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Vol 73 No. 1
Mercyhurst College • 501 E 38th St • Eric, Pa. 16546
1999

Mercyhurst'si
By Mandy Fies
News editor
Mercyhurst's popularity has
been continuously increasing, as
shown by this year's record
student enrollment, j
The number of new tradi-
tional students is upfrom557
last year to 597 this year.
The Catherine McAuley
Adult Education Center has also
experienced a slight increase.
There are now 235 graduate
students and adult undergradu-
ates, upfrom230 in 1998.
The North East and Cony
campus enrollments increased
from 236 and 10 last year to 285
and 13 this year, respectively.
I he municipal police program
at North East now has 58
students, up from only 20 a year
ago. ^ — Dr. Andrew Roth
Academically, the first-year
traditional undergraduates had
an average SAT score of 1053,
with 528 on the verbal section
and 525 on the math. Last f education department welcomed
year's average was 1046, with
526 on verbal and 520 on math.
Thefreshmanclass also
scored slightly higher than the
national ACT score of 21.4,
with 22. The class of 2003
ranked in their high school's
67th percentile with QPA's of
3.16.
Demographically, the
freshman class is 93 percent
freshman
Caucasian and 64 percent Roman
Catholic. Females account for
59.5 percent of the class.
Eighty-eight percent of the
class resides on campus and 17
percent are from Erie County.
Twenty-two states and 10
countries are represented by this
year's class. Almost half of the
students arefromPennsylvania,
while Canada is the most com-
mon foreign country.
The single largest
source of new stu-
dents continues to be
current students . . .
who have a positive
experience and tell
other students.
Business is the most popular
major, with 82 freshmen. Sixty-1
eight members of the freshman
class remain pre-majors and the
64 new majors.
The rise in enrollment at
Mercyhurst is attributed to
numerous factors. The greatest
reason may be simply that £
current students recommend the
college to other people. "The
single largest source of new
students continues to be word of
mouth from our current students
who have a positive experience
enrollment sets record
and tell other students," said Dr. at North East On main campus, to probably be thinking hard
Andrew Roth, vice president of
we will work on upping the about upping our standards
enrollment. C §S standards even further," Roth again.*'
Roth further explained the said. 'The goal should probably
variety of reasons for the growth, be to make the average SAT
including "the increasing public 1100, which means we're coino
awareness of the quality of
Mercyhurst just in the general
sense that this is a quality place."
The college began the year
with an all-time record of l ,428
resident students^ This "caused
all kinds of interesting dilem-
mas," according to Tyrone
Moore, associate vice president
of administration.
Rumors of a housing shortage
are false, however. Due to the
number of nontraditional first-
year students, some were able to
be placed in apartments or with
resident assistants. As soon as
space is available in dormitory
settings, these students will be
moved. $
Due to the full capacity on the
main campus of Mercyhurst, the
aim of growth in the next two to*«
three years will be on the North
East campus. The goal there is to
increase enrollmentfromover
500 students to more than 600
students.
The main campus may receive
some admissions changes, Gerritt Shuffstall/Merciad photographer
however, with standards being
raised. A possibility may be that The 1999 Homecoming candidates are from left to right and
an SAT score of 1100 would be front to back: Jenny Novak, Laura Bilak, Sheryl Meulman, Katie
necessary for college admittance. Conley, Kelly Wasko, Shaun Gayer, Greg Snell, Brock Lindsay,
"Future growth will be aimed Ken Fronzek and Ryan Snell.

Homecoming events planned for this weekend

By Jennifer Kelley
Copy editor
After a busy summer of
planning, the office of aJumni
relations isfinalizingprepara-
tions for Homecoming 1999,
scheduled to take place this
weekend.
5 According to Pat Liebel,
director of alumni services, an
estimated 750 people will attend
various events throughout the
weekend. "With so many ?
different activities, homecoming
weekend provides a wonderful
opportunity to run into a variety
of people," said Liebel.
1
Several new activities have
been planned. These events
include an Al umni Welcome
Reception at Quality Inn on ^
Friday, a pre-game tailgate K'.
party on Saturday afternoon and
an Alumni Night at the Ply- H
mouth on Saturday evening. J H
Many traditional events will
take place throughout the week-
end as well. Events will begin on
Friday with the James McKeever
Golf Outing at the Riverside Golf
Course in Cambridge Springs.
The proceeds from the tourna-
ment benefit a scholarship fund
named in honor of McKeever, a
1989 Mercyhurst graduate, who
died in 1995 of leukemia.
Sister M. Eustace Taylor, who
was a member of thefirstgraduat-
ing class in 1929, is expected to
be in attendance. One of the
Sisters of Mercy, Sister Eustace-
was the fifth president of the
* college and was a member of the
faculty for 38 years.
As part of the weekend, two
alumni will be honored for their
accomplishments since gradua-
tion. ;,
a At the Alumni Awards Dinner
Saturday evening, Marlene
DiTullio Mosco (1968) and
Rochelle George Wooding
(1971) will be honored as the
1999 Distinguished Alumni I
Award recipients. This award
was established in 1968 and is
given in recognition of outstand-
ing contributions to the college
or community.
Mosco is the current president
of the northwest Pennsylvania
With so many different
activities,, homecom-
ing weekend provides
a wonderful opportu-l
nity to run into a vari-
ety of people.
— Pat Liebel
branch of PNC Bank, and serves
on the boards of numerous civic
organizations. She is the chair-
woman of the Erie Civic Center
Authority and serves on the
Mercyhurst board of trustees.
Wooding is a teacher/librarian
at Jordan Community School in
Chicago. She was a former
Mercyhurst Student Government
president and has marked her
career with leadership and
service. Wooding was diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis during her
senior year at Mercyhurst and
later with kidney disease.
These have not stopped her
from writing a children's book,
"The Adventures of Ms. Pud-
ding," and an autobiography,
"The True Sistahs of Mercy."
The class of 1949 will also be
recognized as they celebrate their
50th class reunion.
The late Frank Barry (1975)
will also be honored throughout
the weekend by special events
organized by his classmates.
Friends and former classmates
will dedicate a park bench in his
memory at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
The dedication will take place
between Zurn Hall and Tullio ?;
Field and will include remarks
by Dr. William P. Garvey,
president of the college, and a
performance by Scottish bagpipe
players. >*
The weekend will end with a
special liturgy Sunday in Christ
the King Chapel at 10:00 a.m.,
which will be fol lowed by
brunch in Egan Dining Hall.
With all the events scheduled
one may forget the purpose of
them: coming home to celebrate
Mercyhurst together. The actual
homecoming football game
against the University of
Indianapolis starts at 1:30 p.m.
The homecoming king and queen
will be announced during
halftime.
Any questions about the
homecoming events can be
directed to Liebel at 824-2538 or
Steve Zinram, director of the
annual fund, at 824-3023.
 PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD
CAMPUS NEWS —
G a r v e y begins 20th year as president
By Carrie Tappe
Editor-in-chief
It is the class, dignity, demeanor,
values and beauty, not just physi-
cally, but the atmosphere here at
Mercyhurst that I like best," Dr.
William P. Garvey, president of
Mercyhurst College, said.
This year marks the 20th year of
Garvey's presidency at Mercyhurst.
Garvey became affiliated with
Mercyhurst in 1961 as chairman of
the college's social sciences and
education departments. In 1969 he
was named dean of the college and
vice president of academic services.
Garvey became president in July
1980.
"When I came to Mercyhurst,
there were only 400 students. All
were women," Garvey said. "The
biggest change I've seen in the past
20 years was the college becoming
coed. Now we have over 3,000
students, 1,400 of which are men."
According to Garvey, changing
to coed allowed the college to grow
in size, to begin intercollegiate £
athletics and to expand the curricu-
lum . Through the years, Garvey said
Fourth floor of Hammermill Libraryfcompleted
By Jennifer Kelley *
Copy editor jg Graduate Room. The college's
After a summer of construction, the
advancement offices and the college fourth floor of Hammermill
honors program are now housed on
the completed fourth floor of
Hammermill Library. The project
added 10,000 square feet of new
space at a cost of $650,000.
The advancement offices move to directors, Dr. Candee Chambers
the I ibrary from their previous
location on the second floor of Egan one office and have established
Hall, where they had been located
for over 20 years.
Office space has
the vice president of advancement,
as well as for the directors and staff
of planned giving, the annual fund/
phone-a-thon and alumni relations.
"We are excited to finally be
moved into our new offices, and
look forward to making the most of
our new location," said Pat Liebel,
director of alumni services.!
In addition to office space, the
institutional advancement depart-
ment will also enjoy the use of a
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| 'Thursday
Euchre Tourney: 7 p.m.,
& | Great Room
Homecoming elections:
§ Student Union
College Fair. 7 p.m., REC
Center
mm Friday
B | Homecoming elections:
BBS Student Union
Pep Rally: 9 p.m., Practice fields
SEPTEMBER 22.1999
jr File photo
Dr. William P. Garvey
his role has been to mobilize the
talents of people and liberate those
energies in order to motivate and
inspire the school to move forward.
"I think my other role is to keep
the school true to its mission, to its
heritage and to reflect our values,"*
Garvey said. "This is a learning
place and unless significant learning
takes place, it's just a country club."
Garvey said mat another role as
president is for him to help raise the
meeting room and the Tullio
board oftrustee meeting room
also has been relocated to the
Library. « new levels of organization and
The Mercyhurst College
Honors Program will occupy the
remaining space on the fourth
floor of the library. The program
and Dr. Bud Brown, will occupy
office hours so that honors
students can meet with them to
discuss questions, problems or
concerns.
There will also be an office
for the use of the honors
program work study students 4
and the staff of The Quest , the
newsletter of the honors pro-
gram.
The honors student center
will provide honors students
with a place to meet and allow
access to current program
information. A seminar room to
Saturday
Homecoming Football Game:
1:30 p.m., Tullio Field
Homecoming Dance: 7 p.m.,
Garvey Park (casual dress)
Sund ay
Mass: 10 a.m., Chapel of
Christ the King*
Monday
MSG Meeting: 8:30 p.m.,
Government Chambers
money necessary to advance as a
college. "As we progress into the
future, we will need to decide just
how big Mercyhurst will be. Do we Mercyhurst students no longer have^
want to stay as a college or become
a university?"
According to Garvey, if the
enrollment is held at 3,200 students, is entitled to a parking permit. All
the college will face challenges in
financing. As the number of students on campus and students can pick
grows, the amount of money
available for advancement must
grow. If the enrollment is held to '
3,200, the current endowment of $10 problems off of Parade Boulevard
million will need to be raised to $25 and the streets near Briggs Avenue
million.*
"If the endowment doesn't grow, on campus," Ken Sidun, chief of
we either have to raise the tuition or Mercyhurst Police and Safety
chance losing the quality of educa-
tion," Garvey said. "I hope we resist
the temptation to become a univer-
sity. You can still be one of the best "We have incorporated the costs for
and be a college." •*!•
"For the past 19 years, I've
watched students walk across the
stage at commencement and thought,
'Did mis student get a degree or an
education?,'" Garvey said. 'This is
the one time you are free to learn.
It's a sin to waste mat opportunity.
Don't just get a degree from {
Mercyhurst, get an education.''
be used for honors classes and j
discussion groups is also part of the
program's new suite.
The new honors suite will allow
Mercyhurst's program to achieve
activity.
"The seminar room and the
honors student center will provide
the program with the needed space
to schedule classes or discussion
groups, as well as create a place to
make valuable information, such as
fellowships, scholarships, intern-
ships and other nationally competi-
tive awards and opportunities easily
accessible to honors students," said
Chambers.
* Hammermill Library is open
Sundaysfromnoon until 2 a.m.,
Mondays through Thursdaysfrom8
a.m until 2 a.m., Fridaysfrom8 a.m
until 10 p.m. and Saturdaysfrom9
a.m. until 10 p.m.
The reference desk hours are
Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to
noon and 1-4 p.m., and Sunday
through Thursday, 6-10 p.m.
Tuesday
SAC Meeting: 8:30 p.m.,£
Government Chambers
Movie Night, Patch Adams:
9 p.m., Great Room
Wed n esd a y
Movie, Grey Gardens: 8 p.m.,
PAC ($3 admission)
Coffeehouse, Sand Art: 9 p.m.,
Laker Inn
P a r k i n
g c h a n g e s in effect
By Carrie Tappe
Editor-in-chief
to pay directly for parking on ,
campus. As of the 1999-2000 school
year, every registered upperclassman
cars must have a permit to be parked
them up in the security office
located in the back of McAuley Hall.
"We hope to take the parking
by allowing students to park for free
Department, said.
Tom Billingsley, executive vice
president of administration, said,
parking into tuition so that every
student is now able to park on
campus.*'
Anyone who receives a parking
permit should also receive a booklet
of rules and regulations for parking.
Gerritt Shuffstall/Merciad photographer
The completed fourth floor of Hammermill Library provides a
unique view of Old Main
Police and safety incident log
Sept. 3 Burglary <
Suspect(s) entered a freezer
location in the cafeteria of Egan
Hall and removed two cases of
frozen steaks. The burglary
resulted in a loss of $350.
Sept. 7 Vehicle Accident
A vehicle attempting to ride over
a guide wire supporting the
utility pole by die maintenance
building had to be removed by a
wrecker. The vehicle sustained
damage to its underside.
Sept. 7 Simple Assault
Police and safety officials
responded to a Briggs Avenue
apartment where a male and a
female were having a heated
discussion over their recent
breakup. ? *
Sept 12 Domestic Dispute
A male was upset at his
girlfriend *s ex-boyfriend *s'.
presence in her Briggs Avenue
apartment The individual
One change from last year is that the
lot behind Zurn and the Performing
Arts Center is now reserved for
commuters, staff, faculty and
administration. No residents are to
park in this lot. Also, the L-shaped
lot near the upper parking ramp is
also reserved for faculty parking,
and students will be ticketed for?
parking in these lots. -
"Students also need to be aware
that they can only park in the
underground ramp between 6 p.nv
and 1 a.m. If cars are left there after
1 a.m., they will be towed," Sidun
said. "Visitors also need to be aware
that they will be towed."
Residents who cannot find
parking near their apartments can
park beside McAuley Hall or behind
the Rec Center. Sidun said that |
although permits are free, the police
and safety department will be
ticketing and towing cars parked in
the wrong lots.
"I urge upperclassmen to comet
and get their stickers," Sidun said.
complied with officials when
asked to leave.
Sept 14 Theft
The theft of a wallet from an
office in Old Main was reported.
The wallet contained money and
credit cards.
Sept 16 Alcohol Violation
A keg was confiscated at a
Briggs Avenue apartment in
violation of Mercyhurst's alcohol
code.!
Sept 16 Theft p >
Assorted hockey equipment was
stolen from the basement area of
a Briggs Avenue apartment. The
equipment belonged to several
members of the Mercyhurst
Hockey Team.
Sept. 17 Alcohol Violation
A keg was removed from a
Briggs Avenue apartment by
police and safety officials.
 SEPTEMBER 22.1999 THEMERC1AD PAGE 3

