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Ma rch 20,1997
D i a l o g u e N e e d e d o nS e x u a l H a r a s s m e n t a
tM e r c yBy Michael J.OppermanMerciad Writer
The issue of sexualharassmentis a serious one and one aboutwhich
we need totalk. This isintended to b e the beginning of adialogue.
Every campus In thenation is faced with incidents ofsexual
harassment MercyhurstCollege is notan exception. It isimportant for
us to realize that it isour campus.When I refer to us, Imean
students, faculty and ad-ministration.
According to federal law,"noperson in theUnited States shall,on
the basis of sex, be excludedfrom participation in, be deniedthe
benefits of, or be subjected todiscrimination under any educa-tion
program or activity receivingfederal financial assistance."
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Mercyhurst College echoes thislawand cl ari Ges its a pplication
inthe Student Handbook and in apamphlet entitled "Sexual Harass-men
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The Student Handbook statesthat, "Mercyhurst does not and
will not tolerate sexual harass-ment of a ny kind by a member
ofthe faculty, administration, staff,or student body." The
Handbookcontinues by statingthat "sexualharassment is defined as
any un-welcom e direct or indirect sexualadvances, requests for
sexual fa-vors, or other verbal or physicalconduct of a sexual
nature."
'The Handbook concludes bystating that "implicit in the idea
ofprofessionalism is the retion by those in positions of au-thority
that in their relationshipswith students or others there isalways
an element of power.It isincumbent upon those with au-thority not
to abuse, nor seem toabuse, the power with which theyare
entrusted.'9
Sexual harassment is seldomdiscussedin a public forum
amongstudents at Mercyhurst College.Consequently, it is difficult
forindividuals to recognize what isand what is not sexual
harass-ment After dif iggftifl the issuewith Cathy Anderson, the
affir-mative action officer at Mercy-
hurst Co llege, thekeyword seemsto be "comf ort " If an
individualis not comfortable, something iswrong. There are various
levelsof responsibility involved ina ting and maintaininga
comfort-able environment for learning.
One level of responsibility isexplainedin die closing
statementof the Student Handbook's de-scription of sexual
harassmentFaculty mustnot "abuse,nor seemto abuse, the power with
whichthey are entrusted." Sexual ha-rassment is often an issue o f
grayareas and the Student Handbookattempts to address these
areas.Faculty must not "seem to abusethe power with which they
areentrusted."The relationship betweena pro-
fessor or staff member and astu-dent is not simply one of
twoconsenting adults. The StudentHandbook provides a warning inits
definition o f relationships b e-tween persons in positions of
au-thoiity and students. There isalways an element of
power."Faculty have a great deal of re-
sponsibility in observingand re-specting the nature of such
rela-tionships.
The student also has respon si-bilities. The pamphlet
advisesthatif placedin an uncomfortable situ-ation, oneshould speak
up at anytime.Be sure to say "NO! " clearly,firmly and without
smiling. Thisis not the F time to be polite orvague. Communication
isvital indefining boundaries of comfort
The pamphlet cautions the vic-tim of sexual harassment not
toblame himself/herself. Sexualharassment is not something
onebrings upon oneself, it is actionthat the harasser decides to
take.It is not the victim's fault Thepamphlet also urges die victim
tobe vocal immediately.!Do notdelay and donot remain silent
Ifsilence is maintained and actiondelayed, the harassmentis
likelyto continue.Accordingto the Supreme Court
case Kadiki v. Virginia Common-wealth University, the
adminis-tration is also responsibleand canbe held liable if t
"eitherknew or
ChangesMadeAt The Laker InnBy John MurphyEditor in Chief
Faster service, better qualityfoods, healthier choices,
lateweekend opening hours and acampus delivery service, thesea
reJust some of the aims of thechanges recently made at theLaker
Inn
The new term has seen the Ho-tel Restaurant Institutional
Man-agement department taking on therole of directing theLaker
Inn's
operations. HRIM professor,Brenda Moore, along with gen-eral
managers B rian Hodas andMark Watkins, have been busyover the last
couple of weeksin-troducing the changes. "We had alot of
complications at first, butnow we are getting settled andthings are
starting to runsmoothly," said Hodas.
