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Vol, 75 No. 11 Mercyhurst College 501 R 38th St Erie, Pa. 16546 January 24,2002
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Construction on academic building Students^br

a Sensible!
ahead of schedule due to mild weather Drug|PoKcy
By Annie DeMeo
actually is, according to Billingsley.
The target completion date tor the
look to
Staff writer building is the end of October.
Billingsley was quick to point out
that getting hopes up about an early
Student
Temperatures reached a high of fifty completion for a building is not
this week, making for favorable con- something any one living in Erie
Government
struction conditions on campus. The should do. The preliminary schedule
relatively mild winter that Erie has included a provision that a harsh win-
experienced provided for a "full ter could delay the project.
ois|ipport
steam ahead" mentality for workers "We've really been lucky with the
on the Audrey S. Hirt Academic Cen- winter weather, and if it continues, By Kelly Rose Duttine
ter
v and we have a relatively normal Contributing writer? r
"Because ofthe mild winter we are spring, the building could be finished
currently ahead of schedule," said a few weeks early,** said Billingsley.
Tom Billingsley, vice president of -Knowing typical Erie weather, no Mercyhurst College students that
administrative affairs. "We had a late one's willing to go to the bank with belong to the organization known
start, and the unseasonable winter that yet." M as %dents for a|SeiisibleU>rug
we've experienced so far has enabled Billingsley last met with the fore- Policy are petitioning to erase^ a
us to make up some grqund." I men of Building Systems, Inc. two e^ori^prn the Free Application
Concrete has already been laid on weeks ago. A meeting is scheduled
the second floor, but accordingtothe for Wednesday, Jan* 23, after which
C
^KFederal Student Aid ^oncern-
ing past drug charges^The question
preliminary plan, it was not sched- the administration will have a much on the FAF S A asks if a student has
uled to begin until the second or third clearer sense of how the building is ever beenaconvicted of a drug of|
week of February. progressing.
fense.
Billingsley noted that some aspects L "Two weeks ago, they told me that
There is not a question, however,
of the building are ahead of schedule the building was between 30 and 40
while others are not Some individual percent complete," he said. "1 suspect that asks if a student has ever cornel
Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer
tasks are ahead, but it is difficult to that at this meeting 1 will hear that mitted«
a violent crimen such as rape,-
determine how far ahead of the pre- they have reached the 40 percent Due to the mild weather conditions so far this winter, construction on The*SSDP is a national organiza-
liminary schedule the entire project completion mark." the Audrey S. Hirt Academic Center is currently ahead of schedule. tion that is lobbying wrepeal die
PgJierEducatiOT Amendment that
s that;students convicted of

City posts new parking regulations along drug possession or dealing can lose
3heir federalfinancialaidyfor one
^oiwoyears on a first pffense^nd

Briggs and Lewis Avenues ^definitely for repeatofFenders.^

| | S | D I^e^^§e^$ienienski
|stated tteCToc H ^ Bduoa^on •JIM ^ ^ ^
of security services, many students ^Amendment srjou^|ferepeale^e-
By Sara Seidle were complaining about the initial cause it sljtdws oMscrikunation^vith
Editor in chief regulations, especially after tickets students \ social economiastatus
were issued. In response to the com- Jand also is a^^anon^the^right
The city of Erie has changed the park- plaints, Siddun said, f"That's a city ^ p r i y w y ^
ing regulations along Briggs and street They are going to post it how The^Mercyhurst Chapters |ry-
Lewis Avenue not once, but twice in they want to post it." Popovic said 3ng Jo get as many students as pos-
the last two weeks. that no tickets have been issued since sible to sign the petition set that the
The newest regulations permit the second set of signs were posted. group can approach "Mercyhurst
parking along the east side of Briggs "We have not tagged anyone yet, but iStudent Govenirne^-MSG willj>e
and Lewis Avenues every day except we will probably start on Thursday asked to adopt the policy and sup-
Tuesday. Parking it available on the or Friday." fc port the SSDP*s requests Vliave
west side of the streets on Tuesdays According to the city of Erie traf- the Higher^Education Amendment
between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. only. Park- fic court, if found in violation of the repealed.*
ing is prohibited on the east side of parking policy, a vehicle is ticketed Student go vernment organiza-
the streets at all other times.- Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer and fined. The fine is initially SIS but tions of colleges around the coun-
Initially, the regulations prohibited New parking regulations have gone into effect along Briggs and die fine increases to $25 if it is not try such as Dartmouth, ^falc, and
parking on one side of the street or Lewis Avenues. paid within 10 days. Two notices are Ohio State University havejop-
* posed the amendment£The student
the other depending on whether*it then sent If the fine is still not paid
was an odd or even day. There was a ti Lieutenant Popovic of the Erie Po- ing trouble with snow removal along after 60 days, it becomes a state cita- officers of the SSDP arc also meet-
separate set of regulations for the lice Department said that the signs the streets. "One side of the street tion and the cost increases to S62. OTg'Vith^istrict^ttoroey^Foulk
summer months as well. Parking was that were initially placed along never gets plowed," said Popovic. He Ifa vehicle accrues five tickets that next week to discuss the? Higher
open on both sides of the street on Briggs and Lewis Avenues were done added that this resulted in many ve- have reached state citation status, a Education Amendment and toesk
Saturday and Sunday. These regula- so in error. "There was miscommu- hicles being towed. The new regula- boot will be placed on the vehicle. In T^oulk to speak on campus about the
tions forced anyone parked along the nication with the paint and sign de- tions will also permit the streets to order to have a boot removed, the specifics ofamendmei f |
streets to have to move their vehicle partment," said Popovic. be ^cleaned during the summer owner of the vehicle must pay $ 100 For more infotmation, visit the
from one side ofthe street to the other Popovic explained that the changes months. £ £ plus the total amount of ail fines ac- SSDP national website at http://|
on a daily basis. were made because the city was hav- According to Ken Siddun, director crued. www.ssdp.org.
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PAG £2 THEMERC1AD JANUARY 24. 2002

CAMPUS NEWS
D o n a t i o n s b e g i n tO roll in Cracking down on drinking
College students evaluate drinking habits
Phone-a-thon brings competiton between 'Hurst organizations
By Nick Perkins
Contributing writer
By Annie DeMeo
Staff wri ten3§8^ A past survey given to parents of
college students said 95 percent be-
The annual phone-a-thon got under- lieve excessive alcohol consump-
way Sunday, Jan. 20, with callers tion is a serious threat to their chil-
from men's ice hockey and Ambas- dren and 85 percent say having al-
sadors battling for unrestricted funds cohol easily available at college
that have traditionally gone toward campuses contributes to too much
student financial aid. The callers drinking.
raised $31,186, and got 495 pledges. The American Medical Associa-
This year the office of institutional tion chair-elect J. Edward Hill de-
advancement hopes to raise
clared, "the majority no longer per-
$100,000, after raising $80,152.53
last year. The goal may be difficult ceive college binge drinking
right of passage; they see it as a
to reach, given the present state of
the economy. Photo by Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer major public health threat." Al-
though, the question asked
"We are anticipating'that the Students answer phones, taking pledges for a worthwhile cause.
economy will play a role," said Steve was there really a time when par-
Zinram, director of the annual fund. ing the Legacy." far, only men's hockey and the ents liked knowing their college
However, Zinram is also feeling "That is a decision for the board of Ambassador's club have competed, freshmen were getting "sauced
them in a daze, such as some of us
try to hide at the Hurst. As long as
the drunkards weren't hurting their
peers, or the community, there was
no perceived problem. That all
changed in 1993, when researchers
at ^Harvard separated plain old
drinking, which by itself most don't
see as harmful, from binge drink-
ing, defined as consuming four or
more drinks in one sitting. The
Harvard study had two key find-
ings: first, binge drinking is hugely
common, with 44% of college stu-
dents admitting to binging at least
as a
once in the previous two weeks.
Second, that binge drinking hurts
here is people, not just the drinker but his/
her peers and the community as
well.
So colleges began to recognize
t*

