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M o r e t h a n 5 0 0 s t u d e n t s v o t e i n M

Above: MSG President for1997-98,: Kevin S ege di:

At Left: The-unchallengedincumbant, Vice PresidentThomas Bender

Below:New MSG SecretaryEmilio Co lalaco vo (left) andTreasurer RyanKennis.

By Alissa MinnerContributing Writer

All the talliesaxe in. The stu-dents have spoken. The newlyelected Student Government Of-

IHt are: President Kevin Segedi,Vice President Tom Bender,Sec-retary Emilio Colaiacovo andTreasurer Ryan Kermis. Theelec-tion results show that at lea st 500students voted in the election thisyear.

Although there were a few stu-dents who didn't vote becausethey didn't know the people whowererunning and said that they'dnever heard of MSG before, sev -eral others had comments on theelection here atrocessiMercyhurst Senior Sha nan Lewissaid she voted because she wantsto see that there are some changesmade around here. "In politicssome people say whatthey wantto say just to getvotes,so Ivotedfor the peoplewho I thought wouldcarry out the students9 requests tothe fullest extent," she said.

Students also made some sug-gestions about what needs to bechanged on campus. FreshmenKatie Thomas and MichellePesoylar both agree that thereneeds to be 1 lot of changes withthe cafeteria such as better foodand longer hours.

Freshman Joel Kurtz said,"thehousing department needs to geton the ball about getting the hous-ing contracts out because it reallyBlessed around With our sched-ules."

There was one student on cam*pus for whom the voting was nottaken for {granted . FreshmanAmitavo Roy said that he doesnot have the luxury of being able

to vote in any governmental el ec-tion here in the UnitedStates be-cause he is nota citizen and hasnot been home to India to vote infour years.The MSG election washis only chance to voteand hetook advanta ge of his rightto helpmake decisions here on campus.

President Kevin Segedisaid"thank you" to all the studentswho voted for him andto every-one who helped his campaign. Hesaid he is goingto do the best hecan toserve the students.

* Segedi said he has"some bigshoes to Gil" following the cur-rent MSG President StaceyFitzpatrick. Some ofthe changesthat Kevin wants to implementinclude ensuring that a full-timecounselor is available to the stu-dents and that more athletic fa-cilities areopened.Segedi wouldalso like to make the studentsmore aware of what MSG is do-

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ing forthem and who their repre-sentatives are.

Fitzpatrick extended her con-gratulations to thenewly electedMSG officers."My time as presi-dent has gone by so quickly.Ithastruly been a learning experienceand I wish Kevinand the lest ofthe executive board much luckand happiness next year," she said.

Tom Bender said h e was ex-cited and pleased that he was re-elected to the position of vicepresident and that he will main-tain the quality work he has ex-hibited this year. High on hislistof priorities is to examinine, is-sues ofsexual harassment on this

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Additionally, Bender she has already begunworMSG Lecture SeriesCor nAny students with ideasgestionsfor speakers are aged to contact Benderatsion 2428. 9 : )

Ryan Kermis said thatsurprised to have been chMSG Treasurer. "I fed honor to have been electe

ition at Mercyhurst it's a very sound organBasically I hope to maiand hopefullyget a bettertion with the studentsschool."

Newly elected MSG Emilio Colaiacovoexpresappreciation to the studefor placing their trust in

f> goingto bechallenging,)offun, and hopefully, rew11 want to be an instrumeI students can use to voic

concerns. We'llhave a goonext year that's going to difference and willhave ainterest in making sure terything mat can be done wdone."Colaiacovo relatedthat i

aa though his newpositioning effect imm ediately.Tafter the election, a studproached him about severproblems in the weightrooneed to be fixed.The one point which Cola

emphasized is that be wiltain an "open door*policstudents. "If anyone baatant issues that need to dressed, they can come to I'll take them to the exeboa rd" hesaid.

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PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD April 10

H i s t o r y D e p a r t m e n t E n h a n c e s R e p u t a tBy Chris WlochNews Editor

Last Saturday, April 5, studentsand* faculty members fromMercyhurst's history departmentattended the Western Penns ylva-nia Regional Conference atEdinboro University sponsored byPhi AlphaThe ta, the InternationalHistory Honor Society. kDuring the seven-hour long con-ference, twenty students presentedresearch topics related to earlymodem European history, early

Penn-:vAmerican history andsyrvania history. The event at-tracted participants from severalschools'including Washington

and Jefferson, Saint Vincent andthe University o f Pittsburgh.Senior history majors Marty

McDonough and John Murphycontributed to the grow ing repu-tation of Meicyhurst'a historyprogram b y p resenting researchfrom their senior theses, focusingon aspects of local history.**1

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was the culmination of a yearlong seniorh istory thesispnwhich is under the direction ofdepartment head, Dick Kubiak.T h e thesis Is aimed at giving thestudent an exact idea of what a

professional historian experi-ences, from he conception of theproject to completing mostly pri-mary research, to writing severaldrafts to finalize a paper of publi-cation standard. It i s designed so

that the studentswill gra duate witha publicationunder their belts andalso having p resented their workats scholarly conference," Kubiaksaid . .. .- -f - ' V

