion, and a new policy is in order

that specifically addresses users'rights.I A draft policy is currently waitingfor the approval ofUniversity generalcounsel Melinda Grier, but Grier hasbeen remarkably tight-lipped aboutthe policy's progress.

When considering the proposedpolicy, Grier should take a cue fromthe University of California system.

Those schools operate under apolicy that disallows examination ofcampus network u sers' files withoutconsent of the user. Exceptions aremade only in emergency situations

when there is a threat to person orproperty, or when there is concreteevidence a law has been violated.

The University of Californiaschools have shown through theimplementation of this policy thatthey respect the privacy of their stu-dents instead of restricting what stu-dents can and cannot download.

(LkStudents and

faculty should be

treated^as adultsand trusted to use

the University's

server! responsi-

bly. %9

The University of Oregon shouldbe protecting students from privacyviolations in the same vein.t

/Students and faculty should be

treated as adults and trusted to usethe University's server responsibly.Otherwise, students are forced to cen -sor themselves in order to avoid rais-ing suspicion among bandwidthmonitors.

University of Oregon's monitors of

on-campus use of computers haveevery right to observe account userswho are using excessive bandwidth.They have this right because thosepeople who abuse their on-campuscomputer privi ledges are the onesdetracting from server availability.

However, monitoring bandwidthusage is different-from taking theextra step of checking a user's hard

drive and potentially invading theirprivacy — a distinction that needs tobe clarified in the University; ofOregon's new privacy policy.

Privacy is an issue that affects ev-eryone on campus, especially thosewho have no choice but to use theUniversity's server. Action on thecurrent draft policy needs to be takenimmediately to ensure the privacy of

users.Searching personal files is ethically

unacceptable, and students, staff andfaculty should be protected fromUniversity-ledprivacy invasions.

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ARTS&

ENTERTAINMENT

»Get fArt

a t t h e tRoadhouse

TheatreBy Stacey AbbottStaff writer

The Roadhouse Theatre for Con-temporary Art, located on,WestJl 1Street,Jirie is now featuring theaward-winning play "Art" byYasmina Yeza.

The play centers around threeforty-somethings and the way theyreact to a certain piece of art >j

One member of the trio, Serge,played by John Stockhausen, haspurchased a painting for quite ahefty sum . The painting has a whitebackground and is painted white(Yep^ it's Just a big white square).Marc, Jim Gandolfo, hisfriend refers to it simply as a "whitepiece of shit^This greatly offendsSerge and so he seeks the councilof their Jfriend Yvan, MarkTannenbaum.^

Yvan is a bumbling underachiever

who is already stressed out abouthisimpending wedding. He is, how-

ever;a highly tolerant man who sup-ports Serge andhis artistic purchase.Yvan*s agreeableness outrages M arcand their reajoeelings surface in ahigh-energy, comedic way wothree of them get together^ 3|-Marc feels betrayed by Serge be-cause he feels that he is forsakingtheir friendship in order to shmoozwith a more elite social class. In hisanger, Marc calls Yvan a spineless

k who can *t»form!nis ownopinions.

Serge admits that lie despisesMarc's wife because of he way shefans away cigarette, smoke, whileYvan becomes hysterical because of]the tension.*These three exchange

an excess of funny,'laughable ban-ter which also provokes interestingquestions concerning the value oflart and its interpretations, as well asSocial class and friendship.

These three exhibit an almost tan-gible on-stage chemistry that capti-vates the audience from the word

The show is, as alwayscomplimented by the"tastefully,eclectic artistic feel and intimate set-ting that the Roadhouse offers."Art" runs through February 23 ev-ery Friday and Saturday night at 8km. . For tickets call 456-3656 orvisit www.goerie.com/roadhouse.