Student housing improved
By Mandy Fies 1 the Duval Apartments.
News editor
Before the dust had time to settle in
vacated student apartments and
dormitory rooms, housing officials
were busy improving these living
quarters. All resident students
benefited from these changes in that
every dorm room, apartment and
townhouse was either fully or
partially painted."
Beginning with the Mercy
apartments, one roof was replaced
and one-third of the apartments
received new carpeting. Furniture
was also replaced in the bedrooms.
Thefreshmandormitories
received minimal attention outside
of painting and carpeting, with the
exception of Egan Hall.
Starting August 25,13 offices
were transformed into student
housing and all smoke and fire ?
Gerritt Shuffstall/Merciad photograher damage was repairedfromthe April
The Mass of the Holy Spirit was held Wed., Sept.h 5, In Christ 23 fire. Also, three new showers
the King Chapel. Bishop Donald Trautman was the presider and were added on the second floor as
the Rev. James Piszker served as homilist. Members of the well as a fourth shower located
ballet department choreographed the procession of presentation around the corner of the previously
of the gifts, a fife and drums accompanied the processional and one-hallway dorm.f
the New Testament readings from the Book of Acts were read in New windows were installed in
multiple languages.
CAMPUS NEWS
The townhouses underwent the
most work in order to better accom-
modate the six students living in
each unit
The Warde townhouses received
new bedroom and living room
furniture which is, according to £
associate vice president of adminis-
tration, Tyrone Moore, "less
institutional... more attractive, more means that all work orders will
accommodating and more comfort-
able for our student population."
Receiving the most renovation
was the Baldwin Townhouses.
There, new aluminum siding and
winterized storm windows on the
upper levels were installed.
Bedroom furniture, medicine >
cabinets and vanities were replaced
and the tubs and sinks were glazed.
These renovations cost over
$50,000. • •
Throughout student housing,
outside stoops were carpeted at a
cost of over $100,000, and $250,000 staff member will accompany the
worth of new furniture was brought
in. A considerable amount of effort
also went toward landscaping.
The goal behind all of the housing repairs before they develop into
renovations is to better accommo-
date each student.
The interesting thing about it
is, two years ago we started the
year with over 1,200 outstanding
work orders. Last year we had
875 outstanding work orders and
this year we have 50. We are just
pleased," said Moore. *
Starting September 20, the 48-
hour rule went into effect. This
be completed successfully within
48 hours of being reported.
Exceptions to this will be made if
an outside company must be
contacted or parts need to be
ordered. ^
"This is just our way of trying
to ensure that students are not
just satisfied at the beginning but
throughout the year," said
Moore.
In addition, twice per term
during health and safety inspec-
tions, a housing/maintenance
resident assistant when inspect-
ing apartments. This is a preven-
tative effort to notice small
larger problems. §

