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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. military buildup is under Eritrea and Ethiopia and was Sunday, World AIDS Day, Bono way in Djibouti, apparently for scheduled to meet Wednesday is creeping out of the protective operations against followers of with leaders ofDjibouti, bubble that unavoidably devours Osama bin 'Laden in The people of the region celebrities, largely spurning the neighboring countries and in have been crushed by poverty, big-market media conventional bin Laden s native Yemen hunger, drought, the HIV- wisdom of modern public nearby. American forces will AIDS epidemic and relations. Forsaking the coasts, be bolstered in the next few lawlessness. Long coasts, but unabashedly exploiting his days when a 300-person U.S. porous borders, unrest and own fame, the 42-year-old regional command arrives, led corruption have made the area Dublin native may be shaming by a Marine Corps general. s| a hub for arms and drug all those Hollywood stars who Djibouti is sort of a good running and a haven for al- appear for cameo testimony location to allow us to go just Qaida operatives. before Capitol Hill committees, KRT about anywhere we want to Rumsfeld, speaking after wax passionate about a subject, go, said a senior U.S. defense talks with Eritrean President personal crusade, turns on the suggestions for solving the medications on a continent official, speaking on condition Isaias Afwerki in Asmara, then head off, falsely bouyant, notion that the Midwest remains related ills of A I D S and crushing spending an estimated of anonymity^ * said the United States and to a limo, private jet and honorably distinct, rife with an debt, and seems especially $40 million a day alone in comforts of home. idiosyncratic sense of A U.S. official in Washington its partners must work to partial to the recent counsel of repaying debts to the wealthier said Tuesday that about a prevent al-Qaida and other The frontman for U2 is community and integrity and an unlikely ally, Warren Buffett, nations. This is the American mostly exploring unbeaten and lack of artifice. y dozen Scud-type missiles and Islamic extremists from the multibillionaire Omaha moment, he said. The destabilizing the region and very unglamorous paths, Now if only a man who missile-related components investor and nation s moment will pass, as they had been found aboard a North killing large! numbers of convinced that the way to self-deprecatingly tags himself second richest man after Bill always do. Korean ship that was seized in innocent people. Americans' minds is through the a spoiled, overpaid, Gates. So, heimplores, try to heart of America, thus the the Arabian Sea, about 600 But extending the war on occasionally under-the-table The basic facts behind the consider the nation s essence, miles east of the Horn of moniker of Heart of America rock star can just get its terrorism to the Horn of Africa Bono caravan are simple. the Declaration of Africa. The ship was believed is risky. American military Tour. The nation's consumer- attention. If we have the goods More than 17 million Independence, and the to be heading to Yemen, but the driven homogeneity may be but do not share them with a forces make new targets for Africans have died of AIDS, connection between guiding government of Yemen, which al-Qaida bombers. The United unceasing, with each Gap, brother in need, how can we with 2.5 million expected to die principles and the rest of has aided the U.S. war on Blockbuster Video or Starbucks claim to have love? Bono asks. States also would be aligning next year. About 28 million are the world s needs. It's a matter terrorism recently, was not with governments that it has belying a region's proud claim Inquisitive to a fault, Bono infected with HIV. Most cannot of finishing what you've started. necessarily the intended of individualitv. but Bono's seems open to any and all accused of human rights afford, or have access to, recipient, said the official, abuses. [White H o u s e approaches Iranians fear being nextrtargets of U.S. jlraiffor^ssistance By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson conservative court in Tehran on important, Khatami, the vice official news agency, described charges of espionage. president of the country's suchspeculation as pure By Warren P. Strobel undercut the pro-democracy Knight Ridder Times Iranians believe such fears parliament, or Majlis, said in imagination. Knight Ridder Times movement. At that time, the are justified. The State of an exclusive interview with Iran's policy on Iraq U.S. government accepted TEHRAN, Iran. Still stung by the Union speech last January Knight Ridder. For us, is transparent and emphasizes The Bush administration has Iran's role in the process of being labeled a member of an in which Bush labeled Iran establishing a government in the territorial integrity of Iraq had indirect contacts with the setting up a government to axis of evil, many Iranians one of three nations that Iraq not dominated by others is and respect for the right of government of Iran in hopes of replace the Taliban, and also oppose a U.S.-led war to change threaten the peace of the very important, as is establishing self-determination of the Iraqi persuading it to assist, or at came to an understanding of Iraq s government, fearing I hey world camel after Iran a democratic government that people while rejecting unilateral least stay neutral, in a U.S. what would happen if will be President Bush s next supported the U.S. war in is broad-based and includes action, the unnamed official invasion to topple Saddam American military aircraft target in what they see as a bid Afghanistan, the most contact all ethnicity and tribes in Iraq. said. were forced to crash-land on Hussein in neighboring Iraq, to control the Middle East and the Islamic republic had had with Khatami, who favors Iran Yet even hard-liners such Iranian territory.'' according to American its oil. the United States since labeling resuming dialogue with the as Mahmud Sardari, a handyman officials. Washington's short-term and There are some who it the Great Satan 23 years United States, worries that who said he often chanted anti- The exchange of messages, long-term goals in Iran are believe we are going to be next, ago, or at least since it accepted some hard-liners might use America slogans, doubt there which officials said has taken conflicting, said S. Rob whether through direct military U.S. arms in exchange for the tensions in the region to will be an outpouring of support place through third countries, Sobhani, a Middle East energy intervention or heavy political promises to help free American clamp down on democratic for the Iraqi regime, either. is part of delicate diplomatic analyst and adjunct professor pressure, said Mohammad hostages in Lebanon.: changes within Iran s cleric-run America is more of maneuvering between the two at Georgetown University. Hadi Semati, an assistant Iranian officials secretly government. an enemy to us than Iraq, but I countries. In the? short run, "there's a professor of law and political provided Americans with W Some factions welcome don t see any need for us to * President Bush has labeled school of thought that we can't science at Tehran University. targeting information on the an American attack, because demonstrate in the streets over Iran part of an "axis of evil" take on both Iraq and Iran at Anti-American feelings Taliban regime, and publicly they think they can announce any war against ; Saddam and has thrown Washington's the same time," Sobhani said, are intensifying in the Shiite announced that they would an emergency status in the H ussein, he said. rhetorical support behind many and must come to some country as the Bush allow U.S. pilots to land on country and suppress the Iranians still hold bitter Iranians* desire for more understanding with Tehran. administration continues to 11 anian soil in emergencies. reform movement, he said. memories of their 1980-88 freedom and democracy. Those The danger for the long term threaten Iraq. On Wednesday, What we did was not Such a move would war with Iraq, which claimed emotions have been on display is that the United States President Khatami said after a reciprocated. Instead, we backfire, Khatami added, as as many as a million lives, most in Iran in recent weeks in a engages in serious diplomacy Cabinet meeting that the Bush became part of t h e *axis of e v i l , public pressure to loosen of them Iranian. Saddam series of renewed student with the government of Iran, administration was extremist Semati said. political and social restrictions used chemical weapons in that protests against the "in which case, we lose the and seeking pretexts to wage Even key reformers, such is mounting among I ran s 66 war, wounding an estimated conservative mullahs' hold on people of Iran," he said. war on Iraq. as Mohammad Reza Khatami, million people. ;. 100,000 Iranian soldiers power. Iran is the major backer A day earlier, three Iranian the brother of Iranian President Iranian officials have denied and civilians. But Iranians The American officials, who of Hezbollah, a militant group pollsters who had found that Mohammad Khatami, question reports that they are quietly sympathize with the Iraqi people, spoke on condition of based in southern Lebanon that three-quarters of Iranians they U.S. motives in its conflict with cooperating with the United who are mostly Shiite and anonymity, declined to discuss engages in terrorist activity surveyed favored resuming Iraq. States as it prepares to attack also have felt the wrath the contacts with Iran in any and has killed hundreds dialogue with the United States For us, security in the Iraq. A foreign ministry official, of Saddam s chemical detail But a State Department of Americans and taken others went on trial before an ultra- region is very vital and quoted Monday by Iran s attacks. official cautioned that they hostage. Iran also funds I were informal passed via several radical Palestinian INSPIRED BY HOTRODS. SUVs AND DARWIN. European governments and groups that conduct suicide bombings against Israel. mostly designed to gauge THE NEW Iran's reaction to the prospect The U.S. lawmakers called of tens of thousands of U.S. on the Bush administration to troops in Iraq. American troops give backing to the People's already are in Afghanistan, Mojahedin Organization of IT'S SOMETHING ELSE Iran's eastern neighbor. Iran, a mostly expatriate 5The United States and Iran opposition group that has been have not had diplomatic supported by Iraq. The State relations since 1980, shortly Department has designated the Seats five, has S3 cubic after militant students seized group}a foreign terrorist the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. organization. | feet of cargo space, and Formal contacts are conducted Other officials argue that the via the government of United States should back is available with 180 hp Switzerland! Khatami's el forts at gradual Bush's advisers are sharply reform and give verbal support land a 6-speed manual divided over how to proceed, to the students' demands.! shift.'Even evolution according to the officials and The Bush administration has private experts. Some disagree expressed empathy for the can't fully explain it. with the recent efforts to students, although it has done contact Iran's government. so gingerly in order to avoid This group wants!to see giving, ammunition to hard- 05 •MI-[TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U S A . INC. BUCKIE W» revolutionary change in Iran, liners in Iran who might charge GIT THE f€Elt*jM0yfttJt W If FOR THOSE WHO LOVE YOU *M3RP INCLUDES and argues that American that the students are tools of DELIVERY, PROCESSING AND HANDLING FEE. EXCLUDES U WIS. UCEN8E, OPTIONS AND REGIONALLY REQUIRED outreach to Tehran will Washington, rtlng at $19,953: Model Shown $18,095 EQUIPMENT. ACTUAL MAi PR PRICF UAV VIM December 12, 2002 THEMERCIAD PAGE 5

To contact: newsmercladfa.-mercyhurst.eduNE V Credit course semester proposed Police and Safety Lt By Kelly Rose Duttine for the growing size of the col- learning, instead of administra- pursue scholastic activity out- universities are Bryn Mawr, Maintenance Gates Criminal News Editor! lege. tive details, getting to know stu- side of the classroom. Colgate, BucknelI, Harvard, Mischief One alternative to trimesters dents and professors, basic Registration and advising Brown, Princeton, Boston Uni- Feel like your academic life at that is currently being examined background material or prepar- would only have to take place versity, Holy Cross, Northeast- 3827 Briggs on sidewalk: Mercyhurst College is scattered? by administration and the fac- ing for finals. twice a year, instead of three era University, Perm, NYU, and Disorderly conduct Do you wish that you were ulty senate is the 4-Credit Course Class length would decrease times a year, with the current Allegheny College. packing up to head home for Semester System. This system from Mercyhurst s current term trimester system. There would In the meantime, there is little U/17/02 Christmas like many of your would preserve all of t h e advan- schedule. Classes on Monday, also be fewer courses to sched- reason to worry about an abrupt friends at semester schools? tages of traditional semesters, Wednesday and Fridays would ule for each semester. schedule change. McAuley Hall: Controlled A semester system may be in but at the same time, would not be just 65 minutes in length, But, fewer courses would also There is a 99 percent chance substance the future for Mercyhurst Col- move too far away from the compared to 80 minute classes mean less variety. Instead of t h e that the term system will still be lege, according to Dr. Andrew current term system. with trimesters. Classes on current 40 courses that are re- in place next year, said Roth. 11/20/02 Roth, Vice President for Aca- There are many advantages to Tuesdays and Thursdays would quired for graduation, only 32 He also explained that imple- demic Affairs and Dean. a 4-credit course semester sys- be 100 minutes in length, com- courses would be required with menting any change would likely Mercy 100: Drug use With the end of fall term re- tem. The biggest advantage is pared to 115 minute classes with the 4-credit semester system. take two or three years/ cently behind us, the beginning that it allows for students and trimesters. Major courses would make up 11/21/02 of winter term upon us, and faculty members to be more Another advantage of this sys- approximately 12 courses. The Some information provided by Christmas break in the near fu- deeply involved with their tern is that it will allow for bet- core courses would make up Chad Redmond and Josh West Cafeteria: Larceny/theft ture, many students, faculty courses.; Since fewer courses ter mentoring because each fac- approximately 14 courses. members and staff feel that the are required there are fewer ulty member will be responsible Surprisingly, mere are a num- Interested in the Semester/ 11/25/02 trimester system that is currently starts and stops during the year, for fewer students. In addition, ber of colleges that are currently Trimester Debate? Look for in place at Mercyhurst is not the which allows for more time hopefully more faculty and stu- requiring 32 courses for gradu- another article in The Merciad 3829 Lewis Ave.: Criminal best course system academically spent on actual instruction and dents will be more energized to ation. Among these colleges and soon. Mischief 11/29/02

