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VOL. 62 NO. 17 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA? 16546 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1989Teachers fight drugsBy Maria KellyMerciad staff reporter

Study Hard

j? |One out of every four children in theclassroom is living in ahome where alcohol isa problem, according to a drug preventionspecialist in a speech on Drugs in the Class-room. ISue Mueller told some 30 people in OldMain during the college's Academic Celebra-tion, that society attitudes can be blamed forthe problem of substance abuse in this coun-try, f 'Society attitudes are something we're allformed by,"Mueller explained,'*if someonehas a cold or a headache the obvious answeris take a pill." t iChildren learn to equate drinking withrelaxing at a very early age. By the time theaverage child has reached the age of 18 he hasseen 100,000 beer comercials. Their father's

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MSG Finances discussedBy Laura JannotMerciad staff reporter

i . . ~ . . . . . i f come home from a hard day at work and needA STUDENT CONCENTRATES on studying for final exams which take place on Feb. 21 and 22. a ^^ to re|ax w i t j l f according to Mueller.Exams will be followed by SpringBreak. Spring Term classes will begin on Tuesday, March 7, The main problem with society, Muellerphoto by Michelle Bush explained, is that alcohol is not considered a drug. " Alcohol is a drug and is one of thebiggest killers of Americans every year,"Mueller said.The average age people start to drink is now12.9 years. Adolescents are the only ag egroup in: which, the mortality, rate has in -creased in the past 20 years, largely due topdrinking and driving accidents, Muellerpointed ou t HOver 6 percent of 6th to 8th graders havesmoked marijuana, and about 2 percentsmoke it at least weekly. "Those ages aregetting younger and (younger," Muellerclaimed. fW Marijuana of the 1980's is 5 to 10 timesmore potentthan the marijuana of the 60' s and70's. Also it is common to see marijuanalaced with something else like angel dust, or| crack. It is also a fat soluable drug that storesin the brain and reproductive organs. As aresult, a regular user can have a lashbackofthe high at any time without having been nearthe drug, Mueller said.

Mueller went on to describe four differenttypes of behavior in a child that should con-| 'When your working with children youknow what's normal, [and] any child thatstands out in the classroom and is differentfrom the rest is at risk," Mueller said.

In MSG's last meeting of the term, thepossible donation to Mercyhurst' s Intercolle-giate Club Volleyball Team was discussed.The request for a donation was made byJohnSaxonatlastweek'smeeting. Thisisnotenough for the team to buy the equipment thatthey need or to afford to take a trainer withthem to away games.f. MSG has decided to donate the money tothe team, providing they are first shown abreakdown of what the money will be spentfor.'We cannot budget money forbeer.' i Chris Mohr

A possible location for a pavilion was alsodiscussed. Because they were not given per-mission to build a pavilion in the orchard, theydiscussed an alternate possibility presentedby President Chris Mohr. j'Mohr suggested that the facility be put inthe enclosed area underneath the parkingramp near Briggs North.The area encompasses 6,000 square feet;its lowest beam is 7.5 feet high. Although theacoustics would not be appropriate for asound system, the area is indoors, it is venti-lated, and it can be heated. The fact that it doesnot need any major repairs is also a plus.The project will be somewhat expensive,but the group is hoping to borrow from nextyear's budget n orderto help cover the costs.

They also discussed the possibility of savingmoney by doing as much of the work aspossible on their own, rather than hiringoutside workers. A final decision has not yetbeen reached on this issue. ILast on the agenda was a breakdown ofthe budget for the dance that was held inSullivan Hall during Winter Activities Week-end.I There was some concern over the fact thatMSG had gone $40 over their planned $200budget When they looked at the breakdown,they discovered that $32 had gone towardsbeer for the volunteers that helped set up forthe dance. This surprised and angered manyof the MSG representatives.When questioned, Rod Power, who wasin charge of the dance, described it as "re-freshments." He felt it would encouragemore volunteers in the future.The group was upset, not only with thefact that their money had gone towards pro-viding beer for 5 to 10 individuals, but alsothat Rod had made this decision withoutapproval. Powers justified this by saying, "Idid what I felt should be done to make it a

cern the teacher. First there is the hero. Thisis the child that all teachers love. They areresponsible, always volunteering and have acompulsion to always be on top. But he alsogets depressed and down on himself whenhe's not on top, and superior and obnoxiouswhen winning, Mueller explained.

