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Vol. 76 No.34 Mercyhurst College^Ol E. 38thgSt. Erie Pa. 16546 February 6,U003

Mercyhurst under construction:

Academic reorganization a possibility in college'sfuture
By Kelly Rose Duttine
News editor
Academic departments at Mer-
cyhurst may undergo signifi-
cant changes in the near future.
Bulletin^Board Dr. Andrew Roth, Dean ofAca-
demics for Mercyhurst recent-
ly wrote and delivered a propos-
Feb. 6 - Pax Christi
al to reorganize the divisional
meeting in Hirt M206 from structure of the college to the
: ously expanding. "There is a
8-9 p.m. i Faculty Senate.
The proposal suggests revi-
Feb. 7 - Women's hockey sions for the college depart-
in the Ice Arena at 7 p.m. ments, but the Faculty Senate,
under the direction of President
Feb. 7 - Date Auction in Dr. Barbara Behan formed an
the Unionfrom7-10 p.m. ad-hoc committee to determine
the best approach for the re-or-
Feb. 8 - International Food ganization of college depart-
Nightfrom8-9:30 p.m. ments.
"The ad hoc committee will
report its findings back to the
Feb. 11 - Fashion CI ub Faculty Senate and then will
meeting in HEC101 at 8 present its revisions to the pro-
p.m. posal to Dr. Roth," explained
Behan. This way, the best com-
Feb . 1 1 - Gay/Straight
Alliance meeting in Hirt
M206 8:15-10p.m.
c
Generator overheats in Hirt W.H.I.S.P.E.R
Feb. 12- Dr. Strangelove'
in the PACfrom8-11 p.m.
Erie fire department responds to the alarm.
Guess Who?
Dr. Andrew Roth, Dean of Academics proposes to reorga-
nize the divisional structure of the college.
promise will hopefully be Roth thinks that the new plan
reached, with faculty and admin- would have little impact on cur-
istrative input.
grants scholarships
department will be altered or creation ofa new faculty admin-
eliminated," said Roth. "If stu- istrative position. Each school
dents notice any changes, they will have an associate dean,
who will oversee every school,
• • The new the students, faculty and cours-
es. Most responsibilities of the
structure of the associate dean position have yet
to be determined. g
college will Roth explained that the initial
concern for restructuring the
better serve the departments into schools is be-
faculty and cause Mercyhurst is continu-
growinglstudent great need for more faculty
members and students to have
body... J s access to a decision maker, and
the proposal allows them to
-Dr. Andrew Roth reach an associate dean for ev-
will have quicker access to an ery school quickly," said Roth.
associate dean, a decision mak- "The new structure ofthe col-
er." | lege will better serve the facul-
The "school" configurations ty and growing student body by
Rto photo will change however, and the bringing decision making clos-
change could happen as early as er to them," said Roth.
fall of 2003. The proposal calls Look for more information
for four, five or six schools to about restructuring the college
be created and house 27 cur- departments in future articles in
rent academic departments. The Merciad.
rent Mercyhurst students. "No The proposal also calls for the
were Ebony Fashion Fair Com-
By Scott Mackar mittee members Connie
Assistant news editor Boone-Manus, Barbara Steele
and Julia Jefferson.
On Jan. 9, the Ebony Fash- Moore said that the scholar-
ion Fair Committee of ship was started by the orga-
W.H.I.S.P.E.R (Women Help- nization because they were im-
ing Interested Students Pursue pressed with the quality of mi-
Education Resources) present- nority graduates that were
ed Mercyhurst College with coming out of Mercyhurst
$ 12,000 in support of the col- College. They wanted to as-
lege's minority scholarship sist individuals in a very spe-
fund, cial way.
Tyrone Moore, Associate The committee decided five
Vice President of Administra- years ago to start donating the
tion and head of the minority money to the Mercyhurst mi-
scholarship program; and Dr. nority scholars program.
William P. Garvey. President of
Mercyhurst College accepted
Moore said over the past five
years the) have had four fash-
the donation on behalf of the ion fairs in Erie, and every year
college. Presenting the award they would contribute the pro-
Please see Moore on page 3

Columbia mourned
File photo
Erie firetrucks respond to many Mercyhurst problems, including alarms at Hirt on
Saturday.

resulted in the electrical break- The system shut the doors

By Kristin Purdy er possible down as programmed, letting
shutting off. Hirt occupants out of the build-
Editor-in-Chief
The Hirt Academic Center ing but not in without proper ac-
was designed to activate the cess, said Ken Si dun, Director!
generator in the south side of of Security Services.
The Erie Fire Department re- the building when a breaker Mercyhurst Police Sergeant
sponded to an alarm at the Hirt shuts off. The generator is pro- Kens ill said the whole campus
Index was affected by this incident.
Academic Center the morning grammed to close louvers in
News •• 1 of Saturday, Feb. 1. Three en- such incidences. This past Sat- The controlled locks outside
Special Report 2 gines responded to a call about urday, however, the heat built doors in Hirt and the dorms
News 3 smoke on thefirstfloor. The fire up in the generator caused the were affected Doors had to be
department investigated the ca 11 sprinklers to go off in that area. manually opened with a master
Features 4
and left the premises after 30 After the sprinklers went off, key until the system was fixed
Features 5 early afternoon on Monday.
minutes. they had to be recharged and
Opinion ° "The software for the gener-
Contrary to rumors, there the breakers were reset.
Opinion ' was no fire; a generator on the Tom Billingsley, Executive ator room has been re pro-
A&El 8 first floor overheated. An exter- V i c e - P r e s i d e n t f o r grammed to keep doors open KRT

A&EI 9 nal incident caused an electrical Adminisii.ition,suKI, "Forlu [not locked] for any future NASA flight test engineer Alex Dula Jr. bows his head at
breaker to shut off. A power nately, all systems worked as problems. In the future, the col- a memorial service for the crew of the space shuttle Co-
Sports •••• 1°
surge ran through the breaker designed except for the louver lege shouldn't have any more lumbia. Please see related articles on page 2.
Sports 11 problems," said Kensill,
but its origin is unknown. This controls."
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U A mourns loss of Columbia

A s NASA investigation continues, people ask w h y a n d pray
Bush memorializes seven astronauts, says space program 'will go on'
By Ron Hutcheson 1
Knight Ridder Newspapers

Standing before the weeping

relatives of the lost shuttle as-
tronauts, President Bush on
Tuesday invoked their memo-
ry with a vow that "America's
space program will go on."
Bush made the commitment
to an emotional audience of
more than 10,000 NASA work-
ers and contractors who gath-
ered at the space agency's
headquarters for a tearful fare-
well to the seven astronauts of
the space shuttle Columbia.
Despite the size of the crowd,
the memorial felt more like a
private chapel service as NASA
KRT
workers shared anecdotes
about their co-workers who Members of the training team for the latest space shuttle Columbia mission cry during
died Saturday morning when a memorial service Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Houston, Texas.
the shuttle broke up over Tex-
as. "The world lost seven heroes. las-based Baptist disaster-relief members and told them that he
Bush said the seven astro- We lost seven family mem- organization. struggled to maintain his com-
nauts fulfilled "an ancient bers," Rom inger said. Address- John Cobarruvias brought his posure during the brief remarks,
dream of humanity" by leaving ing his departed colleagues by 8-year-old son, David, who according to an administration
behind "Earth and air and grav- name, he added: "I know you're was dressed in a blue astronaut official who was in the room.
ity" in a quest for knowledge. listening. Please know you're flight suit Cobarruvias couldn't *Tm sorry we have to meet
Plotr Wolinski / Contributing Writer
"This cause of exploration in our hearts. We will always explain why he had come. under these circumstances,"
and discovery is not an option smile when we think of you." "Hard to explain," said the Bush told the families, accord-
Mercyhurst College honors the memory of the astronauts,
we choose; it is a desire writ- Seventeen years ago, NASA NASA computer analyst. ing to the official, who briefed
by flying the flag at half mast -
ten in the human heart," he said. hosted a similar remembrance Bush, who paid tribute to reporters on the condition of
"We are that part of creation for the crew of the space shut- each of the seven astronauts anonymity.
Space in our hearts
Americans will look again towards the heaven
which seeks to understand all
creation." His reaffirmation of
support for the space program
tle Challenger, which exploded
over Florida shortly after take-
off. NASA administrator Sean
individually, said they faced the
risks of their work with joy.
"Yet, some explorers do not
Bush traveled to Texas on Air
Force One with former astro-
nauts John Glenn and Neil Arm-
was a comforting message to O'Keefe promised a thorough return. And the loss settles un- strong. Glenn was the first
Editorial Staff a crowd with an intensely per- investigation of the most recent fairly on a few," Bush said. "To American to orbit the earth;
Knight Ridder Newspapers sonal interest in Saturday's di- accident "to make sure it never the children who miss your Armstrong was the first human
saster. Bush and his wife, happens again." Mom or Dad so much today, to walk on the moon.
No human endeavor in the last half-century has inspired our Laura, sat among more than Outside the gates of NASA's you need to know, they love The memorial service was
nation and captivated our imagination like space flight. The trag- two dozen relatives of the fall- headquarters, hundreds of oth- you, and that love will always held under a clear blue sky, re-
edy brought a horrible reminder that, although we have learned en astronauts. er people held their own make- be with you." markably similar to the back-
how to explore space, we may nevei conquer it. Other audience members shift memorial service. Bush recalled that Commander drop for Saturday's accident.
The tragedy of the shuttle Columbia, which broke apart in flight laughed knowingly when Navy "We love our astronauts here Rick HUsband, the mission At the end of the 55-minute
only 16 minutes before returning to Earth, again jarred Ameri- Capt. Kent Rom inger, the chief just as they love their firemen commander, was fond of the ceremony, four white T-38
cans into a shared lesson of what's important in our lives. of the astronaut corps, offered in New York," said Kathryn hymn, f How Great Thou Art," trainer aircraft roared overhead,
That lesson also was taught 17 years ago when the space shut a series of anecdotes about all Lott, a Clear Lake resident who which includes the I ines, "I see with one peeling away in the
tie Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff. That horror, watched seven astronauts! He recalled came on her lunch break. While the stars. I hear the mighty missing man formation.
on television by so many, was supposed to have made Americans the shuttle crew's high-spirited some mourners placed flowers thunder. Thy power throughout "This type of thing is always
realize that space travel had not become as routine as it seemed. antics at the last NASA holiday or read poems, others simply the universe is displayed." needed," said Tom Moser, a
This time even heroes who died doing what they love. Presi- party, when they slapped tem- milled about. In the front row, Husband's former director of engineering
dent Bush said it best: "The cause in which they died will contin- porary tattoos with the mis- "Every person coming out wife, Evelyn, wept while her for NASA. "It was important
ue. Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the sion's identifying designation on here has some type of hurt," daughter leaned against her for NASA people to hear this,
inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our jour- anyone who came near their said Gene Grounds, the direc- shoulder. After the ceremony, and for the citizens of the Unit-
ney into space will go on." table, i i 4 tor of victim Chaplain, a Dal- Bush met privately with family ed States, the world, even."
It must go on. The nation recoveredfromthe Apollo tragedy in
1967, and from the loss of the shuttle Challenger in 1986.
The space program should, and will, rebound.
There is, of course, another dimension to this unearthly blow.
The Sept. 11 attacks have made it hard to believe that any calam-
Problems started during the blast off «.t

