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By: Gagan Sun Merciad News Editor F.B.I Seek Informers Through Newspaper Ads Above: Concert hall filling for the Andre Watts concert Right: Andre Watts in performance at the concert hall. The F.B.I placed an advertisement under its official seal in a Mary D'Angelo Perform- Vietnamese language paper in California, soliciting help from the recent Vietnamese refugees to combat their homeland's new ing Arts Center Opens espionage offensive against the United States. | Since the Soviet threat does not exist anymore, F.B.I. counterin- By: Gagan Suri telligence efforts have become more focused on smaller commu- Merciad News Editor nist nations. George Grotz, a spokesman for F.B.I. said the F.B.I.

has received more than 200 calls against the ad. 9 Mercy h u r s t C o l l e g e ' s new con- cert hall, calledIthe "Mary Convention For Middle East D'Angelo Performing Arts Cen- ter" opened its doors to the public Peace Talks for the first time on Saturday,

**< March 2, 1096. It took years of On March 12, more thantwo dozen world leaders gathered at planning to build an asset like the Sharm EI Shiek in Egyptto promote peace talks about the recent concert hall. The hall was sched- Terrorism in Middle East. * uled to open three weeks earlier, The leaders assured the people of Israel that they are not alone in but due to the severe Erie winter their fight against terrorism. At least 62 people have been killed in the inaugural ceremony was de- various terrorist attacks in the past three weeks. -layed. The original date of the The conference was sponsored by the United States and the ^ was Feb. 11. Egypt government. Many countries have offered to aid Palestinian The first performance at the hall authorities to crack down the Islamic militant organization, Hamas. was by And re Watts, a n accl aimed pianist who had to make signifi- cant changes in his schedule to G.M. Plants Continue Strikes for accommodate the new opening the Second Week date to perform at Mercy hurst. The first evening at the hall was a sellout. The event was attended A week ago in Dayton, Ohio, two brake factories of United by the faculty, some students and Automobile, a sister concern o f G.M. went on strike. The^ordeal mostly the Erie community folks. X gallery and also a green room for | group called 'Chicago City lim- was followed by several other plants in Ohio and Michigan area. Dr. George D'Angelo the artists. '' its' will be performing at the arts Three quarters of the G.M. assembly plants closed down by the Mary were the chief guests at the The facility has cost the college center which is free for all stu- third day into the strike. Over last week 21 of the company's 29 car function. \. $3.2 million dollars which has dents. Fuhrman said that this and truck manufacturing plants had to send their workers home as- Sam Rotman, director of the ^ been paid for. The figure is ex- Ugroup is unique because of their they ran out of brakes.? v D'Angelo School of Music since pected to rise in future years to $4 ^performance style, which involves v According to one analyst if the strike does not end within this 1986, said that this was-the million, including the equipment £ the audience in the performance. week, it could hurt the company profits severely. The estimated capstone of his career at the col- and improvements the building . Fuhrman said that the group does daily pretax earnings of G.M. are $47 million a day. lege as he is leaving the position needs.

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^ v 35 W > < BBSr=Sa By Dan Hilfiker Although not listed on the cur- £$N tl ??-I. k ^ 3 Editor-in-Chief rent brochure of the Inaugural :V Season's program brochure there &s JN» ra ~V, Vice President Tim Duble an- wil 1 be some Ballet performances * «» sr" r ^ $? nounced at the March 11 meeting this Spring also. "We are trying to IjMA s*m I V«Vt #*? $.« i*$s •*«^ V of Mercyhurst Student Govern- get some international ballet danc- ^ w»L ^ ment that elections for the MSG ers to perform at the hall" said '• ' *.«•" X £ K *»»•• 19 mS K Executive Board positions will Fuhrman. A Classical ballet per- ^"» •SH8 4 % L^P O* ££&»-'% vM &3 be held on April 2 and 3. Letters formance called "Giselle" is ten- w •&K S-K^, 1 £3* -•\> of intent for the positions o f c l a s s fSti^f "a tatively scheduled for May 9 or as* representative will be accepted

I.Ss K ^ The Student Activities Com- the hall has to be conducive ,£>S K WS L mittce is looking into purchasing enough to the classic environment a karaoke machine to be used for of the hall, thus we cannot have a >*• » * ^§T ^ ass SA SAC events. This would saveS A C ~ rock'n roll band perform at the M ft 41 • * . money in the long run because the hall at this point* cost of renting the machines is | Asked if the college will high. '% hold the Graduation ceremonies Ambassadors SAC also will be moving the ice . at the new Conceit hall, Fuhrman Ambassador Spring T e a skates to the Mercyhurst Ice Cen- said that it is most likely that it ter. The skates will be located, twill not be so because of the size Herrmann Student Union. by a lecture from Dr. William next to the concession stand near - of the hall. He said that the hall By: Gagan Suri The D' A n g e l o music school Garvey, president of the college, the bleachers. was not designed to hold 2,000 Merciad News Editor students played at the function and Ron Rambally, president of SAC President Brian Marshall ^people because the campus does and the catering was done by the the club... announced that^more than£550 £ not have enough space to have a' On Sunday, March 10,1996, college cafeteria. & This year the Ambassadors club people showed up to see First hall that big, furthermore such a the Ambassador Club inducted The new Ambassadors were is graduating four club members: . Light, a reggae band from C I eve- big hall would not be cost effec- Jill Aldrich, Tracy Bacik, Lana .all decked out in green jacket s Gagan Suri, Vyom Bhuta, Joy land, Oh. on Friday, March 8. z tive as not all the events can g e t an Brown, Kelly Gurney, Michael with the college emblem. They Dlugas and Christa Hanlan. These The MSG auction will be to- I audience of 2 , 0 0 0 people on cam- Karabinos,»Kodi Marx, Julie also signed the ambassadors oath graduating seniors were given night at the Rec Center. All pus. Rogers, Jennifer Ryan, Melanie small momentosby Michael and received a copy of the same. Mercyhurst representatives rand Fuhrman said, "In the last 10 Schaeffer, Kathryn Schaffer, Fuhrman, advisor to the club. Friends and family of most am- officers will be up for auction to years Mercyhurst has grown tre- Amanda jStefik, Beth bassadors attended the function. The function concluded with all Mercyhurst students, faculty, mendously. New buildings have Szulczewski, Eric Wicks,! and "h All Ambassadorsfsang the the official Ambassadors picture, £ staff* and a dm frustration,* A l l . of X been added, and the college has Rebecca Wittman into the club at Ambassadors' song, "True >and taken near the staircase at the Stu- the proceeds raised will go to- seen many changes in the aca- a formal ceremony at the Carolyn Proud" forthe audience, followed ward the MSG fundraiser which demics. Mercyhurst is all about Bicenteunial International Dinner will be donated to the Mercy Cen- tart, and finally w e have an arena, ter for Women. The auction will a theater which makes M e r c y h u r s t By: Gagan Suri val. The dinner was held at the the celebration. More than 42 dif- begin at 8:15 p.m. in thelRec complete. Thisjtheater should Merciad News Editor JFK center. ferent | e t h n i c communities jat- Center. The line-up for the auc- 'become the nucleus for culture The function was attended by tended the dinner. "Look at all tion;: w i l l be officers first, then and imagination for the college On March 9, 1996, Erie City Dr. Wiliam Garvey, president of those beautiful" people out there, seniors, j u n i o r s , sophomores, and and the Erie community.» held a dinner for all the different Mercyhurst College and the di- Erie truly represents true America finally freshmen. A real auction- eer will be on hand for the event. Andre Watts told Fuhrman that ethnic groups that had taken part rector o f