optimistic about the phone-a-thon trustees and the president," said and the hockey team edged out the twice a week? binge drinking was a problem they
given the success ofthe first day. "We Zinram. "For the past three years, as Ambassadors by raising $11,580, Beneath the less-than-shocking had to face. And everybody in the
are dead even with last year, so far, long as 1 have been here, 100 per- while thee Ambassadors raised survey results, however, thanks to state of Massachusetts took notice
so that is really encouraging," said cent of the money has gone to finan- $9,280|R.C. Lyke was the top caller an effort launched by the AMA and recently when the Massachusetts
Zinram. cial aid for students. of the evening, raising $1,360 in the Robert Wood Johnson Founda- Institute of Technology paid a $6
The money will go toward the an- The student callers compete indi- pledges. Eric Barr had the most tion, some colleges are radically re- million settlement to the family of
nual fund, though as unrestricted dol- vidually and for teams through the pledges with 29. thinking their approach to alcohol a student who died of alcohol poi-
lars, some money may be applied to- phone-a-thon in hopes of raising The phone-a-thon continues control. The University of Colorado soning. Now, thanks to the AMA
ward the capital campaign, "Preserv- funds for their own organizations. So through Thursday, Feb. 7. at Boulder (ranked fifth on initiative, communities are begin-
Princeton Review's list of top party ning to get involved, too. They see
schools) has banned beer sales in tax dollars being spent on sanita-
Private colleges cutting tuition |>its football stadium. Florida State
^University (rankedifourth) has
tion workers cleaning vomit off the
streets, hospitals giving emergency
banned alcohol advertising on cam- care to scores of students after ev-
BETHANY, W. Va. (AP) - One peek College in New Concord, Ohio, Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. pus and notifies parents when their ery fraternity rush, police officers
at Bethany College and 18-year-old dropped it by 29 percent, according Wells, a 450-student institution for •wghjldjen break campus^lc^hol investigating drinking-related cases
Amanda Sullivan was sold - its set- to the National Association of Inde- women, took the plunge in 1999, cut- policy* The university ofWiscon- of vandalism and sexual assault, m
ting in the West Virginia hills and pendent Colleges and Universities in ting tuition and fees from S 17,540 to sin (ranked ninth) actually sits in on The AMA's goal, says spokes-
small size made it her favorite as she Washington. $ 12,300. Enrollment rose 25 percent. its town's liquor licensing deci- woman Lisa Erk, "is systemic so-
looked at schools. * "This region has been touched by "We are very pleased with the re- sions, ensuring that bars near cam- cial change." This means forming
"I thought it was so gorgeous," said the decline of the steel and coal in- sults," said Susan Sloan, Wells' di- pus don't promote drink specials a partnership between colleges and
Sullivan, who attended a wedding on dustry and private education has rector of admissions. "We have not and offer occasional alcohol rev- their communities to get bars off I
the campus and later toured it with moved beyond the reach of many seen any downside." M enues by banning beer sales in its campus, halt two-for-one drink spe-
her mother. "I liked the idea of a families," said Bethany President D. Tony Pals, a spokesman for the new hockey arena. cials and increase alcohol-free so-
smaller campus. I have a friend who Duane Cumminsf "We identified the National Association of Independent The theory is that alcohol control, cial options. Students, of course,
goes here, she's a freshman, and she problem of being priced beyond the Colleges and Universities, which rep- like the regulation of tobacco, can
said her largest class was 16 people." reach of our market." resents nearly 1,000 private cam- will complain of this "dry campus
no longer be treated as simply a policy" and so might the towns- £
But Bethany was a tough sell to His college, affiliated with the puses, said that schools facing con- matter of individual responsibilty. people. "Why can't a responsible
Sullivan's parents in Hopedale, Ohio Christian Church (Disciples of sumer resistance to climbing prices Richard Yoast, director of the AMA drinker enjoy a beer or two at the f
- until the private college announced Christ), hopes to make up for the radi- are taking a variety of steps. Some office of alcohol and other drug football game, or get a discount fort
last October it was slashing tuition cal price cut by also reducing the reduced tuition. Others offer more abuse, was quoted in a recent ar- stopping by at happy hour? Offi-
from $20,650 to $ 12,000 for the 2002overall financial aid it provides in the financial aid. ticle in the the New York Times.
"It really depends on the "Trying to convince students not to cials say, "That's what happens
freshman class. (Tuition will remain form of scholarships, merit awards
when you craft policy to deal with ?
at the old level for other students, but and grants, and by adding about 100 institution's student population and binge drink doesn't work, particu-
they'll get more financial aid relative students to its current enrollment of the types offamilies they are recruit- larly when they're surrounded by the worst offenders. The innocents
to freshmen.) 774. ' \ -j ;>< ing," Pals said. "Some families re- have to sacrifice." If these changes \
powerful social influences encour- work (the jury is still out), it will
This week, Sullivan is planning to School officials figure they can ac- spond to the low-tuition model. Other aging them to do just that. Every
join the growing number of appli- commodate up to 900 students with- families, including those of lower be hard to argue that such sacrifices
night they are lured by cheap drink
cants to Bethany, one ofa handful of out adding faculty or buildings, while income and minorities, and those specials. Couple that with easy ac- aren't worth it.
modest-sized colleges that have low- still maintaining a family-like atmo- who have not sent a child to college Despite this news in college
before, want institutional aid because cess to alcohol and glamorous, fun, drinking around the U.S, in "NO
ered their prices to boost enrollment sphere. Students often visit faculty in
At Bethany, the results have been their homes near the 161-year-old they often feel like they may not have sex-filled advertising imagery, and WAY" will thisjmean that
dramatic. Applications have soared college, nestled in scenic foothills of enough income to afford tuition." you have a very appealing mes- Mercyhurst College Campus Secu-
the Allegheny Mountains 40 miles £ At private Bluefield College in Vir- sage." Change the environment, ar- rity will be cracking down even
from 501 for a spot in 2001 's fresh-
southeast of Pittsburgh. ginia, enrollment has stayed around gues Yoast, and you' 1 reduce alco- more on student "binge" drinking.
men class to 658 for die incoming 850 despite reducing tuition, said
freshmen class this fall.- ™ Cummins said the quality of appli- college spokesman Chris Shoemaker. hol abuse. Due to time constraints,
"When 1 read about them cutting cants has risen with the number of Like Bethany, the campus is in coal It wasn't long ago when colleges Mercyhurst Campus Security and
the tuition, I was so excited," said them. The average GPA this year is country, where the sluggish economy looked the other way when students the Residence Life office were notL
Anna Sullivan, Amanda's mother. "1 3.4S, compared with 3.3 a year ago, has forced an exodus of families with blood-shot eyes wearing last consulted on drinking problems up
thought maybe now we can swing it" he said. \ |
seeking work. "We're battling tough night's clothes slumped into the to this point Although, this does
Atfeast10 private colleges have cut Slashing tuition also helped draw back row of the classroom hoping serve as an indirect warning to stu-
tuition since 1996, when Muskingum more applicants to Muskingum and demographics," Shoemaker said. that their professor won't catch dents on campus, f

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Criminal Justice
lecture honors
Jewell as speaker
The Mercyhurst College chapter of
Alpha Phi Sigma, the national crimi-
nal justice honor society, is sponsor-
ing a lecture by attorney Christine
Jewell, an assistant public defender
who serves as the Dependent Child
Counsel for Erie County. Jewell will
present "Communicating with Chil-
dren in the Court System" at 7:30
p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, in Zurn
114. . | I *^ j |
Jewell has served as child counsel
for the past 11 years, and as such,
represents childrenfromnewborns to
age. 21 who have been neglected,
abused, truant or who have signifi-.
cant behavioral, emotional or men-
tal health difficulties.
A member of the Erie and Minne-
sota State Bar Associations, Jewell
earned her juris doctorate degree
from Hamline University School of
Law (St Paul, Minn.) in 1982. §
She also earned certification in
International LawfromOxford Uni-
versity in England andfromthe Uni-
versity of Thessaloniki in Greece.*
Prior to entering the practice of law,
she worked as a registered medical
technologist for various hospitals fox
ten years after earning her bachelor's
degree in medical technology and a
master of education degree from
Gannon University.
After earning her law degree, she
practiced privately in the area of fam-
ily law and clerked for-President
Judge Jess Jiuliante and Judge
George Levin.
The office of the registrar has sent a
mailing to all students who will complete
degree requirements during the 2002
academic year. This mailing included the
2002 application for degree and the cap
and gown order form. Potential gradu-
ates who did not receive this mai ling
should see Sr. Pat Whalen,
Registrar's office, 106 Main.
Deadline for application
February 1, 2002
S p e a k e r a n O t l V a t e
By Alison M. Spencer
Contributing writer
As part of the 75th Anniversary Dis-
tinguished Speaker Series,
Mercyhurst College invited Dr.
James Crupi to speak on the topic of
leadership. The lecture was attended
by many students, faculty and people
from the community on Tuesday, Jan.
15. All who attended took something
awayfromthis inspirational speaker.
James Crupi of Piano, TX, is the
founder and president of Strategic
Leadership Solutions. He has degrees
Oxford University, and has done
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JDr. Crupi gave a lecture entitled
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dotes he used to illustrate his points,
and at other times the entire audience
would nod in agreement and under-
standing.
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be not serve what is," stated Crupi.
We, as leaders must have the vision
and dedication to see what is possible
and work towards it. We must con-
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FEATURES
S u m m e r c a m p for children with A D H D brings m a n y
By Megan Eble
Merciad writer
The young boy stands in the out-
field with his glove held upward,
waiting for his moment of fame as
the ball flies through the sky. This
boy is one of the 25 children enrolled
in Mercyhurst's summer program for
children with Attention Deficit Hy-
peractivity Disorder ADHD.
This summer, with ADHD on the
rise in America's young children,
Mercyhurst College in conjunction
with the Wellness center, provided a
summer treatment camp designed
around sports to help control children
with ADHD.t, i | |
According to founder of the pro-
gram, psychologist William Pelham,
children diagnosed with ADHD have
a hard time interacting with other
people. Children who are hyperactive
and have a hard time concentrating,
are likely the last to be picked for the
sports teams in school and are usu-
ally isolated socially. With this pro-
gram, students learn how to pay at-
tention, teach them the skills needed
and learn the rules of the game.
After Dr. Pe lham lectured about his
program at Mercyhurst, both parents
and faculty felt it was such a well-
designed program, and they wanted
it implemented at Mercyhurst as soon
as possible. After the lecture profes-
Mercyhurst |students
enj oy various service
learning opportunities
By Brad Hoover
Contributing writer
Freshman social science education
major Mike Miller had heard of the
Kids Cafe\ a program that offers free
meals and an after school program
to children in need, but never had the
time to get involved.
**I had always wanted to help out,"
Miller explained, "but I never had
time or opportunity to go. »*
the
In the fall of this year though,
Miller, along;with many other
Mercyhurst students had the oppor-
tunity to help the surrounding com-
munity in many volunteer projects
such as Kids Cafe. As upper-
classmen know, through the office of
service learning, students are placed
at agencies where they can make a
difference, in their spare time, while
receiving credit in religious studies
courses. tj v Sister Michele Marie Schroeck, di-
"I like working with kids,*' Miller
said. "And I got an opportunity to
just hang out with them after school."
Kids Cafe*, is located at 10th and
German in Erie, it's a place where
kids get a meal and are supervised
while their parents are at work. In
addition to keeping a watchful eye,
the Cafe* provides leadership lessons.
"The sisters hand out * leadership
badges', which grant special privi-
leges, but also tell the kids that they
are acting correctly," said Miller.
However, the office of service
learning places students in many dif-
ferent locations where students can
JANUARY 24. 2002
sors from the psychology, human
ecology, and education department
were thrilled, and they began brain-
storming as to how they could get this
program started. With endless devo-
tion, in less than one-year faculty got
the ball rolling, and the future looked
bright. Grants were received, a quali-
fied staff was hired, and by summer
2001, Mercyhurst College began
their first student treatment program
on campus. The clinical director, Dr.
Marilyn Livosky had many different
feelings about the program.
"I felt excited, nervous, scared and
energized."
With publicity through the
Wellness center, the program re-
ceived over 60 applications, however
only 25 spots were open. The pro-
gram cost $2,500 and eligible chil-
dren must have been clinically diag-
nosed with ADHD. The program be-
gan in June 18 with children ages 6-
12 were dropped off at Mercyhurst
for their first day.
The camp began at 8a.m., and
ended at 5p.m., Monday through Fri-
day for eight weeks The children
typically spent 5 hours a day playing
Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Swim-
ming, or Kickball. The remainder of
the day included academic activities
such as Math, English, Computers
and Art. i {
< The children were on a very spe-
cific schedule, and if their behavior
got out of control, counselors were
v Contributed photo
Habitat for Humanity offers
students the chance to serve.
have an effect on the community
even if they are not with children.
For those students who prefer work-
ing with their hands there is Habitat
for Humanity, food drives or the
YMCA. U { .;
rector of Mercyhurst's service learn-
ing program, pointed out that most
students find -their placements very
rewarding. As one student who
worked at the Veteran's Hospital said,
"My experience [at the] Veteran's
Hospital was extremely positive and
even humbling. The men and one
lady that I was in contact with were
a lot of fun to get to know and talk
with. They have requested that I visit
outside of service learning and I defi-
nitely will!" ;• j FRIDAY 11AM *11PM
Mike Miller agrees, "It's been a
load of fun. But, watch out, he warns,
the kids will kill you at foosball." i
One camper is having a blast outside at Mercyhurst College. The students were able to partipate in
many fun activities.
prepared to reprimand them using the
Behavior Modification program
which awards students with points
when they act appropriately, and take
away points with negative behavior.
This was effective because at the end
of the; week the children were
awarded with a field trip based on the
number of points they earned,
"The kids really liked this. They
kept track of the points in their head,
and they knew how many points they
needed to earn the field trip on Fri-
day."' \. % j- 4 | - ings, which were intended to share with
The children in the program were
split up into two subgroups based on
their age. The first group consisted
of children from 6-9, and the sec-
ond 10-12. Each subgroup had one
lead counselor, with four other coun-
selors. This meant that for every three
children, there was one counselor.
The staff consisted of 10 students
from the Psychology, Education, and
Family Ecology departments. The
students were either paid as a sum-
mer job, used mis as an internship or
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"It's great to have the different ma-
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strengths and characteristics to this pro-
gram"
As part of the program, parents are
required to attend weekly parent meet-
the parents what goes on in the camp.
It also gives parents the opportunity to
talk with others who are dealing with
similar situations as themselves.
" It's like a support group, even the
best parents will have their parenting
skills taxed by an ADHD child."
Dr, Pelham's program isn't only de-
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they are all structured, however, the
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school to implement Dr. Pelham's
program* which has been very posi-
tive.
The parents were very apprecia-
tive of the program, and 85% of the
children want to come back next
summer. Very satisfied with the out-
come, Mercyhurst has every inten-
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FEATURES
A small m a n with abig heart
Provenzano proves that hard w o r k a n d dedication are awinning combination
Provenzano graduated high school Coach Kimball gave Provenzano a
with stats that any player would be hefty scholarship. His play on the
proud of. He was named to the all field had plenty of credentials. It's
Making Waves conference team and to the all state one thing to be on the field and play-
team. His stats were so impressive ing, but Provenzano was not only
that he was named to two all star playing he was making a huge im-
games, where only the best players pact in the games. He and the start-
in the state were chosen. He began ing tailback switched every series,
Scott Mackar to wait for the college coaches to be giving Provenzano the opportunity to
knocking down his door. A few show his ability. Something that
coaches began to talk to Provenzano could no longer he ignored by Joe
The Mercyhurst Lakers break the because of the stats he put up in high Kimball and his staff.
huddle with a running play. As the school, but then soon shied away i«
it was a huge honor to earn a
enormous linemen approach the line when they realized his stature. scholarship, because I had worked so
of scrimmage it looked like only ten Provenzano then visited hard to become a football player
people on offense. Mercyhurst College. "I had a feeling when nobody thought that 1 could do
The eleventh player to break the that there was something special it," Provenzano said.
huddle is Phil Provenzano. about Mercyhurst College even be- Provenzano could have been happy
Provenzano, standing 5*6" 185 fore I got there, it was just a gut feel- with his scholarship and just contin-
pounds, gets in his stance, scanning ing," he said. ued to do what he had done the pre-
the defense. With sweat dripping off /Head coach Joe Kimball was small vious seasons to prepare. But that was
the tip of his nose, he wipes it with himself and had received the same not the case. He worked even harder,
his hand that is covered with his Nike reaction from college coaches during harder than any other year. He
glove. His number was called in the his days at Syracuse University. He wanted to prove to the rest of the
huddle and for a reason. understood what Provenzano was go- league that he was for real. I
Football is a big man's game, but l ing through. Coach Kimball offered "It wasn't that I thought people
what Provenzano lacks in size he k Provenzano a .few grants-in-aid to didn't believe in me. I needed to
makes up in heart, strength and work play football at Mercyhurst. But no prove it to myself," he said.
ethic. college scholarship. Provenzano's junior season he was
The Mercyhurst College football "1 chose Mercyhurst College be- named the starting tailback, but that
program competes in the Great Lakes cause coach Kimball could relate fo was not enough for him. He wanted
Intercollegiate Conference. It is one the things in life I had been facing," to be an all conference player. That
of the top two conferences in the na- Provenzano said. "Most colleges dream came close to reality this past
tion for Division II scholarship foot- stopped talking to me;when they season when he was named to the
conference's honorable mention team Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer
. (the conference is. doughy,but it|LvKimjbajil stayed wi|Ja me, &o\nfe\tfr ,lotI forroffense.
tt. jL ^.^,. rfr Phil Provenzano has not let his size interfere with his passion for
provides us with the highest quality of loyalty in mat." My experiences playing football the game of football. Provenzano has received many honors
of DII football in the nation," said All the negativity he had gotten at Mercyhurst have been very fulfill- throughout his athletic career.
Provenzano. from his peers had turned into a burn- ing, getting recognized by the con-
Playing college ^football was ing fuel to work harder that anyone ference is great not for me but for the
Provenzano s dream since he was a else on the team. He is the first in the whole team," he said. "My offensive
v take it away as quick as he has given The Laker center.snaps the ball on
child growing up in Rochester, N.Y. weight room and the last to leave line had a phenomenal year which it. \ that running play; Provenzano takes
But his body never caught up with every workout session. enabled me to have a good year, this "I have never become cocky, my it in his gut. He breaks three tackles
honor is a testament for the whole parents brought me up to cherish ev- and outruns the secondary into the
his dream. "I need to workout to help compen-
end zone for a 49-yar4 touchdown
"People would tell me that I was sate for my lack of size," he said. "1 team." erything God has blessed me with.
I'd rather stay humble and let the oth- run where he dove at the 1 knocking
crazy for wanting to play college enjoy lifting anyway, it's a time to With one year remaining in his col-
ers take the credit," Provenzano said. over the pylon. His linemen came
football in high school," he said. bond with your teammate's who ul- lege football career, only the sky's the
Considering his work ethic added sprinting down the field, where they
"The nay-sayers only helped me to timately have the same goal of win- limit on what he can accomplish next. had just got done demolishing the
work harder. To be honest, if 1 had ning a national championship." The adversity that Provenzano has with his athletic ability, there is no
reason why he could not be a first defensive line, to congratulate him
been bigger I don't think I would be Provenzano has more than proven gone through could have given any- after his spectacular run and he then
here right now. I would not have had himself at Mercyhurst College. Af- one else a big head, Provenzano re- team all conference player in the up-
knew that he belonged.
1
to work as hard. * ter Provenzano's sophomore season, mains humble, knowing that God can coming season.

