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M e r c y r e m o d e l e d t o m e e t c o d e sBy Kristin PiirdyAssistant editor in chiefRenovations are under way in over30 apartments in the Mercy resi-dence halls due to building code vio-lations. On Sept. 18, hired contrac-tors along with the college's main-tenance crew began to put up a wallin the space that used to be a livingroom in the apartments.

Over the summer, the study areathat was previously a kitchen wasconverted into a single bedroom toaccommodate the growing numberof freshmen this year. A few weeksinto the school year, the housing de-partment began to search for an al-ternate space to use as a bed room,where there was a window and freshair.Ttie solution was to build a wall,creating a bedroom in the livingroom area.

"We looked at several options toget fresh air and had builders comein and look at the apartments to finda safe and legal solution," said Laura

Zirkle, dean of residence life and stu-dent conduct.Before the construction began inthe apartments, the housing depart-ment tried to accommodate studentsto their best ability. Students had theoption of .moving into other resi-dence halls for the construction pe-riod, and the department offered totransfer their personal belongings toease the adjustment. To avoid theft,Housing maitenance asked the stu-dents to use common sense and notleave v aluables blatantly in the open.Students in the apartments made afloor plan of their apartment, andmaintenance moved the furniture towhere they w anted.

"Anything we were able to do tomake it easier, we did. The residents[were very cooperative and we didthe construction within the perim-eters with as little disruption as pos-sible," Zirkle said.Construction in Mercy 100 and200 is almost complete, while con-struction in Mercy 300 is anticipated

to be completed Sep t. 27 at the lat-est. Although students w ere accom-modated, many expressed that theyfaced several frustrations over thepast week.Several freshmen said that on-go-ing construction is stressful. Lind-say Clark described the present stateof her living room as, "A metal cre-ation in the middle of the room thatlooks like barbs." Although the ac-tual change to the apartment is notgoing to drastically change students'lives, the process is a hassle, saidClark.Construction workers along withMercyhurst maintenance arrive atthe apartments during the week at 9a.m. and finish working at 6 p.m.

Some students said they were dis-tracted by the workers.Megan Johnson said, "We have noclue whether we can trust them ornot. But we feel better having amaintenance worker also there."Zirkle commented about the work-ers in the students' apartments by

A new wall is being added to the Mercy apartments.saying that the college's mainte-nance staff handled the students'varied range of concerns. "I wasimpressed with the patience ofmaintenance and the students dur-ing the past week."Following Thursday, Sept. 27, 30apartments will have a new bed-room. Not every student is going touse the newly created room as a bed-room though. Some students have

decided to put three beds in a bed-room in order to keep a designatedarea for a living room, said KarenThomas. Other students are using thenew room as storage space with theirdesks in it."We understand it was a hardchoice, but we needed to do what wasthe best choice. We have a responsi-bility to students to provide a healthyand safe environmen t," said Z irkle.

2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 J 2 i H o m e c o m i n g C o u r tAll Mercyhurst students are eligible to vote in the Homecoming elections. Voting will take place Thursday, Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday,Sept. 28 frbnHl a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union lobby. The crowning will be at halftime of the football game Saturday, Sept. 29.

Jessica Kapustachemistry andbiochemistryCurtisville, Pa.

Sarah Kassabspecial educationPittsburgh, Pa.

Tuesday Kastnerelementary educationand special educationBath, N.Y.

Lisa Spinosasportsmedicine anddance minor

*Boston, Mass.

Lexi Toypolitical scien ceVandergrift, Pa.

Megan Verbanickcomputer systems

and math minorPittsburgh, Pa.

Jen YopeArt Therapy

Aliquippa, Pa.

Billy Byrnespolitical science andreligious studiesSan Jose, Calif.

Brian Jankow skimarketingStrongsville, O hioRob Koskobiochemistry andforensic scienceYork, Pa.

Nick Lordisports marketingBethel Park, Pa.

FilQQtWD. Ford Mennel' HRIMFostoria, Ohio

Carlton MorganadvertisingYoungstown, Ohio

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CAMPUS NEWSC a p i t a l c a m p a i g n h i t s 1 5 m i l l i o nB l e a k e c o n o m y m e a n s t o u g h r o a d a h e a d f o r f u n d r a i s e r sBy Annie DeMeoNews editor

The capital campaign that began ustten months ago has already raisedan impressive 15 million dollars.The final five million of the 20 mil-lion dollar goal will be the toughestto solicit, according to GaryBukowski, vice president of institu-tional advancement.?"Originally when we put it to-gether it was a three year campaignwhich is scheduled to end in 2003,"said Bukowski, who is in charge of

the capital campaign. H e indicatedthat the campaign will last as longas it takes to get to the goal."Before the events of Sept. 11 theeconomy was close to recession asit was, which has made it much moredifficult from the standpoint offundraising," said Bukowski. "Ob-viously the terrible tragedy that oc-curred has m ade it even more diffi-cult because there are a lot of height-ened needs for charitable donations."

