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Plans made for spring festivaliscuss affirmative actio

Affirmative action keep it or can it The Political SderilSociation will discuss the issues surrounding this contested topiit the next installment of the Ad Hoc Discussion series at M arketiace Grill (lower State Street) Friday, April 28, from 4 to 6 p.nfIhfc Anderson, Mercyhurst affirmative action officer and asslean offthe McAuiey; Division^ and^Lee^ShusterJassoc>rofessorfof social work,fwill grvelbrief presentations to spaliscussion. Open to all-~4rc ome |discuss,|m bibe| !

ancy new clothesrhelpashion Merchandising Club will host a fashion showfTttliy, May 2 front noonîntil 1 p.m |in Garvey Park. The event | i' p r e the latest fashions and the opportunity to win a mall jsrtificate. .y?; '. 1\ h '%

By Dan HilflkerMerciad StaffReporterThis past Monday was the lastmeeting 3for the currentMercyhurstStudent Governmentas it is, with next week being ajointmeeting between the currentstudentgovernmentand the newlyelected student government forthe upcoming school year.In President George Pay dock'saddress, various news was givenabout the spring festival. A 50-50raffle will be held until 5 p.m.Saturday to help benefit BrendonThompson. "The drawing will beSaturday at*6:30 p.m.," saidPaydock. T ickets; are availablefrom all MSG reps.There will be vending machinesand services provided by various

organizations on campus. MSGwill be selling raffle tickets andPepsi. The yearbook staff will bemanning a cotton candy machine,while the cheerleaders will beoperating a dunking booth. TheCriminal Justice Club will be as-sisting with security for the eventOn Friday, there will be a din-ner held in the cafeteria. "From 6to 8 p.m. there is going to be adinner for Brendon Thompson. Itis $10 for students. All moneywill be going to Brendon Thomp-son," Paydock said. Reservationscan be made by calling Paydockat 2563. j | %At 9 p.m. there will be a MonteCarlo night held in the studentunion. "We have twice as manytablesandthe prizeswillbe great,"said Paydock. Some of the prizes

for Monte Carlo night are two 35mm cameras, a Sega Genesis, anda color television.Jin other MSG news, it was re-vealed that the Freedom Zoneoffices will be relocated to thepresent SAC offices, "The Free-dom Zone likes the idea, MSGlikes the idea, and SAC likes theidea," said advisor Cass Shimek.Also, a tentative schedule for thepublication of heFreedom Zonenext year is ou t "December is theonly month without an issue,"said Kevin Segedi.Tickets for the spring formal, tobe held May 5, will be on salenext Monday to seniors only. Oth-ers can purchase tickets startingTuesday. There will be a dinner,and tickets will cost $15 per per-son.irn lrif yourAnoney

Attention seniors! Pledge money. for{thSenior Project \&&$S%kthe Alumni Office April 30 Any sâio^ho pledged the projepileeds to turn thespecified amount in sooni Anyone with questiqi^ ! c a i B e ^ Humanko at 824-2827. I t f l i f e T

teree movieSAC will host the movie Tombstone Thursday JMay 4a9 pj%he, Great Room of the Student Uriionl The movie is freei I %

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Senior RepsJoy DlugasChristine Glaz *Scott McDonaldKatie McGlynn

Bridget MurphyBridgette Palmisano*Jason PuhlmanRahsaah Roland

Junior RepsTricia Baugh;Peter DeSocioAmy KovachLisa Malinowski

Kathleen McGeeverMegan MuenzerSharon PrichardBrad Rybczynski

Formal detailsThe formal is May 5, 1995 at

the Shrine Club 2525 W. 38thStreet. It is located at the intersec-tion of38th Streetand Zuck Road.The price of the dance is $15 perperson, including the dinner anddance.The dance will start at 7 p.m.and end at midnight Dinner willbe served at 7:30 p.m. Shuttleswill be provided and there will bereminders attached to the ticketswith the exact times and otherinformation concerning the for-

mal.Only seniors can purchase tick-ets on Monday, May 1, starting atnoon. Everyone will have an op-.portunity to purchase tickets atnoon on Tuesday, May 2. Ticketswill be on sale until Thursday,May 4 unless there is a sell outBE SURE TO PURCHASETICKETS EARLY.If there are any questions orconcerns please see or call KatieMcGlynn or Bridgette Palmisanoat 824-2848. '