In aneffort to speed up service,students will now order at
thefront of the line, this way it is
that by thetime thev reaj
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Junior Sarah Allen serves food to fellow student Jen Hills.The
new changesaim at speedingup theLaker Inn service. Photo: Jessica
Russell
the cash register, their order isalready being processed.
"Hope-fully the averageorder will nowonly take five to seven
minutes,before it took anywhere from 10-15 minutes," said Hodas.
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S e n i o r S o c c e r P l a y e r s R e m i n i s c e A bBy
Scott VanceMerciad Sports Editor
It ha s bee n a long four yea rs forall of hese players who we
nt froman unknown team to be recog-nized as t national
powerhouse.Ihad die pleasure o f meeting upwith the seniors on the
men 's s oc-cer team (Ian Dickerson, DarrenMurray, Jack Lengel and
KeithSelvitelli) t o discuss their fouryears here at Mercy hurst,
bothfrom a sporting and person al pointof view.
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The play en they played with
"Rich Sheldon and Greg Waddlewer e outstanding players and
in-spirational during my first year.During die last two year s,
JimmyReen was a great player, a greatsweeper. He read die gam e
reallywell, but if I had to pick the bestplayer over the four
years, it woul dhave to be Greg Waddle. All theplayers respected
him and every-one really enjoyed playing withhim because he brought
the bestout of people," said Ian Dickerson.
"Jimmy Reen, Greg Waddle,Glen Francis a n d 'Ticker
'(Dickerson). I played with Jimmyfor four years and I jus t know
himan d w e play well together.Ticker ' is just Ticker', ye k
nowhe's amazing fund Glen is anAntiguan international s o
obvi-ously a go od player. This year, Ithink that we were more of a
teamthan last year and I think that isone of the re asons that I
think w edidn't win the final four,** saidMurray.
I'd have to agree with Danen,Glen, Ticker and Jimmy, a reamong
the bes t players, but I wouldalso include Darren as a goal-keeper.
I think the big differencewas the junior and senior yearcompared to
the sophomore andfreshman year where we didn'thave the team unity
my first f ewyears here and it was n't e njoy ableplaying. At the
end of my sopho-more year, I thinkthat Rich reallyworked hard on
getting the teamtogether and we all respected eachOther and there
wasn't as muchbickering or complaining amongsteach other" said
Lengel.
T h e first game of our fresh*man year until
pj the last game of oursenior year he [Jack Le ngel ] held
the right back position. He play edistently every game, andI
don't remember Jack every hav-ing a bad game. He isa
qualitydefender,9* said Selvitelli.
Memories
"Getting to die final four w asprobably die best moment Ithought
that we should have w onit, I was disappointed that w edidn't Win
it All o f the times thatwe wen t down to Hoppers and theEdge on a
Thursday night werealways great times becausew ehad a great team
experience. Oneof the funniest memories waswhe n Stua rt Hogg came
sprintingout of die hotel toilet naked andjumped in die pool sayin
g "finalfour here we com e." This wasafter the Missouri game and
wewer e just after getting through tothe final four, even though
RichHards wasn't too happy about it,bu t i t was stil l| funny," s
aidDickerson.
1 don't havcr any specificmemories, it was a great experi-ence
going to die NCA A playoffsand making die final four and thatwas
definitely the high point ofmy four yeais. It wa s a
greatexperience and not many peoplehav e that opportunity and just
theatmosphere about being aroundall those people and al l
yourfriends that you play with. I metall my good friends playing
soc-cer," said Lengel.