Campus undergoes extensive summer renovations

By Mandy Pies T T and wood signs replaced the former Mercy 300 and the sports medicine! buildings were pointed and the residents of Neuman Hall now £
News editor wooden signs around campus. department. admissions hallway was paneled. have on-line capabilities. The
Taylor Little Theater has a new Academic buildings also received Painting was completed in the union and dorm also received
At 6 a.m. the day after graduation geothermal Heating Ventilation Air renovations. New carpeting and observatory, classrooms, culinary new satellite systems.
work began on numerous campus Conditioning, or HVAC, system. It windows were installed on the third offices and the police academy. New These improvements were all
improvements. $ is similar to the ones used in floor of Preston Hall. Sullivan Hall glass doors were installed on the rec for the benefit ofthe students
"It's traditional that on the day Hammermill Library and the Mary alsoreceivednew carpeting. center, Neuman Hall and Miller and many of them will be
after graduation we marshal all of D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. Eighteen faculty offices were Hall. The weight room received new further explained in future
ourforces,maintenance and house- In addition to the construction painted and nine offices had carpets carpet and was repainted. issues. According to Billingsley,
keeping, and begin the rehabilitation projects, many offices were moved. replaced. \ Correlating with the growing The students see an institution
and improvements of the campus," The adult education center moved to Improvements were made on student population, seven new mat has pride in itself and takes
said Tom Billingsley, executive vice Wayne Street with the admissions athletic facilities as well. A new offices were constructed and care of its plant." I
president of administration. reception areareplacingit in Weber locker area was developed with a
In addition toroutinemainte- Hall. -: > ' * showerroomto accommodate the M It's a Web site for all of usl
nance, the college completed The counseling center moved | women's ice hockey program that is
construction,relocationsand from Egan Hall to the health center's to begin this year.
renovations. *: The football locker room in the Behrend 4
basement of Baldwin Hall received
"The maintenance and house-
keeping staffs deserve a tremendous
The health center new showers, carpeting and an air Gannon 4
amount of credit for their work on moved to a college- exchange system.
&}Residential areas were also
EdinboroY
this aggressive project. It was a very
ambitious summer," said Billingsley. owned brick home landscaped. All fire hydrants were Mercyhurst <
* This was the most extensive work tested and, if necessary, repaired or
in recent years and was part of the at 3905 Parade replaced, f
A complete Y2K survey/audit
ongoing growth and development of
the college.
Blvd. was completed on all campus
equipment and Mercy hurst was
In addition to the completion of found to be Y2K compliant. Emer-
the fourth floor of the library, 40 previous location in Preston Hall.
The health center moved to a gency instructions for evacuation
computers were added to two new routes were posted on the back of
computer labs in the former Mont- college-owned brick home at 3905
Parade Blvd. In addition, the doors in all campus housing units.
gomery Room and Tullio Room in The North East campus also
Hammermill. Mercy hurst Civic Institute offices
were expanded within Preston Hall. received improvements. Eight new
j New bleachers are being installed The I ibrary now houses the townhouses were constructed for
in the Athletic Center and 600 seats institutional advancement offices student housing costing $850,000.
were added to Tullio Field. These and the language lab, both of which Painting, vinyl flooring and
seats include a visitors section as were movedfromEgan Hall. carpeting were added to the cafete-
well as an expanded home section. Renovations were completed on ria.
Egan Dining Hall received the third floor of Old Main in the ^ Miller Hall now houses the
$125,000 inrenovations,including education department. New carpet- nursing lab for the new two year
painting, new floor tiles, ceiling grid ing and lighting were installed and program, office space and a storage
and tiles, and counters in the service the area was repainted. : area. A computer lab with 20
area. The entrance has a new door Roofs wererepairedon many computers was also installed.
and landscaping. campus buildings, including the ice The pews in St. Mary's chapel \AA/VW.TheBeet.(X)m
! Students most likely have noticed center, Weber Hall, the student
the addition of speed bumps and union, Baldwin Hall, the cafeteria,
were stained, the union received new
lights and carpeting, exterior WVWV.TheBeet.com
striping to campus roads. Acrylic
 PACE 4 THEMEROAD
ARTSI&.
ENTERTAINMENT
The summer of '99 revisited
By Ken Fronczek
A & E editor 1 What would follow these
The final summer of the
^millennium, with all of its
hype and all of the rumors,
5»lived to stand out as maybe
the most definitive and
explosive summer in enter-
tainment history. This article
$ is the first of three that will together to form one out-
remember and revisit the
summer of 1999 at the box
office, in the studio and on
stage with all of its money J
good times and bad times.
Every three weeks it
seemed there was a new
number one movie breaking
sales records in theaters/It all the big screen for four little
began back in May with the
most anxiously awaited movie interesting to see pulled off,
release of all time, Star Wars, and it went through without
Episode I. At midnight on a
Tuesday it broke the record
for single day sales of an
opening with over $22 million rambunctious and full of a
worth of tickets being sold to
droves of fans. I remember
waiting in line the next night
and it was a really hip experi- Trey Parker creation.
ence from the heavy anticipa-
tion. The critics may bash-
certain aspects of the movie
because it didn't fit perfectly
into the previous trilogy, but
the groundwork it set was
quite remarkable. George
Lucas is a true legend and
genius of this century. Just a
quick note though, George-
Star Wars Episode II, scene
one. act one, Jar Jar's ship
collides with one of the
asteroids from Armageddon
and we are all saved.
Although Star Wars was
tiie cornerstone movie this
summer, it was not the only
one with unimaginable sales.
There was, of course, that
other movie with the English
guy in it, you know, baby.
Austin Powers, The Spy Who pleasing in its humorous
Shagged Me (bloody rotten)
crushed at the box office as
well, stealing its share of the
infamous thunder. With mild
originality and many recycled giant crocodile livin g in
jokes from the original, it far
surpassed the sales of the first
shaggonator flick and made
many people take serious
note of Mike Myer's raw
SEPTEMBER 22.1999
talent. S laugh and squeal your way
two giant movies but a Spike
Lee film focusing on the
impact of a heat wave, punk
rock and a serial killer in New
York City, all in the same
summer. The Summer of Sam
was an interesting look at
multiple events all sequenced
standing, central madness.
With excellent cinematogra-
phy and a solid performance
from John Leguizamo,
Summer of Sam stood out as
a severely under-appreciated
film.
?The transfer from TV to
foul-mouthed rug rats was
surrendering any integrity.
South Park, Bigger, Longer
and Un-Cut was funny,
truck-load of filth that was
carefully inserted in every
second of this Matt Stone,
South Park is not the
cartoon your parents remem-
ber, but a shot at all that is
wrong with our pop-driven
culture. Where else, but in
America would you readily
hand over part of your pay-
check to hear a cartoon 10-
year-old swear. The only
problem with this movie was
die 420 songs that were sung
in it and none by our super fly
hero, Chef. Oh well, filthy
cartoons survive so shut your
face uncle....
The one movie I am not
afraid to admit I saw this
summer was Lake Placid.
Yes, I'm the idiot who goes to
see the horribly mutated
storylines and creatures, but I
will say that this movie was
content and in its surprisingly
good, real-life dialogue. A
horrible ending was the only
fault of this movie, that and a
Maine, but who's counting?
If you were looking for a
teen comedy in "99, one
surprise I found was Detroit
Rock City. If you still cough,
through Dazed and Confused,
then you'll definitely enjoy
this righteously funny, on the
road version. My advice: go
see it with some buds and
enjoy the 70s once again.
Detroit Rock City will have
you flashing back to the good
times of road trips, rock
concerts and eating stale
mushrooms on pizza.
Onward. The Blair Witch
Project owned the role of the
big surprise movie of the
decade and stirred up a lot of
talk. Was it scary, no, but a
File Photo
terrifying, blood-boiling
build, yes. Blair Witch gets Deep Bannana Blackout live at Forward Hall
my vote of genius for break-
ing Hollywood taboos of what
should be a good horror
DBB funks up Forward Hall
movie. It scoffed at the usual
scary movie stereotypes and By Ken Fronczek
focused on the basic elements A & E editor Safe showcased their incredible
of fear that lie in each and talents with wild, grooving |
every human being on this Jamming on every sound from accuracy. The band fuses
planet. Darkness, eerie' James Brown to Lionell Richie multiple stimulating sounds
sounds, mystery and suspense and even Pink Floyd and then together to form one solid,
fill this documentary on fear some, Deep Banana Blackout put distinctive voice that brings
in which blood letting, even on a five-star show last Thursday about chaoticly smooth rythms
night at Forward Hall on 2502 found in each and every song and
though it was about a witch,
Peach St., in what was their note played. Both of the guitar-
does not appear to drown us.
second show there in one ists and bassist burned up their
Just compare this "simple?
month's time. fingers ripping notes and chords
little college project" to the during random solos within
Hollywood bore factory A predominately funk/jam
songs and truly pumping the
turnouts like Scream 2, the band, DBB had every seat in crowd up with more and more
Haunting, I know who you Forward Hall empty with energy.
Dated Last Summer parts everyone jumping and dancing to
theirfreeflowing jams, multiple j The only dissapointment of
1-15, etc. *
solos, heavy bass and drum beats the evening was the absence of
The Sixth Sense, another
and screeching, popping horns, I lead singer, Durkin, who is rather
huge, surprising film is also
another one that gets my vote Even without lead singer, Jen commanding with her strong,
Janis Joplinesque voice and
of genius and two thumbs up Durkin, who couldn't perform
due to an injured back, the band energetic, free-spirited move-
in the air. With a dynamically
still jammed in perfect symmetry ments on stage. The Fuzz made
exceptional ending, compa-
in and out of songs that often up for her loss to the fans by
rable only to The Usual
focus on an improvosational playing a rather appropriate
Suspects, and Bruce Willis'
sound. The duty of lead vocals encore. After a brief mention of
best role since Pulp Fiction,
was split between saxophonist hurricane Floyd, The Fuzz
the Sixth Sense mastered a dedicated Wish You Were Here
brilliant combination of Rob Somerville; guitarist The
Fuzz;and trombonist/rythm to their injured singer and played
spook, creepiness and a little
guitarist Volo; while keyboardist it solo while the crowd joined in
needed gore.
Cyrus Madan, Bassist Benj with a rousing sing along that
closed out an insane night of
LeFevre and drummer Eric Kalb
great music. £
Friday at the PAC
On Friday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m., in the Hinuistic slide sty le on at the 23rd national Festival
Debashish Bhattach ary a, a his self-designed 22-stringed of Music in Ban galore^ 1
master guitarist from Calcutta, slide guitar. He has received General Admission tickets for
India will perform at the Mary the President's Award of this concert are $10 for adults
D'Angelo Performing Arts India and is the first classical and $7 for students. 1 JL i
Center. Bh attach ary a will play guitarist to be invited to play
 SEPTEMBER 22.1999 THE MERCIAD PAGE 5
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ARTS&
ENTERTAINMENT
Scamstock 99 erupts into flames
What would the final summer of
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Woodstock 3, but I did not need

