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VOL. 69 NO.5 MERCYHURST COLLEGE'S WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER October12,1995

From theWorld Arena

By Gagan SuriMerciad News E ditor

AmtrakTVain Derails;1 Killed, 100 Hurt

The Amtrak train en routeto Los Angeles fromMiami wasfsabotaged andderailedlin a remotedesert area of Arizona, killing one person andinjuring m ore than100 passengers.

FBI officials detected anotelnear the wreckclaiming responsibility of the wreck for the"Sons of the Gestapo.5' The name is not on anyFBIicriminal files.

Sex War From Closed CulturesIsrael has been accused by the Egyptians of

launching a sex-war exploiting their Islamicculture where knee-length skirts are considereddaring.

Israel has been smuggling pornographic vid-eotapes, vulgar pop music, explicit language,and adult magazines across the border to Cairo,the Egyptianssay. Censorship being stringentin*Egypt,no-vrdeotapetJTHudio tape can reach"the |market. This cultural clash could rekindle the*war between Egyptandf Israel which ended 22years ago.

Fairview Teachers Resign fromExtra-curricular ActivitiesFairview High School students havesuf-

fered due to the job action over teacherssalaries, and now will not be able to partici-pate in many extra curricular activities be-

cause of the teachers' resignation from extracurricular jobs. I

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Volley of Storms in theGulf of Mexico I

The NationalHurricane Center in Miami,Fla.has declared this year to be the worst stormseason in thelasbthree decades.After|l 6 stormsin the region,the area looks likea war zone. Therecent hurricane, Andrew, alone has damagedmorethan $18 billionworth of propertyid Florida.

Editors NoteI am introducingafnew column for next

week's issue of theMerciad which would in-clude a cartoon, bookreview, and movie re-view. Please com eforward with your talentsand c ontribu te to your pa per. Call 824-2376or send your contribution tobox 161.

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Men atwork: Construction progresseson thenew Mary D'Angelo PerformingArtsCenter. The centeris scheduledto open February11, 1996 for its inauguralseason.

Alcohol AwarenessWeek IT Security!aLHurst Briefs

~iBy Dan HilfikerEdkor-in-Ch ief

S'Tbree years agothe Inter-Asso-ciation Task Force on Alcoholand Other Substance Issues spon-sored the First National Colle-giateHealth and Wellness Week.

Their main goal was to developenvironments which encourageand support responsible decisionmaking and which emphasize thelegal, moral, and ethical compo-nents of responsibility inthe de-cision making process.

In the years since, this hasevolvedinto a national campaignthat primarily targets college cam-

puses. The result is the NationalCollegiate Alcohol AwarenessWeek (NCAAW), whichruns thisyear from Oct.15-21.

The focus of this week hasshifted over the years to encour-age college campuses to providequality education, interventionandprevention on a year-round basis,highlighting the need for overallwellness programming.

"This is the third year in a rowUrol we Have had a full-blown A l-cohol Awareness Week,">fBobHve/da , faculty adviser*jtoBacchus,said. "We want studentsto make responsible choices. At-tention will be brought to the is-sues ofAIDS and responsible sexchoices, aswell as violence fromstudent tostudent, not merelymenagainst wom en."

ThqjkickofT for the week will bea picnic inOarvcy Park, Monday,Oct. 16. Hot dogs andpop will beavailable and many organizations,such as theErie.CountyDU1 TaskForce and the PennsylvaniaSub-stanceAbuse/Health Information

Centerwill be on hand to provideinformation. I

There will be displays?in theHerrmann S tudent UniononTues-day, Oct. 17. Members of Hospi-tality House for Women, the ErieCounty Rape Crisis Center, theGECAC Drug and Alcohol Teamand other organizations willbe onhand lo provide information.

On W ednesday the displays willmove to the Cafeteria, where theRegional Highway Safety Net-work,ErieCounty Health Depart-ment — AIDS and the American

Lung Associationwill be on hand.The day will end at 8 p.m. with aCoffee House in the Student

Union,where music will beprovidedby Jamie Houston. g

Thursday, the movie "When AMaifjj Loves a Woman," will beshown at 9 p.m inline StudentUnion.

Friday, comedian David Nastorwill perfonn in the Laker Inn at 9

Kip.m.

"I thinkthis week,as part of theawareness, weshould strjye tobring the campus together and to

'•reflect on issuesMiiat attect allt>four lives. I think that if we can

come together as a community,then maybe wewill beginto makemore responsible choices. Pre-vention, education and , if neces-sary, treatmentare whatwestrivefor," Hvezdasaid.

The future of NCAAW will bemeasured by the ability of thesecampuses to bring to bear all ofthe resources, effortsand energynecessary to continue to keep theissues before the academic com-munity and the nation, the spon-sors say.*

By Dan HilfikerEditor-in-Chief

Mercy hurst C ollegeSecurity isstill trying tofind more parkingspaces.

College Security D irector BudDever said, "I have contacted theGood ShepherdChurch and askedabout possibly leasing part oftheir parkinglot."

St Luke's Churchis still lettingMercy hurst students use part ofits lot and that has helped allevi-ate some of the parking strain atpeak hours, according toDever."As faras criminal acts are con-

cerned, I have not had anythingcalled to my attention (in the past

I week)," Dever said. There havebeen some reports of minor crimi-nal m isch ief aroundcampus,how-ever.

"Some of the lights above door-ways have been broken and therehas been some vandalismto a fewsigns," the securitychief said.

