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mm i!ittmB y K i m C o u g h l i nGraduate Intern

Office of Student Union 6c Student ActivitiesGet involved! fMake a difference! Mercy hurstStudent Government has a Commuter spot available. This positionis open to any com muter student who would like to represent thecommu ter constituency in Student Governm ent. For moreinformaton contact Tim Duble at 824-2428.S T U D Y , S T U D Y , S T U D Y - All commuters are invitedto crack the books at FOOD FOR FINALS!in the Laker Inn onNovember 14 at 9 p.m. In case you haven 't looked at your syllabusFinal Exams are November 15,16 & 17 . fAreyou looking for a quiet place to study? Joinfellow students in the Egan Cafeteria beg inning Tuesday, Novem-ber 14 through Thursday, November 16 from 11 p.m. to 3 a.miforOUIET STUDY in preparation for FINAL EXAMS.MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Blood DriveGarvey Park.

CLUB HURSTbeginningin the Laker Inn.NOV. 6 * 8 - Shop for Christmas Early! Sweater Sale 10 a.m. -GreatNOV. 8 - Motivational lecture given by L arry Kannel at 8 p.m. in

Government ChambersNOV. 9 - Plan to attend the Career Fair in the Athletic Center from1 p.m. - 4p.m. & .>

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Get A Grip Tunes on TailsNicole Pons tingleA&E Editor

I bope you all had a greal Hal-loweenlfl know that I did, as 1spent it with some good '.friendsand a couple of bottles, ha. Any-way, I wanted to mention, aspromised, a few fun things to doin Cleveland. I have chosen tostart there because it happens tobe my hometown.To jump right in, 1 will startwith "The Fla ts." It is large groupof bars, clubs, restaurants andconcert halls. You can find som e-thing to please just about every-one there. There are top 40 bars,Alternative clubs, Techno clubs

and even rap hangouts.The best alternative club downthere is "The Whiskey," whichspecializes in older alternativedance music. The best technoclub down there is "Trilogy,"which features an evening called"The Church" on Sunday nightswhich is a good time , if you like todrink and dance. The best top-40bar is called'The Basement," anditplays many older 80's tunes andsome new ones. This place is funfor dancing and just goofing offwith your friends. Lastly, the mostprominent rap/da nee. cl ub is en I led"The Boiler Room," which playsmany different styles of rap and

houses paintings, cultural/artisticpieces, a room ol|armor and atrillion other things. A nother nicething is the special exhibits thatthey have very frequently. Therewas a fantastic Picasso exhibit afew years ago. I also feel thai themuseum is comparable lo manylarger cities museum s, like Phila-delphia.

Do I even need to mention the"Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Mu-seum? " I hope not.If it is good food you are after,try some of hese. "Club Isabellas"specializes in mainly Italian cui-sine, bu t (he restaurant alsodoubles as a great Jazz club. If itis seafood that you like, try "TheWatermark."Forvery specializedmeals thatjust are the best around,itry 'The Bohemia Cafe." They'have some dishes named afterauthors and other famous people.It is a very chic little restaurantthat can stand up to the best. Oneother restaurant (hat is absolutelyBfantastic i s cal led "P iccolo[Moudo," which is another Italianrestaurant, but this is not the "Ital-ian Garden." We are talking thebest "Foccachia bread" aroundand salads made literally out ofleaves. Just fantastic food.

Well kiddies, I am fresh out ofideas for now, I will talkfmore

By Jason UleryMerciad ColumnistHello all. Back to a regularmusic review this week. It's theAngry Samoans' colleclion ofpunk rock from the 1980's titled"The Unboxed Set." Some of youmay remember the Samoan'sfrom the late 1970\s and theyachieved popularity along withother bands such as the CircleJerks, Black Flag, andfthe De-scendents, playing out of smallclubs and garages.'The Unboxed Set" encom-passes four Samoans' releases,"Inside My Brain," "Back fromSamoa," "Yesterday Started To-morrow," and "STP Nol LSD."

These albums brought theSamoans fans and foes alike asthey they insulted just about ev-erybody other Mhanf themselves.

Their style is that of the early'80 's west coast punk sound withfast power chords, simple basslines, and insane drumming. Th ealbum features mostly studiotracks with a couple of live songsthrown in for good measure.

I think this is an excellent al-bum but I also think that manv ofyou would probably be offendedby it. You must first get past theold punk sound which is nothinglike thcfwimpy punk sound oftoday's "popular" punk bands(and I think you know who I'mtalking about). Second, their mes-sage is so abrasive that most wouldjust cringe listening to it. Whichis really too bad because it is agood album.The Angry Samoans were a typi-cal band of their era, getting intofights onstage and disagreeing oneverything else that dealt with the

band. They ;i!so haJ a swingingdoor in which members were con-tinuously changing throughou i the'80's. The band called for univer-sal blindness with the track]"Lights Out." This song prettymuch defined the pa IM\ 's philoso-phy, and a small legion of fansw?s borni Although you

vouId ii 'I reaiize it now, mcywereeven a source of inlluence forcurrent bands, having allowedbands such as Green Day and (heOffspring to open up for them.They must have gotten a little toomuch of that LSD. They have alegacy that will neverbe followedas a ha nd as abrasive as t hey wouldprobably nol gather much accep-tance in today's soeicty.Thai's about it for this week.Hope to come back with some-thing more substantial next week.But if not, who cares? It's mycolumn and I do what 1 want.Movie Beat

