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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929 ARTS& ^ LAKER ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS Bono tour crosses American heartland for good cause Bond: Still very British and still Men's soccer advances very cliched. Page 2* to semifinals PAGE 9 PAGE 12 Xfai. 3§fSll I MeMKjprsiCa^^^^^Sfh^ Mill 1&5& Pecfimfefejr EjJ&Ql Henry Foreign pohcy r J Governor delivers $ 2 million to MNE veteran w l boad 4 11 Special to the Merciad 1923 Bom in j^ Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Fuertfi Gefmony Schweiker was at Mercyhurst 1938 Came to U S . North East on Thursday, Nov. 1943Became 21, to announce an award of a U.S. dtizan ^ $2 million state grant for con- 1943-49 US. Army ~m struction of a health and safe- couoler-intelligence officer ty building on campus. 196064 Bachelor's, master's, The availability of health doctoral degrees. Harvard care professionals has been a 1954*71 Taught government, growing concern, said Sch- forBKjn affairs at Harvard weiker. This building will al- 1969-75 National security low the college to provide adviser to PresKJent Nixon m uch-needed occupational during Vietnam war training programs in the health 1973-77 Secretary o f :irlf* care field, as well as in the field 1973 Nobel Peace Prize of law enforcement. A health and safety building Since 1975 Head of Kissinger end Associates, consultants will tie together the pillars of the North East campus' growth 1983-84 Head of bipartisan commission on Central America — the criminal justice and al- &OWW PieibeJ FouJid^on, AP, lied health programs—and pro- KRT Ptwto S#nno» GopneLMlMtne ©2oaa*RT vide much-needed classroom and office space for the ex- panding campus. Campus Events In early 2001, we made a proposal to the governor s of- Dec 12—Non violence fice for state funds for this training in the Student building, said Dr. Gary Government Chambers at Brown, executive dean at Mer- $2 million was given to Mercyhurst North East. Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker presented the check. File photo 7:30 p . m . cyhurst North East. We knew our two largest majors were • Dec.lT'-~-lvIen^ health and safety, so we fo- and stone building will oeeupythc project forward. campus today. tics —these numbers are for this basketbal game in the cused on those areas in our area currently used as the softball The show of support from Construction costs for the year, but they are indicative of MAC at 8 p.m^ funding request. field on the Mercyhurst North East Gov. Schweiker today only so- two-story structure are estimat- the past few years — you see ed at $6 million, and plans are nearly half our enrollment is in The proposed building is ex- campus. lidifies the importance of n o r t h - western Pennsylvania in the for construction to begin in late two programs: criminal justice pected to include a 10,000- The $2 million i n state funds will Dec. 12 - Pax Christi commonwealth s commitment spring 2003 with a tentative com- and nursing, explained Brown. square-foot 11 brary, 16 offices, be channeled through the Rede- meeting in Cafe Diem at to strengthening its communi- pletion date of September 2004. Of the 729 students on this 10 classrooms/labs, a 250-seat velopment Assistance Capital Pro- 8 p.m. ties through economic develop- The college s Board of Trustees campus, 300 of them are in auditorium, and a computer gram, a grant program for the ment, education and cooperative released the $75,000 for design those two majors; that is why lab. The nursing programs, acquisition and construction of Dec. 12 — Sex Signals initiatives such as the health and work by Weborg Rectenwald we needed to explore this idea. physical therapist assistant pro- economic, cultural or civic im- lecture in the PAC at safety complex, said Garvey. Buehler Architects at its Octo- Any growth benefits not just gram, medical certificate pro- provement projects. The General 8:30 p.m. Without the support of the ber meeting. this campus, but the communi- gram, and the new Hirtzel In- Assembly must authorize funding North East community, this col- ty of North East as well, said stitute on Aging and Geriatric for projects before consideration The facility wi 11 allow Mercy- lege would not be here today, Brown. Dec. 13 — Christmas Health will be housed on one by the governor. hurst to significantly expand its and it is because of that unwa- Tree Lighting Ceremony floor of the structure, while the Garvey thanked the governor, health and safety programs, ar- vering commitment