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PAGE 6 THEMERCfAD JANUARY 24. 2002
OPINION
THE GOOD ...
Fighting the fountain of youth
• Construction of the new academic building is currently ahead of
schedule. It is exciting to watch the newest addition to Mercyhurst's
Left to Write
already beautiful campus coming closer to completion every day.
Kristin Purdy
• Amen! The 8:30 p.m. Mass on Sunday has boasted solid student
attendence. Maybe it is because students needed all the Divine help One ofmy biggest frustrations is con-
possible to get through midterms. 1P^ I £ 1 stantly hearing the phrase, "Someday
when you're older you'll appreciate
• Seniors. Last term to register for classes. 'Nuff said. the fact that you have a youthful
look." U 1 % %
• Kudos to those in the library working on inter-library loans. Books Although that is meant to come
have been coming in on time, easing the stress associated with those across as comforting, it's more frus-
"fun" research papers. trating and redundant than anything.
Welcome to the story of my life.
A lot of my anecdotes would make
a witty and humorous comic strip. I'll
agree with the majority ofmy elders
THE BAD ... who say I'll appreciate that "youth-
ful look," but to an extent. It doesn't
help that even though I'm nearing the
• Rumors have been circulating that fall term will be starting a lot
milestone birthday of twenty-one in
later next year. Sure, this means a longer summer vacation, but it a few months, I still look like a teen-
also means that graduation will be pushed back. It is also rumored ager anxiously waiting to get my
that all breaks will be shorter than usual. Ah, Mercy hurst, the hits driver's permit. I'm jealous of other
just keep on comin'. people who have had growth spurts
since junior high - the last time 1 grew
• Note to those fickle traffic officials responsible for posting the new was right before seventh grade and
parking signs on Briggs and Lewis. First it is posted to park only on I'm still at 5'1."
even days. Now it is posted only on Tuesdays and students have to Some days, I feel I'm being con-
decipher which side, east or west, to park on. Could these regula- stantly harassed about my age. I'm
tions be anymore confusing? What's it gonna be next week? Only beginning to wonder if I should
blue colored cars, with beaded-seat covers, can park on the east quad- superglue my driver's license to my
rant of Briggs between 4:05 and 4:06? forehead to prove my age for all the
situations I go through.
• Students forced to park in the abandoned Antonio's parking lot are
faced with the challenge of navigating 38th Street traffic like a game
of "Frogger." This is due to the fact that many crosswalk signals are
out. * *
Midterms; Graded works of evil
What is the deal with midterms? With
the taking of two midterms a week
THE UGLY ... behind me, I still feel like a post-
modern Prometheus, burdened by the
weight of facts whose knowledge
• What's up with the water situation in the library? Water coming outwill only prove useful on "Jeopardy."
of the fountains, the sinks and even in the toilets has a soapy, milky Midterms are professors and teach-
color to it Ummm...love me some swill. ers' way of scaring students towards
the education we pay them to teach.
• Hey, library? 1970 called. They want their orange and yellow chairs Such a stress would be okay if we
•
weren't bombarded by them all at
on the first floor back.
once like some uber-meteor shower.
Whatever happened to the notion
• The pool, ping-pong and air hockey tables that were once acces-
of intermittent quizzes about a few
sible in the Laker Inn are now nowhere to be found. So much for that lessons rather than one large exam?
student "game room." 1 In high school, and in some college
classes, I was a huge fan of this now
educational faux pas. The quiz has
THE CONTROVERSIAL ... now become nothing more than an
vague reminder of the days where
educators took into consideration the
• Mercyhurst s board of trustees has formed a committee to review external factors ofthose they educate.
the open visitation policy that permitted freshmen to have overnight Yes, educators. Your students do
guests of the opposite sex on designated weekends throughout the have other priorities, albeit inconse-
quential to you. I am not complain-
year. Supposedly, the board, as well as the Sisters of Mercy, feel the ing, freshmen-style, about the pres-
policy is inconsistent with the Catholic values of Mercyhurst Col- sures of college life. I am just hop-
le e
8- I ing, might even be futile wishing, that
collegiate educators return to a plain
of existence where time and space
doesn't so easily contort to fill their
syllabus requirements, or where pa-
pers do not reach biblical lengths.
(One I am working on now is going
to need Cliff's Notes, Time-Life
books could sell it as a book series).
Sure, higher education is just that.
It forces kids to raise their own per-
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Ticket are $5 for adults, seniors, and all non-Mercyhurst students.
Admission for Mercyhurst students is $1.
My latest encounter was at Sam's
Club while 1 was grocery shopping
with my^roommate. You know the
scene: it's about lunchtime, on the
weekend, and you're strolling
through the aisles, pushing the shop-
ping cart with one hand and grabbing
samples with the other.
As I was rounding the corner to the
frozen food section, I made my way
to the burrito sample counter. And as
1 grabbed the sample, the employee
behind the counter reached for my
sample and hesitated. She said, "You
need an adult with you in order to be
allowed to have a sample." When I
looked her in the eyes and told her I
was twenty years old, she laughed at
me in disbelief. It seemed as if she
was silently prompting me to dig
through my purse for my driver's li-
cense.
Is it really necessary to show an ID
to get a food sample? At this point, 1
was frustrated not only with this em-
ployee laughing in my face, but with
the overall frustrations and constant
age discrimination I deal with.
What's worse than being denied a
food sample? I've been confused as
a third-grader. Seriously. Even
[though I don't look old enough to
own a training bra, it's depressing
that some third-graders are as tall as
I am.
Over Thanksgiving break, I was
And Another Thing
Phil Pirrello
sonal academic standards to meet
those academia puts beyond our
reach. We work hard. We take notes
to the point where the sound in class-
rooms is the furious cacophony of
Bics and Pilots scribbling.
But where is this going to take us?
What is this going to get us? Surely,
the stress of preparing for a forever-
long research paper or afictionalap-
plication on some major
requirement's exam is not going to
provide the answers. Such stressors
actually might detour students from
college's opportunities.
There is no happy medium.
Education is not going to drasti-
cally change as long as those possess-
ing doctorates are stuck in their Ph.D.
conscious ways. But something has
to give. For some students, who I
noticed scrambling in the library to
cram that one last trivial date or fact,
that something needs to give soon.
And the fact that we have these mid-
terms in the middle of winter break,
God's idea of the crudest of jokes,
should set off alarms as to the prob-
lems such a schedule presents.
So what do we do? We grin and
bear it and make sure our instructors
iruary
substituting as a special education
assistant at an elementary school.
As I was standing outside a class-
room, waiting for my class to finish
their keyboarding lesson, a faculty
member approached me cautiously.
She asked if I was lost, and I re-
sponded that I was waiting for my
class to finish their lesson. Com-
pletely oblivious to the fact that I had
attempted to dress professionally that
day, she asked who my teacher was.
I wish 1 could have taken a picture of
her face when I told her that I was
the teacher filling in for the dayher
jaw was propped wide open.
Some days when I get confused for
a third-grader, or I'm forced to whip
out my trusty ID and prove that I am
as old as I claim to be, I force a smile
and pretend that I'm amused. But
when life seems to feel like it's a con-
stant game of "Guess my age," it's
frustrating.
Males have it easy.
When they get confused for some-
one still going through puberty, they
grow facial hair. For me, as far as
solutions go, I've hit a brick wall.
I've tried it all: long hair, short hair,
different makeup stylesand" still I
come out looking like a twelve-year-
old who got into her mother's
makeup kit.
Honestly, I can't wait until I look
like I've grown up.
know we are doing so. But this is a
two-way street, some slack and some
sympathy is requested, no, required,
from our teachers. They must begin
to appreciate our efforts more and
adherence to time-tables less. They
have to realize it is okay to go fifteen
minutes over an allotted time, or that
one class should be offered the same
perks as the previous class, especially
aids for exams. %
Above all, educators need to start
listening to what they teach, for some
seem to be caught up in a loop, con-
fined to a babbling rhetoric of facts
that used to engage and fascinate
minds, but now places them in stale
boredom.
When the lesson plans become rou-
tine, for both student and teacher, is
it not time to re-think, to re-vitalize,
for both sakes?
1 have spent too many hours that
pass by like minutes studying and re-
studying for something I put more
into than I seem to be getting out of.
And the real kicker is, we may never
see the full materialization of our la-
bors.
A college degree never really guar-
antees a career, itjust provides gradu-
ates with an excuse to not sell Big
Macs and a reminder of how much
debt that piece ofpaper accumulated.
For what I am paying, for what my
parents are paying, 1 would rather see
educators working more with me,
instead of against me.
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OPINION
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vNo, because the school could prob-