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A w e e k e n d o f a n u s i c l S p r i n g F e s t f 9 5A variety of music, rangingIfrom classic pieces to original|works,will be performed all week->y the D'Angelo School of.usic.Starting Friday, April 28th, at:00 p.m., in the Zurn Recital[all, original pieces written byercyhurst student compositionlajors will be performed. Thisledley of w orks will, includelusic for solo instruments, small[ensembles, vocal music, largeensemble works, and selections|from original musical theaterusic Student composers repre-sented in Friday's show includeike Anderson, Daryl Bean,

jGarrett Clark, Mary Hinderliter,Gary Johnston, and JamesIStrouse.On Saturday, April 29th at 8:00|p.m., in theZurn Recital Hall, the'Angelo School will present a(memorial tribute to Jon Dylewski.ieconcert will featureworks byDylewski, a Mercyhurst seniormusic major who died last No-ember. Various works will berformed by students, alumni,land the Concert Choir of the'Angelo School.This weekend of music will beounded out with the D'Angelo[Symphony Orchestra performing

[the Suite for String Orchestra byur Foote, and the Suite No. 2

Luisa Jonasonby Igor Stravinski at the CentralHigh School Auditorium, 3325Cherry Street, Sunday, April 30,at 2:30 p.m.Walter Hendl, Music Directorof the Erie Philharmonic for 14years and part-time faculty mem -ber of the D Angelo School, willconduct. In {.addition, Luisa

Jonason, A ssistant Professor andDirector of the Voice Program atD'Angelo, will be featured in"Knoxville Summer of 1915" bySamuel Barber.Admission to all three concertsis free. Call 824-2364 for moreinformation.

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It may not seem by theweather outside lately thatSpring is here, but the ar-rival of the Mercyhurst Stu-dent Government's SpringFest '95 attests to the con-trary.Spring Fest '95 will be held thisSaturday,-April 29, from 12:30 to8: p.m. on the Mercyhurst cam-pus. Should weather not permitan outdoor concert the festivalwill be moved into the Rec Cen-ter.)Spring Fest '95 is an outdoorband festival designed to support

Brendon Thompson, a young Brieboy who had a bone marrow tr ans-plant for treatment of leukemia.Bands for the event includeTennessee Backporch from12:30-1:15, Coyote* Joe from1:45-2:45, Fine Linefrom 3:15-4:30, One World Tribefrom5:00-6:00 and Mark Eddie and theKidsfrom 6:30-8:00. ITickets will continue to be onsale April 27:11a.m.-lp.m., April28:10 a.m.-4 p.m. and April 29:11 a.m.-7p.m. Tickets are $5 forGeneral Admission with $3 forMercyhurst Students. For moreinformation call 824-2090.

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^\)'The crack of the Louisville Slugger awakens him.He springsfromhis set and hones in on theball.The lanky young b oy, hands outstretched, dives for the baseball.He grasps it before his body hits the grass that cradles his bodyupon impact ')To the 10-year-old this is as difficult as life gets .But the young boy has grown up and the field is vacant now.Twelve years have passed and playing ball with his father andbrother is a route of escape that the man travels often.The moment seems a lifetime ago.Yet, as thousand of students prepare for graduation they all carrywith them similar memories.Quintessential feelings of their youth are encapsulated in thecollege days. /'The nostalgia may be connected with their parents, overcoming atragedy or the riendships ormed in the past four years.Also the love that was lost and the love that we've cherished.Four years have elapsed at the school on thehill and it seems to bean eternity sin ce reshmanorientation.As freshmenwe entered Mercyhuist eager and excited and asseniors we leave with the same sentiments.But outside the security and comfort of college is the future wehave all lamented.Life is suspended in time and each day is housed in the archivesnever to be referenced again. I guess D r. Richard Kubiak articulated it best when h e asked,"How far will your education get you?"I often ponder this question.All students have their own solutions, the avenues include gradu-ate school, a job or pursuing another degree.However, as I try to hide the inevitable I think about the 10-year-old and the fun and innocence of the pastWill life be the same? % | |?" V? | | !Also will the love I leave behind be there when I return?\Things change daily and in college it comes tenfold.People alter the way they d ress, act and learn at this institution.Despite the transformation w e undergo there are things that areconstants in everyone's lives.