this century be without the usual
corporaterip-off?In a century
spent fighting against tyrants,
dictators and oppression, we, as
Americans, have let our own
country become dominated by
big business and some of its
dumb ideas, like Woodstock 3.
In this article and in another
to follow, 1 will attempt to
disci ose to you what no one may
want to say or hear, but what
needs to be said about our
contemporary culture, focusing
on the events that went down at
the third Woodstock installment.
The driving force behind the
thought processes of the two
geniuses and founders of the
original conceit was money, and
absolutely nothing else, though
they claimed otherwise. What
else would make them think that
they could recreate the 60s.
It was a cool concert, it
should have been called some-
thing else though, but oh well,
it's over and we thought we were
moving on after a bit of nostal-
gia, the first rip-off, but semi-
understandable. Woodstock 3
was much more blatant in its
attempt to steal away this
generation's money by spinning
their heads with the thought that
they were actually part of
something that would be
remembered beyond its pay-per-
v iew sched ulin g. The name
Woodtsock carries a lot of
weight in terms of culture,
freedom and music, and that
weight was abused in the arms of
corporate America.
Let's have a huge conceit to
celebrate contemporary music
but try to capture the spirit of a
different world 30 years ago.
We are not trying to fight in
Vietnam right now, there are no
real, great presidential conspira- A
cies happening (sorry Monica
Lewinsky is the result of a tired
and bored press).
The bands that played were
fitting for the time, and the event
was a good idea, but do not name
it Woodstock and then put the
conceit on an air-force base and
charge $150 per ticket, $4 for a
10 ounce water bottle, $10 for a
tiny pizza and so on, and then tell
us we cannot bring in cooking
equipment and basic life needs!
because they think we'll kilt each
other with flying pans.
That thinkingrightthere \
should have told the m that the
spirit was dead, and we have to
move on. Change the name to
"AT&T presents...." "Spon-
sored by Fila.com...," or
something more fitting.
to be there to understand whafjj
was taking place. The music was
good and everything else went
fine on stage and in the conces-
sions, but thousands of people
were passing out because there
was no free water or very little at
most This atmosphere all leads 3
to incidents parallel to Littleton,
Colo; no one is paying the right
attention to us so we'll hit them
over the head to make them
realize that the youths of today
are a force to be reckoned with,
and they did.
Woodstock '99 In Rome, NY With all the publicity for the
most overrated conceit of the
year, the best went unnoticed
They starve us, make us pay youths raised in the corporate even though it was basically in
over $300 to $400 for a three day image by parents who want to the same area as Woodstock 3. It
event and we get nothing out of blame children's behavior on just goes to .show what happens
it, but a view of the stage from television, music and everyone when bands refuse the corporate
two miles away, bad publicity else but themselves. I image.
from a few thousand miss-guided I will admit, I was not at
Hurst grad opening for The Doors Kreiger
to be an awe-inspiring experi-
By Ken Fronczek opportunity to display them-
A & E editor ence. Yarosz's Blues Expansion, selves and add to an amazing
which has been around for over a night of unbelievable, straight-up
On Thursday, Sept 30, at 8 p.m. year now, hits directly at the rock n' roll.
in Erie's Warner Theatre, central nervous system of anyone If you're looking for a 1
Mercy hurst graduate Ronnie with an appreciation for great sample of the magic that Blues I
Yarosz '98 and his band Blues music as it blends perfected Expansion brings to the stage
Expansion will be the opening classic rock, hot blues and a and just an all around grooving *
act for Robby Kreiger, guitarist touch of funk toforman incred- time then you will want to check
for The Doors, in an all ages ible sound mat balances evenly them out Friday, Sept. 24, at
show. between the Allman Brothers, Docksiders Tavern on 1015 State
Kreiger, writer of the Phish and Son Seals. Bluest St They go on stage around 10
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PAGE 6 THEMEROAD
OPINION
The senior perspective:
By Carrie Tappe
Editor-in-chief
It was only three short years ago
that the class of 2000 sat at
Freshman Convocation in Christ
the King Chapel and listened to
Dr. Garvey ask us to look at the 4
person sitting next to us. "One of
the two of you will not graduate
from Mercyhurst," he said.
Perhaps the class of 2000 beat
those odds. £ might have to do homework in
1 On the national average, only
50 percent of college students
graduate from the same college
or university they first enrolled
in as a freshman. This year, our
graduating class will consist of
62 percent of our freshman class.
What happened to the other 38 *
percent?
The eye of a freshman:
By Megan Fialkovich
Contributing Writer
Be a little patient with me, if you here. It was the Zen quote-of-the-
can. See, I'm new at this.
L£ TO give myself some credit,
[I've successfully gotten the hang
of the little stuff. I can get my
door locked on the first try. I
acquired every single textbook of Instead of scoffing at this,
my own volition. I've perfected
the art of reducing the money in
my bank account in every way
imaginable. I know when and
where all my classes are and just the staggering creativity in those
how many seconds I need to getvj who drew its presence when I
there on time. I accomplished the could not It is because of this
amazing feat of getting my
mailbox to open, which took
longer for me to master than
should be humanly possible.
And then there's the piece of
resistance: I have a fully func-
tioning Internet connection, with strewn in random piles across the
e-mail, on my new laptop,
complete with desktop wallpaper judgment as to what would be
that's a work of art Applaud if
you can muster the courage. It
serves to bolster us technology
troglodytes.
The only reason I'm being
such a braggart about these
seemingly minuscule acts is that
I'm similarly proud to be a
beginner. In many ways I'm like
a child in this new setting: eager, being a tremendous pain in the
energetic, prone to the periodic
runny nose,"'needy when it comes now than I ever have before.
to my daily nap time, not without
a healthy touch of stubbornness,
and I tend to greet each new
acquisition of knowledge with a
sense of wonder. Sure, it
probably would be easier and
more pneumatic to the ego to
adopt the guise of unwavering
expertise in every possible field,
but I already gave up on that |
path. I just wasn • t having any
SEPTEMBER 22,1999
Maybe they were over-
whelmed by the whole "college
experience" and weren't ready to
leave home just yet Maybe they
parti ed too much their freshman
year and couldn't make the
grades to compete at Mercyhurst
Perhaps they didn't fit into the
social life at Mercyhurst or left in
shame after a trip through the
rumor mill. Or maybe the
unexpected surprise that they
college was a bit too overwhelm-
ing for them. What if they didn't
soar to the top of their sport and
sought a different team for
glory? \
As for the 62 percent of us
that will graduate this year, we
might find it hard at times to
admit, but we are proud of
fun.
I made the transition the day
before I left my home to come up
day on my tear-off calendar that*
did it, a humble declaration from
Wallace Stevens: *it is necessary
to any originality to have the
courage to be an amateur."
though, I took a moment to
ponder the implications of this
brief statement. I have always
prized innovation, and admired
element in my nature that I could
fully appreciate the value of what
Mr. Stevens was trying to impart
on me.
\-[ So, as I stood in the middle of
my room that morning, my life
> floor, awaiting that crucial
discarded and what would
accompany me to my new home,
I decided to be an absolute
amateur. In order to maintain this
status, I realized that I would
have to do two things: ask a lot
of questions, and have anyone
willing to show me that act or
concept which they explain to
me. Basically, that amounts to be
a**. I just want to learn more
Among my close friends (and
the keen, discerning observer), I It seems to me that asking
am famous for doing things the
hard way. Part of the reason why
I continue to do this is because I asking, "Why write at all7" I
am, by nature, curious as to what
might happen, and I innately see
things differently than other
people. Discovering an alterna-
tive way that is in direct contrast
Mercyhurst and our accomplish-
ments here, no matter how big or
small. If we weren't, we would
find ourselves among the other
38 percent
The thing that gets me the
most is how quick people are to
complain about one thing or
another at Mercyhurst Instead of
jumping on this person, or that
group, try to dig down inside
yourself, find that small bit of
pride, and make a positive
change here, now.
This is our last year to make
our mark at Mercyhurst Al-
though the last year is scary
because Mercy world is a safe
and stable effect in our lives, the
unknown future is open to
anything you can possibly
imagine.
to what is mainstream is a
definition of originality, it is in
mind when I'm busy being naive
and eccentric. As I work at doing
things for the first time, I'm
probably really enjoying myself.
What'sithis column^about anyway?
Forefront
Dave Hermenau
I have to admit, the idea of a
column seems a bit arrogant
Many columns, with extremely
pushy authors, voicing what they
think is groundbreaking knowl- z
edge call forth images of great I
orators preaching to the masses.
But, one says to himself, "this is
no great orator, this is some local
reporter, writing in a col lege
paper with a controlled circula-
tion. From whence does his soap
box derive?" One hopes, ?
however, that not all columnists
are such self-absorbed writers.
One hopes that with writing and
the pursuit of knowledge comes
humility and objectivity,
attributes that are requisite if
truth is to surface.
the question, "Why do you write
a column?," is the same as
guess that writers write primarily
because they feel the need to say
CAMPUS
]ESTIONJ
What is the most interesting thing that
happened to you this summer?
I learned how to build Adobe
bricks and helped a local artist in
Santa Fe, New Mexico create a
monument using them."
-Michael Regnier, Senior
"I lived in Graz, Austria, this
summer and studied Opera,
German Song and Vieneese
Operetta. It was great to be
totally submersed in another
culture and language."
-Ray Fritz, Senior
"I discovered that my two best
friends and I came home for the
summer and picked up where we
left off. Everyone told us things
would be difficult being away
but it never was."
-Bethanne Bauer, Sophomore
something. They write because
there is something tied up inside 1
them and they have this need,
desire and ambition to put it out
there, to say "Hey, this is what I
think!" Aside from this, is there ]
a need for self-gratification, a$
need for the writer to bask in
literary vanity? I think I would
be lying if I said that need did
not exist Indeed, what good is
an idea if you can't show it off a
little bit? Surely composers don't
compose great works for their
ears alone. Of course not, theyA
delight in presenting their work
to others. They anticipate rave
reviews and brace themselves for
harsh criticisms. A writer does
the same.
Certainly there is much to be
said for art that is intrinsic, that
has integrity and is not meant to
gain its creator applause. Would
I put on paper the ideas within
the forthcoming columns even if
I knew that the material would
never see the light of day? I
would like to think so.
{Surely, however, a deadline
proves a strong impetus for
getting your thoughts out on a
page. Just so you know, these
'The most interesting thing that
happened to me this summer
would be spending a week in
Kentucky doing mission work|
with my church. Some of my
best friends went as well as some
new friends. It was very produc-
tive and I enjoyed it a lot"
-Kim Russon, Sophomore
"I met Vince Vaughn in a New
:
York City bar." ' -
-Robbie Bahl, Freshman
M
I met Kid Rock and Joe C. after
the Limptropois concert Bob is a
pretty cool guy!" 4
-Heather Adams, Senior
reasons are why I decided to
contribute a weekly column to
The Merciad this year.
To try and give this column _
a theme would be to give myself
a theme. 1 feel it impossible to
label the entirety of one's
existence with a single term so I
will refrain from doing so. Still,
at least to me, it seems that the
coming topics will be related
since that they all come from me.
While the choice of topics may
seem random and eclectic, it's
making sense in my head.
In coming weeks, I plan to
write on a.variety of topics. Next
week's column will be about
environmental conservation. I
plan to have col umns on both
campus issues as well as world
issues. Perhaps in a few weeks
some may call this col umn
liberal, but I prefer to call it on
the forefront, for the liberal ideas
of today form the norms of
tomorrow.
 SEPTEMBER 22,1999 THE MERCIAD PAGE 7

