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at 'HursBy John Murphyand Zoe CohenMerciad Writers11 it normal that in the lead up tofinals week college students un-dergo a certain amount of stress.If that stress becomes too muchfor students, there is a counselingservice on - campus. MostMercyhurst students know verylittle about the services offered.Furthermore, those who do de-cide to seek couns ding helphaveto deal with a service that baalittle resources.The counseling service offeredhere consists o fa one room officeon the secondfloorof Egan. Thestaff consists of Dr. WarrenHohwold and Maria Hvzeda.Eachis employed to spend 12 hours,Tuesday through Friday, servingtheneeds ofsome 2,700 students.A sampling o f Freshmen ques-tioned revealed that many mem-bers of this class arenot aware ofthe counselling. service. "Whatcounsellingservice?" asked Eliza-beth KolojcL "If mere is one of-fered, I've never heard about it,"she said.

"I didn't know we had a coun-seling service," said Venus Sali-nas. I 've never been to them,never talked to them. I didn't evenknow theywere there," said BrianRamsak.;$ul feel the school madeno effortto tell us that such a service ex-ists," said Tabitha Dy ke.Commenting on why the ser-vice was not advertised more,Hohwold said that the reason therehasn't been as much publicitydone this year is matwhen itwasdone in the past, it did not in-crease the number ofstudents whosought counseling."We try to ensure that all theresidence-life staff, members ofthe faculty and administrationareaware of the service we provide.Usually, these people are in abetter position on campus to be-te aware of crisis situationsil 11involving students. If, in theiropinion we should be involved,then we usually are," saidHohwold.Hohwold explained that eachyear during RA training, a pre-sentation is given that explainsthe counseling service and whatit

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offers. Healso believes that thereis enough two-way communica-tion between the counseling of-fice and RAs, but that it is diffi-cult to tell accurately. "We get alot of callsfromRAs and facultyreferring students. Students them-selves also call and set up ap-pointments,'* said Hohwold. \They told us about the coun-seling serv ices during RA train-ing, butl don'tfeelIknow enoughabout it to comment,'' saidBaldwin RA, Mindi McDowell."In training we know what pro-cedures to follow in case ofemer-gencies. In em otional crisises thatrequires counseling, we knowwhere to send the residents. Al-though, I hav e never referred astudent,9 said RA, BradRybczynski."We are made aware of the ser-vice in training, yet w e are notgiven specific techniques to usein the case of emergen cies,'' saidBaldwin RA , Tiffany Reid. Although Hohwold was reluc-tant to comment on the counsel-ing training RAs received, he saidthat "within the parameters they(the housing office) deal with, die

training program here is good."Hohwold said that on average,a college counseling serviceshould expect to see 10-15% ofthe student body in t year, andthat this figu re is approached atMercyhurstTh ere is a general stigma at-tached to counseling servicesacross campuses in dieU.S. Be-cause of our size here atMercyhurst, the problems arecompounded," said Hohwold. "Alot of referrals w e ge t, and evenstudents who make the appoint-ments themselves, often do notie in," he said.Hohwold said he wanted to em-Will

phasize that the counseling ser-vice offerred was absolutelycon-fidential, andencourage studentsto come and talk early on, andnotlet things reach a crisis point."This is a place to come in andsit down with a trained profes-sional wh o hat wide experiencedea 1 ingwith college students. Wewant to affect behavioralchange,and help the students develop in*sights that will help them feelbetter about him or herself," hesaid.

Even though both HohwHvzeda are only employehours per week each, coming on the adequacy of sources he has to workHohwold said he believMercyhurst has respondneed for counseling sinceturn in 1992. c"I feel that die availabcounselors is inadequatefor die needs of a campsize," said Rybczynski."They pretty much let' in RA training that the1 with limited resources anhave a great deal of timewith," said Reid. "Inmy experiences, I have had for up totwo weeks to gea counselor," she said. Tvery good at their job, boffice hours are I united,"Counselor office hourTuesday, Hohwold 1-4Wednesday, Maria Hvzea.m., Hohwold 5 -8 p.m .; day, 9-12 a.m., and 1-4padav. Maria Hvzeda 9 a.m

\Malcolm and MartmA Meeting in the little TheaBy Chris WlochNews EditorLast week,Mercyhurst studentsreceived exposure tothe differentphilosophies of Malcolm X andMartin Luther King, Jr., two ofthe most significant and influen-tial leaders of the 1960a BlackCivil Rights movement la die U.S. A dramatized re-enactment of

a ictionalmeeting between thesetwo great African-American in-tellectua Is and activists was pre-sented Wednesday Oct 30 , at 8p.m. in the Taylor Little Theatre.Lasting a little over an hour, TheMeeting provided an oppurtunity mm wfor everyone present to compareand contrast the messages of bothindividuals and their effects onthe Black community and discus-sions about face-related issues inthis country. The show was prao

othcr area colleges wereattendance, said Yvonne assistant director of the Ping Arts Center.From the vantage poinaudience, it was easy to bengrossed by the realistictrayed interactions on stfelt 1 ike I was actually inwith them," sa id sophmornal justicemajor Cameronington.j Senior forensic scienceTiffany Reid sa id that, "triencc was very real. It hpersonalize history. Watchactors on stage elevated tmeaning o f their words w husually read on paper."Fresher communicationSha'Kele Brown said, "Ienlightening. It really mathink about whatwould hapened if the two had mettically sold out, and studentsfrom&%]. see "Malcolm," p

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Survey Says Hurst is Above AverageBy Chris WlochNews Editor

In a recent articlefrom US.News and World Report, a na-tional survey ofcollege freshmenrevealed that "incoming collegestudents are increasingly disen-gagedfrom he academic experi-ence." A similar study was con-ducted at Mercy hurst near the endof the spring term of the 95-96academic year;Resultsfrom he ACT StudentOpinion Survey Report were re-leased this week.The questionaire

was distributed in 9:40 classes inlate April of last year. Nearly 500Mercyhurst students filled it outand related their satisfaction withdifferent facilities and servicesprovided by the campus commu-nity in addition to various aspectsof academic, athletic and sociallife at the college.The result! were then comparedwith other private colleg es aroundthe country. In addition,thedifference -between Mercyhurststudents* responses and thissample was provided as a meansof contrasting stud ents' attitudesabout the college with those ofpeople enrolled at other institu-

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tions. A disclaimer on the testnotes mat it "does not a ddress theissue o f practical significance orthe appropriateness of theparisons being made.n .According to'Bill Kennedy,Dean of Student Services. T h evast majority of private collegesthat Mercyhurst is beingpared with are not located in theEast, but in the Midwest, whereattitudes regarding higher educa-tion arevery different" Kennedysaid that he believes mat die sur-vey results would be somewhatdifferent if w e were to be

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Mi l lpared to private colleges on theEastern coast -Mercyhurst students were moresatisfied than the average privatecollege student about our StudentUnion, Campus Bookstore, op-portunities for student employ-ment, course content and instruc-tion in their major field, out-ofclass availability o f their profes-sors, level ofpreparation'for theircareers, and their personal secu-rity and safety on this campus.Overall, Mercyhurst college as awhole received a significantlyhigher rating of satisfaction thandie sample of private colleges.In relation to students at other

private college s, Mercyhurst stu-dents were significantly less sat-isfied with residence hall rulesand regulations regarding behav-ior, student voic e in college poli-cies, die use of student activityfees, course availability, generalregistration, billing andfe e pay-ment procedures and the avail-ability of student housing.According to Kennedy, thehighlevel of dissatisfaction with cam-pus housing is a result of the largenumber of students who had notreceived their housingplacementsfor the next year at die time matdie survey was conducted. Al-though the college guaranteeshousing to all students who needit, that does not mean that theywill automatically receive theirfirst choice, he said.Kennedy also admitted his sur-prise that a significant number ofstudents felt that die college doesnot show concern for them asindividuals and mat they are gen-erally dissatisfied with the atti-tude of the college non-teachingstaff towards them as students."Our students are important,"Kennedy said, "and we need to dowhat we can to bring about

changes in all the areas of thecollege that affect them."

