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VOL. 68 NO. 7 iMERCYHURST COLLEGE'S WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER October 13,1994

Sharpen your pencilsDon't forget about the SAC-sponsored mascot design contest

Budding artists can subm it their ideas for the Mercyhurst L akers'mascot to the SAC ofGee on the top floor of theUnion. Subm issionsare due THURSDAY, OCT. 20 . Entries should include a drawing ofthe mascot and a name for it Students will vote on the submissionsbefore the end of the term.

Inspect the archaeologistsThe Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute (MAI) will hold an

open house on Friday, Oct 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. MAI is located in thelower level of Zurn Hall. Visitors to the open house will be able totour the MAI facilities, hear lectures and see demonstrations oflaboratory procedures. The open h ouse i s free.

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Ethics prize announcedThe 1995 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay C ontest, with awards

totaling $10 ,000, is now open to junior and senior undergraduateswho are enrolled full-time at an accredited c ollege or university inthe United States. The deadline for submitting an original 3- 4Mword essay is January 13,199 5. The theme for this year is: "Creatingan Ethical Soc iety: Personal Respo nsibility and the Common Good.For entry forms and guidel ines contact TheElie Wiesel Foundationfor Humanity, 1177Avenue o f the Americas, 36th floor, New York,NY 10036 or telephone (212) 221-1100.

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Reading material for saleMercyhurst College will host a Scholastic Book Fair Monday,

Oct 17 through Friday, Oc t 21 on the second floor of the CarolynHerrmann Student Union. The fair will be open from41 a.m. to 4p.m., with extended hours uutil 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.This reading event features the new est titles from over 70 publishersand presents students, parents and teachers a golden opportunity tosee the latest works by popular authors and illustrators of b ooks foryoung readers. For more information call 8 24-20 24.

Sorry, wrong numberTh e number)for the Young Republicans was incorrect in last

week's, issue. The correct number is 824-2946.

L a k e r s akjhomeOK, sports fans, there's lots for you to see this Saturday.

Women's volleyball takes on Ashland University at noon. TheHomecoming game is at 1 p.m. at Veteran's Stadium against PaceUniversity. Men's soccer plays Gannon at 1 p.m. and the womenBloomsburg University at 3 pan. j

Artist's rendition of the proposed concerthall.

Concert hallMercyhurst has long dreamed

of an enlarged concert hall to enhance the cultural activities of thecollege. T he completed plans callfor converting thefpresent ZurnRecital Hall into a 900-seat auditorium, with 640 seats on the mainlevel and 250 seats inthe balcony,including six private boxes. Thiswill cost the college a total of$2.75 million. |

This impressive 20,560 sq. ft

facility will be-versatile. A divider will make it possible to create an; intimate atmosphere forsmall gatherings or a more openarea for large gatherings.

The proposed new concert hallwill also include a control room, apublic lobby, a stage house andworkshop area. It w ill blend withtwo existing facilities: Zurn Hallto its north and the D'AngeloSchool of Music to its east The

realityfacility will also be designed topermit use for dance productions,films and lectures.

Construction plans of the Concert Hall call forbreaking groundin April 1995 and for{projectcompletion by April 1996—intime to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the D'Angelo YoungArtist Competition with a week-long music festival in the facility.

R esponsible consumptionBy Heather RyanMerciad Contributing Writer

This is the 11th anniversary ofthe introduction of National Co llegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.This year. BACCH US, analcoholawareness clubon campus, is recognizing this during the week ofOctober 16th through the 22nd.The campaign is a chance forMercy hurst students to learn aboutthe negative consequences of alcohol abuse and to begin to develop responsible lifelong decision-making processes about alcohol, its use, non-use, and therole it plays in their lives.It is estimated that more than 80

percent of college students in thecountry currently drink alcoholicbeverages. Most of these are moderate drinkers. But there is a substantial m inority of students whomisuse alcohol. The ma in goal ofthe week-long campaign atMercyhurst is to increase student

awareness of the physiological,psychological and general lifeeffects that are the natural cons equences o f alcohol abuse.

Bob Hvezda, advisor of theBACCHUS club at Mercyhurstsaid, "There are more studentscoming forward whoare trying tostand up against binge drinkingand the results of i t The key component is the violence that resultsfrom alcohol and drug misuse."This includes violence againstwomen, student to student abuse,sexual assault, date abuse andacquaintance rape.

The BA CCHUS cause represents Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Healthof University Students. Here atMercyhurst, the organization ismade up of caring students whofeel they can party responsibly. Avariety of students have joinedfrom athletes to RAs to leadersofother clubs.

Thephilosophy of BACCHU S,

Hvezda said, is to "lookafter otherhumans-respecting them, challenging them-as a generation."He also states mat research hasshown this to be more of a trendon college campuses across theUnited States.

For Alcohol Aw areness Week,BACCHUS will be sponsoring anumber o f events. Look fora tablein Garvey Parknextweek, givingout goodies and information onthe BACCHUS organization as

well as literature or AlcoholAwareness Week.

BACCHUS w ill also continueto sponsor social related issuesthroughout the year. A lot of workcanbe done with the organizationand anyone is welcomed to getinvolved.

This student-driven, peer-educating club is challenging studentsto speak their minds and encouraging their friends to make responsible choices during AlcoholAwareness Week and for life.

