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VOI|«8 NO.A1 MERCY HURST COL LEGE'S WEBKLYiSTUDENTNEWSPAPER November 10, 1994

Town Meeting ScheduledThe C ollege Senate will host a Town M eeting on Monday, Nov.

14 from 2:30 to 4 :30 p.m. in Sullivan Hall to seek input from the

Mercy hurst Colle ge community regarding the proposed strategic

plan. The plan is entitled "Toward the Next Century: A Strategic

Vision for Mercy hurst College 1994-199 9." The Senate has been

asked to coordinate a community review of the plan and furnish a

response to the President and the Board of Trustees. Please take the

opportunity to review the plan and to attend the Town Meeting in

order to participate in a thoughtful and compreh ensive response.Students in need of a copy of the strategic plan should contact MSG

President George Paydock (2463) or ask at the library.

Food for FinalsSA C will sponsor Food for Finals on Tuesday, No v. 15 at 9 p.m.

in the Laker Inn. The group will provide donuts, bagels, fruit and

vegetables at the eve nt If you need a place to study after the library

and Union clos e, check out the cafeteria. SAC has arranged for the

ca feteria to remain open a titer m idnigh t until 3 a.m. The cafeteria w ill

be open on Tuesday, Nov. 15 and Wednesday, Nov. 16. Coffee and

popwill be provided but no food will be available.

Christmas on* CampusAnyone interested in being a buddy to a child during Christmas

on Campus can sign upnext week. There will be a poster in the lobby

of the Union beginning next week. If there is still a need, the poster

will be up after Thanksgiving Break. Anyone with questions can

contact George Paydock at extension 246 3.

Financial Aid HelpIf you are e moiled at least half-time (six credits or the equivalent

per semester or term) in a program of study approved by PHEAA,

you may be eligible for a state grant for part time students. If you

have not already doneso , Gle a 1994-95 FreeApplication forFederal

Student Aid (FAFSA) a s soon as possible. Your FAFSA m ust be

received by November 30. You may obtain a FAFSA from the

Financial Aid Office or from PHEAA. If you have already filed a

FAFSA, youwill be notified by PHEAA beginning in mid-Decem-

ber, if you are eligible for he grant If you have any questions, callPHEAA at 1-800-692-7435^

Make aiLAppointmentAs of November 28, the first day o f Winter Tenn, the Health

Services Office will be converting to an appointment system.

Appointments w ill be made throug h! the secretary for 15-minute

increments. These may be made in person or by phone at extension

2431. If more time is necessary for the assessment of an illness, it

wOI be provided. Dr. Cohen's hours will remain 'the same—

Monday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.. The doctor's hours will

chauge in January when the vacationing Cohen w ill be replaced by

Dr. Kruczewski.

Cam pus Clean-UpPledges from Alpha Phi Omega should note that they should

meet for the Campus Clean-Up on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Union.

Bags and refreshments will be available at that time. The focus of

the clean-up will be the Briggs Avenue area of campus. If you have

any questions, call 824-2654.

Mercy C.A.R.E.CorrectionThe location of Mercy E. wa s misprinted in last week's

edition of the Merciad. The computer system is located in Egan

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which is what everyone, everywhere in the world connected to the Internet would see asthey browse through^ the system. The new science computer*lab,which was officiallyinaugurated on November 1, is equipped with eighteen very powerful computers. They areall networked and connected to the Internet. The lab is also equipped with modernmultimedia LCD projector, VCR, laser videodisk player and sound system. This labrepresents an investment of more than $150,000 that was partially funded by the NationalScience Foundation. Look for more information about the Internet at Mercyhurst in thenext issue of theMerciad.

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Garvey survey w o r k sBy Anne L . McNeils

Copy Editor

"Do we or do we not want achance to evaluate Dr. Garvey?"asked MSG President GeorgePaydock at Monday's meeting.Paydock was referring to the up-coming contract evaluation forPresident William Garvey.

Garvey's evaluation will bebased in part on the results of a

survey given to members of theMercyhurst College Senate. Ninemembers of the Senate are stu-dents.

According to Barbara Behan,president of the Senate, only two

surveys were returned that identi-fied the respondents as students.Behansa id she also received eightsurveys on which the respondentsdid not classify themselves.

Some reps said students are ill-equipped to properly evaluateGarvey. Vice-President Kristen

HurdJ a member of the Senate,

said 'They're looking for validevaluations of Garvey. She sa idthere is "a question of (studentshaving) substantial information"about Garvey *s job.

Secretary Jessica Cuffia said "Ifelt ignorant

0 when filling out thesurvey because she said she didnot have enough informationabout Garvey.

Junior Rep Charlie Caryl saidhe felt the surveys were not dis-tributed early enough. The stu-dent Senators are supposed to re-spond to jthe surveys based onstudents' overall opinions. "Wegot the surveys two days in ad-

vance," Caryl said, "In essence,we had to solicit 300 opinio ns ofGarvey in two days. That's notfair to student Senators."

Caryl also said he "was sort ofinsulted (by the questions on thesurvey). I'm alienated from the

president

Senior Rep. Jeff Hutchinsonsaid he docs not think students areequipped to evaluate Garvey. Hemoved that MSGnot oppose theupcoming survey of Garvey. Theresults of the vote were 15 infavor of the motion and 11 againstit. Since the results did not in-volve a two-thirds majority, themotion was null.

Senior Rep. Paul Roth said hethinks the students' opinions ofGarvey are important. He sug-gested that MSG produce a sur-vey for use later this year or nextyear to obtain "students' general

orientation on Garvey." Roth

moved to form an ad hoc commit-tee to create the survey.The results of the vote for Roth's

motion were 24 in favor and tworeps, Hutchinson and CommuterRep. Tom Giersza 1 absta ined fromthe vote. Roth was nominated to

chair the comm ittee. Any studen ts

interested in joining the surveycommittee should contact theMSG office at extension 2428.

Paydock also said there will bea blessing of the cand le holder forthe Grotto on Friday. The bless-ing will be part of Founder's D ay,which begins at 2 p.m.