Students are urged to report anyyoung people engagingin vandal-ism to security. g£. £\ There also have been a few re-portsol strange vehicles on cam-pus. "I have had a few femalestell

me that they saw some slow mov-ing cars that didn't look familiarto them. If anyone sees an unusualvehicleJthey should get a makeand license plate number andcallsecurity," Dever said.

He also urged students not toleave any valuables in their cars."The city has been reportinga lotof car break-ins, so studentsareencouraged to take any v aluablesout of their cars. We've had onecar brokeninto alreadythis year,"he said.

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Commuter

Corner!M SG News

ByKim Coughlin,Graduate InternStudent Union eft Student Activities

UPDATE: Aninformational meeting was held on Thurs.,Oct. 5 inthe Student Government Chambers forcom nutters who are inter-ested in forming a "Comm uter Council." So far, there are twocommuters who have expressed their interestand support. Please bereminded that the"Commuter Counc il" can only become a realityif you,as a commuter, are willing to get involved and make changesthatso many of youtalk about year aHer year. Thisis an opportunityfor you to plan activities/events,make changes where you can , andbecome directly involved inexperiencing college.fRemcmber, youpay the same fees that residents do.... get yourmoney's worth. Formore information on joiningthe "Council "contact Kimat cxt. 2422.UPCOMING ACADEMICSKILKSA LEADERSHIP WORK-

SHOPS: 5 :"£ " .0 I IDo's &Don'ts of Registration& Scheduling - Presented by BettyDamper& Elaine Ruggiero- Tues.,Oct. 17 at 8:15 p.m. in BaldwinHall & Wed., Oct. 18 at 8:15 p.m. inMcAulcy Hall.fGetting the Most Out of Your Study Time - Presented by LindaLinville - Wed., Oct. 18 at4:15^p.m. in the Student GovernmentChambers.MARK YOUR CALENDARS: jjOct. 16 - 20 - NATIONALCOLLEGIATE ALCOHOL AWARE-NESS WEEK kicks off with aFREEKpicnic in Garvey Park onMonday from.11 a.m. to 1 p.m. See posters around campus foradditional information aboutthe. week's activities.Oct. 16 & 17 - FOOD D RIVE: Sign up today to go door-to-doorfrom 6 p.m . to 8 p.m. to collect food to help the less fortunate.ContactMichele Garvey at cxt. 2430 for more details.Oct. 16 - WORLD FOOD DAY TELECONFERENCE:CampusMinistry & the Student Union are sponsoring the three-hour tele-

conference.Mercyhurst College will be the only site broadcasting.Contact Michele Garvey atext. 2430 to reserve your spot no laterthan 2 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 5. You cancam ContinuingEducationCredits.Oct 20- FALL FUN FEST: Laugh& eat for FREE! Come back tocampus to enjoy th e comedy ofDave Naster at8 p.m. inthe StudentUnion.Oct. 24 - ATTENTION SENIOR C OMM UTERS: Arc you plan-ning on graduating in May or earlier? If so, you MUST makearrangements as soon as possible to take the Writing ProficiencyExam which will given onTues., Oct.-24 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. &Thurs.,Oct. 26 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Zurn H all. Students shouldreportto the lobby of Zurn Hall at least15 minutes priorto the examstarting. Need additional information, contact HeidiHoscy at cx t2336. I

By Dan HilfikerEditor- in -Ch ief d

The October9,1995 meeting ofMercyhurst Student G overnmentwas the first meeting of the yearwhere the six newly-electedFreshmen representatives, tworesident reps, and one commuterrep were in attendance.

The six Freshmen reps are Me-lissaLang,ColleenObremski,JimCarrabbia, Ryan Kennis, SarahLamont, and JenniferHouck. Thetwo newly elected resident repsare PatKlingcnsmith, and KaleFedclc. The new commuterrep isMike Morgan.

' Nominations were held for theposition of chairperson for theWinterFormal.This year, the for-mal will be held on December 9.The date of the formal waschanged so that it would not be inconflict with other Mercyhurstactivities, most notably the DanceDepartment's annual perfor-mance. Jennye Vcltcr,?CraigZamary,and Chris Hcrbolsheimerwere all nominated for thcJposi-tion.

On Monday, Oc t16, the mem-bers of MSG will be walkingthroughout the Erie community

as a group collecting food for theunderprivileged fof Eric. Thiscollection is in conjunctionwiththe annual food drive sponsoredby Campus Ministry. All are en-

couraged to donate food or to

help collect food.In Student Activities Commit-

tee news, SAC president BrianMarshall said that the Fall Fun testwill begin at 9 p.m. instead of 8p.m., in order to separate it fromthe hockey game. ComedianDavid Master alsowill be per-forming on {Fridaynight. FallFunfcst runs during the weekendof October20-21.

A list of rules regarding theprocess of using (he lamina lorand sign maker was passedaround.|The list also gave theprices for the proce ss. A copy of

this list is posted on the outside ofthe SAC office door located up-stairs in the Student Union.

FreedomZone Editor-in-ChiefKevin Segedi gave an update re-garding the publicationofthe firstissue of the Freedom Zone 'Thelayout is done. We are right onschedule. It could come out nextSunday, but it depends on theprinter," said Segedi. Oct 24 isthe deadline for submissions forthe next issue1 of the FreedomZone.

IMSG president Jessica Cuffiaaddressed the Freshmen regard-ing the Freshman time capsule.She described the process of tak-ing pictures forthe capsule."Thisis somethingthat is supposed tobe a fun event during your seniordinner dance," said Cuffia.