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By Janel McBrideMerciad Contributing Writer

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If you've answered the phonelately and been puzzled by a beeping noise in the middle of yourconversation,'don't be alarmed.The Mercyhurst Campus Switchboard, under the direction of Sister Mary Mark Doubct, is installing a call waiting system.

Doubet said that the idea to getcall waiting came romsome complaints reported to her by MSG

Rep., Aisha Nix."Aisha asked me about the pos

sibility ofa buzzer system orsomeway to get a hold of students fromthe door of the apartments to abusy phone line. After some research, the call,waiting systemwas approved," said Doub et

The system is in the process ofbeing installed in all resident hous-ing ana has proven to be veryinexpensive for the school.

As exciting as call waiting may

be for the students, Doubet doeshave some concerns.

»*T»I'd like to stre ss that this sy stem is a privilege and if t is abused,it will be taken *away," saidDoubet "The campus switchboard has restricted a number oflines to the college, and if phonelines are constantly tied up withcall waiting, problems will arise,"

The system is being installedthroughout this week and shouldbe com pleted by Thursday.

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Adovasio t digsithe archaeological sceneBy Katie PetriMerciad Staff Reporter

Dr. James Ado vasio, chair ofthe Department of Anthropologyand Archaeology at MercyhurstCollege jand director of theMercyhurst Archaeological Institute, has concluded recent workat the Meadowcroft Rock Shelter.

Meadowcroft is considered bymany as th e oldest archeologicalsite in North America. It includesrecords of human habitation dating back 16,000 years.

T h e site* s opening in 1 9 7 3 wa sgeared toward long-term teaching and research, using state-of-the-arttechnology. DonMcQuaidof the Mercyhurst External Affairs Department, said, "It is safeto say that Mercyhurst is on theverge of having the best-knownarchaeology department of anysmall college i n t h e nation an d itssuccess can be attributed to the

work of MAI director, D r. James

Adovasio/''After 17 years of recess, this

summer's reopening of theMeadowcroft Shelter, located inWashington County, engenderedextensive international media coverage, including AP, UPI, the frontpage of the Pittsburgh Post Ga-

zette, and the-Philadelphia In -

quirer. Adovasio said the site h as

proved to b e unique in the recentdiscovery of a heavily utilizedarea that warranted such extensive media coverage.

It was necessary for Adovasioand eight of his colleagues to begin repairs caused b y water dama g e that occurred lastwinter. Thedamage was centered a round* ahole in the shelter's roof that allowed th e erosion of a previouslyexcavated area that spanned11,500 years of th e site's history.

Cutting u p to 10 inches into theeroding wall, the scientists re

vealed one of the densest, richest

areas of th e shelter, dating from8500 B.C. to 1000 A.D. j"Inanswer to the question, "Whathas this second excavation accomplished?' I would say it hassucceeded in giving us a gmorerefined version of what is alreadyth e best archaeological record ofitsijkind in North America,"Adovasio said.

Funding for the Meadowcroftproject has been given by thePennsylvania Historical a n d M u -

seum Com mission to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The money h as enabled thescientists \to use state-of-the-art

technology in their excavating.Technologies that were not available during th e first excavation ofthe site, such a s t h e infrared scann e r , have made it easier for scientists to map the location of plants,animal bones, and artifacts likebaskets, fireplaces, .butcheringareas and layers o f th e earth that

represent time periods. The excavation has been completed andth e team of scientists will processthe new data they have gathered.

McQuaid said, "I don't knowhow well known it is among theMercyhurst student bod y, b u t D r .

Adovasio is regarded b y both themedia and the archaeology fieldas a whole as one of th e greatestarchaeologists in the world, andhefis without a doubt die bestknown American archaeologist,barring none. Although he decries the image of th e archaeologist projected by the Indiana

Jones movies as 'grossly over-romanticized,' the truth of the

matter is that he is closer to thisimage, in terms of both his personality and his many exploits,than any other archaeologist inthe country. In other words,Mercyhurst? College, not somemega university, h a s the real Indiana Jones, and welhave Dr.Garvey to thank for that."

James Adovasio

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M S G N e w s : F r e s h m e n e l e c t i o n s t a k e t w o h u n g e r

By Anne L. McNeilsCopy Editor

"We have to do freshman elections over again," said MSG VicePresident Kristen Hurd atMonday's meeting, "I had fourfreshmen elected instead of s i x . I t

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John Donnelly, director of d e -velopment services, spoke to representatives a t t h e meeting aboutmaking a donation to the UnitedWay. Donnelly pointed out thatthe United Waybenefits the wholecommunity and that Mercyhursth a s participated in the fund drive

Sunday,November "13

in the past Senior Rep. Jennifer

Lowe moved that MSG donate$500 jt o the United Way.|Themotion was ^unanimously approved.

Lowe also suggested that reps"as a group, do some United Wayactivity." Low e participated in theUnited Way's recent Day of Car-

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i n g a n d said it was " an incrediblefeeling."Donnelly said the United

> WayJps planning a day in Aprilthat will involve volunteer workby Erie area students. He willinform MSG of the details as theybecome available.

Senior R e p . Matt Adams spoketo Dave Pinto, director of the library, about extending libraryhours. Pinto told him the librarydoes not have enough full timeemployees to make an extensionof the hours feasible. T he libraryis currently open 87 hours perweek.

Adams said he is going to submit a memo to the library, to the

College Senate library committee a n d t o Academic Dean HelenMullen outlining the need for anextension of library hours.