For me it is baseball.I'm reminded of James Earl Jones' quote in "Field of Dreams."'The one constant through allthe years has been baseba11. Americais ruled by it like an army of steamrollers," he said. "It has beenerased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball hasmarked the time... the game is a part of our past, it reminds us all ofwhat was once good and could be again."A goodfriendonce said, "Step up to the plate."How right she was.My advice is to have fun and seize the day.Hell, seize anything you can get your hands on.Good-bye Mercyhurst.Classified AdsATTENTION ALL

STUDENTS:Earn $ 10-$ 15 an hour, parttime. Set your own sched-ule. A ll majors welcome.Call Russ at 864-1162 andleave a message.

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it f O k l a h o m a C i t yal l re lat iveGreg TroyerMerciad Political Columnistt

For the second time in roughlya year America's sense of secu-rity has been challenged. Lastyear America watched N ew York-ers in shock after the World TradeCenter bombing. Last week atleast 80 people were killed whenwhatis being described as a bombexploded in front of a federal of-fice building in downtown Okla-homa City.Fortress America has once againbeen penetrated.The use of violence to advanceany cause is always wrong. Whena husband beats his wife or par-ents abuses their child, the victimalways gains the moral high-ground. Always! Always?But what happens to this crys-tal-clear definition of right andwrong when the victim of some-one else's abuse strikes back. Is

MunBy Bob MunsonMerciad Contributing Writer

" and the voice of theturtle is heard in the land." This isthe herald to spring. Like theyoung couple in the play fallingin love is yet another sign ofspring. Easter with the Resurrec-tion is the supreme symbol o f thisseason. A reawakening, a restora-tion of life, an uplifting of thespirit


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Rugoy-what all the real men underDan HilfikerMerciad Sports Writer

In a story in the Sydney Morn-ing Herald, a sportswriter said,'The Australian rugby ^leaguesquad, who won the recent seriesagainst Britain 2-1, downed16,200 cans ofspecia 11y importedAustralian lager during their tour.Captain Mai Meninga and bis39teammates got through 405 cans

Aseach during their 53-day tour,caterers said.Two Mercyhurst students alsoplay rugby, but for an Erie team.Sophomores Jason Giffen andJohn Murphy both compete forthe Erie rugby club on Saturdaysevery fall and spring.Jason, in his hometown ofSydney, competed for the eliteSydney North Shore Eagles whenin high school."I started playing rugby whenI was 15 . My mother wouldn't let

me play when I was younger, butwhen I was about six I playedAustralian rules football," saidGiffen, who*has accumulated amultitude of injuries!along theway. "I have broken every fingerat least once, and I have crackedmy sternum and clavicle once.I've dislocated my knee fourtimes, and broken my nose twice

as well," explained Giffen."I played wing and fullback soit is very important that I am inproper shape. We train twice aweek down at East High School.After practice and games we takea little break and try to live up tothe Australian Rugby Leaguesquad over at the Swing in' DoorCafe," Giffen said. He said theyneed it after one of their gameswhich consist of two 40-minutehalves. There is only a 10 minutehalf-time andno timeout forplay-ers. *,Erie, which is a Division II cityin the mid-west conference wentundefeated in their fall seasonwhich gave them a spot in theMidwestern Quarterfinals.Giffen, aside from' playingrugby, is a Spanish major and islooking forward to next Januarywhen hewill starthis study abroadin Barcelona, Spain."Next January will be a heck ofa learning experience. It is goingto be hard, but I think Alice(Edwards) has prepared me wellenough for the challenge," saidGiffen.Until then Jason will be work-ing on his share of those 16,200

cans of beer here at Mercyhurstwith all of his Flange Warriormates, IYou've comelong waybaby!Jason Giffen


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Kawahara "fights n to achieve enlightenmentBy Daniel McQuillenMerciad Sports Writer