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College students and to purchase a Christmas gift the gifts that are given out to 12/05/02 faculty, as well as a room for their parents. the children. Also, clubs and festive and shining with a Cass Shimek, Associate organizations on campus, such Lot #1: Forgery/Counterfeiting Christmas tree, complete Dean of Student Development as the Circle K club, sponsor with gifts and decorations in the Student Union said, the activities of the day. Old Main Drive: Vehicle galore. I've seen this bring kids to Campus Ministry is also in- Violations The students on the commit- tears. volved in Christmas on Cam- tee for Christmas on Campus They are so happy that they pus. 12/08/02 take special care to make sure are going to be able to give They have people dress up that the facility is as comfort- their parents gifts for Christ- like various cartoon characters McAuley Hall: Minor drinking able and welcoming for the mas. For many, this is some- and go around and talk to the children as possible. thing that is usually not a pos- children. 12/06/02 For about an hour and a half sibility. So, it means a I ot to It gives kids a sense of big- after they are dropped off, the them. ger than life, Shimek says.^ Grotto Park: Emergency Brendan LaBoon/ Contributing photographer children rotate around to many After the children are fin- In addition, Shimek says, situations (injury) Russian dancers preformed on December 5,2002 to a sold- different stations and activities ished with all of t h e activities, There has never been a short- out crowd In the Performing Arts Center. within the Student Union. they are given cookies and age of interest from our stu- 3925 Briggs Ave: Criminal ° Usually the children say that milk, while everyone sings dents. She is very proud of mischief Mercyhurst computer the highlight of their day is Christmas carols. the response that comes from when they get to meet Santa Then, all of the children are the students at Mercyhurst. technology not up to par Claus. sat down to listen to the read- Upon the planning of the needed to do something so the The children all get the op- ing of Twas the Night Be- event, Mercyhurst students By Russell Straub network wouldn t slow down. portunity to meet Santa, sit on fore.' Christmas. Barry volunteer to be a buddy to Contributing writer A program was written that put his lap, and tell him what they Mc Andrew. English professor one of t h e children. Through- Waiting for two minutes for a a cap on the amount of want for Christmas. The chil- at the college, has always been out the day of the event, the web page to load up is riot only bandwith that each person was dren also get their pictures generous and volunteered to student is paired with a child ridiculous, but also aggravating. able to use, yet it did not affect taken with Santa to take home read to the children. from one of the agencies and For students at Mercyhurst, anything. Administration felt with them. After the book, Santa Claus goes with them around to all this scenario is all too familiar. that it was the students fault HChildren can make their own makes his last appearance. of the various stations and ac- The speed of t h e Internet on for slowing down the network Christmas ornaments as well He comes out in his bright red tivities. campus is slow, and for some by being media intensive and as get their faces painted. In ad- suit and bag full of goodies According to Shimek, many students it has them wishing downloading. dition, there are many oppor- and gives the children gifts. students have said that this is they were back home, because Direct connect is a file-shar- tunities for the children to play Since its beginnings, the the highlight of the day for in some cases even a dial up ing program similar to that of various games with each other support for Christmas on them. They have said that it server is faster than the service Napster. The difference with and the Mercyhurst student Campus has improved^with really makes them appreciate that students receive here. direct connect is that it is lo- volunteers. the help of the Mercyhurst what Christmas is really about. Mercyhurst runs on four T1 cated within the network. Ad- ^Christmas on Campus also community, students and fac- For a.related story about provides a gift shop for the ulty alike. Christmas on campus see the lines. These lines are from a ministration liked the idea of *-^i2 company c a l l e d Sprinkl i nk, who direct connect because even children. The faculty and administra- Features section on page 4 is the Internet service provider though it allowed you to down- It gives them the opportunity tion are involved by donating on campus. Each of these Tl load numerous types of files, it lines offers 1.5 megabytes of did not take up any bandwith. I band w i t h total. $ I Administration felt that t h i s pro- I With this many T1 lines avail- gram would curb downloading l able, the Internet should be run- from outside sources and it I ning a lot faster than it is, espe- would speed up the network. l cially since prior to this year, However, this did not work; l Mercyhurst only had two Tl the network was still as slow I lines available. as it was before direct connect l When the school only had two was around. Tl lines, the Internet was still At the beginning of t h e year, very fast. Web pages loaded in- some students had problems I stan i ly and downloading was a signing onto the network. The breeze. problem was that there were Administration feels that the not enough IP addresses regis- I Internet is so slow because stu- tered with Spri nt 1 i nk, meaning dents are downloading more. that there was only so much At t h e Student Forum on Nov. space available on the network Single Order o f Breadsticks 7, administration said that they until more IP addresses were * 4 cannot expand the system any- purchased. more because it is too expen- sive and the problem is that too many students are file sharing; The Merciad is if we want the network to currently taking Pfna&StbcStudert Combo speed up, students need to stop file sharing. applications ffor I Students today are more me- editorial posi- dia intensive and are therefore using more of the school s al- tions ffor 2003- lotted bandwith. with Administraiion saw how 2004.' ? I coupon much students were download- ing and they decided that they

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Holiday cheer at Mercyhurst pas newspaper writing changed? school paper. Twenty years Jonathan Simmerman ago, administrators routinelyj Mercy hurst students bring cheer to Erie children Special to Merciad called us to scream about our By Jen Ruffa (Council for attacks on skyrocketing tuition Contributing writer Exceptional Twenty years ago, I served as costs, school disciplinary Children) will editor-in-chief of my college procedures, or poor dormitory be playing newspaper. My co-editors and security. These folks must The Carolyn Herrmann musical I stayed up until six or seven celebrate when the college Student Union will be turned chairs , pin in the morning, five nights a daily turns to more urgent into a child's Christmas the nose on week. We drank stale coffee, matters, like stress-induced Wonderland Sat., December Rudolph, and smoked cheap cigarettes, and impotence or the politics of 14, from 1-4p.m. Junior Anne other creative banged away on manual love m a k i n g . Siegel organized the traditional games with the typewriters, trying to affect a What's going on here? Some Christmas on Campus event c h i1d ren. grizzled, hard-boiled image. papers might temper theirj mis year. Also, the Most of us were privileged coverage of university politics Around 100 underprivileged S t u d e n t kids from the suburbs. But the for fear of reprisals. Last year, children of Erie Country have Dietetics tough-guy image we cultivated officials at Governors Statel been invited to spend the day Association included a deep skepticism of University in Illinois receiving multiple gifts, enjoy will be making authority-especially of the suspended publication of creative and artistic snacks, popcorn balls authorities who ran our student newspaper after it shop for their family members, with the university. attacked the teaching and play numerous games with children. So we made it our job to performance of two volunteers from the campus These are only make them miserable. Every professors. The editors sued student body. Permission a few activities day, our newspaper attacked the university, which has slips were sent out to agencies that will be the university. It wasn't claimed the same powers to in Erie, inviting the children to going on. providing enough financial aid; censor student papers as high this event, also requesting their Mr. Barry it wasn't hiring enough school principals possess. Christmas lists so the children McAndrew of minority professors; it wasn't The Governors State case can receive gifts they not only the English assisting the nearby; will be heard in January by a want but also desperately need. Department community. Whatever the federal appeals court in There was an extensive will present a university did or didn't do, we Chicago. Even.if the court amount of preparation, which C hr i stmas denounced it. rules in favor of students' pressj occurred for an event like this tradition of Open up a college paper freedom, though, the decision] to take place. One of the reading the today, and you'll find a very won't do any good if students greatest elements needed was classic story, different sensibility. Today's don't take advantage of it. money. Faculty and staff Twas the Night editors embrace the cool vibe Most of all, universities members, as well as students, B e f o r e of popular culture. Their stories won't be called to account parents, and other family Christmas. focus less on university politics members have generously without a strong and Dr. Eric Easter and more on music, film, independent student paper. The given gift and monetary and Mrs. Jill fashion and sex. only other campus news comes donations. One of the greatest Slomski (who Especially sex. College from "public information" is new to the 1 financial demands for this Photo by Joe • i. newspapers can't get enough. offices, which put a cheery event was decorations. All Business At the University of California gloss on everything the school Department) The evergreen tree of Old Main, decorated for the fastly three floors of the Union will approaching Christinas holiday. at Berkeley, Teresa Chin does. If student journalists be decked out in fun themes, will be I dispenses frank advice in her don't present another side of] such as W inter Wonderland dressing up as Santa and Mrs. Montana, Addie Risner, Kerry assign them to the children. If "Sex on Tuesdays" column; at the story, nobody will. and Candyland. The Claus. Children will be able Moriarty, Kelly Rose Duttine, you would like to help out with my own institution, New York Two decades ago, I'll admit] American Society of Interior to have their pictures taken Tracy Heranic, Patrick this year s event it s still not too University, Yvonne Fulbright we should have gathered more Design and SAC were in with Santa, which will be Neubert, Jessica Ellam, late. You can sign up to be a serves as our paper's resident information _ and done more] charge of the decorating placed in festive holiday Meghan Morhse, Alison buddy for a child outside of f Sexpert"; and at Yale, Natalie thinking _ before we embraced committee for this year. ornaments for them to keep. Royer, Marie Vogan, Lauren Cass Shimek's office in the Krinsky authors the popular the other side. We were too Many club organizations The Music Education Griglak, and Jessie Verbic. Union. If you would like to "Sex and the (Elm) City." quick to malign the university, have also contributed to Department will be Cass Shimek, associate dean dress up as a Disney Character Like the show whose name too assured of our own moral different parts of this event. performing a musical skit/ of student development, and or are able to donate costumes, it borrows, Krinsky's column righteousness. We were kids, The MSG and SAC are in sing-a-long for the children, Penny Hanes, associate please see Campus Ministry. combines snappy writing with after all. charge of Santa s Gift Shop, followed up by a dance professor ofaccounting, are the Help is needed with decoration a strong postfeminist slant. But if kids must err, as in which the children wil I have performance from the staff advisors for the event. setup, which will be done of Rather than seeking to change apparently they must, let them the opportunity to choose gifts Mercyhurst Dance If y o u are interested in giving Friday, Dec. 13. You can either the world. err on the side of excessive] for their families. Alpha Phi Department. This will lead to a monetary donation you can call Anne Siegel at ext. 2991 or To be fair, some papers criticism rather than of cool Sigma (Criminal Justice Honor the arrival of Santa Claus. send it to Anne Siegel at Box Cass Shimek at ext. 2433. continue to criticize university detachment. Sure, there's a Society) is making beaded Campus Ministry will also S1602. If you would like to Best of luck to all those policies. Over the last few place for light entertainment J candy canes, Tri Beta will be have student volunteers contribute a gift donation, it involved in this year's years, for example, the Yale including sex columns in the creating holiday decorations, dressing as Disney Characters can be taken to Sister Damien Christmas On Campus! Daily News has blasted Yale's college press. When heavy and Circle K (Kiwanis) is passing out candy, which will at her switchboard desk in Old efforts to block graduate breathing dominates schoolj providing children with face add to the Wonderland . Main, or to Cass Shimek in t he For more information on Christ- students from unionizing. newspapers, however, school painting. The Fashion As stated, Anne Siegel Student Union. You do not mas on Campus check out the That's why you rarely read a officials breathe a sigh of Department is making hoi i day organized this year s event have to wrap the gifts; story on pages 1 and 3 letter or comment from an irate relief. And that's bad news fori jewelry for the children, CEC with the help of Jessica volunteers will wrap and school official condemning the all of us. Undergrade presentsjat conference- Marla Greek reads paper in Toronto

