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Dick Vitale promises Q.T Quality TimeBy Glenn OndickMerciad Sports Writer

On Wednesday, Nov. 13, ESPN's contro-versial sports commentator, Dick Vitale willbe the guest speaker for the fourth annualMercy hurst College Laker Club Tipoff Din-ner, j*Wednesday afternoon will present coachVitale with a busy schedule. At 1 p.m., he willspeak to about 1,000 students atthe McDowellHigh School. His talk is partof a "Say 'No* toDrugs, 'Yes' to Education" presentation. Aquestion and answer session will be featuredafter his talk.Then from 1:45 p.m. till 2 p.m., Vitale willbe personally autographing his book, V itale.He will sign his book at the Mellon Bank lobbyat 3471 West 38th St Books can be purchased

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Editor's Note:'This column is designed to let the Mercyhurstcommunity know what is happening in the international, nationaland local arenas. The news is gathered from a variety of sources.By Jule GardnerAsst News EditorINTERNATIONAL:Philippines-Jmelda Marcos will return to the Philippines afterfleeing in disgrace six years ago. She will face criminal chargesWhile trying to clear the name of her late husband, former presidentFerdinand Marcos. The possiblity o f Mrs. Marcos' contention forthe presidency has also been discussed, ?Middle E ast - Secretary of State James Baker announced at theclose of the Madrid peace talks that he will visit China this month.Baker will be the highest tanking official to visit Beijing since thestudent revolt in Tiananmen Square in 1989. His visit w ill opendebate from democrats who criticize the relationship between theBush administration and hard-line China.

Soviet Union Various items from the Soviet space program thatwere once top security are now being auctioned off to the likes ofthe United States. The goods are the result of the industrial com plexand research over many years in that nation. Russel Seitz of HarvardUniversity calls it "the yard sale at the end of history/*NATIONAL:New York Governor Mario Cuomo may be changing h is mindabout running on the 1992 presidential ticke t For thefirst ime sincethe buzz began in 1984 that he could be a strong contender, Coumolias been quoted as saying that he would give the matter somethought He is in the process of considering all the implications andis not sure when he will let the people know because he still does notKnow himself. yWashington- Despite the promise made in last year's budget toreduce the deficit, it has grown to its highest level ever, $268.7billion* The agreement made restrictions on new spending, but hasbecome almost m eaningless because the costof some programs w asnotoffset by savings in others or in tax hikes. Supporters say theagreement was beneficial because the deficit might have been evenhigher without i t *Kennebunkport-- The President's home and vacation resort inMaine was heavily damaged by a severe north Atlantic storm.Secret service reported that there was extensive property damage.President Bush remarked that the whole ordeal was "rather devas-tating." The President and Mrs. Bush made a special trip to Maineto survey and pick through their belongings and memoirs. /LOCAL: |Election Results: *Paul Foust, Tracy Seyfert, and Fiore Leone were elected to the Cit]Council. AH three were incumbants. \William Cunningham was re-elected to the District Attorney']office.^ IHarris Wofford, Democrat, was elected to the Senate. Hiselcctioiresulted in national attention. Political analysists say that his elecdon is a chief indicator that the American public is unhappy willdomestic policies and economic status under Republican administration. t *W V The Erie Chamber of Congress^ was granted $4600 for touristpromotion on a vote passed by Millcreek Township supervisors.Council president, Donald DiPlacido, said that the Chamber willappeal to other communities, as well, citing Millcreek asft prece-dent tRecord low temperatures for Erie were recorded on Monday, I*4 and Tuesday, Nov. 5. The former record, set40 years ago, wadegrees and 22 degrees, respectively. The record temperaturesweek stood at 21 degrees on both days.

SAC reveals upcoming activitiesBy Anne McNeilsMerciad Staff Reporter

While many people have beenanxiously awaiting the end of thefall term, the members of the Stu-dent Activities Committee(SAC)have been busy planning activitiesfor the rest;of the,school year,especially activities for the upcom-ing holiday season. This year, SAChopes to improve on previous yearswith a full variety of activities.According to Cass Shimek, Direc-tor of the Student Union, the groupis "...trying to create a real festiveholiday season..." for the campus.Some of the activities are the samesort that have occurred in the past,such as Christmas on Campus, butothers are new ones that will hope-fully become traditions.The holiday activities w ill be-gin as soon as students return fromThanksgiving break. The first ac-tivity, a Christmas tree trimmingparty, will take place in the Unionon Sunday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. Christ-mas on Campus will take place onSaturday, Dec. 7. fThis will becoordinated by SAC, the MercyhurstBusiness Association(MSG), themusic department, and Circle K.There will be between 75 and100 underprivileged children here

for the event; MOre activities areplanned for this year than therehave been in the past, includingbutton making, a small indoor soccergame, and Christmas shopping forthe children. On Saturday, Dec . 14,the band Redcliff will be returningto Mercyhurst ?Some of the other holiday ac-tivities are still in the planning stagesand do not have definite dales yetActivities include a shopping tripto Pittsburgh, Christmas caroling,a clothing drive, and cookie bakingand candy making on Briggs Ave-nue. People are asked to bring in afavorite recipe and turn it into theUnion office. There will also be ahypnotist Admission to the showwill be one can of food.

