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PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD APRIL 14,1994

P a y d o c k e l e c t e dP lans Ifor nex t year

GEORGE PAYDOCKBy Anne L. McNelisAssL News/Copy Editor

Junior elementary/special edu-cation major George Paydockwasre-elected president ofMercyhu rstStudent Government last week.Paydock will be serving his sec-ond term as president of he body.Paydock defeated fellow jun-iors Paul Roth and JeffHutchinsonwith 44.4 percent of he vote. Rothreceived 31.2 percent of the voteand;Hutch inson received 24.4percent A total of 610 studentsvoted for one of the candidates.Junior psychology majorKristen Hurd was re-elected vicepresident over junior RichardStraub with a 55.8 percent mar-gin. Six hundred three studentsvoted for vice president

Sophomore Jessica Cuffia wasalso re-elected to her position asMSG secretary. Cuffia defeatedjunior Erin McGuinness with58.6percent of the 595 votes.Junior business finance majorDarrin Tovtin is the only newmember of the MSG executivegboard.JTovtin defeated junior-Heather Dailey by a margin of53.4 percen t Five hundred ninety-one students voted for treasurer.Paydock said he is "excitedabout next year." He said one ofthe advantages to next year'sboard is their history together."We know what to expect fromone another... We're more com-fortable ... I see things workingout between us already," saidPaydock.One thing Paydock hopes toimprove over this year is commu-nication about what activities stu-dents want to have happen oncampus. He said, "More peopleneed to be held accountable9' forfinding out what students wantPaydock also hopes to see morestudent involvementnext year butpointed lout, "students have towant to be involved." Paydockhopes to work with RAs to in-d

crease student involvement injjactivities. Th er e' s no reason why |(RAs) can't stir up excitement"about activities, Paydock said.

"I need to confront more of theexecutive board staff when som e-thing i sn't going right," Paydocksaid in reference to how he plansto improve MSG next year.He pointed out that his experi-ence will also! help him to im-prove because "wesknow whatworked and what didn't... Wecan stay away from what d idn 't"Paydock cited Alcohol Aware-ness Week, installation of addi-tional phone lines and handi-capped accessible doors as someof MSG's major successes thisyear. "We can name a long list ofsuccessful activities,but...I thinkpeoplefforget that student gov-ernment is not just an activitiesgroup."Paydock also hopes more stu-dents will use the MSG sugges-tion box in the student union n extyear. He said the suggestions thatwere placed in it this year wereusually minor and were puUntoeffect quickly. He hopes to con-tinue that practice in the future.Paydock said he also plans towork out a plan for campus-widerecycling that will be imple-mented at the beginning of nextyear. He said he has been ap-proached by a studentwho workedat a recycling company and iswilling to work with MSG to de-sign a plan.

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Summer EmploymentJMercyhurst College \Pick up applications in Main 101Deadline! for applications is April 27

Applications are now being distributed to studentswho want to apply for summer jobs at MercyhurstCollege this year.Most of the available jobs are in maintenance, hous-ing, diningfhall and various administrative office andpay $4.25/hr-$4.50/hr. A pink applicationfform may bepicked up in Main 101 from Marion Nies.Placements will be notified by mailfin earlyfMay.Maintenance assignments will start in late Mayjandadministrative office jobs^will beginfwhen summer]I school opens around June 20.

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Humanitiesfrom page onedemic Celebration, but primarilyto provide a forum where stu-dents canfindoutthat hum anitiescan be fun.She hopes that this festival, inaddition to other events and speak-ers brought to Mercyhurst, willaccomplish the great things thatAcademic Celebration did,"Everyone in the department isinvolved and seems really excitedabout this," Hosey said. "It givesus a chance to show another sidethat students don'toften get to seein the classroom." \When looking at the scheduleof events for the festival, a reoc-curring "religious hell" themeseems to be mirrored throughoutthe festivities.This was unintentional in bring-ing the festival together,but showshow importantthe concept ofgoodand evil is to the humanities de-

partment f"Hell is a great metaphor forjust thinking about the humancondition, and that's a very 'hu-maniti es' thing to do," Hosey said.The majority of events will takeplace in or around the StudentUnion to make itfeasily acces-sible for all students. There hasbeen limited outside publicity inorder to keep it as open and avail-able for Mercyhurst students asposs ible.Hosey said the community iswelcome to attend, but that stu-dents are the primary audience.As far as becoming an annualevent, Hosey said it depends onhow well it is received by thestudents this year. She added thatDr. Garvey has been very sup-portive of all asp ects of the festi-val.