By Courtney Nicholas produced nearly Features editor 11,000 specimens of textiles, cord- age, and basketry Having the stresses of finals impressions and of packing is enough for analysis of these any student the last week of materials shows a school. Mercyhurst Anthropol- technology with ogy major, Maria Greek had the presence of these two things on her mind small scale textiles when she received a phone call factories or informing her that she was se- mills lected to present a paper in In other words, which she co-authored with the people that Jeff Illingworth, a lab director Photo by JodyMollo lived at this par- of the Anthropology/Archaeol- Maria Greek ticular site were ogy Department. advanced and The paper is entitled Early Ontario, Canada and spoke at could make many things that Bronze Age Perishables and the American School of Ori- aided them with producing Perishable Construction Tech- ental Research Conference on clothing, etc. The Early Bronze nology from the Southeastern behalf of the Mercyhurst Ar- Age sites are similar to the sites Dead Sea Plain. chaeological Institute. of contemporaneous Egypt Originally from Pittsburgh, This conference is very from 6000 years ago. Greek came to visit the cam- well-known among all profes- The area was a concentrated pus and was excited by the ar- sionals involved with Anthro- center of weaving and seemed cheological institute. Greek and pology and Archaeology. to be the center for the early Illingworth have been compos- Many anthropologists and ar- mass production of textiles. ing the paper for the past two chaeologists from the United The sites that the specimens years. Composing this paper States and the Middle East were from are located in Jor- was an exciting and d i I'll cull were present at the conference dan and are believe to possibly challenge. and I istened to Greek s presen- be the Biblical cities of Sodom n I have wanted to be an ar- tation. and Gomorra. Usrt ht« lo coilnt debt, handle credit cards, manage your sluilnnl loan and a n »ur bread. cheologist since I was ten years Greek also had slides of the It is not often that an under- Plus, oil lilt if ether smart real world lips i t IN online source (or smart students. old. Greek said. I love piec- site and the specimens found graduate gets this type of op- ing the puzzle together to see at the site. portunity Greek said 1 felt how the civ ilizations of the past In the abstract of the paper honored and nervous. oucandealwithit .com lived and were organized. ATw-r- PBEM Greek stated, Excavations ai ItnitohniliKM | IMP n yN « | puke MTitn d Greek traveled to Toronto, the Early Bronze Age sites have December 12. 2002 THE MERCIAD PAGE 5

FEATURES To contact: [email protected] What is in vour future? By Lasha Senile Social relations may now enter Don t get involved; rafher, details. After Wednesday for a close friend or work mate movements also indicate that a brief stage,of increased Special to M e r c i a d wait for further indications of I watch also for a romantic to introduce new social further changes or delays may invitations, romantic innuendo new assignments or business partner or close friend to be information or emotional cause necessary adjustments in or small gestures of love. plans. A complex and nostalgic or sensitive to past roles. Over the next two days business plans. Aries (March 21-April 20). Don t shy away from demanding week. Stay family disruptions. Be helpful many Sagittarians will feel Late Friday find new ways Stay well removed from of- experiencing all dimensions of focused on short-term results. and offer emotional support. pressure to become involved in to communicate with a fice politics this week, if p o s - a close relationship but do go Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept 22). Loved ones now need to feel the personal or romantic lives recently despondent friend. sible. Over the next few days slow and expect outward Honoring the past will bring accepted and appreciated. of loved ones. Actions rather than words may bosses or managers may need expressions of affection to not emotional movement this Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Advice, counseling or be needed. time to sort out their own dy- be well accepted. After Friday week. Both friends and lovers Business officials may bow to mediating a dispute will not Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20). | namics or roles. Some Aries review finances, work will now find it necessary to public pressure this week. work in your favor this week. Yesterday s love affairs will natives may also encounter a commitments and short-term repeat old behaviors or discuss Social demands, customer Remain distan. After Thursday have a strong appeal this week. change of assignments or of- budgets. New debts'* or family obligations. satisfaction or team a difficult work project may Before mid-week watch for fice duties. Be patient, how- obligations will soon arrive. To some degree, your assignments may now take on end. Work hard this week, nostalgic memories, fast social ever, and watch for further Cancer (June 22-July 22). spiritual role I finalize paperwork, complete invitations or the return of an reversals early next week. Trust your instincts this week. may now assignments. old friend. Over the next few After Thursday a friend Early Tuesday many involve Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. weeks many Pisceans may find may require romantic advice Cancerians will begin a key helping others 20). Business reversals or it necessary to clear their or direction. Avoid picking phase of subtle' social to evolve unusual work messages may minds of old relationships, sides or offering criticism, communications and group beyond be the theme for most of this broken promises and romantic especially when pressured for intrigue. Expect friends or yesterday s week. Before ^Wednesday regrets. controversial opinions. colleagues to become silently limitations. Be business officials or team Late Friday expect both Taurus (April 21-May 20). involved in power struggles or generous and leaders may announce a quick friends and lovers to begin Social or family relations may hidden disagreements. show pothers reassignment of duties or subtly asking for present day be complex over the next few fNot to worry, however, the value of changed short-term plans. To commitments or meaningful days. Before mid-week watch planetary movements suggest empathy. After some degree, travel, long- discussions. Let the past go: for loved ones to be moody that competitive office and Thursday a distance communications or It s time for serious progress. or offer vague explanations. social dynamics will not close friend advertising may be involved. If your birthday is this Key issues may involve family become public or overly may also begin Stay focused. week... make sure lovers and disputes or power struggles complicated. After mid-week planning group 1 After Friday a social long-term friends are not between siblings. Don't be get extra rest; physical and celebration or social events. added importance in the relationship may blossom into socially misinformed over the drawn into other people s emotional energy may be low. Join in and expect immediate, workplace. a subtle romantic attraction. next four to five weeks. High problems this week _ there I Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). This positive results. After mid-week expect Go slow, however, emotional emotional expectations in all simply isn t time. week motives of a colleague Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). colleagues and bosses to offer or family triangles may be a key relationships may now After Thursday business become clear. Late Tuesday Business officials or only vague explanations of concern. cause loved ones to question management and office listen carefully to office colleagues may ask for an their actions or ideas. Refuse Aqua t i n s (Jan. 21-Feb. 19). their social value or romantic relations may require delicate communications for clues of increase in mental or verbal to be derailed: change in Early this week a business appeal. diplomacy. All is well but future projects or hidden attention this week. Important workplace relations will soon colleague or work official may Misinterpreted comments, avoid making bold statements negotiations. assignments or short-term bring a more .refined team introduce an unusual scheme confused facts or mistaken or asking probing questions. No serious or long-lasting duties will be particularly effort. After Friday new social or short-term project. Creative impressions may soon prove Gemini (May 21-June 21). affects can be expected here demanding over the next few invitations or family gatherings energy is on the rise in the costly. Stay alert to unusual Subtle romantic'flirtations, but do react quickly to days. will draw your attention. workplace and may soon bring dynamics. After mid-January although mildly unethical, will temporary period work delays Stay focused and let others Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. about new team assignments. all returns to normal, so not to bring confidence this week. and unusual office politics. witness your aptitude for 21). Before mid-week watch Be patient, however, planetary worry. Uniquely me! - program toHelpfu l shopping promote gbod image for young girls Everyone had to deal with English and bilingual English/ tips for thetfioliday Special to Merciad ish for cold winter weather.! George Foreman kitchen appli- self-esteem issues-even celeb- Spanish versions. Special to Merciad Featurelles Keros also suggests fur- ance. rities and top athletes, said The booklets focus on appre- Featurelles I n a recent survey of child- Dawes. 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OPINION To contact: [email protected] Surviving Christmas THE GOOD... Finding the good in bad gifts can be fun, rewarding • Welcome back to Mercy h u r s t . . . the only school in the tri-state area situated on a tundra. of 15 He-Man doll accessories There are a few constants in And Another Thing.. and 5 or 6 Nintendo games. our world. Now, Christmas ^for us • Getting books this term at the ol' book shop wasn't as migraine-inducing an experience as No man can own a long- past terms have been. Books were in stock, lines weren t too long and, judging by some charge-carders can be summed haired cat and still warrant up in a $60 Abercrombie students' receipts, prices weren't too bad. (Query: If high school could go four years giving us respect. Phil FREE books, couldn't colleges find a way to do the same?) j sweater and a stocking full of People who dress up as** gift certificates. their favorite characters at Pirrello • Kudos to Pax Christi making a solid attempt to encourage students' opinions about the war in Materialism is the new Yule Iraq. Earlier this week, in the Union, Pax Christi was asking students how they feel about the movie premieres are still virgins. And that one aunt who visits time. Even the mall Santas are U.S. impending conflict with Iraq. More so, they raised campus consciousness of both the once a year for the holidays will T-shirt with some attempt at more interested in playing with war s immediacy and potential. never get you anything remotely cutesy humor. their Nokia ring tones than desirable. When didigoing to open humoring little Sally s request THE BAD... Ah, Christmas. The time of Christmas presents become like for a puppy. \ year when all notions of good that 3 Strikes game on The Greed isn t good. But to say • Welcome back to Mercyhurst...where these next three weeks are filler; a calm before the will toward men get sidelined Price is Right? When did we something clich d like l i t 's post X-mas break storm, when syllabus deadlines look best when not looked upon at all. for the greedy rush to the stop gazing upon our presents more than gifts, it s about bottom of the Christmas tree. with content and start glaring at sharing and family and yada- • Snow. Snow drifts. Snow drifts falling off Taylor Little Theatre's roof awnings and onto We al I say it s better to give, them with contempt? yada, {would be a pipe dream undergrads. Sure, from a distance, it s funny as hell. But snow trickling down the back of but everyone of us likes it a lot Personally, I like the out-of- at best. your pullover is far from fun. (At least caught in an avalanche is a better excuse than slept better when we receive. I nowhere gift ideas. • But it s one pipe dream a few in.) guarantee that, for most of us, fhey give us something to rip think they'll wake up to. a there hasn t been one holiday on next year as the same person Despite the fact that most of • If I can shovel snow, not plow, my family's driveway in this frozen sky piss, then Maintenance when we thought we d get gives us the same gift, just in a us turn into little materialistic can put on their long-johns and plow us some paths to and from c l a s s . But judging by that everything on your list cause different color or size, which in whores around this time of year, poor excuse for a path through Garvey Park, maybe they can t. we got someone else everything turn prompts another sympathy we still manage to gather as a • The A.C. is still on in many of the classrooms and offices in the Hirt Center. I don't know they wanted on their list. Thank you. family of little materialistic whores. exactly what the technical aspects of the problems are and I don t care. We, both teachers But, instead of opening a But so many of us were and students, should not have to triple-layer it to class inside a Fridge with desks. So, the package to find that suede jacket spoiled as kids that we have I ven though we frown at the first person to fix t h i s problem, and twenty of his or her friends, will receive an award similar or Playstation 2, you are the trouble getting used to the less sight of t h o s e slippers or purple to the pizza party offered to Campus Security: A gold star. That's right. Not silver, bronze or blushing recipient of a pair of is more approach to gift giving gloves, we always give a smile shiny green. Just 5-points of plastic gold goodness with a sticky back side that you and your old man slippers, complete with as adults.-' to the person who gave them friends can show off on lapels - heck, why not wear it with pride on your tool belts and tape flannel soles. Or purple gloves, As we get older, the gifts to us; even if it s through gritted or anything with bows on it or increase in price and decrease teeth. measurers. even, god forbid, an air-brushed in quantity. Gone are the days • File the Road Closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. sign under yet another idea hindsight will label as a wasteful expenditure and ridiculously bad. Is it just me, or does it seem like the administration is really looking for ways to spend college monies on things that a) annoy Ready-to-wear: It's sweater time students and b) seem really, really void of common sense? If they want to waste money, I Sizes and aesthetics separate wardrobe must-haves from fashion faux pas could use me some TiVo, couple of kids might want endless supplies of Caprisuns in the Cafeteria. Seriously, What s next ~ paving the campus drive to allow us 360-degree travel around the campus, only to REPAVE it weeks later? Oh, wait...nevermind. By Megan Cvitkovic Contributing writer