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ably provide us with more things. "Yes, because 1 am getting a good Yes and no. Academically, I feel that
|Tbe$ could hook us up witb dish- education here, and it's safe." my major classes are worthwhile, but "Yes, I am. But m order to get their
washers in the apartments and bet- •—•Kevin Riley, freshman some of ray core requirements are money's worth, it is up to each stu-
tcr food at the cafeteria." not." dent to put in the effort and take ad-
—Ryan Foster, sophomore
"Yes, |n ^general; But sometimes I
"YeahL-1 guess so. But I feel like I'm wonder exactly where alt the money
CAMPUS —Rob Quiggle, junior?

"No, I feel like it's a waste of money

vantage* of everything Mercyhurst
has to offer.** £ I
getting abetter education here than goe&g
1 would at a public, stale school*' —Erin Anderson, senior
QUgSnllJON to replantflowersfivetimes a year!"
—Melissa Chasse, junior?*
•Mary Kate DeMeo^sophomore

r4-Teresa Gardner, freshman T h e amount that 1 payiis no where

Do students|feel like "Noy, because it seems like there are near the amount mat I get out. Low-
^ o ? i h e school is wasting too much ^Definitely not with the food situa- they are getting the more people here to accommodate ering tuition might help increase the
money on aMeMcs;," f tion.sBut with the housing situation, iand additional parking spaces and desire to leara.**^ £
—••Brian Bonn, freshman most out of their paid additional housing? are not being Nick Perkins^juniofs
—Anna Lenhoff, sophomore education? added/I^ Wy p $
*Yes, because, as an education ma- —Julia Micheal, junior "Yes and noi depends on how^the
|©r> I feel that my Apartment has "Yes, definitely. I take advantage of money and student's time are be-
provided me with lots of opportu- a lot of programs and seminars that "Yes, because I know I am getting a ing spent."
nities.**, f the campus has to offer." * good education.*' ? I —Betsy Donner, sophomore
(Emily Koski, senior [Megan Fialkovich, junior* Bob Furgal, senior

W h e n p l a g a r i s m a n d dishonesty p a y off
By Jonathan Marquiles
UofPA
(U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA —
When Mike Barnicle was a Metro
columnist for The Boston Globe, few
other writers could match his wit or
his ability to tell a story. Few could
craft such dynamic messages out of
such simple language. And no one
could boast a relationship like the one
he shared with readers.
Like clam chowder and Fenway
Park, Bamicle was something of a
Boston institution. He was a straight
shooter who wrote simply and pas-
sionately about the things Bostonians
cared about He was popular with the
lawyer, the teacher and the construc-
on MSNBC and Don Imus' morning
radio program.
Sure, concerns were frequently
raised about the veracity of his tales,
but most of the criticism didn't stick.
Barnicle's free-flowing style, after
all, lent itself to the occasional bit of
hyperbole, and in hundreds of col-
umns over two dozen years, not one
claim of plagiarism or outlandishness
ever managed to dent his reputation.
But that all came crashing down in
1998, when a few verses from one of
Barnicle's columns suspiciously
mimicked those from a book by the
comedian George Carlin. Public de-
bate grew intense, and the Globe's
phone lines were soon clogged with
messages from thousands of angry
readers — some calling for
asked their superstar columnist to
resign, his career in shambles and his
good name ruined by a few instances
of careless, irresponsible, maybe
even malicious journalism.
Of was it? Unfortunately, it seems *
that Barnicle's story is now being
played out yet again.
This time, the plagiarist is Stephen
Ambrose, a widely-respected histo-
rian, author and World War II expert
who, like Bamicle, is admired for his
lyrical yet simple prose. The victim,
along with millions of readers, is
Thomas Childers, the University of
Pennsylvania's mild-mannered .his-
tory professor and also an author of
several books about World War II.
But this time, the circumstances are
noticeably different.
tical to those in Childers' 1995 book
"Wings of Morning." Just two days
later, Ambrose released a sweeping,
gracious apology — in which he ac-
knowledged his fault and pledged to
rectify the situation.
No virulent clashes on the talk
shows and commentary pages. No
impassioned pleas for justice or truth
or mercy. Just one irrefutable accu-
sation. One quiet apology. And one
controversy quieted before it even
began.
No doubt, the fate that met Bamicle
and others awaits Ambrose. Future
editions of his book (which he claims
will be corrected to reflect Childers'
contributions) will no doubt record
higher sales. HBO will continue to
rerun episodes of the* mmiseries
clude Ambrose's works will go on
reading without missing a beat.
From one perspective, that's a tes-
tament to the forgiving nature of the
American information consumer. But
it's also a sad commentary on the
value those same consumers place on
truth, integrity and honor. Had
Stephen Ambrose written a plagia-
rized version of "The Wild Blue" for
a class at Penn, he would likely have
been expelled. Had Thomas Childers
witnessed a similar act in the confines
of his own classroom, he likely
would have taken steps beyond ex-
pressing his simple * disappoint-
ment."
But alas, such a fate just does not
await Ambrose. He win go on writ-
ing books. Mike Bamicle will keep
. . .

tion worker, and at the tail end of his Barnicle's dismissal, others demand- Weekly Standard Executive Editor "Band of Brothers," which one of his flashing his mug on MSNBC. And
25-year tenure at the Globe, he even ing he stay at the paper.* Fred Barnes first broke the news that books inspired. And at colleges and the rest of us will be waiting for the
saw his renown expand into the na- An internal investigation ensued, Ambrose's bestseller "The|Wild universities across America, students next moving storyteller, for the next
tional spotlight, fed by appearances and the Globe's editors eventually Blue*' contains passages nearly iden- whose syllabi still (regrettably) in- opportunity to forgive someone, v

We say we want a revolution, but this one?

