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Almost realityF e m a l e k i c k s a r o u n d w i t h M e r c y h u r s t f o o t b a l lBy Keith CoursonMerciadASSL Sports Editor

An injury to a key player is never agood thing, but senior Mary Armstrongnearly found herself filling the voidonthe football field. \"I work in the football office for mywork study," said the former women'ssoccer player.f| "I came in one day and they said you'regoing to kick today. Well, I wasn't surehow serious they were. So, I "playedalong andI went horn e and gotmy cleats,thinking that it was a joke."!Then, as Armstrong began to punch afew footballs through the uprights it be -came a bit more serious.

"I went out Monday and I was kickingdecently," she-said. "I figured that ifeveryone else was going to be seriousabout it, then I would too."The story that a woman was kickingGeld goals up on the football practicefield got around cam pus rather quickly."Most of the people like my friends * **

CHECKOUTFriday, October 1PARENT'S WEEKEND8 p.m. Zurn Recital Hall. Hypnotist Mark Pittman.Saturday, October 211 a.m. M en's Soccer hosts North-ern Kentucky.1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Women'sSoccer hosts Hamot National In-vitational, i3 to 5 p.m. Zurn Recital Hall.Paul McKoewn Dance Company.8 to 10 p.m. In All Seriousness.Sunday, October 312 and 3 p.m. Women's Soccerhosts HamotNational Invitational.1 to 5 p.m. Shuttle Sunday.Monday, October 48:30 p.m. Government Cham-ber s. MSG Meeting.MSG/SAC Monday Night Foot-ball. S jfeTuesday, October 53 to 6 p.m. Meet In CampusMinistry. Soup Kitchen.SAC Tourney Nigh tWednesday, October 6SAC Coffee House, rfThursday, October 7Student Union. SAC MovieNight 7 p.m., Home Alone I. 9p.m., Home Alone II.

and some of the players were support-ive," she said. "A lot of people wereconcerned about me getting hurt or some-thing like that, but I would have beenworried about the pressure of actuallymakingfield goals and getting the schoollaughed at."Following the Homecoming triumphover Gannon, the Laker JV squad waspreparing to square off against theKnights' JV team. | I f W"On Tuesday, I was supposed to kickfor the JV team, but I didn't have aphysical," she said.Then, the experience came to an end.One of the other soccer players hadbeen chosen.

"Mark Williams was able to do a greatjob kicking it off deep for us," statedCoach Joe Kimball when asked aboutthe matter. "He had great ability and wecould work him into weekends. Ratherthan add somebody else, we went withone person."However, Kimball was gracious atwhatMary was doing. "She is a tremendous. athlete and kicker," he said. "It was greatthat she was willing to help us out."Armstrong wasn't u pset "Basically, Iwasn't disappointedkind of relieved,"she stated. "After all, I never asked to beput into this situation."Kimball denied that the issue w as thatof gender. "It had nothing to do with her

being a female," he said.^Armstrong agreed. "Gender wasn't theprimary issue," she said. "They werelooking for a kicker, regardless ofwhether that person was male or female.They were looking for someone!thatcould do the job."Williams has done a solid job replac-ing Paydock, who may be ready to gowithin the nextfewweeks. The coachingstaff has also found a pleasa nt surprise indefensive back Bryan Milligan, whocontributed a great deal in the?loss toDickinson. 4Armstrong reflected on the situation."I had a blast. It was agood experience,"she said.

Does Mercyhurst need atraffic light?By Michelle Rya nArts and Entertainment Editor

Everyone has experienced the frustra-tion of trying to exit onto 38th Streetfrom the gates of Mercyhurst. Between3 and 5 jfhff, the traffic6 canbe especiallyheavy. Bud Dever, director of security,discussed som e prospects for alleviatingthe problem.First, there is a history to the light at theexit of St. Luke's Parish and WallaceStreet. Because the church wa s having aproblemwith heavy traffic at times whenMass, school or other church activitieswere letting out, influential membe rs ofS t L uke 's petitioned the state to correctthe problem by putting in a light, Deverstated.The light installed blinked during thehours when traffic wa s not so heavy, andran red, yellow and green during thetunes more activity was occurring, Deversaid.As the college traffic received heavier,many wanted the light to be left on forlonger periods, Dever noted.However, the state got a lot of flakfrom travellers on 38th Street who werenot pleased with the inconvienence ofhaving to stop for the lightThe state chose not to keep the light onpermanently due to many protests, whichexplains why it blinks duringtcertaintimes of the day forMercyhurst, Deverexplained.When Mercyhurst developed the newparking lots in the back ofMcAuley Halland (the Campus Center, Dr. Garvey,Bud Dever, a state traffic en gineer and apriest from St Luke's met to work out asituation to ease the traffic problem.

