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ARTS& F3e photo Rte photo ENTERTAINMENT: Authors Alicia Suskin Ostriker and Larry Heinemann will be two of the features of the second literary festival on campus. Events will be held throughout the month of April.% Mercyhurst dancers By Jonellc Davis team together with Contributing writer full time English and creative writ- Following his speech, Heinemann and music by students that were not Lake Erie Ballet to ing teacher at Rutgers University. will also be hosting a creative writing possible in the old version of the pub- perform "Dance Over the course of the school year Ostriker will be staying at the Mer- workshop in the Mercyhurst guest- lication. Bodfes/1" 1 many speakers and workshops are cyhurst College-gaesthoose;"formerly house at 9:30 a.m. on April 21. This brought to Mercyhurst College in the Cohen Health Center, where she lecture is also open to all students, Festival Importance: order to help faculty and students will be teaching a creative writing while the workshop is invitation only. When asked to comment about the PAGE 8 increase the quality of their educa- workshop on April 14, at 9:30 a.m. festival, Dr. Kenneth Schiff discussed tion. The lecture is open to all students; Unveiling the 2004 Lumen: the importance of campus events. "It During the month of April, this however, the workshop is invitation The final event of the festival, the is very valuable to bring successful series of events will continue with the only, for creative writing students. Lumen Reception, will be held on writers to campus to give students the SPORTS: second annual literary festival. This Any creative writing students that Tuesday April 27 at 7:30pm, in the opportunity to see and speak with festival is hosted by the English De- have not been invited to this event Mercy Heritage Room. This is an highly respected novelists. By host- ing culturally diverse educational Men's l a c r o s s e plays partment, under the supervision of and want to attend can contact Dr. annual reception held in order to cel- Dr. Jeff Roessner and Dr. Kenneth Schiff. $g II ebrate the publication of the Lumen, events, the small campus community first night game on Schiff. jj W Mercyhurst's award-winning literary becomes more culturally alive. It is Tul 1 i o Field under Roessner and Schiff have worked Larry Heinemann: magazine. important to recognize Dr. Garvey lights. to expand the festival to go outside The next speaker, Larry Heine- During the reception there will be for making this festival possible of the Mercyhurst campus for the mann, will speak on Tuesday, April an open microphone session for stu- through his generous funding. Not 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Taylor Little dents to showcase their work, an only do students get to showcase PAGE 12 first time. Last year, the festival in- cluded lectures given by the English Theater. Heinemann is also a na- award ceremony for the best short some of their own work, but they Department, while this year it will tionally recognked writer. His award- story and best poems, and finally the now have the opportunity to learn include speakers from outside the winning first novel, Close Quarters, unveiling of the 2004 Lumen. from two high profile novelists." Upcoming Campus Events college^ has been called the seminal work to This year's Lumen is a product of Schiff went on to say that the En- come out of the Vietnam War a joint project between the English glish department is expecting a big- Alicia Suskin Ostriker: Heinemann also wrote Paco's Sto- Department, under the supervision ger turnout for the festival this year, Film: 21 Grams Oh Tuesday, April 13, the first ry, which received a National book of Dr. Schiff, and the Graphic De- and he hopes that students will take Mary D* A n g e l o Performing A r t s guest speaker, Alicia Suskin Ostrik- Award for fiction. Along with his sign program, under the direction of advantage of this great learning op* Ms. Jodi Staniunas-Hopper. The portunity. Center er, will speak in the Taylor Little The- award winning publications^ he has ater at 7:3.0 p.m. Ostriker has writ- also written a third novel titled Cooler Lumen will no longer be a simple lit- Any questions about the festival Wednesday, April 7, at 2 and 8 p.m. ten nine books of poetry and has had by the Lake, and many short stories erary magazine, but will be an inter- should be directed to Dr. Schiff or two of her works selected as National and non-fiction articles in national active CD. It will include graphics Dr. Roessner. MSG: Elections for President and Book Award finalists. She is also a magazines. Vice President Student Union Wednesday, April 7 - Thursday, April8 I i Model UN heads to NYC Literary Festival: Alicia S u s k i n Ostriker By Tiffany Burgess tra work, but it is something that re- Contributing writer ally sparks my interest/' Taylor Little Theater |^ The three topics are the subjects Tuesday, April 13,7:30 p.m. Mercyhurst students from the that each student is expected to de- The team Model UN Program are going to one bate on their perspective country's from Mer- Literary Festival: Larry Heinemann of the largest Model UN Conferenc- position. ? j cyhurst es at the Hilton in New York City on The last day I here will be three com- will par- Taylor Little Theater dl Tuesday April 6 till Saturday, April mittees that have the opportunity to tlcipate Tuesday, A p r i l 20,7:30 p.m. 10, 2004. I | J debate in the United Nations. In events Students James Mikulec, Nicole James Mikulec is the only student at the Repass| M a t t h e w Chodaczek, Jenni- from Mercyhurst College that^has United fer Bulk ley, Shenda Hershfield, and been chosen to debate in the United Nation's Andrew Narusewicz are the six who Nations. Building will be attending. The conferencefends with an ln| New Index They will be debating Kyrgyzstan's awards ceremony to those that dis- York City. News • ••••• 1 political, educational, scientific, tech- play great knowledge of their coun- nical, and economical issues of the try's position, the best committee de- National News. 2 country. Kyrgyzstan is located on the bates, and the best representation by News •-.• • 3 west border of China and is former- an individual. Features .• I ,4 ly part of the Soviet Republic. The purpose of the conference is The conference simulates approxi- to challenge the students to address Features i .5 Photo coorlosy of www.unlcnig.ofO Opinion 6 mately 30 committees to debate on the global issues and conflicts of the specified topics and countries. country they represent. provides an environment where stu- who has been invol \ ed with the Mod- Opinion 7 Each Mercyhurst student is on a Students are pushed to heighten dents from all over the world can el UN program for two years says A & E. f 8 different committee that has three their understanding of the interna come together and work with each thatt "I have learned so much with A & E 9 main topics that they are assigned to tional system while testing their ne- other in a manner that I osters a great- the Mod* I UN program, this is defi- er understanding across international nitely the most worth while thing that Sports. I 10 research before the conference. gotiating, judgment, and problem- 11 As freshman Andrew Narusewicz solving skills. boundaries. I've done since I have been in col* Sports, said, "The researching is a lot of ex- Since the conference is so large it Shenda I lershfield a sophomore lege. Sports, 12 APRIL 7,2004 PAGE 2 THEMERCIAD
NEWS To contact: [email protected]^ ^ Fighting continues in Shiite section of'Baghdad
By Matthew Schofield 6 Knight Ridder Newspapers
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Ameri- can officials raised the stakes Monday in an already-tense Iraq by announcing they will seek to arrest a Shiite cleric whose fol- lowers were blamed for the deaths Sunday of at least nine coalition soldiers, including eight Americans. Sheik Muqtada al Sadr is want- ed in connection with the mur- der nearly a year ago of a rival cleric. The cleric was hacked to death during a meeting of Shiite groups in Najaf one day after Baghdad fell to American forc- es, U.S. officials said.; There was no word on how soon Sadr might be seized, and KRT he remained defiant in his head- Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr s militiamen take time to pray quarters at a mosque in Kufa, as they protect Al Kufah Mosque in Kufah, Iraq, after clash- 90 miles south of Baghdad. es with coalition forces on Sunday. Tensions remained high throughout the country. Gunfire into the neighborhood. Accord- for the US. Central Command, could be heard overnight in Sadr ing to hospital reports, 30 Iraqis said four police stations had been City, where hundreds of militants were killed and 60 were wound- seized by Sadr supporters, but had massed in the streets Mon- ed during the fighting. that all had been retaken. Military officials confirmed day afternoon, promising fresh KRT The official described the Shi- attacks. U.S. tanks were stationed Muktada Al-Sadr s followers burn the American flag as they protest the closing of his Monday that they skirmished ite uprising as more troublesome outside every police station in the 0 0 newspaper, Al-Hawza, in front of the Convention Center in Baghdad, Iraq. three times with militia members than the violence last week in sprawling slum, home to 2 mil- on Sunday, but Kimmitt said all Fallujah, a Sunni-dominated city lion Shiites. »> el of violence," said U.S. Army story apartment buildings in the it. police stations were under coali- long sympathetic to supporters Thirty-five miles west, U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt in tightly packed slum. As they Coali tion officials said they had tion control by Monday mom- of Saddam Hussein. "Fallujah Marines cordoned off the res- Baghdad, the deputy chief of slowed in the lane, the street no information on how the eight ing. Each station had three has been like that," he said, brief- tive city of Pallujah in the Sunni operations. Later he added, "We quickly filled with angry, armed soldiers were killed Sunday. Wit- American tanks parked in front ing reporters under the condition Triangle, promising to find the are not in a crisis." militants, members of Mahdi's nesses said they had seen at least by afternoon, and as night that he not be identified. perpetrators of an ambush last Meanwhile, witnesses to Sun- Army, who are loyal to Sadr. two bodies of Americans after nearcd, a column of 10 more Shiites, in contrast, have been i day's fighting in Sadr City de- In the close space, the Ameri- the Humvees were attacked. relatively supportive of the U.S., week that killed four American tanks gathered near the mam scribed a scene in which U.S. can soldiers found it difficult n When militia members came to who had repressed them and civilian security guards whose entrance to the suburb. soldiers stumbled into an am- even to swing their weapons seize one police station, another killed their leaders, including bodies later were mutilated by an An Iraqi journalist in Sadr City bush from which there was no around and were overwhelmed. witness said, police offered no Sadr s father.! angry mob. Roads between Monday night said renewed hope of escape and Iraqi police- Two of the vehicles were set on resistance. "You may have it, but Tensions have been high for Baghdad and the Jordanian bor- fighting was fierce, ncou cannot men surrendered their offices fire. Soldiers were ripped from you must promise to look after more than a week. On Sunday der, which run through Fallujah, imagine the force of the attack without a fight, the third the jail as well," the witness quot- and Monday, 10 Americans and were closed. tonight," Ahmed Mukhtar said. "The attackers took the third ed an officer as saying a Salvadoran soldier were killed. U.S. officials insisted spiraling The witnesses said three Amer- "The fighting is coming from one for a drive," one witness Coalition forces also came un- violence wasn't creating a crisis ican Humvees were moving Soon after that, US. reinforce- everywhere." said. "When they stopped, peo- ments moved in, streaming der fire in Mosul, Kirkuk, Na- in Iraq. down a narrow lane and were A senior coalition official in ple tore everything of value from jaf and Basra. "We are responsive to t h e lev- hemmed in by twor and three- through every major entrance Tampa* Fla., the. headquarters Since war, Iraqi kids Romanian villagers decry police master art of begging investigation into vampire slaying Because of the massive trade- who's almost 2, not much "What did we do?" pleaded deano added that police were By Mark Washburn By Matthew Schofield Flora Marinescu, Pet r e ' s sister expanding the investigation, Knight Ridder Newspapers out of US. forces _ 