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THE News ................2-5 Features ...........6-9 A&E ............. 10-11 Opinion ........12-13 Sports .........14-15 Laker Living ......16 MerciadMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 | VOL. 91 NO. 7 ‘Guys and Dolls’ a hit PAGE 11 Online poll results What do you think of the water bottle station? I think it is neat! (35%) 2: New 24/7 lounge opens in the We definitely need more! (32%) What station? (20%) Center for Academic Engagement I haven’t seen it yet. (13%) 9: Fashion Merchandising class assists local business This week’s Did you get your flu shot 15: MU men’s hockey splits the yet? weekend against Penn State POLL merciad.mercyhurst.edu Photo by Mark Santillano PAGE 2 NEWS Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Amber Matha photo The new 24/7 lounge opened Monday in the Center for Academic Engagement. Cafe Diem, which is in the CAE Atrium, will now be open longer hours to accommodate the lounge. 24/7 lounge now in the CAE By Marina Boyle dents a safe and warm place to their efforts were acknowledged be welcome there at any time.” of the building will be restricted Staff writer study overnight after convention- in order to maintain the basis of John Patterson, director of Pro- to Intelligence students only.” al study areas such as the library their idea. Several Senior Class tective Services, has been oversee- More cameras have also been As of Monday, the lobby and are closed. The prior 24/7 lounge Gifts were impacted this year by ing the process of ensuring that added by Police and Safety to en- atrium area of the Center for Ac- was located in the lower level of structural renovations on cam- students can safely be in that loca- sure peace of mind for everyone ademic Engagement (CAE) has the library, and is currently being pus, but huge effort has gone into tion overnight. using the facility at night. been converted into a 24/7 study renovated into the new Cyber maintaining their original essence “The OneCard system will al- Many students will also be hap- lounge for all students. A kickoff Security Lab. For this reason, the in the adjustments. low any registered Mercyhurst py to know that the Café Diem is party with light refreshments took atrium area of the CAE is the lo- Lindsay Frank, director of student to access this lounge area extending its hours to accommo- place to celebrate what the new cation for the study facility. Alumni Engagement, says that through the front door,” he said. date for late night studying. Now study area will have to offer for As the opening of a 24/7 study she is “glad to see that the CAE “A magnetic lock will activate at 10 that the space is up and running, the Mercyhurst community. area was the Senior Class Gift of Atrium area will now be the 24/7 p.m., which can be opened only by it is hoped that more students will The new facility offers stu- 2008, alumni were consulted and lounge and that all students will a student card, and all upper areas begin to take advantage of it. From street art to street wear By Kristian Biega my love for art and T-shirts and about what he does and already as a jumping off point to learn Quickstarter project at Mercyhurst Staff writer going out of the studio and cre- has that reputation as a hipster what Roman wanted to do.” for nearly four years. It is designed ating fashion from the grit of the and innovator.” Through advanced Google to connect skilled college students Local screenprint artist Roman streets, literally,” Glass said on the What makes this team at Quick- Searching techniques, social me- to local creators who are in need Glass, owner of No Dress Code Quickstarter site. “Turning shirts starter so successful and unique is dia hits and local foot traffic, they of those specific skills. They at- Studios, is bringing new meaning into something that tells the story the use of an entirely student-run conducted analyses on what cit- tempt to increase the chance of a to “street art” with his original of the streets.” project team. This team utilizes ies would be considered “hipster product’s success by using crowd- line of t-shirts taken straight from There are other artists attempt- students from Mercyhurst, Edin- friendly” and ranked them on a funding campaigns. the streets of Erie. ing to do similar screenprinting boro University of Pennsylvania 1-3 scale for fit of the product and “I want to hire students to get Glass’ project was funded and techniques, but Glass’ is some- and surrounding colleges who are success in projected popularity. them on board with projects, but I managed by Kris Wheaton and a thing completely unique. Glass proficient in their respective areas “I have never