t h e Bicentennial celebra- today," said Joyce Savocchio, this hall has one of the finest in celebrating E r i e ' s Bicentennial tion, and Michael Fuhrman, the All the different Ethnic groups MSG^advisor CassiShimek acoustics that Watts had experi- parade and the international festi- executive committee member of brought a native dish from their noted that seven Mercyhurst stu- enced. Fuhrman said the college home country to share dents will be going to Harrisburg was lucky to have acquired such on Thursday, March 14, for Stu- acoustics becaus e large halls like LAW ENFORCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES dent Lobbying Day. There, tjiey the Carnegie hall spent millions will be able to speak with their of dollars to have better acous- representatives about many issues tics. MEETING THE CHALLENGE including their PHEAA student Looking for a challensins and exciting career working for one of the fastest growing law Rotman and Fuhrman thanked enforcement teams in the country? Then picture yourself as a member of The U.S. Border Patrol. loan and grant system. If anyone the ? Mercy h u r s t staff, especially til v* has any questions that they want the maintenance and the cleaning The U.S. Border Patrol is the mobile, uniformed, enfbrcementparm of the O.S. Department of to be answered by their rep., they Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The Border Patrol detects and prevents ladies, who worked around the should contact Cass Shimek the smuggling and unlawful entry of undocumented aliens into the U.S. and is also the primary dock to. finish the building in drug interdicting agency along the U.S. land borders, w tSF/l * time. \ ;| Border Patrol Agents enjoy one of the highest reputations among law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. and are renowned for their intense loyalty, fine esprit de corps, and i Campus For reservations and informa- unmatched professionalism. A tion of t h e upcoming events at the Necessary Qualifications: -., Announcements hall callH824-2367. • U.S. citizen Be able to learn to speak and read • Hold a valid driver's license Spanish ' C.E.C. 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• % I i % % I % % % Tunes on? T a i l s Get Grip % % I % Nicole Ponstingle It was probably the only worth- could help them locate and catch % % By Jason Ulery and 'The Last Stand of Shazeb} A&EEdUor while and truly informative talk them. These guys said yes and % i Merciad Columnist Andleeb" go back t o Black' s s t y l e J show that I have ever seen. This actually found one of the mice % % from Teenager, This is a much 2 Welcome back to another in the woman wanted to go on national and instead of giving it back to % % slower style and features more J television to warn about the fail- their neighbors, they doused it Well, we're back from break series of terms! I hope break was i orchestration than some of the* % and this is the first publication of ings of our child care systems. It with gasoline andsetit on fire a n d % nice for everyone, I know mine other tracks on this album. So as* was nice to see someone take a then proceeded to let the poor % a new term, and I've got some- was quite relaxing. T h e weather i you now see, this album h a s some-1 personal tragedy and useit to b e n - defenseless mouse run around on thing new to write about. It's the in Florida was great But, oil to % thing to offer to just about any-* % return of Frank Black with his something you all care a bit more efit others. fire until it died. What kind of a % third solo release, The Cult of Ray body who is into the alternative % about. I found myself watching This made me stop and think person does such a rotten thing? % * scene and has taste. i % What did that mouse ever do to . Many of you may remember the Mauiy Povich show the other about j u s t how far people should Probably the most noteworthy J them? a Black as Pixies frontman Black day and was actually engrossed be able to go for the purposes of song on the album is "Punk Rock J and saddened by what I saw.* entertainment. I thought about all To me, it seemed completely Francis, but just like the name, the music has undergone stylistic City." Black puts it into pretty J The show was on a woman of the other talk shows that just sick and t w i s t e d . Where did these plain^terms what he thinks isj 1 changes. I must say, Black has whose young s o n had been beaten show garbage and fill peoples persons learn such wrong and come a long way from his first, wrong with the whole jmusic} to death by his foster patents. His: heads with sick ideas of what's psychotic behavior? Was it from w scene, especially o n t h e punk rock J right and wrong. Is it right to all the th i ngs that they had seen on self-titled, hitless solo J release. real mother was in rehab for an J mf side of things, which is a view I* alcohol problem and thought that broadcast some of these movies T. V . or is it some kind of mental After 1992's more orchestrated share with the musician. Great* the safest place to leave him was and shows that we see which por- disturbance? All in all, my friend J Teenager of the Year, which fea- minds think alike. I guess. Black* in the care of some foster p a r e n t s . f* tray violence and abuse? Or, does and I found ourselves discussing tured several good songs, he re- states i n t h e song, "Designer g e n e s * f. it fill t h e heads of those who con- ^ the ramifications of t h e media and I turns to the days of his old band What she found out w a s that some- 1 -I for all the punks to live on top.** times children fall through the template doing nasty things and f its effects. with Ray, in which he once again That just goes to show you how* cracks of the system. Her child, give them idcfas? " jj I am one of the last people that works with former Pixies lead mainstream this whole thing is* you would hear cry "censorship " 1 guitarist Lyle Workman. F ^^ * whose name was Dirk, was not Along these lines, I heard of a % getting w i t h p u n k rock v i d e o s now* because I think it takes away OUT I to be returned to her care ever horrible story that happened right I This album is much more on MTV. u ?>' f*f % again. It was a very sad and hor- here on campus and wondered if rights, yet I c a n ' t seem to come up I stripped down than B l a c k ' s prior % -i But I digress. This is an out-} rible story which really got me it was the result of having grown with a logical solution of how to % effort, and the band for the most standing album from one of the} % thi nking about t h e way that p e o p l e up with the violence of the me- stop this sense l e s s violence t h at is part features four pieces. Songns most, I feel, underrated musicians} % in society can use the system to dia? It seems that there was a all around us. So, what is the I such as lead track "The Marsist, on the scene today. Black is able} solution? Is i t the m e d i a that makes % fulfill their sick and twisted de- situation where some girls had I and others like "Mosh, Don't Pas» s to change up his musical styles} us act like this, or do we give the % sires. some pet mice who got loose and % the Guy" and "Kicked inthe Taco with ease and make it all flow* ideas to the media? I they asked their neighbors if t h e y % remind me of the style of music together nicely. I w o u l d r a t e t h i s a * % % the Pixies used to employ. The must-have for those of you who* % : % .* i * m - • - - - * -•• % first single t released off the al- like to listen to good music. For* £,' im % % bum "Men in Black "is an excel»-> those of you who don't like good % % lent song for a more "alternative Beat % music, I don't know what to say.