SAC has also been very busyplanning activities for the remain-der of the winter term, includingmidnight bowling, a volleyballtournament and _^^The winter formal is set for Friday,Jan. 31 at the Quality Plaza Hotel,and SAC is also planning to do the.Dating Game again for Valentine'sDay. J iThey have also decided to goice skating at Glenwood Ice Rinkbecause Shimek said, "Even thoughwe will have a beautiful ice rink oncampus, there won't be skate rent-als, and people who don't havetheir own skates m ay still want togo ice skating." There will also be

a M ystery on Campus with prizesfor the sleuths who solve the modemurder and a weekend long scav-enger hunt Shimek said that SACis ; also "hoping to bring MovieNights back on Campus," as op-posed to transporting students off-campus to see movies.Shimek said that! SAC istt whatlet us know they've enjoyed.' * Thecommittee is very open to feed-back from students concerning whatthey've done so far. Students canmake any comments to Shimek orto anyone on SAC. Students arealso f encouraged to attend SAC

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MSG. If no one suggests an or-ganization soon, die executive boardwill decide who w ill be funded.

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Kelly Jones-FreshmanLaura Slipski-FreshmanLecture Series: Dr. Libby will speakon "Sex, Relationships and the90's" on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 8p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall.Club funding: Funding of $450was approved for the HospitialityHonor Society's trip to New York.The Criminal Justice seniors askedfor $430 in club funding for a tripto Florida. This trip would providethe members an opportunity to meetwith possible future employers. Hiemoney will be use for gas andlodging. The vote to approve thefunding w ill take place at the nextMSG meeting.Directories: The directories areavailable for students to pick up atthe Union front desk.

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Student elaborates oil! Northern IrelandDear Editor,

I would like to elaborate on anews item in last week's Merciadthat read: "A Protestant group,similar to the IRA, is creating ex-treme violence in Ireland. Reprisalkillings have reached the highestlevel in a number of years." Thegroup referred to is probably theUlster Defense Association, whichis the largest Protestant (and moreimportantly, Loyalist) Paramilitarygroup in the North. They are ex-treme unionists who use terror tofigh t for a political end - to remain

suspected UDA man is shot dead,the UDA may turn around and killan IRA member or a Catholic cabdriver if only because his religionmight point to his political senti-ment. The opposite scenario * ispossible, too. These 'tit for tat'killings are an endless circle ofviolence which has been plaguingthe northeast of Ireland for sometimev ^ |The fact that there are other

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Paramilitary groups in NorthernIreland other than the IRA is un-known to many Americans andunreported by many Americannewspapers, yet a few of thesegroups have as long and brutal ahistory as the IRA. To see the troub-les simply as the erroristIRA againstthe Democratic British Governmentis ludicrous.Michael B. O'Connelllf

Legler sets! record straightDear Editor.

To see the troubles simply asthe terrorist IRA against theDemocratic Brit ish Govern-ment is ludicrous.

in the United Kingdom by attempt-ing to coerce Nationalists. Theiropponents, the Provisional IRA,also use v iolence for political ends- to reunite Ireland's two sections.When one group kills a sus-pected member of the other group,revenge is sou ghtrForinstance, ifa

I would like to thank John Brunofor the kind words in his columnlast week regarding the article Iwrote on the students of North Eastin the October 24 issue of theMerciad.I'm grateful for thefreepress,but I want to make something clear.The article was not intended tomake the administration of Mer-

pletely objective and tookno cheapshots toward either the students orfaculty. Both sides had reasonablearguments that were both presented.| By the way, John, everyone Italk to loves your column, and Iwould most certainly have to agree.It is one of the most entertainingportions of the Merciad.Sincerely,Joseph Legler

cyhurst look like "simple minded"people as Bruno stated. It wasdesigned to give two * opposingviewpoints; both with their ownamount of credibility.- * I feel that the article was com*

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Peace for the Poor >Peace for the Best,Peace for the little bird-that sits in the nest andalso peace for the oppressedwho live 1for poor or lessBy John Peluso

The Editor's Edge:Battle of sexes begins

By Karen McGuireEditor-in-Chief

If have never consideredmyself a feminist, a person wh ofights for women's rights andinterests. The; word f feministconjures up all kinds of badconnotations. Whenever anyoneeven suggested that I was in favorof wom en's lib, I would protestthe insinuation.(Oh nooo...not women's lib!)In fact, I never really had to think about it I was never put in theposition w here gender determined a person's accomplishments.^While growing up, I was lucky enough to have parents andfamily w ho didn't set limits on what a boy or girl could d o. Theopportunities were limitless. I swallowed the whole Americandream that I could do anything or be whatever I wanted to be if I justset my mind to i t Words like se x discrimination and] sexualharassment w eren't part of the deal.Since I've accepted thejob o f Editor-in-Chief atThe M erciad,I've experienced the; 'battle of the sexes.*'A-female has not held this position in 10 years. When I wasannounced as the new editor, I had people come up to me andsay "It's about time we had a feminine perspective to the _ _ ^ _Orthey would say, | 'It will be nice to seea sensitive approach to theleto