ity that so rips holes in the American heart is an accident. Ques- initial minutes of flight, Colum- ficials saw the engineering re- On Monday, second thoughts
tions have arisen already about whether terrorism was the force By Martin Merzer bia could have attempted a risky ports and agreed with the con- clearly were evident.
behind the fire in the sky. Knight Ridder Newspapers aborted launch and emergency clusions that a safe landing had "We will go back and review
No one would want federal officials to ignore any possible cause. landing at the Kennedy Space not been compromised. those data," Readdy said. <
But the public should start with the understanding that space Center or an overseas site.
travel is inherently dangerous and that conspiracy as a possible A nearly 2-foot-long chunk of Space agency officials think
answer is as remote as Pluto. debris that peeled off space the rapidly cascading series of
This year, America will celebrate the 100th anniversary of hu- shuttle Columbia's external fuel events that destroyed Column'
man flight. As the nation mourns today for the astronauts and tank and struck the left wing bia began along its left side.
their families, let us in time turn our eyes once more to the stars during blastoff Jan. 16 is the During the mission's final eight
and permit ourselves to dream again of the possible. most likely cause of the calam- minutes, sensors showed that
ity that destroyed the shuttle and temperatures on and near Co-
killed all seven astronauts, lumbia's left wing rose quickly
NASA officials said Monday. and to previously unseen lev-
"We're making the assump- els, engineers said.
Columbia's KICK nusoarw
tion that the external tank was "There's some other event,
crew 4S»fttmAm«*x
the root cause of the accident,"
said Ron Dittemore, the shut-
some other missing link that is
contributing to this event," he
A brief look at 9K?
•r*JtU American tOM;piotad tle's program manager. "It is a said. "It's a mystery to us and
aboard y ^ ' <BJtO>ClAj'i<U» drastic assumption and it's so- we seem to have some conflict-
ifl IBB; mvriMlv tMrocHWran bering, but I think that's what ing information."
WKartlMcCodl we need to do." A key to unlocking that mys-
Pilot In effect, he was suggesting tery could lie in a few pieces of
US. ttavy lis. that Columbia was doomed at tile that may have landed in
tot OOICMMC 43L worn launch and its crew flew for 16 California or Nevada, or were
days with no one in space or ground to powder in the atmo-
to 190* sphere. If they still exist, they
on Earth recognizing the dan
V**l
III 1PP6; on *+ HMuttojM ger. I may be the first pieces to fall
marrHxj, throe cftfcfron He said the slab of insulating off Columbia, and key pieces
foam thai struck the left wing of evidence.
/ *"" JMyi David Brum
was 20 inches long, 16 inches "Where are they?" Dittemore
u .4; wide and 6 inches thick, con
siderably larger than previous-
asked. "That's a difficult prob-
lem, but we have people trying
Arlington, V < ly suggested. It weighed 2.67 to solve that problem. It's like KRT
naval looking for a needle in a hay-
pounds, he said The space shuttle Columbia blasted off Thursday, Jan 16.
on Aral in tt94e on — cond More than 20,000 tiles blan stack." f
ket the shuttle to protect it from roughout the day, Ditte- Attention Students!!
Laural Clark Ran Ramonr temperatures that can reach more and other NASA officials
3,000 degrees as it scorches wrestled with questions about Deadline for filing for financial aid for all stu-
USKny MFort* through the air on its return to the agency's assessment of the dents ist
oommanctor. 4V?P cotooot, 4ft, WOT Earth. risk posed by the damage to the March 15,2003
r u m rcaone, vvis*, wing's insulating tile.
dbug medial
Engineers and astronauts have Are you ready?
warned repeatedly over the Mike Kostelnik, a deputy as-
wrpeow; astronaut m11W; on *i< years about the dangers of even sociate administrator, said the
fc*l if>»ci5flpjl4j •tamod, on* Houston tourchmn a slight breach in that protec- possible effects were investi- All students who intend to return to Mercyhurst
tive shield. gated by "the best and bright- for the 2003-2004 academic year must file
• waro est'fat NASA. I lo said he. Re-
Theoretically, if the danger paperwork with the Financial Aid office no later
KRT had been recognized during the ad dy and other top agency of- than March 15th
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Brown receives $35,000 grant
professor to study carbon nanotubes Interface: Science
By Jess Tobin
Contributing Wri ter

Di Ron Brown has been a

chemistry and physics teacher
at Mercyhurst College for the
past four years. The Flint,
Mich, native received his
bachelor's degree from
Michigan State University and
received his Ph.D. from the
University of Minnesota./
He recently found out that he
will be receiving a $35,000
grant from the American
Chemical Society (ACS) to do
a study on carbon nanotubes.
The money comes-from the
Petroleum Research Fund.
This company funds
chemical research done on
energy issues.
Carbon nanotubes are a
recently discovered form of
pure carbon (such as diamond
or graphite) that are in the form
of thread-like tubes. The tubes
are very small; so small that they
can't even be seen with an
optical microscope.
A carbon nanotube actually
has the potential to be used in
hydrogen fuel cells, and could
possibly be a significant
alternative to the use of fossil
fuels.
:
\ l The title of Dr£ Brown's
project is "Hydrogen
Absorption to carbon
nanotubes: a computational
study of chemisorption energy
as ajfunction of nanotube
geometry."
The basic central question
that he is trying to answer by
at your fingertips s
Control Center's Official 21 ] ingredients of smoked
Compiled by Megan
report on the event, NASA tobacco are introduced to the
Fialkovich
recognizes no official cause, body. Long-time smokers
Contributing writer although what coulctfbecome compose the majority of the
months or years of scrupulous 157,000 Americans who will
Erie, PA: Those unfortunate study will include a close look die of lung cancer this year,
individuals whom suffer from at the "left hand wheel well but 9-cis- and 13-cis-retinoic
gradual or traumatic loss of area," where temperature acid cause skin rashes in their
sight due to corneal defects fluctuations were recorded by natural state, so a pill or
may benefit the most from on-board instruments seven treatment using them is yet to
revolutionary optical surgery. minutes before contact was come. Users of pipe, chewing
While not a new idea (over lost. Official press releases or cigar tobacco, however,
47,000 successful transplants from NASA have asked will not benefit from these
are performed annually at St American citizens for help in antioxidants, as they are at
Vincent's from cadaver- providing private footage ofthe greater risk for mouth and
harvested tissue), the disaster, and surrendering any throat cancer. Cosmetologists
procedure is utilizing debris from the STS-107. Not have known about the secrets
progressively thinner sutures, since the Challenger exploded of minimally irritating
which are about the width of during lift-off of its tenth antioxidant compounds;"for
a human hair. Intense mission on Jan. 28,1986, have years, since the age-reversing
Traun Moore/Contributing photographer
operating-room microscopy, Americans experienced such a properties include increasing
Dr. Brown of the chemistry deparment will involve students with robotic surgery arms and a disaster on a routine space the tensile strength of the skin.
his study of carbon nanotubes. steady supply of organ donors
mission. The first Israeli
In pother words, if the
make these advances possible. development of synthesized
astronaut was also lost on-board
Furthermore, the promise of 9-cis-retinoic acid is
doing this project is whether or access to. the Columbia. Their bravery
genetically-engineered achieved, grab some before
not carbon nanotubes can £The $35,000 grant will be and selfless contributions will
corneas, as well as a host of Joan Rivers gobbles it all up.
absorb enough hydrogen for primarily for the 2003-2004 other organs, increase the not be forgotten. {Sourcef Reuters)
their potential as an alternative and the 2004-2005 academic chances of a child born blind (Source: www.misa, eoi
to fossil fuels to be real i zed. school years.
today being able to see before
The reason that Dr. Brown hopes to involve their tenth birthday, Washington, D.C.: Leading
"computational" is used in the two to three students during the {Source: Erie Times-News) oncologists (cancer specialists)
title of the study is because all next year. The students that he are promoting an antioxidant In Memory of the Fallen
of Dr. Brown's research will be chooses will most likely be relative of good ol* vitamin A Crew of the Columbia:
done using computers. upper-division chemistry and Johnson Space Center, as a raw material for reversing February 1j 2003
At Mercyhurst we have a biochemistry majors. Houston TX: Memorial early signs of lung cancer.
Computational Chemistry Any extra money left over services for crew of the Dubbed with the catchy label "I shall ascend into the
program. All of the chemical from the grant Dr. Brown will Space Shuttle Columbia are "9-cis-retinoic acid," this space of light, I shall cross
structures and reactions being use to offer several summer scheduled for 1 p.m. E/S on material is said to repair damage the face of the Earths
analyzed can be modeled and research assistantships for Thursday at the National to the RAR beta-gene in I shall walk in the light,
viewed on computers using the Mercyhurst chemistry students Cathedral in Washington D.C.; smokers whom have quit. And I shall wait upon the
sophisticated software that our during the summer of 2004. meanwhile, investigations are When properly?working, this stars... '•
chemistry department has on-going with thefriendsand gene suppresses the growth of [Egyptian Sarcophagus
colleagues of the intrepid men bronchi pulmonary lesions, Texts, Alan Gardiner,

Moore accepts funds

and women who lost their lives which can grow into malignant Chapter 545].
early Saturday. In Mission tumors when the carcinogenic

W.H.I.S.P.E.R donates to Mercyhurst

committee contributed in order "The criteria will probably
Continued from page 1 to establish an endowed fall in line with the criteria
scholarship in their name," he under the minority scholars
said. program in general, but it has
the proceeds to Mercyhurst and The scholarship will be yet to be determined," he said.
other charitable organizations. available next fall to at least two Moore said Mercyhurst
Over the past couple of years minority students already College needs to build its
they decided to make all their minority population, and this is
contributions to the college. %mu They have a reala good way to begin.
"They have a real appreciation He said that the college is
on what Mercyhurst College
appreciation on what looking for quality students, but
does as a whole with its student Mercyhurst College every college is doing the same.
body and *how we have does on a whole with He hopes that this scholarship
accelerated our admissions," its student body and opens up a few opportunities
Moore said. how we have for minority students at
Over the past five years the Mercyhurst and incoming
scholarship has built up to
accelerated our freshman who are looking to go
$12,000. Mercyhurst also admissions. /!)% here.
decided that they would match -Tyrone Moore "This is a wonderful thing that
the contributions made by the the W.H.I.S.P.E.R. committee
W.H.I.S P.E.R. committee, enrolled on campus or to would think that highly of
now making the scholarship incoming freshman. Moore Mercyhurst College and our
$24,000. | said the criteria has yet to be student body to want to KRT

"Mercyhurst College would established, but they are contribute to our long-term -
WASHINGTON, D.C. —- Michael Kostelnlk briefs reporters on the latest Information on
match the number of dollars the beginning to set one up. well being," Moore said. the space shuttle Columbia disaster at NASA headquarters on Tuesday, February 4,
2003, in Washington, D.C. ( i I &. $.4 i f £