200,000 younger than some of the chil- soldiers are on the move in and dren who approach the convoy, Knight Ridder Newspapers and the wife of the man accused which began in mid-January;* to out of Iraq now _ more than a wiggling festively, giving of re-killing him. Mf they're include the after-deaths of oth- BAGHDAD, Iraq — "Pep- dozen convoys can pass this spot thumbs-up signs to the soldiers. right, he was already dead. If ers in area. MAROTINU DE SUS, Ro- si, Pepsi," the Iraqi boy im- in an hour. When one stops, it Sometimes the encounters are we're right, we killed a vampire "The investigation is ongoing, mania — Before Toma Petrel plores the U.S. soldiers guard- beckons like a many-wheeled more painful. In some Iraqi and saved three lives. ... Is that and we expect to file c h a r g e s lat- relatives pulled his body from the ing a convoy stopped on the pinata. towns, like the unruly Batha, so wrong?" er," he said, referring to possible grave, ripped out his heart, roadside. A small boy about 4 walks up children aren't looking for Yes, according to the Roma- charges of disturbing the peace burned it to ashes, mixed it with of the dead, which could carry No Pepsi. wearing a soiled Dallas Cowboys handouts but mischief. They nian State Police. Its view, ex- It water and drank it, he hadn't a three-year jail term*"We are "Baby," he says, making a T-shirt, opens a candy bar he's pressed by Constantin Ghin- hurl rocks at the trucks. been in the news much. determining whether this was an popcorn-eating motion, mean- gotten from a trucker and throws deano, the chief agent for the Hedlund's soldiers have de- That's often the way here with region, is that vampires aren't isolated case or whether there is ing he was little and wanted the wrapper to the ground. . v veloped a cunning counterat- a pattern in the village." food. "Food, food," he bleats to the vampires. Quiet lives, active real, and dead bodies in graves tack: Penny-size lemon drops aren't to be dug out and killed No sale. soldiers. "No shoes, no shoes." deaths..* Romania has been filled with fired from slingshots. The hard Villagers here aren't up in arms again, even by relatives.- news of the vampire-slaying in- Then a new tack. "Money The oldest child is perhaps 12. outer coatings shatter on im- for shoes!" he calls, smiling and No adults are in sight Convoys about the undcad they're pretty He doesn't really have much vestigation, and villagers admit pact, inflicting a memorable common but they are outraged more to say on this case, other there's a pattern, but they argue pointing to his bare feet. are pounding past at 60 mph or sting more. that the police are involved in a than noting that Petre had been that that's the reason these mat- No handout. "That's a lot better than a bul- He moves up the line to a First Lt Eric Hedlund, 33, of simple vampire slaying After all, removed from his grave, his ters shouldn't make it to court. let," Hedlund says. vampire slaying is an accepted, heart had been cut out and it was There's too much of it going on, tractor-trailer whose civilian Rio Rancho, N.M., admits he's At day's end, the convoy driver is inspecting his flatbed conflicted about the begging chil- though hidden, bit of national presumed to have been con- and too few complain about the reaches its destination, a seized heritage, even if illegal. sumed by his relatives. Ghin- practice. load and repeats his appeals. dren, in part because he suspects Iraqi air base occupied by U.S. The driver hands over an the MREs and candy they take forces near Balad. It is a farm MRE, a military meal sealed from truckers feed those who area and as the trucks wait in t in vinyl. shoot at convoys at night. "Most line to get through the check- As the convoy pulls out, the of the food they give out goes point, children emerge from Clarke v. Rice: boy, he looks about 4 or 5, to support the anti-coalition the fields. clutches the MRE against his cause," he says. One boy, no more than 3, A battle of w o r d s National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice small chest, tiny but experi- But he says it is Iraq's young- breaks away from his older est generation that is easiest to will testify before the Sept. 11 commission enced fingers tugging out a brother and wanders alone to respond to criticism from former pack of M&Ms. win over in a struggle for hearts among the idling rigs, stepping counterterrorlsm adviser Richard Clarke. The encounter, replayed doz- and minds. When he goes to a into the travel lanes as Hedlund How their statements compare; ens of times daily along the village near his base, he carries charges forward in his Hum- main supply routes feeding the candy for the children that he vee to run off adult vendors Clarke: Tour government failed you. Sept Rice: "The best thing we can do for the occupation force in Iraq, is, by pays for himself because rules Those entrusted with protecting you memory of the victims, the best thing we approaching the trucks to of- failed you." 11 can do for the future of this country, is turns, a poignant, comical and of engagement-prohibit giving fer phony Rolex watches for victims to focus on those who did this to us... somedmes tragic ballet with military food or water to Iraqis. $20 and other trinkets. We did what we knew how to do." ^ pity and poverty in starring On the convoy route, though, The child turns around, sees he shakes the children off, Clarke: "By invading Iraq, the War in Rice: "Iraq and Afghanistan are roles. the Humvee bearing down and president of the United States vanguards of this effort to spread Today's convoy is on a 340- doesn't want them near the darts back into the thicket of has greatly undermined the war £ Iraq democracy and tolerance and freedom mile journey that started at trucks. trucks. on terrorism." throughout the greater Middle East." dawn in southern I raq and will "We ve had kids get run over Hedlund has worked securi- Clarke: "My view is that this White House Rice: "Terrorism was considered end at dusk north of Baghdad. trying to get candy," Hedlund ty for truckers on the supply administration, while listening to me, important enough and urgent enough It first stops for mechanical says. route since it was established either didn't believe me that there was an and terrorism that the president had sessions with adjustments near Samawah in "Many have been hit, I guar- in the wake of the fall of Bach- urgent problem or was unprepared to act (CIA director) Georgo Tenet 46 times southern Iraq, on a forlorn antee you that," confirms Lt Col. dad. In that year, he has no- as though there was an urgent problem." on that issue." swath where little vegetation Thomas Sisinyak of Hunters* ticed a change in the children. Clarke:N... the entire conversation left Rice: "Anybody should have asked obstructs the desolate panora- ville, N.C. He is riding along on At first, they were gleeful at me in absolutely no doubt that George raq whether Iraq was complicil, given ma. this day to inspect the main sup- the handouts from Americans. Bush wanted me to come up with a and Sept. 11 our history with Iraq ..." Soon, as though bidden by a ply route from Kuwait to Bagh- Now they see it as a form of report that said Iraq did this." genie's magical fingerplay, chil- dad and beyond, one of his com- tribute, a toll to be extracted. Clarke: "As I briefed Rico on Knowledge Rice: "Do you really want me to respond dren appear where no children mand responsibilities with the "They used to say thank al-Qalda, her facial expression gave of al-Qaida to that... This Is arrogant In the extreme. had been before, barefoot and Charlotte, N.C.-bascd 812th you"' he says. "Now they don't me the Impression that she had I'm a specialist In International politics. I've never heard the term before." fearless panhandlers material- Transportation Battalion. care. It's more, =*/gimme, heard of a few things before I met Dick Clarke." 1 izing from the desert dust. Sisinyak has a son at home gimme. " /, 6 2004 KRT Source. Knlghl RkJdor Washington Burtau. KRT Photo Sorvkig Gmphic Judy Ttolbto APRIL 7,2004 THEMERCIAD PAGE 3
To contact [email protected] S Northwestern j o u r n a l i s m students Classroom computers! say they deserve all those A's keep students involved By Katherine Leal Unmuth participation. By Robert Becker found that A's made up about Knight Riddcr Newspapers "If you see this glazed look 4 Chicago Tribune the same proportion about 31 I call it the cocker spaniel look percent of total undergraduate Point, click... and pop quiz? you know they're not gcttingit/' Although high grades have grades at highly selective colleg- The bkie remotes grasped by he said "This tool lets the fac- some academics concerned es in the 1980s and the 1990s. Wichita State University stu- ulty sec if they're really getting about grade inflation, students at But at Medill, inflation has dents taking a Wednesday it » Northwestern University's Me- been real. evening "Economics of E^ The business school has wired dill School of Journalism offer According to the survey, Business" class may resemble all classrooms for the system. a simple explanation: They de- grades in the A range make up television remotes, but they're It has 64 clickers and is con- serve them. 56 percent of undergrad grades not sidering buying more. Current A's accounted for 56 percent in the winter quarter, while B- Called the Classroom Perfor- students did not pay for the of the undergraduate grades range grades account for 42 per- mance System, or CPS, they're CPS remotes, but in the future during the just-completed winter cent. Two percent of the grades the latest classroom technolo- each student could pay $15 to quarter at Medill, according to were in the C range, although gy the W. Frank Barton School $20, Clark said So far, imple- an internal university report. no student received a grade be- of Business is trying out. menting CPS in the business "When you come to a school low C-plus, according to the sur- Standing at the front of the school has cost about $6,000, like Northwestern, everyone's a veyijj classroom, Wichita State pro- he said perfectionist anyway and is intel- By way of comparison, A- fessor and associate dean Jim Students in Clark's class had ligent," said Kellie Mitchell, a range grades accounted for only Clark wanted to know: What mixed feelings about it. freshman from Kansas City, 33 percent of undergrad marks would be the minimum profit- Stefan White, a senior mar- Kan., who received three A-mi" in 1994. able price to sell Visual Studio keting major, said CPS seemed nuses and a B her first quarter. Grades on die Evanston cam- Net software in Vietnam? He better fitted for younger stu- ""But the avalanche of A's has pus have crept higher since the supplied some numbers and dents especially when Clark] the Medill faculty and adminis- 1980s. A November 2000 study gave the options: A. $399; B. gave a recent grammar quiz on trators concerned. Medill Dean reported that the average under- anything more than $25; C over the difference between its and Loren Ghiglione has set up a graduate grade point average had $15; D. over $10; or E. over i& I committee to study the matter risen to 3.32 in die fall quarter $a WM i "I can see how they work in and is even talking about reviv- of 1998 from 2.99 in the fall The students paused, then high school and grade school, ing the neady extinct grade of of 1982. \ % quietly lifted their clickers and but they seem a little childish l for college" he said C. * MedilTs Ghiglione says there pointed them toward a receiv- Ghiglione said at a meeting are a number of possible fac- ing unit- A moment later a However, he would like to with Medill faculty there was a Photo c o u r t e s y of www.ncxtfTwestom.oom tors underlying the leap in top screen showed how many vot- sec his teacher use it mote of- consensus to "try to reintroduce Northwestern University's campus In Evanston, IL grades, including the school's ed for each response. The cor- ten for quizzes. this notion: To get a C at Medill competitive and talented stu- rect answer was C, and 11 of But James Pappan, a senior is not a horrible thing" sions Officers. dents, and small classes, which the 18 students got it right. in economics, said the clickers) semester. are effective teaching tools. Grade inflation is hardly unique The rise in grades at schools Some faculty members say the allow for close interaction with "It's a way to get students a to Medill or Northwestern. Oth- rash of high grades also has had the faculty. little more involved/' Clark "It gets class participation up," around the country has sparked he said. They help keep you er top schools, including Prince- soul-searching, debate and ad- an adverse impact on learning f$ Ghiglione also said the school said. "They're not just sitting ton and