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The'Fantasticks'

go out with a bangMercy hurst celebrates the end ofan era

Dinner MovieCheck Please

By Megan EbleStaff writer

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It's been on Broadway for 41 years,leaving the longest running musicaltheatre performance in history. Now,you have a chance to catch"Fantasticks" one more time, andwho knows, maybe you'll end theevening with dinner for two, and achauffeur to fulfill all your dreams.

Put on by your very own

Mercyhurst musical theatre depart-ment, "Fantasticks" is a romantic mu-sical you don't want to miss. Comesee why this two act musical was thelongest running show in the world,the most frequently produced musi-cal in the world and the longest run-ning show in American Theatre.Fantasticks" has been the only show

to play to seven U.S. Presidents, andmaking Mercyhurst history, it is thefirst musical theatre production toplay in the Performing Arts Center

(PAC).In addition to the spectacular per-

formance themusical theatre depart-ment has put together a special

Valentine's "Date Night," and onFebruary 14 at 8 p.m., doors open foronly Mercyhurst students. Not onlywill students be guaranteed a satis-fying evening, there are some extraincentives to entice your excitement.

At the end of the performance adrawing will take place and threepeople will walk away with morethan they bargained for. Chosen inthis order, third place w inner will re-ceive two free ickets o a Tinsleto wnshow, second place winner gets twofree tickets to TGI Fridays, and forthe first prize, Executive Limousinewill chauffeur you and a guest to din-ner at Joe Roots Grill After dinnerthe remaining time is yours; the limo

is booked for four hours.

time of only five weeks. The cast isas follows, The Mute: JasonWisniewski, Lusia: Tiffany Helbig,Matt: Jason Clement, Father: MarkSwiech, Bellomy: Evan Gregg,Henery: Chris Handley, Mortimer:Jason Long, and the Narrator will beplayed by special guest JoeGreulich,who is known throughout Erie for hiswork at the Playhouse.

Freshman Evan Gregg had somecomments about his experience 'Therehearsals are going extremely well.The experience is amazing and I'mhaving so much fun." This will be hisfirst major role at M ercyhurst.

%%Fantasticks is

a musical about

illusions: the illu-

sions of all young

lovers, the illu-

sions of their par-

By Sara SeidleEditor in Chief

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entsDJ. Maloney

In this incredible performance youwill see the extraordinary talent theMercyhurst musical theatre depart-ment has to offer.

The cast is comprised of freshm anandsophomores, who have been pre-paring for "Fantasticks" in a crunch

Director DJ . Maloney states,"'Fantasticks' is a musical about il-lusions: the illusions of all young lov-ers, the illusions of their parents, theillusions of old actors. But most ofall, it is about theatrical illusion it-

self; that is, the tacit agreement be-tween the artist and the audience it-self. The piece is lyrical and roman-tic. Most importantly, the show isacting outof a deeply imbedded fan-tasy, presentationally played employ-ing silly romanticism, as it's aesthetic

mode. This is a m usical for the wholefamily." * > * i

"Fantasticks" wi 11 be playing in thePerforming Arts Center on Feb ISand 16 at 8 p.m., and Feb 17at 2:30p.m. General admission is $7.50.Children and seniors are $5, andstu-dents with an ID get in for $ 1.

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It's Saturday morning. Okay, maybeit's afternoon. Either way, the timeis irrelevant. All you can think aboutis how great a nice big breakfast com-plete with eggs, bacon and toastwould be to start off your Saturdayright.

Every college student knows thata breakfast like this is exactly whatyou need to pick you up after a lateFriday night at the 'Hurst. Howabout a tall stack of pancakes or anomelette just the way you like it, in-stead?

