THE News ................2-5 Features ...........6-9 A&E ............. 10-11 Opinion ........12-13 Sports .........14-15 MerciadMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018 | VOL. 92 NO. 6 PAGE 3 Spookiest day of the year is here Online poll results We asked: What is your favorite Halloween movie? “Hocus Pocus” (44%) 4: Hurst hosts Veterans Week “Ghostbusters” (24%) “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (18%) celebrations “Halloween” (15%) 6: World language students celebrate Fall Festival This week’s What is your favorite social 14: Ice hockey’s Coach Sisti media platform? ties for win record POLL merciad.mercyhurst.edu PAGE 2 NEWS Wednesday, October 31, 2018 HURST HALLOWEEN ABOVE: Decorating pumpkins was part of the fun at Don’t Be a Drunken Pumpkin. AT LEFT: Sigma Tau Delta’s Halloween party drew a range of costumes. BELOW: Guests dress up for the Psych Club’s Halloween bash. Contributed photos ABOVE: Guests came in costume to Sigma Tau Delta’s party. AT RIGHT: The Chemistry department got into the spooky spirit for its video in the Lip Dub Challenge. Scholarship helps students ‘live the dream’ By Carlena Bressanelli turned into a team effort to cre- about, so when we graduate we “Thinking about the quote, it happening this semester such as Staff writer ate our class scholarship that will are prepared to go out and live was easy to incorporate intern- the winter Bar Crawl on Dec. 8. live on even after we graduate,” our own dreams.” ships because they are how we The committee will be tabling to The Senior Class Gift Com- Ostrzyzek said. “I also love the Lindsay Frank, director of truly test our skills that we learn allow students who are over 21 to mittee of 2019 has been hard fact that I get to share that honor alumni engagement, is the ad- in college and they give us the purchase tickets at the following at work creating a lasting gift to with my fellow committee mem- visor of the Senior Class Gift first taste of our true passions times and locations: Nov. 5, noon leave behind when this team of bers as well. I couldn’t ask for Committee and liaison to the Of- in the real world and how Mer- to 2 p.m. in the Bookstore; Nov. seniors graduates in the spring. anything better. It’s an opportu- fice of University Advancement. cyhurst will always aid us in go- 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Ryan Hall; The gift that was chosen this year nity I will never forget.” “I am excited about the name ing out and being able to live our Nov. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Grot- will be the “Living the Dream” The idea came about during a of the scholarship because I too dreams,” Ostrzyzek said. to Commons; and Nov. 8 from scholarship. meeting when all of the commit- heard the ‘Living the Dream’ Taylor Cavaretta, a senior Ear- noon to 2 p.m. in the Bookstore. The quote “Living the Dream” tee was brainstorming potential message during my freshman ori- ly Childhood and Special Educa- The committee is also hosting references Curtis Zimmerman’s names for the scholarship. entation 10 years ago in 2008,” tion major and the event chair on a Chipotle fundraiser on Nov. motivational talk, “Life at Perfor- “I was thinking about some- Frank said. “I think it’s really the Senior Class Gift Commit- 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. Those who mance Level,” that all freshman thing that I felt would really great that it still resonates with tee, is thrilled with the way their want to support should show have attended during Welcome resonate and connect with our students and how it is a similar scholarship idea turned out. the cashier the flyer (which will Week for the past several years. class and I thought of ‘Living the idea to our beloved motto of “I am very excited about this be posted to social media as the Senior Interior Design major Dream’ because it’s something ‘Carpe Diem.’” year’s scholarship,” Cavaretta event draws near) or simply men- Lauren Ostrzyzek came up with that a lot of people I know still After the name was chosen, the said. “It is unlike any other finan- tion the fundraiser before paying. the idea for the scholarship to be say around campus,” Ostrzyzek team had to come up with what cial aid that Mercyhurst has pre- Any donations and support called “Living the Dream.” said. “It makes me think of all of this scholarship meant and how viously offered.” will help fund the “Living the “I feel really honored that us as young adults in college here students could “Live the Dream” Cavaretta also wanted to men- Dream” scholarship. my simple idea for a