The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-merciad-jan-15-1998 1/12

S i s t e r E y m a r d L e a v e s L e g a c y o f C a n c e r R e s e a rBy Bill Melville

Features Editor

On Sunday, Jan 4, 1998, Sister M. EymardPoy dock, RSM , 87 , former director of the BiologyDepartment, and one of the early members of theMercyhurst community,died at the Sisters of MercyMotherhouse in E rie.

Poydock became a member of die Sisters ofMercy on March 22,1932. She earned a bachelor'sdegree in bi ology and chemistry from Mercyhurst

She later received a m aster's degree from theUniversity of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in biologyand experimental medicine from the St ThomasInstitute of Cincinnati. She completed post-doc-toral work at the National Science Foundation Insti-tute of Microbiology in Durham, and at RoswellPark in Buffalo. Before teaching at MercyhurstSister Poydock taught at Catholic schools in theErie and Pittsburgh areas.

Poydock instructed in the biology departmentfrom 1947 to 1991 and chaired the department until1989. She also ran the college 's Cancer ResearchProgram until 1991.

In 1984, she received the Distinguished Alumnaof the Year Aw ard, due to her work for both thecollege andthe scientific comm unity. She wasalsoa member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Scienceand the American A ssociation for the Advancementof Science. Sister M. Eymard Poydock 1910-1998

Sister Eymard was w ell organized and deand the students enjoyed her classes very mMary Matthew Baltus, whohad Poydock as awhen she attended Mercyhurst said.

According to Baltus, during the late 1970tookher marine biology classes to Florida socomplete their studies. Later, as the areaof Ftraveled to grewmore crowded , they instead St. John's in the Virgin Islands.

Dr. Lew Lutton, director of the Biology Dand professor of biology, said, "When IMercyhurst in 1980, Sister Eymard was asemi -retirement. She was tremendously impthe stimulation of research activity in theDepartment She was also pivotal in the devethe department through the history of the cohelpeddesign the biology wing ofZumHall,

proven to be a very effective facility."Lutton also said that Poydock was respo

introducing cancer research to Mercyhursstudents. Her efforts served to put Mercyhuleading edge of cancer research on a global experiments with vitamins C and B-12 werecure cancer in mice and were successfully dupEurope with humans.

According to Baltus, Poydock was not ustbut an artist who had her paintings exhibitethan 20 shows and used the money* from

cancer research."

M e r c y h u r s t C e l e b r a t e s D r . K i n g ' s M e s s a g eBy Chris WlochEditor-in-Chief-

In celebration of the birthday ofDr. Martin Luther King,J r.on Janu-ary 19, Mercyhurst s offering se v-eral events which are open to thecommunity.

On Saturday, Jan. 17, MinorityStudent Union is sponsoring themovieM

Rosewood'*at 5 p.m. in theStudent Government Chambers,upstairs in the Herrmann Union.The film depicts racial tensions ina Florida town thaiwas destroyedduring the early 20th century.

On Sunday, Jan. 18, MSU will

host a prayer service in honor ofDr. King from 4 - 5 p.m. in OldMain's Christ the King Chapel. Theservice will feature performancesby the Pcnn State Behrend GospelChoir, freshman music educationmajor Robert Thomas. The key-note speaker will be UmemeSababu, professor of history atEdinboro University with a guest

appearance by newly elected Erie

City Counsel woman Ruby

Jenkins-Husband.On Monday, Jan. 19, Eastern

Waves Club if sponsoring a pre-sentation at 7 p.m. in the MercyHeritage Room in Sullivan Hall.Several Mercyhurst faculty willbe among the guest speakers at adiscussion which examines thecontemporary application ofKing's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Quest speaker Dr. WilliamDamper will begin the presenta-tion with a speech describing thekind of man Dr. King was. Localsongwriter Charles Kennedy willalso sing a spiritual he composedon the words of Dr. King.

"We want to remember Dr Kingby asking ourselves how his mes-sage applies to us in our multicultural world," Miller said. "If wewant to move forward toward aunified human community, wemust first raise our awareness ofhow we are diverse groups ofpeople.

"The holiday is not meant tobe a

celebration of any one particular

group. It's not only a matter of

black and white people, but ourhuman responsibility to generatea dialogue which fosters toler-ance, a way of reaffirming all ofus by putting his dream into ac-tion. This act of dreaming mustcome from our abilities to under-stand the meaning of non-vio-lence, to exercise forgivenessand to apply the notion of empa-thy in everyday life."

According to Miller, Dr. Bar-

bara Walters, assistant professorof psychology will discuss empa-thy, and Dr David Livingston, as-sistantprofessor of religious stud-ies will address reconciliation.

Additionally Thomas Fors theofel,assistant professor of religiousstudies, will examine how Kingwas influenced by Indian leader

Mohatma Gandhi's under-•

standing of non-violence. Millersaid.

Betty Damper, Director of Act101, will offer a response to thediscussion of the various elementsthat comprise King's message.

Dr . Ki ng ' s fact adorns a mural outside the ResidenOffW an OIH Main's second floor. Photo: Jessica

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


January 15,1998 THE MERCIAD

Speaker Discusses Origin of Fears and PhobiasBy Richard CostelloeStaff Writer

On W ednesday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m.in Zurn 114, the M ercyhurst Psy-chology Clubwelcomed Dr. RogerTarpy, who presented a lecture onthe origins and nature of humanfears and phobias with regard totheories of learning.

Tarpy is a professor at BucknellUniversity, where he has taughtfor the past 25 years. He has pub-lished six books in the field, one ofwhich, "Contemporary LearningTheory and Research," is currentlyused by"Dr. Marilyn Livosky's

Learning class.

The focus of Tarpy's lecture wason research into ' simple* phob ias,such as those exhibited towardsbiological stimuli such as snakesand spiders. The investigationsdiscussed were initially presentedas adhering to two distinct ap-proaches to understanding pho-

bias: 'Natu re' and * Nurture.*The" Nature' approach states that

humans possess certain biologicalor genetic dispositions! towardscertain phobic conditions. Thisperspe ctive' has developed pri-marily from D arwin's philosophyof evolution. Tarpy said that thisapproach identifies human be-havior as being based upon ourgenetic structure, which itself hasbeen selectively evolved.Tarpey mentioned the wide range

of 'Twin Studies' conducted inpsychology which seem to sup-port this perspective. These stud-ies have concluded that geneti-cally identical individuals can ex-

hibit similar dispositions to spe-cific phobias, generally regard-

less of environmental factors.

The second major approach todiestudy of phobias, the ' Nurture'perspectives, is generally basedupon the ancient concept of'Tabula Rasa." This approach

Dr. Roger Tarpyholds that genetic dispositions d onot exist, that phobias are learned.Tarpy proposed behaviorist John

Watson's theories of classicalconditioning as exemplifying thisperspective.

fTarpy also presented the con-temporary research of|G. C. L.Davey, whose cognitive approachrejects the fundamental necessityof a genetic disposition. Davey's

research concludes that phobiasresult from trends of faulty or bi-ased information processing.

By presenting both sides of theinvestigation into the phenomenaof phobias, Tarpy demonstratedthe strengths and weaknesses ofthe two approaches. His conclu-sion, however, did not reject orendorse either perspective, but at-tempted to integrate the two in acomprehensive understanding ofthe nature of phobias.

Ed Cieslak, a student in psychol-ogy here at Mercyhurst said that"Dr. Tarpy provided an informa-tive clear and productivelecture!

Professor Rob Hoff, Director of

the Psychology D epartment, saidthat lecture's strength was the jux-taposition of the two approaches,which served *to illustrate "newconnections and insights." Hoffalso said that*another sign of agood lecture is its ability to raisemore questions than it answers.

t i

MSG Auct

Off RepBy James GormanNews Editor

The annual M ercyhuGovernment auction wWednesday Jan. 14 at ing Coffee House at L

The 40 MSG reprewere auctioned off to stcan use them for cleanior other tasks.

Each representative mit to eight hours ofexchange fora donatioies collected by MSG wWesternPennsylvaniafor R esearch on Lou Ge

ease.T-shirts were also

eight, dollars and pamplaining the? diseaseavailable.

•

SB

SrJlTvM

v

t£

S«ffl J2£tt?fe

&J&

3& »y&:

. < * *

$

C O R O LSL A

rSKvJ

THERE FEW SPECIAL THINGS THAT

V

REALLY«)UNT0NT0HE1JPUSA(X»MPUSHALLTHAT

WE NEED TODO. RELIABLE, DEPENDABLETHINGS LIKE[THE TOYOTA COROLLA. OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS,

5 COROLLA HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED

ICARS IN THE WORLD. AND NOW IT'S ALL-NEW...WITH

MORE PASSENGER AND TRUNK ROOM, AN ALL-NEW

ALUMINUM ENGINE THAT'S ONLY MORE POWERFUL,

IT'S MORE EC0N0MICAL..UP TO 38 MILES PER

^ j | GALLON HIGHWAY. COROLLA IS SAFER AND

i ^ QUIETER, AND BEST OF ALL, IT STARTS

AT A PRICE LOWER THAN LAST

YEAR. MORE CAR...LESS

p l L j MONEY. WHAT A

T l R E F R E S H I N G

C H A N G E !

