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Pair of campuscounterfeit incidents

spur detection measures

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College to reachuniversity status

by next fall

OPINIONFEATURES SPORTSIntroducing this

years Homecomingroyalty

Hours of key

campus locales

questioned

Kimballs add

new element to

Hurst-GU rivalry

BELOW: Senior Ciarn Doherty, a Mercyhurst College Bookstore employee, holds up one

of the pens that ofces on campus are now using to prevent counterfeit incidents.

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Mercyhurst expecting

to reach universitystatus by fall 2011

The college administration hasbeen working hard to gain univer-sity status for Mercyhurst College.

Monsignor David Rubino, Direc-

tor of Administration, said, Wealready function like a university.

We now want to formalize that. Along with Rubino, Director

of Assessment Amy Danzer andseveral other staff members havecompiled a data dump documentof approximately 600 to 700 pagesfilled with course catalogs, budgets,faculty resumes, policy manuals andother institutional data.

It includes everything from thenumber of students to the number

of square feet, Rubino said.Part of this document will be

released on the Mercyhurst Portalwithin a few weeks.

The administration hopes topresent the data to the Board of

Trustees on Thursday, Oct. 28. Thecommunity will be able to examinethe document.

The data would then be deliv-ered to Harrisburg in December, at

which point the process will be outof the administrations hands.

After the data is delivered, areview team will visit the campussometime this winter, and if Mer-cyhurst receives a clean report,Harrisburg will post the universitystatus request on the PennsylvaniaBulletin.

At that point, anyone can objectto the university status change,although few people have everexercised that right. From there, thegovernor would confirm the uni-

versity status.

Im firmly convinced that wecan have this done by May, Rubinosaid.

While Mercyhurst cannot control when the review team arrives, the

college anticipates a celebration ofthe name change next fall.

I thought theyd get it done bythis school year, sophomore GiuliaParli said.

Sophomore Elizabeth Lerchreacted with enthusiasm.

Writing that we graduatedfrom the University of Mercy-

hurst will look better on a resume,she said.

Once the administration submitsthe application for the university statuschange, Mercyhurst only has to preparefor the review teams visit, at whichpoint the college would make availablestaff, faculty and students for questions.

Its a very open process,Rubino said.

He said he sees no reason thatMercyhurst would not attain uni-

versity status.

The most important thing forthe community is the rationale fordoing this, Rubino said.

The main purpose for the changeis clarification of operations. Theuniversity status would help clarifyand organize relationships betweenthe different campuses, as well asgraduate and undergraduate stud-ies. The change would also improvethe international reputation of theMercyhurst community.

Even so, the change will not

affect daily student interaction.A sense of depersonalization

is never going to happen here,Rubino said.

He said that creating an imper-sonal learning environment would

work against the mission of the Sis-ters of Mercy.

The same warmth will stillexist, Rubino said.

The biggest remaining con-cern, according to Rubino, is thatthe marketing and public relationsdepartment will go crazy figur-ing out how to change signs, let-terheads, athletic uniforms andeverywhere else the Mercyhurstname is found.

By Jennifer McCurdyStaff writer

Counterfeit incidents:

detection pens used

After two counterfeit money incidents occurred onthe Mercyhurst College campus, employees who handlemoney have been encouraged to use counterfeit detec-tion pens.

The first counterfeit incident occurred in the

spring. Purchasing Clerk and Cashier Corrine Cassasaid by the time she realized the $50 bill was coun-terfeit she was not able to find out where the moneycame from.

Even if she knew where the money came from,theres a chance the person who used the counterfeitmoney had no idea he or she was doing so.

The person passing it may not even know, Cassasaid. Were not accusing anyone.

The second incident occurred this month. Police andSafety received a counterfeit $50 bill.

Chief of Police and Safety Robert Kuhn sent ane-mail to all staff and faculty to tell them about the

counterfeit incidents on campus and to encouragethem to check money with counterfeit detectionpens.

Each place on the Mercyhurst campuses that dealswith money, such as the bookstore, the athletic depart-ment, the C-store and Laker Inn should start usingcounterfeit detection pens, Cassa said.

As they bring the money to me, Im checking to seeif they used the pen. If not, then I contact them anduse the pen, she said.

It is the responsibility of each department to pro-vide their own pens. Kuhn said it costs about $40 fora dozen pens.

A dozen is cheaper than getting taken by a $50 bill,Kuhn said.

Kuhn said the $20 bill has been the most com-monly counterfeited bill in the past because its asmall amount, which makes it easy to pass around.Now counterfeiters are making fake money in largeramounts, he said.