} % genre. A % Just go away, I guess. " } pointless parody of Cliffhanger psycho performance as an eager- % Anthems such as " I Don't Want % » » J * and goes ^downhill from there, to Hurt You (Every Single Time) * By James Ha i n to-please friend. But I was most * wallowing in silly slapstick and % * Merciad movie critic surprised that the director was ft...... mmmmmmmmm* bathroom humor as Carrey's Ace Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire, These are hecticftimes, my scours the jungles of Africa in Home Alone) whose pronounced friends. The world moves so fast search of a rare bat. There is one lack of style and penchant for } that sometimes it's impossible to funny sightgag involving a me- cutesy directorial touches never keep up. Technology is taking^ chanical rhino,-$but it's hardly . fail to make me gag. They're here, What Up over our lives, the world is in worth sitting through the rest of but to a lesser degree, and the disarray, Pauly Shore is still mak- the film. What's worse, Carrey performers have fun with the ing movies. It's chaos. This, of embarrasses v e t e r a n British actor i sometimes silly material. In any There will be free ice skat- • course, is all just my feeble way-fj Simon Callow, who is wasted in a case, it's probably the only time tag at the Erie Civic Center of ducking responsibility for not pre-fab villain role. Is nothing you'll ever see Hugh Grant at- from j p.m # to 4 p. m . Qn having seen a movie this week. sacred?f • ' % ' jm tacked by a giant praying mantis. .£ March 17. All are invited, But on the plus side, working in While_ my response to Ace Ventura didn't surprise me, I was but bring your own skates. a video store affords ample op-* I The MERCYHURST COLLBGB mt^mDJ^AimiBNTpremb^ 1 portunity to catch up with all the ^amazed that I actually liked Nine 1 films you missed the first time ^Motiths^the Hugh Grant comedy I There is a Senior Art Show around. I haven't had three hours whose'* release coincided with I 1 Opening at the Cummings to kill lately 0 haven't even slept Grant's little "incident" on Hol- I 1 for t h r e e hours lately), so I haven't Gallery located inithei li- lywood Boulevard. In fact, it's I WEIRD RO 1 brary. The show is o n March seen Braveheart yet, but I will. I difficult not to smirk at some Two One-Act Musicals of Speculative Fiction have seen a few lesser box office scenes in the film, but on its own I 1 16, from 2 p.m. through 4 hits that you may or may not want terms, it's a surprisingly7funny, I 1 p.m. It will house the art- to spend an evening with. British-style farce. Grant plays I 1 work of such Istudents as 11 have to be honest with you. an uptight child psychologist who, I Music t ^ p c MENKEN • Chris Thompson, jMelony Jim Carrey is wearing out his naturally, has an intense dislike Lyrics BfWvTD SPENCER*? welcome fast. He was a novelty in . for children. Problems arise when I I Lawlor, Lynn Yusz, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, he his girlfriend (Julianne Moore) I The Girl Who Was Plugged In" 1 many others. made The Mask an exhilarating announces that she's pregnant. Book by ALAN BRENNERT and ride, he became a mild irritant in Madness ensues, as Grant I xm. DAVID SPENCER v Dumb and Dumber and was the struggles with his impending fa- I based on the story by 1 least exceptional thing about therhood and perceived loss of I James Tiritree, J r . 1 independence. The funniest Batman Forever. Now, with Ace I "Her Pilgrim Soul11 1 Ventura:When NatureCalls, he scenes, however, belong to the supporting players, especially I Book by ALAN BRENNERT 1 seems to have entered the realm based on his original story of late 1960s Jerry Lewis films, Robiri>Williams, who steals ev- I 1 which were more pathetic than erylfccene he's in as a Russian I 1 obstetrician who can't tell an epi- funny. The sequel to the surprise dural from an e n e m a | T o m Arnold, I 1 of 1994 has a bigger budget, but who walked off with True Liei I In tbe Taylor Little Jteatn on tl* camptu ofMercyburst College 11 money can't buy originality. UmrvhufrtColkMQmnmmaaW^ When Nature C a l l s opens with a does it again with his bordcrlin

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HELMET By Nick Krayger place that looked nice and safe. I guess I found the Merciad Columnist safety "that I was looking for. Looking back, I probably By Dan H linker should have transferred out of here after my second year. As I got bigger jit seemed that Mercy h u r s t was Editor-in-Chief* I just took a really introspective walk down memory lane while I was waiting for my car to get tuned up in getting smaller, despite all of its renovations. Now that we've all returned from our well deserved spring break a small shop on the east side of town. I never thought So now I am at the end of this chapter in my life. As vacation spots and are all back in the midst of spring term, it is time that 1 would be referring to a "town" that Ilwould I stood at the window in the mechanic's shop I won- for another edition of the Merciad I had a hard time deciding what' sometimes call "home" in my life, but I guess things dered who really "sold out" when I thought about my I was going to write about for this issue of the paper, but finally take crazy turns sometimes. friends back home. Was it my best friend who is a decided to cover a topic that I noticed in the Erie Morning News on While I was staring out the broken-then-taped glass ^professional car thief? Was it my girlfriend from high Monday. « doors of the mechanic's shop, I was reminiscing about school who j o i n e d the Navy only to become pregnant in There was an article in the paper regarding a person's right to die. stuff. Stuff isn't really my favorite word, but I can't the middle of her tour? Was it another friend who A federal appeals court ruled on March 6 that if a person is a pinpoint what I was thinking. •i ^graduated with a 4.0 from high school and got a Nar mentally competent, terminally ill adult, he/she has the right to die. I think the smell of oil and dirt took me back a lot i»*tional Merit Scholarship only to become a hairdresser? This made the use of doctor assisted suicides legal for these people. When I was younger, my dad and my uncle ran sort of Or was it me? ^ % Over the past couple of years, since Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted*j •a trucking business. You know what they say about Here I sit, soon to be a college graduate, with j o b offers in his first s u i c i d e , I have wondered whether I believed in the use of those shady trucking businesses... V* ' out the butt and an assistantship at the University of Anyway, I remember the city I guess. Growing up in ^Pennsylvania, and all I want is to achieve the happiness a doctor assisted suicide. I have never been in a relationship with a | 9 terminallyill person so I cannot say that I have seen the effects that "el metro you are exposed to a whole litany of expe- that I had back in the carefree days of my late adoles- this can have on a person first hand, but after a great deal of thought * riences that others are not. I remember the first time I cence. "• ' . I do believe that it is the right of the individual to determine her or was jumped on my way to-get a birthday card for my You probably think that I am crazy, but by now you grandfather. It was a wild time. his own fate. $ • probably know that I don't really care what you think. The real issue is whether w e can condone the use of d o c t o r assisted As young kids, we didn't have a whole lot of play But how would you feel if you grew up in the kind of suicides. After all, don't all doctors swear an oath to protect human space; Seeing how the playground was kind of far, we environment that ostracized you for becoming success- life and to do everything in their power to strengthen it. not destroy would just play in one of the cemeteries across the ful? Wl. it? Still, I do believe in the use of doctor assisted suicides because street The corner of my street i s in the Guinness Book How do you think that makes a person feel when he if a doctor helps or supervises the suicide there is little chance for of W o r l d Records - it is the only corner in the world that comes home for break and works to save up enough failure in the event. This would reduce the chances of someone's has four different cemeteries onit, of four religious money to buy books while being told that "you ' r e better trying unsuccessfully to end her/bis life and creating even more pain denominations. Maybe that tells you ?a little bit about off just getting a job working at — then trying to do me. ' i A something meaningful". I do not mean to say that I believe in suicide myself. Ithink that I remember when I was 10 and my brother Chris' best I know that I am not the only one here who came from there.are