The Mail B ag
This year, Mercyhurst Student
Government wants to be avail-
able for each student's needs,
concerns and ideas. We worked
hard all summer to getreadyfor
the year, and it is paying off.
Our first meeting was Sept
13, and it went well. SAC has a
lot of fun and new ideas „. look
for some exciting treats for " student union. There are several
You are more than welcome committee chairperson for a
Halloween. committees including: budget
and greatly encouraged to quick resolution. Our goal is to
The lecture series for this year and finance, constitutional become a member of a commit-
make this year a great one for
will include "Earth 2000," "The revision, drug and alcohol tee. Each committee would love
everyone, so let us know what
Journey" and "Surviving the awareness, food service, news- to hear your problems or new
we can do for you.
Weekend." We have meetings letter, police and safety, public- ideas. You can always leave a
open to all students every ity, recreation center, and a
message at Ext 2563 or Ext -Colleen Nardi, MSG president
Monday at 8:30 p.m. in the residence life/facilities use 2428 and we will direct your
Government Chambers of the committee. concern to the appropriate

Exploring our Mercy

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Heritage I No Big Deal" By Ed Canty
college developmental growth. ACROSS
Questioning Faith This year, the committee will be 1 Legal lead In
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 t 9 1 10 11 12 13
meeting again to discuss "Mercy 5 Hermann , 14 15 16
Higher Education," and the
Sr. Geri Rosinski legacy of Catherine McAuley, Slddhartha author 17 11 19
founder of the Sisters of Mercy. 10" poorYorlckl"
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What is all that stuff I hear about That meeting will be held on 14 Ma. truant I
Mercy heritage? Monday, Sept. 27, at 3:30 p.m. in 15 Reproductive gland 123 \U 25
First of all, by now you know the faculty dining room. Every 16 Liver secretion
that Mercyhurst College was member of the college commu- 17 Pierre's big crush
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in 1926. So, at the heart of the 19Uke of bricks! 35
Another upcoming opportu-
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awareness of the contributions heritage will be on Friday, Sept. 21 Stow *
and spirit of the Sisters that 24, Mercy Day, a celebration of 22 Treaded the
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permeate everything that is done the Sister of Mercytiedto the 23 Cone or tree 43 44 [45^
on campus. In order to keep that ancient observance of the feast of
spirit alive, several years ago a 24 Danger 46 47 ps
Our Lady of Mercy. There will
committee of administration, be a special mass in Christ the 26 Ready and 1 to go
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faculty, staff, sisters and students King Chapel at 12:10p.m. with 29 Mountain lion 31 r*
was formed to work on ways to Dr. Lisa Mary McCartney, RSM, 30 Work unit S3 *M 57 58
keep the heritage of Mercyhurst as guest speaker. This is an 33 Clapton & Dickerson 59 60 61
alive and well through discus- opportunity to thank the Sisters 34 Bush V |s ]
sions, informational outreach and of Mercy for their contributions 35 Jelly container 62 63 64
activities. Each year the commit- and dedication to Mercyhurst.
Mercy Heritage is an important 36 Twitches
tee meets to discuss topics
relative to the Mercy Heritage part of the continued growth and 37 Postal creed word 2 Amazed 38 Uttered
and to continue to relate the success of the college because it 38 Soft drink 3 Spoil s. 40 Leaf through
school' s history to its future. reminds us that our future is 39 Approximate suffix
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45 Trousers
46 Florence's place
48 Target of 5 Down
49 The devil
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48 The Importance of
Being Earnest* author
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Dave Hermenau Features Editor 55 Against 22 Semite I 54 Royal Italian family
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College. It is published weekly throughout the year with the 63 More shy 29Cail " God heals, the doctor
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FEATURES!
Hurst hires French instructor •

By David Hemnenau
Features editor
see what the concept of plagia-
rism was in the 18th century."
McQuillen appointed dean of libraries
& According to Blood, plagia- By David Hermenau These days, students are coming
Students learning the French rism at this time was different Features editor in well accustomed to these new
language at Mercyhurst this year from what is currently the sources but many times are
will do so under one of the accepted definition of the term. When Dr. Roy Strausbaugh unaware of the lasting quality of
college's 12 new, full-time In elucidating the nature of ' accepted college President Dr. the older sources. McQuillen
faculty members. This fall, Dr. plagiarism among authors of the William Garvey's appointment stresses that a balance needs to
Elizabeth Blood joins the * time, Blood's study takes into as Dean at Mercy hurst-North be reached between both sources
Mercyhurst family as an assistant account the development of l East, he left a void in the McQuillen is very satisfied
professor of French with the rudimentary copyright laws that Hammermill Library's adminis- with the work of his predecessor
Foreign Languages Department was occurring at the time. tration. That void is now being as well as the support that
f: Originally from New York, Blood is currently filled by Dr. Michael McQuillen. Garvey has given the library.
Blood studied anthropology and Mercyhurst's only French McQuillen has been at "My impression is that we've
French at Connecticut College in instructor. Other faculty mem- Mercyhurst College for 28 years received more resources and
New London, Conn. Coming bers within the Foreign Lan- and has served the college in a have a better quality staff
one course short of completing a r* guages Department, such as Dr. variety of positions, most available to us. My hope is to be
double major, Blood graduated Keiko Miller, have taught French recently, as a full-time professor able to use that in a productive
with an anthropology major and in the past but now have full of history and director of the Dr. Michael McQuillen fashion," said McQuillen.
a French minor. schedules teaching other lan- history department. Though In the near future, McQuillen
With her undergraduate career guages to Mercyhurst students. McQuillen has not served as a materials for the library, espe- says that users of the library will
complete, Blood moved to Blood is excited to be teach- library administrator in the past, cially in the face of the informa- find maps of the Hammermill
Boston, Mass. to explore ing a new course this year, The he has spent a lot of time in it, tion technology revolution," said Library on line with directories
professional interests. While French Speaking Third World has a love for the old sources and McQuillen. helping users to more efficiently
there, she worked for an Italian Countries. is interested in the information .• Along with this challenge, track down resources within the
company. Deciding that her 4
The idea behind it is to have revolution. For these reasons, McQuillen faces some other building. He called HamLet, the ^
interests lay elsewhere, she students explore non-western Garvey appointed McQuillen as matters in his new position. library's information system
began attending graduate school cultures where French is used, Dean of Libraries. . These other matters include strong and remarked that, "we're
at Boston College studying because one of the things that I Though McQuillen has only strengthening the holdings of just beginning to realize some of
French literature. Blood went on want students to get to know is been on the job since August 15 specific academic disciplines, its potential."
to earn her Ph.D. in French and that French is not just France, it's and is still finding out what his keeping up with a growing Though McQuillen may have
comparative literature from the not just Europe/' explained duties are, he already has some student body as well as growing a new position at Mercyhurst, he
same institution. Blood, r , ? ^ ^ Ideas about what his position will academic programs and teaching will not leave teaching yet This
Specializing in 18th century Blood has only been at entail. 4 students to become information year he will teach three history
theater, Blood's dissertation was Mercyhurst since August but has "As I see it, my challenge literate. * classes, one per term.
a study of authorship in France in had a pleasant experience so far. ahead includes giving the McQuillen noted that a few McQuillen, however, has given
the comparative context of " I think it's great," said Blood college, especially the adminis- years ago students were coming up his directorship of the history
about Mercyhurst, "it's been a lot tration, advice and guidance on into libraries needing to learn department to Dr. Allan
European countries. More
of fun. My colleagues are collection development and on how to use the internet and the Belovarac, who will assume
specifically, Blood looked at
plagiarism as a way to study wonderful, everybody is really where we should utilize our new electronic sources that were, those duties for the time being.
author friendly and welcoming and my sources in terms of acquiring at the time, state of the art
"I studied different plays," students are actually really great,
explained Blood, "that were
copied between France, England
and Italy by different authors to
too. I'm having a lot of fun in
my classes." New face in counseling center
By David Hermenau Illinois counseling center, prevention, getting to the students
PART TIME AID POSITION: Features editor Conrad spent the last few years and helping them before they end
«, employed by the University of up in counseling services.
2nd and/or 3rd shift work available evenings, weekends and In addition to moving to Preston Tennessee and working in their Conrad, however, stresses that
hoiidays with individuals with developmental disabilities on 103, the old location of the Cohen counseling center. she would like to dispel the myth
self-help, daily life skills and recreation. Minimum of a High Health Center, Mercyhurst*s When compared to counsel-* that those who need to go to \
School Degree required; Must work a minimum of 8 hours per Counseling Center now has two i ng services offered in the real counseling are crazy. Conrad
week. $8.33 per hour. full time counselors.. Joining Dr. world, college services are free sees people that are normal
Gerard Tobin in the Counseling and are designed for the use of everyday but who simply need a
Center is Rebecca Conrad, staff students. Also in contrast is the little help coping with things.
^TRANSITIONAL LIVE-IN MANAGER counselor/psychologist approach the counselors take in Conrad hopes that her
POSITION: * ; Conrad is an Ohio native. She helping people lead happier and experience at larger schools and
attended Ohio State University to healthier lives. It is the agenda her experience at Mercyhurst will
This "live-in" position involves providing direct care of Mercyhurst College to be mesh and result in new ideas.
do her undergraduate work and
assistance and daily activity training and support for then moved on to the University pro-active in promoting behav- "Part of my learning ex peri-i
individuals with developmental disabilities. Schedule includes of Illinois as a graduate student. ior and mind sets that are ence," said Conrad, "is to see
working evenings, weekends and holidays. Qualifications Conrad is finishing up work on healthy. what things that I know work
must include associate degree or a minimum of 60 credits in her dissertation and will soon "We do a lot of education well out there at others places,
Human Services field. Must sleep in 5 days per week. Room receive her doctorate. and outreach on campus and work well here."
Conrad's dissertation, more of we're trying to do more this Conrad said that so far she has
and board included. Hourly rate $12.99. Also includes a $500
an applied study than a theoreti- year. That is actually one thing found her experience at
sign on bonus! cal paper, is a therapy outcome that will be a goal of mine," said Mercyhurst very positive. She
study which examines what types Conrad. finds the small Mercyhurst
Please forward resumes to: Dr Gertrude A. Barber Center of therapies work for different With the arrival of Conrad, community to be very supportive
136 East Avenue people, the Counseling Center now has and finds the religious flavor of
Erie, Pa 16507 \ In addition to getting some two full-time counselors and,, the school to be a positive
experience in the University of will be better able to emphasize presence. I
ATTN: Human Resources
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Hagan publishes new edition