Bukowski made it clear that theacademic building would be the toppriority for the funds since rising en-MSG event? supports"September 11 FundBy Jessica KapustaMerciad writerFor those that do not have the time,transportation or the money to travelto Casino Niagara, Mercynurst Stu-dent Government is sponsoringMonte Carlo Night at the StudentUnion on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10p.m. until 12 a.m.In the past, Monte Carlo Night hadbeen designed as an event to raisemoney for national and local chari-ties including the American CancerSociety and the Erie Chapter of theAmerican Diabetes A ssociation.This year, the proceeds from theevent will go towards the Septem-ber 11 Fund, a United Way fund thatis dispersed for those needing finan-cial assitance that were involvedwith the terrorist attack. MSG isasking that each student that attendsthe event bring at least a $3 dona-tion to benefit this cause. With thatdonation they will receive Mercy-hurst "money" to gamble with*

"Since the proceeds are benefittingthe September 11 Fund, I hope thatwe will see a greater turn out thanwe have in past years," said Rob

Kosko, student government presi-dent.Students will have the opportunityto add to their cash and then ex-change that m oney for tickets withwhich they can win prices donatedfrom local businesses, restaurantsand also prizes purchased by MSG .This year, the goodie bag includes aSony PlayStation 2 video game con-sole, gift certificates'to AmericanEagle andTinseltown movie passes,among other things.Some of the games that will beavailable for the gamblers at heartare blackjack, poker, roulette, crapsand of course, the ever popular slotmachines. For those students thatare interested in socializing and notjust gambling, there will also be anarea for dancing and refreshments.This is a great opportunity for thestudent body to raise money for aworthy cause and at the same time,have fun, spend someone else'smoney, and win great prizes, MSGencourages everyone to take a breakthis Homecoming w eekend and par-take in a few hours of Saturday nightfun.

Police and Safety I|ogSeptember 5,2001Briggs Ave. apartmentsDamage done within apartmentbuilding by unknown students.Sep tembers , 2Zurn ComplexSoap was dumped into the foun-tain, The Blessing, in MunsonPlaza by a student that provideda false student id.September 6,2001McAuley HallDamage done to door of the building.

September 8,2001Lewis Ave apartmentA screen from one of the windowswas damaged. 1September 9,2001Lewis Ave apartment^Student was hospitalized after ac-cidental overdose.September 9,2001Briggs Ave apartmentUnknown male, drinking a beer,fled from the scene of an illegalparty.September 13,2001McAuley HallPossession and use of drug para-phernalia.

rollment is demanding more class-room space. The building will costaround $7.2 million and should becompleted by the beginning of win-ter term, 2002.The team of fundraisers has beenworking tirelessly thus far. The fif-teen million solicited donations havecome from a variety of sources."Already we have gone to thetrustees for their support and theyhave offered tremendously to theeffort," said Bukowski.The current college communityhas also has been extremely helpful

in helping raise the funds."We have solicited from the fac-ulty, staff and administration and I'mhappy to report that 95% participatedfrom the Erie campus, and 93% fromth e North-East campus," saidBukowski. "Those are exceptionallevels of participation on any co llegecampus in the United States."Most recently the office has beenworking with businesses, which hasbeen challenging with the currenteconomic problems."We have been working on theErie corporate community and have

been fairly successful in that consid-ering the economic situation," saidBukowski.The campaign will be officially re-focused Homecoming weekendwhen Bukowski will announce thatthere has been 100% participationfrom the Alumni Board for the cam-paign.'The plan of attack is to kick in tothe alumni campaign, the parentcampaign, friends, foundations andany other possibility that will bringus to the 20 million goal," saidBukowski.Anniversary celebrated with Mass

J * Annie S itter/Merciad photographerFifteen priests returned to Mercyhurst College Thursday, Sept. 20 for the 75th Anniversary Mass ofthe Holy Spirit. The group of concelebrates included a former student, former professors, andformer campus ministers. Sr. EustaceTaylor, a member of the original class of students and aformer president, was also in attendance. See more photos on page 6.