always other avenues that a person can pursue before friend Was ripped in half a n d killed while they were out this kind of environment I thank God that my family taking her or his own life, but when people are in extreme pain and "car hopping" in the snow. Consequently, I watched and friends h a v e b e e n as supportive as they were while discomfort, I do beljeve, that |^js their right to do what they feel is how that trauma acted itself out in my brother's life. I was growing up. .X . " I also saw several other people fall victims to drug •ME***! V* best to ease their suffering and pain. If t h e y believe that s u i c i d e is the You know, this is the second column mat I wrote for and alcohol addictions. I have-found that minor pot solution then that is their choice and I think that we should respect this issue of the bjLenciad. The other will soon be lining smoking and beer drinking is a thing of the country. their decision. It's a hard decision to make. some rabbit's cage. In that,I talked about how wonder- You want to see "some hard core addictions, go rent a There are a great many, people out there who believe that all the ful it feels to know that I have all of these great options room over a bar in a crime ridden section of a big city. people on death row should be executed, I disagree with that opinion out there for me. But that's not the truth. •• Experiences like those are what will educate you, not because all life is precious, even a-criminars.^Save the. means I have no clue of w h e r e I am going in my life. I don't sitting up on a hill in lily-white "Mercyworld". (money, time, and effort) for these executions for those who really know what to do with these options. I keep making I remember the first funeral I went to for an older need and want to end their lives* I think a good solution to both these good choices because that is an easy thing for me to do. neighborhood kid who overdosed. That would serve as problems would be to take all the money that is spent for all the When you don't take ownership for your accomplish- a warning to us all that death was just one party away. executions that are held in this country every year and put it toward ments it is really easy to bounce them around like Then I remember making different choices. When it the research for many of these terminal illnesses that people are basketballs. '$ dying from. This will hopefully lessen the number of people who came time for me to j o i n a "clique" (probably more like a gang, I guess), I opted for the "no friends outside of It's not about "luck" as one friend keeps telling me. desire to end their own lives through doctor assisted suicides. It's about taking risks. It's about uncertainly. It's about school" deal. It was a tough time in my life. It was bad The argument surrounding the execution of inmates is one that I Stretch ing t h c tru t h as fa r as i t needs to go to get you what enough that people all called me "weirdo", but I was have confronted in many of m y classes, since I am a Criminal Justice- you want major. I do not bel ieVe in the death penalty because I do not think that starting to think that I was one. it is my, nor anyone else's duty to play God and say who should die But time marched on and I started realizing that the In short, it's about being adult. and who should live. It is really scary to me that many people in this only way I could get out of the whole mess was to BE You can't be adult if y o u ' r e polluted by the delusions country are in favor of executing criminals because I often wonder a weirdo. | While all of my peers were getting their of a sense of adolescent happiness long gone. where it is all going to Jead us in a legal sense. Are we going to start girlfriends pregnant and seeking out the perfect "high", I guess III j ust have to learn to be happy with success. executing?only violent criminals, or the ones who^ cannot* pay I was scanning the college catalogs and looking for a My life sucks, right? restitution to their v i c t i m s , etc? Where are w e going to draw the line? $1 also am very much against the execution of inmates because I know;:that I could not do it myself and live with that on my Conscience, and I would not wish anyone to have to go through that •kind of situation. It costs all taxpayers of a state a great deal more f to execute prisoners than it does to keep them locked up in prison for Dan Hilfiker Editor-in-Chief Nicole Ponstingle A&E Editor «the duration of their lives. I would not want to see my tax dollars John Murphy Sports Editor Marc Johnston Advertising ggoing to see some person p u t to death. I would rather it go toward Gagan Suri News Editor Megan Circle Copy Editor the; building of smooth roads in this state, or even criminology Jessica Russell Features Editor Jerry Trarnbley Advisor S research and reform. • This is a long way from where I started but I think that the two topics are related. Terminally ill patients have the right to determine Merciad Staff if they should live or die by the hand of a doctor who can assure a evin Segedi Bridget Anderson Jean McFeely painless and quick death. Prisoners suffer from a different type, of e Ann Kelly Mike Lorenz Scott Williamson terminal illness. They spend every day of their lives locked into a ick Krayger,v Mamie Jasinski Stephen Nolan little concrete room, They have to live with the consequences of cott Vance James Hain * Brad Rybczynski their actions every day, and are reminded of it by their loss of Jason Ulery Jamz Porzio freedoms and everyday pleasures that all of us seem to take for The Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of Mercy hurst College, Box 161, granted. Terminally ill patients and their families should have the 501 E. 38th St., Erie, Pa., 16546. Phone 824-2376. f . right to determine if they want to end- their lives, but I don't believe that our precious resources should be thrown away on a few The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. criminals. I think that it is a worse punishment for them to live than

to die. I 111 The Merciad's editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Boardwith the Editor-in-Chief holding final responsibility. The opinions expressed in The Merciad are not necessarily those The Merciad, its staff or Mercy h u r s t College. March 14,1996 THE MERCIAD PAGE 5

BORN OF A WOMAN By Chris Wloch f . I reading" because his-presencc was "changing the flow of Film Series," which features Women in American Life. As Secretary, Minority Student Union energy" or some such nonsense. This served to illustrate the the name implies, you bring your own food and we provide common misperception that many people seem to have that the (educational) entertainment These 50 minute presenta- As y'all probably know, M a r c h is Women's History Month. celebrating women always involves some kind of male- tions are part of a five-part documentary of the experiences As part of the planning committee here at Mercyhurst, I bashing. As the only guy involved in organizing activities and contributions of women in U.S. history from 1861 to wanted everyone to be aware of one event in particular that for Women's Month, I can testify to the fact that this is 1977. They run every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon till has already occurred and several more w h i c h are still going certainly not the case on this campus. I strongly encourage the end of t h i s month from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in the Student Gov. to be held in the next two weeks. '' everybody, women and men, to definitely participate in Chambers and are hosted by Becky Durkin, Julia Williams- This past Tuesday, at 2:30 p.m., in the Student Govern- some of the things we've got going on during the remainder George, Dr. Clemons, Sally Quinones and Phyllis Aiello. ment Chambers, there was a poetry reading which lasted a of the month. .-,*'•-. ?