Kuhn recommends using the pens on $50 bills andhigher. Cassa said she hopes Mercyhurst employeescheck $20 bills as well.

There are too many $20 bills to check them all,Kuhn said.

If a college department turns in counterfeit moneyto Cassa, she will deduct it from their deposit.

We cant bring the counterfeit money to the bank,she said. Well lose out on money. Thats why we usethe pens.

In regard to the two counterfeit incidents thatoccurred on campus, Cassa said, Im hoping it wonthappen again.

There is a chance that it will, though. According toboth Cassa and Kuhn there have been recent counter-feit cases in Erie County. Cassa said she has heard of afew incidents occuring at the casino in Erie.

Therefore its important for employees that handlemoney to take the advice to use the counterfeit detec-tion pens.

Thats why they were warned, Kuhn said. Theyshould use them just to be safe.

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Speaker discusses

aggression in childrenBeing pushed on the playground,

refusing to share toys and stealingsnacks from another are all commonscenarios children experience.

On Wednesday, Sept. 22, Dr.

Jamie Ostrov explained his study onthe Flourishing Child and typesof aggression experienced throughchildren to the Mercyhurst CollegeCommunity.

As an associate professor of psy-chology and director of the SocialDevelopment Laboratory at theUniversity of Buffalo (UB), Ostrovand his team conducted severalstudies to analyze this trend and

ways to prevent it. The studys main goal was to

observe and improve the quality oflife.

In order to resolve the aggres-sion one needs to intervene, whichis where the UB Early ChildhoodFriendship Project comes in. It firsttook a gender-balanced approach tosee if different genders display dif-ferent outcomes.

There was a substantial differ-ence in terms of relationa l aggres-sion. This refers to using removalof the relationship as means of

harm in such acts as spreadinggossip or social exclusion.

The study of relational aggres-sion is a much understudied topic,

which is why I was interested in thisstudy. There seems to be an absenceof this type of work in literature,Ostrov said.

It was found that girls have muchmore relational aggression thanboys do. Even so, physical aggres-sion is much more prevalent in boysrather than girls.

Another aspect of the study was media violence compared with relational and physicalaggression. Children were studiedthat watched television with vio-lent media exposure such as Star

Wars compared to those whoviewed education media exposuresuch as PBS.

Results found that children thatwatched programs such as Arthuron PBS showed signs of relationalaggression.

Further research concurred that

children younger than the demo-graphic ages of seven to ninecouldnt comprehend the end les-sons and only picked up on the ini-tial problems of the storyline.

Sophomore Adam Burks wassurprised by all of the outcomesfrom the study.

Dr. Ostrovs presentation was very informative and enjoyable,he said. The studys results wereunexpected and very relevant toeveryday life.

It was found that once thisaggressive behavior is spotted oneshould intervene.

Ostrov used a tactic called rein-forcement of behavior. This was asix-week program where puppets

were used to identify good friend-ship skills and made sure compre-hension is achieved.

The most interesting thing Ifound was that the children thatare aggressive become victims, andthe victims also become the aggres-sors, Ostrov said.

The event ended with questionstaken by the audience, and thereseemed to be very positive feedbackfrom the crowd.

Dr. Ostrov was very excited andpassionate about his work and find-ings, so it was easy to stay engagedin the lecture, not to mention someof the correlations that I definitelydid not expect, sophomore LaurenFraser said.

Ostrovs studies will not con-clude with the Flourishing Child.

He plans on looking at the link ofbiological process and aggressivebehavior in the future.

Dr. Elizabeth Dohrn will be thenext speaker in the FlourishingChild series. Her discussion willtake place on Thursday, Sept. 30, in

Walker Recital Hall.

By Stacy SkiavoContributing writer

Dr. Jamie Ostrov spoke at Mercyhurst College on Wednesday,

Sept. 22, as part of the Flourshing Child series.

Tyler Stauffer photo

Offi cers receive

upgraded titles

Mercyhurst Colleges Police andSafety has been changing recently.

The biggest change has beenRobert Kuhn becoming Chief ofPolice and Safety at the start of this

academic year.As police chief, Kuhn has givena title promotion to two of themen working for him.

Sergeant Roy Ridondelli willbe promoted to deputy chief andCorporal Matthew Platz will bepromoted to lieutenant.

Ridondelli is a retired WestCounty Police Chief. He has

worked for Mercyhurst Police andSafety for about 12 years.

Some of Ridondellis job respon-

sibilities include being in charge ofthe officers, reviewing parking tick-ets and citations and writing crimi-nal reports.

I cant even keep track ofeverything I do, he said.