$250 lifted from McAuleyBy Joseph LeglerSenior Writer

Two hundred and fifty dollarsin government checks and abookbag were stolen from two thirdfloor McAuley rooms on Mon-day nightDirector of Security, BudDever,said]an unidentified individual,who may ormay not be a guest ofsomeone in the dorm, found thedoors to these rooms left openand removed the articles.Th e checks havebeen canceled,butDever does notknow whetherit was done in time or no t"If this individual illegallycashes government checks, he isin big trouble because that auto-matically becomes a federal of-fense," Dever said.After security was told of thethefts, a search was conductedand the books contained in thebookbag were found in the down-stairs laundry room. *'The individual who took thestuff apparently went down theback steps | of McAuley anddumped the books, but thebookbag is still missing," Deversaid. He described the bag as a

brown Jansport with yellow trim.Dever said these crimes and thesuspect closely resemble theftsthat occurred in McAuley justbefore Christmas break when aWalkman and someI cash werestolen."Three or four rooms on thethird floor of McAuley iover aperiod of four months have beenentered andhad items removed ina very similar fashion," he said.Individuals who have seen theindividual described him to Deveras a very large black m ale about6'2" to 6'4" weighing between200 - 240 pounds. He was wear-ing a maroon hooded sweatshirtwith dark pants anda Miami Hur-ricanes hat He has hoop earringsin each ear.The first time he was seen, inthe fall, he had on a teal-coloredCharlotte Hornets jacket

The security cameras did notpick up anyone resembling thatdescription, according to Dever."Anybody who may have seenthis individual or know ofanyonesimilar to this description whovisits someone on cam pus, shouldcontact security imm ediately," hesaid.

By Anne L . McNelisAsst. News/ Copy Editor

At Monday's meeting, MSGPresident George Paydock an-nounced that letters of intent forSAC Cha irperson are due on Sun-day, April 17. Paydock said inter-views for the position w ill beginon Monday. T he position is opento anyone. |SAC secretary Beth Hurriankooutlined two ideas for the struc-ture of SAC next year. The struc-turefor next year would involve achairperson, a secretary, a trea-surer and a number of other posi-tions specific to certain activities

such as Coffeehouse and week-end activities. ?MSG Adviser Cass Shimek saidshe is beginning work on nextyear's student handbook and any-one with recommendations forchanges should write them downand drop*them off at Shimek'soffice in the Union.Reps voted to donate a trophycup to the upcoming crew regatta.The trophy's cost is limited to$100. | J I , | I | fVice President KristenlHurdsaid April 25-29 is Sexual As-sault Awareness Week.Jennifei^Lowe was appointedSpring Formal chairperson.


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By Jule GardnerEditor in Chiefj Two issues ago, we publisheda letter lambasting Mercyhurstfaculty for spoon-feeding "lib-eral jargon that we're supposedto take verbatim."The authors of that acid letter,Patrick Shanahan and JohnCegielslS, said they paid to havetheir minds expanded and in-)stead received "unsolicited view points."It's nice professors have views, but it is their "responsibility toexplore all sides of an issue," they w rote.I welcome their opinion, butI strongly disagree with their view ofa Mercyhurst education* $ Jr The issue I'd like to take up is religion.Remember the flood of college mail you received your senior yearof high school? When I began paying attention to it, I remember Iwould only look at Catholic or Jesuit schools.*I was going to go to a nice Catholic school, dammit.It only makes sense, then, that I came to M ercyhurst Let me tellyou why it makes sense that I am still here.I think I wanted tobe crammed with, or spoon-fed or indoctrinatedwith religion when I was a tunnel-visioned freshman, jThanks to Mercyhurst, my vision now is more like a landscape.I meditated in Japanese Culture. I learned about the Torah and

Talmud in Religious Person. I understood agnosticism after Intro toPhilosophy.' ' " ** ' * * * And it isn't just the classes, it's the core itself.At St Bonaventure University, students are required to take threeclasses in theology. In four years, that is three out of eight semestersof forced theology. My friend from Bona's said that not all theclasses, but most, "have a Catholic point of view."We are required to take one course about religion. The rest is upto you, as it should be. $According to Shanahan and Cegielski, Mercyhurst "preaches"liberation theology. T his is untrue. In my experience, I have beenexposed to many traditions at this college, including liberationtheology. Notice I said exposed to, not preached at The differenceis tremendous.And the tradition of Catholicism is certainly he re, but I feel anopenness to explore everything out there. JI'm not saying that it isn't wonderful to be Catholic. If you choose

that tradition, I've nothing against that * ~ \For me, I'm having a lot of problems with it, but I know it's atouchy subjec t I realized itwas a touchy subject when I tried to talkabout it at home.With family and with riendsfrom other schools, it was like I wascommitting blasphemy instead of trying to have an intellectualconversation about religious traditions.Is that what they teach you at that Catholic college?" I was askedin disgustNo, that is what they teach me at that Catholic, thankfully liberalarts institution which has exposed m e to "all sides of an issue."I took forgranted how free and easy discussion is at Mercyhurstand I never will again.fPatrick Shanahan and John Cegielski said we are paying teachers'salaries to expand our minds.I'11 just say Thank you. Money well spen t

