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msmm: i a i mSmmm -1 * . * : ; *Davidson challenges fine policyDear E ditor:I am responding to your article

on the grading policies o f teach-ers here at Mercy hurst, as youdesired. The article, while virtu-ally a simple complaint, does leadto other observances. I agree thatteachers can be'indecisive* andoverly stubborn, but I see it morein administrators and other au-thorities. These **big guns* tendto focus on their authoritativeposition and often seem far awayand unavailable. Many of theseindividuals seem to have a/ten-dency to be more focused on theirposition than their actual jobthe fulfillment o f students.I wouldnotbe surprised if they se e them-selves at the top of ahierarchy, and see students some-where near the bottom. I'm gladsome individuals are seeing dis-tinct signs of inflexible, stubbornand conservative faculty and ad-ifflnfstri ionv * f&r%ittM4rrttf,

want us to have the power that weshould. We, as a group of stu-dents, are paying for school; thepeople that we pay seem to setrules that we find distinctly in-sulting and unreasonable.I respect the fact that we need touse negative reinforcement tokeep our campus safe and beauti-ful, the ;student handbook hassome reasonable ideas. The "dis-ciplinary sanctions" listl receivedfor apartment life is .ridiculous;verbal jabuse $75 One, verbal

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threats $100 fine, failure to iden-tify oneself to a college official$25-$75 fine, possession of a beerbottle (empty) $25fine.There areothers. My point is that I've seenthis stuff everywhere. It seemsthat the school charges fines foranything it can. We pay "mucho-bucks" and w e don't need finesfor activities that have nothing todo with money. Is this exagger-ated manual serious, or isjsup-posefl to scare us? I've seen somany of these activities dismissed

rules, follow up on them. I haveeven seen discrimination in thesepolicies.A female*with a high GPA willbe let off for the same crime thata male with a 2.1 would be pun-ished for. I'm just trying to makea point that we as students have tospeak up as a power that can getthings done, and things aren't al-ways what they seem.The letters to the editor oftenserve as a way to reach adminis-tration, Iwonder why there aren'tmore letters. W hat are our park-ing and discipline fines.fpayingfor, and why must we give theschool more money? It certainlyisn't maintenance we're payingfor, and it's not a recycling bin inNorth Briggs. What is it? Whatare the administrators trying totell us with som e of these Ones?P.S. Did I.help stir up contro-versy- like people want?Your Truly,

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Mercyhurst College's Fiist Class newspaper as rated by the Associated Collegiate PressVol. 66 No. 6 October 22,1992Joseph LeglerJule GardnerAnne McNeils

,\ Editor in Chiefi News EditorA&E/Features EditorCraig RybczVnskl Sports Editor

John DanknichMichelle Ry an Asst. Sports EditorCopy EditorYvonne Maher Advertising ManagerTimothy Moriarty Faculty AdvisorMerciad Staff

Dave McQuillenMegan Circle)Erin Hauber jGrace Bruno*$Keith CoursoriJay KennedyNicole GeraciSuzanne ConeglioMichael Arrigo

Mary MedureTiffanie WilliamsMonica SertikTonie*BolanLeon MumfordRick SheHonHeather RyanLiam BarronKaren Trapolsi

Susan Lee EbackMichelle Bova Tate DavidsonElizabeth JohnsonAndrea Myers >David KosobuckiStacie KaneJohn ShanahanSteph Szabo IStephanie Wainwright

Amy TiernoSean W allMike McCloreyKatie JohnsonBeth NicholsJohn FurlongBeth Haas

The M erciad is the501 E student-produced newspaper of Mercyhurst College, Box 161,. 38th St., Erie, Pa., 16546. Phone 824-2376] J ^ ^Th e M erciad welcomes letters to the editor.Th e Merciad1* editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Board with theEditor holding final responsibility. The opinions expressed in The Merciad arenot necessarily those of Th e M erciad, its staff or Mercyhurst College.