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>t iewspaper." W hat? I soil don t get it I was waiting forstart asking when pretty little pink flowers''were going be printedthroughout the paper.Maybe I overacted, but as a journalist, I fe d it should make nodifference w hether I'm a man or a woman. Sex should not be thedeterminant for this p osition.When I applied for the editorship, key administrators said,"Well, Karen, maybe it's time we had'a female editor?" f wasoffended that my credentials and experience weren't enough.'' Ideserved this position, and I think I 've proven thatOf course, when If was granted this royal position, it wasaccompanied by a scholarship thatwas significantly lower than thatof the previous male editor. At irst,I demanded equal pay for equalwork. Then, after presenting my case, I was promised the differencein pay. jThe money is supposed to be on its way, but the issue is: whydidn't I receive the same pay to begin with? | \Now, many men will probably say it is just another case of awoman bitching about sexual discrimination because she's notgetting her way. For those closed-minded individuals, I say ,' 'Openyour eyes!" T | .) JAccording to the text Personnel/Human Resource Management,"Despite the fact that women now make up nearly half of the laborforce, inequality persists between men and.women in the labormarket Jobs that women hold generally pay less and offer feweropportunities for training. As a group, women are paid around 67percent o f what men are paid." gm * WIt is really discouraging to think that when I graduate, I willmake approximately 67 percent of what a man makes doing thesame job. When I start out at a new job, I will be making less fromthe start than some bonehead who enters the same entry levelposition. It's appauling! *I'd lik e to address what one m ale student quoted in the sexualharassment story on page one. He said, "L ots of girls sleep theirway to the top. When something gets in their way, they file forsexu^han^ssmenU^Ainkit'srepulsivethatawoman would haveto be put in the position where she would have to sleep with her bossin older to be promoted. And even more disgusting are the men whobelieve that the only reason a woman is in an upper level p ositionis because she slept her way to the top. f fSexual harassment cases have been flooding the media as aresul( of t he A*1'** Hfl l and J u d 8 6 T h o m a s casc- G o n e a r e * einnocent days when p eople can claim ignorance as a defense forsexual discrimination or harassment - * fI Life was much simpler when I was young and naive and I wasn'tsegregated as a result of my sex. Life was simpler before I becamea feminist

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By John J. BrunoMerciad Staff Columnist

"There appearsto be a trendon campus, and if t continues, itwill cost the student body thou-sands of d ollars..." This is howDr.; Gary Brown, director ofresidence life, opens a letter toresident students. The letter pro-ceeds to cite more specificallyme recent damages that have been going on around campus, causinga situation where the students are going to be billed J for thesedamages. ; m *Imagine if a drunk driver in downtown Erie ran over a parkingmeter on State Stree t Then the driver fled the scene , never to becaugh t Hmm. Would the appropriate committee of the local gov-ernment in turn bill everyone living on State Street for the repairs?No , they would not! 1 f *Whatif a local Erie gang (or some out-of-town gang that hatesErie) went around placing nitro in various randomly picked sewergrates, causing millions o f dollars in damage to the sewer system,streets and side walks. I know for a fact that the people of Erie wouldnot be individually sent a repair bill.II * m sure thecity has a repair budget Doesn' t the college havea repair budget? Why should the entire body o f resident students

suffer for the actions of a few people, who may not even be residentstudents, or students at allfor hat matter? In the case of the city ofErie, the repair budget would be more than adequate to fix theparking meter. ~However, the sewer system repairs would probably exceedthe repairs budget In this case, money from another budget,probably some kind of improvements budget, must be tapped intoto cover the cost of sewer repairs. So, the city would have to putsomething on hold until more funds once again became available.Whatl'm getting at is that I highly doubt that the Mayor wouldgo on television and tell the people of Erie that if theguilty partiesdo not come forward then the whole city will be punished. Norwould she have one of her subordinates go from door to doorposting this warning in w riting.|f Obviously, the condescending attitude toward the studentsexpressed by the Director of Residence life w ould not go over wellin the real world. *Well, I,ve got new s for some of you. This is the real world.When I start paying for things I didn't break, there is a problem.Why can't the repairs be claimed on the insurance of theschool? If it is .because the deductible is too high, get a betterinsurance policy . If, in theend, the students do get billed, whycan'twe only get billed for the cost of the deductible instead of the entirerepair bill?Sure, Brown probably has his hands full trying to get to thebottom of all of this, but when I have a problem, I don't drageveryone else into my ow n private hell. When I can't take the heat,I get out of thekitchen.When I left my apartment to go to work a few weeks ago, therewas an intact light po le outside my building. When I got home fromwork, the same pole had been broken. If I was at work when it gotbroken, should I have to pay for this pole? And what about thehundreds o f other students whohave similar alibis? Should theypayas well? ttg^ -What if someonefromoff-campus decided to drive all overthe lawns, hit the pole, and speed away to the local tavern? Mymoney is hard earned. I already pay $12 ,000 to put up with theserules and regulations and so do a lot of other people. With thisconsidered, I accuse the college of failing to protect my welfare. Iwish someone on administration would swallow his pride, admit heis going about things the wrong way and stop using the students asan avenue to cover for his ow n inadequacies. ? *J'm not an expert on these matters. But then again, no one ispaying me other people's hard-earned money to be one. Billsecurity or the Director of Residence Life or the RA's for their

[..inadequacy in protecting the welfare of the students.The word for today i s ' 'Megalomania.''

There will be a lecture on whatcan be done to end violence inNorth Ireland on Friday, Nov. 8 at10 a.m. in theGovernment Cham-bers of the Student Union. Fr.Anthony Curran andRev. DouglasArmstrong will b e speaking aboutwhat Americans can do to helpalleviate the troubles in N orth Ire-land. They will also be at the Churchof the Covenant, 250 W 7 St onThursday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 9 will be movienight in the Student Union, spon-sored by SAC. Watch for posterswith movies and times.To obtain free informationspending Spring Break in DaytonaBeach, call 1-800-854-1234 of writeP.O. Box 910, Daytona Beach, FL ,32115, IDriving Miss D aisy continuesto play at the Erie Playhouse thisweekend Friday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m.and at 5 p.m. on Saturday No v. 9.These will be the final perform-ances of the show. For more infor-mation, call 454-2 852. ]