By James HninMerciad Columnist

Sfc* ft.MIiuKTbar scene doesn MIoalyour boat, you might try some-thing a bit more cultural like TheCleveland Art Museum,* whichis a great way to spend the day.. ItWhatGiven the mind set of Holly-wood, you had to expect that withthe phenomenal Isucess of lastI year's "Pulp Fiction," the mar-jibout -this rapidly growing city,-- keting wizards would be*(|iMck toe^nedalWuie shopping that seems i *Jla,D,ef,e" Sandusky, Ohio. TheyHouse. There will be read- are lookingforsingers/danc-ings done by last years po-ets, as well as an open mic

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a handgun "This Year's Pulp Fic-tion," and "Get Shorty" is no ex-ception.The fact that it not only features"Pulp Fiction's" comeback kid,John Travolta, but was, likeTarantino's epic, produced byDanny DeVito's "Jersey Films"practically guarantee that "GetShorty" would sooner or later bechristened "The Son of Pulp."Ij is precisely this kind of Hol-lywood logic (hat gets skeweredin the dim, which con Id n I be anyfurther from "Pulp Fiction" instyle, tone or (pardon the pun)execution. IP'Pulp Fiction" was ashot of adrenaline to the heartthen "Get Shortv" is an iced

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cappucino in an easy chair.Travolta stars as Chili Palmer, asuave Miami loan shark who, inthe film's hilarious opening se-quence, busts the nose and prideof vicious mobster*Ray "Bones"Barboni (Dennis Farina). Through ja complexIsmes^oTeven^/Ghili'ends up working for Bones and issent to Vegas to track down adead-beat dry cleaner.Somehow, Chili finds the timeto stop off in L.A. to hassle B-movie producer Harry Zimm(Gene Hackmanjsporlhvg whatappearstobe Bugs Bunny \s work)over a casino debt. But moviebuff Chili is swept up in L.A.fever and becomes convinced thathe can produce a movie himself.The idea that a street smart hus-tler would thrive in the inherentlyphony world of show biz has beendone as recently as last year's ."Bullets Over Broadway," buthere itlseems fresh, thanks toTravolta's electric performanceand Scott Frank 's faithful adapta-

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Jver," "Greasc"and "Pulp Fiction.">Chili seems like a distant relativeto all those characters, linked by*>Travxfl a*s lfradcniark- strut .' M* 1The supporting eSsfd^alslffBri,especially Danny DcVito as an{egotistical actor who may or maynot be interested in Chili's s tory.Delroy Lindo gives another ex-cellent performance, this time asa drim dealer who also wants inon the movie business.The rest of "Get Shorty's" busyplot is loo complex to describe.Leonard manages to squeeze in avariety of sub-plots ranging froman insurance scam lo a locker fullofdrug money, which insures thatthe 111 in never gets boring."Get Shorty" may not revolu-

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By Dan H l inkerEditor-in-ChiefWliile I was watching some television over the weekend, I saw oneof those annoying political campaign commercials. The lady in thecommercial is running tor District Attorney. She says lhal ityon ge tcaught selling drugs that you had better he ready because she isgoing to throw the. book at you. I assume that she is a proponent ofmandatory sentencing lor drug and alcohol offenders. This is all fine.and dandy, butwhat are you going to do when there are no more bedsat the. count y prison to house all of these crim inals as they await the irtrials? And then, if these drug sellers and users are convicted, whatare you going to do when there are no m ore bed spac es in the. stale

prison system?Prison overcrowding is one thing that is often overlooked whenthese politicians begin putting together their political agendas. Theydo not tell the listener in their little commercials that there are nomore bed spaces in the prisons and that the court system is alreadyoverburdened with numerous cases.Sure, drug dealers and users need to be punished for their crimes,but what about the other m ore serious offenders who are being letout of prison early because they had to make room for a drug useror a DUI offender. Are we all going to feel safer in our homes andout on the street when a rapist is freed so that an alcoholic, or a druguser can serve time in jail? I don't think that I would feel my saferseeing a drug dealer locked behind bars, when there was a murdererreleased in his place.The. issue of prison ove rcrowding also affects those people whowork within the prison system, namely the: correctional officers whowork directly within the walls of the prisons.e They see theseprisoners every day and they have to deal with the effects ofovercrowding also. These people are the ones who see the directresult ofdouble and triple bunking of prisoners, and the tensions thatbuild within the prison environment be cause of this overcrowding.The worst!case scenario for these correctional officers is thaitensions flare so intensely that there is ultimately a prison u|irising,as there was last week in McKcan.When there is a prison uprising, there is obviously somethingflawed with the. operation of the prison. Thisfmay have beensomething that has been building fora longtim e, or itmay have beensomething that recently sparked the tempers of the inmates. Theseed for revolt is planted as soon as (he prisoners enter the institu-tion, but there, has to be some precipitating factor thai leads it togrowso that it leads to an uprising.? Overcrowding at the prison isfrequently this precipitating factor involved in the decision to revolt.Along the political lines of the debate over prison overcrowding,there is the fact that not everyone wants a prison in their back yards.This is understandable, but if we follow the practices that we havein the past, then that is what is going to happen. We a re going to endup with this massive, superhighway of prisons dotting our landscape.Isn't that a grim picture? Maybe some of these politicians shouldincorporate that into their political agenda, the fact that there a ren'tenough bed spaces out there to house these prisoners, so we willhave to build more prisons for this purpose. They talk only about thequick fix in their television commercials and campaign speeches,but they don't give long range concrete plans or ideas to tholpuhlicto think about.