By Alexander P. Sherman
Northwestern U.
.(U-WIRE) EVANSTON, 111.]
Winter break, like purgatory, is not
quite heaven and not quite hell. Set
between an optimistic autumn and an
abysmal winter, break can be a time
Sara Seidle Editor in Chief to dread. Television is often the only
Managing Editor escape from excessive introspection.
Kristin Purdy
And it was after watching plenty
PhilPirrello Opinion Editor /»
of television and thinking about
Adam DuShole Arts & Entertainment Editor
worldly events that I decided to be-
Leslie Echan Features Editor
come an activist-organizer. I started
Mackenzie Dexter Sports Editor "The Beer-B-Que Junta," a small fac-
Billy Elliott ^
Annie Sitter
Technical and Production Manager
Photography Editor
tion/party where friends came to dis-
cuss the most pertinent political is-
Kelly Froelich Copy Editor sues —Afghanistan, retaliation, pro-
Sarah Antonette
Stacy Abbott
Advertising Editor
Staff Writer
liferation and Wolf Blitzer's funny
name.
Staff Writer
Megan Eble
Annie DeMeo Staff Writer
Consensus was impossible, al-
though we could all agree that it was
okay to siphon booze from my
father's liquor cabinet (as the end of
the world is invariably at hand). I
eventually was found guilty of wa-
The Merciad is the student-produced newspaperof Mercyhurst College tering down Daddy's vodka and
It is published throughout the year with the exception of mid-term and placed under house arrest through
finals weeks. Office at 314 Main. Telephone 824-2376. Fax 824-3249. New Year's.
E-mail <merciad@mercyhurst.edu>. Handcuffed to die couch, with the
remote control out of reach and the
cable box stuck on MTV, activism is
The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must be signed, not easy. But after hours of Carson
but your name can be withheld on request under certain conditions. Daly and "Cribs," 1 thought that 1
Letters are due on the Monday before publication and should be no could proudly stand for MTV's po-
litical agenda during these tumultu-
ous times.
I, too, believe that Jennifer Lopez
is more than just a sex object. She is
an American icon who personifies the
values under attack since Sept 11
Our nation has a clear responsibility
to defend J. Lo in the aftermath of
the rumored anthrax-laden love let-
ter addressed to her this September.
It should be obvious to all "true
Americans" that she has the God-
given right to perform under the pro-
^Givelme
J-L& or give
me death! » >
Alexander Sherman
tection of the Stars and Stripes. She
is "the one who made us, give a
damn," as she proclaims on her new-
est album.
Featured on a special MTV concert
for the troops, J. Lo, Ja Rule and Kid
Rock each paid tribute to the men and
women "fighting and defending the
rights they take full advantage of."
So spoke Kid Rock, who, while
drooling over an officer's pistol,
tagged "Kid Rock wuz here" on the
yellow wrapping of one Afghan
refugee's daily ration of food.
I wondered what it would be like
to be that refugee who snagged his
apportionment of Pop Tarts and pow-
dered consomme, grateful for the
heroic pilots and rock stars who
risked their lives to deliver the bare
necessities before a particularly harsh
winter.
Enshrined in a cave in Tora Bora,
the autographed ration serves as a
testament not to Kid Rock's legacy
but to his overblown sense of impor-
tance and to the hubris of American
popular culture. Kid Rock may be an
"American badass" taking full ad-
vantage of his constitutional rights.
But he is neither a beacon of enlight-
enment nor the causeforwhich a war
should be fought
Only in an unjust world do men
earn money by subjugating women
and midgets and write it off as "the
business." Especially when the en-
tertainment industry poses next to a
machine gun and a gas mask, MTV
and Kid Rock should not pretend to
represent the political values of our
generation. «
*But as Patrick Henry would say:
"Give me J. Lo or give me death!"
JANUARY 23. 2002
ARTS&
ENTERTAINMENT
Feb. 8 | sport/lifestyle touring event, will kick
KRS One. M, Pittsburgh.
Old-skool hip-hop at its best
Feb. 14 &&
Static-X, Soulfully, Soil. Agora
Theatre, Cleveland. On sale Jan.
19 at TicketMaster. v Alien Ant Farm, who will be joined
Feb. 17*
Concrete Blonde. Odeon, Cleve-
land. On sale Jan. 18 at
TicketMaster.
Feb. 18
Weezer, Saves the Day, Ozma.
Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh. On
sale at TicketMaster. Even if Te-
nacious D isn't touring with them
now, Weezer is still worth the
money.
Feb. 19 J
Ru fus Wai might. M, Pittsburgh,
On sale at TicketMaster. I feature photo courtesy of <fantasticks.com>
Feb. 23 } I
GWAR, Soilent Green, God
Forbid 1 Agora Theater, devo-
i d G W c n j J W really af-
ford to miss the satan- worship-
pi ng antics of GWAR? These
guys were bititng the heads off
groupies long beforethat poseur
Marilyn "androgynous" Manson
came around.
Feb. 26
Sno Core Rock Tour with Alien
Ant Farm, FenixTX, Glassjaw,
Local H. M, Pittsburgh* On sale
Ian. 11 at noon at TicketMaster.
All ages. * IS, at 8 p.m., and continues on Sat-
M u c h 2^
Sick of it All, Thursday. Agora
Ballroom, Cleveland. Staples of
punk rock —you gotta see these
guys. i majors in the Mercyhurst program
March 21 1 dition, several members of the local
Death Cab for Curie, Dismem-
berment Plan. Agora Ballroom,
Cleveland.
March 21 |
Solas.- Rosebud, Pittsburgh. On
sale Jan. 18 at TicketMaster. *
March 30
Superchick. M, Pittsburgh.
They're Super Good! urn, sorry
that was really dumb.
April 2
Ant DIFranco, ?Dan Bern.
Warner Theater, Erie. On sale Jan.
IS at 10 a.m. at TicketMaster.
$25.7:30 p.m. show. Don't miss
the indie-rock icon herselfin con-
cert, this chance won't come by
again any time soon.
Information provided courtesy of
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The Fantasticks SnoCore" tours to
take a final bow kick off in February
Former Fantasticks cast memberspose for a 1964 NBC production
(left to right)-*- Ricardo Montalban, Susan Watson, Stanley Hollo way
and John Davidson.
A 42-year legacy comes to an end
The Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
classic, "The Fantasticks," will con-
tinue its run of good luck as the
world's longest-runnings musical
when.it is presented in the Mary
D' Angelo Performing Arts Center by
the Mercyhurst musical theatre pro-
gram in mid-February.
The production opens Friday, Feb.
urday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. and Sun-
day, Feb. 17, at 2:30 p.m. Under the
direction ofDJ. Maloney, head ofthe
musical theatre program at
Mercyhurst College, several of the
willfillroles in the musical and pro-
vide the voices for the chorus. In ad-
theatre community will fill key roles,
including Joe Greulich as El Gallo.
"The Fantasticks is a musical about]
illusions — the illusions of young
lovers, the illusion of their parents,
the illusions of the old actors," said
Maloney. "But most of all it is about
theatrical illusion itself. The tacit
Hurst TV line-up
Monday 5 - 5:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6 p.m.
6 - 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 5:30 - 6 p.m
6 -6:30 p.m
Wednesday 5:30 - 6 p.m.
6 - 6:30 p.m.
Thursday 5 - 5:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6 p.m.
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agreement between the artist and the
audience that allows them to create
an imaginary world together."
The off-Broadway production of
"The Fantasticks" recently closed
after its 42nd year, bringing in more
than $25 million in ticket revenues
over its lifetime.
Since the play debuted in May
1960, it has played in more than
2,000 United States cities and in more
£
than 700 high schools and colleges
in New York alone.
Don't miss your chance to see this
production of one of the most popu-
lar musicals ever produced. The
shows will begin on Valentine's Day,
Feb. 14, with an 8 p.m. "Date Night"
production for college students only.
Tickets for the Mercyhurst produc-
tion will be S7.50 for general admis-
sion, S5 for non-Mercyhurst students
and seniors, S3 for youth and
President's Card holders and $ 1 for
Mercyhurst students. For more infor-
mation and reservations call the box
office at 824-3000 1 '£&
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The "SnoCore Rock" line-up will
headline the Grammy-nominated
by the punk-rock band Fenix TX and
progressive hardcore GlassJaw, with
an opening act to be announced.
The "SnoCore Rock" tour kicks off
on February 15 in Providence, Rhode
Island, and will play more than thirty-
five shows in major cities through-
out the U.S.
The talent line-up for "SnoCore
Icicle Ball" will headline Karl
Denson's Tiny Universe on most
dates, and the rest of the bill will vary
from city to city (see below for spe-
cifics).
In addition to Denson, artists who
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most renowned, native son and
Pulitzer Prize winning author, play-
wright and artist, during the.festival
beginning Thursday, February 28,
and ending on Sunday, May 5,2002,
in Fresno, Calif.
The William Saroyan Foundation,
with assistance from Stanford Uni-
versity, will premiere the literary and
art masterpieces that Saroyan created.
These collections will be used as cor-
nerstones to highlighting the author's
interesting life and chronicling his
achievements through an unprec-
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will be on a selection of dates include
Spearhead, Nikka Costa,
Blackalicious, the influential politi-
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its February 1 kick-off in San Diego
and its April 1 close in Toronto, and
will include stops at snow resorts
such as Park City, Vail, and Whistler.
"I am so proud to be able to offer
fans an eclectic mix of artists as we're
doing with this year's two SnoCore
tours," commented Marc Geiger,
Vice Chairman, ARTISTdirect. "As
happened with Lollapalooza a decade
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lebrities and performers as well as
Saroyan's children, Aram and Lucy
Saroyan, throughout the duration of
the event. .
"We are truly pleased to be honor-
ing William Saroyan for his contri-
butions to American Literature," said
Larry Balakian, committee chairman
of the William Saroyan Festival
2002. "Saroyan reached greatness
through his literary prowess and ar-
tistic skill. As a result, he has left an
indelible mark for future generations
to enjoy."
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erary giants of the short story among
American authors of the 20th Cen-
tury. " said Robert Setrakian, chair-
man of the Saroyan Foundation.
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ARTS&
ENTERTAINMENT

A visual reality: Dinner Movie

Jan. 25 j fOn Thursday, January 17 and learn to use symbols as imagery A rather new addition to the sea of
The Shindig — a student band id
performing in the Student Union th
Friday at 10:30 p jn. Featuring Heidi
Engle's superb voice this should be
a great show — don't miss it! |
Jan. 26 j Edinboro in 1971.
Outcast gameshow will beheld^
the Great Room at 10 pan. Wha
happens when Mercyhurst student
stop being polite and battle to th
death! Okay, okay, not really, bu
the idea sounds good doesn't it?
Feb.l
A comedian will performing
at 10 p.miKn the Student Union.
Feb. 2 "I
An off-campus trip — A bus wit
be leaving at 4 a.m.| t<
Punxsutawney, PA to celebrajj
Ground Hog Day like a rock star.
Feb. 2
SAC movie will be showing^
i
Mercyhurst alum features recent artwork Check Please Ticket Stub
By Sara Sefdle By Phil Pirrello
By Stacey Abbott During her graduate studies at Editor-in-Chief Opinion editor
Edinboro University, Brace-was
Staff writer
urged to break from her usual style
The stifling back of well-deserved
Mercyhurst alum Peggydfirace of- to express her ideas. She painted chain restaurants that comprise Erie's *
tears is the best way to applaud Ron
fered a slide lecture exhibiting her various objects such as hatchets, Upper Peach Street/ Mi lie reek Mall Howard's "A Beautiful Mind," a re-
paintings, which have been region- traps, and bottles, but always seemed area is Max & Erma's. Anyone from markably poignant and thrilling bio-
ally and nationally shown. Brace to find her way back to people as her Ohio or the Pittsburgh area is most pic about mathematician John Forbes
graduated from Mercyhurst in 1967 favorite snbject. likely familiar with the bar and grill Nash, Jr., played by Russell Crowe.
and also received her MFA from Brace has also ventured into paint- famous for its burgers. Erie's Max & The fact that this is the only 2001 re-
ing landscapes and received Erma's, located next to Outback lease (limited engagements began
Brace shared that she felt that she acommission to paint a mural of Steakhouse and the former Don December 21) I'd approve of win-
was always an artist and a creator. Presque Isle Bay in a local Erie resi- Pablo's, is comparable in appearance ning the Best Picture Oscar is a tes-
She conveyed that she always felt dence. to Applebee's or Friday's, although tament to its power long after the
more comfortable communicating % Brace gave a moving interpreta- the menu items are a little different, credits roll.*
visually rather than verbally. Her tion of a piece entitles "Journey" which, in my opinion, is definitely a The Plot: Loosely based on Sylvia
paintings thus reflect the different which was inspired by the untimely good thing. Because it is similar in Nasar's biography, "Mind" promi-
stages of life that this artist ahs and accidental death of her young style to Applebee's, I was a little hesi- nently focuses on Nash's Princeton
moved through, \ As a young wife son. The piece captured aspects of tant of the place at first. 1 might add years, where this eager genius is hell-
and mother, her initial professional the young man's personality and in- that my last visit to Applebee's in Erie bent on discovering a "truly original
artistic endeavors were mainly illus- terests while maintaining Brace's re- was far from pleasant. Luckily ap- idea," for only then will he be able
trations for children's books. She also ahstic and vibrant painting style. pearance is as far as the similarities to leap over the shoulders of giants
worked on domestic scenes and por- Brace's slide portfolio reads like a go. Max & Erma's menu offers a va- his fellow colleagues insist on stand-
traiture, of which her children mod- time line of the life of a thoughtful, riety of options for lunch or dinner, ing upon.
eled for. sincere and highly gifted artist. including salads, entrees, its "trade- His idea comes at a great price, for
mark" burgers, specialty sandwiches, Nash's sole purpose of being, his
soups and a nice selection of desserts. mind, becomes his ultimate downfalL
The items are more than just the ev- Delusions and schizophrenia set in