Freedom ZoneThe Freedom Zone is still looking for written contributions,as wellas artwork. Meetings arc upstairs inthe Union, Sundays at 7 p.m.The first issue will be out Sunday, Oct.15, barring any printingproblems. Each residence will receive one copy. Extras will beavailable in the Union, Zurn hall, and inOld Main.

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p.m.'at theSludcntHcallh Services offices located in Preston 101X-There is no charge for theshoti Persons who are allergic toeggs'or

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before M ay,1996,and you have not yet successfully completed thewriting proficiency requirement for graduation, you must makearrangements to do so as soon as possible. The next dates for theexam willbe Tuesday,Oct. 24 from 6 p.m.to 9 p.m. and Thursday,Feb 10,from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.If you need additional informationplease contact HeidiHosey at ext. 2336.

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Theater at 8 p.m.Oct. 21,t5fhcre will be a Monte Carlo Night at the Student Union.

Win big prizes. There also will be aChincsc;Auction starting at11:30 p.m. at the union. If there are any questions, call Vanessa atext. 2988. | f 3 '

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E<rco< *<$.£• A v vXvfV $$&m&' Dates to remember. ECCO will besponsoring a tVip to Harmony'

House in Slippery Rock on Oct. 2 1. Harmony House is a 43 acre,fully-ecological farm. Anyoneis encouragedto attend. Just contactcither Amy at cxt 2867,orTricia at ext. 2995 ifyou arcs-interested.

The next ECCO meeting will be Oct.IS at 8 p.m. in the secondfloor lounge ofZurn Hall. |

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Cuffia also announced that the

basketball teamwill be hosting aMidnight M adness event Oc t 14at the MAC.Festivitie s will begin

Bal 11 p.m.

4"Thc basketball team hasa newcoach and thcyfare looking forsomcjLsupport They are reallylooking for a new image and arelooking forwardto a winning sea-son,"said Cuffia.

Prizes will be given away andfood will be available. There alsowill be a performance made bythe Laker Dance Team.

Since Oct 15-2lf is NationalCollegiate Alcohol Awarenessweek, the football team and MSGwill sponsora Monday night foot-ball party in the Union.Pi/./a andwings will be made available,andprizeswill be auctioned off.

"The school is thinking of re-vising theacademic calendar fornext year,"said Cuffia. The ideais to end the practice of givingafree day forthemidsemester breakand creatinga free daythat wouldseparate the last day of classesfrom the first day of exams.

"This is somethingthat is going

to affect everybody,"said facultyadvisor CassShimek. Reps wereto discussthis with theirconstitu-.:•cuts and discuss the issue at thenext meeting.

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- Three point shooting- Dunking

* Giveaways!!!- T-shirts- Sneakers

* Beat Mercyhurs t p layersand win prizes!!!

* DJ and The Laker DanceTeam!!!

* Sponsored hy Student Government!!!

b*.* Radio station broad cast-Lying live!!!

•TV-station interviews!!!

Food and dr inks! ! !

ECCO TipAluminum foil pieplaJes.fTV dinner trays, etc. are all reusable.Reuse all thatyou can,and what you can*! reuse, lightlyrinse off andrecycle.

"SAny faculty and staff whowish to participateshould callext. 2543 to reserve a sjiol!!!

When?|Oclober 14, 1^5 at11 p.m.

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GET A GRIPNicole Ponstingle,A&E Editor

I am certain thai there are stillsome of you who thinkthai com-puters are for people with pocketprotectors, right??

Well, I'd be willing to bet thatthere arc plenty of them out there,but computers fare becoming atool not only for work, but forplay. |

What I am referring to is theInformation Superhighway. Bythis I mean networks — OK. OK

the Internet and itslittle pals.The Internet isa group of com-

puters that are all hooked up andexchange information.1 am nottalking about two computers4

across the room from each other,I mean computers in California

being connected lo ones in Cleve-

land or even England.This technology seem s so mind

boggling, sohard to comprehendfor beginners—as 1 was last year— but once you get in there andputz around fora while, you willhave cyber connections all overthe place.

I found that the easiest way lostart is to hook up toa service likeAmerica OnLine or Prodigy, be-cause they require few, if any,computer skills,after about a weekof usage, I felt likea pro. And, asyou get more familiar with all ofthe options, techniques and lingo(which takes a bit of askingaround) you can move up to theInternet.

The Internet is a bit more diffi-cult because you need to knowwhereiyou want lo go and theaddress at which it can be found.

UjBut do not despair, because thereare on-line services out there thatyou can sign on tothai make this

process a greatdeal easier.Now, once you get going, there}are a few things to remember.Things like money. On-line ser-vices can berather costly.

America OnLine, for example,is $9.95 per month and that givesyou five ree hours of on-line time,but each hour after the five freeones costs $2.95 and IT DOESADD UP.

I've talked to peoplewho spend$500 a month. That is a worstcase scenario, though. Just keepin mind that time flies online andthe key is not to become an"on-line junkie."

Now, let's get into the reasonsto go on-line. Well, for starters,you can get information on virtu-

TUNES ON TAILSBy Jason UleryMerciad Columnist

In my first articleI briefly m en-tioned the new Circle Jerks andSNFU without actually review-ing them. This lime I will givethem the attention they deserve,as both ofthese bands continue togo unnoticed despite multiple|good albums. '» ' ••••>-

Ttie CircleJelkslj^st, "Oddi-Ities, Abnormalities and Curiosi-ties," was their returnafter about{six years withouta studio release,

his was actuallya bit better thanome of their previous efforts.-Some of you might know theirele Jerks as one of the early

eighties West Coast punk bandswho, along with Black Flag andThe Descendants (now Allaire-defined punk rock in the earlyeighties. They have mellowedsince then, but this album stillcontains punk-rock anthems like"Teenage Electric jg and "Brick."