&. For those of you who prefer movies in the evening, on the little over an hour. The title for this article comes from one First up is the unveiling of t h e new "Celebrate Women '96" 19th, SAC is sponsoring "How to Make an American Quilt" of the readings (two songs by the group consolidated) that logo on Friday, March 15 at noon in the Union. Created by in the Union at 9 p.m. On Wednesday, March 27,.at 7 p.m. in I'd; planned on doing before chickening out at "the last Theresa Schroeck, the new design will be made available on the Student Gov. Chambers, we will show "I Know Why the minute. Judging by all the positive responses I've gotten round 2 inch pins for $1.00 — an idea back by popular Caged Bird Sings" based on Maya Angelou's amazing back from many of the people in attendance, it is safe to say demand from last year. For the same price, you can get a autobiographical npvel. Although this film was featured last that the event was an enormous success; it was incredibly bookmark also with Theresa's art on it. year at the beginning of March, the word got out late and a lot funny at times and deeply moving at others. I'd like to extend This coming Monday, March 18, the beginning of the of people (like me) missed out on the opportunity to view it. our appreciation to everyone who showed up just to listen. Women's Quilt that is being made throughout the month will I've seen it several times since then and recommend it highly, Special thanks to all of the students, faculty and administra- be put on display in the Union. Everyone (this means men so try and be there. k . • tors who shared poems,Alice Edwards, Rob Hoff, Julia •too) is welcome to decorate a patch to be sewn on in the next Williams-George, Su Dean, Jim Hood, Sr. Carol Ann Voltz, couple of weeks. Just in case you haven't seen them, the On Saturday, March23 at 10 a.m., Dr.?Mary Hembrow Amber Peelman, Nick Krayger, Kate Millenbach, Melissa blank, white muslin squares (attached to a yellow/orange- Snyder will address "Women and Spirituality: Challenges Carville, Mike Opperman, Beth Lay and Tiffany Reid* Extra instruction sheet) are available in the stairwells in Zurn and for the 21 st Century" in Zurn 214. In her hour and a hal f l o n g special thanks go out to our M.C., Theresa Schroeck, for Preston, and in the Union. f i speech, Snyder will explore the!diversity ofithe?female helping to plan and organize, for making the invitations and Next week in the Union, several tables will be set up with Christian experience from the perspectives of women from for use of h e r P.O. Box; Cass Shimek for setting things up in info and representatives from Erie R a p e C r i s i s Center, Mercy different backgrounds of race, class, ethnicity and national the Government Chambers; Kate Millenbach for making the Center for Women, and Hospitality House. On Wednesday, origin. Additionally, "the concepts of bod il in e s s , relation- many fliers that were all over campus; and Mary Long for March 20th, at a luncheon in honor of female faculty, ships, evil, suffering and solitude" will be examined. Re- writing a poem for the occasion before going on her intern- administrators and staff, Keiko Miller, Betty Damper, Bar- freshments wdl also be provided, y * ' ship, ^ • • J bara Pratt and Sr. Carol Ann Voltz will honor someone as This promises to be a truly informative and engaging time, Ironically, that morning in my Catholic Values class, their personal heroine and discuss the influence that these and all I can say is that if I can manage to get up that early on someone had pointed out an example in the book we were women have had in their lives. a Saturday morning, anybody could do it Hope to see you reading of a man who was kicked out of a "feminist poetry Additionally, we are running the "Brown Bag Lunch and there. ^* PURIM I iiij Haiti .&* LETTER TO igmfiiS ad tiooa ittw %®0r. CELEBRATED§ 1 THE EDITOR THEKYB m/AST By Meredith Toback ~ By Brad Rybczynski confident, but-did not want to go in too confident We Merciad Contributing Writer Dear Editor: * I don't know if anyone else has Merciad Columnist had lost before, knew what i t felt like and didn't want Last week, Jews around the run into this problem I have, but I detonating until a class ends at 12:00. (The Hockey League Title. This outstanding group of players' respect, because Jeff Veitch was named Coach bombs across Israel. The lives of secondary lab is not opened that athletes are;none other than our club hockey team. of the Year in the ECHL. \ '$£* many adults and children have day-go figure!). The library hours The team's goaltending, defense and offense were Many honors were bestowed upon the club icers. .been sacrificed due to the bomb- are 9-5 on Fridays and Saturdays rated the best in the league. Throughout the season Six were named to the league All-Star Team: right] ings. (because you should be at a party they averaged 10 goals a game. Overall the club winger Bob Guillen, Center Rob McKinley, and goalie One life in particular has been or at least preparing to go to one hockey team finished with a 16-2 record, losing only Scott Williamson to the first team; left winger Matt destroyed. My cousin, Yehudit after 5:00) and on Sunday no one two non-league games and posting a phenomenal 14- Orysiek, center Mark Fisher and defense man Todd Armon (Jennifer), who was study- is allowed to open their eyes to " 0 league record. % :,•-•_ Hengere to the second team. Guillen and Fisher were ing agriculture in Tel Aviv, was the world of r e a d i n g " in the estab- Team unity played a large role for the club team also named to the ECHL All-Tournament Team. killed by one of the bombings. lishment until 1:00. Perhaps I am and, as Brian Cote, a member of the team said, 'The It is with great pride that I say, "congratulations" to Reports stated that she was win- the only one affected by this lu- new freshmen helped out a lot and came together well the club icers. They truly deserve i t They have exem- dow shopping;'when?the bomb nacy but I try to believe that I am wilh the veterans." J plified good sportsmanship, athleticism and coopera- blast claimed the last few seconds not. I mink this school should be Rich Rodowicz, another team member, said, "Ev- tion.Hopefull y, next year they will be able to enjoy the of h e r l i f e f Y e h u d i t w a s to receive catering to alf s t u d e n t s f b u t espe- eryone just helped each other out" , recognition they have worked so hard to deserve. a Bachelor of S c i e n c e Degree this cially to ones who arc here at this fin this spirit the club hockey team exemplified good It is with sadness that I now must tell all of you that coming May. Her dream was to "College" to expand their minds sportsmanship and cooperation and coupled the two I will not be able to continue writing for a while. I have I then join the Peace Corps in an and learn. Hours like this do not to equal an unparalleled success. decided to run for a campus office and I camiot j u s t i f y | attempt to aid underprivileged encourage this kind of behavior. It was cxacUy that attitude that pulled the team to continuing to write during the election period. The countries with her knowledge. She Is it time for a change? victory hi the championship game. They were down conflict of interest is too great was a bright, articulate, beautifulfj i On another topic since I have 5-2 in the third period and a team of lesser character I would like to wrap up my column by wishing my and energet ic woman. The world your attention, those of you who and resolve probably would have buckled under the mother a very Happy Birthday. It is not often that my now will never be able to benefit are participating in the goldfish pressure. That was not the cascfThe entire team came mom gets to read the paper in the week it is published, consumption activities at parties from her qualities and assets. should investigatcfuic repercus- together and beat the University of Buffalo 7-6 in the but since she will becoming to see a performance of While most of us think of the "Weird Romance" as 1 hope some of you will, she will sions this may have on your health final minutes. T situation in the Middle East as a and your conscience. In order to get to the finals, t h e club icers knew what be able to. Happy Birthday, Mom. religious war, it is not the soldiers they had to do. Matt Orysick told me, "We were pretty who are being killed. Melony Lawlor

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Housing Sign-Up Workshop Psychology Department Regain By Jessica Russell . * Research Computer Lab Merciad Features Editor > .