You certainly aren 't going to findthe ingredients for a breakfast likethis in your refrigerator. And forgetasking you neighbors, they won'thave any of iteither. So what do youdo? v c : f,

I recommend heading a few blockseast on 38th Street and paying a visitto the City Diner. In my four yearsat Mercyhurst, I have learned that twothings are for sure; books are alwaystoo expensive and the City Diner, orPano's as it was once known, is

where to go for breakfast. It doesn'tmatter what time of day it is, the CityDiner is probably serving breakfast.It's kind of like Perkins, except witha more home-cooked flair. ¥

Their omelettes are great, always afavorite'of mine. And you can orderthem exactly how you want them;cheese, ham, western, veggie, youname it. \

The Diner also has the traditionalbreakfasts that include everythingfrom home fries and hashbrowns, toeggs scrambled o r sunny-side-up.

I do have one warning, however.Unless you like Cheez Whiz, don'torder theEggs Chicago. The descrip-tion on the menu says cheese sauce,

it really means Cheez Whiz.Since becoming the City Diner in-

stead of Pano's, there has been a newaddition to the restaurant. As patronswalk through the front door, they aregreeted by the smell of reshlybakedcinnamon rolls, cookies, muffins andmany other bakery items.

I've tried the cinnamon rolls anddefinitely recommend them. Every-thing else looks rather m outh-water-ing too. The sweet aroma is enoughto make your sweet tooth ache.

The City Diner, located on E. 38thStreet, about a block west of Topps,serves lunch and dinner as well.

So, even if it isn't breakfast yo u'recraving, I suggest checking it out.

Ticket Stub

By Phil PirreDoOpinion editor

The drama of family and custodybattles is a tricky thing to pull off inthe movies. Sometimes you get"Kramer vs. Kramer." Most of thetime you get some Lifetime melo-drama that relishes in its sap factor.You can also get "I Am Sam," anamalgamy of both an emotionallymanipulative drama and audiencepleaser. I liked "Sam." But I hate the

fact I like it because, as a critic, ittakes advantage of the very m ediumI critique. But even the most stubbornof wannabe Eberts have soft spots.

The Plot: Sean Penn is Sam, anautistic Beatles fan whose mentalcapacity is that of his 7 year olddaughter, Lucy ("in the sky with dia-monds"), played by the femaleequivalentjto Haley Joel Osment,

Dakota Fanning. Lucy develops afear of learning, a fear of exceedingher father, which leads to her educa-tors questioning Sam's ability to par-ent, which puts Lucy in foster care.Cue M ichelle Pfeiffer's ritzy, babyboomer-with-a-cell-phone lawyer

who draws parallels between thedaughter Sam needs and the son shecan't help but neglect.

Th e Good: Manipulative to the nthdegree, director andco-writer JessieNelson knowingly pulls on the heartstrings. But Penn and Farming's per-

formances are the only things thatmake the film palatable. TheyCtumstereotypical roles into charactersthat we care about, even if oursym-pathy is forced. And kudos to com-poser John Powell having a hand inspicing the soundtrack with B eatlesI covers that don't suck.

The Bad: Too often does Penn'sacting seem to imitate mentally re-tarded depictions rather than create

an original one , like Geoffrey Rushdid in "Shine," or Hoffman's"Rainman." Those Oscar winnersknew the importance of remainingtrue to the subject matter, even oneas sensitive to interpretation as au-tism. Penn's truth likes somewherebetween selling the performance andtreading carefully on a taboo subject.It is such tip-toeing where his big-gest flaw lies.

Emotional manipulations aside, "1Am Sam" is an entertaining tear-jerker, one which leaves you wonder-ing if"love is all you need." But don'tfeel ashamed that you easily suc-cumbed to "Sam's" sob inducingways, for that was its point, a pointfuture films should never, ever, brow-beat upon its audience again.

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LAKER

• S P O R T S

L a k e r s w i n o v e r F i n d l a y a n d A s h l a n d i n t h r i l l i n g g a m e s

By Krista RossMerciad writer

TheMercyhurst

men's basketballteam won the first two of a five homegame stretch. The wins were impres-sive and thrilling as the Lakers im-proved their overall record to 12-9and 5-7 in the GLIAC.