Bush appoints Ridge to newpresidential cabinet positionBy Zeb EckertU-wireWASHINGTON D.C.In a highlyanticipated address to a joint sessionof Congress Thursday night. Presi-dent Bush announced the creation ofa Cabinet-level position to fight ter-rorism and pledged a vigorous mili-tary campaign against rogue nations.

The President appointed Pennsyl-vania Gov. Tom Ridge to lead thenewly-created Office of HomelandSecurity, aimed to develop a "com-prehensive strategy against terror-ism."Bush condemned the terrorist actsof Sept. 11 and said that nations thatharbor terrorists would be punishedseverely."We will pursue nations that pro-vide aid or safe haven to terrorism,**

he said. "Every nation and every re-gion now has a decision to make.Either you are with us or you arewith the terrorists.** *The President said American de-mands to hand over terrorists anduncover networks "are not open tonegotiation or discussion.**In a clear sign of a full militaryengagement, Bush said he called thearmed forces to alert for a reason."The hour is coming whenAmerica will act and you will makeus proud " he said.He acknowledged the UnitedStates response would involve thesupport of a number of foreign na-tions and would likely be a lengthycampaign.

Americans can expect "dramaticstrikes and covert operations," Bushsaid.

The military response would beunlike the Gulf War and involve amuch more concentrated groundapproach, he said.After a number of attacks on Mus-lims and Arab-Americans acrosscountry, the President emphasizedthat peaceful Muslims are not theenemy."We respect your faith" he said."Our enemy is a radical network ofterrorists and every government thatsupp orts them.**The President said he hopesAmerican life will soon return tonormal and asked the country to re-main strong in a time of great sad-ness."We will rally the world to thiscause by our efforts, by our courage.We will not tire, we will not falterand we will not fail."

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENTGoril laz warfare Don't Cry for meThe Gorillaz'debut album w ill make you go apeAs the new arts and entertainmenteditor, I've decided it's high timethat The Merciad include a place todiscuss, review and find out aboutthe dynamic and constantly chang-ing world of music. W ith that said,I'd like to introduce the newest ad-dition toTh e Merciad. WreckChords.Hopefully, with the support of thestudents, this column can provide thecampus with information on the lat-est CD releases and reviews of Eriearea concerts (yes, E rie does in facthave a local music scene). So if you,the reader, are dying to let everyoneknow about your favorite band or ifyou know about any shows comingup, drop me a line up here at Th eMerciad in Box 485 or call at ext.2376*

Perhaps you've seen one of theirsharply animated videos or heardtheir debut track "Clint Eastwood"on the radio. Regardless, of whereand whether or not you've seen theGorillaz, expect a whole lot moreexposure in the coming months.There self-titled album, Gorillaz,was released March 2001 and hasbeen garnering increased media at-tention ever since. 4The Gorillaz are headed by thepunk.zombie, 24); on Jead suitar1 the&gg the-SatatMovrag Musrdoo; 4Bass features Noodle, a 10-yr-old,Japanese school girl; and finally ondrums, Russel, who channels thespirit of a long-dead, old-skool rap-per. A little contused by the line-up?Well, it gets betterthey're all car-toons.2-D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russelare the animated pcrsonas for a re-volving door of collaborating artists,including Del The FunkyHomosapien, Dan The Automator,Cibo Matto's Miho Hattori andBlur's Damon A1barn (among oth-ers).

The Lowdown:While the cartoon aspect of theband may be a bit distracting, theGorillaz personalities allow artiststhe freedom to experiment in a vari-ety of eclectic musical styles andsounds.

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OPINIONTHE GOOD ...

The turnout for the college's 75th Anniversary Mass was amazingand impressive. Thank you to all who attended.Equation and Brother put on a good show at the PAC this weekend

Students now have four venues to choosefromduring lunch. Thecafeteria, the Laker Inn, the lunch express in the Un ion, and interna-tional cafe in the Mercy Heritage H all offer students a variety ofmeals.T H E B A D . . .

What ever happened to the pool table and air hockeytable that was in the student union last year? Now, moretables and chairs crowd the floor with a new t.v. Cigarette butt deposit containers have still not been installed instudent residency areas. For the past year, students have beenrequesting these for outside o f their apartment buildings. Does itreally take that long to order them and install them?

Has anyone ever considered giving customer service training tosome people that work in certain offices handinling stu dents'financial affairs? The drilling going on in 3R in the library is interrupting with the ideaof the library being q uiet. Is there a better time this work could b edone, like early in the morning ?!