TOYOTA oVe>ri*c

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


PAGE 4 THE MERCIAD January 1^ ^ * V

>5S

>:SS:*:w:

Golden Globes to be TelecastBy James HainMerciad Contributor

The 55th annual Golden Globeawards, honoring thebest inmovies and television, will be pre-sented on Sunday, Jan. 18. Th eawards, which are given out^bythe Hollywood Foreign Press As-sociation, are often considered tobe an accurate predictor of theAcademy Award nominations;

The Hollywood ForeignPressAssociation is comprised of jour-nalists from publications aroundthe wotid, all of whom work asHollywood correspondents fortheir respective news organiza-tions.

The awards are unique in thatthey honor both film and televi-sion. In the film category, thisyear's nominees .are an -eclecticbunch, many of which are likelyOscar contenders. The awards arefurther divided into comedy anddramatic categories.

Titanic\ James Cameron* s mam-moth ode to drowning, led thefilmnominations with eight citations.The film, widely reported to be themost expensive ever produced, isalso a runaway box office phe-nomenon, racking up over $200million in just three weeks of re-

lease.In the acting categories, there

was a typical mixture of old handsand new talents. In the Best Actorin a drama category, Oscar winnerDaniel Day-Le wis, nominated forTh e Boxer; will compete againstoldpro Peter Fonda, garnering hisfirst nom ination for Ulee's Gold,

Both, in turn, face stiff competi-tion from up-and-coming talentsMatt Damon (Good W ill Hunting),Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic) andDjimon Hounsou (Amis tad).

The Best Actor in a musical orcomedy category on the otherhand, was full of old pros. Jack

Nicholson is heavily favored forhis role in As Good as It Gets*while Dustin Hoffman is a darkhorse for Wag the Dog. Also nomi-nated in this category are JimCarrey(£iarZiar)(Samuel L. Jack-

son (Jackie Brown) and KevinKline (In <£ Out).

Th e Best Actress categories alsoboast an impressive selection of

talented performers. In the dramacategory, Helena Bonham Carter

is favored to win for her acclaimedperformance in Th e Wings of theDove. Judi Dench is also consid-

ered in the running for her work inMrs. Brown. Other nominees inthis category are Jodie Foster forContact, Kate Winslet for Titanic

and Jessica Lange for A ThousandAcres. All three are consideredlong shots at best.. The Best Actress in a musical or

»*

comedy category contains somesurprise nominee s. Many doubtedthat Jennifer Lopez would get anomination forSelena, but shedid.Joey Lauren 1Adams was also a

surprise, receiving a nod for hermuch-praised work in ChasingAmy. They face some tough com-'petition- though, chiefly fromcomeback kid Julia Roberts, whois expected to win for her perfor-mance in My Best Frt£nd's Wed-

ding. Other nominees are HelenHunt for As Good as It Gets andPam Grier for Jackie Brown.

The supporting actor nomineesinclude Rupert Everett (My BestFriend's Wedding), AnthonyHopkins (Amistad), Greg Kinnear(As Good as It Gets), Jon Voight(The Rainmaker), Burt R eynolds(Boogie Nights) and Globe favor-

ite Robin Williams (Good WillHunting).

The actresses nominated for sup-porting roles include G loria Stuartfor Titanic (her first role in over 50years), Kim Basinger (L. A. Confi-dential)^Joan Cusack (In & Out),Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights)and Sigourney Weaver (The IceStorm).

Th e Best Directer nominees are:James L. Brooks forAs Good as It

Gets, James Cameron for Titanic,Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confiden-tial, J|m Sheridan for 77K Boxerand Steven S pielberg forAmistad.

In the Best Picture categories,

several worthy films will be com-W

peting for the globe. In the dra-matic category, Spielberg's controversial Amistad is up againstthe cri tical I y-acclaimedGood WillHunting, as well as The Boxer and

Cameron's megapic Titanic. Allface very tough competition fromHanson's L. A. Confidential,whichhas broken records by becoming

the first film to sweep the BestPicture honors in all of the major

critics' awards. If the film winshere, it could be uns toppabl ecomeOscar night.

The Musical/Comedy categoryis populatedfwith lighter, moreaudience-friendly fare,suchas The

Full Monty, Men in Black and My

BestFriend'sWedding. Theycom-pete against critical favorites AsGood as It Gets and Wag the Dog.

In the television aw ards, the oldguard still stands. Nominated asBest Comedy Series are 3rd Rockfrom the'Sun, Frosier, Friends,Seinfeld and Spin City, along with

newcomerA llyMcBeal.The BestDrama S eries' will probably offer

no s urpri ses, with perennial favor-

ites Chicago Hope, ER, Law &Order, NYPD Blue and The X-Files leading the nods.

For Best Actor in a DramaticSeries, George Clooney and An-thony Edwards from ER competeagainst David Duchovny (The X-Files), Lance Henriksen (Millen-nium) and newcomer Kevin An-derson from the ultra-controver-sial A BC drama Nothing Sacred.

In the dramatic actress category,Julianna Margulies from ER com-petes with Gillian Anderson (TheX-Files), Kim Delaney (NYPD

Blue), Roma Downey (TouchedbyanA ngel) ,and Chri stine Lah U (Chi-cago Hope),

The comedy catego ries likewiseoffer little or no surprises. KirstieAlley (Veronica's Closet), HelenHunt (Mad About You) EllenDeGeneres (Ellen) and Brooke*Shields (Suddenly Susan) join newarrivals Calista Flockhart (AllyMcBeal) and Jenna Elfman(Dharma <£ Greg) in the Best Ac-

tress category, while all of the ac-tors are-return nominees. JohnLithgow (3rd Rock from he Sun)

is the clear favorite;opposite JerrySeinfeld (Seinfeld), Paul Reiser

(Mad About You), Michael J. Fox(Spin City) and Kelsey (i rammer(Frasier). The biggest surprisewas that the en tire cast of Friendswas shutout, prompting a nationalday of mourning.

*The Globes, as Warren Beattyonce said, are for fun, so enjoy theshenanigans as the awards arehanded out on Sunday evening.

In the Company of MBy Carr ie T appeA &E Editor

Th e film series, "On the BigScreen," resumed for the winter atMercy hurstCollege. "In the Com-pany of Men" will be shown onWednesday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. inthe Performing Arts Center.

This highly acclaimed featuretells the story of two young white-collar executives, Chad andHoward, who get themselves in-volved in a psychological love tri-angle se t within the 90s corporateculture. The two men are en routeto a six-week business trip at abranch office of their corporationwhen they devise a plan to gain

self-gratification'despite their re-cent rejections for promotions andfrom women.

Chad suggests they find a youngwoman, not used to flattering at-tention from men, whom both candate during their stay. They de-t Card holders.cide to dazzle this woman, lift he r

hopes then run out of tobusiness is done.

Soon after they arrivetices a beautiful deaf

Christine, working in tpool. Both Chad and Hoto win the affections ofwoman, but both end drastically different c ouimmature prank beginsitself as being more serintended and createsstruggle between the tw

Someone will fall in lo

one will get hurt. Who wThis film has receive

views nationwide as a gedy and depiction of theworld. The* woman ismeans to the end, a pawcaptured and tossed asidewicked duel for corporasion.Admission i s free for M

students with ID and P

Winner Of The Fil mmak ers ' ftophy 1997 Sundan ce R

z *8

^

S&

»<v

OFFICIAL SELECTION 1997 Cannes Him Fes

no THUMBS UP, myGREAT PICTURE!"

•SISKEL & am

'STUNNING! THE SHOW STOPPERTHE MOMENT!"

•Janet Maslitt, THE HEW W W TIMES

'THIS IS A HOWE EVENT!

)NE OF THE BEST PICTURESOF THE YEAR!

A brilliant black comedy!''•PelerJnvers, ROOWS SWHE

SEE IT AT

YOUR PERU"tobenm,imMEWCE

_J*1»Ht lM»B*r

WMtM'HWS i'l

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


January 15,1998 THE MERCIAD P

Wind Ensemble Concert SundayBy C arri e Tappet? v ?

A&E Editor

The Winds will blow "on thehill'* when Mercyhurst Collegepresents a concert celebratingcomposers from England, Argen-tina, Norway and R ussia on Sun*day, Jan. 18 at 2:30 p.m. in theMary D'Angelo Performing ArtsCenter. The D'Angelo Wind En*semble, with Frank Coll uraas con-ductor, presents this free event as a

community service of the college.The first half of the program

will include Qrafulla's "Washing-ton Grays M arch," Hoist's "FirstSuite in Eb for Military Band,Keenan's "Night Soliloquy.Closing the half is Ginasteras

"Danza Final" from "Estancia.''These composers and compo-

sitions touch on the different

v»

t»

styles of Wind Ensemble music,"said Frank Collura, conductor of

the afternoon's concert. "The pro-gram is a cross-section of popular20th Icentury composers, fea-turing pieces that are both bril-liant in sound and challenging forthe players designed to show-offthe virtuosity of the ensemble!"