The Lakers went up against theUniversity of Findlay Thursday, Jan.31 for the first time this season. TheLakers showed an impressive firsthalf outscoring the Oilers 36-25 be-fore going into halftime. The Lakerscame Out just as strong in the second.But the Oilers would put up a fightforcing the Lakers into overtime.Findlay's effort w as just not enoughto top the Lakers as they sealed thewin in the final few seconds of thegame to end 76-74; Leading the Lak-ers was sophomore guard JustinShouse, this week's GLIAC SouthPlayer-of-the-Week,with 24 points.Sophomore Josh Helm also contrib-

mm

uted 17 points. Junior guard MarcusJankus and junior forward MikeMarshall both added 10 points.

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer

Sophomore Justin Shouse fights his way through Ashland's defenseas he goes upforthe lay-up. Shouse was named GLIAC South Player-

of-the-Week.

Sophomore Josh Helm looks for an option as he brings the ball downthe court. Helm had 17points as the Lakers defeated Ashland in a

thrilling 71-69 win. • | .Saturday, Feb. 2, the Lakers faced

Ashland University giving the crowdanother thrilling win that came downto the last few minutes of the game.The Lakers came out strong, butwould end up trailing by only one athalftime 34-33. The second half was

Maxim leads Lady Lakersagainst Findlay and AshlandBy Krista RossMerciad writer

The Mercyhurst wom en's basketballteam won against Findlay 62-48Thursday night before falling toAshland 75-69.

The Lady Lakers faced FindlayThursday Jan. 31. The Mercyhurstwomen came out strong and led theOilers 30-28 at halftime. iThe LadyLakers pufrithefgame away in thesecond half by holding the Oilers tojust 18points andonly allowing themto shoot 23 percent from the floor.The Lady Lakers defeated the Oilers62-48, while shooting nearly 54%from the three-point line. Leadingthe Mercyhurst women were juniorguard Katie Lorincz with 19 pointsand senior guard Bridget Donovanwith 14 points.'Senior guard Jodie*Maxim had 13 points while seniorforward Krista Usher added 10 points.Maxim also led the Lakers with fourassists and eight rebounds. _

The Lady Lakers went up againstthe Ashland Eagles Saturday, Feb. 2.TheLady Lakers would start out slow,trailing by ten at halftime 36-26. ButMercyhurst would not give up andfought back to give the Eagles a runfor their money. The Lady Lakerscame within two with just five min-utes left. But the twenty minutes of


Senior Jodie Maxim passes theball to a teammate in Saturday'sgame againstAshlan. Mercyhurst

lost 75-69. ; . 1 V * 1

the second halfwould prove to be too

short and the Lakers would fall toAshland 75-69. Maxim ledMercyhurst with 24 points and nowhas 952 for her career. Lorincz fin-ished with 21 points. Sophomore for-

ward Krista Ross also contributed 9points and pulleddown 10 rebounds.

The Lady Lakers will resume playThursday, Feb. 7 againstWayne Stateand Saturday, Feb. 9 againstHillsdaleCollege to continue their five home,game stretch.

Image Sports Winter Schedule

February

Fri. Feb. 15 Mercyhurst-UConn Hockey (M)Sat. Feb. 16 Mercyhurst-Gannon DHSun. Feb. 17 Mercyhurst-Brown Hockey (W)Sat. Feb. 23 Mercyhurst-Sacred Heart (M)

7:006:002:007:00

All games shown on Cablevision Channel 20 and AdelphiaChannel 12. Some games will be replayed. Schedule of replayswill be on Cablevision 20 and Adelphia 12.

a fight all the way down to the finalseconds of the game. The Lakersfought hard and at one point led bynine, 60-51, with 8:33 left. But theEagles were not ready to let the Lak-ers win and fought back to take alead, 61-60, with 5:45 left The Lak-

ers would not give up. In the finalseconds of the game, Shouse sealedthe win for Mercyhurst with a lastsecond shot to win 71-69. Leadingthe Lakers was junior forward ScottMelle with 19 points. Shouse andHelm also added 17 points each. The

Lakers shot nearly 55 percent fromthe field and held the Eagles to 40percent shooting.The Lakers face W ayne State Thurs-

day, Feb. 7 and Hillsdale CollegeSaturday, Feb. 9 to continue?theirfive game home stand.