Harvard, have wrestled To contact: [email protected] F E A T U R E S Rotaract students honor Erie Rotary club ences as a Rotaract member to let the Erie Rotary club know By Kyla Mclnchak have shown him the importance what we've done with their help. Contributing writer of community service. We wanted them to know that Although he will graduate in we appreciate them," said Tasker. On April 24, the Rotaract club 2005, he plans to join the Rota- The presentation was also in at Mercvhurst will hold the an- ry club after he has met their honor of National Rotary nual PolioPlus Run/Walk on enrollment requirements. Month. campus to raise money to erad- Rotaract members engage in Roach, who is the current pres- icate Polio. significant service projects dur- ident-elect, hopes that she will be Each of the committees in the ing the school year. This includes able to coordinate more meet- club participates in community raising money for children in ings with the Erie Rotary club service and would like to see Haiti and sending m o n e y to pov- during the next school year. She their group expand. erty stricken people in Uganda, said that is difficult to work Currently, the group consists Africa. around their schedule, but it is of 18 members. Although the Liz Tasker, who is a co-secre- beneficial to keep in touch with group is considerably small, the tary for the club in addition to a them. teamwork that the group dem- member of the International Roach also hopes to engage the onstrates helps the Rotaract club Committee, refers to the club as Rotaract club in more hands-on to accomplish large projects. a "service above self group". activities, such as ringing t h e bell According to Tim Krysiek, the Tasker explained the impor- for the Salvation Army and vice-president, being a member tance of National Rotary Club working in a soup kitchen. isn't overwhelming for people Month. She said that during Ted Miller is a graduate stu- who have busy schedules. The March the Rotaract club partic- dent and has been the Rotaract group meets once every two ipated in service activities that club on-camp u s advisor this Katie McAdams/Photo ecfitor weeks and divides iiito different] were sponsored by the Erie Ro- year. Me and the other advisor, Rotaract president-elect Meghan Roach, vice president-elect Liz Taker and on campus committees in order to accom- taryv club. These benefit the Dawn Tofel work as volunteers advisor Ted Miller were present at the Erie Rotary on March 24 for the Rotaract presenta- plish community service goals. community and help make oth- to aid the students in leadership tion. "Duong the meetings we talk ers aware of the work that the and community service matters. w . about different fundraisers and Rotaract club is doing. "The Rotaract members are a with the projects themselves," means it has tripled in size in less | Miller believes that the .stu- sometimes we bring in guest On March 24, Krysiek, Roach, motivated group of students. Miller said. than one year. dents gain leadership experience, speakers," said president-elect and Tasker made a presentation The projects require initiative Roach said that at the begin- "We hope that through our which makes it a beneficial ex- Meghan Roach. at the Erie Rotary club. "The and seeing them through is im- ning of this year the Rotaract hard work we will be able to re- perience for anyone. Krysiek stated that his experi- purpose of the presentation was portant The students come up club had six members, which cruit new members," said Tasker. Criminal justice majors travel to Vegas for conference By Jen Helbig entry programs for violent of- Contributing writer fenders in Erie County," Fre- drick said. "We looked at indi- From March 9 to the 13, a viduals who were released from group of Mercyhurst students the prison facilities of Erie from Alpha Phi Sigma were in County, in comparing the suc- Las Vegas for the Annual Acad- cessful rate of re-entry pro- emy of Criminal Justice Scienc- grams of offenders to integrate es Conference them back into the community. Eight students were joined by These re-entry programs of Erie three professors, Dr. Frank County include such programs Hagan, Attorney Tina Fryling, as SVORI (Serious and Violent and Dr. Peter Benekos. Offender Reentry Initiative) and Mercyhursfs Alpha Phi Sigma CROMISA (Erie County Com- President, senior David Fredrick munity Reintegration of Offend- was one of the students who ers with Mental Illness and Sub- went. _ I stance Abuse)/' "Alpha Phi Sigma is the Crim- inal justice honors society" Fre- drick said. "It is partnered with The meeting the Academy of Criminal I us- tice Sciences, which was the or- was a great ganization that held the event." Not everyone at die meeting experience. It's was associated with Alpha Phi Emily Sluk/Contributing photographer Sigma, but many chapters of the am opportunity The group of criminal justice majors that traveled to Las Vegas Criminal Justice Sciences Conference. The students organization attend the meeting were Joined by three professors. because of its relevancy to the to become Academy of Criminal Justice ation Research: Police and Cor- with the other members of Al- "We brought our resumes," with the many marvelous indi- 59 * Sciences. \* educated. rections/' pha Phi Sigma from around the Fredrick said, "the career fair viduals who provide the research "Students, professors, adults Hagan, Fryling, and Benekos country." was accommodating because in improving the criminal justice who wrote books and magazine - David Fredrickeac h presented their own papers On Wednesday, March 10, the many of us that attended will be profession. articles, and others were at the • • as well. group went to the opening cere- graduating this year." "The ACJS Conference al- meeting,'' Fredrick said. DuBose had originally written "It was impossible to go to mony, and the rest of the time Involvement in the APS has lowed us to realize how signifi- The Mercyhurst APS vice pres- a similar paper about the re- every event," Fredrick said. was spent traveling to view dif- opened many doors to Fredrick cant the criminal justice profes- ident, Tim Fox, treasurer Nicole search in Boston, Massachusetts. "When we arrived, we registered ferent panels and discussions. and the other attendees. sion is to the citizens of our Becker, and secretary Marie She and Fredrick compared and then decided which panels One of the important events "The meeting was a great ex- country," Fredrick said. "This Vogan were attended the confer- Erie's system with statistics from to attend." that the Mercyhurst students at- perience," Fredrick said. "It's an conference demonstrated the ence. the rest of Pennsylvania. The group was able to do a b i t tended was the career fair on opportunity to become further importance of how the research Fredrick, along with senior The meeting in Las Vegas host- of sightseeing in addition to the Thursday, March 11. educated and to appreciate what in each particular criminal jus- Ashley DuBose presented a ed a total of 370 panels of conference, Agencies in attendance were the criminal justice major en- free area further provides the speech about re-entry programs speeches. "We had a few activities with the U.S. Marshals Service, the tails." \ I successful security and safety for in Erie County for violent of- DuBose and Fredrick's paper Alpha Phi Sigma," Fredrick said, U.S. Customs and Border Pro- Fredrick said that the confer- our nation,5* v fenders. was presented during the 219th "and we were able to go on a tection Agency, the FBI, and the ence provides students the op- "We made a comparison of re- panel, which was titled, "Evalu- four-hour tour of Las Vegas National Park Service. portunity to become acquainted ThdJFreedom Zone encourages Thursday: i slice of pizza. 6 wings. Cookie, ao. m students to submit work ipeciai Fountain Drink By Jaime Myers April 8 so there is enough time stories included. to include the stories in the Friday: Flan Sandwich, t, Contributing writer The topics vary from issue Sunday: B.Q. Pork Sand* Tuesday Rueben Sa n d - spring issue of The Freedom to issue. with, L» Frrocb Fry, Cookie, wich & French Fry, Cookie, French Fry, Cookie, 20. ox The Freedom Zone* another Zone. Sometimes there arc dou 20 os. Fountain Drink % 20. oz Fountain Drink <* Fountain Drink Mercyhurst publication, en- The Freedom Zone originally blc-issucs or two issues are re- Monday: Fijila. S. French Wednesday, Steel City Saturday: Laker Burger. courages students and faculty started in 1992 when Mercy- leased in a particular term, Fly, Cookie, 20. 01 Fountain Sandwich. S, French Fry, Cutty French Fry, Cookie, to write articles for the spring hurst Student Government depending on how many sto- ! Drink I Cookie, ao, m F, Drink 20. ox Fountain Drink edition. and Student Activities Com- ries are submitted. f Ilit issue will deal with con- mittee thought the school Students or faculty writing troversy in the media. should have another publica- for The Freedom Zone do not Many controversial issues tion besides The Mercitid. get paid, but they do get their &press *awrite. have been brought up this year b 1992's MSG President, J o h n opinions and thoughts out to ' dealing with the media. Bruno, and SAC Chair, Frank the Mercyhurst community. Janet Jackson^ Super Bowl Z. Revy, decided to start The Equivalency Hours, The Freedom Zone is a chance half t i m e show, Kobe Bryant's \Freedom Zone. 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For everything now. f j are hard at work for the next else they need, they rely on The Freedom Zone is free for ^Meatball issue, contributing writers, who can Alio* Combo 3.99 * U12" combo 4*99 •Baja Chicken the Mercyhurst community to Hor those wishing to write for be students or faculty. pick up. the spring edition, the deadline One issue is released every Just look for a new issue for submitting an article is term with around 10 to 20 around the campus. '^118$ APRIL 7,2004 THEMERCIAD PAGES FEATURES To contact: [email protected] Art students give back to community By Courtney Nicholas dents went during class time fin- Features editor ished the mural by the end of winter term. "It was hard to get everyone /•Sharing your talent with oth- together, especially if they were ers is very rewarding. I- not art majors" said Harwood. The senior art students found "In the end, all the hard work this out after completing a mu- paid off." ^ I ral at the Mercy Center for The students that were not art Women in downtown Erie. majors helped with the mural in "Ms. Hahn wanted to touch different ways. Some students different places in the commu- helped organize the party that nity,'* said Maggie Burton. took place after the mural was Hahn made it a class require- finished. ment for students to go down- The party was a chance for the town to the Mercy Center tor residents of the Mercy Center Women and, as a class, paint a for Women to see die students mural in one of their rooms. work complete. The class came up with many "It was nice to see the residents ideas and eventually decided on and tlieir reactions," said senior the rainforest as a theme for the Megan McDonough. "We did art mural. Carolyn Harwood and activities with them." Melissa Warner took this rain- McDonough also thought the forest theme and added a sun- requirement for the class was a set on a desert scene. The scene good aspect of the curriculum, also included animals. "It was nice to have a project to "We wanted something fun, do as a class. We worked togeth- colorful and something that ev- er and complete the wall in sec- eryone could paint easily if they tions/* were not an art major/* said Burton reflected on how the Harwood. wall would bring therapy to the Harwood and Warner then children that saw it, "It was nice hand drew the scene; put t h e to do something for the commu- Becca Thompson/Contributing photographer scene onto overheads, and then nity with our ability and turn The finished mural at the Mercy Center for Women. The mural was chosen by the class and each student had a color coded them for painting something bleak into something particular Job; whether It was painting or helping with the party afterwards. The art students went downtown in once the scene was completely positive for the children." groups to paint the mural. $ -.