McDonough'sipaper, "ErieLabor's Entry Into Politic*," dis-cussed the tumultuous events experienced by local labor unionsthroughout the first decades ofthe 20th century. His presenta-

t i o n evoked several questionsfrom the crowd. "I was undersome pressure up there but mydeep knowledge ofthe topic en-

abled me to handle all the ques-tions," said a confidentMcDonough.| *

Following in the footsteps ofPaul Roth, who receivedirstpl acelast year, Murphy took home anaward for the outstanding presen-tation on local history. His paperwas entitled "United Oil: A Pro-

to ileof an American Business." Ittraces the history ofan Erie petro-

flleum industry and the familywhich founded it during the early1900s.f '

Left toright: John Murphy, Mr. Richard Kubiak, Marty Mquality ofhe history department,Kubiak was enthusiastic "Wehave been developing our pro-gram for thelast 27 years and ourstudents have continued toachieve significant degrees ofexcellence.This was only our sec-

Tbis project has meant a lot oflard work and several headaches,all inflicted by Kubiak, but theconference made me appreciateitsvalueand of course,111 take anaward any day," Murphy said.

Commenting on the overall

~ond year attending tence and each time wan award. I have hadfrom other schools me and compliment oThey've said Mercyhistory program to be

MSG News: Billingsley meetswithrepsBy MelissaLangMerciad Writer

porting to President StaceyFitznatrick in the future.

On Monday, April 7, theMercyhurst Student Governmentheld its weekly meeting upstairsin the Union.**

Mr. Thomas Billingsley at-tended Monday's meeting to re-view problems presented to himby the executive board. Some ofthe problems th a tare being lookedinto focus on the Rec center. A50pound dumbbell has been addedand a 5 pound dumbbell is on itsway. T he problemswith dirt on

the floor are also being lookedinto.

Billingsley also took sugges-tions rom reps concerning picnictables and benches being addedtD the grounds by the townhousesand in the quads of Briggs Ave.

The question ofgetting appro-priate facilities for sports teamswas also discussed and thesta-dium is being fixed sothat othersports teams will be able to usethe facility. Billingsley is lookinginto suiuzestions and. will.bere-

Brian M arshall, SAC chsirper-son, reminded reps that this week-end Spring Fun Fest will be heldall students interested are encour-aged to attend. Marshall wfll alsobe accepting Senior WeekT-shirtdesignsuntil April 21 in the SACoffice. m j

Vice President Tom Bender re-

This Sunday, April 13, the SeniorSocial Work Class is sponsoringthe "Stand for Children Rally" atPerry Square from * 12 -4 pan.Among the featured speakers isMercyhurst football coach JoeKimba 11.For more information,cal 1Lemuel Graham at 453-5100.

Young Artists' CompetBy Chris WlochNews Editor

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minded all reps that letters of in-tent for MSG reps and SAC chair-person will be due inthe MSGoffice. 1

President Stacey Fitzpatrick in-formed the reps that $1,073.50was collected foe the AmericanCancer Society as a result of theefforts of the tundra ising com-mittee and thestudent body. Thetundra ising committee extends Itsthanks.

On a aide note, the Senate'sCampus Life w ill b e bringing its,Counseling Service proposal tothe Senate on Thursday, April 17at 3 p.m. in the Student Govern-ment Chambers. J

Alpha Phi Omega, the national ser-vice raternity will be accepting newpledges at an ice-cream social onApril 15 in Sullivan Hallat 6 p.m.

The United Way Day of Caring willbe held on Saturday, April 19,which

is also Earth Day. Various volun-teer opportunities are available.Contact Michcle Garvev atext 2430

This year, Walk America w illtakeplace onSunday, April27at PresqueIsle State Park. Registration andinformation tables for the Mercy-hurst Team will be ondisplay in theUnion duringthe next two Wednes-day afternoons,April 16 & 23. Likelast year, students who register byApril 21 with at least $10 in dona-tions will receivea free T-shirt

Over the next few days, 46musicians from more than a dozencountries will be performing atMercyhurst during the 21st An-nus 1 D'An gelo Young ArtistCompetition held in the MaryD'Angelo PerformingArts Cen-ter on Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday, April 10-12.

This year the competition isinstrings for Viol is ts, viol inists, andcellists who arebetweenthe ages

of 18 and 3a With a total o f 121applications received, this year'scompetition boasts the largestnumber of applicants in the his-tory of the strings competition.The monetary prizes j to beawarded arc*$10,000 for firstplace, $5,000 for second and$3,000 for third.

Sam Rotma a, executive direc-tor of the comoetition. said that

the most excitingparttest la having some ogreatest string pMercyhurst for a cou

Tt'a always a deligfruit of your laborsented musiciansto shwith an appreciativThis is the primarycompetition,9 he said

The preliminary androunds are free and public.The preliminarybe from 10 a.m. untiThursday and 10 a.mthe followingday. Onsemi-finals will be he5 p.m. and from 7 toAt 7 pan. on Saturd

the three finalists wtheir concertoswith thCompetitionOrchestraby Frank Collura. Rare required. For ticktension m

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Student-composedRefugeeshits stageBy Carrie Tappe

Merciad Columnist

The Mercyhurst College The-atre Production of Refugees opensApril 17-19,1997 at 8 p.m. in theTaylor litt le Theatre. Refugeeswas written by senior adult stu-dent, Gary Johnston. This uniquemusical theatre production ex*pi ores the true story o f the livesof eight refugees livingin Erie.

