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VOL.169 NO.10 MERCYHURS1 LEGE'S WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER December 7,1995 From the world Arena By: Gagan Suri Merciad News Editor Bomb Blast in Russian Parliament Office iff f It was less than two weeks before the Russian Parliamentary elections and there was a bomb blast in the office of a far-right member of the Parliament Nobody was hurt in the attack. Such a daring attack on one of the best guarded Government buildings has raised fears of increasing violence as the nation prepares for its Dec. 17 elections. T Dance Fever F o r H u r s t Sri Lanka Army Raises Flag Over Mercyhurst students en- Jaffna joyed last Saturday night at the annual Winter Formal Jaffna, a major city in the northernmost tip of Sri Lanka Island, has held at Sabella's of Union been the capital of the Tamil Rebels for t h e past five y e a r s . The Sri Station. Above, Jason Lanka army won over the capital after a 50-day offensive that drove Giffen and his date Laura the Tamil rebels from the urban hold at Jaffna. Ever since the offensive began in October of this year, Sri Lanka Government Osborne enjoyed a quiet allowed no reporters at the Jaffna peninsula. However, the flag- moment together, while Se- raising ceremony was televised live across Sri Lanka. From a nior*Scott Harber and his population of over 150,000 before the offensive, the army found date dance the night away. only 400 civilians in the devastated city. It was said that Mercyhurst is well on their way to bet- Changes iniU.S. Speed Limits teri ng thei r reputation in the community after t h e tremen- President Clinton has signed legislation to end the 21 year old dous event national 55-mile-an-hour speed limit The 55-mph speed limit was I imposed in 1974 as an energy saving measure. The decline in the highway fatalities by a significant number o f 9 , 0 0 0 i n the following ! Million Donation to MSG NEWS year prompted the safety advocates to hail it as a life saver. As a result of t h e new bill several states have raised the speed limits and By Dan Hiltiker some have no limits at all! Montana would have no speed limits, Education [ D e p a r t m e n t by Editor-in-Chief Kansas, Nevada and Wyoming would increase it to 75 mph. Most other states are likely to increase the speed limits too. Hafenmaiers At the Nov. 27 meeting of Mercyhurst Student G o v e r n m e n t , By: Gagan'Suri MSG advisor Cass Shimek said/ that the Mercy Center on Aging, Cable TV Rates to Remain Same Merciad News Editor which is the charitable organiza- for Three More years tion designated by,MSG to be . Mercy h u r s t recently received $lm ill ion from Herbert and Catherine* given the funds from this years fund F.Hafenmaier, surpassing the college's "continuing the dream" raiser, was not in need of funding On Dec 5, the members of a House-Senate conference came to a fund drive collecting over $ 6.2 million and there are still two a nd that i t probably would be bet- mutual decision of k e e p i n g the cable television r a t e s the same for the months remaining in the campaign.The donation will be used to ter to donate money to another of next three years. However, the Consumers Federation of America enhance the education program at t h e college. Leslie, Hafenmaier's the many Mercy charities. has predicted an increase of $5 a month in cable rates because of t h e daughter received her bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from? 'Those who go to the Mercy monopolies in the local markets. Mercyhurst in 1990 and a Master's degree in Special Education,| Center on Aging are far from b e - along with teacher's certification in 1994. Leslie currently is teach-^ ing indigent They pay to g o there. ing at The Children's House of Erie Montessori School. The place here in Erie t h at is most "It was something that I had been thinking of for three years," in need of funding is the Mercy King Fahd Still in Hospital Hafenmaier said. "Quality and level of education will continue to b e Center for Women," Shimek sa id. a major factor in t h e ongoing s u c c e s s not o n l y of i n d i v i d u a l s but also Discussion ensued about which A team of Americans are treating King Fahd in Riyadh, Saudi of communities and nations. I felt that s h a r i n g my blessings with an charity to donate money to. "I Arabia, for what a family spokesman called a "temporary health institution that reflects those values was the right thing to do. It think the idea was to give money emergency."The King is 72 years old and is suffering from diabetes seems that 'Carpe Diem' is more than a motto at Mercyhurst." to a charity that really needed it," and arthritis. Although the testing by the local doctors was reported Dr.Garvey, President of Mercyhurst College said tha t the educa tion Sophomore rep Kevin Segedi to be positive, American doctors were specially flown i n to treat the department was a natural giving opportunity for the Hafenmaiers. said. A motion was made by Chris kings illness. He added that this gift would be a tremendous boost to the education Herbolsheimer to not give money department, which hasteOO majors and was one of the original to the Mercy Center on Aging. majors at the college. Another motion was made by France to Rejoin NATO Hafenmaier was born and raised in New York City. He served the Nick Krayger t o give to the Mercy U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater of operations in WorldAVar n, Center For Women. Both mo- France recently announced that it would rejoin NATO's military attended Manhattan College, where he received a degree in electri- tions were unanimously approved. wing after almost three decades of absence. NATO's foreign and cal engineering, and did graduate work at Columbia University. He In SAC news from t h e Nov. 27 defense ministers formally approved the deployment of o v e r 60,000 spent 20 years with,the International Telephone and Telegraph meeting, it was revealed that dur- troops to enforce a tenuous peace in Bosnia. Corporation in w o r l d wide communication systems progra ms and in ing theiLaser Tag event that "The fact is, militarily, we have depended on NATO and our the Gemini and Apollo space programs.*He retired as the Vice occurred the weekend before fi- margin of independence has beenSnegligible," said Dominique president of the service operations in 1988. His wife Catherine, nals, two people stole the Laser Moisi, the deputy director of French Institute for International from New Jersey had family ties with the Sisters of Mercy. The Ta g equ i p m e n t One of th e thieves Relations. "But our margin of p o l i t i c a l influence in NATO was also Hafenmaiers have three other children,Lisa Geronimo, Lynda Hebert ran through a one-half inch plate negligible before today. This was absurd. De facto, France is now and Erich Hafenmaier-and seven grandchildren. They lived in back into NATO's military structure." McKean Township before moving to Friendswood, Texas, in 1992. 'MSG, Cont On P. 2\ December 7,1995 PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD Commuter Corner JUST SO YOU KNOW By: Kim Coughlini f * More Parking f J Graduate Intern Digging b e g a n on W e d n e s d a y, Nov. 8, for t h e addition of a b o u t 9 0 Office of the Student Union & Student Activities parking spaces on the west side of t h e campus. The new spaces will be located along the west and south sides of the Mercyhurst Ice The Holidays are here and so is Christmas break. Please make it a safe and happy holiday season! Center. Therefwill also be spaces added to the lot on the south side Need to find a phone number? Pick up the 1995-96 Student Directory in the Student Union, of Baldwin Hall, and also to the parking lotbehind Zurn Hall. T h e y will have all of t h e paving done b y the first week in December. This MARK YOUR CALENDARS: should help ease the parking problems for many of the commuters DEO** o Student Union decorating Party at 8 p.m. Join us to decorate for Christmas on Campus. and also for the Mercy apartment residents and during athletic How about some entertainment ? The Mercyhurst Theatre Dept presents Laundry and Bourbon & Lone events," Director of Security Bud Dever said. Star beginning at 8 p.m. in Zurn 114 on Dec. 7,8,9 and it's FREE. DEC 9 Christmas on Campus from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. pMaintenance | | DEC* 10 - SAC Christmas caroling at St Vincent Health Center and Sarah Reed Childrens Home. To all those interested in shoveling snow around this campus. Shuttles will leave Baldwin Hall at 7:30 p.m.

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