Another issuej when we talk about the problems with mandatorysentencing for these certain criminals is that discretion is taken awayfrom the judges. They no longer can tailor a sentence to meet theneeds of the offender, they now have to send the man away to thestale prison for a certain prescribed set time, even the person whoscrews up just once in his life. That person made one m istake andnow he is going to sec his life Hushed away because of it. I do notIthink that this discretion should be taken away from the judges^because that is why we put the confidence in them in the first place.These people were made udges becau se they were considered somei o f the finest thinkers in their field, and consequently, they have hadour trust invested in them that they will make the correct decisions.They do not need to have some legislative body make up specificguidelines as to who should go a\vay and for how long.If these mandatory seittencingguidelines are continued, then theyare only going lo cause headachctlbr the attorneys, the judge s, andullinjately, theprison administrators and correctionalofficcrs.Theseare the people Who are^oing to have "to bear the ultimate burden ofseeing the consequences of these practices, and it is an unfairassumption that they will be able to adequately supervise, andrehabilitate these peo ple. All of the criticism of the criminal justicesystem falls on these people because they were not able to rehabili-late and correct the offenders while they were in their care.When you lookjat those commercials, look at them critically,becausethcrc is always something that they are not going to tell you.' It becomes important to be a critical thinker about what happens inpolitics, because it affects all ol our lives, every d ay.

RYB ROASTBy Brad RybczynskiMerciad Columnist

For those, of you who are loyalreaders of the Merciad, you knowthat the title of my column ap-peared as "Listen U p" last week.Well, I am changing backforgood. Thprc will be no morequestion of what it should be.My reason for looking for an-other title for my column was thatthe idea of uRyb Roast" camefrom my brother. 1 did not thinkI deserved to lake his place nordid I want to. I used the analogyof a grcatathlete having hisjerseynumber retired.I began lo think it over a bit afterseeing "Listen Up" appear. Ididn't like it. The thought oc-curred tome that when an athlete'snumber is retired, it is hung in anarena, or put on a wall. A s a showof respect I will keep lheJ"RybRoast" name. The substance ofthe articles are my ow n, I see noreason to change the title.

On to more complex!issues.This past week I was privileged toattend a lecture by the Rev.Dwayne Brock in Sullivan Hall.Brock spoke about violence andracism in the United Slates.Thetimewasspenton five majorareas, including the media, fam-ily structure and unity. His viewswere not original ones and in lad,arc very similar to that offlineRepublican controlled Congress,especially on the issue of family.It was not Brock's points thaimade the night a memorable, one,it was his enthusiasm and opti-mism that touched me. His atti-tude towards unity among peopleand the way he conveyed it waswarming . He gave me hope thatsuch unity was achievable.

I have long thought that beforeweare white, black, red or yellowand before we. define, ourselves asItalian, Polish, Irish or African,we arc human beings.We each have different back-grounds and came here with dif-ferent expe rience s. That is the

beaulv of humankind. We aredifferent and are blessed with Iheability lo share our past and ourknowledge to help others lo theirunderstanding. We share ourlives. If we do not, nol only arewe depriving others, but we arealso depriving ourselves.Al Mercyhursl, we have a greatopportunity to be able to knowmany people on a first name ba-sis. We can get lo experienceother cultures and become friendswith a wide variety of people.One of the most vivid memo-ries I have of my freshman yearwas when I would go to the cafeand 1 would look around. 1 al-ways noticed lhal the African-American students sat togetherand the whitesludentssat together.1 reasoned that this happened be -cause (hose lhal sal together hadcommon interests.

1 now realize lhal the differenceor should I sav assumed differ-cncc.^riin much deeper. It wasnot jusl skin color (hat separatedthe room, it was experience. Icannot know what il is like lo beAfrican-American.What I am saving is (hat we areinherently the same. We all feelthe same emotions. We all wantlo be successful. We all arc hu-man.Th e only thing that will breaknice barriers is the reali/alion thatwe have similar views and needs.We are no different from eac hother in the eyes of God.Be proud of who you arc andhow you were made. Be proud tobe black, white, Irish, Tanzanianor Japanese. I am proud tojbePolish. On top of that, do not letil stand in (he way of your fullknowledge ol humanity.Another issue I would like loaddress is the recent discussionbv Mercyhursl Student Govern-ment to deny a donation to theUnited Way. Some ol|you may

agree with (hat decision, othersmav not.It has been a great issue in thepast of how MSG chooses lo spend

money. Writing checks to chari-table organizations is a part ofthat. The exec utive board and agreat majority of representativesfeel the same way.I .understand that point of viewand I do not think m oney shouldbe handed ou t freely. I also feelthat the United Way does a greatdeal of good and that we shouldhave donated to them.