Anyone interested in purchas-ing a candlelshould contactPaydock or put an envelope withtheir name and the fee under

Paydock's office door. Candlescost $.25 each.

Paydock has received copies ofthe Strategic Plan forMercyhurstHe said anyone interested in look-

ing at the Strategic Plan shouldcontact him to obtain a copy. Atown meeting will be held onMonday, Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. inSullivan Hall to discuss reactionto the plan.Junior Rep. Bridgette Palmisano

said the cafeteria staff is consid-

ering keeping the cafeteria openfor athletes until 6:15 p.m. duringWinter Term. 8

Treasurer Darrin Tovtin an-nounced that the Rep of he Weekis junior Mic Moorhead.

Paydock said he had been ap-proached by students requestingfending from MSG to help payfor gas for a van to travel to NewEngland this weekend to supportthe women's soccer team.

Roth moved to pay for all of hegas expenses '* for the trip.Reps voted hi favor of the motionwith the exception of Junior RepStacey Fitzpa trick, wh o abstained.

Paydock said MSG Will judgethe amount of money needed forthe gas based on receipts.

There will be no MSG meetingnext Monday due to finals. Thenext meeting is scheduled forMonday, Nov. 28 at 8:30 p.m.

McQuillen 'mugs' bicentennial L \ b i t o f h i s t o r yBy Megan CircleNews Editor

Dan McQuillen is once againtaking on the business world; dis-playing his creativity on mugs forErie's bicentennial celebration.

McQuillen worked at the Bi-centennial office for three weeksover the summer. As bids werebeing taken for such things as t-shirts and towels, McQ uillen de-cided to put in his own bid tocreate mugs to commemorate theoccasion.

The mugs feature famous Eriehistorical figures. There are fourdifferent mugs featuring StrongVincent, Harry T. Burleigh,Daniel Dobbins, and OliverHazzard Perry.

McQuillen has already printed1,000 mugs. The Bicentennialoffice is supposed to take care ofmost of the distribution, butMcQuillen said that he will bemaking some trips himself.

"J.C. Penny has already bought80, and Dahlkempers has showninterest," he said. Th e mugs sell

for $4.95, and can be purchasedfrom McQuillen or at storesaround the area.

This is not the first venture into

the business world for McQuillen.In the past, he has had a contractwith a clip art firm outof Calgary.He designs characters, and thefirm, in turn, puts them on disk.

He also sold his illustrations toa company called Louis Garneau,which is a clothing manufacturer.This company outfits the U. S.National Ski Team and the Cana-dian cycling team.

The deal with Louis Garneauproved to be very profitable forMcQuillen. "With the money Imade I was able to go to Europetwice," he said.

McQuillen said that illustrating

is just something he does for funat this point. He really wants towrite, but would take a job as anillustrator to make some extramoney.

"As long as it's fun and I keep

making money, what the hell!" he

said.

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If you have been looking aroundthe campus, you may have no-

ticed som e new* trees p lantedaround Old Main, Zurn and theD'Angelo^building, McAuleyHall and the walkway to theGrotto. These are trees from dif-

ferent periods of American his-tory. A company called Ameri-can Forestry got trees from fa-mous American sites and plantsfrom around different places.

Mercyhurst College got 20 ofthese special trees and plantedthem around the campus. The

school got trees from GeorgeWashington's home, MountVernon. There arealso trees fromMonticello, and places associated

with Zachary Taylor, Abe Lin-coln, *Woodrtow Wilson}* HarryTruman, Lyndon Johnson,Gettysburg, Fort Ticonderoga,and Martin Luther King, Jr. Inthree to Gve years, when the treesgrow, the school is going to putmetal plates on the trees so peoplewill know where they came from.

President William P. Garveysaid, "The history trees will adddimension to the natural beautyof the campus."

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A n n i e a i n ' t i j u s t A n n i e a n y m o r e?

Anne M . SchleicherFeatures/A&E Editor

Onceyou'vetasted Godivachoco-late you'll never want to go backto Pulakos, at least that's the as-sumption.

Last Thursday night I went tosee The Erie Playhouse's open-ing night production of Annie

Warbucksy the new sequel to theBroadway hit Annie. I had 'theopportunity to see this show offBroadway in New Y ork City lastDecember and was blown away.

Annie War bucks begins whereAnnie leaves off, Christmas 1933.

Commissioner Doyle of NewYork Cjty, played by KarenNasca, enters and tellsl OliverWarbucks that his adoption oforphan Annie, played by GillianGarcia, will be il 1 ega 1 unless hefinds a wife and mother for Anniein 60 days.

This is a musical lover's musi-cal. It appeals to audiences of allages with its g reat songs, humor,intrigue, suspense, and even a liveanimal. More importantly, A nnieWarbucks relies on a solid castof

actors with strong voices and act-ing ability. This is not a show thatcancarry itself hroug h with fancy

special effects and grand sets. Thiswas the Godiva choco late of mu-sicals, simple and elegant-a clas-sic

Gil l ian Garc ia stars in the Playhouse's mainstage production of Annie Warbucks

Seeing the show first in NewYork City, the mecca of theater,provided me with a chance to seesome of the best talent this coun- |try has to offer. Thus I was unsure arrived. From the lead roles to the

whether my expectations wouldbe met at a regional theater com-pany. Could Erie come up with

actors who could compete withthose in NYC?

They did and I was pleasantlysurprised. From the first song Iwas impressed. With each newnumber I was waiting for that oneactor who just could not sustainthe momentum. That actor never

extras, each part was excellent.Like "Pulakos, a local candy-maker, each morsal could be as

tasty as those "classic" out-of-town chocolates.

Mercy hurst's own LymrYusz,a non-traditional student, has anextensive role in this show aschauffeur to her own little or-phans, Cassandra Yusz and JesiBrown , who play Molly andTessie^respectively. She says:

'They had a terrific time doingthe show; the cast really jelled. Itwas a party atmosphere. When

the kids missed trick or treatingthe cast all brought in candy forthem."