The rest ofthe album has moreofa n "a I te rna ive " sou nd, but goes

beyond any thing else released bybands such as„Grecn»Pay or Tl eOffspring, who wereinfluencedby theseearly eighties bands.

SNFU's "The One Voted MostLikely To Succeed" follows up1993\s slightly above average"SomethingLeafy and GreenThisWay Comes."Their latest release

stays hard-core yet the sound ismore clean and crisper than pre-viously releases.This album startsoff strong with "Rusty Rake "andhas it's ups and downs (mostlyups),so it is a pretty goodalbum.

SNFU has been around sincethe late eighties, carryinghard-core into it's current age. It wasable to do so without compromis-ing their sound to sound

likeSlayer or something.^I ™ onto greenerpastures...until

next week. Enjoy your longweek-end. Use your extra time off tocall your parents and tell themjust how much you love livinghere at beautifullittle Mcrcyhurst,or something.

WHAT'S UPJ* . . i i:j:|The Eric Philharmonicwill open v

^ it's "Pop Scries" with"Modemy

X Broadway Hits: the Best of An-£ drew Lloyd Webber," on Satur-d a y Oct. 21st. It will be held atg»The Warner Theatre,811 State:%St.,Jand will be conducted bySi David Stunt/. Selections from

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all kinds of other things.But I really found my niche inthe chat rooms.The chat rooms arc where youcan talk (typo) to people fromanywhere,about anything.I havemet all different kinds of peopleform all different walks of life.1have actuallyhad a few in-personmeetings,but thoseyou have to bevery, very careful ofbecause re-ality can be two different thingson-line and in-life.

One very interesting thing youcan find in the chat rooms arcpictures, called "gifs," that youexchange from computerto com-

puter and, yes, there is where a-, ,.,, , — -_ , .,«• -mi««aansfi-i .-.. . r . «wul be presentations^on recent <.great deal of pornographyis J* ' ,, .... . >:J _ t . . . .ftexcavations,as well as artifacts*lound. The things that I haverc-iceived are very strange,some verytwisted, but I also got coolpictures of bands that I like, pho-tos of friends and things like that.

Another great thing is that youcan talk to movie stars,band mem-bers and even good(ontnot sogood) old politicians. There arethings called "forums" wh ere youcan go in and talk with these

ipeople.-If you can't get to themthai

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By Dan Hilfiker %Editor-in-Chief :.

There havebeen a great many happenings here at theMerciadsince the end of lastyear. We had some difficulties early on findinga Features Editor. We also had some difficult ics in finding a fewableand willing photographersto help out thestaff. I am sadto say thata new member ofthe Merciad staff has left us.f

Many people comeand. go on this campus but it is rare thatsomeoneis forced to leave this school. Thisis what happenedto mynews editor,Carly Simon. It is areal shame that she had to leave.

She was not forced to leave because of disciplinary purposes, orbecause she didn'thave enough money to attend.She was forced toleave Mercyhurst because sheis acutely sensitiveto many chemicalpesticides that the college sprayed around campus.

The school knew that she was hypersensitive to these chemicalsand pesticides but they went along withthe spraying anyway. Thisseems very strange to me because there arc many alternativestothese chemicals,many ofwhich do not harm theenvironment or thepeople that are inhabiting the area. |v

I am sure that very few, if any, students will show side effects orany lasting signs of his sprayingon campus,but that is not the issue.The issue is that Mercyhurst condones the spraying ofthese highlypoisonous chemicals merely becauselhay want to have a greener,weed less lawn. Isn't the healthiand safety of more than2,000students moreimportant? I sure hope so.

What is the big deal with havinga few dandelions on the front ofthe college's lawn? They will probably be dead ina few weeksanyway,so why run the risk ofharming the student bodyas well asMother Earth.

I was told that it would not be surprising ifthere were a few deadbirds on the grass where the spraying had taken place. If thesechemicals and pesticides are not safe for birds to ingest, then whatwouldgive anyone the impressionthai they would not hurt humans.

Sure,we mighthave a nice green lawn, butwhat good is itifwe are.too ill to enjoy it.These chemicals upset the entire intricate balance ofour Earth's

fragile ecosystem. Whenever weworkfto eliminate part ofthaiecosystem, theentire balance of orderis disturbed. These chemicalsrun off into the water system and eventually pollute this as well.There are many long range effects of these chemicalsthat we havenot even begun to experience. But many generations down the line,our children may be paying the price for our errors. Many of theseerrors do not have to happen. There are many environmentallyfriendly, as well as people friendly, alternatives to spraying thesechemical pesticides all over the campus.Many ofus do not think much about this topic, but maybe itis time

that wespenda few minutes reflecting on it because itis somethingthat affects all ofus, as well as the generations of people that willfollow us.

It may seemlijce a very trivial and insignificant issue for most of

us, but for Carly Simonit is somethingthat she must live with for therest ofher life.Not only that,butshe was forcedto leave a place thatshe really felta part of. She liked it here and was very sad to haveto go home, butshe had no other options.I doubtthat very many ofus have had to make decisions of that magnitude, but what makesthis so sad is the fact that it never had to happen.

I knowthat Carly and her parents triedto educate the college to thefact that there were some alternatives to spraying that would nothave affected the environment, or he r place here at thecollcge.f

Another question arosein my headwhile writingthis. Why wouldthe college even have acceptedher as a studentif hey knew that shewas so sensitive to chemicals that they spray on the campus? Thisseemslike a verycruel thingto do beca use now she is stuckwith fourwasted weeks , and nocollege credits.