FIP SE Grant Promotes WritingAcro^By Chris WlochNews Editor

Starting this fall, Mercyhurstwill participate in a nation-wideWritingAcross the Curriculum(WAC) program sponsored" byRobert Morris College , which hasbeen made possible by a grantfrom the Fundfor he Improve-ment of Post-Secondary Educa-tion (FIPSE). The new WAC pro-gram to be implemented by thecollege will strongly emphasizethe process of learning through

. *writing."This is a significant b oost tothe Writing to Learn* movement,"sa id Dr. Joseph Gower, AcademicDean. "We expect to learn muchfrom coll aborating with other in-stitutions," he said.According to Gower, the ulti-mate goal Is to look beyond thecore curriculum and make writ*ing an element in every class.

although some courses will re-main more writing-intensive thanothers. jDr. Hell en Mullen, chair of thebusiness division, is very familiarwith this particular WAC Pro-gram. She spent 29 years at Rob-ert Morris which has been a pio-neer in the area o f Writing Acrossthe Curriculum. \"Robert Morris College has anextensive background in thesetypes of programs," she said.Additionally, they have manyyears of experience in developingvideo tapes for demonstrating toteachers several methods for in-corporating "writing to learn0strategies into the design of theircourses.Mullen explained that the grantwill cover the materials that willbe used in in furthering the devel-opment and implementationof aWriting Across the Curriculumprogram at Mercyhurst Funds

will also be provided for travelexpenses and reimbursement fora reduced load of one class peryear for each of the three partici-pants who will meet with facultymembers from Robert MorrisCollege in Pittsburgh during thesecond week in December.These three representatives in-clude, Mullen, ;Ms. Janet Price,director of the sports medicineprogram, and Dr. Heidi Hosey,associate professor of English.Each of the three will work toincorporate principles and prac-ticesfrom he WAC method intoexisting classes and to design newcourses for both themselves andother Acuity members to teach.Five other schools are also tak-

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M SG N ew s: CourtesyPhone Installed in OldMaiBy:Melissa Lang \Merciad Writer ,On Monday, Nov. 4, Mercyhurst Student Governmeweekly meeting in the union.SAC chairperson Brian Marshall gave his weekly updaalong with a reminderthat Quiet Study in the Cafe will be hand Wednesday, Nov. 12-13from11-3 pJO* andThursday, Nov . 14from11-2 p.m. Food for Finals willbeLaker Inn on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 9 p.m.President Stacey Fitzpa trick announced that the courtesbe installed in Old Main sometime this weekor next weekFitzpatrick and Marshall met with Dr. Gamy to discuproblems and maintenance issues. Marshall explained tothe concern students have about the lack of security gresponse timeby security in an emergency. Dr. Garvey wiinto hiring more security guards to improve on the probleto his attention. ft s

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Fitzpatrick questioned the d ecision to take thelibrary shelf. Dr. Garvey told Stacey he hadn't heard anythe would look into itThe following day Dr. Garvey met with Stacey and told>ks were put back on the shelfand that he supports anystudents participate in.The Freedom Zone is looking for submissions to gDecember issue. Th e committee is also looking into makinmore elaborateand interesting. Ifyou have any ideas pleascommittee. - , , . . .A note to all students and reps-next w eek's student gmeeting hasbeen canceled due to finals.Business School NameHonor of Dr.Barret C. WBy Chris Wloch.NewsEditor

On Thursday, Nov. 7, Mercyhurstwill name its business school afterErie philanthropist, Dr. Barret CWalker, At an 11 aon. ceremony, aplaque will be unveiled in honor ofWalker who gave the college $1 mil-lion.! The gift was part of the 18-month "Continuing the Dream" funddrivewhich occurred two years agoand raised a total of $12 3 million.J Walker's contribution will be used,in par^ to fund a research canternamed in honor of Mrs. CatherineWalker*The Center will be includedin the building addition to theHammermill Library, which will bestarted try spring term.The money that was donated willserve to improve the largestacademicdepartment at Mercyhurst The Busi-

ness Division has' thand is comprised of 46ofwhom are purs uina full-time basis.Degrees offered byWalker School of Buthe bachelor of arts inbusiness administratioconcentrations in advness education* busintry, inance,marketinand sports organizatiociate degree programagementand medical atraining are also beingjunction with the McDr.HellenMullen,dness school, said.thatpleased that "Dr. andare supporting the cocommitment to the libpreparation of studentthe business world *tram ounceme

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ms with their differences andOneof the ilings hat surprisedCameron and

was the fact that MalcolmX'than King.tend to associate mfli-you thfulness, and thusth at you 're the older one"X.

Additionally, the influence ofwasmadeKing'snging in the south

often harsh and brutal condi-fiie nner city.As Malcolm X, Freeman com-ed seriousness with a few hu-irous on-sta zeantics that helpedtl l lighten the often somber andtimes, Freemanbeen mistakenfor heNation ofIslam because of his

Jim Lucas m ade an incredibly *convincing King both because ofhis physical resemblance to thesouthern Baptist Muslim and hisexpert handling and delivery ofthe dialogue. Mark Anderson'smomentary appearances asMalcolm X's bodyguard, Rashad,served to provide a balance to thestrains in what sometimes turnedinto a heated confrontation.Correspondingly, a aeries ofthree arm-wrestling matches be-tween King and X resulted in adraw which served to reconcilethe viewpoints of both leaders.Just what we could have accom-pl Lshed if both of us were usingour strength t o push in the samedirection," M alcolm X said afterthe tie wa s reached.The differences between thetwowere made evident in their re-sponses to an actual event wherea young girlwas seriously injuredafter a Molotov cocktaflexplodedina crowd o f people participatingin a civil rightsmarch. WhileKingsoughtfirstof all to rush over andcomfort the suffering girl, Xthought it best to go after themanwho had thrown the bomb, so that

he would not be able to continuecausing any more unnecessarypain for other innocent people.

As a result; X's famous sayingabou tending racist oppression "byany means necessary19 is not anexcuse w hich condones wantonviolence. Instead, it is a way ofexpressing X's belief mat everyalternative should be explored inthe struggleforequality, andmoreimportant), social and economicImprovements for African-Americans.Fr 4 1 1 noticeablyturbed wh en reading a copy of aspeech in which King stated thatAfrican-Americans had a capac-ity to suffer any injustice thatwould overcome every obstaclethat could be placed in the way ofthe eventual goal of racial har-mony. Specifically, King had saidthe power of love was far greaterthan any attempts to thwart it bywhite supremacists, even whentheirhatred took themore violentforms of discrimination, such asthe beatings, lynchings 'andchurch-bombings which kill in-nocent men. women and children.

