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look back on four

years. See page 8.

Everyone: Pay attention Page 4

Statue quiz Page 6

TV is a capitalist mind-warp deviceOn Thursday, April 28th at 7:30, Dr. Harry Linsten will give a talk

focusing on Technology and Social Problems. The professorteaches at the University of Technology at Eidenhoven and Delf,

Holland. He will speak in the Zurn Recital Hall.

Freshmen, amessage just for youAll freshmen with 27 plus credits will registrater on Thursday,

May 5th, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. All other reshmen must register onFriday, May 6th, during the designated time s in the course schedulebooklet *

TVavel the a i r w a v e sIf you plan to work at WMCE Radio in September, there will be a

mandatory meeting forreturaing and would-be staff,Tuesday night,May 10, at 8 p.m. in the Baldwin classroom. Students interested in

sports announcing next season are also encouraged to attend.*

T a k e b a c k the n i g h t|r Come join the march organized by the Rape and Sexual AssaultPolicy Committee. Interested students shouldImeet in front of

McAuley Hall on Thursday, April 28th at 9 p.m.

F i l m for D i s c u s s i o nGuelwaar. This is the latest film fr om Ousmane Sembane. It is

built around the person of Henri Thioune, a pillar of the localChristian community who is buried by mistake ina Muslim cemetary.African pride is mixed expertly with African humor and social satiren his film. The film s on Tuesday, May 3 at 7 p.m. in Zurn RecitalHall. It is free o the Mercyhurst community.

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W ork study - W hat happened?By Jule GardnerEditor in Chief

. Many students in thework studyprogram were informed theywould not receive the total amountof their award this year. If theyweren't working consistently, themoney was cut

Cathy Crawford, director of fi-

nancial aid, said she wanted togive other peo ple! a chance. In

previous years there was a wait-ing list for people who want to

work but were not granted workstudy. This year, she said, she

could not put one person on the

list I ! p ri"We reviewed people's awards

and the work they were doing.They had gone through two termsof what was supposed to be doneand a great deal of people werenot utilizing work awards," shesaid.

"I can't know w hat's going onin everyone's lives. I don't knowwhy people weren't earning theirmoney."

To Crawford, the change actu-ally helps students. "You wouldn'tgo into a job after graduation andturn in five timesheets once everytwo m onths. Weare trying to takea more serious approach." It's ajob, she said. "Ithas tobe viewedas one. This is not a game."

If you 're not interested in work-ing, Crawford said, give some one

else a chance. "If you have an-other ob , tell us. There are peoplewaiting who could utilize thatmoney."

Out of all the letters, remindersand warnings finan cial aid has

sent, she has never seen as muchreaction. "People came in withlegitimate excuses. They were on

crutches or sick. They had per-sonal problems or a death in the

family and took time off work.Weiwere able to serve jalmosteveryone who appealed." At least30 received their original award,said Crawfordf

Now, she said, it is too late toappeal.

"Most students realize the im-portance of work study. Supervi-sors know an education comesfirst, but students have to be re-sponsible. Most are, they keeptrack o f their hours and work con-sistently."

Crawford also talked about theMay 1st deadline. The new policyis that jobs will not be held for

students who donot complete thefinancial aid process before May1st I *|

"It is not a difficult p rocess tocomplete. There isno reason to

tie up a job slot" However, shedid say they always giv e studentsa couple days leeway.

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burglary inBy Joseph L eglerSenior Writer

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Nearly $1,500worth o f personalitems were stolen from an apart-ment in 3910 Briggs early Satur-day morning.

"Whatwe have here is a consid-erable burglary and theft," D irec-tor of Security, Bud Dever said.T h e victims have repotted thatthe total value of the theft is

$1,400.80." "Taken were 65 CDs, a y ellow

Sony Sport Walkman, a set of

black and brown headphones and

a Sega G enesis game with sevengame cartridges. \

.He said two male residents of

the apartment went out to social-ize nearby around 12:15 a.m. andtheir two roommates had left forthe entire weekend.

"When they returned, only twohours later, they found the itemswere gone," Dever said. "Theyclaimed they had to unlock the

to go in (when they returned)so they fedwhoev er entered mayhave had a key."

The burglary appeared "verystrange" to Dever because ofhowneatly and mechanically it wasdone.

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"Whoever went in was verydeliberate and apparently knewwhat they were looking for be-cause they disconnected the Segamachine rom heVCR,but nevertook the VCR. They were verycareful to replace the lids on thestorage area fo r he cartridges,"Dever said.

Dever has asked the victims toreport the incident to the Erie po-

lice and may do so himself be-cause of what he called "a lot ofunanswered questions." |

'The window of opportunitywasonly two hours, which wouldindicate to me that somebody hadsome prior knowledge^ to whatwas there and where these indi-viduals would be," Dever said.

T h e possibilitme very much.

If the victims choose to make aninsurance claim, they m ust file a

police report to do so .He said one of die people w ho

lived there may have lent his keyout to someone, buthe first hastosit down and talk with the twovictims before anything definitecan be said.

The cores on allMercyhurstapartment locks are rotated everysummer eliminating the possibil-ity of a former resident commit-ting the crime, according to Dever.;•Dever urges all students to be

incredibly cautious this time of

year."Everyone on campus is leav-

ing shortly and anything theyhavehad their eye on is going to go

with them," hesaid. "People wh owere thieves in high school are

still going to be thieves in col-lege."



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Representatives discussed theissue of males in the townhousesat Monday *s meeting. Senior Rep.Kevin Nixon read a 1 etter to Presi-dent William Garvey and GaryBrown, director of residence lifeconcerning the issue.! v'

Reps thought the letter wasthreatening so Nixon said hewould make an appointment totalk to Garvey before he sendshim the letter. Nixon has alreadyspoken to Brown.