The small cast ofnine, eightrefugees and a nararator, and aneight pieceorchestra is the resultof a three year project started byJohnston during U s sophomoreyear at Mercyhurst Johnston is a

musicedVcom positio n major. Healso teaches English as a second

language to refugees and immi-grants at the Center for AdultEducation. This is the first imeJohnston has ever written any-thing for theatre.

"My goal was to make peopleware of the presence of refu-gees in Erie and to paint a pictureof what P ve seen as their teacher.Refugees have a lot o f positivethings to offer in the UnitedStates. Theycan add to the fabricof our culture," he said.

Throughout Refugees* the ac-count of refugees from Russia,Bosnia, Iraq and Vietnam andtheir triumphs and struggles are

told. Johnston added, 1 didn'twant the production to show pity

for the refugees. Alot of people

don't know about the lives of herefugeesor that they even live inErie. Over 1,000 Russians,and aquickly growing number of

Bosnians now call Eriehome "Refugees combines thetragedy of hunger, dying,war andthe comedy involvedin their ev-ery day lives.9*s On Friday, April 18, SAC willsponsor :ia raffle,at the perfor-mance.Allwho attend the perfor-mance will be eligible to winprizes.

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Although Fletcher,may begood at lying, he is lacking in therole as a father to his adorableson, Max(Justin Cooper).Max ispractically being raised solely byhis mother* Fletcher's ex-wife*Audrey (Maura Ticrney), whileFletcher is out representing

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April 10,1997 THE MERCIAD PAG

The Loss of a Literary Icon Pops on the HillJL

By Bill MelvtlfeMerciad WriterOnSaturday, April 5,1997, Beat

poet Allen Ginsberg died,after afatal heart attack only days afterGinsberg announcedthat he hadbeen diagnosed with terminal livercancer. His death shocked manyAmericans, partly because of hisannouncement earlier in theweek,but also because Ginsberg con-tinued togivepoetry readings untilshortly before his death.

Still, the shock of Ginsberg'sdeath has yet to reach its full ef-fect Ginsberg began to read and

recite poetry in the late 1940s,especially after his, friendshipswith other Beatgeneration mem-bers like William S. Burroughsand Jack Kerouac. He achievednational fame (and notoriety) in1956 with his poem "Howl!" and

stayed close to the spotlight upuntil his death.

Ginsberg revived the use ofTranscendentalist poetfWaltWhitman's free verse poems andleft an influenceupon every gen-eration since World War* II.Ginsberg bared his soul throughhis poetry in ways often consid-ered obscene by mainstreamAmerica, especially when hespoke frankly of his ownhomo-sexual experiencesand his strongpolitical thoughts, which includeda deep hatred for the CIA.

Ginsberg was known as aso-cialist, but few men loved Americaas he did, a view he expressed inpoems such as"Supermarket inCalifornia," in which he lamentsthe failure to achieve the idealAmerica thatWhitman hoped fora century earlier.

At times, Ginsberg was alsoknown to wear an Uncle Samcostume. Through this graphicdepictions of his thoughts andlife's events, Ginsberg came^closer to the thoughts of an "aver-

age" American than any other poetin the 20th century. Neverashamed of what he w as, neverbelieving any thoughttoo ribald,Ginsberg remained true to him-selfup until the end.It is rumored that Ginsberg

several shortpoems on thesubject of death shortly beforeastroke on Friday, April4, put himinto a coma, a sign that Ginsbergremained true even in the face ofhis own demise. Ginsberg's ac-tual death, though,was quite un-likehim.He passed awaywithoutany extravagance,surrounded byonly the closest of his friends.

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April showers won't dampenthe spirits of concert goers whenthe D'Angelo Performing ArtsCenter welcomes the second an-nual 'Tops on the Hill" on Sun-day, April 20 at 2:30 p.m.i Theaudiencewill be able to hear ivelymarches, singalong with Broad-way musicalhits and hum to thememusic rompopular movies. T heconcert showcases the D'Angelo

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PAGE 6 THEMERCIAD April 10,

By John MurphyEditor in chief

I am not sure whether to be happy or sad about the election ofour newMSG president One of my colleagues here at the newspaper feels IshouldbegladwimtheresultHesaysitmeansthatatleastTTi^FreeJowZone will have a new editor next year and therefore might not be aspathetic as it was this year. Good point I suppose,but I just can't get overthe fact that its former editor has now been electedto the most prominentstudent lea der position on campus.

What is wrong with you people out there? How could you vote forsomeone who hastaken a once energetic, interestingand controversialstudent literary publication and turned it into an economics 1 replacementfor toilet paper? Mind you, there wasn 't much FreedomZone toilet paperto be had this year.

You see, as editor ofthis publication, our newly elected presidentpromised us an issue ofThe Freedom Zone each month. He got extrafunding, new equipmentincluding a computer and a high-tech scanner.The results of his competent efforts? Wellthis is April and to date therehave been three issues. Theirquality? You willhave to ask someone else,I read the first one and that was enough for me.I mentionedit was April already. Well brace yourselves becauseany

day now you should be receiving your February copy ofThe FreedomZone.Perhaps I am being unfair. It must have taken a lot of time and high-tech equipment designing all those fancycampaign posters seen aroundcampus this past week.You know, it is almost comfortingin a wayto see that our students have

elected the least capablecandidate available for thejob. It means thingsaren't going to change and I can graduate this year knowingthat our newpresident Is goingto do absolutely nothingto make ilingsexciting a roundhere.