THE UGLY ...During the past few days, when it's constantly raining,it's hard to w alk on the walk w ays With the puddlesoverflowing them. You either have to try to jump overthem or else walk through the damn grass... you can't wineither way.Recently, the weather feels like it's tu rning into winter rather thanfall. It's hard to believe that just a sweater isn't good enough youhave to layer the clothes now to stay warm wh ile sitting in class.Over the weekend, someone threw up on the shuttle bus. What'sworse is that the d river had to clean it up. Thanks to that person, thenext person who leaves that job to the driver will have to pay a tine.

aPatriotism flying highLeft to Write

Leslie Echan .After the terrorist attacks on theWorld Trade Center and the Penta-gon, I wanted to go home for a nightand be with my family. My parents.live in Cleveland, so it wasn't toobad of a drive. But on my way backto school, I noticed American flagsrandomly placed along Interstate 90.Some were on bridges, some tied tothe antennas of cars and even paintedon semi-trucks. I passed exits withsigns that read: "Honk your horn ifyou love the U.S.A." It was great tosee the patriotism, how people havebeen coming together to rally andsupport one another. It was consid-

erate to see fast food places post sup-portive signs on their boards.I began to think to myself, "Whata great place to live, if we can putallof our differences aside and cometogether in this time of need." Butat the same time, I am confused asto why it took such a horrific trag-edy to pull our nation together andto trust our government. Somepeople had to by an American flag -I thought everyone already hadthem. Some stores sold out, whichled some people to resort to stealingthem from other people's frontyards. A sense of comfort and fearwas running through my entire body.When I pulled into my drivewaythe evening before, I couldn't helpbut get goose bumps on my arms-.My mom had placed sashes of thefamiliar red, white and blue alongthe outside of my house. The people

in my neighborhood had their flag swaving, showing their support ofAmerica.On campus the next day, the feel-ing was the same. Students had flagsin their apartments, their ibbons iedto windows and doors. But I wasmost impressed by the turn-out thatweek, and the week after for prayerservices and the candlelight vigil.The campus and community hadcome together in a time of need.May we continue to talk to eachother through the healing days tocome. Because we are a nation com-ing together in the memories of hoselost and in the fight that way layahead for our nation. I hope that thissense of trust and pride within ournation will continue, and that theAmerican flag will continue to flyhigh in our yards and windows.

Sincerely wrongStudent expresses his views on America '^tragedyBy Charles CuteraIndiana Daily Student(U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind.You must understand that I knewbeyond a shadow of doubt that themen's bathroom was on the left. Itwas a few days before Christmas.* My grandparents were taking myfamily and me* out to dinner at an]expensive German restaurant. Ineeded to make use of the facilities.We had eaten at the same place lastyear, and I clearly recalled the men'srestroom was on the left. I swag-gered in without even bothering toglance at the sign on the door. Thefirst thing I noticed was the lack ofa urinal. "Very odd," I thoughtsNow you might think that I wouldhave clued in at this point. I didn't.After using the facilities, I stood infront ofthe mirror, admiring my jun-ior high self in my dapper tuxedo.

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Making the most of itAs I embark on my senior year atMercyhurst, I often find myselfwondering-if, throughout my fouryears here, I will have gained all Iwill need to make it in the real world.I know nothing can really prepareme for allofthe twists and turns thatlife has to offer, but I would like tothink that I have developed a sensethat will eventually lead me in theright direction.Recently, one of my professorshelped me find the answer to thisquestion of whether I have learnedenough here to prepare me forwhat 's to come. This professor w aslecturing to the class, as professorsoften do, about something thatseemed completely irrelevant at thetime, something else that often hap-pens. But, the lecture turned out tomake sense in the larger scheme ofthings. He was reminding us that wemade the decision to enter college

In Other Words...Sara Seidle

and that the ability to make that de-cision and follow through with itwasn't a right, but a privilege. Be-cause it is a privilege to have theopportunity to be studying some-thing that we hold ofpersonal inter-est for four years, we should not takeit for granted, but make the m ost ofit. IN |Often times, when people tellsomeone to make the most of col-lege or enjoy it while it lasts, theymean party all you want becausesoon you'll have to enter the realworld, start working, start a familyand have som eone other than your-self to answer to when you slack on

the responsibilities. But, this time,"make the most of it" took on a com-pletely different meaning.You leave college exactly the sameas when you entered college, youreally haven't gained anything andfailed m iserably at making the mostof it. The whole point of spendingfour years here is to explore newideas and learn more not only aboutour future professions, but about theworld we live in, the people we livewith and most importantly, our-selves. This may sound like the in-troduction to a college catalogue, butfrom my experiences, it's the truth.Not until recently did I realize justhow much I have learned about un-derstanding others and myself. AndI expect this to be the most valuablelesson I will have learned in my fouryears at Mercyhurst as well as thebasis for the sense that will lead mein therightdirection.