Sue MuellerThe next type is the scapegoat He is thechild that is always getting into trouble. He'sproviding a target for the blame at home. Theproblem is he feels rejected and unloved.The lost child is the most probable to beinvolved with substance abuse. This kid hasturned into himself and rejects outside con-tact, Mueller explained. "The best tiling forthis child is contact on a one to one basis, ithelps to bring them outf ofthemselves,"Mueller said. ]Then there's the class clown or mascotHe loves getting the classes attention and isalways disruptive. "This kid usually has anunderlying fear of something,"she said.Responsible behavior should be encouragedand always insist on eye contact when dealing

with him, Mueller pointed out !"Always be consistant with thesekids,"Mueller explained "never change therules for their benefit Structure is missingfrom their lives so it's up to the teacher toprovide it."

success.MSG felt that as a representative, Powers'decision could possibly make them all lookbad, even though none of them were aware ofit until Sunday night at the meeting.Chris Mohr made his point very clear bysaying,' 'We cannot budget money for beer.''Although Rod suggested that the subjectbe discussed privately, Mohr turned downthis idea, claiming that the students have theright to know what is being done with theirmoney.; \General consensus of the reps was thatPower should pay the sum of $32 out of hisown pocket, as MSG will not take responsi-bility for it

Tuition increase announcedA 7.25% increase in tuition was approvedfor the 1989-1990 school year at the lastmeeting of the College Board of Trustees.The tuition cost will rise $480 to a cost of$7,100 with additional increases in the costsfor board (7.4% or $100 increase) and resi-dence halls (10.88% or$ 135 increase). There

will be no increases in the fees.The increase is supposed to keep up withthe necessity to increase the budget by $1million dollars for the '89-90 school year.According to Dr. Garvey, as quoted in theMonday Morning, the increase is necessary tocover salary increases, new faculty wages,fringe benefit costs, and financial aid.

| The publication also quoted Dr. Garvey assaying the increase is in keeping with thenational average for increases in tuition costsof private schools. The tuition increase an-nounced by Gannon University last monthwas 16% or $1,000 bringing their yearlytuition to $7,040.I Penn. State Behrend, though they do notknow tuition increases until July, have a1988-89 tuition of $1,805 per semester, or$3,010 per year for Pennsylvania residents.The cost for non-residents is $3,624 persemester or $7,248 per year. The financeoffice at Behrend said they also anticipated atuition increase. \ f" '

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Brain controls functioning, author says

By Holly FufanerMerciad staff reporterCommunication within the

body and with the environment is

the primary function of the brain,according to a professor of psychia-try and neurology at the Universityof Pittsburgh. j."By identifying biology withthe brain, it is easy to determinewhat is happening neurologically, 'said Dr. Ralph E. Tarter in a Jan. 31speech at the Academic Celebra-tion. *Tarter, who wrote the- book,Medical Neuropsychology: Impactof Disease son Behavior, definedneurology as the study of the rela-tionship between the brain andbehavior. He also explained that hebelieves that the brain is parasiticbecause it is primarily dependent onother systems in the bodyJ'*As

integral as it is, the brain relies onother systems, yet it tells us thedamage of other organ systems,however subtle,'' Tarter said.These subtle effects becomeapparent as society becomes morecomplex, according to Tarter. "Inthe past, not much was required ofus, now we have banking machines,computers, and other ad vancementswhich require our cognitive capaci-ties to improve,9' he said.* Tarter added that peo ple have tolearn to adapt to the changing envi-ronment and understand more thanthey had to in the past"Simple things can controlcomplex processes," Tarter said.People who exercise regularly, have

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abetter oxygen level than those whodon't and can do better on cognitivetests, according to Tarter.People have to maintain ahealthy lifestyle, according toTarter. MAs our body wears down,our cognitive capacities weardownj ^ ^ ^ ^^^^C' The brain cannot store oxygen,and in hypoxia, which appearswhen the level of oxygen is reducedor stops, a person risks having per-manent neurological problems.People wh o h ave emphysema^ orasthma, or who smoke or live inhigh altitudes, risk developing hy-poxia.The brain demands 25 percentof the body * s oxygen, and it cannotreplenish it "Every brain cell lostis a brain cell lost forever/*Inaddition, a dysfunction oftheliver can cause an absence of Vita-min A w hich is essential for nightvision. Therefore, alcoholics haveahigher tendency to have motorvehicle accidents at night, not onlybecause o f intoxication, but becauseof the lack of Vitamin A, accordingto Tarter.Tarter also said that the vascularsystem is crucial in conjunctionwith the brain. O rdinarily, it takes 7seconds for blood to go from theheart to the brain and back.again.However, Tarter say s, "The width

of the arteries is important becausethey determine how fast and howefficiently substances can reach thebrain.""Even in the normal distribu-tion, we can observe changes withrespect to cognitive functioning andcognitive deficiency."