FEATURES
By Carrie Tappe
Editor-in-chief Campus ministry position filled
Publishing his fifth edition off By David Hennenau While at Opera North,
"Research Methods in Criminal Features Editor Cabinallis met Louisa Jonason.
Justice and Criminology" was Jonason was working with Opera
only the most recent of many Sr. Geri Rosin ski, director of North at the time but had just
accomplishments attributed to Campus Ministry, calls Daniel been given a job at Mercyhurst
the research and dedication of Cabanillas, "clearly remarkable." and asked Cabinallis to come and
Dr. Frank Hagan, professor of He is Mercyhurst's new campus study here. He began his career
sociology and criminal justice at minister and director of liturgical at Mercyhurst the following year.
Mercyhurst. services. This summer,* Both in Honduras and in the
Hagan, originally from Cabinallis was selected to United States, Cabinallis held
Pittsburgh, has been teaching at replace Michele Garvey who left similar positions and has a wealth
Mercyhurst since 1971 when he the position to teach music at St of experience in liturgical music.
was hired as an assistant profes- George* s School.! He will, however, also have a few
sor of sociology and criminal K B
In his new position, new challenges. Cabinallis
justice. He became the chairper- Cabanillas will be part of a trio admits that he has not done much
son of the criminal justice j 1 . »Vm
of admi ni strators who run the fundraising in the past, now a
department in 1979, and director school*s hub for spiritual Daniel Cabanillas duty of his in Campus Ministry.
of the graduate program in .VtVVNV VUV presence, Campus Ministry. Furthermore, while he has done
Admi ni strat i on of Justice at Along with Cabinallis and "It was actually Michele counseling in the past, he will
Mercyhurst in 1980. Dr. Frank Hagan Rosinski is Fr. Jim Piszker, (Garvey),** mentioned Rosinski, now do more than ever.
Hagan began his research at campus chaplain. "who met Daniel and mentioned Rosinski is confident that*
Case Western Reserve Univer- fifth edition was recently 2 Piszker and Rosinski were; the position opening to him.*' Cabinallis can handle the posi-
si ty as a Senior Research published in 1999. •$ both newcomers to the program Born in the Central American tion.
Associate in the Institute on the "I enjoy using the books I last year and relied on Michele country of Honduras, "With all the talents he has, he
Family and Bureaucratic Society write In my classes. I feel that I Garvey for direction. Having Cabinallis* journey to Erie is an could be quite arrogant With all
in 1975. Since then, he has am contributing my opinions to survived their first year, they interesting one. He remembers of the experience he has had he
become one of only 14 national the field," Hagan said. "I aim to were looking forward to having being musically inclined even as could easily not be in touch with
e x perts appointed as a charter write a book for each of my things running smoothly with a a small child and it is that skill people, but I find him very
member of the National Research classes. 1 think it is to the fully experienced staff. As it that is responsible for his focused on the person who is in
and Advisory Board for the advantage of the students also." works out, however, the Campus coming to know that a place front of him, very attentive, very!
National White Collar Crime Among his achievements, Ministry staff will once again named Mercyhurst College ever calm," said Rosinski.
Center. Hagan was a recepient of Who's have a new face. existed. While at the National Cabinallis said that students
"I find the subject very | Who in Organized Crime Following the news of | School of Music in Honduras, can always count on him. "I*
interesting," Hagan said. "White Research, Who's Who in the Garvey* s plans, ads were placed Cabinallis met a woman from think that the most important
collar crime does not involve World, an Outstanding Teacher and an interview team was the Vermont Symphony thing is that I am here and they
your typical criminal. These Award from Mercyhurst's j formed. That team consisted of Orchestra, who was in Honduras can come to me anytime." said
chapter of the National Criminal Piszker, Rosinski, one adminis- to teach music and to organize a Cabinallis when asked what
people defy all of our theories for tration member, one faculty symphony ore]
the causes of crime. As a society, Justice Honor Society and a students should know about him.
Regional Fellow Award. member and three students. A They became friends and she Students can find Cabinallis
we need to pay attention to this number of applications were eventually invited Cabinallis to in Campus Ministry, located in
type of crime." According to Hagan, his next
project is to publish research on received but only those best Vermont. She worked for the Herrmann Student Union.
Co-authored by Marvin suited for the job were inter- Opera North, an opera festival Campus Ministry is extending its
Sussman, "Deviance and the organized crime in Pittsburgh,
Buffalo, Cleveland and Erie. viewed. Out of the four inter- j. in Vermont, and the festival's hours this year and is now open
Family" was the first of many viewed, Cabinallis was selected director offered Cabinallis a until 8 pm Monday through
books written by Hagan. His first "You always hear about New
York City," Hagan said. 'There's for the position. Thursday.
v ~P
position.
edition of "Research Methods in
Criminal Justice and Criminol- a lot going on in this area that I
ogy" was published in 1982. The would like to explore."
English Department welcomes new instructor
By David Hermenau unlikely success around the turn specializes in the technical
1NO BIG
DEAL Features editor of the century. aspects of writing and hopes to
"What I am trying to argue," pass some of that knowledge on
p A R A^ H E 8 8 E l | A L [A 8 to Mercyhurst students. Jones is
B 1 L E Among the many new faces in said Jones, 'Is that there is some
A W 0 L 0 V A R Y| 1 Preston Hall this year is that of value in going back and re- also excited, however, that at is
P E T 7] T E A M 1 EIA T 0 N Angela Jones, Mercyhurst*s examining them (the two female Mercyhurst she will be able to do
A D 8 H 1 D E [A c T E D newest English faculty member. writers) using this theory that more than just teach technical
K
L She was hired as an associate I've gotten from rhetoric and writing.
[p 1 N E P E RJ I I
professor of English. composition studies. *9 "One of the nice things about a
R A^ R i NGilr U M Aj 111R 0^ Growing up in Illinois, Jones That theory, genre theory, place the size of Mercyhurst,**
E 1 c sis H R U B| J A R did her both her undergraduate states that the style of writing said Jones, "is that I can teach a
lot of different things.** *
0 RjfflNRs 0 D A and graduate work at Eastern within which one works has aj
T 1 C sTNt N Illinois University.iTo work on bearing on what the author Jones is also happy about what
1 8 TTtais P A N 8] Is A H 1 B
her doctorate she moved to creates. Jones feels that the two Erie has to offer. The cooler
E E LI A K c E0 H 1 N 0 8 Kansas and attended Kansas authors she researched pushed climate of Northwestern Pennsyl-
E D University (KU). the boundaries of their genre vania, when compared to that of
1 T A L Y enough to make their work Kansas, is greeted with joy by
S A T A N K E H M 1 Ills IE Jones is a doctoral disserta-
tion away from being ranked interesting but not so much that Jones. She is also excited about
M A L L "FTRII E 8 among the college's many they failed to get their point the cultural and entertainment
A N opportunities that surrounding •
F E L 0 N D AJBA D 1 T Ph.D.'s. For her dissertation, across.
cities have to offer.
Jones studied two fairly obscure While Jones is strong in
_E W E sjitc
0 YJ[E Rj(w E R E
female authors who found many aspects of her field, she
 PAGE 10 THEMERC1AD
LAKER
S PO RTS
Football team stuns Edinboro
By Scott Koskoski
Sports editor
u
The number 14" might possibly
be inspirational to the Mercy-
hurst College football team.
After the fi rst 14 minutes of
play against perennial Division II
power Edinboro University
.Saturday, Mercyhurst looked at
the scoreboard and found itself
down 14 points. Many older
fans probably had flashbacks to
14 years ago, when the Lakers
were waddling along at the D-II1
level and Edinboro was rolling
over D-II opponents. Then,
something happened. * for Gibson. Magorien and
Mercyhurst woke up. The
Lakers, playing in front of a
charged-up Tullio Field record
crowd of over 3,500 fans, started
playing inspired football. The
offense piled up points and the
Laker defense's "not in our
house" attitude ruled. In the end,
Mercyhurst and their fans left $
happy after a 34-20 upset of the
Fighting Scots.
Saturday' s shocker was
immediately labeled one of the
biggest wins in the 19-year
history of the Laker football
program. jj
'This is just a huge win for
us," said junior running back Joe
Magorien following the victory.
"Everyone came together and the
crowd really got behind us."
- A rare moment in the spot-
light for Magorien, who'll be
seen under the bright lights more
often. The night before the
game, senior feature back Justin
Gibson tore his Achilles tendon
in a freak accident and was
pronounced lost for the season.
Gibson had been listed day-to-
day after spraining his knee in
last week's 41-26 loss at Michi-
gan Tech.
Gibson's injury cast doubt
that Magorien and the Laker
running game would get any-
thing going against a tough
Edinboro defense. The Scots'
offense looked tough early on,*
too.
* On just their third play from
scrimmage early in the first
quarter, 'Boro junior quarterback...
Rick Gates threw a pinpoint pass
from his 25 that hit receiver
Chris Buehner near midfield.
Buehner sprinted all the way
from there and Edinboro led 7-0.
The ball-control offense
continued for the Scots. After a
Laker punt, Gates and company
drove their way to the Mercy-
SEPTEMBER 22,1999
University
hurst 1-yard line before tailback
Bernard Henry busted in to give
the 'Boro a 14-0 lead with 4:47
remaining in the first period.
As quickly as the Lakers fell
behind by two touchdowns, they
climbed out of the hole. Behind
another inspired performance
from fifth-year senior quarter-
back Matt Kissell, Mercyhurst
drove 86 yards down the field
before Ed Bailey hauled in a 7-
yard TD pass to narrow things at
14-7. I
With 10:14 left before
ha Iftime, Magorien proved that
he's quite capable of stepping in
Kissell hooked up on a brilliant
play-action pass good for a 9-
yard touchdown. Just like that,
14-14;- |
Edinboro placekicker Sean
McNicholas capped off a
Fighting Scot 51 -yard drive with
a field goal from 39 yards out
with 4:35 remaining in the
second quarter. For McNicholas,
the kick leaves him perfect from Gerrtt Shuffstall/Merciad photographer
field goal range on the season (5- Laker quarterback Matt Kissell (18), wide receiver Byron Curry (3), and the Mercyhurst
offense celebrate after Curry's touchdown reception Saturday. The touchdown was one of i
four thrown by Kissell in the Lakers' 34-20 upset of Edinboro University.
This is just a huge *
win for us...everyone
came together and the
3
crowd really got
Byron Curry all alone in the back
of the end zone with 6:31 left to
play to put the' Hurst up 14 points
at 34-20.
Mobilcom
ft * It was another red-letter day
behind us."
-Laker senior running
for Kissell and the Laker offense.
T he quarterback completed 25 of
48 passes for 241 yards and four
*Wireless Solutions*
back Joe Magorien
touchdowns. Bailey, one of the
finest receiving threats in all of -814-825-1234
Division II, hauled in 9 catches
for 92 yards and two scores, i And
possibly the best-looking stat?
If McNicholas could boot one Joe Magorien, who carried the
field goal. Mercyhurst kic ker
Vinnie Corasaniti could knock •
ball 10 times for 75 yards,
including a beautiful 54-yard .
SPECIAL STUDENT OFFER:
two home, and he did. Field
goals of 27 and 29 yards in the
scamper to help set up J
Mercyhurst's first score of the
Get dk great Motorola beeper
final 2:03 of the first half sent the day.
Lakers to the locker room with a
20-17 halfitme lead.
The Laker defense was land no monthly bill for the
definitely inspired by the record
The Scots got the ball first in j crowd. Platz tallied 12 tackles,
the second half and promptly forced a fumble, recovered two
entire school year.
gave it right back to Mercyhurst, others, and intercepted a Gates
thanks to junior linebacker Scott pass. Sophomore Garrett Patty
Platz's interception. The Lakers notched 10 tackles, senior Tim
capitalized, as Kissell and Bailey Bednarski had three key tackles
hooked up for another TD strike, for losses, and junior hitman Tom
Just bring your student ID
this one from 16 yards out. Palmer's interception late in the
Now with a 10-point lead, fourth quarter sealed Edinboro*s and $ 9 9 ! (plus tax)
Mercy hurst's defense stiffened. fate. For his efforts, Platz was
The only other Edinboro scoring named Great Lakes Intercollegiate
in the game came from kicker I Athletic Conference (GLIAC)
McNicholas on a 35-yard field Defensive Player-of-the-Week.
goal. Kissell found Laker junior
 SEPTEMBER 22. 1999 THEMERCIAD PAGE 11

