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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929 . 77 No. Mercyhutsti olleg^^Ol E. 38th St< Erie ^m6S46 i^^^s The Merciad is also available at merciad.mercyfaurst.edu NEWS: Learn what's new New bookstore opens with M SG and Extended hours, double the space and a coffee bar are featured in the $900,000 structure around campus with Jess Tobin. By Kelly Rose Duttine News editor PAGE 3 While students and faculty rested after Fall term and had their fill of FEATURES: turkey, Dan Cullen and several oth- er Mercvhurst administrators and faculty members spent Thanksgiving Art department break with semi-trucks and boxes of shows talent in books. "WalkAbout" They were helping to move the Mercyhurst College Bookstore to its new location at 4007 Briggs Ave. PAGE 5 The neo-Tudor style bookstore, constructed by Building Systems In- corporated, has many new features such as double the space at 7,200 square feet, a coffee bar featuring OPINION: Starbucks coffee and extended hours. Separate sections of the bookstore 'Write Truth" and are devoted to textbooks, fiction the difference * books and periodicals, clothing and between love and areas to sit and browse books. The coffee bar also has areas for students sex. to sit, read and plug into the Inter- net PAGE 4 The bookstore cost $900,000 to build and has not yet been named. Cullen wishes he had a camera to record the move. "Just the whole ARTS& timeline of.how everything pro- The bookstore features sections devoted to textbooks, trade books and periodicals, school supplies ENTERTAINMENT: gressed was remarkable,'1 said Cullen. and Mercyhurst apparel. The bookstore Is still a work in progress, however, and more improvements "We were ready to sell from the will happen in the future. fU Union location if we had to, which Check out t h e review just made the move a pain since it "Everyone helping really wanted to for "Love Actually," was at the last minute, but also a bless- see it happen and was dedicated to the new holiday ing," he added. having it open on time," Cullen said. romantic7comedyli fr The blessing was because all the Students also helped out in their textbooks were more organized when own way. Even though lines stretched the boxes were unpacked and text- around the building at times on open- PAGE 6 books were easily ready to be sold to ing day, Cullen and his staff heard students. few complaints. **The understand of "Selling the textbooks for classes the students was Very impressive to was our number one priority/' said us," said Cullen. SPORTS: Cullen. The night before the open- The bookstore's staff is deter- #• ing, only the textbooks were ready. mined to improve even more as they Shouse hits game- Like any move, there were ups and continue to get settled. Cullen would winner in 71-68 win downs. Two big positives for the like to add music throughout the over Northwood. bookstore staff were the number of store. There are still items that need people helping and the cooperation to be unpacked and set out to be sold. and understand of the student body. "It's just like moving into a new PAGE 7 "Everyone helped so much over house," Cullen said. "It will take us the break from faculty to adminis- awhile to get everything unpacked and trators, just rolling up their sleeves completely ready." Bookstore em- and working together," said Cullen. ployees have been working many It was really a campus operation." outrageous hours and will appreciate When people told Cullen that he Upcoming Campus Events some additional help soon. : did a wonderful job, he modesdy an* Everyone on campus can check KafleMcAd-imsftWoeoNlof swered that everyone helped out and out the new bookstore with some One of the new bookstore features is a coffee bar featuring Star- it was so impressive to see so many special sale prices for the holidays at bucks coffee and other treats. The coffee shop is still awaiting a people giving up their time to help FRIDAY, DEC. 12 their annual Christmas sale next name, but offers students a place to study, read and talk. everything come together. Wednesday, Dec 17. "Dress Like a Rock Star, Don't Drink Like One" Fashion Show from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Walker Recital Hall. President Fair-trade coffee comes tofthe 'Hurst SATURDAY, DEC. 13 Garvey's Mercy with its mission statement included 188 colleges and universi- By Joe Betz , 1 grounded in the Sisters of Mercy mis- ties (Mercyhurst is now added to that Contributing writer Christmas on Campus from 1 p.m. to 4 sion. list). Refer to www.starbucks.com/csr p.m. in the Student Union. mother Coffee is the second largest US. Thus, Mercyhurst