To those of you who have cutyourselves off from the local cul-ture, shame on you* New York isgreat and wonder fu 1 butdon' t losesight of the local gems that areunder your very eyes. I would

recommend this show to every-one. But hurry. There are onlyseven shows left. Tickets are $16

for adults, $15 for senior citizensand $7 for children and studentsand can be reserved by calling454-2852. With New York ticketprices running in the $50s to $ 100s

this is a great bargain to boot.Bring the whole family.

Somethin PhunkyBy Oamop SterlingStaff Columnist

Rating Scale:Volume Control10 All That! Blown Speakers9 Phat j;

8-6 Something worth buying.5 Okay4-1 Weak0 Since you can't hear it, noneed to turn it up.

Last Episode: Gravcdiggaz, 6 Feet Deep 9$ Murder: was the Case 8.8

/ led a Thug Life baby I'm hopeless

Smokin ' on endo trying' to keep my focusDon 't let them punk cowards worry meKeep the fame, be true to the game

Until they bury mei

These are the phattest lyrics ever kicked from the mouth of2PAC. Unfortunately, he didn't kick 'em on his own cut. Theselyrics along with other dope lines are recited on MC Brees single,

Gotta Get Mine. j$That's the problem 1 have with 2PAC and his new release,

Thug Life. He doesn't seem to get opin and leave the mind inamazement 1 ike he does on other group productions. ^ £

2PAC has the ability to make a hip-hop classic that everyonecan fall In love with. He does it when h e's featured on another

hip-hop artist's CD/tape/single.Th ug Life lacks that high powered enthusiastic intensity that

2PAC is known for. Each track depicts the life of 2PAC; stories

of Gs, hustlers and stayin' true from the cradle to the grave.Featured on Thug Life: Syke, Mopreme Macadoshis, and

Rated R.jEach one of them gets a chance to express that Thug

Life. \The pliartracks to check out are Bury Me a G, S-it D on't Stop,

and How Long Will They M ourn Me . The lyrics will razzle themind, blow you speakers and tweet your tw eeters.

Thug Life:

Volume Control 7,5 |Grab your fist handle picks, fat teeth combs and leave your

brush on the bathroom sink. DigaHe Planets are blowin' out. Theonly way to appreciate the Planets ' new CD /tape is to light a

fresh smelling incent, turn out the lights in the room, and let thesparks from the incent and digital display illuminate the room.

The lyrics will fill your mind like the soft smoke will Gil yourroom. As the bass thumps, your eyelids will twitch and heart willpound * I

The new CD/tape, Blowout Comb places you in anacrocentric, astrological, early 70s mood. No rappin about theglocks, techs, blunts, chronic, b-tches and playaz. Just that realmcllo, real chill, real sltck rythniatic flow.

The beats are original and the lyrics intellectually phat Thephat track to check out are The May Fourth M ovement and 9thWonder.

tBlowoutComb: Volume Control 8

To experience the funk, tune into WMCE 88.5 every Sundayfrom 9 a.m. to noon and Tuesday and Wednesday, from 10 p.m.to midnight.

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Snyder commends columnistsDear Editor,

I want to praise students writing

in the Merciad w ho are seriously

committed to both the intellectual

life, and the general welfare of

this college conimunity. I want to

praise those students who care

about larger issues and who have

the courage to express that caring

frankly, humbly, without rancor

or arrogance. ParticularlyI

wantto praise Anne L. McNelis, Greg

Troycr a nd Nick Krayger for their

substantive columns. You make

us think; you giv e us hope.

Sincerely,Dr. Mary Henibrow Snyder

Campus

Question:What are you thankful for?

Lou Viselli, Senior, Finance:"Family and friends s what I'm thankful for. Whatelse is there to be thankful for, beer?" |

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Greg Gibbons, Senior, Sportsmedicine: WM*Tm thankful for Herm an's, the Plymouth, the Dog,Felix's, Park Place|The Red Fox, Rathskeller..."

Darryl VanCIeave, Sophomore, Marketing:"I'm thankful that I have the opportunity to be in

school. Many people d on't have the opportunity to get'a good college education.'

Kathleen McGeever, Sophomore, Sports Manage-ment: I

» I'm thankful for my friends. They have helped me

through a lot of things going on in my life this year. Ireally appreciate the good friends I have made here.

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Jessica Momeyer, Sophomore, Undecided:"I'm thankful for the ability to go to school. Friendsand family are also important to me."

Matt Sharrow, Sophomore, History:

"I'm thankful for my education, my health, my familyand that I am able to do whatever I want to do."

Natalie Nagoda, Sophomore, History/RIAP:"My loving family and friends, my opportunity for acollege education and not having to worry about theproblems in the world (yet).99

Jim Kaveney, Jun ior, Biology:"I'm thankful for the opportunity to expand mymental capacity while broadening my social strengthsby participating in various organizations at thisschool."

Janeil Dresel, Junior, Business Management:"I'm thankful for the end of this term, my family andfriends, and my wonderful R A. My friends and familyhave always been around and have helped me throughgood times and bad times. I'll be most thankful whenall of my stress from this term goes away] *

Katie Burke, Junior, Marketing/Advertising:"I'm thankful for weekends, because it's a break fromclasses."

Quotes compiled by Nicole Geraci.

Republicans in power;

You mepn it wasn*'t just a nightmare?ft «

By Greg Troyer *

Merciad P olitical Columnist

America's political pendulum

has swung to the right

The results of Tuesday's e lec-

tion are conclusive.

Key Democrats were swept

from office. Tom Foley, Speaker

of the H ouse of Representatives,

lost his bid :for freelection. Dan

Rostenkowski, the ranking House

criminal was swept from office.

. C ome to think about it, it was a

bad day for the criminal element.

OH ie North lost his bid to move

into Congress, one of the few

bright spots in an otherwise dis-

mal day. Only Marion Barry,

among those who have done time,

should do time or will be doing

time shortly, waged a successful

campaign.

Republican gains in Congress

were massive.

In the Senate the Republicansgained eight seats. They nowhave

a 56-44advantage over the Demo-

crats. For the firs t time in 40

years the GOP also controls the

House. The Republicans picked

up 52 seats to achieve a 256-178

advantage. The ball is j n theircourt now. The party leadership

knows that this means they have

to perform in the next two years.