On the podium for the event isMercyhurst's A ssistant Professorof Music, Frank Collura, whohasconducted jwith such ^prominentorchestras as the Mexico City Phil-harmonic, the London Philhar-monic, along with various orches-tras throughout the United States.Collura has held academic posi-tions at Buffalo State U niversity

(New York), the University ofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,theHartt

School erf Music (University of

Hartford), and Niagara University(New York). 44 *

'The concert features membersof the college community and pro-fessionals from the tri-state areaproviding top-class entertainmentin a world-class fa cility," MichaelFuhrman, director of the jMaryD'Angelo Performing Arts Cen-ter, said, 'This performance rein-forces the colle ge's dedication tothe arts and to providing superiorquality student and professionalperformances to the community."

Each event produced by dieD 'A ngelo School of Music is con-sidered partof the overall 1997-98Cultural Series with such sched-uled events as Opera, Pops and

Sizzles! (Jan. 31), Lorraine Min,pianist (Feb. 15) and the D'AngeloSymphony Orchestra (Feb. 22).

^ ^ ^ ^

Goodbye SeinfeBy Heather C vitkovieMerciad Writer

On Dec 26,26 million peoplesat in there lazy boy recliners andwandered w hat they would be do-

ing at 9:30 p.m. on a Thursdaynight in May. Why? Because theywouldn 't be w atching Seinfeld. #j

Jerry Seinfeld, the creator, starand producer of what is arguablythe most beloved sitcom in primetime, has announced he will bringhis nine year old show to an end.

Seinfeld broke the news to hisstaff at th e show's production of-fice in Los ?Angeles in mid-De-cember. People speculate that diereason Seinfeld is throwing in thetowel is a com bination of fatigueand hurt feelings at the critic's

reports that his last sealittle flat, Seinfeld's p

that isn't so.He had been wonder

when it would be best tfore the show got stapeople stopped findingOver the years the showaged to work its way intfabric of ou r lives.

For the past nine yeaconversation across Ambeen littered with refereshow. And now the couwondering who will thfor laughs about So up car salesmen with handproblems. What will w

out Seinfeld?

E r i c M a t t h e w s : P o p M u s i c w i t h a C l a s s i c a l T wBy Brian Eichstadt I

Merciad WriterImagine a blender filled with

different musical influences rang-ing from the classical arrange-ments of Vivaldi and Bach to theharmonious pop of th e Beatles. Ifthe"on" button werepressed, whatwoul d be the resul t of this unusual

Choosing to w rite film scores ra-ther than tour, he continued to learnnew instruments and w rite mate-ria] forhis second solo release The

Lateness of the Hour. \On his latest release Matthews

garners the support of both friendsandcontemporariesinanensemblecalled the 451 Philharmonic. In-

mixture? If asked, I would defi- eluded in this group of musiciansnitely call the concoction EricMatthews and use his latest albumTh e Lateness of the Hour to sup-port my conclusion. |

Unlike many pop singers/songwriters, Matthews began hisassociation w ith music as a classi-cal trumpet player while only nineyears old. His musical passionswere quick! y litby the experienceandhe quickly m astered the trum-pet along with several otherinstruments.

After learning to play guitar,

piano, harpsichord and flugel-horn, to name a few, he began tocreate musical arrangements withhis first appearing in an indepen-dent film (1992) >

It was during this period thatMatthews teamed with RichardDavies to form an obscure bandnamed Cardinal, whose only re-lease experimented with the or-chestral popc oncep t Breaking outon his own, the ex-Cardinal re -leased his debut solo album It's

I Henry in Here in 1995 to criticalacclaim but little popular fanfare.

are sections containing strings(violin, cello, and contrabass),woodwinds (flute, clarinet, oboe,saxophone), a brass section (trum- j

pet, French horn, euphonium,tuba), anda marimba that success-fully complements the guitar, bassand drums. With an occasional pi-

ano part, harpsichord, and otheraccompaniments, Matthews andthe 451 Phil harmonic provide thelistener with a unique experience.

The majority of the songs onthe Lateness of he Hour cannot befully appreciated on the first listen.A casual listener would probably

qualify the album as a mediocreeffort with lots of similar-sound-ing material In actuality, the es-sence of the album revolvesaround subtle sounds rather thanbig riffs or a catchy jingle.

An example of the applicationof this technique is in the first song"Ideas that Died that Day." It usesa remarkably simple stri ng part atits conclusion to add a spark thatmakes it better than other averagepop songs. "Morning Parade"con-

tinues to employ Matthews' subtlecatchiness with a chorus that isaccentuated-.with a brash trumpetas his whispery vocals laughinglychant "Hey, Hey".

Other selections such as 'ToaeartheAir"and"GuildedCages"are void of guitar and only utilizeMatthews * harpsichord and the res t

of the 451 Philharmonic. With hisairy vocal style the tracks soundlike Roger' Waters and DavidGilmour providing their voices tothe works of classical composers.

My favorite selection "Every-thing so R eal" is a stripped-downguitar ballad with surreal vocals

and a thick bassline. Unlike the becomes monotonous

ber's

other tracks on die album,Matthews' songwritmg is in itsrawest form stripped of orchestra-tions. With its steady rhythm,unique vocal stylings, harmonies,and simple catchiness the trackexhibits die ex-Cardinal^ mem-

solid songwriting and

proves he does not simply hidebehind a facade created by hisorchestral arrangements.

While a strong album, The Late-ness in the Houris flawed only by

Matthews* vocal limitations.While his whispery voice goeswell with mostof the selections, it

bum progresses. On "Ning Teeth" the droning the lead vocal detracts seems out of place. Ltracks on the album, could have, been betsented with another(preferably female).

Eric Matthews' albumness of he Hour is a greof orchestral pop musicappeal to pop fans lookchange of pace or eventemporary listeners who

artist taking creative ris

ft Amistad" - A Real Eye OpenBy Angela Ha rrisStaff Writer

One of the major films that en-tered into the theaters this holiday

season was die astounding truestory,"Amistad,"writtenby DavidFranzoni and produced by StevenSpielberg.Debbie Allen.andCol inWilson. The account that"Amistad"provides is of the 1839revolt of 53 Africans aboard theSpanish slave ship La Amistad,

The Africans from the slave shipwere captured by an Americannaval ship and taken to the U.S.

Soon after arriving in America,the Africans were charged with

murder and piracy. The trial of theAfricans soon takes on more thanamurder charge, far it also evokesviews on slavery, prejudice, andhatred; it even threatens to divide

the nation, and stimulate a civilwar. The case becomes the targetfor abolitionist aid, as well as a"sinkorswim" tactic for PresidentMartin van Buren's re-election

campaign."Itwas a case that challenged the

very foundation of our legal sys-tem ... but, for the Africans, it wasa fight for the basic right of allhumanki nd—freedom "saidSpiel- jberg in reference to this land-mark case.

The movie will brinyour eyes - tears of angetration. But for me, brought tears of confusiowatching the movie, I wished that in all 14 yeaeducation that I had neabout this case. Is extremely ignorant abouor. maybe more preciselbeen "spoon fed" a lot ahistory that is untrue ocoated?"

Everyone should see thnot just for the historicbut also for the beautifultic portrayal by the internacclaimed cas t

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


PAGE 6 THE MERCIAD January_ _

SttW gSASft

mSSSr

wft&S

?S?SS

Americana: Yearning to Breathe FreeBy Emilio ColaiacovoSenior Writer

During vacation, I was very busyfilling out law school applications.As I sat down to f 11 out the endlessforms *I read several disturbingquestions. For example, one lawschool asked whether or not I hadbeen oppressed poli ticall y, social-ly or economically. Furthermore,the law school stated that any af-firmative' response would im-prove one's chance of enteringtheir school. If anything, this ques-tion represents everything that iswrong with the affirmative actionsystem. Instead of rewarding thosewho academically excel, schoolsand employers a re assisting those

who have lived their entire livessupported by a crutch of repres-sion and disadvantage.

As I was researching this article,I came upon a quote which I be-lieved most appropriate to this dis-cussion. President Ronald Reagan,a man who had to fight remendousobstacles to achieve success him-self, reminded Americans that weshould*be more concerned withour destination rather than our ori-gin Unfortunately, many of thosewho craft society have forgottenthese wise words and have takensteps to perfect society through

governmental manipulation, quo-tas and preferences, only leadingto further division.