Merciad endorsesBill ClintonStaff Editorial*

The Merciad formally endorses Bill Clinton as its choice forPresident in the 1992 election. ]Justification for this decision lies not in merely "picking thewinning horse" out of convenience, but has been brought about byagreeable positions and plans for the future as expressed by theClinton/Gore ticket. Als o, we fe el the country has lacked directionunder the Bush administration and his reliability for improving thedrastic economic slump we are currently experiencing is substan-tially w eak.One p lan that is essentially important to us, and we assume all ofour student readers, invo lves our right o a college education* Weneed stronger goals that areactually enforced and a greater effort tohelp students finance their education. Bill Clinton has a plan of

action, not a plan of platitudes.Clinton's National Service Trust Fund is a better idea than theexisting student loan program. Students wh o inancecolleg e throughthis fund will have a choice when it is time to pay it all back. Theycanrepay through a small percentage o f their earnings afterthey finda job, or by serving their own communities in needed areas for aperiod of oneor two years. Th e latter choice benefits more than justthe person who went to class and earned the degree.This plan puts formally educated people in the position of helpingwhere help is needed:righthere in the United States. They may becalled to be peer counselors, working to keep students in school oreducating about AIDS and d rug awareness. The benefits of this planare apparent. College graduates continue their education by dealingwith "real world" problems. Communities reap rewards throughmotivated people who will work to improve the quality of life . Webelieve this plan has the possibility to be implemented, not justdiscussed.u A V W ! U ! > I I I r rv j*

- .This plan puts formally educated people in the posi-tion of helping whe re help is needed: righ t here in theUnited States.

Critics will say that the only way Clinton's plan for collegerepayment can work is through the tired, desperate phrase of "taxand spend." This has been the Republican attack for too manyelections. Revamping theeconomy cannot be explained by a simplelabel. This three-word attack has been branded to the democraticparty year after year as a w ay to manipulate public opinion alongpartisan line s. It im plies thatBill Clinton is like every other defeateddemocratic candidate and that bis idea s contain the same "liberal"tendencies. The troth is that Bill C linton will raise taxes. Those whoearn over $200,000 a year will face\a tax*hike, ft is entirelyconceivable that these wealthy citizens can and should afford it.We do not imply that we endorse Clinton on the single issue ofcollege inance.He has not "w affled" in Ills position on wom en'sissues. He has not "wavered" on a wom an's right ft choose. Hisplans for health-cans as well as strengthening the economy intro-duce changes that are blatantly needed and endorsed by respectableprofessionals. i *Vice-Presidential candidate Al Gore is committed to the environ-ment. He haspublicly championed the environmental cause and isafi t eader to take office in a crisis. We cannot utter the same praisefor Dan Quayle, who has proven through numerous gaffes and hispetulant, albeit entertaining, behavior during the debates that he isnot ready to be a competent commander o f this nation. ]Lastly, our decision hasbeen cinched by the recent campaigningof George Bush. He has resorted to the old Republican method ofcharacter attacks because h e realizes be will faU short on the realconcerns of America. He is far from faultless when it comesto issuesof trust; Heonce called the trickle-down theory "voo*doo" econom-ics and now he swears by it He claims he wa s not involved in theCIA until he was appointed director in 1975 , yet a memo hasbeenfound which links him to this suspicious organization as early as1963. The point*is that digging up this type of dirt should not benecessary, but we did not set the game in motion. Itwill be a hardlesson for Bush to learn after theelection. He did not sell scandal aswell as he may have liked because he could not sell the issues. Bill Clinton has sold the issues. He is the only viable choice forthisnewspaper.^Written by Jule Gardner, N ews Editor

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VegetabledomBy Jay K ennedyMerciad Staff Columnist fWM CE 88.5 FM Er ie, exists! Believe it or not, our college hasits own radio station! We 've had one for over five years and w eweren't planning on telling anyone about it, but I, being on e of ourDJ's and all, decided to reveal the big secret now. I'm sure you've

seen blurbs ofthe station in recent issue s of the Merciad that told youto "Experience it!", but you probably didn't know that the stationwas ours. It is."Diversified" is the official word that best describes our station'sformat, since it plays classical, easy liste ning; Spanish mu sic, polkamusic, folk music, classic rock and a Bob Dylan hour. It's obviouslya station that's trying to get student listeners...NOT. The station'sonly reasonable format for students, classic rock, canbe heard muchbetter on WRKT, Erie's number one classic rock station. This isbecause WMCE broadcasts with only 250 watts and carries just asmall variety of classic rock bands. And som e of the bands WMCEdoes have , do not have the song they're best known for on file. Forexample, when you think Van Morrison, what is the first song, ifany, that comes to mind? Probably "Brown Eyed Girl." Well, ourstation doesn't ha ve it, but it does have Van Morrison. I 'm not surewhy. It's like having the band, The Extreme, butnot having their hit