* Soon to be Senate Majority

Leader BobDole commented thatthe Republicans must produce or

be kicked ou t I question whether

or not the Republicans know how

to do this. They have become a

have a 30 to 17 advantage. Dem o-

cratic mainstay Mario Cuomo of

New York lost to a virtual un-

known. Ann Richards suffered a

defeat atthe hands o f former Presi-

dent Bush's son, George W., in

Texas.,

On the local scene, Tom Ridge

defeated Mark Single.^ Erieitcsrejoiced. Many Dcmocrats,,4in-

cludingmyself,crossedparty lines

to support him. Inmy mind Ridge

was acceptable because he is

moderate. I had to swallow my

pride to vote for him however.

This is definitely the first time I

have ever been in agreementwith

the NRA .

Had the Dem ocrats run a re-

spectable candidate I would have

not supported Ridge, I suspect

this is not true of most northwest-

ern Pennsylvania Democrats.

Many who voted for him did so

because he was viewed as good

for Erie. I hope he remembers that

his job is to do what is good for

the entire state. In my mind per-

haps the worst setback was Rick

San tor urn's vic tory. Mark my

words. In 4 years people will be

crying for Harris Wofford again.

This election was a rejection ofDemocratic incumbents, not-araging endorsement of Republi-

cans as they are trying to make it

out to be. I understand the frustra-

tion most Americans felt That

same feeling set in this morning

when I read how bad the damage

was.

Thet M erciad

Vol. 68 No. 11

Associated Collegiate Press

""" Nov. 10,1994

Craig Rybczynski

Anne L McNeils

Jule Gardner

Merciad EditorsEditor in Chief

Advertising Managerdk Copy Editor

Senior Writer

Leon Mum ford

Annie Schleicher

Megan CircleJerry Trambley

Sports Editor

A rts t Entertainment6 Features Editor

News EditorFaculty Advisor

Merciad StaffLee Ann Kelly

Heather RyanBeth NicholsHoward WilsonChris Rely •'Joel Pentz

Jay Kennedy

Mike BrownNicole Geraci

Heather M arshallKatie Petri

Scott W illiamson

Jennifer LoweJancl Mcfkride^

Tonya BeebeAndrew BuckElizabeth Navarra

Nick Krayger

Nicole Ponstingle

Katrine Foltx pDamon Sterling

Greg TroyerDan Hilfiker

B1U Steen

party of reactionists, not leaf

The Republicans made major

gains In state governments too.

Democrats lost control of 11governors' mansions. They now

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Hook up to the world only for someBy Jay Kennedy

Merc tad Staff Writer

Since lama Computer Man-

agement Information Systems

major, I know that Mercyhurst

has been far behind in the com-

puter technolog y that is ava ilable

to the students, until rec ently.

The computer lab for the CMIS

majors still only has eight com -

puters, whic h is wh y I had to take

a programming course in the main

computer lab last year. There is

noth ing more frustrating to a com-

puter major tha n tobe working on

a project with at least 15 other

people who constantly ask you

questions that the lab assistant

doesn't have time to answer. The

most pathetic part was that when

I went to the CMIS majors lab,

the version o f the language I wa s

learning in class was not installed

onthe computers there atthe time.

Therefore, I had to do all my

projects in a place I call CIH,

Computer Illiterate Hell. Many

computers are still back dated,

and none of them give you access

to Internet Even in the CMIS

major's lab, there is still no access

to Internet

However, if you walk over to

the new computer lab on the sees

ond floor of Zurn, you will findprobably the best and most cur-

rent computers that you will ever

see today, and most importantly,

they have Internet!

Can you use it? No, unless you

are a science major, you cannot

have access to that computer lab.

Dr. Mario Diaz, the head of the

physics department, spent most

ofhis budget on funding tha t com-

puter lab for the science students,

and unless the rest of the adminis-

tration wants to do something

about it, internet technology w ill

be limited to science students.

CMIS majors are fortunately con-

sidered science majors and cantherefore use the Internet facili-

ties. However, as I mentioned

above, CMIS majors cannot get it

in their own lab. They have to go

to the lab in Zurn.

Will all students have access

to Internet this year? No, ac-

cording to Dr. Platte, full-time

math and CMIS professor, the

only others who will have access

to the Internet upon request, will

be the faculty and administration.

He said that the time, the re-

sources, and the people aren't

available. I would imagine that if

it isa simple process toget Internet

for the administrators, then it

should be equally simple to get itfor the rest of the studen ts. |j

?I asked Joe Kloecker, the Di-rector of Computer Services, itit

would be, and he responded with

a "yes." He said that by Decem-ber the hookups will be complete

through all the offices and all thecomputer labs, but not all the stu-dents will be assigned Internet

accounts. i

PAY ATTENTION! He did

say, however, that the students

will be given Internet accounts

upon request! That means, by

the time the hookups are done, if

you com e to him wanting an ad-

dress, you can get one!What can Internet do foryou?

Perhaps, a more accurate ques-

tion wou 1 d be: what areyou miss-

ing? For starters, you can send

anyone who has access to Internet

thousands of your letters in less

than a second. The term for that is

E-mail. I know many of your

friends who g o to other schools

have E-mail and have given you

theirE-mail addresses in case our

school ever gets it"

If you had your own E-mail

address, you could talk to any of

your friends who have Internet

capabilities anywhere in the World

forifree! When I say talkgJ'musing the term regarding the

Internet chat mode. Chat mode is

when your screen splits in two,

and anything you type on half of

the screen will be simultaneously

read by and responded to by the

other party on the other half.

With Internet, you would also

have access to libraries of infor-mation without actually going to

the library, which I hate like the

plague. You would have access to

encyclopedias, dictionaries, or

any other kind of references that

you would find in a library.

You can also buy CDs via

Internet. Yes, you canbuy musicwithout leaving school. There is a

feature that allows you to call

other computer systems* and

browse through * their facilities

(like the library), and on certainsystems, buy things from hem.

Also, at Edinboro University,

students have the option of send-

ing their papers to their teachers

by E-mailing them, instead of

handing them in. For some indi-

viduals, that means more classes

to skip since you don't have to

show up to hand in your papers!

