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A c a d e m i c C e l e b r a t i o n c o n t i n u e s a t r a d i t i o n o f e x c e l l e n c e

By Angela M. CampMerciad Features Editor

Another Academic Celebration has comeand gone. The fifth annual event was held at

Mercy hurst ro m Jan 28

throughJan

31.The

topics varied from cultural, to intellectual, tocurrent and to social events. There were cul-tural programs such as the "WatercolorsExhibit" and|"The Meicyhurst Dancers".There were also more intellectual topics in-cluding<"My Life Among the Atoms" and"Cancer Research at Mercyhurst". Timelysubjects such as "Songs of War Peace andProtest" and "Peacekeeping: the New UN." cyhurstpiofessors

were especially appropriateduring this time olwar A few social gatherings lightened up theweek to include "An Italian Extravaganza"and the' 'Wine and Cheese Tasting". §

Not only members of the Mercyhurstcommunity participated but also people fromthefErie area were invited and shared in theexperience.

Top applicants from various high schoolswere invited to participate in a scholarshipcompetition for which a total of $55,000 inscholarship money will be awarded.

Speakers ranged rom he nationally known,such as Jonathon E. Ross, a trainer on thesubject of sexual offenders, to our own Mer-

Academic

Celebration

the director of the creative writing program at

Mercyhurst. The speakers came from all overthe nation from New York City to MemphisState University to Penn State University toDuquesne University. «

lAcadem c Celebration was a collaboration

of efforts coordinated by Dr. David Palmer,Dean of the Corry Center and arts coordinator,and the office of External Affairs.

To read about specific events that occurredduring Academic Celebration, turn to pages 4and 5. il;

VOL. 64 NOrfl2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE , GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA. 16546 THURSDAY^FEBRUARY 7, 1991

CHECK[OUT

Friday, Feb.8

10 p.m. Student Union, TonyMes jxpeffSnGG^Tfregg&e

band).

Saturday, Feb.9

TBA, Ski Trip to PeeK 'nPeak(Details at union desk).

Sunday, Feb.10

2:30 p.m. Civic Center,Hockey versus RIT, featuringnoise and banner contestShuttles leaving from Bald-win. £

7:00 p.m. MSG meeting inStudent Union. -£ £ >

Monday, Feb.ll . § .

7:30 p.m.1 Sullivan Hall,Harry T Burleigh Day LectureConcert ,?:

Tuesday, Feb.12

7:30 p.m.

Women'sCampus Center,basketball versus

Unive rsity..; Buffalo. ?

Wednesday, Feb.13 |

8 pm Campus Center, Men'sbasketball versus Pitt-Johnstown.

Neighbor calls Erie police to campusBy Karen McGuireMerciad News Editor

Around the toll of midnight last Friday, acall came in to Baldwin base announcing thepresence of the Erie Police Department onMercyhurst's campus,

J*Accordin^to a-securitj^epoTfTthre^po*

licemen knocked on the doorof aNorth Briggsresident's apartment to break up a party. Ap-parently, an unknown caller called in to reporta fight and disturbance. Unexpecting resident,Tony Redding, an accounting major, washosting a birthday party for a friend.

There were approximately 35 guests in the

apartment. The officers asked, for identifica-tion'from the residents and warned that,allthose students without proper identificationmust leave or Redding would be arrested.f] The|report said words were exchangedbetween the police and guests. The two secu-rity guards on duty reported that the residents

seemed to be harassed for no reason.*ph < The on-duty residentassistant, JulieTheiss,supported that conclusion. She said she hadjust come back from making rounds when shewas alerted by a student that the police wereoncampus. Theiss said the party seemed to beunder control. While doing her round sheheard music, but it wasn't extraordinarily loud

or unruly. Theiss said she didn't have to talk to

the residents about noise or anything else pre-vious to the police intrusion. *

? Assistant Directorsof Residence life, LarryKozlowski and Brad Parker, were also on thescene. They were unaware that the police werecoming, v i, \. $•

Bud Dever, director of security, said thecall to the police came from someone across

thw street He also said students and staff at theparty site felt remarks made by the police wereuncalled for |

kTony Redding said he didn't know any-thing about a ight, or even anything that mighthave been misinterpreted to be a fight After

checking his identification and asking al under-age people to leave, the police told Redding he

could continue the party if he turned down the

music and told his friends to quiet down. Therewere no charges brought against Redding. The

police, with their van and K-9 unit waitedoutside for a short period of time and then leftthe premises. |

Atithe request of E.\ William Kennedy,di/ectbr* bf*studenr services, and Dr. GaryBrown, director of residence life, Dever willspeak to Erie Police officials and discuss thecomplaint on behalf of the students and resi-dential life staff.

* 'If police conduct was over officious andunjust*' Dever said, "I will speak to the Chiefand Mayor about the reaction to a baselesscomplaint from an unidentified neighbor.'*

According to Dever, the Erie Police De-partment was also on campus on the previousnight,Feb. 1, to investigate a break-in. A SouthBriggs apartment was broken into sometimebetween 12 a.m. and 2 a.m. Approximately$230 to $300 worth of personal belongingswere stolen, including a VCR, telephone/an-swer machine and jacket \

IDever said the patch cords from the VCR

were found on the Briggs Avenue sidewalk,leading him to believe that the stolen goodswere placed in a car or carried across the streetDever-is investigating the possibility of in-volvement from a person living off campus.I The serial numbers ofthe stolen items have

been turned over to the police. Dever said the

items may be partially covered under homeowners insurance.

'Hurst makes donations to city of Erie

Over the next three! yearsCollege will contribute goods and services, Jf000 to the City of

Erie, it was announced by Mercyhurst presi-dent Dr William P Garvey. |

The initiative, Garvey said, comes in re-sponse to the combination of increased de-mand for services and diminishing revenuenow being experienced by local governmentL • * 'With dramatic reduction in federal fund-i'.ig over the past decade, local governmentshave been left to fend for themselves," Gar-vey said. ''Dealing with this crisis is some-thing that should concern all of us, not, justthose responsible for running for governmentAs an integral part of the greater Erie commu-nity, Mercyhurst wants to do its part to ensure

thai both the city and the county are able torrieet the growing demands being placed onthem,'* Garvey added. f. ' |

fin a resolution passed by Mercyhurst'sboard of trusties, the college decided to pur-chase and give the city three police cruiserswith a total value of $60,000, to be paid forover the next three years, and to establish a

scholarship fund in the amount of $30,000,$10,000 per year for three years, for use bycity police for courses in criminal justice. r|

In a similar resolution, Meicyhurst trus-tees approved the donation of a college vanvalued at $10,000 for use by the Erie CountyPrison and the establishment of a scholarshipfund in the amount of $15,000, $5,000 peryear for three years,?for criminal justice orbusiness courses, as approved by the CountyExecutive. \.