They're big. They're bold. THE UGLY... They are chunky and they are • The status of u s e d books on this campus. Dog-eared pages, no problem. Passages highlighted fun. That's right, I'm talking in all the colors of the rainbow is a given^But any traces of previous owners, which include about this season s sweaters, stuck to or growing on book pages, is really pushing i t . I 1 quite possibly the biggest fashion trend of the winter. • Contrary to popular belief, Hammermill's elevator and Preston's hallways are not prime And how could they not be? locales to display raunchy public affection. See freshman d o r m s and/or privacy of one *s What with all the below freezing own room for suitable make-out sanctioned areas. ^ temps we experience, it's only natural to want to bundle up. r 1 Only now you can really do it in style. Every retailer this season is Happy birthday, Jesus carrying a wide selection of styles and colors. One of the fun When this article is published, decision-making guide from t h e things fo look for is the texture there will be two weeks left Questioning Faith Native American culture. of the sweater. before Christmas. The sharing of friendships a n d In other words is the How are you preparing SK Geri Rosinski family traditions over sweater knitted loosely or tightly yourself for it? wonderful meals are bound to and is the yarn thick or thin? I suspect your answer to that How about something He be the centerpiece of our Very big chunky sweaters question will depend on what might really want, like some celebrations. constructed of thick yarns are you are preparing for and for special one-on-one time with One special tradition that my great for day time. Look for whom. Him? , I family used to celebrate involved these sweaters made of very Photo courtesyotwww.shopbop.oom You may have noticed baskets Try it! a large, bread-like communion fine, soft yarns which will make of A d v e n t reflection books in the You will be surprised how wafer that was imprinted with them even more comfortable. Sweaters like this promise to keep their owners trendy. Union and outside of Christ the peaceful your whole being will a scene from C h r i s t ' s life and we Necklines'are also getting King Chapel. Campus Ministry become by talcing a few quiet also had a dish of honey. very funkdified this winter and is offering these booklets to all minutes each day for My grandmother would stand can sass up any wardrobe. immensely popular sweater pick some up. A lot of places with the hope that many wil 1 takeconversatio n and/or prayer with by the chair of each family Huge, draping cowl necklines coats? I like Express for Men (a.k.a. some time to reflect a b o u t this God. member, break off a piece of t h e are very popular and can be . Well, they are back again this Structure) are carrying some coming Christmas feast. This is the best way that I wafer and dip it into i he honey worn for virtually any occasion, year and with more flair than great zip up and crew neck style The daily scripture passages know how to prepare for this as she offered a special blessing day and sleeveless varieties for ever. sweaters. and reflections can help you to great feast. over that person. evening. They are really long, and still The idea is that sweaters pause and prepare your heart Another way is to make or She blessed each member in Asymmetrical drapes and short. They not only have belts, aren't just for girls, so go get for the birth of Jesus. purchase gifts that people truly turn. Her blessings ended with turtlenecks are also big hits. but there are now some with some, fellas! & It is this awesome event that need that are also a warm hug and a kiss. ' Many are adorned with side zippers, buttons, toggles and The point is to look [for is the reason for this season, the environmentally friendly. Asfthis Advent season of neck, zippers giving them an other types of closures. something that you can be day that divine love poured itself Consider making or unfolds, may your heart be extra bit of p i z z a z z . - Express has great thick cable comfortable in. out and became human flesh in purchasing your gift choices drawn ever more deeply into the But it's not just the textures knits sweater coats in a variety Something that is different and order to show us what true love with the future of our planet's heart of Christ as you share your and necklines that are changing. of colors. can add some spice to what will is all about. next seven generations in mind. gifts with the needy in your city. Sweaters have lately become But almost all other retailers quickly become a boring That's right. It s Jesus's In doing so, you will be And may you and your family much more than j u s t functional are carrying some variety, so selection of sweaters as the birthday that we are celebrating. protecting our fragile earth share many life-giving words, They are adorned with funky you 11 have your choice. winter drags on and on, and on. What gift are you preparing home and preserving it for many hugs and kisses throughout the buttons, lace, ribbon and belts. Guys should also jump on the Perhaps equally important to for him? future generations; a noble season. They have short sleeves, cap sweater band wagon this year remember is although fashion is sleeves and long angle sleeves.. and start to expand their sweater great run, keeping warm in Erie This Cartoon was originally run 10 years ago ... There are sweaters with choices. ranks up there! keyholes or small openings at Boy talk about progress I I don't think I can stress enough So happy sweater hunting the neck. how good turtlenecks look on and stay warm! And who can forget the guys, so do us ladies a favor and Mental Mote | $100 llf they can make penicillin For Winning Selections of Poetry and Fiction out; of moldy bread, they THE LUMEN can[ s u r e make PoetryJ- Fiction something Art — Prose — Pics| out of you. Muhammad Submit to: MailboAf 79% M&ti#r6 w* Att)boxer Email submissions^*): Id™[email protected] December 12, 2002 THE MERCI A D PAGE 7

To contact: opinionmerciad%mercyhurstOPINIO edu N Campus? Question: How should college sex offenders be punished? Crime and punishment? Hurst too often sweeps justice under the rug to save face "I believe that a sex 'The punishment should depend o n That s a really bad thing to offender's punishment should the severity of the crime. How far do.'They should be expelled By Kristin Purdy I f the department claims that and Safety ^Department, is be decided by the victim. did the rapist go? How young was from school, put in jail, and Editor-in-Chief it enforces state and federal possible expulsion, why does They were the ones who were the victim? Child molesters should labeled as sex offenders for laws as well as Mercyhurst that punishment seem taboo and violated and stripped of their be jailed for life so that they can't the rest of their lives like they College rules and regulations, remain virtually unused? dignity so the decision should harm another?! do with child I have heard rumors that over and at the same time strives to Imagine that you re sexually be theirs and theirs alone." — Katie Rosinger, senior molesters.'Depending on the the last several years, some protect the rights of each and assaulted, and the college offers — Vicki Morley, freshman age of the male and the female, Mercyhurst-sex offenders have every individual, would it be you a smai 1 amount of money "Rape is one of the worst things the younger the victim is, the only had to pay fines of $ 100, fair for the college, as one rumor or scholarship to keep quiet, "It depends on what the sex a person could do. The only longer the rapist should get in have not been permitted to walk goes, to allegedly fine a sex while the person who assaulted offender actually did. If you thing that is worse is jail/There is nothing that gets with t h e i r p e e r s for graduation, offender $ 100 and then send the continues to get an education define sex offender as murder. Sex offenders should be me angrier than rape. " had to sit on the bench for a victim to counseling for and live life without serious someone who verbally punished according to the law Greg Williams, sports game, and other small underage drinking, as well as penalties. Imagine living every harassed someone, I would and locked up. They should get penalties compared to the fining the victim for underage treat that differently thanj freshman day with memories of being ten to fifteen y e a r s in prison, and damage done to the victim. drinking? assaulted, the fear of being someone who raped someone I guess maybe just to make a full psychiatric evaluation. For If this rumor is true, then is If this is the case, then it alone, being attacked again, else. The severity of the a lot of them it is a pattern, or a their name public because that this what Police and Safety seems as if the college is striving having someone take away your offense should reflect the recurring thing. They have a could be embarrassing means in its report when stating i. punishment." distorted way of seeing things enough. This would cause the to protect its image rather than jgnity and all the offender — Carrie Notaro, freshman and that problem MUST be rapist to feel uncomfortable in the department remains follow its code of ethics. It is gets is a small fine and a slap corrected before they should be certain situations and others committed to its original not justifiable to offer a rape on the hand by college 'The sex offender shouId be w maybe aware and could be mission of p r o v i d i n g a safe and victim on campus a hefty administrators. able to rejoin society." expelled and turned over to cautious around that person. secure environment for the scholarship or full tuition in Anywhere you go, it seems — Jason Staley, sophomore the city police where they will Amanda Rostocil, junior entire Mercyhurst College return for keeping the as if the dirty parts of politics stand trial and face j a i l time." | "I believe that the punishment community? incidents) out of t h e public eye, are swept under the rug, Beck, freshman should fit the crime. There are They should be expelled and According to the Mercyhurst as has been claimed in a rumor including at Mercyhurst. Rape many levels of sex offenses their reputation permanently College Main Campus Annual going around campus^. seems to be swept up quickly "Sexual offenses are direct and the punishment should tarnished.'Their violations of Security Report for Oct. $1. The security report states that out of s i g h t from t h e public and violations of another human match accordingly. While another human s personal 2002, there were two Mercyhurst College recognizes our own community it s * being (not property), so I punishment is important to space and freedom are not documented incidents on its responsibility to comply with disgusting. It s time to clean all believe severe punishment deterrence of further action, it i s something to be campus for the year 2001. state and federal law and the dirt and grime out from must be dealt- however, it also also important to offer forgiven.'Whatever! the Realistically, ask your claims that the college reports under the political rug. seems that these offenses are counseling to the person before punishment, it should be roommate, the person you sit crimes occurring on campus Id like to know the often time uncontrollable, so they are allowed to ^rejoin severe and something that next to in class, or someone to state and federal authorities difference between the rumors counseling must accompany society" sticks with the offender till the next to you in the cafeteria how as required by law. Why aren t and the truth. I d like to know jail time to correct the — Misty Becker, senior end of their days. many people he or she may these sex offenders I hear what s more important- politics desires!" Jason Endress, Brady Hamad ay, sophomore know who has been raped or rumors about on campus or humanity. I d like to expose sophomore attacked within the last three turned over to local authorities the truth. Bring back the night years. The more you ask, the for committing a felony? and dignity. more frightening stories you 11 If the punishment for sexual Madonna vs. the Pope hear. assault, according to the Police Conformity battles individuality for 15 minutes of fame Fighting STDS With wishflll thinking When did society start to Whatever happened to respect Science is not always fact when dealing with safe sex revolve around the rumor of Fresh Ink for political leaders defending the Britney Spears breast implants,-* country s freedom, or even By Joe S. Mcllhanev and suspicion of body odor excess religious leaders promoting Thomas Fitch * in Brad Pitt and gossip about Michelle Stevenson moral values? Knight Ridder Newspapers Michael Jackson s publicity Instead, people opt to follow stunt of hanging his child over and imitate actors, actresses and An epidemic of sexually a rail? \ nation would follow like hyenas musicians who marry every two transmitted diseases is striking Why do certain people hold in sight of fresh meat. days, wear clothes that hardly America's young people. so much weight when it comes Think about the Marilyn cover their assets and spend Tragically, the public health to popular culture, opinion and Man son wave, with more pale- money on diamond-studded hub establishment seems wed to one politics?