song, "More Than Words." Come to think of it, WMCE doesn'thave that either, but it does carry The Extreme. Oh, we ll.The good news is that we are eventually changing format, mostlikely in the whiter term. The main goal is to ge t more students tolisten to the station. So far, there has been no word given to me aboutgetting rid of the classic rock we have. From this, Ixan alreadypredict that whatever format decided upon will include classic rock,at least until we have enough of whatever the other format will b e(Which is a big mistake if they're trying to get more studentlisteners). Word has it that our new format will be a mixture ofmainstream and alternative, which hits the audience range of malesand females between the ages of 18-24 (college students!) It's nota popular format, hence the other stations in Erie serve femalesbetween the ages of 24-35. That's because there are more of themthan there are of us . It's more lucrative serving the majority. We,however, are non-profit Therefore, we can easily take the risk of

serving the 18-24 cultwithoutanycompetition* Sure, w e might onlyhave a couple hundred listeners, but that's a couple hundred morethan we have no w.A bigger reason why we don't have any listeners now is becausewe hardly advertise to the city , and being non-profit and all, thereisn't much incentive to. Students advertise their show s on campuswith signs hung everywhere, but most people can't seem to hear thestation on campus anyway. Why bother, since their music can beheard better on other stations. With that in mind, advertising to thecity now would be fruitless. However, w hen w e have a new format,especially if it didn't include classic rock, advertising to the citywould be a great idea because we'd pull in the whole 18-24mainstream/alternative crowd that no Erie station served before us ,giving us more listeners than we 've ever had. In addition, our maingoal of getting our own students to listen to the station would beachieved, beca use they'd have reason to listencrowd and no other Erie station plays it its music serves our

We should be listening to music of our time anyway, as collegeStudents. I strongly approve with the change being worked on*Leave the past with* the pa st The closest thing that I found tomainstream/alternative is MTV . For the most part, we w ould be theMTV of radio whenever our format changes, giving new music achance as well as currentchartbusters. So, when w e change, you'llbe hearing theSoup Dragons, Matthew Sweet, INXS, RedHot ChiliPeppers, and Toad the Wet Sprocket, but don't be surprised if youhear the new Bon Jov i, Def Leppard, Extreme, Warrant, and BoysII Men either. Hence, all tha t is ne w represents our time.Good job Mercyhurst!

Anyone interested in joining aMercyhurst Diving Club affili-ated with Fantaseas Dive Shop,44 Peninsula Dr.. and the MarineArcheology Department, shouldcontact John Bruno at ext. 2563or David Strong at ext 258 0.

School District This is a required Tield October 28-30 rom9 a.m. to

Any club in need of publicityfor an event is invited to contactthe Mercyhurst Public RelationsAssociation. For more informa-tion, call Dave McQuillen at 824-2864 or 870-2086. *

meeting for all education students.The next gathering of the SaintStanislaus Pro-Life Communitywill be on Sunday, October 25 at2 p.m. in the Parish Convent at517 East 12 Street There will bean hour of prayer, with intentionfor greater respect of all humanlife. The public is welcome toattend. Formore information, callShirley Widomski, communitychairwoman, at 452-3395.

The annual Education Meet-ing for all education majors willbe in Zurn Recital Hall onWednesday, October 28 at 8 p.m.The presenter will be Dr. KathleenBukowski, Supervisor of Elemen-tary Education in the Millcreek

The Varsity Football game atAlfred this Saturday will be broad-cast on WMCE 88.5 at 12:50 p.m.

AFTERNOON TODDLERTEACHERto work with 2- year olds.Education, Psychology,or Hum anitiesBackground preferred^/M-F 12- 5:30 '0ContactNancy at:ABC Childcare8 6 4 - 4884

Hie Fifth Annual MercyhurstCollege Laker Club BasketballDinner will be held on November9 at 7 p.m. at the Erie Shrine Club.The guest speaker will be JohnMacLeod, head basketball coachfrom the University of NotreDame. The event is being under-written by Mellon Bank. Ticketscost $30 and are on sale in theAthletic Department Office in theAthletic Center.. A Jail-A-Thon to benefit theAmerican Cancer Society will be

By: Tate Davidson

3:30 p .m. at the Erie Center Fac-tory Outlet Mall at 18th and PeachStreet People will be playfullyarrested and released whenenough m oney has been raised to"make bail." *

The M ercyhurst College Drugand alcohol seminar will be heldon Monday October 26 at 8:00p.m. at the Mercyhurst AthleticCenter. The eve nt is sponsored bythe Mercyhurst Col legeSportsmed icine / A thletic Train-ing Program. T he guest speakersare Dr. Katrina Jacobson-Turekand Hall of Fam e football playerPaul Warfield. The topics ofdiscusion will involve the symp-toms of drug addiction, how todeal with peer pressure and whereto go ifyou have a drug problem.