JMSG President GeorgePaydock announced that the executive board will begin choosing a representative o f th e week.The award will be based on participation throughout th e week inMSG and SAC activities and enthusiasm about what's going on ,

Paydock said.

^Secretary Jessica Cuffia asked«for.nominations for reps to chair

[jy the Winter Formal which issched-

Lj tied for Friday, Jan. 27* Sophomore R e p . Stacey Fitzpatrick andAdams were nominated for theposition. Other nominations willbe accepted until Friday afternoon. Reps will vote? at nextweek's meeting.

Cuffia also said M S G will holda loose change drive in support ofMercyhurst's South African student atthe Homecoming Pep R allyand football game this weekend.

MSG m eetings are. held every

Monday at 8:30 p . m . in the Government Chambers ofthe StudentUnion.

By Jennifer Lowe *••Merciad Contributing Writer

Let's face it. We're all hungry.College dorm dwellers open thefridge to find hose last pieces ofbread that have been there sincemove-in over a month ago. Still,the mold could be cut off. Hey,with some pea nutbutter this couldbe dinner. Oh yes, these are thebest days of ou r life. College.

But college is temporary. Momand D a d \ are just a phone callaway. That work study check iscoming on Friday. We will eat

again.Some people, though, don't

have such a promising future forfood. They struggle every day oftheir 1 ives to feed themselves, tofeed their children. B y taking partin the 19 Annual MercyhurstCollege Food Drive, Mercyhurststudents can help make thatstruggle a little easier.

There a r e t w o ways to help. Thefirst is to donate all the non-perishable items y o u have collectingdust in your cupboard. Donations

canbe brought to Campus Ministry in the Student Union.

The other option is to volunteerto collect food from local neighborhoods. Groups of volunteerswill meet in the Student Unionat 5:30pjn . on October 1 7 t h &1 8 t h . Collections will take placeuntil eight each night Volunteerscan come one night o r both.

All food collected will be distributed t o t h e Emergency Pantryof the Second Harvest FoodBank.More information is availablefrom Joe'Dominic at extension2429 or 2430.

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S t u d e n t s A c t DivinelyThe Mercyhurst Theater De

partment will b e performing T h e

Diviners, by Ji m Leonard, Jr . onWednesday, October 19 throughSunday, October 23 at the TaylorLittle Theater.

Mr. Scott McClelland, a part-time faculty m ember here at theCollege, is directing this production. McClelland, who appearedregularly on the NBC series CrimeStory and worked with singer/songwriter Tom Waits at aSteppenwolf Theater productionin Chicago, is also known aroundtown as the owner an d director ofthe Roadhouse Theater, 1505State S t

When asked about this drama

McClelland called it a "thrillingplay, probably the best that thiscast will seejin their next fouryears here. It has excellent partsfor younger people a s there i s n o t

so much ofa stretch as there wouldbe if they were playing eightyyear o ld characters."

McClelland became involvedhere three years ago when Mr.Igor Stalsky, director of th e theater department, invited him toteach.

%Director ScottMcClelland

T h e cast is made up of studentshere at the College, with the exception of Andy Joslyn, a juniorat the School for the Performingan d Visual Art (PAVA ), locatedat Erie's Central High School.Joslyn plays Buddy Layman oneof the play's leads.

When asked about h is involvement n the production Joslyn saidthat it w a s a learning experience,'The lines were hard to memorize and Pve never worked with

college people before." Whenasked to describe his character

Joslyn said that Buddy "is slowbut not retarded. He's innocent,trusts everybody, ironically he'sboth open to the world and hesitant of newexperiences."

Amanda Stefik makes quite adevelopment a s o u r latest theaterdepartment scholarship recipienti n h e r part a s Darleen, the flirt ofthe fictitious town of Zion.

Brad Rybczynski, when askedabout his role in the show declared, "I'm cutting my hair forthis show!"

The D iviners is set in thesmall mythical southern Indianatown of Zion, and revolves

around?the drowning death ofBuddy Layman, the town idiotboy. But, according toMcClelland Jcnowing the conclusion of th e play at the beginingdoes not spoil th e play's enjoy-

^ment. "It's like Coiumbo, youknow w h o d i d itb u t t h e fun and

^excitement of the story line isfollowing th e events leading upto i t " f |8 ]

The show is free to students,faculty and staff with' college

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Em pire Brass ReturnsAnne Schleicher

Features/ A&.E editor

Cofifeetcrazef has •arrived

This weekend the D'Angelo School of Music is bringing y e t t w o

more outstanding concerts to th e Mercyhurst community.On Sunday, Oct 16, at 2:30 p.m. in the Central High School

Auditorium the Great Performers Series will present Empire BrassThis will be their third visit to Erie! 4

According to a D'Angelo press release, Empire Brass enjoys arepresentation as North Am erica's finest brass quintet Sunday'sperformance follows a recent three-week tour of Japan and w illinclude works b y Bach, B izet, R imsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Coplandan d Bernstein.

Free tickets can be obtained fo r Mercyhurst community membersby calling extension 2 364. ,t

O n Monday, Oct 1 7 , JohnWustman, a n d s i x vocalists from heUniversity of Illinois, will perform th e Songs of Franz Schubert at

8:00 p . m . in Zura Recital Hall.