"On a personal note, as a teamwe went to ClubGiggles. Afterthe
Buffalo games,w e alwayswent to Lazertron and our oldgoalkeeper,
Bartiey, was alwaystaking the piss (said with a gigg le)out of the
workers there. It wasjust a fun experiencegoing awaywith the team,*
said Lengel.
"Getting to the final four for h ethird time, two in junior
college
and one at Mercyhu rst Off thepitch has to be Stew ie,
(StuartHogg) down in north east Mis-souri when he jumped into
theSwimming pool. When we quali-fied or he final four. Stewie
cametun >ting out o f the jacks (toilet)right into the middle o
f the lobbyof the hotel in his nip (naked) anddived into the
swimming pool,*said Murray.
"It woul d have t o be the Gannongame when we defeated diem
5-1my sophomore year. We really
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Ian Dickerson, Darren Murray and Jack Lengel gather in the union
to reflect on their Mercy hthrashed them. Betweenthat andthe
Missouri St Louis my junioryear to go to the final four for
thefirst time and nobody expected usto do it," said Selvitelli.
"Every year we'd leave*forgames on Friday and we 'd all goout on
Thursday night and gettwisted because itwaa the onlytime that we
could go out Thenon die bus on Friday morning, thebus would stink
from peoplefarting, ft was guaranteed alwaysto be a laugh,19 said
Selvitelli.
Regrets
"Not winning the final four lastyear and not getting to the
finalfour this year. I would have also
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liked to have scored moregoals.Ithink die coaching staff
shouldhave put Rob Gillooly up front,"said Dickerson.
"I'm regretting now maybe!to Erie because I don't
ill
really like it It's in the middle of
nowhere and there is nothing todo. In terms of soccer,
notmak-ing the final four again this year,but eh thats the way
things go,**said Murray.
"Senior year waa kind of tough,not playing mo st of the year
(dueto injury), it's not really a regretbut more o f a
disappointmentOther than that, I don't really have
eta," said Lengel.Coaching
any * f 4
better back hom e (England), theyknew a lot more, but over
hereIthink Rich Harris got along withpeople really well. He knew
howto get people going and that waahis major strong point, but
diecoaching wasn't too good," saidDickerson.
"I had Trevor (Warren) for the
first year, but I mink that Rich wa smore in touch with the
players. Iknow thathe didn't get alongwitha lot o f people , but I
think that hegot die team pretty much to worktogether. With the two
coa chesJohn (Melody) and Rich (Hards)there was a good persona]
differ-ence. John was more of a playerthan a personal coach and
Richwas more ofa personal coach, butthey both had a good balance
ofboth I think," said Lengel.
1 have a lot of respect for bothJohn and Rich because they tooka
chance on taking me down herewithout eve n seeing me play. L
jthought that Rich wa s go od, but Ihad better back home, but
It*sadifferent sortof soccerover here,it's not as intense. John was
verygood on the personal level," saidMurray.
'T he balance betwe en John andRich was good. Rich knewatactical
game inside-ou t to say theleast and John was a players9coach,"
said Lenge l.
Coach on the Players
namic center forwarability to win gamevery good at takingver y
very goo d in tiIan was o ne o f the bour region and he ncredit
that h e desMelody.
"Darren Murray intion is the best goalksion II soccer. He
abilitv to sa ve balls a
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T h e coac hing Was definitely j i n D i c k c r s o i l ^ ytry
dy .Conic
His skill levelvery very high, his practice and in gamplary,
somethin g for classmen to learn fring to be a hard job Darren,"
said Melod
There is no douJack is definitely Onathletes ever t oMercyhurst
He is vsive!very stron g, anda superb one-on-o nethink his claim to
faming Mike Finn egar (thteam All-American) games when w e
plStroudsburg. He alsoexplosiveability to gWe'll miss Jack and hthe
bus .
i"Keith Selvitelli, aboy. He eats pizza, hItal ian that doesn'11
ikHe' s very skillful o n very hard to mark. Hthat extra physical
pthe field and that extragoing forward. He isaiv C