On a brighter note, congratulations to our new MSG secretary. Here atleast is one person, who although you may notagree with his politicalviews expressedin these pages, you can be sure will actuallytry and dosomething for hose who electedhim.Too bad he didn't run for president,although he probably wouldn't havewon. His willingness to voice anopinionhas made him too ma ny enemiesto win such a popularity contestas the presidency.

By Dan HilfikerSenior Writer

While most ofyou louts out there will no doubt be prancingaround atth is Saturda y night' s SpringBand Feat; some of u s more cultured typeswill be attending the D'Angelo Young Artist Competition. Some mightsay that my mandatory class requirement to attend the competitionhas aninfluence o nmy descision, I think not 1

In all honesty, this competitionis fealty the best artistic eventilucky enoughto host here. Imagine, some ofthe entrants are 18 and 19years old, some have never even been in the U.S.before.In an effort tounderstand what they must be going through, Itried to remember what Ifelt like be fore I Grst arrived here. Who wasl kidding,very unlike mysdf,these peoplehave talent Indeed they are among theworld's best youngclassical musicians and it is exciting to think that they will be in our midstthis weekend. Let'snot kid ourselves folks,none of uswill ever reach the

ice in our chosen fields as these peoplehave alreadyachievedhi theirs - we ought to avail ourselves ofa chance to get close

greatness.So before you venture out into the highly saturated environs of

iturday *s party scen e, think about enriching the less decadent side o fjr characters. Attend an event that promises to givemany of you theatcst artistic experience ofyour lives so far. If anyone needsa ticket Ift an extra one, in fact, I am currently looking for a date, so you can bee this ticket will notbe snapped up anytime soon.

ncre is a meeting forall those who expressed an interest in joiningrt year's staff this Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. at our office in lowerel Baldwin. Refreshmentswill He available, honest*

It is that time of year again.That's right, the timewhen we allhave to break out our trusty calcu-lators and boxes of receipts andcalculate how much money weall have to shell outto the govern-ment In past years I have neverhad an underpayment, this year Ido.

For someone who works hardand struggles to pay die rent eachmonth, I really do not have themoney to pay the governmentatthis time. A friend of minemen-tioned that it is possibleto pay offthe money that I owe in install-ments,which soundedlike a verygood optionat die time.

Upon further review, the in-struction booklet that we all getwith our tax form recommendedconsidering other lesscostly op-tions, such as a bank loan. I won-der what die rate of interest is ifyou pay it off in installments. It

NotAnmust be higher than what mostbanks charge.

Never before inthe past have Ihad a nega tive attitude toward theInternal Revenue Service. In fact,I have always felt hat as long asmy taxeswere well spent, I reallydid not mind paying them. Thatwas when they are deducted frommy paycheck and I never reallysaw that incomein die first place.

Now my perception of theIn-ternal Revenue Servicebaschanged. I have become one ofthose many Americans who lookupon the IRS as the enemy, seiz-ing upon every opportunityto suckeach and every penny out ofmypockets. Those Washington bu-reaucrats who devised these con-fusing and complextax laws arethe true enemy ofthe Americanpeople. With less disposablein-comein our wallets,we are forcedto scrimp and save, live a muchmore humble existence andstruggle by rom paycheckto pa y-check. Or, you could choose to

live from credit card pacredit card payment,become accustomed.

I wonder how mAmericans are in thethat I ant What is thcentage of Americanto pay the IRS an ever of their earnings everysure that with die repudie IRS has with the genlic,a great deal moreare in the same situat

I suppose that evelike to complain aboupay my taxes everyyeconsidermyself ucky.countries ofthe world hsteeper tax rates thahere in the United Statare able to stretch our ther than most of ouraround the world. Tmere are so many Candrive as far south as Ggo shopping.Who amwant my money ba ck

are least ofworrieEmilto ColaiacovoMerciad Political Columnist

There has been dissensionwithin die Republican party con-

cerning term limits.Ma ny conservative Congressmenare upset that the current houseleadership has not provided anadequate plan to limit the termsthat Representatives and Sena-tors may serve In Congress. Ac-cording to their logic, congresshas been inundatedwith too manysenior Senators and Representa-tives.

To clarify, many Representa-tives and Senators are making alifestyle out ofbeinga "servant ofthe people." To a certain extentthey haven credible po int Maybewe should place a limit onthe

number o f terms one may serveso we can return Congress to thepeople. However, I disagree forthe problem lies in the systemitself, , \\As a life long Republican, I feel

that we do have such a thing asterm limits. The voter has a rightto elector not electa person run-ning for political office. We donot need to clutter our Constitu-tion with meaningless contempo-rary amendments to put a quickfix towards a serious problem.