At the moment, the door opened,and there stood a gorgeous girl myage. My first thought was how em-barrassed this girl must feeUforwalking into the wrong restroom.Dumbfounded, she stared at me andsaid, "Uh, this is the women's bath-room."Mortified, J ran out, into the realmen's bMhfdoirk After banging myhead against the wall several times,I snuck back to my seat, hoping toavoid the girl.You are probably thinking, "Boy,that was dumb." And it was. Butwith the incident many years re-moved, it makes for a good laugh.But I would like to draw attentionto a perhaps obvious fact: my sin-cerity in believing that the men'srestroom was on the left did notchange the fact that it was on theright. ;.There exists in our society today

the notion that sincerity is what isimportant when it comes to our be-liefs. We hear, "What may be true-for you is not true for me. Whatmatters is that you are sincere in yourbeliefs."Two weeks ago, it seems that agroup of men thought it was right tohijack planes and murder thousands.No one can question how sincerethey were in their beliefs; they weresincere enough to die for what theybelieved. But I hope you balk asmuch as I do at the thought of suchan act being just. T heir sincerity didnot make them right.The same principle applies to ourlives. Sincerity is not the ultimategoal. Arriving at the truth is. Sincer-ity is a good quality. I respect peoplewith strong convictions, and I wishmore people had them , but sincerityalone is not enough. Sincerity mustbe coupled with truth.

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"They*re in denial. A lot of kidslaugh it off almost as if nothing isgoing on."Bob Domingo, senior"Everyone's putting aside theirpetty differences and trying toshow everyone that our generationisn't as weak and lazy as#heythink. Donating blood, countlesse-mails,flagsflyingeverywhere-we are taking a genuine interest."Brian "Whitey" Jaymont,juniort >

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"I think^we'reJinjshock becausewe've never been exposed to any-thing like this before. Everyone isreal patriotic right now, b ut it's sadthat something this drastic had tohappen for us to pull together.**'Deanna Blose, sophomore

"I think it's giving us a great senseofAmerican pride. We are alfband-ingtfogether ahd*trying tojmake adifference so things can change forthe better. This is making our pettydifferences less important and}weare finally looking at the big pic-ture.1? * | ^ f | | u |ttCaty Delaney junior

CAMPUSQUESTIONHow do you think yourgeneration is handlingthe terrorist events thattook place September11,12001? I

"We have definitely grown closertogether due to the tragedy. It was. arude awakening that shocked us intoearly maturity. Many of us willnever take life for granted again."Mike Foglio, freshman

"I think that it hit people hard, es-pecially being awayfrom heir fami-lies. |t made people face somethinghistorical for| the* first time ever. Ithink people are coming togetherand handling it well.'?r-Meghann Kaplun, freshman

( Unbelievably good."-Brad Cetnarowski, junior

"Everyone seems very timid,scared to admit what may happen."-Adam Tackaberry, sophomore

' It s forced us to become adultsand realize what's important andnot take things for granted."*Missy Rapone, junior"I'm very proud of the way we'rehandling the situation, consideringwe are about to face the unknown."

Joanna Banes, junior

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What's the Christian response?Stude nt speaks abo ut cam pus card use Questioning FamAs patrons come and gofrom CafeDiem, they always leave shakingtheir heads as to why they don'thave access to the all-campus cardprogram. Those of us who work atCafe'Diem sympathize with themand explain that the cost of the ma-chine is just something we cannotafford. 4 ^ ^ ^ , A* * v m.$4ft

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FEATURESTwo students seekcorporate spon!sors to financecollege educationWilmington, Del.(COLLE-GIATE PRESSWIRE)Aug 28 ,2001The world watched withamazement as Chris Barrett andLuke McCabe, two marketing-savvy high school seniors fromNew Jersey, launched an unprec-edented campaign seeking corpo-rate sponsorship for their collegecareers.Their ingenuity paid off. They aremaking history by serving as "stu-dent ambassadors" for First USABank, in exchange for college tu-ition at Pepperdine University andUniversity of Southern California.First USA, the nation's largestVisa(R) issuer, wants to help col-lege students learn about the im-portance of responsible spendingand money m anagement. As part ofits educational campaign, FirstUSAhas asked "spokesguys" Chrisand Luke, to share their insight andhelp send a positive message totheir peers about financial respon-sibility.