To illustrate my p oint, I wish todraw on two examples from myfamilyheritage. In theearly 1900s,my maternal great-grandfather'sparents died when he wasonly ten.Mygreat-grandfather,whowas theoldest of four, had to work in ter-

rible conditions in order to raisemoney to support his youngerbrothers and sisters. While mostten-year-old children in this cou n-try ride bikes and complain theydonot have the latest toys, my great-

grandfatherworked laboriously sohe could succeed. When he wasmarried, he left his native Sicilyfor Buffalo, NY. Once in America,the land of opportunity and the"Great Melting Pot/* he was sub-jected to slander and discrimina-tion because he was Italian. Yet,despite his difficulties with Ameri-can life, he worked extremely hardwithouthelp from anyon e. Despiteall the adversity, he opened up asmall store during the depressionand did quite well. While having

eight mouths to feed, my great-

grandfather worked and had noth-ing given to him. Though he had to

learn to speak English so he couldearn a living, he was prosperousand he rai sed seven successful chil-dren who became pillars in theBuffalo comm unity.

Some 40 years later, my father,who had lost his mother when hewas only nine, immigrated toCanada. My dad, who' had nomoney and spoke no Engl i sh,wentto Canada and worked. Whileworking in steel mills is not thebest job to have, he did so becausehe would not take any support orprovision from anyone. ^He wastoo proud a man to take assistancefrom the* government or private

sources. My father, who had someprior schooling in electrical cir-cuitry, wanted to further his educa-tion He applied toa trade school inBuffalo. Howev er, the director ofthe school told him that because hewas not a minority they could notaccept him. If nothing else, thisdrove him to succeed despite ourcountry's inherent prejudicesagainst those who come from an?other land. Twenty five years later,my father is very successful. He isa great provider and a wonderfulrole model to me and my youngerbrother. His life is an exam ple of

what can be achieved with hardwork and determination even inthe face of adversity.

These illustrations*show,thatimmigrants had to learn how tospeak English and had to workanymenial position to earn money be-cause there were no programs tohelp them. Their struggle empow -ered their lives. However, somepeople.seem to go around withtheir hands out begging for retri-bution for past Injustices. While

my great-grandfather and fatherwere poor as young men, they hadpride and that pride made themsuccessful. Instead of taking any

job or working long hours, it ismore convenient today for some-one to take'money from the gov-ernment and extra points on stan-dardized tests because they mayhave been disadvantaged.

When my great-grandfathercame to this country, there were no

r and the federalenterprise z|government did not offer blockgrants to provide housing/ Instead,he worked, he achieved, and hemade something out of his life

despite his own disadvantages. Ifanyone wasdisadvantaged, it wasthese immigrants whocame to'this

country poor and illiterate. How-ever, these proud people neverconsidered themselves tobedisad-vantaged. Rather, they saw them-selves fortunate to at last be in theland of opportunity they had heardof for so very long.

While there were no programs tohelp people likemy great-grandfa-ther and father, they looked for noassistance. They looked inwardfor help and strength. Unfortu-nately, some people have neitherthe drive nor desire to better them -selves. Instead of wishing to proveourselves, we exhaust the systemin order to show we were once

oppressed and that we are entitledto something. Truly, this marks astark contrast in the generations ofAmericans.

In discussing th e affirmative ac -tion debate, Ward Connally, anAfrican-American man and harshcritic of the California affirmativeaction system, believes that mi-norities in this country have thetools and the talents to succeed ustlike the immigrant people whocame to this nation many*yearsago. However, Connally remindsall Americans that we should berewarded forwh o we are and what

we accomplish and not what color,sex or ethnicity we are. Americastill remains the land of opportu-nity. Only in America could mygreat-grandfather, who had tofightfor everything he earned,ful fi 11hisdream to provide his children witha better life. We li ve in a beautifulcountry and w e should feel privi-leged to call ourselves Americans.IHowever, many have forgottenthis fact and have led a battle to

make this land divided and sepa-rated. We can overcome this ob-stacle only w hen we are ready toreturn to the standards of pride anddetermination that empowered

many people like my great-grand-father and my father.

Caffeinated ParasBy Marcia Fa ire 11

Merciad Columnist

This Week:Millennium Encroaching

In our twentieth century world,those of us who have been thrustinto the mindsetof higher learninghave been conditioned to view allof life's occurrences as being duetochance. Anyone who believes intilings like destiny and fate is sore-ly uneducated or weak in someway. With all of the scientificproof that we have at our finger-

tips, it is cognitively impossibleto see things w ithin strict contextsof radical idealism.

I have been mulling over thisview of the universe for a fewweeks now, but it wasn't until I satthrough a lecture in criticism classthat I felt forced to deal with thisissue. To explain a form of criti-cism, my professor used the movie'Titanic" to say that it was appeal-ing to modern audiences becauseof our need to believe in dreamsand strength in the face of adver-sity. She related this need to thefact that we are approaching themillennium, the unknow n, the pos -sible apocalypse. As I chippedaway at the layers of educated pai n tthat covered the w alls of my m ind,

I suddenly felt curious as to whywe are having such a difficult timein locating the sustenance for ourromantic hunger.

How is it possible for us to be-lieve in isuch notions when ourmedia andculture force us to viewthe world in so-called blinding re -ality? Have we not told ourselvesthat it is better to know "absolutetruth" than to cling to a fantasy? Ifthis is true, then why d o we c ravetobe "in love in the movies"? Whydo we keep returning to imagina-tion? Is this not the purest form oftwentieth century romanticism?

Okay, let me make this a bit

simpler in case I have lost anyone.As children we believed that fair-

ies and elves frolicked gardens and spied onslept But, by the time

grown, these-fantastic,mdreams were only playwe were forced to disc

longer believe in Santa how can we when we awho fill die stockings mas Eve? Yet, we aredrawn to depictions of amatedcreatures, specialthe vast array of possilife. In other w ords, wethe boogie man underwhen it is dark and stormeven though our logicatells us that he doesn't wh y? If it's pure fantaswe clinging to these im

Our society seemsf

reached a crossroad whther enter into the unknoof the twenty-first cennothing bu t scientific truour lost sight, or we mbelief in something proudly into an unknownseems that after pushingof "truth" that we have point when 'truth " isn'tily good enough for us.something more, somespiring andwhimsical. TI think that I have been ha difficult time with th

because in a w orld whershunned romantic projeare suddenly wishing would return. Unfortunathaving problems achieviI amnot sure if a return

ticism is the answer. I doknow if Lbelieve thatexists. But, I think that mat least need to believe exists, that soul mates anand magic are real, for acannot speak for all of don't think that it is pocontinue to exist withotempt to "face the adveblatant realism with som

strength, even if it is faiunseen.

This year's Winter Formal will take placeFriday, February 113

committee meeting to plan the event will be heTuesday,Jan. 20 at 9 p.nu in the

Student Government ChambersAjlstudents are encouraged to attend

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


anuary 15,1998 THE MERCIADJSSsS

PA•v«&

ssss^

N>:SSSSS^SS^ lips• * 4 • • A

: ^ r f

W S•w_

:.•;•:•;:;•:•:• S;:?i$^ :^$ ;^? ^

P S§l§i§pat • _ a • • . - • . • _ ^ _

I * * « a 1 •: : : : : : : : : : ; : : : : - : ; :-

BEsSS?« * « • •* *&!» :

•-- • • -v«8g

* * • • +•

IDunluQ

^ W ^ v ? X ^ OS asssJ iiiiMi

:;S

An Investigation of Apathy at the iHurstBy Joe GallagherMerciad Columnist

r years now, apathy has been ahot topic on this campus. Manypeople complain about it, a fewsurpass it, and occasionally some-one tries to accomplish some un-derstanding or cure of it Our lim-ited reaction lately may prove ourawarenessof its presence, but apa-thy still persists and we allow it todo so. As it hasbeen alleged] yheldresponsible for the boredom oncampus and the mediocrity of thepopulation, we perceive has a hos-tile parasite. Butwhy does it afflictus all so that we can be aware of itspresence and then never do any-thing abou t it??*

Towards the end of the springterm in 1997,1 was approached bya notable professor on campusabout doing something with theMerciad to*help figure out theexistence of this strange fiend wecall apathy on this cam pus. I im-mediately thought it was a greatand much needed subject to ad-dress, and this now is my 1 firstattempt in directing that out of itscover. I hope to see various per-

sons of this school involved in this

doing so as people being inter-viewed, offering op inions, or writ-ing and con tributing. This should

not be a solo effort. I want to see itbecome a consortium, a co-opera-tive effort. As it affects us all, weshould all get off ou r seats of con-tent and be involved.

To kick off this investigation,Keiko Miller, assistant professorof foreign languages and cultureswas contacted. Over the last fewyears, Keiko has expressed manytimes how she notices a generallack of nterest in anything outsideof what's necessary for the stu-dents on this campus. She remainsexceedinglyactive herself andcancome across as a refreshing bombof energy for anyone feeling

stressed or useless. She heads upthe Eastern Waves club here onthis campus and employs it, alongwith her s tyle of teaching and in-teraction as a means of promotingengagement in the mendacity ofour regular patterns of thought andlife. Keiko can be found at variousacademic enrichment events,many tables of discussion, and invarious informal gatherings ofpeople contemplating the pro-blematic issues around us every

investigation,^ whether they are day.