Wustman is best known a s t h e accompanist of the renowned tenorLuciano Pavarotti a n d h a s accompanied some of th e world's greatest singers. Wustman can be heard on several recordings of the"Live from Carnegie Hall" broadcasts. Closer to home, Wustmanha s served as a judge i n o u r own D 'Angelo Young Artist Competitions in Voice .

This con ceit i s particularly interesting as it is one in an international series intended to perform th e entire voca l repertoire of FranzSchubert within a seven year time-span. Wustman hopes to conclude this concert series on Jan.31,1997, th e 200th anniversary ofdie birth of Schubert

Sa m Rotman, director of the D 'Angelo School of Music, emphasizes that this is a particularly amazing goal a s Schubert wrote morethan600 songs in h is lifetime.

This concert is free and open to the public

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Well it' s here- th e coffee crazehas officially^ hit Erie:STARBUCKS, th e famous coffee company from Seattle hasmoved into Barnes) &Noble.There ar e now tw o coffee shopsin town. Plus, Mercyhurst hasit's own version of al l the excitement with the introduction lastyear of the Wednesday^nightcoffee house in the Union. It'sno surprise that the force behindthislnew pastime is JudahSussman, a Pacific Northwestnative. While Erie can claim abar o n every corner, Seattle can,say the same for espresso machines. Now we ca n join thethousands of other Americanswho^are jazzing up flicir dayswith caffeine.

Through m y experience a t an

official dispenser of th e sacrednectar I have come to the conclusion thai coffee drinkers canu >%u /f Into several distinct

categories, ofwhich I will elabo-^rate on three. They are theitrendy coffee drinkers, thefclueless coffee drinkers, and th e

pseudo coffee drinkers. >

First let me tell you about thetrendy cof fee drinkers. Thetrendy coffee drinkers are thepeople whowant everyone a roundto know that they know all aboutcoffee a n d t h e dimensions of thishipnew craze. For example, I had

one customer w h o came into theestablishment and proceeded todescribe th e various drink sele ctions b y their countries of origin:"cafe au lait is French, however Iam sure that they don't have realFrench coffee here, cafe latte isItalian and is made with espresso."However when h e used k ey lingohis mispronunciation was obvio u s . -Latte became laytay andespresso became exspresso, andnow sounds 1 ike it's th e next train

Next I would like to describethe clueless coffee drinker. Thisis th e average consumer who hasheard about th e craze an d desper-ately wants to j oin in but isn' tsurewhere to start For example, theclueless customers come in andorder an espresso because they 'veheard that it was the thing to drink.Lo and behold, when they gettheir 2 oz. jolt of pure caffeinesatisfaction they don't knowwhatto do with it and en d up leaving 3 /

4 o f th e contents in the c u p t o bedumped down the dra in la ter. Andthis i s m y fault? This poor fellowshould stick to Folger's and theland o f th e known, k

I -My last &."i!!cis£.£ur is thepseudo coffee drinker. Thesepeople want to join in with therest of the addicts outis too guilt-ridden to go all the way. Theytease their system with a meresubstitute. For example, the

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fellow shouldstick to Folger'sand the land ofthe known.out of town! Next this m a n s a t i n

the most prominent seat in thecafe and began to read T h e NewYork Times with such vigor thateveryone els e w a s sure to noticea n d , of course, I admire him forhis choice of publication.

pseudo drinker comes in and or-f ders a double decaf mocha, made

S&Y' *& with skim milk/holdthe whippedcream. All that I want to say is"Why bother!" The same goes

fo r no-fat ic e cream an d lite beer,b u t I digress.

This discussion could g o o n a n d

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R o a s tBy Craig Rybczynski£tfitor in Chief

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It's week two of "I loveMercyhurst Colleg e.

With Parent's Weekend behind us, Laker enthusiasts gearup for the ultimate Blue andGreen Party known as "Homecoming." r

Alumni travel back to theHurst to relive what they left*behind w hen they were jettisoned through the front gates.

The school is transformed into a shrine to the mighty Lakers.Garvey gives his "Win one for the Gipper" speech and everyone

seems content to be a Laker.Banners hang in the Union and stream from the windows in

Baldwin Hall and blue and green ribbon are tied to the lamp posts.Friday there is a Pep Rally to kickoff the festivities and Saturday

is the football showdow n between the Lakers and the Pace University Setters at Erie Memorial Stadium.

How grandiose!What a display of school spirit and pride.Wait, let me examine that last statementSchool spirit!The thing that I believe Mercyhurst lacks.That's right; olks, even though ™ the spectacle and the rhetoric

that you will be bombarded with in the next couple ofdays

willinspire you to stomach our school song, let usnot forget the otherdays that make up Mercyhurst College .

Homecoming is gr eatI have to admit I have my fair share of refreshments and find

myself caught up in the frenzy of the football gam e.But is this weekend just a smoke screen to blind the Mercyhurst

population to the things that trouble them about the college?Despite the plans of the school to move into the 21st century, I'll

be satisfied with the colleg e's dreams when groundbreaking begins.I've heard my fair share of ideas and proposals in four years.

This years solicitation of funds'is; for "The Campaign forMercyhurst"

At the Parent's Dinner, President Garvey asked parents to digdeep to support the upgrade of the H urst

The plans include: anenlarged concert hall, library addition, ZurnScience Hall equipment and new human ecology addition, a chair

for the business department and the scholarship endowment fund.The Dream led by the Dream Team's captain Garvey is betting ona $6 m illion payoff.