His name is Zero. The last thingyou want to do is to get on his badside.Hidetoshi Kawahara is his realname, he's known as "Zero" byhis friends at Mercy hurst Zero isan expert in the martial art ofkarate.Trained at the National K arateAcademy in Tok yo, Japan for fouryears, Zero achieved a seconddegree blackbelt and a lifetime o ffighting experience."It was like hell. You puke ev-ery day," Zero states, remember-ing the strenuous days in the Japa-nese "hornet'snest', adding," butit's something you need toachieve, something you aim foras a lifetime experience. It's adiscipline. It was tough, like hell,butI never allowed myse lf to thinkabout quitting."Contact fighting was a daily

task. "Everyday you g et hit, andeveryday you hit someone. Butthat's howyou learn howto fight,"says Zero.i"I don't want this to sound likepure violence. You always re-spect your opponents. But younever underestimate them. Youmust always be ready to give yourall. Your opponent would be in-sulted if you gave anything less."Zero emphasizes that contactkarate is not a glamorous ormovie-star sport It's not a matterof who wins, but how good eachparticipant figh ts."Sometimes," says Zero, "youwin the game, but you lose thefight," meaning the victor is notalways the one who? learns themost from the m atch.The importance Zero places onthe spirit of the sport is excep-

an equal, as a friend."The future is a bit more calm forZero.g "I plan to work for theIntelligence Agency in Japan."When asked about his experi-ences in the States, Zero bright-ens and laughs: "Mercyhurst hasopened new doors for me...I'vemet many=new friends, friendswith which I can discuss all kindsof topics, like movies, politicsand stuff like that Things aren'tso open in Japan."Zero appreciates the amount offreedom in American education."In Japan," states Zero, "there is

no room for creativity. Studentsare inferior to teachers. Deviationmeans an T \ So , when I've gotthe chance to study in the U.S., Itry my best to present myopinionagainst the teacher's, because inthe U.S, I have die chance to doso...and the teachers value myopinion. It's a great way to evalu-ate my personal convictions."

Zero (far right), one of his best friends Rio and another friend. (Maybe?)tional: "You know that by facing Zero.your opponent, you can feel howstrong he is. By looking at youropponent's eyes you can see whathe's thinking...what he's feeling.Strength is not a factor of muscleor how tall you are, it's how con-fident you are or how ready you-are to deal with thefightand howmentally ready you are to meet anaggressive opponent."Zero likes to mention one of hisfriends, Rio, who exemplifies thespirit of contact karate.Rio is a sma ll, pale-faced, skinnyand rather short Japanese friendof Zero's. Rio has, however, areputation for being a livingweapon. "He's been ranked sixthbest in the National Karate Asso-ciation of Japan in?1990," says

"At that time, I was eleventh,and we were very good friends,but when we got to the fightingring, he was like a madman. Allour six years of friendship wasnothing. The next time I saw himwas in my hospital room, wherehe apologized to m e for beatingme severely," said Kawahara.Zero ended up eleveth out of12,500participants. Riowas sixth.He;knew how good his friendwas.He also knew what to ex pect"If he didn't fight up to his level,I would be insulted," saidKawahara."Even good friends meet asrivals on the contact karate floo r/'he continued.!

These -two friends met eachother as true competitors. "Iknowthat Rio respects me. He didn'thold back anything. Even after Ilost, I know that he respected meas a ighterand I can talk to him as

So, take the time to meet andtalk to Zero. The things h e'll tellyou about a country half a worldaway will entrance youthere'sno one as jfriendlyon campus.And if you want to spar a couplerounds, he's always game.

Baseball hurdles

Huntihockey legacyBy Mark NainisMerciad Sports Writer

Trevor Hunt, from NorthBattleford, Saskatchewan, startedplaying hockey when he wasveryyoungfHe became interested in hockeybecause his father was very in-volved in hockey. He was a ref-eree and a coach and this causedHunt to start playing hockey.When hewas playing before hecame to Mercyhurst, he did nothave many options. He came hereto visit and he liked it here whenhe visited. He wa s happy that hedecided to spend his college yearshere at MercyhurstAfter he graduates he wouldlike to stay here in the Erie area.He has no regrets about cominghere as his best friends are nowhere atMercyhurstHunt likes the small atmospherehere and he says that the profes-sors care about the students and

are more lenient about classesmissed for road games.He scored his first goal against.RTT here at Mercyhurst in thefirst game that was played at theMercyhurst Ice Center.During his years here he wasable to compete in two nationalchampionships land during hissenior year the team was rankednumber one in the country, a ma-jor accomplishment for any

Mercyhurst sports team.This year after the season wasover, he played a few gam es forthe Erie Panthers. He said thatafter playing for 20 years, he willhave a $ hard time giving up thegame. He w ould like to possiblycoach hockey sometime in thefuture at any level.In his spare time, Hunt likes toplay golf, he balances his timearound sports and his studies.

