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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929

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Vol. 79 No. 7 Mercyhurst College 501 E. 38th St. Erie Pa. 16546 November 2, 2005

MERCIAD T H E

Streamline signsrecordingdeal withSony Records

Women’s hockeyranked 8th a�ertough weekend

Many seniors eagerly await theday when they receive their firstjob offer.

On Thursday, Nov. 3, thesestudents may not have to waitany longer. The Office of Career Services is

holding the 14th annual Career/ Job Fair in the Mercyhurst Ath-letic Center. This is the biggest career fair

to date with 119 organizationsparticipating in the event.From American Eagle Outfit-

ters to the U.S. Coast Guard,over 225 campaigning repre-sentatives are looking to hireMercyhurst students. The fair is not limited to gradu-

ating seniors, the entire studentbody is highly encouraged toattend.

Not only is the fair an idealsetting for professional employ-ment, there are opportunitiesfor freshmen, sophomores andjuniors to obtain internships andco-ops.

“Freshmen and sophomorescan establish valuable con-tacts for part-time or summeremployment opportunities,” saidBob Hvezda, Director of CareerServices. These students should attend

dressed in corporate casualattire.

Underclassmen should not worry if they do not have acomplete resume. They shouldrequest a buisness card from arep. to forward a resume at afuture date.

Seniors who are seeking fulltime employment should bring at least 20 copies of their resumeon good paper. These students should dress

professionally and be preparedto make a great first impres-sion.

Hvezda commented that, “Afirm handshake, enthusiasm anda good attitude are factors thatrepresentatives notice immedi-ately. Employers hire peoplethey like.” This year’s career fair has

attracted a large number of organizations because it is the

only career fair held during thefall in this area. Another reason is due to the

tireless efforts of the Office of Career Services.

“The office of Career Servicesis very pro-student,” Hvezdasaid.

“As we look at servicing thestudent population, we want toprovide them with every oppor-tunity to secure employment on

whatever level so that they can

become continually competitiveand marketable.” Junior Maeve Kelly expressed

her satisfaction with the personalattention she received fromCareer Services.

“Mr. Hvezda is demi-Godin the world of internships.

Without his guiding hand andeloquent writing style that is bestseen through student resumes,

Please see Career on page 3

Jump-start your career

Gamble named11th president

After months of deliberations,the Board of Trustees and thePresidential Search Committeehave selected Dr. Thomas J.Gamble as Mercyhurst’s 11thpresident. The announcement came

Friday after a unanimous voteby the board of trustees Thurs-day. He will take office March1, 2006.

Gamble was one of the threefinalists and the only in-housecandidate for the position.

Gamble vowed to continue theMercyhurst legacy as begun andcontinued by his predecessors,Dr. William P. Garvey and Dr.Michael McQuillen.

“Due to the effort and com-mitment of many people,Mercyhurst College is a fineand strong institution,” he saidat the PAC.

“It has an exceptional faculty,

excellent academic programs, a wealth of administrative expe-rience, wonderful students, acommitted board, and a clear

vision of what is important.Mercyhurst is a college withmany strengths.”

Marlene Mosco, chair for theboard, said the committee ini-tially planned for an outsider aspresident, but once the searchnarrowed saw great potential

with an in-house candidate.“We initially were thinking an

outsider is what we wanted to go with,” she said.

“But, once going throughthe process and looking at 50resumes and narrowing it downand seeing Dr. Gamble’s passionand love for the college, we knew he was a good finalist and excel-lent candidate.” The college’s 10th president,

Dr. Michael McQuillen, sup-ports the board’s decision andsees Gamble as an excellentsuccessor.Please see Gamble on page 3

The right choice

Senior Representative Aisha Jasper and President Dan Schulerplayed important roles on thePresidential Search Committeein selecting the new presidentof the college. Jasper and Schuler both felt

they could express their opinions without hesitation at the com-mittee meetings and that they

were taken seriously.“I felt very open to voice my

opinion and I was received wellby the entire committee.

If I didn’t always speak upthey would ask me how I felt.”

Jasper said. When it came down to the

final decision of who wouldbecome president of the col-lege the opinions of Jasper andSchuler, who represented theentire student body, were placedin high regard.

“I felt equal to the other com-mittee members, and my opin-ion was valued just as much as

anyone else’s,” Schuler said.“A lot of the time the spotlight

was on Dan and me,” Jasperexplained. Their role was to represent

and express the opinions andthoughts of Mercyhurst stu-dents.

“I took it upon myself as a stu-dent to make sure our opinions

were reflected throughout theentire search process,” Jaspersaid.

“The college has reached theend of our last set of strategicgoals and I feel that the nextpresident needs to know exactly

where the college is headed andhow to effectively take it there.

“Following vision, I felt themost necessary qualities were aperson with a deep understand-ing and value for the mission andhistory of the college, someone

who is passionate and has expe-rience in Catholic higher educa-tion, an advocate of the arts, asomeone who values a positive

working relationship with all

Please see MSG on page 3

A recent survey conductedby a Prinicples of Marketing class on Mercyhurst Collegemain campus showed that 43percent of students wouldprefer a swimming pool beadded to the current work outfacilities.

One such area for the poolbeing floated around campusis the land at the Parade Streetentrance by the Mercy Suites. The land has been used an

an open park since last year when Erie city zoning reula-tions pevented its use as aparking lot. Thomas Billingsley, the exec-

utive vice-president for theadministration, said the lot istoo small for a pool.

“There is not enough spacein the empty lot to put a swim-ming pool,” he said. He addedthat the school is not opposedto adding a pool on campus,but rather that it hopes to getone in future years.

Finding a use for the landinvolves more than keeping theneighbors happy, he said.

“We bought the land with theintention of putting something beneficial for the college there.

We know parking is a big issueand we bought property along Parade Street with the inten-tion of doing so. However,

we were unaware of the zoning regulations that also came

with it.” The land is classified as R1,

which means it can only beused for residential housing or an urban park. Right now,the administration is discussing

with a local landscaper whatdo to with the land while stay-ing within the zoning regula-tions.

Before President Dr. WilliamGarvey retired in February heasked Mercyhurst StudentGovernment to find out fromstudents what they want to do

with the property. MSG, as well as many members of the

student body, have numerousideas as to what would benefitthe college most.

Last year, MSG conducted astudent poll asking membersof the Mercyhurst community

what they would like to do withthe land. An enormous amount of

feedback and enthusiasm cameand the most popular responses

were to add a swimming poolor tennis courts. “As a part of our constituency service lastyear we surveyed students andrecieved a great deal of excite-ment for a swimming pool,”said MSG Treasurer RyanPalm. “We were ready to moveforward, but unfortunatley dueto the circumstances of thattime nothing happened.

“We would welcome the

opportunity to be involved inthe process of deciding whathappens with the land, wecertianly feel it is a space thatcould be used significantly by the student body.”

Either option would benefitMercyhurst athletes.

Several students contacted by the Merciad favor putting a poolon the lot. A swimming pool would

be especially useful for themen and women’s water poloteams who have to travel 30minutes a day to their practicesat the Mercyhurst North EastCampus. When asked if he had been

approached with any proposalsfor a pool in the area, Billings-ley stated he had not heardPlease see Students on page 3

Care totake aswim oncampus?

THE

MerciadS P E C I A L R E P O R T

By Joshua WilwohlEditor-in-chief

Dr. Thomas Gamble addresses college community in PAC.

Katie McAdams/Photo editor

By Lakyn BiancoContributing writer

By Dana Moderick Contributing writer

Jeff Tullis, Jorge Montero, Zach Bell, Chad Ward and Kyle Bogucki want a pool.Melissa Jack/Features editor

By Corrie ThearleNews editor

Eric Mead discussed employment with recruiter Jim Voss.


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NEWS

Indian Prime Minister Manmo-

han Singh says there are indica-tions that the weekend bombblasts in the capital, New Delhi,had links with militant groups inPakistan. A statement issued by the

Prime Minister’s office said hetold this to Pakistan’s President,Pervez Musharraf, when General

Musharraf called him to offer hiscondolences.Sixty people were killed and

scores injured when the bombs

went off at busy Delhi markets. The Prime Minister’s statement

did not specify what the bombing links were to Pakistani militants.

United States President George W. Bush has nominated staunchconservative Samuel Alito to thecurrent vacancy on the nation’sSupreme Court.

It is Bush’s second attempt

to fill the vacancy, after his firstchoice was scuttled by his ownparty. Alito has a long conservative

judicial record, making himmore acceptable to Republicansthan the President’s first, failed

nominee Harriet Miers.“And his long career in public

service has given him an extraor-dinary breadth of experience,”Bush said. Alito is likely to appeal to

Republicans, but Democratsconsider this a provocative ap-pointment because he is knownas such a staunch conservative.

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has appointed his coun-sel David Addington as chief of staff to replace Lewis Libby.Libby was indicted in the CIAleak investigation.

Cheney also appointed JohnHannah, who has served onhis national security staff sinceMarch 2001, as assistant to the

vice president for national secu-rity affairs. The appointments came after

Libby was indicted on Friday on one count of obstruction of justice, two of perjury and twoof making false statements.

He resigned and left the WhiteHouse. He will make his first ap-pearance in court on Thursday.

At least 20 people have been killed after a car bomb exploded in thesouthern Iraqi port city of Basra. “Twenty people, mostly civilians,

were killed and 45 wounded in the car bomb attack in a crowded

market in Basra,” an Interior Ministry source said.Earlier, six US troops were killed by bombs near Baghdad, mak-

ing October the bloodiest month for the United States in Iraq since January. The source, who did not wish to be named, says the toll will probably climb higher.

The U.N. Security Council hasunanimously endorsed calls forSyria to co-operate fully with aninquiry into the death of formerLebanese PM Rafik Hariri.

However, the resolution’s spon-sors; the U.S., France and the UK dropped a specific threat of sanc-tions at the last minute in orderto win support.

Instead, the resolution warnsof “further action if necessary.”

Compiled by

Corrie Thearle

World BriefsInternational news

Libby resigns

Iraq bombing raises death toll

Alito nominated

India bombing

U.N. pressure on Syria

Bird flu strikes woman in Thailand

Thailand has confirmed its 20th human case of the deadly H5N1bird flu virus, after tests on a 50-year-old woman were positive, agovernment health official said on Monday.

“The Siriraj hospital this evening confirmed a 50-year-old womanis confirmed as having H5N1,” Thawat Suntrajarn, director generalof the Department of Disease Control told AFP.

“She became infected while cleaning the area where her backyard

chickens live,” he said.“She is fine and under treatment at hospital now.”

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On Saturday, Oct. 29, the Mer-cyhurst Education Departmentin conjunction with the Councilfor Exceptional Children and

Kappa Delta Pi, presented to theMercyhurst Community a Teach-ing and Learning Expo.

“Kappa Delta Pi students wanted to host a learning fair toprovide real world experts’ ad-

vice to students on the practical

strategies for teaching,” said Ruth Auld, instructor of Special Edu-cation. She helped plan the eventand also conducted a workshopat the Expo. The Expo ran from 9:30 a.m.-

1:30 p.m. and featured three

different sessions in which par-ticipants could attend workshopson a variety of topics.

These workshops were pre-sented by members of the Mer-cyhurst Education Department

along with a few local teachersand administrators.

Mercyhurst faculty membersthat participated in this event

were Dr. Phil Belfiore, JeanMalthaner, Dr. Steve Ranson,

Judy Matthews and Dr. Gae Anderson-Miller.

The topics of the workshopsranged from Creative Classroom

Management to a workshop thatfocused on helping studentsidentify and develop their ownteaching styles. The workshops provided stu-

dents an opportunity to listento those in the education field

discuss how to become success-ful in the classroom and work

productively and efficiently withstudents.One of the other workshops

presented was entitled “Balanc-ing Life Inside and Out of theClassroom.” This gave the audi-

ence an opportunity to learn how to manage their classrooms, theirpersonal life and stress that oc-

curs in the education field. The event received positive

feedback from all those who at-tended, and many felt they gainedfirst hand teaching expertise righton the Mercyhurst campus.

Auld explained that, “Thisproject was completely studentdriven, and it wouldn’t havehappened if students had not

wanted it.“It is a great example of the

kinds of leadership opportunities

students receive at Mercyhurst,”she said. The Expo was attended by

more than 60 education majorsand was also open to studentsfrom Edinboro and Gannon.