* skinned, black-haired followers caps instead of helping the primary response, condoms, \ There are those specific few than ever before, or even the common good. even though the science is who exist beautifully due to Los Del Rio's Macarena Ambition is dying,*the quality telling us this approach has liposuction and plastic surgery, brainwash succumbing of life is decreasing, and it failed. and* w h o can play the part of followers to mindless hand is'partly because of the lack of More than 15 million new dumb blondes being accepted movements. decent role models in our sexually transmitted diseases into Harvard, or horny English Mind you, Manson is said to society. occur every year m the United spies whose lines consist of have thrown puppies at his The ever-loved Madonna States. One-fourth of these many a Yeah, baby and a audience, demanding they be once said, I would like to see new infections occur in teens, shag. II destroyed on the spot before he the Pope wearing my T-shirt. and two-thirds occur in Photo oourtesyot www.av9rt.ory On that note, Harvard has would play. Where is Manson {America needs to quit individuals less than 25 years of HIV, pictured above, Is one of many STDs undergrads face. now lost some of its prestige and now? When was the last time conforming and thrive in the age. % shag can never again be found anyone dare request the individuality that once defined it Thirty years ago, there were Hopkins researcher has the significant research and Macarena in a club? funny. If not, Congress might find only two significant sexually recommended testing every data regarding the ability of Why "is America, a country Fans blinded by their fame, itself staffed by P. Diddy, transmitted diseases, syphilis sexually active teen-ager in the condoms to keep young known for its freedom, so quick lost their role models because Jennifer Aniston and Ricky and gonorrhea, and both could United States every six months, people safe from sexually Martin, stock in aloe would sky be treated with penicillin. to conform? their fifteen minutes'were up. is a leading cause of infertility. transmitted diseases, what we America s people are making rocket, and the Pope.could be Today, according to the The dominant public health found was shocking. If Tom Cruise decided to wearing Madonna's T-shirt. boycott our Democracy and role models out of aspiring Institute of Medicine, there are response is the safe/safer sex The "safe/safer sex*' promote the idea of characters,'and not proven more than 25 sexually approach. It is based on the approach is built upon a Communism in our country, the leaders like in the past. transmitted diseases, many of premise that young people will wishful house of c a r d s . Based which are viral with no cure. inevitably engage in non-marital on the science and the science We hear plenty about HI V but sexual activity and that condoms alone, there is only one there are other sexually will protect users from the conclusion: condoms do not transmitted diseases that are consequences of sexual activity, make sex safe enough having at least as great an j 2 From the World Health It would be a mistake to say impact. Human papillomavirus, "•eMERCIAD Organization to the Centers for that condoms never help or HPV, for example, is the Disease Control and Prevention, anyone. Among high-risk most common viral sexually the "safe/safer sex" model has populations such as transmitted disease. It causes driven policy and interventions prostitutes, IV-drug users and nearly all abnormal Pap smears worldwide. promiscuous individuals, and more than 90 percent of condoms can offer some risk Kristin Purdy Editor-in-Chief [email protected] Unfortunately, far too few Managing Editor [email protected] cervical cancer, which, in 2001, have asked whether this reduction if they are used 100 Adam Dushole killed 4,100 women in this percent of the time. Kelly Rose Duttine News Editor [email protected] approach actually works. Assistant News Editor smackar I @hotmail.com country. Chlamydia, so When The Medical Institute But we need to do more than Scott Mackai common that one Johns Courtney Nicholas Features Editor [email protected] for Sexual Health reviewed all of just promote condoms. 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Dec. 14 TicketStub Misfits. The Continental, Buffalo. ^ By Phil Pirrello Opinion editor Dec. 14 | 4 k X Concert with Sum 41,* Good Charlotte, Punchline. Third time was the charm for Rock Jungle, Pittsburgh.^ Connery ('Goldfinger') and for Roger Moore (The Spy Who Dec 14, p Loved Me*). X Concert with Queens of But for Pierce Brosnan, the the Stone Age, Chevelle. forth go-around. Die Another Nick s Fat City, Pittsburgh. Day, brings;Bond back to basics. Die supplies audiences Dec. 14 with enough Bondian cool X Concert with Stone Sour, moments to assure a few more Trust Company. Metropol, profitable movies in the Pittsburgh. franchise. * But Die lacks the grit Dec. 15 displayed in The World Is Not Exies. Hard Rock Cave, Enough and the creativity of Pittsburgh. Tomorrow Never Dies' s action scenes. In effect, the Bond Dec. 17 filmmakers have grafted a satisfying modern action-fest Aerosmith. Bryce Jordan photo courtesy of www.imdb.cofn Center, State College. onto the Bond formula. "The Plot: There appears to be Bond puts all that fencing practice with Madonna to good use in a typically nail-biting battle. Dec. 18 two narratives going on here. Jane Siberry. Club Care, The first centers on Bond Pittsburgh. getting captured after an refer to the world these movies Oscar-winning actress does add |The Bad: The notion of Bond entendre make the last act s explosive hovercraft chase take place in. Bond s cinematic a needed sensuality to'the as rouge is great, as is his 14 fifteen minutes in need of an Dec 18 through the North Korean adventures are still un-PC and proceedings, making this Bond month imprisonment. But edit. Slobberbone. Beachland DMZ, which leads to a pre-title beyond comfortable movie all the more entertaining around the second act. the Die also seems to be Tavern, Cleveland. J sequence (set t o the techno beat suspensions of disbelief, which with such pleasing eye-candy. movie seems to dump what preparing the audience for the of Madonna s song) showing makes them all the more * The best scenes in Die are could have been a promising inevitable changing of t h e Bond. those featuring hero and villain Dec 20 Bond s torture, which then enticing: a relic which refuges character arc for the standard Brosnan is surrounded by the leads to 007 going rogue in an to age without grace and always sparring; it has been a long time plot of Bond gets babe, shoots Fast and the Furious-esque Wish You Were Here. since we ve seen Bond hate a up random henchmen, trades Odeon, Cleveland. attempt to stop both a wealthy guarantees a good time. crowd, making our favorite adrenaline junky with a The good time occurs baddie this much. The exciting banter with villain and repeat. secret agent look a little gray, in sword-fight between the two 0 For the first time in the series Dec. 21 penchant for laser-armed during a few hit and miss set a cast of gun-toting, Jaguar- satellites (Toby Stephens) and pieces and a great Aston Martin succeeds mostly on behalf of history, the filmmakers opt for driving actors. Roomful of Blues. CGI instead of live-action to Rosebud,Pittsburgh. a diamond-acne scarred car chase across both Iceland Stephens sneering portrayal of Stub Says: Die Another henchman, Zao; played by Rick glaciers and within the villain s villain Gustav Graves. showcase a daring para-sailing Day is as a formulaic guilty stunt across a collapsing glacier Dec. 21 Yune. Ice Palace/. But the show belongs to pleasure"which uses fast cars The second Involves the Bond The Good: Die is the most Brosnan s Bond. He finally and icy tsunami. Unfortunately, and big explosions to cement a Roomful of Blues. the green screen effects and CG Rosebud, Pittsburgh. movies attempt to be a buddy focused Brosnan effort since combines the flirtatious edge claim in the ever-competitive picture, with the addition of Goldeneye. The movie, showcased in The Thomas do not match and look too action movie genre. animated for their own good; as Dec 22 Halle Berry s NS A agent Jinx; a directed with surprising Crown Affair with that of p It reminds audiences that no spy who likes sex for dinner competency by Lee Tamahori, Bond s dangerous, innuendo- do the jump cuts and xXx does it better than our first Chimaira, Erase the Grey. laced charm. Enough gave us melodramatic slow-mo shots Odeon, Cleveland. On sale and death for breakfast as lets the story dictate the action iconic action hero, which is much as 007 does. pieces,-something past outings a hint as to what Brosnan could usually-reserved for movie Nov. 29 at TicketMaster. trailers. saying a lot for a 40-year old At one point, M (Judi have failed to do.- * do with the role, a role franchise with no end in sight audiences will have hard time DEC. 26-31. Jim Dench) tells 007 the world has And while all the praise and One too many explosions and as long as the martinis.- girls changed since Bond s capture. attention concerning Berry s seeing anyone but him in once a script comprised of one-liners and guns remain in endless Brickman. Ohio Theatre, the Walther is passed. Cleveland. On sale at This exchange might as well character escapes me, the aimed to one-up the previous supply.^ tickets.com.

Dec 27 Har Mar Superstar, Trans HBO'S mum about it, Beck: w h a t a l o s e r, baby Am. A gora Ballroom, Cleveland. Wall Wah Wah. My Hollywood but late-night 'Sex' girlfriend left me and 1 am a Dec. 28 freakin mess. I spend all day Michael Stanley and the shows draw viewers drinking sardine juice and Resonators. Odeon, sexually oriented shows and it ingesting expensive drugs. How Cleveland. By Richard Huff • si' am I going to ever get over this never sends out a review copy gorgeous, plastic dream girl? Knight Ridder Times ol a tape without a specific Dec 29 She was so rebellious. She stole request from a reporter. crap and illegally obtained Hatebreed. Metropol, On HBO, there s Sex and the While 2 million viewers may Pittsburgh. .£ City and just plain sex. narcotics through her personal not seem like a lot when physician. What a catch. The former, of course, is a compared to the 25 million who Jan. 10 , series that, along with The watch Friends on NBC (or t h e Well, there you have it. I Rolling Stones. Melio n Sopranos, has won Emmys 9 million who tune into The believe I just summed up the Arena, Pittsburgh. and record audiences for a cable Sopranos, for that matter), it theme of Beck s newest album, network. is a fairly heady figure for HBO Sea Change. His publicly open Jan. 11 W^. ^ H The latter refers to a raft of _ especially at 11 p.m. EST, depression resulting from his Katy Moffat. Beachland late-night voyeuristic reality and when most of the sex-oriented semi-recent breakup from newsmagazine-style shows that reality programming airs. Hollywood diva Wynona Ryder Tavern, Cleveland.. — ! average nearly as many viewers For example, a rerun of Real seemed to have hit a nerve with Jan. 26 ^I^H as HBO does in prime time, but Sex 23 that aired on Sept. 26, the scruffy loser known-as Kate and Anna McGarrigle. which the network would averaged2.8 million viewers, or Beck. Maybe he should ease his the tnu k dance-ability and Beachland Ballroom, prefer to slip under the media roughly half of what the Late pain by simply choosing from excellent head bobbing potential. Cleveland. radar. Show With David Letterman or the array of teenage groupies • The folky space rock continues WreChords They may not admit it to their The Tonight Show average on stuffed underneath his throughout the album with more Jan. 31 friends, but roughly 2 million a regular basis. However, Winnebago mattress. cuts that grow on you like fluff By Robbie Bahl Jimmie Dale Gil more. viewers _ often more -Z tune in Tonight is available in 100 Regardless of the pathetic sandwiches. Baby I'm a lost Contributing writer Beachland Ballroom, every time HBO airs an edition percent of the nation s 106.3 theme of the album, the music cause, I tn tired offigh ting for a Cleveland. of its Real Sex franchise, or million TV homes, while HBO erupting from such emotional lost cause. The sad sappy Beck has evolved with Sea the reality show G-String reaches about 32 million dilemmas is enough to raise ones sucker won t stop dwelling over Change, By exercising complete Feb. 8 Divas, according to Nielsen subscribers. spirits. For the most part, Beck Wynona, but maybe it is all for unpretentiousness^ he merges Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls. Media Research figures. Likewise, from September to does111 sound like his usual sel f.Sth e best. The uncomfortably raw lyrical simplicity with standard Bryce Jordan Center, State For the uninitiated, Real Sex early December, HBO averaged His Cobainesque, croaky vocals emotion expressed via Sea tuning and key-0 songwriting. Col lege/ On sale at (800) is a collection of segments on l .8 million viewers in the 11 are pleasantly done on the I hird Change seems to also be a clear Emerging is an album'lull of 863-3336 and online at sexual practices or events, such p.m. hour, only approximately track. Guess I m Doing Fine, result of overproduction. variety, dreariness, and uplifting www.bjc.pBU.edu.; as a nude beauty pageant. G- 200,000 fewer than the average The rest of the album meshes Beck doesn t record out of his hints of hope. String Divas is a reality series for the eight episodes of Real together like clockwork. End of best friend s living room with a Sea Change is Beck's most Feb. 11 about strippers shot in a Sex that aired during that same the Day, the sixth track on the four-track anymore. He doesn t serious, personal work to date, Pretenders, 30 Odd Foot of Pennsylvania nightclub. period* 4 £ album, keeps its steady beat with perform by hijacking bearing more resemblance to Grunts (with Russell Others shows in the same The newest entry in the a consistent shaker and arguably microphones during other acts his musical idols rather than his Crowe). Akron Civic vein are Shock Video and genre, Cathouse, is airing in the best guitar riff on the cd. with an acoustic guitar and a older, spastic one mic and two Theater, Akron, Ohio. Downloading Sex: the primo slot after Sunday s The album s most daring harmonica, Those days arc turntable sets from his earlier Nerve.com. And now, season finale of The tracks are what make it most over. Make way for engineers days. 11 is most r e c e n t tour with Feb. 16 Cathouse. Sopranos,! virtually satisfying. Track two, Paper and white-collar producers with the Flaming Lips is oven.1 did Patty Lark in. Rosebud, Knowing the potential for a guaranteeing the show will Tiger, begins with an oddly tonedgol d toothpicks in their wallets, not partake. I think 1 can write Pittsburgh. J watchdog group to generate bad surpass the audience for Real drum fill and Beck s infamous specifically Nigel Godrich a sadder album about that loss. press over the programs, HBO Se£ low toned speaking vocals. Its (Radiohead s producer) (8.1/10) M does little tofpromote the funk influenced bass lintfgives robbiebahK&hoMii IL com | December 12, 2002 THE MERCIAD PAGE 9 Aonra o^ I