• m o ** Lately questions of: Do we want smoking in our apartment? Do we expect to do things socially together? By Jason Dausey . health-related aspects, and social How will we make up a cleaning schedule? Docs each one buy food or all share food? Do we'i Contributing writer . aspects. Inithe future, the Psy- want guests visiting late at night during the week?, have been heard frequently around the campus. The reason chology *Depa rtment, working is that It is the time o f year when housing forms for next year are due into the Housing Office. In preparation for g r a d u a t e stud- with the Biology Department, will Kim Coughlin and Caryl Unseld of the Housing Office are concerned that people, especially freshmen, are ies in Psychology, students must probably use the lab for research not asking these questions and will have problems next year. They feel that a workshop would help alleviate become familiar with the scien- in the area of neuroscience. these problems. « ' tific processes of research. In the The laboratory already has sev- ''You don't know that people who want to live together will be compatible and we are hoping that this past, M e r c y h u r s t had a laboratory eral functions. Students conduct workshop win help to bring some of those problems out into the open for discussion," she said. strictly for this purpose. Due to meetings of .the Psychology and "I think w i t h the hype of s i g n i n g up or t h e excitement of g o i n g from the dorm to an apartment, all t h a t sounds increased need for class space, Psi Chi clubs there frequently. It really great and mature and upperclassman-like. I think sometimes freshmen who go into that situation Lab 213 Zurn was turned in to a also is used by the students in for the first time find o u t that it is difficult to live with three other p e o p l e , it's difficult to coordinate three classroom nearly 10 years ago. At Experimental Psychology 1 and 2 other p e o p l e e i t h e r socially or e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y . Living i n a n apartment c a r r i e s many responsibilities like w h o the beginning of the fall trimester and statistics. In the future it can is going to do what and When and how often, Coughlin said. r this year, the Psychology Depart- be used as a classroom, a seminar On March 21 at 8 p.m. in the Baldwin Main Lobby Coughlin and Unseld are planning to meet'with any ment received space for a new l a b hall, and an academic discussion interested students who are thinking of living together next year. in the basement of Zurn in room area for students involved in psy- The workshop will be an open discussion of the questions presented to the students on the contract that they 10. Professor Rob Hoff, the de- chology. * will be given that night. Each roommate will be able to give his or her view on the question and the group partment chair, said he is excited The lab has five Gateway 2000 will discuss what is to be obeyed the following year. These rules will be put onto the contract and signed by to have a lab available for re- computers and printers. The pro- each roommate. >$ i * * *" > * search once more. grams for these computers that * "What we are recommending is that before you get into your room situations for next year, that you really 1 the Mercy h u r s t students will be "The main idea (of the l a b ) is explore those things that could cause problems," said Unseld. # 4fe using, are similar to those of "I think i t ' s not only important to ask the questions but I think it's important to be honest when youI re being studying psychology as a science and giving the students research graduate schools and in career asked t h e questions. I Gnd that a lot of t i m e s you choose t o live w i t h y o u r v e r y best friend, your closest friend, settings. and it is usual ly the number o n e cause of failure: unable to get along w i t h t h o s e closest t o you," said Coughlin. experience from the onset," Hoff said. "Jri order to do that this type In the Psychology Department, MOST OFTEN ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOUSING SIGN-UP PROCESS of facility is cruciaL.The student working with Professor Hoff are 1.) How did the system originate? Did students have input? The old system was devised 5 years ago by a committee practitioners will need this expe- Dr. Charies DuFour*and Dr. of MSG representatives, with input from t h e Director of Housing. Students also had input into the recent changes. An rience for s u c c e s s in graduate stud- Marilyn Livosky. In addition to ad-hoc committee composed of the MSG Residence Life Committee were instrumental in making changes. Every year ies and in their careers." ? her work in h u m a n ecology, -Sally the process is evaluated and improved to better meet the students' needs. Ondrejcak works also in the psy- 2.) How does the point system work? Points are awarded for c l a s s standing and deducted for discipline status (write- The lab can be used to study chology department, along With ups received) throughout the correct academic year. f £ several areas of p s y c h o l o g y , such Thomas Gamble as adjunct fac- REMINDER: Contracts are due, April 1-4 & April.9-11 by 4:00 pjn. in Old Main Room 213 - • J - as I c o g n i t i v e - b e h a v i o r a l aspects, ulty. . v*r y&- :*y* March 14,199(5 THE MERCIAD PAGE 7

IAKER TEAMS RETURN STRONG FROSl SOUTHERN SbJdURNS Baseball off to swinging start By John Murphy . The following day'sfgames Lakers way and their first l o s s of Merciad Sports Editor ,£- did n ' t see as many ru ns but, none- the year was by a large 14-4 mar- ; theless the Lakers continued their gin. ? ?f * * r The Mercy hurst college base- winning ways by defeating King's "All in all, Pm very pleased ball squad began its season,in the College and completing the 0 l f W' Ar* with our 'southern swing'," said sunny environs of Florida over ^double over Concordia. Jordano, "Our pitching staff did a spring, break;jUke the weather, 85; Jordano was very happy with solid job, offensively we swung * his teams performance on t h e third the Lakers were hot. Coach Joe the bats very well and defensively day of play. The Lakers defeated Jordano's team went 6- l in seven I was very pleased." Junior Brian r Eckerd College and league rivals games which included some top Lopez leads the pitchers having i Saginaw Valley. "Saginaw was quality opposition. The fine start allowed no/runs against Kings ipicked to finish second lit our sees the Lakers ranked 16th i n the College. Senior'Kevin Sweeney ^conference and Eckerd is always nation and second in the GLIAC leads the batsmen with a .500 *a strong side," said Jordano. Se- conference. * ) ; * average and one, homer, M .