Th c| figure that was beingbounced a round, but not officiallysuggested was $500. This is asmall sum when considering theMSG budget is approximately$120,000. 1I would like to encourage all ofyou lo come lo the next meeting.

That way you.can se e (he jacketsthat will be brought inas examplesof iheones for the MSG represen-tatives. Maybcj>if you arc lucky,the retreat will be brought up.Th e relreat is a I weekend inwhich all of ihe MSG body andBoa rd of Executives will go awayand Iry lo become a more coop-erative and cohesivegroup of leg-islators. G uess where the moneywilllcome from lo pay!for this.You arc right if you determinedyour Student Government fees.There is a double standard inMSG. Everyone is hell bent onnot writing checks to charitable

organizations because you, thestudents, do nol want your moneyspeni in that way. You want thatmoney lo be spent on activitiesfor Ihe good of the students.Shouldn't the same principleapply lo a student-funded trip orjackets. Granted they will onlytake a very small portion of Ihebudget, then aga in, so would $ 500lo the United Way.If concern trulvaud wholehearl-edly exists over how the students'Ice i.s spent, why do lhe.se doublestandards still exist? Go talk toyour representatives or call theMSG phone num ber and find out.The number is 2428. Call be-tween 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Some-one should be there, if not leave amessage.The Merciad

Vol. 69 No. 8 November 2.1995Merciad EditorsDan HilfikerJohn MurphyGagan Sari

l/essica Russell

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The Merciad is the student-produce^ newspaper ot Mercy hurst College,501 E. 38thSt, Erie, Pa, 16546. "Phone824-2376. *i61iThe Merciad welcomes letters to the editor.Hie Merciad's editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Board with the Editorholdingfinalresponsibility. The opinions expressed in The M erciad are not necessarilThe Merciad, its staff or Mercyhursl Colleg e. 1

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Inte rationBYNICKKRAYCICKMerciad Columnist

I just did something really thera-peutic lhat.'.I needed to do for areally, really long time.After having the surface of myanger poked at in a class I amtaking, 1 walked out of (he roomwith a friend and w e immediatelyheaded to a place where we knewwe needed to go.Being so closcJthere was noneed for conversation. We didn'tneed an agenda. We just jumpedin my car and headed for the Sal-vation Army.

We charged through the doorswith a vengeance, headingstra ightfor the china section. I purchased17 plates, both large and sowljLMy friend knew the seriousnessof the action, as.she is dealingwith some, anger herself. Wejumped back in the car and headedin silence to a dirt road inWaterford.Being practical, we first perusedthe site before we comm itted thecrime. .Then,(suddenly, like it waskarmically t imed, we begansmashing ithe plates all overaround us . The grou nd, the irees,the road- nothing was sale fromthe wrath of our plate smashingfrenzy. f * *WI named the plates. I shouted infury as I pelted plate after plateafter plate.I even figured outca way to,break one that acted as if it weremade of steel.These plates came to lifelforme. Wilh each breath that I took,as with each retreat of my arm, Iwas exercising power ove r all ofthe things in my life that I ampowerless over.

*It was one the hardest hours Ihave ever spent.After raging for awhile, myfriend and I cl imbed back throughthe brush to get to my car. Shecommented that "We took the hardway intolthcrwoods, but we're!taking an easier way out". Howright she is.We. have taken a difficult road.I love to read through MayaAngclou's "On the Pulse of theMorning" when 1 go to|Barncsand Noble. Her anthology is tooexpensive for my wallet right now,so I have to read through it in thestore, when I have a chance.I love the process of getting intomy car and driving to the book-jn

store, then being knocked over bythe I uscious aromas of cappuccinoand chocolate chip cookies.I love wandering around, forhours on end, wondering if I everwill make an actual purchase.Then I read through stories likeMaya Angelou, Thich Nhal Hanhand C.S. Lewis and reali/.e that If!already own them , in a way.When I wander in to thechildren's section and sit on thestage, leafing through a brightlycolored Eric Carle or an anthol-ogy of children's poems, I some-times realtxc that there arc veryfew of my pe^rs surrounding m e. jWilt I "ever ind's6meo*hc wh bwould rathcftbcconic a child onthe Barnes and Noble stage withme then pound shots at the Ply-mouth?When do all of the cows reallycome mooing home?It's sort of like when I wentplate smashing with my friendthe other day.There was no one else on thatroad but the two of us. There wereno passing cars. The were no

Mowing horns.iThere weren ' teven anv stray hitchhikers.We were alone on thai road, yetwe were together.Is it that we are eraxy, and (hatno one.Uvould think to go platesmashing in place ol going home-to abuse their roommates? Is itthat we desire too much of ourprofessors, because we expectthem to know more than we do?Are we wrong for wanting to domore than just regurgitate factson a final?Do we need to grow up becauseeverv once in a while, wedlike towalk with our naked butts in thewind? Are we strange becausesome Saturdays we like to lay in

bed all day with the windows openand eat Lipton soup with the raincoming in?Are we idealistic because wewould rather donate our time thenour money? Are wc unrealisticbecause we really don ' t ca re if themajor wc are in has a lower rateof employ ability, but we stay in itbecause we arc feeling that wehave learned something?^Are we wrong to question theestablishment? How are we sup-posed to process what has beenplanted in our heads ifwe have nounsupervised catharsis?Since M ercy hurst has ra iscd it's

academic standards, what's go-ing to happen when all of thesesmart kids find themselves in ourposition?As seniors with average intelli-gence, wejfind our own uniqueways of dealing with the stressesof "the college experience. \ll f it is true that Mercyhurst hasraised its' academic standards, Iwonder what will happen toMercyhurst now that it has beeninvaded by beings wilh relativeintelligence.