Ruth Auld conducted a work-

shop on storytelling.


By Katie WalkerContributing writer

Mercyhurst’s Applied ForensicScience director, Dr. DennisDirkmaat, will be featured on

the Discovery Health channel inDecember. The program, “Skeleton Sto-

ries,” will feature four of Dirk-maat’s cases that highlight the

ever-growing popularity of fo-rensic anthropology.

The featured cases include ahouse fire from 1986, anotherhouse fire where a body wasburied in a house and a case inPittsburgh of scattered humanremains.

“I see this as an opportunity toportray the crucial role of archae-ology in forensic investigation,from excavation techniques to

crime scene processing to docu-mentation,” Dirkmaat said.

Dirkmaat said several forensic

science students were involvedin the filming and the recon-struction of mock scenes oncampus.

“This is a good opportunity forour students who will work on

mock scenes from the cases,” hesaid. “And it’s a chance to show-case our distinctive programs, in-

cluding our undergraduate majorin applied forensic science andour new master’s in forensic andbiological anthropology.”

Dirkmaat said the processDiscovery Health takes to find

experts is like “googilizing,” hesaid. “They seek out who is thebest on their field through simply searching on sites like Google,”

Dirkmaat said.His national recognition, how-

ever, beyond the Discovery Channel.

Dirkmaat is a member of DMORT, the Disaster Mortuary

Operational Response Team, thatresponds to any national, fatal

disaster and who recently re-sponded to Hurricane Katrina.Dirkmaat spent two weeks in

conjunction with DMORT inGulf Port, Mississippi, working

in a morgue identifying victimsand working with teams recover-ing bodies.

“We all have specialties inDMORT,” he said. “There is alist, they call you and you respondfor a two-week period.”

Dr. Dirkmaat identified Katrina victims of the disaster.Contributed photo

Forensic science takes center stage

A workshop of knowledgeValuable information divulged at the Teaching and Learning Expo

By Joshua WilwohlEditor-in-chief

Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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constituencies of the college campus by maintaining open communication,” shesaid.

Schuler said he felt the school neededa president who would take the time to

listen to students and someone whom stu-dents would feel comfortable talking to.

“Initially, I thought we needed someone who was open and responsive to students,someone who would listen to our con-cerns,” he said. Throughout the process the student

body was curious as to what kind of can-didates the committee was considering.

“All along the process, students wantedto know if the candidates were internal,members of the faculty, and becauseof the confidentiality agreement I justcouldn’t answer until the last three can-didates were publicly announced,” Jaspersaid. After the final three candidates were

announced students shared with Jaspertheir opinions of who would best serve

the college.“I made sure to PR the student forums

as well as the open community forumsto let people know that this was their op-portunity to see what the candidates wereabout,” Jasper said.

It wasn’t until students had the chance

to hear the candidates speak that they could share with Jasper and Schuler theirown specific and educated opinions about

whom they thought would serve the col-lege best as president.

“Aisha and I talked with each other alot toward the end of the process andour responsibility was to choose the bestpresident for Mercyhurst as a whole,”Schuler said.

“It took a lot of research and time tofind the perfect president. It was our jobto fit the pieces together and find who

would be the best president for Mercy-hurst,” Jasper said. The committee went through the re-

search process, reviewed applicationsand resumes and interviewed prospectivepresidential candidates.

“When it came down to the last threecandidates we went around the room,and had the opportunity to hear fromeach member of the committee and oneby one we got to say what strengths and

weaknesses we thought each candidateheld,” Jasper said.

As members of the committee, Jasperand Schuler both had the chance to sharetheir opinions of each of the candidates

while representing the student body.“It was a huge learning experience for

me. I could have never gained this type of experience from any class or internship,”she said.

“Just going through the interviewing process I learned so much about resumes,interviews, and how one should handleoneself diplomatically and politically

while trying to obtain a job. I wouldn’thave this type of edge going into thebusiness world next year if it wasn’t forthis experience,” she said. Through the committee process, Jasper

and Schuler both played important rolesduring the selection of the president of

Mercyhurst.“The fact they let students have such a

huge part of the selection process meanta lot,” Jasper said.

MSG members speak for student body

News

Hugh Gallagher, a 2004 gradu-ate of Mercyhurst College, iscurrently spending the year asan active member of the Jesuit

Volunteer Corps.Presently situated in Portland,

Oregon, he now works for New Avenues for Youth. This particu-lar volunteer-based organizationis responsible for offering analternative to street life and pro-

vides youth with a safe environ-ment conducive to promoting responsibility, independence anda valuable sense of self-worth. As one of the group’s volun-

teers, Gallagher provides many of Portland’s homeless youth

with a mentor by motivating them to explore beyond thelimitations of street life. Also, heencourages and counsels youthon issues such as job retentionand career awareness.

Surprisingly, however, this

astonishing amount of commit-ment and community service

is no new experience to HughGallagher. A previously active member

of Mercyhurst Campus Ministry,Gallagher has completed many projects centered on community service.

One of the greatest examplesof these was his deep involve-ment in the Mercyhurst chapterof Habitat for Humanity.

Once a year, along with otherMercyhurst volunteers, he wouldtravel to a particular city andspend a week building sheltersfor those in need of a home.

He not only continued to serveas a member of the executiveboard of the Mercyhurst chapterof Habitat for Humanity, butGallagher was also the one whodrove the volunteers to the vari-ous cities and locations of wherethey planned to volunteer. Always one to encourage peo-

ple to smile, Gallagher gavemuch more than his time. With

his bright personality he alwaysadded a fun and spirited atmo-sphere to whatever project he

was working on.In fact, according to Sister Geri,

people still claim, “. . . Hugh hasto come back! Habitat is not thesame without him.”

Although they miss him great ly,they are all sure he is now adding the same aspect of fun and com-mitment in his work in Portland.

After all, as Sister Geri also stated,“He is one of the funniest kidsI’ve ever met.”

Hugh Gallagher File Photo

By Stephanie WilliamsContributing writer

Making a difference Mercyhurst graduate continues to volunteer service


any new information. “We wel-come and are open to any goodideas the students may have forthe land. However right now weare somewhat at a ‘stand-still’

with what we are able to do withthe land.” Women’s ice hockey player and

senior Samantha Shirley said, “Ithink it’s a great idea. It wouldadd to the athletics knowing wehad another team on campus.

It would be similar to the (ice

hockey) rink. While we use it forpractice and have priority we alsohave open skates for the publicto come in and use it. The poolcould be for the team, studentsand faculty and people in Erie.”

Billingsley added, “There isnot enough space in the empty lot to put a swimming pool.”He also stated that the school isnot opposed to adding a pool oncampus, but rather that they hopeto get one in future years.

Recently the school has been

trying to move as many of the

25 varsity teams as possible back to campus. Last year it was ableto add to the campus a baseballdiamond for the men’s baseballteam and renovate the soccerfield housing both the womenand men’s teams. There are still teams such as

water polo that practice andhost home events off campusgrounds. The efforts of the stu-dent government are appreciatedamong these athletes. Women’s water polo player

Junior, sports medicine major

Megan Terry, “It would be greatto have the pool for practice andgames because it would save usan hour a day travel time plus gasmoney for the school to get out toNorth East. But it could also beused for sports med to do aquatictherapy. The community couldhave swim classes. There are somany benefits a pool would bring to the whole school.” Athletes and non-athletes alike

support the idea of a swimming pool being added to the campus.

Senior communications major

Lindsay Kezlarian stated, “I think a lot of people would like a poolhere. Everyone here exercisesand I think it would really be atool for us students to use and itcould benefit the community.” While construction on the

land is on hold for awhile, MSGand the administration are con-tinuing efforts to turn the areabehind the Mercy Suites into anarea that can be beneficial to theMercyhurst Community. They

welcome and encourage ideas

from the student body.

Students seek use for empty lot on Parade

Three years ago Dr. MichaelFederici, a political science pro-fessor, applied for the Teaching

American History grant offeredby the U.S. Department of Edu-cation. The objective of the grant was

to partner a university or college with a local school district to helpdeepen the knowledge of highschool and middle school teach-ers of American history.

Federici turned in two applica-tions, one for the Erie districtand the other for the Corry areaschool district.

He was unsuccessful in obtain-ing a grant for the Erie schooldistrict, but his application forthe Corry area district was ac-cepted. He was awarded a littleunder a million dollars to beginPROJECT TEACH in the Corry area district.

Federici successfully revisedthe Erie application and on Oct.1 he was awarded a little under

half a million dollars to starta similar program for the Erieschool district.

PROJECT TEACH is a uniqueopportunity for “teaching ex-cellence in American Consti-tutional History.’’ It is a threeyear program that begins withrecruitment. The first part of the PROJECT

TEACH conference took placethis July on campus. Mercyhurstfaculty members along withscholars from all over the nation

gave lectures to the teachers fromCorry area.

Having just been awarded thegrant, the Erie school district is

still in the recruiting process.Federici is really excited aboutPROJECT TEACH, because “itis a wonderful opportunity to fix

what’s wrong.”He also stressed that this pro-

gram is really good for the educa-tion majors at Mercyhurst. “Weare trying at various points topull in education majors who willsomeday be history teachers so

when they do student-teach they can be paired with an enthusiasticand motivated teacher [from thisprogram].”

It will also be good for thisschool because it “helps bolsterthe reputation of the college thatshould help our education majorsget better jobs.”

Federici explained, “This mat-ters a great deal. I have put my heart and soul into it.”

“It has been a wonderful op-portunity and I am thankful forit,” he commented.

By Chelsea BootheCopy editor

Dr. Michael FedericiFile Photo

The future lies in the past


“The board made an excel-lent decision,” he said. “Tom isexcellent. He has all the qualitiesto become a president; we are ingood hands.”

Gamble plans to focus on thefuture and take the college tonew heights.

“We will identify academicprograms for the west county campus and take us to the nextlevel as a high quality of liberalarts.”

Gamble also noted he will striveto increase and improve studentquality and diversity throughoutthe college’s campuses.

“We will drive up applicationsto over 3,000 students allowing us to improve student quality onthe Erie campus and to increasethe diversity of our studentbody.” he said.

“We will expand, support andpublicly celebrate the accom-plishments of our students andfaculty especially in the areas of scholarship, artistic production,research and service to the com-munity.

“We will expand programsand enrollment at Mercyhurst

North East, work to increase thenumber and success of transfersfrom Mercyhurst North East tothe Erie campus.”

Gamble said he looks forwardto beginning his new top posi-tion at the college. “We have anexciting future ahead of us,” hesaid. “I see all of us; students,trustees, faculty, alums, associ-ates, administrators and staff en-tering that future together, with

vigor, with our commitmentsintact, and with a deep apprecia-tion for the sisters, who 80 yearsago, converted a wind swept hilloverlooking Erie, Pennsylvaniainto Mercyhurst College.”

Gamble

Aisha Jasper and Dan Schuler repre-

sented the students.



Mercyhurst students would surely not receive the wonderful intern-ships that they have had over thepast years. Every student shouldmake an appointment with Ca-reer Services before they venture

out into the job market.” The Career/Job Fair begins at

1 p.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.on Thursday.

Students can register in thelobby of the Athletic Centerupon arrival. They will receivea map detailing where all theorganizations are located.

It is important to check outthe listing of organizations andcompany links on the internet at

www.mercyhurst.edu/job_fair.Hvezda commented that, “My

sincere appreciation would goout to Mercyhurst students if they genuinely participate in theCareer/Job Fair.”

Career

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Healthy Snacking w/ Guacamole

A healthier column

Ingredients

2 avocados, washed, pitted and smashed with the back of

a fork

½ red onion, chopped into small pieces

1 baseball-sized tomato, chopped. I usually remove the

wettest parts of the seeds so the guacamole

isn’t too runny

2 cloves of garlic, minced or pressed in a garlic

press

½ Tablespoon lime juice

1 bag tortilla chips or any Mexican food that you would like

to put it on.

Wi t h Je n

- Combine avocado, onion, tomato, garlic and stir well, until the consistency you desire is obtained.Guacamole can vary from chunky to smooth.

- Add lime juice until you are satisfied with the flavor.

- It’s best to let the guacamole sit covered with cling wrap in the refrigerator for at least half an hour, the flavors

will combine better that way.

- Do not be surprised if the top of the guacamole turns a brownish-green color, that is natural. I was told to

always wash the pit and put it in the bowl with the prepared guacamole to prevent too much browning, but

that might just be an old wives tale. Either way, it will taste great!