Maher and Frye selected as All-Americans

By Stacey A bbottStaff writer

Mercyhurst's senior soccer players

Anthony Maher*and Meghan Fryewere recently named first team Ail-American and third team All-Ameri-can, respectively, by the NationalSoccer Coaches Assoscfation ofAmerica.^Forward Maher was named Offen-sive Player-of-the-Year earlier misyear leading Mercyhurst toa seventh

straightGLIAC title as well as a spotin the NCAA Division II Great LakesRegional semi-finals.-He became theall-time leader in goals and points inMercyhurst soccer history with 24

goals and 63 points He was alsosecond in game-winning goals, tally-ing 4 and led the team in assists with15 as well as a shot percentage of.264.1 Maher is noistranger to All-GLIAC honors having been namedto the second team in1997 and thefirs|teaman!l99Sand|[999^^ fj

For the women*s team, goalkeeper

Frye was named Defensive Player-of-the-Year earlier this year, finish-ing with a 15-3-1 record, withftenshutouts and allowing only0.64 goalsper match with a .864 save percent-!

age. Frye spent L737:17 minutes onthe field mis season and only gaveup12goals. Over the course of her four]years atMercyhurst, she finished witha record of 58-15-5 and a save per-centage of * 854. She managed torecord 30 shutouts and 381 saves aswell as being honored in the GLIACall four years of play at Mercyhurst

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Volleyball sweeps DYouville, falls to IPFW

By Krista RossMerciad writer

The M ercyhurst men's volleyball team

defeated D'Youville before falling toIndiana Purdue at Fort W ayne in theirfirst league game.

The Mercyhurst men facedD'Youville Tuesday, Jan. 30. TheLakers needed only three games towin the match 3-0. The scores were30-27, 30-20 and '30-26. It was animpressive three games. .

"We played well as a team and theyounger players were able'to get sometimeand experience," said sophomoreT.J. Wilson when asked about the

match. Leading the Lakers in killswere unior Alex Laama and freshmanDave Schmidl with nine each. JuniorJon Samolis had 31 assists.

Friday Feb. 1, the Mercyhurst menopened their M idwest IntercollegiateVolleyball Association league playagainst visiting IPFW. The Lakers fell3-0 The scores were 25-30,25-30and25-30. Laama and freshman AustinSiewert combined for 21 kills with 11and 10, respectively. Samolis rackedupthe assists againwith 30. Mercyhurstdropped to 2-3 overall. ,fi

Mercyhurst will return to action Sat-urday night, Feb. 9, when it hosts BallState at 7 pm. «


Junior Alex Laama and sopho-more T.J. Wilson go up for theblock against IPFW.

Freshmen w restlers wimthird place at tournamentBy Mackenzie DexterSports editor

The Mercyhurst freshmen wrestlerslost against Pitt Johnstown 36-6Wednesday, Jan. 30, but bouncedback this weekend to win third placeat the 16th Annual John Summa Invi-tational Tournament at BaldwinWallace.

The Pitt Johnstown Mountain Cats,#8 in Division II, improved theirrecord to 13-5 with the 36-6 verdictover visiting Mercyhurst at the UPJSports Center. Mercyhurst dropped

to8-6. Mercyhurst's only points camein the evening !s final match at 133when Mike Shumac pinned his oppo-nent. Shumac' s pin came at 5:45 inthe contest. The UPJ lineup featuredfour nationally ranked w restlers, three| All Americans and a 2000 NationalQualifier. Despite these odds, theLakers didn't give up without a fight.Mercyhurst forfeited at 125 and T.J.Fera was pinned at 157, but all theother match-ups were decided byseven points or less. The Mountain]Cats came in ranked third in the re-gion with Mercyhurst 6th.