By imposing an artificialre-

striction, we are depriving ourtizens of the right to chose whom-ever they wish to be their repre-sentative in W ashington or wher-ever else they may serve. Why

should a Congressman,who has agood track record of "bringinghome the bacon,** be displacedbecause legislators are sour that aparticular party dominated thelegislativeprocess for dose to 50years. We have seen this trend inhistory before. After four termsof PresidentFranklin Roosevelt,Republican legislators were de-termined to prevent such a re-occurrence*

In 1951, the Republican con-trolled Congress passed the 22ndAmendment which restricted thePresident to two terms. By plac-ing limits on the number o f yearn

a president may serve, Congress-men deprived the Americanpeople the right to decide whoshould be their leader. If any-thing is unconstitutional and un-fair to the voters, it is the 22ndAmendment

If Congress wishesto do some-thing to combat the problemsingovernment, they must first ad-dress the anathv that Kiirtaiiti/UOUTDO! system. Ordinary citi-zensare disgusted and d is trustfulof our government because of thepartisan games our legislators

play. Instead of babudget, most Congrplaying power politcan have an advantagmplicated governmen

The deceit, the ethicaand die bickering thatmous with Washinplaced a bitter taste on

palates.The ordinary cigusted with politicialost faith in our systeterm limits on congrenot solve this problemThe only way to restor

our system isfor our lto get down to businethis may seem like ahope that our legislatothe needs of citizensneeds of pot itJcs. For four citizens have tak

seat to the interest oship. While the budgbe balanced,taxes neeand efficiency restoredcracy, our politiciansmuch more importanwitch hunts against thof theHouse and the P

These political presolv e none o f the procitizens face* In conclHouse and Senate camany term limit bills but the difficulties ths

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Defending GingrichBy Joe WongMerciad Columnist

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cussing the federal budget, thedebt, deficit and prospects for aba la need budget The basic thrustof the article wi s that the cam-pa ign promises to balance the bud-get and a middle classtax cut wereincompatible and were irrespon-sible attempts to win voters. Inorder to eliminate the deficit andto pay off the debt, America doesnot need to be cutting taxes, ratherraising them and cutting programs.I realize this is nota popular ideaa nd that many discount this notionas more taxing by a DemocratThat would be an unfair and inac-curate assumption, as I am calling

for an extremel y conservative eco-nomic policy. I am returning tothis topic because it appears thatSpeaker Gingrich may have someof the same ideas that I expressedearlier.

A few week s ago, Gingrich ex-pl a ined he would be willingto putoff a tax cut if that would help inbringing about a ba lanced bud getThe Speaker has since had toclarify his remarks and stave offattacks by his fellow Republicansfor his "traitorous" language. Itseems the Speaker w as not sayingRepublicansshould abandon theircall for a tax cut, rather he wasprioritizing the promises theymad e and the responsibilities theyprofess to uphold. In February, agroup of 70 House Republicans,called the Conservative ActionTeam (CAT), had this to say abouta balanced budget, "Balance diebudget by controlling federalspending. It was 1969 when thefederal government last balancedits budget The resulting deficitspending, which has been spin-ning wildlyout of control, meansthat a child boom today will ow enearly $200,000 in taxes just topay interest on the deb t

It is Immoral for Washington topass Ibis debt onto future genera-tions, fobbing our children andgrandchildren o f their ability toachieve the American Dream.Congress and the president mustbalance thebudgetso that we canpermanendy force change in theway Washington spendstax dol-lars."

The Congressmenand womenwere absolutely right It is wrong

f to continue running huge deficits

mous debt The Representativesgo as far as to say it is evenimmoral to pass on the federaldebt to future generations,and if

that is true, then it must be ad-dressed.The Speaker was simplyagreeing with die ConservativeAction Team. Making a balancedbudget a higher priority than cut-ting taxes,not for eternity, but atleastuntil the budget is balanced,will do more for future genera-tions.

As longas the federal govern-ment is spending money it doesnot have, we should not be cut-ting' revenues to pay for cam-pa ign promiseslike the infamous"middle class tax cut19 Ameri-cans want a tax cut and they alsowant to eliminatethe deficit and

the debt, all within the shortestamount of time as possible.

Those sentimentsare virtuallyirreconcilableand I think SpeakerGingrich recognizesthat reality.Mr. Gingrich is fulfillinghis roleas a national leader by stressingwhat he thinks is best for diecountry's future. Americans de-serve a tax break and that mayfoster economic growth, as you

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I am sure that there are manyindividualswho are growing tiredof opening the newspaper andfinding this subject talked aboutagam and again. There are, how-ever, countless others who aretaking a modicum of solacefromthe hope that this issue will re-main in the attention ofdie cam-pus.

So, here is a story. A womanattends a party with some friends.Everyone is drinking. Anattrac-tive guy who seems nice ap-proaches this woman and startstalking to her. Like a gentleman,he gets a beer for her from the keg.She thinks about how he seemsnice. They drinkfor a couple hourslonger.

Her riends ell her that they areleaving and want her! to come.

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more. She says that it is time thatshego home. He walksher homeas he promised.

When they getto the door, sheinviteshim up. She has seen himon campus before and he seemsnice. They go up to her apartmentHerroommatesare away for theweekend. Once inside, he kissesher. She kisses him back. Hepushesherback on die couch. Shefeels uncomfortable and pusheshim away.

She tells him to stop as he be-comes increasingly aggressive.

He refuses and, maybe, he askswhat she expected. Sh e continuesto resist and he is increasinglyforceful until he is having sexwith her. After he rolls off her, hethanks her and leaves.

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Matt Mescan, Junior,Law Enforcement

"Voting seems to be the onlyway flut yon can express yourpoint o f viewthrough our schoolleaders. There are some neededchanges that need to be ad-

dressed."