King responded toX' s poignantcriticisms b y pointing out tha t hefollows his belief in non-violentaction and protests, not becausehe liked to do it or because it waseasy, but because his convictionstold him that it was "the rightthing to do," even when the con-sequences are unbelievably tragicand seem almost impossible,,toacceptX countered by pointing outmat there are people who partici-pate in non-violent marches sndmen return home to their commu-nities where they commit acts ofviolence against other African-Americans. X strongly believedthat Black outrage and angershould be focused on racist op-pressors and directed toward ret-ribu tion , instead of being denied,internalized and unleashed on fel-low Blacks.At first, the only thing that thetwo can agree on is when themeeting is over. Then, a connec-tion is made between the two onthe common level of family rela-tionships when King presents Xwith a doll forhis little girl. Afterseeing the devastation of

Malcolm's house follobomb,Yolanda King asfather to take one of herthe meeting so mat it cgiven to Malcolm X's dThe two part asfriendgreater understanding anciation of the other'svieshared commitment to ing the struggle."I could relate to the ction because I vividly reKing's spee ches, the macertain ev ents that he wring to," said Betty Darector of the Act 101. Pwho grew up In Huntsvhundred miles romBirm"And being aware of Mthoughts and stance, I w

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Grand DelusionsBy James BainMerciadA&E EditorIt's amazing the ilingsrichpeople find to occupy their time.A few weeks back,Alec Baldwinand some other big time Holly-wood types announced an oh -so-trendy boycott of Pennsylvaniabecause Gov. Ridge refused toput a stop to a pigeon shoot insome backwater village in cen-tral Pa .For those o f you unacquaintedwith our commonwealth's localcolor, every year tne residentsget together and trap wild pi-geons, then set them free sosome toothless rednecks ca npickthem off with high-poweredrifles. But decent people do ex-ist, assome residents dart intothefray to rescue injured birds andnurse them back to health. It allsounds like one great big MontyPython routine, doesn't it? Thepigeon shoot has been thesubject of statewide controversyannually, as animal rights groupsattempt every year to put a halt tothe carnage. This year, however,

Mr. Baldwin got wind ofthe eventand raised a nationwide stink.This begs the question: Doesn'tBaldwin have anything better todo than to meddle in local p oli-tics? Baldwin enlisted some ofhis colleagues, including DenisLeary, who just did afilm nwhich an elephant is traumatizedby being chucked out of an air-plane. Their mission: bully thegovernor into putting his execu-tive foot down. Baldwin sent avaguely threatening 1etter toHar-risburg, warning of dire conse-quences if Ridge didn't complywith hisjactorly demands. IfRidge didn't stop the? shoot,warned Baldwin and Co., thenfilmmakers m ight just decide notto film in Pennsylvania anymore.Regardless ofwhetherlagreewith their cause (I do, but that'snot important), I disagree withthe approach., Baldwin has a his-tory of trying to bully politiciansinto seeing things his way, usu-ally on animal rights. Aside fromthe unfairness of characterizingan entire state by the actions ofsome members of a tiny town-

ship, Baldwin's mod est proposalsounds a little ridiculous. Afterall, a few years ago, Hollywoodboycotted Colorado because ofits anti-gay politics. Let's see,that's 48 states left What if NewYork does something they don'tlike? God forbid, what ifCalifornia'sigovernor suddenlyproda ims thatclubbing baby sea Isis a neat idea? Pretty soon, allmovies will be shot in Baldwin'sbackyard..Pennsylvania stands to loselittle from the Baldwin boyc ottUltimately, the location of a filmshoot is determined bythe studio'swallets. If it's cheaper to shoot inPittsburgh than in, say, Toronto,the filmmakers will opt for themore financially favorable locale.But Baldwin is setting a poor ex-amplefo r he causcmongers ofHollywo od. Better hope yourhome state doesn't offend Mr.Baldwin's sensibilities! Youmight just be next

On the Big Program Tonight...HRIMPay close attention to the audi-ence on The LateShow W ith DavidLetterman on Monday, Novem-ber 11. Among die crowd takingin Dave's antics will be 11Mercyhurst HRIM majors andtwo faculty members. Pete Zohosand Adam Kleinhenz, the students

in charge of arranging the trip,said they just got the word thatthey've secured tickets to Mon-day night's taping. The HRIMmajors have also sent Lettermana Uote alerting him o f their pres-ence, so they may just wind up oncamera. Tune in and see. J. H.

Musician Dec Stewart will appear at the Taylor Little TheaterMonday, Nov. 11 it 8 pan. Call th e Performing Arts Center foreservations. aMovie Quote of the Week: "No, you can't go as a teon his choice of a Halloween costume in E.T. LineJustice is blind in "Primal Fea

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Frustrated with the legal sys-tem? Ready torip hat damnblindfold off Lady Justice? Pri-malFearis your movie. A som e-1 to8 labyrinthwhat self-righteous but compel-ling drama presents a worst-casescenario o f justice go ne amuck.Richard Gere stars as Martin

the prosecutor. Local and churchpolitics also com e into play, andVail soon finds h imself ina twist-conjecture.Gere gives one o f his bestformances in his most comcharacter role to date. Vail isVail, an unctuous defense attor-ney with pretensions of civic-mindedness. When a simpleyoung altar boy (Edward Norton,In a brilliant debut) is accused of\ butchering a beloved archbishop,Vail leaps on the case lor its pub-licity value. Soon, however, hebegins to believe the boy la inno-cent, and struggles to save him Jfrom the gaa chamber.Matters are complicated by thefact that Martin 'a bitter ex-lover(Laura Linney, front Congo ) j

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very likable guy, but once hismotivations are made dear, it'seasier to sympathize with his frus-tration as he stuggles not only toexonerate his client, but toto terms with his own search foitruth.Norton is someone to watch

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hk anattempt to cheer everybody Up before finals, I had thought aboutwriting anarticle regarding my experiences with wom en at this college.Bu t thenI sobered up and realized that my experiences with the oppositesex have not been funny. Indeed, after a mote sober reflection, myunimpaired mind settled on quite a different word to describe myexperiences, the word, 'sad. *So now that my attempts to cheer anybody uphave failed, it's time toremind you that this is a stressful time for students. Papers due, oroverdue,finals ooming, failing threathened, all that good stufC Like Isaid last week, events like those.that afflicted my riendsgive you sortof a wake-up call that puts our college worries into perspective. Simply,the concerns that we have here are notas crucial or as intense as those thataffect people in the real world.Nevertheless, the truth is that most of us let these concerns becomecrucial; we get caught up in college life, caught up in Mercyworld. Fromthe trivial issues like roomm ate squabbles and frustrated relationships,

to more serious ones like grades andcareer plans, we allow ourselves tobe consumed with anxiety.Accepting th at this is partof fliccollege experience, it is tobe assumedthat a responsible institution would care enough about its students toprovide adequate services to cater to their needs Inthis area. Mercyhurstdoes provide two highly professional individuals to counsel students.The problem is, these individuals are only employed on a part-timebasis.They do not have the time, and are not paid enough, to cater to some2,700 students. They have been given a scanty single room office andnosecretarial staff. This shows that Mercyhurst does not treat its counselingservices seriously enough.They ought to. There are students here who ha ve problems* Inmy yeanat this school, there havebeen several reports of suicides and attemptedsuicides among the student bod y.This campus is no different than any other in America. There is apercentage o f students h ere who ha vc pyschological problems. A certainnumber ofstudents come romdysfunctions1 families. T here are victimsof rape, child abuse, and incest on this campus. These, as well as the lesserpyschological stresses that are part of college life, demand more atten-tion from school auth orities.The present situation on this campus is inadequate. Certain things areuncontroll able. No one could hold a col lege responsible for tragic eventsthat occur involving students. However, a c ollege can and should be, heldaccountable for not making enough o f an effort to help its students dealwith, what to them, are traumatic events in their lives.The MerciadWants YouThe Merciad is looking for a few good menand wom en who are interested in helping usimprove the newspaper. Writers, typists,,photographers, layout w orkers, all are wel-com e. Workstudy positions are available.office824-2376.