MSG President GeorgePaydock said he has spoken withBrown and "my vision of it is thatit will happen."

Reps also addressed SpringActivities Weekend. SAC ChairMichael Arrigo suggested hold-ing the activities on Friday nightin place of the formal and sched-uling the picnic on Sunday. Repsunanimously approved this id ea,provided SACcan obtain permis-sion to hold the events on Friday.

MSG Adviser Cass Shimek ad-dressed a letter to the editor pub-lished in the April 21issue of theMerciadf Shimek said she hadspoken to Melanie Billman andthen "I talked to several peopleandI can't find out who's respon-sible," for Billman not receivingprize money for a window-deco-rating contest

SAC Secretary Beth Hurriankoread from September SAC meet-ing minutes which indicate thatSAC sponsored a noise and ban-ner contest, but not a window-decorating contest MSG did notsponsor the contest either. FutureSAC Chair Richard Straub saidthe contest may have been spon-sored by diehousing office. Arrigosaid he planned to find out whathappened and will report at nextweek's meeting.

MSG meetings are held everyMonday at 8:30 p.m. in the Gov-ernment Chambers in the Union.

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U ni ve rs it y of Pittsburgh professor James Kehl, far left, relaxes on a park bench in the Grotto

after a tour given b y club president Joel Nasman. A lso pictured are Phi Alpha Theta members

Dr. Allan Belovarac and D r. Phillip Supina. f } -*

Mercyhurst makes national history

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All students are encouraged* to tattend. History has gone national. The

national history honors society.Phi Alpha Theta,has replaced the

^ I ^ A n ^ % £ | t ^ ) Mercyhurst College History Club.* * • " ^ " i * * * ^ C W "Now, as national, our members

• • —m # j i m m - t r l ^ A ^^^^^&^^^^^n^• can present papers at nationalL I I \ i *& \f L • I t r S> \* I IKJ} %gr I J | * ^ conferences, compete for schol-{&mm******** ^^^^^^z!!**

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1 of an identity as young profes-sionals /'said Dr. Allan Belovarac,

* director of the history departmentjand advisor to die club. "I amvery excited about being a part ofthis organization especially sincethis is the first time this societyhas established a chapter atMercyhurst Colle ge."

By Suzanne ConegjioMerciad Staff Reporter

JAttention all seniors!! This isyour last chance to answer thesenior survey.

The senior survey is a way togather practical information fromstudents about the effectivenessand adequacy of academic expe-rience. The survey provides a ba-sis of changing teaching in orderto make it more effective.

Director of Academic Assess-ment Jamie Yule says, "Everyyear the senior survey becomesmore valuable whi le encouragingstudents togive information aboutliberal studies and majorclasses."

In previous years, Mercyhurstdistributed its own survey but thisyear they are cooperating withtwo other groups. The Associa-tion of Catholic Colleges andUniversities (ACCU) is doing anationwide study of Catholic col-

leges and universities to betterunderstand the Christian experi-ence and how it affects students.Also, the Higher Education Re-search Institute (HERI) at UCLAstudies thousands of colle ge stu-dents while trying to identity thedifference college is making indielives of young students today.

It is important for seniors par-ticipating in the survey to knowthe information obtained forACCU and HERI is not known atMercyhurst. The questions will

not be reported as single scoresbut averaged with other studentscores. The written informationindicating strengths and weak-nesses are to be added to com-ments of other; students in themajor. Most important, anonym-ity i s required. L

"We are interested in what the

whole group has to say regardingchanges in a major," says Yu le.

The senior survey was startedfor two reasons: to g ive studentsan opportunity tobe polled aboutexperiences and programs at

Mercyhurst and die data gatheredallows the college to know whatareas are to be improved.

Results of the survey serve as abasis for making changes in theliberal studies curriculum, majorstudies program, and how tochange teaching to make it moreeffective.

"Students don't realize how in-valuable this is to the college.

Changes are not based only onthis eedback, but they are impor-tant in these changes," said Yule.

Compared to previous years,there has not been as much of aresponse as expected. For this typeof survey, the more the better indetermining the results* tellingwhat the students experience.

All seniors are encouraged toanswer the survey which shouldlast 45 minutes. It will be offeredfor the last time on May 2nd at 6p.m. in Zurn 137.

The induction ceremony washeld on Wednesday, April 20.James Kehl, a professor of his-tory from the University o f Pitts-burgh, was the keynote speaker.H e was also a former instructor ofDivWilliamJP. Garvey, collegepresident

The club is open to all studentswho have taken at least 12 creditsin history and hold a 3.0 or abovegrade point average. The mem-bers of the founding group are:Michel Bergeman, MatthewTurner, Julie Minich, LeonMumford, Craig Rybczynski, JoyCatania, Joy Girard, Matthew

Donley, John Cegielski, GraceLukawski, Joel Nasman, PaulRoth, Todd Palmer, GaryWelgoss, Alison Scarpitti, PatrickShanahan, John Overstreet,Gretchen Hansen and James VanSlyke. |

Mercyhurst Colleg e faculty and

administrators who are membersof Phi Alpha Theta through othernational chapters include Dr.Garvey, Richard Kubiak, profes-sor of history, Dr. MichaelMcQuillen, academic dean andDr. Philip Supina, assistant pro-fessor of political science and his-tory.

Communications perform public serviceBy Tonya BeebeMerciad StaffReporter *

Mercyhurst is creating wavesin the Erie Community.

-Richard Ragan, director of the

communications department,agreed to take over the PublicService Announcement (PSA ) forErie Cablevision.