Will the Dream materialize into something the school can revel inlike the Student Union and theIce Center orbe another idea that fallsapart?

Last year the expansion of Zurn was proposed and now the planshave resurfaced as part of this grand plan.

Most of the money, according to Garvey, approximately $4million, is there.

Now it's up to the powers that run Mercyworld to take the nextstep.

My advice, just "Build It!"j

v However, the discontented and the Mercy ites can reach a commonground this weekend.' *•* * • / ' $*!$$ tW . •

Yet the wearing of the school colors and screaming "Let's goMercyhurst," can only provide a buzz that wean off after Sunday.

What we are left with is aHurst hangover with a headache that forsome people will last the entire year.;When the cheerleaders have ceased cheering, the pom-poms lieon

the fiel d and the* scoreboard goes back to Pace University 0,Mercyhurst C ollege 0, remember the spirit that filled Mercyhurst

It doesn't have to end Saturday.The Mercyhurst football team needs your support every week, not

just on Homecoming Weekend.Anyway, our hopes are not with administration this weekend, but

Laker quarterback Matt Golga and the rest of the football team.Homecoming Is worth all the balloons and fanfare.It helps the student population take pride in their school and may

even in time lead to the embracing of die Dream.For now remember this simple phrase,uGo Lakers!"

Putting it all jinto perspectiveBy Jennifer Lowe

Merciad Contributing Writer

Itwas last Thursday night Mybiggest concerns w ere laundry andwhether Jeopardy was on. I w asdownstairs in the kitchen makingiced tea when the phone rang. M yroommate answered it

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It's for you, Jen," she told me,leaving'the receiver off the hookforme.

I continued making the iced tea.After all, I was almost finished.The person on the phone could

wait |I finally answered it"Hello? Is this Jennifer?

"Yes," I answered, trying toplace the voice."This is Jeremy's Grandmother.

You're not alone are you?"Immediately I sensed the ur

gent tone of her voice. It was mybest§friend from high school'sgrandmother, calling me.

"Jeremy shot him self this afternoon." (

4 t"No...no. He's okay. He's not

dead." ^"He's gone sweetie."I continued to shout "No." With

every utterance it became lessdiscernible until* finally tit wa snothing more than sobbing.

"He made sure none of us werehome and he came over and gothis grandfather's gun. He was inso much pain."

There was silence."He made a list of friends who

can attend the funeral." MJShe read off a short list which

includedniy name. The restof theconversation is a blur. The rest ofthe night, however, is not

•I kept thinking over and overagain how suicide is only something you see on after-school specials. And those'warning signsthey tell you to look for, theyaren't for real.

Every single one of them ranthrough my head and every onewas displayed in Jeremy over thepast year. But he wasn't the typeto commit suicide, not my Jer-emy.|

We were the strong ones, heand I. How many times we'dtalked about that We' d wonderedif wewere lucky to haveour wider

Jeremy and I, before.

sense of vision, to be able to seethe world as most don't bother to.We agreed sometimes it was a

blessing. Other times it was aninexplicably painful experience.It was those times when we depended on one another.

I imagine it was during one ofthese experiences that Jeremydecided to leave this world. I know

it's wrong but I feel as though Ifailed him, failed to see his pain.We had been together just lastweek, shopping at the mall. Theweek before that, he had thrownupfin my hallway after gettingdrunk at my party. I could go onand on, weekend after weekend.

All theway back to high school.

Walking home together every a f-

ternoon. Almost getting arrestedat Ta co Bell. Senior Prom. Goingto Niagara Falls last Thanksgiving.

He can't be gone. I won't lethim. He is too big a partof my lifeto just pass away, to just pass on.I can't let him go . *

One memory I can't get out ofmy head was just this past summer. We'd met at the mall fordinner and a movie, ForestGuinp. Itwas after midnight whenthe movie concluded. My moodwas particularly sentimental.

We walked through the barrenparking lotto where my bike was

locked up. He asked if I didn'twant a ride. We could just pop thebike into his jeep. I declined, toooverwhelmed by the beauty ofthe summer night, by the powerof the movie, by the strength ofour friendship.

"Jeremy, you know I was thinking. You and I haven't hugged ina really long time."

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We cam e together. I told him Iloved him. Westayed a bit onger,and then rode off in our separatedirections. I remember looking atthe moon, feeling chilled by thecool summer's night air. It feltgood to be alive. It felt good tolove Jeremy, to be his friend.

It doesn't feel so good to be hisfriend right now. The pain, theanger are incredible. The loss. Itwill be a long time before I cometo peace with his suicide. But Ihave to believe that ft will happen. In time.

Tim e. Jeremy no longer has thatI'm reminded of a-line from apoem written by a friend of mine,Joe Gallagher. "As if there's nottomorrow." There is no tomor

row for Jeremy. Ours is uncertainat bes t What we do have is thismoment, this second. We can doanything w ith it imaginable. Orwe can choose to do nothing atall. |

The refrain from Pearl Jam's"Jeremy "keeps lingering throughmy mind. "Jeremy spoke in classtoday." I haven't figured out exactly what he wanted to tell me,but I'm going to. And if I everGndout, you '11 be the first o hear.Because what Jeremy had to saywas important- is important I'mstill here, still listening, still living. \

So are you. Don't g ive up orgive in. I need you, just like I needJeremy. I know I have to let himgo but I will never let go of hisspirit or his message which hedidn't feel strong enough t o share..I will be his voice, begging you tolisten to the cries of those aroundyou, to listen and to do somethingabout them.