S PO RTS
timely emotional plays and big THE LAKER
o
.

OF THE WEEK
hits, earning him the nickname
"Amtrak" among his teammates
and followers of 'Hurst football.
•

So he didn't lead the team in
tackles, interceptions or sacks
during Mercy hurst's huge win
over Edinboro University last
Saturday. But the first "Athlete
of the Week" of the year surely *
leads the Lakers in another very
important category: intimidation.
Every game, #22 registers more
His i nterception of Edinboro
quarterback Rick Gates in the
closing minutes Saturday sealed
the win for the Lakers. Tom
Palmer, a senior accounting)
major with a 3.4 QPA, is a local
native and a product of Erie
McDowell High School. He sets
the standard for all of this year's
"Athletes of the Week" to live
up to.
<Mr"*
L G
Cross country teams under golden dome
The Mercyhurst men's and women's cross country teams competed at
the National Catholic Championships last Friday at the University of
Notre Dame. The event featured runners from tie nation's premiere
Catholic colleges and universities. The men finished 17th out of 29
teams while the women wound up 15th of 33 squads. Senior Michael
Tarbox led the Lakers, finishing 72nd out of 194 runners (27:51). '
Jenny Standfest paced the Lady Lakers with a time of 19:43, placing
45th out of 218 competitors.; Both teams travel to Latrobe, Pa. to
Tom Palmer. Athlete of the Week, compete at St. Vincent College this Saturday.

Breakdown: beating the Scots

There were about 3,500 people at
Tullio Field for Saturday's 34-20
football upset of Edinboro
University. All but about 100
people left the stadium in shock
that Mercyhurst beat the Fighting
Scots so convincingly. The not-
so-surprised 100? The Laker
football team.
In just its second year of
competing at the NCAA Divi-
sion II scholarship level, Mercy-
hurst has already earned a
reputation for winning big
games. Last year's 34-23 upset
over regional powerhouse^
Ashland University and a 35-16
triumph over former perennial
NAIA champ Westminster
turned some heads. In 1997, a
year before the Lakers turned
scholarship, Ithaca and Robert
Morris were served the Mercy-
hurst Upset Special. So should
Saturday's sound victory over
Edinboro really surprise any-
body? * I
It didn't surprise me. In the
days leading up to the game,
members of the Scots were
already spewing out trash talk
and bulletin-board material for
the Laker locker room. Edinboro
tailback Bernard Henry report-
edly called Mercyhurst's defense
M Besides the stellar play of
soft" and thought he and
fullback Chris Morgan would cut
through it easier than a knife n *
through hot butter. After hearing
this, Laker sophomore defensive
back Charles Brown said, "Hey,
let them talk. We're not wor-
? fourth quarter of Saturday's
ned. •
Appartently, the Fighting
Scots didn't worry either. They
should've at least planned a little
better, because Edinboro sure
didn't expect on running smack
into the Amtrak train known asi
Mercyhurst free safety Tom
Palmer. Palmer's mind-numbing
hits nearly single-handedly keep
*hoflcnirinbusiness booming and
Head football coach Joe Kimball previews the Mercyhurst-
Edinboro matchup at a pre-game news conference Thursday.
local hospitals open on home
football Saturdays.
Looks like the Scots didn't
count on yet another Emmy-
award performance from
Mercyhurst quarterback Matt
Kissell. All the fifth-year senior i
did was throw four touchdown
strikes and further identify
himself as perhaps the greatest
signal-caller in the short history
of Laker football. It's no surprise
Laker fans are starting to trust
Kissell's heroic ability as much
as, say John Wayne's.
Kissell and Pal mer, just how did
Mercyhurst stun the Fighting
Scots and their fans (who
expected an easy *Boro victory)?
Give credit to the Lakers'
strength and conditioning. By the
^j
game, Edinboro looked like they
were ready for a nap while
Mercyhurst looked like they
were just waking up. Credit's |
also due to offensive coordinator
Brent Holsclaw for some
creative play-calling in must-
convert situations for the Lakers.
There was another advantage
for Mercyhurst on Saturday, s
Gerrit Shuffstall/Merciad photographer
though, something you couldn't
find on the field. A majority of*
the 3,500 on hand at Tullio Field
for the game screamed their
lungs out (and in some cases,
streaked shirtless) for the blue
and green for FOUR ENTIRE
QUARTERS. No more of this
1 et* s-show -up-and-leave-at-
halftime baloney. Fan support
for the Lakers was definitely not
a problem Saturday. Now that
fans know what a home-field
advantage they can create during
football season, maybe it will J
happen this winter at basketball
and hockey games. But... that's
another article.
For now, all but 100 people
are savoring the Lakers' victory
over Edinboro, a traditional
football powerhouse. Those 100?
You guessed it, the Mercyhurst
Lakers. They're busy getting
ready for Saturday's homecom-
ing game against the University
of Indianapolis. The Greyhounds
are another D-II power who
enter Tullio Field undefeated this
year. Let's hope Kissell, Palmer
and the Lakers are preparing
more of that tasty upset special.
Lakers, Golden Knights tangle on links
For the very first time in school history, a Mercyhurst College
women's golf team hit the links last Friday in an exhibition against
Gannon University. Sophomore Alexis Toy shot a nine-hole 49 for
the low score at the Lake View Country Club. Also at Lake View
Friday, the men's golf team opened their season with a 313-319
victory over Gannon; Senior Seth Parker's low round of 76 paced the
Lakers. Both teams continue their seasons Thursday i n a match at
Penn State-Behrend before the men travel to South Haven, Mich, for
competition this weekend.
Mixed results for women's tennis team
In three conference matches at the Westwood Racquet Club last
weekend, the Lady Lakers tennis team finished 1-2 to bring their
record this season to 2-6 (1-4 conference play). Mercyhurst downed
Flndlay 6-3 Friday night behind four singles victories and two
doubles wins. Senior and top-seed Amy Smoulder led the Lady
Lakers with easy singles and doubles victories. Smoulder's heroics
would not be good enough Saturday or Sunday as Mercyhurst fell to
both Hillsdale 6-3 and Wayne State 8-1, respectively. This weekend
the team treks to Michigan's upper peninsula for matches against
Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan, and Lake Superior State Univer-
sities.
Women's v-ball opens conference play
After posting a 5-4 ledger in independent action, the women's
volleyball team finally saw their first Great Lakes Intercollegiate -
Athletic Conference (GLI AC) opponent last Saturday at Ashland
University. The Lady Lakers fell 3-2 to the Eagles Saturday before
suffering a 3-0 setback to Findlay on the road Sunday. The 5-6 Lady
Lakers return to action Wednesday night at home against GLI AC
rival Westminster.
Fieldfhockey team rides three-game high
After two early-season setbacks, the Mercyhurst field hockey team
won their third straight match of the 1999 season Sunday with a 1-0
overtime win against visiting Nazareth College. Freshman forward
Jeanna Hartmann scored her first goal of the season with five minutes
to play in the first overtime to end the game at Tullio Field. The
Lakers outshot Nazareth 15-5, including a pivotal 3-0 advantage in
extra time. Junior netminder Lindsay Christopher recorded the
shutout in goal for the 3-2 Lakers. Mercyhurst hosts IUP Wednesday
at 5 p.m. at Tullio Field.
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LAKER