Ragan feels the project willbring new opportunities to thecollege as well as new learning

experiences for students. 'Before taking over the Com-

munity bulletin board, Ragan re-quested the Hurst befgfven a$3,000 character generator with

; pages and fonts for Creative Writ-ing. I t allows us to be creativewith our typing styles and fonts,"says Ragan. Otherrequests Raganmade were that Mercyhurst beallowed to air programming attheir own discretion and that

WMCE music would played inthe background wh ile the PSAsare rolling. I

'Erie Cablevision agreed to the. terms put forth. The college hasalready been flooded with infor-mation rom he Erie area regard-ing activities in the community.The Mercyhurst community iswelcome to send in informationas well. Contact Ragan*at ext.2464lv Tl :•

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E Y O h o s t ssummer campThe Erie Youth Orchestra with

Frank Collura, music director, willhold its 4th Annual Summer Mu-sic Camp at the D*Angelo Schoolof Music, Mercyhurst College.This year's camp has been ex-tended two weeks, commencingJune 20 and ending July 1,1994.

Individual andensemble instruoI ion will be taught in violin, viola,|cello, string bass, woodwinds,

rass,percussion and p iano. Thereill alsobe choral instruction with

;pecial emphasis on sight sing-

The camp is free to all studentsho can read music and play an

rchestral instrument, includingiano. Students must bring their»wn instruments (piano excluded)nd any lesson books they arelurrentlyusing. It isalso requested

at all camp participants bring agged lunch.?

Weather permitting, studentscanenjoy their lunch in the apple or-chard, across from the D'Angelo

School.

For more information or earlyregistration, please contactGeorge Wands, manager of theErie Youth Orchestra, at 824-2132.i i^Ll^ .i

G i v e adv ice andw in .b ig m o n e yHere's your chance to become a

published author while winning abundle of money at the same time.

3Avant Garde Publications is

sponsoring a § literary contest tohelp publish students nationally.The company foresees publish-ing as many as 200 entries fromthe small number of schools se-lected for participation.

In addition to being published,there are three cash • prizes forthe most outstanding submissions.First prize is$500, second prize is$300 and third prize is $200.Avant Garde is looking for origi-nal non-published essays, anec-dotes and short stories of any

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Ultimate College Guid e. Entriesmay be of a humorous or seriousnature and should deal w ith top-ics that will provide assistance toa new college student£For example, your material mayrange anywhere from what youwould want your little sister toknow beforeishe attended col-lege, to what you wish she didn'tknow by the ime she graduated.Multiple entries are encouraged,

however, it is requested that each

entry deal with one subject.

Entries must include name, ad-dress, school's name, telephonenumber and must be postmarkedby June \1s t All entries becomeproperty of Avant Garde Publica-tions. Winners w ill be contactedby June 15th, 1994, and must besubmitted to Avant Garde Publi-cations, 104 Laburnam Crescent,Dept J, Rochester, NY, 14620,attn. College TalentAny questionscan be answered

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By Jule GardnerEditor in Chief

Li'l snippets. Yes, it's themeday here at Weed Central. I hada bunch of things to write aboutand not feeling organizedenough to flesh out any one ofthem. I'll make it easy for youby sub-heading them so you canskip the stuff you'd rather notread. i

HUMANITIES FEST

One word: stellar. The Humanities Fest was a ree-wheel n', firee-thinkin', all-around great time. Itwas humorous, creative, cerebraland entertaining. And diverse - from Japanese calligraphy demon-strations to Latin American dance. I especially enjoyed the mysteryof Jim Hood's murder, only to have him reincarnated as a Grecianformula bellboy in "No Exit" Those w ho organized and partici-pated deserve sincere congratulations. I cannot say enough goodthings about the Fest It ROCKED. L ^ - £ * ,

RICHARDNKON | .'-They stopped mail delivery for Richard Nix on. It was a federal

day of mourning for Richard Nixon. I know he's an ex-president Iknow many believe he deserves respect Yes, there was Watergate.There was also the Vietnam War and he shouldn't be credited forending it He prolonged and enlarged it and too many people onbothsides lost their lives. I never wished for Nixon to lose his. Thenagain, I never wished him tobe remembered with such honor, either.CAR COMMERCIALS •* § | 'i - f | ^ ^

Can you say irony? Almost every car commercial's key snag is ahigh rating from a car magazine. Guess who buys advertising inthose magazines??? Somehow, I don't think economics i s unbiasedand neither are those magazines. What a farce. Ralph Nader, whereare you?ABOUT LAST WEEK~.:

David Perry wrote an eloquent rebuttal to my column. The columndefended a Mercyhurst education against the accusations made in aprevious letter, written by Patrick Shanahan and John Cegielski.Perry said I misinterpreted their point Not at all. Although I wroteabout religion, I did so to give an example of an | issue thatMercyhurst has explored on many more sides than one. My pointwas that such an issue was not taught from a liberal or conservativestance, itwas taught in a universal maimer, therefore rebuking any

partisan biases. I cho se to illuminate my experience with this issue,applying it to prove their accusations wrong and did no t infer theirletter was solely about liberation theology.

AND FINALLY, GOOD-BYE BY-LINEThis is my last column as Editor in Chief. I amnot graduating, I'm

burning out Until three hours ago I was prepared to tackle this jobfor another year. ThenI decided to unwrap this garb surrounding mesince Sept 12,1991. I've come to the conclusion that life Is moreman a student newspaper. As Joseph Conrad wrote in Heart ofDarkness: "One sometimes gets such a flash of insight" Not thatI would knock the time I spent in misoffice. My coming of age ischronicled in three years of pages. But now I know I would ratherwrite man tell people what to write, so I'll sacrifice the big bucks todo that and make up for it some other way. I know most people don'tgive a fig about this decision; I'm only using my power to maintainmy sanity. Anyway, thanks to all the people who have encouragedme this year. Criticism helps y ou. Praise makes you smile.