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Fo r this week's review, I wa storn betw een two movies, Con-sentingAdults and Candyman.I was about to choose Consent-ing Adults when I read lastFriday's USA Today. While Inormally don't pay much atten-tion to its movie reviews, I de-cided that Candym an would be 1a better choice when it received a better review. So, I spent mySaturday afternoon at the Showcase Cinemas West watching asurprisingly good film.Candyman is based on a story written by British horror novelistGive Barker, who is best known for Hellraiser. I have alwaysconsidered Barker the "thinking-person's" Stephen King. In fact,Barker is the only writer I believe is stranger than King. Anyway,Barker's fans and critics alike regard his stories as very intelligentand very creepy. Candym an, of course, is no exception.Candyman stars Virginia Madsen. She plays Helen Lyle, adoctoral candidate at the University*of Illinois studying urbanlegends. While research ing, Helen stumbles upon tales about a killerwhose Tight hand was sawed off and replaced with a hook. Tosummon the Candyman, a person has to look in a mirror and say hisname five times.r As H elen does research of a real-life murder in a Chicago project,she begins to suspect that the Candyman may not be simply afigment of someone's overactive imagination. Eventually, Helendiscovers his lair, a tomb with graffiti for hieroglyphics. Helen soonbecomes more involved in the legend of the Candyman than shewould ever want to.It is very rare these days to have a horror movie that emphasizessuspense and frights over gore. While Candyman has its fair shareof gore and bloodshed, writer/director Bernard Rose made a con-certed effort to not to make them a major part o f he movie. The deriemusical score composed by avant-gardist Philip Glass is the perfectcompliment to Rose's stylish directing.

This movie will SCAR E you. I literally jumped out of my seatthree o&four times. Finallyt we have a modern-day bogeyman w hoactually pierces the watcher's psyche. This movie will frighten youon a personal lev el. Whatever personal demons you have runningaround in your head, you 'll Gnd them in Candyman.I was most impressed by the quality of the acting in C andyman.Madsen delivers possibly the best performance of her acting career.Helen Lyle is both vulnerable and gutsy,in her pursuit of theCandyman. Madsen, wh o usually is relegated to supporting roles,may be on her way to stardom.Tony Todd 's performance as the Candyman shouldn't go unno-ticed. Todd had to endure live bees being poured into his mouthalong with having to w ear a prosthetic hook over his right hand.The Candyman is not your typical killer. He is very gentlemanlyin his pursuit of Helen. Pay close attention to the Candyman when

he speaks. His voice is amplified and very loud. If you don't listenclosely, you may miss some dialogue that explains very importantparts o f the story.Regarding the plot, don't be discouraged if you don't understandwhat the heck is going on. Take my word for it, all will be explainedby the end of the movie. My only advice is PAY ATTENTION 1Don't let m y overall praise of Cand yman make you think that 1didn't find any thing wrong with it What kind of critic would I beif I didn't criticize a movie?Seriously, even though the gore quotient is lower compared tomost horrorvfilms, here is still too much blood. In one scene,Madsen wakes up in a pool of blood. C andyman is not for thesqueamish among us. If you don't like blood, stay home.A big problem for me comes when Helen is drawn into theCandy man's world. For me, the story seemed to lose some of itsedge. Also, the premise is spoiled by some racially condescendingovertones. Helen comes off as the project's great white savior attimes. However, Rose does his best to concentrate on scares and noton sociology.' * * '.Being a very big fan of horror movies, it is very pleasing tofindamovie like C andyman that concentrates on scaring the audience,not sickening itCandyman's grade: B+ *

I highly recommend Candyman for anyone who wants to see aserious and scary film. Until next time, this is John Danknichsigning offfrom he back row.