Benny Fetter, Sophomore,.Communications

"No, I didn't vote because I'mW

pretty lazy,"r

Terra Umlts contd. from pg 6tics will still remain. The onesthat can change:the system isYOU, the voters. We have thepotential and the power to tellWashington what we wish forthem to do.

To do so, we must combat thisapathy and send a clear messageto our legislators in Washington.This is OUR governmentand nottheirs, and we must act like ca-pable, resilient administrators ofour democracy. This is the onlyway to solve the problems thatconfront the greatest political sys-tem this world has ever seen.

- i - % DubLsz,Senior,Elementary Special E d

"I think that ifa important tovote especiallyif you're a seniorbecauseit's your responsibility. Imean, who cares if you're notgoing to be here next year. We

need somebody to carry on theleadership."

Alison Spencer, Sophomore,Biology

"No, I didn't vote because Iforgot" f :

Gingrich contd. fern p g7, 'may have read my supply-sidefriend entail on these pages.

But there are priorities and cor-recting runway governmentSpending,from Welfare to De-fense to Farm Programs, is/agreater one than providing taxcuts. If the federal debt is im-moral, then we have anobliga-tion ID eliminate it To do so,governmentmust savemoney; todo that, programs must be cut andrevenues maintained; to maintainrevenues,taxes cannot be cut...atleast not ye t

The MERCIADWants You!Applicationsare being accepted for students interested in servingas News Editor, Sports Editor, Features Editor, A&E Editor, CopyEditorand Graphics Editor for next year.Scholarships are available for each of these positions.The Merciad also offers tenworkstudy positions availableto reporters, co lumnists! photographers and typists.

oin our staff for 1997-1998 and help us,9Tell the truth and raise hell." (Motharjone*)

Did you vote in the Melection? Why or why

Loo D'Ambrosio, Sophomore,Elementary Ed. v

"Yeah I voted in the studentelections to makesine that TomBender could get enough votes,'cause I know he doesn't havethat many friend s even though

nobody ran against htm.'9

Jeremy Hartung, Freshman,R.LA.P.

"Yes, I voted because I believethe school has many problemsthat very much need the attentionof i strong student government"

Christine P inzoArt Therapy

3 "Yes, I votedbecause it's impvolved in your sc

John Brich, Sophomore,H.RJ.M.

"No, I just really wasn't interested.*f # i

TVicia Baugh, Senior,Chemistry

"Man, I dont even go here.Leave me alone.*

Jen Feser, SenioSocial Studies E

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H u s a i n : I n d e p e n d e n t a n d DBy Brad RybczynsldFeatures Editor

Amer Husa in, a senior account-ing major, may be a traditionalstudent by definition, but be hasnot leached mat point throughtraditional m eans .

Husain is one of the many for-eign students on campus, but un-like most,he did not come fromIreland or England. He camefrom Bangladesh,a much differ-ent nation than Americans areused to dealing with in way ofculture and language.

Bangladesh is a nation smallerless than half the size of Ohio andhas more than 120 million citi-zens. Compare that to the UnitedStates size and population ofroughly 240 million.

It was not long be fore Husainleft his city of Dhaka, the nation'scapital. A fter completing gradenine at the young age of 16, hetraveled to England.*-4 * 1

Wh il e in Engl a nd, Husain livedwith one o f his two brothersandworked. A long withworking,heeducated himselfand prepared forthe examinations that would en-able him toreceivea high schooldiploma..', Within tw o and a half years,

Husain passed the uOn level ex-ams for completion ofgrade 10and the " A" level exams to gradu-ate high school. In mat two andahalf years he finished four yearsof schooling.

At 20, Husain came to theUnited States to attend M ichiganTechnological University. Whilein attendance, he became increas-ingly dissatisfied withthe qualityof the education being offeredmere in h is m aj or field of studyand at Michigan Tech, he said, "Iwas just a number in thecrowd."

His unhappiness at MichiganTech was al so fueledby the social

frater nity parties but mainly hungout with other foreign students.

Upon coming to Mercyhurst,he was taken back by its size. I twas just a little biggerdun myhigh schoolback in Bangladesh,"he said. He had a much grandervision of what universities andcollegeswere supposed to be.

After a few weeks on the hill,Hussain* began to warm up toMercyhurstHe sa d, "People herewere more riendly, t was muchbetter than Michigan Tech whereI was definitelya minority."

Almost immediately Husainbecame involved indie Ambas-sadors Club. This only seemednatural for him becausedie advi-sory Michael Fuhrman, was anintegral part in his coming toMercyhu rst Hussain said matFuhrman-added the Mpersonaltouch* that other schoolshad not

Husain also joinedAmbassa-dors because ofthe appeal of be-ing a member. "It seemedkind ofelite, you had to docertain thingsto be in the dub so everybodycan't do it, it was a challengeI hadto take up."

Fuhrman has a lot of respect forHussain and sees in him acertainhumility unique in students.When Fuhrman met Husain heyliked him immediately. He had anice appearance to him, veryhumble,with Amer mere is a quietenergy, a quiet power."'

Fuhrman is also impressed w ithdie visionHusain has for the fu-ture. H e said, "Unlike a lot ofAmerican students, he can seefurther down the line, he can se ewhere he isgoingto be in 20 to30years."