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College will host two open
houses in February for pro-
spective students. B oth pro-
gram s will be offered at the
Catherine Mc Auley Adult Edu-
cation Center, 3928 Wayne St.,
which is situated at the eastern
edge of the Mercyhurst
campus. The first program,
an information session high-
lighting the college's 17 post-
baccalaureate teacher certifica-
tion offerings, wi) I be Thursday,
Feb. 6, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The second event, an open
house outlining the graduate
programs offered at Mercy-
hurst, will be Thursday, Feb.
13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Teachers who wish to add a
new area of certification or in-
dividuals with a non-teaching
bachelor's degree who want to
obtain teacher certification
would benefit from the first
education and admissions de-
partments as well as the office
of adult and graduate programs.
Prospective students who want
to learn about graduate pro-
grams will have the opportuni-
ty to meet directors of the var-
ious programs at the second
session, which will feature pre-
sentations by Dr. Frank I lagan,
director of graduate adm inistra-
tion of justice; Robert Heibel,
director of the Research/Intel-
ligence Analyst Program (R/
IAP); Dr. Phillip Bel flore, direc-
tor of graduate special educa-
tion; Dr. Mary Breckenridge,
associate dean for graduate pro-
grams and academic services;
and Lynda Schaaf, director of
the Adult Education Center and
graduate student services.For
more in form at ion, contact the
office of adult and graduate
programs at 824-2294.
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By Lasha Seniuk
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Aries (March 21-April 20).
Relations with co-workers and
minor business tensions are
accented this week. Pay atten-
tion to small disagreements or
misplaced facts.
Before midweek, colleagues
will be sensitive to criticism.
Avoid new suggestions. After
Thursday, romantic intrigue is
on the rise. Expect potential
lovers to ask for detailed de-
scriptions of private hopes or
long-term loyalties.
Go slow. Although passions
are high, newfriendsand loved
ones mav need reassurance.
Taurus (April 21-May 20). financial announcements or
Withheld opinions or social new workplace schedules.
doubts will be openly dis-
cussed.
Over the next few days, ex- sponsibilities. If so, expect
pect oldfriendsto admit to deep complex negotiations and un-
feelings of isolation or social clear instructions.
jealousy. Little of this can be
avoided. Watch for past events, heavy demands but provide
conversations or promises to be only limited guidance. Don't
strong public concerns.
After midweek, ask loved and job relations will return to
ones for detailed time sched-1 normal early next week.
ules. Group activities and home
celebrations may require extra
planning. Sensitivities may be
high. Listen to the needs of
friends and relatives.
Gemini (May 21-June 21).
Previously denied attractions
are key themes over the next
few days. Watch for past
events, canceled invitations or
newly rekindled flirtations to be
compelling.
Some Geminis may also ex-
perience unusual announce-
ments from close friends or
relatives. If so, expect social
and romantic history to be ma-
w
jor concerns.
Storting at $15,155. Model Shown $18,095.
Cancer (June 22-July 22).
Home and social schedules may
be ongoing concerns before
midweek. Expect loved ones to
ask for solid daily commitments
or quickly revised plans.
A recent period of emotional
isolation will fade. Expect close
friends or lovers to no longer
hide their romantic needs or
social excitement After Thurs-
day, avoid overspending.
For the next two to three
days, forgotten bills or late pay-
ments may be bothersome.
Stay focused on long-term
strategies and all will be well
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Busi-
ness plans may temporarily
need to change. Over the next
few days, watch for unusual
Some Leos may be asked to
adopt extra tasks or money re-
Work officials may make
lose faith. Workplace leadership
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Over the next few days, lovers
and close friends may reveal
deeply private information.
Family disputes or past so-
cial history may be key con-
cerns. Watch for subtle mo-
ments of tension to lead to de-
tailed and emotional discus-
sions.
Some Virgos, especially
those born after Sept. 15, may
also encounter a rare home pro-
posal or romantic invitation.
If so, expect added social in-
formation and family decisions
before the end of next week.
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THE MERCIAD
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Close friends or work mates
will offer accurate romantic
advice over the next few days.
Recent group events may be
the prime focus of social dis-
cussions. Expect others to pro*
vide subtle insights or added
information. After Wednesday
revised messages and late invi-
tations are compelling.
Expect romantic complica-
tions to deepen before next
week. Fast revisions to group
plans may be necessary. Re-
spond quickly to new emotion-
al facts and social details
Scorpio
in, i*j E
*SS* O *
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Long-distance messages or an-
nouncements from old friends
are on the agenda this week.
Early Tuesday, watch for un-
expected invitations or social
facts.
Friends and lovers may wish
to clearly state their emotional
goals or short-term plans. Some
Scorpios, especially those born
late in October, may also en-
counter a rare flirtation or new
workplace attraction. If so, re-
main cautious.
Before the end of February,
social and romantic triangles
will not be easily resolved.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Public comments and so-
cial criticism are mildly annoy-
ing this week.
Over the next four days, ex-
pect friends or work mates to
boldly offer uninformed opin-
ions. Avoid controversy. Unre-
alistic business and social sug-
gestions require diplomacy.
After midweek, creative
problem-solving will be ex-
tremely helpful in ongoing fam-
ily disputes. Gently ask loved
ones to participate in decisions.
FEBRUARY 6,2003
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FEATURES
For the love of chemistry:
One man's goals realized by hard work
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20).
Social invitations may lead to
surprising business opportuni-
ties.
Late Tuesday, respond
quickly to changed schedules
and fresh workplace introduc-
tions. Over the next three days,
many Capricorns will resolve
past disappointments or adopt
new ambitions. Use this time to
foster better work relations or
research valuable job openings.
After Friday, intimate discus-
sions with loved ones are pro-
ductive. Expectfriendsand lov- ? File photo
ers to no longer avoid serious Senior Kevin Tidgewell has a bright future in front of him
questions. hi either the public or private sector.
By Kristin Maillard time first so that I can save up
a bunch of money and not have
Contributing writer
to worry about that later on in
Kevin "Twiggy" Tidgewell life. And I would definitely like
is a senior Chemistry major to be able to travel around the
with a concentration in com- world and not worry about how
putational chemistry and a I will pay for it."
Aquarius (Jan, 21 -Feb. 19). math minor at Mercyhurst Tidgewell has a long list of
Yesterday's relationships may College from Irvine, Califor- people he would like to thank
be on your mind over the next nia. for helping him get to where he
few days. Before midweek, Tidgewell plans to attend is now. The list includes "my
parents for raising me well and
watch for a delightful wave of graduate school next year to
nostalgia or intuitive reflection receive his masters. letting me figure stuff out for
myself, my step-mom for be-
to arrive. Tidgewell says hefirstbecame
For some Aquarians this may interested in Chemistry back ing such an open accepting per-
son, Mr. Wada for showing me
actually mark the beginning of in high school when he took
a revised social and romantic an AP Chemistry course. how cool Chemistry could be,
Dr. Chambers for helping me
outlook. Use this time to let Tidgewell says, "We played
unproductive feelings or out- out through four years of col-
March madness for prizes to
dated expectations fade. lege and introducing me to
study for the AP exam and
Computational Chemistry, my
Emotional intimacy and sub- after the exam we got to make
roommates for making sure I
tie invitations will be ongoing tye-dye t-shirts and peanut
didn't just learn about chemis-
themes. Start preparing; there's brittle with the bunsen burn-
try while I was at school but
much to consider. ers." 1? * ™
that I had a good time too, and
During the summer of2001, all my friends here and at home
Tidgewell spent the summer for just being there."
at the University of Florida at
Gainesville doing an internship
researching a polymer called
POSS, the U.S. planned to
build planes the with this re-
search program. %
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20). At Mercyhurst, Tidgewell is
Old memories have a strong
appeal. After Tuesday, expect
the captain and goalie of the
lacrosse team. He has been
Attention
the comments, requests or ro- on the dean's list his entire
college career and is also a
AAercyhust
mantic gestures of loved ones
to trigger deep feelings. f member of Phi Eta Sigma. Facultyfand
Intense emotions are an indi- After Tidgewell receives his
cation of meaningful inner Ph.D. he hopes to do Pharma- Staff!
progress. Expect sel f-reflection ceutical research for a com-
to be followed by a powerful pany like Merck or Pfizer, but The
wave of romantic confidence. he may decide on becoming a iAAercyhurst 1
Many Pisceans will dramati- professor.
cally change their social or 1 ventually Tidgewell thinks
he would like to be a teacher
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FEATURES To contact: featuremerciad@mercyhurst.edu

Sevins Road: Mercyhurst's next success

By Courtney Nicholas
Features editor

Mercyhurst College is a
melting pot of talent these days.
Many musical groups are
coming out of the freshman
class.
I Chris Utley, Luke Reilly, Matt
Mauney, Tom Micheal, and Ben
Burgess are the members that
make up the band Sevins Road.
Burgess and Utley fare
freshmen at Mercyhurst, Reilly
attends Clarion University,
Mauney attends Syracuse
University, and Micheal attends ?' v A f Jody Mello/ Merdad photographer Jody Mello/ Meroad photographer
Allegheny College. From Left to right: Christ Utley, Luke Reilly, and Matt Mauney, three members of Sevins Ben Burgess, a freshman at Mercyhurst is the newest mem
Burgess is the newest Road perform in the Hermann Union on campus. •-. ber of Sevins Road.
addition to the band, playing the
drums, Utley plays the bass
guitar and sings backup vocals,
Reilly supplies the lead vocals, and played their guitars for an the greatest band to come out three CD's. The first CD was a club in Pittsburgh, Syracuse for many more years."
Mauney plays the guitar, and English project. of Erie, PA." released while the band was in University, and Clarion Sevins Road is available for
Micheal also plays the guitar. Reilly and Mauney have been Utley, Reilly, and Micheal's high school and the most University. They have opened parties and other events. Call
Utley and Micheal*s met in friends for a while and Burgess played in the Carolyn Herman recenttwo have been released for Real Big Phish,frrippin ext. 2774 and talk to Utley or
high school while Utley was and Utley met this year at Union on Jan. 23. They called in the past year. Utley has B i Hies, and the Buzz Poets. ext. 2810 to talk to Burgess.
dating Micheal's sister. Micheal Mercyhurst College. Jessica^Montana, the SAC converted his dorm room into "Our first performance was Check out their website at http:/
found out that Utley played the Burgess and Utley joked how Chair, and asked if they could a recording studio as well. at a dance in Junior High /www.yankees .syr. edu
guitar and then they both met Sevins Road can also be known play on the main floor of the Sevins Road has played in School and the band is still
Mauney. Michael and Mauney as the McAuley Hall Band. union. front of audiences at Allegheny going strong," said Utley, "I
were in the same English class Both of them said, "We will be The bandjthad produced College, Rum shakers which is think that we will be together

Students take part in National Con-

ference on Undergraduate Research
Vocal excellence
Suri plans on
By Jen Ruffa
participating in a
Contributing writer
few musical
Marianna Suri, a 2002 events at
graduate of Mercyhurst Mercyhurst this
College, earned a Bachelor of year, before
the Arts degree in music with a leaving to further
concentration in Ivoice her studies in a
(specifically opera) last spring. masters program
This year she is working as a in music and
graduate advisor for the voice.
Ambassador's Club as well as Suri would like
a third year resident assistant to express her
in Egan Hall. gratitude to the
Originally from Cyprus, an Mercyhurst
island near Greece, Suri has f a c u 1t y ,
been accepted into the masters administration,
program at Ohio University and student body
where she will continue to for accepting her
Jody Mello/ Merciad photographer
persue her musical career next into the college
Marianna Suri, Mercyhurst graduate and
year. community.
admission graduate assistant
As an extremely talented "I would like to
student of voice, Suri has the lead role in "Cosi-fan-tutte" thank everyone for making me
participated in numerous by Mozart. feel so welcome and embracing
File photo musical performances. Last year was Suri's most me into the college community
In 1999, Suri was given the important performance of since I am so far away from
The emblem for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, which was held
lead role in a Cabaret show which she sang the role of Mimi home."
in Salt Lake City.
titled, "Jacqus Brel," which in "La Boheme." J | | Congratulations on Ohio
was performed at the Director's She reca I led being completely University Marianna!
Honors Program Director Dr. burgeoning economy and Circle Theatre in downtown amazed and honored to receive
Chambers also assisted the military, while checking its Erie. i the role as Mimi at such an early Do you have an itch
emptied by: Courtney
students with their proposals. growing influence on the In 2000, she played the role time in her career. that you want to
icholas of Mrs. Gobineau in a "It was incredible to sing
eatures editor Fedele's lectured on the international scene and scratch?
interest of the United States stabilizing the balance of Halloween production called that role at age 21" quotes Suri.
policymakers. power in Asia." "The Medium," which was '"Usually that role is given to Come to room 114 in
This March, Michael Fedele "Using extensive research to Krysiek's lecture concen- performed in the Student Union someone who is further along the Hirt Center and
and Timothy Krysiek will expose the nature of Chinese trated on the fact that Russia Great Room. in her career." I tf ill out
represent Mercyhurst College foreign policy interests and the remains a significant power in "The performance was very She has also taken part in the
intimate and intense" said Suri. music festival held in New York
an application to
at the National Conference on state of Sino-American the international community.
Undergraduate Research. relations, three strategic options . . .
This modern production was where she studied with famous write for the
Russia is a major military
This year the conference are offered as suggestions of power with a considerable the first opera Marianna was opera singers,! including Merciad next year.
will be held in Salt Lake City possible U.S. policy doctrines given a lead role in. In 2001 Martina Arroyo and Nancy
nuclear arsenal.
Stokes Milnes.
We need writers!!!!!
and hosted by the University toward China." said Fedele. " The largest nation in the during her junior year, Suri sang
of Utah. ?f - world, Russia has vast natu-
Fedele's presentation, "A
Delimited ^Approach to
Chinese-American Relations," U
ral resources including con-
siderable petroleum and fresh
water reserves. Under Presi-
Laker Inn Winter Lunch
The largest
examines strategies for shaping
American jpolicy towards nation inifie world,
Asia's largest power.
dent Vladimir Putin, Russia
has begun to institute impor-
tant economic and legal re-
Specials
JKrysiek's presentation, Russia has vast natu- forms." Krysiek said. Monday j Wednesday Fridpy
entitled "Jekyll & Hyde: A ral resources includ- "Although Moscow seeks a Steele City Sandwich Pick a burger i Baked potato with
Strategic Approach to 21st closer economic relationship 2 Cookies Small f f Cheddar and Broccoli
Century Relations with the ing considerable pe- with the West, the Russian
20 oz. drink 4 oz. coleslaw Small salad
9
Russian Federation examines troleum and fresh military is guilty of serious
the current social, economic, human rights violations in its 20 oz. drink Pretzel
and military issues facing
water reserves, j j war against Chechen Tuesday 20 oz. drink
Russia and offers a variety of -Tim Krysiek separatists. In addition, the Meatball Sub Thursday
government has instituted Small ff Meat or Veggie Lasagna Saturday
U.S. foreign policy options. several crackdowns against Small salad Small salad I Chicken Finger sub
Both presentations are based various social activists and 20 oz. drink Bread sticks Small f f OR 2 cookies
on projects the students com- "A proper.synthesis of religious groups, Russian 20 oz. drink
weapons sales and nuclear
20 oz. drink
pleted during Dr. Ripley's In- conciliation and stipulation is
telligence and National Secu- necessary to foster a Sino- assistance to Iran, Iraq and
rity course. H American relationship that is other nations hostile to the Sunday
Fedele and Krysiek are both both beneficial to each nation United States are a point of Grill chicken sandwich
sophomore majors in the and appreciative of U.S. national continual concern."
Large f f
Research Intelligence Analyst security concerns. Thus it is Both students were excited
to present their ideas and
20 oz. drink
Program and Russian Studies necessary to adopt a policy
at Mercyhurst College. objective thai promotes China's gained much insight. Students: Don't Forget to GRAB Your "Lunch on the Run!"
PAGE 6 THEMERCIAD FEBRUARY 6,2003