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By Dan HilfikerEditor-in-Chief

Professor O'Connell takes a break between classes in his office.1 Photo: Mike Lorenz

With thefirstsemester comingto a close, students may have no-ticed many changes this yean theconstruction of the new conceithall adjoining Zurn, a new andexciting freshman class, and thechange in seasons from summerto autumn.Also among those changes isthe addition o f Professor TerrenceO'Connell, now a philosophyteacher here at M ercyhurst. T hispast term he taught Applied Eth-ics, History of Philosophy Sincethe Renaissance and PracticalReasoning.1 O'Connell is a native of theBronx, New York, and his road toMercyhurst has taken him throughthe Big Apple and other areas ofthe Empire State."I attended a small college inthe Bronx, called Lehman Col-lege, and I later did my graduatework at the University of Buffalo,where I did a bit of teaching," hesaid.'Teaching at Mercyhurst is myfirst full-time job. I previouslyspent two un-memorable years at

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Mercy College in New York Cityand I then went on to teach part-time for nine years at communitycolleges in Brooklyn-Kingsboroughfaiid LaGuardia,"he said.He said he came here because,!"Philosophers have to go where |people offer them jobs. They(Mercyhurst) had a last-minuteopening and so they needed to fillit quickly. The faculty here talkedto some of the faculty at the U ni-versity of Buffalo and they rec-ommended m e for the position,"O'Connell said.

The opening came with the de-parture of Professor KevinSullivan.He said his first philosophy classturned him onto the subject and toteaching it.!"I went to college*^because everyone went to college {where I went to high school," he

said. "I had no idea whatI wantedto study." i"Myfirstclass was a philoso-phy class and, by theend of class,I was a different person. The par-ticular thing that made my learn-ing different was that peopledidn't have to stumble over thetruth; that there was a method for place to come to.

approaching i t Ihad neverbeforerealized that," he said.? |While many people think ofphilosophy professors as very se-rious people, O'Connell has adefinite light side. {I love popular music from themid-1950s tothe mid-1970s. Iama huge Beatles fan," he said.

His other interests include pho-tography and a love of nature.My wife and I are suckers forzoos and botanical gardens," hesaid. He said he's also an avidfootball fan. "I live and die by theBuffalo Bills," O'Connell said.When asked about his goals,

O'Connell said, T o do a goodjob as a teacher and to get mybook published within a year ortwo. I also would like to feel a partof an academic community. Ev-eryday I hear the office next door(Keiko Miller's)!and it alwayssounds like-there is somethinggoing on in there. It really seemslike her office is a friendly placeto come to."

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S u m m e r A b r o a d P r o g r a m U n d e r w a y C a r e e r D a y / I n f o r m a t i o nffl I 4By Dan Hilfiker

Editor- in - ChiefPlans are now underway for the1996 Mercyhurst SummerAbroad Program* in which stu-dents complete Mercyhurst Col-lege credits while in Europe. 1Its study center is a satellitecampus of the Schiller Interna-tional University in Engelberg,Switzerland. Mercyhurst con-tracts for the use of classroomspace and brings its own faculty

to teach Mercyhurst courses dur-ing the three and one-half weekprogram in AugustStudents will have the opportu-nity to immerse themselves inSw iss life and culture while earn-ing academic credits required forgraduation.This year the program will offerthe psychology scourse PSYCH100, Social Influence Across Cul-tures, taught by Dr. CharlesDufour, Assistant Professor of

it . i; , c. 4i. -v iFrench Cultures, taught by M s.I . - J J l ! IJL ' / ' - ' ' * * a fKeiko Miller, Assistant Profes-sor of Foreign Languages andCultures.

aBoth courses fulfill Mercyhurstliberal studies requirements andwill begin onthe Mercyhurst cam-pus during the Spring term andwillbe completed in Sw itzerland.r To make this program afford-able, a substantial discount hasbeen granted by the college ad-ministration for the cost of thetwo courses (6 credits) for thisspecial summer session. S tudentsmay take either one or bothcourses. Both courses must betaken to qualify for student aid.The cost ofthe program includesround trip airfare, all meals whilein Engelberg, and afirstclass, 15-day Eurail pass for unlimitedtravel. A s program director, Pro-fessor John Wolper will accom-pany the students to and fromSwitzerland and remain available