10:30 p.m. in the Student Union. \

Feb. 2
The long-awaited Hawaiian Slack!
Key Guitar masters wil perform a|
8 p.m. in the PAC W on radio and television—but in late society.''
Feb. 8 J f
Tiny Glover will present his hilari-l
i unique collaboration between a com-
ous comic-stylings which will be
followed by a Diversity 101 spon-
sored dance. % I
Feb. 9 J
African Resurrection a musica
dance performance will take plao
in the Taylor Little Theatre at 1
p.m.F
Life on the streets:
Performance brings recognition to homeless experience other favorites. The Hula Bowl salad,
The subject of homelessness has of- enhance the viewers' awareness of a noodles and honey mustard dressing,
ten been addressed —M in print and major problem in our contemporary is definitely something you don't find
January,?it will be the focus of a
poser and the Mercyhurst dance
department."Day Walker, Night
Wanderer" is a musical/theatrical
work written by Dr. Albert Glinsky,
associate professor of music at
Mercyhurst College and renowned
composer.
The 45-minute piece was unveiled
at the Erie Art Museum in 1995 with
the Philadelphia-based ensemble
Relache, and vocalist Elizabeth
eryday grilled chicken salad or club
sandwich/ Max & Erma's seems to
add a little twist to these staples and
with chicken, mandarin oranges, rice
just anywhere. The Caribbean
chicken covered in tropical fruit salsa
44 1 is not your every day menu item ei-
ther. *
The purpose Despite these interesting items, 1
played it safe. It was a tough deci-
sion, but I decided to try the "trade-
is to draw the mark" burger just to find out if they
were as great as the menu claimed. I
audience into ordered mine with pepperjack cheese
and sauteed mushrooms. The menu
the stark world was right This burger was good* al-
though I don't know if it warranted
of the homeless quite so much bragging. It wasn't the
upon receiving a job at die Pentagon,
under the command of Ed Harris'
William Parcher, a man whose exist-
ence is as questionable as Nash's san-
ity. Grounding him in reality is his
wife, Alicia (the beautiful Jennifer
Connelly), who loves her husband
without the luxury of being guilt free.
The Good: Everything great and
wonderful about film has blessed di-
rector Howard and screenwriter
Akiva Goldsman, the latter redeemed
for his work on "Batman and Robin."
s
Both are at the top of their form,
Howard's camera so tightly focused
and Goldsman pen fueled by poetic
prose any actor would be honored to
recite. Such an honor is bestowed
upon Crowe, who continues a great
streak of roles that expand his star-
dom while fine-tuning his craft to

person m
Sederburg^and heard again at best burger I've ever had. perfection. (The "Gladiator" Oscar
Feb.23 1 should be re-engraved for this role.)
Ethos at 8 p.m. in the PAC. Mercy hurst's Academic Celebration I would definitely suggest starting
in 1998. ^ I * \ off with a cup or bowl of the tortilla The quality of the supporting play-
March 3 * In this revised version, the com- Dr. Albert Glinsky soup. You definitely won't find soup ers, Harris, Connelly, and Christo-
poser has mixed the instrumental, like this too many places. If you don't pher Plummer all support, and never
Irish Extravaganza IV: Solas wilf
vocal, and electronic elements of the Coupled with "Day Walker, Night want to take my word for it, the soup distract, from this film's forward,
be performing at 8 p.m. in the PAC feel-good momentum, an accom-
It sounds fun, as long as Michae work into a recorded score that will Wanderer" will be John Sullivan's won rave reviews at a charity con-
one-act play "Too Much, I Say," fea- test recently held in Erie. plishment so rare that it begs to be
whats- his- face from Riverdanc be staged with choreography by experienced.
doesn't show up. I hate him abou MarkSantillano, instructor in the turing Erie actor JefTery Rodland as Our waitress informed us that a
dance department of Mercyhurst Col- a homeless man struggling to survive new item on the menu was the Pizza The Bad: The last twenty minutes
as much as I hatea potetial Britne 3
lege. Santillano will perform along on the streets of the urban jungle. Pasta, so we decided to try that, too. feel like the epilogue to "Mr.
spears/M adonna duo.
with five dance majors. "Day Walker, N ight Wanderer" and I would highly recommend it to any- Holland's Opus," with too obvious
[ "The purpose of * Day Walker, *Too Much, 1 Say" will be presented one who likes pizza and pasta, but
T old-age makeup distracting from the
March 3 I film's narrative, which up until then
Homegrown Jazz Quintet will Night Wanderer'," said Glinsky, "is at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, and then, who doesn't? It's loaded with
to draw the audience into the stark again on Sunday, Jan. 27, in the Tay- mushrooms, sausage, pepperoni and has used its special effects as tools
present some homegrown jazz (pre- rather than distractions.
sumably) at 8 p.m. in the Tayloi world of the homeless person for 45 lor Little Theatre at Mercyhurst Col- peppers, all of the best pizza top-
minutes, with music, dance, lighting lege. pings, and covered with mozzarella The film's bitter-sweet ending,
LittleTheatre T where Nash's last triumph, the Nobel
effects and projections, and hope- Both performances are free and cheese. \
fully, through an artistic experience, open to the public. The prices aren't too bad either, Prize, is a by-product of his defeats,
about averageforthis type of restau- both professional and personally. The
rant Over all, 1 would definitely denouement provides the film's mas-
Acapulco suggest considering Max & Erma's ter stroke, quickly referencing a re-
Cancun ^ the next time you can squeeze enough
money out of the tight college-stu-
curring plot point which sums up
Jamaica *m dent budget to go out to eat. f.
both Nash's and the audience's ex-
perience as unforgettable.
Bahama Max & Erma's is especially great There is a full-circle motif in «

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"Mind," something few films achieve
a and most movies just abuse. But the
creative talents behind "Mind," es-
pecially Crowe's passionately human
portrayal, seem to have found a
happy medium between sappy and
brilliant, mind and heart, a medium
the film's subject and audience still
aspire for.
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LAKER
SPORTS
Memorable Men's hockey remains unbeaten in MAAC League
Olympic By Stacey Abbott
Staff writer
at 1 -1. But Mercyhurst also got sec-
ond period scores from senior for-
Both teams had good scoring oppor-
tunities the rest of the way, but

"moments The Mercyhurst men's hockey team

By Michael Hatfield
Student, com Correspondent
Each Olympics brings hundreds of
Kodak moments. To get you
psyched for the Olympics moments
to come, here are some of the most
memorable Summer: Olympic mo-
ments of the last 20 years.
1. Los Angeles, 1984. Carl Lewis
duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat]
by winning four golds in track and
field* £*. i :
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2. The former Soviet Union, 1980.
The United States boycotts, and hun-|
drerf of Olympic dreams are crushed.
3. Los Angeles, 1984. Mary Lou
Rett on scores a perfect 10 on the
vault and becomes the first U.S.
gymnast to win the overall Olympic
title. • I
ward Tom McMonagle, his third, and
sophomore defender Jamie King, his
maintained their flawless record in fourth. McMonagle hadn't scored a
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer- goal in his last dozen games while
ence Hockey League by defeating King had been held in check in his
Canisius 1-0 and 3-1, respectively, last seven contests. Aubry stopped 32
and Fairfield 3-2 and 3-1, respec- shots, in recording his ninth win of
tively. The Laker's, overall record is the season.
now 13-7-2, and 12-0-2 in the con- In Friday night's game against
ference. Fairfield, Mercyhurst freshman
Twelve hundred fans turned out to defenseman T.J. Kemp got his fourth
witness the action-packed nail-biter goal ofthe year from junior forwards
at the Mercyhurst Ice Center Satur- File Photo Marty Rychley and P.J. Hiscock at
day night, Jan. 12. With the support Louis Goulet looks for an open 7:34 into the first period for a 1-0
of Laker fans, the team pulled off a pass or shot. The Lakers are in Mercyhurst lead. Fairfield retaliated
thrilling 1-0 sudden death victory first place in the MAAC League. quickly with a goal at 7:53 to'tie the
over Canisius. There were 25 total score 1 -1. Laker sophomore forward
penalties called, 13 belonging to Peter Rynshoven then scored at 11.05
Mercyhurst During the third period, third shutout of the year, stopping 2 1 for a 2-1 lead. Rynshoven's goal was
Canisius was at a two-man advantage shots. This meeting was the first be- assisted by junior defenseman Mark
for nearly 30 seconds, but could not j tween these two teams since Chambers and sophomore forward
find the back of the net. The win was Mercyhurst defeated Canisius 4-3 in Adam Tackaberry. Mercyhurst got
finalized by freshman David the MAAC League semi-finals last what proved to be the game-winner
Wrigley's 60-foot .shot past the March. when junior'defenseman Mike
Canisius goalie at the 3:14 mark of The Lakers defeated Canisius again Muldoon scored on a power play at
sudden death overtime. The goal was Tuesday, Jan. 15 in Buffalo, NY with 17:59 ofthe second. Senior forward
Wrigley's fifth of the season and his a 3-1 win. • \
••-»
couldn' t capitalize. Fairfield replaced
their goalie for an extra attacker in
the game's last minutes, but the Lak-
ers and sophomore goalie Matt
Cifelli wouldn't allow another goal.
Mercyhurst outshot Fairfield 26-25.
Saturday night, sophomore Adam
Tackaberry who recorded the first
goal of the game during the second
period on the power play at 5:20 led
the Laker's scoring attack. Freshman
Rich Hansen and junior Mike
Muldoon assisted Tackaberry's
eighth goal of the season. Fairfield
answered later in the same period to
tie the game at 1-1. The score re-
mained tied until junior forward P.J.
Hiscock was helped by freshman T.J.
Kemp to score on a breakaway. Mike
Carter, a sophomore forward rounded
out the scoring at 14:00 with his
Jighth
e goal of the year. Mercyhurst
outshot Fairfield 25-18. Aubry was
credited with the win in goal for the
Lakers. This victory now extends
Mercyhurst's lifetime record against

Louis Goulet and sophomore forward Fairfield to 9-0. 2 ^ m&.

4. Seoul, 1988. Despite smacking his
head on the springboard, Greg]
Louganis wins gold in springboard
and platform diving to match his feat
in the '84 games/
first game-winner of his career. Se- Mercyhurst got a first period goal Mike Carter were credited with the The Lakers will play this coming
nior goalie Pete Aubry, who was from j unior forward Adam Rivers, his assists. Fairfield refused to give up, weekend at home against Iona on
named MAAC Goalie-of-the-year sixth. Canisius scored shorthanded in however, as they scored their second Friday and Saturday nights. Both
for the 2000-01 season recorded his the middle period to knot the game goal ofthe game at 5:38 ofthe third. games will begin at 7 p.m.