OPINION To contact: opinionmerciad@mercyhuret.edu

THE GOOD. Letter from the editor

Recently, an irate student
• This year's Winter Formal was a popular event over the weekend... May be it had something stopped me in the halls and
to do with the 4-manned mini-bar. asked me how I could print Mr.
Elliott's article last week re-
garding his opinion about abor-
• Seems like Tinseltown is following the PAC's lead in terms of bringing quality Oscar-caliber
cinema to a squeaky theatre chair near you. This past weekend, * Bowling for Columbine* and tion.
The student suggested that
the critically lauded 'The Hours' opened. And with Wednesday's viewing of the anime hit
the author should have been
"Spirited Away,' it's film geek heaven.
more educated about his topic
and that I should have also been
* I want to send out a personal thank you to the campus secuirty officers who gave me a hand
more of an "editor** in my de-
when my Ford P.O.S. stalled out last Tuesday, the Friday before, and oh yeah, every other cision to run the piece.
time I try to start it. The student ended her com-
ments with a maybe promise to
• For English majors, the senior nnglish project is due...how "good" or "bad" that is depends respond to Mr. Elliott's article;
on you. BL to which I thought: "Don't
tease with a * Letter to the Edi-
• Students came up with a fun, albeit sorta degrading, way to raise money for the fHabitat for tor' and end up not doing it
Humanity" trips: A date auction. But wait a minute — I thought we're supposed to detour the 'cause I need them."
shy guys on campus from paying for girls? As of press time, that stu-
dent's written objections to the
article have yet to arrive.
THE-BAD... And this is sad.
For someone who was so ad-
amant about their feelings in re-
• Some R.A.'s are abusing their "power," some are even chasing, yes chasing, down kids gards to a heated issue as abor-
with open containers and yelling wannabe cool, sassy remarks at them like they were on tion, one would think they
'COPS,'only a really anal-retentive version of it. Now I know this does not apply to all RA's, would want to share their opin-
but to those that it does, at the end of the day, do you think tailing students with an ex-RA as ion.
sidekick and a notebook in hand is really worth it? I'm sorry they cancelled 'Farscape,' but At least Mr. Elliott, regardless
find another hobby,*. of whether or not you agreed
with his view, took the time and
• An alarm went off over at the Hirt Center, preventing students from getting into both our had the balls to put his down in
offices and the graphics lab due to the power-controlled locks going offline. According to print.
some reports, an overheated generator caused a power surge. Furthermore, this situation
echoes a sentiment written by
• Commuters and on-campus drivers are still making up parking spaces in the Hirt Center's Mr. Elliott in an earlier article
parking lot. One student almost hit one of these illegally parked cars. Not to harp on Campus regarding Mercyh urst as an in-
Security^ but giving them tickets is not the answer. You'll put a boot on a car because its tellectually "dead" campus, one
driver has a few outstanding tickets, but you won't tow an illegally parked car? God forbid
one of them gets hit, and don't say we didn't warn you.
Ready-to-wear: Stylin' and
THE UGLY... 9
profiling with guys formal wear
• Sidewalks outside Preston Hall and the Hirt Center are cracked'. Tripping over them is almost
as fun as the embarrassment.
By Megan Cvitkovic
Contributing writer
How can no one respond to
such a hot bed
And Another Thing... come up with articles and ideastopic? I try to
that press buttons and make
people stop to think, but judg-
Phil ing by the tumbleweed rolling
in my inbox, no one is reading
Pirrello or no one is reading closely
enough to agree or disagree.
And notice how I said,
which has opinions but doesn't "agree or disagree," not judge;
want to share them outside the something the aforementioned
forums of walks to the Union student was doing in regards
or classroom asides. to Mr. Elliott's article.
Mercyhurst isn 't intellectual- Common sense: No opinion
ly dead, just full oftoo many shy is right or wrong, completely
people, too many busy people, true or false.
with some really interesting opin- They are opinions, in the form
ions. of editorials, published for ei-
And administration's often re- ther the entertainment or edu-
strictive, old-fashioned, "Ozzie cation of the reader.
and Harriet" view ofstudent life They are editorials published
doesn't help much. not to conform and satisfy stan-
Maybe what is preventing stu- dards or universals, but rather
dents from voicing their opin- look at them or challenge them
ions (outside hallway confron- in ways to prompt responses.
tations) is the belief that the ed- But where are those responses
itors of The Merciad are arro- here on campus?
gant elitists and only put in what Where are the *Abortion is
we want to. fine by me' articles?
So not true. I fear that the answers to
We are incredibly arrogant elit- those questions may not be
ists who don't give two craps found among many 'Hurst stu-
about you or your views, which dents.
would make sense because ev- So before anyone bitches and
ery issue is devoted to student moans about the opinions on
news, issues, opinions, etc. these pages, remember that I
Think McFly, think. don't see many of you guys or
What's it gonna take? gals doing anything about it.

Stopping the 'wheels of war' We may never have expect-

Here we are, on this* cozy"
Catholic college campus, at-
tending to the daily duties of
studies.
Whi le on the other side of the
world, our government has
sent and continues to send
thousands oftroops to prepare
for a war against the people
of Iraq
For the time being, the war
is planned to take place on Ira-
qi soil.
We have no idea what or
where the spillover effects
might be,;
This scenario seems more
than a bit surreal.
Do you agree that our nation
and its army should attack
ed it to happen, but I believe
I Mail it 1oT President George this past weekend, the unimag-
Questioning Faith Bush, White House, 1600 Penn- inable was imagined.
sylvania Avenue NW, Washing- The Winter Charity formal
ton. D.C. 20500. actually allowed us the oppor-
Sn Geri Rosinski This was tried in the 1950s tunity to see guys, fellow Mer-
during Eisenhower's tenure as cyhurst students, boyfriends,
cers, caused by the spent fuel President. IB $ % friends and neighbors, all
rods strewn throughout their The U.S. was debating the use dressed up with somewhere to
land, left behind by the bombs of nuclear weapons against two go- I |i ; Std
we detonated 10 years ago. Chinese islands, Quemoy and And the only words I can
Want to help stop the wheels Matsu. think ofto describe these dash-
of war? \^President Eisenhower's gener- ing young men are stylin' and
A suggestion from a Menno- als twice recommended the use profilin'.
nite church in Boulder, Colo. of nuclear force. Of course, most ladies on
may offer a solution. Each time the President asked this campus naturally assumed
The church suggests to gath- his aide ifthose little bags of rice that guys could care less about
er as many people as possible were still coming in, the aide in- fashion, especially for those
to participate and then proceed formed him that tens of thou- extremely challenged dressers
to do the following three things: sands of such bags had come who don't understand the ba-
1) Put one third cup of un- in| $ sics behind not mixing black Photo courtesy of www shopbop cam

Iraq? Do you agree that the
U.S. should attack a nation of
people still reeling from our
last attack ten years ago?
Over 600,000 Iraqi children
have died from malnutrition
and illnesses associated with
the economic sanctions of the
past 10 years. |J
In particular, the children in
Iraq continue to be suffering
from increased rates of can-
cooked rice in a sandwich bag. President Eisenhower wisely and brown.
2) Squeeze out all of the air concluded that since so many But Friday certainly proved
and seal it; and 3) Put it in a Americans were expressing con- all of us non-believers wrong.
standard business envelope cern that the United States feed Guys have picked up on
stamped with a $.37 stamp and the Chinese, that he wouldn 't go some of the latest trends, even
a note that says: "If your ene- to war against them. if they pertain to formal wear,
mies are hungry, feed them" If we each try this simple task and we can a 11 be very thank-
(Romans 12:20). * | | [ ASAP, maybe, once again, our ful because, as a result, there
Please also write the follow- generation can turn the tide of were a lot of jaw dropping,
ing: "Please send this rice to the war. good looking guys.
people of Iraq. Do not attack m One of the biggest and per-
them." haps best trends was the one
color, two tone look. Fellas that
sported same color shirts and
ties hit a jackpot of a trend, in
terms of looks and the fact that
this ensemble is easily put to-
gether.?
Such a look can be achieved
with a shirt and tie in the same
color family, with the shirt
generally being the deeper
shade of the two. This of
course does not mean wear a
navy blue dress shirt with
some funky blue tie - Pick one
color and use a tie that is a
shade lighter.
Another combo that looks
great involves staying within
the same color family but
wearing a tie that has a metal-
lic sheen to it. I n other words,
•
Aside from the guy's ape drape, this ensemble works.
the navy shirt with a silky, shiny
looking metallic navy tie.
Suits also looked stellar this
past weekend, as styles finally
moved awayfromthe more tra-
ditional looks to stuff that was a
little more edge, and sex appeal.
Many guys sported single-
breasted jackets, which were cut
higher so that there was less
chest visible. On taller gents, the
straighter cut helps to accentu-
ate the height, without manag-
ing to make the person look
lanky.
On shorter guys, the straight-
ness can help to elongate the
body giving the appearance of
more height. Just be sure to
choose a jacket length that is
appropriate to your height.
And while it has become ap-
parent that Mercyhurst guys are
capable of dressing well, there
are always a few things to keep
in mind.
If ties are something required,
metallic and same color ties can
become mundane or too dressy.
So when looking for every-
day ties, please avoid the "old
man" look and stay with the
fun stuff.
By fun I mean bright colors
and prints that are eye catch-
ing but void of cartoon char-
acters. You want the tie to be
an attention getter, but not so
much that you can only wear
you're "Gone Fishing" tie ev-
ery other month.
Still, even more important
than hot colors is being cre-
ative. Guys, don't be afraid to
try a new fabric, color or cut
of clothing.
And if you want to get bold,
but are nervous, take a girl
shopping with you. Most of
us love the chance to pick
something out for guys, and
we're honest.
I would like to congratulate
all the guys who cleaned up
so very nicely this weekend.
Keep up the good dressing
guys; we all want to see more
of it!

Mental Note
44
God is a comedian playing to an audience too
afraid to laugh] 55
Voltaire
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To contact opinionmercjad@mercyhurstedu OPINION

Campusl Question: Campus
Does campus security properly address and handle campus issues?
"Yes, the campus security
doesn't seem to operate out of
their mandate; they tend to re-
spect the student body and
they don't really live up to any
sort of image of a power-trip-
ping cop,"
—Jason Endress, sophomore
"Campus security isn't really
an authority that is properly
equipped, or for that matter,
properly instituted to handle is-
sues that are of concern on this
campus. Instead, they really
just serve the purpose of re-
sponding to problems, like
drunk athletes on a Saturday
night Anyone expecting them
to foil a rape is going to be dis-
Campus Question: Second Opinion
security: To
«<
Campus what?"
— Matt En gel* sophomore
(4
Hell no!"
- Kyle Goodroe, freshman serve . -not to be liked
"No, they just drive around, un- "I think so. They seem to
lock doors and have work study By Josh West
maintain a good presence
students write the parking tick- around campus...I feel fairly Contributing writer
ets for them."| safe here, anyway." &
— Erik Yaliko, freshman Katie Putney, sophomore
Police and safety gets a pret-
"I feel that campus security "I think that, sometimes, cam- ty bad rap in most circles at
needs to worry less about park- pus security stresses on mi- Mercyhurst.
ing and more about the safety nor issues, such as snowball Of course they do.
of students. After all, they are fights, and disregards larger They're the cops, the fuzz,
campus security." issues. But for the most part, the man.
— Ted Nagorsen, junior I think they give a campus like This is college, and college
isn't exactly the kind of place
Mercy hurst the amount of de-
"No, [campus security] needs fense needed. where people have any great
to work more actively to pre- — Kristin Ficorilli, junior affection for the law.
vent major threats to student Campus security doesn't get
safety, instead of focusing on "I think it would be a good an appreciation day. fite photo