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Aspiring Writers, Photographers -1A sten Up UThe Merciad is looking for reporters, columnistsand phtographers for next year's staff.CASH MONEY AVAILABLE!!!(Okay, scholarships and work study)If interested, dial 2376fLeave your name and number. We1!! callback.

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Leigh Ann Mrakovich, Junior, Ar t Therap y:'It's a more fair system, butmore of an inconvenience. The lotterysystem gives everybody a fair chance at the apartments andtownhouses."Leo Orelli, Sophomore, CMIS:"It needs to be more organized. It was too chaotic having everyonesign up at the same time. It's unfair about the bias towards mengetting townhouses."Holly Heid, Sophomore, Marketing:"I like it, because the students have more say about where they wantto live. The points make more of a difference this way ."Meghan Herrgesell, Sophomore, Sportsmedicine:"I was not directly involved in the process but people I've talked toseem happy with the process. Not everyone I 'm sure was pleased bythe process but the majority seems ha ppy."Jeff Spitier, Sophomore, Elementary Education:"I think it was a better system than last year because this year wecould pick our own apartments ourselves rather than housing doingit for us."Chad Marrison, Junior, Marketing/Advertising:"I think it's wrong because the re's only two townhouses for malesalthough the otte ry system is 'fair. If males are considered toodestructive then give them the old townhouses and the females thenew houses.*^ rBeaker Pazin, Freshman, Biology:'1 think it's a great idea because it allows the students to choosewhere they want to live."Stacey Fitzpatrick, Freshman, HRIM:"Iguess it seems fair, butI don't have any other process to compareitto." 1 J I E m ' 'Quotes Compiled by Nicole Geraci.

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College's First Class newspaper-as rated by the Associated Collegiate PressVol. 67 No. 20 April 14,1994M e r c i a dJule Gardner Editor in Chief Keith Courson EditorAnne L. McNeils Asst. News & Copy EditorMichelle Ryan Arts & Entertainment EditorGrace BrunoJim Doherty Features EditorPhoto Editor

'raig Rybczynski>seph Legler Sports EditorSenior WriterMia U-Rycki Advertising Manage rJerry Trambley Faculty AdvisorMerciad StaffMelissa SvitekErin HauberJennifer TrinidadMike BrownBeth NicholsDavid McQuillen

Megan CircleLee Ann KellyKira PreslerJanel McBrideNicole GeraciKevin Pude

Elizabeth JohnsonJim DohertyHeather RyanNick KraygerTonya Beebe

Tricia WebbJay KennedySuzanne ConeglioMark Shokalook*]Dan M cQuillenThe Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of Mercyhurst College, Box 161,11 501 E. 38th St., Erie, Pa., 16546: Phone 824-2376Th e Merciad welcomes letters to the editor.rhe Merciad's editorial opinion is determined by|the Editorial Board With theEditor holdingfinalresponsibility. The opinions expressed in The M erciad arenot necessarily those of The Merciad, its staff or Mercyhurst College.


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Swingin'the rain

in Baxter complete athleteBy Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports Editor