For example, Tarter said thatabout SO percent o f diseases todayare self-imposed because ofi aperson's lifestyle and high riskbehavior, such as drinking andsmoking. * 'These behaviors, whichwe can control, are called behav-ioral medicine because they have adirect bearing on our health,""headded. $Mental disturbances can some-times be connected to organ prob-lems, according to Tarter. Injuriesto certain organs can produce de-pression, but gettingridofthe prob-lem may not necessarily dependupon the proper functioning of theorgan. Instead, the amount of stressinvolved in the situation may be thereason for the increased mentalproblems, said Tarter. "Wheni is stressed, the immune sytern becomes worn \nerable to disease," he said."When you're down, you aremost likely to get the flu."Tarter told his audience in acrowded Zum lecture hall thatstresses in the environment, such asfinancial pressures and low self-esteem are responsible, and added,"The idea of optimism, generalgood health, and exercise can bol-ster the immune system andcounteract the affects of disease."If fin conclusion, Tarter said, "Ithink it's a new era in which we arebeginning to think about disease notonly as a biological phenomenon,but as abehavioral phenomenon."

Alteration SeniorsJust a reminder: theSenior Dinner Dance will be heldon Saturday, March 11,1989 atRaymond's Banquet Hall.Between. 6 and 7 p.m. there willbe a cash bar reception, then at 7p.m. dinner will be served. Therewill be fun and dancing with theJ 'Hurst's own Rick Yarosz spinningthe tunes until 1 a.m. ]Admission isjfree to traditionalSeniors and there is a $15.00 charge

to non-Senior guests and|Adult Col-lege Seniors. Please limit one guestper Senior. If anyone has any ques-tions or if an invitation was not re-ceived please call Lucy at 825-0437or*Sheila at 825-2898.

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S t u d e n t s d i s c u s s w e i g h t l o s s t e c h n i q u e s a n d f a c t sBy Margaret CoffeyMerciad staff reporter

Five Mercy hurst students told acrowd at the College the secret to* 'melting off those excess winterpounds** in a presentation that waspart of their third annual AcademicCelebration, i iAll of the students were SportsMedicine majors ]and ' presentedtheories on weight gain and weightloss. |Tammy Phillips, a senior in theWellness track of the Sports Medi-cine program, told us the social andpsychological factors that moti-vates people to overeat ('You've got to make acommitment to yourself.No one else can do that, f

Michelle ChiaramonteShedescril J 44 > the way societydeals with our slimness,* * citing themass media's influence on ourdietReasons for overeating, accordingto Phillips are psychological, social,and hereditary. fTo overcome these barriers weneed to know why we gain weight,and senior Scott Devore presentedtheories on weight 'gain. 'Devoreexplained that there are two types oftissue in the body, lean tissue and fat

tissue.There are two types of fat issue,essential fatand storage fat, accord-ing to Devore. He explained severaltheories, including the fat cell the-ory. This theory states that a f iatincrease occurs asa result o f alreadyexisting fat cells and an increase inactual number of fat cells.Weight reduction can cause adecrease in the size of the fat cells,but not a reduction in the number offat cells. There are a set numberoffat cells that y ou have throughoutyour lifetime, and this number can-not be reduced.After Devore explained why wegain weight, Clint Huffman ex-plained why w e don't lose w eight,citing specific instances of barriersto participation in a regular activityprogram.Huffman explained the excusespeople use for not exercising, suchasnotime/'IdonUlikeit,'* 4- You can do this by making a listof activities thatyou really like todoand a listof your schedule and findtime when you can fit a program in.

She said thatpeople should finda piece of clothing that doesn't fitanymore and hang it somewherevisible or hang a picture or phraseon the refrigerator. These visualreminders can serve as externalcues, according to Chiarmonte.I 'You've got to makea commit-ment to yourself, it's your responsi-bility todo that,9' Chiaramonte said."No one else can do it for you."