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By Greg Troyer ^Merciad Political Columnist

Rush Limbaugh!If there are two morevile words

in the contemporary political vo cabulary I amnot aware of them.(OK "Reagan '96" beats themhands down but I'm talking reality.)

Of course if the king W.A.S.P.himself hears about this article hewill just dismiss it as the liberalbiased media attackingthe abusedconservative element o f this country. Cry me a river. Studies showthat conservative politiciansrecive more positive press thantheir liberal counterparts.

Rush constantly feels the needto inform America about 'traditional values" to save itself frommoral degeneration. In a recentsegment he informed the ignorantmasses about the proper roles ofmen and women in society.

One of his always insightfulexamples related to w hich kind of

men women prefer. He asked hisaudience whether women prefertraditional bread winners or family oriented males wh o might take

an active role in housework andchild rearing?

Thankfully Rush informed methat women prefer the traditionalbread winners. Howcan I expressmy gratitude? I was about to em

bark on a life of equally sharingthe household responsibilities andnurturingof our children with the

woman in my life. Now I knowthat this is "unnatural" (his exactword) and thatwomen don'twantthis. By the way I wonder whotold him this, his first or secondwifct

When I hear people who admitto agreeing with his overall philosophy I shudder. Admittedly I

do occassional! y agreewith somethings he says, but in general heisoff base, both in his methods andhis outlook.

Limbaugh constantly!attackspeople personally. His show;ismore like a comedy routine thanthe intelligent political commentary it tries to disguise itself as.Unfortunately people take it seriously. Maybe NB C should air hisshow after the local news. It wouldmake a great lead-in to JayLeno'smonologue on \ "The Tonight

Show."I don * tmean to belittle the value

of a dissenting opinion, it's important for a democracy to function properly. TyrannyVof themajority is always a dangerouspossibility. However, when thatdissenting opinion espouses elitism and constantly walks a fineline bordering on racism it has novalue. None!

Conservative ideology is beneficial to America in many ways.America does indeed need to haltitsmoral decline. Ifyouneed proofof it you don't have to look pastthis campus. Seriously evaluatethe crap that goe s on on an averageFriday or Saturday night alongBriggs Avenue.

However Limbaugh, and otherconservatives seem to fail to recognize how some of the old traditional values are self defeating.For example I agree with DanQuayle's call for the return tostrong families. IDo strong families only come about when theman is the unchallenged head ofthe household? Of course notRush Limbaugh disagrees withme. He is wrong.

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I've been sitting around for the past couple of weeks trying to sortout a lot of tilings - personal things, academic things, career things,basically everything.

I don't know if it is the time of my life that I am in, or the junctureof my academic career, or a stage o f my personal development thatis causing me to question the way that "things" are, or if it issomething completely opposite.

All I know is that since this term started I have found myselfcons is tently, dreadfully, sadly understimula ted. And I do not meanunderstimul ated in terms of places tobe, people to meet, testto take,notes to study or THINGS to do. I have plenty of time-taking tasksto accomplish. But none o f them, not ONE of them is personallystimulating.Talk to some of the other people on th is campus suffering from he

same thing. They'll tell you what it's all aboutMercyhurst- this idealized, aesthetically appealing mass of build

ings and people is not everything that the admissions office cracksit up to be to prospective students.

I took the bait my senior year of high school, and so did many of

you. jgjiIt doesn't take much to be heard here at Mercyhurst All you have

to do is scream loud enough to drown out the countless clones ofapathy to have people hear your voice . And I think that part of theproblem on this campus is that mere are a few students who doeverything, hordes of students who do nothing, and numbers ofadministrators who take the credit for "mold ing Nick into the personthat he is today " or "helping generic reshman #37 see that Mercyhurstis a good place to be" or whatever. That is all a lie, and I'm starting

to see it now.I'm s o sick of people telling m e "that is something I wouldn't

expect for you to say" or "that is som ething that a person like youshouldn't do." So sick of it, that I thought about leaving M ercyhurstII'm sure that the few people there are on this campus who are

actually trying to make a difference, the few who are trying to getmore from his whole experience than what occurs inthe classroom,understand what it is I'm trying to say. '% j*

I came to Mercyhurst with an ingrained set of values and beliefsand ideals that I hoped would be fostered while I was here. I can'tsay none of them were -1 hr.ve had a few professors who havestimulated me, a handful who have pushed me to maximum potential. But not nearly enough.

I am paying approximately $14,513 a year to be involved in aSYSTEM that I give more to than ge t from. Sometimes I feel like Ishould be paid for being here.

Think of the most involved people you know on this campus.Think about how strong their influence is. Think about how peoplethink of them. Think about what you know about them.

Are they satisfied with the way things are run here? Do they feelas if they are gettinga fair shake? When you talk to them, are theydriven to do a ll of the things that they do because they are gettingsomething out of it for themselves, or because they are trying tofoste r growth in others?

I've been thinking a lot about the way things work here, and I canhones tly say that theonly thing that I find tobe absolutely rewardingismy major department The Human Ecology department - small asit may be - seems to me tobe the only SYSTEM on this campus thatis functioning at its fullest cap acity. Every class I take in my majorteaches me more abut myself that I didn't know before I went into

Even down to the timing of the courses - it seems! almost as if I am

being challenged according to what I am developmental!y facing at

the time.And that to me is what education is all aboutI have learned a lot of "things" here at Mercyhurst I have met

many people. But when I go , Iwill leave with the knowledge o f howa school, run like a SYSTEM promotes cloning, crowd pleasing andapathy.