Trevor Hunt

By John MurphyMerciad Sports WriterWhile the Major League base-ball teams areonly beginning theirregular seasons this week, theLaker baseball squad is headedtowards the end of theirs and intoa place in the playoffs.Over the past week the teamwon six out of seven games and

jumped four places to 15th posi-tion in the latest NCAA divisionII. poll. \ h 1Last Thursday, the Lakersshowed scantregard for thehighlyrated California University ofPennsylvania asthey handed thema 1 7-0 thrashing. The Lakers bat-ters really let swing scoring 17 outof 19 hits, while pitcher A.J.Rusnak completed the entire gamefor a shutoutWith their confidence high, theteam set off to play a weekendtournament at Marietta College ,Ohio. They were scheduled toplay at 10 a.m. Friday. However,due to some bad weather and badorganization, C oach Joe Jordanoand his players were given only aha lf-hour notice of when thegamewould start. "We were halfwaythrough the game and we wereonly warmed up," commentedSenior Chris Snusz. But by thattime it was too late as Mariettahad taken control of the game andwent on to inflict-an 18-5 lossupon the Lakers.^Despite the loss to Marietta, theLakers went on to score convinc-ing victories over the remainder

of their opponents. Wins ove.Heidleberg College (17-2, 17-4)and Point Park College ( 6-1 ,10 -3) set the La kers up for the tourna-ment championship game againstMarietta on Sunday. But revengewas not to be forthe Lakers as badweather canceled the game.Commenting on theweekend' splay, Jordano said, "I'm fairlypleased, after the first game theguys settled down and played re-ally well." Senior Gary Welgosscommented, "Ourbats came aliveover the weekend and w e hit a lotofruns." The pitching wasn 't badeither with Mike K oziara, CaseyCrawford and AndreiCameronall pitching complete games forthe Lakers.The team traveled to Genevaon Tuesday for a doubleheader.Having scored a convincing 16-5victory in the first game, threeinnings into the second game andbad old Mr. W eather once againcalled a halt to thegame.Indeed, the bad weather hasplayed a disruptive influencethroughout the Lakers' season.Lakers top pitcher David Leesaid"When we can't play because ofthe weather it results in a lack ofrhythm in our game."According to Coach Jordano"Erratic weather has made an al-ready difficult schedule a bitmore difficult to plan." 4'

He will be hoping for a clearsky and a clearvictory as his teamtakes on IUP today at the PhilipD. Hirtzel Fieldl


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T e n n i s t e a m p r e p a r e s f o r N C A A p l a y o f f sBy Leon Mum fordMerciad Sports Writer

With the score tied at 3-3 ca p-tain of the men's tennis team,Andrew Davidson, clinched anailbiting third set tie-break togive M ercy hurst the narrowest ofvictories over the East region'sthird ranked Concordia Univer-sity and a chance to qualify for theNCAA playoffs held in Califor-nia later this year.The team came backfrom heBloomsburg Duals InvitationalTournament last weekend as thelosing finalists after beatingFranklin Pierce (7-0) andConcordia (4-3 ) before falling tothe host team (7-0)/; |This year, the NCAA have in-troduced a new "3-6" format toDivision II which em phasizes thedepth of the whole team ratherthan the skill of the individual.Under this system, the team onthe winning side of three doublesmatches recieves one point over-

Vyorn Bhutta prepares to hit the ball back to Scott Vance asthey practice for the playoffs,

all Opposing teams then go on tofc*e each other in six singlesmatches, each?worth one pointeach.Mercyhurst certainlybenefittedfrom these new gu idelines in theirvictory upset over Concordia.Coach Ray Yost said, "We wonbecause!they did not have the

same depth as us.According to the number oneseed Vyom Bhuta, the Hurst'sthird double's pair KevinDeschner and Ronald Ramballyprovided the most influential winin this see-sawbattle. Deschner isranked sixth while Rambally isranked seventh in a team thatwa swork pays off

Heather Drake, Kelly McLeskey, Gretchen Storm, Nicole ithemselves after hours of training and another tough raceAnne M . SchleicherFeatures/ A&E editor

After a grueling van-ride all dayon Friday the 21, the Mercyhurstvarsity women 's crew arrived inOak Ridge, T enn. for the South-

ern Intercollegiate Rowing Asso-ciation Championships(S.I.R.A.S). ;This regatta is the Southern re-gion championship and a winherecan qualify a crew for the nationalchampionship regatta inMassachusettes.The women's crew has a good

chance of receiving eligibilityfollowing its second place win. .Mercy hurst came in second witha time of7.59. Florida Institute ofTechnology cam in first with atime of 7.54.5. Other crews in therace were Jacksonville, Rollins,Miami of Oh io, and N. W.S.L.U.Head women's coach AdrianSpracklen felt that the crew per-formed to his expectations for theseason.