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Don't waste your talent!Rotman encourages participationBy Michael ArrigoMerciad StaffReporterWhen most of us graduate fromhigh school we havea good feel-ing about where we are going inthe future. Upon enteringMercyhurst, we have the oppor-tunity to take up business, hospi-tality management, orsportsmedicine. BecauseMercyburst is a liberal arts col-lege, we have-an even betteroppotunily to discoverourselves.We study philosophy, humani-ties, the arts, and many other sub-jects, A background in these

courses gives Mercyhurst Col-lege graduates a diverse sense ofand knowledge about life.It has been said by many thatwhen} a student arrives at

We have students who come toMercyhurst to major in voice oran instrument These students takethe core classes like the rest of us.They develop their skills and in-terests in their majors9and be-come more flexible in the liberalstudies. However, it should beknown that those of us whoMercyhurst, the a ssumption is to droppedjust drop all their problems at thefront gates on 38th Street andenter Meicyworld. It has also beensaid that there are students whodrop off their talents and interestsat the gates too because theythought colleg e was just for aca-demics and partying.This is where the D'Angelo

interests at the gatesJbetter goback and gather them up beforethey get run over by a car.Ten years ago the School ofMusic was brought here toMercyhurst. In 1988, a new homewa s ere ated, the D'An gelo Schoolof Music. The present director ofthe School of Music is SamSchool of Music comes into play. ] Rotman. He became d irector in

1986. Rotman said, "the Schoolof Music is a service toMercyhurst. It i s here to exposethe Mercy community to the cre-ative arts." The School of M usicis not just for majors, but also forstudents who want to minor inmusic. Rotman also said that astudent who has the interest inmu sic has the opportunity to be inensembles or choruses.

We now have something else tobe proud o f here at Mercyhurst.We can also be proud that ourSchool of Music is the only col-lege music program in the city.You can see the Wind Ensembleperform first hand Sunday, Nov.1,1992 at 2:30 p.m. in Zurn Re-cital Hall. Carpe Diem.

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visitors and detailing faculty ap-pointments arejust brief examplesof a brisk day.. ,\Stroll past her office and you aremore than likely to see severalwork-study students typing onthe computer or sorting throughpapers and envelopes. Britt |i squick to transfersome of the creditof a successful ad missions officeto these students.

Shirley BrittBy Michelle KyanMerciad Copy Editor*.

Try to catch Shirley Britt loaf-ing around; it's impossible. Thisreceptionist of admissions is nocoffee fetcher. Busier than ever,even during the interview, Brittcrammed in a lunch and a ciga-rette. Read on for a day in the life

of this superwoman.Although her days are never thesame, many of Britt's duties in-volve working with prospectivefresh men. Britt does the schedul-ing for visitors on a pa rticular dayin addition to making appoint-ments for the newcomers. Dis-tributing mail and processing col-lege applications takes;place in

$"The work-study students arevery helpful," she^observed, "Ienjoy working with them." SheJ refers to these,}students as "co-^ workers"who workwell together."Working with students keepsme young," she said, adding that

i they often confide in her.. On e interesting aspect of Britt' sjob includes getting acquaintedwith freshmen, comin g intoMercyhurst. Sh e noted that meet-ing the students is always differ-ent from talking with them on thephone. Another change she men-tioned was watching freshmen

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eNJJI*wHb an easy 5-1 victory over the VancouverCanuteksT4lesdayittigh^ PenguinsJ wingei- Shawn McEachern hadhisfirstcareer two-goal g ame. Center Mario Lemieux also added agoal for the Penguins and leads the league with 22 points. Lemieuxhas had at least two points in every game.TAMPA - The surprising Tampa Bay Lightning (3-3-1) are off to afast start in their first NHL season. Tuesday njght, the Lightningdefeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-1. Defenseman Rob Ramage scoredtwo goals and added ah assist for the Lightning. TheLightning is insecond place in the Norris Division.National Basketball Association *SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Jazz will be without center MarxEaton for several w eeks after arthroscopic surgery on Eaton's rightknee to repair torn cartilage. Eaton injured the knee in practice twoweeks a go. Eaton's size (7- 4, 290 ) will make it difficult for him toreturn to action quickly.MIAMI - The Chicago Bulls-Miami Heat exhibition game Mondaynight raised about $ 500,0 00 to rebuild M iami ares devastated byHurricane Andrew .National Football LeagueCHICAGO - Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said luesaay inai meNFL is further d elaying expansion until 1995, one year later thanplanned. Tagliabue also said that owners want to add two cities fromafieldoffiveby March. Leading contenders to receive an expansionteam are Baltimore, St Louis and Charlotte.MINNEAPOLIS - The Washington Redskins (-zj travel lonceiocsurprising Minnesota V ikings (5-1). The Vikin gs' start is their bestsince they started 5-0-1 in 1976.