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This weekend the Mcrcyhurst crew team traveled to CoIumbus.Ohio forthe Speakmon regatta. This regatta was the first for the novice members onthe team.The first team to take to the water was the Men's Novice eight The crewhas been training hard under the coaching of new addition to the crewfamily, Chris C ole, and so hoped to do well thisweekend. Their trainingpaid off with a result of eighth place out of 22 boats. Keep an eye on thiscrew in the future. The men have had their first taste of the racing seasonand are looking forward to lit is weekend when I hey .go to the YaleFrtthMhiihHrtittftigatik. * K4* * 4 * iO J $ C 'Mm IThe women's novice crew (cam under the coaching of Dan McKay, werenervously awaiting its race. This squad had two boats entered in the race.These IS young ladies competed against 23 other crews. The A boatfinished 15th and the B boat finished 23rd. This was a I so their first race andthey too are looking forward to this weekend.iThe men's Heavyweight boat took seventh out;of 22 boats this pastweekend.*11 wasa relief altera disappointing finish in Pittsburgh.The crewis now training for the Princeton chase which will take place in two weeks.They have made some changes in the crew line up and are anxious to seewhat the outcome will be.The wome n's varsity crew had a relaxing race. Maybe a bit too relaxingas they only finished 14th out of IS boats.The lop two finishing were the men's Lightweight eight and the women 'sightweight four. The men's team finished third out ofseven boats. Coxiepoyce O'Hara was very pleased with her teams performance, but ison fid en I that her team is capable of much more. Unfortunately the teamvill be split up for Princeton, so they may have to wait a while before theyet to prove, themselves. *Intramural B-BallextendedJ Because of the great participation and success of the intramural 3-on-3[basketball program last year, the play will be extended an additional m onthIthis season.JThe now rules will be displayed on the M AC lobby bulletin board. LookIfor additional information in the next issue of the Merciad. For more details|or questions, call Coach Paul Demyanovich at ext. 2221.Kimball's contract renewed

OnMonday,Oct.30, MercyhurstC ^ ^ ^ ^ ^announced that headfootballcoach Joe Kimball hasbeen granted an earlycontract extension. Kimball's presen ~~*~ ^*" **1996. The new contract will extend the present contract for two moieyears. *Russo stated that he hadrecom men ded he early renewal of Kimball'scontractto President William P. G arvey. Garvey approved die extensionas an act of good faith and confidence in Kimball. Russo also stated thatanother reason for the timing of the extension was to show that theremaining two games, against Gannon Univcisitjrand C. W. Post, are nota factor in the retentionof the coach. *"Joe hasdone a fine job in eveiy area of our ootballprogram, and we ti tpleated wh4 the quality and the character ofthe student-athletes that he hasrecruited oMercyhurst," Russo said. "Joe and his staff have created apositive personal image well as a respected ootballprogram oncampusmd in the community. With one of the toughest football schedules in the.Bast year after year, Conch Kimball is faced with the difficult task ofproducing .respectableand wnpetitWe football teamJand we feel hat

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By Lee Ann Kelly \Merciad Sports WriterThe men's soccer team is on|fire, there's no doubt about it.After spoiling Gannon 's national,regional and GLIAC rankings, the'Lakers have struck again.On Sunday, in a tough and closebattle, the men defeated Wiscon-sin-Parkside 1-0. The result el-evated the team to third in theCentral region and 12th in thecountry, putting them in excel-,lent position for post season play..Cold and rainy weather alongwith a muddy field did not makefor a pretty game. However, theLakers took control early, imme-diately creating opportunities to

score. The home side outs hotWisconsin in the first half 7-3,challenging their goalkeeper to

make key saves to keep them inthe game.The visitors were also I uckyon free kicks, j One attempt bysophomore Shaw n Kroener hit thepost, while another by GreigWaddell called for an excellentdiving save.It looked as though thefirsthalfwas going to end scoreless whenWisconsin scored right at thebuzzer. In a controversial call, thelinesman said that time had runout, thus disallowing the goal.In the second half, the Lakersscored the one and only goal ofthegame (that counted). It lookedto be another Waddell-Franciscorner kick combo, only therewas an added twist, a magic touchfrom ju nior K eith Selvitelli whosneaked the ball past the keeper.The pressure was now on Wis-

consin which was'in danger ofbeing shut out. A breakaway latein the game a 1 most gave them theopportunity to equalize the score,but Darren Murray came up bigwith a save to preserve the 1-0lead."They started to com e into thegame a bit, but they still did notthreaten us until just before half-time when they scored the goalwhich the referee called back,"said coach Rich Hartis. "It wasthe referee's call. Unfortunatelythose are the kind of decisionsbetween going and not going tothe Nationals," he said.This weekend the men travel toOakland for their final regularseason game of the year. A winwould virtually guarantee theLakers a playoff berth . Kickoffis at 2 p.m. Saturday.

l ee rs Drop Game At Buff. St. TournyBy Scott VanceMerciad Sports Writer .

