Vol 73 No.

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16546 2000

Environmentalists iprepare 'Hurst for recycling

By Dave Hermenau
Features Editor
"t all goes back to the old
saying," Dave Adams, junior
contract major in environmental
leadership and president of
SPAN, said, "Think globally,
act locally. * If everybody thinks
locally something will get
done." 1 $ not be alone.
College provides one with
the tools to lead a full and
prosperous life. In addition, the
colleges and universities of our
nation are sculpting future
generations. In recent years,
however, Mercyhurst has been
lacking in its earth-friendly
efforts. Thanks to the dedication
of a student and faculty mem-
ber, the Mercyhurst community
will make strides to better what
happens to i ts garbages
If everything goes as
planned, in February Mercy-
hurst will again join the ranks of
colleges and universities across
the country who recycle garbage
and do their part to ensure a
healthy environment for years to
come. The last recycling
program on the Mercyhurst
campus was run by a student
organization named ECCO.
That organization has since
folded and taken with it the
recycling program.
Students for the Protection and
Appreciation of Nature (SPAN)
was formed last year to fill
ECCO's shoes as the college's
environmentally-focused organi-
zation. Attempts were unsuccess-
ful last year to raise the recycling
issue. This year, Adams decided
to tackle the problem. He would
Enter Dr. Chris Magoc, the
history department s newest
faculty member and avid environ-
mentalist I n addition to teaching
courses on mainstream United
States history, this term Magoc is
teaching a course on U.S.
environmental history. Magoc had
one environmentally-focused
book publ ished last year,
"Yellowstone: The Creation and
Selling of an American Land-
scape," and has another book on
the way. Together, Adams and
Magoc have the passion for the '
environment to start down the
road toward reestabl 1 shing a
recycling program at Mercyhurst. I
According to Adams and**
Magoc, the administration has
been open regarding this issue and
willing to work with the two
environmentalists. With a small
budget already set aside for two
recycling work study positions,
the only thing keeping Mercy-
Friday, Adams submitted a
detailed proposal to maintenance
specifying the number of bins
that will be needed and where
those bins should be located. The
plan calls for the recycling of
paper, number one and number
two plastics, cardboard, plastic
bottles, glass bottles, and
aluminum cans. Maintenance
must approve the proposal for
the bins to be ordered. Once
ordered^ the bins will take one
week to arrive and Mercyhurst
will, for the first time in years, be
doing its part to soften the
footprint it leaves on the earth.
"It's been a little slow getting
it going but that's just the nature
of the beast," said Magoc.
Gem t Shuffstall/Merciad photographer The philosophy behind
Dave Adams prepares for the on-campus recycling program on recycling is simple. According to
campus set to begin in February. JM Magoc, while Americans
hurst from recycling has been a responsible for collecting the constitute about five to six
lack of students willing to step recycleaWes each week. * percent of the world's popula-
upfothe challenge left by ~ "fit's going to work the same 4 tion, they consume about 40
ECCO. ';. as i t did a few years ago if not percent of the planet's resources
Thomas Billingsley, execu- better because we have some and generate close to half of the
tive vice president for adminis- enthusiastic students willing to world's waste. With the popula-
tration, said that he supported the work on this project," said tion continuously growing, every
program when ECCO was in Ruthan Martin of the mainte- person has a responsibility to
charge and will continue to nance department. Martin has lower the garbage they produce.
support recycling at Mercyhurst been working closely with r Magoc and Adams hope
Both Adams and Magoc have Adams in recent weeks. students will have the opportu-
been working closely with Talk began in the fall and the nity to "act locally.** Although a
maintenance. Adams will be one effort was in full swing by the definite date has yet to be set, the
of the students on work study beginning of winter term. Last 'roots are in place and recycling is
on its way.

Traffic signal for front igates a safety factor

Anyone who has tried to turn
left onto East 38th Street from
the main gates of Mercyhurst
knows the wait and feeling of
floori ng your car to beat on-
coming traffic. By the fall of
2000, this should no longer be a
problem for drivers.
Thomas Billingsley, execu-
tive vice president for adminis-
tration, said that Mercyhurst has
needed a traffic signal in front
of the main gates for many
years. With the college enroll^,
ment at 2,500 on the main
campus, the volume of daily
traffic warrants a signal.
Billingsley is confideni that*
it will greatly improve the
safety for vehicles coming into
or leaving Mercyhurst at the
front gates and 38th Street*
During the fall term,
Mercyhurst contracted with
Urban Engineers of Erie, Inc. to
do a traffic signal warrant £
analysis for the main gates of;
Future site of a red light on East 38th Street in front of Mercy-
hurst's front gates.
the college based on traffic data
provided by the City of Erie.
The completed traffic study of Urban Engineers to design traffic
vehicles accessing or egressing
the main gates of Mercyhurst and of the Mercyhurst main gate
East 38th Street demonstrated
Gerrlt Shuffstall/Merciad photographer
enough volume of traffic for
Mercyhurst to further engage
signalization for the intersection
driveway.
<•»'.*•.
% According to Dr. William P.
Garvey, president of the college,
the first check requisition was
signed in early January to start
the project. "If s a safety factor.
Increased traffic in and out of the
front gates creates the need."
There are three tasks Urban
Engineers will complete to install
a traffic light near the front gates.
Task one is called Intersection
Base Plan preparation. Urban
will conduct field surveys and
prepare the base plan of existing
conditions at the intersection. J
Task two will be the design of
a traffic signal layout. Urban
Engineers will design the pre-
liminary layout of the signaliza-
tion equipment.
According to Billingsley, task
three will be construction of the
traffic signal. If all goes well, this
project will take six to eight
months to complete and will
eventually cost the college I detected in the library.
between $55,000 and $75,000.
False alarm
in library!
Tuesday morning, a smoke
alarm alerted the Police and
Safety communications center to
a potential situation in the . ^
Hammermill Library elevator on
the third floor. According to
Kenneth Sidun, chief of police,
the local fire department was
called. Upon investigation, the
detection was found to be a false
alarm.
Sidun said that Mercyhurst
must take all possible fire
emergencies seriously; the
tragedy recently at Seton Hall
University just drove home the
importance all the more.
Neither fire nor smoke was