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Dear Editor,

We would like to state our opin-ion of ast week's article "Under-classmen: Pay Attention."Forthepast two years we have served asexecutiv e board members toMSGand SA C. We have watched andbeen involved in the growth ofboth organizations.

Yes, we are not having a SpringFormal this year. Partly due to alack of communication amongMSG members, but also becauseof the fact that only one place inErie will holdithe event due topast damages by students. Weare

not trying to replace the formalwith a picnic, we are simply try-ing to plan an event that will berun for the students and will en-hance spring activities w eekend.

Shuttles to bars. They wereavailable to students until we hada problem with administration.

Throughout the year SAC hasprovided movies weekly. Theonly two movies that we charged$1 for were The Fugitive andBlank Check. The reason beingthat both ! are new releases andcost over $400 to rent Each moviewe show requires the rental of themovie itself($ 100-400) and rental

of equipment ($100). Then, wejust pop it into the VCR.

Prizes supposedly not paidseven months after they've beenpromised were noteven related to

MSGysAC. W ffi IAs for stating the time of events,

wetry to accommodatethose whogo to dinner orto happy hour and

also those who have plans for thenight Sometimes there may bemiscommunica tion with the timesand dates, but there is a phonenumber on every SAC calendar

reminding anyone to call the of-fice with questions. I

We shouldn't wonder what hashappened to student'leadershipwhen only nine students out of1,300 ran for MSG ExecutiveBoard positions. And only twostudents out of 1,300 ran forSACChairperson.

The reason for the increase inthe Student Government fee fornext year (which hasn't beenraised in four years) is due to theincreased programming MSGandSAC has provided in hopes tosatisfy a greater ^portion* of

Mercyhurst students. These ac-tivities include; coffeehouse, tour-naments (tennis, vo lleyball, streethockey, pool, and euchre), mov-ies bands, hypnotists, comedians,shuttles to the mall and stores,bands, activities weekends, andmany more.

From now on it would be appre-ciated by many if those studentswho are dissatisfied would cometo our weekly meetings which areopen to all students or call thenumbers o f the offices which areprinted in the front of your sw-ig continued on next page

Bhame praises ArrigoDear Editor,

B I found the article, "Underclass-men: Pay Attention " very inter-esting. My objective is not to stirup anger fromthe individuals whofeel SAC and MSG have messedup the "tradition."

Yeah, it's too bad that mere isnota Spring Formal this year, andI'mglad I have one more year toattend twomore formals. Yet, myargument is this, Is it all MSG/

SAC's problem there is not a for-mal? Most likely we would havenot had a place to have a formaldue to the destructions we'vecaused in the past two years. If aformal is so desperately impor-tant, why not hold it in the Rec

Center? ' Wl U I f iOh yeah, I forgot, here would

be no alcohol, and lord knowsyou need alcohol to say "good-bye to your friends." Come on,I'm sure Mercyhurst College can

become a little more creative

(pst.Jf you need to drink, whynot hold a get together before theformal!)

If I could give any advice tounderclassmen, it would be togetinvolved in planning and whenattending events such as the for-mal, be respectful and don't trashthe place!

Last, in reference to SAC, I'dlike to know if the individualswho wrote the article to under-classmen even participate in these

activities? Movies only-cost adollar on one occasion, and for anew movie that is much betterthan $6. Oh well, my advice tounderclassmen, instead of com-plaining, take action and thenyourcomplaints will be valid.

Mike Arrigo, you did a greatjob this year! 1

Sincerely,

Holly Bhame JJunior, English Education

Stud ents shou ld spea k upDear E ditor.

I'm writing to you in regard tothe article that was written in lastweek's Merciad,? "Underclass-men: Pay A ttention." First of all,if Grace Bruno and M ichelle Ryanhad investigated their "facts "theywould see that there were a fewinaccurate comments in their ar-ticle.

Yes, it is too bad that we areunable to|have a Spring Formal

mis year due to the fact that wearen't welcome at a number ofhalls because of specific incidentswhich occurred at our last suc-cessful formals. Also, we werepenciled in at a particular hall and

the hall ended up reserving it foranother party without notifyingus Gist So maybe MSG's failureto plan was part of he reason, butit certainly was not the so le rea-son.

Secondly, I'm sorry if a picnicoff campus, noton. doesn't meet

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your standards, butwhy don't youtrv» coming to a meeting or twoand give MSG some other op-tions; better yet, tell your seniorrepresentatives what your ideasare.

As for the "No MoreFree Mov-ies," the reason we had to chargeadmission for the two movies wasbecause they costthe school moremoney to attain, due to the factthat they were either still out inthe movie theaters (which wouldhave cost you $5-$7 to see), orthey just came out on video.

Ifs a shame that it did take you

this long to speak up about howyou feeWelt Maybe somethingcan be learned from this wholeordeal: that people need to speakup during the year when theydon't like something, not threeweeks before the end.

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Stacey Fltzpatrick(An Attentive Underclassman)



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to skate?Dear Editor,

At the Mercyhurst Ice Center(MIC), certain groups outside ofthe Mercyhurst community aregiven preferential treatment overstudents.This has been occurringmore requently han in the previ-ous two years since the openingof the rink. *

This is contrary to the originalintent proposed by Dr. Garveywhen itwas built-inthe first ssueof the Merciad of the 1991-92school year, he was quoted as

sa y ng, "We'regoing to haveverylimited rental to the outside. Weprefer this building to be usedessentially by Mercyhurst"

From our experience, this is notthe case.

hours of ce rom 1 to 3 p.m. everyMonday through Friday. Sincethe beginning of the spring term,

the student hockey time is beingrented to >these other privategroups. If this trend continues,we are worried that it will re-sult in the students renting peetime themselves.