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Kovski's Korner :MSG alternative to pavilion lacks forethoughtBy Christopher J. KovskiMerciad Editor

Well, seniors, here is yourchance toget righteously ndignantOnce again, there has been a stum-bling block in the road to MSGbuilding a pavilion or other gather-ing area for students. - |This time, MSG was told that thepavilion couldn't be built in theorchard by die pond. Soan alterna-tive has been found.Butdon't start jumping for joyye t The alternative isn 't the pavil-ion that was originally promised.Instead, MSG is researching thepossibility of building a facilityunder the parking ramp near BriggsNorth. *The facility would have theadvantage of being enclosed, and itis6,000 square feet Itis ventilated,and it can be heated.So why aren't I turning cart-wheels from the sheer joy that fillsmy soul? IBecause I'm seeing past dieinitial statement For one, the mag-nitude of this project makes it im-possiblefor the area to becompletedthis year. H eating contractors don'trush into jobs, because a great deal

of planning is necessary to avoidproblems.In addition, the expense will bequite a bit more than i an outdoorpavilion. A rough estimate obtainedfrom a local heating and coolingcontractor indicates that to heat,cool, and ventilate the area that isbeing considered will cost $10,000to $11,000 -- and even then, thegentleman who quoted the pricesaid that he couldn't guarantee theestimate to be within $1,000.Hie price was quoted for a wa-ter-cooled heat pump system whichwould be able to maintain the tem-perature ina comfortable range at alltimes.|^ Also, the area is not acousticallypleasing,so a sound system is outofthe question. | t xWell, MSG stated that they hadalready considered the cost o f re-modeling this area, and they hadtwo suggestions.The first suggestion was to bor-rowfrom next year's budget Forone, I don't think the College is inthe business of deficit financing.- For another, this seems to bepenalizing those students wh o areseniors, and have each paid $60 forstudentgovernment fees. They will

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not be able to enjoy this area. Yetthey have contributed, on a roughestimate of 400 seniors, iover$24,000 of M SG's budgetiAnother idea was to see ifMSGcould do a great deal of dieworkitself. Good luck 1 As evidenced inthe meeting Sunday night, at leastone MSG representative fee ls thatthe only way to get people to * 'vol-unteer" for anything is to offerthem beer.| Besides, I don'tfknow howmany of the members of MSG havehad experience painting, plastering,and doing all of the other little job sthat will have to be done. Despitethe fact that it looks like fun, allofthese jobs require a little bit of skill\ Okay, so where does that leaveus? MSG has $20,000 listed in itsbudget fora "special project" - th epavilion. \Right off the top, they'll spend$11,000 or so for heating, cooling,and ventilation. That leaves $9,000for remodeling. That'll buy a lot ofpaint and joint compound. %But that won't buy carpeting oranything like that And I say that thearea shouldn't b e carpeted, or, forthat matter, finished. J '%. |*Fbr one, it won't be the show-place for outdoor speeches that wasenvisioned earlier ..No one wants tgyggo into an acoustic^y-disappoint-ling room which is partially under-

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E x a m w e e k c r e e p s l u p o n s t u d e n t sB STUDENTS ARE STUDYING hard these lastfew weeksofclass. The ibraryis full of people working on research papers, looking for that hard-to-findbook, studying for a big test, or maybe just taking some time out to relax.Finals create a busy (and often stressful) time for students, so they takefull advantage of the library now. These photos, taken Saturday, showpeople adding the last touches to final assignments due next week.

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Orbison and Dylanclimb high on chartsBy Bill HoganMerciad record reviewer

Hey gang, how * s it going? Howabout this weather? Don't despair,one week until vacation and fun.Well, lets get to some rock-n-roll. This week we will look at RoyOrbison's Mystery Girl, and BobDylan and the Grateful Dead'sDylan and the Dead.Roy Orbison, whata shame thathe had to leave this world with sucha come-back at hand. TheTravelingWilbury's are doing fantastic andhis last solo LP is a great finishingtouch to a great career.4 'You Got It" is already spiral-ing*up the charts and "She's aMystery To Me'' can't miss.This rock-n-roll legend doesnotleave hisguitar-riddenemphasis onthe album, with'a rich westernsound. Orbison's melodic voicebooms through from beginning toend.Also, look for "The Comedi-ans," which is*written by ElvisCostello and the lovely ballad "I