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CAMPUS NEWS I
Career Services^xpanding services for students Dinner to raise m o n e y for
Ion-campus coffeehouse
By Sara Seidle Gonnam that if they made an
Merciad writer effort to raise $20,000, which is
half the estimated cost of the
In an effort to raise the $20,000 coffeehouse, he would match
needed for the establishment of a their efforts, Maffei said.
coffeehouse on campus, a dinner HRIM faculty members
is being held in Egan Dining Daryl Georger and John Wolper
Hall Saturday, Feb. 5. The cost have assisted the students in*
for the dinner is a $50 per plate, their endeavor by offering
with all proceeds benefiting the guidance and support Maffei
coffeehouse. said they are also trying to work
According to Christina with Sodexho-Marriott to make
Maffei, one of three Mercyhurst this project more feasible.
students who initiated the "We need student support to
coffeehouse project, the dinner show Dr. Garvey this is really
is thefirstmajor effort to raise wanted on campus," said Maffei
the needed funds. She is also looking, for more
Maffei said she, along with support from faculty.
Valerie Bauer and Susan Maffei said that a permanent
Oonnam, have been working on building facility has not yet been
a proposal for a coffeehouse on decided on, but some of the
campus since November 1998. preliminary options include the
jL Gerrlt Shutfstall/Merclad photographer Last spring, the three students library, HRIM computer lab, or
From L to R: Sue Mack, Monica Moore, Darrilyn Canterna, Shaun Qayer, Megan Krapf, Jeanne presented the completed faculty dining room. Besides
Dills. I % proposal to college President Dr. offering a nice atmosphere for
By Carrie Tappe positions where they can make ester and Buffalo. William Oarvey and a board of both students and faculty to
Editor-in-Chief* decisions, we want them to think * "Up to this point, the results college administrators. enjoy, Maffei said the coffee-
about Mercyhurst CollegeT have been small, but in a short In response to the proposal, house might also provide more
Job searching and networking are students," Bob Hvczda, director time we've seen the benefits," Garvey told Maffei, Bauer and work-study jobs on campus/
a huge part of the employment of career services, said. Hvezda said. "We hope to be
able to take this to the next
process for graduating seniors
and underclassmen looking for
Career Services encourages ;
the teams to participate in career/ level." : U * Extra, extra, read all about it!
internships. Career Services has job fairs, on-campus recruiting, Hvezda said that the recep- Or do you r
begun a new program to aid co-op and internship placement, tions, similar to the one held last This is the question Mercyhurst students will be asked
students in these ventures,' full-time, part-time and summer Friday, bring alumni to campus, Thursday, Jan. 27, when marketing representatives from
The Al umni Leadership job recruiting, mentoring and provide a relaxed atmosphere for USA Today and tne Times Publishing Co. come off
Teams are an effort for Career hosting or attending seminars $ them to mingle with faculty and campus to ask students about their newspaper readership
Services to get alumni back on and workshops. staff from Career Services, and habits. I
campus, make them aware of According to Hvezda, the hear students speak about their A brief Questionnaire will be given out at the lunch
what Mercyhurst students are program was started in the successes at Mercyhurst. I hour in the Egan Dining Hall as part of the pilot test
doing, encourage them to recruit summer of 1998. Since then, a •'We want alumni to leave
students and act as ambassadors team has been started in both (the receptions) with a positive if throug
for Mercyh urst and Career Erie and Pi ttsburgh. Career attitude,*' Hvezda said. 'These
Services. * Services hopes to start them » teams are an opportunity for
"As alumni get promoted to eventually in Cleveland, Roch- alumni to give something back to
Mercyhurst"
ATTENTION SENIORS
MINI-JOB FAIR

Events on campus: Hermann Student Union Great Room

Wednesday February 2,2000
\_ * 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday 1/26/00 Hotted by: PA CtvU Service Commission
TO REGISTER Coffeehouse: Candlemaking, 9 to 11 p.m. in the Laker Inn.
Thursday 1/27/00 1
lor the Coffeehouse committee meeting, 4:30 p.m. in the SAC office
F/Ul TERM Weekends committee meeting, 8 p.m. in the SAC office, « f c

Friday 1/28/00 j \ \
| C « ^ ^ ^
Trip to Peak-N-Peek. Meet in Student Union at 6 p.m. Sign
Returning Students must file a up at the front desk. Majors who should attend
IfAFSA and submit a copy of the\ Tuesday 2/1/00 [ Human Resource Management j
signature page to The Financial Aid SAC general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in government chambers. Accounting
H
Movie: "Mulan, 9 p.m. in the Great Room. Computer Syttems/MlS
I B S Office no later than Any major with 6+ credits In MIS
B r e ? MARCH 18th Wednesday 2/2/00 \
.
Coffeehouse: Karoake, 9 to 11 p.m. in the Laker Inn. Excellent Salary 6 Benefits