5. Barcelona, 1992. Despite a tom

hamstring, British runner Derew
Redmond hobbles across the finish
line in the 400 with help from his
rather, Jim. This moment is what the
games are all about No, not falling
on your ass, but finishing What you
start, or something like that
6. Atlanta, 1996. With gold shoes
shining, Michael Johnson completes
the sprinters double, winning the 200|
and 400-meter dashes. 1 4 Saturday, Jan. 12. They also fell to
7. Seoul, 1988. Roy Jones, Jr., who
would go on to become the best
pound for pound fighter in the world,
was first part of one of the biggest
Olympic controversies in history.
Jones dominated his opponent in the)
gold medal match, but lost in a
widely disputed decision and nearly
refused his silver medal.
8. Atlanta, 1996. The women's gym-
nastics team,a.k.a. the Magnificent
Seven, grabbed our hearts and TV
dollars while they made their incred-
ible run to the team gold.
Clubfhockey team honors seniors at home, lose 3 out of 4
By Mackenzie Dexter
Sports editor
The Mercyhurst club hockey team
was 1 -4 as they took on Washington
& Jefferson, Tows on and Drexel. The
Lakers split a pair of weekend games
with Washington & Jefferson as they
lost 10T3 Friday, Jan.fcl 1 and won 5-
Towson^-S Friday, Jan. 18 and
Drexel 8-1 Saturday, Jan. 19.
Friday night's game against Wash-
ington & Jefferson was senior night
for the team. Seniors include Ryan
M
Duman, Branden Bubba" Kaczay,
Dustin Kerr, Brendon LaBoon, Nick
Lordi, Steve** fclaegle, Jeremy
Peterson,- Mike Shannon and Kevan
Spencer. Spencer then took the mi-
crophone and said, "I'd like to intro-
duce another senior. This guy isn't
on any ofthe rosters, but he's just as
important as anyone wearing a Laker
jersey. He's buf announcer, D.J. and
equipment manager—Drew FogleF M
The game then got underway. Both
teams seemed ready to play andwere
aggressive from the beginning.
Washington & Jefferson was the first
to score 7:11 into the first period.
They scored four more times to lead
5-0 going into the second period.
Mercyhurst came out strong in the
second period. They had a close call
with a shot bouncing off the post of
the goal before finally scoring their
first goal of the game 4:24 into the
second period. Freshman Bobby
Spitzer scored the goal, assisted by
junior Lee Penascino. But Washing-
ton & Jefferson came back to score
two more goals in the next ten min-
utes to increase their lead 7-1. With
a little over a minute left in the sec-
ond period, LaBoon scored for the
Lakers to make the score 2-7. Wash-
ington & Jefferson scored again just
1:09 into the third period. Mercyhurst
answered quickly with a goal from
Penascino 30 seconds later.
Penascino got help from juniors Matt
Holmes and Rob Garber. Washing-
Melissa Chasse/Merciad photographer
Matt Holmes clears the puck out
of Washington & Jefferson's
offensive end. W & J defeated
the Lakers 10-3.
ton & Jefferson scored two more
times for a 10-3 lead over the Lak-
ers. Coach Bill Shannon then made
a goalie switch, replacing Lordi with
Peterson. Peterson was able to hold
Washington & Jefferson off for the
rest ofthe game for a 10-3 Washing-
ton & Jefferson win. ^ 1
L The Lakers then traveled to Wash-
ingtori & Jefferson the following
night Lordi stopped 54 shots in lead-
ing Mercyhurst to a 5-4 win. Garber
completed a hat trick for the Lakers,
while Homes and sophomore Chris
Danna each had one goal.
Friday, Jan. 18 the Lakers traveled
to Towson. Mercyhurst lost 7-3.
Scoring for the Lakers were Spitzer,
junior forward Andrew Mioducki and
Garber. Unfortunately, Holmes broke
his leg during the game and will be
sitting out for the remainder ofthe
season. *£
Mercyhurst suffered another tough
loss at'Drexel Saturday* Ajan.il 9.
Drexel defeated the Lakers 8-1.
Danna ^scored the lone goal for
Mercyhurst to avert the shutout.*
The Lakers will-be traveling to
John Carroll University Friday, Jan,
25. They will return to the
Mercyhurst Ice Center for a 2 p.m.
contest against University of Ari-
zona, f

9. Seoul, 1988. Carl Lewis seemed

to have a lock in the Olympics* big-
gest event, the men's 100-meteij
New Olympic events added to 2002 Salt Lake City Games
dash, but Ben Johnson came out of Associated Press - New events have
nowhefe to record the greatest time been added to the Olympic Program
in the history of the event. Turns out in time for the 2002 Salt Lake City
he was juiced up mo; e than a tight Games.
fixture store. Johnson was stripped The most unusual is the sport of
of the title. I skeleton, which last was included in
the Olympics in 1948. i»«
10. Seoul, 1988. With crazy finger- Skeleton is like luge in that the ob-
nails and a flashy outfit, Florence ject is to steer your sled down an icy,
Griffith-Joyner put on a performance curved course as fast as possible. But
that might not ever be topped: Flo- in skeleton the athletes go down
Jo broke the world record in the headfirst. Skeleton was invented in
women's 100 and 200 meters. - St. Moritz, Switzerland, and a men's
event was added to the program both
Michael Hatfield would have in- ' times the Olympic Winter Games
cluded Kerri Strug's vault on an in- were staged in St. Moritz — in 1928
jured leg, but he thinks she's kind and 1948. In 2002, men's and
of annoying. f women's events will be contested
Bobsleigh was one of the original
Olympic Winter Games sports in
1924 and has been included every
time since then, with the exception
ofthe 1960 Squaw Valley Games. In
Salt Lake City, a women's bobsleigh
event will be addedfor the first time.
The U.S. team of Jean Racine and
Jennifer Davidson dominated the
2000-2001 World Cup competition.
Five events have been added to
various disciplines in nordic skiing.
In nordic combined contests, the
competitors jump two times from a
90-meter hill and ski 15 kilometers
the next day. This event has been in-
cluded in Olympic Winter Games
since its inception in 1924. A team
event was added in 1988. In 2002, a
second nordic combined event for
individuals known as the sprint will
make its debut: one jumpfroma 120-
meter hill and a 7.5-kilometer ski
race.
Cross-country pursuits have been
contested by men and women since
1992. In 2002, these contests will be
changed from two-day races to one-
day events and the length ofthe sec-
ond courses will be shorter. In an-
other move to make the sport — and
Olympic Winter Games — more ex-
citing, the men's 30-kilometer race
and the women's 15-kilometer race
will begin with a mass start, and the
first skier across the finish line will
be declared the winner.
Also, cross-country skiing will in-
clude 1500-meter sprint races forj
men and women.
Short track speed skating made its
Olympic debut in 1992 and already
has proven so popular that an extra
event has been added for both men
and women. In addition to the 500
meters, 1000 meters and relay, short I
track skaters in 2002 also will com-
pete at 1500 meters.
In snowboarding, the giant slalom I
event also will see a change of for- | |
mat. In 1998, the contestants com- \
peted one at a time against the clock.
In 2002, this event will be replaced
by the parallel giant slalom, in which
two snowboarders at a time race
against each other in a single-elimi-
nation tournament.
 JANUARY 24. 2002 . THEMERCIAD PAGE 11
LAKER
—-— SPORTS
Wrestlers Iprovide! exciting finish against Shippensburg
By Mackenzie Dexter
Sports editor

The Mercyhurst wrestling team has

won four times in its last five matches
at the East Regional Duals and against
Shippensburg.
Mercyhurst, composed of all fresh-
men, was one of twelve NCAA Divi-
sion II teams as they competed in the
East Regional Duals at Shippensburg
Friday, Jan. 11 and Saturday, Jan. 12.
The Lakers began the competition
with a close 22-21 win over India-
napolis Friday night. Cory King won
his 149 weight class match by a score
of 8-6, T.J. Fera won 3-0 at 157 and r Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer
Ben McAvinew won 11-3 at 184.
Ryan Finn and Justin Mautz both got Ben McAvinew pins his opponent to the ground. McAvinew only ; • #

Angelo Caponi wrestles his opponent to a pin after nearly being

pins for the Lakers at 133 and 197,
respectively.
Mercyhurst then lost to Kutztown
30-22 in Friday's second match.
Mercyhurst fell behind 21-0 before
rallying. McAvinew won with a pin,
Mautz won by major decision, heavy-
weight Angelo Caponi won with a
pin and Jake Squire won by injury
v
default at 141.
The Lakers began Saturday by de-
feating |UNC-Pembroke 24-21.
M ercy hurst got wins from Mautz with
a pin, Squire by injury default and
Jared Snyder with a pin at 174. Finn
needed 1:21 to pin his Shippensburg counterpart in Sunday's
match. i *v
and McAvinew also won| their
matches to contribute to Mercyhurst' s
24 points.
The Lakers finished out the tourna-
ment by defeating American Interna-
tional College 22-13. Mautz began
the victory with a pin at 197. Other
winners included Caponi with a pin,
Finn, Fera, Frank Egan at 165 and
Snyder with a major decision.
Sun day* s match against
Shippensburg began with Mike
Shumac on the mat for the 133 weight
class. Shumac struggled but defeated
his opponent 7-4, giving the Lakers a
3-0 lead. Shippensburg then tied up
the score with a 18-3 defeat over
Mercyhurst* s Squire. Aaron Rowe
then won his match 8-4 to give the
Lakers the lead, 6-3. Fera lost to his
opponent 3-2, the score then tied again
at 6-6. Shippensburg then had their
first lead of the match at 9-6 as Egan
lost 7-3. Snyder won with a takedown
pinned himself. Caponi won his match with just 54.8 seconds left to
secure Mercyhurst's 24-15 win.
in overtime for his 7-5 win to tie 9-9.
McAvinew then had a huge win as he
pinned his Shippensburg opponent
Only 1:21 into the first period for a
15-9 Mercyhurst lead. McAvinew
improved his record to 17-5. Mautz
won his match 10-3 to increase
Mercyhurst's lead to 18-9, improv-
ing his record to 20-3. With
Mercyhurst ahead and forced to for-
feit at 125, the heavyweight match
proved pivotal. Caponi escaped a near
pin himself in the first period before
pinning his opponent with 58.4 sec-
onds left in the second. With Caponi's
pin,? the Lakers |Won 24-15.
Mercyhurst's record isjnow 6-5.
Shippensburg dropped to 3-5.
* Mercy hurst will entertain Mount
Union Friday night at 7:30 p.m. to
conclude the home season. They will
travel to Pitt-Johnstown Wednesday,
Jan. 30 to wrestle at 7 p.m.

Men's basketbaU4eapi^)ses four straight Laker Inn Dinner

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Mercyhurst|men s volleyball team splits games at invitational
Lakers win opening match against Sacred Heart, lose to St. Francis >

By Mackenzie Dexter
Sports editor
The men's volleyball team went 1-1
as they opened their season with the
Mercyhurst Invitational Saturday,
Jan. 19 against Sacred Heart and St.
Francis.
Mercyhurst won its opening match
with a 30-27,24-30,30-23 and 30-21
win over Sacred Heart in the first
match of the Invitational. Freshmen
Dave Schmidl and Austin Siewert
paced the Lakers with 15 and 12 kills
respectively, while,sophomore TJ.
Wilson had eleven blocks and junior
Jon Samolis contributed 41 assists.
St. Francis then defeated Sacred
Heart 3-0 in the second match.
St. Francis then rallied from a 2-1
deficit to defeat the Lakers in a five-
game thriller. The scores were 30-28,
27-30, 30-28, 25-30, and 12-15.
Samolis registered 47 assists for
Mercyhurst. Schmidl had 21 kills,
Siewert had 16 kills and junior Alex
Laama contributed 10 kills. Wilson
had 10 blocks and Schmidl followed
with 9 blocks.
Wilson and Siewert were named to
the All-Tournament team.
Mercyhurst will host Niagara Tues-
day, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. and will travel
to D'Youville Wednesday, Jan. 30 to
play at 7 p.m.