Love So Beautiful." |Jeff Lynn, former lead singer toElo, keeps this album in the samevain of the Traveling Wilbury's,which he also produced.Orbison's Mystery Girl is afine album, and if you like the Trav-eling Wilbury's, you'll love thisrecord too.The next album is Bob Dylanand the Grateful Dead's Dylan andthe Dead. This celebration of1960's greats was a huge event atconcerts this summer as the Deadtoured.This is a live album that is prettymuch one-sided. Dylan steals mostof the show while the Dead is moireor less a backup group. | %TheDead though, sound like theDead no matter what song they'replaying, so don't despair Dead fans.They have a lot of influence on therecord.Dylan fans will delight that hesteals the show, and Dead fans willwant more. Both will buy the al-bum, even though Dylan is top dog.Hippies, unite, this is the albumyou can let your \hair' down to.'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'falls &hort*ofe"xpect at orts

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By Matthew J. ClarkMerciad Sports EditorJust over two years ago, M ercyhursttook a b ig gamble in starting an icehockey program. Now , the collegedresses both a club team and a varsitysquad.Knowing the risks involved withanew program, the athletic depL beganice hockey under club status, which

Fast MoverL A K E R POINT GUARD Nancy DiLallo (21)farces Textile's Terry Coleman to over-commitherself o the inside.Meanwhile, DiLallo looks to dish to the outside. The remarkable Pittsburgh;native is in the running for Ail-American honors. Photo by Kevin McHugh.

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doesn't cost as much as a full varsityprogram.Since young sports programs often have trouble fielding an entireteam, the club option was a good idea.j Now that the program has grown to varsity status, the 'Hurst has keptits club team as well The club team participates in the Erie IndustrialLeague and while it hasn't served as the "farm team" Laker hockeyofficials were hoping for, Mercyhurst has decided to keep the team

Mercyhurst College first-yearHead Crew Coach Derek Hartwickhosted the First Annual MercyhurstCollege Rowing Symposium lastweekend.Headlining the event was Mike

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Spracklen, E ngland'smost success-ful rowing coach. For over 14years, Spracklen has been coachingwith the British Rowing Team. Hismedal count is unparalleled. Hehashad crews win four Olympic Med-als and eight World Championshipmedals.

anyway. * I ! I ; I ** *It really hasn' t been a * feeder* system,'' Head Coach Rick Gotkinsays of the club team. " It's basically something that the college thoughtwould be important to the boys that are here that just didn' t make thevarsity," he explains. ~ * i :;- |* 'The college made the commitment to that and I support it fully. Ithink it's a credit to the college that they think about all the students onthis campus." | % Accordingto Gotkin, the club team has done unbelievably well thisyear, losing only three or four games in a league that features severalformersemi-professional skaters including some players from the now-defunct Erie Blades.'They ve made me proud," Gotkin says. "They've played good,hard hockey. They're good kids who are out trying hard, they've donewell academically and they go by (he same rules as any sport here,*'*| According to Gotkin,-these players have to abide by the NCAAacademic and sport-related requirements for competition.Gotkin says that Mercyhurst has every intention of keeping theIndustrial League squad and eventually expand to a possible junior-varsity level.It' s a great idea and is, indeed, a credit to Mercyhurst to offer sucha program for talented hockeyplayers who may need more time beforethey can move on to the varsity lev el gI As for developing a junior varsity team, this could take a little timedue to the cramped athletic quarters of the Mercyhurst campus.Even now, the Laker hockey team must practice off campus at theGlen wood Ice Rink. This means that Gotkin must schedule his practicesat the convenience of the rink owner and not the team's convenience.This year, the hockey team hits the ice at 7 ajn. for its practices.So with space problems for the varsity squad, having a JV teamwould only complicate matters worse.II"With the lack of facility, it's a scramble for the varsity to getpractice ice and game ice and to do it for a JV team just isn't feasible,"Gotkin says."But down the road a couple of years, you never know what couldhappen." jjGotkin emphasizes that despite these problems, the college has beentremendous in its support of the hockey program here. When one sees

nl . , T T . | how quickly the program has come along, there's little doubt aboutS firmer S JtlOSpital j|Mercyhurst's commitment to hockey.*! |j - f |I One problem Mercyhurst will always have is limited real estate. Itwould be nice to have a hockey rink, a swimming pool and a footballstadium on campus, but reality doesn't afford Mercyhurst that luxury.