Here are some of their smart andsimple ideas that students can useto pay the b ills, have some spend-ing cash...and even put a little|away for the future:Make the most of your midnightsnacks - Start saving that changefrom those late-night pizza deliv-eries and see how fast your twodollars turns into $100 when youdeposit it into a savings account.Give yourself credit - Begin toestablish credit by applying for acredit card with a low credit limitand interest rate. Spend responsi-bly, within your means, and youwill be on your way to buildinggreat credit for your future. 2*Learn to say **no" - Disciplineyourself from making frivolouspurchases. It's easy to get caughtup in a spending frenzy whenyou're away from home with yourfriends. Find a budget that worksfor you and stick to it.Invest in your future - Consoli-date cash you get for birthdays orholidays and transfer it into an in-terest-bearing money market ac-count. It's never too early to startin vesting...plus this is a great wayto save for Spring Break!"First USA is committed to sup-porting education, innovation andfinancial responsibility," said Doug

Filak, Senior Vice President of Mar-keting Strategy at First USA. "Thelatest findings from the First USA Fi-nancial Index show that teens alreadyrealize the importance of being fina n-cially aware." According to FirstUSA's financial index, here are somestatistics revealing what is on theminds of college bound students:Teens Plan to be "B.M.O.C." (Bud-get Minded on Campus)According to the First USA Finan-cial Index, almost two out of threecollege freshmen (63 percent) wantto "use money responsibly" with one

out of three students already deter-mining their budget for the comingyear. These freshmen are thinkingabout ways to finance their educa-tion, including funds from their par-ents, financial aid and scholarships.About a third (32 percent) will usefinancial aid, scholarships or studentloans, while nearly half (47 percent)say they will use a combination ofseveral methods, including parentalcontributions.Here are some additional statisticsfrom the First USA Financial Indexrevealing what is on the minds ofcollege-bound students:33% of college freshman willmiss their family most, while only4% will miss mooching money fromtheir parentsTwo out of five college freshmanplan to carry a credit card63% of high school seniors willpay their own credit card bill in col-lege *One in ten students will relysolely on mom and dad to cover tu-ition and expenses.Through its sponsorship of Chrisand Luke, as well as other educa-tional initiatives, First USA deliversa positive message to young adultsabout financial responsibility. FirstUSA's free informative brochure andCD-ROM (available by e-mailingstudentcreditinfo@firstusa.com)provide a range of practical financialtools for students. First USA 's Stu-dent Advisory Board, launching thisfall, will give college students acrossAmerica theopportunity to speak fortheir peers as they share theirthoughts on financial issues. Alsocoming this fall, the First USA onlinereference site will give students anopportunity to learn more aboutmoney management.

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Making WavesMoore dances her way into N.Y.C.By Kate RileyMerciad writerBeing in the spotlight is somethingLaura Moore is used to. As a junior inthe dance department at Mercy hurstCollege, Moore has a concentration inperformance and teaching choreogra-phy. " I want to be on the stage oneday, either dancing professionally orchoreographing or both," said Moore.This past summer Moore danced onestep closer to her dream. She took twoweeks off from her summer job inPoughkeepsie, NY as a sports campcounselor to live with her uncle inNew York City and dance for a PaulTaylor summer intensive program.Moore came across this oppurtunitywhile looking through a dance maga-zine and noticing an ad for the PaulTaylor Pre-Professional Dance Inten-

sive. '1 really didn 't think I'd get in.It's pretty competitive, but I gave ita shot," said Moore.*Moore auditioned by sending avideotape of herself. Forty dancerswere chosen and they were split intotwo groups of twenty, all doing mod-ern dance.The material they learned was partof Paul Taylor's repertoire. Taylor isa renowned choreographer with twoof his own companies, Paul Taylorand Taylor II. He hosted the sum-mer program at a studio in Soho at552 Broadway. He is responsible fora documentary cal led Dance Maker.Moore said she is a huge fan of his.While there, Moore said shelearned a great deal. "We dancedabout six hours a day but it varied.Sometimes more, sometimes less."Not only did the program focus onstudio dancing, but there were alsoseminars discussing what it means

to be a professional dancer and howto get the proper nutrition. Someseminars were about other kinds ofjobs related to the industry as well,such as careers in lighting and mar-keting and developement. 'lMany of the girls had alreadygraduated from college and sharedtheir experiences of being out in thereal world and explained all aboutthe auditioning processes. Moorereflected by saying,'! learned somuch in a short time. It was greatand I adore Paul Taylor, everythingabout him, his style, his technique.It was just great."The program , which ran from Au-gust 13-24, ended with the groupsgiving two performances in the stu-dio. Both companies, Paul Taylorand Taylor II, helped out. The per-formances were also open to thepublic.