It should be the understandingmat the primary objective of theMIC is a facil ity for the students'use and any community accessi-bility is secondary.| Let us give examples of how thestudents are being defrauded:

During a Saturday club hockeygame, the team was removed fr omthe ice during the third period of aclose game s o that Harborcreek

hockey couldM practice. Propertime should have been allotted

game.i Another example, during the

first term a student skating party

was scheduled at the MIC. Itwasadvertised to be from 7 p.m. to ?.It turned out to be only an hourlong before students were chasedout by a Zamboni.

The important point to all ofthis is that the students are themajor inancial contributors tothecollege. For good business, theloyal customer mustbe given pref-

erential treatment Hie operatorsof the ice center should realizethis. The students need to be rec-ognized as the loyal customersand be treated accordingly.

Students are told they have two for the?completion of the club Mastandrea

Sincerely,Patt Laird an d Fra nk

Quate of the WeekDear Editor,

As a Mercyhurst student andLaker Inn manager, I have beeninsulted over the past year. Theinsults came in the form of ar-ticles and cartoons about the Laker

Inn - or as the articles called it"the Cove."! j |

First and foremost, I have beenupset because I think there are

more important topics in the worldthan the serving of free potatochips at the Laker Innv When Iquestioned a staff writer aboutthe last "Bingo board" quote ofthe week, I was told it was notnegative. Well,I took itthe wrongway men - as well as most of theLaker Inn workers. I feel an im-provementfin efficiency shouldbe praised outright instead ofthrough a joke that could be takeneither way.

Secondly, I am amazed that theabsence of the fryer at the Laker

Inn makes the headlines. Comeon people! Mercyworld is not theonly place we should b e concernedwith! Did you know there is athreatofwar in Korea? Or that theUS shot down its own helicop-ters, killing some of our troops?

Okay, P11 bring it back to

Mercyworld. How about the factthat the security system that wasrecently installed - forour protec-

tion - never picked up the thief inMcAifley Hall? % f i

You may say,fwWho cares?These things don't threaten us?"

Oh really!?! Did we not come tocollege to prepare for the "realworld?" W ell, then, let's stick ournoses out there and take a whiff ofthose roses. How about this? Lis-ten to the Joker from he movie,Batman, "Let's broaden] ourminds," Mercyhurst!

Sincerely,

Jill Van Slyke 9 * f*

Senior, Elementary Education

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dent directory.We fed we have put forth much

hard work and effort over the lasttwo years. We are very sure thatwhen we return to" Mercyhurst inyears to come we will see theincrease in Student Governmentfee has provided a greater range

of activities to more students.Good-luck to the future leaders

ofMSG and SAC! % t 5 S

Sincerely,Heather HeldKimberly RudolphKristy Rudolph

By David McQ uillenMerciad Staff Columnist

Paris will hurt you if you aresorry for yourself and itwill killyou if you are lonely. It will doit slowly. It will take its time

with you.It's taken me a couple of days

in Paris to come to this, but Irealize it now as I lean againstthe side of the bridge, the Pont

deNeuf, and run my hand across the smooth gray stone. Below me,the Seine River flows quietly through the city, rolls intomy eyes andcrashes against the back of my head.

You have heard of, maybe even visited, Paris. Romantic. Beauti-ful. But it is none of those things, for it's your own emotion thatcreates all thatwhen Paris takes you and strings you among the treesthat line the city streets. It is wonderful. It is sad. It is amazing.I watch the sun run its course down the Champs Elysees and begin

to set into red just behind theEiffel tower. The last few pockets oflight fall softly off the green and black roofs, down the gray stoneand onto the street It isn't a long fall. The sky is so close to theground in Paris.

When you are there and you are in love, there is no other place inthe world that understands your love like Paris. But it is not a placeto be if you are alone and wishing tobe with som eone because Parismust be shared and, at the time, I have no one to share it with.So I sigh a few times, louder each time, and try to comfort myself

with the sound of my ownvoice. I pull at the hem of my t-shirt Irummage inmy backpack, the bag Ihave lived out for three months,whi le beautiful Parisians, dressed as only beautiful Parisians goingsomewhere important can dress, rush by me. I pull a half of abaguette out of the bag and spread jam slowly with a plastic knife.

I lean again against the bridge's railing. A full day of walkingthrough the city has made m e tired. The stone beneath my handscools as the sun'sheat abandons it Boats pass under me w ith groupsof tourists who eat expensive dinners and point from heir tables atthe sights along the river. Hemingway called die city a moveablefeast I don 't think he was talking about dinner boats.I take a bite of dinner. There i s another bridgejust a little way down

the river and a man sitting beneath it watches me eat He is dressedin torn and dirty cloth es. I catch his e ye onc e and look away to acouple kissing on a bench at the end of thebridge. I canhear theirgiggling and their French w ords. Arm in arm, chest to chest, and eyetoeye, there are couples in love everywhere. This is the way it is in

Paris.But I am tired of seeing couples that I amnot half of I decide that

I want to be in lov e right now, right here. Love in Paris. That wouldbe cool. I fall in love w ith every woman that passes. It is very easyto do in this city. No one falls in notice with me.