To keep in touch with the con-tent of previous accountingclasses, Husain began.tutoringstudents. He knew the principlesin accounting w ould reappear inlater dasses and through tutor-

life on campus. He went to a few ing. He foundttvery rewarding

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to help other students. He said,It's their achievementbut I takepleasure in thinkingI did a little tohelp them (die tutorials), you areable to give something to some-one. n

As a tutor, Husain may haveeven found another possible ca-reer path to followin the future. "Ican now see myselfbeing a teacherand that is something I never real-ized,w he said.

As a student, Husain hasachievedDean's List Honors overdie past two years and carries agrade point average of 3.92. Hi s

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a joy to teach, the answer to everyteacher's prayers."

Coming to die United Stateswas not a tremendous shock forHusain. He said, "I've alreadybeen accustomed to seeing yourmovies, listening to your music.These are so popular all over theworld that you get a sense of theculture before you come here."

In fact, as a young man inBangladesh,Husain was amem-ber of what he called,with a smile,a "teen-age band." The groupplayed covers from such Ameri-can favorites as Led Zeppelin,Iron Maiden and Deep Purple.Husain still d ings to his love ofmusic and his instrument, theguitar. He said, "That's the storybehind the long nails. I neverlearned to use a pick."

When asked to explainthe dif-ference between the U.S. andBangladesh Husain said, "1 don'tknow where tostart, they arepletely different * He said familyvalues are much stronger inBangladesh, but "America ha s alot to offer. Politically it is morestructured and has much less cor-ruption." According to Husainthe governmentin Bangl a desh "iscalled a democracy, butit's not"

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second time Husain has seenhomesince comingto the U.S. Heplans to relax and spend timewithfamily and added, "I'm excitedIm going (home),but at die sametime I'm sad because I will haveto leave them and I don't knowwhen I'll be able to go homeagain."

Upon returning to the states inSeptember, Husain will beginworking for Hill,Barth and Ktng,

a public accounting irm haaccounts in thetri-state aremain responsibilities willauditing and taxes.

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By Brad RybczynskiFeatures Editor

I hope you are all ready for yet another fine edition ofThe Merciad.Value this one because there will not be another issuefor two weeks.Thereis no reason that we will not put out a paper next week. I guess we couldcite mid-term examsas a reason, but thosehave not always stopped us inthe pastTo be honest,the only reason we are not working next week is because

we need a break. That is right, we are experiencinga case of burn-outIf you look at the editorial staff, all of the members except for Scott

Vance , are seniors. We have endured almost four years of painstakingeducation. Sometimeswe need a break more than others and frankly wejust want to get out of here.

This meansmat The Merciad is in need of new blood, people who cancome .and take over for dinosaurs that run this outfit now and will be

graduating.La st week our fine editor,John Murphy, made an appeal for those w illingto write for the paper to come forward. As always,Murphy did an averagejob. He basically saidthat it is rewarding to write for a newspaper becauseit is rewarding to write for a newspaper. He also forgotto mention that ifit were not for his own line of b.s. (and in spite of his self professedilliteracy)he would nothave been named editor.

I know people may be afraid to write for an audience as large as Th eMerciad reaches. At times it is hard enough to write for oneprofessor.. If you have an interest in making a difference,but are afraid to write inmis forum, maybeyou should not be in college. Ifyou cannot write at aneighth grade level, which is what wedo, you shouldnot be here.

It is a simple task. You go and find the facts and put them inchronological order. That k all. If you know us, you know we aredefinitely not geniuses (especially Murph).

Rise up and meet the challenge . Write an article. It is really not thatdifficult As a matter offact it is not a challengeat all.

The real challengeis lay-outand me time involved. If you want to knowwhat it is about stop in on a Wednesday night Allyou have to do is sit backand watch.

Now to the rewarding part Everyone likesID get compliments. Thinkabout it Most of the compliments you Will get come from professors(professors,this is your cue to start complimentingus more). If professorsget to know you that means a few brownie points now and again. It alsomeans prestige.

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Anotherreason this job is rewarding is that when you are done,you have done something worthwhile. Youhave had a part in educatingyour campus community.

Every week I am probably the first editor at the office to sec the finishedproduct Now you want to talk about satisfaction! you want to talk aboutrewarding. To see the finished product in front of youis ar f 'ngt

When you pick up the paper youwin see your name in print Noteveryonecan say that You will also seethe result of hours ofhard workand dedication.

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The Merciad offers you a chance to reach and affect more students andfaculty members than any othermeans on campus.

Student Covernm cnt cannot give you that Ifyou at c a represen ta trve oreven on the executive board,at beat you may reach 100 students aweek.

Involvementwith Student Activities may offeryou the opportunity totouch a few hundred students lives overthe course of a year.

The Merciad will enable you to reach hundreds, even more than a 1students a week.' This is where it all happens. Ask around, I bet themajority of your friends read the paper.

So , if you wantto improve aa a writer, reach over a 1000 students a week,interview the moat influential people oncampus and bea part of somethingyou will never forget, then joinTh e Merciad.

Before I forget youcan also get scholarship money to work here. Thinkabout it, you cannot loaf. Get your letter of intent in today.

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Brownie Mary to headline Springfest '97

Springfest ! 97ByBrad Rybczynski nnd Ali&saMinnerFeatures Editor and MerciadWriter

On Saturday, April 12, at 6p.m. there willbe two bands per-forming on Mercy hurst campusbehind the RecCenter. "Brownie

Mary * will be the highlightof henight They got their big break in1994 when they won the"BudLight/Graffiti Rock Challenge."