I am sure that Carly would nothave come here ifshe knew that the^college'^ayed these chemicals on the.campufflarid*would have

looked elsewhere fora college education.It was sad to see Carly have to packup and leave this place,a place

Ithat made her feel very happy, and go home and haveto work untilshe can possibly find another place whereshe fits in like she didhere. Maybe the school cares a little bit more about its outwardbeauty than it does about the prosperity ofits student body.

Ryb RoastIty Brad RybczynskiMerciad columnist

Well, here we go again. I hopeyou arc all ready for another "RybRoast" •

In the last issue of the Merciad Iasked for somehelp in finding anew title formy column.I haven'theard much but keep in mind thatI am still open to ideas.

Before 1 get too deep into thecolumn and you all stop reading,Iwould like to relay a little badnews. Some people in ourMercyhurst communityneed yourprayers and supportSr. Elizabethjust freturned from the hospital,while Dr. Mullen, and Mr. BobMunson are both hospitalized atthe present time.

All three are great people whocare very much about Mercyhurstand could really use some sup-port. We all care very deeply forthese three and I know that oneway or anotherthey have touchedourlivcs.Please keep them in yourthoughts and prayers.

Lately,there has been much dis-cussion withinth e Mercyhurst Stu-dent Govcrnmcntfabout a studyday before exams. This day willnot magically«appear, and thereneeds to bea trade somewhere onthe academic calendar.

One of the options would be totrade the free dayin the first erm,as in the one this Friday, fora dayto study before finals.The*firstterm would be the only one af-fected.Anotheroption would beto have

some m our finals on Saturday.Both of these choices would en-able all of us to get one m ore dayto prepare before finals.

One idea brought up was thepossibility of starting a day ear-lier. Due to the fact that the dayafter Labor Day is needed for theRegistrar's office to prepare for

the term, this is not a possibility.The. registrar's office is already anightmare the day before classesand to takc.flhat away would be

cruel and unusual punishm ent

Whether or not you know ityet, MSG is goingall out thisyear to bring somequality enter-tainment in for Spring Fest '96.This year the eventwill not beafund r aiseras it wasin the past. Itwill be solely for the students toenjoy. Student Government andStudent Activities Committeeplanon bringingin a bigger bandwith a nationally known name.There arecommittee chairs stillopen.Ifyou wouldlike to partici-pate, please contact me orBrian Marshall W the SAC of-fice.

I have just takena quick glanceat my w ritings| so far and thisalmost seems like a newsletter.

TiThat is not a bad thing, but Iwould like to move on to some-thingwith a little more substance.

Abouttwo weeks agoI had thepleasure of having a discussionwith one very irate sister. Shewas very upset about the fact thatthe Merciadjprinted an articlecondoning the use and distribu-tion of condom s.Itgot me think-ing.

When we came to MercyhurstijjUo take our tour ofthe school and

decide whether or not this wasthe school for u s, something ap-

pealed to us.It may have been the beauty of

the campus, a special program,the friendly aces,or the fact thatit was close to home. Forme , allof these things played an impor-tant role,but J realize that theMercy tradition, and more im-portant> the Catholic traditionwas the deciding factor.

I was raisedas a Catholic goingto Mass every Sunday, complet-ing the sacraments of invitation,and yes, going to a Catholicschool. I wanted to continue in

that spirit I liked the spirituality,the images ofsa ints,and thepres-ence ofa chapelwhere I could goto be alone, pray, and worship.

The MerciadVol . 69-No. 5

Merciad J Editors

Growing up in Buffalo,I livedless than a block from MountMercy Academy,and two blocksfrom Mercy Hospital.I knew thereputation of the Sisters ol Mercy,and I knew their history.I wantedto be a part of that

Now, I am.lam very proud ofthat fact Although I may notbethe most devout Catholic,I stillbelievein the principles and mor-als of the church. »•• I

WhatI am tryingto get at is thatcondoms would make not onlythis college and the Sisters ofMercy appear tobe hypocrites,we too would wear the label.

Whetheryou arc Protestant, Mus-lim, or Jewish, you must all un-derstandthat this college wasbuilton a foundation of humility, char-ity, and the moral principles offthe Catholic church.

J A condom blocks the possibil-ity of the transmission of lifewhich, in the eyes ofthe church,is the purpose for intercourseandtherefore an abomination of theact.

Condomsalso serveto promotepremarital sex,a sin inthe eyes ofthe church.

Intercourse is an expression oflove between two peoplein a life-long commitment. The men andwomen were joined inholy mat-rimony by vowssaid before thecommunity, eachother, and God.

When we ask for condom ma-chines in Garvey Park, in thedorms and apartments, or even inthe bathrooms,we ask that thiscollege and the Sisters that built itcompromise on an unbending is-sue.

I am not trying to take the moralhigh ground, or preach to anyone.What one does in the bedroomistheir own business and Iwould!not expect anyone^ totell me howto conduct myjscx life, hut wemustjall respect Ihefposition of 1this institution and those respon-sible for it I

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Letters to the EditorDear Editor

Upon reading the.article aboutcondoms I was upset bytheauthor's suggestion that we, the.studentbody, should support thehabits of fellowstudents who mayor may not use the provided sup-plies. If these students want to b e"protected" they should provide,their own * protection. Rcvco isonly down the street and theysurely should get their condomsbefore initiating any romanticcontact. There a re some of us whodo not believe in supporting thepurchase of condom machines for

the campus and we should nothave to support somethingthatgoes against our beliefs. As to theissue of embarrassment, there aremany more embarrassing thingsin life and it is one of theminorprices a that should be a part of

sexual activity outside of mar-riage. I (believe in bucking theestablishment when it is war-ranted; however,[fithink that inthis case thechurch has made anappropriate moral and monetarydecision.Also, has not anyone in today's

society heard of the principle ofabstinence? It is the most secureway to protect ones!self fromtoday's, sexual diseases and un-wanted pregnancy. No matterwhat({kind of condom is used,there is still a chance of failure.Also, abstinence keeps alot ofemotional and otherproblemsfrom affecting (he lives of sensi-tive people.If one. is not preparedto handle the responsibility of ababy, one should not engage insex. Afterall, that is how all of uscame to be.