I'm startled by a tap on the shoulder. It's the man in the dirtyclothes, and, as I cansee now, a dirty face. He is alone, but he hasbrought his hom e, a blanket, with him. He holds out his hands, looksat my bread, and speaks in French. I respond: "I don't speakFrench.*' IHe smiles at my accent but speaks no English. His eyes are kind,

but empty, and I know they havebeen thatway a long time. I break

him a piece o f bread and lay it on the railing next to me. He gentlyreaches for it and smiles. He has very few teeth.The man leans next to me and we both look at the couples thatpass

us. I continue to fall in love with the women that pass, while diemanchews his bread and chew s some more. Hesays things in French andpoints to the people that pass. I laugh when he laughs and he knowsI don't understand him. He is more amused by m y reaction to thepeople thatpass. For a few moments, w e share my Paris. A Paris thatI love, that I would 1 ove to be in love in and a Paris thateveryone elsethat comes to alone has m et When the man finishes he bread and

leaves with a "merer, I do not follow him to share his.The next morning, I return to America while the man sleeps under

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The statues above are the three most prominent statues on this campus. What do you know about them?The statue on the far left is of Our Lady of Mercy. It stands on the North side of campus between the front

gates and Old Main. The picture above was taken wh ile the fountain was still intact around it. Accordingto the Mercy hurst College Archives, the statue was erected in October 1956 and cost $2,000. It was carved

from a solid block of monumental white Carrara marble and was "specially <exposure...so as to avoid deep crevices where snow or rain might gather." ' "S • •

The statue in the middle is Our Lady of Lourdes. It stands on the West side of campus in the Grotto. Itwas madein Italy and blessed on November 7,1993. Itstands Gve feet tall and fits perfectly inthe niche wherethe original statue was supposed to go. The original Lady of Lourdes statue arrived in 1932 from France toolarge to fit n the niche so was placed on the altar. •'$

* The original Lady of Lourdes Statue was knocked over on Halloween 1992 and the remaining pieces arenow buried beneath the ground of the Grotto. *

The statue on the far right(perhaps erected in the 1940s) was given in the name of Sister DeSales Preston,a former presidentof the college. It sits on the South side of Old Main actually fa ting he building.I According to Michael Fuhrman, assistant director of enrollment services and advisor to the AmbassadorsClub, "all the statues are facing the middle. The Virgin Mary, with whom the Sisters o fMercy are identified,blessed the school and those in it because they needed it for protection." dJSr5 -HJ. f "j H $

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The!Sunday RitualBy Grace BrunoMerciad Features Editor

As I grew up my family and Ihad a Sunday ritual that wasrarely *broken.^ Every Sundaymorning 'the four little ones"would jump into bed with myMom and Dad to wake them up.

(I have 12 brothers and sisters,the four youngest, of which I am

included, are always called "thefour little ones.")

After playing for a while, my

parents would get up and start tomake French toast and bacon forthe family. After eating breakfastand cleaning up we would get inline for the shower so we. couldget ready for the 11:30 a.m. Massat our parish. After Mass thewhole family would com e home,shareThe Boston Sunday Globe,and eat dinner. The rest of thedayconsisted of watching televisionand doing homework. This was

our Sunday ritual.On Sunday, April 24, my room-

mate Michelle and I were on ourway (at 10 a.m.) to Presque Islefor a day of volunteering for the

March of Dimes " Wa 1 k America "for Healthier Babies. "Thisshouldbe a fun day," I thought to myself.

Before we actually w ent to thewalk we made a stop at BagelBasket on State and 18th StreetOn our way out of the parking lotI noticed something astoundingto me. "Michelle look," I said."That little boy is all by himself.

Where are his parents?"

The "little bo yn wa s about nineyears old and eating what lookedlike a pre-packaged doughnutfrom the corner convenience store.

He w as walking down the streetslowly, looking very bored, as ifhe had no where to go .

I couldn't believe he was byhimself. It absolutely broke myheart

Then as we made our way toPresque Isle I became even moreistounded.

At one of the local hotels therewere three children playing at aspiral slide ; the oldest probablynoteven seven yearsold. I thoughtto myself, "These children are

playingno more than 20 feet froma busy highway with no adults towatch over them. Now where theare their parents?0

As we turned the comer I no-ticed one of the little girls hang-ing from he top of the slide. Shewas holding on with her fingertips while the rest of her bodydangled down and tested herstrength-tokeep herself rom all-ing 10 feet to the ground.

It is hard for me to understandhow children could be left alonethe way these children were.

I think every family should[ think every child

should have the opportunity tospend such quality time with par-ents, brothers and sisters.

There is no doubt that the qual-ity of life offered to children to-day is decreasing. I just wonderwhat can be done about i t It usedtobe expected that parents w ouldgive this "quality of life" to theirchildren but this \isn't the caseanymore. Like I said, it breaksmy heart, and I hope after I gradu-ate miscoming MayI'llbe able todo something to keep childrenlike these from being alone.

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Lemley i grand slam wins 113-inning battle

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gameMercy hurst swept both games. Merciadphoto/Keith Cour son

M e r c yhurst c a t c h e r Ka th y Sc hu be rt belts this offering

from an Indiana pitcher. The Lady Lakers are currently 11-15

this spring. Merciad photo/Keith Courson

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ViseUiBy Leon MumfordMerciad Sports Writer

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Okay, so you are expecting tohear the po rtrait of a Mercy hurstsporting star. Well, by his ownadmission Louis Visell i does notfit the bill. I

't thrown the winningtouchdown pass for the footballteam or dunked his way to suc-

cession the \ basketball court orthrashed a baseball so hard thathedidn't even have to sweat outmaking it to first ba se.

So perhaps we should pass himby—maybe concentrate on over-emphasizing somebody else's il-lustrious sporting career.