Merciad wishes students luckonfinalsanda happy Thanksgiving

E l 6 C t i O n po!*tical Columnists Offer1996 Their Views on Post-election ResultsClinton Gets Victory, No MandBy Emillo ColalacovoMerciad Columnist

Yes, Bill Clinton is still presi-dent! Yes , the man who gave thiscountry the largest tax increase,who cut the drug czars office by80%,Who attempted to institute asocialized med ical program, andwho declared the era of big gov-ernment over la still our presi-dent Many Democrats on cam*pus, even those who write in thepages of this paper, must believethis to be a m assive mandate forPresident Clinton and his poli-Imust sharply disagree. ThoughBill Clinton won50% o f the popu-lar vote, let us recall that 50% ofthe voters voted against BUIa inton. Having half of the coun-try not supporting you is not whatI can call a mandate. Though B obDole lost the election, I do notbelieve the popular vote waa asbad aa diepolitical pundits wereexpecting. This election illustratesthat engaging in demagoguery andscaring people into believing Re-

publicanswould dismantle Medi-care and Medicaid, anyone, evena draft-dodging Democrat, couldwin an election.Republicans should not hangtheir heads in shame over thiselection. Regardless of w hat theliberal news media say about thepresidential election, Republicansstill maintained control of theHouse and die Senate. Thoughsome were predicting Dick

Gephardt as the next S peaker ofuse, Democrats will stillhave to contend with NewtGingrich.While 111

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e people were criti-cizing the 73 Republican fresh-men because they were too radi-cal, all but a dozen were re-elected.However, the Republicans madetheir most impressiveshowing inthe Senate, picking up two seatsand increasing their majority to54-45, with one seat outstanding.Hopefully, this more conserva-tive Senate will be able to passtheBalanced Budget Amendmentwhich eluded the last Senate.The Republican majorities inboth the House and Senate willhopefully force the President tolive up to his campaign pof campaignfinancereform andrestoring the solvency to Medi-care and Medicaid. Also, do notexpect Republicans to forgetabout Clinton's criminal prob-lems. Expect to see Senators FredThompson and Orrin Hatch leadinvestigations into illegal cam-pa ign contributions to theDcmo-cratic party acquired by JohnHuang from Indonesian compa-nies. Historically, moat of thescandals in Presidential adm inis-trations (eg . Watergate and Iran-Contra) occur la the second ad-ministration. Bill Clinton's ad-ministration will b e no different.IJ BobDole should notbe ashamedof the campaign heran* He van acampaign with a real virion, hop-ing to return a piece of the Ameri-candream to those who were de-

prived of that dream duand spend policies ofadministration. Thoughreally nevergotout of tgate, I do not believreflects badly on the comovement in Americaj j This election is nottion of conservatism, bing for real reform basmon sense, conservaand principles. Bill Cre-elected president laconservative agenda. Chimself that if he wascan running with his "one from the conservwould be criticizing hithe American people ffirst two liberal yearsj ministra tion, I have n President AbrahamMice said, "You canfothe people all of the timof the people some ofbut you can'tfoolall ofill of the time," ,Bill Clinton has doneofmasking histeal intefooling the AmericaHowever, th e informathere and so is his libeWhether or not the [people realize this is tothem. Though the *people,constantly sa y politiciatrustworthy, it baffle* how a man, as crafty aBID Clinton is, got ethe highest office inthefigure it ou tClinton Must Keep Promis

By Joe WongMerciad ColumnistThe 1996 election isfinallyover,and now, hopefully,wewill not bebombarded by the multitude ofuninformativc, inaccurate, andcondescending political ads thathave permeated the air Waves inthe past few months.President Clinton has been re-elected, the irstDemocrat to havea second term since FDR, and ofcourse believes he has a mandate.Is50% of popular vote a mandate?For the purposes of the President,

fit will be, justas the 1994 "Repub-lican Revolution" was seen as amandate, rightly or wrongly, for[-Republican ideals.If President Clinton upholds theValues, promises and ideas he es-P pouscd in the campa ign, then thefact Congress is still controlled byRepublicans w ill notbe nearly asimportant because CandidateClinton dearly took a moderate,just lcft-of-center stance on most[Tissues, many ideas used by Re-[ publican candidates.The President's stated policiesIniatcJi.thebeJ iefe of.nipst Ameri-

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whelming popular suppexit polls suggest, moscans do not trust the Prehis record shows he isback off on his promisthen Candidate Clintonwhat he had to and co-popular ideas to remainQ inton.If the President renegpromises or announces hing them, then the Amerwaa once again played

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HelmetWorkingwith the DeBy Michael J. oppermanMerclad Columnist

Th e elections are over. There axe few who axe sorry about theconclusion. Even those who were unable to gain a seat are relieved andlooking forward to the resumption of their lives. Some of the resultssatisfied me, some did n ot This will always be the case* One thing,however, tends to play in my mind. I was disappointed by the numberof twenty-somethings that were active in the campaigns.This all91 attended several fundraisersfor area candidates and wa ssurprised tofindmyself theyoungest one there by nearly 20 years. Atone of these fundraisers, I spoke to Dick Gephardt; senator fromMissouri, about this absence of younger activists. He said that this wasconsistent Fewof the pe ople who turnout for rallies and fundraisers areunder35.Why?Either the candidates are not interesting or engaging or the process isnot interesting or engaging or, and I believe this to be the case, twenty-somethings feel both disenfranchised and ineffectual. There is also anundercurrent of hard, bitter cynicism that prevents and short circuitsparticipationand pa ssion. It is embarrassing to be idealistic or to believein anything. Where does this leave us?All those older than 35 will get older and, eventually, die. Who willtake over? Either no one will step orwardor, more likely, only thosewith vested personal interest (social, financial, et c) w illfill he gaps leftby predecessors. Although this generation is, collectively, better edu-e before, it is notmore active in governmentated than any that hasThese fundraisers and rallies exposed this.Reluctant to call for action because of the same socialization thatridicules Idealism, I d o so anyway. It is, again, an issue of control.Reasons and excuses are worth less than the air itrequires t o issue them.They also do little more than reduce the amount of oxy gen. Reasonsdon'tbuild houses and excuses don't feed people or, for that matter, fillthe boxes on voter cards. So you don't believe thatyour vote makes adifference, not voting makes less ofa difference. The elections are over,your opportunity to vote has passed,butyour ability to effect change iseternal. No one wants to hear an excuse. j.