&;••. j*. j M $ %i^M^Mc^ drawn on the wall. McDonough said the class was ing to make time to go back to painting and the party after- Karen Dudziak, Sarah Louis, 'It went beyond my expecta The students went in groups asked to volunteer more time and the center. wards were Rebecca Burton, Teresa Pinacano and Becca Th- tions. Everyone was very hap to paint the mural. Some stu- that some of the students are try- Other students that helpd with Kate Horn, Jessica Sessler, ompson. py with the mural," she said. Collins enjoys internship _ Studentsflearn while mentoring ByJenHelbig* Contributing writer By Courtney Nicholas Features editor Senior Patrick Collins had an internship with Nicholas, Teachers are special people. Perot,'Smith, and Koehler A few students taking seminar law firm over the summer. | in urban education have found For 10 weeks, Collins ^ f that they have patience and the worked as a legal intern in desire to continue on the path to their office. becoming future educators. "The law firm dealt with Freshman and elementary/spe- personal injury eases,'* Col- cial education majors Katie Ci lins said. letu and Mike Allen are two stu- The internship was of in- Katie McAdams/Photo e d i t o r dents that have learned much terest to Collins because he Senior Patrick Collins from their experience of men- is a political science major toring students at Franklin Ter- at Mercyhurst. money they could get for a race. "I received credit for the person who had hurt his "I never had experience with internship," Collins said. "I arm." urban children, but now after had to do journal entries *% also learned some of the working with them at Franklin about my experience and political language. There is a Terrace I know that I want to write a large paper at the law dictionary that I needed become a teacher," said Cilctti. end." j ll to use, because I wasn't fa- During the course of the spring The jobs that Collins had miliar with some of the term the students in seminar in to perform gave him a terms." urban education each student has glimpse into the real work- Collins said that he is un- to spend 10 to 12 hours at the Katie McAdams/Phc ing wodd. sure if law involving person- school helping the children. Katie Ciletti and Mike Allen are two students from the seminar in urban education that "I had to do some tedious al injury will be the route that Every Monday, freshman Allen were mentors to children at Franklin Terrace. work," Collins explained. "I he will take in the future. goes to Franklin Terrace at 2:15 helped create a civil com- However, he plans to attend p.m. He helps arrange the desks ing time, etc. The students were prepared to dents that participated in the plaint, which is amotion that law school. for the students and waits for the Ciletti also said that at the end enter a classroom, but some of mentoring program as well, Mi- you have to make when you children to arrive at 2:45 p.m. of the term she is going to miss die Mercyhurst students were not ll n b a n Cctinkaya, Laila Canian file a lawsuit." | 416 / enjoy my The students have a variety of the classroom i f children very prepared for the behavior prob- and the project coordinator Collins said that he shad- activities to do with die Mercy- much, "My experience has lems. Stephanie Galkowski, owed at his internship. major and hurst students, "We help them made me want to teacher even "I had a hard time dealing with The experience of working "At times, I felt as if I was with homework and we play more. I know that it is my true the behavior issues. It helped me with the students at Franklin a lawyer," Collins said. "I was believe it will games with them," said Allen. calling." J I build experience for the teal Terrace has been rewarding and able to go into the judge's Cilctti works with a first and a "One activity that I help the wodd, "said Allen. eye opening for Alien and Ci- chambers, which is a place second grader, 'The two girls are children with is called writing Other students that participat- lctti. that not many people are help me in the wonderful." block. I help the students write ed in the mentoring program at They said they have enjoyed able to see." * % She said that there are specific a story. We had a story idea time Franklin Terrace were Jill Per- getting to know the students and Where some of the first future.' ' times for every activity they par- and now we have moved onto fctti, Elyse Burns and Spring have truly realized their calling hand experiences were en- ticipate in with the children, the part of writing the actual sto- Russell. to be cducatois for the future. joyable, Collins said that oth- - PatricJdCollin^"Ther e is homework time, read- ry," said Allen. There were three graduate stu- ers were more difficult. "When I came to Mercy- "I was amazed at*the hurst," Collins said, "I was amount of paperwork that undecided. I took an Ameri- Kicks critic spurns retro sneakers needed to be done for one can legal process class, and although it wasn't an intense tive of high-performance different? So, the whole point fit, support and traction. Most case" Collins said. "Some- By Wendy Navratil political class, I was very in- shoes. Retro shoes in their day of a shoe is performance, not shoes will give up one for the times it takes months for Chicago Tribune anything to really h a p p e n for terested." £ were modern high-perfor- looks." * m other. The best shoes deliver a case, in the mean time, I Collins said that he feels mance. Now they're old-school Does he still love the Air them all*> there is a lot of reading and like he has overall has more Sneakerologist Ernest Kim, throwbacks. I'm more a fan Flightposite? "I still like it, but "A lot of people compare writing that needs to be knowledge from the intern- 29, gets no kicks from recycled of the shoes that keep push- retroing it cheapens it a little shoes to cars, but there really ship. styles. ing the boundaries." bit arc so many similarities. You Collins said that his writ- "I think that I will be just a "I'm a big r e t r o hater. I'm anti- Mere's more from this afi- "Part of what makes all of want it to dnvc well, it can t ing skills obtained at Mer- little ahead when I continue retro," said Kim, who works as cionado of "phat kicks," as these shoes special is that they feel like an old Buick, but you don't want it to hurt when you cyhurst helped him at the my education," Collins said. a Web designer by profession part of his Web site tag line were a product of their times. reads. The Air Jordan XI (1995) was drive over a bump." internship. «Jj "I am glad to have some ex- and as a shoe critic by passion. the first basketball shoe to use The brand at the top of its **Most of my political sci- perience." Known as Professor K on the 1 lis first love: "The Nike Air patent leather, which every- game: "I would say I'm brand ence courses helped me be- *fk Collins has been involved Web site he founded in 2000, Jordan V (1990). It was the first shoe I coveted, the first body uses now. When it first agnostic-" come used to writing," Col- at Mercyhurst with law also. www.kicksology.net, Kim re- shoe I mowed lawns for." came out> everybody hated it But .| lins said. "I learned how to **I have been on the Judi- cently moved from Chicago to I lis inspiration for kicksol- Basically, it looked like a gids' "Jordan's are the shoe equiv- write logical arguments." cial Review Board," Collins Corvallis, Ore., partly to be clos- ogy: "The Nike Air Plight- shoe and nobody bought it till alent of Ferraris. A collector There were some aspects said. "The board looks at er to offices for Nike and Adi- posite (1999). It was recendy MJ started wearing it. Then may buy the odd Adidas Rod of law mat Collins said he cases on appeal through Res- das. By "retro" he refers to shoes, retrocd. It was a super-futur- everybody loved it."* Laver, Adidas Forum Supreme could only learn through his ident Life. I was o n a case, and it allowed me a unique mosdy for basketball that arc istic shoe. The reason it g o t WThv best (until the next): "I or Reebok The Question, but experience. j* experience." reissued, sometimes in limited me to start the site was, I just tested a shoe that's now my dierc's no other line that can "I learned some basics at favorite performance shoe of match the Air J o r d a n line. This the internship that were not Collins said that the intem- editions with an update or two, thought i t was so horribly ugly. A friend dared me to try it" all time: the Nike Shox VC III. isn't true for everyone, some taught in class," Collins said. ship has not changed his feel- by whatever brand. Sort of like So he did. It's (Toronto Raptor player) folks only collect Adidas or n learned first-hand how ings about his major. the footwear version of Micha- el Jordan's return to the court "It was amazing. I thought Vince Cartei > signature shoe"] Asics or Reebok, but I'd say long a lawsuit takes. It was "I enjoy my major and be- Or "Starsky & Hutch." how m a n y p e o p l e wouldn' I buy What makes a shoe rock: that it's true for most" interesting that they were lieve it will help me in the fu- "I've always been representa- this shoe because it looks so "Cushioning stability, comfort able to know how much ture," Collins said. PAGE 6 THE MERCIAD APRIL7,2004 OPINION To contact: [email protected] The Good,;the Bad and the Ugly: What's hot and what's not at Merqjhurst Vote for some new malarky ten just drop by, roommates of- to take off your blindfold. The Good.1 1 m MadaMten feel compelled that they can 1) Chances are that your get away with anything. roommate is extremely embar- What's one of the good things about a school on trimesters? Breaks seem to run right into each • First, let's consider what might rassed over this situation. She other. Only a month has passed since the start of spring term and Easter break is already upon us. be causing this dilemma. probably has sworn her boy- It's time to eat chocolate eggs, jelly beans and marshmallow chicks to out heart's content- Be Perhaps your roommate friend off from holding hand patient with the Easter bunny though. He might get lost because of the snow and cold doesn't see why this is bothering to other activities. Your room- temperatures.. .in April. you. Most people can tolerate mate probably is keeping her different extremes of a situation mouth shut because she does not want to deal with the horror of This past week's Academic Celebration was a great success. It was a great way to get students to and forget to consider what lev- the situation. If someone got mink independently about important issues and, most importantly, to get them to think outside the Dearest readers of the Mer- el of affectionate display other caught in same comprising p o s i - classroom. College students need to remember that learning doesn't stop with the textbook. Seek- ciad, people may find to be repulsive. tion, they wouldn't want to brag ing knowledge is a journey that takes a lifetime. A college education isn't the end of that journey, Before I address the current For instance, once a former necessarily. Look beyond it. * business for the Madam Ma- roommate of mine constantly about it. larky regime, I must address invited her boyfriend over for 2) Your roommate may not some business from the last is- "stress relief" every Sunday. really care that you caught her. sue. It has been brought to my At first, she always told me They may think of it as a pri- attention that die r e are some when he was stopping by in ad- vate love joke between them The Bad... mighty unhappy football players vance, but as time went on she from now on. who read my column and were wrongly assumed I was always The boyfriend of the room- Did everyone take their winter clothes home at spring break? A few days of warm weather has indignant (that means angry) okay with the pattern. I was okay mate may be boasting to his apparently led the Mercyhutst community to break out the tank tops, flip-flops and shorts, even about some generalizations I the first w e e k e n d . I knew I would friends.