appointed."
— Ryan* Noles, sophomore
"I was locked out of my apart-
ment, police & safety respond-
ed and then proceeded to make
tun of me. At least they let me
in.«
Sasha Filipovich, junior
"No, they depend too much on
video cameras, as opposed to
actually interacting with the
students. They drive around
trying to prove their authori-
ty." '.
—Adam Morertin, sophomore
Sleep: The ultimate college luxury
MY*
111 sleep when I m dead."
—- Ernest Hemingway
What a crazy day. I have
class from eight to 12, work
parking tickets and testing ran- idea to make campus security We don't send them Christ-
Campus security patrols, but is that enough?
dom freshman for alcohol. easily accessible at all times, mas cards.
— Brendan Lake, freshman possibly having some sort of You never see gift baskets full
call boxes scattered around of miniature muffins on their
"I don't feel that they address campus. desks. thing like vigilante footbal 1 play- don't really think they do.
real security issues. All they —• Rachel Ely, sophomore You'd be hard pressed to find ers or total anarchy. Nor do I think they really
seem to care about is where someone who wouldn't laugh Even people who think they're need to. J-J
people park and they do not ad- "For the most part, they're if they saw one of them push- evil would agree that they are a I don't need them acting as
dress any serious problems. efficient— It's the R.A.'s that ing their broken golf cart along necessary evil. social guardians or champions
Basically, they are a joke." are lacking." Briggs or chasing their truck Taking into consideration that of morality.
— Jill Natale, freshman that rolled away while they this is the way things are and They don't need to take a
— Amy Sterling, freshman
were measuring the distance that we need some sort of se- stand on every issue, and they
"[Campus security addresses "I'm not sure; I don't really between a car tire and the curity around, they really don't certainly don't need to tell me
campus issues] just about as hear enough campus issues. curb. do all that bad a job. how they feel about things.
much as our president address- Things usually seem peaceful What it comes down to is In my experience, they do The officers of campus se-
es national issues." enough for me." that police and safety are cops, their job. curity need to know what the
— John Brake, sophomore — Justin Gorsage, senior and people tend not to like They keep an eye on things law is, enforce it to the best of
cops. and they stay out of your face their abilities and come to serve
But look at it this way: First unless you're really causing a when they're called.
of all, we aren't going to do problem. Oh: And they need to make
away with campus law en-
forcement in favor of SOme-
As far as how they address and sure that our cars are exactly
handle big campus issues, I centered in their parking spots.
ble reading and have trouble fo-
Quotation Marks

Dana Moderick
cusing.
At Mercyhurst College, the
students I have talked to get any-
where from three to four hours
One eye blind: Keeping
from one to five, another class
from six to eight, then I have
of sleep a night. This lack of
sleep is due to increasingly hard
to* go straight to practice until not being permitted to partici- classes and the students' desire
io. B pate in their next event or game. to perform well.
hero worship in check
After that, I have to finish Teachers pile on homework Students are so stressed out, Americans don't have heroes They did not flaunt his mis-
all the homework I have due for their classes. They will give they are'unable to fall asleep anymore. takes before the world, as they
Who can blame us really?
But I Could Be Wrong did not matter.
the next day. Well, I'm not at least three hours of homework when their schedule actually
getting much sleep tonight. sometimes and expect it to be permits it. It would seem that we have Perhaps, Americans do not
Sound familiar to anyone done two days later for class, One student summed up the no one left to believe in. know what is relevant any-
else? It should. which is understandable. lack of sleep in a simple phrase: Every time you turn around, more.
The average college student But when a student has three "Too many commitments, too one of our public figures is be- Jaime Is there a solution to our pre-
gets less than seven hours of other classes to worry about, much partying, too much ing accused of some sort of dicament? Of course — Turn
sleep per night. plus all their activities, it is hard Work." misdeed Rinne a blind eye.
Students pack their schedules Presidents, athletes, movie It's simple, really. f
So what do we spend our to balance everything out.
time on? College students have Therefore, students sacrifice to the maximum by trying to stars - no one escapes the ever When some minor imperfec-
accomplish everything that is vigilant eyes of today's media. tion manages to surface, like a
schedules that would make the only thing they can - their
expected of them. It has been Every single act of indecency stained dress or a suspicious
anyone crazy. Many students sleep. looking cigarette, just look the
here at Mercyhurst have to "College students are getting proven that students who are is recorded for posterity. It's al- Prime Minister Winston
more fatigued are more prone ways something: money, drugs, Churchill led the British and the other way.
take three or four regular 6.1 hours per night and need
to i 1 lness and the grades of many sex...It would seem that there world through one of the dark- .Exercise caution, of course.
classes, along with four-hour 9.25," says James B. Maas, a isn't a single unblemished soul est times in history.
even suffer due to sleep depri- Closing both eyes is an easy
labs which are worth only one psychology professor at Cornell amongst us anymore. way to get blindsided.
University. * vation. He also suffered from severe
credit. Look for heroes when heroes
This just shows how serious Students need to learn that not There just simply aren't any depression and alcoholism.
Those students who have the
only are school and other activ- heroes left. So, why do these sorts of matter.
jammed schedules and also the problem could become. character flaws matter today? Look for heroes when it's
Students run on caffeine. ities important, but also the Oh, to live back in the days
play sports, dance, play an in- | Why do Americans expect down to the wire and you need
They procrastinate on projects amount of sleep we get is im- when heroes were plentiful,
strument, etc. also have their when the president seemed nothing less than perfection; someone to get you through.
practice to fit in. and homework because they portant If we are not willing to nothing less than sainthood
catch some much-needed sleep, worthy of his office and celeb- Expect your heroes to be like
If they do not perform well need downtime to relax. rities seemed to be I he epitome from those who live within the yourself: Flawed, blemished
or attend their rehearsals or The lack of sleep causes them we will never be ready for what of moral character. public sphere?| and imperfect.
practices, they are punished by to fall asleep in class, have trou- life has in store for us." Those were people to look up Most Americans today do not Heroes are meant to remind
to. \ % remember a time when accom- you of what ordinary people
Like President John F. plishments meant more than ac- can do in extraordinary circum-

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He also had call girls swim- were two separate things and not make you be better than your-
ming in the White House pool hopelessly entangled. self * ? .;
and Marilyn Monroe singing At French President Francois There's more hope in this
sensual serenades to him on his Mitterrand's funeral in 1996, his world when we remember
birthday. wife and his two sons stood what's important.
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IS worth the
Ticket Stub
By Phil Pirrello
Opinion editor

As director Stephen Daldry's

ambitious, yet faulty, adaptation
of Michael Cunningham's book
J opens, he manages to intricate-
f ly edit three different stories,
[ from three different time peri-
ods, while maintaining a brisk
pace to the proceedings.
Too soon does that briskness
fade into pedestrian, overreach -
• ing commentaries regarding
revered literary figure Virginia
I Woolf and her "Mrs. Dallo-
[ way's*' effect on two women
J, seeking meaning in a yet-to-
expire life.
All 'The Hours' delivers are
eloquent phrases exaggerated
; with one too many overwritten
epiphanies and staged with a
bawdy theatrical style that one
. may think they are watching
I three of our greatest actresses
on a stage rather than on a si 1
r ver screen. Photo courtesy of krtcampuscom Photo courtesy of krti
£ The Plot: In 1923, Virginia
F Woolf (Nicole Kidman) chain- Left to right, Claire Danes as Julia and Meryl Streep as Clarissa star in The Hours,' a Nicole Kidman plays the brilliant but tortured Virginia
smokes her way into literary Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films presentation. The screenplay is by David Hare Woolf in The Hours.' i* i IM 1 1
history while her body literally and based upon the novel by Michael Cunningham.
ends up drowning in the artist's
* brooding depression. Julianne
' Moore plays an expectant debating, as Woolf puts it in the precocious daughter, warrants Much has been said about can't be really enjoyed or tle of an original take on this
mother in 1953 who defines her movie, **the suffocating anes- such tear-jerking examinations Kidman's transformation into watched without bias in the theme; aside from confining it
; arguably fleeting love for her thetic of the suburbs or the vi- of life and questions wonder- Woolf, with the prosthetic nose wake of all its hype. I wanted to a welcomed, all-female per-
; husband and ten year old son olent jolt of the Capital." ing whether or not that life is and what not. But she could be to like i t, but Daldry's overbear- spective.
; with birthday cakes and awk- The Good: This intimate ex- too late to start over. wearing a clown's red ball on ing staging of scenes and the- "Stub's Bottom One:" See
ward kisses with a peppy, but ercise in craft is blessed with a Moore is the "It" actress of her face and still be the most atrical approach to set-ups bor- 'The Hours' for great acting,
tortured, neighbor. And in 2001, trio of career-defining perfor- her generation and she plays her worthy candidate for the Best derlined on amateur. And Dav- but don't expect it to be this
Meryl Streep plays Clarissa, mances that are the stuff Os- confused 1950s housewife with Actress Oscar. Asidefromhav- id Hare's script, a solid adapta- movie event of life altering pro-
affectionately called **Mrs. Dal- car is awarded to. (Unfortunate- admirable restraint; we never ing the best lines in the script tion of a once-thought to be portions. Its analyses of sexual
loway" by.her dying AIDS- ly, 'The Hours' is too self-con- see her in the act of acting, she and the most screen time, Kid- impossible to adapt book, is confusion and love are simply
stricken friend; played by an scious of that fact, capturing just is. From the moment her man sheds her 'Moulin Rouge* filled with too many exagger- paralleled throughout to follow
unrecognizable Ed Harris. All every one of Streep's hand- pale, lonely face gets caught in nominated decadence and in- ated moments of enlightenment continuity of script, as opposed
three stories weave in and out shaking, tearful unraveling with a close-up, we feel her isola- habits Woolf's state of mind as and "woe is me" acknowledge- to satisfying a grander, dramatic
with varying degrees of suc- deliberate slow zoom-ins). tion and see her pain seep from though she was too sensitive to ments of life's hardships. We arch that ultimately fails to war-
cess and pathos, all three some- Streep overacts, yes, but her her pores. Moore deserves any live in this world. know life is hard; better mov- rant consideration for the Best
how paralleling the life of character, a sheltered sophisti- accolades such a daring perfor- The Bad: 'The Hours' may ies have milked that theme be- Picture win.
Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway while cate with a live-in lover and a mance deserves. be one of those movies that fore and 'The Hours' offers lit-