Platz has worked for Police andSafety for seven years. He graduatedfrom Edinboro University with amajor in communication. He workedas a cook prior to coming here.

This is my first real job, Platzsaid.

As corporal, Platzs job respon-sibilities include being the technicaladviser for the officers. He works

with the cameras, radios and othertechnological equipment.

Being a little younger, Im morefamiliar with the technology, Platz

said. I inform these guys what theoptions are.

Besides working with technology,Platz is in charge of the work studystudents and general patrol on theMercyhurst campus. With his rankpromotion, Platz will be third incommand.

Ridondellis job will not change,but Platz will take on more respon-

sibilities.Ive picked up a few more

responsibilities, Platz said.This will make him more involved

in the day-to-day operation, hesaid. Ill be doing anything elsethat these guys ask me to do, too.

These changes in titles andresponsibilities for the two officersdo not come with a salary raise.

Kuhn explained the reasonsbehind the title changes.

These changes came about due

to merit, he said. These guysdeserve this. They put their heartand soul into this school.

A need for structure is anotherreason for the title change.

There was no structure here,Kuhn said. We didnt have a chainof command before.

The new title changes will addstructure because the chain will startat the top with chief and go downto deputy chief, then lieutenant.

The title changes are more

consistent with how other stationsrun, Platz said. Sergeants andcorporals wouldnt normally bedoing the things we are requiredto do.

These title and responsibilitychanges will take effect on Friday.

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Class of 2011 seniors who areplanning on graduating

with a degree in Bachelor of Arts,Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of

Science need to turn in theirDeclaration of Graduation

forms to the Registrar.These are due Friday, Oct. 1,

in Main 106.

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City of Wonder is a free gamethat you can find on Facebookmade by Playdom.

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Whenever you improve yourresearch you gain more buildingsso your city can advance into themodern era.

City of Wonder brings a wholenew way of strategy gaming toFacebook. It takes all the things thatare good about Farmville and putsthem into a more interesting con-text as opposed to just farming.

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By Charlie WheatonStaff writer

Presenting your 2010- 2011Homecoming King and Queen

Students voted Amber Kissman and Dave Williams as

Homecoming Queen and King for the 2010-2011 school year.

Nick Glasier photo

What do you study here atMercyhurst?

Dave Williams: Im a financemajor with an economics minor.

Amber Kissman: Im a biologymajor.

What clubs or organizationsare you involved in?

Dave: I am in the business club,the Leadership Certification Pro-gram and I was the Student Chairof Summer Orientation and Wel-come Week.

Amber: I am a member of theStudent Ambassadors, as well as afreshmen area RA. Im also in thefencing club, the astronomy club

and Tri-Beta (National BiologicalHonor Society).

What are some of the hobbiesand activities you enjoy? Is thereanything special you like to do in

your free time?D: I love health and fitness.

Working out is fun to me and Ilove reading about it and writ-ing programs for myself and

other people. I also like to sing,play guitar and play intramuralsports.

A: I enjoy scrap booking! I alsoenjoy insect collecting, yoga, spend-ing time at Presque Isle, and theperforming arts.

How does it feel to be chosenas the Homecoming King and

Queen for this year? Were yousurprised? How did you react

when they announced that youwon?

D: It feels great to be chosenas the Homecoming King; it reallyis an honor, and I want to thankeveryone who voted.

My dad was the Homecomingking at Hiram and my brother wonit two years ago here, so its prettycool that we all got to win it.

When I found out that I won

I think I was just laughing at myfriends in the stands because they

were providing some great sup-port.

A: It felt amazing! I was verysurprised when it was announcedthat I won homecoming queen. Ihad no idea that many people knew

who I was!It is such an honor to be chosen

as homecoming queen! Its all beensuch a cool experience! Thanks toeveryone!

As a senior, graduation is justaround the corner. What are your

plans after graduation?D: After graduation I really dont

know what I want to do. I havethought about moving to Denver

to be a personal trainer for a coupleyears. Ive also thought about join-ing the Marine Corps through theOCS program to be an officer.

A: I would like to attend gradu-ate school somewhere in Ohio tostudy entomology (the study ofinsects).

Where do you see yourself 10 years from now? What do youhope to have accomplished?

D: In 10 years, I just want tobe living and working somewhere

where I feel like I really belong. After that, everything else will fallinto place.

A: In 10 years, I hope to haveearned at least my masters degreein entomology and hope to havelanded a groovy job at an environ-mental center or natural historymuseum where I can teach peopleof all ages about bugs.

Looking back over your timeat the Hurst, what is one of yourbest memories?