Lecture series: cross-country trip
leads Saperston to Mercyhurst
By Carrie Tappe
Editor-in-Chief
Setting out in a 1971 vol kswagon
with his golden retriever, Jack,
Eric Saperston began a five-year
journey funded by selling "sexy
kind** of grilled cheese sand-
whiches for $1 each. Three
rebuilt engines later, one bus fire,
three new traveling companions,
176 i nterviews, 380 hours of
footage, a national speaking tour,
a book and a feature documen-
tary with Disney Studios,
Saperston is no longer taking a
4
journey, it is taking him. ;
Saperston will be stopping at
Mercyhurst Wednesday, Feb. 2,
at 8 p.m. in the Taylor Little <
Theatre. The focus of
Saperston's travels is to bridge
the gap between those who want
to learn and those who want to
teach.
During Saperston* s journey,
array of our?
nation*s most insightful leaders,
including astronaut Kathy
Thornton, former President
Jimmy Carter, lead singer of The
Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia and
Taylor Little Theatre hosts Celtic rock
band, Ceili Rain, Thursday
The hill is going to rock Thurs-
day, Jan. 27, as Mercyhurst
presents Ceili Rain, the amazing
Celtic funk band that combines
the pomp of the bagpipes and the
inspiration of the fiddle with the
sheer exhilaration of electric
guitars. The concert will be held
in the Mercyhurst College Taylor
Little Theatre at 8 p.m.
From Gaelic roots, the word
"Ceili" (pronounced KAY-lee) is
translated to mean ^a party with
music and dancing.** The
Nashville-based, seven-piece
band has become the nation's
premier Celtic rock band since
its creation in 1995, and is lead
by singer/songwriter Bob
Halligan Jr, who has composed
music for such famous singers as
Michael Bolton, Cher, KISS,
Judas Priest, and Kathy Mathea.
He also creates the music that is
Ceili Rain; an infusion of rhythm
that is purely Irish, with the
popular lyric themes of rock, pop
Eric Saperston brings advertures of cross country trip to
Mercyhurst for the MSG Lecture Series, Feb. 2.
the former director of the FBI, universities around the world.
Bill Sessions. The focus of his
interviews were to open a
dialogue with successful people
and learn their common traits,
motivating factors and strategies
which have proven to be the
cornerstone of their achieve-
ments. Saperston hopes to bring
their stories, wisdom and
philosophies to colleges and
\ "Magnolia/1 we need each other
Ceili Rain will perform Thursday in the Taylor Little Theatre
and folk music.
Most evident in the band's
repetoire is a distinct versatility, Cadillac,** a rocking number
with songs such as "Peace has
Broken Out," a hymn about the
war in Northern Ireland, as well
as That's All the Lumber You
File Photo
The Journey was ignited by
an old Chinese proverb, 'To
know the road ahead, ask those
coming back.*'
Saperston* s lecture, The
Journey," is sponsored by the
Mercyhurst Student Government
Lecture Series. There is no
charge.
File Photo
Sent," a song Halligan composed makes you look at your 1 i fe and "Girl, Interrupted." "American
with his wife, and "Long Black
from Halligan* s days of Judas
Priest
This event is free for students Philip Seymour Hoffman,
with student ID.
JANUARY 26, 2000 THEMERC1AD PAGE 3
ARTS&
ENTERTAINMENT
Student! art displayed
By Rebecca Maxon students. A lot of the projects
Merciad writer show the influence of famous
artists such as Jackson Pollack.
Currently on display in the I Dr. Richard Hamwi, assistant
education department's gallery professor of art, said, "It has
on the third floor of Old Main is often been said that children are
an exhibit hosted by the art born as natural artists, and a
education majors. The display show like this conveys that... not
features the work of the classes only does this show highlight
of four student teachers from fall talent in Erie's public school s, i t
term. A wide variety of work is also shows off the quality of the
shown, representing different student teachers and the art
ages and skill levels. education department as a
The goals of the student whole." ? i
teachers—not only to make good This exhibit is an opportunity
artists, but to foster a love and to see the talents of some local
appreciation for the subject—can students, as well as fellow
be seen in the work of the classmates and professors.
Highly-acclaimed filntfin PAC
The Mary D'Angelo Performing Sichuan; an evocative setting
Arts Center will present the combined with theatrical
highly acclaimed Chinese film flamboyance, all united in a
"King of Masks" tonight* society in which appearance is
(Wednesday) at 8 p.m. Directed paramount, and the individual is
by Wu Tianming, this award- minimal.
winning film tells a heart- Mercyhurst students are
gripping story of a traveling admitted for free with their
magician who adopts a boy only student ID, as are president card
to find out that the child is a girl. holders. All other tickets are $3 I
The film is set in 1930s and are available at the door.
Hall, William H. Macy, Tom
Just the Ticket Cruise, who won the Best
Supporting Actor Golden Globe,
Brandon Boylan John C. Reilly and Jason
Robards. Each character's
"Magnolia" is a film that development was identifiable
expresses how fundamentally we and clear. P.T. Anderson
need each other. It looks closely (director) was able to give each
at the inner-workings of people, one of his characters equal
dimension without losing our
and gives reason to why we act
as we do, both as a society and as attention for three and a half
individuals. It does not give a hours.
justification; it merely shows The themes that ride through
how we end up as we are. It the movie are also a tie that
examines the support that we bonds between the characters,
need to give other people, as well including the song "Save Me,"
as the support that we need to be the magnolias, and the story of
given by our loved ones. the Plague of Frogs.
Overall, I think the film Alongside otherfilmslike
see it as others do. Its theme is Beauty," "The Sixth Sense" and
one of its greatest virtue. The "Man on the Moon," this movie
acting was superb. Top-notch exasperates the human soul and
•. |performances by the cast, include all of its necessities, complica-
tions and hardships. I gave it a 10
Julianne Moore, Philip Baker out of 10.
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OPINION
What's Happening... CX/vtPLJS
THE GOOD ... EST! O N
•Whether you have class at 8 a.m. or noon, students and faculty Do you think Hammermill Library is efficient and accessible for doing research?
have been able to trudge around campus without much hassle caused What types of problems have you encountered?
by the recent snow falls. The maintenance department has been on-
the-ball with plowing sidewalks and roads on campus and spreading • I have personally never had a information on the computers. If No. We need a more efficient
salt to the needed ice patches. j problem finding materials when you have not yet used the Internet system. In addition,
•According to Tom Billingsley, executive vice president for doing research. Accessibility can system, it is hard to take advan- many of the books we have are
administration, a security video camera has been ordered for behind always be increased through the tage of all the resources that are outdated. When a teacher tells us
the Mercy Apartments. Residents showed a strong desire for the acquisition of more materials, available to us.*' not to use a source older than
camera after a spree of vandalism in November. }• but I find the library very —Liz Perelli, Freshman five years, it can be difficult to
resourceful." do considering our lousy
THE ( B A D . . | ; —Jared Oakes, Senior "Yes, it is efficient, but not
accessible. Books and magazines
selection. Frequently I am forced
to go to Gannon."
Mercyhurst Student Government has had a variety of class 'This is my first time at the are always out of sequence or the — Zubin Byramjee, Senior
representative positions open over the past couple months. There is I i brary and unfortunately the school can locate them but they
currently a position open for a junior class representative. Students online catalogs are down. This are in another library. By the 'The onl y problems I have come
are willing to gripe openly about things in Mercy world, yet students makes me think the library is across are when the Internet is
aren't taking responsibility for bringing about change. To join MSO time they send it, it is too late. I
inefficient and the accessibility is feel if we are paying for our not functioning correctly. Other
and take action for these concerns, contact Tracy Fisher at Ext. 2737.
bad. There should be a more education we could have a larger than that, I have had no prob-

THE UGLY... 1||3|; \

•The recent snow has left a lot to be desired for car owners. While
accessible back-up index or
search engine for this problem.'*
—Lauren Mirabel la, First
selection."
— Brian Colaizzi, Sophomore
lems." ^ |
— M. Rowe, Senior
!