The scholarship funds for both the city andcounty will be available beginning with Mer-

[Persons recommendedyhurst's 1991 fallfor the courses must go through the normcollege admissions process.

"The Meicyhurst board of trustees w

influenced in itsdecision to make these giftsappreciation of the services rendered the cclege by the City of Erie," Garvey said inletter to Mayor Savocchio announcing tiboard's decision. "We hope this will besignificant contribution to public safety in tl

i* he added.rie

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Ed is column is designed to let students know what ishappening in the international and national areas. The news isgathered from a variety of sources.

By Karen McGuireMerciad News Editor

INTERNATIONAL:

Amman, Jordan — Iraq announced the suspensiontoday, bringing further deprivation to a wintry lan<

shortages of food, water, electricity and gasoline,came after allied bombers hammered Ir aq's refineriesnetworks.

Johannesburg, South Africa - The trial of Winnie Mandela, thewifeof Nelson M andela, got under way Tuesday. Mandela and seven of hersupporters are facing four coun ts of assault with intent to do grievousbodily harm in connection with the abduction of four Soweto youths,the youngest of whom w as lata* found dead.

Iran — On Tuesday, President Hashemi Rafsanjani of Iran offered toserve as a mediator between the United States and Iraq in an effort tobring about a peaceful end to the Persian Gulf war.An abandoned o rbiting Soviet Space Station will plunge from spacesometime onFeb. 6 orFeb. 7. Some flaming parts of the 90- foot- long,43-ton space station, Salyut 7, are expected to hit theearth's surface.Debris from the main object that worries experts will weigh 2,600 to4,000 pounds upon reaching the earth, depending on how much isdestroyed by atmospheric friction, a Soviet press agency, said W ednes-day. Preliminary indications, Major Niemann added, were that thestation's debris would fall on South A merica.

WARLOSSES: As ofWednesday, the Pentagon reported that the tollamong American forces stood at 12 killed in action, 24 missing andeight confirmed prisoners of war. Fifteen American and seven alliedaircraft were shot down by the Iraqis. That does not count aircraftotherwise lost on war-related missions, like theB-52 and two helicop-ters that crashed over the weekend with at least some of their crewmembers killed.

Twenty-five Iraqi soldiers'surrendered, having hidden in thebattered Saudi town of Khafji since last week's fighting. With them,American comm anders counted 842 prisoners in a ll, including 4 9officers. Baghdad said 428 civilians had been killed so far.

NATIONAL:

Washington , D.C. - President Bush announced at a news conferenceon Tuesday that he had spoken with President Salinas of Mexico andPrime Minister Mulroney of Canada . Together they intend to pursuea trilateral free-trade agreement that would link the three economies inbold and far-reaching ways. According to Bush, this agreement wouldbe a dramatic first step toward the realization of a hemispheric free-trade zone stretching from Point Barrow in A laska to the Straits ofMagellan. * i:

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Washington, D.C. - President Bush unveiled his budget for 1992According to the New York Times, the $1.45 trillion budget adm ittedly^understates the cost of the war, offers no measures to figh

recession and seeks to redistribute subsidies that go to the mosiaffluent . i Li si

Angeles - Actor Danny Thomas, called "America's favoriteision comedian" in the late 1950s and early '60s, and thefactor of S t Jude Children's Research Hospital, died Tuesday.

died at ace 77 of a heart attack

iHurst students bingo educated

By Dan LanganMerciad Staff Reporter

The only remnants of Christ-mas 1990 seem to be the credit cardbills that have been bombardingeveryone these past few weeks.One Christmas memory that willnot be forgotten, however, is thefirst Mercy hurst Christmas Bingo,which was held on Dec. 14. Over$4,000 in cash and prizes*weregiven away, including the $1,500jackpot won by a Mercy hurst fac-ulty member.

The bingo, which was spon-sored by Mercyhurst StudentGovernment (MSG ), was held toraise money for Grass Roots Op-portunities for Women (G.R.O.W.),an organization affiliated with theSisters of Mercy, and Heal theChildren of Pennsylvania, Inc.,which sponsors children in need ofmedical attention to come to theUnited States for treatment

According to MSG PresidentRobin Engel, the event was a suc-cess. "I think it was a successfulcharity event,'' Engel sa id.' Moreimportantly* it was an event thatbrought the Mercyhurst and Erie

communities together."Dale Mancuso, MSG treasurer,

added that, from a financial per-spective, "overall, it was a suc-cessful en deavor." Mancuso high-lighted some of the expenses forthe event, and he also gave the finalamounts that will be donated to the

charities. Revenues generated fromthe event totalled $7,777.54, whileexpenses were tallied at$6,694.96.Each charity will receive a $500dollar donation from MSG.

Mancuso noted that all materi-als Jwere purchased on consign-ment which allowed MSG to return

roughly $600 lost in food costs.Sales were nowhere near the pro-jected figures, he said.

The efforts of all who helpedcoordinate the event did notgo un-noticed. Robin Engel noted that hewanteds to thank the MercyhurstPublic Relations^ Association forhandling all publicity for the even tThe club designed posters whichwere hung throughout Erie and itssurrounding areas. They were alsoable to secure public service an-nouncements on area radio stationsand placed advertising for the eventin the Showcase section of T imesPublishing's newspapers.

Engel also praised thework ofHospitality Management studentsunder the direction of Brad Fair-Held, Darrell Knopfel andlAngieDiPietro. Finally, Engel noted thathe and MSG are grateful to thosewho w orked as Santa* s elves sell-

all unopened materials to PennDistributing Company in Pittsburgh.The larger expenses which limi; *A

I the amount of money available fordonation included approximately$700 for chair and table rental anding instant-winner tickets to pa-trons throughout thenight Instant

MSG officers evaluatedBy Mary MedureMerciad staff reporter

Mercyhurst Student Govern-ment (MSG) has introduced aprocess of officer evaluation toensure better comm unications be-tween the representatives.

For the first ime, by handingout executive board andf officerevaluation forms, die representa-tives are able to ratecertain aspectsof MSG on a scale of one to five(one being poor and jfive beinggood), according to President RobinEngel. He said that the form's main

purpose was to let the officers knowwhat they were doing right andwrong.