Some people have a difficulttime finding a place for their daily serving of fruits and vegetables. While it’s easy to grab a bag

of chips at the Laker or a boxof fries at McDonalds, in thetime that you drive or walk toget those snacks, you could havemade a tasty and more healthfulsnack.

If you need a new idea, avo-cado is your answer. Avocado is an egg-shaped, dark

green fruit with tough skin and alarge, round pit in the center. Although it consists of ap-

proximately 17% fat, which ismore than most fruits, the fat isnot terrible for you. The fat in anavocado is a monounsaturatedfatty acid, which can lower LDL

(bad cholesterol) and raise HDL(good cholesterol). This means that you should eat

fat sources such as avocado, but

don’t go overboard because fatis still present. As a rule of thumb, try to limit

saturated and trans fat intake. Thirty percent of your caloriesconsumed in a day should comefrom fat, and avocado is a greatsource of that.

Here’s an example of badsnacking: a Big Mac and a me-dium fry contain 420 caloriesfrom fat, which is 21 of your30% allotted fat intake for theday if you are on a 2,000 caloriediet. The fat in these items ismostly saturated. That is a lot of fat to come

from one meal, whereas youcould enjoy more vegetables,fruits and other lighter sourcesof fat in a larger and more filling

quantity of food.Guacamole is an excellentsource of avocado, and is com-monly featured in a Hispanicdiet. It can be used as a condi-ment on burritos, tacos, que-sadillas and more, but also youcan eat it on tort illa chips (watchthat you don’t eat a whole bag of chips while enjoying yourguacamole!) A ripe avocado will not be

hard; it will give a little whenyou squeeze it in the palm of your hand. However, you donot want it to feel like Jell-O. The easiest way to prepare it

is to cut around it, like you werecutting the earth on its equator.

Then take the pit out, and spoonout the avocado.

You can peel it and cut it in half,but the flesh is very slippery and

will get all over your hands.Now that you know a bit more

about avocado, hurry up andmake this healthy and crowd-

pleasing snack!

Red gloves, sweat dripping ev-erywhere, a mouth piece pressing on your teeth. These are all partof the intense sport of boxing. When most people think of

boxing these things come tomind: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Rocky movies, butMercyhurst College has realizedthat boxing is much more thanmovies and publicity. The college has created a box-

ing class open to all students.Coaches Jay Powell and Al

Zuck came to Mercyhurst withhigh hopes to start a boxing “team.” When training started, 24 stu-

dents wanted to participate. Today, there are nine studentsparticipating. The number of students who

did not stick with the programdidn’t surprise the coaches. Thissport is both physically and men-tally challenging.

Boxing is very trying on thebody and just as trying on themind.

Boxers have to be in top physi-cal and mental condition. Men-tally, the athletes have to be pre-pared to handle a challenge andthink quickly on their feet. The conditioning is very tough

on the body. Boxers have to be inthe best condition. They need totake a hit as well as throw somepunches. It takes a certain kindof person to be a boxer.

Some of the basic parts of boxing are the jab, hook, thecross and the straight right. Butin order to move on, you need tomaster these hits first.

During conditioning the work-outs cover many aspects. Dueto the intensity, it challengesthe aerobic and anaerobic sys-tems. Also, strength training iscrucial.

It is important to gain musclemass. The variety of workoutshelps to decrease monotony and also help to burn a lot of calories.

As freshman Trey Zeluff of Texas searched for his place atMercyhurst, he found boxing. A long way from his family

and friends he needed to findsomething that would keep himbusy and something that he en-joyed. An athlete for most of hislife, Zeluff thought that boxing

would be perfect.“Boxing is one of the greatestthings to happen to me,” Zeluff said.

He attends grueling train-ing sessions and avidly acceptscriticism from his coaches. They spend time with each participantand tell them what their goodpoints are and where they needto make improvements. Their guidance and coaching

is an important part. “Jay and Aldo a really good job showing us

what to do and teaching us thetechniques,” Zeluff said.

In January, all of his hard work will pay off; some of the athletes will get to compete in fights.

The other boxers will be com-peting in a competition in Eriein March. The winners of thematch will advance to Pittsburgh,

where they will have an impor-tant fight. The Golden Glovematch will take place there. The winner of this competition

will go on to compete against the Allegheny winner. The winner of this competition will be namedthe Golden Glove winner of Pennsylvania.

“Winning the Golden Glovefight would be amazing. I havebeen working really hard. It

would mean a lot to me if Icould walk away from this box-ing season knowing that I ac-complished something tangible,”Zeluff said. The nine students that are cur-

rently participating in the boxing program are enjoying it and arelooking forward to fighting.

“Bringing a boxing program toMercyhurst has been awesome. Ithas helped me to stay focused onmy school work and stay in shapeand it’s something I love to do,”Zeluff said.

Seniors Bill O’Dell and Jake Ross get ready to exchange

punches.


Boxing fever

hits the ‘Hurst;first matchesset for March

Habitat for Humanity is a na-tional organization which helpsstudents to compile their talentsand manpower to build housesfor those less fortunate.

Mercyhurst has a chapter of Habitat for Humanity and willbe participating with Gannon,Behrand, Allegheny and Edin-boro in an activity this winterto raise money for the Eriechapter. Any Mercyhurst student who

can raise $70 in pledges willbe able to participate. If they raise money, they will go to thefundraiser at Splash Lagoonon Jan. 27, 2006 from 11 p.m.until 3 a.m.

“What better time to collectpledges than at the holiday season when you are aroundfamily and friends,” Paul Ma-cosko, coordinator and campusminister said.

Two hundred students fromMercyhurst will be able toparticipate in the event. Thetotal funds raised from the fiveschools will be put towardsbuilding a house for an under-privileged family in Erie.

“Last year, the director of lo-cal habitat held a fundraiser thatraised $24,000 in three hours,”Macosko said. “They raised themoney playing board games in aMonopoly tournament.”

In the middle of the winter,it will be appealing to many students to spend a night in a“tropical climate” having fun.

“This activity is not just forhabitat students,” Macoskoemphasized. “We hope to raise40-some thousand dollars to beable to build the house.”

For those students who aren’tinterested in the activity but

who still want to contributetheir time to the Habitat forHumanity cause, there will bea spring break trip offered thisyear.

“Students will be going toFoley, Ala. over spring break,”Macosko said. “We wanted toget a site someplace in the hur-ricane affected region. Habitatdidn’t offer many spring break trips in that area, but we wereable to claim one of them.” The site is within about 200

miles of the Gulfport area which was most affected.

“We will be staying at a localchurch there and assist in theconstruction of houses whichare already started,” Macoskoexplained. There are 18 spots open for

the trip, so the sign up will beon a first-come, first-serve basis.

A $50 deposit will be requiredupon sign-up, and the totalcost of the trip will be from$150-200, but habitat is starting now on fundraising to cut thiscost. Sign-ups start Thursday,Nov. 3 at 10:00 a.m. in CampusMinistry.

“We are fundraising with theGreen Team, collecting alumi-

num cans for cash. We’ll holdcollections at sports gamesand sort through the recycling bins around campus,” Macoskosaid.

If you are interested in Habi-tat for Humanity, but taking a weeklong trip or collecting pledges is not something you’reinterested in, Habitat is activeon campus during the schoolyear.

“Always check back into cam-pus ministry for activities”Macosko said.

He said there are two local worksites already, and sign-upsare on his door in campus min-istry. Some opportunities areoffered during the week, also, if you are busy on the weekends.

If you are looking to makea change in someone’s lifethis school year, Habitat forHumanity offers you many op-portunities to become involved.Stop by or email Paul Macoskoat [email protected] you have any questions.

By Jen HelbigContributing writer

Habitat for Humanity helps thecommunity, locally and nationally

By Shelly HerronContributing writer

Fair trade proposed for Cafe Diem

For those of you who have everstudied at the library into the weehours of the morning, chancesare you’ve been to the Café Diemlocated in the back corner of thefirst floor. Attention has been brought

to Brenda Moore, the Faculty Supervisor of the Café Diem,that it would benefit the students,as well as the environment, if they offered Fair Trade brandcoffee. This idea was first proposed a

few years ago by Joe Betz who,before graduating last year, washead of the Peace and JusticeClub. His efforts have beenadopted by the Green Team as

they are in the process of orga-nizing a promotional event inorder to make people aware of Fair Trade.

Fair Trade is already offered inthe bookstore coffee bar, but notyet in the Café Diem.

Fair Trade coffee is grown by farmers who participate in co-operative programs designatedto eliminate the middle manand corporate business whotake more than their fair shareof the profits; hence the nameFair Trade. Those importers of this type

of coffee enter into an agree-ment with certified producersthat is expected to last long term.

Also, the environmental benefitsare abundant as well.

Most Fair Trade is organically and/or shade grown, which uses

fewer, if any, pesticides. Theareas of cultivation are also con-scious of the ecological systemthat they inhabit by trying tomaintain a healthy circular systemthat doesn’t pollute the environ-ment. They make use of organicmulching, vegetative matter forfertilization, less irrigation andmore conservation.

Most other types of coffeecome from small farmers in third

world countries. These farmershardly get what they need ordeserve after a long chain of in-termediaries takes their slice. This also should reflect on the

freshness (or lack there of) of the product that comes from sofar away. Also, conventional cof-fee is grown in areas which havebeen deforested for just such areason, which leads to reduced

animal life, soil erosion, toxicchemical runoff, sometimes into

water supplies, and eventually theabandonment of whole areas.Not to mention the chemicals,pesticides and hybrid artificialfertilizers used for enhancementof hybrid coffees.

Knowing all this, the Green Team has in the works a freesampling day (or few) to beheld in the Café Diem to offerthe students a taste, and someinformation, about the benefitsof delicious and environmentally friendly coffee.

Once all the facts are pre-sented, paying that little bit extrafor tasty, fresh, and farmer andenvironmentally friendly coffeedoesn’t seem to be a bad tradeoff now does it? In fact it seemsquite Fair.

By Michelle BrewerContributing writer

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OPINION



Campus Question

First of all, this question as I believe

should not be taken from a moral

view, but from an economic stand-

point. Education is one of the most

important back bones of a nation,

and as devastating as a hurriance

can be it should not disturb the

future and backbone of our nation.PS: Cut war expenses instead!

I think it’s a nice gesture, but we

kind of need the money to pay for

our education.

I disagree: I think it’s a bad idea

because I think Congress should be

able to do both of them effectively.

There’s enough money in our

government to be able to fund both

institutions effectively without cutting

one to feed the other one.

It is horrible about what

happpened but to cut financial

aid for college students would

only make things worse. The

percentage of students who

would not be able to go to

college would increase, along

with the drop out rate for

students who can’t afford to

remain in college.

I think that’s not the best solution,

because they’ll be getting aid

that’s helping some of the studentsto attend here.

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Vanessa Diaz, sophmore, prelaw/sociology

Jason Graney & Lauren Kubinski, freshmen, sports med.

Mario Tullis, senior, business management

Savanity Davis, junior, music education

Gislee Gonzalez, junior, HRIM

Thoughtful, but is it reasonable?

I think that taking aid from one area

to help another area is going to cause

more problems in the long run. I don’t

believe education should be left by the

way side, since it is the future of our

country.

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Blake Tandoi, senior, marketing

Hillary Szydlaoski , senior, biology education

Congress is considering cutting student

loan money in order to pay for hurricanerelief. What are your opinions?

Robin Hood in reverseRepublican and Democratic members of the

House of Representatives Committee on Educationand the Workforce, passed a bill last week reducing

the federal student loans program by $15 billion. To be fair, the Democrats on the committe all voted against the bill, but alas, being the minor-ity party doesn’t get you very far when the morepowerful opponent has the will and the way to get

what they want. This bill is to become part of an even larger bill,

which is pro-posed to cut$50 billion.

R e p u b l i -cans ins is tthat this bill

will end upbenef i t ing,and expand-ing co l legeaccess to low-and-middle-income students. As abonus, Repbulicans claim, the bill will reduce the

monstrous deficit. The idea that cutting loans willhelp low-and-middle-income students sounds likea bunch of you-know-what.

Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH), the panel’s chair-man, challenged Democrats to prove their claimsthat the bill will hurt those who need aid the most.Rep. George Miller (D-CA) accepted the challenge.Democrats responded with evidence, listing severalprovisions of the bill that would negatively affectstudents’ and parents’ pocketbooks. For example,under the bill, the fees students are required to pay

when taking out a loan are expected to increasefrom 1.5 percent to three percent. No matter how

you look at it, families will be paying more underthis legislation.

Rep. Dale A. Kildee (D-Mich.) accuses Republi-

cans of playing, “Robin Hood in reverse.” This isa comical, yet chillingly accurate observation.Once again the middle and lower classes are be-

ing asked to sacrifice while the upper class enjoystheir tax breaks. As Americans, we understand the country is eco-

nomically strained and something must be done toremedy this problem. But students didn’t start the

war in Iraq, which is costing the nation billions of dollars a week.

Students didn’t cause Hurricane Katrina and thehavoc she reeked.

Students aren’t responsible for the fiscal irrespon-sibility of the United States Congress.

So here’s an idea, stop taking it out on students! We know the deficit is a problem, but ser iously what will cutting $15 billion accomplish when the deficitis over $8 TRILLION dollars?

Education is the key to a brighter future, but

college keeps becoming more expensive. Not ayear goes by at Mercyhurst when tuition doesn’trise and pocketbooks aren’t strained. How are thepeople that are barely scraping by supposed to af-ford higher education if the government can’t and

won’t help them? The importance of affordable and available

education to all Americans cannot be overstressed. After all, we need an educated youth to one day fillthe halls of Congress with competent politicians.

That would be a nice change, wouldn’t it?

If there is an invaluable lesson to be culled fromRosa Parks’ majestic journey into American history,it is simply this: Size doesn’t matter.

Reflecting back to the summer of 1992 mademe realize that. It was a hot August day during theNational Association of Black Journalists conven-tion in Detroit 13 years ag o. The event that afternoon: Rosa Parks herself.Ms. Parks proudly was waiting outside

a hotel ballroom with a few stacks of books, two female helpers at a desk and a legendary resume chockfull of life-altering history to match.

She was autographing copies of her new book, ``Rosa Parks: My

Story.’’ A line had for med. As I edged closer to the

desk, the more stunned Ibecame. You know, you are

wondering, sort of reflexively,``Is that really her?’’

Living history, you know, can dothat to you.

I purchased her book, then pro-ceeded to ask her to personalize itfor my mother.

I said, ``My mother’s name isBlanche.’’ Then, without hesitation, I beganto spell, ̀ `That’s B-L ...’’ When I got to the ̀ `L, ‘’ Ms. Parks smiled, stopped

me, then said, ̀ `Sir, I can spell Blanche.’’Uh, oh, OK. Fine. What did I just do? This is

1992, so she would have been 79 years old. I’mspellbound, literally, because of her age; she es-

sentially said stop with the alphabets, already.Ms. Parks obviously was lucid. And, much tomy surprise, she also was extraordinarily tiny insize and build. As a kid, reading and hearing abouther, you kind of envision Ms. Parks to be this tall,statuesque figure. With her mythic quality also camea huge expectation of size. Suffice to say, size canfool you. Just a guess, but Ms. Parks couldn’t have been

more than 5-foot-2 in height, maybe 5-3. That’sthe ultimate reality check. A diminutive frame with major courage.Most of us know her remarkable story by now:

Fifty years ago, while riding a segregated bus in Alabama, Ms. Parks, a black seamstress, refusedto give up her seat to a white person. That sort of defiance in Deep South 1955 could have gotten youkilled. She ultimately was arrested. That chain reaction of events produced a new title

for her, ̀ `Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.’’On the back cover of her book reads the inscrip-tion: ``The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.’’ Through her spirit and spine, she became a na-

tional symbol for civil disobedience; she crystallizeda noble cause that matured during those Turbulent1960s to the tune of ``We Shall Overcome’’ andMotown. Now, she’s a national icon in death. That’s why Ms. Parks received a special moment

of s ilence during the seventh-inning stretch of Game 3 of the World Series on Oct. 25. That’s why her casket lay in repose at the Capitol

Rotunda (the first woman so honored), replete withmilitary guard, on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31. That’s why U.S. flags at federal sites, as ordered by PresidentBush, will fly at half-staff on Nov. 2.

Guaranteed, in 1955 she never would have imag-ined such a vastness of gratitudes and appreciations

in her honor 50 years later.Still, we must remember her past while paying

tribute to her in the present and furthering hercause in the future. What would Ms. Parks think of the future of

black folk, especially our youth? The same could beasked by the three slain civil rights leaders from the1960s whose names all begin with the letter ``M’’Medgar, Martin and Malcolm. Most of us forget:

They followed Ms. Parks, not the reverse.She gave rise to Evers, King and X. Without

Ms. Parks, there probably wouldn’t have been the``3-M’s.’’

Some ask what can our black youthdo to continue her legacy?

Well, we do know what our black youth shouldn’t do. That’s plainenough.

They should graduate betterthan a 50 percent national ratefrom high school, and thereshould be more black males incollege than in prison, not thereverse, and the black child out-of-wedlock birth rate shouldnot be as high as 70 percent.

The majority of these negativesocio-demographic statistics af-

fect young black people the most. Are young black folk willing to allow

Ms. Parks’ historic act of social change to wallow in vain?

She’s a woman who not only was the ``Motherof the Civil Rights Movement’’ but also a surrogatemother or grandmother to us all.

Especially to black youth.Ms. Parks taught us courage and conviction in her

own way. Now, in 2005, those same youth shouldabsorb that history lesson for their betterment.

It’s time they had the courage and conviction tograduate, to attend college and not prison, and toavoid unwanted pregnancies.

Perhaps the public educational system can offerhigh school classes on the subject of ``Courageand Conviction.’’

Even if the educational process accomplishes it via baby steps, which is how the Civil Rights Move-ment progressed toward desegregation and accessto the most basic public accommodations for black citizens. Just follow the timeline. The elements of courage and conviction surely

were instrumental in Jackie Robinson breaking major league baseball’s color barrier eight yearsbefore Ms. Parks’ landmark act. They were presentnine years after Ms. Parks when President Lyndon

Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and,a year later the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Millionaire pro athletes, especially black players

following in the footsteps and on the shoulders of Robinson, also could learn a thing or two from Ms.Parks if they could repress their self-absorptionjust for a moment.

Most black athletes don’t seem to realize they can indulge in social and political causes. However,many of them only will become involved in an issueif their paychecks are in jeopardy. Often, little elsematters as long as they’re getting paid.

So follow the money.Fifty years ago this Dec. 1, a humble seamstress

of modest means effected change in the status quosegregation of her era. She exhibited more couragethan any 7-footer in the NBA or 325-pound line-man in the NFL. As Ms. Parks elucidated without even moving her

feet on that fateful day: It’s not about the size.

By Gregory ClayKnight Ridder Newspapers

Remembering Rosa Parks

Opinion editor

AllisonMoore

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My typical take on this situation would simply beto get a new best friend. I have a zero tolerancepolicy in regard to this type of heinous behavior.

Best friends, however, are hard to come by andtherefore it is your job to save him from himself.

I have seen this happen all to many times withfriends for years and have been guilty of it myself as well.

What is most important in this situation isthe inevitablebreak-up of t h e s e t w opeople sometime in thefai r ly nearfuture.

People ourage who arei n c o l l e g esimply aren’t cut out for long-term relationships,therefore, they will break-up eventually. With all of that free flowing alcohol and hormones, something is bound to go wrong. This situation can be reversed. Knowing that

all is not lost for you and your friend, you can

attempt to remedy the current situation of himbeing a pansy.

In all likelihood your friend has been in a similarsituation and has seen the fruits of his efforts whither and die. It is your job as his sick, twisted

and, let’s face it, selfish best friend to remind himof this. An even better idea would be to inform him of

his lunacy and follow it with a direct example fromhis last failed relationship. Remind him of the lasttime he put all of his effort into a woman and re-mind him where it got him: absolutely nowhere.

Plant a seed that will allow you to pry him fromthe death grip of his new girlfriend for one night. Tell him they can watch Pretty Woman some othernight. Follow your statement immediately with arequest to take a night off from the old ball andchain and inform him that you have planned agreat night.

It does seem slightly feminine to plan a night outfor you and another guy, but desperate times callfor desperate measures, even if your ego couldpotentially suffer a blow. This measure is necessary,for if he is going to give up his time it should be worth his while.

Ideally, you will have an excellent night and he will be reminded of all the excellent times he had when he was just a bachelor.

Don’t expect him to break up with his lady, butexpect to have your requests to go out with your

boy answered positively and with greater frequency from here on out.

Have a question? In need of advice? If so, contact Ms. and Mr. Malarky at [email protected] are here to guide you through the drama that is college.

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To tell you the truth I have tried multiple timesto write a response to this question. I began withsome serious meaningful crap about being a “good”friend and for you to continue to ask your buddy to hang out. You know what, forget that. Don’t try and have

a meaningful talk about how his actions hurt yourfeelings. Do not attempt to discuss how he is alien-ating himself from all his friends.

Basically thereis nothing youcan really do ex-cept sabotagethe re lat ion-ship.

If you cannotget a hold of any compro-mising photosof your friend with another guy to freak out hisgirlfriend, then I suggest only one other course of reasonable action. Just forget about it. This type of situation occurs all the time. Skip

the intervention.

What will happen is that your friend will vehe-mently deny that he is whipped and will actually withdraw from you and the rest of his friends morethan he already has. However, since this is already happening, don’t try to force the inevitable.

I used to have a best friend. Her name was Meganbefore it became “Megan and Tim.” She no longerexists as a single entity and her new best friend, heronly friend, is her boyfriend. That’s just really sad. We used to hang out a lot and she used to be re-

ally fun. That was then. Now when I invite her todo something, if she isn’t staying in for the night with Tim, he automatically must accompany her wherever she goes.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t like Tim.I’m just not a fan of the two for one deal in friend-ships. If I wanted to hang out with Tim I wouldhave given him a call, not Megan. As bad as this advice may sound, you need to

simply ignore the situation. Give it time. Eventu-ally your friend’s relationship will be over. Whenthis happens his name will probably appear on yourincoming calls list.

Here is the section where I insert the meaningfuland sappy advice. If you are really a good friendyou won’t ignore his phone calls. Forgiveness is anintegral part of a lasting friendship.

On the other hand, if he doesn’t break up withhis girlfriend it’s his loss. When you are hanging out with your buddies and doing all the obnoxious

things you would never do in front of the oppositesex, give him a momentary thought or two.

I’m pretty certain that you won’t be envious of someone who has to compromise every momentof his life for his girlfriend.

Ms.Malarky

Mr.Malarky

Ask the Malarkys My best friend is dating this girl and they’re together all the time. I rarely see him and when I called

him to hang out this weekend, he chose to hang out with her instead of his friends. What should I do?

With a change in season, generally wardrobeadjustments are required. With fall quickly passing into winter, attire suited for cold weather make

their way out of the moth balls and cedar chestsand back into the clothing rotation. A f t e r a

recent shop-ping excur-sion with thesole missionof gett ing a new pairof jeans toreplace my tattered pair,I ventured into the mall hoping to walk into the store where I bought themprior, pick up a new pair, pay and getout. This however, was not how theevents transpired.

On this exciting adventure to thelocal MillCreek Mall, I came to the

realization that the Gap, in fact,does not have jeans for every size,shape and style. The institutionthat has fed my denim addictionfor the last eight years had, for thefirst time, failed to give me exactly what I needed: that one pair of jeans that fits just right, falls rightat the hip, is wide enough throughthe thigh and flared at the calf. With the new fall line, the fit of

jeans that has gotten me throughthe latter years of my teenage life,has in fact been changed. I wasbeside myself when none of theother styles could do for me whatmy the once flared, non-stretch,low rise jeans did for my curvesand ultimately my self-esteem.

If stores claim to have clothesfor every body, then why don’t they fit my body type?

More and more stores are aiming their clothestowards women who are average size 2-4 and abouta height of 5’ 7” to 5’ 9”.

Most of these women, do not have hips, andtheir figures resemble a boy, not a woman. I think I speak for the mass population of women whodo not fit this category, when I say to such stores:please sell me something that does not have to bealtered, tailored, rolled or worn with heels! Live upto your promises, and give me something to wearout on a Friday night, that is still comfortable andstill fits my blessed body type. This phenomenon is not female exclusive; it has

occurred on both sides of the store. Walk over to the men’s section and you will

witness a very similar occurrence. While still not as complicated as the women’s selection, their optionshave grown immensely in the lastfew years with a higher focus onmen’s fashion.