Year Graduate Student It depends on the type of "Yes, although I am not sure how
parking in general seems to be a nightmare for students, it is only
going to get worse as the snow continues to pile up. If we all exercise research. Many books seem to be to find journals. They are |
a little patience, the snow will soon melt. "It depends on what kind of outdated and the Internet is often difficult to search." I
•Many faculty have commented on the homely atmosphere of the information you are looking for. 'down' making it difficult to find —Megan Cvltkovic, Freshman
faculty dining room. The faculty dining room is used for both daily It's easy if you know how to current information."
meals and small receptions. As freshmen, many students wondered efficiently use and locate the — Mandy Fies, Junior
what happened behind that closed door. Perhaps the door is always
closed to hide the less-than-desirable look of the faculty dining room.

NO CLASSES CANCELLED ... Apathy on campus: real or imagined?

For all those students praying for classes to be cancelled on these
bl ustery winter days, you need to get out of bed and face the cold.
According to Dr. Garvey, in his time as president of Mercyhurst,
Forefront
classes have only been cancelled once. Garvey said that there are too
many resident students and the college is philosophically against Dave Hermenau
closing due to inclement weather.
It is often said that Mercyhurst
College is plagued with apathetic
LET THERE BE LIGHT ... students. Many student leaders
can attest to this statement.
As a result of many hours spent by the maintenance department Activities and trips they plan
last week, the hallways in the basement of Preston Hall received a suffer from low attendance. Not
face lift with new lighting. You can now find your way to and from once in my two years with The
the Preston mail room without squinting to see through the dark. Merciad has the paper had a
healthy staff of writers. Certainly
WINTER FORMAL FOLLOW-UP ... though, Mercyhurst is not a
Anyone who attended the Winter Millennium Ball and did not school of bums who have no
receive a Millennium glass can get their glass in the Student Activi- desire to do anything other than
sit at home. While apathy does,
ties Office Wednesday between 2 and 4 p.m.
inevitably exist, it is not as bad
-MAIL US ... * as it seems. What then accounts
for the lack of student involve-
Anyone who would like to get in touch with The Merciad staff can ment in extra curricular activi-
do so by E-mail at: <merciad@mercyhurst.edu>. Story ideas, letters
ties.
to the editor or general inquiries can be sent to this address. We For starters, Mercyhurst
appreciate your feedback, and the efforts of the computer center to operates on a three-term sched-
get The Merciad online. ule. Students here don't go for
more than a week or two at any
Student Survey point in the term without having
a test to prepare for or a paper to
write. Not that students at
What semester schools have it easy,
Super Bowl broadcast? but the term system seems to add
Please return answers by Tuesday, Feb. 1, to The Merciad, Box 485 a sense of urgency to the daily
or write to us at: <menaad@mereyhuret.edu> I life of a college student. As all
students at Mercyhurst know,
there is no time to put something
off in a term that is only 10
weeks long. Just to mentally
process the course materia] alone
takes every bit of that 10 weeks.
Mercyhurst is a relatively
small college. Large universities
can afford to have a large percent
of their population uninvolved in
school events without making the
student body look apathetic. We
have a number of clubs and
activities on campus. If only 30
percent of our student body
participates, each one of those
clubs and activities is going to
receive low attendance. If 30
percent of a large university's
student body are involved in the
school's clubs and activities it
will give the appearance of an
active student body.
Finally, the character of
Mercyhurst's student body
contributes to the perception of
apathy on campus. A large
number of students are athletes.
For them, their sport is their
extracurricular activity. Kudos to
those many student athletes who
find time for school, athletics,
clubs and activities. For many,
however, classes and multiple
practices each day are plenty to
keep them busy
The half of the student body
that aren't student athletes are a
very eclectic bunch. With
programs like R/IAP, archaeol-
ogy, HRIM, dance and others,
you are going to have a student
body that mirrors those very
disparate fields. At Mercyhurst,
you are what you study. Students
here are likely to interact only
with those students in their -
major. There are exceptions to
this rule and many students do
cross these boundaries, however,
the boundaries still exist. The
result is that school events and
cl ubs that are designed to appeal
to a general college audience get
poor attendance. |
The point is that Mercyhurst
is less conducive to high student
involvement in clubs and
activities when compared to i
other schools, but that doesn't
mean that it is a bad place and it
doesn' t mean that the students
don't care about anything. While
apathy, by all means, does exist
on campus, it is not as bad as it
seems. Those student leaders,
however, who week after week,
work to make ours a lively
campus, deserve a round of
applause.
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Fire/outdated building
OPINION
s k m
standards result in death W B S ^ ^ ^ I M m ^ l
The greatest teacher is the) the young and old as much as it many different aspects of what I
By Carrie Tappe past. How that phrase has ¥ use to? consider human need to be, but I
Editor-in-Chief dominated our culture; yet we Of course in context to our believe that there is a strong
When issues of safety are raised on college campuses, many people do still struggle to believe it or professions, we can ask the word correlation among these key
not ask about smoke alarms and sprinkler systems. In light of the recent better yet act on it The word why in many different ways. terms.
fire at Seton Hall University that killed three freshmen students and left retrospect, contemplation of the Volunteering, going to a lecture My main initiative in this
six critically burned and more than 50 injured, questions of fire safety past, and the word inquisitive, or debate or just reflecting a little document is to urge everyone,
need to be asked. asking many questions, together longer on an experience one young and old, to continue
Mercyhurst is no stranger to the potential threat offiresin dorms. form something I consider to be might have are a few of the questioning themselves and the
Last spring, freshmen residing in Egan Hall were lucky not to be injured the word care. ways* How does this effect me or
in a fire that caused thousands of dollars of damage to the building. In environment in which they live. I
1996, a small fire on the thirdfloorof Baldwin Hall sent residents into Like most young children better yet how does it influence am feeling just a few morsels of
the cold night air while the fire was contained. The bottom line- there is a stage where it is, others around me? Is there this questioning initiative, but a
buildings can be replaced. Lives cannot "mommy, daddy, why is the sky something I can do to help? better understanding of myself
Are college housing fires really a threat? In 1996, six students were blue?" The reverberation of the To many problems there are and this world I believe are on
killed in a college fire in Chapel Hill, N.C. In 1994, four students were word why was coming from no solutions or answers, but that j the way. What does the title of
killed in Bloomsburg, Ra, by a fire in a fraternity house. In 1990, three every angle. There is no escaping is not a reason not to care. The this article actually inflict on my
were killed by the same means in Berkeley, Calif. On average, there are this word. Children feel more word why, apathy and care all life? Mm mm ... You've got it f