If yo u want to know what thedaily menu is in the cafeteria, callextension 2192 .Beginning W ednesday, Nov.13, the *Erie Playhouse will bepresenting Into the Woods, a playabout growing up. The show willcontinue for the rest of the monthof November on Wednesday,Thursday, Friday, and Saturdayevenings at 8 p.m. and Sundays at3 p.m. Please call 454-2852 formore information.The Mercyhurst StudentGovernment will meet on Sunday,Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.rin the Union

Government Chambers.There is a Circle K meeting onWednesday, Nov. 13 in the Gov-ernment Chamber of the StudentUnion at 8 p.m.If any one kno ws the locationof a Tuntury ergometer white exer-cise bike, please contact Bud De-ver at 824-2329 > or D r. Lutton at824-2 372. The bike hamissing since last summer. been

T h e W o r l d of Snafu by Steve Rush

If you're interested in becom -ing a Catholic, being confirmed orjust in learning more about theCatholic faith, contact Fr. Steve inCampus Ministry at extension 2429.This year, instead of havingfood for finals as in previous years,|*SAC will bring in comedian JazzKaner for "Break for Finals." Kanerwill be in the Student Union onSunday, Nov . 17 at 8 p.m.

The Roadhouse Theatre con-tinues to show Spook s throughoutthe month of November. Thereare shows every Thursday, Friday,Saturday, and Sunday. A ll perform-ances areat 8 p.m., exce pt Sundaypperformances, which take place at7 p.m. Call 459-8215 for furtherdetails.An exhibit of Beth Shadur'swork continues in the CummingsGallery of the Hammermill Libraryuntil Monday, Nov. 25. The Gal-lery is open whenever the libraryis, so stop in for a moment to seethe exibit the next time you're inthe library.The D'Angelo SymphonyOrchestra will be performing onSunday, Nov.*10 at 2:30 pan. Theconcert is free and will take placein Zurn Recital Hall. There will bea reception following the perform-ance in the lobby of D 'Angelo.Every Monday at 7 p.m., agroup forms in Campus Ministryto discuss the readings for the fol-lowing Sunday's Mass. The meet-ings are open to everyone, and allare encouraged to attend.

* Don't forget the SAC C offee-house in the Laker Inn on Thurs-days from 9 p.m. until 12 am.If you need to attend an Al-Anon meeting, they take place inCampus Ministry on Tuesdays atDon't forget that the residencehalls will be closing at 2 p.m. onWednesday, Nov . 20. g

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By John DanknichMerciad Staff Reporter

Well, it's about time! Aftersitting through two dismal mov-ies and one that wasokay at best,I finally found a movie that wasworth my $3.SO, or in this case,my parents' $3.50. Of course, ittook me over two months to finds !1 ^_one.Little M an Ta te is the story of Fred Tate (Adam Hann-Byrd),a seven-year-old genius. He plays piano at a competition level anddoes wonderful paintings in both oils and charcoal. However, aprice comes with Fred's1 incredible intelligence. He is so muchunlike other kids his age that he can't fit in. He is also so w orriedabout the conditions of the world that he had an ulcer. His only realfriend is his liberal mother Dede (Jodie Foster). De

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R e d n e c k F a n c y S h o w j t a k e s t h e a i r o n W M C EBy Joseph LeglerMerciad Staff Reporter

Picture, if you will, a journeybeyond sight and sound; you havejust entered the Redneck FancyShow, iWhat is the Redneck)FancyShow, you ask? It's the hilariousradio show on Mercyhurst's own.WMCE, hosted by Jay Pagni andDave McQuillen.' If you tune in on Monday nightsbetween 10 p.nvand 12 p.m. youwill hear these two playing greatmusic and performing their weekly

list of show segments. jOne of the ingredients of theirshow is "Name That Body Part,"where they give you a clue towardsa piece of the human anatomy, andyou have to guess it. M cQuillen'squestion this past week, "You canshake it and wiggle it and some-times it points. What is it?" You'llhave to use your imagination.McQuillen sa id,' 'We want tobe as crazy as we can We want toplay some really good m usic fromsome really good bands that youdon' t normally hearon Mercy hurstradio." He added that along withthe tunes they play, they want tobring up some campus issues in a

fun way that makes people laugh.Some of the music thatjtheyplay arefiombands like: The Smiths,RJE.M, New Order, The Cure, NineInch Nails, Billy Bragg, The Alarm,U2 and much more.In between songs, they oftenhave live interviews with a varietyof people. This past week, theytalked to Ben Frazier, a member ofa local band called LastMan Stand-ing, gp iEach show has an ' 'Introspec-tive Moment" where they quotesome deep philosophical Africanproverb, or just make somethingup. McQuillen's introspectivemoment this past Mond ay,' 'Oar-

Students act out mock trialBy Monica SertikMerciad Contributing W riter

hams' Criminal Procedures class.Each of the students has a par-ticu lar role to perform in the trial.This is the first year that the trialhas been open to the student bod y.This year's court case is the Com-monwealth of Mercyhurst vs. BlaiseRaville. Raville has been chargedwithfirstdegree sexual assualt bythe victim Milinda Howe. NThe trial will take place fromapproximately 6:30 to 9:30 pm. inZurn 214 and will last roughly fourdents taking Attorney Dennis Wil- and one half hours over a two-day

period. This trial is open to all whowish to attend and witness the crimi-na justice students in action.

Are you interested in seeing acourt trial other than "DivorceCourt" or "ftop les' Court?" Well,if you are you are in luck becauseon Monday, Nov. 11 and Wednes-day Nov. 13, there will be a mocktrial here at Mercyhurst This mocktrial is a requirement for those stu-

Elementary Education majors who plan to student teachduring the 1992-1993 academic year need to complete thePre-Teaching Internship during Spring Term, 1992.Applications are available in the Education Office, Main310. The application must be submitted by November 15,1991.