Dever said that they were authorizedby the state traffic engineer to petitionthe state for a road which would rundown the property alongside McAuleyto St. Luke's exit to 38th Street.Mercyhurst would then have a light in-stalled facing the college so access on to38th Street would be easier.

The lights installed would involve theuse of trip signals, so when traffic isready to exit onto 38th Street, die signalswill be activated.Mcrcyhurstneeds to file plans with the

city ofErie because 38th Street is a statehighway, Dever said.The plan should ease some of the traf-

fic on 38th Street Students concernedabout the danger of exiting onto$38thStreet are encouraged to use the ParadeStreet Boulevard exit by driving throughlot 12*to the Rec Center onto ParadeStreetDever reported there have been a few"fender benders" mostly "aggravated"by the heavy trafficHe also said that some people will goright on 38th Street and then circle aroundthe median, which creates a traffic haz-ard.!Some of the Mercyhurst drivers inter-& viewed did not see a real problem withthe situation at the gates.Joel Pentz, a Mercyhurst commuter,said, "It only sucks when slow peopleturn left without any confidence orwhenbig trucks feel the need to exit campusthrough the gates. Other than that it's nobig deal." # j JHoward Paul, professor of business,said, "I don't think it's a major problem.Even at the worst time, I only have towait a minute. I wouldn't use the (pro-jected) light unless I knew for sure litwasn't on blink. I'd rather see peoplecome outon Briggs and enter into B riggsAvenue.""I'm patient. I enjoy the few minutes to

think. It's not thaibad,"Candice Benson,commuter, said.* Jane Lape, student, objected. "Theyshould put a traffic light there. Even ifthey put one on Briggs, that would begood. They do need a traffic light with allof the traffic thatgoes in and out of here."

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DoubetTo offset costs, rates will in-crease by one cent per minutebeginning Oct 1. New rates are71 cents per minute from 8 a.m. to5 p.m. and 16 cents after 5 p.m. inthe U.S. and Canada.MSG encourages anyone whostill experiences a problem withthe system to document it andconta tct the MSG office. The in-formation will be forwarded toadministration.'In other MSG news, Paydockrelayed Dr. Garvey's responsewhen questioned about the lowerlevel of the parking garage."Dr. Garvey feels they (facultyand administration) are here ev-ery month, including summer, andare entitled to the lower level,"said Paydock.Although Garvey advised MSGto form a parking committee,Paydock said, "We were told notto waste our time with that issue."Step. Kevin Nixon said, 'Thefact that you let him do that is aproblem."

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' Garvey also argued it would beeasier for a 19 or 20-year-old toshovel snow from a car than anolder faculty member, accordingto Paydock."Ask them wha t they've beendoing for the last 20 years," saidRep. Paul Roth in response.^Paydock said he agreed "100percent" with representatives'concerns, but was only relayingwhat was said by Garvey."Basically, I was told that with-out faculty and administration,there is no college. This is theconversation that was held."Treasurer Heather Heid saidresidents maypark under herampon weekends andfrom6 p.m. to 1a.m. during the week. The issuewill be looked into by the Facili-ties Committee.The Freedom Zone's requestfor a new computer was replacedwith an approved motion to givethe old SAC computer to them.Cass Shimek, MSG advisor, saidit is similar to the model TateDavidson, Freedom?Zone edi-tor, requested.Approval was also given to be-gin looking for a new computerforSAC.Paydock said the new home fortheFreedfdm'IZonewilt belntheMcAuley basement after theMcAuley Division moves. TheDivisionwillbe relocatedoffcam-pus at the term's end. $MSG meetings are held everyMonday night in the GovernmentChambers at 8:30 p.m. All stu-dents a re invited to come and voicetheir opinions. ]

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By Joseph LeglerSenior WriterFour names have been submit-ted by Bud Dever, director ofsecurity, to President Garvey forapproval as security surveillancecamera operators to begin In Oc-tober.*Among the candidates are thechief-of-police from Union City,a woman who has a degree in;communications from Kent stateand an older woman employed byHamot hospital security.Dever said their names will bereleased once the president grantshis approval and each individualaccepts the terms of the position.The college advertised in the lo-cal nc wspaper for the job and thefour candidates were selectedfrom a pool of 18 applications."The people whose names wehave submitted for approval aremature, stable people capable ofhandling what will in essence bethe college's9-1-1center," Deversaid* *