The Lakers finished third ofeleven

teams Saturday, Feb. 2, at the 16thAnnual John Summa InvitationalTournament at Baldwin W allace. JakeSquire and Justin Mautz won indi-vidual titles at 141 and 197, respec-tively. Ben McAvinew finished sec-ond at 184 and Angelo Caponi tookthird place at heavyweight. MikeShumac, T.J. Fera and Jared Snydereach finished fifth at 133, 157 and174, respectively. Gannon won theevent with 1445 points. Mercyhurstfinished with 102.

Mercyhurst will compete atBaldwin Wallace in dual competi-tion Saturday, February 9.

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Women's hockey defeats W ayne State mL a d y L a k e r s r e m a i n r a n k e d n i n t h n a t i o n a l l y w i t h w i n s \ H u r s t S p o r t s *

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By Stacey AbbottStaff writer

The Mercyhurst women's hockeyteam swept the weekend seriesagainst Wayne State with 7-0 and 4-0 wins, respectively.!?The ninthranked Lady Lakers are now 20-7-1overall and 14-2-1 in the GLWHA.The Warriors dropped to 3-21-2.

Junior defender MariannMacDougall scored first goal forMercyhurst Friday, Feb 1 when shescored at 5:51 ofthe first period on a

power-play. The goal was her secondofthe season and was helped by jun-ior forward C.J. Ireland and sopho-more forward Lindsay Barch.Mercyhurst added a power-play goalby freshman forward; SaraMcDonald, her eleventh, at 17:55 ofthe first for a 2-0 lead after a period.Mercyhurst extended its lead to 5-0after two periods as sophomore for-

ward Britney Millar scored short-handed at 8:41, followed by freshmanforward Lindsay Dellow at 10:27 andfreshman forward Chrissy Yule, on a

power-play, at 15:07. Ireland andMcDonald completed the scoring at

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Men 's basketball hosts Wayne Stateat 8 p.nt Thursday, Feb. T^Tlteyen-tertain Hillsdale Saturday, Feb. 9at3 p.m.

Women's basketballThe women's basketball team hostsWayne State at 6 p.mi Thursday,Feb. 7. They will entertain HillsdaleSaturday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m.


Junior Jennifer Jeffrey comes up with the puck froma defender. Mercyhurst swept Wayne State with 7-0 and 4-0 shutouts.


Sophomore Lindsay Barch takes the puck pastWayne State defenders. Barch scored two goals inSaturday's 4-0 win.

12:38 and 19:42, respectively, in thethird. Mercyhurst outshot WayneState 47-8, converted 3 of 8 power-play chances and tallied shorthanded.Freshman Desi Clark picked up thewin in goal.

Junior Randi Pilger began the scor-ing effort Saturday, Feb. 2 during the

first period with a power-play goal.Mercyhurst didn't find the back ofthe net again until the third period due

to the strong defense of WayneState's goalie. At 3:23 in the finalperiod, Pilger recorded her secondgoal ofthe game and her sixth oftheseason. Barch rounded out the scor-

ing with two goals at 10:58 and13:33, to tally her eleventh andtwelfth ofthe year. Clark stopped alleight ofWayne State's shots, winningher ninth game in goal.

The Lady Lakers match up withFindlay this weekend for a pair ofgames in the MIC at 7 p.m.

Men's hockey extends winning streak defeating Holy Cross

WrestlingThe wrestling team will travel toBaldwin Wallace for a 7 p.m. con-

test Saturday, Feb. 9.

'Men's hockeyMen's hockey -will go up againstSacred Heart Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.

They will take on American Inter-national at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9.

Women's hockeyWomen*s hockey will compete atFindlay this Friday and Saturday fora couple of 7 p.m. games.