By Dan HilfikerSenior WrberAs the term comes to a close, sodoesmy internship witthe CountyDetectives Office. There are somany things that I have learnedduring the course of my intern-ship that it really makes me thinkthe rest of the classroom experi-ence has done little to prepare mefor the real world like the hands-on experience of die internship.There was one morning aboutthree weeks ago where I was sur-prised to find out that there hadbeen a homicide the evening be-fore. Atfirst, here was a feelingof excitement that came over me

beca use I thought tha 11 might getthe chance to help investigate ahomicide case.A little later, I realized that avery vital part of that investiga-tion is the autopsy, which I wasallowed to attend. Many peopledon'tfind ttoo pleasurable tobein the same room with a dead

body, much less watch the de-ceased be cut open to undergo amedical examination. Eventhough it smells s bit bad, andthere is a great deal of blood in-volved, I would like to tell all ofyou mat it really is not as grue-some as you m ay think.This was a very good opportu-nity to see the assistant coroner atwork, as he used his skill to col-lect evidence from the body. Thiswas s really good opportunity forme to learnfirsthand the differ-ences between entrance and exit_wounds and the damage that acheap piece of lead can inflict onthe human body. There alsowasa great deal of other trace evi-dence that was to be obtainedfrom the body. 'This was also a good opportu-nity for me to reflect on the easewith which someone can take thelife of another. It also is a veryscary and troublesome though t Inever really thought about the

dangers that are posedin the same light Thethis case wa s a young19 years of age. He woutside of an eastside bseen another murder ayear ago. What really tis the fa ct tha t this whdidn't have to happentotal waste of a life, ahave to occur.I The coroner Dr. Erreferred to by some asworked through the pwith a great deal of halthough somewhat jokes. I suppose that ifwork with dead bodietime you w ould probaba sense of humor abouas a way of dealing witpresent loss o f life. I gpeople a great deal of the job that they perforessential service that Ithat I would not want daily basis, fLetters to the Editor

Dear EditorI'm writing this as a rather dis-gruntled father whose daughterwould be mortified to read this.

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mat we 'checked-out' during theI admissions process at several col-leges was with regard to housing.We were told thatat Mcrcyhurst,housing is guaranteed. Althoughthe statement was true, I did notrealize tha t l also needed to assureI myself regarding the quality ofhousing at Mercyhurst as well.(For my daughter, Freshman yearwas no problem (apparently thisI is not the case this year), but herassignment to Briggs leaves muchto be desired this year.I I am fully aware of how expen-sive it must be for any college tol1 supply housing. However, teaweeks at $850 per term (three Imonths if you stretch it) timesfour students crowded into anapartment designed for less resi-dents in $3400 per term, per apart-ment Three termsequals $10,200and if there are seven apartments vin each building, there is an an-nual gross return of $71,400 perbuilding. Evenwith maintenanceand utilities, I sense tremendousprofit. Nevertheless, myreal is-sue is not with the actual cost perstudent; that cost istypicalany- 1where in the area colleges. Myissue is with the accommodations jas compared with other availablebousing. At $1133 per month,per apartment* each student de- I

serves more than "wh eroom, what you are paa place to stay, and a pyour things," (Maaap. 3). I'm the one p Brown, and the"thingting mere include my Each student should haown desk at which tobookshelf, a bunk, andliving space beyond theareas of Uvingroom anThere may be more *apartments available inI'd wager they arc also tioned with at least twobedrooms, adequate doets, a complete kitchen/dlarge enough to seat the occupants simultaneou>rtably and probabwith 11/2-2 bathstUH M i l lApparently I had beenmistaken impression thawas paying for was a plmy daughter did not haconcerned With bousingments, a place of comfluxury), a place to studshe's there), and a place(pressure demands it). Cmuch, much more man *stay anda place to putyouDr. Brown; at least itwaby Mercy hurst's admissio

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By Brad RybczynsldFeatures EditorSenior Matt Golga is cappingoffan outstandingfouryear foot-ball career this season for theMcrcyhurst Lakers. This careerwas characterized by Head Foot-ball Coach Joseph Kimball as "tre-mendous."Golga has indeed done tremen-dous things during his tenure asquarterback for the Lakers. Inhisfreshm an season, he assumed thestarting position after his fourthgame and "never looked back andhas started every game since,"

Kimball said,ft was in this fresh-man year that Mercyhurst wasinvited to theirfirstECAC bowlgame.This achievement speaks vol-umes. Inmost programs, quarter-backs usually serve tw o years asstarters. In Golga's case, he willhave controlled the Laker offensefor three and a half years.Coaches and "imfiin^f alikerealize the great loss o f Golga'sgraduating. Junior outside line-backer Frank Figliano said, "It Isa big los s because of the leader-ship behas, we are going to missthat most." Golga'a ccntcrmanBrian Ash displayed the same sen-timent about the loss of leader-

a quarterback."Kimball said of Golga leav-ing, "We're going < to miss hisexperience, it>is like having acoach on the field. It is a bigblow, a big loss, it is obvious justby his-numbers. We are nevergoing to replace the three and ahalf years of experience."Golga's record doe s speak foritself. He has broken almost e v-ery Mercyhurst record possiblefor a quarterback He is the all-time, all purpose yard gainer, alltime career passing leader, theonly quarterback to pass formorethan 1000 yards in three consecu-tive seasons, has tied die recordfor most touchdown passes in asingle game with three and is thirdall time rusher.Golga has not limited his ex-tracurricula r activities to the field.He has the opportunity to per-form with the theater departmentasa "brother" in the musical "Jo-Amazingit* in1994.seph and th eTechnicolor Drea Golga pauses for

a picture on his way to practice for his finalgameM T V *

ship and added "he has been cap-tain for two years, he is more than

Golga has been on WMCE,Mercyhurst*s radio station, doingplay-by-play for basketball. Healso aspires to work for the Lakerhockey team mis coming seasonas a P A announcer.Looking bade on his experi-at Mercyhurst, Golga wasextremely favorable. According

Golga, Mercyhurst "gave meone opportunities I wouldn'tive had at a bigger school**When asked about his football

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career at Mercyhurst, Golga said"I ha ve no regrets. I'mvery happythat there was some place thatwould give me a shotwl4K>king to the future, Golga isexploring many aven uesfor em-

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ployment Golga said "I did aninternship at Cathedral Prep' incounseling and really enjoyedthat" Golga is also trying toarrange a coaching position un-der ormerMercyhurst Head Fo ol-ball Coach Dave Armstrong atThiel College. Golga said "I havealways wanted to get into coach-ing college football."

Golga will graduatary 1997 with a BA. ogy. He is engagedCuffia, class of 1996.be returning to Mertheir wedding lone 1Christ the 'King Chaceremony will be pertheir request by PrAnderson, College ChStudents Success! in San Francisc

By Bill MeyerMerciad WriterLast Wednesday, Oct 29,10honors students end Dr. BudBrown boarded a sm all twin en-gine planc-our destination, SanFrancisco, Ca 1if. After aflight oCleveland, a layoverextended by

delays, and another flight, wetouched down in San Francisco.The largest group of Mercyhurststudents chosen to present at theannual meeting of the NationalCollegiate Honors Conference(NCHC) had arrived.Preparations for the trip beganin luly* when we received wordthat the proposals that we sub-mitted had been accepted. Whatfollowed were months of researchand presentation formulation un-der the direction of faculty advi-sors and Dr. Brown.