-Therefore, giving the though the weather has become slightly inhospitable again. Freshmen, you will learn that even if made about the football team, j have to rearrange my schedule boyfriend an ego boost until the Weather Channel forecasts sun after spring break, you keep a sweater on hand The flu bug is To be fair, I could sec how they to work on my huge stack of something minor takes that away. still out there, all right? Nothing's worse than a cold once it finally d o e s it get sunny out would be offended, after all I did weekend homework at the good Like who could burp the loud- basically refer to them as slobs. ol' Hammermill Library all day. est when drunk. It's that time of year again! Housing sign-ups are around die corner- It's time to decide if you still I guarantee, however, that it was However, when this became a 3) The final theory that comes like those people that you've been living with for almost nine months. Maybe that's a difficult all in gpod fun. So that the team Sunday ritual, I became disgust- into my slighdy demented mind decision. Maybe it's not It's time to decide which of your friends you like the most and leave the doesn't feel left out, let's recap ed quickly because I never felt is that your roommate is waiting others to fight it out It's always ulcer-inducing. Pass the Mylanta, please* Hey juniorsl Keep your the hasty generalizations that I, really comfortable in my room. until you get caught doing some- chin up. You get first dibs this time around! Madam Malarky have made in I tried as much as possible to thing embarrassing. The act the past schedule my work study job or could involve you singing loudly In previous articles, I have tak- go to the mall every day Sunday and out of tune to Brittany en literary stabs at stalkers, so I also attempted to give diem Spear's 'Toxic" or being seen in freshmen, men, Danielle Steel, some time alone. So, make sure your underwear dancing to "Sat- .. . t h e lUgJy you communicate first and then urday Night Fever or other the Lifetime network, all room- mates, anyone who has a signif- explore other alternatives. miscellaneous acts. Then the two Did anyone consult die interior design department before posting those new signs on the sides icant other, lesbians, Spiderman, After this discussion takes of you would have done an of buildings around campus? Students surely don't need them, like they don't know where "Old die Steelcrs, women, RIAP ma- place, perhaps all your problems equally mortifying action and Main Administration" is and wouldn't prospective students be more inclined to approach a build- jors, my own damn self, hockey will be solved. However, if your unofficially declared even. ing labeled in a more soothing color, rather than stark black and white? It's a thought. players, Cosmo, Merciad writers, roommate simply continues to Now, it's time to decide what gay men, Mercy]) urst college stu- act without adhering to the com- to do. You could talk to her about dents, elementary school teach- promise you both agreed upon, it if you manage to keep from ers, the Oxygen network, Sex and it is time to roll up your sleeves. feeling too nauseous. First of all die City, the jerk faces who bur- It's time to get creative. I give you props for not scream- ied my car, elementary school Try to notice a pattern. Does ing like Kevin from "Home Obedience is i n o t a virtue children, the gid who chewed on your roommate only invite their Alone," while that may have Throughout our lives we have son or the knowledge? Could we a branch outside my window and guest over on certain days and been a very gpod idea. By Bitty Elliott been taught to listen to our el- say that there is an underlying sang about it, police and safety, times of the week? Try to keep For example, on a Friday you Contributing Wri te r ders, to listen to our teachers, to level to these actions of obedi- drunkards,»wom§n with paring track and make predictions. could say something along the our parents and so forth and so ence? 1' , , dis^r4fi^s>^^hite, falfcs* &**& *S°ty |Once.you have somewhat The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor Please submit all letters to: rhurst.edu [All letters should be 500 words or less The Merciad reserves the right to edit letters for length All letters must beisigned APRIL 7,2004 THEMEROAD PAGE 7 To contact; [email protected] N Hush your mouth: A tradition of talking too much Welcome to Erie: By Ashley DuBose truth is bound to come out. Even know their little goofs too. Contributing Writer if you mess up in front of only Strangers, well, mat is another You'll never want to leave a few people, each one will tell story. You don't have any dirt It's easy to complain about their two friends, and they'll tell on them, so they don't, have So, I guess I will miss this town Erie. There's certainly n o lack of It's that sinking feeling i n the two friends, and so on, and so to keep their mouths shut. and all its quirky little eccentric- material: the weather, the traf- But I Could Be Wrong pit of your stomach. It's that on, and so on.. .Party on Wayne. You're pretty much screwed ities. HI miss the tact that you fic, the crime, the crumbling can search and search all around lovely bile rising i n your throat Pretty soon, the whole campus (You see that gid over there? downtown. this town and never find a 7-11 as you swallow and stare into will know that you were the ones She took mis Easter egg, see, J Are they ever going to do or Dunkm Donuts. FH even miss the eyes of the person across and,.,) H M V~ climbing down the outside of something with the old Koehler (wait for it) the weather. from you as you ask: "Did I Duval a few weeks ago- This is usually the part of Beer factory? Jaime Shocking. just say that out loud?" Don't forget my little scenario the column where 1 give ad- College is about learning and Why won't they salt the bleep- Rinne You know why I'll miss the at the beginning of this article. vice for the aforementioned ing roads when it snows so much doing new things, that's axiom- Going into True Confessions problem. Unfortunately, for weather in this dinky litde town? here? I could go on. * # atic. However, you are bound mode in front of your friends this problem there is no solu- WM Ifs because of the first nice day. In my four years at Mercy- to learn or do something that can be embarrassing, and lead to tion beyond finding the near- The first d a y during spring term, hurst, I have heard far more than you never want to think about, | months, even years of teasing est rock to crawl under, when the cold breaks and it's my share of complaints and I much less talk about. Yet, (You dated who? Isn't he gay?). jThe only thing you can do is dam dank. Clearly, not much has warm out Actually, it's probably have certainly voiced more than somehow, those stories just slip This is the price for having ride it out Some other story changed since that day. So, why only about 55 degrees out, but it my share. Sometimes, it's as if out. Sneaky little buggers, fnends. Eternal torment. Hey, will always come along and did I come here at all? Whv didn't feels like 75. this city is just begging to be aren't they? | wait a minute... make you seem completely I go to the sunny College of L Everyone is smiling and every- picked on. Myrde Beach (and major in tan- one is happy. You walk to CVS It's bound to happen. There No matter how much your normal by comparison. (See ^TYet, when you get right down ning with a minor in volleyball)? for ice cream, lemonade and really is no way to avoid it. friends tease you, nothing can that guy over there? He has to it, there is something about * I guess there's just something sidewalk chalk and then proceed After all, the most embarrass- compare to hanging out at a bar this duck, see, and he took mis this tiny little town. When I com- about Erie. to decorate every concrete sur- ing things happen in front of with your pals and their pals, the old wind up watch and...) a very large audience. plain to friends who have long There's something about a city face on campus with doodlings. ones you don't know, and decid- Wow, there are some weird since graduated and moved on Fm pretty sure there is a the- with so much history. It's my favorite day of the year, ing that after youVe had a few ones on campus, aren't there? to other things diat I can't wait ory that goes something like: There's something about a city pelt's not a holiday, a day off that it is about time to tell every- So relax, don't worry about to kiss this place good-bye, they the embarrassing quotient ris- one about the time with the goat, that embraces its heritage and its from school or any other spe- it. all say the same thing: "You'll culture, with all it diversity and cial event It's just a day and you es proportionally with the vis- paintball gun, and the Easter egg. At least not until those pic- -- miss it when you're gone/' Call I 'ible population size. Yeah, that variation. can only appreciate it if you live You sec, mat is bad. No mat- tures are developed. me incredulous, but I find that is pretty much all I use my I've never been to a city that in Brie, because only the resi- ter how much you mess up in Rumors are rumors, but p h o - highly dubious. math classes for, right there. hosts a German heritage festi- dents of Erie know what it's like front of your buddies, you still tos are worth a million in black- Then, I started thinking (which val and Gay Pride Day in die to emerge from a long cold win- Anyway, as I was saying, the have a safety line, because you mail. is always dangerous and scary). same month (September, in case ter to sec die sun shining bright- I started thinking about why I you were wondering). It's enlight- iy- | H I came to Erie (well, Mercyhurst) ening to drive down a street and E-Jlfs, quite literally, like a ray of in the first place. There had to see both a tattoo pador and an hope, bring light into the dark have been something that cap- antique shop. Bet you can't find places. Fairy tale dreams: tured my attention, I remember that in Chicago, with its "red This is why I like Brie. my first v i s i t : it was October and light" district Erie-ites proudly Wow...I*really am going to The messages our children hear it was raining (big surprise). It mix their debauchery and culture. miss this place when I'm gone. was cold and grey and pretty Good for them! Think about it.. .won't you? must be beautiful ro be loved. missed. Children, for instance, How about the infamous are completely naive to the real- 1 Wl" Write Truth "Hansel and Gretel?" The wick- ity of the drug innuendos present ed, controlling stepmother of d i e in Alice in Wondedand. Michelle two children persuaded their fa- Think of one of the most A l e t t e r to the editor: HK£- ther to abandon them in the common morals, that of not woods "because there were too talking to strangers. If Snow many mouths to feed." Yeah, White hadn't talked to strangers, Students neglectful of global warming don't talk to strangers. Just throw she never would have met the Academic Celebration was a ic Celebration, Donald Brown; al arts school, founded in the them into an oven and burn Seven Dwarfs, and if the . • phenomenal success this year, discussed the ethics of global tradition of the Sisters of them to death; Th«'mdtalr*Q&p- DWarra never would haW&l- " 5 s thanks to excellent planning by warning add/what h e sees astour Mercy, we are constandy-asked ml\P$ Pa*£nts - aftd a 'pb&t lifes^e ' lo ENTERTAINMENTTo contact: [email protected] — - r tHe Bands achieve 'Hurst dancers andfLake BuZz APRIL 17. Trachrenburg prominence Erie Ballet j o i n l together Family Slideshow Players. Mt Small's Theatre, ghostly ballad "Orange Sky" on Pittsburgh. On sale March By Eric R. Damon "The OC" no doubt has a pow- 13 at noon at Ticketmaster. The Hartford Courant erful effect. But background music in a contrived scene on APRIL 18. Graham Colton. Indie bands achieving p o p - c u l - TV can never compare to the Mr. Small's Theatre, tural prominence are no longer lasting impact of actually expe- Pittsburgh- On sale Afarch doing it through radio. They're riencing the song, otj say, wan- 13 at noon at Ticketmaster, doing it on network television. dering through the hushed aisles Hie Flaming l i p s were among of Waterloo Records with close APRIL 21. Something die first bands to go prime time friends in Austin, Texas, while Corporate, YeHowcard, the with a 1993 appearance on Murdoch contributes in person Format Scene Pavilion, "Beverly Hills 90210." "Daw- to the soundtrack of your life. Cleveland. On sale March son's Creek" later provided a * 12 at Ticketmaster. boost to artists including Edwin McCain and Paula Cole by in- '"Landing a song APRIL 21. H.I.M., Eigh- cluding their songs on the show, -•v.. teen Visions, Kill Hannah. often during the most emotion- on the show un- Mr. Small's Theatre, al scenes. Now "The OC" is Pittsburgh. On sale March pushing bands that appeal to cre- questionably af- 13 at noon at Ticketmaster. ator Josh Schwartz and the ac- tors and some of those groups fords those acts ex- APRIL 22. H.I.M, Eigh- appear on "Music From The teen Visions, Kill Hannah. OC: Mix 1." 