The Laker hockey team trav-elled to Buffalo last weekend lorthe Buffalo State InvitationalTournament along with Hobart,Fredonia, and Buffalo State andimproved its Season record to 2-1.The Hurst opened the tourneyagainst Division III national pow-erhouse Fredonia and, on (his oc-casion, came up short by 4-3 in aclosely fought battle.Th e (Hurstplayers found them-selves down by three goals at theend of the first period and coachGotkin attributed that to nerves,the 9 or 10 seniors on theopposition's bench, and the im-mense experience of the Fredoniagoal tender.The Hurst wasn't about*I o liedown and die, which is a eharac-teris tic of our great sport ing teamsand fought their way back in thesecond period with goals fromBobby Atkin, and (he highly im-pressive John Evangelisla, withKevin McKinnon the architect.The Hurst went into the thirdperiod 4-2 down and despite OtoHlincik's fourth goal of the sea-son, was never quite able to pullback the three goals that wereconceded in a disappointing:firstperiod.After the game, Gotkin said,"In the first period we just didn'thit, but in the second and thirdperiod we started going to the

body,and Fredonia didn't waul toplay with us. Last year we rodeScott Barber for 23 wins goingthrough that, we knew when Bar-ber graduated we'd be. very youngin goal, even though gAviKarunakar and ChrisHerbolsheimer are sophomores,they only played about 7 minutesbetween them ,so they're reallytreshmenFWe're^a young li^ijn,especially in goal, but I think we 'regoing to gel better and better.1The? Hurst players put that dis-appointment behind them andwent into the consolation gameon Saturday with a point to prove,and (hey did just that, crushingBuffalo Stale by 13-1. The Lak-ers oulshot their opponents by53-13 in a very one-sided contestwhich saw a hat trick from Bryccthe Ball'Bohunand John 'Linda'Evangel ista. Others to put theirname' on the score, board wereKevin McKinnon, Bobby Atkin,

*Scott MacDonald, and CharlieBlasko.Hlincik dominated the gameright from the. start with 13 unan-swered goals and it was lookinglike a 'shut out' until ^Buffaloscored with less than 3 minutesleft. I Goal tender ChrisHerbolshe imer saved 8 of 8 shots,while Avi Karunakar saved 4 of5 . | r l ^ XBoth McKinnon and

apiece. Evangel ista had only 7goals in all of last year, so he'sdefinitely one to watch out forthis year with 6 goals already injust 3 games. Evaugel ista creditshis scoring spurt to having moreconfidence, due to a year of expe-rience behind him. .One interesting statistic is thesuccess olSlhcMcrf.ylujrsJ nun-al ty-k il I ing percentages with onlyone goal conceded in 14 powerplays and a success rate of92.9%.Gotkin said about the weekend"We saw a lot more last weekendthan we did in the previous weekagainst Seneca. Basically whatwe saw is (hat we've got a bunchof hard working guys thai don'tquite think that weinccd lo gel

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some maturity m some positions,but basically I think we're at thesame stage this year as last year,record as ide."Boliini said, "We. played well inboth games, and I feel that wewere good enough lo win both ofthem.The Hurst will play Fredoniatwice more this year, and will geta chance for revenge. As captainBoh un said "This weekend was agood learning experience for theguys."The Hurst face Buffalo State in

I 4their next home game, Tuesday,November 7, at 7:30 PM.at theMcrcyhurst Ice Center. Leti justhope Buffalo can put up a bettcilight than they did last year.

ibphomore midfielder^ Mike Shields, stands off his opponentanxiously await the outcome.

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G O A C Champions AreHeaded toNCAA Hayofis

By Lee Ann KellyMerciad Sports WriterLast Tuesday the Lady Lakersscored a 3-0 win over Ashland tobecome the fi rstever Great LakesIntercollegiate Conferencewomen's soccer champions. Theladieswent undefe a ted in the con-

fe re nee a nd a6-0win on S am rd ayagainst Canisius gave the team anoverall record of 14-1-1 for theregular sea son.Untouchable at number one intheir region and a solid nationalranking of fourth, the wom en headto N ew Hampshire this weekendfor their third consecutive nationalplay-off appearance against thena tion's top ranked team, FranklinPierce.Twelve minutes into Tuesday'sgame against Ashland, a positiverun forward by senior midfielderTracy Cross produced the! firstgoal of the game for the Lakers.Senior Becky "Buck" Miller w asthe next to score for the Hurstwhen she finished a ball sentacross by Jen Root.Late in the half the team's lead-ing scorer made it 3-0. Seniorforward Claire Scanlori addedanother g oal to her sta ts when shetapped in another'Root cross.Scan!on leads the team with 17goals andfiveassists onthe year.In the second half, coaches RichHartis and Yvonne Parker experi-mented with som e different line-ups, trying people in-alternatepositions. Still, the Lakers con-tinued t o threaten (and shift) theAshland defense, out shootingthem 23-7. Goalkeepers, sopho-more Stacey Borate and seniorKristen Balon, combined for theshut-out, successfully blockingAshland's 7 shots.Both teams played a scorelesssecond half and the Lakers re-mained on top after 90 minuteswith a 3-0 score. "In the secondhalf we looked at some differentformations and tried some peoplein different positions . We lookeda bit disjointed at times but wefully deserved to win and clinchthefirstever title," said a jubilantHartis.On Sunday the ladies playedtheirfinalhome game of the yearagainst Canisius and it was a spe-

cial occasion for the twelve se-niors on the squad. Despite thewet and windy conditions, theseniors went out with a bang asthey secured a comfortable 6-0win. The heavy playing conditionscaused the Lakers a few problemsearly o n and they were a bit slowto get into the game. However,two firsthalf goals from forwardJenRoot sparked the Hurst's scor-ing flame.In the second half, MarisaRossettifinisheda shot hit in byLee Ann Kelly, whileTracy Crossand Claire Scanlan each bangedone home. Becky M iller launcheda tremendous left-footed shotpastthe Canisius Keeper.