The students taking part in the trialwill resume the following roles:'"Dan Myford Expert Witness(Defense)|"'John Lastowski WitnessKathy Kreuzer - Defen se Attor-ney*Jim Uht Judge *BlaiseRaville -Defendant*Tim Russell Investigating Of-ficerThomas Morawski - Asst Prose-cutor Attorney * I*Lara Johnson Prosecutor*MelindaHowe --Victim*Jason Meilors'-- Best Friend ofthe Defendant*ScottMcGonigle - Arresting Of-ficer-Robert Bandish - Roommate ofthe DefendantJeff Kish -t- Reluctant WitnessBill Gilson -- I.D. OfficerCraig Prenatt - Lab TechnicianMitchFuhrer --StoreOwnerBrian Rutkowski -Doctor

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Ja y Pa gn i and David McQuillen modeling redneck atire.risa is the name of the bug I ate theother night*' N ow that's deep!Every, show is- dedicated tosomething or someone. The "wetcement on campus'' was the dedi-cation thispast week. They broughtin security-man Bob (aMercyhurstSecurity Guard) and asked him howthe guards were holding up over-looking Mercyhurst's brand newcement sidewalks. ; ,Other ; features include: Thequestion of the night, Double-shotsof Music, Controversy j on Cam-pus, and the Backward-maskingMinute (which is temporarily outof service).'? "We are trying to take Mer-cyhurst radio to a different level ,''said Pagni, "Nobody has ever reallypromoted their own show before.We're trying to bring it to people'sattention that we do h ave a radio

station here at Mercyhurst."Dan McQuillen, Dave's brother,came up with the nameof theshowduring a jam session that they wereall having. "We were doing thiscountry-bumpkin song on a guitarand we came up with a groupname...Redneck Fancy, and it meta-morphasized into this," Pagnireplied. *The ultimate goal of the show,according to Pagni, is to "providea good time with more fun than anelectric cattle-prod on a wet nakedbody." How couldn't you want totune in? 'z Their on-air names are DJ.Flannel Ho-down and DJ. W avey.If you want1 to enjoy yourselfimmensely, then tune into WMCE(88.5 on your FM dial, if you aren'taware of it) every Monday night

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By Chicaga ParsonsMerciad Staff ReporterI The Mercyhurst College Co-operative education program hasbeen in existence since 1987. B ydefinition, the co-op program con-sists of a combination of classroomtheory and on-the-job experience,planned and supervised to enhance

knowledge associated with thestudent and employer's professionalobjectives. The program is designedto encourage personal growth andthe ultimate achievemmentcareer 1 _ _ _ nated effort of the college's co-opeducation staff, participating aca-demic departments and employers,the learning opportunities in thebusiness industry and the public/governmental agencies have be-come an integrated j part of Mer-cyhurst students' education.[* There are many advantages tothe co-op educationprogram. Onea-Wantage is that the student gainsjob experience to increase marketability upon graduation. It enablesthe student to realistically test ca-reer choices and allows for defin-ing and solving problems throughthe application of classroom expe-rience. The student's ability to applyclassroom theory to actual iworkexperience is tested. *

Another benefit deals iwith theirtunity to work with special,state-of-the-art equipment and fa-cilities that are not present in theclassroom environment The stu-dent develops a new level of ma-

turity, self-confidence and com-munication skills, as well as gain-ing professional work habits. Theprogram reduces management train-ing periods while maintaining stu-dent status, and f the involvementtends to give a smooth transition toa permanent full-time employer.The employer also gains ad-vantagesfrom he experience. Heor she sees the program as a greatsource of professional man power.The employer gains an improve-ment of personnel selection and areduction of recruiting co sts. Theprogram fosters ah effective rela-tionship between the employer and

the student, enhancing the processof recruiting college students. Itimproves costs and benefits of theinitial on-the-job training. Staffquality increases along with timefor own professional selectionprocess. -If interested, the program makesavailable more than 400 co-opeducation placements. For moreinformation, attend a co-op/intern-ship information session. Thereare about six sessions per icrm,and the dates, times and places areposted. i* Get to it! Contact Tyrone Moorein the co-op education departmentStatistics j from the CollegePlacement Committee, show thatmany employers are willing to paya premium to the co-op graduatesand offerlsalaries of five percentmore than the graduate of a con-ventional four-year program. That'sa fact

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By Kevin McHughMerciad Senior Editor