In life, the world, and particu-larly on this campus, Keiko hasseen that apathy exists. It is a com-

placency. Generally^on collegesthere is the idea that information isavailable and provided and there-fore you don't need to get up andwork for it This allows people tosit in the comfort of their resi-dences and get by without gettingup much to go out into the public •and interact: 4

The ritu al that surrounds goingout and participating as a part of agroup is now lost in the techno-logical ease of modern society.Keiko sees a growing amount oftension in our world today. Ourworld moves at a faster pace thanwe have become accustomed to

because of the technological ad-vancements that we have bringingcomfort in our lives. Becoming acouch potato is some people's an-swer to cope with that.

In this democratic, capitalisticsociety we are free*to pursue what iwe want to and create the comfortsthat we want to go with th at T hestress that many of us commonly^encounter is attributed to our ma-jjlterialistic obsession. Keiko be-Jlieves it is the inventors' master-*

minds that work fast and see theSi

The M erciadVOLJ71 NO. 9 January 15, 1998Merciad Editors

Chris Wloch ]J im GormanScott VanceCarrie TappeBID Melv illeRandy Hilliard

Editor-in-ChiefNews Editor

Sports EditorA & E EditorFeatures Editor

Jim Hain Copy EditorJessica Russell Photographyrmrtrm?? AdvertisingEmilio Colaiacovo Senior WriterShawntae Howard jCartoons

Campus Life Editor Jerry Trambley Advisor

Merciad Staff

John Dedad I

Todd ZielinskiJamz Porzto <Heather Cvitcovic

Joe G allagherAngela HarrisBrian EichstadtJamie Smith

Marcia FarrellRich CostelloeNeil Norberg

The Merciad50 LEast 38th St.J 6546.? Phone: 824-2376.

signed, bu t your name can be withheld on request under certain

mnditlons: Letters are due on the Tuesday before publication.

benefit at the expense of the work-ing force of people supporting theadvancing material wealth. In ef-

fect, society produces stress fromthat) which is intended/used toeliminate i t To break this victim-ization enveloped in our lives, wemust reconnect with people.To re-initiate human relationship

planning is required, due to thepacification fwhich materialismoffers us. For example, just lookhow difficult it is to plan a smallget together of friends to go out fora night. Many times phone callswill tag back and forth for hoursand in the end no one will go any-where. Due to the difficulty inorganizing anything aroundcommon issues, group efforts areoften left abandoned. Think ofhow many clubs and organizationshere on this campus never make itpast a first meeting or two? Keikosaid "procrastination is a modemdisease as we've lost our ability toplan." S f

Many patterns of behaviors tohelp the masses cope with our cul-tural progression fn recent:yearscan be witnessed. The idea of tak-

ing in expensive events to instillmemories of an occasion are no- ^table in the affluent styles of the'50s, and then in the '60s move-ments striving for simplicity were

seen with groups of hipp ies. Bothof these Keiko views as initiallybeing opposition points of dealingwith the materialism of the soci-ety, but as backfiring when takento extremes.

Risk is not taken because we donot wish to sacrifice, but theresultswe can get froma group benefit do

not leave us in lonesomewhen it 's all over. If we apyramids of m aturity sittin

couch caring less about ththen our corners stay verthey don' t get rounded ofcussion and interaction wers. Trying to work in ointerests must be balanceteracting with the outer w

The planning and partinecessary to initiate any whether (hey be on campusociety as a whole, is diffinitiate in itself due to ouraddictions to technology.year the works of MartinKing i Jr. are formally aedged on a calendar day ithe mass media brings for

toric of speeches and filmskey to sol ving anything isthe root of the problem tostand where the issues arefrom. iMercyhurst alreaplanned a celebration on tnoon of January 18, with adiscussion on the precediWill it end at that? KeiKing's birthday is an ideatunity for die college comto move forward. Perhapsinterest could be shown tothe round table discussi onday evening, a small rituastudents, faculty and adm

V

tion, If sufficient effort isMiller hopes to see discusthe future brought up regvarious topics of controveinteresttothe populace of hpus.

Will we have enough enget up off die couch? £ •

Student ForumYour questions answered! |

Refreshments prouided

Wednesday, January 28:38 p.m.

Sulliuan HallDr. Garvey, Mr. Billingsley, Mr.Moore, Dean Kennedy, Dr. GowerDean Gregorlctv Ken Sldun and 'sEric Kraus will be. there to answ?'st hear complaints, comments.

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


PAGE 8 THE MERCIAD January^ ^ *W

;« ; P i wm. mmmml ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ W ^ w : ? :

SSs::'':«§£SSESss

ffi"?!^i&fttf:-

• X ^ B « « « « « W « W

By Randy HiUiardCampus Life Editor

.|I'm on a rampage light now,following a very stressful Christ-

mas break, which wasn't a break atall because of the pileof exams andpapers which were coming up

shortly after the term resumed. Itseems to me that we have beendone a great injustice by the tri-mester system. As we have allexperienced in the past, there areonly about two weeks of the termthat allow for a semi-normal sociallife. If you dare enjoy yourself anylonger than that you risk doingpoorly in your classes. $

My sympathies go out to self-

supporting stud ents, like me, wh ohave to work full timejobs on topof the strenuous 10-week term. As1 sit here in front of my computerrushing to give the campus som e-thing actually worth reading, I'veoften become overwhelmed bythe nagging reminder of the my-riad of assignments sitting on mydeskat home. A quick count of the

to livehours that are spent in one weekjust trying to keep a decent grade

pointaverage and maintain a mea-ger cash flow, barely allowing forsurvival, leaves m e with die real-ization that I haven't visited myparents in more than three weeks,and they live less than two milesfrom cam pus.

It seems to me that somethingcan be done about this burdenplaced on the shoulders ofMercyhurst students. I am not byany means saying that we shouldhave lighter course loads, but thetime required to cover al I of thematerial needed for an accurateunderstanding of a subject is un-doubtedly more than 10 weeks.

Regardless ofhow long each classis, the mind needs time to absorbnew information.

If you areas tired as I am of nothaving time to really enjoy yourcollege years without risking un-satisfactory grades, make yourvoice heard. I want letters to theeditor about this! We have onlyreceived about six of them thisyear anyhow. ButI' m not criticiz-ing you fornot w riting us. Mostofyou are probably too busy to readthis paper anyhow. Tell us whatbothers you about this farcical tri-mester system that keeps us too

busy to participate in campus ac-tivities and robs us of the completeunderstanding of subjects that weare paying a substantial amountto learn.

Stasis!: Dilemm

By Joe GallagherMerciad Columnist

There is anodd dilemma at work.It has been played out for manyyears, possibly it has been activeand present since the birth of uni-versities. The duty of a school andits administration and faculty is adiabolical two-fold one. On oneside, there is a societal pressure toproduce professionals for variouscareers, and on the other is theneed to provide a well-roundededucation to students in the van-ous academic areas. The problemcoming from this sensible opposi-tion is the polarity that students1

personal motives bring it

' This is an* issue of perpetualstruggle which very possibly couldovercome the alleged well-beingof the body of higher education.

What is the reason for anyone topursue a formal post-high schooleducation? To get a degree which

will eventually land a stable andhigh paying job and provide com-fort *in one'sdistant future. This isa common traditional response,which m ost students buy? into.

Another response, stronger-willedand more seldom heard, is to pur-

sue education first and foremostfor an enriching and strengtheningof character, perfection, andknowledge of our world.

The society we live in encour-ages the first response, with itsfocus on outcome and product-based capitalism and economics.People strive to get the best-pay-ing job, and take a short-cut stair-way to the top they perceive. Whatis often overlooked s the high (andgrowing) unemployment and un-der-qualifiedemployment rate forcollege graduates now adays.

A riskier venturing forth is thatof the individual who secludes hisor? her self from that society asmuchas possible and necessary inorder to learn forthe advantageouspower felt from it. It's true thatthis route is much less commonand understandably, it would beso, for there is no definitive endinview down the long path to a topthey can only faintly conceive.

This minority of ed faces the re-ality of being unmarketable with-out much luck, manipulation orfavor-giving in our society.,;But,

on the other hand, they hold thecharacter forpersonal success andtrue professionalism (given that

theop-portunity would arise), andthey tread upon stable rock alongan honorable trail to being gradu-ated from the institution of theireducation. However a further rea-

son for this being suchis the despair faced in

it Social pressures encsearch of a quick end wimage of ease, and thatfunding and mentality backing, and many tstudents are left out, kicdropped out in the coldway. This provides praship. It allows elitismforth, and it ensures ferealities of rejection fothe honest few strong show their interests.