To contact: [email protected] T Solaris burns brightly in the theaters: Cameron and Soderbergh team up in this cinematic j i g s a w puzzle our friends and lovers than Cameron and Soderbergh. Such imprints; vague notions of g o o d assumptions- are fatal to Ticket Stub times and personality quirks we appreciating the soulful puzzle call existence but, in the end, Solaris presents, its pieces By Phil PirreUo boil down,' to individual purposely jagged and left open Opinion editor interpretations. for interpretation. The Good: Soderbergh turns Solaris makes an attempt at a M what could have been a profoundly tender climax, but it I am haunted by the conventional sci-fi thriller or a fizzles into an existential mute possibility that I remembered Titanic-m-space into the most point. her wrong." perplexing, engrossing think "Stub" Says: Solaris" heart These words are spoken by piece in recent cinema history. lies in its unobtrusive manner of Chris Kelvin, our protagonist, in Clooney gives his best supplying questions no movie Solaris, Steven Soderbergh s performance, summoning since 2001 has dared to ask. The latest attempt to prove his serious chops to play a forever quality of the film and its chameleon-like directing talents. brooding man whose dilemma subtext! like 2001 s, will be Here, he creates a movie that we sympathize with. debated fong after the end wants to draw us close while The score trickles in like an credits roll. keeping us at bay with all too urgent afterthought, Sadly, that debate will be the honest questions about what is underpinning the solid work of only legacy Solaris leaves beyond the inevitability of life the supporting cast. Davies behind Movies this smart tend if "death has no dominion." delivers a jittery performance to drift near Vanilla Sky status The Plot: Walking around a that is hit or miss. And as opposed to the level of Blade Runner-esque city, which photo courtesy ^ p 11 l i T1 BODm McElhone reminds us what our appreciation warranted seems to perspire rain, Clooney leading ladies should be: Kubrick s opus. portrays Chris Kelvin; a nihilist aboard a space station orbiting Solaris creates from the crew's life only manifests from the one vulnerable in their beauty, aware See it for the mere fact that it psychiatrist mourning the loss Solaris; a planet whose sentience minds. she used to live, as remembered of their frailty and never too succeeds where many mindless of his suicidal wife, the has killed one crew member, left Kelvin, skeptical at first, by her husband. much of the two. popcorn flicks fail: it gives us hauntingly beautiful Natascha another (Jeremy Davies) succumbs to the re-creation of Soderbergh and company The Bad: On the whole, our money s worth; whether or McElhone. Clooney portrays twitchy with intellectual riddles his dead wife, to the prospect of entertain our higher brain Solaris fails to meet the grand not your patience agrees. Kelvin as a man infected with and another (Viola Davis) prone a second chance. His wife functions by asking us if we expectations one assumes to regret, and later fatigue, once to dispensing the beings then suspects that her current mean (and are) nothing more to find with the pairing of James The Vines look t o stay grounded The Red Hot is going to sell half a million Q: So, now that you re big does. But I d like to go back to By Gemma Tarlach copies ? everywhere else, are you going doing something else, to being Knight Ridder Times A: At one point when we were to kiss and make up with your Craig s sideman and still going recording, I thought, maybe it home country? off on my own. Not even Chili Peppers: would be a popular record. A: Well, we II be doing an musically. But things like being Going from griddle jockey at We re a band that would usually Australia tour as part of Big Day a doctor, or just living in one Reclaiming the rock throne w a McDonald's to the cover of only be popular among a small Out, a big festival over there, city for more than three days. Rolling Stone in little more than group of people, the kind of and then a Japanese mini-tour Now, it s just so full-on band a year sounds like a rock n' roll people who go out and buy a lot and then recording the new all the time. fantasy. of records every year. But I album, (pause) That swhat I ve Q: Hmm. You get stuck doing For the Vines, it's reality. thought the record had a broad been telling every music band mates laundry, gave up * A u s t r a l i a ' s Vines have been appeal, so maybe it would also journalist, so I guess 111 stick going to medical school and anointed along with the White appeal to grannies and young to my story. have to deal with hometown Stripes, the Hives and the girls (laughs). Once it sold Q: Hmm. We sense a (degree) press calling your band a Strokes Strokes by the likes of Spin, 50,000 copies, which is a of. putting us on in your reply . rip-off an assessment we Rolling Stone and the ever- massive number, selling Yet your publicist told us you re disagree with, by the way, since hyperbolic British music press 500,000 didn t seem like, well, not only the nice one, but also the Vines rock far more than the as the vanguard of a new, back- it didn t seem like that big of a the responsible one. Discuss. aforementioned New York pretty to-basics movement that will do difference, you know? A: I don t think I m so much boys. But has there been no less than save rock. Q: Actually, we don t know, the responsible one. I m more anything positive about the past Breathless rock critic gushing since none of the bands we were the citizen.? When we were year? aside, the Vines do have a gold in during high school got signed recording,' we didn t have a A: (another pause) It s been debut record, Highly Evolved, or even played more than three manager really because we good to go traveling, to see the under their belt, and a bona-fide gigs. Was t here a moment when couldn t afford one, so we were world. I m the sort of person alt-rock radio hit, Get Free. you did realize,' Hey. I m a rock looking after ourselves. I wound who probably wouldn t go The quartet also; has been star? up getting food for them, doing overseas otherwise. chosen to headline MTV2 s A: We were on the red carpet their laundry. Q: What s been the low point Handpicked Tour. at the Video Music Awards (in They re hopeless, really. We for you? v We chatted by phone recently August). I was a bit were together all the time for A: The worst thing that s with Vines bassist-vocalist overwhelmed. I didn t want to something like four months happened in the past year has Patrick Matthews. Matthews, get caught up in the hoopla straight, and we were just sick been that my focus .of thinking who met Vines front m a n Craig because we were playing later of each other. But every band has narrowed incredibly. I m NicholIs when both worked at that night, but it was goes through that. almost always thinking about a McDonald s in Sydney, gave overwhelming being among all Q: Was it a pain to be the one myself now. up his dream of becoming a the big shots. keeping things together, Q: It's a nice change to hear a doctor to be a rock star. We Q: Are the Vines considered fetching pizzas and washing guy in a band worry about being know, it s usually the other way big shots in Australia now? people s dirty socks? too self-centered. Let s talk Pholo courtesy of vv\\w sdliar.org around. A: No, we got roasted in A: (laughs) My burden about something besides you, Q: England's New Musical Australia. We sold more albums wasn t that I was going to then. How about that new Anthony Kiedis and crew reclaim their title as kings^ Express called the Vines the there than anywhere else, per collapse from it, but more that album? What will it sound like of rock during their most recent tour, promoting their future of r o c k , and other music capita, but the press hated us. I wanted to punch Craig when the Vines finally get back new album, By the Way, mags have been just as quick to There was the suggestion that (Nic hoi Is) in the head. into the studio? herald your band as the Next Big we were a fake band, one part Q: Do we detect some A: I guess this album could Thing. What s it like to be in the (White) Stripes, one part animosity between you and be better, and it will be, in some much of the other mainstream Craig (the band s songwriter, ways. But it s hard to recapture middle of all that hype? Strokes, one part You Am I. I By Andrew Spillane music put out every year. the energy of doing music A: It is twisted. You spend a think the press reaction was a lead vocalist and guitarist, who s Contributing writer i ead singer Anthony lot of time thinking about question of Why did this band also becoming famous in his because it s fun and not feeling Kiedis's vocals have further yourself, answering questions that didn t play a lot ol shows own right as a brat of Gallagher the pressure. Pressure s not the evolved and his distinctive about yourself over and over. in Australia make it big Brothers proportions)? right word. I here s pressure By the Way, the new album voice makes each song seem Sometimes I wish it would stop, overseas? We didn t let A: (thoughtful pause) I just from within (the band) more by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I ike a gift from the gods. that I could just walk away. Australia shape us. We didn t do take my cues from him. It than pressure to fit in a once again left me, a "hard- John Frusciante, the Q: While the band was it the way they wanted us to. works. I know what I m doing marketplace, but it s ... well, I core" Peppers fan, speechless. Peppers' drug plagued recording Highly Evolved, did We ignored them for a long and I do it. ... Craig will keep guess it is pressure. The cd, which came out in guitarist, is also much more you ever think. Hey, this record time. writing songs that s what he early July:- 2002, plays prominent in By the Way,\ incredibly well. using mixers and powerful Producer Rick Rubin back-up vocals on almost (System of a Down) laid the every track. The Arts & Entertainment page needs YOU! 16 tracks down in a This latest output by the magnificent sequence. Peppers further proves they Seen a good movie that you want to let everyone know about? I If you liked? 1999's deserve a high seat in rock's Califbmication, By the Wa$\s royalty. $ Been to a great show or concert lately? a flawless f o l l o w up. 1 If you don't have By the Songs like the title track, Way pick it up. burn it,; do Dissapointed with the latest J-Lo cd? 'By the Way,' and ' Universally whatever you can to get it --- iRead any good books (the non-pornographic ki nd)? Speaking,* 'The Zephyr Song,' yes~- it's that incredible. and 'Dosed' will leave you If you like what you hear, If so you too can serve your college media by voicing your opinions about the latest begging for more. be sure to check the boys out artistic endeavors of our over-payed musicians and celebrities. E-mail your story E£ The ever-changing sagaipf this summer when they tour the Red I lot Chili Peppers was the states. ideas or reviews to [email protected] OR stop down to the ugain very evident. They are by far the best live Merciad office in the Lower Level of the Hirt Academic Center. Not one of their eight studio act that I have ever seen. releases is the same, unlike so PAGE 10 THE MERCIAD December 12, 2002 -LAKER SPORTS To contact: [email protected] Six Laker football] avers Women sj s o c c e r honored by* GLIAC enjoys another Six Mercyhurst football players were honored by the great season Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) following voting conducted Monday,; Nov. 25. The Kowzan leads team Mercyhurst award winners are as follows: Despite some preseason sophomore midfield Julia Second Team Defense disruptions, the 2002 women's Kowzan who totaled eleven #35 Ike Morrison(LB, 6-2, soccer team enjoyed another goals, two assists, and;.24 225, SR, Kennedy, NY/ fine year in 2002, finishing 1 3 - points. Kowzan had help from Randolph Central). 4-2 overall and 6-2-1 in the junior forward Jessica Morgan Morrison led the Lakers with Great Lakes Intercollegiate (7-1=15), sophomore midfield 61.0 tackles. Ike had 44 solo, Athletic Conference (GLIAC). Katie Dobson (4-5=13)/and second on the team behind j u n i o r New coach Keith Cammidge senior forward Melissa LB Brian Smith, and 34 assisted didn't come on board until Poliseno (5-1=11). Although tackles. Morrison racked up six early August and both senior Kowzan led in game-winning tackles for a loss totaling 23 File photo File photo File photo midfield Sarah Domenicucci goals with four, eight other yards and recovered a fumble. and sophomore defender players had at least one game- Honorable Mention Senior Ike Morrison, Sophomore'Jeff Thiel. Senior Mike McQuillan. Jessica Lamb, the 2001 winner. Senior goalie Dayna #89 Jeff Thiel (TE, 6-4, 205, GLIAC Freshman of the Year, Shelkey returned after a one- SO, Marion, OH/Ridgedale). 3 were declared out for the year year layoff and played every] Thiel led the team in receiving because of injury. minute between the pipes. She"] in 2002. He had 44 catches for Mercyhurst started strong, finished the year with a save 595 yards, both tops on the team. winning five of its first six. The percentage of ; . 8 3 7 , > a goals- Jeff had one touchdown and his lone setback came to perennial against-average of 1.02, and longest reception of the year was eight shutouts. for 41 yards. He averaged 54.1 power Northern Kentucky, 2- receiving yards per game at tight i in Erie on Sept 8. After a Mercyhurst played five end costly 2-0 loss at Wheeling overtime games during the #91 Mike McQuillan (DT, 6- Jesuit on Sept. 21, the Lady season (3-0-2) while ten 4, 270, SR, Youngsville, PA/ Lakers went on a seven-game matches were decided by one Youngsville). unbeaten streak (5-0-2) and hit goal, 8-2. Mercyhurst doubled Mike had 22.5 tackles on the late-October with an overall the opposition's goal output, year with 14 of them being solo. slate of |10-2-2. But 40-20, and concluded the McQuillan had one interception Mercyhurst won only four of season with its 17th straight for a 32 yard return and had one six games down the stre|ch win over Gannon, 3-0. sack. with both losses coming at Senior members of the 2002 #58 Bryan Paulozzi (DT/TE/ File photo File photo File photo home to conference rivals team included Domenicucci, OT, 6-4, 275, SR, Strongsville, Hillsdale and Grand Valley Poliseno, Shelkey, midfield Senior Bryan Paulozzi. Senior Rob Keefe. Junior Brian Smith. OH/Strongsville). , :f\ State. The lukewarm finish Morgan Tracey, defender and Paulozzi racked up 7.5 tackles denied the team a possible team captain Jessica Hoppe, this year and saw action from Keefe had a team high six pass Brian recorded a team high 45 Mercyhurst finished its fifth GLIAC Championship and an midfield Shannon Jacksy, both sides of the ball towards the break ups. Rob also added 30.0 NCAA Playoff bid. Four defender Elizabeth Perelli. end of the season. solo tackles and was second on year in the conference with an tackles with 27 of them being the team in total tackles overall record of 2-9 and a players hit double figure p o i n t s #24 Rob Keefe (CB, 6-0,190, solo. He had one interception on with57.0. Smith led the team GLIAC mark of 1 -9. ? during the^season, led by Info by MC Sports Information SR, Springfield, VA/Gonzaga the year. I College). £] with nine tackles for losses of #29 Brian Smith (LB, 6-0,210, 35 yards. He also had a sack and Info by MC Sports Information JR. Chardon, OH/Chardon). a fumble recovery.