The truth of the matter is,

there are not stock piles of body types. Everyone, no mat-ter which gender, has differentgenetic make-ups and differentphysical traits that make theclothing that stores produce of-ten times inadequate to what theconsumer needs or desires.

Basically, when clothes fit welland look good, the person wear-ing them knows it, and as a resultfeels better about themselves. While, yes, it is true that it’s

what’s inside a person thatcounts; realistically, it is theouter appearance that peoplejudge. This motivates me tolook, at least decent, while stillstriving for comfort.

Let’s just say, the stores aren’t helping my cause.

Homeless Curves

Contributing writer

EllenKoenig

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

The Good

After months of searching, the college officially has a new president starting in March. Congratsto Dr. Gamble, I’m sure it’s no surprise to anyone that he was selected. Nevertheless, it will be asad day for all when Dr. McQuillen steps down as the interim president.

The Mercyhurst College Job Fair is this week. In case you haven’t heard, it is Thursday, Nov.3, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the MAC. One hundred and nineteen recruiters will be present. Seniors, Istrongly advise you attend this event in your best suit with your resume in hand. Graduation issooner than anyone wants to admit. Don’t forget Career Services offers 20 free copies of yourresume . . . take them up on that.

The Bad

The other day, I noticed a significant amount of writing under desks in classrooms. Some of this writing was particularly profane and offensive. To top it off, gum has been seen under desks. . . that is so third grade. Seriously people, learn to use the trashcan and keep your writing on

paper. Once again, it is time to grow up.

Another bit of bad news is that finals are also coming up. On Nov. 14, 15 and 16 they will takeplace for three days of stress-filled fun, compliments of Mercyhurst College and the faculty welove so much.

The Ugly

My eavesdropping ability has allowed me to confirm that the work-studies at the fitness centerare not first-aid certified. Some of the work-studies have taken first-aid and CPR classes in thepast. If a student is going to suffer an injury or health crisis, the most probable place on campus where this would occur is the Athletic Center. Even though some work-studies at one time intheir lives had training, it’s not much of a comfort. This seems like a disaster or a lawsuit just waiting to happen.

This concludes this week’s article; I hope everyone had an enjoyable [email protected] is still the email for announcements, praises, and rants. Thanksto AIMs ability to have multiple linked screen names, goodbadugly05 is available to IM me as well.

By Katie TillmanContributing writer

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After an 11-year battle forrecognition, “Streamline” frontman Mike Hogan has finally gotit. “We’ve all been working forthis,” says Hogan, “a lot of efforthas gone into it.” At a recording session in L.A.

the band met with Sony andperformed an acoustic version of their song, “All I Need.” Eventssnowballed from there, with“Streamline” sealing a recording contract for the summer releaseof their new album.

“Well, what kind of music are

you into?” Mike Hogan asked,the interviewee reversing roles.He illustrated the difference be-tween corporate money-hungry,entertainment personalities, andthe true musicians who are im-mersed in the music influences allaround. Mike Hogan is, indeed,a genuine artist.

He picked up a guitar when he was 10 years old and started tak-ing lessons, but took off on hisown after two years to perfecthis style. Joining his gifts withother musicians, he learned thepower of the ensemble and af-ter nine years formed the band,“Streamline.” Jon Scholl, Tristin Greene,

John Diabattini, Paul Mcardleand Mike Hogan comprise theband, and they are all Rochester,N.Y., natives. Joining to nurse the music

babies of acoustic rock andmainstream pop rock, their mu-sical influences range from theever-prevalent Dave MatthewsBand to Jason Mraz.

He started the fall trimester as

a junior in the business manage-ment program, but spending theprevious summer in Los Angeles

with “Streamline” sent him rightback to his home in Rochester.Recent made connections pro-

vided the opportunity to sign acontract with Sony. Though Hogan sees his career

on stage now-- instead of busi-ness related-- he said his majoris useful to him, “We’re mostly just doing business stuff now,”explaining the endless meetings

with lawyers and companiesrequired for getting off theground.

“I like being in total control of our future, though,” he said withexcited anticipation in his voice,“I love it all, I love all aspects of this process.”

His passion is his most notice-able personality trait, I’m surethis will not be the last time hisname is in print.

“You always kind of hope forthis to happen, but it still surpris-

es you when it finally does,” saysHogan. “It’s really exciting.”

His plans go far beyond thedesire to entertain; he has aspi-rations of changing the face of music, in a sense following in thefootsteps of Dave Matthews. There even seems to be a little

Bono in him, as he wants to usehis influence in the music worldto reach out to people outside of the entertainment circle, convey-ing his feelings of powerlessnessin regards to the recent needs of

disaster relief and how perhapsfuture resources will allow himto do more.

It might be hard to catch“Streamline” live around the Eriearea, for they’re concentrating their shows at New York City

venues like, “Bitter End,” but analbum is expected out in May.

If you can’t wait that long youcan learn more about the bandand hear a few recorded tunes at

www.purevolume.com/stream-lineny.

Lesley Smith, a columnist forPopMatters.com, wonderfully recapitulates in a cut and dry manner of the overall plotlineof “Dear Frankie.”

“Lizzie Morrison (Emily Mor-timer) lives on the run. Ac-companied by her mother, Nell(Mary Riggans) and her deaf son, Frankie (Jack McElhone),she flits from one small Scottishtown to the next, barely keeping ahead of the abusive ex-husbanddetermined to find her.

“Short on cash and stability,this unconventional family copesas they can.

“Nell daily scans the obituary columns just in case her formerson-in-law has died, while Lizzie

writes Frankie regular letterspurporting to come from aglobe-circling merchant seamanfather.”

“Dear Frankie,” the debut filmof director Shona Auerbach, is aheartfelt film that concentrateson a good-natured boy and theoptimism with which he livesdespite his inability to speak orhear.

Pivotal to the plotline, though,is how his mother has been shel-

tering her son from the paternalabusive history that caused theboy’s deafness.

Unwilling to compromise herrelationship with Frankie, Lizzieis hesitant to reveal the truth toher son about his father. Ulti-mately, she is forced to make adecision that will impact bothof their lives. The initial focus of this film

centers on Frankie believing thatthe absence of his father is dueto a maritime career; what he

is unaware of is the shady pastfrom which his mother has beenrunning and hiding. To protect Frankie from the

truth, Lizzie creates a fictitiousstory surrounding the absenceof a father figure by claiming heis a seaman and is off adventur-ing the great unknown. In reality,Frankie’s father is believed to bechasing his family down, there-fore causing Lizzie to constantly have to run. To keep up with the myriad of

lies, Lizzie falsifies letters using what she thinks is a pretend shipcalled the Accra as an address,and tells Frankie they are all fromhis father.

When the family has finally settled down in Glasgow, Scot-land, Frankie discovers from aclassmate that his “father” iscoming to port in Glasgow. To Lizzie’s dismay, the problem

has obviously worsened, and sheis faced with either revealing theawful truth or continuing with

this elaborate entanglement.Slyly, she concocts a plan to seek out a perfect stranger to substi-tute for Frankie’s father for a day

in exchange for some money. When times seem desperate,a friend of Lizzie’s finds theperfect stranger that will alleviatethe situation. As the audience will find

out, things do not work out asplanned.

Senior Movie Writer, RutheStein captures the essence of each performance by touch-ing upon the nuances of eachcharacter in relation to previousfilms.

Jack McElhone, who plays thesanguine Frankie, portrays thisrole tremendously well with easeand certain finesse.

A difficult aspect of thischaracter is the fact that he can-not speak any of his lines, soMcElhone brilliantly uses facialexpressions to communicate arange of feelings from loneli-ness to joy. This film is playing at the PAC

on Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. and again at8 p.m. Ticket prices are Adult:$5, Senior/Student: $4 and Mer-cyhurst College students havefree admission with ID (oneper ID).

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BuZz

NOV. 2. Saves the Day,

Senses Fail. House of Blues, Cleveland.

NOV. 2. Veruca Salt.Peabody’s Down Under,Cleveland.

NOV. 2-6. Ringling Bros.and Barnum & Bailey Cir-cus. Mellon Arena, Pitts-burgh.

NOV. 3. Keith Urban,Little Big Town. QuickenLoans Arena, Cleveland.

NOV. 3. Ben Folds. Shafer Auditorium, Allegheny College, Meadville.

NOV. 4-5. Three Dog Night. Avalon Ballroom,Niagara Fallsview Casi-no Resort, Niagara Falls,Ont.

NOV. 4. Fear Factory,It Dies Today, Strapping

Young Lad, Darkane.House of Blues, Cleve-land.

NOV. 5. MXPX, RelientK. House of Blues, Cleve-land.

NOV. 5. Seether. Odeon,Cleveland.

NOV. 6. Opeth, Never-more. House of Blues,Cleveland.

NOV. 6. Gospel Tributeto Sam Cooke with ArethaFranklin, Lou Rawls, BlindBoys of Alabama, DixieHummingbirds, Cissy Houston, Taj Mahal, OtisClay. State Theatre, Cleve-land.

NOV. 7. Simple Plan.Shea’s Performing ArtsCenter, Buffalo.

NOV. 8. Willie Nelson.

Warner Theatre, Erie.Note: Rescheduled fromMay 14.

NOV. 8. Bon Jovi. QuickenLoans Arena, Cleveland.On sale date TBA.

NOV. 9. King’s X. Agora Theatre, Cleveland.

NOV. 10. Michael Flat-ley’s “Celtic Tiger” tour.Quicken Loans Arena,Cleveland.

NOV. 10. Trans SiberianOrchestra. Tullio Arena,Erie.

NOV. 12. Hanson, Pat Mc-Gee Band. House of Blues,Cleveland.

NOV. 13. Pennywise.House of Blues, Cleve-land.

NOV. 13. Yellowcard.Mr. Small’s Theatre, Pitts-burgh.

NOV. 14. Dropkick Mur-phys, Big D and the Kid’s

Table. House of Blues,Cleveland.

NOV. 15-20. Musical.

“Hairspray.” Shea’s Per-forming Arts Center, Buf-falo.

NOV. 16-18 Disturbed,Corrosion of Conformity.House of Blues, Cleve-land.

NOV. 17. Alison Krauss &Union Station. Bryce Jor-dan Center, State College.On sale now.

NOV. 17. Reel Big Fish.Club Zoo, Pittsburgh.

Courtesy of GoErie.com

By Hazel JenningsContributing writer

‘Streamline,’ recently signed with Sony Records, is currently playing shows at N.Y. venues such as The Bitter End.

Photo provided by www.streamlineworld.com

‘Dear Frankie’ forces truth’s voice to be heardBy Christina FerrantiContributing writer

Sony signs student band Mike Hogan’s band Streamline seals the deal with sony music

Family dynamics are examined in ‘Dear Frankie,’ playing this Wednesday at the PAC.

Photo Courtesy of PAC

Great Lakes Aid kickoff with Roger McGuinn

Roger McGuinn of “TheByrds” will perform Nov. 19as part of the Great Lakes Aid(GLA) traveling concert series.

It is the first internationalconcert series with the goal of benefiting great lakes’ conserva-tion and sustainability. The GLA concert series was

created to raise awareness aboutGreat Lakes environmental con-servation, funds to supportcommunity conservation/pres-ervation and sustainability, and

visibility for the growing coali-tion of nonprofit, governmental

and corporate partners involvedin the Great Lakes sustainability effort.

GLA hopes to generate bothinterest and funds to help main-tain and improve the quality of

water in the Great Lakes. Their level of homeostasis

condition determines the growthand prosperity of an entire eco-system. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence

River ecosystem is the single larg-est ecosystem on earth. Water quality in this region

implicates the health of ourcountry’s environment as well asCanada’s.

Human health and welfare as well as wild life diversity is all

dependent upon its condition. The GLA estimates the annual

concert series will provide morethan $2 million.

Revenue gained from the con-cert series will go towards ser-

vices including: toxic clean-up,green energy, protecting andrestoring species and wild life,sustaining and restoring waterquantities and flows and themaintaining of water and airquality standards.

Roger McGuinn will perform with special guest Elizabeth La-Prelle on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. inthe PAC. Tickets are on sale at the box

office for $25 per person. Call824 – 3000 to purchase.