But wait a minute.Lou says all he wants to be able

to do is play hockey forever.He do esn't remember having a

greatest moment while compet-ing for the Mcrcyhurst cyclingteam. He's just glad to finish ev-

ery race. No thing very exceptionalabout tha t -,T;^

"Look, I just enjoy playingsport," he said. "Ifd try every-thing once if it wasn't for the factthat play ing juniorvarsity hockeytakes up so much of my time ."ViseUi is very much involved in

community activities. IHe helpsout a minor league baseball teamin his hometown of Elm ira andhas also assisted in the running of

Sheriff summer camps for theunderprivileged during the pasttwo summers. "I enjoy any kindof volunteer work because it isusually so rewarding," he said.

His only frustration concerninglife at [the Hurst involves "theamount of people who complainabout things that don't really

matter." * vDo you enjoy doing things—

any "things"—as much as LouViseUi does? Or do you prefer tocomplain about the things thatother people do?

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ByKeith CoursonMerciad Sports, gditor

1 jA 13-inning marathon game,highlighted a busy week of actionforMercyhurst Softball. TheLadyLakers split four games in three

.days. .Jjt ^The week got off to a slow start

as Edinboro blanked Mercyhurst7-0 and allowed just four hits inthe process. Neeley AshbaughandAmy Baxter had two hits apiece.;Meanwhile, the Hurst (11-15)didn't help its own cause by com^mitting fiv e errors.;:

•.£>• ' ^However, the Lakers bounced

back in a big way Monday bysweeping a twinbiU from UP. %..

1 The opener saw each team pose

' an 18-hit attack. The Hurst led 5-z 1 at one point but then IUP re-claimed the lead before the twodubs exchanged the front severaltimes. - * 1

The turning point appeared tocome in the top of the 13th whenIUP scored three times to lead 11-8. However, M ercyhurst wasn tabout to be denied as it loaded thebases in the bottom of the inning.That set the stage for HeatherLemley's thrilling grand slamthatwon it 12-11. I ' '

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"What could be more excitingthan* that?" said Coach AmyWeaver."A lotof eams would ve

said, 'We'veplayed for wo and a

half hours now. Let's just foldup.' They didn't do that Theywent right after them," she said."They have given their coach afew ulcers this year." .

Baxter, Jackie Hinz and KeUyHea ton each had three hits. .

The nightcap proved to be al-most as exciting as Mercyhurst

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posted a 3-1 win behind thedomi-nating ;, pitching of DawnDelBianco, who allowedjust threehits. [ I j* * •%

Weaver is excited about howher young pitching staff has pro-gressed. "I was a little nervousabout it in the beginning becausethey were so young," she said,

"but they have matured. They areonly going to get better."

Meanwhile, rain ruined half of

a doubleheader against DivisionHI powerhouse Allegheny, Tues-day. The,Lady Gators beatMercyhurst handily before the

rain, 8-0.However, the Lakers have im-

proved greatly from a season agoand Weaver is excited about thedirection the program is heading."It's gone through a lot ofchanges," she said.

"Last year we took our lumpsand I kind of knew we would. Ijustkind ofsat back and let thingshappen. When I walked in thisyear, I knew this was my team.We've changed things drasti-cally," she added.

The team has responded to herleadership. "They Ve m ade sucha dramatic improvement in oneyear. I think they are excited aboutthe program," said Weaver.

"That's what makes i t work"- The Lady Lakers set a teamgoal to finish at the .500 markandthey have the chance to get therethis weekend. Mercyhurst travelsto Alfred Friday and entertainsEdinboro at home Monday.

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» Unique pair' leads Laker softball

(background) and Kathy Schubert... Mercyhurst softball co-captains

By Keith CoursonMerciadSports Editor

Building a special relationshipis one of the greatest rewards thatfour years of college can offer.Senior co-captains Sue Mishrell

and Kathy Schubert of theMercyhurst softball team havebuilt one of those relationshipsthatwill carry over into the manyyears to come.

The two met as reshmen on theLaker softball squad. Ever since,

they have formed quite a two-some. "Kathy and Sue are a uniquepair," said Coach Amy Weaver."They are inseparable and veryhard workers.*9

Schubert an HRIM major, of--

fered similar sentiments. "Weautomatically hit it off together. Idon't think thatwill ever change,she said.

Meanwhile, Schubert has hadto work hard to become a startingcatcher this season. She wantedto get die most out o f her seniorseason. "When I came in as afreshm an, I didn't play but I put

my heart into it because I knew Iwanted to play," she said. "Beingable to bring myself up to the kindof player I am now is a big accom-plishment'

Mishrell has become the an-chor of an experienced Laker out-

field. After being involved in anaccident inhigh school, she didn'teven know if playing sports wouldbe in her future. "I was told Icouldn't play again," she said."Coming back from that is mybiggest accomplishment"

The pair has provided a ratheryouthful Mercyhurst team with agreat deal ofleadership. 'The twoof us kind of goof around on thebench and I think it just lightenseverything up a bit," said

Schubert "It's nice to have a fewplayers—between the two of usand two juniors—who can bring

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experience."Mishrell, an Early Childhood/

Elementary Education major,feels the players only comple-ment each other on this team."We have a very vocal team andare very outgoing. This team isvery supportive of each other,"she said. }

Meanwhile, the duo has accom-plished several go als, both indi-vidually and J as members of ateam, that will be remembered for

a long time to come. "It's nicemat both of us have kept reallyhigh Q.P.A. 's. That is hard to dowhen you 're playing a sport," saidSchubert f •

"Being captains is a nice thingfor us. You play all that time. It's

nice to be recognized by the team*- and coach as being that kind of a

leader."Mishrell will remember some

of the great games. Last week,

she beat Gannon with a two-runbase hit late in the game. "Beatingthem isnice,justbecause Gannonis such a big game," she said.