D: Its hard to pick a favoritememory here. I would just say thoserandom, uneventful nights that justend up being epic. I think weve all

been there. A: I especially enjoyed per-

forming in Seussical the Musicalmy freshman year. I had the roleof Jojo the Who. I was also reallyexcited about getting a B on a cal-culus test!

By Lynn DulaContributing writer

Videogame of the week:City of Wonder

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Homecoming concert

showcases talent

An Evening of Music andDance, the annual Homecomingperformance presented jointly bythe music and dance departments,was again a success this year.

The concert, which took placeSaturday at the Mary DAngeloPerforming Arts Center, featuredthe many talents of Mercyhurststudents and faculty, as well as localartists. This unique medly of talentsensured there was something foreveryone.

The performance allowed par-ents and alumni to experience the

work that the music and dancedepartments are doing now andhow the current students are grow-

ing through the program.The show was great. It broughtback lots of good memories ofbeing part of the department,

dance department alumna AmandaFisher said.

One of the highlights of the eve-ning was the lithesome and ener-getic choreography for This LittleLight of Mine, danced by seniorsChristine Wilbur and Lindsey Smithof the Liturgical Dance Ensemble.

This debut was particularly excit-ing as Wilbur and Smith will be

traveling to Sydney, Australia, inOctober where they will presenttheir work at the Project Dancefestival.

The Mercyhurst Dancers per-formance of Bruce Markss Frag-ments was a memorable piece onthe program as well, with beautifulpas de deux (step for two) work andpatterning within the choreography,as well as a mournful, pining qualitythat stuck with the viewer.

Superior technique and talent

were also exhibited by the Musicdepartment faculty members, whoopened the show with a rendi-

tion of Beethovens Piano Trio inC Minor, Opus 1, No. 3.

The music students proved theirvirtuosity in presentations of oper-atic singing. Senior Kathleen Rev-eille brought out her inner diva inher performance of a piece fromCarmen, and the duet and triothat followed were beautiful in toneand delivery.

The dance department likewisepresented pieces of a virtuosonature, with freshman Rachel Bauersparkling in her performance of a

variation from Sylvia and junior Anna Daught nimbly traversingthe stage as the Cupid from DonQuixote.

SoMar Dance Works also per-formed strongly in Tailspin Tango,a piece that originally debuted at theErie Festival of Dance in 2009. Theinnovative modern dance troupe

brought lots of interesting partner-ing and a good degree of sass toclose out the evening.

By Sarah Mastrocola

Staff writer

Book Review:

The Boltershows insidersperspectiveBy Alaina Rydzewski

Staff writer

Selected as a terrific read ofthe year by O, Oprah Maga-zine, The Bolter tells the storyof Idina Sackville, a woman who

went through five husbands in herlifetime, not settling on any of themyet not wanting to be alone.

The scandal she brought uponherself and her family name stillaffects her grandchildren and great-grandchildren today. This is enoughto warrant this narrative from the

unbiased point of view of her great-granddaughter Frances Osbourne,

who doesnt protect or judge Idinabut merely tries to explain her.

Speaking to women of all ages,Idinas life at first glance seems as ifit can be taken from a feminist per-spective. She separated from anddivorced all of her husbands in themid 1900s because she did not wantto be held down by them and beunder their control. However, thisfeminist perspective is not the case.

Idina was searching for someonewho would always be there for her;someone she could always counton for love and affection. Her firsthusband, Euan Wallace, seemed tobe this person; the two were deeplyin love and crazy about each other.But when Idina becomes sick and isbedridden during Euans few weeksof military leave, things do not go

well.Euan strays from Idina through-

out his leave, and although Idina

recovers, she develops a wander-ing nature herself to combat theabsence of her husbands love andfidelity. The couple divorces andIdina parted ways with not onlyEuan but also her two toddler sons.She quickly remaries soon after herdivorce from Euan.

With her second husband (andeach husband after), Idina moves

to Kenya and builds a farmhouse inhopes of also building a lasting rela-tionship with her current husband.

Each marriage lasts approxi-

mately three or four years, and aftereach divorce Idina returns to Eng-land to see her third child, Dinan.

However, she eventually ends upback in Kenya, building a new farm

with a new man.As if th is was not enough scan-

dal to keep her busy, Idina also has wild parties with her friends andtheir husbands, at which they playgames and swap spouses for thenight, among other activities.

Finally, after each of her ex-hus-

bands is either dead or forgotten,Idina arranges to meet her sons,

whom she has not seen since theywere two and three years of age.

Here at last she finds that loveshe was looking for, the love ofher children. Unfortunately, this isnot meant to last, as World War IItakes both of her sons from her.