And if you were to take 10 of the strongest student leaders on thiscampus out of the picture fora term, I think you would gain first handknowledge of just how pathetic a place Mercyhurst can be.

They say that any chain is only as strong as its weakest 1 ink. Whathappens when even the strong want to give up? &

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"I must say that the thing I enjoyed most during the past four!years has been my riends sharingall the good times with me; thetrips § to - H e r m a n ' s ! a n dMcDonald's stick out the mostThe learning experience wasgoodtoo. Thank you all." 4 J ft

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"Throughout the past four yeaiI've made many friends, aqjthrough these friendships I willhave memories that will lastlifetime. Mercyhurst has made mthepwarm, loving, caring, anfunny person that I am today."

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alumni at a ceremony^ duringHomecoming Weekend. SisterEustace Taylor, C lass of '29, willbe recognized on the 65th anni-versary of her graduation.

Both Sister Loretta McHale andAlice Reeder Lockhart, Class of34 , will be recognized on{the60th anniversary o f their graduation.

It is not, however, necessary towait 60 years or more to be honored by your alma mater.Mercyhurst College will also be

honoring 1985 graduate GregoryLinder of Osage Beach, Mo. Hewill receive the Young Alumnusof the Year Award. *

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what's coming upl

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'Tor the several years I've beenhere, I've met a lot of people andmade a lot of friends. I'll remember you all and Thank You."

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soccer prepares foishowdown with GannonBy Lee Ann KellyMerciad Sports Writer

On Tuesday, the Laker soccerteamsplayed traditional rivalsLock Haven University andsoundly beat them 3-0.

For the first 15 minutes LockHaven continuously ran at theHurst, relentlessly pressuring thedefense. But the Lakers swiftlythwarted their advances causing

diem to change their game planentirely. "After Lock Haven realized they weren't getting anywhere, they resorted to a longballgame that fell right ntoour hands," Coach John Melody explained.

Freshman Mike Shiels openedup the scoring with a second halfgoal off an assist from ShawnKroener. Donal Knox also addedto the scoring withhis first goal ofthe season while Joel Pentz putthe game away with a blistering

shot from 2 5 yards out The 3-0win boosted the Laker record to4-3-1. i,

On Saturday, Mercyhurstsucked the blood fromTransylvania, leaving them limpand lifeless as they were defeated2-0. After an even first 45 minutes, the Lakers opened and closedthe scoring with 2 quick goalsearly, in the second half. AfterMercyhurst scored on an infa

mous Mike Domm-MarkShokalook combin a tion defenderDonal K nox slipped another onein. .

On Sunday, the Lakers facedNorthern Kentucky. Playingagainst a strong breeze, the menfell down 2-0 in the first 20 minutes of the first half. It was thenthat the Hurst shifted into gear.Greg W addell scored just beforehalftime bringing the score wellwithin the Lakers reach. But the

second half belonged to Domm,who scored his first hat trick atMercyhurst "The Dom-inator"began his streak with a first-time,left footed shot off of a pass fromJoel Pentz. He struck again whenhe headed in a free kick fromPentz. Domm finished off Northern Kentucky when he took on 2players, beat them both, shot theball, gathered h is own rebound,and then placed it conveniently in

the back of the ne t 'The teamshowed a lotofcharacter and heartin getting stuck-in and comingback from a a 2-0 deficit to win 4-2", Melody commented, "Theydeserved to win."

The Lakers play arch rivalsGannon!Saturday 1:00p.m. atMercyhurst With Gannon rankedthird in!the region in front ofMercyhurst whoare ranked sixth,this week's game is vital to theHurst's playoff interests.

Cross country women secondBy Dan Hilfiker *

Me re ad Sports Writer

On Saturday, Oct.8, theMercyhurst cross country teamscompeted in the Mount UnionInvitational, held at GoodyearMetro Park in Akron, OH. Forthewomen, the Hurst's team score of48 points was good for secondplace overall in a doserace, edgedout only by host Mount Unionwho came in with a 46 point tally.

Mercyhurst's Melissa Hall wonher second race ofthe season w hileachieving a personal best time of19:40 over the 3.1 mile course,while running in perfect weather

conditions: c ool and sunny. Hallran an intelligentrace right fromthe start, drafting off the front-runner until the last mile, and faroutdistancing her in end.

The Mercyhurst women exhibited good teamwork in their ad-mira ble effortastwo other women

won individual awards for finishing in the top ten. Freshman

Wendy Lampart took seventhplace overall in a time of 20:32,while Bridget Holzheimex camein next at 12th place overall. KatieFox also achieved a personal bestThe Laker men placed fifth out

of seven teams with 129 points.Freshman Jeff Welch and team

captain Mike Brown set the pacefor the Laker men, finishing the

Gvemile course ust seconds apartin 28:44 , and 28:56 respectivelyfor 16th and 18th places overall.

Both teams compete next in the

Northwest PA meet hosted byEdinboro University this Saturday, October 1 5.