The first part of the evaluationis based on the executive board asa whole, and is broken down intotwo parts: adm inistrative and lead-ership duties. An evaluation ofthefour executive board members;Robin Engel, president. Brad Fair-

field, vice president. Dale Man-cuso. treasurer, and Jennifer

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BRAD FAIRFIELD

Marshall, secretary. The StudentActivities Committee (SAC) Chair,Kierstin Stager, was the secondpart of the form.

According to Fairfield, all fou rofficers were rated above average.However, he said that the evalu-ation of the SAC Chair was notaccurate, because of thenew offi-cer change that occurred in themiddle of the school year.

All in all, Fairfield said that theevaluations were very helpful toMSG, and he said that he willencourage the officers for next yearto use the same idea. %

ticket sales accounted for much ofthe profit realized on the even t.

With a successful first event,

many may wonder if and whenthere will be another bingo held oncampus. Both Engel and Mancuso

. both stated that thepossibility ex-ists for another similiar event

' We are presently looking intoanother bingo; however, nothinghas yet been finalized,'' Engel said.Mancuso added,' We're now bingoeducated. If we try it again, we'lldefinitely be more profitable."

i The proceeds will be turnedover to each charity, as well as anadditional donation of $400 to theUnited Way, before the winter termends, Mancuso said.

Romanticdinnerraffled

By Karen McGuireMerciad News Editor

On Feb. 11, a raffle icket willbe drawn that will entitle two peopleto have dinner compliments of theLaker chapter of the Club Manag-ers Association of America(CMAA). g |

CMAA plans to go to the win-ner's home on* Valentine's Dayand cook a romantic candlelightdinner for two. Theclub memberswill serve the food and even cleanup afterwards.

Themenu for the evening willinclude a four course meal featur-ing filet mignon, A laskan kingcrabclaws and a special Valentine'sDay cake for dessert There willalso be champagne if the winner isof legal age. | ;

5*"For the price of the tickets,this is a really good deal," saidCMAA Secretary Debbie Lang."For the high quality of food, youcan't beat it I hope students takeadvantage of this great opportu-nity." £

Proceeds from the raffle willgo toward a trip to the CMAAnational convention in Dallas, Texas.

Tickets forthe raffle are on salenow for a donation of $2. They canbe obtained from contacting anyCMAA member or by contacting

Debbie Lang at 825-5278.

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U.S. should take initiative to end arms race

To the Edi tor ,

We know more about war thanw e do,about peace-- more aboutkilling than we do about l iving." -GeneralOmar Bradley, U.S. ArmyChief of Staff. I

Think about this statement Ca n

you imagine a world without war. Iknow at this very moment itmay behard since the U.S. is at war with

Iraq, but it's n o mor e difficult than

to imagine a world after a war.

Beca use this difficulty has yet to be

overcome, many humans believethat war can never be demolished.

I 'm a conscientious objector, Idon't want to shoot, I don* t want to

kill, and I don't want to drop thebomb . Nuclear weapons have

reached a point where they are to-tally destructive, and have destroyedAM n* . • «»

its effectiveness as a means of set-tling disputes between large states.

Today we should be questioning,

"Should there be a war system ata l l ? " Can we not suggest nonvi-

olence resistance as an t effective

substitute for war?Security canbe improved when

a demilitarized world security sys-tern is established and militaryequipment for all countries' armedforceT isstricHy prohlbiterl ^doublemonitoring system of national and

have a strong belief that this worldand the humans w ho struggle withit can change.

But despite this, there's still agrowing number among us whoremain skep tical of any strategy forabolishing war as an accepted insti-tution. The common question ofdefense is, "What if an opponentcheats during the arms reductionprocess?"

Consider however what maypose a bigger threat to our survival

and security. The strategy posed

for abolishing war or a continu-ation of the present arms competi-tion. During the process of reduc-ing arms and establishing globalmonitoring agencies, governmentswill retain enough weapons to dis-courage an attack by another coun-try and to make small differencesin military power insignificant.

Although the major powers mayremain rivals, they will no longerneed to prepare for war.

If the United! States pushes

toward the first step, it will be in the

Soviet's interest to join the move-

ment They want to avoid fmajorwar, the spread of nuclear weapons

and the economic burden of war.(Unknown to many people who

mayJiousfcfals^perceplionSfcthejL-too.)

What can we do? Changes willglobal authorities would detect onlyfcome when we, the future

violations of prohib itions against generation arohnd the globe, joinarms and a international peace forcewould enforce rules against rear-

mament These are not just my

words but the words of many who

together in unilateral support topress government officials to end

the deadly war system in favor of a

global peace system. We must rec-

The MerciadMercyhurst College's First Class newspaperas rated by the Associated Collegiate Press

Vol. 64 No. 12 Feburary 7,199

Kevin McHugh

Karen McGuireAngela M. CampRobi TaylorNick RobertsMolly McCormickMelissa ManginiAndy PenhollowMaureen ConnollyMaria KellyTimothy Moriarty

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Editor-in-Chief

News EditorFeatures EditorEntertainment Editor

Sports EditorAssL Sports Editor

fPhoto EditorCopy Editor

Design Manager

Advertising ManagerFaculty Advisor

Merciad Staff

Mary Med ureLaura Blabac

Dan Langan

YvonneMaher

Robin Illsey

Tracy SchmitzJill Schreckengost

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Liam Barron

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ogmzeand believe that it can hap-

pen. If left to follow the path they'ietaking, policy makers will continuetheir chit chat of arms control dis-cussions r which has gone on fortwenty years. Diplomatsfail to leadus into a safer world, instead theycontinue with their familiar poli-cies war after war even thoughthey lead to disaster.

Change^von't come at the topunless we push for our rights frombelow. It will riot demoralize thosewho take part in it, but leave theirhonorable men and woman whocry out it's wrong.