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then it gets to me.'*., the body and show you what By Adam DuShole ing the rounds at 2 a.m.. cost.
There's a lot of this going we're talking about. I think Arts & Entertainment editor My personal favorite, the Of course, any review of
LOS ANGELES — It's decid- around lately, with "CSI: Mi- that's one of the reasons peo- omelette, is served with just Taki's would be remiss in not
• edly creepy and queasy amid all ami" and its papa, "CSI: Crime ple watch our show, because Located far from the hustle about any filling, homefriesor mentioning the quality service.
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ami," where head man Matthew specialists busier than ants at a why that isn't necessarily good post-Mast call' crowd should money buying rounds at the bar bit of advice with every coffee
W. Mungle bends, shapes and picnic. for the victim." not dissuade the first-timer or supporting Erie's local erot- refill. 1 |
mutilates in accordance with Another example of his art- The eulogy on this subject from taking a chance on their ic performance artists. Stop in to Taki's Restaurant
the show's weekly body istry resides in "CSI: Miami's" falls to Khandi Alexander, who tasty and authentic diner cuisine If you're in the mood for and visit an Erie landmark. Call
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the 46-year-old native of Ato- arms and face are pockmarked
ka, Okla. "And it got into my with deadly gouges; the room
experiences while acting oppo-
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ie. Another corpse has a brain- Bruckheimer, whose explo- ble is steel, you know. It's very
exposing head wound. Reach in sive feature film hits include freaky to lay on that table and
and touch something if you'd "The Rock," "Top Gun," "Con pretend you're dead.
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The Postal Service'! delivers i
WreChords
By Robbie Bahl
Contributing writer
The long awaited release ofthe
hyped Postal Service EP was a
day of historical mergers. If
you are furrowing your brow,
I am referring to the merger of
the Death Cab for Cutie vocal-
ist, Ben Gibbard, and every-
one's favorite master of ambi-
ance, turntables, and emotion,
Dntel. i gj
Both with incredible recent
releases, the two made the de-
cision to spit out a full length
album after the acclaimed suc-
cess of the track entitled, Evan
and Chan,fromDntel's stellar
release, Life is Full of Possi-
bilities. The combination of the
two is reminiscent of a bad ep-
isode of Shipmates due to their
difference in musical roots. I
suppose opposites do attract.
Dntel is a one man DJ army,
producing mixes that incorpo-
rate indy vocals to electronically
spun beats, and remixes rang-
ing from club mixes to Sigur
Ros-like buildups. Gibbard is the
Burning Brides has Kazaa strikes back
the press sweating at music labels
By Reggie Roys ton .
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Like a lot of the bandleaders
Rolling Stone magazine dubs
harbingers of a new rock revo-
lution, Burning Brides guitarist
and singer Dimitri Coats did his
time at art school.
But unlike his contemporar-
ies (the Strokes, the Hives or
the Mooney Suzuki), he didn't
produce a "take back rock"
agenda featured on the covers
of New York fashion magazines
I i ke the Face or Interview.
When Coats quit New York's
prestigious Juilliard School, the
last thing the former actor
wanted to do was play "the
part." f "j
"Playing guitar is the great-
est art form that I've ever been
involved in. It's a lot more in-
teresting than doing theater, I
can tell you that," said Coats.
In fact, there's very little that
Burning Brides has in common
with the past year's crop of neo-
garage groups. $ out rock *n* roll, and a lot of
Coats and his girlfriend, bass
player Melanie Campbell, her-
self a Juilliard dance graduate,
started the band in 1999, set-
tling on Philadelphia as their
home base. That city is gener-
ally outside the loop of indie-
rock's regional style centers like
New York, Seattle or San Di-
ego, where bands break up and
reform with the frequency of
junior-high trysts, adopting the
next big sound with the same
fervor as the last.
Although their first tour was
an opening slot for Detroit's hip
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frontman for Washington's
emo gods, Death Cabfor Cutie.
His soft, romantic sound has
been described to me as "gay
ass nursery rhyme crap" and
has provoked inquiries such as,
"Why do you listen to that gay
ass nursery rhyme crap?** Per-
sonally, I am hooked. Anything
the man releases, I keep under
my pi How.
Months ago, it was an-
nounced that the two would be
produced an album together via
mail. Wha? Here's how it
works kids. Dntel would cre-
ate the mixes, mail them to the
»
Gibbard, and he would lay his
vocal tracks and mail the junk
back. Dntel would master some
finishingtouches,and bam, we
got ThePostalService EP'folks.
I guess the EP is exactly what
I expected it to be. Dntel songs
with emo vocals — what else
did I expect? The sounds of the
album is decent, with several
guest appearances by female
vocalists.
A complaint is that at times, ing.
the Dntel beats simply create a
club-like feeling, corresponding pace to it, remaining free of
poorly with the emotional, gen slow ballads or acoustic tracks.
tie touch of Gibbard's vocals.
Thinking of Gibbard and help you get by/get by " The
some sort oi techno club just theme ofGibbard's lyrics would
makes me blow milk out of my be excellent material for Antho-
nose.. Its like Ozzy breakdanc ny Micheal Hall in some eight-
punk/blues; duo the White
Stripes, the past three years
have seen the power trio open
for a gamut of crowd favorites
in modern rock: Marilyn Man-
son, college celebs Local H and
Stone Temple Pilots.
A tour with groove rockers
Queens of the Stone Age thrust
them before hundreds of new
faces last summer and captured
the attention of the music press,
which quickly added Burning
Brides to its list of bands picked
to click.
But whereas the garage rock-
ers of today often come across
as reincarnations of the Stones,
with a twangy, bass less attempt
at soul music, Coats' Jim Mor-
rison-like image and Kurt Co-
bain growl is a bit much for fans
expecting clones with match-
ing suits or tattoos.
"We opened for the Anniver-
sary. It was kind of a rare op-
portunity to play for that post-
em o crowd of young, all-ages
kids," says Coats in a phone
interview. "You just come on
playing loud, aggressive, freak-
these kids just don't know what
they're watching. You go up to
them while you're playing and
get in their face, and it's a little
extreme. They didn't grow up
with a Guns N' Roses or a Van
Halen."
Burning Brides doesn't come
off as caustic or as slick as G-
N-R, but that's a good thing.
The band's debut, "Fall of the
Plastic Empire," released in
2000 and reissued last fall by a
Virgin Records affiliate, com-
bines the fury of the fuzz pedal
with perhaps the most melodic
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The album keeps a steady
"You should tell yourself to
punk since Nirvana/The har-
rowing riff on ''Arctic Snow"
proffers the type of speed that
causes snowmobile disasters.
Campbell's bass line is classic
and thick, and the track's ca-
lamitous drumming would give
even David Grohl an earache.
The album boasts a variety of
groove-charged punk, with
Coats delivering more weighty
riffs with one guitar than most
of today's rock bands accom-
plish with two. But this is rock
that leaves political seething
largely out of the picture, sub-
stituting instead relationship
blues in the stomping "If I'm a
Man."
There's also the trippy day-
dreaming on the psychedelic
"Blood on the Highway," where
Coats pouts like a kid: "All I
wanted in my life was a best
friend." ;
"The kind of rock that I
gravitate toward has a little bit
more danger to it and isn't so
cute," Coats said.
But if he tries to put distance
between his brand of rock and
that of groups like the Strokes,
maybe he should consider his
Image.
At a recent concert in Phila-
delphia, Oasis guitarist Liam
Gallagher mistook Coats for the
Strokes' lead singer and talked
about how his band and the
Strokes were going to have
loads of fun touring together.
"Apparently, at one point, I
could have been a stunt double
for one of them," says Coats,
laughing. "A rock V roll stunt
double. When they have to do
any of the dangerous stuff,
that's where I come in."
FEBRUARY 6,2003
ARTS&
ENTERTAINMENT
ThE
BuZz
FEB. 11. Pretenders, 30
Odd Foot of Grunts (with
Russell Crowe). Akron
Civic Theater, Akron,
Ohio. 7 \
FEB. 15. Fastball. Moon-
dogs, Pittsburgh.
FEB. 16. Sum 41,
Authority Zero, Starting
Line, No Use for a Name.
Agora Theatre, Cleveland.
FEB. 18. King's X. Agora
Ballroom, Cleveland.
FEB. 19. Indigo Girls-
Paul Melancon. Agora
Theatre, Cleveland
FEB.21.Clarks,Oval
Opus, Virginia Coalition,
Genuine Son. Odeon,
Cleveland. TicketMaster.
ies movie. They are female Gibbards' lines provide power FEB. 22. Comedy.
slash relationship oriented, usu- and drive usually lacking in George Carlin. Warner
ally confronting some dilemma most techno and indy songs. Theater, Erie. $37.75.
about how some girl j ust Overall, the collaboration be
doesn't get it again. tween the two is a pleasure. FEB. 25. Nick Carter,
The percussion tracks by Imagine what they would if Justin Case. Metropol,
Dntel provide a feel that strays they produced their next record Pittsburgh/'
from the average drum and bass without the use of the postal
spin. His snare rudiments over service. (7.7/10)<& £ IS FEB. 25. Toad the Wet
Sprocket. Odeon, Cleve- J
land.
FEB. 27. Eve. Club Laga,
Oakland, Pa.
MARCH 1. Prodigals^
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right in seeking to defend itself
Odeon, Cleveland.
MARCH 1 CKY.
Metropol, Pittsburgh.
against the five major labels.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski ll
Knight Ridder Newspapers Federal District Court Judge ' JVIARCH 2. Coldplay, the
Marilyn Hall Patel. who had re-,. Music.; A. J. Pal umbo
peatedly ruled against Napster, Theatre, Pittsburgh.
rhe Australian company be- allowed it to explore anti-trust SOLD OUT. (
hind the world's most popular issues in its defense. But the
online music swapping site ac- Redwood City company went MARCH 4. Les Nubians.
cuses the music and movie in- bankrupt before it could make Odeon, Cleveland.
dustries of conspiring against its arguments in court.
it to crush competition. The recording industry dis- MARCH 6. Cat Power,;
Sharman Networks^lhe cor- missed Sharman's charges as Entrance, more. Club
poration that distributes the Ka- f laughable/* Laga. Oakland.
zaa Media Desktop software, is "Sharman's claims are akin
trying to turn the legal tables on to the thief who plunders Fort MARCH 15. Disturbed,
27 entertainment corporations Knox and then claims she's not Chevel le, Taproot,
suing it for contributing to on- responsible because Fort Knox Unloco. CUS Convocation
line piracy. declined to buy her second-rate Center, Cleveland
The arguments filed last security system," said a
week in federal court in Los spokesman for the Recording MARCH 17.0.A.R.,
Angeles echo those once raised Industry Association of Ameri- Marc Boussard. Rock
by music-swapping pioneer ca. "Sharman and its cohort Jungle, Pittsburgh.
Napster. Kazaa, which built the world's
Sharman accuses the record largest piracy network pre- MARCH 18. Papa Roach,
labels and film studios of abus- . mised on flouting copyright Non Point, Reach; 454.
ing their copyrights to improp- laws and not obtaining licens- Metropol,„(Pittsbu rgh,.
erly extend their monopolies es, now claim that a lack of li-
into the emerging realm of In- censing has somehow inhibit- MARCH 19. Tori Amos.
ternet distribution. ed their development. This Warner Theater, Erie. On
Sharman said its business proposition is laughable." sale date TB A.
partner, Brilliant Digital Enter- Even experts in intellectual
tainment, developed a way to property law say Sharman has MARCH 23, Sigur Ros.
securely distribute copyrighted a difficult case to prove. Odeon, Cleveland, Odeon,
works in the file-sharing envi- "The big question will bej$ Cleveland.
ronment, and ensure artists get what, if anything, they can find
paid. Brilliant Digital's Altnet through discovery," said Evan* MARCH 24. Bon Jovi,
technology has been used to Cox, a partner in the interna- Goo Goo Dolls. Mellon
distribute 15 million licensed tional law firm of Covington & Arena, Pittsburgh.
copies of video games, inde- Burling in San Francisco. 'If
pendent music content and they had any kind of smoking APRIL 11-13. Rise Up
software each month, Sharman gun they probably would have Festival with emo/
claims. already produced it." hardcore bands, Club
But despite "repeated" meet- Probing for damning docu- Laga, Oakland.
ings with senior executives at ments and eliciting injurious tes-
the majoi labels — including timony from entertainment in- APRIL 15. Billy Joel and
Universal Music Group, Sony dustry executives can become Elton John. Gund Arena,
Music Warner Music Group prohibitively expensive. Just ask Cleveland. On sale at
and EMI — the labels refused Napster. TicketMaster.
to license music for di stribution "That's the chief problem
to Kazaa users, Rather than le- with these kinds Discounter APRIL 15. Avril Lavigne.
git imize Kazaa. the industry claims. They're incredibly ex- CSU Convocation Centre,
conspired to kill it, Sharman pensive and labor intensive to
Networks claims in it's counter bring. You have to prove a lot
Cleveland.
suit. about the nature of the other APRIL 18. lagermeister
"Today is a watershed for guy s business, said Fred von Music Tour with Saliva,
Sharman Networks," said Nik- Lohmann, a lawyer for the I led, Breaking Benjamin.
ki Hemming, Sharman's chief Electronic Frontier Foundation, Metropol, Pittsburgh.
executive, in a prepared state- which is representing Stream
ment. "In submitting our coun- Cast Networks, parent of mu- APRIL 24. Insane Clown
terclaim we are placing our side sic swapping site Morpheus, in Posse with 2 Live Crew,
of the story on the record and a parallel copyright infringe- Anyboda Killa. Metropol,
demonstrating our effort to find ment case. "Forcing them to Pittsburgh. On sale at,
a win-win solution for consum- divulge that information In- TicketMaster,
ers, the entertainment industry volves lots of lawyer time ...
and creators." Until now, no one has had the
Napster raised similar claims resources to tell that story in
of collusion and abuse of copy* court. •»
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J-AKER
SPORTS To contact: sportsmerciad@mercyhurst.edu