This com ing Saturday* the* wom en's soccer team wi ll bringnational recognition to Mercy h urst when it ho sts the first round of the1991 NCAA Division II playoffs.The women's program has already surpassed itself. However, Iwould like, at this point, to give the administration some words ofwarning. T o some, it may seem that now is an inopportune time tofocus on the problems that face the Mercyhurst soccer program. Tome, it is best to address any problems a team may hav e when that teamis in the limelightIf the women's program is not given greater backing, it may be along time before its success w ill be repeated. It is now pay-back time.Hie women's soccer program has honored the college; it is now timefor the college to honor the soccer program. ftIf not out of simple justice, the colle ge must improve the programout Of necessity. If it doe s not, it is doubtful that the program will beable to Compete on the level it has been. The colle ge has to put up themoney if it has any chance of replacing its outgoing players.This wilrmark the end of four years of excellence from fiveseniors; Veronica S ansom, Noreen H erlihy, Andrea Colaurotolo (allof whom received All-Region honors), Jen Theis and Rachele AultThe team needs big bucks to replace them.I The women's soccer program has been the most consistentwinning team in the last four years. Mercyhurst has a winning team.iLshauld take advantage of this. 1 i *5 . Wouldn' t it have been great to have both the women s and men steams in the national playoffs? This could have been the Case if itweren't for inadequate financial backing. If the men's team is ex-pected to compete with suc h teams as vGannon and North EastMissouri, teams which are continuously upgrading their alreadystrong programs, it must be gi ven a b udget that is at least in the ballpark* * lMercyhurst should be expected to beat Gannon; but because of theextent of its financial inferiority, it is ludicrous for anyone to seriouslyexpect the team to wi n. Mercyhurst men' s soccer budget is half that ofGannon. When it comes to bidding for players, Mercyhurst is at adistinct loss. 1 IThe men 's program is committed to the support of home grownplayers. Only two of its foreign playe rs were recruited for soccer, therest are walk-ons. This is an admirable commitment, which, to haveany chance of success, must be given the necessary spending power.One Mercyhurst team that can compete on an equal financial le velwith such team s as Ganno n is the basketball team. The basketball teamcan not use poor financing as an excuse for failure - the soccer teamcan. It is an excuse that the soccer program abhors, an excuse i t wishesdid not exi st %-I think people shou ld be taken to task for not producing the goo ds.It is indefensible for any program to ha ve a legitimate reason not to betaken to task. This legitimate reason is lack of sufficient funding. IfMercyhurst could have had the resources to secure a few top classplayers, the program would be unstoppable. One reason why a topClass basketball player would choose not to attend Mercyhurst isbecause the program is weak. This, of course, will change this year.The reason the soccer team may fail to secure top players is simplyf i n a n c i a l . * l

tMercyhurst has a winning team, a team that at one point wa sranked seventh in the nation. It is impossible to create a winningprogram ove rnig ht It is no t impossible to create a financially viableprogram overnig ht i iWhat keeps players and coaches motivated is the chance ofsuccess. If they were in it for the money, motivation would be nonexistent If the possibility of success is denied, motivation plummets.If players an d coaches discover that the administration is notwilling to support them as much is possible, it is easy to adopt theattitude of "what's the use." What's worse is knowing that had themen' s team been gi ven the motoey to recruit the one or two players thatwould have made the difference, it too would be in national playoffs.So clo se y et so far is as sickening a cliche a s it is a matter of fac t

Men ? soccer ends with lossHie men's soccer team endedits season in a disappointing fash-ion last Saturday, Nov. 2 . After aspirited first half display, the Lak-

ers fell apart and ran out of steam,losing 4*1 to a competent Bethanyteam.Under freezing conditions,Mercyhurst took the game to Be-thany early on through some livelyrunning form forwards Liam Bar-ron and Andy Barger. The gameremained tight with one or two halfchances falling to both teams.Mercyhurst eventually took thelead midway through the first half.After good footwork and a | linecross by Joel Pentz, Barger noddedthe ball back, and Barron was thereto slam the ball home. The scoreremained 1-0 up to the half-timewhistle. *The second half continued muchthe same way, with sweeper JohnShanahan commanding at the backfor the Lakers. Bethany began tolook dangerous on the break, andeventually forced an equalizer 10minutes from time. The Laker de-fense was caught flat footed, andthe Bethany striker turned to fire alow volley past goalkeeper Tim Jeff.

Knightthe season.

The goal seemed to inspireBethany and they duly took advan-tage with three more goals in over-time. ILaker Coach, Trevor Warrenwas disappointed with the resultbut said, "W e were robbed by thereferee, whose pathetic decisionsconstantly left the players and fansalike, bewildered."Mercyhurst ended \ the seasonwith a record of 11-6-2. and at one

a Gannon defender earlier inPhoto by John Furlong.

point was ranked 8th in the Nation.Warren added, "I feel that we gotoff to a great start to the season bybeating highly-ranked* Oakland.Unfortunately, we were not cons is-!tent enough, and paid the price byfailing to reach NCAA play-offs.On a positive note, we do have allOf our players returning bar one,and I feel we will be a major forcesoccer next season t

Walsh provides crew leadershipBy Rich SheltonMerciad sports writer

While everyone else on cam-pus sleeps soundly in his bed, theMercyhurst crew team is once againpreparing for practice. "We startrowing around 5:30 a.m. and areback for breakfast" said ManusWalsh, one of the "elder states-man" of the team,>r from Kilkenny,_ ^ ^ ^ Rowing in the darkat such an early hour is often fun.However, a lot depends on what

you did the night before!''Hi e Lakers are currenUy work-ing hard on endurance and weighttraining, which is aimed at provid-

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ing a strong foundation fo r theirmain season in the Spring. *A lo t has Changed in the fouryears Walsh has spent at Mercyhurst."In m y freshman year, we hadprobably one of the strongest crewteams in the - region,*' he said.5 'Unfortunately, many o f the goodrowers graduated, and the guyscoming in were jus t not of the samecalibre or not dedicated enough."As a result, the team drated, which became rustrating orthe few die-hards left.4 'New coach Dave Baugh ap-peared on the scene and quicklychanged the program around," said

the enthusiastic Walsh.' 'Trainingintensified, and results improved.Hopefully, by the end of the year,we will onc e again be a competitiveteam."!