Hockey teams prepare for seasonBy C raig RybczynskiMerciadSports Editor

This is Bob and Doug McKenzieand welcome to our preseasonMercyhurst hockeyshow.The 92-93 Lakers will look tobuild upon last/year's 18-13-0record and attempt to advance tothe NCA A Championships.Last season ended abruptly asMercyhurst failed to receive anNCAAbid, despite beating Elmira3-0 in the East Coast AthleticConference semi-finals. Contro-versially, Elmira, not M ercy hurst,would advance, leaving the Hurstto ponder what might have been.However, despite the exclusionof theLakers from the post-sea-son, Head Coach Rick Gotkinfeels this is a new year and a timeto look*, toward the future.Mercyhurst has since upgradeditshockey program to Division IIstatus. According to Gotkin,Mercyhurst has one of the mostdemanding schedules in Divisio nD-III hockey. f gThis season's team will defi-nitely be picking(up some fre-quent flyer miles. Mercyhurstjourneys to play die University ofAlaska at Anchorage on yFriday,December 11 and Saturday, De-cember 12. Alaska is one of threeDivision I schools the Lakers willplay this year. The Blueand Greenwill also face off against KentState for two games andAlabama-Hun tsville in the other gam e.

There's a hockey team in Ala-bama ? Shut up , Bob. |On the ice, Mercyhurst is under-going a rebuilding year. Last sea-son saw the departure of e ading

scorer Scott Burfoot Burfoot hassince signed with minor leagueToledo Storm. Thus, we will nolonger hear John Leisering say,"Goa1 scored by number 17, ScottBurfoot" Along w ith Burfoot gohis offensive productivity. TheLakers also lostTroy Winch, MickKeen, Mike Holyk, Shaun Cyrand Dave Lewis. Forward BillDeCoteau also departed fromMercyhurst to attend the Univer-sity of Toronto forfgraduateschool.Coach Gotkin and assistantcoach Craig Barnett will look toCaptain Tom $ DeCo teau, RobMadia,and ECXC West Rookie-of-the-Year, Craig MacDonald toadd scoring depth.J'The Lakershave a young team with only fourseniors and one junior. FreshmenScott MacDonald (Craig'sbrother), Kevin McKinnon andArt Thomas should add neededscoring punch. Also, the Lakersneed strong play from PaulCapizza no (3-18-2 1) and DanLarmer (one goal in seven games).Ondefense Mercy hurst recruitedtwo, 6-2, two-hundred poundblue-liners, John Tsakanikas andTom Viola.i The lonej seniordefensemen is Tri-Captain An-drew Moir. The m ostly all-fresh-men defensive core also includes

Pellizzari(16-ll)played1591:20minutes last year and will look toeither Barber or Gobbatto to sup-port him in goal. All three of thegoalies are sophomores, thuspro-viding Mercyhurst withisolidgoal tending for at least two moreyears.The Lakers'firstgame will beagainst rival Fred on a State Col-lege on Tuesday, November 3 atthe Mercyhurst IceCenter at7:30p.m.. Mercyhurst's record againstFredonia was2-1 lastseason. Thelast game w as a 8-6 shoot-out athome. After their home opener,they will embark on a road tripthat includes the Elmira tourna-ment.^

The club hockey team has also

Marc Palumbo and StephanTremblay. Sophomores JustinProud (10 points) and captainTrevor Hunt (3-13-16) will teachthe freshmen the "ropes" in col-lege hockey. \ |The strength of the Lakers lies inthe Mercyhurst goal tending Itrioof Mirko Pellizzari, Scott Barberand Richard Gabbatto. The Lak-ers had a 3.64goals-against-aver-age last season. Starting goalie

undergone some ch anges this sea -son in coaching and scheduling.The club team's new coach, Ja-son Barnett, o ins h is brother Cra igas a member of the Mercyhurstcoaching staff. Ba men's assis-tant is Daryl Georger. "Big;D"coached the Lakers to their CivicCenter victory over the GannonGolden Knights last year. Theteam is on probation b ecause thisis their first year in the newlyformed Eastern CollegiateHockey League. They will play a22 game>schedule in the newleague that includes Gannon,Geneseo State Club Team and-Ca nisius Junior Varsity.The Club Lakers open up onSaturday, October 31, Hallow-een, againstdie Fla mboro Juniorsof O ntario, Canada. This will bethe first game of the year at theMercyhurst Ice Center.Well, hosers that's the end of heprogram, eh. This is Bob andDoug McKenzie signing off fromthe Great White North.Van Nest leads Laker runners