X G a m e s have become extremely big business

By Kamon Simpson
Knight Ridder Newspapers
ASPEN, Colo. — Welcome
to the Winter X Games, home
of extreme sport, Right Guard
extreme sport deodorant that is.
Dozens of those Right Guard
sample deodorants, handed out
by the case to spectators at-
tending this weekend's event at
Buttermilk Mountain, litter the
base area surrounding these
games, tossed away by the type
of audience that, frankly,
doesn't seem to desire a more
powerful anti-perspirant.
But there's Right Guard, tak-
ing its place alongside the oth-
er prominent sponsors of these
games. Wrapped around every
venue and cloaking every move
made by the athletes are the
ubiquitous signs of Jeep, Moun-
tain Dew, Motorola, Taco Bell,
Levis, Verizon, AT&T, and a
host of other advertisers fight-
ing for space.;
To get to the venues, specta-
tors must pass through a tent
city ofthose advertisers, every-
one raffling off snowboards on
the hour, every hour. Everyone
handing out freebies like Taco
Bell cowbells and coffee tum-
blers, Jeep ski caps and plastic
hand clappers, and Sony Play-
Station inflatable sticks, which
make it impossible to squeeze
through the crowd without be-
ing bopped by a stranger.
Want to make a free call any-
where in the country? Stop by
the Motorola booth and get a
quick charge on your cell
phone while you're there. Want
to find out more about breast
cancer? Stop by the Boarding
for Breast Cancer booth along
the boardwalk. Want a new pair
of Oakley sunglasses? The
EXPN Pro Shop has you cov-
ered. , ^
Love daredevils likemoto-
Bronze medalist Jimi Tomer frontside 180s the channel gap.
cross freestyle trickster Mike
Metzger? Then check out
Daredevil," the movie, staring
Ben Affleck, in theaters every-
where Feb. 14, a date that has
been burned onto the brain of
every kid here by a nonstop
stream of ads for the film on
the big screen TVs hovering
over the park.
Welcome to the X Games,
which has always prided itself
on being outside the main-
stream, of appealing to the anti-
establishment crowd.
Yeah, right. "I thought when the X Games
"Now there's corporate stuff started, it was supposed to be
M
here out the —, said Brian for the rebels, and it was sup-
Deegan, a motocross freestyle posed to have no rules, do what-
cyclist whose Metal Mulisha ever you want," Deegan said.
crew, decked out in black leath- "But guess what? Now that we
er and silver studs, prides itself have bigger sponsors, we have
on being as hardcore and anti- some rules. That's life. When
establishment as any group at you're dealing with bigger mon-
the X Games. And yet, talking ey, you have more rules. That's
about the sponsorship of his something I've had to accept.
Alpine sports counterparts, I bite my tongue sometimes,
Deegan admits, "I'd put my because I want to make mon-
bank account up against any of ey. I want to be rich, just like
theirs." % everyone else. But yeah, sell-
t mean, they started as a made-
©EXPN/Kbhlman
Photo courtesy of EXPN.com
ing out is always the biggest
fear." \ i
Everyone's making money.
Beyond the $500,000 in prize
money this weekend, there are
all the endorsement deals, some
in the seven figures for athletes
like snowboarder Ross Powers.
The motocross guys like Dee-
gan can make$50,000 in a
weekend for landing back flips.
And, remember, the X Games
were created by ESPN, whose
parent company is a little en-
terprise you may have heard of,
Disney. i
"I'm not sure the X Games
were ever an underground
movement," said Powers, a fre-
estyle gold medalist at the 2002
Salt Lake Winter Olympics. "I
for-TV event, so they were al-
ways designed to sell ads. All
this is nothing new."
No, but the audience seem-
ingly is. Younger, younger,
younger is the cry among ad-
vertisers, seeking that coveted
young adult demographic. "By
aligning our brand with this
event, we directly connect with
our loyal PlayStation2 users and
action-sports fans on a very
personal level," said Ami Blaire,
director of product marketing
for Sony. |
"These games are just like
Jeep," said DaimlerChrysler
vice president Jeff Bell. "They
have a go-anywhere, do-any-
thing attitude.
It's just that amidst all this
rampant commercialism, the
games don't have quite the
edge that their reputation sug-
gests. On Saturday, for exam-
ple, skittish ESPN officials
wheeled out a heavier-than-usu-
al security presence, ironically
enough, because of fears of a
scheduled peace rally in Aspen.
ESPN posted warnings all
over the venues warning spec-
tators that, "ESPN reserves the
right to remove any sign at any
time," but still there were plen-
ty of "Make snow, not war,"
messages displayed in the
crowds, and at the end of one
Ultracross run, a couple of fe-
male streakers carrying anti-fur
signs made it onto the course
and posed for pictures with
skiers before being whisked
away by security.
Alas, they didn't make it into
the evening's broadcast. After
all, that would be bad for busi-
ness.

Ron Coleman takes No. 5 Lakers drop fourth straight

By Andrew Spillane
Contributing writer
The sport of professional
bodybuilding is foreign to most
of us who grew up around the
traditional ball-oriented team
sports. It is a sport that not only
requires a tremendous amount
of genetic predisposition, but
also a work ethic and mentality
that wi 11 be tested for weeks and
months at a time.
The Mr. Olympia contest is
the Super j Bowl of
bodybuilding. This is the con-
test that determines who pos-
sesses the best physique in the
world.
Ronnie Coleman, a former
cop from Arlington Texas, has
won the crown for the past five
years in a row. During this five
year period, Coleman's weight
has fluctuated between 250
pounds to 300 pounds depend-
molish the competition.
Coleman is the largest man
ever to win the Olympia, with
a body that would make former
champs like Arnold
Schwarzenegger, who domi-
nated the contest in the '70*s,
seem small.
Coleman's best attribute, and
the determining factor in pull-
ing out a couple of close calls
over the years with other equal-
ly incredible bodybuilders, is his
back.
Coleman has been known to
dead lift weights exceeding 800
File photo pounds, and bend row weights
of about 500 pounds. These
Bodybuilder Ron Coleman numbers are astronomical com-
flexes his huge muscles. pared to what normal human
beings are capable of.
ing on what bodybuilding Employing a positive outlook
shows he does. on life, Coleman loves to train
In his off-season, he eats a hard and heavy all the time. He
lot to add more muscle mass serves as a motivator and in-
that he will retain during his diet spiration for people lifting
phase, and thus help him de- weights everywhere.
Mercyhurst dropped its
fourth straight with an 81-63
loss at Ashland Saturday, Feb.
1. All five of Ashland's start-
ers scored in double figures
while the Lakers had three
starters reach double digits.
The loss puts the Lakers at 12-
10 overall and 4-8 in GLIAC
play and Ashland at 15-6 over-
all and 7-5 in the GLIAC,;
Mercyhurst kept it close for
most of the first ha I f before
the Eagles went on a 19-10 run
to take a 43-32 advantage at
the half.
Senior forward Scott Melle
led the way with 22 points and
seven boards while junior
guard Justin Shouse added 15
points, dished out six assists,
and had five steals. Shouse's
five steals moved him into
fourth place all-time with 184,
just one shy of third. Junior
forward Josh Helm added 11
File photo
points of his own and pulled in
seven boards. Helm's 11 points
give him 1002 for his career,
becoming the 11 th Laker with
1000 career points.
The Lakers bench outscored
Ashland's 11-2, but the Hurst
shot 42 percent from the floor
Junior Josh Helm has led
the Lakers all season long.
He has 407 points this sea-
son, averaging 18.5 per
game. He's also first on the
team in rebounds with 191,
averaging 8.7 per game.
Helm helped the Lakers
this weekend, scoring 11
points and getting seven
rebounds. Helm's 11 points
in the Laker's 81-63 loss
against Ashland gave him
10002 for his career, be-
coming the 11th Laker with
1000 career points. ;
while the Eagles shot 49 per-
cent.!
Mercyhurst will play i ts third
game of afive-gameroad trip
Thursday, Feb. 6, at Wayne
State. |
Info by MC Sports Information

Lady Lakers split road games
By Krista Ross
Cont ri but ing writer
The Mercyhurst women's
basketball team started their five
game road stand losing to Uni-
versity of Findlay Oilers 69-58
Thursday night, Jan. 30. The
Mercyhurst women fell to 4-15
overall and 1-10 in the league.
Mercyhurst had a 10 point
lead 30-20 with six minutes left
to play in thefirsthalf, but the
Oilers went on a 15-4 run to
take a one point lead at half 35-
34.
But the Lakers came out
strong in the second half and
would again lead by seven at
44-37 with 15 minutes left to
play. The Lakers held the lead
by a one point advantage 56-
55, with eight minutes left, but
the Oilers would make a 14-2
run and hold the Lakers score-
less, until thefinalminute of the
game. The final points of the
game came from freshman for-
ward Mary Clare Harlan. The
Oilers rallied the Lakers to a 63-
58 victory.
Ten different players scored
for Mercyhurst, but only senior
forward Teah Sonicksen hit
double figures with 14. The
Lakers out rebounded the Oil-
ers
The Mercyhurst women
snapped a four game losing
streak when they visited the
Ashland Eagles Saturday, Feb.
1 in overtime 73-69. The wom-
en improved their record to 5-
15 while winning their first
GLIAC game on I he road.
The first half of the game
went back and forth between
the Eagles and Lakers. Mercy-
hurst had the biggest lead of the
game at 29-22 with 4:39 left,
but the Ashland Eagles rallied
Coach for Girls Crew needed
to take the lead at half 35-34.
Ashland would lead by as
A prestigious local high school, Northwest Pennsylvania Colle-
many as seven in the second giate Academy ,tis starting a girls crew program. The season
half, but Mercyhurst scored the will be April/May and September/October. A coach is needed
last five points in regulation to
send the game into overtime tied
at 64. Experience as a rowing coach is preferred but not required.
The Lakers would never trail
in overtime, and scored the fi- Applicant needs to have experience as a rower, preferably at
nal four points of the contest. the college level. This position is part time, with practices and
Senior guard Katie Lorinc/ led regattas during the season.
three Lakers in double figures
with 15 points. Seniors Holly
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dozen each
!JIt was a great team effort,
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everyone played well together Lion's Oov
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The Lakers will continue their
five game road trip at Wayne (716) 326-2234
state Thursday, Feb. 6 and
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,JAKER
To contact: sportsmerciad@mercyhurst, edu SPORTS
Men hockey suffers ?
loss Upcoming
By Bryan Christopher 'Hurst Sports
Contributing writer
Women's hockey
The winning streak stopped
at five for the men's varsity
2/07/03 Wayne State 7 p.m. Home 1 ;
hockey team when the Bentley
2/09/03 Wayne State 1 p.m.
Falcons came to town.. A w a y •

"We played an average game

against Fairfield Friday night,
and average was not good Men's hockey
enough to beat Bentley on Sat-
urday,'* said head coach Rick 2/07/03 Sacred Heart 7 p.m. Awr-
Gotkin. 2/08/03 Fairfield 8 p.m Away
Saturday, at the Mercyhurst
Ice Center, the Falcons jumped
to a 5-0 lead, scoring three Women's basketball
goals in the first period and two
more in the second. Mercy-
2/06/03 Wayne State 5:30 p.m. Away
hurst got on the board when
2/08/03 Hillsdale 1 p.m. Away
freshman forward Scott Rey-
nolds scored a power-play goal 2/11/03 West Liberty 7:30 p.m. Away
fr

at 13:09 in the second.

Bentley answered less than a
minute later, but senior forward Men's basketball
P.J. Hiscock found the net at
16:55 to close the score at 6-2 2/06/03 Wayne State 7:30 p.m. Away
at the end ofthe middle period. 2/08/03 Hillsdale 3 p.m. Away
The Lakers poured it on in the Jody Mello/Contributing photographer
i •

third, starting with a power-

play goal from freshman for-
ward Peter Rynshoven at 7:40,
followed by an even strength
score by senior defenseman
Mike Muldoon.
Both teams went back-and-
forth without a goal for much
ofthe remainder ofthe period,
until sophomore forward Dav-
id Wrigley narrowed the Falcon
lead to one with his eleventh
goal ofthe season with less than
two minutes left in the game.
The Lakers then pulled goalt-
ender Andy Franck for the fi-
nal last minute of play to add
offensive pressure, but could
not tie the score. Bentley fin-
ished on top 6-5.
The Falcon win snaps a nine-
Freshman defenseman Preston Briggs takes the puck away from a Bentley player In last
Saturday's game against the Falcons. Briggs has one goal and five assists for the Lakers Men's tennis
this season. Mercyhurst fell short against Bentley, losing 6-5.
2/08/03 Carnegie Mellon 3 p.m. Home
game losing streak to the Lak- forward Rich Hansen leads the vision, depending on how they
ers. They last beat Mercyhurst team with 12 goals and is tied play in the remaining games. Women's tennis
in January of 1999. with Wrigley with a team-lead- "Every game in the MAAC is
The Lakers outshot Bentley ing 13 assists each. intense because there is always 2/08/03 Carnegie Mellon 3 p.m. Home
35-31 and 13-2 in the third pe- The Metro Atlantic Athletic so much at stake," said Got- 2/09/03 California Univ of Pa 2 p.m. Home
riod but Falcon netminder Si- Conference standings and play- kin. "It will be up to us to get
mon St. Pierre registered 30 off picture still has yet to be back to doing the things that
saves for the win. Laker fresh- determined. Teams need 22 make us successful-skate, hit,
and move the puck. We also
Men's volleyball
man goaltender Ryan Koble points to make the playoffs, and
played his first minutes of var- the Lakers already have 24. have to endure through some
injuries. At this point, it's all up 2/12/03 Ohio State 7 p.m Home
sity hockey during the second The top four teams host the
period in relief of Franck and first round of the conference to us."
suffered the first loss of his playoffs, and at this point Mer- The Lakers travel to Sacred
career. cyhurst could finish anywhere Heart and Fairfield for games Wrestling
For the season, sophomore from first to eighth in their di- Friday and Saturday.
2/08/03 Muskingum College 7:30 p.m. Away