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Mercy world Student SeesPartof the Real WorldBy Jessica Russell

Merc i ad Features Editor

Theresa and her friend Kate near theAlhambra in Granada, southernSpain. I

Every summer many studentsfrom all overthe world and evensome from Mcrcyworld, studyabroad. This pastsummer was noexception.

Theresa Schroeck, senior, trav-eled to Madrid, Spain, for sixweeks through a BostonUniver-sity program. From May 25 toJuly 8, Sehroeek studied SpanisharUhistory and literature at theInternational Institute in Madrid.

The Institute houses severalcollegesand ineludcs many roomsfor the students* classe s. AlthoughSchroeck was in a foreign coun-try, she was among A mericans.

"AH of the classes at the Insti-tute consist of the students^ in-volved in the programs from theU.S.,"sh'e said. Also, Schroeckdid not have her art history classtalight in}the normal classroomatmosphere.Instead, the class washeld in art museums throughoutthe city.

Schroeck stayed within walk-ing distance of the Institute at thehomeofTanoand Isabel Sanchez,an older couple w hose ! threedaughters are grown and gone.

"We would watch the Jacques

Coustcau program everyday atlunch time and on the weekendsIwould go on trips scheduled bythe I nstitute," Schroeck sa id. Shevisited surrounding cities duringthose weekend tripsJ{When asked what she remem-

bers most about her time inMadrid, shefsaid, " It was thethings I saw everyday: the bumsand mimes on my way to school,my favorite paper store, the choco-late sandwiches that Isabel mademe each day for snack, sharingmy sandwiches with the birds,Isabel's needlework, going outfor tea with my friends...."Schroeck's main motivation, to

improvefher Spanish,^was ful-filled during the six weeks shewas in Spain since all her hostfamily could speak was Spanish.

"I messed up a lot during thefirst few weeks but was able tolaugh about it later when I real-ized what I had said in place ofwhat I had mcanllto say," shesaid.

"I had a great time whileI wasthere andI learneda lot. I f I wouldever have the chanceI just mightgo back," Schroeck said.

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Center. Gleason is working onthe specs and purchase of the the-atrical equipment forthe newbuilding.

Gleason had beena theater tech-nician for 27 years when he wasasked to help with the MaryD'Angelo Performing Arts Cen-ter. He has since then worked onthe project by|designing a fiveyear plan to piecethe house to-gether.

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-Countryf s Fo urth WinThe women's cross countryteam continued their excellent form with

their fourth invitational win in a row at the 46th annualLe MoyneInvitational on October 7. The meet took place in Syracysc, N Y lastSaturday where fivewomen's and eight men's teams competed forhonors.

Senior Katie Fox led the team with a time of20:41 in the3. If mile racefor first place. BridgetHolzheimer (21:04) and WendyLampart (21:35)took second and thirdplace out ofa possible 36 finishers.

Barbara O'Connor, Nichole Pint, Kelly Brown, TerriBarringcr, andSara Boyd completed the line up.

Tom O'Dca lead the Laker men , witha time of29:38, for 12th place ina field of 39 finishers. |

Rower's BeginSeason!The men's andwomen's crew teams competed this past weekend in the

Head ofthe Ohio Race. A head race is a fall season race that is longer inthefall than inthespring.Thc fall racesare 2.5 to 3.5 miles long with boatsstarting at10 second intervals.

The winner oflastfyear's race, Brown University, set the pace foreveryoneelse to follow.

In the Men's Open 8+,Mercy hurst finished in eighth place with a timeof 14:04.3.In theWomen's Open8+, the ladics finished n sixth place witha time of16:06.8.Th eMen's Lightweight 8+ finished seventh witha timeof 14:00.6.The Women'sJV 8+ competedin the club 8 event but the timeshave not been released yet.

Coach Sean Tobin said , "Right now our times are slower than the otherschools1, but we have a lot of talent and by the end of our fall season weshouldimtfroveby a couple minutes.We started our seasonon September12 and the other schools had started in August.

Th e Mcrcyhurst crew team has three more regattas this year. Theirsecond racewill be at the Bausch and Lomb Invitational. On October28 ,the team willtravel to Columbus, Ohio,to compete in the JackSpeekmanRegatta. The last race of the fall season will be Nov ember 12 at thePrinceton C haseAll Distance.

Volleyball's Last WeekendThe Lady Lakers volleyball faced Ashland College in their last game

and were defeated narrowly in three closely fought games.Coach Dav ic said that"the girls played really well but once again we

lost in a close game."The team has a tough weekend ahead of them as they travel to play

national champions, Northern Michigan, on Friday andMichigan Tech,22nd in the nation,on Sunday.Da v icsaid,"1 t's a chancein a 1 ifetime andI just told the girls to go out and play their best."