name has learning things we are passionate while at Mercyhurst. tion some other events that are Wednesday, October 31, 2018 NEWS PAGE 3 Contributed photo Students had the opportunity to take part in classic Halloween activities during Don’t Be a Drunken Pumpkin, one of many Halloween-themed events at Mercyhurst. Halloween hauntings at Hurst By Rebecca Dunphy tours and ‘scaring’ there is always a As an Ambassador pledge last Staff writer fresh interpretation of the event,” year, Fragnoli used some of her Klein said. downtime in the event to explore Ghosts, ghouls and haunts — Taken from last year’s event, a some of the darker places that are oh my! creepy carnival was featured, in not normally included on tours. Halloween is in full swing on addition to two new floors: an “One of these places was a campus with the Mercyhurst Stu- apocalypse on the first floor and small room in the fourth floor dent Government hosting a num- “A Quiet Place” on the fourth of Egan where people swear that ber of events sure to entertain floor of Egan Hall. there’s a door covered in hand- students. Guests were led through Old prints that gets painted over ev- This spooky season began with Main, Egan Hall and the Grot- ery year,” Fragnoli said. “Despite an interactive mystery theater to by Ambassadors, where they this, the handprints always come on Oct. 19, where students were would experience scares by this back and I got to see the door asked to “Attend the Masquerade year’s Ambassador pledge class. which did, in fact, have hand Ball and solve the crime before Sophomore Ambassador Jessi- prints.” the masked menace gets away!” ca Skinker described her experi- Fellow ambassador Joanne Unfortunately, the following ence as the leader of the fourth Pringle also had an eerie experi- night’s event, Eerie Erie Ghost floor. ence on the fourth floor last year Tours with paranormal author “Pledges shushed the groups with her friend Addison Vickers Stephanie Wincik, was canceled as they came around the bend when they were working as “scar- due to weather. Luckily, students to find a small room with chains ers.” were still able to participate in a hanging from the pipes,” Skink- During tours, Vickers would Halloween movie night and look er said. “I sat in the corner and hide in a tiny closet and then forward to another weekend of pointed them to the bathroom, when guests walked by she would Halloween fun. where one of the pledges was push open the door yelling “Help Don’t Be a Drunken Pumpkin sitting in a bathtub with a mask me!” During one of the tours, kicked off Halloweekend, where on and a broken babydoll in her however, things didn’t go quite as students participated in classic arms. She would press on its planned and when she pushed the Halloween games impaired by stomach to make it talk, signaling door it wouldn’t budge, leaving drunk goggles, while enjoying ci- another masked pledge to jump her trapped in the dark. der and donuts. out and scare them. We got a lot “If I remember correctly, While the information shared of screams.” there’s no doorknob on that door. about alcohol awareness may be Freshman pledge Payton Car- So from the outside I was grasp- concerning, the real frights came roll took a twisted approach to ing at nothing to get her out,” said Saturday night at Haunted Hurst. scaring, following guests down Pringle. “Other pledges started This year’s event was led by the Old Main hallway in an exor- Contributed photo coming upstairs to help pull the MAC/SAC programmers Han- cist-style backbend. door open. We were all really nah Gibson, Isabella Fragnoli and “It was a really cool experi- Spooky decorations adorn the hallways for Haunted Hurst. scared.” Sarah Klein. ence,” Carroll said. “I’m normal- Luckily, she was eventually able “I am excited to be a big part ly not a huge fan of Halloween ring on the Infant of Prague stat- could be never be with him, she to help her friend out of the clos- in the planning of this event this or haunted houses, but being on ue located in the Queen’s Chapel killed herself, and the ring remains et, however when sharing their year because last year I enjoyed it the flip side and getting to scare of Old Main. on the Infant of Prague statue. experience months later with as a freshman, and I really wanted people rather than being the one As legend has it, during World It is rumored that students in President Victor they learned to play a bigger role in Haunted scared was really fun.” War II, a young Mercyhurst stu- more recent years have tested the some potentially justifying infor- Hurst this year,” Fragnoli said.