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Vol. 79 No. 20 Mercyhurst College 501 E. 38th St. Erie Pa. 16546 April 19, 2006

MERCIADTHECome to GarveyPark for organicfruits andvegetables

Mens lacrosseclaims victoryover NYIT 8-6

Shakespeare once said, Loves gentle spring doth always fresh

remain. Now that the nasty weather has gone, the warm weather

blooms fresh flowers, outside recreation and, of course, love.

To the left, senior Michael McLellan and sophomore Chris Petrillose

enjoy playing daily basketball on the court behind their Wayne Street

apartment. Above: sophomores Stephanie Alward and Dan Sterle

playfully talk outside their Lewis apartment.

Katie McAdams/Photo editor

Spring has sprung on campus

Author Thomas Fleming has written numerous historical books.

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Award winning historian Thomas

Fleming will discuss his new book

Critically acclaimed historian ThomasFleming, will speak at the Walker RecitalHall on April 26, at 7 p.m.

Fleming is a critically acclaimedauthor of over 40 books.

He is the senior scholar at theNational Center for the AmericanRevolution at Valley Forge, a fellowof the Society of American Historiansand former chairman of the AmericanRevolution Round Table.

He is also a contributing editor to sev-eral magazines, including the Quarterly

Journal of Military History.Fleming has written nonfiction stud-

ies on the battles of Yorktown andSpringfield and prize-winning biogra-phies of Jefferson and Franklin.

Fleming is brought to Mercyhurstthrough the Teaching American HistoryGrant directed by Dr. Michael Federici,professor of political science.The grant is facilitated by Mercyhurst

College, the Corry Area School Districtand Erie School District.

Federici explained that this lecture is

a way to Provide the Erie communitywith the opportunity to hear first-ratenationally recognized American histo-rians discuss important aspects of the

American experience.This same grant will also bring Pulit-

zer-prize winning author Walter A.McDougall, who will speak on May 12,at 7 p.m. in Walker Recital Hall.

Both lectures are free and open tothe public.

Flemings talk will focus on his newbook, Washingtons Secret War.The book takes away the mythology

of the events at Valley Forge and issort of an expose on profiteers andideologues who had failed to recognizethe severity of the weather and wereplagued by supply shortages.

Federici believes that it is importantto build educational excellence.

We cannot judge the events of theday with the benefit of experiencebroader than our own, Federici said.

He feels that we exist to search fortruth about historical realityand thathis presence on campus will be aninspiration of what higher educationshould be.

By Jessica KocentContributing writer

The Mercyhurst College sports-medicine department will sponsor thesecond annual aerobathon that willbegin on April 24 and continue until

April 30.The main day to participate is April

29 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will take place in the

Mercyhurst Athletic Center.The event is going to benefit the Make

A Wish Foundation in memory of Mat-thew Milgate.This year the sportsmedicine depart-

ment is trying to raise money to senda young boy from Erie on a DisneyCruise.Through the Make A Wish Founda-

tion, terminally ill children can chooseanything in the world they would liketo do or see. The people at the Make a Wish

Foundation will then do everythingthey can to fulfill the wishes of theseyoung people. Through fundraising efforts, the

sportsmedicine department has alreadyraised $1,500 towards purchasing theDisney Cruise for this young man.The boy has been diagnosed with

pediatric brain cancer. To participate, please ask sponsors

for donations and then work out forthe equivalent amount of time for eachdonation. All participants should pick up a

sponsor form in the sportsmedicineclassroom area (MAC).

All donations sheets should be turnedinto the sportsmedicine departmentbefore your chosen date to work out.Another way to help out with dona-

tions is by purchising a t-shirt.The t-shirts are $10 and can be found

in the sportmedicine department class-room area.

Please help sportsmedicine raisemoney for the aerobathon and help thisyoung man achieve his dream of goingon a Disney Cruise.

By Alecia GuerraContributing writer

Aerobathon combines workouts with wishes

Rotaract club helps eradicate polio

The fourth annual 5K Walk/Run forPolio will be held on April 22 at 9:30a.m. The Mercyhurst Rotaract Club is

working with the Rotary Interna-tional to help eradicate polio from the

world. This event will commence at the

Mercyhurst Football field and end infront of Baldwin Hall.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., theactual race starts at 9:30 a.m. and willconclude at about 10:30 a.m.