Or a Stevenson

Recyclingprioritystressed

To the Editor,

It seems to me that a large por-tion of this campus is not taking

recycling very seriously. Each time

I walk past the dumpsters I see

recyclables in the garbage bins and

garbage in the recycling bins. Lastweek I saw something that really

disturbed m e; a Mercyhurst main-

tenance worker placing bags withaluminum cans into the garbageinstead of the recyclable bin. Now ,if they're in a clear bag aren't theyintended to be recycled? I wonderif this inability to recycle stemsfrom ignorance or laziness? Either

way, we need to further educate ordiscipline ourselves about recycling.As it's been * said, "If you don'trecycle, you're throwing it alla wa y " . S

Thank you,

Denise Ryan

Student rights, housing anddonations spark concern 1

By Kevin McHughMerciad Editor

I feel like a television remote c on-

trol being flicked from channel to

channel as I try topick a topic for thisweek's editorial. Because I am part

of a generation of 18 to 24 year olds

who can watch three or more chan-

nels at once, I am going to deal withdiree or more topics at once. *

On the student rights channel: On a visit to Dr. Gary BrownTuesday,"I was troubled by Dr. Gary Brown's position regardingthe judicial review board. Brown told me that he does not have apolicy of informing students involved in disciplinary action of theirright to appeal any decision m ade by him. H e says that the fact that

this right is published in the student directory and elsewhere isenough. ~. *

J Most people have heard of, * * You have the ight o remain silent,anything you say can be used against you, etc. ' * Although we haveall heard this before, if you are not made aware of your rights, yourcase may be dismissed. Most Americans take their rights veryseriously. |

On the hous ing channe l: If you ever visit the residence life office,you will notice a wall papered with the occupancy status of eachapartment on campus. If an apartment is without a fourth occupant,

the space for the fourth occupant on the status sheet is marked witheither a blue line or a pink line. The blue line signifies that theexisting occupants do not desire a fourth. The pink line signifies thatthe existing occupants do desire a fourth and have requested afourth. Ingenious. However, this ingenuity turns to farce if therehappens to be a blue line where there should be a pink line. To mydisbelief, I found on that fateful visit to Brow n's office that for theentire winter term , my apartment had a blu e line instead of a pink.Thus, if the residence life department was ever looking to place astudent in an apartment, my apartment would automatically 'bedisregarded as an option. Nice, real nice. Maybe the residence lifedepartment will give me a reimbursement Yeah right!On the donation channel: Why areWE giving over $60,000 to the

Department? We don't have enough money for sup-

wer and equipment to deal with treacherously icysidewalks. We don't have enough money fora buzzer system in ourapartments. Yet, we're giving in the area of$ 100,000 in cruisers and

scholarships.Being involved in this year's phoneathon, I feel disgusted that

as students s man phones for hours on end asking alumni forscholarship donations, in the hope of meeting last years figure of$8,000, the board of trustees is handing over over $100,000 indonations to the Erie police. Did I read on the front page of TheMerciad that administration may be making a complaint to themayor in regard to police conduct on campus. Maybe no t

Russo outlines Recreation Center hoursTo the Editor.

The M erciad is the student-produced newspaper of Mercyhurst

College, Box 161,501 E. 38th St.. Erie Pa. 16546. Phone 8254)376

Material for publication must be submitted by noon on theI Monday before publication

The M erciad w elcomes letters to the editor, lifters must be s)gned

hu{ the name ra n be withheld bv request . j\ .

• i DC iw*i wad' s editorial opinion is determinedby the Editorial Board w ith the Editor holdingfinal responsibility. The opinions expressed inThe Merciad are not necessarily those ofT h . Mprrlad its staff or Mercyhurst College,

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I read with interest an articlewritten by Tom Gault in referenceto the lack of available time in theRec Center for student use.

Allow me to correct the mis-conception that was conveyed by

this article. jy

The Rec. Center is open a totalof 82 hours per week, Mondaythrough Sunday, with 61 hours perweek available for student use (notfive to sue hours as stated in thearticle).

I In addition there are 50 hours

per week of available time for stu-

dents in the Campus Center for

recreational activities. During thesetimes we have the following activi-

ties for the students: intramurals,

club volleyball, karate, \ aerobics,

and soccer. i 1 1I We have a total of 111 hoursper week from 8:00 A.M. through10:00 P.Nfiin both the Rec Centerand the Campus Center*which isavailable for student use.

Let me also remind the write©!

thatan athlete interested in baseball

or Softball, is also a stud ent and is

entitled to use schoo l facilities. Thewriter's reference to soccer use isalso misleading because they do

not use the Rec Center until after itis closed at 10:00 P.M., and this isalso open for anyone interested insoccer. ^

Until I have read this article wehave not received one complaintabout the use of the Rec Center,

and our purpose will always be toaccommodate as many students a s |

possib le in this fine facility. 1

Pete* Russo, IDirector of A thletics

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Arts & iEntertainmentrv' and 'Pirates Of Penzance '

A w a k e n i n g s ! i s a t r u e I S t a l s k y a n n o u n c e s t r i p l e a u d i t i o n s c h e d u l e

I Van Winkle story

By Robi Taylor

Merciad EntertainmentEditor •

AwakeningsStarring - Robin Williams andRobert DeNiro |Rated PG-13

When I w as younger I saw

people walking down the streetwho have developed sill y, jerky movements because of some kind of

neurological disorder which I did not understand. Most times I wouldturn away so I wouldn't laugh. But, since I saw what pain they sufferin Awak enings, I w ill never laugh at them again.

Hie story follows the true story of a young man named LeonardLowe (Robert DeNiro) and his life in the Bainbridge Hospital, aninstitution set up specifically for people with severe mental or neuro-logical disorders.

Leonard suffered from encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)during an epidemic in the 1920s. Although he, and most other peoplewho caught the disease, appeared cured, years later a condition calledpost-encephalitic syndrome gradually began to take away their speechand movement, leaving them living as vegetables. However, the onething it could not take away were their minds.

Although both actors have a history of excellence,DeNiro won best actor for Raging Bull and Williamshas been nominated twice, for Good Morning Viet-nam and Dead Poets Society, their performances inAwakenings are far superior to anything they havedone before.

When Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is hired to help treatthe 25 or so catatonic patients he finds that there are similarities in theirconditions and that they respond to some stimuli, such as music andhuman tou ches. He believes that since the symptoms are the same asa condition called Parkinsonism, a drug called L-DOPA will work to

bring them back to reality. *After a long hard struggle getting the hospital administration to

listen, he is given permission to try the drug on Leonard. Within daysof the drug's first use Leonard is returned to a normal, somewhat slowlife at least for awhile.