' Schools of high statusfunds from high 3socieven schools of low sample funds in compa

student who would be ato wo rk from the ghettoall of these institutionstion admit to die need fand intellectual ^motivtheir students. In ordeachieve this though, prestudent for a potential the future would have to

possible end in distant deed, if in sight- at all)means towards that enhave to be the only mainthe pupils. It* s a tremenbut it's a necessity to reretain integrity for all

Yet, what academic schpursue?that? Who's powould that be good for?

K@W Y SHAUNTAE L HOWARD

V/

GETI

HI I 'M JACLYN.I'M YOUR NEW R.A.

T\

AN D LETTING YO U

GUYS KNOW 1 TAKE

m JO B SERIOUSLY.AS IM VERY.

U H . H 1 .

v

I N JUSTI N T R O D U C I N G

M Y S E L F .

L 'r mCHANGING OF 1>IE GUAROorTHE KlMG IS DEACt 10 NG UVE THE OUffN

WE'RE MOT GOING Ttf

HAVE ANY P ffoBlE MS

N,N0 Wffftf^

GOOD BOY.

s*

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


January 15,1998 THE MERCIAD P* T_

'^mmm^m^!M•

w ^ ^ ^ H H VPWiilMl WWH z<mmzmm» •_ » . • -: ; • : • ; • ; * : •

SSlffiS

I t *

• v

F r a n c e L o o m s L a r g e f o r W e l l i n g t oBy BUI Melville

Features Editorevidence of the way in*which I

belie vealiberal arts student should

behave. It's nice to have a studentAt the end of winter term, many

Mercy hurst students will look for-

ward to spring break. For seniorpsychology major Tom Welling-ton, however, the day after finalsmarks the end of his time at

Schiff said.

More recently, he has been one

of the!founding members of awho is not just interested in their branch of Students for a Free Ti-

[ bet, which will have its inauguralmeeting on Friday, January 16, at4p.m. in the Student GovernmentChambers."

career*

Forhis senior project, W ellingtonchose to observe the effects ofgay/lesbian family life. \Several yearsago, Wellington conducted a si mi - f Allison Byrnes, a junior an thro-

Mere > hurst, and the beginning of lar experiment in which he ob- pology major and • one ofsomething brand new. On Febru-ary 27, Wellington will travel tosouthern France to continue hisstudies.

Wellington has spent mostof his

life in Erie and attended McDowellHigh School. He began his college

career at Capitol University inColumbu s, Ohio, but after one se-

mester,transferred to Mercy hurst.

*The strengths of the* psycho l-ogy departmentand its professors,

along with the'environment'atMercyhurst, prompted me to trans-

fer,"Wellington said.

In the psychology department,

Wei 1 ing ton sai d he considered Ro b

Hoff, one of his mentors, because,as Wellington said, "Mr. Hoff ha san eclectic ability to consolidateknowledge and to give it back tostudents in a way they easilycomprehend."

About Wellington, Rob Hoffsaid, "My feeling about Tom is

that he reminds me of the students1 had during my first few years atMercyhurst back in the early 70s.He's someone who definitelymarches to a different drummer.He's also a free spirit who is al-ways digging deeper into thatwhich interests him, and hisdeeper and reflective thinking is

served the reactions of people to a

film containing homosexual over-

tones. ^Wellington said the topicinterested him because he has lost

several relatives to A IDS and no-ticed how much trouble {peoplearound him?were having dealing

with it .I "Once I saw how uncomfortablepeople are in dealing with homo-

sexuality, I felt theneed to explorewhy they were so uncomfortableabout it * Wellington said.While at Mercyhurst, Wellington

has taken part in Wilderness Club,the iMercyhurst Percussion j,En-semble, and ?in the PsychologyClub. He also attended the GroveCity Psychology Conference andthe Eastern Psychology Associa-tion Conference. In his free time,Wellington plays both the mando-lin and the conga drums.

During spring term 1997,Wellington traveled to Cleveland

with Dr. Kenneth Schiff, associateprofessor of English, and a groupof students from Schiff s counter-

culture class to see Ken Kesey andthe Merry Pranksters at the Rockand Roll Hall of Fame.

"I think that Tom embodies thespirit of 1960s - celebration, tran-scendence, and rock and roll,"

| on e j ^ ^

Wellington'S3 co-founders in theMercy hurstchapterof S tudents fora Free Tibet; said* '1 think Tom'san outstanding person, not onlybecause he's got his own life to-gether but because he genuinelythinks on a global level."

One of Wellington's most trea-sured moments, though,

was^asomber one, w hen, on , the nightBeat poet Allen Ginsberg died, heand a group.of close friends heldan impromptu reading of Gins-berg 's poetry in the middle of thenight, which Wellington called"A time for reflection."

When {Wellington leavesMercyhurst in 1ateyFebruary, hewill travel to Cannes, France, toattend International de Cannes,with his focus on studying lan-guage. D espite all the time he willspend in F rance, Wellington saidhe has no previous experience inspeaking French.

"I felt that the lack of knowledgeof French culture was one of thebiggest things missing from myeducation. Also, I've always hadhuge interest in French literatureand in French art, especially PaulCezanne," W ellington said. J

While attending school,

Tom Wellington*

through Europe as much as pos-sible, since he ts Unstire of howlong his stay in France will be.

"I haven't really decided yet, butit could be as early as June. Eitherway, I need to make the most of it,because, as my brother remindedme, it might b e a long time before)

I'm in France again, "Wellingtonsaid. ?The influences on Wellington's

life have been disparate, but themost important is his grandfather.

"My grandfather lived in SouthAfrica and witnessed the oppres-

I sion there firsthand. Using the ex -Wellington said he hopes to travel perience, he taught me a lot about

Photo; Bill Melv

universal understandinto be patient," Welling

*1 real 1y have no rmy time at Mercyhurstcame back to Erie andfrom here. Mercyhurstself-reliance,how tobe and how to understand

bility," Wellington said"He's an intriguing peoneof the bodhisattvas opus," Dave Roth, a senpology major and Wellington, said.

I s the re a s e nior

would l ike to see f e a

TheMerciad? Cal I u

it H u r s t S R o c k C a f e " H i t s t h e A i r w a vBy Jamie SmithContributing Writer

Every weeknight beginning at6 p.m., the air wave junkies ofMercyhurst flip the switch on"Hurst Rock Cafe," the popularnew radio show that 's "coffee talkwithout the coffee." You can catchthe show at the frequency 88.5W MCEon y our FM dial

Junior M ike Gratzmiller hoststhe program along with his fresh-man co-host, Debbie Osry, who

guys." .- A

"She brings a little estrogen intoa testosterone filled room," said

Scott Ludeviks.Gratzmiller and Osry start theshow with Weird News and in-form the listeners of MSG andSACevcnts fortheevening. How-ever, because the Cafe plans tomake some changes in the nearfuture, with weird news likely tobe the first to go. Monday andWednesdays you can get an earfulfrom Scott Ludeviks. Ludeviks

doesn't mind being "one of the deliver* a five minute editonal

concerning campu s issues, general

commen ts or anything that ticks

him off.The Cafe also broadcasts an opin-

ion poll on Tuesdays and Thurs-days. The show divides up the en-tertainment industry and bringsyou both Hollywood and localstuff. If you want to know whatmovie or television show to see,Sarah Lelle and Krissy Zevnikhave all the dirt. Tom Costelloehas his regular Monday night wres-tling segment for all you WCWfans and updates the listeners on

local bands and night life in Erie.To round out the program is theLaker Sports Spotlight with ScottKoskoski and Ted Jenner with

Ithe latest sports information iThe Cafe broadcasted the show

Friday night from the Ice Centerduring the HamotHockey Tourna-ment. The live remote was a first,but future remotes are in theCafe sfuture. The show often has give-aways and trivia questions for lis-teners. CD's, Otter tickets, giftcertificates and more are up forgrabs. Producer Rob Connick

plans to have a big contest during the sprRecently the show comdia and placed a came

production room. Nowcan be viewed on chan19B on Erie CablevisiRock Cafe plans to becinvolved in campus eveI ooking for response frodent body. However, sdents believe the showtalk about issues that re

est the student body.

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


PAGE 10

M e r c y h u r s t E m e r g e s o n t h e I n f o r m a t i o n S u p e r H i g h w aBy Carrie Tappe

A&E Editor

On Christmas Eve 1997 the fin-ishing touches were added to"Mercyhurst On-line" (www.mercyhurst.edu), the Hurst's newWeb site. After months of plan-ning, developing, writing andproofing, Mercyhurst is now onthe Web 5 t*jfr"

The MercyhurstCollege Web sitewas developed for MercyhurstCollege by the External AffairsOffice, which is responsible for itscontent The site was designed by

the Tempest Corporation headedby W illiam Greenleaf, a graduate

of Mercyhurst College and hiswife Debra Howard Greenleaf.