Known primarily for his techni-cal knowledge, Spracklen has alsobeen recognized outside, of thesport In 1988, Spracklen receivedan order of the British Empire fromQueen Elizabeth for *'services torowing." The OBE is the highesthonor given by England's royalgovernment with the exception o fKnighthood.Also speaking were Ted Nash,of Penn A.C. in Philadelphia, BradJacobsen, Mercyhurst's Head Ath-letic Trainer, and Bob^Martinec,former Czechoslovakia NationalHockey player who discussedplyometric training.

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The Mercyhurst men's basket-ball team will help brightenValentine's Day forresidents of theShriners Hospital for CrippledChildren. Coach Dr. BarryCopeland and h is troops will posefor photos with die children andinvite the children to attend a Lakerbasketball game.OnSat, Feb. 18, the men 's teamwill be volunteering its time to givea basketball fundamentals clinic forthe United Way. The clinic, to beheld at the Booker T. W ashingtonCenter at 10:30, is being sponsoredby the Martin Luther King Center,John *F. Kennedy Center and theBooker T. Washington Center.:; All 'interested children fromthese centers are welcomed to at-tend.. & *5r*

-Another sidenote to these space problems deals withfcheduling.Since Mercyhurst must play its home games at the Erie CMc Center,hockey officials must schedule their games around events at the CivicCenter. As Gotkin explains, this can cause a number of complications."The Civic Center has dates that they're booked in to," he says."W e've scheduled 14 home games for next year and we don't know yetif we're going to be able to have those dates at the Civic Center.9 *According to Gotkin, if the Civic Center is having an event on thedate of a scheduled home game, the Lakers must find an alternate site,or cancel the game. *For instance, if the Laker's were set to play Hamilton Cdllege on anight when a concert was at the Civic Center, it would be tujtikely thatHamilton would be willing to change the dale oflike toplan theirroad travel Eriemightbeoutof their way qlajaterdate.If I were giving the Laker hockey program a re po rt ed , I'd saythey're doing very well and WRo knows, maybe in a few jlfcars they'llbe able to boast of an on-catqpusrink.Until then, they musfj&ckcy theirhome scheduling and practic jjmes - but I'm sure their^Iftrts will be \

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Lakers fall shortagainst Gannonin battle of ErieBy Kevin McHughMerciad staff reporter

The Lakers put in a fightingperformance against' Gannon onTuesday in which they proved thatthe team had by no means becomedisheartened.Despite leading for nearly en-tirely the irsthalf the Lakers fell toa 76-69 defeat The seme does notreflect how clos e the Lakers were toa victory as Gannon's winningpoints came in the last minute of thegame.Laker's coach, Barry Copelandsaid that he was disappointed withthe performancece of his]seniorplayers earlier in the week butnotonTuesday night X |Rich Lipscomb matched hiscareer best save of 19 points andEric Franos also obliged with \ 19points. "Nobody should be sur-prised by the effort that our playersput in, that's what we expect fromthem," said Copeland.4'We had theintensity but we failed to execute ."The Lakers didn't have the in-tensity and concentration needed intheir last two games and thus lost toAdelphi J on Friday and Pace onSaturday, according to Copeland."For us to be effective, we needto Dlav with more emotion and in

both games that wasn't evident andit showed in our play," he said.The Lakers wentfor he normalstarters against Adelphi; they wereRich Lipscomb, Dave Constantino,Dave Quinn, Chris Mindach andEric Franos. IThe team lost 56-74, no thanksto Adelphi's Curtis Wilson, whoscored 30 points. | Copeland said jthat he wasn'thappy with the\ senior leadershipandso Quinn, who scored 11 points,was the only regular starter in theline-up against Pace. Franos, de -spite scoring the team high of 12points was among those excluded.Quinn was joined by WaltCusick, Tim Timko, Jeff Fink andTom Filipkowski at the tip-off.They may not match up physicallyto the regulars but they had shownthey had spirit and! that they4 'wanted to get out and play basket-ball," according to CopelandThe Lakers, who only shot 36percent compared to Pac e's 4 8 per-cent, lost the game 54-79.Copeland had a meeting withthe team cm Sunday night at whichthey discussed the teams apparentlack of motivation.Thepossibility that the team wasbecoming disheartened| w a sbrought up, but all 12 players said