Broken, alone and ill, Idina diesshortly thereafter, leaving only herfinal Kenyan ranch and her legacybehind.

For a fleeting moment, Idina canbe thought of as a strong woman

who knew what she wanted and did what she could to get it, althoughshe never achieved her goal.

On the other hand, the Idinapainted by Osbourne is a charac-ter who ran from the things shecouldnt control and feared most,instead of facing them with a toughheart and courage.

Although Osbournes writingis at first hard to understand, with

long sentences and expressions notoften heard in American English(Osbourne is British), one soonovercomes this and is able to enjoyher straightforward and unbiased

writing style. The reader is therefore able to

focus on what she is really writingabouther great-grandmother,Lady Idina Sackville, the Bolter.

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Tasers remain an issueDevin Ruic counters Kathleen Vogtles

disapproval of Tasers

Turning flaws into strengths

I did something this week that

was kind of a big deal: I declared

my major.

Im a sophomore, and I have

known that I wanted to be an

English major since I started here

freshman year. So, you may be won-

dering why it has taken me this long

to declare.

The answer is quite simple I

hate making decisions. I never really

know what I want, and I am always

worried about making the wrong

decision and regretting it later.

To be honest, I didnt even know

what college I wanted to attend. My

mother put the deposit down before

I had even decided. She wanted to

make sure I got into Warde Hall,

the best dorm on campus. I guess

she knew what college I should go

to before I did.

Now, this has always been some-

thing I thought was a flaw of mine.

I always tell people that Im indeci-

sive and never know what I want.

Truth be told, this was one of the

things I hated most about myself.

However, my new English advi-

sor, Dr. Jeff Roessner, recently put

something into perspective for me.

If I continue to be uncertain and

have no interest in changing that

characteristic, I must have some

sort of value in the trait.

Maybe I like being indecisive

because I like keeping all of my

options open. Or maybe its impor-

tant to me because I like having a

world of possibilities in front of

me.

This doesnt have to be a bad

thing, though. In fact, it can be

really good.

Everyone should take something

that they dont like about them-

selves and look at it a different

way. Its possible they might end up

liking it.

If you think youre impulsive,

maybe youre just spontaneous. If

you think youre lazy, maybe youre

just laid-back.

If we all take Dr. Roessners

advice, we can definitely carry a

more positive outlook on life.

I know I do.

By Mary

Nolte

Staff writer

Hours create problems

In my three years at Mercyhurst

College, Ive heard many peoplesay the exact same thing they

love everything about the school,

except for the inaccessibility of

some of its departments.

Nearly every office has come

under the same critique of not

being open when students need

them.

Take the mailroom. Its hours

are 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. As

one of my roommates has saidmultiple times, the majority of

students are in class or at extra-

curricular activities during this

time frame.

How are we to send or receive

packages in a timely manner?

Extending the hours from 4:30

p.m. to 6:00 p.m. would make a

huge difference.

The Laker Inn is an even better

example. Its hours advertise that

it is open in the afternoon and

evening on the weekends.

However, each time Ive gone

there this year during that inter-

val, it has been closed. The bookstore, which is per-

haps one of the most popular

study spots on campus, especially

among upperclassmen, closes at

8:00 p.m. on weekdays.

This is incredibly frustrat-

ing for those of us who like to

study late in a comfortable, quiet

environment, away from the dis-

tractions of the apartment and

with a cup of coffee to keep us

going.At least theres Caf Diem. Oh

wait. That is rarely open either!

In the same area, the library

doesnt open until 8:00 a.m. on

weekdays. This can create prob-

lems for students needing to

print a paper due at the start of

an 8:00 a.m. class.

By far, though, the office that

I have heard the most complaints

about is Student Financial Ser-

vices. It holds the same seem-

ingly inadequate hours as the

mailroom and still manages to

not provide any service.

Every person Ive talked toduring my time at Mercyhurst has

had a bad experience with finan-

cial aid: it has been described as

being uncooperative, unknowl-

edgeable and confusing to anyone

not pursuing a degree in account-

ing or finance.

On the other hand, one office

has consistently stood out on the

opposite end of the spectrum.

The OneCard office almost

always provides quick and helpfulquality service. The people there

seem wholly dedicated to helping

students, faculty and staff alike

as much as possible.

It would be a real pleasure to

experience these qualities in some

of our other campus offices for

once.

By Kathleen

Vogtle

A&E editor

Why offi ces need to cater to students schedules

How to have an optimistic perspective on life

The GoodRec Center staff replaced previously

broken treadmills. Students no longer

have to worry about finding thefunctional machines before everyone else.

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