1* posure they deserve, Odeon, Cleveland. On sale The compilation CD includes March 12 at 10 a.m. at tunes by Spoon, Jem, J e t , Doves, Ticketmaster. Turin Brakes and Phantom Plan- but isjt the right et, whose tune "California" APRIL 25. Kim Wilson's opens the Fox melodrama. Land- kind expo- Blues Review. Hard Rock ing a song on the show unques- 99 Cafe, Pittsburgh. On sale tionably affords those acts expo- sure? March 13 at noon at sure they deserve, but is it the Ticketmaster. right kind of exposure? HPerhaps it's not meant to c o m - Consider: The tunes never pare. Maybe hyping pop songs APRIL 27. Dark Lotus. stand alone; they're background on TV shows is a necessary evil. Mr. Small's Theatre, music that's useful in setting a Maybe it's better for more peo- Pittsburgh. On sale March certain mood for a scene. That ple to hear artists like Alexi Mur- 13 at noon at Ticketmaster. scene or mood then becomes the doch, or Doves, and not quite song's primary association for grasp what they're all about than APRIL 29|Sophie B. millions of people, when it may it is for them to remain the ob- Rtephoto Hawkins. Tralf, Buffalo. not match up at all with the scure darlings of a select cadre Saturday, April 3 f r o m 1*4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. at the Erie Art Museum Frame Shop, band's intentions. Some bands of the music-obsessed. "Dance Bodies" was a stil -live art exhibit that brought In many art lovers from the APRIL 29. Sevendust, don't make videos for t h a t very Maybe it will even lead a few Erie public. Cold, Atomship, Apartment reason: They want listeners to among die less-obsessed to dis- 26. Rock Club (formerly interpret the songs, to draw cover an artist whose music Rock Jungle), Pittsburgh. Hashim were gold statues, also tina Maria, is transitioning o u t meaning from the songs, for speaks to them in some deep, By Jen Camodeca On sale March 13 at noon inspired by the great works of of the dance wodd and into themselves. indefinable way. At the very least, Contributing writer at Ticketmaster. Hearing Alexi Murdoch's one can hope. Degas. motherhood. j , „ Many in the audience spent , I* This exhibit included Mar- APRIL 29. Supeqoint f"T?hc Mercyhurst Drfnccts qufttf some time examining the ia sirring in a chair looking Ritual, Deicide, Zeke. Agora and the Lake Erie Ballet dancers as they began to look pensive while shifting occa- Ballroom, Cleveland. have again pushed their more and more like an actual sionally to different ballet po- Music from movies limits of artistic capa piece of artwork instead of a sitions. MAY 12. Strokes. Rock bilities. person. "Silhouette," an exhibit per- Club (formerly Rock zo's Oil, which is actually writ- Saturday, April 3 from 1-4 formed by J a n e t Stmkely and Jungle), Pittsburgh. On sale By Jen Camodeca ten for strings that have a very p.m. and 6-9 p.m. at the Erie "The goal of Pam Swaney was very capti- March 13 at noon at Contributing writer broad musical range. This cre- Art Museum Frame Shop, vating. Ticketmaster. ates a challenge for t h e choir, as "Dance Bodies" was a still- The dancer, wearing all Everyone can appreciate a die octaves vary. live art exhibit that brought the dancer is to black, was lit solely by a black MAY 15. Twista. Agora good soundtrack from a movie. Music from "Paradise Road" in many art lovers from die Kgjit; \ \ Theatre, Cleveland. On sale In fact, often times the music is is also featured in this concert. Erie public. stand in perfect This caused the silhouette March 12 at 10 am at what makes the movie so Ryan stated that this music was Many arc accustomed to effect as one could onlv see Ticketmaster. intense. actually written by a musician going to see a ballet such as the outline of the dancer and The Mercyhurst College Con- who was one of the 600 women the "Nutcracker" or "Sleep- positions that the shadows caused by the MAY 18. Dashboard •;•> cert Choir and the Carpe Diem living in a concentration camp ing Beauty," black light as she moved and Confessional, Get Up Kids, Chorale decided to use this to during Wodd War II. This wom- However, dancing is not al- make the view- showed the flexibility i t takes Thrice. Tower City Amphi- their advantage on Sunday, April an arranged songs for the wom- ways about the movements to become a dancer theater, Cleveland. On sale 4, at 2:30 p.m. in the Mary en to sing as they dealt with the of the dancer. This exhibit made the March 13 at 10 a m at D'Angelo Performing Arts Cen- inevitable. This exhibit shows the beau- eA question if dancers draw upon their hid- Ticketmaster ter with their presentation of At die end of the war, approx- ty of the dancer as a painting den talents as one does not "Music from Movies: Classic imately 30 of the women were or as a statue. there truly is a realize how difficult ir is to JUNE 9. Zao, Remember- Choruses and Solos." alive. This movie "is a powerful Each exhibit was unique stand in a position or move ing Never, Scarlet, Twelve Kate Amatuzzo, Louisa Jona- statement about the ability of and beautiful in its own way. in a certain manner for m a n y Tribes. Agora Ballroom, son accompanied the choir with music to nurture, sustain and Katie Finger was a bronze person in front hours. Cleveland. guest artists Dr. Rossitza Goza bring together women from Degas statue. The muscular capabilities on violin and Erik Mann on the many different countries and The goal of the dancer is of them." and sheer beauty of the JUNE 28. Aerosmith, guitar. walks of life " said Ryan. to stand in perfect positions dancers' bodies was the Cheap Trick. Blossom According to Rebecca Ryan, Over 100 people attended the that make the viewer question Another exhibit was inspired theme of this performance Music Center, Cuyahoga choir director, this concert is a concert. When asked why the if there truly is a person in by a dancer going through a and it was executed with sue-. Falls, Ohio. On sale March mixture of many well known choir decided to perform this front of them. change in her life. cess. 12 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmas- operas and classical choruses. type of concert, Ryan said, "I Claire Natalie and Andrea The artistic director, Chris- ter. These works include music chose this concert basically to fa- from the Renaissance to present miliarize students and audience JUNE 25. Christina time. alike with classical compositions th that found a way into the Aguilera, Chingy. Post- One work is from a 16 cen- Spaghetti « / g t Any 2 tubs far $ 6 . 5 0 Gazette Pavilion, Bur- tury antiphonal piece. This piece 'main stream' of our culture MeatbaUs i gettstown. On sale March has been heard in at least 12 through the movie venue/' f |$5>99 i Qtatian GomfoJhattamJ 13 at noon at Ticketmaster. movies. Ryan's plan was to "educate Include* sfcfe sated | Ham and Cheese, and stimulate listeners as well as Many of these pieces are very and gartic bread. iPfzaa Sub. Pappennl intricate and difficult for the the performc rs" and after hear- JUNE 28; Christina i [Satomi, Meatball, Aguilera, Chingy. Gund choir to sing. ing the concert I think she has i i Tuna, Turkey) Arena, Cleveland. On sale One such piece is "Agnus Dei", succeeded. i March 13 at 11 a.m. at by Samuel Barber, from Loren- i Ticketmaster, by phone at i 456-7070. ^j 2 regular catzone i 14* Larue one $7.99 • J .£ pizza. JUNE 30. Dashboard (Pizza,Ham& i Large tossed* cheese, cheese i Confessional, Th rice. Italian family owned i vile bread Chevrolet Amphitheater, Looking for a place to store your aprnach, broocoHti S12.99 meatball) i Pittsburgh. On sale March stuff for the summer? iuigl & Francesco Randazzo i 13 at noon at Ticketmaster. i 466-66^9 « i JULY 10. Sang, Annie DON'T DRAG IT ALL HOMEI *>/00 Pine Ave. Erie, PA i Lennox. Post-Gazette Aceu-pt <;n oif carCto • Pavilion, Burgettstown. 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We teach them at with the steel pan tradition on this group with three players, I group in Prance. He has his own school. We are fortunate to have die Islands, how is the tradition am also soloing on the band — band; like me he is doing his own a pan maker in Pittsburgh from It's called The Passage just came records. Mark Walker and I Photo courtesy o f wwwiwadsup.com of Afro-Caribbean music Guiana; he builds our still pans, "I have been playing for more than 40 years now. I've done present there? up on Heads Up about a week played for a long time in The so it's very convenient" ago. ^ Caribbean Jasfc Project. He is here 0 about 15 albums, and played on other people's records. AN: Trinidad is the home of We can just wander what hap- with us tonight, so I will talk I've played pan all over the world..." says Andy Narell, steel pan. I have been playing for Michel Alibo: In Martinique pened that other Mercyhurst about him instead of Jean Phil- who is best known to American audiences as a musician more than 40 years now. Pve we have been playing all music College students didn't attend the ippe Fanfant. Mark plays regu- who pioneered the role of the pan in contemporary music. done about 15 albums, and in traditional way... show. larly with Paquito D'Rivera. He The li Greatest Grunge Albums The g h o s t of g r u n g e : ing vocals and flanncl-shirt-wcar- I. "Nevermind," Nirvana By Kend ing band members. (1991) W: * Knight Ridder Newspapers Popularized by and associated ,?2. "In Utero," by Nirvana The legacy of Kurt Cobain primarily with Seattle bands such (1993) 4 "v| What is Grunge? as Nirvana and Alice in Chains." 3. "Ten," by Pearl Jam Despite Cobain's death and the day," said Jeff Roberts, manag- The Web site All Music Grunge also influenced fashion. (1991) By Kent Kimes dissolution of Nirvana, the in- ing partner of the now-defunct Guide (www.allmusic.com) de- The genre's low-flash look, 4. "Dirt," Alice in Chains Knight Ridder Newspapers fluential Seattle trio's music lives Sounds Familiar record store in fines grunge as "a hybrid of mainly flannel shirts, dirty jeans (1992) I j on and is being discovered by a Myrtle Beach. "His death had a heavy metal and punk. and workboots, adopted from 5.j*Vs,M Pearl Jam (1993) He was anointed as a voice for new generation, such as Canadi- huge impact on a generation of Though the guitars were the logging-friendly confines of 6.|"Temple of the Dog," a generation. $ an singe r-songwrite r Fefc Dob- kids that hadn't seen any of its straight from eady '70s metal, the American Northwest, Templejof. the Dog (1990) % His band turned the music son, 19. icons die. It hit 'em right b e t w e e n the aesthetic of grunge was far popped up on fashion runways 7. JCore," Stone Temple Pi- wodd upside down practically on "He's a legend," said Dobson, the eyes." Best remembers hear- from metal. and in traditionally un-grungy lots (1992) ' I the strength of one song - noth- who was 9 when Cobain died but ing die news while sitting in the , ?g Both the lyrical approach and stores such as The Gap. 8. "Sweet Oblivion," Scream- ing short of a revolution. cites liimas one of her main in- cafeteria at Conway High School musical attack of grunge were ing Trees (1992) ZjBg Then, like a flash, h e was gone. fluences. *Tm sure he's going to in Conway, S.C, and he dismissed adopted from punk, particular- THIW ' ' GREATEST 9. "Singles (Original For many Generation Xers, it's live on for 10 more years, then it as teen gossip. ly the independent ideals of GRUNGIJ ALBUMS: Soundtrack)," various artists "I didn't grasp it at first," he hard to believe that Monday 10 more years and beyond/' eady '80s American hardcore." (1992) ]£.£ said. "I thought it was fabricat- matked a decade since Kurt In a recent issue of Rolling And according to online Bust out your flannel a n d Doc ^10. "Bricks Are Heavy," L7 ed " Cobain, leader of alternative Stone magazine, Nirvana ranks search engine Lycos*com, "The. Martens. Here are the 11 great- (1992) "; *;rj rock band Nirvana, left us. In- as the 27th greatest-ever rock cn* Corey Taylor, 30, lead singer label applied to a rock form fea- est albums of the golden era of II. "Badmotorfinger," vestigators think Cobain died roll act, scoring above such lu- of popular heavy metal outfit turing distorted guitars, whin- grunge. Soundgarden (1991) April 5, 1994, of a gunshot minaries at The Who, The Gash, Slipknot, said he heard of Co- wound to the head, but his body Prince, Michael Jackson and bain's death on the radio and wasn't discovered and his pass- immediately turned on MTV. Madonna. Amins winning national tides for longer need it | By Adrian Wojnarowslri schools than Okafors. The kids who used to believe Knight Ridder Newspapers Of course, if you tried to get they were going to leave college your hands on El-Amin's grades after two years, are leaving out Jim Calhoun loved telling this when he was an underclassman of high school. ^ story. Before the Connecticut at UConn. do you know what And the ones believing that Huskies left for the Pinal Four, school officials would've said? they m i g h t have to stay four y e a r s , their academic adviser, Dr. Ted That it violates die student-pri- figure they'll bolt after two. Taigen, turned to the team on the vacy act And on down it goes. bus and insisted, "I want every Isn't it interesting how badly It's a frightening cycle, because one of you guys to gp to every they want to release an athlete's so few can successfully make this class and see every one of your grades when they're good and work for themselves. professors before we leave" reflect well on the university? The scene at the University of Suddenly, a voice answered When they're terrible, they hide Texas-San Antonio for a high back to him. behind legalese. school all-star game Sunday was "Hey Doc, we've got a cham- And this isn't to suggest that so telltale to the changed