challenges stu-| for more information regarding cor- import after oil according to Global dents to critically analyze the world, porate social responsibility. SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Exchange, and the US, consumes determine their role in that world and Well, what is fair trade? According dies at 91 one-fifth of all the world's coffee, then actually attempt to become the to the Web site making it the largest consumer in the change they wish to sec; we arc called www.globalexchange.com, "Fair Holiday concert featuring "Gloria" and By Kelly Rose Duttine world. to live our beliefs. Trade is a viable solution to this cri- "The Messiah" in the PAC at 2:30 p.m. News editor Many small coffee farmers receive The school has just recently taken a sis, assuring consumers that the cof- fee we drink was purchased under fair Dorothy E. Garvey, 91, mother of prices for their coffee that are less major step in a positive direction Conditions. THURSDAY, DEC. 18 President William P. Garvey, died Fri- than the costs of production, forc- thanks to the collaborative efforts of day, Dec. 5, at the Oil City Presbyte- ing them in to a cycle of poverty and Mary Daly and President William P. To become Fair Trade certified, an rian 11 ome. debt Mercyhurst College is now at- Garvey. importer must meet stringent inter- national criteria; paying a minimum Rotaract meeting in the Reading Room She was born Nov. 19, 1912, in tempting to reverse this cycle. Mercyhurst College now offers fair- * • • price per pound of $1.26, providing of the Union at 7 p.m. Meadville. Mrs. Garvey was a home- The Sisters of Mercy are a Roman trade coffee in the new campus book- much needed credit to farmers, and maker and was very involved with St. Catholic community who vowed to store and in the Laker Inn in the providing technical assistance such as Joseph Catholic Church, the Rosary serve people who suffer poverty, U nion. help transitioning to organic farm- Society and the Catholic Daughters of sickness and ignorance* They have Yes, it is true that the college now ing. Fair Trade for coffee farmers America. a special concern for women and serves the coffee of Starbucks, a high- means community development, Index She was preceded in death by her children. They address human needs ly criticized, multi-national corpora through collaborative efforts in ed- health, education, and environmen- husband, John W Garvey, who had tion that does not have a good track tal stewardship/' died Dec. 20, 1970. The two had ucation, health care, housing, pasto- record with human rights activists* Students concerned about fair News • 1 married J u n e 25,1934. ral and social service. However, Starbucks recently provid- News 3 In addition to Dr. Garvey, she is sur- One major focus of the mission ed a fact sheet on its Web site show- trade coffee issues can follow vived by her daughter, Mary Kay of the Mercy tradition is "acting in ing the new fair-trade practices of its through in their beliefs? by Opinion 4 Songer and her husband Thomas, of solidarity with the economically poor stores. purchasing fair-trade coffee at the Features.... |5 Florida and three grandsons, Thomas of the world, especially women and Fair Trade certified coffee is sold bookstore or Union when they need A&E. I 6 Songer of Pittsburgh, Michael Songer children." through official Starbucks stores and their caffeine fix, of Washington D.C., and Patrick Mercvhurst was established in the business alliances. Joe Betz serves on Mercyhurst^ Sports \ •— 7 Songer of Chicago, 111. Mercy tradition of solidarity and so- In fiscal year 2002, Starbucks sold Student Government* A Sports 8 A Mass of Christian Burial was held cial justice-based education. 530,000 pounds of fair trade certified on Tuesday at St,, Joseph Church, Mercyhurst College is a school of coffee to 322 business alliances, which Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery. eus&c DECEMBER 10, 2003 THE MERdAD PAGE 3 To contact: newsmerciad@mercyhurstNEW edu S Give t o the Giving Tree community, these children will Some of the items will be used around 70 percent and is likely stnet Islamic countries where By Kris t e n FicorilH have little, if anything, to cele- in the "store" set up by the Kids Russia continues to cement his grip on Russian women arc forced to cover Contributing writer brate on Christmas. Cafe for the children to buy pre- to see surge in government when voters gp to themselves. "As an undergrad, I know die sents for their family. They earn the polls to elect a new parlia- Zealous professors deter- The tree may not be real, but only thing you can do on cam- money for the store by complet- violence ment Sundav.