It isn't hard to see that this movie took a toll on the cast and crew.The subject matter, the directing and the acting were, through most ofthe movie, so intense that no one in the audience spoke, much less

•• moved from their seats.Although both actors have a history of excellence, DeNiro won

best actor for Raging Bull and W illiams has been nominated twice,for (Sood Morning Vietnam and Dead P oets So ciety, their perform-ances in Awakenings arc far superior- to anything they have donebefore. It would be a shock if both of them are not at least nominatedfor this year's b est actor awards for their efforts. They carried theaudience through the story, keeping everyone on the edge of tearsthroughout the entire two hours. J

The direction quality of this movie took meby surprise. I remem-ber Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio in the 70s TV show LaverneAnd Shirley. I guess because of that I never took her seriously as adirector. She proved, with Awakenings, that she has reached thehighest level of ability that Hollywood allows, she has become amaster of both comedic and also serious film making.

'Awakenings is a slow, somewhat tedious movie that I consider amasterpiece of film. It will shock you. It will alarm you. Mostof all itwill make you think.My Rating 99/100

Feburary 10,1991 promises tobe a very busy day for peop le inter-ested in acting. Auditions for threeMercyhurst Collegerproductionshave been scheduled for thatday inthe Mercyhurst Little Theater.

The 11th annual production o fCanterbury Feast: A Medieval-style Dinner Theater is looking

for at least 20 actors\actresses tofill the roles of this Mercyhursttradition. Igor Stalsky, director ofthe theater department, said thatdue to the long run of the perform-ance - May 31 through Sept 29, atleast two people are needed foreach role.

H A solo - q uaii y voic e is requiredfor each role. S talsky recommendsthat actors come to the audition

with a prepared son g.The Mercyhurst Little Theater

will also be looking for nineactorsNactresses for the newpresentation, Canterbury Feast:The Gay Nineties Dinner Thea-

ter, consisting of a rollicking farce,vaudeville routines and son gs.

A good singing voice is a mustActors are requested to bring a

prepared song with them tot theauditions.

The production will run at theRiverside Inn in Cambridge Springsfrom Oct 12 to Nov. 16. |

Times for both CanterburyFeast auditions are Sunday, Feb.10 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m..

The final auditions of the day

will be for Gilbert and Sullivan'sThe Pirates Of Penzance. Theyare scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 10at7 p.m. and onFeb. 11 at6 p.m. in

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Academic CelebrationWriters discuss their

collaboration effortsBy Mary Medure

Merciad Staff Reporter

Jim Fisher and Ross Spencer,two successful crime and mysteryauthors, spoke on their distinctivewriting s tyles last Thursday, dur-ing Mercyhurst College's fifthannual Academic Celebration.

Fisher, who has worked in thecriminal justice field throughout his

career, is an accomplished nonfic-tion writer, while Spencer, is strictly

noted for his fiction.

Fisher said that he came acrossSpencer's name in a Dalton

Bookstore and, as Spencer lived

nearby, he decided to contact himAccording to Fisher, that call wasthe beginning o f a creative partner-ship between the two.

"I took each chapter ata ime nJim's book and paraphrased them,"Spencer said.

According to Fisher, Spencerdid a little more than that, for heorganized Jim's facts into an inter-esting story.' *Ross taught me howto pace myself and how to developthe characters in mybooks,*' Fishersaid. *

Fisher said that he was working

on a novel based on the DonaldChism case at that time, and Spenceragreed to assist him.

Faculty concert giveslife to the songs of war

By Robi Taylor

Merciad Entertainment Editor

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"From a distance, we all haveenough and no one is in need;and there are no guns, no bombs,and no disease, and no hungry

he said that it never would have mouths to feed..From a distance,

happened without Ross Spencer'shelp.

Wind EnsembleConcert

Sunday, Feb 10J& at 2:30 p.m.

* in ZurnRecital HallFlrcc and open to the public

Conducted by *

•?. ?' Robert Dolwick

Academic Celebrationdiscusses legalization

By Yvonne Maher

Merciad Staff Reporter

Student RecitalTuesday, Feb. 12

at 3 p.m.in Zurn Recital Hall

College SymphonyOrchestra Concert

Sunday, Feb. 17. Sg at 2:30 p.m.

in Zurn Recital Hall

Free and open to the publicConducted by

Walter Hendl

Did you know that you could

be jailed in Virginia between 1763and 1767 fornot growing cannabishemp, or that home-spun cloth wasalmost always spun from the fam-ily hemp patch in the 1900's? Thesewere some of the facts presentedby Deborah Gray fat the debate"To legalize or not to legalizemarijuana/' on Wednesday, Jan.30 , during Academic celebration.

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' Hemp is a natural commoditythat is biodegradable and was so-cially accepted until it was out-lawed in 1937 under pressure frompropagandists," according to Gray,

who is in favor of marijuana legali-zation.

Hemp is uie stem of the plantthat produces marijuana and pos-

sesses qualities for the productionof food, paper, gas and textiles, m

"Marijuana cannot b e consid-ered in a vacuum," slated RustyCunningham, D. A. for Erie county,"It may not cause deaths directly,but could l ad to further drug useand may be lethal in combinationwith alcohol or other hard drugs.He did agreerwith Gray that noevidence has been produced to showthat marijuana i s an addictive drugor that any overdoses have beencaused direcdy by marijuana.

The debate was conducted inZurn Hall, to a packed audience of

students, faculty, and members ofthe general public. Discussion waslimited, however, due to the latestarting time. This is a subject thatwill in no doubt be debated again.

you look like a riend. Even thoughwe are at war, I cannot compre-hend what allthis fighting is for."

These words, from the BetteMidler song From A Distance, havebeenadopted by the American serv-icemen and women presendy serv-ing in Operation Desert Storm astheir song, according to BruceThompson, assistant professor of

philosophy at MercyhurstThompson joined with-fellow

faculty members, Dr. Brenna Loienz,Joe Hohman and David Pinto, onJan.30 to share the music Ameri-

cans have written during times ofwar. I ?A crowd of about 50 people

filled Sullivan 3 to listen to a con-

certjof traditional protest songs."Beginning with the Revolution-ary War song Free Amerkay,written in 1773 to support the colo-nial troops, through the and-Viet-nam War songs like I Feel LikeI'm Fixin To Die Rag, songs have

always been a part of war," Th-ompson said. He added that Lieonly war not to have its own musicwas the Korean Conflict. "But,"

hter note, "nobody^^^^^^ there anyway.* *

The program was originallyplanned to cover all forms of pro-test songs, including labor-related

songs. "Because of the war wechanged our program to feature onlywar songs," Thompson said. Thesongs we chose for each war showthe view from both sides of theconflictand one song protesting thewar."