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M Decemberl2, 2002 TOEMERCIAD PAGE 11 _LAKER To contact: [email protected] S Women hockey defeats # 8 Brown Mercyhurst defeated #8 second period, scoring 1:28 in. Jessica Dillabough recorded Shirley found the back of t h e net stops for Mercyhurst. picked the right time to get her Brown 4-1 Saturday, Dec. 7 at Sophomore! Kerry Nugent assists on the play. The Lakers on a two-person advantage. Mercyhurst completed a first goal of the campaign. The Meehan Auditorium. The passed up the ice to senior took the lead six minutes later Jeffrey notched her third point perfect weekend with a 2-1 win Lady Lakers outshot the Lakers took the lead midway Courtney Johnson who crossed on a similar play. Jeffrey took a of the game with an assist. at Yale Sunday, Dec. 8. Bulldogs 37-24, including a 15- through the second period and the puck over to sophomore shot in front of the blue line and Senior Randi Pilger also earned Mercyhurst is now 12-5-1 5 advantage in the third. kept it for good as the Bears Jessica Link. Link knocked in once again found an opening. an assist on the play. Mercyhurst overall while the Bulldogs Sophomore goaltender Desi failed to get on the board after her eighth goal of the season Dillabough picked up her added one more goal late in the dropped to 3-9-1. J Clark evened her record at 2-2- their lone goal which came early from the inside to give Brown a second assist of t h e game. Junior third, to put the game out of Pilger gave the Lady Lakers a 1 while freshman netminder in the second. Brown drops to 1-0 lead. I , Katie LaFleur nearly tied the reach. Senior..captain C.J. 1-0 lead with her fourth goal of Sarah Love played well for the 4-5-3 overall while Mercyhurst Mercyhurst answered five game with thirty seconds left in Ireland scored from junior the season at 4:03 of the second. Bulldogs but took the loss. improves to 11 -5-1. j minutes later with a goal of its the period when her shot hit the Lyndsay Barch and Jeffrey. Yale tied the game four minutes Mercyhurst will close the 2002 The first period went scoreless own. Senior defender Jenn pipe, but the Bears left the ice Jeffrey finished the game with later when freshman forward portion of the season when it as both defenses battled it out Jeffrey fired a shot near the blue down by one. a game-high four points. Lisa Jacque tallied her first of visits CHA rival Niagara The Bears took nine shots while line which found a small •The Lakers built on their one Senior Pam Dreyer posted 26 the season. Saturday, Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. they allowed the Lakers just opening in the corner of the net goal lead early in the third, saves for the Bears while senior Mercyhurst got the game- five. The Bears quickly ended to tie the game at one. Freshman taking a 3-1 lead at the 4:04 Tiffany Ribble made 28 winner early in the third when Info by MC Sports Information the scoring drought in the Aimee Collins and junior mark* Freshman Sam a nth a senior forward K.C. Gallo Sizing u p t h e Heisman contenders Hartmann named First gambling Web site: Dorsey and Johnson clearly outperformed By Ray Parrillo Johnson, 2-1; Banks, 5-2; every other running back. He Knight Ridder Newspapers McGahee, 7-2; Palmer, 5-1. became the ninth Division I-A Team Ail-American Typically, |the voting is player to rush for more than Although the field hockey PHIL A D E L P H I A — A l m o s t influenced by regional bias. For 2,000 yards in a season, team had another successful S3 E 4 daily, Christine Johnson example, Penn State finishing with 2,015. His season in 2002, the coaching peruses Web sites, scanning quarterback Kerry' Collins average of 8.03 yards per carry staff and team could only for information about the race finished No. 7 among voters is best among the nine runners imagine what might have been. « * for college football's most from the South in 1994 behind who have gained 2,000 yards The Lady Lakers finished the coveted and prestigious award: an ordinary quarterback from in a season. He led the nation season with a 10-6 mark. the Heisman Alabama, Jay Barker. Collins in rushing and all-purpose Mercyhurst played five teams Who's saying _ or writing _ finished No. 4 overall. Also, a yards (214.5 per game) and is that finished i n the Top 10, but g what? How do the contenders player's performance in second in scoring (11.7 points won only once. Two of the previous seasons often affects rank on the various "watch" per game). His numbers! setbacks, including a late-season n lists? What does it all mean? the voting, even though the weren't padded: Johnson sat loss at Bloomsburg, were by two And while perusing, she Heisman is supposed to be given out long stretches of five goals and another was in double more than likely has her to the outstanding college games, and played with a overtime. football player of the season. It lingers crossed. pulled hamstring at Michigan, Mercyhurst did have its is not intended to be a career You see, Christine Johnson yet had 124 all-purpose yards. moments of glory. The Lady achievement award. It is not a has a vested interest It j u s t so His 20 rushing TDs averaged Lakers upset 2001 National most valuable player award. happens her son is Larry 22 yards. And he had four of Champ, Bentley, 2-1, in Erie on finrTftSf i fllBSt Johnson, the quiet, somber Among the top five the nation's top 12 rushing Sept. 1, and won five of six FH« Photo File Photo senior tailback from Penn contenders, only Dorsey had a performances, including a matches from early September Senior Jeanna Hartmann. Sophomore Catrina State who is in the thick of the resume worthy of previous school-record 316 yards through early October to Sheaffer. running for the stately bronze Heisman consideration. Banks,- liana. He broke the improve their record to 6-3. But statue that's been molded in Johnson and McGahee came school record for reception s by a 4-3 mark in the final seven the same corny pose since it from nowhere. A highly a running back (39, for 341 matches kept the team from a goals-against-average of 1.59. Coaches Association (NFHCA) was first awarded in 1935 to publicized high-school star, yards and three TDs). Five of Top 10 ranking. Mercyhurst ended the season and a Second Team All- Jay Berwanger, a halfback for Palmer was considered the previous eight running Senior midfield Jeanna with a 5-3 win over Catawba at American by the University of Chicago disappointing until now. backs who gained more than Hartmann led the team in goals Tullio Field. Seven seniors womensfieldhockey.com while Maroons who was nicknamed And although a player at any 2,000 yards in a season won (14) and points (34) and was tied played their final game: sophomore midfield Catrina pne-Man Gpg," ^ *-' position is eligible for the award, the award. - - - \ for the lead in assists with six. Hartmann, D'Emilio, Kraatz, Sheaffer was selected to the "My morn is (flee the it almost always goes to a Downside: Johnson did not Other players hitting double defender Danielle Poole, NFHCA Second Team. As a Heisman secretary," Johnson quarterback or running back. rush for 100 yards in Penn figures were senior forward defender Elizabeth Willson, team, Mercyhurst finished n i n t h said the other day during a Oh, yes, exposure helps. The State's most-watched games, Sarah D'Emilio (18), forward Fran Hollembaek, in Division II in winning teleconference from State proliferation of television games against Michigan and Ohio sophomore forward Nicole forward Mackenzie Dexter, and percentage (0.625), 12th in College, Pa. "It's Web sites and the Internet have made the State, and he didn't get 100 Davis (16) and junior forward midfield Mariel Zummo. scoring defense (1.59), 6th in upon Web sites. She won't let accomplished players quite against Iowa. He was a Natalie Didas (13). Senior Following the season, scoring offense (2.81), and 5th me be in the dark about this visible to anyone with an latecomer to the Heisman race. Summer Kraatz played every Hartmann was named a First in margin of victory (1.22). thing. My mom keeps me interest, lessening the effect of ^Willis McGahee. The 6-1, minute in goal and finished w i t h Team Division II All-American updated on this stuff," the many publicity campaigns 224-pound sophomore had a save percentage of .806 and a by the National Field Hockey Info by MC Sports Information But like almost everyone generated by university sports 1,686 yards on 262 carries (6.4 information departments. else who will rune in to watch yards a carry) with 27 TDs - the Heisman Trophy show In alphabetical order, here's an six in his regular-season finale Saturday night, when the| evaluation of the five top vs. Virgina Tech. He'd caught Men's hockey loses fifth winner will be announced contenders: 24 passes for 350 yards, none Brad Banks. The 6-foot-1, from the Yale Club in for TDs. He ran for 204 yards 200-pound senior quarterback Manhattan shortly before 9 against Florida and 205 vs. the led Iowa to an 11-1 record, an Hokies. game straight at Canisius o'clock, the Johnson family 8-0 mark in the Big Ten Downside: In Miami's Canisius surprised Mercyhurst the Griffs' first a t home over the his sixth of the year at 19:31. will be held in suspense Conference, and a likely berth highest-profile ,game, with a 4-2 conference win Lakers since a 4-2 win goaltender Matt Cifelli for an because the voting is expected in a Bowl Championship Series McGahee ran for 95 yards on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 7, in December 2, 1995. The Griffs extra attacker, but the Griffs iced to be among the closest ever. game. His quarterback rating of 26 carries against Florida Buffalo, New York. The loss had gone 0-4-1 at home since. the game with a goal into the At least they will be part of the 166.1, derived from a was the fifth straight for the Mercyhurst still leads the all- empty net at 19:47. show, because when the combination of statistics, is best State. He'll lose votes to teammate-Dorsey. He's a Lakers and second successive in time series 18-10-3. Mercyhurst outshot Canisius finalists are contacted the in the country. He completed the MAAC Hockey League. sophomore. After a scoreless first period 29-25. The game was relatively Wednesday by the Downtown 155 of 258 passes (60.1 percent) penalty-free; the Griffs were Carson Palmer. A 6-6, 230- rhe Lakers hadn't lost back- in which Canisius was outshot Athletic Club, which awards for 2,369 yards. He tossed 25 called five t i m e s for ten minutes pound senior, Palmer was to to-back conference games since 13-4, the Griffs scored three the trophy, Johnson will TD passes and was Intercepted while Mercyhurst was penalized quarterbacks what Johnson the 1999-2000 season when they even strength goals in the certainly be among those only four times. Banks also ran lost twice at UConn. middle stanza while outfiring four times for eight minutes. invited. for 387 yards and five TDs, was to running backs, I he best at his position over the second The five-game s k i d is also the the Lakers 14-4. y Mercyhurst won't play again Johnson, a student of the averaging 5.3 yards per carry. In longest since the 1991-92 Mercyhurst got back in the until Jan. 3 and 4 when the game, said: "I always watched the Hawkeyes' 34-9 rout of half of the season. His numbers: 288 for 458 (62.9 season. The defending MAAC game in the third when junior UConn Huskies visit for a pair to see who won. I was in high Michigan at Ann Arbor, Banks regular season champs are now forward Mike Carter scored his of league games, both of which school^(State College High) threw four TD passes. percent) for 3,639 yards and 32 TDs against 10 interceptions. 