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Mercyhurst soccer hosts playoffsLady Lakers reach NCAA finalsBy Llam Barron IMerciad Sports Writer

The Lady Lakers closed out theirregular season with a comfortable4-1 win over Wheeling Jesuit Col-lege on Saturday to take their rec-ord to 14-3-1,On Monday, die Hurst receivedthe phone call it was waiting forwhen the NCAAlinformed HeadCoach Trevor Warren that Mer-cyhurst was invited to participate inthe NCAA Division II playoffs.Even better news was to follow: theLakers are going to host the firstround of the playoffs on the cam-pus soccer field.This is the second time theLadyLakers have reached the playoffs inthe past four years.jln 1988, theHurst made it to the Final Four butwere eliminated by the eventualchampions, Barry University fromFlorida. Since then, the programhas gone from strength to strengthand four players are about to make,their second appearance at the fi-nals. I I" The Lakers are one of just sixsquads awarded bids for the tourna-ment On Saturday, Nov. 9, theLakers entertain California State atDominguez Hills, who enter the

contest with a 15-4-1 record. TheLady Toros scored?50 goals andconceded just nine on their way tothe playoffs an d they will obvi-ously pose a real threat to the Hurstchampionship ambitions. The win-ners will travel to Florida or Cali-fornia for the Final Four champi-onship.The climate could play a majorrole in the outcome of the game.While the 'Hurst is used to playingin the arctic temperatures of Erie,the girls from California are moreaccustomed to temperatures in thehigh 80's. They're in for a shockwhen they arrive, that's for sure!Home support will also be veryimportant, so get your winter clothesout and come support your collegethis weekend.lfx The Lakers will be looking totheir five seniors for leadership andinspiration on Saturday. GoalieAndrea Colauratplo, defenders JenTheis and Rachele Ault, and for-ward Veronica Sansom all com-peted at the ;Final Four in 1988,while midfielder, Noreen Herlihyhas a wealth of experience of bigmatches. Hopefully, this experiencewill rub off on the younger players.According to Coach Warren,the mood in the camp at the mo-ment is good. "We're peaking at

the right time and this is the gamewe wanted. We have stopped teamsfrom playing theirgame all season,and if we do n't give the other teamtime todo great things with the ball,then we should come up with theresult we're looking for.*'If the Lakers can produce thesame intensity they had for theirgames against Adelphi and KeeneState in the Hamot Cup, then goodthings will definitely happen forthem. fCome along on Saturday androar on th e girls in their efforts tobring a national championship back P a m Muel ler sets the ball during the spikers 3-0to the 4Hurst Game time is 1 p.m. victory over Youngs town State. Photo by John Furlong

Spikers defeat Youngstown StateBy Keith CoursonMerciad sports writerIn only a few short seasons,Mercyhurst head volleyball coachToby Eichas has developed virtu-ally an unknown team into the fourthranked squad in the Atlantic re -gion, consisting of approximately41 teams.This season, the Lakers haveposted 28 victories with only 11losses. Th e latest victory cameMonday, when the \ Hurst 1 beat

Those 28 wins have set a?Mer-cyhurst volleyball record with twomatches at home still lingering onthe '91 schedule. . Ij Coach Eichas said he is verypleased with the success that thistwentieth anniversary season hasbrought forth. "We're never satis-fied, but we are happ y, " he said."There is a difference."The 1991 Laker volleyball teamdid show inconsistency at times. Itstruggled and wa s defeated bydivision three foe St John Fisher,but manhandled most division IYoungstown State in three games, opponents including Canisius.' *We

were inconsistent, but that's a signof ^outh." Indeed, die future ofLaker volleyball promises to [beexciting. Fan support has steadilyincreased, and Coach' Eichas isblessed with a strong nucleus oftalent However, two leading cap-tains will be ost o graduation, BeckySchmidt and Michele Moeller.r*The future looks optimistic, *'said Eichas. "We want to rewritevolleyball history at Mercyhurst"The Lakers will continue to play anaggressive schedule in the years tocome. "People are looking out for

us now ," he said.L a k e r l e e r s s t r u g g l e t h r o u g h j t h r e e g a m e w e e kB y Gar t h M c C u r d yW M C E H o c k e y B r o a d c a s t e r

G l a n c i n g b a c k a t t h e s h o r tb eg in n in g to th i s y ear ' s h o ck eycamp aig n , Lak er fan s mig h t s t a r task in g th emse lv es th e s a m e q u e s -t ions they inquired about last yearwh e n th ey s t a r t ed th e s easo n 4 -9 .Th e n u mb e rs can b e d ece iv in g .Th i s y ear ' s 2 -3 s t a r t , a l th o u g h n o twh at mo s t p eo p le ex p ec ted , i s n o tmu c h to wo rry ab o u t Th i s ed i t io no f th e Lak ers h as o n ly b een sk a t in gtogether as a unit for 18 days, butth i s p as t wee k ; h as c rea ted p r o b -lem s that need to be solved qui ckly .