Everyone in the community is invited

to come out and participate.There are many runners involved in

the club as well as the rotary membersfrom the local branch. The field hockey team also always

participates. Faculty and studentsalways comprise the majority of theparticipants.

It is $15 for Mercyhurst studentsand faculty and $20 for all other par-ticipants.

Prizes are handed out to the winnersof the race. A prize is given away tothe winner in each category of people

which is subdivided into eight groupsby gender and age.

Each participant is given a raffle ticketfor participating and then they may buy

more throughout the event.The raffle is held after the race inside

Baldwin Hall and the Rotaract Clubwill be raffling off prizes such as giftcertificates and sweatshirts from thebookstore.

Sara Houston, who helped organizethe event, commented about how muchRotoract club hopes to raise.

We hope to raise as much as possible,what is important about this walk/runis not the prizes or the fastest time butthe PolioPlus cause, she said.

There is a vaccine for polio. We canget rid of polio and we just need thefunds to do it. Any little bit counts soany money that we raise will be help-ful.

By Sarah SheehanContributing writer

Students will fulfill their donations by working out in the Rec center.

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Students take advantage of warm weather and sun to melt away stress

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Chinas fractious trade rela-tions with the U.S. are likely todominate President Hu Jintaosagenda on the first day of hisU.S. state visit.The high-profile four-day visit

comes as anger grows in Wash-ington about the size of its tradedeficit with China.

Many U.S. politicians wantstrong action unless China re-

values the yuan, which they sayenables it to export cheaply.

Hus visit, during which he willhold talks with President Bushand U.S. government officials,

will turn the spotlight on Sino-U.S. trade relations, one of themain areas of dispute betweenthe two powers.

The people of San Franciscohave been marking 100 yearssince a catastrophic earthquakelevelled the city.

Sirens were sounded across thecity at 5:12 a.m., the time the 1906quake struck, as people, includ-ing several survivors, gathered toobserve a minutes silence.

On April 18, 1906 a quake ofabout 7.8 magnitude shook theSan Andreas fault for just undera minute.About 3,000 people died, most

of them in fires that spreadquickly through the ruins.

Speaking at a pre-dawn me-morial ceremony, San FranciscoMayor Gavin Newsom paid

tribute to both the city and thosecaught up in the disaster.

Israel holds Hamas responsiblefor a deadly suicide bombing in

Tel Aviv on Monday, but will nothit back against the Palestinian

Authority, officials say.A special cabinet meeting end-

ed with agreement to increasesecurity efforts but not launch amilitary strike. Instead it backedplans to revoke the Jerusalemresidency of several HamasM.P.s, adding to the groups isola-tion. Hamas described Mondaysbombing by Islamic Jihad, whichkilled nine people, as an act ofself-defense. Israeli forcesalso arrested more than 20 Pal-

estinians in raids across the WestBank. The father of the TelAvivi bomber was reported to beamong those detained.

At least six Iraqis have been killed in a bomb explosion near a cafein the capital, Baghdad, police say. Officials said the target of theattack was a passing police patrol. Two of those killed were police-men. More than 20 people were injured in the blast.

On Monday, Iraqi and U.S. troops clashed for seven hours withinsurgents in Baghdads Adhamiya district. U.S. troops were alsoinvolved in intense fighting in the city of Ramadi after an attack ona government building. The violence comes as talks are stalled on anew national unity government.

Six people, including a motherand her newborn baby, havebeen injured in two incidents ineastern Afghanistan, reportedlyby American forces. Both theincidents took place in Khostprovince. A six-year-old boy

was also injured in one of theincidents. The reports come asPresident Hamid Karzai hasordered a probe into the killingof seven civilians by coalitionforces over the weekend. TheU.S. military has also launched aninvestigation into the deaths.

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Corrie Thearle

World BriefsInternational news

Tel Aviv bombing

Baghdad cafe explosion adds to violence

Quake Centennial

China trade talks

Civilians injured

Chernobyl deaths severely undercounted

The health effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine 20years ago have been grossly under-estimated, says an environmentalcharity. Official U.N. figures predicted up to 9,000 Chernobyl-relatedcancer deaths. But Greenpeace says in a report released on Tuesdaythat recent studies estimate that the actual number of such deaths

will be 93,000.Stressing that there is a problem with diagnosis, it adds that other

illnesses could take the toll to 200,000. Our problem is that thereis no accepted methodology to calculate the numbers of people whomight have died from such diseases, Greenpeace campaigner Jan

van de Putte told Reuters news agency.