'Hurst places 4on All-American

D A V E Q U I N N (24) goes up for the rebound in theLaker's first defeatatthehandsofAdelphi. The Lakers lost again to the athletic Adelphi teamon Friday, 56-74. Photo by Kevin McHughthat they still feel they can win andthat they want to win, according toCopeland."But there's a difference be-tween wanting to win and actuallygoing out and doing somethingabout it," Copeland said. "W e

need to do the little things that wedid earlier in the year before we canstart winning again/* he added.The Lakers also lost their firstencounter with Adelphia 62-S8 butwon their first game against Pace,69-66. M IImmaculate performance lifts 'Hurst, 82-65

Senior center Charlie Wertzheadlines a cast of four Mercy hurstfootball players w ho have beenafforded All-American honors, mWertz, a two year starter at of-fensive center, was named to thePizza Hut All-American HonorableMention land Football News All-American Honorable Mentionteams, f The 5'10", 224-pounderalso handled the long snappingduties for the 'Hurst while anchor-ing an of fen si ve line which allowedjust seven sacks in 245 passing at-tempts. I PSophomore Brian Haberstockwas named to the "Pizza Hut All-Americanj Third Team as a kickreturn specialist Haberstock com-pleted the season as one of the topreturners in the country, gaining609 yards on 26 returns for a 23.4average. He compiled over 1,000all-purpose yards last season as arusher, receiver and returner.Seniors Greg Latimer and PaulSmith also garnered All-Americanstatus. Latimer was named to theFootball Ne ws All-AmericanThirdTeam at linebacker. A two-time all-american, the 6' 11217-lb. Latimerled the Lakers with 88 tackles andset a school record with five inter-ceptions in a season by a linebacker.he is the second leading tackier inMercyhurst football history. |Smith was placed on the Foot-ball News Honorable MentionDefense as a defensive back. Smith,6'0,190, was the third leading tack-ieron the team with 75. He also hadtwo interceptions and recoveredthree fumbles.Mercy hurst inished he seasonwith a 6-3 record, its best seasonsince 1985. w E m fBy Bill DarlingMerciad staff * : iter

Mercyhurst coach Luke Ruppelsaid hi s team just played "theirworst ball of the season againstLeMoyne on Monday." Thewomen .must have been listeningbecause on Friday the Lady Lakersvisited Immaculata and dumpedthem by 17,82-65. . |Seventeenmust be lucky for theLady Lakers since they improvedtheir record to 17-5 and are now 6-3 in Mideast Collegiate Conferenceaction.

In the game, it was the former StBen's star Cheryl Tomczak doingthe opposition in with anotherstandup performance. Tomczakscored 2 1 , including four three-point bombs..!Lisa Maxson continues to leadthe Lakers in scoring and shepoured in 24 points and 12 re-bounds against Immaculata. NancyDiLallo still shows that size is nofactor in determining how good abasketball player can be. Her 5*4"frame just seems to suit her gamefine, and besides holding theopposition's offense in check, she

can also score.JDiLallo had 13 points and 3three pointers against Immaculata.Her three pointers combined withTomczak's three point total contin-ues to lead the NCAA in three pointshooting.Coach Ruppel feels that thisteam can play with anybody and hasheld their own against top twentyteams Philadelphia Textile andCalifornia University. "Weiwinthese next three games in our con-ference the chances of post seasonplayjust gets a little better," Ruppelsays. f |

SCOREBOARDMen's Basketball (8-16)L-Adelphi 56-74

' -.L-Pace 54-79Women's Basketball (17-5)W-Immaculata College 82-65Hockey (10-14) . IL-Wisc-River Falls 8-3L-Wisc.-River Falls 5-2

We re going to take them oneat a time. Our first test will be atBuffalo and then it's on to QueensCollege, which has also been play-ing well of late." I | |Mercyhurst returns to the Cam-pus Center on Feb. 22 against Gan-non,which will be Erie's lastchanceto see the hot Lakers in action.A win Saturday guarantees theLakers a spot in the MCC tourna-ment, but to beat Gannon twice inone season would be a big-timeaccomplishment for this youngMercyhurst team and an enormousthrill for all the fans at Mercyhurst

^ ^ ^ K INDLIN (34) puts up the lay-up as two Lake Erie defendersraise their hands in unsuccessful attempts at the block. The Lady Lakers0 a 84-31 victory on FebJ. Photo by Kevin McHughtormed