-THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OP MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929 4 yol. • No|I Mercyhurst College 501 &38<l^^%il^f%i. §P|| i^^raHlr *m\J\J News: Page 2 , New MSG column focuses on Home coming King and Queen candidates ^ Opinion: Page 3 Who needs counseling? Features: Page 4 Senior Stacy Pastva goes to Hawaii to be Miss Hawaiian Tropic Arts and Entertainment: /Contributing photographer Page 6 Mercyhurst Is listed in the Princeton Review s Mid-Atlantic Colleges. It Is now 10th In U.S. News & World Report rankings.{ Mercyhurst makes the P r i n c e t o n Review ademics, Life, and Student Body. ences, anthropology, and dance de- friendly to incompetent, rude, By Holly Burns The book aims to provide informa- partments, and mentioned that the and uncaring. One student re- Contributing writer Aiook at the nevrmovie7 Matchstick tion about colleges to prospective Research Intelligence Analyst Pro- marked, If p a p e r s need to be signed Men, that opened in theaters this past Students, faculty, arid staff, pat Students in order to give them a taste gram (RIAP) is the only one of its by more than one individual, start a yourselves on the back. You can be of what life at a particular college is kind. month in advance^ weekend proud of your school. likeT * I* Students may have noticed a dif- Another area included in the sur- According to the Princeton Re- In order to be included in the Re- ference in the grading scale of s o m e vey was campus life, which earned Sports: view, Mercyhurst has much to brag view, Mercyhurst had to meet the professors lately. As a result, the Mercyhurst a score of 74. Students Page 8 about! The college was recently criteria for academic excellence Review points out that students said that movies were a popular pas- included in the Princeton Review s within its region Also, the Prince- have to work much harder for a A. time for them. | first edition of The Best Mid-Atlan-ton Review had to be able to survey Mercyhurst Senior Kara Fink feels The Review also alluded to the fact tic Colleges. Mercyhurst students anonymously, that, If they want to crackdown on that although Mercyhurst does not Mercyhurst was one of 98 Mid- through online survey or paper sur- the grading so that students have to have fraternities or sororities, stu- Atlantic Schools from six states vey distributed on campus. work harder for their grades, they dents still have no problem finding showcased in this edition, including One of the areas reviewed was of should still give A s to students who parties;* Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, course academics. Out of a score deserve them, instead of giving Students felt that security is real- Fall 2003 Sports Calendar Virginia, Washington D.C., and of 100. Mercyhurst received a 77. them B s. ly strict; almost every party gets -i West Virginia. Students described the classes as The survey also asked students busted. The book presents statistical infor- challenging but not impossible, how they felt about the administra- mation and student opinions about and referred to the professors as ex- tion in general. Their answers var- issues on their campuses. The opin- tremely excellent. The Review ied^ with everything from ap- Please see Princeton Review Homecoming events J ions fa11 under three categories: Ac- noted the strength of the social sci- proachable, very helpful, and on page 2. {FRIDAY, SEPT. 19 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. — Homecoming court pep rally and bonfire near the football field. Changes t o Mercyworld Radio show for There will be a give away to the most spirit* ed sports team. 10 p.m.-11 p.m. — SAC comedian Mark Reedy at the student union students set t o air SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 3 p.m.-?? —• Brustes ice cream in Garvey : Park \ By Jonelle Davis dent show format could not air. In 7:30 p.m. —The Clark s concert will take Contributing writer order to solve this problem, the de- place in the rec center. Opening band starts partment will air the show as back- at 8 p.m.; concert closed to public. ground music on Mercyhurst s ca- ble channel 19. The Communication Department Another step the department had Upcoming SAC events at Mercyhurst College continues to to take was getting the music grow every day as it introduces new cleared. According to Dr. Welch, the WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17— Rudy shown and improved learning tools for music that would air on the show had at 9 p.m. in the student union Communication students. to be approved by BMI and ASCAP. THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 — MSQ lecture se- After being approached with the He stated that the department would ries featuring Rudy at 8 p.m. in the PAC idea for a student produced radio also be very careful to adhere to TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 — SAC general meet- show last spring, Communications communications standards in the ing at 9 p.m. in the student union; signups Department director, Dr. Richard music. Dr. Welch managed to get for Philadelphia Welch, has created a new radio the clearance for the music and now FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 — Fall formal at Sabel- show for the students. the show is set to air. las. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; dance ends ai The new walkway across Briggs and Lewis avenues offer land- Mercyhurst will now air a student With all of the technical aspects midnight. Tickets are $15 and are now on scaping, benches and lights to the campus. produced radio show on Friday worked out, the department preced- sale. nights from 8 p.m until 10 p.m. ed on to find a host foi the show. Summer is theseason forchanges around campus According to Dr. Welch, the show The first host of the show, nick- ' hard (or working on their tans) at will give our students the oppor - named Dre, is a sophomore com- munications major. Index By Kelly Rose Duttine [home, the administration have im- tunity to do programming they won kin t get to do otherwise. News editor plemented many changes to your According to Dre, she plans on News «| 1 Mercyworld. The show will also give students bringing some diversity to Mercy- So, you ve been back at the Hurst There are changes to physical a venue to talk about campus events hurst. Right now the type of mu- News 2 for almost two weeks now. Your building and places on campus as and play the music they want to sic I plan to play is a type not truly Opinion 3 room o> apartment is finally un- well as changes to personnel and hear. represented in Erie, much less Mer- Features 4 packed, the bookstore has managed academic programs. Either way, the Although starting a radio show cyhurst. I hope to give those that to drain your bank account from all administration has been hard at work may seem easy, the Communica- enjoy hip-hop and R&B a place to A&E.... i 5 those summer job dollars and your this summer to improve Mercyhurst tions Department was faced with listen to the stuff they love. A&E. 6 classes are back in the swing of for us. many obstacles before the show In order to make the show a suc- things with reading assignments, One huge change is the exciting would be approved to air. cess, the communications depart- Sports 7 quizzes and papers. 1 news that Mercyhurst will soon have One of the problems was compet- ment is looking for student influence Sports 8 Have you had a chance to look a new bookstore. ing with the actual Mercyhurst ra- and help around the campus? As Mercyhurst Please see Campus Changes dio station WMCE.| Since the for- Please see Radion Show on students spent the summer working on page 2.$ mat on WMCE is line arts, the stu- page 2. PAGE 2 THEMERCIAD SEPTEMBER 17,2003 NEWS To contact: [email protected] More than 68o freshmen The fourth male candidate is By Jess Tobin Josh Hack. He comes to Mer- Contributing writer cyhurst from Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania and is also a RIAP experience new orientation As usual, along with the end- major. Josh has been the trea- less list of f e s t i v i t i e s that comes surer of Student Government with Homecoming, there is a for two years now and is also a royal pair to be crowned. This member of the Senior Gift By Kait Reif year the Homecoming King and Committee steering committee. Contributing writer Queen will be announced at the Josh can also be found serving football game against Saginaw up gourmet entr es at the Ol- There s a certain excitement Valley during half time. ive Garden. in the air as summer days are This year s Homecoming The first female candidate is becoming shorter and the events kicked off last week for Deanna Blose. a native of Punx- wind s chill is a bit stronger. seniors who were allowed to atawney, Pennsylvania. She With a pit in their stomach, submit their nominations for comes to Mercyhurst for an El- the freshmen are undeniably Homecoming King and Queen. ementary Education degree. looking forward to a new be- The four girls and four guys Deanna is a public relations ginning and the unexpected who racked up the most nomi- coordinator for the Student Ac- This year, like past years, the nations were named candidates tivities Committee and is serv- freshman class participated in on the Homecoming court.