Edinboro University is holdinga teacher job fair on April 28.

Students are reminded that theregistration deadline is April 21.

Students attending the job fairshould receive an average ofthree interviews.

In the past, some have receivedas many as 10, while others mayonly get one interview, depend-ing on the demand for a studentsspecialty area.These interviews are mostly

screening interviews, not deci-sion-making interviews; however,a few students have been offeredcontracts at this job fair.

Students are reminded thatthis is only one method of jobsearching.

Students should arrive early,know which schools they wouldlike to interview with and be sureto concentrate on those schoolsthat are high in demand for their

area first.Schools participating in the

job fair are as far away as Floridaand the Carolinas, as well as localschools such as Millcreek Town-

ship School District, CrawfordCentral School District andPressley Ridge Schools in Pitts-burgh.Any student who has additional

questions or would like to see thefull list of participating schoolsis encouraged to check out the

website at www.collegecentral.com/edinboro.

Edinboro University hosts job fair for teachers

Financial and economic journalist Stuart Varney spoke to

a large audience of the Mercyhurst community on April 10.Varney spoke about the global economy and its numerous

implications on society.


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Dr. Gary Orfield, a prominentscholar from Harvard University,

will lecture on his study, RacialTransformation and the Chang-ing Nature of Segregation todayat 8:15 p.m. in the Walker RecitalHall.The Professor of Education

and Social Policy at the HarvardGraduate School of Educationis also the co-founder and direc-tor of Harvard Universitys CivilRights Project.

In addition to his study ofcivil rights, he is interested ineducational policy, urban policyand minority opportunity.

Orfield will discuss his findingshe researched with colleague,Chungmei Lee, which examinessegregation in public schoolsafter the landmark 1954 SupremeCourt decision Brown v. Board

of Education.Although the lecture will exam-

ine the changes that segregationunderwent over the past fourdecades, it will primarily focus onthe 2003-04 school year.

Ignoring the issue of segrega-tion is extremely dangerous andone that Orfield feels needs tobe addressed; therefore, he willdiscuss some measures that canbe taken to increase integrationduring his speech.

In addition to his involvementin the study of segregation,Orfield has also written sev-eral books, among them HigherEducation and the Color Line:College Access, Racial Equityand Social Change.

He has also lent his expertise inseveral court cases involving civilrights, such as the University ofMichigan Supreme Court casethat upheld policy of affirmativeaction in 2003.

Quite notably, Orfield was

awarded the American PoliticalScience Association Merriam

Award for his contribution tothe art of g overnment throughthe application of social scienceresearch in 1997.

Orfields lecture is sponsoredby the political science and soci-

ology/social work departmentsand funded by a Mercyhurst Col-lege Diversity enrichment grant.

The speech is free and open tothe public.

Harvard scholar lectures on segregationBy Zoe ContesContributing writer

Segregation expert Dr. Gary Orfield will speak today.

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Numerous school districts will conduct screening interviews at the teaching job fair.

KRT photo

By Jessica KocentContributing writer

AdPro recruitmentparty set for April 27

The AdPro group on campuswill be holding a RecruitmentParty on April 27 in the Stu-dent Union Great Room (Time

TBA). The club is for all students

majoring in or interested in thefields of Advertising, Marketing,Graphic Design, Art or any otherBusiness or Communicationsmajors. AdPro will be discussing the

plans for next year includingtalk about national design con-tests, art competitions and much

more.Election of new officers will

also take place at this meeting,so please come out and see whatthe club is all about.

Free refreshments will beserved, and the club will featurea special guest presentation onThe Lucrative Field of DirectMarketing after the club meet-ing.We encourage all students in-

terested in learning more aboutthese creative fields to attendthis party.

If you have any questionsthey can be directed to Ale-cia Guerra at ext. 3822 or

[email protected]

By Kelly CofranciscoContributing writer


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In honor of this years EarthDay, the Green Team is bringinga farmers market to Mercyhurstscampus for one day. On April 24,

from 1-5 p.m. in Garvey Park,eight different kinds of producewill be sold on a first come, firstserve basis.