The video control room willhave a 24-hour manned phoneline enabling the campus com-munity to contact security at anytime, especially after4 p.m. whenit is often difficult to do so now.B* A.ft The four potential hirees willwork a combined 56 hours in thecamera room after 4 p.m.on Mon-day through Thursdays. The re-mainder of he time, regular secu-rity personnel will man the m oni-tors.(The security surveillance sys-tem is comprised of 16 camerasplaced at various locations over-look!ng the campus. It is designedto prevent vandalism.All but oneof the cameras is upand the monitoring room is nearcompletion, just aw aiting the in-stallation of the phone and somewire up to the roof. "The cameras have a tremen-dous scope of panning. Wefi redup two of hem yesterday and Wewere actually reading numbersoff the back of people's jackets."Dever said. W-9

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M o v i e ! R e v i e w : I R o a d h o u s e r e c r u i t s H u r s tT h G G o o d S o n S t u d e n t s e n c o u r a g e d t o a u d i t i o nBy Michael Brow nMe rciad Staff Reporter

"If I let you go, do you think you could fly?"This memorable line, belonging to the boy who has masteredmischievious behavior in films, is an interesting question. TheGood Son may have the answer to this question, but leaves you w ithmany more beyond thatThe G ood So n, directed by Joseph Ruben, is the new release from20th Century Fox, starring M acaulay Culkin. ,Culkin's previous credits include Home Alone, My Girl, andUncle Buc k. The film also stars Elijah W ood, of The Adventuresof HuckFi nn . ,Se t in modern-day New England, this basic good versus evilthriller feeds off its miniature star power and typical recycled plotto take its viewers on a roller coaster ride of slightly chilling and not-

so-mesmcnzmg proportions. ^ w . KJThe story starts out with Wood's character's mother dying of aterminal illness and his father temporarily leaving him at his aunt'shouse while he is away on an important business trip. . ^Culkin, play ing an evil son with an innocent face, takes his visitingcousin on a corruptive and mischievous excursion.After initially enjoying this misbehavior, Wood slowly realizesthat his cousin is dangerous and may be responsible for his youngercousin's drowning in a bath tub. . 7 1Culkin's impish behavio r escalates as he tries to kill other familymembers, causes a fatal car crash, and takes on a vicious dog. Ofcourse, as he realizes the evil in his cousin, the warnings of Wood'scharacter go unheard and discredited.Possibly the best part of the movie is the dramatic ending. Thetension is slowly built througho ut the film, although it is in choppyintervals^Asihe climax^approaches, the plotmoves rapidly into thesurprising conclusionT^f M^Zi!Wwu& ^ * >w *58. *r.The ending is swift and helps Oil up the lackluster holes of theearlier portion of the film.One drawback, however, is that most of the intense scenes havebeen used to advertise the film, which takes the shock value ou t ofparts ol the movie, g.Overall, The Good Son is an average thriller. Contrived from astandard mold, viewers may grow tired of the overused plot. Thewriting is above average and the movie has picturesque scenery,.The performances are adequate, with W ood's acting far superiorto Culkin's. Some scenes^were overdone and appeared forced.However, Culkin was overall believable and better than I expected.Even though TJie Good Son is flawed, it is mildly entertaining. If,however, you wantio see a movie thjs weekend of a stronger calibre,I would suggest Gettysburg or Martin Scorsese's The Age ofInnocence. ' , * * < ' ' *

By Michelle RyanArts and Entertainment Editor

Erie's very own RoadhouseTheater is looking for Mercyhurststudents to act in its production ofThe Lion in Winter. Studentsare also encouraged to assist inbehind the scenes work as well.The Lion in Winter, writtenby James Goldman, is a royalcomedy that is also historical innature. It is the story of KingHenry II.Made into a movie in 1968, Th eLion ;in Winter starred PeterO'Toole, Katherine Hepburn,Timothy Dalton and AnthonyHopkins (Hannibal Lector in Si-lence of the Lambs.)