The first day was one of restWe took the day to tour the city toChina town, North Beach, theBayand Golden Gate Bridge. Afterreturning to the hotel a few of ussat inon brief sessions. At the endof the day, we found ourselves atan NCHC Halloween party. WithCajun music a nd a costume com-petition, itwas truly a perfect endto a great day.The next day signaled our re-turn to b usiness. Friday morning,Kerri Mullins and Lesa Bednarskiopened the day with found tablediscussions. She instructed the as-sembly in the factors that lead toWand the techniques for dealingwith "Fragile X Syndrome." Lesafollowed with a presentation onTraumatic Brain Injury,**^Saturday, foe Wong, EmilioCohiacovo, and Brian Donnellyexamined the ethics of foreign

policy. Tracing the history of the"Just War Theory1* romclassicaltimes to the present, Joe, Emilio,and Brian wer e key contributorsto a professional discussion ofcontemporary socio-politicalcon-,cerns at the fin de siecle..- During their presentation, Ireada pa per on the application ofchaostheory to the archa eologica 1 studyof the, "Origins of A griculture.*Later in the day, the four danc-ers,! Rachel Zak, TheresaLaComb, Jennifer Corneau, andStephanie Todd gave a sympo-sium. They * discussed the psy-chology of dance, whileStephaniefocused on dance education (orthe lack thereof in the schools ofthe United States).On Sunday morning, a tiredMercyhurst delegationreluctantlyboarded the je t to return to Brie,already having heard stories of

snow squalls. Happy to ha ve madcnew frien ds, excited at havingbeen in one of the United States*most spectacular cities, proud to

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By Brad RybczynsldFeatures Editor\AX the end of thefirst term ofthe 96-97 school year, I havemixed emotions. Some d evelop-ments have encouraged me andothers have discouraged me and Iam unsure what to make of it all.One question comes to mind, IsMercyhurstgettingbetterorworseor are we ata point o f stagnation?I am not referring to physicaland academic growth. Physically,Mercy hurst has been expandingat great speed . The new footballfield, the D'Angelo PerformingArts Center, the remodeling*ofthe Rec Center and the soon-to-be addition on the library, this allspeaks volumes for the tenacityof die spirit of the college and theconfidence that alums and thecommunity have in MercyhurstAcademically, the quality ofstudents is increasing. The cali-ber ofstudent has greatly changed

in the classes I have watched en-ter the gates. They just keep get-ting better. The value of an Agrade means more today than itdid in the past We are beingchallenged to think critically, todevelop as.men and women intrue fulfillment of our liberal artsphilosophy. > *tThe physical growth and in*crease, in both tile size of thestudent body and its intellectualcapacity,are exciting to see. Thisis truly a wonderful time to be atMercyhurst \% am witnessinggrowth in every facet of the col-lege. The growth of an institutionI take pride ill being a part of.

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So far, I appear pretty happyand content I know. So , youmayask, why am I disenchanted, fithas everything to do with atti-tude. vMy brother preceded me atMercyhurst I was lucky in thatsense because I was able, for twoyears, to come and visit, to makefriends. I remember my initialastonishmentonmy irst rip here.teone I did not even know

strained into a half-smile. Some-times these dees mutter hi till

1)11said hello to me in the hallway.WThis shocked the hell out ofme. At the same time, while re-covering from my shock, I felt

welcome. P eople were friend ly;they were open to meeting people.It did not matter what someonelooked like or how they dressed.Imagine die humanity of accept-ing someone as an equal beforeyou know them.'It was with that singular hellothat I wanted to come toMercyhurst Upon arrival, I wasnot disa ppointed. Smiles were onevery face and hellos hung fromevery tongue. It was so new andheart-warming. *I do not get that same feelinganymore. It seems as if a cloud ofunconfidence has settled over thecampus. P eople do not react thesame any longer to strange faces.I think of the words of limMorrison, "People are strangewhen you 're a stranger, faces lookugly when you're alone."I sometimes feel likea stranger.I fed alone among the 2,700 stu-dents here. Imeet faces that oftenlook at the sky or at blank w allsinstead of people. Faces that atbest offer bland upturned lips

times they do notApathy hat .waned a bit withthe new football field. There is acommon area where we can goand cheer onour football team. Itis close enough to walk to.Apathy, however, has grippedthe souls of individuals. Whenalone and walking through thehalls, rom dieUnion to Old Mainor from Zurn to the Union, peopleoften look down or away fromothers.Where have all of the smiling,happy faces of Mercyhurst gone?The case does not just apply tostudents* I am shocked by theamount of faculty that are shy inthe face of a hello. Faculty andstudents alike need to be morefriendly. I am guilty as well.It may feel uncomfortable atfirst, but foreign things, actions,usually.arex.iyyopening up a fewtimes. Give yourself some timeto think about i t Wel l have overtwo weeks ofThanksgivingbreakto think it over. Hopefully, somewill come back) refreshed andready to say he llo.I began my writing with theMerciad with an a rti cl every simi-lar to this one. It wasvery small.I was rightenedby die prospectsof seeing my thoughts and emo-tions appear in print before dieaudience of M ercyhurstThat fearhas subsided and eachweek it gets easier to w rite wha 11feel. I believe the same will applywith beingfriendly,not only forme, but for everyone willing to

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Field? Hockey Returns to the HurstBy Todd ZlelinsklMerciad New* Writer

In the fill of 1997 there will bemother hockey team that willdressft*Laker green and blue.This team will not be made up ofguys, nor will they ttkc the ice.Instead, it will b e the Grst girl'sfield hockey team in more than60years here at MercyhurstThis team will be vcty differentthin me onefieldedby the Sistersof Mercy over six decades ngo.Insteadofcompeting with schools

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like The Edinboro Teachers Col-lege, The Lake Erie College forWomen in Pa ins e ville Ohio, or flMercyhurst Seminary(Mercyhurst[Prep), next year'screw willjump straightpetition with some of the areas; top Division II collegThe homefieldwill move fromthe Erie Memorial Stadium to ei-ther one of the north/ south play-Ling fields or even at the nameplace the soccer team pi ays,Fam-fl y First Sports Center.t The biggest hurdle for the Lak-tcn back then, the weather, will

not be as much of a factor as nextyear's team starts up in early Sep*tembcr, hopefully avoiding thebitter* weather of late O ctober.The two or more games a year,the team of the 1930's werethrilled to play, will be expandedto a full NCAA schedule. Andinstead o f Geraldine He il behindthe bench for the Lakers, merewill be Dawn Strunk. %| Dawn Stmnk, a 1992 Ail-American goal keeper, at EastStroudsburg, has been namedhead coach of the team. Her cre-dentials asafieldhockey coachat

the University of California, aawell as her past experience withsuccess in the sport, has made herthe best candidate. Stmnk pointsout,"Pmoptimisucaboutthenewteam and hard work ahead."While recruiting has alreadybegun fornext year,Stmnk pointsout, due to the program beingbrand new it will take at leaatanother three tofouryears untilshe sees the team being competi-tive. For now, there have beenseveral players that Stmnk has sether eyes on. Recruiting in Pcnn-tyrvania and New York, she has

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Scott VanceMerciadSports EditorThe Mercyhurst hockey teambad mixed fortunes this weekendat th e BIT to urn am en L The Hu rstlost its first game in overtimeagainstDivision I team Niagara,although they lead throughout thegame. However, the*team wasable to get back on the track asthey defeated Villanova 16-0 thefollowing day in the consolationgame.The team played Niagara onFriday, a team they beat 3-1 theprevious week. The Hurst was

unable to get off to the start theywanted, as Niagara scored in theopening minute after a defensivemistake by the Lakers.Aaron Morrison tied up thescore midway through the firstquarter. Morrison scored in frontof the netwith a wrist shot a fter anice pass from Trevor BrandtFedor Zakusilo doubled the

Hurst's score as he was able topoke the puck into the net after ascramble in rontof he goal. Thisgave the Hurst a 2-1 lead goinginto the second period.Stev e Torriero scored a thirdgpal for the Lakers. Torriero gothimself into position in front ofthe net and when the puck cameinto the slot, he was mere to givethe Lakers a 3-1 lead.It was atthis point that the gamestarted to swing in favor ofNiagara. M ercyhurstmissed threechances which should have giventhe Hurst a 6-1 lead , but Brandt,Mike M assis and Kevin Rawlickwere unable to convert theirchances.