1,700fireseach year in dorms or fraternity houses in the United States. open to explore the unknown. I come together to help strengthen going on now, my friend. All
Since 1980, approximately 17 students died and 70-80 are injured in am asking why the word WHY the life goal of self-fulfillment I wishes are extended on this
campus fires every year. does not penetrate more lives of do realize that I have touched on rocky but fulfilling journey.
According to law, every building must meet standards set in the year -Tim McNichol
the building was built When Baldwin, McAuley and Egan were built,
there were no regulations on sprinkler systems. Although stricter
regulations are in place today in 2000, the building must only meet the Crossword 101
1970 standards. How does this make any sense morally? " Winter Wonderland" By Ed Canty
™ According to Dr. Garvey, president of Mercyhurst, the buildings are
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FEATURES
W r i t i n g C e n t e r h o l d s o p e n h o u s e , offers services to all students
The Writing Center held an open
house Jan. 19 to inform the
Mercy hurst community about the
center and how it can help
students. ? •?
Since the beginning of fall,
the Writing Center has had 176
clients in the center and with
those students, the center has
conducted 324 consultations.!
The Writing Center offers
half-hour, one-on-one consulta-
tions. Students can go to the
Writing Center with a piece of
writing, whether it is for class, a
job application or other form of
writing, and meet with one of the
tutors to discuss the strengths,
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weaknesses and possible changeJ
for the piece.
Writing consultants are not
professional proofreaders, nor
are they editors. Many students
believe that by going the center
for a consultation, they will
receive an automatic "A" on
their papers. Proofreading and
editing are the responsibility of
the writer, not the consultant
Writing consultants are expected
to help engage students in
conversation about their indi-
vidual writing process. They
make suggestions and guide
students through their work.
Tutors aim to teach students
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• Lunch
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& Cheese, Baby Carrots, Steamed
I^as, Fish Sandwich, French Fries Fetucini Carbonara,
• Dinner
Stuffed Chicken, Garlic Pasta,
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy,
Steamed Corn, Fresh Broccoli,
Sloppy Joe
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• Lunch
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Fetucini, Sliced Carrots, Fresh
Cauliflower, Bean Burrito, J
the techniques necessary to
eval uate their own writing.
According to Marcia Farrell,
director of the Writing Center,
the biggest misconception by %
students and other members of §
the Mercy hurst community is r
that we are a "fix-it shop, and
that we know all there is to know
about writing." * consultations to include oral
The center's mission is to be a
place of learning, where both
tutor and client are able to grow
as wri ters and readers.
Many students, instructors
and staff members believe that
the Writing Center is there for
students with marginal writing
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presentations. J
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consultants believe is valuable to
the Mercyhurst community. The
staff is holding a contest to name
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due at the end of the month. If
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t „ 8 a E FEATURES
H u r s t s t u d e n t b r e a k i n g g r o u n d for A r c h a e o l o g i c a l Institute^
ByV Dave Hernienau
Dave Hernienau Espino's paper, W
i=™«.^»„~ 'The
L . Genesis
n „ . T -^— . . ^ - _ _ H_L O ~ . W ^ P . » W
Features Editor and Evolution of Iroquoisian ogy. Owoc teaches a class Espino
Ossuary Interments," grew out of took last year that deals specifi-
Undergraduates preparing for a research that he began in 1998. cally with funerary practices in
career in the sciences know too MAI had been called to excavate archaeological contexts.
well the many years of graduate human remains at the Orton "He's taken classroom
work, credential building and gravel quarry in North East, Pa., knowledge, he's taken practical
research it takes to be an where bones had been discovered knowledge, he's taken research in
established scientist in any field. in the quarry and in several this department, put them all
Given the road they follow, it together and produced this
gravel driveways. The excavated academic paper... and hopefully
would be easy to feel helpless material was brought back to
and invisible. These are feelings, Mercyhurst for analysis. it will set a trend for our other
however, that senior anthropol- undergraduates," said Owoc.
When Mercyhurst's archae- Espino recognizes the support
ogy/archaeology major Jason ologists wrote a report on the
Espino refuses to accept. of the anthropology department
human remains from the site, and others in helping him in this
Earlier this year, Espino had a Espino was asked to contribute project 'This accomplishment
paper accepted by the Society for by researching burial practices in would have been hard to achieve
American Archaeology's (SAA) similar sites and compare them without the support of the faculty
65th national meeting to be held to Orton. I and staff of the anthroplogy
April 5-9, in Philadelphia, Pa. Espino studied the unique department as well as that
Espino is the first Mercyhurst burial practice of the Iroquois provided be student Michelle
Archaeological Institute (MAI) tribe that once occupied the site. Pcsolyar," he explained.
student to ever have a paper Each time the tribe would move "I think that as undergraduates
accepted at a SAA's national its camp, every 10-12 years, they learn, they should always
meeting. would bury all their dead in a| consider themselves as part of a
He is one of only a handful of mass grave. Prior to the burial, a T 5r1 Gerrit Shutfstall/Merclad photographer wider community of learners and
undergraduates who will present large celebration known as the Jason Espino will represent MAI this spring in Philadelphia. knowledge producers," continued
work alongside internationally "Feast of the Dead," would be Owoc who expresses the anthro-
renowned scientists at the United held. Espino's research involved (burials) they excavated was ies, Espino warns against this pology department's interest in
States' premier forum for the tracing this burial practice from what archaeologists call ethno- method. seeing undergraduates become
presentation of Archaeological its first implementation through graphic comparison. Archaeolo- "I don't feel that it is a good actively involved in research.
research. Every year, scientists ^ the time encompassed by the gists would compare the data method because the practice Espino has heeded that call.
from the nation's colleges, Orton site. He also looked at how from their sites to the written extends for 1,000 years and has When he graduates this spring,
universities and non-academic this practice varied through time, records of burial practices changed throughtime,"he said. with one national conference
agencies who do archaeological and attempted to determine the observed by Jesuit Missionaries Encouraging Espino to j under his belt, Espino hopes to
work gathering to contribute causes for that variation. in the 1600s. Because the submit his paper was Dr. Mary attend graduate school to study
their findings. This year, a One of the main avenues archaeological sites represent Ann Owoc, associate professor Latin American archaeoloev.
Mercyhurst undergrad will be in archaeologists took to gain communities much older than of anthropology and archaeol-
their midst information about the ossuaries those observed by the Missionar-