Hepburn won an academyaward for her performance inihe movie, which is now available onvideocassette. 1A total of seven characters areinvolved in the play, according toScott McClelland, of the Road-house Theater. McClelland andhis wife will play the parts of kingand qu een.,Five other spots are .open toMercyhurst students. Fourimenand one woman are needed forthe three sons of the queen and

king, and one as the sister andgirlfriend of the king.The characters are between theages of 18-25. Two are Richardthe Lionhearted and King John,both from Robin Hood. Z .i 1

. It may be possible to earn cred-its by performing or working be-\'* hind the scenes-No preparation isnecessary.Auditions will be held Saturdayand Sunday, Oct. 9-10in the LittleTheatre at Mercyhurst, from 1-3p.m.Performance dates are set forDec. 2-Jan. 9 (excluding Christ-< mas and New>.Years weekends).The production will start rightafter Thanksgiving break so stu-dents should be aware they mayhave to come back to Mercyhursta few days early for the show.For more information, call theii Roadhouse Theater at459 :8215.

nWhat kind of p e r s o n are you?Palm reading may lead tointeresting insightsBy Michelle RyanArts and Entertainment Editor

Some people^believe that thepalm of your hand holds exten-sive secrets and clues to you andyour personality. Whether youtake it seriously or not, palm read-ing can be a real attention getter atthe next party you attend, and it'sfun, too.There are four major lines onyour palm: life, heart, fate andhead. The life line is the line thatcurves around the base of yourthumb. The heart line is the deepline running horizontally acrossthe top of your palm, below thebases of your knuckles.The fate line runs vertically andis beneath thebase of your middlefinger. It may start in the middleof your palm. The head line curvesfrom the bottom of your indexfinger to the outside of your palm.If the1"lines on your hand aredeep, you are said to have strongemotions and definite likes or dis-likes. If the lines are faint^youhave quiet perceptions.

l ike snakes or formuncomprehendable groups, thenyou are overly stimulated as wellas run-down physically, yIf your lines are broad andSvellmarked on coarse skin, you aresaid to have an underdevelopedintelligence.You lack energy if your linesare a dead, yellow color.You have a healthy body andmind if your lines are well-markedpink lines.Your nervous and inhibited ifyour lines are yellow.You possess strong feelings ifyour lines are red in color. |

marked with breaks, islaadslor m& Y o U a^ e i>fSt iv e a n d d e s j r e arealm envtrdftment^tf your pfalmlines are not much dee perthan theothers on your hand and are ondelicate, fine-grained skin.If that's not enough for you,your friendly school library willbe able to supply you with moreinformation in any palm readingbook. Thanks to The New For-tune in Your Hand by ElizabethSquire (Fleet Press, 1968) fortheabove information.

Nervous? Then you may have alot of lines on your palm. If youhavevery few clearly marked linesand delicate soft skin, you arebrimming with intellectual energyand have a strong direction in life.You are a very passionate per-son if you have deeply markedlines on your hand plus highlymounted knuckle bases.If you. have a lot of deeplymarked lines but flat or hollowmounts, then you are believed tohave strong desires and are moreintellectually directed than emo-tionally.If your palm lines are poorlychain ^formations, then^you are.said to be under nervous or physi-cal strain, and have a tendency tobe hysterical when under pres-sure^?If your main lines and otherlines are deeply marked, you arebelieved to have inner conflictsas well as deep,,feelings tuckedaway.If the lines on your palm wigg le

Thurbur Carnival sellto be a true treatPy Tonya BeebeMerciad Staff Reporter

^ Througho ut October. 21-24,Thursday through Sunday, the..Thurbur Carniyal will be pre-sented here at Mercyhurst.This is not your ordinary ca rni-val. The|Thurbur Carnival is adinner/theater pre se nta t ionbrought to you by you r fellow

students . . , v , . $#:In the tradition of SaturdayNight Live, the play consists of

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of James Thurbur.Thurbur was a humorist of the1930s. Director Igor Stalsky de-scribes bis writings as like thoseof Mark Twain. S talsky also saidthe purpose of tjie theater presen-tation is to entertain and i pu t asmile on the audience's faces.ll In addition to the.theater pre-sentation, dinner will be served,,OnThursday, Oct, 21 , a dessertwill be prepared at 7 p.m. fol-lowed by the performance at 8p.m,On Friday and Saturday (Oct.

22 and 23), dinner will be pre-pared at 7 p.m.On Sunday, Oct. 24 brunch willbe served at 12 p.m. followed bythe show at 4 p.m.