Although most of the audiencecould remember back to World WarII, most people think o f war-relatedsongs as beginning with the con-temporary anti-war songs of <the1970s. "Some of theolder protestsongs, like Irving Berlin's Oh, HowI Hate To Get Up In The Morn-ing, were very popular. Some ofthem became commercial suc-cesses," Lorenz said.

Hie highlight of the programwas an impromptu duet when

Lorenz's six-year-old daughter,Megaera, joined her mother in sing-ing the World War II standard RosieThe Riveter. Megaera later said,"I learned the son g by listening tomy mother sing it while we ride inthe car."

'Hurst Dancers delight

their audience at? theAcademic CelebrationjBy Laura BlabacAsst Entertainment Editor

While the rest of the collegeenjoyed the luxury of a day off, theMercyhurst Dancers were up ear-lier than usual, preparing for theday ahead, because January 30 wasa day long awaited. Much preparedon went into the planning for thelecture/demonstration that was given

^ ^ ^ ) a.m. during {he Academic

Celebration. *Weber Hall was fairly crowded

at the start of the program, whichbegan with A Day in the Life of aDancer, a mini-class covering inIS minutes what a dancer doeseveryday for two hours. This classbegan with barre work and stretch,and included a brief but strenuouslooking center work.

Next, the reappearance of

Mary Price Boday's Enchaine-ment, a fast paced dance, followedby a demonstration in the art of pas

de deux, of partnering. TraceyYanckeUo once again became thesylph in Valse from Les Sylphidesand then the appearance of severalnew pieces added a new twist |

Sung by Kendra Shank, thepieces Run River Run, Sun andMoon and Nantes were all beauti-fully performed, then to top it alloff a dance performed in sign lan-guage was done. God's C rittersput a look of delight and amuse-

ment into the viewer's eyes as oneby one the dancers emerged fromthe dressing rooms as differentdomestic and woodland animals.The dancers' vivid animation madeeach animal very realistic, as theyplayed with or chased the otheranimals before coming together toperform the song.

All in all, it was a successfulperformance, one that will also beshared again in the future with the

area elementary * schools in thedepartment's new touring program.

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thoughts about MercyhurstBy John J. BrunoMerciad Staff Columnist

TheFeb.2 Slayer concert was excellent However, it is obviousthat the PublicMusic Hall was not intended to host speed metal jamsessions. Also, there were just plain toomany' redneck" bouncers.On the whole, the show was worth the money. For more informa-tion write to Slaytanic Wehrmact/ 298 Elizabeth street/New York,New York 100122.^ | &

And what simply orgasmic weather we had late last week andearly this week. It kinda makes ya wanna say, "Oh...Isn't thatspecial.*' Just remember this is Erie and as far as the weather goesanything is possible but not necessarily plausible. So break outthose penny loafers and putaway your silly * Donald Duck '' shoes.I justmay start a sin ister footwear of the week award. Youwill never

know when I'm watching so ah... so ah... so what Who cares?Enough about the weather and how it pertains to exquisite little

shoes. I t's time to get serious. I t's always been my secret life longdream to be a staff meteorologist However, all this is irrelevant Theimportant thing was that Academic Celebration was so nice. Therewas a veritable smorgasbord of stuff. Next year let's try to spreadout the good stuff a little bit There was too much at once. Noteveryone got to see all they wanted. But hey, that's life. Seriously,the celebration was cool. I just hope next year someone plans thetimes for the various events in such a way that a person can see as

many as possible. ,Okay? I'm sorry to keep harping on this but now I really have

offended the dance department Last week when I told certainindividuals to get off your high horse ' , this was not directed atanyone in the dance department As I said the people it was directedatknow who they are. I hope that all the ballerinas will forgive mefor not being clear. I also hope that they lift the million dollarcontract on my head(just kidding).

News flash. Y esterday, in and around the vicinity of Zurn hall,a corpse was found. The booy was identified as John J. Bruno(Merciad staff columnist and meteorologist). Cause of death isunconfirmed, but it seems the victim was slowly bludgeoned todeath with ballerina shoes and penny loafers. Sources also reportthat the victim was wearing a black leather jacke t apink speedo, aswell as big blue fuzzy slippers. Wait a minute. Just another dream.Sorry. | |

Did you ever beatyour head against the sidewalk over and overjust because it feels good when you stop? Did you ever get in themood to hear a fun-pickin little banjo song? Everwonder why itwaslike Silly Putty? Where does it end? It doesn't And another thing,why are we giving money to the cops? Don't we pay taxes? Justanother reason why you should feel just plain silly. W hy do n't thestudents ever have a say in things of this nature. The word for todayis lynch-mob.

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Henderson: the multi-dimensional! playerBy Tricia Kuhar

Merciad Sports Reporter

What does #41 mean to theMJE.C.C. basketball league? Itmeans one of the leading womenplayers this season, and the statsare there to prove it Senior Ruth"Doc" Henderson, captain of the

Mercy hurst j women's basketballteam, is the league's third leadingscorer, averaging 15.8 points pergame. She is fourth in free hrows ,fourth in block sh ots, fifth in steals,and seventh in rebounding.

Ruth showed signs of her play-ing potential early in her basketballcareer. She was recruited by Mer-cy hurst from Senec a H igh scho ol

in Wattsburg, Pa. where she re-ceived the Seneca Athlete of theyear award. In her freshman year atMercy hurst she was named to theAll-Rookie Team which consistedof five freshman who were ex-pected to makean impact on leaguebasketball over their remaining threeyears. Henderson proved herselfworthy of her awards by playingfor the benefit of her team as awhole.

Laker teammate Michal Beale

#41 Ruth Henderson

said, "For the past three years shehas been playing in the shadows ofolder key players, but this year shewas given the opportunity to proveher versatility as a player.'* Bealealso added, "Most people in herposition would h ave stayed in theshadows, but Ruth proved she is amultidimensional player, fromshooting three to hitting the basketfrom the inside." Also adding onHendersons talents on the basket-ball court Beale said ,' 'Ruth can do

itall. The thing that makes her even

more unique is that she is an unsel-fish player who gets everyone

in volved. Her stats could be evenmore impressive if she was just init for herself, but thats not her goal."

A goal Ruth has for herself is ajob in family ecology . Ruth com-men ted on her future, "Sports wasmy first priority when I started

college, but I've learned over theyears that academics come firstAfter you play basketball for fouryears, you're done, but you haveyour academics to bank on. I wantto work with older people and be abasketball coach for kids."