M e r c y h u r s t authors sign w o r k s at B a r n e s andf N o b l e

By Jen Harwell
News Editor
Two Mercyhurst community ]
mem bers were among regional
authors who participated in a
book signing Saturday, Jan. 22,
at Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
Dr. Chris Magoc, assistant
professor of history, and Don
McQuaid, editor of Monday
Morning, both presented stories
that were originally inspired
years ago.
Magoc's book, "Yellowstone:
the Creation and Sell i ng of an
American Landscape," covers
several different aspects of
Yellowstone Park. He includes
the story of the Park's first 30
years of existence, and how it
was first explored. He also
examines the role of the railroad
in instigating the formation of
the park in 1872.
His interest in Yellowstone
began 11 years ago in 1989,
when Yellowstone burned 30
percent ol its land cover in order
to facilitate more forest growth.
His project went from a paper, to
One of the worries that "Grimsby" was inspired by the
Magoc addresses is the Ameri- 1993 sightings of a monster in
can/Western belief regarding the Lake En e. McQuaid wanted to
preservations of land. According write a story that would teach
to this outlook, we can set aside kids about the Great Lakes.
The main character is a sea
places like Yellowstone,
Yosemite and the Grand serpent named Grimsby who
Canyon, and in our minds we travels from lake to lake. Even
think they stay sacred forever, though there were no other
no one can touch them and they sightings of a monster in the other
stay perfectly virgin wilderness. Great Lakes, it allows children to
Magoc feels this is not true, and learn about the lakes.
that the false belief keeps us McQuaid admits that he never
from doing othei things in our expected to write a children's
everyday life such as recycling story. He felt that with this story
and taking care of our own idea he could have written a
special places in our own science fiction novel aimed j*
Gerrit Shutfstall/Merclad photographer
neighborhoods. toward adults, but decided it
Monday Morning editor Don McQuaid and assistant professor of Magoc also examines the would be more fun to write a
history Dr Chris Magoc stand with their newly released books massive clear cutting outside the children's story about the Lake
Saturday Jan. 22 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Erie. park, which has ramifications on Erie monster.
how the features in Yellowstone the ecology inside the park. Since publication, McQuaid* s
a master's thesis, and then to a According to Magoc, Western book has been very well received.
500 page doctoral dissertation have come to be "American-
ized," how the landscape was culture tends to draw lines on It's factual information allows
that was trimmed down to form the map and protect the land several different school districts
thefinalcopy of his book, r made a more hospitable, friendly
and inviting environment than inside while exploiting the areas to include it in their curriculum.
Magoc's book also lays out J outside of the boundaries. The Currently it is being used in three
history of major events which the raw forms that were discov-
ered. Magoc explained this as a park is now looking at the L school districts in Pennsylvania,
chronicle the poaching of bigger picture. Ecosystems do one in Ohio and one in Massachu-
Yellowstone's animals, like the 'touristic transformation of an
environmental place that we are exist beyond park boundaries. setts.
buffalo. ] . . . . more familiar with." McOuaid's book, entitled
A icn included in the book is
 PAGE 8 THEMERCIAD
LAKER
SPORTS
T h e f e w f a n s at this recent L a k e r m e n ' s T i o c k e y g a m e look lonely. H o c k e y is just o n e sport at Mercyhurst suffering from poor attendance a n d fan support.
i By Scott Koskoski I
3 Sports Editor i||&* >J5
| It is blessed with one of the
|area's most comfortable basket-
ball facilities, stocked with some
3of the East Coast'sfinestNCAA
KD-II players. $ ig 15 ? just won't go away.
aR It is blessed with one of the
nation* s most intimate hockey
arenas* complete with some of
the world's best and brightest
college hockey talents... in each
gender. I B W £*. £ § |
More importantly, it is B j
blessed with all of these things L
on campus, within a stone's I
throw of resident students. $• }
So, at Mercyhurst College,
where is the fan support? am*
I As a new century at Mercy- 3
hurst begins, the single most 0
troubling issue with Laker sports
is the lack of fans at athletic M L
events. Not the heartbreaking H
losses to Gannon j s hoops teams.
Not the lack of a national gB fi
championship for the oh-so-close
soccer programs. Notthe void at
quarterback left by Matt Kissell's
graduation. It is the fans ...8 I
rather, the lack of fans that will j
set the tone for the future of ^ S |
Mercyhurst athletics. Ojg* gg
On page four of this week'sgs
Merciad, features editor Dave H
Hermaneau gives several reasons
for the general apathy that | 1 given our intimate campus,
plagues the campus. This articled
JANUARY 26,2000
deals only with Laker sports and
! fans and why those fans aren't at
Laker sports. The issue has stuck
to the campus like a bad cold that
Everybody who's anybody at
Mercyhurst will give you their
own take on why attendance is
lagging at athletic events, and,
honestly, all of those people are
probably partiallyright.It's
impossible to pin down the
problem to one specific cause,
which include:
-So many things to do on
campus. Mercyhurst offers
dozens of majors, each with their
own special academic events and
activities, often required.
-So much studying to do.
Being on a three-term calendar,
it's hard for even the athletes to ^
balance school work and games,
so how can the rest of the student
body? ; •,
BE -No knowledge of sporting
events. Some students would
come to Laker athletic events if
they only knew about them. This
one's a little hard to believe,
since flyers promoting upcoming
games litter the campus, Mercy-
hurst has an Internet site with
complete sports schedules, and
everybody's bound to live, work
Gerrit Shuffstall/Merciad photographer
I
1
i
or have class with athletes.
The fan issue hit home at the
annual Mercyhurst/Gannon
basketball games at die*
Hammermi 11 Center downtown
last Monday. Gannon students
poured into the 'Mill to watch
the Golden Knights sweep the
doubleheader, and the noise they Mercyhurst winter sports
created in the game's crucial
minutes no doubt intimidated the average attendance by>sport
young 'Hurst squads.
. Of course, Gannon is consid-
ered a one-sport school, where
basketball dominates everything,
even during fall and spring
seasons. The 400-500 Mercy-
hurst students who rode down-
town for the games were treated I
to great basketball in a great
atmosphere, and their noise was
also heard. Why can't we create
that kind of atmosphere in the
MAC? I magi ne us, turning the
tables on a frustrated Gannon
team when the Lakers seek Women's
revenge on the Knights February Hockey
Women's
14 at the MAC. Basketball
Until then, tomorrow night
(1/27) and Saturday afternoon
(1/29) are great crowd-practice
chances, with doubleheaders at
the MAC both days.
Who knows? The brand-new
seatbacks installed at the MAC
might actually get some use.