By Jay KennedyMerciad Sports Writer

Junior? Betsy Van Nest, frontrunner of the Mercyhurstwomen's cross country team, fin-ished 22nd overall out of 111 run-ners in 21:27 last Saturday at theMount Union College Invita-tional. The 3.1 mile, race held atthe Akron Goodyear Metro Parkin Akron, Ohio, placed ourwomen's runners sixth ou t of 10teams with 159 points, andYoungstown first with 50 points.Other placers were Nicholc Putt,in 21:43, Amy K ellogg in 22:16,Barbara O'Conner with 22:33,Staci Loughran in 22:37, TheresaSchroek in 22:33, LindaDzeskewicz in 23:49 and TrishaPowers in 26:10."Trisha Powers' time of 26:10was a personal best in her runningca reer a t Mercyhurst," sa id coachKathy Noble-Fraley, "She took32 seconds off her timefrom astyear on the same course."Freshman Dan Chase, rontrun-ner on our men's team, placed39th out of 125 runners in 28:16.Michael Brown inishedseconds

D an C ha se finishes first among Laker runners.behind him in 28:33 for 43rdplace.Other placers were Dave Taylorin 29:27, Matthew Burnett in29:52, Scott Choura in 29:56,Bradley Allen in 31:12 and MikeArrigo in 32:1 5.The five mile course placed ustenth outof eleven teams with227 points. Mount Union finish edfirst with 44 points."Michael Arrigo gave his all this

past week and ran one of his besttimes to date,"said Noble-Fraley."We're pleased to see/TheresaSchroeck racing after recoveringfro m an injury that has kept herout of competition most of theseason. She has much potentialand should prove to be a greatasset to the women's team.'Anyone interested in helping thecross country team can call coachKathy Noble-Fraley at453-6425.

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SportsL o g e r o ' s l a s t s e c o n d h e r o i c s l e a d t o t i e w i t h W i t t e n b e r gBy David J. KosobuckiMerciad Sports Writer

For the Mercyhurst footballteam, it was the best of times atfirst Then suddenly, it was theworst of times. In the end, theyfound themselves somewhere in

off 20 straight points over thenext two qua rters.Wittenberg back Mike Olshefskiscoredfrom wo yards out to makeit 9-7 at" the half. In the third

quarter, Jimmie Parker ofWittenberg rambled for 54 yardsand a touchdown tomake it 14-9.between London and Paris. Actu- On the La ker s' next drive.ally, the Lakers were tied withtheir opponent Wittenberg 20-20.The Hurst is probably still won-dering about their Jekyll and Hydeperformance at Veterans Stadiumlast Saturday afternoon, a gamethey felt they deserved to win."We kept Wittenberg inthe game.It's a game we feel we shouldhave won," Coach Chapman said.At times, it seemed Mercyhurstwas in control. Kicker GeorgePaydock started the scoring in thefirst quarter with a 21-yard fieldgoal. Tom Pastore added a 21-yard TD run later in the quarter.Paydock's extra point failed andthe Lakers led 9-0. xThe Laker offense then sput-tered, and Wittenberg would reel

Wittenberg linebacker MikeDixon stepped infrontof quarter-back Chris Logero's pitch to CraigWoodard and raced 47 yards forthe touchdown. The two-pointconversion attempt failed. TheLakers trailed 20-9.As thegame continued, the Hurstdefense stiffened. Led by line-men Bob Bandish, John*HenryLanger and Mike Foss,Wittenberg was held to just onefirst down on the their last fivepossessions.

This left an opportunity for theLakers to getback into the game.Logero hooked up with Pastore-on a 44-yard pass-for a touch-down. On the play, Pastore cameback for the underthrown pass

J o h n Sha nahan moves past a Lock H aven defender during lastSaturday's game. The Laker's lost 5-0. They meet GannonSaturday at 1 p.m. Photo by Sean Wall

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Oct. 24 to 3:45 - 6:15 p.m. No ic^onO0t.31^an