Imagine being able to ask yourteachers questions through E-

mail, and having'their responses

mailed back to you so you canprint them out a nd read them overif you are confused. You can't get

that over the phone, not even with

the best voice mail capabilitiesavailable.

In conclusion, I found that Dr.

Platte was right in saying that we

don't have the time, the resources,

and the people to give everyone

an Internet address this year, be -

cause at this point there is no full-

time Internet manager at

Mercyhurst College. With every

student having access to Internet,

there needs to be someone in

charge of checking overused disk

space, training new users, andother aspects of^UNIX system

administration. That may mean

nothing to you, but it should at

least prove to yo u that it is more

complicated than it seem s. How-

ever, with all the wonderful thing s

you can do with Internet, I would

strongly suggest that all of you

get an address. If you do, and you

hate me, then you can send me

hate m ail to my ^address:

kennedy@paradise. mercy, edu!

Internet-*

all ornothing

ear Editor,

This letter is being written to

find out why only certain people

at Mercyhurst are allowed to use

the Pentium computers in Zurn.

These computers are set up to the

Internet which the regular com-

puter lab does not have. All stu-

dents at Mercyhurst have to pay

the same computer lab fee every

quarter, therefore we should allbe allowed to use these comput-

ers. If we cannot use these com-

puters then Mercyhurst should not

get these Pentium computers for

the main computer lab so that

everyone can use them.

Mercyhurst is one of the only

schools tha t does nothave Internet

for its students to use and this

should change since many stu-

dents would 1 ike to use Internet

What do they do with all the

money that they collect from the

computer lab fee, obviously noth-

ing.

Mark Narius

Killed by a drunk driver on February 27,1994,on Bell Blvd. | || in Ccdai Path, Texas. ^

1f you don't stop your friend from driving drunk, who will? Do whatever it takes.

By Nick Krayger

Merciad Staff Writer

A week* ago last Monday was Halloween, my favorite day of the

year. I guess it's because Halloween reminds me of children, and I

love to be around children, and I have many fond memories of my

own childhood and Halloween.

I remember when I was young, around six or seven. My mom hadwritten this poem about Halloween, and it was a big treat for my

brothers and me when my mother would turn off all of the 1 ights and

just leave the pumpkin lit as she read us her poem. 1

I remember how she came to my second grade classroom, dressed

up as a witch, and read her poem and handed out cookies to

everyone. I remember feeling so proud that she was my mom, and

feeling so excited that it was Halloween again.

I also remember how my dad got dressed up as Jason from Friday

the 13th, hockey mask and all, and hid from my brother who was

coming hom e from basketball practice. My dad turned off all the

lights and hid in the dining room. When my brother came in he

started walking up the stairs. When he got about halfway up the

steps, my dad walked out, in full costume, towards my brother.

I lay under the dining room table and watched what transpired. I

was so excited to be part of this huge scheme to scare my brother.

My brother John just looked at my dad, and he said, "I know that's

you. Dad." Still, he continued to backup the sta irs asmy dad walked

towards him.

Then John said, "Dad, IS that you?".My dad just silently trackedhim up the steps.

Ne xt thing I kne w, my brother sprinted up the remaining steps,into my parent's bedroom, and was on his way out their bedroomwindow.

It was hysterical! That was one of the funniest things I can

remember my dad ever doing, and again, itwas around Halloween.

My mom and dad always knew how important Halloween was to

me. They always let me have Halloween parties, and they always

made a big deal about letting me decorate the house for my favorite

day. Sometimes, I think I enjoy Halloween more than my own

birthday.

And even now, my mother still makes a big deal about Halloween

for me. She sent me this 30-pound box the week before, filled with

decorations, candles, tablecloths, candy, napkins, etc.

Then, on Halloween night, she and my nephew, Christopher,

called m e. Amidst the chewing of Tootsie Rolls and Blow Pops,

Chris managed to spit out that he wa s a Ninja Turtle, and that his

friend, Peter, was a Power Ranger. He also paused his candy-fest

long enough to clarify that he looked "better than Peter did" and that

he "got more candy than Peter did."

I hung up the phone feeling like I had participated in the trick-or-

treating ritual vicariously through my nephew. I think I was as

excited about the whole thing as he was. It was a conversation that

I will never forget

There is also another thing that happened this week that I will

never forget.

Susan Smith killed her children.While my nephews and niece were celebrating Halloween, carv-

ing pumpkins with their Nanny and Pop and eating an unhealthy

amount of candy, Susan Smith killed her children.Let that penetrate for a second.

Now I can't say that I know Susan Smith or her children before the

media blewtheir names and faces across the screen and headlines.

But I can say that murdering your children is probably one of those

unforgivable crimes that should never be forgotten.

It terrifies me to think that anyone could kill anyone, but it

horrifies me to know that many hundreds of wom en kill their own

children each year. Something is wrong with this society. Some-

thing is tragically wron g, and we all must do something to changeit, whatever it is that we can do.Whathappened to the times when mommies wrote poem s for their

children, or sat and colored pumpkins on construction paper withthem? What happened to fam ilies who all piled in the car together

and went on vacation, and then rolled around a nd wrestled with their

dad while mom made breakfast?

What happened to letting children b e children?

What could be so tragically w rong that Susan Smith felt that her

children no longerhad a right to life and that she had the right to tars

their lives away?

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B ody A rt - jThe new es t ra g eBy Nicole PonstingleMerciad Staff Writer

Skin Art: Beautiful or Morti*

lied ^T ^ IIt seems as of late that the new-

est trends in our culture are tat-tooing and body piercing. Manyof us have taken to these buddingart forms, both of which wereonce seen as taboo. What is it thathas brought these undergroundways of self expression out intothe mainstream? I suppose that itis the movement towards a moreliberal society, b u t wha t do I know.

The idea of

tattooing is a veryromantic one

trend that is growing very fast.The most popular piercing seemsto be the "oh~so" famous navel

ring. I had the pleasure of watch-ing a friend, who did body pierc-ing, put a navel ring on a girl andthat was more than enough tokeep me away from it. Another

piercing that has been gaining

popularity over the last few yearsis the nose pierce.