GGannon
o l d captures n i g h t s ; still h a v e M e r c y h u r s t ' s
e n K citywide
battle
By Scott Koskoski
Sports Editor
Call it mastery, dominance or
just plain luck. Any way you
describe it, it doesn't please the
Mercyhurst men's basketball
team.
T he Lakers battled city arch-
rival Gannon University for
38 1/2 minutes last Monday at'
downtown Erie's Hammermill
Center before their youth and
cold shooting caught up with
them, and the Golden Knights
won their seventh straight over
Mercyhurst with a dramatic 62-
60 victory.
Despite leading for most of
the night, including by multiple
double-digit advantages in the
first half, the Lakers fell apart
down the stretch and literally
gave the game away to the
Knights. 4 halftime lead despite thorough
Still in the giving spirit,
Mercyhurst returned to the
Athletic Center just three days
later (last Thursday night) and
surrendered a tough 81-76 loss to
Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC)
power Ashland University in a
game where the Lakers had
chances to put things away.
j « « ^ ^ ^ ^ — ^ ^ ^ H J
Ladv Laker JuniorforwardAmy Galla (43) muscles past Lady
S S S M [ f o S r t Nikfci Smith (10). Gannon's women won 84-55.
Mercyhurst (7-9,2-7 GLIAC)
has now lost eight games this
season by eight points or less,
including four games by four
points or less.
Every season has a theme,
and head coach Karl Fogel's
Lakers might have discovered
their 1999-00 campaign on Dec.
4 at Lake Superior State. In that
game, Mercyhurst led virtually
all game until a Lake Superior
player sunk a half-court shot as
time expired to give LSSU a
61 -60 win. In every loss except
their 96-68 debacle at North-
wood Dec. 2, Mercyhurst has
stayed in the game until the .
fourth quarter, when the wheel
always seems to fall off the
wagon. i
It didn*t look to be the case
last Monday at Gannon, when
the Knights held a tight 37-36
Laker dominance in the first 20
minutes. Sophomore guard Rich
Bradley popped for 12 first-half
points but mustered just five
more in the second half. The
Hurst shot just 35 percent from
the floor after halftime, including
a 2-12 stretch from downtown,
and shot just five free throws all
night, a telling statistic. Senior
Gerrit Shuffstall/Merclad photographer
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Mercyhurst sophomore guard Rich Bradley (30) drives baseline past Gannon defender Aaron
Garrity (33) as the Golden Knight coaching staff and crowd looks on. Gannon won 62-60.
guard Matt Thielker had a good
look at a long three-pointer as
time expired, but his shot was far
off and Gannon prevailed 62-60.
Against Ashland last Thurs-
day, the Lakers looked good at
home before falling apart at the
end and losing 81 -76. Mercy-~
Lady Lakers learn tough
lesson in "Knighthood"
By Scott Koskoski
Sports Editor
Ever see the movie "Dumb and
Dumber?" Gannon University's
women's basketball team could
be re-named "tough and
tougher."
Featuring a solid starting five
with a overbearing height
advantage and artillery of bench
players that could be starters at |
other schools, the Lady Knights
dominated from start to finish in
securing a 84-55 win over
Mercyhurst last Monday at the
Hammermill Center.
The loss was just Mercy-
hurst' s sixth on the season and
fifth in the Great Lakes Intercol-
legiate Athletic Conference
(GLIAC) against three league
wins and nine overall victories.
The Lady Lakers got to the
double-digit wins mark three
days later, though, with a
commanding 79-66 verdict over
JANUARY 26, 2000
Gerrit Shuffstall/Merclad photographer
hurst held a 45-37 halftime lead,
Bradley pumped in 24 points,
junior big man Brent Swain
added 16, and sophomore
sensation Jamal Hoi ley 15 more,
but it was again not to be.
The Eagles shot 45% from the
floor and outscored the Lakers
visiting Ashland at the Athletic
Center.
Mercyhurst (10-6,4-4
GLIAC) remains near the top of
the league's Southern Division as
crucial inter-divisional games
continue this weekend at home.
The Wayne State Lady Warriors
invade the MAC on Thursday
night, followed by Pennsylvania
rival Westminster College
Saturday afternoon.
The "Battle of Erie," Round
One was won by Gannon,
though. Looking for a solid game
against her former teammates,
Lady Laker junior Rebecca
Sandor was i nstead hampered by
injury in the two road games
preceding the Gannon contest
and was forced to limited action.
Junior sharpshooter Meredith
Koncsol also saw limited minutes
due to a lower leg injury,
severely hurting the Lady
Lakers' three-point statistics.
Mercyhurst was never truly in
THEMERCIAD PAGE 9
S PO RTS
number
44-31 after halftime to ice the
victory.
Conference hotshots Wayne
State and Westminster College
try to become the Lakers' next
prey in pivotal GLIAC games
this Thursday and Saturday.
the game despite a tenacious
press most of the night.
It was a different story
altogether against the Lady
Eagles at the MAC three days
later. Koncsol and Sandor were
back, and junior shooting guard
Jodie Maxim responded to an
off-night against Gannon by
hitting for 27 points. *
The Lady Lakers will need
victories against the Lady *
Warriors and Lady Titans this
weekend to stay in the hunt for a
GLIAC playoff berth. After this
weekend's games, Mercyhurst
plays just eight more games.
'Hurst-Gannon Series
Gannon women lead 31-21
Gannon men lead 30-9
Next Games: 2/14, MAC
 PAGE lO THE MERCIAD JANUARY 26, 2000