He was also quick to praise the Lady Lakers saying, "We'v e improveda lot as the season has gone on and if there's one thing1 have to say, itwould be that the girls never give up."*Thc Lakers will take a break after the Michigan trip until their spring

season. ^

Lady Netters Take TwoThis past weekend, the Women's Tennis Team won both of its confer-

ence matches. On Friday,against Gannon University,6-3,and on Sunday,against Clarion U niversity,4-3. Both ofthe matcheswere close and couldhave gone cither way. i <•••*£• .1*^Xgainst|Gai.non, the deciding match was Jessica Stout's. She is afreshman front'Buffalo, w ho won her match6-2,1-6,'6-2*

Against Clarion, Marina George,a freshman from Erie, won her match7-6 1-6 6-3.The doubles team of Lauren Diulus and Kim Hodgkiss-Lilly,continuing winning ways. i They won both oftheir matchesthis pastweekend.

Fre.sl.man Marnie Jasinski, second sing les, had two singles victories|JuniorCarmen Dougherty, fourth singles, split on the weekend,coming

home with one win and one loss. The. team takes an overall record of 6-3and a conference record of2-3 into this weekend. •. ,<

Coach Ray Yost said, "The ladies playedstrong this past weekend andcapturedtwo bigwins.Bothof the matchesWere close and couldhave goneeither way . but with wins from Jessica Stout and Marina George, the Lady

Collegethey will beplaying at 11 a.m., anaim im y *yat nnrm AofliiKt Wavne Stale University. |at noon agams« way. Weslwood Racquet Club.HAH matchesthis weekendwill in ai m A

Out on her own:Senior Katie Fox putsher competition away

early at the LemoyneInvitational. Fox fin-ished well ahead! of thefield in a time of 20:41fortfirst overall.

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M en's Soccer TeachA & B LessonBy LeeAnn KellyMerciad Sports Writer

)It is finally coming together forthe M ercyhurstm en *s socc erteamwho easily defeated Aldcrson-Broadduson Saturdaywith a scoreof 3-0 over the eleventh rankedteam in the country.

'This is a huge win forus / ' sa idcoach John Melody, who sawthem inflict a convincing defeatupon a team that is also rankednumber three in the region. Withonly regional games remainingon the Lakers ' schedule, this vic-

tory could prove instrumental tothe men's chances ofa play-offberth.

It was one of thosenames inwhich everyone played well audinothing seemed to go wrong forthe Lakers. The men worked ex-tremely hard in all areas of the

field. Keeper Darren Murrayi flooked like a giant feline as hefeused lightning {re Hexes to make^an early game save, keeping the

game at 0-0.Midfielder ShawnKroener was

1 first to score from a free kick 20yards out. The game remained at

j il-O until the later stages in thegame whenjunior Ian Dickers onshowed a little m agic. At the 70minute mark, he received a passfrom team captainGreig Waddellon the left side of the field, beattwo A&B defenders and slippedtheball in the back of henet. Likemagic.

With only six minutes to go,Waddell added hisinishing ouchto the score. Stuart Hogg threadeda ball between the Aldcrson-ijBroaddus defense to Waddellbreaking through. Inajone-on-one situation with the keeper,

making the final score 3-0."Glenn Francisdid especially

well, his aerial ability and tena-cious tackling kept a very potentA&B attackatbay."said Melody.

Francis was well supported bythe controlled defensive play ofhis partner Jimmy Reen. FowardIan Dickerson hada superb gameand usedhis vision to involve theplayers around him.With a record of 6-4-2,the men

now confidently look i ahead tonext weekend's lough line-upagainst NorthernKentucky*andSouthern Indiana whom they playin a hometournament. Saturday'sgameis scheduled for noon whileSunday's game starts at 2 p.m.Both games are sure to providesome top class quality action.

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Footballl Team Suffers i Monmouth Loss

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Scott VanceMerc in d Sports Writer

Last Saturdaythe football teamtookto the field against one ofthe.best teams in their schedule,namely Monmouth University.

Unfortunately forthefHurst,they were unable to extend theirwinning record as they fell to a35-14 defeat. The Lakers have a3-2 record so far this season.

The Lakers got off to a bad startand found themselves14 pointsdown after the first quarter. Thefirst touchdown came from a 60yard drive, fromUie strong offense

of Ihe Hawks. The second cameafter a Golga fumble ?whichMonmouth converted into atouchdownthree plays later.Worse was to come for the Hurst

as they found themselves down21-0 with just over five, minutesgone in the second quarter. Butthe Lakers didn'tlie down and die.like most teams would, they in-stead fought back and were re-warded witha 39 yard touchdown

^reception by Woodard offan ac-curate Golga throw. Wicks wassuccessful with the extra pointlog

^reduce the lead by21 -7 with only12 secondsremaining in the quar-ter.

At the start of(he second half,Monmouth kicked offfor*57yards, but Tom Bender returned"the ball for a 26 yard gain tocontribute to his 82 yard s in kickreturns for the game. It was onthis play that Golga reduced thelead with a two yard run after a 66yard drive, which took just overfour minutes. Once again Wickswas successful withthe extra pointto reduce the score to21 -14.1

After Wicks kicked off for 56yards to the Monmouth nine yardline, it was returned 53 yards tobring play to theMcrcyhurst 38yard line. The Hurst denied theHawks a first down on their firstpossession andit was atthis stageCoach Joe Kimball said that theteam was"really pumped, excited,and ready to go."

The Hurst was unable to takeadvantage of their possession andwere forced to make Wicks punt

for 41 yards on only their firstpossession.

It was here that Monmouth ex-tended Itheir lead to 27-14 withjust 2:39 left in the third quarterwith a 67 yard drive which tookthe time off the clock. The extrapoint was blocked down by anaggressive Laker defense.