When Henderson isn't busy withschool or basketball she likes to

spend her time helping with intra-murals, or doing something activeinvolving sports. She likes to watchother basketball players includingher brother Brian, a senior at Se-neca High-school, who is doingexceptionally well this year.

R I Stats or nostats, Ruth has proven

herself to be an important asset toboth the Mercyhurst basketball teamand community. She is a goodexample for her ieammates andfeL'ow students as well.

photo by John Furlong

Lady Lakers split weekend seriesBy Liam Barron

Merciad Sports Reporter

The Lady Lakers have uppedtheir record to 9-8 after a busy

couple of weeks play.On Jan. 23 th 'Hurst led to the

University o f Buffalo and suffereda 96-74 loss at the hands of thesecond seed team in the confer-ence.

On Jan. 25 the Lakers returned

home to face Le Moyne College

and were once again out of luck

going down o n a score of C9-68 indouble overtime. In a pulsatinggame, the lead changed hands onseveral occasions. The 'Hurst helda slim lead of 24-23 at the half. LeMoyne came back with. a 29-28lead in the second session to knotthe game at S2-S2 at the end ofregulation time. The two teams were

once again tied after the firstperiodof overtime, but Le Moyne heldtheir nerve to record a narrow vic-tory. Leading scorers for the Lak-

erswere Cheryl Tomczak and Ruth

Henderson with 18 points apiece.

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16 points.The Lakers then took a well-

earned week rest before entertain-ing the ladies of Philadelphia Tex-tile on .Saturday. The breatherobviously did them good as the-Hurst regained!their form, andcomfortably won with the score73-57. The 'Hurst jumped out to a32-21 lead at the half, and contin-ued to press home their advantageafter thefintermission. The Lady

Lakers connected in 67 percent fromthe field n defeating the Lady Ramsfor the second time this season.

Karen Salem was outstandingwith 19 points, while PamCrowell

added 17 more as the Lakers founda winning way once again. TheLadylLakers are now 3-3 in theMideastCollegiate C onference and9-8 overall. The Lakers playedthree games in six days this week,

entertaining Bam Slaie-Behrend andUniversity of Buffalo on the 6thand |12th and \ travelling to|Pitt-

Johnstown on the 4th of this monthas a long season draws to a close. *

NCAA legislationaffects Laker sports

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By Molly McCormickMerciad Assistant Sports Editor

I f Whatis the NCAA thinking?

This is the question that is travel-ing around the United States fromcollege to colleg e, pertaining to

the new proposal to eliminatemultidivisional classifications.This means that Mercyhurst, akxig

with all their competing NCAA _ _ _

institutions has to eliminate the luxury of being able to placedifferent teams in different division s. For example, if the 'Hurstclassifies itself as a Div. II school, all of the teams have to play inDiv . II. Is this proposal fair? What is M ercyhurst going to do?

|Well, let me tell you, not everything is fair. That is part of thereason that the proposal is being made in the first place . An examplegiven to me by Athletic Director, Pete Russo helped me to under-stand this new rule from a different perspective than the one I had.He said that Dayton University in O hio, who is classified as a Div.I schoo l, has had their football team playing in the Div. HI leagueand winning. This team would win two or three years in a row andall the Div. Ill schools were unhappy that a Div. I school was

holding the championship title. Mercyhurst's problem is... Whatdivision are we? Hockey and Football are Div. Ill and men's and

women's soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball and softball are allDiv. II. | | |

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Russo and the Director of Administration, Tom Billingsley,both informed me about the new steering committee that hasrecently been formed. The committee consists of students, facultyand administration. It will look at Mercyhurst athletics in general

and all the new NCAA rules that were recently fabricated. The maingoal of the organization is first, to determine what division we,Mercyhurst College will be in.

There are basically three options: Div. IJI and III. But thedecision w ill not be easily made as to what division we are suitedfor. The 'Hurst is endeavoring to be considered an athleticallycompetitive college and at the same time a c ollege that looks foracademically as well as athletically proficient students. By this I

mean that in some aspects the college is not looking to buy athletes.Mercyhurst wants students who will participate in a sport but, at thesame time, be a good student This brings up the point that if theschool didnot buy students, the quality of sports and the competi-tion would n ot be that good and students may notb e ' 'proud*' oftheir scho ol's M i l l . iizat»

Billingsley said ,' 'I think institutions should be able to play ina variety of divisions depending on what emphasis they want to give

the<a specific) sp or t" A lthough, he followed his statement with thefact that there are ups and downs for all the options. Therefore, untilme committee starts looking into this situation and it is discussed, no

one w ill know the best outcome. The teams, mainly focusing onfootball and hockey can play Div. Ill programs,but they cannot lead

theNCA A championships. / .* * #*$

There are many opinions on this topic and we w ill soon know

the outcome of the new NCAA regulation.My personal opinion lies

.Jhe fact that Mercyhurst sports are ali on different levels ofcompetition. Fbr example, the football team is going through a

"transition stage" and soccer is at its best i 1 g

Who knows what will happen in the next three years. THe

regulations have been set, therefore from here on inwehavetodejd

withour options. I cannot state my opinion on what level we should

be at until we know all the facts and hear the opinions of the

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SportsD a v i d f A r m s t r o n g n a m e d n e w a c a d e m i c a t h l e t i c a d v i s o r

By Nick RobertsMerciad Sports Editor

On July 16, 1990 a proposalwas submitted to the jj Mercyhurstadministration for a new academicadvisor for the De r artment of Ath-letics. On Aug, 11990 the proposalwas accepted and on Septjl thefamiliar assistant football coachDavid Armstrong was] catapultedinto faction as the new{full timeacademic advisor to all 355 student

athletes of MercyhursL

\: Armstrong, a graduate of Mer-cyhurst in 1986, an academic Ail-American, andipast President ofStudent Government at Mercy h urstis the man with a mission of care-

fully guiding, counselling and attimes, ^pushing student athletestoward a successful life both on or

Mercyhurst he a built a friendshipwith students, faculty, and coaches

which makes him the ideal place-

ment to be a liaison between thethree. A former athlete at Mercyhurst,

he is aware through experience of

the difficulty that student athletes

can encounter during their college

years. His experience for a positionof this nature is extremely valu-r1able.