The patter of rain drops ech-oes in the background and I lookout at the street below, wonder-ing when this ra in is going to letup. Rain is the thing baseballand softball players dread themost and living in Erie, PAdoesn't help.The rain does have its positivepoints. For instance, it gives m e a chance to daydream and thinkabout life and my relationship with sports. tAs the downpour continues, I think about what it must have beenlike in the 1950s. I am transported to a different time and to theancient amphitheaters of the past. Images of Forbes Field in Pitts-burgh,PA and Ebbets Field in Brooklyn,NY come to mind whenthe1950s are mentioned.when the rain comes the dream that follows has a central theme.It is a cold and chilly day in a Northeastern city and the game isinterrupted due to inclement weather.There is the sight of a baseball team huddled in a wooden dugoutThe stands are empty and the woolen uniforms, that usually hangfrom their bodies, are even more weighed down by perspiration andwater.As the rain continues, the player from the minors rubs his eyes andgazes to see the players around him. For the first timehe realizes thatthe man next to him is Duke Snider and the man to his right is JackieRobinson.He is not accustomed to staring a t players, let alone one of his ownteammates, but this is a little different These are the "Boys ofSummer" and not the boys that he played w ith in college ball; :The year he discovers is 1956, the year after the D odgers tri-umphed over the New York Yankees. H e discovers thisby watchingthe World Series banner wave in the hail of the frigid rain.The young man tries to keep himself occupied, while the veteransgather to talk about their plans after the game. He is but a m erebackup infielder. With Robinson playing third base, Peewee Reeseat shortstop, Gil Hodges at first and Charlie Neal occupying second,there is little chance he w ill start this season.He then glances at the stadium that sits at Bedford Avenue andSullivan Place. The large iron overhang that extends from the rightfield foul pole to the stands in left center field shields some of therain drops that fall from the sky. The weather is letting up and thebillboards are more visible.The color and detail of the advertisements is eye catching. Ads forLucky Strike Cigarettes andLifebuoy Skin Cleaner are just two ofthe many that line the outfield walls. f 'The um pires ascendfrom he dugout and the tarp is removed fromthe reccntl y cut grass. The M ilwaukee Braves take the field in theirred, white and blue uniform*.


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twr**Mercy hurst baseballloff to start

By Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports EditorSophomorefirstbaseman, JeffBenedict continued his torrid hit-ting display, as he collected fourhits in a double-header sw eep ofClarion University, Monday, atPhilip D. Hirtzel Field. W ith thevictories the red-hot Lakers im-proved to 11-3,Mercyhurst struggled in the..opener, winning 6-5, and cameback in the nightcap to completethe sweep, 7-2.The formula for success, ac-

cording to Head Coach JoeJordano, is a total team effort."What makes a team win is play-ing solid in three areas: pitching,defense, and hitting," said theLaker coach.;"Right now we are doing anabove average job, I feel, in thethree areas. When you do thatyou

are going to create opportunitiesto win and when you take advan-tage of those opportunities it dic-tates an 11-3 record."The Lakers took advantage ofthe opportunities that presentedthemselves in the opener. DougYeager's suicide squeeze in thesixth inning, scored teammateBenedict to tie the game at five."They had just put in a newpitcher and while he was warm-ing up coach (Jordano) came upto me, because he might put thesqueeze on," saidYeager. "I neverdid it before and was just concen-trating on getting it d own."Yeager, typifies the 1 993-1994Lakers. He and his teammates aredoing the little things it takes towin baseball games this season.This is in large part due to theconfidence the coaches andplay-ers have that they will * executewell."I felt tremendous confidence

that we were going to win," saidJordano. "We had a suicidesqueeze to push across the fifthrun, which I did not hesitate oneiota giving the squeeze sign."The Laker comeback was com-pleted in Mercyhurst's final at-bat Benedictdrewa bases-loadedwalk to send catcher Chris Snuszacross with the game-winningrun.A.J. Rusnak picked up his firstwin of the season in a completegame five hitter.In the second game, the Lakerspounded visiting Clarion en routeto their ninth straight win of theseason.Mercyhurst exploded for fourruns in the * second inning* andcoasted-Uo victory behind thepitching of Rich Runtas (2-0).The Lakers' big inning washighlighted by back-to-backsingles by David Runco andBenedictWith his two hits in the closer,

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$*vMu d wre stl ing an yon e? . . . Mother Nature has dominated much of the Mercyhurst sportsaction and the rain has taken its toll on the athletic fields. Henderson field looks more like aswamp than a Softball diamond. May the sun sh ine soon! Merciad photo/Jim Doherty

Hurst eager for hom e regattaBy Richard SheltonMerciad Sports WriterWhile many of you are stillsleeping, there isa group of peopleat Mercyhurstlooking forward toa brisk workoutThe Mercyhurst crew team hasstarted its 5:30 a .m. practice se s-sions in preparation for a toughseason. Head coach Dave Baughand his assistant, Adrian,Spracklin, have assembled a squadthey hope will compete with the

best in the nation."This year's squad is one of thefastest in the history ofMercyhurstCollege," said Baugh. The Lakercrews routed Colgate 1ast week-end by winning all but one eventHowever, they lost on Sunday in,a meet against Ithaca.Even so, Spracklin added simi-lar praise toward the Hurst row-ers. "We're very happy with thelevel of performance the team isproducing. We're working hardin practice and things are lookinggood," he said.