Although competent on the tech-nological aspects of the web site,the coordinator needed to knowthe college inside and out. Dr.Garveyput Mary Daly, vice presi-dent of external affairs, in chargeof the project

Daly began working on the400+page site two weeks before theFourth of July. Daly was origi-nally named the content coordina-tor forthe Mercyhurst si te but soonthereafter took over as the s i te de-veloper.

"I al ways wondered why the col-lege did not have a comprehensiveWeb site," she said. "Now I know.Not only does it take a commit-

ment of resource and talent, but it

takes a huge commitment ofsomeone's time." j; * .Daly w as assigned to the project

first to identify what the contentshould be and then to Conceptual-ize the entire project. Originallythe Web site was to be a* three-phase project and was to be up-loaded ?over three years. Some-time over the summer Daly ap-proached Garvey and said, "Wecan do the entire site. The mo-mentum is here , I think we shoulddo it all right now and get it up ."

Daly later became the writer,editor, and photographer. "One of

those o bs wouldhave been plenty

forone person. Allof them becamea bit overwhelming at times. Thiswas the biggest challenge of mycareer and the project that I ammost proud of because I have cre-ated something that I know carriesmy signature," Daly said.

The Mercyhurst web site has agraphic style that is adhered tothroughout If ,*you have studiedWeb sites and then look at theMercyhurst site, it quickly be-comes obvious that there is a con-sistent thread that runs throughout— an element of style— and thatthe site was charted from begin-

ning to end.Although Mercyhurst got seri-

ous about its presence on the Weba little later than a lot of other

colleges and universities, timing

just may have worked to thecollege's advantage. The site wascreated from the bottom up .

The site contains everythingimaginable from a history andtourof the college to current sportingand cultural events, an e-mail di -rectory, academic calenders anddepartments, information'on ad-missions for prospective studentsand alumni pages.

Everything is up loaded exceptthe News & Events. The site willbe 100% in another week. Dalysaid, "We have been tweaking thesite for the last two weeks. We aregoing through now and viewing

every page on a PC to be sure thephotos are not too dark. The W ebis not perfected and technologydoes some strange things. What isone of our best pictures might nottranslate well into Web publish-ing. What is good on paper is notautomatically good in the Webmedium and theonly way youfindthat out is by trial and error andwhat looks perfect bn a Macintoshis going to be too dark on a PC ."

On e of< the features of theMercyhurst site that is unusual isthe menu bar (the drop lists) at the

top of the pages'where one can

select an option or a link off thepage. You don't see it becausemost neonle don't have the soft-ware to do that The Tempest

Corp. did and i t makes thesite very

efficient and easy to navigate.'In putting the site together, doz-

ens of mem bersof the col legecom-munity across the board contrib-uted to the content on variouspages. Each area director was re-sponsible for turning in raw copythat matched the approved outlineand then the External Affairs Of-fice took the information and re-wrote it to make it "Web friendly"and consistent in style.

Each of the following are itles ofthe diamond pages on the site an dthe people responsible for the ini-tial content: Admissions and Fi-nancial jAid - Andy Roth, * MattWhelan, Jim Theeuwes; Alumniand Parents - Gary Bukowski andPatLiebel; Arts and Entertainment- Yvonne Maher and MichaelFuhrman; Student Services - Wil-liam K ennedy, BobHvezda, FrankRizzone, Ken Sidun, \RogerGregorich, Cass Shimek, JeanneMcCaJlion, Sr. Elisabeth, TyroneMoore,andJuliaWilliamsGeorge;

Academics - Dr. Joseph Gower,Sr. Patricia Whalen; AboutMercyhurst - Mary Daly.

The directors of each of the 40programs of study on the pagescontributed to their content Dr.

,r

Ellen Dahlkemper -

Graduate Programs; Strausbaugh, Sue TKathleen Noce - Librarputing; John LeiseringRybczynski - Athletics

Another feature on

Ludlow Brown - Honors Program;Dr.JamesAdovasio-TheArchaeo-losical Institute; Sr. Kathleen -Sisters of Mercy Institute; Mary

Campus Tour. Mike Fcredited with the idea oit similar to a contemphistoric day tour that hon theCornell UniversitThe historic tour even inbest kept secre t of Merits historic library page

Daly wrote the tour1/3 of the Web site, anGlaser and Barbara Woded the pictures from thDon McQuaid pitchewrote copy. Former'putions assistant, Angelanever stopped inputtincomputer and proofreadron Sisco did her best toerything else going.

About 100 people hadthe site. It was not crvacuum. Although the oris completed for themossite will be updated on basis. Sports scores, neven ts are constantly chaneed to be added. Calen

also need to be updated.

E a s t e r n W a v e s C l u b U s h e r s i n N e w Y e aBy Chris WlochEditor-in-Chief

On Wednesday,Jan. 14, the East-ern Waves Club sponsored a cel-ebration of the New Year with adinner at the Asian Palace, 4125Peach Street. More than 25 peopleturned out at 6 p.m. for a buffet

style dinner which included van -is Chinese and Japanese dishes

|gc tablesand tofu.

"Even though the Chinese NewYear does not begin until January28, we decided to celebrate theholiday early," said Keiko Miller,assistant professor of foreign lan-guages and cultures.

"Throughout the dinner we dis-cussed how Japanese culture ismodel ed after Chinese culture. We

are different in many ways, but

some of the traditions in Japanwere borrowed from China andadapted to native ways," she said.

After the dinner the participantshadan opportunity to practice w rit-ing Chinese characters in calligra-phy. During the new year, Chinesepeople make symbols for happi-ness andgood fortune on red paper

andplace them on the walls of theirhomes. Every year in theChinesecalendar is symbolized by one of

12 animals. This year's animal isthe tiger.

Eastern Waves Club is a studentorganization which aims to helpstudents appreciate Eastern cul-tures. There will be at least oneactivity planned for every monththis year. Next month there will be

a calligraphy demonstration, andMiller hopes to also do a Japanesetea ceremony in the spring.

Pui San Cheung, a junior com-puter systems major, is presidentof the club. According to Cheung,the New Year is the most impor-tant holiday forChinese people. Itis similar in importance to Christ-

mas for Am ericans, she said.The first few days after the new

year are a time to visit friends and

relatives and collect red en-velopes full of money.

"I really miss it," Cheung said."Since there are not that manyChinese people in Erie, there is noreal big celebration of the Ch ines eNew Year here. I al ways tell mybrother to collect the red enve-lopes for me."

"It's good for Americans toknow more about other countries,especiall y the East,"Cheung said."I think it's really important forstudents to learn about interna-

Keiko Miller (left) and students Photo: Chris W

tional affairs, especially since the the Laker Inn. The purpoworld is becoming more of a global students who are interestvillage." ternational affairs to get

Every Friday at 11:30 a.m., East- have fun and relax. "EveernWaves sponsors the hour-long! welcome to come down "International Munch Bunch** ill ticipate,"Cheung said.

http://mercyhurst.edu/

http://mercyhurst.edu/

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


January 15.1998 THE ME R CIAD P" ^

_ l 7 i l *

W W ? ? : ::*::x

» ffi:

::-;-;;"--. S;S

\%* • J « m * 1 *

&SSi i -

:SSS;

Men team Lose to Gannon 66-60By Todd ZielinskiSports Writer

The me n's basketball team lostTuesday ni ght to archrival Gannonin front of a sold out Hamm ermillCenter. This loss further reducedthe teams winning season to justover the .500mark, giving them anoverall reco rd of 8-7. ;

For the Lak ers, this has beenthe recent trend as they droppedconference games to Ferris Stateand Grand V al ley 1 as week. Brightspots against Grand Valley in-cluded senior guard Jason Ioppolowho scored his season-high, con-

tributing 20 points. The distinctdifference in the game came downto free throws where Grand Valleyscored 32 points out of a possible39. Several of the Lakers foundfoul trouble, among them sopho-more sensation Demond Stewart,who fouled out with five minutesstill left in th e gam e.

Th e Ferris State game saw theLakers fall behind early by 12-5and the Bulldogs never lookedback. Stewart led the way for theLakers scoring 24 , while juniorforward Jeff Woleben and fresh-on an center Brent Swain scored 12

and 18 points respectively.In the two games combined the

Laker opponents outshot the Hurstfrom the free throw line, makinggood on 51 out of 65 free throw

opportunities. The L akers on theother hand were given 40 fewerchances (25) only making 16 ofthese.This was something the Lak-ers needed to work on beforeTuesday's match-up againstGannon.

In the game against Gannon,th e Lakers started off on fire play-ing tough defense and demonstrat-ing the ability to score at will*'After hitting back-to- back threepointers, Woleben gave the Lakersa commanding lead. At one time

Mercyhurst led Gannon 30 -16, butsigns of a comeback were evidentas Gannon's super senior TroyNesmith took m atters into bis ow nhands, scoring a qu ick six pointsbefore the endof the half, reducingthe Gannon d eficit to five po ints.

