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VOL.63 NO . 14 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, EREE, PA 16546 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 ,

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Saturday, Feb. 10

S p jn . (Campus Center) Noiseand banner competition at themen's basketball game againstLeMoyne. jj

10 p.m.to2 a.mMCafeteria)521$ Centuiy. sst el dnuji reg-gae bandrT W ? J

Sunday, Feb. 11

1 p jn. (Campus Center)Oneon one basketball competition.

Sign up in he i r a &Monday, Feb; 12

2:30 p.mi (Zurn Recital Hall),D*Angclo Percussion En-

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4:30 p.m.; (Cafeteria) BeachParty *with a summertime menuand music by Rick Yaros J

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Students protest housing restrictionsBy KevinMcHughMcrciad editor

'More than 200 students turned upWednesday at 7:30 a.m. on the second floorofOld Main in support of a sit-in demonstra-tion sanctioned byMercy hurst Student Gov-ernment to protest the proposed housing re-strictions.

The MSG executive met Thursday at 7p.m.with Dr. William P. Garvey, Mercy hurstpresident, E. William Kennedy, director ofstudent services, and Dr.Gary Brown, direc-tor of residence life,to discuss the proposedhousing policy change.

Ultimatums were given by both sides,according to Matt Triola, MSG president TheMSG executivedemanded that the proposedpolicybe scrapped or elsethey would sanc-tion die sit-in outsideBrown's office in OldMain. .

Garvey told the executivethat if they did

havea sitin, the administration would enforcea policy demanding all students, exceptcommuters but including seniors, liveoncampus, accordingto Triola. i

The meeting was deadlocked and theMSG executives including, Triola,| RodPower, MSG vice president, Ken Floss, sec-retary. Tod George, treasurer, and GerryFanta, SAC chairperson left the office.

The MSG executives thenmet with thestudent body at 8 p.m. in the student union todec idc ifthe sit in should go ahead. The crowdofmore than 100 students voted unanimouslyin favor of the demonstration.

4 'We had such a unanimous decisionthatI felt if I didn't act accordingly I would beturning my back on the students who electedme to represent them,*' Triola said. rT

' 'We've gone With committeesbut weregiven;thc attitude of, if you don't like it,leave," Triola said. "If we fold now, we willshow that we are useless."

Triola said he had been told by Brown ontwo occasions thatthe policy change woulddefinitelygo into effect andso it wouldnot befeasible to continue negotiations.: *t',We don't want to challenge administration'sauthority> we simply want our voice to beheard. . * 'The turnout wasexcellent,''Triola said."It shows that students really care about thisissue and are willing to take time out fromtheir busy schedule to make their point"

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N e w sNews At

GlanceBy Theresa KlocdkerMerciad News Editor

Editor's note: This column isdesigned to let the studentsknow what is happening In theinternational, nationaland localarenas. The news items aregath-ered from - a variety of newssources.

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Lakersbeat TextileAfter a disappointing lo ss to

Gannon University, the f Lakershad no time to res t PhiladelphiaTextile came into town i for aweekend of Mideast CollegiateConferenceaction. There was noquestion who was favored in thecontest The Rams entered jjthegame with a 16-3 overall recordand a 4-1 MCC mark. The Lakerswere shooting for respectability,and their first conference win. fThey got it, but only after a hard |fought 5-62 win. i

The first half of action had theRams dominating, racing to acomfortable seven point half- , behind victory.

time lead. But the young, deter-

mined Lakers were not about todie. Sophomore forward! DaveConstantino celebrated GroundHog's day in style by nailing fourof six from three-point land. ThePunxsutawney native endedTextile's day with 16 points.Freshman Scott Komick had asolid dayby scoring 16,10 com-ing in the second half, to lead theLakers to the upset win. Seniorforward Dave Quinn also scoredin double figures. Quinn had 10points, includingthe game's finalfour to secure the come from

| For the second time this year,

freshman guard Scott Komickwas named Mideast CollegiateConference Freshman of theWeek for his efforts against Gan-non and Philadelphia Textile.Against the Golden Knights,Komickscored 15 and dished outeight assists.The Kennett Squarenative was on target against theRams as well, nailing 16pointsand pulling down five rebounds.

Mercy hurst returns to actionon Febuary 10against LeMoyneCollege.Tipof f is set for 8:00 p.mat the Campus Center. f

Skaters stage comebackThe Mercyhurst College

men's hockey team continues onits quest to a post-season playoffbid. After a splitwith nationally-ranked ^Wisconsin-River Falls,the Lakers faced EC AC opponentCortland State. The Lakers were a bit sluggishin the jifirst two periods fallingbehind 4-3 J Sophomore headcoach RickGotkin's club showedthey are for real, scoring threeunanswered goals in the finalperiod to secure the 6-4 road win.

Freshman leading scorer TroyWinch led the Lakers with histhird hat trick of the-year andadded an assist to end the nightWith four points. Rick Gignacadded a goal and assist in thewinningeffort Mick Keen scoredthe first Mercyhurst goal on apowerplay. Kurt Johnson also goton the scoring sheetwith a singlegoal.

f: The Laker Skaters played thejame immediately aftera five and

a half hour bus; iournev. Coach

Gotkin said , "We weren't readyto play and we didn't play verywell. However goodteams find away to win even if you doplay

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The Blue and Green enjoy awell-deserved one w eek rest be-fore returning to action on Satur-day, Feb.10 against the Bonn ies ofStBonaventure University.

Lakers standthe EC AC West D ivisionand 14- SENIOR, PATRICK Odhiarabo rebounds against

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Philadelphia Textile. Odhiambo isa native of Kenya an

was instrumental in the Feb 2 upset victory.

Lady LakersStorm overweakfLake ErieiCollege

Th e' Mercyhurst Collegewomen's basketball team pun-ished the Storm of Lake ErieCollege at the Campus Center,Feb6.The Lady Lakers won by anoverwhelming margin of 73-40.Lisa Maxson led the Lady Lakerswith 24 points and 13 rebounds.Cheryl Tomczak added 20 points.Tomczak and M axson combinedfor 33 of Mercy hurst's 40 pointsin the first half I Adding insult toinjury, the Storm was outscored33-23 during the second half.

CH ER YL TOM CZA K taking on a Philadelphia Textile opponent during^ recent match

This was the Lady Lakers 13thwin in 18 gamesso far this season.

The team losta tough MideastCollegiateConference game lastSaturday! th e Hurst hosted theLady Rams of Philadelphia Tex-

tile at the Campus Center.The. Lady Rams enter

game with a six-game winand were thinking upset Atight irst half, the Hurst waing a slim four point lead.BLady Rams were not to be *Allyson Lavery ledTextile22 points while LynnMaadded 13 to upset the LadySS-S1.The Lakers were senior All-American Maxson with 19 points aboards.Ruth Henderson adin the losing effort- I

iMercyhurst's next gamthe road against KutztownFeb 8. The LadyLakers areoverall and 5-3 in the MCC