done anything also want them involved with cre- team of students through Mercy- will print on the street and then of study. By bringing together like this, but I really enjoyed this ating the project,” said Wheaton. hurst’s Quickstarter Project. overlay other colors and textures diverse teams, the projects come change of pace,” said Eusanio. “It “After all the years I have been do- Glass came to find Wheaton back in the studio, making the together in a new, efficient and just shows how you can apply the ing this, I’ve only had a few proj- much like all other entrepreneurs shirt a one-of-a-kind creation. creative way. skills you learn in the Intel pro- ects originate with Mercyhurst. If — through recommendations “I intend to go beyond what As leader, Eusanio first had to gram into really any market situ- you have an idea or project and and word of mouth about the has been done to date and explore figure out how to market Glass’ ation.” don’t know where to take it or success of Quickstarter. Glass is the challenges of color, style and product to a retail market outside Working with Wheaton and the how to make it real, we are here to already well established in the Erie composition as simply and direct- of just Erie. Since the project was Quickstarter program as a univer- help you innovate.” area for his screenprinting and art, ly as I can,” Glass said on the site. fully funded, she observed that sity student allows for real-world All of Quickstarter’s services are but he saw this as an opportunity Thanks to the help of the the goal of expansion remained experience and connections with free to aspiring entrepreneurs. As to expand his customer and retail Quickstarter team, managed by stagnant. The team set to work on local entrepreneurs, while also re- a subset of the Ignite Erie initia- base beyond Erie with an innova- graduate Intelligence Studies ma- techniques that would help ceiving payment. tive, Quickstarter receives funding tive new style. jor Christina Eusanio, Glass’ proj- “Our goal was to expand his “This is a prime example of ex- and support from the Erie County Glass and the No Dress Code ect is already fully funded with still customer base to a wider nation- periential learning, working with Gaming Revenue Authority. (NDC) team travel around the city about two weeks left in the cam- al audience, so we started with a real clients on real problems,” All of Glass’ shirts can still be in Erie screen printing T-shirts paign to continue to raise funds. comparison analysis,” said Eusa- said Wheaton. “These entrepre- ordered from Kickstarter to fund and button-up dress shirts using “It has been a lot of fun work- nio. “We looked into successful neurs are putting their dreams in his project. Each pledge level re- manhole covers, grates, and other ing on the project, and working T-shirt campaigns on Kickstarter your hands, so it is pretty serious ceives a T-shirt, button-up shirt urban textures around downtown. with Roman has been great,” said in the past and tried to find why work.” or thank you from Glass and No “NDC Street Wear is all about Eusanio. “He is really passionate they were successful. We used that Wheaton has been running the Dress Code Studios. Wednesday, November 8, 2017 NEWS PAGE 3 Taking a stand with SafeNet By Claire Eichner Sports Medicine major, has partici- Staff writer pated in many events as a member of the Forensics club. Most re- On average, approximately 20 cently, she participated in the Boo people per minute are physically Run/Walk. abused by an intimate partner in “Volunteering with SafeNet is the United States. Over the course a truly rewarding experience, and of one year, this adds up to more being able to participate in the 5K than 10 million men and women. was just one of the great events,” With these statistics being at an said Kline. “It spread awareness incredibly high percentage for not about SafeNet and what it does, only the entire U.S., but right here which is incredibly important, be- in Erie as well, students and facul- cause domestic violence is truly a ty at Mercyhurst are working to- major issue that needs to be ad- gether with an organization called dressed.” SafeNet to take a stand. Volunteering not only impacts According to the organization’s the organizations, but it affects the website, “SafeNet is a non-profit students as well. organization, providing free confi- “Volunteering with this great dential services including counsel- program has given me a new ap- ing, legal advocacy, education and preciation for helping others, and shelter victims of domestic vio- I look forward to continuing vol- lence.” It is Erie’s only accredited unteering at many events in the fu- domestic violence agency.