"We did not race a perfect racebut are improving steadily. Wehope to continue to \ race well,peaking right on time for nation-als in two weeks. We need to keep

the momentum going," saidSpracklen.JSenior^ Nicole jGeraci com-

mented on their race: "We werehappy to race smoothly but wewentoff oo high and were unableto maintain the pace. But we didwell and are pleased with our re-sults."For the women's crew, consist-ing of Heather Drake, NicoleGeraci, Kelly McLeskey, JeanMcFeely, and Gretchen Storm,this second place win leaves theirrecord for the sea son thus far at36and 2, with good hopes for thefuture.

obviously well balanced.Bhuta and Marcus Muenck con-tributed by winning their doublesmatch to secure the po int awardedfor doubles play.Deschner, Muenck andDavidson won their respectivesingle's games and the 4-3 vic-tory has ignited a glimmer of hopefor the team who thought theywere going to regret early seasonlosses to three teams in the top 20."When we played Bloomsburgthe next day in the tournament,"said Scott Vance, "wewere physi-cally and mentally exhausted."Playing in 30 m.p.h. winds theLakers went down 7- 0. But theydid not go down without a fightI Scott lost in the third set, Bhuttalet a 4-3 lead in the final set slip

away and Davidson was forced toretire due to leg cramps when hewas almost assured of victory 1Yost said that the team w ill haveto dobetter in the three set matchesif they are to q ualify for nationals.Davidson's questionable level offitness will also have to beadressed.They take part in a four teamplayoff tournament next Friday

in Bloomsburg. The winners willtravel to Calfornia, to competewith the n ations best"We're playing our best tennisat the right time of the year," saidYost His optimism w as reflected

by Deschner, who said, "this pastweek has prepared us well for thenationals."New atttitude

By Leon MumfordMerciad Sports EditorAfter spending 23 years as abasketballcoach inhis native city,Boston, Karl Fogel comes toMercyhurst as the new men'sbasketbal 1 head coach this weekhoping to revitalize a programthat did poorly this year.

"I never thought I would leaveBoston," said Fogel, "butI fell inlove with M ercyhurst as soon asI SaW i t " ";>; Fogel made the trip to Erie aboutthree week s ago, a te r the p resentcoach at Northeastern University,Jm O' Brien, recommended himto Pete Russo for the vacant po si-tion at Mercyhurstm "There's a real family atmo-sphere here and I want to makemy team a family that we can beproud of," said Fogel."It's a challenge, but it's a do-able challenge," he continued.":

Fogel is clearly eager to put theteam back on the road to recov-ery. He has already seen thempractice, met with them as a teamand talked to each individual onthe squad.One of this years top scorer's,Craig Young said, "He told usabout himself, where he camefrom and asked us for any sugges-tions we had to make the programbetter." 1

Fogel, who confessed that hewa s a straight-talker, noticed matthe team did not play well to-gether."They were disjointed and theyplay as individuals right now. Iguess losing brings out the worstin everyone," he said.But he did go on to say that hei h thought theteam members dohavea lot of talent and the will to win."They are a really n ice bunch ofkids. I'm looking forward to get-ting started right away." saidFogel. | ?The new coach stressed that theremainder of this year will bespent working as a team. "Wearegoing to start doing a lot of thingstogether as a team, on and off thecourt," he said. "*While the Lakers pum p iron inthe off-season, they will have toprepare to make the adjustmentof playing in a new league as wellas playing under a new coach.Starting next year, the Lakerswill compete in the Great LakesInter-Collegiate Championshipwhich is considered to demand a[slightly higher standard of 'ballthan that exhibited in Division IIof the NCAA. ^ J ^Fogel's confidence is refresh-ing "I promise you that our teamwill be a team that will play hardand be good to watch," he said.Roll on next season.

li Fogel, M ercy hurst's new basketball coach.

the merciad, april 27, 1995

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