By Melissa Brandt

A&E Editor

Record company donates talent of Roger McGuinn for GLA.Photo Courtesy of PAC

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You’re trapped in a room withpeople you don’t know. Thereare no windows. A putrid smellfills the room, and the situationdoesn’t seem like it could getmore ominous.

Then you find out you’ve beenkidnapped by a killer to play hisfavorite game. While some fans of the first

“Saw” may be familiar with thisbasic premise, “Saw II” is any-thing but a predictable hour anda half of déjà vu. A new plot, with both new and

old characters offer viewers the

thrill of a new night terror whilestill keeping in tradition with

what made “Saw” so popular.

Even though the film was shotin 25 days, it will take you yearsto forget some of the scenes. With a majority opinion that

“Saw II” may be better than theoriginal, one thing is certain: thissequel does not disappoint.

For those of you who havebeen living under a rock forthe better part of the last three

years, you’ll be surprised to know that the honor of “Most Over-saturated Rappers in the MusicIndustry” belongs to 50 Centand his crew, the Guerilla Unit(G-Unit).

For anyone that’s been any-

where near modern civilization,

this is old news. The takeover continues withthe release of a new movieloosely based on 50 Cent’s life(as if we don’t all know it already)on Nov. 9, and the accompanying

soundtrack. While the soundtrack is stan-

dard G-Unit fare – we have moremoney and jewelry than you,girls want us and we kill people

– there is a bigger question, onethat would even make 50 sweat

under his G-Unit wardrobe.Is G-Unit burning themselves

out by being everywhere we look,all the time? And is 50 Cent justhurting himself by running hismouth constantly?

50 Cent released five songsoff his sophomore album, “TheMassacre,” in a little over sixmonths, if my timetable is cor-rect. He was also a guest onGame’s “How We Do” beforehe got jealous of Game’s rising

popularity and unwillingness todisassociate himself from artiststhat 50 didn’t like and kicked himout of the group.

He appeared on a Tony Yayo

song, and to top it off, he hasalready released two songs off of the “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”soundtrack.

Besides 50 Cent being everywhere, the G-Unit label recently added M.O.P. and Mobb Deepto their roster. While this greatly increases the

exposure that these two groups will get, it also means that their

albums will now fall into the G-Unit formula, and we’ll see allthe other members with guest

vocals on their albums…just

what we need.I personally was a big fan of

Mobb Deep’s last album, “Ameri-

caz Nightmare,” and if they now adopt the G-Unit sound they willappear disloyal to some fans they already have.

Believe it or not, there aresome people that still appreci-ate rap and hip-hop for lyrical

quality, not just some repetitivebubblegum pop with a good beatto dance to. As for the second question, the

most damaging thing might havebeen done by 50 Cent himself. Inan interview on MTV that aired

over the summer, 50 Cent tore JaRule apart for dancing and sing-

ing and being “feminine.”

When the interviewer askedabout a song that 50 Cent haddone, he replied that it was just

one song, not his overall style. That would be all well and

fine, if the next song he released wasn’t “Just a Lil Bit,” a song that borders on an R&B clas-sification.

Not only did he sing (and

dance) in the video; he alsosang on the track right before it(“Candyshop”) and after it (Tony

Yayo’s “So Seductive”).Everyone knew 50 Cent had a

big mouth before the interview,but after the verbal lashing he

gave Ja Rule, it would be a badtime to become a hypocrite.

Whoops. Guess Eminem shouldhave stepped in and providedsome mentoring. There is just no excitement

when you see a new G-Unit video

or CD released. They are released so fast that

the latest song doesn’t even havea chance to get old before thenew one is released.

Maybe that’s their plan, but allthat’s really happening is a major

overload everywhere you look,and everything still gets old .

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‘3-Iron’ smashes pretense to pieces

BBC movie reviewer Jamie Woolley sets up the peculiar andpuzzling storyline in the film,“3-Iron” to captivate and grab

the attention of readers.“Tae-Suk is a drifter who breaks

into empty houses, not to lootthem but just to spend the nightand do a bit of laundry.

“The game is up when hecreeps into the house where

Sun-Hwa cowers in fear of her violent husband.

“When the bully returns homeand beats his wife, Tae-Suk takesrevenge with the titular 3-Irongolf club and flees with Sun-Hwa

into an enigmatic, slow-burning love story.” This eerie film is a creation of

Kim Ki-Duk who also wrote anddirected the film “Spring Sum-mer Fall Winter…and Spring,”

which was shown at the PAC lastyear during the spring term.

The central character is Tae-suk, a young man who roamsalone in unemployment and hasno home to return to at night. To fix these circumstances, he

devises an unusual plan to secure

shelter for himself each night. Tae-suk hangs restaurant menus

on doorknobs of homes.Later in the day, Tae-suk re-

turns to all the dwellings in whichhe placed a flyer; if the flyer isstill there, he enters the houseand stays the night.

He even repays the people whoreside in the houses by show-

ing some hospitality by fixing damaged items or as mentionedabove does their laundry, as wellas photograph himself with por-traits around the house to have

mementos of the people with whom he has formed an etherealrelationship.

By now, the readers have cre-ated a creepy mental image of strangers lurking in the dark, butimagine if the family was actually home.

The occasion rises when Tae-suk encounters the other maincharacter, Sun-Hwa.

He breaks in and situateshimself for another lonely nightto sleep before he moves to an-other location the next morning,but Sun-Hwa, a stunning model,

discovers his presence when heis exploring the premises. When the two eventually meet

it is instant love.However, Sun-Hwa is married

to an abusive man, which is evi-dent by all of the bruises uponher lovely face and body. The movie progresses into the

second half that centers on the

blossoming love between twolonely people who run away together.

Soon though, the scheme isfigured out by the police whoescort Sun-Hwa home to an in-furiated and jealous husband, and

Tae-Suk is sent to prison. The final part of this film be-

gins to question the boundariesof reality and the supernatural. The lovers do not have any

contact with each other butthey each feel the presence of

the other, as if they were bothubiquitous. To make this film even more

mystifying there is virtually nodialogue, the motions and ac-tions of each character satisfy the needs of expression.

This film explores the dy-namics of identity and displaysa baffling and furtive love rela-tionship. This film will be playing at the

PAC on Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. and8 p.m.

By Christina FerrantiContributing writer

PAC film ventures into the world of voyeurism and the unorthodox to tell a unique story of passion and promise.Photo Courtesty of PAC

G-G-G-G-G-G-Unot! 50 Cent and the omnipresent G-Unit start to trip up

By Joe FidagoContributing writer

“The Good Life” is the lesserknown of Tim K asher’s twobands. Formed while Kasher

was already in his first band,“The Good Life” seems to be amore melodic counterpart to thedissonant styling of “Cursive.”

Instead of the guitar and dis-tortion that marks “Cursive’s”music, many of “The Good

Life” songs are driven by pianosand acoustic guitar melodies. The more experimental aspect

of “The Good Life” is evidentin the concept of the album

–12 songs that tell the story of a year in a couple’s life, hence,

the double meaning of the title“Album of the Year.”

Despite the differences in thetwo bands, the subject matterof “Album of the Year” will beinstantly familiar to any fan of Kasher.

“Album of the Year” contains12 songs about failed relation-ships. While the subject may cause some to cry “emo ” anddismiss the album, it should benoted that, while the album is

without a doubt emotional, it

is a far cry from the immature whining of “Dashboard Confes-sional” and their clones.

Instead of grabbing his high

school diary and picking 12

entries to use as lyrics, Kasherpresents his listener with thestory of every person who hasset their goals too high in life.For example, people who’vebased their expectations on the

same “drunken romantics” thatKasher reads. The most refresh-ing part of Kasher’s lyrics is thehonesty involved in them.

“The Good Life” does notavoid the fact that relationshipsfail because people are flawed.

The track “Needy” tells the story of two people who are togetherjust so they won’t be alone.

Lyrics like “We don’t know what we want but we’re bothneedy,” tell of a couple whoknow that things can’t last but

are too scared of being alone toadmit it.

“Under a Honeymoon” con-tinues the theme of relationshipsbased on desperation with lyricslike, “You look at me like you’vebeen saved from another on that

got away.”“Notes in his Pockets” tells

the story of a drunken affairand the girlfriend’s attempts tofind out the truth. The song isanswered later on by the track “Lover’s Need Lawyers” which

is the boyfriend’s response to be-ing confronted with the evidenceagainst him. The most moving track is

the nearly 10 minutes long,

“Inmates.” The song is sung by former band member Jiha Leeand later Kasher joins to makethe song a duet. The music on “Album of the

Year” is extremely eclectic. Theopening track starts with acousticstrumming that shows Kasher’sOklahoma roots, then becomesdriven by congas before the twocombine to finish the track.

“Night and Day” is a slow waltz while “Notes in his Pockets” isa tense, piano centered piece.“October Leaves” is a moody and slow paced piece which isfollowed by the march rhythm of “Lovers Need Lawyers.”

Despite the range of instru-

ments and styles used through-out the CD, it is acoustic guitarthat is featured on the album.

The styles and other instrumentsserve mostly to keep “Albumof the Year” from being for-

mulaic. While the emo tag may put

off some potential listeners, theoverall talent involved in themusic of the album should con-

vince even the most hardenedskeptics.

“Album of the Year” may be a bit depressing for every-day rotation, but it will make asolid choice for any rainy, lonely days.

By Erik Haak

Contributing writer

Band you should know: ‘The Good Life’

‘Saw II’ thrills to the core

In theaters now, ‘Saw II’ is one of the best psychological thrillers released this year.Photo provided by www.saw2.com

By Melissa Brandt A & E Editor

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L AKER

The Mercyhurst football teamhas a chance to remove itself asthe lone last place team in theGLIAC this week with a winover Findlay. Although this may look like

a small consolation to a dismalseason by the Lakers thus far, toCoach Marty Schaetzle and hisplayers it would mean a lot.

“I think it helps a great deal

going into the off-season,” saidSchaetzle. “If we play well and

win it could really help our con-fidence for next season.” As important as it could be for

the momentum of next year’s

team, Schaetzle believes it is justas important for the nine seniorsthat will be playing in their lastgame at Mercyhurst College.

In order to beat the Oilers inSaturday’s game, the Lakers muststop a stellar run offense. Findlay is averaging 162 yards per gameon the ground and will be look-

ing to feast on a Laker defensethat ranks last in the GLIAC in

rush defense, allowing 234 yardsper game. While stopping the run is defi-

nitely on Schaetzle’s mind, he ismore worried about preventing Findlay from breaking any big plays.

“Last week we were hurt by afew big plays. If you take thoseaway it may be a different game,”said Schaetzle. The big plays Schaetzle was

referring to were a kickoff returnand an offensive blunder on theiropponents’ goal line, in a 40-21loss to GLIAC foe Hillsdale.

Leading 14-13 after a DanSchuler touchdown receptionfrom a Mitch Phillis pass, the

Lakers lost all momentum by allowing Chad Gurica to returnthe ensuing kickoff for a 93-yardtouchdown. The play seemed to kill the

faith of a defense that had tothat point allowed just 13 pointsthrough almost three completequarters of play.

After that touchdown the de-fense allowed three touchdowns

in the fourth quarter, all on playsof 30 yards or more. Another key to a Mercyhurst

victory this week will be cashing in on scoring opportunities.

“I think last week we had somechances to put up a bigger leadthan we had going into the half,but we just didn’t capitalize onsome opportunities when weneeded to,” said Schaetzle. The Lakers missed a huge

opportunity early in the fourthquarter after driving 74 yards onnine plays. The Lakers were on the Hill-

sdale six-yard line and looking to mount a comeback beforea fumble gave possession to

the Chargers with just 10 min-utes to play, ending the Lakers’chances.

Turnovers must be avoided todefeat the Oilers. The season finale for Mercy-

hurst and the last game for thenine seniors will be played at

Tullio Field on Saturday.

It could be a bad dream or achilling roller coaster ride, but itseems a little more like déjà vu. The Mercyhurst men’s soccer

team has gone 0-1-1 in their pasttwo games which seems to look a lot like the beginning of theirseason.

Despite the two setbacks, theLakers wanr to end their seasonon a strong note by winning theirfinal two games.