IAt the end of the second period,Niagara scored two goals in fiveminutes to tie the game up at3-3going into the third period.With seven minutes gone in thefinal period, Mercyhurst's KevinAyer scored to g ive the Lakers a4-3 lead. It looked like the Lakers

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were en their way to victory, butwith just over a minute left in thegame, Bra ndt was given a contro-versial penalty for tripping, togiveNiagara a power play opportu-nity. With 13 seconds left in thegame, Niagara scored to tie thegame at 4-4. "I thought at thatpoint emotionally our team wasdevastated. I thought inNiagara really had all the mo -mentum going for them," saidCoach Rick Gotkin.The Hurst went on to lose inovertime after having ledmost ofthe game. "You lose games,that's part of coaching and play-ing. Niagara is a good team, theway we lost was the part thatbothered me. Just to be 13 sec-onds away on what would havebeen a good win for us. We letthem off the hook. I thought themisses in the second period werethe turning point We let themhang around, and anyo ne thatletsa team hang around is asking for

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Chris Herbolsheimer stands ready to defend his gotrouble. We played in spurts,there were times where we lookedreally, ieally good and there weretimes we didn't look good at all,"said Gotkin.The followingday, the Lakersplayed a weak Division IVillanova team in the consolationgame. The teamonly allowed theopposition 12 shots on goal in agame which saw the Lakers crushthe opposition 16-0 . BothRawlick and Scott Ludeviks

scored two goalEvangel Lsta had a goaassists and Torriero haand two assists.The team plays theiCanisiusthis weekendtothem three times lastwill hope to improve ucurrent 3-1 record. Tito be back home a fterweeks on the road ancited to se e our team pGotkin. -*# i m

P o s i t i v e O u t l o o k F o r T h e U p c o m i n g S e a sBy Maureen McMahonMerciad SportsWriter

The Laker Hockey team is backon the attack after a good seasonlast year, ending with 18 wins,seven losses, and two ties. TheHurst has come out with a bigtournament victory against the

championship win 5-3 againstFredonia.Each year the team is different,'with new players coming in andold playersgraduating. However,it is to the Lakers'advantage thatthey have "26 hard working play-ers that are real good. They dogreat in the classroom, on the ice,and they represent the collegewell," said Coach Gotkin.The recruiting process was suc-

cessful with the help of coach'sassistant, Michael Sisti, who iden-tified the players needed to makethe tea m better and sold them theschool. The new freshmen on theroster for the season are forwards,Pa ul Calvori,Aaron Morrison,and Fedor Zakusilo, defenscmenPaul Colont ino, Colin Kirkeyand Kell y Koshma n andgoal ten-der Ashley Stevens. Along withthese seven freshmen, the Lakers

have 10 returning varsity playerswho all contribute to the game."The team will get better eachpractice, and on any given daythis tea m will do well," said CoachGotkin. There is a positive out'look for the upcoming season asthe Hurst has already gone 2-1,with wins over Niagara andFredonia.With high expectations for theyear, the Laker team has built into

one of he top smallschoteams in the league. Thwin the ECAC league tthe back of their mindlike to take an NCAA csh ip However, the tetake one game at a tiHurst is hunting for itsand since the team is soing with their high playdards, the team w Ul benever say die attitudeone. TT

Lady Laker Volleyball Team Go 1-2In Their Last Three Games GamesBy Kara ClarkMerciad Sport* Writer

The Mercyhurst women's vol-leyball team traveled to H illsdalelast weekend where they weredefeated in a veryone sided gamc,three gam es to zero.The lady Lakers then traveledto Ohio t o play another difficultmatch against Ashland Univer-sity. The Lakers started offstrong,winning thefirstgame 15-9, but

were unable to sustain their im-pressive performance and lostthenext three gam es.The team was not given muchtime after to rest, as they hostedCannon on Tuesday night Hav-ing already defeated Cannon ear-lier in the season, the outlook waspositive for the Hurst The teamdid not letthe supporters downasthey defea ted the ir arch rivals inaclosely fought 3-2 match to givethem a sweep over Gannon thisseason. The women's volleyball team never say die attitude earns them a big win against cwss townri

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Football team In Marathon EncounteByPatRobbMerciad Sports Writer IFour hours long, five over times,more than 100 combined pointsand close to 1,000 total offensiveyards. These are just a few of theamazing stats that marked theLakers' return to action Saturdayas they traveled to Buffalo totakeon the Buffalo St Bengals.Coming into the game, theLakers were not favored to win. )Last year, Buff St came toMercyhurst and beat the Lakers *1bya score of44-17. This year, theBengals are ranked 12th in thecountry among Division IIIschools and have lost only onegame. However, the. Lakersproved that on any given day, Ianything is po ssible. -&The Gist quarter got off to aterrific start for the Lakers as se -nior quarterback M att Golga hitjunior receiver Tim B red ig exwitha 43-yard pass on the first play ofthe game. That pass started a six)play 75-yard drive which endedwhen freshman Justin Gibson ranthe ball infrom21 yards out togive the Lakers a 7-0 lead. The jlead would prove too little as theBengal s scored twice infivemin-utes to take a 14-7 lead after thefirst quarter. .The second quarter startedmuch in the same way for theLakers. With 11 m inu tes r em ain-ing, Golga capped off a nine play65-yard drive whe n be hit seniorreceiver Jeff Andres with an eight-yard touchdown pass. With theLaker defense denying theBengals the end zone in the sec-ond quarter, the first half e nd ed]with the score tied at 14.

At the start of the second half,the Lakers failed to m ake any-thinghappen on offense andwereforced to punt Buff St wasted notime in capitalizing on the changeof possession and quickly took a21-14 lead on a fourth and 25touchdown pass. After the kick-off, the Lakers were again forcedto punt *nd Buff St scored againwith a little overfiveminutes leftin the third quarter to takes 28-14lead. Down by 14 and die gamespeeding towards an end, it waspivotal that the Lakers score som epoints in the third quarter. AfterBuff St scored, sophomore re-ceiver Tom Wilson took the kick-off and ran itba ck 29 yards. Golgathen marched the Lakers 65 yardsin?eight plays which ended inGibson's 20 yard touchdown ra nand cut the Bengal lead to 7. Onthe en siling kickoff, sophomorelinebacker BobEastmen jumpedon a loose ball to give the Lakersgreat'field position deep insideBuffSt territory. Eighfcplaf^__it was Gibson again going in forhis third touchdown of the day*'andtoeing he score at 28 with13:30 left in the game. ,

After the Lakers kicked off,the Bengals started to drive, butwere stopped deep in Laker terri-k tory andwere orced opunt Withnew life, it took Golga only two[plays to reach the end zone as heran 85 yards for the go-ahead^touchdown and a35-28 lead.The joy of the touchdown wasshort lived aa die Bengals againtied the score with a touchdownof their ownwith under fourmin-utes to play. Neither team wouldagain score in regulation, sendingthe game into overtime.