culture pionship to win here/' kids should be embarrassed with of the game, with St. Benedict Yes, Calhoun loved telling this die release of grades in die news- Prep star J.R. Smith playing so story on the eve of die national paper, but college sports can't well in this postseason, people are championship game, because he have it both ways. wondering: Why would he even wouldn't have dared tell the sto- If a 1.8 GPA is none of your bother to go to the University of ry h a d a different player gone for business, why is a 3.8? North Carolina? the laugh. Let's be fair about this: Release It's a sad statement on society The best player in die Pinal Four no one's grades. Ever. when a kid who had wanted so has a 3.8 grade-point average and After the Boston Globe pub- badly to attend college in Chapel a degree within three years/but lished grades of UMass basket- Hill is suddenly made to feel like the chances that you hadn't heard ball players several years ago, ex- it would be failure to leave his that yet are close to impossible. coach John Calipan went nuts. name out of die NBA Draft Emeka Okafor was everything Lawsuits were threatened. Why? Because suddenly it the NCAA wanted in the cham- Kids came crying into his of- sounds like the NBA general pionship game glare at the Alam- fice, he said Yet, schools release managers would pick him high- odome on Monday night, the star grades every day. Is he ready? of the UConn-Georgia Tech AU-Academic teams are publi- Well, that isn't really the point game with a story that undoubt- cized, where athletes are named anymore. edly the protectors of the sport to all-conference and All-Ameri- | The question is this: How high and die propaganda machine at ca teams with majors and grade- will you get picked in (he draft? UConn wanted told over and point averages next to smiling Okafor could be the No. 1 pick over. Across this season, every- faces. in the NBA Draft this spring, one has been holding up that Should we just assume every- unless a high school kid out of GPA over UConn like it repre- Ron Jenkins/KHT one else is an awful student? Atlanta, Dwight Howard, steals Huskie's Emeka Okafor goes f o r a shot against Georgia Tech's Luck Schenscher. v'XTj sents so much about this program, Because when you single out it for himself so much about the state of col- Okafor is an amazing talent, a company, if he's a CEO or CFO, And no one ever bragged about the good ones, you're singling out After he leaves UConn, J i m Cal- lege basketball. sparkling defensive center in the it won't surprise me. If he ends his grades. those struggling too. houn will stop telling his stories Great player, great student. mold of Hakeem Olajuwon and up being an All-Star, it's not go- After three years, he left UConn Okafor is the oddity now. about die kid who shouted down See, everything isn't so bad? David Robinson. ing to surprise me." to turn pro. He's a rare star in the sport the academic adviser on the team Well it is. In fact, it's worse than Connecticut's chance for a na- Five years ago, the Huskies had He was too small, too chubby, raised to care for his scoring and bus. J people imagine. tional championship spun on his a star junior guard, Khalid El- and too long of a shot to ever grade-point average. It worked with Okafor, but this just talk to assistant coaches at shoulders at the Alamodome, Amin, who was a disaster off the make it in the NBA. Nevertheless, most great young is back to reality now. die Final Four, just hear die hor- where if Okafor had his way, court. 1 .,- Nobody hears about him any- players don't dream of the Final He'll make sure to keep his next ror stories about down-and-dirty UConn assuredly had its tide. | He was charged with drugpqs- more.- '*' •' Four anymore. k 'W*** Qtujltxs grades out of the paper, ^Ct?; thajt- school?! arc doing t o get "Ifi E m e k a ends -up being a sen- ' s e s s i o n just 15 days after the na- This tot to pick dft^Arih, They dream of thciNBA. And iusMike everyone else in college kids qualified for college, and ator from Texas, I'm not going tional tide game, T ^^ because everyone in college bas- at a younger and younger agej. Basketball.¥ i through it, and you would be so to be surprised," Calhoun said. Along die way, too, he had been ketball has these stories, but un- they'll lose interest in studying, This was* nobody's business, disheartened. "If he ends up having his own pegged driving a suspicious SUV. derstand that there are more El- because the system says they no anyways' * Does Bonds match Mays in respect? quintessential baseball moment ulated about Bonds using ste- "What if Ruth had play against By Made Emmons when the torch is passed from roids, but even Hall of Pamer black players? Knight Ridder Newspapers one great to another. Reggie Jackson got into the act. You don't do that. Times are Bonds long has been a polariz- He told the Atlanta Journal- different. Everything changes. i Last fall, the cheers and trib- ing figure w h o has elicited strong Constitution last month that Steroids are a fact of life. May- utes would have come from the reactions from fans, both pro and "somebody definitely is guilty of be all these current players did heart- con. taking steroids." take steroids and he's still the one Had Barry Bonds, still coping The question of steroid use has Jackson added: "Henry Aaron who was the best and hit 70-plus with the death of his father, only made him more of a light- never hit 50 in a season, so you're home runs." passed godfather Willie Mays on ning rod as he prepares to pass going to tell me that you're a great- The reality is Bonds will soon the all-time home run charts with Mays and then begin his final er hitter than Henry Aaron? be closing in on Ruth. home run No. 661, the moment chase to eclipse Babe Ruth (714) Bonds hit 73, and he would have The team opens the season with would have been celebrated in a and Hank Aaron (755). hit 100 if they would have a trip to Houston and then San bittersweet mix of euphoria, sad- 'There will be fans who think pitched to him. I mean, come on, Diego. If Bonds passes Mays in ness and adulation. Barry is drug-free and will cele- now." either of those cities, the reac- But it didn't happen then. brate a man who's breaking an There already would have been tion will be much more muted Now, six months later, the situl important mark," said Richard some mild debate about Bonds than if it happens in San Fran- arion has changed. Lap chick, director for the Uni- passing Mays even if fans never cisco, * Bonds, perhaps in just this first versity of Central Florida's Di- had heard the name "Balco." When Bonds hits No.661, he DanH To contact: [email protected] S Men 9 volleyball falls to Buckeyes kills in the match. By Jason Wenzke The loss brought the Lakers to Contributing Writer 12-11 overall and 5-9 in the con- ference while Ohio State moved The Mercyhurst Men's Volley- to 15-8 overall and 8-3 in the con- ball team split their games this ference. week, defeating the No. 12 Me- It was a tough loss for the Lak- daille Mavericks 3-2 and falling ers as Kick noted, "We've hung to the No. 13 Ohio State Buck- in there with all the best teams in eyes 3-0. the league/9 Junior Dave Schmidl, who had Dave Schmidl added, "Once 18 kills, followed by Austin Sicw- we come together as a team and ert who recorded 15, led Mercy- get some consistency, we are as hurst to victory against Medaille. good as any team out there. It's The Lakers simply o u d a s t e d the too bad there's only a few games Mavericks through five games left in the season, but I'm already of which the scores were 30-24, looking forward to next year." 30-26, 26-30, 28-30 and 15-13. The game was a great moment Each game was hard fought and for freshman Dennis Telaak who came down to the wire especially recorded 14 digs to move his sin- the final game that ended on a gle season record to 207 digs. serving error by Medaille. The Lakers also recorded two Also notable was the perfor- serving aces to move their single mance of setter Tom Roberts season team record to 141 aces. who posted 51 assists and fresh- The Laker's game against St. man Lebaro Dennis Telaak who Francis on Sunday, April 4, was picked up 11 digs on his way to cancelled due to weather and will breaking Mercyhurst's single sea- be rescheduled for a date to be son record previously held by announced.! junior Bill VanCise. Kabe McAdams/Photo Editor The next game for the Lakers The win helped Mercyhurst Three Lakers go up for a block against Ohio State In 3-0 loss for Mercyhurst will be April 16, at 7 p.m. in the move to 12-10 overall and Me- Ohio State Buckeyes at home for The Buckeyes proved to be too the Buckeyes defeated Mercy- and received help from Sopho- Athletic Center. daille fell to 19-8. | J a Midwest Intercollegiate Volley- strong for the Lakers to handle, hurst 24-30, 26-30 and 28-30^ more Dan Kick who had 31 as- The Lakers will be taking on Two days after the win against ball Association (MIVA) confer- however, as they fell 3-0. Junior Dave Schmidl again led sists. Austin Siewert, Bill VanCise Lewis who defeated Mercyhurst Medaille the Lakers took on the ence match. Each game was again close as the Lakers charge with 13 kills and Justin Waas each added eight 3-0 earlier this year. Attention Mercyhurst Women's water polo loses to Behrend Students! Close battle ends in 7-5 defeat for the Lakers Who has been the most effective and two assists. Still playing well for the Lakers By Jason Wenzke Sophomore Tessa DiLoreto is Ann Markley. instructor this past year at Contributing Writer also recorded one goal and one 'Ann is a terrific player, who is Mercyhurst College? assist and freshman Megan Ter- always given great attention by the The Mercyhurst Women's Wa- ry closed out the scoring for Mer- opposition, yet still produces on ter Polo team edged out Penn cyhurst with one goal. a regular basis. She comes to play State Behrend Tuesday, March Goalie Christina Pantoja played every game and Pm glad to have 30, in a 7-5 battle that lasted to a big role in the Laker victory re- her.," said head coach Curtis Rob- the very end. cording nine saves. inette. The Lakers took an early lead The game also meant the ninth With this win the Lakers move • >m in the first quarter as they were win for Pantoja who now holds to 9-8 overall and 3-5 in corifet- up 2-0 going into the start of the the single season record in wins ence play. second. for the team. So far this marks the first win- 4 Penn State Behrend quickly Christina Pantoja File Photo Ann Marklcy's dynamic play for ning season in the brief history closed the gap in the second, how- • the Lakers over the season has of the program and a sign of Your opinion is valuable to us as we ever, and it was a 3-2 game. scoring Penn State 2-1 and de- earned her Female Athlete of the steady progress for the team un- Each team recorded a goal in feated Behrend 7-5. Week honors as she has account- der coach Robinette who is in only prepare to select the faculty member the third to keep the score sepa- Junior Ann Markley led the ed for nearly half of the Lakers his second season as head coach. rated by only one goal. team in goals with four and one goals for the season while rack- The next match for the Lakers to receive the Mercyhurst put the nail in the assist while senior Lindsay Spie- ing up nearly 75 percent of their will be on Tuesday, April 6, when coffin in the final quarter by out- gel followed suit with one goal goals in the last six games. they take on Slippery Rock. 2003-2004 Teaching Excellence Award. I Men's golf continues to fight weather Please write a nomination letter and Tiffin 's Mike Paulson. scores. Moore and Flood both put up send it to Dr. Thomas Gamble's Office By Ryan Palm Following behind was freshman On Saturday the rain left, but an 81, and Bishop's 86 finished Contributing Writer Craig Bishop, who finished i n sev- the cold winds were not much out the scores. (Old Main 104), by April 16,2004, enth place with a 77. more appealing for the players. Falkner led the "B" team Sat- The men's golf team continued Right behind Bishop was senior "The weather was really bad the urday with an 82, which left him to fight off Mother Nature suc- John Moore, whose 78 earned first day with the rain at Gannon, in 16th place. cessfully, as they took a pair of him eleventh place. but there is not much we can do Binseli and McKinney both Voted #1 second place finishes despite Junior Sal Vella shot an 81 and about it," commented Bishop. shot 85, and Wonzy finished with in Erie's Original heavy rain in the weekend invi- freshman Brendan Flood an 82 Six other teams were invited to an 87. j \ | <, tationals April 2 and 3. to finish out for the A team. play along with the two Laker "The teams played pretty good, Best Wing Contest On Saturday head coach Dave The "B" team consisted of teams in the annual Mercyhurst and we have great potential" add- Hewitt would send two squads to strictly freshman and sopho- Invitational held at the Lake View ed Bishop, "We need to play up the Gannon Invitational which mores, and managed to finish Country Club. to that potential and we didn't was being held at Lake Shore sixth of seven with a total of 344. The "A" team racked up anoth- this weekend." Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily Country Club. Sophorriore Kevin Binseli shot er second place finish, this time The team is on the road at the 1201 State street - 874-3354 The "A" team took the second an 81 to finish in 14thplace and with a very respectable team to- Ashland Invitational on Monday, place finish in the field of seven, lead the team. tal of 317. : '; $ April 5, and then receives a much IF1J2IEIE CSMJUEGIE I&OCW14S firing a team score of 310. Following behind were fresh The Lakers were led by Vella deserved break prior to region- The Lakers were led by junior man Tim Falkner with an 85 and on this day, as his 75 put him in a al. You read It right, Fat Boys Dell Pub will buy your books Joe DiGello, who fired his best sophomore Enrique Fuster with tie for second place. They travel to Indiana April 16- for school. Buy a ticket for yourself, a friend or who ever round of the season with a 74. an 86. 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ASK YOUR SERVER FOR MORE INFORMATION Women's golf opens in South Carolina off the season with a decent sev- when we lose half our team but * Buy as many as you would like By Kate Baumann enth place finish. we are just focusing on this sea- WIINNIEttS AJ**»IWCIEII> &4l/Q3l/@4l Contributing Writer Sophomore Hilar)' McCall pro- son" explains Biangini. duced the team's best finish with The team was scheduled to The Mercyhurst women's golf a score or 1 o, a combination compete in the Gannon Invita- Come enjoy team began their season on of two game scores of 85 and tional but due to snowy weather March 15 and 16 in Greenville, 90. &M f I it was cancelled. South Carolina. This is McCall's first year with Further re-scheduling of the 0 This year's roster includes a the team but she's made for a matches are vet to be deter- team of eight girls, four of them helpful addition. mined. seniors. In their fall season, she led the The next face-off will be in an- The Lakers traveled south to File Photo othei tournament, one of higher team with an average of 89.7. Angela Biagini every thursday night compete in the Emerald Colle- Another sophomore, Angela caliber. giate Women's Golf Tournament Biagini, who was red-shirteel in the course," says Biagini. The women will travel to Mich- against 11 other teams. 2002-2003 season, had a great With half of the team mem- igan for The Great Lakes Inter- Competing against teams such score of 194 in the tournament. bers being seniors, the underclass- collegiate Athletic Association will T/1KE IS* CM ONE ENTIRE as hometown rivals Gannon Uni- "I was happy with our finish at men are surely being watched hold their Championships on VCCV CBPER. fc "I versity, Southern Illinois, and the tournament. There's always with close eye for next yea? April 16, 17, and 18 At Ferris expires may 16th Bethel College, the squad started room for improvement, of "I'm sure it will be difficult State. PAGE 12 TOEMERCIAD APRIL 7,2004 -JAKER SPORTS To contact: [email protected] Men lacrosse first to use lights By Krista Ross Contributing Writer The Mercyhurst Men's La- crosse team continues to keep themselves in NCAA playoff contention after beating both Pfeiffer and Oswego. The two victories maintain the third place ranking and give the Lakers an extra edge for the play- off position. The Lakers defeated Oswego State 15-7 on Wednesday; March 311 under the lights at Tullio Field. The men's lacrosse team was the first varsity team of any sport to play under the lights. Mercyhurst came out fighting. Sophomore midfielder Jon Kane lead the Lakers with four goals one of which was the first on the night with 7:33 left in the first quarter, giving Mercyhurst a lead that would stay through the en- tire game. Kane scored twice in the sec- ond quarter and his final goal came in the third. Mercyhurst out-shot Oswego 45-26 and had a 54-27 advan- tage in ground balls. Also scoring for the Lakers was juniors Jason Lappies, Mike McLellan, Dustin Stewart, An- drew Sands, Brain Bartlett, Jerod Felice, Dan James and sopho- more Andrew Schuster. Mercyhurst goalies senior Mike Kabe McAdams/Photo Editor Junior Dan James storms up field against Oswego. The Lakers defeated Oswego 15-7 in the first game under the Tullio Field lights. Rispoli allowed five g o a l s and jun- ior Jim McCann allowed two. Mercyhurst again was the stron- ter for the first three quarters. tributed to the scoring, leading the Troy Led b e t t e r , Dustin Stewart, tage in ground balls. The Lakers went on to play ger opponent, scoring the first The Lakers continued to hold Lakers with four goals was soph- Ryan Wallace, Shaun Lux, Jim The Lakers will continue play Pfeifer University on Saturday, five goals Setting the pace for the a strong force and went on to omore midfielder Jon Kane, and Mullaley,'Brian Bartlett, and Saturday, April 10 against No. 9 April 3, home at Tullio Field de- game. score six goals in the second, lead- Junior attack man Mike McLel- Blake Tandoi. Dowling College. feating the Falcons 19-6, improv- The Mercyhurst defense held ing at halftime 11 -2. lan had three. Mercyhurst out-shot Pfeiffer The lacrosse team will not re- ing to an overall record of 7 1. Pfeiffer to just one goal a quar- Thirteen different players con- Also scoring for the Lakers was 63-15 and had a 60-35 advan- turn home for play until April 24. Men's tennis comes Softball remains on down slope out swinging against Offense struggles as weak point in defeats But in this game, the Lakers out- 40 innings already this season. keeping us in the games. To win Grand Valley State I By Kate Baumann hit SVSU 6-5 yet still couldn't find Northwood sophomore Lisa we need our offense to product," Contributing Writer the wiafi Shepard out-pitched senior says Head Coach Sara Headley. The game against the visiting Becky Ross of Erie.' It seems the defense and pitch- By Matt Jackson Meryhurst Laker Softball Northwood Timberwolves gave She and Feret shared the pitch- ing is making the games, leaving Contributing Writer played two teams at home this Mercyhurst their third loss and ing in the game and the two set the offense with a little more to weekend for a total of three shut-out of the day. the record-high seven for the sea- be desired. The Mercyhurst men's tennis games. Northwood scored three runs son for the most strike-outs in "We had a strong pitching and team posted a key victory in the Saturday, April 3, the team in the second inning for the win one game. defensive effort this past final doubles match that helped faced Saginaw Valley in a dou- and moved their record to 11- This makes Ross's record at an weekend. We just were not able propel the Lakers to come out ble-header, as well as a single 11 on the season. even 3-3. to get our bats going. We were on top of Grand Valley State in game against Northwood both Freshman Jenn Feret; from Ross, one of this season's team in all three games until the end, a home match on Saturday, for Great Lakes Intercollegiate Boardman, Ohio, pitched the first captains, is a returning starter and but just could not score the runs April 3. Athletic Conference play. Saginaw game leaving her record key player for the past three years. when we needed them. Freshman The victory gave the Lakers Coach Ray Yost Fie Photo '4Both games ended in a loss for at 1-3." | I £ She was a major contributor by pitcher Jen Feret put forth a 8-2 overall record and a 3-1 the team leaving their record at Even with a loss she did a great either winning or saving six of great effort this weekend pitch- record in the GL1AC, with their 7-11-1. job, allowing just eight hits. Becky the nine wins last year for Mer- ing 11.1 innings, allowing only two only conference loss coming to The Saginaw Cardinals won Ross, a senior from Erie, shared cyhurst and led the team with 28 runs on eight hits," said Headley. undefeated Lake Superior State. both games by scores of 2-0. the pitching with Feret for both appearances throughout the sea- The Lakers look for a win this Coach Ray Yost called the sec- ^Mercyhurst was held to two hits the first Saginaw game, and son. week against longtime rival, the ond doubles victory, which was the entire game while SVSU against Northwood. A double in the Northwood Gannon Knights on Tuesday, recorded by Lucas Krasowski scored one run in the sixth and Katie Clark, freshman pitcher game came from Hannah Cox, a April 6. and Joe Defazio, the turning seventh inning of the first game. from Corry, pitched the second third baseman from Canesville, The teams face off on Mercy- point of the match. In the second game, Saginaw Saginaw game. Pa., who had the only base hit of hurst's new field at 41 st and Old "The turning point of the scored single runs in the first and Her record now stands at 2-3. the game. French Road. Gannon won all match was when we won the second inning She's pitched a total of almost "In all, our pitching staff is five meetings last season two doubles points/' said Yost F*e Photo "It was a must." Jonathon Vadnal "Lucas Krasowski and J o e De- have as sweet a result for the Menjand women's rowing both win at home Fazio had a good win. Nichols Lakers. and Marnik are one of the top They dropped the match by a First time men and women both win at same event doubles teams in the region and score of 9-0 to the No. 27 it was good they also won." ranked Bulldogs. Nichols had a straight set vic- "You never expect to lose. Yes By Ryan Palm tory for the Lakers in No.l sin- they are a better team but we Contributing Writer gles and improved to 12-7 on have guys who can compete the year. with them," said Yost The Mercyhurst rowing team Marnik and Defazio both The loss gives the Lakers a 3- made history on Saturday, April scored a point in singles play 3 conference record with two 3, when they swept the day's with thrilling three-set matches conference games remaining. events against visiting KIT. at the No. 3 and No. 6 spots They must pull off an upset The score, 6-0, marked the first respectively. in one of the two contests to time in Lakers rowing history that the program had won all the rac- Junior Jonathan Vadnal was avoid a losing conference one of three Lakers to suffer a record. es in a dual format event. loss in singles play but his ef- Yost just wants his team to The women opened the action, forts were praised by Yost. take it one match at a time now. as they got out to a three-length "Vadnal always plays tough/* "We are looking forward to lead after the first 1000 meters said Yost. "He played a very Northwood on Friday and af- in the varsity eight event. # The team, ranked second in all tough player, maybe their No.l, ter that we are looking forward as GVSU doesn't always play of Division II never faded, as to Wayne State on Saturday., they won the event by a consid- straight up as they are supposed and after that we are looking to do." | ^j erable margin of 15 seconds. forward to the GLIAC team Women 8 rowers work to gain a 15 second lead on RIT, Je Contributing Photographer "Vadnal almost won the next In the second women's event championships," said Yost. the men's events | day vs. Ferris State against an of the day the results were even The I ikers took control and The team is back in action this The upcoming schedule that better, as the Lakers won the t* After being neck-ami neck fol- dominated the next 1000 meters, even better player, so we aren't Yost talked about consists all of weekend, as they hold the Mer- worried about him. He has a lot away games. event by almost 20 seconds. lowing the first 750 meters in the taking the event by 17 seconds. cyhurst Invitational on April 10, **;This day marked the first vie- of experience and can come up The games this weekend are varsity competition, the Lakers The men's lightweight team at their home course, Findlcy tory for the men's team in the six made easy work of the Tigers as big against the big guns." against two nationally ranked needed to step it up. Lake. There arc three teams year history of racing between well, as they outraced the oppo- The match against Ferris State teams in No. 15 Northwood and They were at 33 strokes per making the trip, Michigan State, the two schools, as the Lakers tri- nents winning by a margin of al- that Yost referred to did not No. 30 Wayne State. minute, while RIT was at 35, but Cincinnati, and University of umphed over the Tigers in both it would soon change. most 23 seconds. Charleston (WV). I S