by the com- infront of t h e Union at other will accommodate the area legislators, the Mercyhurst eas where the campus has seen munity to us that we are proud 7:30 p.m. police academy and criminal Board of Trus'tees, alumni and its most dramatic growth. to welcome the governor at this justice programs. The brick donors for helping move this When you look at the statis- Dec. 13 — Holiday Coffee House in the Union from 9 p.m. to Mercyhurst reaches* o u t for Christmas midnigjht It is time, once again, for the col- ta, along with participating in However, Fisher said she was dren to the campus. By Holly Burns lege s annual Christmas on Cam- many different fun Christmas able to make her idea a success- On average, the event brings Dec. 14—Holiday Movie Contributing writer pus celebration. This year marks activities. The idea was taken to ful reality.! in about 100 to 110 children th Night in the Union at What s on your Christmas the 13 year the college has un- the Mercyhurst Business Asso- The college has continued to from Erie. 10 p . m . Iist7 Alhtleredwagon?Anew dertaken this event. ciation. hold the event ever since. They are usually about 5 to 10 car? *P f It all began in 1990 when a stu- Here, Fisher attempted to pull A major part of the success of years of age. Dec. 15 — Choir concert How about seeing the j o y on dent, Carrie Fisher, came up with together some of the clubs and Christmas on Campus is the in- The children are dropped off in the PAC at 2:30 p.m. a child s face when T was the the idea to hold a celebration on organizations on campus to lend volvement of organizations and at about 12:30 p.m. on a Satur- Night Before Christmas is campus where inner-city children their support for the event. It agencies in Erie, which deal with day afternoon. They are wel- Dec. 16 —Men of read to them? Mercyhurst stu- could be brought to Mercyhurst was a difficult task and did not underprivileged children. Each comed to the Union with the Mercyhurst Calendar on dents look forward to I his ev- for a day. They would get to really get the support that was year, the college works with dif- cheery faces of Mercyhurst. sale in Hirt 114 and in the ery year at Christmas time. meet and receive gifts from San- anticipated. ferent agencies to bring the chil- Please see Christmas on page 3 Union. Get your Dec. 17 — Special Olympics Ski Meeting Men of Mercyhurst Hirt 314at 4:30p.m. poster calander Dec. 17 — Women's basketball game in I he MAC at 6 p.m. They will be sold from December 16 thru Dec. 17 — Rosary Group meeting in Christ the King January 14th in the Merciad Chapel at 10 p.m. office and in the Union. Set one before they run out. Index These make great Christmas News P. i n ft p.2 « gifts for everyone on your list! News p.3 Features p.4 They will be sold for|$3 per Features p.5 Opinion p.6 poster and $5 for two. What a Opinion p.7 deal) Everyone is talking about A&E p.8 & E p.9 Jody Molla/Morciad phutofjfflphof them. These are a must have. ;4 p. 10 Mercyhurst senior Paul Valenti protects his goal agains! Sports p. 11 Southern New Hampshire at the NCAA Division II semifi- Spdrts il2 nals In Virginia. The 2-1 loss ended Wlercyhurst's season Sports at 17-2-0. See related article on page 12. i PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD December 12,2002 NEWS INTERNATI ONAL To contact: [email protected] U.S. builds military Bono s American Heartland presence in Africa] speaking on ^condition of By Jonathan S. Landay anonymity. tour raises AIDS awareness Knight Ridder Times U.S. Intelligence had been By James Warren 1 tracking this (vessel) for a Knight Ridder Times i ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia period of weeks, the official Bono, one of the world's Defense Secretary Donald H. said. Spanish authorities biggest rock stars, openly Rumsfeld won new boarded the ship in the last appearing on a string of small assurances of support from several days, he said. He said Midwest stages, from Eritrea and Ethiopia on the North Korean ship was Methodist churches to Iowa Tuesday for the Bush flying under the flag of a n o t h e r truck stops and drab Ramada administration s plan to open nation, which he would not conference rooms. His aim is to a new front in the war on identify. * ? M arouse interest in a subject of terrorism in the turbulent Horn Rumsfeld discussed the greatest health debacle ever, of A f r i c a at the same time that counterterrorism cooperation the African AIDS epidemic. it prepares for a war with Iraq. Tuesday with the rulers of Having started a bus caravan A U.S.