Friday, the men took on Ash-land and received a goal apiecefrom junior Zach Hiltner, seniorSean Cordova, and sophomore

Kyle Jackson in a 3-3 draw. After the tie, the men played

on Sunday against Findlay and

hoped to get back on track intheir last home game of 2005. The Lakers lost 3-1. They outshot Findlay 17-14

and had a 5-2 advantage in cor-ner kicks, but the only goal camefrom sophomore Jeffrey Powellin an unproductive offensiveperformance by the men. The Lakers have two more

games left to redeem themselvesand end the season on a highnote.

“It’s a bummer that we only have a couple games left because

we’re finally starting to gel as ateam,” said Jackson. “We actu-

ally have played some of thebest soccer we had been playing all season. We were clicking on

the field at all spots, defense andoffense, but that is soccer. Youcould be playing your best soccerall season and still not be able toget a win. I think if I had to pointmy finger at anything, it would

have to be luck.”Hopefully this luck will decide

to show itself soon becausethe last two games the Lakershave are Wednesday againstNorthwood and Saturday versusGannon.

“We want to end the seasonon a positive note,” said Jackson,“and what more positive thanbeating Northwood and Gannon

on their own home fields. I think if we end the season on two wins,it’s going to give the rest of the

GLIAC a preview as to how ourseason is going to be next year.”

Speaking of the 2006 season,the men are only losing threeseniors.

“We’re losing three seniorsand all three guys are emotionalleaders, so it’s something that

we’re going to miss next year,”said Jackson.

For now the Lakers are focus-ing just on the present. Two more wins in these last

games could help bring theirrecord to 8-8-4, making this yearseem less like a roller coaster rideand more like a job well-done.

The Mercyhurst wrestling teamhas added a little pizazz to theirrivalry match against GannonUniversity this year. This season’s match will be held

at the Erie Civic Center and willbe part of the “War at the Shore”showcase on Dec. 9, which willfeature two other matches in ad-dition to the Mercyhurst-Gannon

match.“I think it’s something that will

be good for both teams,” saidcoach Tony Cipollone.

The match will take place on araised platform with the spotlighton the wrestlers.

Mercyhurst and Gannon willopen the event at 6 p.m. and will

be followed by Fort LeBouef andCathedral Prep, two of the toplocal high school teams.

Edinboro and Buffalo, a Divi-sion I matchup, will close outthe event. The “War at the Shore” is an

idea that Cipollone has tossedaround for the last couple of years, but he gives credit to ErieFreeze coach Mike Esposito forbringing the event to fruition.

“Mike is a big fan of wrestling and really pushed it along,” said

Cipollone.Cipollone is having the event

taped and using it in his proposalto the NCAA to have the Divi-sion II national tournament heldin Erie in 2008, and is hoping foral large turnout to fill as much of the stands as possible.

“We are hoping to get over a1,000 people in the seats,” saidCipollone.

Tickets for the event will besold in the Student Union at adiscounted price of $6 on datesto be announced. Tickets bought

This year’s fall rowing seasoncouldn’t have left us with moreof a cliffhanger. The women and men’s teams

both competed this weekend atthe Head of the Elk regatta inElkhart, Ind.

Forty-eight teams entered Sun-day’s 2.5 mile competition, withthe Mercyhurst men entering apair, an open four, a novice eight,and two men’s open eight boats.

The women raced two open fourboats and an open eight boat. Apparently the men’s novice

eight boat had a legitimate first-place finish, but official times andresults will not be posted untilsometime Wednesday. The action reached a sort of

anti-climax when it was revealedthat a glitch in the timing system,

reportedly due to one of the timekeeper’s having to jump into the

water to save the racers of anoverturned boat, caused inaccu-rate results to be posted. Those flawed results were

withdrawn, and officials are cur-

rently in the process of manually tabulating the correct results. When asked exactly what hap-

pened this weekend, MelaniePeters, who raced in the women’sopen eight, was unsure of theteam’s result.

“We don’t know. We passedMarquette and got passed by Louisville.” That quote is the epitome of

what happened this weekend.Many boats hit the water, raced,and then had no idea where they stood.

Not that the weekend was a waste, however: one key aspectthat the Lakers were able to

work on was their rhythm. “Be-

ing a head race, it’s a lot easier

to maintain our rhythm on the water,” said Peters.

This weekend was a big eventfor the country’s rowing com-munity.

“Because the race accepts alot of high schools and basically takes in everyone, it is one of the country’s larger head races,”said Peters.

Sunday, the Lakers took partin the 41st annual Head of theCharles regatta in Boston, infront of 300,000 spectators.

Mercyhurst’s men’s collegiateeight boat finished 12th of 43teams, while the women’s colle-giate four boat took 8th of 17.

Both teams made significantimprovements from their starting positions after the men began therace in 14th and the women took off from 16th.

Both teams will now be off until the spring season.

Dan Schuler (82) had five receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown against Hillsdale.


Football charges to eighth lossBy Matt Jackson

Sports co-editor

Men’s soccer goes winless in OhioBy Kelly OldachContributing writer

Dan Long (13) goes up for a ball against Findlay.Katie McAdams/Photo editor

By Matt JacksonSports co-editor

Mercyhurst wrestlers to take part

in ‘War at the Shore’ showcase

Rowing unsure of weekend results

By Brady HunterContributing writer

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L AKER

Women’s hockey remains at No. 8 Lakers skate toe-to-toe with top-ranked St. Lawrence in losses

Everyone involved with the

Mercyhurst women’s hockey program knew it was going to bea tough couple of weekends.

It does not get much tougherthan hosting the defending na-tional champions and the top-

ranked team in the country inback-to-back weekends. While the team exits those

four games winless, one certainly cannot be disappointed with thequality of play shown by the

Lakers. The past two weeks have been

tough, but the Lakers’ schedulelooks much easier down thestretch.

Mercyhurst only has two re-maining games against rankedopponents, contests with current

No. 5 New Hampshire and cur-rent No. 9 Providence. The Lakers have also taken

their bumps and moved on,as the latest USCHO.com pollretains Mercyhurst at the No.

8 position despite their fourstraight losses. This past weekend the Lakers

played host to the No. 1 St. Law-rence Saints for a pair of gamesat the Ice Center.

Saturday’s contest demon-

strated that Mercyhurst has the

ability to skate toe-to-toe withany team in the land. The Lakers fought through the

first two periods before tying the

contest in the third.Senior captain Samantha Shir-

ley tied the game on an even-

strength goal on a rebound from Junior Ashley Pendleton.

The goal, Shirley’s fourth, cameat the 12:29 mark of the thirdperiod.

The session ended on a sournote, however, as freshmanCourtney Unruh was whistled

for a penalty with just 26 secondsremaining in the period.

St. Lawrence scored only 52

seconds into the overtime period,

a power play goal set up by therare penalty in the final minute

of play.Pendelton scored the Lakers’

first goal, coming off a rebound

from junior Julia Colizza andfreshman Valerie Chouinard.

Mercyhurst sophomore goal-

tender Laura Hosier played well,making 29 saves in the contest.

Sunday’s contest was not nearly as close on the scoreboard, buttake one minute away from St.

Lawrence and it might have had acompletely different outcome. The Saints came out red-hot,

scoring their first goal less thana minute into the contest.

Mercyhurst surrendered two

breakaway goals within a minute

of each other in the second peri-

od, the first following a defensivecollapse and the second a resultof a Laker turnover at mid-ice.

Coach Michael Sisti pulled Ho-sier following the second break-away goal, allowing freshman

Courtney Drennan a chance to

gain valuable experience against

a top-tier team.Mercyhurst had their chances

toward the second half of the

period with two power-plays inthe last five minutes, but wereunable to capitalize.

Judging from the stat sheet,

Mercyhurst should have had the

upper hand, as the Saints were whistled four times during theperiod and not a single Laker

was sent to the box in that time. The third period resulted in

much of the same for the Lak-

ers, as Mercyhurst was unable to

get the puck in net. Mercyhurst

handily out-shot the Saints by atotal of 32-24, but in the end the

Lakers still came up short. With the weekend sweep St.

Lawrence remains a perfect 5-0-

0, while Mercyhurst drops their

fourth straight to fall to 3-5-0.

By Ryan Palm

Sports editor

Sophomore forward Stephanie Jones maneuvers to get the puck past the St. Lawrence goalie.Katie McAdams/Photo editor

Volleyball drops pair in season finale at home The Mercyhurst women’s vol-

leyball celebrated senior nighton Saturday, although technically

it was senior afternoon, as thematch started at 2 p.m.

The team went on to put up a

valiant fight against the visiting Findlay Oilers. Although the team eventually

fell 24-30, 25-30, 29-31, the two weekend matches were typical of the Lakers’ season thus far.

Friday night saw Ashland comeinto the Mercyhurst AthleticCenter and put on a dazzling

performance. They played physical, and their

talent was formidable, and han-

dled the Lakers 19-30, 22-30,23-30. The match raised Ashland to

12-3 in GLIAC play, which is

impressive given the talent thatpermeates the conference.

Like other GLIAC teams havedone this season, Ashland domi-nated thanks in no small part to

Mercyhurst’s errors. The team struggled serving

the ball, tallying 12 service er-

rors in counter to just two aces. The Lakers’ hitting inefficiency also proved an insurmountable

obstacle. The team combined for a

hitting percentage of 0.075 in

the first game, and two playersfinished the match with negative

percentages.In the end, junior Megan Fargo

came away with team-highs in

kills with 12 and hitting percent-age at 0.385.

Defensively, senior Angela

Furlano tallied 13 digs with juniorCara Nelson adding 10.

Sophomore Kristin Peter-

son and freshman Jenna Mat-son chipped in with nine kills

apiece.Saturday’s match showed the

other half of this season’s story:nail-biters that came down to the

wire, and too often, ended up fa-

voring Mercyhurst’s opponents.GLIAC rival Findlay rose to

11-5 in the conference with their win, and left Mercyhurst with a13-13 overall record and a 3-12

GLIAC mark. The third game was especially

tense, with the Lakers leading at

19-17.

The lead would change severaltimes in the last 20-plus points.

Findlay took the lead at 21,Mercyhurst regained it at 28 andat 29 everything was tied up, but

the Lakers eventually lost theonly points that ended up mat-tering: the last two.

As they have all season, theLakers received remarkable ef-forts from their underclassmen.

Peterson showed her prowesson both sides of the ball with 11

kills and 13 digs, while freshmen

Lauren Kubinski amassed 13 killsand classmate phenom Matsoncame up with 12 digs.

Furlano posted 11 digs, and se-nior setter Kari Clapham finished

with 29 assists.

Also, the team significantly improved their serving efficiency,racking up six aces and just four

errors.Honored on Saturday were

seniors Clapham, Furlano and

Kelsie Smith.

Smith and Clapham have been with the team for four years,

while Furlano joined the Lakersin 2003 after transferring from

Kishwaukee College. All three have proved indis-

pensable, with Clapham holding

down the fort at setter the pastfour years, Furlano stepping in tofill the void at libero this year, and

Smith acting as team captain.

Freshman Jenna Matson goes for the kill.Katie McAdams/Photo editor


Women’s soccer looks to finish season with win at Gannon

Although the Mercyhurst women’s soccer team has only

one game left to their 2005season, they are not taking thisgame lightly.

Coming off of a 1-1 weekend,the Lakers will play their finalgame versus Gannon at home

this upcoming Sunday.Last Friday, the women took on

long time rival, the Eagles from

Ashland University. They went into this crucial

game looking for a win to keep

their playoff hopes alive. The Lakers did not start out as

they planned because they werealready down by three goals afteronly 30 minutes of play.

As coach Dale White said,“Before we woke up we werelosing 4-0.”

White said that coming off of five wins and playing the bestsoccer he had seen them play all

year, the women did a complete180 after they had played ter-rible for the first 30 minutes of

that game.“It was rough,” he said, “and

we got punished for every error

we made.”Despite the attempted come-

back and the three late goals

from junior Lisa Casement,

sophomore Jacque Sluga andfreshman Christine Rehnert, they still did not come out on top.

The Lakers lost 5-3, and as White summed up, “It just wasn’tour day.”

After Friday’s loss, the womenhoped to put that game behindthem and play like they knew

how to play. The Lakers did just that and

dominated Findlay, beating them

5-0.

Casement had her fourth hat

trick of the year giving her 26goals on the season, which isthree short of the single season

record. Junior Finella Annand and

freshman Sarah Powell added

the other two goals while ju-nior Karen Eade recorded theshutout.