Unfortunately, as with manysports in this area, mother naturehas put a damper on the proceed-ings.'Theweather has been terrible,"said Spracklin. "We've ha rdly hada chance to go on the water at allin recent weeks. Our practice ses-sions have b een limited to workin the tanks, ergometers and theweight room. It's been very frus-trating.'' I The culmination of the crewteam's season] will be wh en ittackles the Dad Vails and

people are starting to apply to us,instead of Mercyhurst going tothem. The administration at thecollege has also been very sup-portive and without its help wecouldn'thave achieved so much,"said Spracklin.The team will try to carry on itswinning start*this weekend atPresque Isle. The Lakers host aregatta featuring Cahisius, RITland University of Buffalo as thei . i

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Champion's Regatta during thesecond weekend in May.'This | regatta; will give us aguidepost as to how we can com-pete against quality oppositionsuchas Temple, Georgetown, RITand the Navy," said Spracklin.Spracklin, wh o ha Us from En-gland, hasseen many changes inthe program since his days as anundergradua te atMercyhurst"The whole program has devel?oped one hundred percent This isdue largely to the head coach andhis recruiting and the fact that

competition.MWe'll also be presenting a newboat to the college, the 'LanePintea IT," said Spracklin. "Mr.Pintea, who is historian at thecollege, founded the crew teamback in the early seventies. We'llbej presenting the boat in hishonor," he said.The boat dedication gets under-way at 9 a.m. with the racing tofollow. Baugh added that the bestlocation from which to watch thecompetition \sL from theMercyhurst College, boathouselocated on Sommerheim Driveoff sixth street, just east of Penin-sula Drive.

Benedict's average climbed to.378, third among Laker hitters.He trails only Pat Cutshall (.417)and Jason Runtas (.41 5).The youth of the team, that in-cludes both Cutshall and Benedict,has helped to bolster the offensethis season."Pat (Cutshall) took over for afour year starter, TomCraig, andas a freshman has exceeded allexpectations," said outfielder

Gary W elgoss. "He is solid bothon offensive and on defense."With added production fromthefreshmen and sophomores theLakers are gunning to b ecome thethird Mercyhurst team this yearto receive an NCAA bid.Mercyhurst's road to theNCAAplayoffs travels through Allegh-eny, Thursday, April 14. The blueand green battle the host Gators at3:00 pm.

CREW TEAM TO DEDICATE NEW BOATTO FIRST COACH AT HOME MEETLarie Pintea, Mercyhurst oral historian, estab-lished and coache d the very first Laker crew team duringthe 1970- 71 academic year and wil l have a new $12,000men's heavyweight eight shell d edicated in his name thisSaturday. The ."Larie Pintea 11" replaces the first boatdedicated in his name during the 70's. M

/The ceremony takes place at 9*a.m. at theSomm erheim bqathou se preceding a regatta featuring theLakers who host SUNY -Buffalo, Canisius, and RIT. Theraces begin at 10 a.m. The Mercyhurst community isencouraged to attend.

GOLF TEAM STRUGGLES ATMALONEThe Laker golf team competed in the two-dayMalone Invitational last weekend and placed 11th over-all. The host squad -led the team standings at thetournament's conclusion.Tony Greganius and Rich Straub SpacedMercyhurst by firing 167's. Bryce Bohun shot 169, ScottMacDonald 171 and Matt Sharrow 175.

^FORMER HURST HOCKEY STAR*PLAYS WELL INECHL PLAYOFFSEven though the Huntsville Blast wer e recentlyeliminated from theEast Coast Hockey League playoffs,former Laker and Blast leading scorer S cott Burfoot hada remarkable series. He scored four goals and assisted onfive others in the three-game set.

LAKER TENNIS BLANKS SCOTSThe Mercyhurst men's tennis team put the bighurt on Edinboro Tuesday as it swept all nine m atchesfrom the Scots. In single s com petition, Mercyhurst neverallowed an Edinboro opponent to win more than three

games in a match. The victory raised the Lakers' mark to6-6 on the spring season.THIS WEEKEND'S HOME SCHEDULE:

Soflballtf At Henderson Field, Belle Valley* Friday, 4/15 , vs. IUP @ noon (DH)* Saturday, 4/16, vs. Hilbert @ 1p.m. (DH)Baseball: At Hirtzel Field, North East f* Sunday, 4/17, vs. HUbert @ lp.m .Monday, 4/18, vs. 'Boro @ 1p.m. (DH)La cro sse : * Sunday , 4/17, v s . Canisius @ 2p.m. 4

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