The purpose of having an aca-fjdemic advisor for athletes is toprovide academic advising to aliistudent athletes at Mercyhurst Hewill monitor all athletes' academicprogress to determine athletic andacademic eligibility. As the advi-sor, he will be a liaison between the

DAVID ARMSTRONG

Armstrong can do many thingsto help a student athlete. He canmake tutors available, introduce theuse of the writing skills lab, or thereading:.skills lab. Armstrong be-lieves that his role goes outsideacademic life and 'he feels he can

academic support handle athletes personally, socially

off the field after Mercyhurst

Through Armstrong's years at

services provided by the college,Armstrong is the person who willidentify a problem and either dealwith it himself or refer the problemto the academic SUDDOU services.

Scott Burfoot in action for the lakers photo by John Furlong

iHurst leers on fire. '

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By Molly McCormick

Merciad Assistant Sports Editor

$| . Mercyhurst hockey fan andbaseball coach?said, *'The/Mer-cy Hurst Laker* leers are on fire."This has shown to be true with arecord of 11-9-1, and, 10- 2 in their

league. .*£. ^ii^ The 'Huratftraveled to Cort-land State on Feb.2 only to melt theice with a victoryjof 5-2. Theycontinued their streak on Sundayat Brockport State with anotherkilling, 6-0. i Senior goaltender,Gary Bowles 'as usual played anextremely goo d game between theBlue and Green pipes, while Mick

Keen tallied a hat trick at the other

end of the rink.

Junior center Scott Burfoot again

helped to put the team in its glorythis weekend by scoring one goaland adding seven assists 4o hisalready record-breaking numbers.

Coach Rick Gotkin sai d,' 'Theguys worked hard,played well andwe w on." That simple statement

explains the entire successful week-

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I The future is looking posi-

tive for the Mercyhurst Laker leers.They are in the run for the Div. intitle but ., there are still six seasongames left ^ to be played. CoachGotkin said, "It's a whole newseason when the play-offs start Itis a one game elimination." J; The far future for the Lakerhockey team was looking good but

now since the new NCAA regula-tions have set in Gotkin is worriedabout scheduling for next season.There are 78 teams in Div. Ill andonly eleven in Div. II. Therefore,if Mercyhurst's final decision is tostay at Div. II, it will be very hardfor hockey scheduling in the fu-ture. Gotkin said, "It's not goingto be so much winning and losing,it's going to be who you play, justbecause there is not that many Div.II teams. ?We are one in eleven ."

The Lakers are taking off forOlcan.Ncw York to compete againstSt Bonaventure on Friday. Theywill then return home for their final,

regular season home game againstRochester Institute of Techn ologyon Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m..

and with any other problems stu-dents may encounter.

* All student athletes are now being

carefully monitored by Armstrong.As I sat interviewing him, he had

just been carefully sifting through1,500 midterm progress reports,anyone with a D+ or below will be

contacted personally by Armstrongto see if there is any specific prob-lem, and how it can corrected. IfArmstrong feds there is a need forcorrection, he will ask the studentathlete to attend study sessions onMonday and Thursday nights be-tween 6-8pm.These study sessionsare not soley for studying. Theopportunity to learn many usefulskills are available,!which Arm-strong himself will teach. For ex-ample, college note taking skills,how to be affective in trueNfalsequestions. This is something thatsome students never have the op-portunity to learn, as Armstrong

explains, "Many athletes have tolearn and are shown correct tech-niques in certain sports, but notmany students geta chance to learndie correct techniaucs in the class-

room." The chance to learn thesetechniques is a great opportunityfor any student

| The computer system at Mer-cyhurst is a vital tool fori Arm-strong w ho is "plugged " into allstudent athletes grades and GJPA'sand also class schedules. Armstrongsays his new role, as well as thefacilities available to him, show,"The concern that this school isputting on academic iadvising."Overall Armstrong's main concernis to, "Develop our athletes aca-demically, athletically, personallyand socially."

There has been academic ad-vice available before, but j neverthis intense and progre ssive. CoachDave Armstrong is a veryable person. He cares and hejjisconcerned for all student athletes.Take the time to introduce yourselfand meet our new Athlete Aca-

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Men's basketball suffering through)seasonBy Ed Hess JMerciad Sports R eporter

The M ercyhurst men's basket-ball team is suffering through aseason where it can't seem to buy a

break. gThis past week it hooked asthough the hoop team was going tobreak out of its slump and upsettwo conference foes. But as thegames unfolded, the Lakers cameup just short in both affairs. Thepair of losses extends their currentlosing streak to 11 consecutivegames

The first of the two defeatscame in a road tilt as the Lakerstangled with the University ofBuffalo. The 'Hurst kept i >">:I I.I I:K

alive by staying within a few pointsof the Bulls. Both teams enjoyed asolid first half of plays as the Lak-

ers trailed bv onlv three at inter-mission.

The second half saw both clubs

playing well with neither gainingan advantage until late in the game.The B ulls converted several 'Hurstturnovers into easy baskets withseveral minutes to play«and theLakers never recovered. This latesurge by Buffalo proved to be thedifference in the game as the Lak-

ers bowed by a 73-62 score. SeniorKraig Swanger led the 'Hurst inboth scoring and rebounds with 15

points and six boards. MJComing off the loss at Buffalo,

the Lakers looked to rebound in

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erry Bushv flying high for the L "Jeers photo by John Furlong

front of a home crowd against vis-iting Philadelphia Textile. Theunderdog/Hurst team seemed tohave fate on its side as it was ex-acdy one year ago they knockedoff the Rams 65-62 in front of the

Campus Center faithful^ ; \

The Textile team opened thegame with an early lead and forcedthe Lakers to play catch-up formost of the contest Both clubsshot 54 percent in the first half,but

it was the Lakers w ho were downby seven as they entered the locker

Mercyhurst spent most of the

second half trying to clo se the sevenpoint gap the Rams had established.The Lakers finally eclipsed Tex*;tiles' lead with only minutes left inthe game. Both teams played it nipand tuck the rest of the way as theoutcome would be determined in

the game's final seconds.With 11 seconds remaining on

the clock, the Hurst took a timeoutto plan its final strategy. Freshmanpoint guard Terry Bush, whose

buzzer beater earlier in the year senta game into overtime, took the in-bound pass and tried to weave someof the same magic. Bush let fly with

a 20-footcr as the inal horn soundedbut this time fate would not be sokind. The ball carromed off die rim,handing the Hurst another toughloss by a 71-70 score.; f

The Lakers next take to thehardwood as they travel to Pace thisFriday in hopes of ending theircurrent losing streak. To«accom-plish this, the 'Hurst would have toupset a tough conference foe, a taskthey have not done this year.

The Merciad, Feb. 7, 1991

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