4-9-1 overall and 4-2-1 in the third of the season at 8:09. will start at 7 p.m when Ricky Williams won it Banks won the|"People*s conference. Canisius improved Things got interesting in the last (in 1998) J I never thought it He ran for four TDs and had a Heisman" poll conducted by quarterback rating of 148.3. to 6-8-0 on the season and 6-4- minute when sophomore Info by MC Sports Information could happen to me." CNNSI.com. * | Palmer gave himself a huge 0 in conference action. The forward David Wrigley tallied By now, most of the 921 Downside: Iowa finished its Heisman push Nov. 30 with his Canisius win was also Mercyhurst then pulled junior Heisman electors, 870 season three weeks ago. Out of performance in prime time members of the media, 50 sight, out of mind? against Notre Dame, living winners, and one fan Ken Dorsey. The poise and completing 32 of 4 6 passes for vote, have sent their ballots to leadership of the 6-5,200-pound 425 yards and four TDs in a the independent accounting senior! quarterback are as 44-13 rout of the Irish. In his Laker Inn Fall Lunch Specials: firm that tabulates themfVotes impressive as his numbers. last six games, Palmer tossed must be in by Wednesday. Although the Heisman is not 23 TD passes, averaged 334 Monday: Mushroom Wednesday: Friday: Wrap Who will win? Realistically, supposed to be a career yards passing, and was Swiss Burger Taco Salad it's down to five p l a y e r s . achievement award, Dorsey led intercepted only four times. 2 Cookies Like Christine Johnson, the Hurricanes to the national Southern Cal played probably Small French Fry 20 oz. 20 oz. Fountain Drink Internet surfers learned that championship last season, and the most difficult schedule in ESPN.corn's! most recent he is 38 1 as a starter. He had the nation. 20 oz. Fountain Drink Fountain Drink polling of 11 "experts" from i t s completed 194 of 350 passes network and ABC has Iowa (55.4 percent) for 3,073 yards Downside: A tendency for quarterback Brad Banks with and 26 TDs. He was intercepted Eastern voters to overlook Saturday: Tuna Melt 35 points, Johnson with 34, 10 times. players from the West Coast. Tuesday: Bagel Thursday: Miami's Willis McGahee with Downside: Dorsey had subpar No Pacific Ten player has won Sandwich Sizzling Salad Small French Fry or 31, Miami's Ken Dorsey with performances against Florida, the Heisman since Southern Fruit Cup 30, and 1 Southern Cal Florida State and Boston Cal's Marcus Allen in 1981. 8 oz. Fruit Cup 20 oz. Fountain Drink quarterback Carson Palmer College. His teammate The Trojans play three time 20 oz. Fountain Drink with 29. They learned that McGahee will probably takes zones away. 20 oz. Fountain Drink CNNSI.com's latest "watch" votes away^from him. In '94, Take your pick. If you did list has Palmer injfcfront, when % Penn State went your homework, your choice followed in order by undefeated, Collins lost votes to came amid much uncertainty. J McGahee, Banks, Johnson and teammate Ki-Jana Carter, a No doubt, there will be dispute Students: Don t Forget to GRAB Your over the winner, but he will be Dorsey. running back. \ Lunch on the Run! 'And the latest odds from a Larry Johnson. Statistically, deserving nonetheless. PAGE 12 THEMERCIAD December 12,2002 ~LAKER SPORTS To contact: [email protected] Men ? soccer advances to Final Four By Scott Mackar Assistant News editor

Many soccer teams enter the season with *the- dream of t advancmg to the NCAA Division II soccer Final Four. Teams that say they want to make it, and having the talent to do so are two totally different things. Mercyhurst had the talent, but their dream came up a little short this past Friday in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Lakers began their season with realistic hopes of bringing, back Mercyhurst s first national men s soccer championship before the Southern New Hampshire Penmen snuffed their dream out. This is the men s third Final Four appearance since 1995, but the 2-1 loss to the Penman continued the curse for the

Lakers of r e a c h i n g the National Jody Mello/Merciad photographer

Championship game. In 1995, 9-m South Carolina-Spai tanburg **&*. • defeated Mercyhurst 3-2 in 3s £±_* double overtime and they also Junior defender Oliver Woodward and a Southern New Jody Mello/Meraad photography beat the Lakers 2-0 in 1998. Hampshire player chase after the ball during last Friday's The game was nothing short semifinal game. Southern New Hampshire defeated Senior midfielder Paul Valenti kicks the ball to a teammate before the Southern New of dramatic. The Lakers played Mercyhurst 2-1 to end the Lakers' season. Hampshire opponent can reach him. a man down almost the entire game as senior midfield Chris Whalley was red-carded for a several good scoring chances throw-in by senior defender at 1-1 at 44:09. down for 74:19 of the game. The loss ended the Laker s hard tackle just. 15:41 into the before finding the back of the Shawn Burke. The deciding goal came in the They led in almost every season at 17-2-0. With the win game. net 43:41 into the garne^ The Lakers were put back on second half as the Penman had statistical category but the final the Penman advanced to the This did not seem to hinder ^Mercyhurst recei ved their only their heels just 28 seconds later a two-on-none breakaway to score. Mercyhurst outshot championship game where they the Laker attack. The explosion goal of the game by senior as the Penman took advantage find the back of t h e net at 65:23 Southern New Hampshire 13-5, were defeated by Sonoma State of Whalley appeared to give the midfielder Brian Jungeburg. The on a miscommunication in the game. including 8-2 in the second half, 4-3. With the loss the Southern Lakers more energy throughout goal was Jungeburg s fourth of between the Lakers goalkeeper The Lakers gave a valiant and had a 3-1 advantage in New Hampshire ended their the first half as they wasted the season which came off a and his defense to tie the game effort as they played a man comer kicks. season 20-3-2.

Ribble and McDonald Tough to! s t o p : Vitale > invited to Olympic mouth, Duke hoopsf Training Camp Has Dick Vitale ever met a coach he didn 'tlove? mismanaged the 1978-79 NFL writer Len Pasquarelli Mercyhurst College women s By Scott Fowler Detroit Pistons team featuring of ESPN.com notes that hockey players Tiffany Ribble Knight Ridder Newspapers Bob Lanier and MX. Carr to a Bengals punter Travis Dorsch and Sara McDonald have been 30-52 record. I was a terrible compiled a net average of invited to attend the Women s Noting the sports world: coach! about 64 inches (1.8 yards) in National and Olympic Teams Has Dick Vitale ever met a Dennis Franchione s defection the Panthers win three days National Training Camp to be coach he didn t love? from Alabama to Texas A&M ago, thanks mainly to Steve held in Lake Placid, New York, That was the question ranked high on the sleaze factor Smith s two long punt returns from Dec. 26 through Jan. 2. Saturday in the pressroom as because of this: Franchione for touchdowns. The camp will serve as a major Vitale shot the breeze before didn t go back to Tuscaloosa to Pasquarelli s nickname for step toward the selection the Kentucky-North Carolina tell his own players. He made Smith? The Panthers Prized process for the 2003 U.S. game with a half-dozen his assistants do it. Pugilist. National Team. The National writers. Duke is once again a serious If you re somehow Team will participate in the Vitale always talks as if h e s national championship threat in organized enough to be World Championships in on the air. I once sat next to men s basketball this season. planning a Super Bowl party Beijing, China next April. him on a plane for two hours. Most impressive stat: The Blue already, we all hate you. And, Ribble, a senior goaltender The first hour was great. The Devils 5-0 start has been incidentally, the Super Bowl is from Redford, Michigan, is 9- Pile Photo File Photo second hour I was hoping we accomplished without a current Jan.26. My pick: Tampa Bay 2-0 this season with a save Senior Tiffany Ribble. Sophomore Sara McDonald. wouldn t have to circle . t h e scorer in the ACC s top 10. over Oakland. percentage of .929 and a goais- airport. NFL oddity of the year: If Carolina upsets the against-average of 1.45. Ribble McDonald is a sophomore scoring lead through I he first 14 A diehard Notre Dame Pittsburgh lost 24-6 to Houston Steelers on Sunday, the is 41 -14-4 in her career and has forward from Menominee, games this season with six football fan, Vitale was on Sunday despite outgaining Panthers will have swept the been very instrumental in Michigan. She led the team in goals and two assists. unsuccessfully hoping that the Texans in yardage, 422-47. AFC North. Carolina is 3-0 helping the Lady Lakers achieve scoring as a freshman with 30 Independence quarterback All three Houston touchdowns against that division and 2-8 national attention* points and is tied for the team Info by MC Sports InformationChri s Leak s final list of c o l l e g e came defensively off mistakes against everybody else. choices would include-the by Steelers quarterback Tommy Trivia answer: Lennie Fighting Irish* it Maddox, who will retain the Rosenbluth (1957); Pete Vitale started praising Florida starting job Sunday against Brennan (1958); Lee Shaffer Women'spDasketball falls to State coach Leonard Hamilton Carolina. f (1960); Billy Cunningham so effusively Saturday he Trivia: North Carolina has had (1965); Larry Miller (1967 and made Hamilton sound like John 10 different players win or 68); Mitch Kupchak (1976); Grand Valley and Ferris State Wooden. Then Vitale paused share the ACC Player of t h e Year Phil Ford (1978); Michael for a breath and a reporter award in men s hoops. Name Jordan (1984)} Antawn Mercyhurst fell to Grand asked him to name just one eight. Hint: In 1982 and 1993, Jamison (1998) and Joseph Valley 56-41 Thursday night, bad coach. two of the three years in which Forte (who shared the award Dec. 5. GVSU opened a quick North Carolina won the national with Duke s Shane Battier in 10-4 lead before Mercyhurst For once, Vitale stopped talking. Then he grinned. title, the Tar Heels did not boast 2001). a 1 rallied to tie the score at 24-24 the ACC s top playetf at the half. Grand Valley opened Me! said Vitale, who the second half on a 13-2 run to take a 37-27 lead and went onto a 56-41 victory to improve to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in GLIAC play. The Lakers were led by senior guard Katie Lorincz who finished with 10 points and 3 assists senior Holly Horton came off the bench and added eight points. Mercyhurst shot 4- 7 from three point land, but got Treun Mooro/Contrlbullng photographer [Limited offer:] outrebounded 28-40. Junior forward Krista Ross sets a pick for senior guard Holly 810 East 38th j Pne f r « €| o r d e r ol Mercyhurst fell to Ferris State Horton. ;-,•' . Street 7 Greenqarden 74-68 Saturday,?' Dec.; 7. and improve to 4 I overall and Kay la La/or. The Lakers bench 459-1145 I Pepperoni Bolls with urn Mercyhurst led most of the first 2-1 in GLIAC play while out scored the Bulldogs 31-10. [any order of $!T half before Ferris State took a Mercyhurst dropped to 1-6 The Lakers edged Ferris in lax: 480-8655 , 864-5322 1 ^^ lit 29-28 lead with 5:30 left in the overall and 0-2 in the GLIAC. rebounds 38-34. or more Fax: 868-3 ' first half. The Lakers tied it up The Lakers were led by junior Mercyhurst will entertain local at 35-35 before the Bulldogs Krista Ross with 15 points and rival Bdinboro Tuesday, Dec. Now delfverin i with a order of took a 39-35 halftime lead. 12 boards. Mercyhurst had 17, at 6 p . m. 10 d free f Ferris State led the rest of the three players with 10 points, There is a $1 delivery charge for all orders under $10 game to take a 74-68 victory Lorincz, Horton and freshman \lnfo by MC Sports Information There Is a $5 mlnlmufo order for d e l i v e r y