It was there that they beat 95talented acts from the Eastern U.S .Since then, they have been writ-ing new material and traveling allover the East Coast to places likeNew York City, Washington D.C.,North Carolina and Pennsylva-nia. They were also picked toperform at the Annual DemocraticSaxophone Club Fundraiser inWashington D.C. and got to meetPresident Clinton.

"Brownie Mary" has played the'Hurst before at Student Activi-ties Committee's Coffee Houselast year. "The lead singer is veryenergetic, she grabs the crowd.Their style of music is appealingto all kinds of people,"said BrianMarshall, chairperson of S AC

The original plan for an opener

was to get the band "Seattle," agroup,that plays covers of Se-attle-based grunge bands. In anunprecedented show of support250 students signed a petition toget the band for "Spring fcsL " Dueto previous obligations, "Seattle"was unable to play on the 12th.

Instead, Mercyhurst's own"Hammered Bass," will again bethe opener for the annual eventLast year they drew as many, if>not more students, than the othertwo bands. They were a greatdraw and an outstanding additionto the agenda," said Marshall.

"Hammered Bass"completely ofeitheralum s of M ercyhuYarosz, lead singer fsaid, "It is a great opplay here because weat Mercy hurst and afriends are still aroun2 Other members of t

Tom Kitchen, drumLewis, bass guitar;Jimguitar; and BID Steinor as Yarosz said, "Hthe congas." Steinwasmember until he foundside of the Erie area. Hto play special even"Springfest" j*

Refreshments will nvided at the performconcert 'is free to Memployees and studenErie community the cS3. The concert is spoSAC and funded by M

SAC NewsSAC NewsSAC NewBy Mlndi McDowellMerciad Writer

On Friday night from 6 p.m. to12 midnight, SAC has booked avariety of activities for thestu-dent body*

In the Union there will be anopportunity to grab a costume andhave some fun. Fun Flicks is achance to make a video, eitherkaraoke or lip sync, and as par-ticipants, dance around in cos-tumes, the whole song is taped

with a prc-sclected background.Hie individual or group then re-ceives a copy of the video. Ifsinging and dancing are too in-timi da ting, there will also be Fan-tasy Photos in the Union. Similarto the carnival cutouts of musclemen and bikini-clad women.Fan-tasy Photos transform studentsinto their choice of characters.Also from 6 p.m.to 12 midnight

Friday, SAC*is having "LaserArena" on campus.The scene is aburned out space stationand play-

ers test their a im as theguns to battle the othe

Tuesday night is anight for SAC eventsbe a Euchre tournament ain the Un ion. Anyonein pa rticipa ting shoulthe Union desk. Cashbe awarded.

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A p r i l 10,1997 THEMERCIAD PA

B a s e b a l l R e m a i n I n 6 t h P l a c e DBy KellyGillig ^ ^ ^Merciad Sports Writer I

This weekend the numbersixth ranked Mercy hurst baseballteam played t three-game seriesagainst Saginaw Valley SlateUniversity. The men went inagainst Saginaw Valley riding an18 game winning streak whileSaginaw was posting a modest 8-11 record. In the first game theLaker men pi ay ed up to their bill*ing, scoring nine runs on nine hitswhile Laker pitcher BobBalazentis gave up only tworunswhile strikingout nine.

The second game ofthe serieslookedto be a repeat performanceof the irs t, but the elementswouldact up and eventually alter theoutcome. The conditions wereperfect for baseball with a tem-perature of65 degrees and partlycloudy sides.The winds howeverwere g us ting to 30 miles per hour.This proved to be die decidingfactor.

As the game neared its conclu-sion, thewinds picked up almoststrong enough to knock ine Lakerpitcher Paul Taylor offtlie mound.

According to Pat Cuts hall,

Laker shortstop, "it was hard for(Taylor)to throw strikes and (fordie team) to defend." \

There wasevidence

tosupportCutsha lTs claim,for the two teams

combined for seven errors. T hisdifficulty ofpitching and fieldingled to a last-minute four-run come-back by Saginawto tie thegame.$In the first extra inning the Lak-ers failed to score. Saginaw, asthe winds continued to berate theLaker pitching staff, scored thewinning run to steal die game.After the game,die men felt thatSaginaw wa s"lucky to have the

last at bat" The men also sharedthe feeling that "sometimes los-ing will help you inthe long run" 9

and that realistically "you can'tbe 50-1." T ^Having ended thestreak,

Saginaw looked to steal a secondgame off what they supposedwould be a dejected Laker team.The men however, shelled fourSaginaw pitchers for 18runs on14 hits and got their season backon track. The Laker defense wassharper that day than during theprevious two contests making

and Bill Mamourieh ledoffense with three hitsewere w orries that the

nationally nnranked telower the team 's nationbut when Monday caunkings were releafou nd their number sibe intact

only one erroron the day. Cutshall

E a s y W i n F o r M e n ' sL a c r o s s ei F o r 6 - 4 O v e r a l lBy Maureen McMahonMerciad Sports Writer

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The men's lacrosse teamde-feated S t Vincent College thispast weekend 32-5.The Lakersplay ed well offtnsivly and movedthe ba 11 well across the field. TheHurst defense also did a g

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