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i \ - Do you like to run but sometimes you just can't motivate yourselfenough to get off that cou ch? Do you jus t know that if you only had some- &one to run w ith, you'd go? If so, please fill out the following questionare andreturn it to the address at the bottom of this survey, via campus m ailroom.l j Do you work out (other than while training for a varsity sport) :CIRCLE ONE: |

a) once a week b) 2-3 times a weekI I c) 3 or more times a week d) eveiy day /2.) What is your avorite type ofworkout?Rate 1-4. One being favorite and four being least favorite.a) Walk ; f b)Runb)Bike l: c) Stairmaster3.)Can you run/walk:CIRCLE ONE: *

a) 1/2 mile - 1 mile b) 1 - 2 milesb) 3 or more miles4.) W ould you run/walk outside during the winter with a group?a) Yes */' b) No *If no,why? ^' j _ l l5.) Would you travel outside of Erie to races to run/walk ifyou were given the o pportunity?a) Yes b)No J6.) If Mercyhurst held a short race on campus, would you enter it?a) Ye s * ^ * b)No7.) Would you be interested in being tested or cardiofitness?a) Yes b)No ** i c) Maybe8.) Would you be interested informing a running/walkingclub which would meet regularly?a) Ye s $ b)No | | j i9J Would you like instruction regarding training and safety for running/walking?a) Ye s i b)No $* $ IGENERAL INFORMATION:\ Years runninft/wa Iking mDistance traveled on art average run/walk *C O M M E N T S : ' *

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The MerciadMercyhurst College's First Class newspaper as rated by the Associated Collegiate PressVol. 67 No.3 September 30/1993Merciad EditorsJule Gardner Editor in ChiefAnn e L. M cNelis Asst. News & Copy Editor4 4Michelle Ryan Arts & Entertainment EditorGrace BrunoCraig Rybczynski Features EditorSports Editor

Keith Courson Asst. Sports Editor[Joseph LeglerSenior Writer/Photo EdMia U-Rycki Advertising ManagerLarie Pintea Faculty AdvisorMerciadJStaff

Melissa SvitekErin HauberJennifer TrinidadDavid KosobuckiRich SheltonTonya Beebe

Megan CircleLee Ann KellyKira PreslerKatie JohnsonBeth NicholsDavid McQuillen

Elizabeth JohnsonJim DohertyHeather RyanDon LeClairNicole

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mmmm wmmmmmm m mmmv is i tHave you ever dreamt of study- ; Jewdjfc The'first Wo*weeks were

iiig abroad? How would you liketo take one month of your sum-mer to tour Europe?On August 1, 1993 approxi-mately 25 Mercyhurst studentsarrived in Engleberg, Switzerlandto do just that. * IJThe trip, which lasted, onemonth, was sponsored by theHRIM department and was opento all students.Among the many students whopart ic ipated were KimMalinowski, senior, Jen Schultz,senior, Peach Zicarelli, senior andIsaac Smith, junior.

spent in Engleberg, Switzerlandwhere the students spent eighthours per day in the classroom.^The group next went to Rome,Florence and Venice, Italy k forfive days where David McQuillen,senior, served as a tour guide."We learned more about cul-tural life through our experiencesthan we ever learned in the class-room," stated Kim Malinowski,senior.

. ftWhile there the students stud-ied Total Quality Managementtaught by Daryl Georger and Ger-man Cultures taught by MarilynnProfiler ']

"It's was good to spend timewith the teachers outside of theclassroom, too,"said Jen Schultz,senior, "It' s not like we just talkedafter class or anything*, we sp ent awhole month together."

scon3uevaraBy Lee Ann K ellyPMerciad StaffReporterAll the way from Ca racas, Ven-ezuela, Francisco Guevara hascome to be familiar^face atMercyhurst College. Hav ing al-ready received a degree in busi-ness adminis tra t ion at

Universidad Medropolitana in spare time.Venezuela, Francisco has trav-eleifeoJb&iJdiltifcSlatfis to famttflllanze Tiimself with*the Englishlanguage.Guevara comes from a familyof six. He has two younger broth-ers and a sister.

tain bike. He *also Hikes suchAmerican pastimes.-as going topart ies and seeing m ovie s(Guevara thinks the Films for Dis-cussion are excellent.) You alsomigh t see Guev ara frequentlyhanging out in Campus M inistry,where he enjoys spending his