£. The Lakers came out blazing on nior A.J. Rusnak allowed only six "We have 13 new players on opening day. They defeated both hits in his first stint on the mound this team from last year's squad, Clarion University and Concordia £this year while j u n i o r Clay Wood so with that much turnover and and amassed 21 runs in the pro- had a complete game against that many new faces, I was very 9 Eckerd. ' *~" cess. Senior Casey Crawford pleased," said Jordano. This After a long week of play the pitched his first w i n of the season weekend the team has-games Lakers faced defending national and junior Ralph Aldecon had a scheduled in Virginia and North | ch a m p i o n s Southern Florid a . pre- strong start pitching a complete Carolina, m I . i pdictably this one did not go the Senior pitcher A J . Rusnak lets fly w i t h a fastball during the Lakers game against Concordia, t 9-2 victory over GLIAC opponents Saginaw over spring break. Cigy Teams lip Tempo in Tampa [-l,Softball gets solid Start the game from Saginaw. Senior By Jean McFeely • , * < captain Brenda Moshell feels that Merciad Sportswriter her team is looking very strong h • this year. "Our batting is finally n. For many of us, Spring Break coming together, the pitching is ~'* was a time for some R&R, but for deeper, we have a strong outfield many of the athletic teams here and our in field is proving to be on campus it marked the begin- very good," said Moshell. ning of a season. The women's Both head coach Amy Weaver Softball team was one such case. -and assistant coach Bob The women headed off for Fort Newburgh, are anticipating a good Myers, Fla, Feb. 1, and were to season of action from their fairly spend their Spring break training young tea m. The women will only and competing in 10 games. lose three players next year and The women came away 5-5 in those are the.]three senior cap- overall play and-?3-l in confer- tains, Moshell, Kelly Hea ton, and ence action. They played Terry Barringer. The women are Northwood twice and Saginaw scheduled to take on IUP on Sat- once, both teams were from the urday, but considering the weather Great Lakes Conference. | their next tentative game is Mon- The Lady Lakers were able to day, March 18, against California defeat Northwood once and took University. Netterslin flow Members of the Women's Varsity-8 boat going through their paces at 'Campa Tampa1 where the By Scott Vance $ captain Vyom Bhuta added a note Mercy h u r s t Crew team trained over spring break. Merciad Sports Writer of c a u t i o n w h e n he said that, "This good start doesn't mean anything This year's varsity mens crew Marietta Ohio. f - '#, The Mercyhurst Men's Tennis as t h e teams w e played weren't of ! Team had a very successful spring the highest standard. This year By Jean McFeely looks to be in a good position to In the womens varsity boat trip to Hilton Head, SC. With four will be a very tough year as w e are Merciad Sportswriter win s o m e serious hardware. Janne coach Adrian Sprack!in has de- Masilin, Will O'Brien, Jim cided to move into an eight to see games played, the team's 4-0 competing in the GLIAC which speaks for itself. The Lakers im- is the toughest^division!in the The entire Mercyhurst crew Kaveney, Kevin Kosco, Dan Coo- if he and his crew can repeat a National Championship title this pressive start sees them lying in nation for tennis," said Bhuta. team traveled to Tampa Bay per, Will Suave, Jon Miljus and 9 year. Senior Cox Heather Drake, second pi a c e i n the GLIAC league The Hursts line up looks like Florida fortheirSpringBreak96\ Chris Moigis in the few days of Gretchen Storm, Kelly tables*. Bhuta playing number one, The weather was perfect for this practice tried to perfect their tech- w nique and rhythm on the water McLcskcy, and Jean Mc Feely, The Lakers first testfcame Marcus Muenck at number two, years "Campa Tampa. They last ycais champions, combined against the University of North- Scott Vance at three, Scott Robson stayed on the campus of Tampa and in-those few days seemed to push the boat along nicely. In forces with Kathleen Hudak, Jenn ern Ohio whom they brushed aside at four, and Kevin Daeschner and University in the boa thou se buiik- Cloonan, Becky Zawacki, Erin 8-1* Next *in line was Hanover Ronald Rambally completing a house. Each team practiced three the J.V. boat Rob Fetter, Stephen in the new boat. i * Llyod and Renee Burns, to form College, and thejLakers handed formidable line up. The Lakeis times a day, and had a few hours the new womens eight. In the few them an embarrassing 9-0 defeat. next game is this Friday against between each practice to eat or The Novice crews coached by Dan McKay and Chris Cole days that they had, the young crew The Hurst ended its positive early the tough opposition of Division loungejjby the*outdoor pool on worked on technique season form with an 8-1 victory I school, Eastern Michigan. The campus. The coaches.were worked with their novice mem- bers reintroducing some to the over Capital University. game&will start at"5:30 p.m. at pleased to have such good rowing sport and for a few of the novice Despite the great start, senior Westwood Racquet Club. conditions. They rowed on a chan- women giving them their first taste nel that went about 10 miles in of the water. All in all improve- either direction, one leading to ments were made in all crews and the ocean. On each trip they were this years teams look very prom- guaranteed a glimpse of some of ising. This is a bonus since their the local wildlife which included first race is in about 20 days in dolphins, manatees and sharks. PAGE 8 THE MERCIAD March 14,1996

ICERS FALL T O CAMSIUS By Scott Vance Kevin McKinnon. Merciad Sports Writer this year. However we are disap- The Hurst will miss the consis- pointed that we didn't defend our tent scoring of Kevin McKinnon The Mercy hurst Hockey team ECAC title," said Gotkin. next jyear. McKinnon finished ended its season in disappoint- "Had we won the ECAC's then this year as both top goal and ment, defeated by Canisius in the there was no question that we point scorer with a total of 42 semi- finals of the EC A C ^ would have made it.to the na- goals and 28 assists. Championships. tional championships. I feel that "We can't replace Kevin with there were key people in the club another individual. We'll need The Hurst actually took the lead who did n' t believe we would be about 10 or 15 individuals in or- in the opening period through a good enough to achieve the lofty der to compensate for his depar- goa 1 by sophomore Trevor B r a n d t . goals we have here, and this was ture. Mckinnon has been invited However, it wasn't long after that partly the cause of our downfall," to play in the American Hockey the Lakers' nemesis leveled the he said. . >, .*».-. Coaches Association Eastern Col The Agpny....Varsity hockey players look on dejectedly as tl scoring at 1-1. From this point o n The Lakers did however finish legiate All-Star Game, an honor, watch their season come to an end in the ECAC semi-finals Canisius controlled the game and an impressive third place in the he so richly deserves with his The Ecstasy...v Members of the Laker Club hockey team pile ended up the victors by a margin nation, but this will be of little performances this year. Next year around their championship trophy. 