I must say that I have tried bothof these art fonns and did havesuitable results. I had my nosepierced some years ago, as a re-bellious teen. This summer wasthe clincher, though. I finally gotup the nerve (after two years ofpondering) to drag myself into atattoo par)or and surrender my-self to the needle. I told the artistwhat I wanted and sat down in the

The idea of tattooing is a veryromanticone. With tattooing, youhave the freedom to address yourdeepest secrets, show objects ofbeauty or substance or just putsomething meaningful to you onyour body. Tattooing is like hav-ing the story of your life adver-tised for all to see, or in somecases, very few or none at all;

As for body piercing, it givespeople the chance to deck them-selves all out. Although the

thought of having jewels or ringson certain parts of my body doesnot appeal to me, it seems to be a

chair (tell ing|inyself 3hat Instillhad time to back out) and pre-pared myself for what was tocome. Forty-five minutes later itwas all over. Actually, it shouldhave only taken 10, but let's justsay that my threshold for pain isnot too great. Looking back on it,though, I am glad that I go t it. It issomething that I can look at andfind beauty and meaning in.

Enough about me, I decided togo to an expert to find out a littlemore about the subject at hand, so

I went to a friend of mine namedMike Ski. Mike is a graphic de-sign major here*at Mercy hurst

and outside of that, has an up andcoming tattoo studio in E rie. Hisbusiness, called "Soul Signs"hasbeen going for three years now.He told me that it is very impor-tant to take a lot of time whenpicking out a design because it'stherefor lifey ••#

He said, "People seem to spendmore time picking a hairdresserthan a tattoo; artist." How true,how true! Hairalways grows back,

but a tattoo doe sn't wash off.Anyway, another thing to keep

in mind is to find out about steril-ization. Make sure that where you

go they have hospital steril ization^equipment As for body piercing,

Mike said that if you go some-jjwherc to get it done (do not try

this at home) and they want topierce you with a gun, go else-

I where, Piercing with a gun is veryunsanitary. Finally, if you want tosee Mike in action, he will bedoing a tattooing demonstrationfor our very own TV station thisThursday. If you can't make it,find him. His designs are reallyworth seeing.

If you decide to go somewhereelse, please make sure that theyknow what they are doing. As forbody piercing, be ust as cautious.Make sure that you really wan t todo it and for the right reasons. Noone wantSfto be stuck for theireternity with something on theirbody that they hate.

-**• T h e S u n shines in thelstrangest places --

R u s s i a n c e l l i s t n o w A m e r i c a n s t u d e n tBy Howard W ilsonMerciad Staff Reporter

Kirill Kalmykov, is a new stu-dent at Mercyhurst's D'Angclo

School of Music, a place wherehe spends much of his time prac-ticing the cello. At 20 years of

age, Kalmykov, a native of Rus-sia, isian accomplishedjcellist,

and has performed for audiencesall over the world with the Cham-ber Orchestra of the Saint Peters-burg Conservatory, various stringquartets, cello ensembles, and theSt Petersburg Philharmonic. He

Kirill K a l m y k o v

is an impressive and very intelli-gent young man, yetlvery ap-proachable and easy to talk to. Hetold me he likes the Erie area verymuch and has met many "won-derful" people here.

Kalmykov was born in St. Pe-tersburg, Russia. His father is ahistorian at the Museum of Pol ita—

cal Historythere.

His mother isa

restorer of frescoes for the Her-mitage Museum in St. Petersburg.Although his parents are not mu-sically inclined, Kalmykov at-

tributes his love of art to them. Heis an avid museum go er, partial tothe French'Impressionists. Heloves to travel, and has accompa-nied his parents on several ar-

chaeological ex ped itions th rough-out the former Soviet Union. Hehas an older brother who playstrombone at the St. Petersburg

Conservatory. He said his familyis very close, and it is not easy forKalmykov to be so far away from

them, but he feels thati is

impor-tant for him to get more of aneducation than was available tohim in Russia,

Kalmykov began to study mu-sic at the age of four, initially withthepiano, which he still studies as

a minor. He also studied the vio-lin and the flute before he decidedon the cello at age seven. At thattime, he was accepted to dieMu-sic Middle School of the St. Pe-tersburg Conservatory where he-received h is primary and second-ary education. Upon his gradua-

tion in 1992, he was accepted tothe St Petersburg Conservatoryto further his musical career, butfound the only courses availablethere — history and civil defense— to be too limited. "Music isvery important to me, but I wantmore. It is not enough just to studymusic. I want a full education."

jKalmykov told me that histeacher at the conservatory, whilevery good on a professional level,tried to dominate al1 aspects of hislife. Kalmykov found this unac-ceptable, and i eventually led to a

break in their relations. "Politicspermeates all aspects of life inRussia, including music,"hesays.Kalmykov said he felt that hecould not survive in an atmospherein which the personal freedoms of

the student must be sacrificed inorder to be thebest musician pos-sible.

It was after a performance atTowson State U niversity, in Bal-

timore, Md., that Kalmykov wasapproached by Cecelia Barczykwho offered him an invitation tostudy here in the U.S. When therelations with his teacher at SaintPetersburg broke completely,

Kalmykov contacted Barczyk,arrangements were made, and hecame to the U.S. on Jan. 1,1994.1

Kalmykov's first two weekswere spent h ere in Erich at thehome of Jerry and Marl cueTrambley, of whom he speaksvery highly. "They are wonderfulpeople. They treat me very well,

and they make me feel I have ahome here." In April, after a shortstay in Baltimore, Kalmykov au-ditioned for, and was accepted to,the D'Angclo School of Music.Now a full tune student workingon his bachelor's degree in musicperformance, Kalmykov alsoplans to earn a degree in music

education. He says his teachersher e , Jolyon Peg is andLeeWilkins, are "wonderfulteachers" and credits SisterEliza-beth Linsten as being instrumen-tal throughout this period of tran-sition.

"If someone had told me a yearago that! would be living inAmerica I would have said, 'Im-possible , no way, ' " saysKalmykov. "Now that I am here,I have a sense of direction, notjust for my musical career, but formy 1 ifc as a Christian person. I am

now free to make my ownchoices."