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M e r c y h u r s t c r e w m o v i n g i m p o s i t i v e d i r e c t i o nBy Melissa Svitek t *Merciad Sports Writer Unlike m ost college sports, crew* has two Seasons, fall and spring,1 | I with a longwinter of indoor train-; Briniuinnnnnnnnnnnng !! ! !! ing in between. \ ^ & I 1 L\"Here wef go again. Boy, 5:00 Ta.m. comes quick these days."Once again, JMercyhurst crewhas begun. For about 70 students,that means early [morning prac-tices, blistered and callused hands,sore muscles, ergometers, cox-

1 ftswains, coaches, and facing therocky waters of Presque Isle inrain, sunshine, sleet or snow.This school year, the crew teamis the second largest athletic teamon campus. With approximately25 varsity m en, 22 varsity w omenand 20 novice rowers, moreMercy hurst students can p artici-pate in a single crew event thanany other college sporting eventaside from football.

For rowers, crew begins in Sep-tember and ends in May. For thisreason, it takes a lotof dedication,endurance and love for the rowerto remain a member of the team.Coach pav e Baugh calls row-ing "the ultimate sport" because,"We don't have any heroes," hesaid. "It takes a whole boatload ofpeople, usually five or nine, towin a race. The world's greatestrower could lose if his or team-mates don't put forth an equaleffort." j |Perhaps that is why the sport islabeled "crew." A crew is a groupof people working together tomeet a common goal. As far asteam sports go, it's hard tofind a

better example than crew.Varsity women's coach AdrianSpracklen explains. "When youbecome a member of crew, it'snot just your body that is part ofthe team. Your.mind must getinvolved," he said. "You must actand think as one.. Knowing thateveryone jn your boatk has thesame level of determination andis giving a 100 percent effort isthe key to a successful race ."Mercyhurst crew has grown sig-nificantly in the past three years,primarily becauseof more intenserecruiting. Athletes come fromall over the United States, Canadaand overseas.Before B augh became the headcoach in 1991, the team consistedof no more than 35 people, manyof whom never picked up an oarbe fore college. Now there are row-

ers with different levels of expe-rience and coaching coming tothe Hurst as freshmen. 3 nAlthough the recruits a re veryimportant, "The novices are thebackbone of he program ," addedBaugh. ''Many people never hadthe opportu riity to row before col-lege. The novice program givesthem the opportunity to learn andgives us the opportunity to addstrength and talent3to the pro-gram."Novice rowers are instructedby DanjMcKay,;who is in hissecond year coaching the men,and Annie Schleicher. She is anErie native who took on the re-sponsibility of coaching thewomen just this year.It is the job of the coaches topull everyone into the Mercy hurststyle. Although each row er, with

his of her different level of expe-rience adds depth to the team,Spracklen explains that,the re isno one successful style. "As longas everyone conforms to one style,a crew will be successful."Baugh says that this year marks"the most aggressive rowing sea-,son in the history of the college ."

The team w ill be competing indual meets with prestigiousschools l ike Colgate,Georgetown, George Washing-ton, and?Ithaca College. It willcompete jin regattas againstPrinceton, Harvard, Penn andother Ivy League schools."It's never too late to start row-ing," says Baugh." Ma ny success-ful rowers don't take up rowinguntil college. I didn 't start rowinguntil my junior year in college."

f o o t b a l l under>JCimbal3aBy Keith CoursonMerciadAsst. Sports Editor

Coming off the emotiona 1 tri-umph of a week ago againstGannon, Mercyhurst football wasattempting to remain unbeatenagainst a very solid Dickinsonsquad from Carlisle, Pa.The Lakers entered the contestin exactly the same circumstancesin which it smashed the Knights.Dickinson was 2-0 and its de-fense h adn 't allowed a point thisseason. '

The Mercyhurst Laker baseballteam entered the Erie County FallBaseball Classic on \ Mondayagainst Penn State- Behrend look-ing for its first victory of the sea-son, and got it in impressive fash-ion.

The Lakers pounded the NittanyLions 11-3 at Philip.D. HirtzelMemorial Field. With the victoryin the consolation round they ad-vance to the finals at Edinboroagainst the host Fighting Scots.^ Due to the inclement weather,tournament* officials will an-nounce if they will reschedule thechampionship game within thecoming week.Despite Erie's latest rash ofthunderstorms, the Lakers' of-fense was in full gear wh ile PennState's got stuck in the mud.