5 of 6-2, in What was a very disap- consolation to a hockey clu b that we'll need a lot of l e a d e r s h i p from pointing performance by the has grown used to a lot of success the Junior class," said Gotkin. Mercy hurst team. * over the years. Coach Gotkin finished off by However Coach Gotkin was The team will be losing five saying, "All in all I'm happy with happy the way the season went seniors this year, namely Captain our season, the only thing left for overall. "A record of 18-7-2 is a Bryce Bohun, Stcphan Tremblay, us to do is come back next year hell of a season in any sport. We John Tsakanikas, Scott and win the National Champion- showed a lot of positive things MacDonald, and Vice Captain ships." CLUB HOCKEY CAPTURES TITLE By Scott Vance £1 against the University of Buffalo back came the Lakers. With just Merciad Sports Writer knowing that a win would secure one minute to go the teams were them their first e v e r league title. level. The Lakers had come from In contrast to the Varsity team, Buffalo proved to be'a very behind twice and were now the Club hockey team finished tough team, but, in the end the searching desperately for t h e w i n- their season in fine style as Lakers won a thrilling encounter ner. Enter sophomore/ Rob they were crowned league cham- by the tightest of margins, 7-6. MacKinley who crashed the puck pions. •& The Hurst found themselves 5- to the net to give^the Lakers a The Hurst took part in the final 2 down going into the third pe- stunning victory. LADIES E N D SEASON four tournaments in Rochester, riod . The determined Lakers never In recognition of their solid play By Patrick Gould , were outfor revenge after the 20- NY, where they defeated Syra- gave up andTclawed their way throughout, both Mark F i s h e r and Merciad Sports Writer | point beating they endured dur- cuse University in the semi-finals back to level the game 5-5 with Rob Gullten were named to the The final w h i s t l e has blown, the ing their last meeting. The Lakers by a score of 12-2. just five minutes remaining. all-tournament team. la st three point bomb ha s dropped didn't disappoint. The game was The team entered the final Buffalo regained their lead, but, and the lights have gone out once a ba ttle and the Lakers were more again on another exciting season than ready to handle the chal- of Mercy hurst Women's Basket- lenge. When t h e final w h i s t l e b l e w ball. This was a bittersweet sea- Saginaw was the victim of a nine MEN LOSE IN PLAYOFFS son for the Lady Lakers, as they" point Laker defeat. By John Murphy this be his last game for the Hurst. disaster for the Lakers. Roland struggled to regroup following last "This was the best we have ever Merciad Sports Editor He led all scoring in the first h a l f was fouled out of the ga me. year's thrilling roller coaster ride played as a team," said Molli of with 17 points, including three 3- Saginaw's highest scorer, Julian into the playoffs. the Lakers'performance. "We re- On Thursday night, Feb. 29, the pointers. Stinson and strong Taylor, hit a jump shot which "I think it took a while for us to ally were in control and it really curtain finally came down on a sophomore, Maurice Profit, both gave his side its first lead of the really mesh together, because gave us an idea of what we can very fine men's basketball sea- made valuable contributions inn game and robbed the Lakers of a % there were so many new people expect next year," she said. son. Defying early season predic- M half that ended with the Lakers game they had seemed to be win- on the team. We had a lot of good The Lady Lakers had their final tions, the Lakers produced one of leading 44-35.f ning. The final s c o r e was 75-73. young experience, but they I game over spring break and their best records in recent years In the second half, Saginaw "It was disappointing in the end. needed to learn our system though they fought hard, they and made it to the GLIAC cham- came looking to haul back the After leading most of the game, and become comfortable with u s , " ended up short of their expecta- pionship playoffs jin their first Lakers lead, but the men in blue the bottom kind of fell out of our said sophomore Kristin Molli of tions. The team was still in pur- season in the conference. and green continued to hold the game," said assistant coach Matt her team's season. suit o f a spot in the playoffs. They Againsti Saginaw Valley it advantage. Roland was still or- Nasser. "Rahsaah was the glue to "This season offered us some needed to defeat a formidable looked as if the fortunes of coach chestrating things/for his team our team and when he was gone difficultchallengesasateam.First Ashland team and then hope that Karl Fogel's team were going to and tagged oh another 3-pointer we just couldn't seem to get it we had to find a way to overcome another team would lose to allow continue as the Lakers led to g i v e his side a 10 point lead five done." he said. .jjr our key player losses from last them a spot in the big dance. Un- throughout most of*the game. 'minutes into the half. Junior Daryl. Roland's outstanding perfor- year. We also faced the newly fortunately, none of the above However, victory was not to be. Van Cleave came off t h e bench to mance earned him a spot on the formed GLIAC region, which happened. So, in spite of an im- Saginaw came back to score a notch up some valuable scores, GLIAC all-conference team as offered tougher competition than pressive 18 point highlight show narrow 75-73 win. The Lakers including his side's only dunk. point guard. He led the league in in years past, i think that at times put on by Lori Morth, the Lady finished the season 15-12 overall Midway through the half the steals and was his team's highest we struggled as a team, but there Lakers could not defeat AshI a nd. scorer of the year. Juniors Craig were also times when everything The final tally was 74-60?to and 11-8 in conference play* Lakers still held a 10 point lead, + - * i Despite a final regular season but Roland was on three fouls and Young and Stinson played well came together for us and we were Ashland. loss to Ashland, the Lakers began had to tone down the aggressive- throughout the year while Profit really able to turn'it on,"; said The Lakers ended their season was second in the league in both their first ever GLIAC playoff ness of his play. This allowed coach Jim Webb. with an 11-16 overall record and field goal percentage and blocked game with confidence. Junior W i l l Saginaw to come back and get "I'm really optimistic about our look forward to improving upon Slinson opened the scoring for within five points of the Lakers shots. prospects next year. We have all that next season. The hard work his team with two free throws. It with 5:30 remaining o n the clock. "All in all it was a great year our scholarship players returning for next year has already begun .was Slinson and superlative se- Stinson helped restore the Lak- considering pre-sea son predic- and also have some fantastic re- with practices and conditioning nior guard, Rahsaah Roland, who ers'lead, but with a little under tions," said Nasser. "This year's cruits in the works. I know we'll sessions for all returning players. led the scoring for the Lakers in four minutes remaining, Roland experience will mean the team is be a much stronger force in the Sophomore Lori Morth's excel- the opening half. • > committed his fourth fou 1 of the better menta lly equipped to go on GLIAC next year," said Webb. lent performance during the sea- As the only senior on the team,' game. Saginaw cut the lead to one and do even better next year," he The second to last game of the son earned her a spot on the 1995- Roland was determined not to let poinV73-72 with 2:23 left. Then, said. season was against Satynaw Val- 96 All-GLIAC Women's Basket- ley here at the Hurst. The Lakers ball Honorable Mention Team.