Kalmykov will be performingwith the D'Angclo SymphonyOrchestra on Sunday, N ovember13 in the Central High SchoolAuditorium at2:30 p.m. The con-cert is open to the public, andadmission is free. Included in theprogram will be the Concerto forCello and Orchestra No.l in Aminor, Op. 33 byiSaint-Saeiis.'This is a very good concerto," hesaid, "and it is an honor for me tobe a soloist."

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By Jean McFeelyMerciad Sports Writer

This pas t weekend theMercyhurst Crew team traveledto New Jersey for the Princetonthree mile chase. Five crews com-peted in this regatta and they feltthat a lack of time on the waterwas the main reason for less thanspectacular results.

The first to race was the men 'sheavy weight eight The crewconsisted of Doug Reynolds,Chris Moigis, Stephen Rozier,Michael Coco, Will Sauve, JoshPauwlovich, John Miljus, ChrisThompson, and Coxswain JoyceO'Hara.They competed against

lack water timethe much heavier Yale, Harvard,Dar tmouth, Pr inceton, andRutgers teams. Out of 18 boatsthey finished 14th.

The men's lightweight eightlater finished 19th before Coco,Miljus, a ndPauwlovich fin-ished 21 st out of 25.

On the women's side, thingsdid not fare much better.Thewom en's eight consisted of NikkiGeraci as stroke, Jean McFeely,Kelly McLeskey, AndreaPeterson, Dana Pazin, FreshmanKris t i Robinson, MeghanHergassell, Sue Burke and cox-swain Mandy Wadlow. Again,they had to go up against somevery strong crewsffrom Yale,

Boston University, Dartmouth,Columbia, Rutgers and the home

team Princeton. They placed 20thout of 24 boats.Overall it was a disappointing

weekend for the crew team whohave been working very hard thisfall season. Unfortunately, theyneed a lot of water time, which isa luxury that the Presque Isle bay

is having a hard time providing,even at 5:30 am.

This weekend, the crew teamtravels to Philadelphia for theFrostbite Regatta .This will be thenovice teams firstrace of the year.

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P l a y o f f h e a r t b r e a k f o r M e n ' s s o c c e rBy Dan HilfikerMerciad Sports Writer

Needing a win to secure a berthin the NCAA Division II playoffslast Saturday, the men's soccerteam could only muster a 1-1 drawwith visiting Oakland University.

A boisterous crowd of loyal

Mercy hurst supporters braved thedamp conditions to support theirteam in their bid for the playoffs.They were rewarded with an en-

tertaining game which swungback and form between the two

teams as Mercyhurst and Oak-land both shared periods of domi-

nation.Mercyhurst took a 1-0 edge

towards the end of the first halfafter a shot from the top of the

penalty box by freshman forwardMike Domm deflected off an

Oakland defender into the net

Thirty-two minutes later. Oak-land tied the score at 1-1 after twoexcellentstops from go alie BartlyJoyce resulted in a rebound intothene t But the Hurst did not giveup trying as the rain began to fall.

The Lakers w ere especially ef-

fective on defense, where de-

fender Glenn Fra ncis made a num-ber of opportune plays for the

LakerBy Craig RybczynskiEditor in Chief

Wednesday night featured a

battle of unbeaten teams and a

chance for the Mercyhurst Lakerhockey team to improve upon its

record setting 4-0 start.At game's end, the Hurst skated

away with a 9-4 win, provingagain the word that ghas be-

come the buzz word for this sea-

son - depth."I think we've become a team

that can hurt you a lot of differentways," said Head Coach RickGotkin. To nigh t we beat themwith individual efforts and talent.

"We wanted to beat them withteamwork,butwe played sloppy,"he said. I

Th e Lakers displayed the ir bal-anced scoring attack Wedn esday,as nine different players scored.

Defenseman Justin Proud and

center Bryce Bohun led the Lak-ers with a goal and three assistseach.

Bohun's effort in the first pe-

riod staked the Lakers to a 3-1advantage. The Laker center'sgoal at 13:10 broke a 1-1 tie.

He fired a wrist shot from the

slot that beat Mike Mills on the

glove side.Hobart hung tough until the sec-

ond period when the blue and

green scored four times."Hobart has a gritty team, we

did a lot of stick checking and

poke checking and that is conta-gious," said Gotkin. They pla ycd60 minutes of hockey and are a

very disciplined team ."

But as the Statesmen clawedback into the game in the third,

Proud and Bohun were there to

hockey stillprovide the team;'with needed

spark.I With the score 7-4, Bohun and

Proud assisted onjj CraigMacDonald's power play goal.

Scott Barber won his fifth of theseason with a 23 save effort.

The momentum used in theStatesmen gam e was created lastweekend.

At the Brockport State Tourna-ment, Mercyhurst'. captured the

championship, Saturday with a10-0 trashing of the host GoldenEagles.

The reason for the tournamentwin was - depth.

"I think some of the depth thatwe created through recruiting is

starting to pay off," said Gotkin.Again the freshman class proved

its worth as John Evangel ista, All-Tournament Team, netted two

goals forthe Lakers in a 5-3 open-ing round victory, Friday, overthe Canisius College Ice Griffs.

"So far the freshmen have donea lot of scoring and it's a bi g partif he whole team works together,"

said Evan gel ista.The freshmen, Scott Cannam

and Steve Torriero, played wellin the match-up of ECAC rivals.

In the first period, the Ice Griffswasted no time as Jon Braun firedone by Hurst goalie Scott Barber.The Lakers and Evangel sta an-

swered back less than a minutelater to even the contest

The teams exchanged goals in

the next two periods, until the

15:41 mark of the third whenEvangelista scored his second ofthe game to give the Lakers a 4-3

lead, Cannam netted the lone sec-ond period goal for either team.

"We showed a lotof confidence,

Lakers."I thought that everyone played

well, but I thought Glenn playedparticularly well in the secondhalf when they appl icd the pres-sure on jus," said coach Hart is.

"He really stepped up and showedwhat a quality player he is."