The blue and green was relent-less at the plate as they came toplay. Mercyhurst scored 10 runsin thefirst our innings and coastedto victory.The Lakers used a four-runfou rth inning to break open the 6-3 ballgame. The Hurst benefitedfrom two Penn State errors anddesignated hitter Bill Pieloch andsecond baseman Mike McKnighteach singled in the big inning. \'. jWith a sizeable lead to workwith, pitcher Jeff Hutchinson al-lowed one hit over two innings.Hutchinson also struck out twopicking up the win. ( ' '

Pitchers Scott Erickson, BradMaloney and Brian Lopez helpedpreserve the Mercyhurst victory.CenterfieIde Kevin Sweeneyled all Laker hitters with a 2-2performance and chipped in withtwo RBI's.

He commented on his hittingperformance. "Over the week Iworked on technique with coach >(Joe Jordano). I became morepatientand selective (at the plate).I didn't try to kill the ball, just tohit it hard," he said.This game was comparativelydifferent froni the Allegheny se-r i e s ^ e ftp^M %hits in the if first\jictoryJ ^ JSweeney reiterated, "It wjimprovement over last Sunday'sgame against Allegheny. Westarted to hit a lot better, but westill have room for irrmiovement.*'Mercyhurst looks to improveupon the Penn State game as theyplay Dowling, Long Island andSlippery Rockon Saturday at Slip-pery Rock Un iversity.The opener is slated to start atnoon and the final game of thedouble header will begin at3 p.m.

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Mike Brown was sixth andBrad Allen finished 27th to leadthe Lakers. Approximately 60 run-ncrs challenged the distance.

By Richard SheltonMerc ad Sports WriterThe Mcrcyhurst women's soc-cer team continued its impressivestart to the 1993 season with aneasy victory over fifth-rankedKccnc State University last Sat-urday.The 4-0 win left the fourth-ranked Lady Lakers on course foran NCAA play-off berth.Mcrcyhurst took the game toKccnc and were up 3-0 inside of20 minutes. N icole Baker scoredthe first after smart work downthe flank by Erin Stewart

Five minutes later, Becky Millerappeared on the score sheet cour-tesy of an assistby Claire Scanlon.To complete the ha If ime scor-ing, Scanlon scored after Millerhad returned the favor.

mal ity late in the second half afterintelligent work by MaureenGallagher.Stewart leads the Hurst, now 4-1, in scoring with 28 points (10goals, eight assists). Jen Root hasfour goals, while Bridget Ander-son, Miller and Scanlon have threeeach.Jubilant coach Trevor Warrenwas understandably pleased withthe result?"To be honest, KccncState couldn't handle our speedup front, quality in the mid field,and determination;^ the back,"he said. "We outplayed them inevery department and I'm verypleased with the way we are play-ing. Let's hope we can maintainour high standards over the week-end." I f fMcrcyhurst will host the topDivision IIwomen's soccer tour-

end. The Mercyhurst NationalInvitational features the four high-est ranked teams in the nation.On Saturday at 1:30 p.m. num-ber one Franklin Pierce, NH,meetsthird-ranked Sonoma State,CA. Then at 3:30, second-rankedBarry University of Miami facesthe fourth-ranked Lady Lakers.The consolation contest willthen be played at noon Sunday,with the championship game setfor 2 p.m.'The competition will definitelybe tough,"said Warren. "All threeteams have their fair share of Ail-Americans and foreign

internationals, but we feel thatthis tournament is here for thetaking. The|team that wins thetournament will almost certainlyreceive an NCAA play-off berth.If that's not an incentive for theStewart made the score a for- nament in the country this week-t girls, I don't know what is."

Men's soccer teamgives UMSLthebootBy Mia ?|U-RyckiMerciad Advertising Manager

Men's soccer had a bittersweettwo days this past weekend at theHamot Invitational Tournamentat Gannon when they lost to USCSpartansburg on Saturday 2-1, butbeat the University of Missouri a tSt. Louis (UMSL) Sunday 3-2 inovertime.Saturday, Mercyhurst was miss-ing two offensive starters, IanDickinson and Richard Shelton,who both sat out with red cards.Despite this loss, coach TrevorWarren was quitcplcased withtheway the team performed. "Welacked a little up front on offense,"he said, "but the team played quitewell." |rf ? WS