LakerSi wrestle Buffalo to 31-12 loss Club hockey

2/07/03 Niagara University 9:30 p.m. Away
By Mackenzie Dexter 2/08/03 John Carroll University 7 p.m. Home
Sports editor

The men's wrestling team

started out well against the Uni-
versity of Buffalo Sunday, Feb.
2 winning the first three out of
Attention Power
four matches to take an early
12-4 lead. But the Bulls took the
Lifters
last six matches, including a
pair ofmajor decisions and two
pins, to defeat the Lakers 31- What: The Intramural office is proud to
12.
Sophomore Ricky Randazzo announce its first annual men's and
started the lead for the Lakers, iwomen's power lifting bench press
winning the 125 match 6-2.
Freshman Will Tedder won the competition.
141 match 5-3 and sophomore File photo File photo File photo

Jake Squire took the 149 class

pinning his opponent at 5:41.
Buffalo took all the other
matches. The Bulls scored ma-
jor decisions over sophomore
133 pound Mike Shumac,
freshman 157 pound Eric Squa-
trito and sophomore 184 pound
Ben McAvinew. The Buffalo
team also pinned sophomore
174 pound Jared Snyder at 1:47
and sophomore heavyweight
Angelo Caponi at 4:27. Sopho-
more Justin Mautz was defeat-
ed at the 197 weight class with
a close 3-2 match.
The Bulls improved to 7-3 in
dual matches while the Lakers
Sophomore Ricky Randazzo Freshman Will Tedder won Sophomore Jake Squire got When! Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m.
won his 125 pound match 6- the 141 pound match 5-3 and the last win for the Lakers
2. Randazzo now has a 15-9 has a 17-7 record this sea- against Buffalo with a pin at
record for the season. son. 5:41. |l I
dropped to 7-6. provide us with some compet- vidual wrestlers for seeding at Who: Student, Staff, and Faculty
"We wrestled pretty well itive matches as we prepare for regionals which will be held at
against a good quality Division our home stretch leading into Findlay on the 28th and first of
I program," said coach Cipol- regionals." March," stated Cipollone about
lone about the match, "After Muskingum, we stay the rest of the season.
Saturday, Feb. 8 they travel at home two Friday nights in a Leading the Lakers this sea- Registration: Wednesday, Febil9
to Ohio to compete against Ci- row first against No. 6 ranked son are Randazzo with a 15-9 7-7:45 p.m.
pollone's previous school, University of Pittsburgh- record, Shumac with a 12-10
Muskingum College. Johnstown and against No. 14 record, Tedder with a 17-7
About Muskingum, Cipollone ranked University of record, McAvinew at 14-6 and
said, "They are a very good Findlay. These will be key Mautz at 10-3. Where: Recreation Fitness Center
Division III school and should matches for many of our indi- weight room

Club hockey team splits Annual Wt. Classes: 149 & under 190-209
(Men) 150-169 210-229
Crabpot Tournament games g-j 9 170-189 230 & up

By Coach Bill Shannon
Contributing writer
The Mercyhurst College
men's club hockey team split
their games over the weekend
at the Annual Crabpot Tourna-
ment held at Dahlgren Hall at
the United States Naval Acade-
my in Annapolis, Md.
In the first game, the Lakers
were led by sophomore Mick-
ey Girardi, who had a hat trick
to help defeat Lehigh Universi-
ty 9-3 The Lakers were short-
handed for much of the game
receiving 90 minutes in penal-
ties versus 58 for Lehigh.
Freshman starting goaltender
Ian Episcopo was ejected and
given a disqualification for the
next game for a disputed spear-
ing call.
"This was the second worst
job of officiating I've seen in
17 years behind the bench,"
said coach Bill Shannon.
Also scoring for the Lakers
were senior Rob Garber, fresh-
man Kevin Binsell, junior Andy
Mioducki,freshmanMatt Rusil-
ko and freshman Phil Ganci.
In the second game of the
first round, Navy defeated Vil-
lanova 11-5.
On Sunday, Villanova
knocked off Lehigh 6-4 and in
the consolation game.
In the championship game
with backup goalie freshman
Jason Sal/man in net, Mercy-
hurst fell to Navy 9-3. The same
two officials Mercyhurst saw
in the opening game called this
one as well and once again, the
Lakers were hampered by pen-
alty calls receiving 62 minutes
in penalties versus eight for the
Midshipmen.
The 17th ranked Lakers did
receive an apology from one of (Women) 110 A under 126-140
the two referees over the way 111-125 141 & above
2
the game was called and from
officials ofthe 18th ranked Na-
val Academy and have accept-
ed an invitation to appear in the Earn $1,000 - $2,000 for your Student Group
Crabpot next season.
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Men's volleyball t e a m opens 2 0 0 3 season

By Bryan Christopher
Contributing writer

The Mercyhurst men's vol-

leyball team opened their sea-
son with solid play and faired
well against three very respect-
able opponents, University of
Puerto Rico, Niagara and St.
Francis.
Following an exhibition loss
to the University of Puerto
Rico Friday, Jan. 31 the Lakers
opened their season playing
host to its seventh annual Invi-
tational tournament.
Saturday's action featured a Jody Mollo/Contributing photographer

3-0 win over Niagara by scores
of 13-18, 30-24 and 30-21.
Sophomore Dave Schmidl reg-
istered 11 kills, sophomore
Austin Siewart with seven kills
and six blocks, and freshman
Justin Waas finished with 13
digs. I
Sunday, Mercyhurst fell to St.
Francis University but followed
it up with a win over Puerto
Rico. The Red Flash rallied late
to cap off a come from behind
victory over the Lakers in the
first game. Down by two
Freshman Nate Keegan attempts a kill over a University of
Puerto Rico block. Keegan was named to the All-Tourna-
ment team.
kers reached double-digits in ord, but the loss to St. Francis
kills withfreshmanNate Kee- is the only game that can be
gan leading the way with 20. counted in NCAA play.
Siewart finished with 11 as well "It was nice to see us step up
as a hitting percentage of .611, against some pretty good com-
and freshman Dan Kick regis- petition," said Davie. "All four
tered 57 assists. teams were about equal, and it
Mercyhurst finished the tour- was our young guys stepping
nament on a strong note with a up and playing well that made
3-0 blanking of Puerto Rico the difference."
Saturday night. Scores were A focus on the little things in
30-25, 30-28 and 30-26. •;; practice this week, like over-
"Offensively, I thought we passes, hitters and consistent
really ran ;well," said head serving will help them later this
coach Craig Davie. "We let a week, said Davie.
couple games slip, but overall "We have improved in all as-
I'm very pleased with our play pects of our game since last
this weekend." year, but we're not at the top Jody Mello/Contributing photographer

games at one point, St. Francis Siewart and Keegan were yet, so there's room for im- Sophomore Austin Siewart makes a kill over the outreached arms of University of Puerto
came on strong and won 3-2, named to the all-tournament provement." Rico players. Siewart had 27 kills and 14 blocks for the weekend. He was also named to
by scores of 30-27, 30-20, 28- team. The Lakers finished the Mercyhurst next travels to the All-Tournament team.
30, 25-30 and 9-15. Four La- weekend with a 2-1 o vera 11 rec- D'Youville Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Women'sfhockey win streak ends S p r a c k l e n n a m e d ' W o m e n ' s

Coach of the Year'
Adrian Spracklen, a native of
Marlow in England, carries on
his family's passion for rowing.
Since he was eight years old,
Spracklen has had many years
of experince competing on the
national level as both a Junior
and Lightweight Senior Interna-
tional. He went to Mercyhurst
on a rowing scholarship in 1986
and graduated in 1990 with a
degree in Sportsmedicine. He
furthered his career at Western
Michigan University beforejoin-
ing Mercyhurst in 1991.
Spracklen stays involved with
time, the Lakers have won four
national championships > the
Open Four in 1995 and the
Lightweight Eightfrom2000 to
2002. r I
Since its inception in 1998-99,
the Lightweight Eight is unde-
feated in four years at the Divi-
sion II level. At the 2002 Div-
sion I National Championships,
the Lakers had their finest hour
finishing 0.15 seconds behind
RadclifTe (Harvard) in a photo
finish for third place; and only
10 seconds behind the winner,
Princeton. * Flle photo

Sportsmedicine at the national The Lakers have now been in Women's head rowing
team level, having worked on the finals at Division I, three out coach Adrian Spracklen Is
the medical staff at the World of the last four years. In the "Women's Coach of the
Championships in 1995-97 and NCAA's Division II inaugural Year. |
File photo 200 U He has been a featured season the Lakers were ranked
speaker on the prevention of first in the East Region and fifth onships for a record-breaking
Senior forward C.J. Ireland faces off against an opponent In the Mercyhurst Ice Center.
injuries at the National Rowing nationally in the open weight third time in-a-row by 23 sec-
Ireland is third on the team with 10 goals this season. The Lady Lakers fell to No. 1 onds and came in fourth at the
Convention and has contribut- class. Unfortunately, injuries
Harvard Sunday, Feb. 2 by a score of 5-2. ed to the manual for national Division I championships be-
forced the Lakers to relinquish
coaching certification. their bid 10 the NCAA Champi- hind Princeton, Wisconsin, and
No. 1 Harvard got a combined The lead grew to 3-0 in the Harvard junior netminder Jes- Spracklen also serves on the onships that year. I larvard. They finished ahead of
four goals and six assists from second period when senior for- sica Ruddock stopped 26 of 28 U.S. Rowing and NCAA rank- Spracklen was awarded Stanford, Villanova, George-
Olympians Jennifer Botterill, ward Botterill scored her 25th shots to improve her overall ing committee and is the trea- "Women's Coach of the Year" town Delaware, and the Uni-
Julie Chu, and Angela Ruggiero of the year at 3:40. Mercyhurst record to 16-1-0 Mercyhurst surer of the Mid-America Col- for small colleges at the 2002 versity of Santa Barbara.
in turning back No. 9 Mercy- cut the lead to 3-1 when soph- senior Tiffany Ribble stopped legiate Rowing Association. "Joy of Sculling" national con- The 2001-2002 year also
hurst 5-2 Sunday, Feb. 2, be- omore forward Lindsay Del low 38 of 43 Harvard shots as her Spracklen has seen the Mer- ference held in December of marked Spracklen's first year as
fore 1,123 spectators at the nailed her second of the year at record slipped to 15-4-0. cyhurst program gain national 2002. the men's head rowing coach
Mercyhurst Ice Center. The 13:28. But Botterill answered Harvard hasn't lost since Min- recognition since his arrival in The 2002 season was a mem- at Mercyhurst.
crowd was the largest ever to with her 26th of the year just nesota edged the Crimson 4-3 1991. As the women's head orable one for the Lady Lakers.
watch a Mercyhurst women's 42 seconds later as Harvard in Minnesota on Nov. 17. The coach from 1992 to the present They won the Avaya Champi- Info by MC sports Information
hockey game in Erie, rhe win restored its three-goal lead at 4- Lady Lakers haven't tasted de-
was the 14th straight for the 1. igt feat since Nov. 23 (10-0-1)
Crimson and improved their The Crimson put the game when Princeton scored in over- J
overall record to 17-1-0 while
the Lady Lakers had a 10-game
away early in the third when
sophomore Ashley Banfield
time for a 3-2 win at the Ice
Center.
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winning streak severed in fall- scored her second of the year Harvard returns home to face
ing to 20-6-1. The contest was on a power play at 6:34. Mer- Boston University Tuesday
also the first-ever between the cyhurst ended the scoring late night in the First Round of the
teams. in the period as senior defender annual Beanpot Tournament
Freshman forward Chu Rand i Pi Iger lit the lamp for the while Mercyhurst will rest un-
scored both her goals in the first sixth time this season on a Lak- til next Friday when College
period, an even strength tally at er power play at 15:41. Hockey America-rival Wayne JSlOlasf Limited offer: % 3201
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