Fr id ay , N o v . ^ 1 , M e r c y h u r s ttravelled to Bu ffa lo , N.Y. to p a r -

t icipate in th e C a n i s i u s T o u r n a -m e n t a g a i n s t G e n e s e o . Sp ec ia l tyteams p lay ed an im p o r tan t ro le in a6 -1 v ic to ry as the L a k e r s s c o r e do n ly two ev en s t ren g th g o a l s . R o bM a d i a , T o m D e C o t e a u a n d S c o t tBu rfo o t j a i l s co red * wh i le sh o r t -h an d ed , an d Mick Keen t a l l i ed ap o w e r p l a y g o a l . Mi rk o Pe l l i zza r is to p p ed 2 7 sh o t s en r o u t e to an-o th er s t ro n g p er fo rman ce , co n s id -ering the Lakers were short-handed13 t imes. -1Th e d o wn fa l l o f F r id ay ' s g amewas a f iv e min u te majo r p en a l ty toTo m DeCo teau , wh ich sa t h im inth e s tan d s for the res t of the g a m eand al l of S a t u r d a y ' s c o n t e s t

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cy h u rs t b eg an to h av e so m e t ro u b lewith the Osw ego Lakers . T he ^ ^o f th e b o a tmen fo u n d : th e Greenan d B lu e g iv in g u p fo u r p o w erp laygoals . A fter enter ing the firs t in te r -mis s io n t i ed ! a t t wo , th e L a k e r s 'inabil i ty to mak e th e s eco n d p as sco m in g o u t o f th e i r o wn en d c au seda n u m b er o f tu r n o v ers in th e n eu tu -ra l zo n e in wh ich Osw eg o wa s ab leto t a k e a 5- 3 l ead in to th e finalf rame.Th e sp ec ia l t eams p ro v ed im-p o r t a n t o n c e a ga i n a s ! W i n c h ' spowerplay goal and Burfoot 's short-hand ed effort t ied the gam e at 5 , bu to n ce ag a in , Mercy h u rs t ' s in ab i l i tyto c lea r th e p u ck o u t i t s zo n e fo u n dit s c ramb l in g a nd a l l o w i n g O s w e g o

Crew ends season!on high noteBy Craig RybczynskiMerciad Staff Reporter

On Saturday, Nov. 2, the Mer-cyhurst rowing team concluded asplendid fall season at the Head ofthe Occoquan. The future of theteam looks as bright as ever. Thestrong showing among top notchclubs should provide a strong foun-dation to build on.* *In Washington, the Lakers fin-ished towards the front of the packamongs t a stellar field of east coastcompetition. Someiof the moreprestigious clubs were the Univer-sity of Virginia* George Mason

University, the Annapolis Boat Cluband the US National Team. Thethree mile course required a strenu-ous effort rom all the participatingcrews. kThe men's championship eightgave it their all en route to a sev-enth place finish. The SpeakmonChampions pulled to capacity in anextremely tougher field of compe-tition. The (pen's light weight fourexcelled in a field of 26 competi-tors. They finished j ust out of themedal round with a fourth placefinish. The regatta was a memo-rable one, as coxswain MelissaMangini ^as bid a fond farewellfor her many years of dedicatedservice. i

ft Winding down the rest of thecompetition, the wome n's champi-onship eight rowed their way to asixth place finish. Jakub Svobodatook fifth place in the single, just18 second&behind a member of theUS National Team. Lastly* thenovice men's four rowed strongbut were no t rewarded for theirhard work. V\I A s th e fal l season concludes,d ie fu tu re lo o k s b r ig h te r o v er th eh o r izo n . Th e sp r in g seaso n sh o u ldsee th e Lak ers am o n g th e to p co l l e -g ia te ro win g c lu b s in; the reg io n .Wi th h ard wo rk an d d ed ica t io n ,the sky's the limit

to score the winning goal with amere 19 seconds to play, fThe below average penalty kill-ing (only SO percent that game)along with Pellizzari's first game,where he looked a little uncomfort-able, sent the Lakers home with therunner-up hardware.Last season, after erasing thememories of the first 13 games bygoing undefeated in their next ten,die Lakers travelled east on 1-90 toFredonia, boasting their first na -tional ranking. The Blue Devils,uninterested fin their opponen ts'achievements, played stingy defenseand brought the, streak to a halt bybeating the Lakers 54. Nine monthslater, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, Fre-donia replayed their game plan andbeat Mercyhurst again, 4-3 .The same problems that plaguedthe Lakers in Saturday's game,reappeared Wednesday night as theyseemed to have difficulty makingthe second pass out of their ownzone. The tight checking of theBlue Devils in the neuturaljzoneshut down the Laker transition gameand slowed the pace down to a levelthat they could keep the explosiveLaker offense under control. 4The Laker grave was dug earlyas Fredonia scored three goals ontheir first three shots of the game.Scott Barber, making his i secondstart of the season, was replaced byPellizzari at the 10:37 mark of thefirst period and allowed only onemore goal die rest of the game.Another problem that led to theLakers* only getting three goalswas the fact that last year's highest

scoring torward line (Burfoot,DeCoteau an d Keen) spent 20minutes in the penalty box. With13:20 left in the third period, De-Coteau was penalized for slashing,hooking and a misconduct Th equestionable calls kept him in thebox for the remainder of the game.Down 3-0 in the second period,the Lakers scored 43 seconds apartas Rob Madia scored his first oftwo on the evening, and Burfootconnected to pull Mercyhurst within|one. Two minutes later, the BlueDevils scored? a-powerp lay goal^which proved to be enough to dropIthe Lakers* record to 2-3.

Although they have had diffi-culty completing then: passes andspending too much 4time in thepenalty box (163 minutes in onlyfive games), it's too early to worryabout this team* The off seasonacquisitionshave produced in theirrespectivepositions and the historyof this team seems to pave the wayfor. a slow start, but the construc-tion gear needs to oil out the rustlbefore traveling the road to a cham-pionship.CHALK TALK: |Game #3: Mercyhurst 6 vs Gen1*Game #4: Oswego 6 vs Mercyhurst5 IGame05 : Mercyhurst 3 a t Fre-donia 4 fc* Canisius TournamentECAC Record:|l-2-0Overall Record: 2-3-0 IThis week's games: Friday, Nov. 8and Saturday, Nov;9 at PittsburghTournament Plattsbureh. N.Y.

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