Last? quarter ldssBy Chris Fiely fMerciad Football Writer

For the fourth week in a row,the Laker football teamhas playedone of the Top 20 teams in Division in . The Lakers are lookingforward to playing at home afterdropping a 26-24|game to thesixth! ranked Buffalo State

Bengals| ||The Hurst litthe scoreboard firs twith sophomore Justin Everettscoring six from one yardjfoutHie Lakers led 6-0 until BuffaloState scored late in the second

quarter for the 7-6 half-time lead.George Paydock kicked a 44 yardfield goal and Shea,Berkley ran46 yards for a touchdown to givethe Hurst a 16|7 lead going intothe final quarter. I &The Bengals scored three touch

downs before Mercyhursttcouldscore the final ttouchdown on aMatt Golga four yard pass tojun-

Offensive line coach andMercyhurstf alumni DavidArmstrong said, "Although welost a dos e game, we took a bigstep by leaving everything on thefield. It should lead us to betterthings in upcoming gam es. Thisweek we play Pace who is also 1-4 and coming off their first win.Home will make a big differenceand we will be ready for homecoming."

Sophomore Brian Hamlin ledthe rushing with 97 yards, whileTodd Mel fi ed the receivers withfour catches for 63 yards. Matt

Golga completed 11 of 32 for128yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. Sophomore BrianBurton had two interceptions for37 yards, f

The Lakers will?:be back ta tVeteran's Stadium this Saturdayat 1 p.m. to play Pace University.

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Golf is swinging

By Dan Hilfiker

Merciad Sports\Writer

Last weekend the men's tennisteam established themselves asone of the top teams in the East atthe Division II level as they completed in the East Regional of theRolex Internationals atBloomsburg.Mercyhurst's Vyom Bhuta, who

was the number two seed, wonfour rounds before losing in thefinals to the number one seed,Bloomsburg's Evan Rosen 6-7,6-1,6-4.

"I was six points away fromwearing a Rolex watch," said

Bhuta, who is waiting on standby for thenext round of the RolexInternationals in Edmonton, Oklahoma.

He advances if Bloomsburg'sRosen cannot make the trip.

In doubles, freshman ScottVance and Andy Davidson ad-

vanced to the semi-finals and

nearly pulled off an upset ofConcordia before 6-2,6-7, and6-4 | I

"The team performed well andwewere inches away from goingall the way," said Head TennisCoach Ray Yo st "The differencewas one or two shots."

The women fell to Clarion, Saturday, 5-3. They ended their fallseason with a markof 2-6. Four oftheir matches were lost by onepoint

The bright spot of the fall season was the number one doublesteam o f reshmen Lauren Diolusand Kim Lilly, who inished with

a record of 6-1. The women finished up their season at Edinboroon the 19th.

This ends the fall season forboth teams, whose goal for thespring is to make the top four inthe East and to make nationals.

By Leon MumfordMerciad Sports Editor

Representing the MercyhurstCollege golf team in their lastmatch of the season, Ryan Clute

almost advanced further in theECAC Qualifier at SaratogaSprings Golf Club last week.

"With a bit more luck on thefinishing holes, he could haveimproved on his round of 79 andbeen in contention" said HeadCoach Paul D emyanovich.

The team finished hal rway up apack of 30 and co-captainsenior'sMarie Boch and Richard Straubposted competitive scores of 82and 83 respectively.

"Although the team has playerscapable of shooting within the

70's, we have had trouble performing! consiste ntly," saidStraub. "But we can look back atthe Pitt-Bradford Invitational w ithpride," he added.

At Pitt-Brad ford "the Hurst golf

team won their irst ournamentin a long time," saidDemyanovich.

Demyanovich is certainlypleased with the direction that

the golf program is ta king. The13- player team is the largest thatMercyhursthasever ielded. Witha lotof young players in the team,notably Jamie Strzempke andChad Hosiek, Domyanovich islooking forward to the time thatMercyhurst golfers swing to the

beat of su ccess.

Cruising to playoffsBy Joel PentzMerciad Sports Writer

In the past three matches, thewomen's soccer team has seen an

impressive 17 goals for* threeshut-outs, and three wins.

Last week the women made itknown tha t there is only one powerhouse intown. Gannon provedto be no contest in the Lakers '11-0 thrashing. Seven different players found the back of the net. Itwas a good warm-up for this pastweekend's Hamot Cup, hostedby the Lady Lakers.

On Saturday, Oakland University did its best not to lose. Thevisitors had 9 players rooted infront of their own goal while the

Lakers dominated play andwaitedpatiently for the deserved goals.In the end a 2-0 win resulted.Claire Scanlon and Jen Rootscored in the victory. Coach Hartis

was pleased with the performanceand said, "We kept our composure well aga inst a team whoonlywanted to defend and keep thescore down."

Sunday brought another victoryand claim to thefHamot Cup.Northern C olorado fell 4-0 in pa itto spectacular performances fromBridget Anderson and BeckyMiller. Scanlon added to her season goal olly, Tracy Cross foundthe net, Maureen Gallaghernotched another, and Sarah

dividual effort to close out thescoring on the day. 'The teamshowed signs of peaking. Withthe high standard in which weplayed, we made a good team

look quite ordinary," commentedCoach Hartis after a successfulweekend.

The Lady Lakers, now 7-1 onthe year, head into the weekendprepared to face BloomsburgUniversity. This match could determine which of the two teams isplay-off bound. Mercyhurst(ranked #1 in the region and #2 inthe country) battles Bloomsburg

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