He was very impressed with thedefense of freshman, Jack Lcngcl."Jack did a good job on their starplaymaker. He nullified his con-tribution to the game in the sec-

ond half," Warren said.Warren was also pleased withthe leadership role junior LeonMumford fulfilled in the absenceof Shelton, the capta in. -"Leonfilled in very well for Shelton inmidfleld." A Jyaafr.f_ Although the Lakers had threeor four opportunities to "stick itin" according to Warren only oneshot went past Spartansburg'skeeper. Junior Joe English scored26 minutes into the second halfoff a pass from Lengel.Warren is not too worried aboutthe loss to a non-regional team."This won't hurt us with two start-ers out, losing just 2-1 against atop 10 team," he said.Sunday, although UMSL scoredfirst, the Lakers came out on top.Junior Mark Shookalook startedthe scoring for Mercyhurst in (hefirst half with an assist fromsophomore Greig Waddcll. Se-nior Pablo Klingenbergcrfinished

off the scoring in regulation timewith help from sophomore JeffSpitler."We were pretty much in chargeof the game," said Warren."Shookalook did a very good jobagainst St Louis. He ranjthemragged and created lots of goodchances for us."It was Shookalook who createdthe scoring opportunity in the firsthalf of overtime that gave theLakers the goal and the win overUMSL. His shot off a corner kickshould have gone in had it notbeen blocked by the hands of anUMSL defender, according toWarren.!As a result Mercyhurstgot a penalty kick which juniorJoel Pentz put in the back of thenet putting the Lakers ahead."It was a very good win for us,"said Warren. "We are still unde-feated in our region."The men play again on Sat,Oct. 2 at home at 11a.m.

Katie PetriLast Saturday, the Mercyhurstmen's and wom en's cross countryteams competed in the GenevaInvitational in Beaver Falls, Pa,

and turned in stellar performances.Katie Petri led the women to asecond pi acc4 finish in the fiveteam field with her second placeoverall.Petri raced across the 3.1 miledistance in 20:50. All six womenrunnersfinished n the top 20 in afield of 415 ^Theresa Schroeck finishedninth, and Nichole Putt tenth.Meanwhile, J her men camehome with a fourth place finishout of five participating teams.Dan Chase once again led thecharge covering the five miledistance in 27:52. The time was

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By|David J . KosobuckiMerciad Sports Write%fCompetitiveness is a very im-portant word in athletics. It is thedifference between the best andthe rest.!This desire is what people lookfor in an athlete. It is very hard to

find,but once you see it, you haveno doubt in your mind it is there!Are leaders born or made? It ishard to know for certain which istrueJ Mercyhurst senior PamMueller would probably tell youthat both aft t rue!"Wbenfl was|young, I playedsports with my brothers and theirfriends (all boys)," Mueller said*"Nothing conies easy wbe||fyouplay against them, you have to be

competitive.It migbtthave been this earlyexposure to the law of "survivalof the fittest** that has madeMueller who she is today. Muelleris the captain of| thc | newly re-vived Mercyhurst volleyball teamthat has people talking about pos-sible playoff chances,f "We have definitely turned itaround,wMueller admitsfTm notsurprised that we have had sucfcess either! We have good teamchemistry." Thislchemistry hashelped the Lady Lakers to an im-pressive 13-2 record this season.Mueller feels lucky to be part ofsuch a successful team, in herfinal season. The! truth is ,Mercyhurst should feel lu|have foundber, She almostslipped

through the cracks.Mueller came to Mercyhurst asa walk-on freshman. She madethe team and opened the season asa starter.That wasn't the!first timeMueller! almostigot away* fromvolleyball.|It was in the eighth'grade that the gym; teacher andvolleyball coach noticed her tal-ent and asked hereto play*% never had played volleyballbefore thenf Muellcrfsaid. ?Atfirst I tho ugh | big deal. But thenIstarting haling funl^Muellercontinued playing Ihefsportthrough!high school along withtrack and Softball. . |Sports has been major eontribujjtor in Mueller's life. She expectsthe trend to continue afleiciig

lege. |"What I've learned from spohasbeen important for mell knowiff will help me getfa better jobbecause playing sports and main-taining good grade shows disci-pline/' she said.As the season continues, thenumberfof games in Mueller'scareer become fewer. This willbe tough for her to deal w ith, butinstead of looking ahead Muellerfocuses on nowf

f'l go out there every game andenjoy it, she said, "I feel so com-!fbrtable when I play now.After Mueller, an accountingma|or, docsfget^oblvithfa fia|one thing, is for sure. The f ompeftWon n 't ti Ja problem.