Weaver, who is in her first ulli season as head coach, has seen

both of her captains make greatstrides. "They wanted to make

their senior years the best that" they could," she saw . "They've

been very intense with this pro-gram improving and making aname for itself."

The future promises to be verybright for each graduating senior."I want to geta job teaching youngkids in this area if possible," saidMishrell. "Then I'm getting mar-ried and we'll go from here."

Schubert's future is wide open.I t could be anything," she said."I don't know what it is, but it'sout there."

The co-captains have been

integral parts of Mercyhurst's^softball success the past fouryears. However, it's the remark-

able friendship hey have builtmat will be cherished most

y "She will bemy riend or life-best riend," said Mishrell, |

I % MERCYHURST WOMAN'SLACROSSE CAPTURES FIRST WIN

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The University of Buffalo became the Lady Lak-

ers1 first-ever victim last Saturday as Mercyhurst pulled

away to a 5-2 triumph at home.

The1 win improves! the Lakers1 record to | l - j |

Tiffany Reid, who scored three times, now has five taHies

on the season for the club team. Kodi Marx andfBecky

Dubisz also scored for the Hurst • . . . . ;

JMercyhurst travels to S t Bonaventure for a gamethis weekend. f

M LAKER CREWS ROLL OVERCOMPETITIONAT GOVERNOR'S CUP

proceedings

Sunday.

Clip Regatta in Charleston

The Lakers won the overall team poii

impetedagainst 16 other teams. Claimii

am is a, feat the Lakers havent accoi

years

gold medals

women's eight, varsity women's eight sprint, varsity men'sfour, men's double, lightweight men's fbur,$and novicewomen 's four races | £ \

Second-place m edals were awarded to the varsity

women's four, women's d ouble, lightweight men's eight,

and novice men's four. I 1

|Meanwhile, thejvarsity men'sleight and varsity

men's single claimed bronze medals*

The Laker rowers jjwill|compete at GeorgetownUniversity this weeken d.

GOLF TEAM SECOND INLOCAUMEET

The three local colleg es did battle at the Lakeview

Country Club last weekend and the Lakers tied for secondin die final team standings. Gannon wo n the event by fourstrokes. - M,- _

.Tonypreidanus^paced the Hurst by firing a 7 8.

MikefPattison shot an 80. Bryce Bohun shot 83.

M e r c y h u r s t b a s e b a l l w i n n i n g s t r e a k r e a c h e s 2 0 g a m e sBy Craig Rybczynski 'Merciad Sports Editor

The Mercyhurst College base-ball team reached a 'milestone,Tuesday, April 26, when theypounded the host EdinboroFight-ing Scots in the opener of the

doubleheader,! 13-3, J to extendtheir winning streak to an unbe-lievable 20 games.

Mercyhurst (22-3) headed intothe contest following sweeps ofGannonUniversity and Point ParkColleg e.| They can now^addEdinboro to the list of those theybeat during "the Streak." f

The Laker hitters continued toswing aggressively as they ham-mered out 15 hits. Freshman PatCutshall led the Hursts with ahome run and a j3 RBI perfor-mance. The .425 hitter com-

mented on the key to the squad'stwenty-straightvictories.

"The team is hitting well now,"said Cutshall. "We are more pa-tient (at the plate) and we 're look-

ing for pitches."

Cutshall was not the only Lakerwho roped Edinboro pitcher ChrisMyers. Outfielder Jason Runtas,Kevin Sweeney and MikeMcKnight each went 2-for-4 forthe blue and green.

On the hill, Mike Koziara pickedup his third victory of the season,scattering eight hits aver seveninnings of work Koziara is partof a pitching staff whose ERAcollectively stands at 2.89.

With power hitting ana strongpitching Mercyhurst has a deadlycombination. "The pitching staff

has done a greatjob, but our suc-cess can really be attributed to thehitting," said Laker closer JeffHutchinson. 'They have beenscoring 15 runs a game and itmakes itJeasier to go out and

pitch." -:-:\In Koziara's case the team again

aided the starting pitcher, stakinghim to a nine-run lead headinginto the bottom of the sixth in-ning. $ I

However, in the nightcap, theblue and green's winning streakseemed to be in jeopardy, as theyfaced a 6-2 deficit heading intothe fifth. *

Then, as if by fate, it began torain and it never let up. The boxscore could have read: Rain 1,Edinboro O.f

But, despite die Fighting Scotsfour-ru n lead, LakerHead CoachJoe Jordano felt confident in h isteam's chances.

"I looked up at the skies and itappeared like the rain gods were

going to do some justice for us,but to be quite honest I felt withthree at bats remaining that wewould definitely bring ourselvesback," said Jordano. "I think theteam, the pitchers, are confidentand also I believe that we areconfident that we'll battle untilthe umpire says the game isended."

Cutshall, who needs little luckthis season, found some humor inthe rain out "When things aregoing good, every little thingseems to go right for you," said

Cutshall.In Mercyhurst's case a lot has

gone right for them this seasonand for catcher Chris Snusz ev-erything is going his way.

Snusz, entering the final game

against Edinboro, was third inhitting with a .379 average.

"We originally recruited Chrisout of St Francis High Schooland he went to another college,"said Jordano. He decided to trans-fer this year so w e were pleasedthat he did. I think because of himwe are a better team offensivelyand defensively."

With their 20-game winningstreak intact die Lakers travel toplay Hilbert College, Thursday.The doubleheader is scheduled to

the merciad, april 28, 1994

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