LAKER
SPORTS
IOIE
NUMBERS
Record of Mercyhurst men's and
women's basketball teams,
combined, against Gannon
University in the past 12 meet-^ I'm starting to think it's never
ings. The Laker men have lost
)seven straight against the
Knights while the Lady Lakers, used to wait under the tree every
have dropped their last five
against Gannon.
Number of losses by the Laker
men's basketball team this
season.
Number of those nine losses that
I are by ei ght poi nts or less.
Average margin of victory by the and final meeting of the season
Mercyhurst women's basketball Feb. 14 at the Athletic Center,
team (10-6) this season.
Rats! Foiled again
have come true: small classes,
good teachers and a beautiful
Overtime campus. None of that matters
anymore, however, because what
my classmates and I want the
Scott Koskoski most before we graduate is a win
over Gannon. Just one victory
over those rival Golden Knights
would erase over three years of
going to happen, M heartache.
As an innocent little kid, I And there's been plenty of it,
starting with the 62-60 squeaker
Christmas Eve for Santa Claus to the Knight men pulled out at
deliver his usual load of gifts to Hammermill Center last Mon-
the Koskoski home. The later day. For all but the last two
into the night it got, the more, minutes of that game, I sat at
tired, frustrated and depressed I press row experiencing the giddy
became that St. Nick would sensation that the Lakers might
somehow forget me. Of course, actually win the "Battle of Erie."
little did L realize that my Dad So close ... yet so far away.
was anxious for me to fall .asleep
Then there was the infamous
so that "Santa" could put the meeting at the MAC during the a
gifts out and go to bed, too. Still, 1997-98 season.jfThe Lakers, led
I'll never forget the ugly feeling by now-transferred guard If
that Santa Claus left me off his Demond Stewart, held the lead
list v v most of the night before a VERY
I'm starting to get those same controversial charging foul to
feelings again, but this has Stewart with less than a minute
nothing to do with Christmas. remaining turned the contest
As the Mercyhurst and Gannon around, turned Mercyhurst coach
men's and women's basketball Karl Fogel's face redder than
teams look ahead to their second spaghetti sauce, and turned
Gannon into 71-63 winners. The
women's game that night also
I'm getting desperate that the broke many a Laker fan's heart,
THE|LAKER LOG
Women's hockey whips Warriors
Last Friday night in Detroit, the Mercyhurst women's hockey team
was in a situation they hadn't experienced in a while—trailing in a
game. Down by one goal to independent Wayne State University, the
Lady leers fought to tie the game at 1-1, then freshman forward Kerry
Ryan exploded for two goals and an assist to lead Mercyhurst to a 4-1
whipping of the Lady WarriorsfThe Lady leers completed their
Motown swing Saturday night with a 7-1 thrashing of Wayne State to
improve to 17-6 in their inaugural season. The Lady Warriors
dropped to 0-17 with the two losses. Lady leer netminders Amber
Natali (Jr., Lake Placid^N.Y.) and Tiffany Ribble (Fr., Redfbid,
Mich.) earned the wins in goal Friday and Saturday.
Winter intramuralslin full swing
Make no mistake: intramural sports are back in a big way at Mercy-
hurst College, thanks mostly to the hard work of Laker baseball coach
Joe Spano, who doubles as IM Director. The winter intramurals
season is in full gear, but Mercyhurst students can still get involved
by joining any team or league, reports Spano. Basketball games are
played Sunday evenings at the Athletic Center (this Sunday's games
pending due to Super Bowl XXXIV). Co-ed volleyball games are
played every Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. in the Rec Center, and 'Hurst
students can now participate in IM bowling for the first time. Intra-
mural bowlers began league play last Wednesday night with over 30
participants and will continue until further notice.
Beginning next term, Mercyhurst College intramural standings and
updates will be featured on an IM Web site,
<www.intramurals.com>. According to Spano, only 50 other

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Percentage of players (men and
women) in last Monday's
basketball games between
Gannon and Mercyhurst*
that are originally from Erie
County.
Laker men and women might fall as the Lady Knights prevailed by colleges nationally are associated with the Web site, and Mercyhurst
to the Golden Knights once one point. The 1996-97 season becomes one of only 10 other NCAA D-II schools to have online
again. i saw a tough 47-44 Gannon
men's win that could've been services.
Since my classmates and I
drove up the 38th Street gates in otherwise. For all IM schedules, updates, and other information, contact
September 1996, not once has So, February 14, my class- Spano at Ext 2441. M 1
the Mercyhurst men's hoops- mates and 1 meet our destiny. It's
teams defeated the enemy known Mercyhurst vs. "The Enemy * I M Basketball - Easter riConft ;rence
as Gannon. The Lady Lakers one more time. The Class of
swept the series in the 1996-97 2000 will either leave the MAC
Team
2
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that night on top of the world or
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school year but hasn't tasted Sixers 0

victory since. anxious to forget yet another % \ -

heartache. Hornets 1 1 1
All the nice things the
Mercyhurst admissions people As Oakland Raiders owner Al Cavs 1 1 1
Percentage of all Laker men's
basketball shots taken this season promised me when I arrived here Davis said, "Just win, baby." Raptors 0 2 2
Heat 2£ 2
by sophomore Richard Bradley.
Bullets 1° 2 2?

The Week Ahead

Home games in italics
ATHIETE Pass her in the hallway and she
looks like any other frenzied
freshman hurrying to class or to
IM Basketball •• W e s t e r n Conference
Team
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Thursday 1/27
Women's B-ball vs. Wayne State,
OF THE WEEK the cafeteria; Pass her on the ice
and you're asking for trouble.
Blazers
Kings
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6 p.m. (radio) ^ The Lady leers' Kerry Ryan (F, Warriors i 1 1
Men's B-ball vs+Wayne State, Rochester, N.Y.) has blossomed
8 p.m. (radio) Jazz 1 1 1
into an unassuming star on coach Clippers 0 ^2 2
Friday 1/28 Mike Sisti's first-year women's
Men's V-ball at Ohio State T'Wolves ivO 2 2
Men's hockey at Fairfield, 8 p.m. hockey program. Ryan scored
(listen live at broadcast.com) three goals (including a game- IM Co-ed Volleyball
Saturday 1/29
Women's B-ball vs. Westminster,
winner) and added an assist in
last weekend's road sweep of
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1 p.m. * Wayne State University. Kerry is Mis Fits f 2 i .5

Men's B-ball vs. West., 3 p.m. expected to make big contribu- Da Mooses i 0 .5
(radio) _^ tions to the Lady leers' front
Men's hockey at Fairfield, 7:45 Mod Squad i 1 1
I i nes as Mercyhurst's reputation Van Dames i 1 1
p.m. (radio)v as a women's hockey power
Radio: 88.5/104.9 VVMCE, Jaret's Jigalos 0 2 |2
grows.
HurstTV (62/19B) Egan Girls 0 >2 M.