Referring to the win over Find-lay, White noted, “This is anawesome group of girls. It

shows great character for them

to bounce back after the loss to

Ashland and come out and play like they did. They really playedfor each other.”

He took that idea a little fur-ther to say, “They were all pretty upset about not making playoffs

but nobody looks like they areeasing up.

“Some of them will plateau,some will drop down, but theones with the real character are

those who are going to continueto grow.”

Looking ahead to next year, but

not lessening the importance of Sunday’s game, White mentionedsome things about the 2006

season.Since they are only losing one

senior, the Lakers are very opti-

mistic about next year.Many of the talented new faces

of this season are going to have

a year of experience under theirbelt and will have more of an

impact next season. Their goal is to be a national

competitor, preferably in the

top 25.By adding a few more quality

players to the roster and fur ther-

ing the growth of the playerscurrently on the team, this goal

is well within reach. As for now, the best way to

start off that new season would

be to carry over a winning recordof 15-5 from this 2005 season

with a final win over Gannon

on Sunday.

By Kelly OldachContributing writer

Jacque (5) and Adrienne (9) Sluga move the ball upfield against Findlay.Katie McAdams/Photo editor

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Laker Sports “Quick Hits”

This Week’s Results...Field hockey....................Oct. 26, W 4-0 Washington & Jefferson

Oct. 29, W 9-0, St. Vincent

Women’s volleyball...................................Oct. 28, L 3-0, Ashland

Oct. 29, L 3-0, Findlay

Men’s water polo...........................................Oct. 28, W 14-3, Navy

Oct. 29, L 17-10, Salem International

Oct. 30, L 8-7, Gannon

Women’s hockey.................................Oct. 29, L 3-2, St. Lawrence

Oct. 30, L 4-1, St. Lawrence

Men’s hockey................................................Oct. 28, W 5-2, UConn

Oct. 29, W 5-3, UConn

Men’s soccer.......................................Oct. 28, T 3-3(2 OT) Ashland

Oct. 30, L 3-1, Finday

Women’s soccer..........................................Oct. 28, L 5-2, Ashland

Oct. 30, W 5-0, Findlay

Football...................................................Oct. 29, L 41-20, Hillsdale

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In the news...

Intramural update

Monday night was filled with upsets during the Intramural Flag

Football Quarterfinals at Tullio Field.

Scott Wartanen’s team, ranked fifth, beat the fourth-seeded

team of Mike Rapone 40 to 27. The biggest upset of the

evening happened between the third and sixth seeds with the

sixth seed team of Jamie Walczak prevailing 62 to 48.

Matt Kampman’s team, seeded second, beat Pietro

DiMichele’s team, ranked seventh, and with the win moves

onto the semifinals. Brian Folland, the top seeded team,

remains undefeated by beating Tony Dorchak’s team 66 to 50.

Nov. 7, 2005 concludes Intramural Flag Football with the

semifinals at 8 p.m. and the Championship Game following at

9 at Tullio Field.

Next week also marks the end of Ultimate Frisbee with Jeff

Cagle’s and Joe Ranallo’s teams battling for first place and

Denny Porter and Tim Watt’s teams playing for third.

Both games will be at 7 p.m. on Tullio Field.

- Deanna Fletcher & Christine Mersch

Men’s hockey earns honors

Men’s hockey picked up a few honors this past week. First up

were the individual awards with junior Scott Champagne and

freshman Chris Trafford who were honored by Atlantic Hockey.

Champagne tallied six points on the weekend, notching a goal

with five assists in the Lakers’ pair of wins over UConn.

Trafford was responsible for the game winner on Friday night

when he scored late in the second period. He also tallied an

assist on the goal in the third period that night.

The team was also honored by the USA Today poll by earning

the 21st spot and they are Mercyhurst College’s Team of the

Week.

Mercyhurst won a pair over UConn Friday and Saturday night by

the scores 5-2 and 5-3 respectively.

Champagne honored again along with Brochu

Champagne and field hockey junior forward Haley Brochu werehonored as the Mercyhurst College Athletes of the Week.

Brochu tallied a goal and five assists in the 3-0 weekend for

the Lakers. Mercyhurst defeated Catawba, Washington &

Jefferson and St. Vincent over the past week to close out the

season.

MacEllven gets recognized nationally

National recognition was given to Mercyhurst junior Lauren

MacEllven last this week. MacEllven, a forward on the field

hockey team, scored five goals in the Lakers’ three wins last

week. She finished her season by leading the team in goals

with 16.

Quick hits are compiled by sports editor Ryan Palm. Any-thing worthy of being a “quick hit” should be emailed to

Men’s hockey sweeps UConn

The Mercyhurst men’s hockey team got off to a great startin conference play over the weekend by sweeping the Uni- versity of Connecticut in a pairof contests at the MercyhurstIce Center. The Lakers defeated the Hus-

kies 5-2 Friday night and 5-3Saturday afternoon.

Coach Rick Gotkin was very pleased with his team’s perfor-mance to open their conferenceschedule.

“We played very well in bothgames. We completely dominatedUConn for most of three periodson Saturday until we gave uptwo goals late. Finishing gamesstronger is something that we’regoing to have to work on as wego,” Gotkin stated.

Senior assistant captain DaveBorrelli got the Lakers startedin Friday’s contest by scoring histhird goal of the season.

UConn rebounded with a goalearly in the second period beforethe Lakers scored the next twoto take a 3-1 lead into the finalperiod. The Huskies got back within a

goal early in the third period butgoals by junior Kyle Gourganand sophomore Kerry Bow-man sealed the victory for theLakers. Junior goalie Mike Ella picked

up the victory in net by stopping 28 shots for Mercyhurst.

Mercyhurst continued theirhigh scoring attack on Saturday,this time led by Ben Cottreau

who scored twice, giving himthree goals on the season. Jamie Hunt also contributed

his third goal of the season whileScott Champagne was credited with four assists.

The Lakers started freshman Tyler Small in net, who picked upthe win by stopping 24 shots. The Lakers have three solid

goaltenders in Ella, Small, and Jordan Wakefield, who have allplayed well in their net time thisseason.

Having this kind of depth is aproblem that Gotkin does notmind having.

“It’s nice to have three goal-tenders who are all playing well.Depth is something that is going to carry us this season, and to beable to change goalies on a gameto game basis and still see similar

results is a nice problem for acoach to have,” Gotkin said.

Goaltending is not the only area where the Lakers have depth.

Injuries to senior defense-men Conrad Martin and JamieCoghlan have forced Gotkin toplay some of his freshmen morethan he had planned on, but they have stepped up to fill the voidsleft by those injuries, specifically Kirk Mendernach and Bobby Phillips.

“The injuries that we have now are giving the freshmen morechances to contribute and that’sa nice luxury to have during aseason as long as ours.

“The experience that the fresh-men gain now will help us furtherdown the road toward the end of the season.

“When we get Martin and

Coghlan back we will be thatmuch deeper which could be ahuge advantage for us,” Gotkinsaid. The Lakers will continue con-

ference play this upcoming week-end when they will travel to American International Collegefor a pair of games. The following weekend, Mer-

cyhurst will take on Holy Cross,a team Gotkin expects to giveMercyhurst all they can handle.

“We are taking it one game ata time. We need to take care of American International and wecan’t get caught looking pastthem.

“You can’t win the conferencein October, and we have to ap-proach each game one at a time,”Gotkin stated.

By Chris Van HornContributing writer

Freshman goalie Tyler Small picked up a win on Saturday against UConn.Katie McAdams/Photo editor

Water polo finishes season at 6-15, 2-9

The Mercyhurst men’s waterpolo team could not end theirseason the way they wanted to, with a victory, but their hopes will be high as they look forwardand begin preparing for nextseason.

Mercyhurst finished eighth atthe Southern Championships in Annapolis, Md.

The Lakers fell to Division INavy, ranked No. 13, by a scoreof 14-3. The Lakers dropped their sec-

ond contest of the tournamentto Salem International by a scoreof 17-10. Then, in their season finale, the

Lakers dropped a heartbreaker toGannon by a score of 8-7.

the final say in the season seriesas they took three of five con-tests against Mercyhurst thisseason.

“Obviously we would haveliked to get at least one win butthe guys hung tough and playedhard every game,” Coach CurtisRobinette stated. The Lakers have much to look

forward to as they begin theirpreparations for next fall. An outstanding freshmen class

will be returning with a full sea-son of college water polo undertheir belts.

Zach Bell, Andrew Schonhoff, Jorge Montero and Oscar Calde-ron played outstanding all seasonlong, and their experience willonly help in their preparationfor next fall. The Lakers finished their sea-

son with a record of 6-15 overall

However, their record is de-ceiving as Mercyhurst lost fourgames by one goal, a statistic thatshould change with experience.

“The young guys played greatall season long and their experi-ence will play a big part in ourpotential to win more games nextseason,” Robinette said. The Lakers will miss the de-

partures of seniors Kyle Wilson,Patrick Staab and Chad Ward. Wilson leaves Mercyhurst as

the Lakers all-time leader ingames played while Staab gradu-ates as the Lakers all time leaderin saves.

Coach Robinette hopes to havea big year of recruiting, noting that the team has several holesthat need to be filled.

“As far as recruiting goes, weneed to get faster and deeper. We were a team that did not have a

“Gannon and Slippery Rock have 22 guys on the roster, wehad 13 this year. Depth is a very important part of being suc-cessful in college water polo,”Robinette stated. The Lakers will be young,

talented and more experiencednext season.

However, it is still too early to predict how Mercyhurst willfare in terms of racking up more wins.

“We have a lot of work to dobefore next season. We weren’ta very big team this year so wehave to hit the weight room andput on some pounds.

“We definitely have to be morephysical to get some more vic-tories. I’ll have a better idea of where this team stands and how good they could be by the timeMay rolls around,” Robinette

By Chris Van HornContributing writer

Field hockey gets fourth straight win

Often times people liken asports team’s season to a rollercoaster.

If one were to apply thatmetaphor to the Mercyhurst fieldhockey team, one would come up with the picture of the strangestroller coaster ever created. The Mercyhurst field hockey

team would begin with the typicalseries of ups and downs, twistsand turns.

But the end would be a killer. That’s because our field hockey

team finished the season withfour consecutive wins, and was victorious in five of their finalsix contests. True, the Lakers did end up

with a 9-11 record, so the ascentdid not come quickly enough, butit was impressive nonetheless. Just ask freshman goalkeeper Jen Macri.

“It was definitely good to gainsome momentum at the end of the season. It will give us someincentive going into next year.”

But the team shouldn’t beatitself up too much; the last threegames were quite impressive.

On Monday, the Lakers acedoff against Catawba College in

Bloomsburg, Pa.Senior Misty Dennis led the

way to a 5-2 victory with threegoals.

Before Dennis began her domi-nation, however, freshman Haley Brochu started things off right,scoring with just over five min-utes off the clock.

She continued her strong play later in the match when she as-sisted Dennis in her third goal.

Dennis scored near the halfway mark and twice again in the last14 minutes to put the Lakers upfor good. Senior Lindsay Jackson was credited with the assist forDennis’ second score.

For the match, senior KatieKing also had one assist, juniorLauren MacEllven scored onegoal and junior goalkeeper JulieSmith had 13 saves.

Next up (and quickly downed) was Washington and Jefferson, who lost 4-0 against our Lakers.

Brochu once again made herpresence felt with three assists,and MacEllven and Jackson eachcontributed one goal.

Sophomore Erin Kelleher andfreshman Alicia Guzzo scoredthe opening and closing goals,respectively. The Lakers dominated this

game with their 32 shots, 26 ongoal, to just six shots for Wash-

ington and Jefferson.Freshman goalkeepers Jen

Macri and Jen Coleman each gotabout 10 minutes of relief timein the match.

Finally, the Lakers embarrassedSt. Vincent on Saturday at TullioField.

MacEllven and Guzzo bothmade life difficult for the visiting team, as they each scored threetimes apiece. By the end of the first half, the score was 5-0.

Dennis, Kelleher and freshmanCourtney Monin round out thescoring with one goal each.

Defensively, the team held St. Vincent to a ludicrous total of

two shots in the entire game, asopposed to Mercyhurst’s 30. The freshmen tandem of Macri

and Coleman once again gotsignificant playing time, andeach came up with one save.Smith played for only the firstsix minutes.

Lauren MacEllven (14) moves the ball upfield.



Intramural football action on Tullio Field.Contributed Photo

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