Forward Ian Dickerson continu-ally caused prob lems for the Pio-neersback four and it was his shotin over-time, from ust inside the10-yard box, which n arrowly slidpast the upright. f

The decision as to who made theplayoffs w as now in the hands of

the selection committee. Hart is*

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when we were up by a goal or

when we wereytied late," saidGotkin. "It seemed like our levelof play got picked up."

"A year ago we d idn't do that,"

he added.Evangelista also received praise

for his performance.*He has great speed, he goes to

the net and every time he's on theicehe makes something happen.

In* goal, Scott Barber

backstopped the Lakerf effort,stopping 39 shots hi the victory.

In the final game of the tourna-ment, the Lakers captured the

championship, 10-0.This time the veteran Kevin

McKinnon tallied four goals as

he regained his scoring touch.

Cannam (3 points) and

Evangelista (2 points) led the at-tack for the freshmen.

From the opening period the

Hurst fired Sir shots at the

Brockport goalie Jeff Nau and

tallied twice the irst rame.Proud opened the scoring with

a short-handed goal at3:38. Proud

received A ll-Tournament honors."I think all the freshmen are

character builders for this team,he said. "We have no superstarsand I think we all give 100 per-

cent every game and that adds alot of depth to our team."

McKinnon completed his hat

trick in the second period withassists going to Proud and Bohun.

Barber and Chr isHerbolsheiiner split| the

goaltending duties in the Lakersfourth straight victory.

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The Hu rst looks to continue itswhining ways against Lake For-

est at the Ice Center, Nov. 25.

Attention Hurst soccer fan'sBy Leon MumfordMerciad Sports Editor

The Lady Laker Soccer Teamwere given an enthusiastic sendoff on Wednesday afternoon whenthey left detenu ined to bring backwhat would be Mercy burst's firstever NCAA Championship.

Director of Atheletics PeteRusso was there to deliver a few

words of encouragement while a

crowd of avid supporters cheeredthem on. v

A M ercyhurst "fan van" will beleaving from the rear of the Ath-letic Center on Thursday at

4:45pm. The trip to.; Franklin

Pierce, (New Hampshire) wherethe! Finals are being held, willtake about 13 hours. £

The van w ill return on Sundayafter the final championship gamehas been played.

men had given everything in thishard fought game. Usually a rou-tine decision taking only twentyminutes, the committee lockedheads for over one hour-twentyminutes.

"If we d have won aga hist Oak-

land we'd havegone through. We

had one loss too many, \but 1

thought that the strength of our

schedule was good enough to ge tus through. We started off 3-4-1,and that was a learning period for

us. They all had to (learn the

system, but they all developedcorrectly and finished up 7-1-1,"said coach Hartis.

Assistant coach John Melodysaid/Tm really disappointed for

the seniors. Joel Pentz and MarkShokalook aren't going to be

here next year to give it a lash."The squad w ere ranked 16th in

the country and fourth in the Cen-tral region by the committee at

the official end of the season.Consequently, they start nextyears cam pa ign with a status tin-equaled in M ercyhurst men's soc-cer history.

With the Lakers losing only twoseniors they are looking forwardto an exciting year next season.

Football nailbiterBy Chris FielyMerciad Football Writer

The Laker football team cameback from a 10-0 deficit at half-

time to tie the Gannon GoldenKnights at 13-13 despite missingan opportunity to win thegame inthe closing seconds of the game.

"But opportunities were missedby both sides at the end of a soggyemotion charged fourth quarter.

With 11:36 remaining, MattGolga finished by hitting receiverJeff Andres for a nine yard touch-down pass to tie the score at 13-all. The catch sent the Mercyhurstfans into ecstasy. As the excitedLaker supporters in the! standscalmed down , a tension filled hushdescended on the Erie Veteran'sStadium. People watching the lo-

cal derby game on TV were on

the edge of their seats.*

It was the offensive line's re-

sponsibility to maintain theirblocks, Todd Melfi wa s to set theball for George Paydock to kick itthrough the uprights and the vic-

torious celebrations would havespontaneously;erupted. But the

snap to Melfi wobbled back andgave time for the defense to comein and block the kick for the tie.

Then, it was Gannons turn to

revel in the prospect of glory.Following a 62-yard drive and a

six-yard gain by Gannon runningback Charbel Latouf, the Golden

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Knights faced a 24-yard field goalto secure a victory. With 29 sec-onds left, the kick sailed ustwide;of the posts. In fact, many of theHurst fans turned away, thinkingthe kick was good.

Paydock, commented after the!game, "As a senior it's tough to

accept the tie, to have one of thebiggest games seem to slip away.John Langer said disappointedly,"We would have liked to have!

won, but I guess we're happywith the tie."After connecting on 7-9 attemptsfor 60 yards in the first half,Golgaturned up the heat in

the final two qu arters.He finished he day with an im-

pressive total of 19 of 31 for 278yards and a pair of touchdowns.

His favorite target were ToddMelfi and Craig Woodard^whoeach had six receptions. jMelfifinished with six catches for 121yards.

Overall there seemed to be an

overwhelming sense of disap-pointment from the Mercyhurst]

camp, summed upby HeadCoachJoe Kimball.*

"I think you saw twogood teamsbattle itoutand although no one ishappy with a tie maybe it's jus-tice," he said. I

p.

Mercyhurst hosts Robert Morris,who is playing in their first year,at the stadium, Saturday.

Hurst beat Austria!By Jason GiffenMerciad Sports Writer

SLast Monday n ight's inter-con-tinental exhibition basketballgame gave Mercyhurst a confi-dence booster as they triumphedover the Austrian Nationals 87-

82, in their first game this season.Leading scorers for the Hurst

were Jim Row 20, W ill Stinson19, and Craig Young 19.

The Hurst collected 3lire-bounds and shot 48% from the

floor.

The Lakers played better and

better as the game progressed andsome great outer-perimetershoot-

ing was a welcome contributionto the win.

Will Stinson said, "I wa s happywith the win, but it is stil I early inthe season, and we have a lot of

young gu ys. We still need to gainexperience."

El.

The. team's next game is on

Thursday, Nov. 11 when they hostSundance at 8p.m.

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