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 PAGE 12 THEMERCIAD JANUARY 24. 2002
LAKER
SPORTS
M e l o d y leavesi Mercyhurst for business world upcoming
Hurst Sports
Laker coach will be leaving his soccer duties Jan. 31
6
Mercyhurst College Director ofAth- Year, a First team All-American, and the GLIAC Defensive Player-of-the
letics, ^Pete Russo, announced will be one of only two Divsion II Year and a Third Team All-Ameri- Club hockey
Wednesday. Jan. 16th that head men's players chosen to compete at the Sev- can. In addition, Jessica Lamb was The Mercyhurst club hockey team
and women's soccer coach, John enth Annual Umbro Select All-Star named the conference Freshman-of- will be traveling to John Carroll
Melody, will be leaving his positions Classic next month in Ft. Lauderdale. the-Year, three players made- first University Friday, Jan. 25. They will
January 31 st. Melody's players are no strangers to team AU-GLIAC, four were chosen return to the Mercyhurst Ice Center
"Coach Melody has decided to be- the annual GLIAC All-Conference to the second unit, and seven players for a 2 p.m. game against Univer-
come involved in a local business teams. Last year alone, four players made the All-Academic Team. sity ofArizona Saturday, Jan. 26.
enterprise which will conflict with his were selected to the first team and Over the years, Melody was cho-
coaching duties at the college," said four others made the second squad, sen men's conference Coach-of-the-
Russo. "John has done an outstand- including Mike Blythe, who was Year three times (1997,1998,1999),
ing coaching job for us and we wish voted Freshman-of-the-Year. Four women's twice (1998,1999), men's Men's basketball
him well in his new career." players made the GLIAC All-Aca- Regional Coach-of-the-Year twice The Mercyhurst men's basketball
Melody spent five years at the helm demic Team. (1998, 2001) and women's twice team will face rival Gannon Univer-
of both the men's and women's His women's teams were equally (1999,2000). . } sity Saturday, Jan. 26 at Gannon's
teams, going a combined 142-40-10. impressive, going 72-19-6 overall Melody's Mercyhurst career began Hammermill Center. Mercyhurst
His men's teams owned a five-year (37-4-3 in the GLIAC), tying forthe as a student athlete in the late 80s students who are interested in go-
mark of 70-21-4, went 27-0-0 in the GLIAC crown twice, finishing sec- when he played four years of soccer. ing to the game must bring their ID
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic ond three times, and making the He set two individual records (goals to pick up their free ticket at the
i File photo
Conference and won five GLIAC NCAA Playoffs the last three years. in a season and goalie shutouts), both MAC. The shuttle to Gannon will
titles, and made the NCAA Playoffs The 200L team was led by senior subsequently broken. Melody was John Melody, Mercyhurst's leave from behind the MAC every
in 1998, 2000, and 2001. The 1998 goal tender Meghan Frey, who fin- captain ofthe team in his senior year men's and women's soccer half hour from 5:30-7:30. The game
squad went to the Final Four before ished her four years with a 58-15-5 and was named to the AU-WPISC coach, will leave Mercyhurst at will also be featured live on Hurst
bowing 2-0 to South Carolina- mark and 40 solo/combined shutouts. squad in his last two seasons. After the end of January to pursue a TV. Game time for the men's con-
Spartanburg. His 2001 team had the Frey recorded six successive shutouts graduating from the college in 1990, business venture. test is 8 p.m.
highest winning percentage in history last season and had a string of 685:49 Melody traveled to Antigua where he
(16-2-0, .889), tied a team record scoreless minutes snapped by played in the country's premier coach under Richard Hart is before
with 13 straight wins, was the sec- Findlay on October 24. She followed league for two years and was captain assuming both the men's and
ond highest-scoring team in history, that with three more shutouts. Among of the league's All-Star Team. He also women's jobs in 1997. Women's basketball
and produced the top scorer in Divi- those was a 1 -0 win at then # 1 North- competed in Ireland, playing two Russo said the search for Melody's The Mercyhurst women's basket-
sion II in senior forward Anthony ern Kentucky in late October, a years for the Division I Cahar Davin successor will begin immediately. He ball team will end their six game
Maher. Maher tal 1 ied 24 goals and 15 month during which Mercyhurst Celtic team. He returned to believes that the national success of N
road series Saturday, J an. 26 against
assists for 63 points, was named the went 8-0-1 and outs cored the oppo- Mercyhurst in the mid-90s and spent both programs will lure quality ap- rival Gannon University.
GLIAC Offensive Player-of-the- sition 19-1. Frey went on to become three years as the men's assistant plicants. Mercyhurst students who are inter-
ested in going to the game must
bring their ID to pick up their free

Women's hockey unbeaten in last fifteen games
By Stacey Abbott
Staff writer i
The Mercyhurst women's hockey
team remains unbeaten in their last
fifteen games as they defeated
Niagara 2-1 and Vermont 4-0 and 5-
0, respectively.
Tuesday, Jan. 8, the Lady Lakers
defeated 5th ranked Niagara 2-1 at
the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The scor-
ing began at the 12:42 mark with
freshmanforwardSara McDonald on
a power-play goal. Sophomore for-
ward Britney Millar assisted
McDonald's eighth goal of the sea-
son.* The Purple Eagles answered
Mercyhurst women's basketball team defeats! Northwood
quickly to tie the score at 1 -1. The
score remained even until
Mercyhurst junior forward Seanna
Murphy, assisted by sophomore for-
ward Jessica Dillabough, tallied the
game winning goal in the second pe-
riod. Both teams battled hard to take
a commanding lead, but
Mercyhurst's defense left no room
for improvement. Freshman Desi
Clark picked up the- win against
Niagara to up her record 5-0-0.
In Saturday's game against Ver-
mont, junior forward Tracy Logan
began the scoring 8:07 into the first
period. Freshman forward Chrissy
Yule scored on a power play 11:52
into the first period, assisted by jun-
ior defender Elizabeth Betteridge and
McDonald. Sophomore forward
Lindsay Barch scored early in the
second period? to increase
Mercyhurst's lead to 3-0. McDonald
finished out the scoring with only a
minute left in the game. Junior de-
fender Jennifer Jeffrey assisted
McDonald's goal. Clark was credited
with the shutout for the Lady Lak-
ers. Mercyhurst oushot Vermont 57-
5, \ Lady Lakers oushot Vermont 60-6. to win up to $100 Friday night!
Sunday, Jan. 20 the Lady Laker's
captured their tenth straight victory
with a 5-0 win over Vermont.
McDonald scored the first goal, tal-
lying her tenth of the season, on the
power play 7:08 into the first period.
ticket at the MAC. The shuttle to
Gannon will leave from behind the
MAC every half hour from 5:30-
7:30. The game will also be featured
Yule increased the Laker's lead to 2- live on Hurst TV. Game timeforthe
0 at the 17:48 mark, recording her women's contest is 6 p.m.
seventh goal of the year. Betteridge
and junior forward Christy Vinge
added goals at 8:54 and 10:25, re-
spectively. A power-play goal at 4:12 Men's hockey
completed the scoring effort for the The Mercyhurst men's hockey team
Lady Lakers with a goal from Millar. will play this coming weekend at
Mercyhurst was 3-6 on the power home against Iona on Friday and
play. Clark took home her seventh Saturday nights. Both games will
win and her fifth career shutout. The begin at 7 p.m. Go for your chance
Mercyhurst is now ranked 7th in Friday's game will also be broad-
the Division 1 conference with an cast on Hurst TV.
overall record of 18-5-1.
Mercyhurst concludes their away
play next weekend at 4th ranked
Dartmouthfora two game weekend. Women's hockey
The Mercyhurst women's hockey
team concludes their away play next
weekend at 4th ranked Dartmouth

before losing three in a sTOw in four game series
By Krista Ross
Merciad writer
The Mercy hurst women's basketball
team went 1-3 ending a tough four
game series on the road.
The Lady Lakers started out well,
defeating GLIAC *s North wood Uni-
versity Thursday, Jan. 10 in overtime
70-62 after trailing 15 points at half-
time. The Lady Lakers fought hard
defensively in the second half as jun-
ior guard Katie Lorincz took control
and went 6-11 from the three-point
arch. Lorincz led the Lakers in scor-
ing with a season high 28 points. Se-
niors Jodie Maxim and Krista Usher
both added 11 points and junior guard
Holly Horton finished with 10 points.
for a two game weekend. Friday
night s game starts at 7 p.m.
Saturday's game will begin at 4 p.m.
Maxim also pulled down 10 rebounds Lorincz all added 13 points. Ross also a three-point shot and a pair of foul
and played all 45 minutes on the had 10 rebounds. shots to seal the win 88-84. Donovan
went 6 of 10 from the three-point line
night ^J The Lady Lakers played Hillsdale
Mercyhurst continued their trip College Thursday, Jan. 17. The ladies to lead the Lakers in scoring with 21 Men's volleyball
Saturday, Jan. 12 losing to Saginaw trailed at halftime and would only points. Usher played tough inside for The Mercyhurst men's volleyball
Valley State by just two in overtime come within seven points ofHillsdale the Lakers to add 20 points. team will host Niagara Tuesday, Jan.
82-84. Again the ladies trailed at half- in the second half before losing 73- Lorincz added 17 points and Maxim 29 at 7 p.m.;and will travel to
time by nine and fought back in the 57. Donovan led the Lady Lakers contributed 13 points. D'Youville Wednesday, Jan. 30 to
second half. With about 30 seconds with 14 points and Ross added 11 Mercyhurst will end their six game play at 7 p.m.
left in regular contest, senior guard points, Maxim also brought down 9 road series Saturday, Jan. 26 against
Bridget Donovan made a^'three rebounds; rival Gannon University. Mercyhurst
pointer to tie the game 78-78rThe KThe women ended their four game students who are interested in going
Lady Lakers only scored four points road series Saturday, Jan. 19 taking to the game, must bring their ID to Wrestling >
in overtime, all of which came from on Wayne State University In Detroit, pick up their free ticket at the The Mercyhurst wrestling team will
the foul line, while Saginaw was able Mich. The ladies played well, only Mercyhurst Athletic Center. The entertain Mount Union Friday night
to get six points. Sophomore forward trailing by three at halftime. The shuttle to Gannon will leave from the at 7:30 p.m. to conclude the home
Krista Ross led the Lakers with 17 score was close throughout the sec- rear ofthe MAC every half hour from season. They;will travel to Pitt-
points, senior guard Jodie Maxim ond half and tied the score 84-84 with 5:30-7:30. Game time for the Johnstown Wednesday, Jan. 30 to
added 15. while Donovan, Usher and just 44 seconds left. Wayne State hit women's contest is 6 p.m. wrestle at 7 p.m.

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