Mercyhurst legend recognized at Mass of Holy SpiritDr. William P. Garvey, college presi-dent, recognized past president andmember of the first graduating classof Mercyhu rst College , Sr. M.Eustace Taylor (pictured at left) dur-ing his remarks at the 75th A nniver-sary Mass of the Holy Spirit Thurs-day, Sept. 20. During the Mass, Sr.Eustace commented that MotherBorgia and the Sisters of-Mercywould be" very proud oFMereyhurstCollege today. She is pictured at rightwith The Most Reverend Michael J.Murphy, D.D, and Sr. M. LorettaMcHale, another past president of thecollege.

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By Mackenzie DexterSports EditorThe men'swaterpolo team losttwicethis past weekend, their record fall-ing to 0-8. The Lakers fell 17-7 toGrove City Saturday and 17-5 toWashington & Jefferson Sunday.Playing at Gannon Saturday, theLakers fell to Grove City College forthe second time this season, fresh-man team captain Matt Carroll ledthe Laker's scoring efforts with fivegoals and freshman Ryan Jakubczakscored twice.Laker goalie junior NateMcHale was outstanding with 32saves. W ith two of the team*s startersmissing this game, junior newcom-ers Doug Stupar, Darren Forgea andRob Long all got to see action in thepool.In Sunday's game at the MercyhurstNorth East Aquatic Center, Wash-ington & Jefferson took the earlylead scoring six goals in the firstquarter. With 5:24 left to play in thesecond quarter, Jacubczak scored thefirst goal for Mercyhurst making thescore 6 -1. Washington & Jeffersonanswered back with a goal 18 sec-onds later. A penalty shot was thenmade by a Washington & Jeffersonplayer with 4:10 left in the secondquarter to increase the lead 8-1. Wash-ington & Jefferson then scored twice

more to make the score 10-1. Carrollscored with less than a minute to playin the first half to take the Lakers intothe third quarter 10-2. Washington &Jefferson opened the scoring four-teen seconds into the second halfwith a goal. Mercyhurst came backwith three more goals, Jakubczakscoring his second and third goals ofthe game, while seniorTodd Conklinadded a single goal. Washington &Jefferson scored two more times be-fore the end of he third quarter. Lead-ing 13-5 going into the fourth quar-ter, Washington & Jefferson scoredfpur moretimes to end the. gamewinning 17-5 over M ercyhurst.Mercyhurst is now 0-8overall and0-2 in the College Water Polo Asso-ciation South Division.Despite the winless season so far.Coach Kuzma is very proud of theefforts of all theplayers^'Theyarelearning thegame quickly. They havemore heart then any other team thatI've ever coached. We are learningand growing as a team. O ur fan baseis growing and the comments fromthe parents and opposing coaches arevery positive, soI guess weare headedin therightdirection," Kuzma said.The Lakers will compete thisweekend against Washington &Jefferson, Slippery Rock, GroveCity and Penn State Behrend at theGrove City Invitational.

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F i e l d h o c k e y i m p r o v e s r e c o r d k o 5 - 3 d e f e a t i n g M i l l e r s v i l l e 6By Mackenzie DexterSports Editor

The Mercyhurst field hockey teamdefeated Millers ville 6-0 in their firsthome game on Tullio Field this pastSaturday.The Lady Lakers, ranked seventhnationally, improved their record to5-3 with the win against Millersville.Junior Fran Hollembaek started thescoring with her goal less than twominutes into the game. Mercyhurstscored three more times in the firsthalf. Senior Laurie Sienkiewicz andjuniors Marie 1 Zummo and JeannaHart man n each added a goal to makethe score 4-0 going into halftime.Sophomore Danielle Jerschefskescored quickly in the second half toincrease the lead for Mercyhurst to5-0. Zummo then scored her secondgoal of the game to finish up the scor-ing. Junior Sarah D'Em ilio, Zummo,