In college overtime, each teamgelsfour"downsfrom he oppo-nents 25 yard line to score, firstdowns are possible. If the teamsare still tied at the end of the firstovertime, the process is repeateduntil there is a winner. \Buff S t he'd the first opportu-nity to score in the first overtimeand did so oh a seven yard touch-down run. The Lakers counteredthe Bengals when Gibson ran infrom IS yards out to tie the scoreand send the game into a secondCfT i The Lakers werefirst o tryto score this time and did on a 22-yard touchdown passfromGolgato Bredinger.

Buff S t played the spoiler byscoring a touchdown of their ownto tend the game into a third OT.The third OT saw the two teamstradedfield goals with Buff Stscoringfirst,putting the pressureon the Lakers. '( V ^Junior Eric W icks answered thecall and hita 37-yard field goalwhich hit the crossbar and rolledover, sending the game into afourth OT and the fans into a jfrenzy. . | ^ . *\* >In the fourth OT , the Lakerswent first and failed to put anypoints on the board. H owever, theBengals also failed to score whensenior defensive back SeanHamlin intercepted the Bengali*quarterba cksending the game intoafifthovertime.The Bengals had the honor ofgoing first and again scored atouchdown to give them a 59-52lead. The Lakers a ppeared to beon their way to tying the score butStalled on the Bengals. 13 yardline. Faced with afourthand 10,the Lakers attempted a pass toStriders perform well at the.GLIAC championshipsScott VanceMerciad Sports Editor

The Mercyhurst cross countryteams reached a new level ofper-formance last weekend at theGLIAC championship meet.Nea rl y all of the runners recordedpersonal best times for the sea-son.Thewomen's team finished infourth place out of 13 teams withthree runnersfinishingwithin 20minutes. BridgctHolzheimerleadthe way for the Hurst as she fin-ished the 3.1 mile course in19:45,eood for 20th place overall outof

afieldof 110finishers.This wasthe fastest time that Holzheimerhas recorded in a Mercyhurst uni-form. Not far behind was fresh-man Catherine Fletcher, who fin-ished in 26th place with a time oflfc55.Wendy Lampart was the othertwenty -minute inisheras she fin-ished right behind Fletcher in atime of 20 minutes. IThe men's team also had a goodweekend, leadby David Dausey's45th placefinishoutof afieldof104 runners. Dausey completed*.- A.

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Nikki EspositoM etclad Sports WriterThe Mercyhurst men's soccerteam beat top ranked West Vir-ginia Wesleyan 2-1 last Sunday.Hie win came at a crucial timeafter a 4-4 overtime tie againstWheeling Jesuit on the previousWednesday. Th e Lakers loweredtheir standards and let WheelingJesuit come away with a tie at the

ends of both regulation time andovertime.This drawput added pressure onthe Lakers to get a result againstWest Virginia Wesleyan. TheLakers, however, were up to thechallenge and rose to the occa-ion.When asked about the game,

emphatically, "We thumped 'cm."Delighted, he continued to elabo-rate saying, Th e lads controlledevery facet of the game."The Lakersfirstgoal came 17minutes into thefirsthalt MikeShields, who came in for an in-jured la n Dickers on, put pressureonthe W esley an goalie and forcedhim on to his left foot Thekeeper's attempted clearance wascontrolled nicely by freshman RobYurkovich. Yurkovich got theball down for a superbfinishongoal. JiWithin 10 minutes of this firstgoal, the Lakers rallied again todouble their lead. Stuart Hog gplaced a pin-point pass out to leftmid-fielder, Shawn Kroener.Kroener then crossed in an inch-perfect ball for on-running for-ward Rob Yurkovich. Kroener'scross Was so precise that

Yurkovich needed only to redi-rect the ball off bis chest into thenet VThe Lakers continued to outplay We st Virginia Wesleyan foralmost the entire 90 minutes.However, within the last 30seconds of the game, theWesleyan team was able to finishfrom a corner kick, making thefinal score 2-1 in favor of theLakers.There were many keys to thesuccess of the Lakers, namely,their cohesivenessand their depthas a team. In this particular ga me,Hogg's control- of the mid-fieldplayed a vital role in their victory.Hogg, the Mid - iel d M aestro, said.They came out to intimidate us ,but we used their tactics againstthem. They weren't able to copewith our physical gam e, superiortechnique, and skill." Ian Dickerson steadies himself as he gets ready to beat hislast weekends game. The Lakers won 2*1L a k e r s A r e H o p i n g T o G o A U T h d W a

Esposito WriterAfter their win against West

occer team has secured its placeIn the NCAA tournament. Thenation is divided into four regions,the South, West, Northeast andCentral, with the Lakers having achance to represent the Centrallegion.The Lakers do not know just yet

ha veto beat to claim their region.When and where they will playdepends on the rankings of thetop three teams which are soon toIf the ranking comm ittee ranks

the Lakers number one, then theyill not have to play until Nov.

24th and they will host the game;however if they are ranked sec-ond or third, they will play onNov . 17th. TLtjThe Lakers are prepared to takeonany competition . Junior ShawnKroener put it best when he said"We are more confident this year,because we are the team to beatinstead of being the underdog.nThe Lakers have a senior groupof six players who have proved tobe the back bone of he squad. The

scoring abilities of players likeGlenn Francis and Ian Dickersonhave been able to breakr downmany teams. The distance andpositioning of the clearances bykeeper Darren Murray have addeda new dimension to the Lakers'offense which most teams cannot- -boast of, notto m ention Murray'sexcellent goal tending talent

Senior captain Jimmy Reen hasbeen a steady force n the Laker'sdefense and the team often turnsto him for leadership. Senior JackLengel, who is i"*frifl his come-back after a serious achilles in-jury, also adds strength to an al-ready powerful Laker defense.Most of the team's players havealready experienced NCAA com -petition with the exception of twofreshmen. These two freshmen,Rob Yurkovich and Barry Allen,however, are irreplaceable on theLakers* squad. Both areamong the leading scorers.This season, the Lakers are trulya team with little to no weak-nesses. If they continue to raisetheir level of performancethroughout the NCAA tourna-ment, they have a good chance ofbringing home a national tide.

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C o l d W e a t h e r E n d s A C o l d S e a s o n F o r L a dBy Stevt TorrieroMerciad Sports Wr

This past Sunday, theMercyhurst women *s soccer teamhosted Division I Canisius Col-lege, In terrible weather condi-tions, with some areas of the fieldcovered ankle deep in snow, the

half performance.Thefirsthalfended in a 2-0 leadfor Canisius. Canisius continuedits offense in the second half withan early goal capitalizing onsomeshoddy Mercyhurst defens e, TheLakers then steppedup their levelof play, scoring late In the secondhalLMarisaRosetti buried an ErinStewart pass with a beautiful farpost strikebreaking the Canisius

a 9-8 record on the season, .529winning percentage.It was frustrating forMercyhurst, ina season that sawfive of the eight losses by onegoal a nd fa il ure to qua 1 i fy for postseason play. Even more frustrat-ing forthe Senior members of theteam, was the fact thatMercyhursthad been to three NC AA tourna-ments in the past three years.

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