In the second half, the Lakersfound that history would repeatitself as the Lakers committed 16fouls compared to Gannon's five.The Laker defense collapsed asNesmith drove to the hoop draw-ing eight fouls V

At one point the Knights led 53-

40, holding Mercyhurst to eight

points in 15 minutes. At theend ofthe game the Lakers had compiled

23 fouls as well as three playerswith five fouls, on their way to a66-60 loss.

Gannon went to the line30 timesand made 28 free throws,^high-lighted by Troy Nesmith's 15 for16 effort. Jeff Woleben led theLakers in scoring with 21 points,including 5 three pointers in eightattempts. Gannon's Nesmith ledall scorers with 34.

The Lakers host Ashland Uni-versity this weekend at the MAC at

8 p.m. in hopes of ending the cur-rent losing streak.

The Lakers seem to be lost with-out the scoring touch of Maurice

Profit. A fter surgery, for a condi-tion known as exertional compart-ment syndrome, Profit came backto play limited roles in four gamesup until the Christmas break. Dur-ing the break he was diagnosedwith the same problem, constantnumbness, ingling, nd sharp painin his lower legs. In his limitedaction, Profit averaged 12.6pointsand 5.8 rebounds, a game, includ-ing vaulting himself to eighth piaceon the all-time Mercyhurst pointslist with 1,032. With his sevenblocked shots this year he trailsMarty Cams (1982-86), at 120, by

four to capture the all-time recordat Mercyhurst

••

Demond Stewart snoots from the free throw line or he H

H a l f t i m e E n t e r t a i n e r s S t r u g g l e f o r S u p p oBy Scott VanceSports Editor

Here 1 am on a Wednesday nightrating a little column to fill upmy

[ages. I am sick of writing abo uthe lack of support our sportsLearns receive, which was quiteTyident if you even watched the

iocke> game on the television thisleekend. Therefore, I m not go-ing to bore you again with my

ipt to increase the amount ofSupport our teams ge t Instead Iam going to bore you with otherlews instead. v

J |f you have attended any sport-ing events while at Mercyhurst

will have noticed the

leaders trying to elevate the spiritsof both the teams and the fans(supporters for all you Americanreaders) alike.

These women and also the three

outeam

or so men who have joined theframe this >ear, work as hard asany athlete throughout the year,

perfecting the various routinesthey perform to most people's

pleasure. ^They give up their owntime (which otherwise I'm surethey would spend studying) prac-ticing during the week, in pre-paration for the upcoming events.

None of these women or menreceive scholarship money fromthe schoo l, not only to cheer theirteam on but to also try to improvethe school atmosphere which is

obviously lacking at this institu-tion. However, the thing that re-all y bothers meis that these peopleactually end up paying money outof their own pockets to be a part of

these teams.At the start of this year, the dance

team had to pay for their own per-sonal instructor to train and teachthem the necessary moves that

they'd need in order to representthemselves in the fine fashion thatthey do. The cheerleaders have topay similar amounts and this yearalone they have payed $50 dollarseach for practice camp, $35 forshoes and a further $30 for warm-ups already this year. Each mem-ber of the team had to pay $50 tothe instructor for a week's-long

• •training camp. Now, surely aschool which charges $ 16,000plusa year to go to, can afford to pay adance instructor to teach the danceteam routines that they will be u s-ing at the school* s sporting events.If we can afford to pay for 40football players food and boardfor a few days then surely we

can come up with the lousy $ 115

(instead of giving them a low bud-get) or so that each of these giiIshad to pay out of their own pock-ets.

People may say that they danceand cheer because they enjoy itbut T m sure they would enjoy it ahell of a lot mote if they receivedthe financial backing from theschool which they deserve. *

As I write this acheerleading team is oREC center working theto im prove themselves fefit of the school.

Therefore, the schoshow a little decency toman beings by at least their uniforms, shoeteachers and whatever

need, in order' to heltheir efforts to put somespirit into this school.

So the next time youpeople in action g ive thcheeror even a dance to support. Hey , you cothrow them some mocause the way it is loowon't be igetting moanyone else in this colle

i*

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998


January 15,1998 THE MERCIAD

L a k e r l e e r s ' F i g h t ' T h e i r W a y t o T o u r n a m e n t V i c t

By Scott VanceSports Editor

Th e Mercyhurst Hockey teamhas improved its overall record to13-4 over the Christmas period.Last weekend the team hosted theannual Hamot Hockey Classic in.the Mercyhurst ice arena. TheLakers were victorious beatingFind] ay in their opening game andCanisius in a closely 'fought'

championship final.

The Lakers destroyed Findlay inthe opening game 8-0, with AviKarunakar being credited with theshutout

Karunakar, due to his impressiveperformance the previous night,was given the starting goal tendersjob against Canisius in the cham-pionship game on Saturday.

The gam e started with the Lak-ers on constant attack, however, itwas Canisius who were awardedthe first goal of the game with acentering pass from behind thenetwhi ch was tucked home for a goal.

Scott Ludeviks was given agolden chance after a pinpo intpassby John E vangelista, but he failedto connect properly and the puckhit the goalie's pads.

Both goal tenders played inspir-

ing first periods, with Canisius*keeping them in front after a bom-bardment of shots throughout theperiod. Karunakar come up big forthe Hurst in the last minute of the

period as he made two great savesthat kept the Lakers just one goaldown going into the second pe-riod.

The second period started as fran-tically as th e first with both teamstrying to get the competitive edgeover their opponents, which waseviden t in the hard-hitting fromboth teams. It was Evangelistawho drew the Hurst level in thesecond period as he stole the puck

and skated down the right wing,where he moved inside and shotthe puck into the bottom left handcorner of the goal. The rest of theperiod went in Canisius's favor as

they scored two more goal s to givethem a commanding 3-1 lead. ?

However, the turning point of

the game came late in the secondperiod as Chris M organ charged tothe net and knocked down theCanisius goaltender, much to theresentment of his teamma tes. Asouffle erup ted which saw Morganejected from the game and twofellow western boys, TonyBorgfordandKevinRawlick.serv-ing two minutepenalties in theboxalongside Trevor Brandt and JodyRobinson.

This seemed to give the Lakers

the boostand incentive theyneededgoing into the third period wherethey were two goals down. "Thelittle scuffle ion the second period

and the talk the coach gave us inthe dressing room really woke usup. When we got our second goalthe Imomentum of the gamechanged in our favor," said ScottLudeviks.

It was Aaron Morrison who re-duced the deficit to one goal as hesomehow managed to lift the puckinto the top corner after receivingacentering pass from Evangelista.

Evangelista drew the Hurst levelmomentslater,withhis s econdgoalof the game as he pushed the puckpast the unexpected Canisiuspoaltender and into the ne t

Jeff Gould added the third goal

in as many minutes for the Lakers,with a fine backhander w hich de-flected off the defenseman's stickand into the top shelf.

Evangelista secured his hat trickin the third period w hen he pickedup his own rebound and firedhome. This gave the Lakers a 5-3lead.They were able to hold on forthe win despite another Canisiusgoal. \

The Laker power play unitoperating at 38% this year (whichmeans that they are scoring at leastone goal every three power plays).T h e guys are giving 100% on thepower play. We are picking up the

ioose pucks and converting theminto g oals," Brandt said'I t was a tournament we expected

to win, but you never know incollege hockey. If you take a nightoff you can become disappointed,

but we didn't do that and we came

away with the tournament," said

team captain Mike Massis. $Morrison echoes h is captain's re-marks saying "we did expect towin the tournament However, tocome back from a deficit of 3-1

shows a character on behalf of theteam. These are the types of gamesthat we need to win and we did

what we set out to do by bringing

home the trophy."Karunakar had a successfulweekend for the Lakers in goalswith a shutout on Friday night anda win on Saturday. "I've beenplaying well lately. The guys havebeen letting me see all the shotsand thev have been dome their

jobs, which makes m

easier," Karunakar saiThe Lakers play awaon Friday n what shouECAC battle. "We are

a tough rink and playintough fans. Hopefully,to the occasion and cocessful," Massis said.

Eric Ellis charges to the net as he goes in search of a goal or the Lakers. The Lakers won the

score of 5-4 in the championship game against Canisius* Photo; Jessica Russell

Tournament MVP John Evangelista in full stride as he chases the puck or the Lakers.Evangelista scored ive goals or the Lakers over the weekend. Photo: Jessica Russell

Note: J o h n E v a n g e l i s t a p v a s p a m e d t h e t o u r n a m e n i m V P d u r i n g l a s t w e e k e n d ' s f i a m o t C l a s s i

M i k e M a s s e , A v i K a r u n a k a r , K e v i r i R a w l i c k a n d ScottULudeviks m a d e t h e a l l - t o u r n a m e n t t e a m

The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998

Documents

Transcript of The Merciad, Jan. 15, 1998