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerChrista Mancini looks to pass the ball to teammate Mariel ZummoHartmann and Jerschefske eachadded assists throughout the game.Playing excellent defense for theLady Lakers were juniors Sarah Hart

and goalie Summer Kraatz. Kraatzand freshmen goalies JenniferCoffman and Heidi Fetters combinedin goal for the shutout forSenior Spotlight:Laurie Sienkiewicz leads Laker field hockey

a mteam in chase of national championshipBy Mackenzie DexterSports EditorIn four years, senior LaurieSienkiewicz has been able to helpbuild the Mercyhurst field hockeyteam into one of the best teams inDivision II. When the sport was re-vived at Mercyhurst in 1997, theLady Lakers finished in last place forthe division. In the past five years,the team has become one of the best,now ranking seventh in the nation.In her freshman year, Sienkiewiczwas one of the few players who hadexperience playing the sport. Shestarted out as midfielder and was co-captain of the team. The team endedthe season with a 4-11 record.In her sophomore year, the incom-ing freshmen all had experience thatwould help the team improve theirrecord to 8-9. Sienkiewicz .wasmoved to forward and was one of thescoring leaders.As a junior, Sienkiewicz was thesecond top scorer, helping to outscorethe opponents 52-32. With 26 totalpoints, she helped the Lady Lakersearn their first winning season sincethe sport started in 1997, with arecord of 13-6-1.As the lone senior on the team,Sienkiewicz has two goals and twoassists so far this season. She will beleading the team this season as theyfight for a national championship."In my four years here, we havemade unbelievable strides on thisteam. I never would have thoughtwhen I came here that we would startout 26th in the nation andend upeven

Annie Sitter/Me rciad photographerLaurie Sienkiewicz takes the ball away from a Millersville player inthe 6-0 win Saturdayclose to the top 5," Sienkiewicz said.Sienkiewicz* is orig inally fromWebster, NY and attended WebsterHigh School where she was recruitedby coach Kevin Cooke.Sienkiewicz is also a dual-athlete.She is a top scorer for the women slacrosse team, with 36 total points forthe 2001 spring season.Sienkiewicz is currently an elemen-

tary education major at Mercyhurst.She was named to the 2000 NationalField Hockey Coaches Association'sDivision II National AcademicSquad, achieving a minimum GPAof3.30 and having a starting position.She is planning to come back nextyear to student teach in the fall andthen going on to graduate school atSUNY Geneseo.

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerDefender Christa Mancini dribbles the ballpast the Millersville team

"Unity is a wordthat describes ourteam," junior LizWillson said. "Notonly did we work to-gether for the 6-0win againstMillersville, but weshowed bond andstrength through thered, white and blueribbons we wore inhonor of the trag-edies that occurredon September 11. Ithink with this unitywe will pull togetherand win the rest ofour games."The Lady Lakers

wplay at Wooster Col-lege in Ohio Wednes-Mercyhurst. Kraatz played the first52 minutes of the game and was cred-ited with two saves. Mercyhurstoutshot Millersville 33-14.

day, September 26 at 4 pm. and willhost Lock Haven , ranked first in thenation, on Tullio Field Sunday, Sep-tember 30 at 1 p.m.The Week'Ahead...Cross Country i *The men's and women's cross country teams will be racing at Walsh University Friday, September 28. f * *Soccer \The soccer teams will be hosting Northwood this Friday. The women willplay first at 2 p.m. and the men will follow at 4 p.m. Sunday, the Womenwill be hosting Northern Michigan at noon and the men will host WestVirginia W esleyan at 2:30 p.m.

Goif *% j J i : MThe women's golf team will be traveling to Findlay to play Friday andSaturday.Volleyball | ! f 2The wom en's volleyball team will host Wayne State at 7 p.m. Friday andHillsdale at 4 p.m. Saturday. The team will also be hosting hometownrival Gannon Tuesday, October 2.Tennis j >The women's tennis team will be traveling to Saginaw Valley State toplay 3 p.m. Friday afternoon. The Lady Lakers play at Northwood Satur-day at 10 a.m. iRowing 1 i ll 4The Mercyhurst Alumni Race will take place on Findley Lake at 10:30a.m. SaturdaysFootball* f ? ^ * v 1 ? fThe Homecoming football game against Indianapolis will start at 1:30p.m. Saturday on Tullio Field. **Field Hockey *The Lady Laker'sfieldhockey team will take on #1 ranked Lock Havenon Tullio Field Saturday at 1 p.m.Water Polo tThe men's water polo team will be participating in the Grove City Invita-tional this weekend. The Lakers will be playing Washington & Jeffersonat 6:45 p.m. Friday. Saturday, they will take on Grove C ity at 10:15 a.m.,Penn State Behrend at 4 p.m. and Slippery Rock at 7 p.m. * ;y4