SPORTS
nun
MJIMBERS The best seat in the house
Overtime
The number of years Scott Koskoski
Edinboro University has
fielded a football team.
This could possibly be the single-
most exciting all-around year for
Mercy hurst College sports in this
The number of years school's 70-some year h i story.
Mercyhurst has fielded a For starters, just walk through
football team; only the last any Laker athletic facility and
one word comes to mind: new.
two at D-II scholarship level. The Athletic Center is getting a
much-needed facelift with the
addition of actual seats, not those
old wooden bleachers reminis-
How many more points Edinboro cent of middle school. Tullio
scored than the Lakers in their? Field sports new artificial turf
and stands as one of the most
1st two football meetings. The scenic football/field hockey/
'Hurst beat Edinboro 34-20
lacrosse/intramural facilities in
Saturday. the country. A new soccer field
was built this summer and will
soon return the nationally-ranked
soccer teams to campus. The Ice
Center underwent renovations
last year and will now see more
activity than ever.
On the field, I look up and
down rosters, schedules, team
outlooks, and don't see one sport
where the Lakers can't be f
competitive. The football team
is coming off a major upset of
Edinboro University and is
proving they can play with the
bi g boys of Division II. A
winning season won't surprise
me —heck, Matt Kissel 1 having a
1,000 yard passing game won't
surprise me.
After finishing third in the
nation last fall, the men's soccer
team returns the meat and
potatoes of its team and should *
make the playoffs again; they' 11
have to overcome a slow start,
but they did last year, too. The
women's team, behind Theresa
Roach, looks stronger than ever
and might give coach John
Melody yet another post-season
berth. ;•;
The men's and women's
basketball teams both had slow
and injury-riddled seasons last
winter, and you know coaches
Karl Pogel and Jim Webb aren't
about to let that happen two
years in a row. Talking with a
lot of players, everyone expects
winning seasons for both the
men and women, and these two
teams look like they could hand
Gannon two losses each this
year.
As said before, the Ice Center
might as well stay open 24 hours
a day with all the activity it will
see. The men's varsity team
opens Division I play in the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer-
ence (MAAQ against top-
quality teams, and for the first
time Mercyhurst now has a
Division I women's team as well.
In addition, coach Bill Shannon's
club hockey team should
continue to fill seats when the
two varsity squads aren't in
action.
So what does all this mean to
you? There are now 22 varsity
sports on ths campus, and we'll
try all year long to deliver hard-
hitting coverage of Laker sports
like you've never had. I'll use
this column every week to give
Lakermaniacs the view from
where I see it (and, in most!?
cases, it's from the best seat in
the house). You'll also see
expanded coverage of Laker
sports, including analysis
columns where we'll breakdown
key wins and losses. The week's
sports schedule, radio coverage,
game previews and capsules
from area pro sports teams are all
in store.?As they say, stay tuned.

How many more yards senior RB

Justin Gibson needs to break
Craig Woodard's all-time
rushing record.Gibson, hurt, is
out for the season.
How many more men's sports
there are at Mercyhurst than
women's sports. The
addition of women's ice hockey
and golf brings the College to 22
sports, 11 per gender.
Men's, women's soccer win in shutout style
By Scott Koskoski
Sports editor
The stellar seasons of both the
Mercyhurst men's and women's
soccer teams rolled on with
convincing wins by each squad
in recent action. -
Last Saturday, while the
Laker football team was busy
handing Edinboro a 34-20
whooping at Tullio Field, the
Lady Lakers soccer team dealt a
blow to another area rival with a
2-0 shutout win over archrival
Gannon. $
Ranked 18th in NCAA
Division II andfourthin the
Great Lakes region entering the
contest, the Lady Lakers again
relied on do-it-all senior Theresa
Roach.*The Strongsville, Ohio
native notched her fourth goal in
the past three games early in the
second half and added an assist a
few minutes later. The Lady
Lakers outshot the Golden
Knights 18-3 and sophomore
keeper Meghan Prey was
credited with one save in net.
The game was the 1999 Great
Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (GLIAC) opener for
each team.
On Tuesday (9/21) in
Saginaw, Mich., the men's
soccer squad demolished GLIAC
foe Saginaw Valley State
University 5-0. The lopsided
win came after the Lakers sat
idle all last week following a
Sept. 12 4-0 verdict over
Alderson-Broaddus in West
Virginia. The 5-2-1 Lakers now
need every win to climb back
into the NCAA D-II rankings.
Mercyhurst fell from their 3rd-
ranked slot after losing consecu-
tive games in their own Hamot
Tournament earlier this month.
Last year, the Lakers earned a
berth in the Division II Final I
Four held in Spartanburg, S. C.
The men's team returns to
action Friday in a 3 p.m. match
at Family First Sports Park
against West Virginia Wesleyan.
The Lady Lakers entertain
conference opponent Northwood
University Saturday at 2 p.m.

NFL Notes: the Browns, Steelers, and Bills

The Week Ahead
Thursday 9/23 Mich, l
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland ensured that they will
owner Art Modell. Prediction:
Ravens 31, Browns 17.
Buffalo Bills
The magic continues for quarter-
Men's/Women's Golf at Behrend Women's V-Ball vs. Wayne State, not enter next Sunday's NFL back Doug Flutie. Forgetting the
Week 3 as the team who had not Pittsburgh Steelers season-opening embarrassment
Friday 9/24 ; 4 p.m. After a 43-0 blowout win against
Women's Tennis at Lake Sunday 9/26 scored any points this season/ at Indianapolis, Flutie still looks
Cleveland to open the season, the
Superior State ' Women's Tennis at North. Mich., Rookie QB Tim Couch's 39-yard Steelers continued to look like a invincible following a 17-3 win
Men's Soccer vs. West Virginia 10 a.m. bomb to Syracuse product Kevin over the Jets Sunday night
playoff-bound group in a last-
Wesleyan, 3 p.m., Family First Women's Soccer vs. Northern Johnson was the lone offensive second 23-20 road win over
Having Antowain Smith back in
Women's Volleyball vs. Michigan, 12 p.m., Family First highlight for the 0-2 Browns, the lineup dosen't hurt the Bills'
Hillsdale, 7 p.m. Men's Soccer vs. U. of Charles- Baltimore, thanks to rookie Kris
who fell 26-9 to the Tennessee cause, either. This Week: The
Saturday 9/25 } ton (WVa), 2 p.m., Family First Titans. This Week: The Browns Brown's game-winning field hapless Philadelphia Eagles (0-2)
Field Hockey vs. Blpomsburg, Men's Golf at South Haven, goal. This Week: Emotions enter Ralph Wilson Stadium and
Mich., TBA ^ * travel to Baltimore to play the should be riding high as the!
9 a.m. \ Ravens (the former Browns). should leave 0-3. Yes, the£
Sports on the Radio
Women's Tennis at Mich. Tech, Saturday 9/25, Football vs. * Steelers entertain the Seattle Eagles will get much better, but
Will this game be close on the Seahawks in the home opener at not until Donovan McNabb is
11 a.m. field? Probably not, as some
Football vs. U. ofIndianapolis, Indianapolis Three Rivers Stadium. With the given the keys to the offense fof*f
1 p.m. "Countdown to Kickoff* high school teams could prob- crowd behind him, running back good. Prediction: Bills 35, t
1:30 p.m., Tullio Field
Women's Soccer vs. Northwood, pregame show, 1:30 p.m. kickoff ably beat the Browns. The most Jerome Bettis could "Bus" over a
88.5 and 104.9 WMCE Mercy- interesting thing might be Eagles 13. *•
2 p.m., Family First * hurst College Radio & lot of defenders.
Cross Country at St Vincent watching the cameras search for Prediction: Steelers 22,
HurstTV (62/19B) Ravens (and former Browns)
Invitational Seahawks 16.
Men's Golf at South Haven,