By Stacey AbbottStaff writer fe.

The Mercyhurst men's hockey teamextended their winning streak to eightstraight games winning 6-3 and 4-1,

respectively, against Holy Cross. TheLakers' overall record improves to17-7-2 and 16-0-2 in the MAAC.

Mercyhurst scored four times in the

second period to erase a 2-1 deficitand went on to defeat Holy Cross 6-3 before over 1,200 fans at the HartCenter Friday night, Feb. 1. Juniorforward R.C. Lyke scored his firstgoal ofthe season at 7:55 ofthe first

period to give Mercyhurst a 1-0 lead.

But the Crusaders got goals at 13:14and 18:35 to take a 2-1 lead aftertwenty minutes. B ut, the second pe-riod belonged to Mercyhurst. Fresh-man defender T.J Kemp, sophomoreforward Peter Rynshoven, senior for-

ward Brad Olsen, and unior forwardAdam Rivers all found the back ofthe net. The Crusaders stayed withinstriking distance at 5-3 scoring oncemore after two periods. Mercyhurstjunior defender Mark Chambers con-cluded the scoring with his first ofthe year at 17:30 ofthe third. In theend, Mercyhurst had six differentgoal-scorers and thirteen differentplayers with at least one point.

Rynshoven and Olsen extended their

goal-scoring streaks to three games.Holy C ross outshot Mercyhurst 37-34. The Lakers converted both oftheir power play chances while theCrusaders finished 1 of 4.

The Crusaders got on the board firstthe next night after a scoreless firstperiod with a goal at 1:56 ofthe sec-ond period. But that's the only goalthat Holy Cross would get for thenight. The Lakers answered quicklywith a goal from sophomore forwardAdam Tackaberry. Tackaberry's tenthgoal of the season tied the game at5:22 in the same period and washelped by line mates freshman for-

ward Rich Hansen and Rynshoven.

Late in the period, the Lakers tallied

two more goals to firm up their lead.Senior forward Marty Rychley re-corded h is second score of the yearat 16:35 followed by senior forwardTom McMonagle with his fifth at18:18. With 53 seconds of play re-maining in the third period,Tackaberry found the open net to fin-ish out the scoring. Senior goaliePeter Aubry, this week's MAACGoalie-of-the-Week, added his 50thcareer win and his 14th of the sea-son.

Next Friday and Saturday the Lak-ers will match up against SacredHeart and American International,respectively.

Men'&volleyballThe men's volleyball team hostsBall State Saturday,|Feb. 9 in theMAC at 7 p.m. They head to FindlayWednesday, Feb^l 3 to play another7 p.m. game.

Men's tennis defeats^Shippensburg 6-3,lwomen lose 8-1

Club hockeyThe club hockey team travels toNiagara-Friday, Feb. 8 to play at 8p.m. They host Cornell at 2 p.m. inthe MIC Sunday, Febil 0.

Tennis*;

The tennis teams will host the GreatLakes Double Championships thisweekend.

By Mackenzie DexterSports editor

The Mercyhurst men's tennis teamlooked sharp as they defeated Slip-pery Rock 6-3 Saturday, Feb. 2, atthe Westwood Racquet Club.

Freshmen John Nichols and AlbertVeverka led the way, getting threepoints for the team. Nichols won hismatch 6-0, 6-0 while Veverka pre-vailed 6-4 and 7-5. Freshman Matt

Hambleton won his singles match 6-4 and 6-0. Sophomores Joe DeFazioand Tom Redband also won at singlesby scores of7-5,5-7,6-3 and 6-3,7-5, respectively.

The Mercyhurst women's tennisteam were defeated by unbeaten Slip-pery Rock 8-1 Saturday, Feb. 2, in amatch held at the Westwood RacquetClub. The Lady Lakers, playing forthe first time since the conferencechampionships last fall, fell to 9-9overall.

The only win for the Lady Lakerscame from freshman Joanna

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