With all of the seniors playingtogether on thefield, he whistleblew to end the game. The 6-0victory ended the ladies' 1995regular season, the last se ason formany of the Lakers' squad."It was nice to be able to roundoff the season with a convincingwin," said Hartis.PLAYOFF BOUNDTwelve of the Lakers'24 play-ers on the 1995 roster walked onthe field four years ago as fresh-men with dreams of being Divi-sion II National Champions. For

the third year in a row those play-ers have earned a spoti in theNCAA play-offs and are goingall out to fulfill their dreams.In the past two years, the ladieshave received an automatic bidinto the Final Four. However, thisyear eight teams are vying for thecoveted four spots. This weekendthe Lakers will travel to NewHampshire to face the number

one team in the country, FranklinPierce."It is not a shock that we have

to play away," commented Hartison the NCAA comm ittee's choiceof field site. "Nevertheless, weare looking forward to avenginglast year's defeat," he said."The team has to take a lot ofcredit for this year. Everyone wasgunning for us, trying to kick usoff thefield. But through injuriesand setbacks, we still managed toget the job done," Hartis said. "Ithink that this was ourbest seasonever," he added.

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Footballers In The ' Grove I With WinBy John MurphyMerciad Sports Editor

The Laker football team re-turned to Vets stadium last Satur-day against a Grove City teamthat proved to be more stubbornthan their 5- 2 record suggested.The Lakers won the game by a38-27 score and improved theiroverall record to 5-3. JoeKimball's men enter thisweekend'sclash versus arch rivalGannon enjoying a two gamewinning streak.On Saturday it appeared as ifthe ball was too hot to handle asthe opening three drives producedthree fumbles, two by the hometeam and one by Grove City.One of those two cough-ups bythe Lakers allowed the visitors toscore the first touchdown of thegame and go ahead 7-0 early inthefirstquarter. However, on histeam's next drive, junior quarter-back Matt Golga scampered 3 6yards for the first of his threetouchdowns for the day. Sopho-more kicker Eric Wicks failedwith the point after attempt toleave the score at 7-6.

Early in the second quarter thevisitors added to their lead whenGrove City's quarterback T. J.Rockwell threw a long touchdownpass over a somewhat flat Lakerdefense. But unfortunately forthevisitors it was deja vu five playslater as Golga once again showed

his fine running skills in scoringanother touchdown for the Lak-ers. A successful two point con-version by the home side tied thescore 14-14.The Laker defense started toshow signs of life a s they stoppedGrovejjCity on their fnext twodrives. An interception by juniorJason Dossi set the \ Hurst offenseup for its final drive of the half.Impressiverunning by junior full-back Brian Hamlin and seniortailback Craig Woodard gave theLakers the lead, 21-14, at the half-time whistle.Within five minutes of the re-start G olgawent in from two yardsfor his third rushing touchdownof the'game. Grove City lastedfour plays on their opening driveof the second half before a fumblegave the ball back to the homeside. Wicks kicked a 33 yard fieldgoal which gave his team a com-for tab le 17 point lead midwaythrough the third quarter.However, the visitors provedunwilling to quit and showed whata gutsy outfit they were by nar-rowing the gap to ten points latein the quarter. Nevertheless, theLakers showed they had learnedfrom last year when they almostsurrendered a 31-3 lead. Fivemin-utes into the fourth quarter andWoodard's hard work paid offwith a one yard touchdown runwhich proved to be the Hurstsfinal score of the game.

Grove City never gave up bat-tling and were rewarded with 1atouchdown late inthe game. Theirhopes of getting another scorewere dashed when sophomore de-fensive back Jack Stover had an9interception to secure his teams38-27 victory.

"Our players were just a littlecomplacent about Grove City,"said head coach Joe Kimball, "asa result w e played a bit flat on thedefensive side of things." The^Lakers gave up over 400 yards tothe visitors."We were able to pretty muchdo what we wanted offensivelyand that was the real key to ourvictory," said Kimball. Quarter-back Golga and tailbackWoodardboth had 100 + yards on the day,while juniors Brian Hamlin andJustin Everett also ran well.RIVALRY

"The Gannon game is one of thetoughest games we'll play al1 year,not just because there's such arivalry between us, but also be-cause they are a very good teamwith a 6-2 record," said Kimball."It won't be a problem motivat-ing ourplayers forthis one/* added

Kimball, "we've got to calmthemdown and make sure they keeptheir heads about them and playsome good football."Kickoff for Saturday's game isset for 12:50 p.m. at Vets sta-dium.

Pile up! Mercyhurst and Grove City players get tangled up in Sunday's ga mc. The La kers won 38-27.I * Photo: Bridget Anderson

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