Anotherfumble late in the thirdqua rter gave the. ballto the Hawksin scoring position on the Hurst25 yard line at|the start of thefourth quarter. Once again theHawks capatalized and scoredwith a seven yard pass from theMonmouth quarterback, Sabella,to extend the Hawks lead to 35-14. j l I

There was no more scoring inthe final quarter in• what was adisapointing day for the Lakers.

When K imball was asked afterthe game how he and the playersfelt, he replied in just one w ord,"frustrated."He said, "We went21 points down through mistakesand some, good offensive play bythe opposition, but we didn't liedown and die,we.scored two con-verted touchdowns to put us inthe drivers scat, burthen it all

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went wrong.When askedwhat lost the game

for the Hurst, Kimball had nohesitency in saying,"The reasonwe lost the game was because oftumbles. You cannot give awayfour fumbles and expect to win,let alone against a really goodfootball team." He also replied,We do not ca 11 fumbles,its some-

thing we've worked on in prac-tice because it has hurt us in thepast."

"If we didn't fumble the balllast Saturday against Monmouth,we would have been a real boostto our football program. At thesame time, I was proud of ourkids as we always played physi-cally hard and aggressive.

The team faces opposition fromIhe No. 1 team in New York,BuffaloState (4-1). Kimball said,"If we beat a good footballteamlike Buffalo, it would be a hugeboost to our program,but i wewon't be beaten through lack ofeffort." I

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affiliated with Mcrcyhurst College andto provide our serviceto its fans forthe first time... . By using a speaker phone, fans in distant cities can gettogether and listen tothe game just like hearing it on local radio," he said.

To use TEAMLINE 'Hurst; fans will dial 800-846-4700, enter theMcrcyhurst access code, 1654, enter a credit card number and then beconnected tothe live game broadcast direct from WMCE Radio.

Fans are. billed between20 cents and 50 centsa minute forthe service andpay less per minute the longerIhey listen.At the in inimum 20 cents fans pay$ 12an hour. At thelop rate of50 cents,

the charge would be $36 per hour. fTRZ offers TEAMLINE season tickets -1,000-mmutes for

$250,or 25 centsa minuie, 500miiiufcs for $160, or32 cents per minute.The service will begin Saturday,Oct. 21 ,wilh the broadcasts of both the

Mcrcyhurst- RobertMorris footballgame at 12:50 p.m., andthe Mercy hurst-Seneca hockey game at 7:20 p.m.

Grounded!Number 66 for Mercy hurst, Mike Peck, attemps to smother the ball. The Lakers committed fourturnovers in their 35-14 loss to Monm outh. Photo: Mike Lorenz

l LadiesISoccer SuccessBy Lee Ann KellyMerciad Sports Writer

Another successful weekendfor the Lady L akers soccer team.They played two games and se-cured two victories, nothing un-usual forthe Hurst's most consis-tent team-nothing unusual exceptthat* Saturday's game againstBloomsburg w asthe most crucialgame of the. year so far.

Bloomsburg University is num-ber two" in the region and any-thing other than a victory for thenumber one Lakers would have,jeopardized theirchances ofmak-ing it to the playoffs for the thirdyear in a row. The Lakers won thegame Si-0 and arc now virtuallyassured a playoff spot.

It was a beautiful autumn after-noon last Saturday asbolh teamsmet to do battlesDue to injuryBloomsburg was without its starplayer and was relying on shearemotion to beat the strongerMercy hurstsquad. It soon becameobvious that it wouldlake morethan that to beat the Lakers.

After puttingin a below par firsthalf performance, Mcrcyhurstonce again pulled together andtidied things up in the secondperiod of the game. The Lakersoutshot their opponents19 to 11,

giving the Bloomsburggoalie areal workout.After a failed penaltykick at-

tempt, the Hurst finally gotIhegoal that they had been waitingfor. With 2 3 minutes to go in thegame, senior Maureen G allagherreceived a ball at midfield andproceeded to make an incrediblerun down the field, turningIheBloomsburg defenseinside-out.As she approached the 18 yardline, she slipped the balllo fellowsenior Tracy Cross who finishedthe ball to the net for a brilliantgoal. J" As the final minutes of the match

ticked away, the*Lakers contin-ued to create offensive opportu-l*nities while defensively, sopho-more Nikki Esposito and seniorsSarah Connelly and Jen Rootworked hard to dismantle anyBloomsburg advances. StacyBort/appeared quite.comfortable

in thenet, making nine savesandrecording a shutout-J

"I think we pulled together toput in one ofthe best team effortsthis season," assistant coachYvonne Parkersaid. "It was nice

to see people rise to the occasionand lake responsibility to bringthe game up a notch."

Aficrsuch a very physical andmentallydraining game,the Lak-ers rallied together on Sunday toeasily defeat West Chester 4-0.The game was less thana minute

old when junior forward FionaLee beautifully controlled aballplayed into the box and laid it oil*for herawaiting teammate ClaireSeanlon who placed it inthe net.

Despite some^gulsyjplay byWest Chesterthey were not readyfor the classy Lakers, who laggedon three morecoals courtesy of

senior Becky Miller (two) andMarissa Rossetti.The. Lakers have an overall

record of 9-1-1 and arc rankedfourth in the latest NCAA II poll.This weekend theyplay awayagainst GLIAC opponents Oak-land.

Laker players watch another of their many shots on goal sail overthe crossbar. They beat regional rivals,Bloomsburg, 1 -0. Photo: Kevin Segcdi