Students, faculty, administra-tion and Mercyhurst neighborsare all welcomed to come checkout the organic fruits and veg-etables brought by the Erie Co-op. Romaine lettuce, tomatoes,broccoli, carrots, strawberries,bananas, and gala apples will allbe offered.Along with pesticide-free pro-

duce, this event will also include abrief speech by Bob Sonnenbergwho is a local Erie environmen-talist and is involved in the ErieWhole Foods Cooperation.

Sonnenberg will be discussingthe health and environmentalbenefits of organic produce from2-2:45 p.m.

From Joni Mitchell to Bono,everyone wants healthier pro-duce. We (the Green Team) want to help provide Mercy-hurst students with easy accessto fabulous food. This is notabout the money. This is abouteducation and helping supportthose who are helping our en-vironment, said junior ChelseaBoothe, who along with GreenTeam president JoEllen Taylorand academic advisor Dr. ChrisMagoc, helped put together the

farmers market. As Boothe said, this is not

about raising money; in fact, theGreen Team will not be makingany money on this event. All theproceeds will go towards payingfor the food.

If successful, the Green Teamplans on having a farmers marketon campus several times a year. They are using this Earth Daycelebration as an opportunity tosee who is interested and howmuch would be purchased.The goal is to have such an

amazing turnout that in thefuture they will need more foodand more selection. Thus thegrowth will be directly affected

by the amount sold.They are also hoping in the

future to add free-range beefto the market from a local Erieseller whose wife works at Mer-cyhurst.

Hopefully, organic fruits and vegetables will be a big sellingpoint for all those who are bothenvironmentally and health con-scious.

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Even the smallest ecological improvement

impacts the world that surrounds us. Students atMercyhurst are learning that through a new wayof life.A more ecologically healthy and environmentally

friendly way of life has influenced many studentsto live in Green Living.The building at 3807 Briggs Ave., is known as

Green Living. This apartment is specifically de-signed to allow students to live more ecologicallyresponsible. I have really enjoyed my experiencewith green living. I have learned a lot about sustain-ability and grown more aware of my own socialresponsibilities, said Angela Phillips.

She added that there is no difference betweenliving anywhere else on campus. It is what theindividual person makes of the experience.

Our vision was to provide students to liveenvironmentally responsible and to model sustain-able practices living on campus and have a good

time doing it. We (Green Team) believe that thisis ultimately the way more and more Americanswant to live. It is a healthier way to live. It is moreenergy conscious and over time it will be more andmore cost effective as well. That was our hopeto give students an opportunity to point the waytowards the future here, said Dr. Chris Magoc,faulty advisor for Green Team.

There are not many campuses around thecountry that have this kind of a program, saidMagoc.

He said that this gives students an opportunityfor their daily living. This also allows the GreenTeam to encourage and educate more studentsabout this lifestyle.

Green Team provides these students with alter-natives. We were provided with bikes to encouragealternative transportation, recycled goods such aspaper towels and toilet paper, eco-friendly cleaningsupplies: bathroom cleaner, kitchen cleaner, dishsoap and laundry detergent, a membership to the

Whole Foods Co-op, organic food, vitamins andsupplements, said Phillips.There is also a vegetable garden that is located

behind their apartment. Growing vegetables oftheir choice would give the people that live in theapartment the opportunity to use what they wantto grow.

Green Living has made more people consciousof their decision-making around campus. Theorganizations involved also learned from it. Orga-nizations such as the Green Team, Residence Lifeand maintenance all made this happen.

Many people do not realize who is involvedwith this project. Much support comes from thestudents who live there and from the Mainte-nance department which helps create the properatmosphere.

Green Living has made a 15 percent reductionin energy consumption rate compared to other

apartments on campus. This translates to aboutthe same reduction in cost for electricity, saidMagoc.

If you prorated that over a full academic yearthe reduction equals these savings: 180 poundsof nitrogen oxide, 588 pounds of sulfur dioxide,80,107 pounds of carbon dioxide. These arenumbers then that green house gas emissions thatare not going into the atmosphere because of thestudents conservation, he said.These numbers indicate that Green Living here

at Mercyhurst College is working.We are pretty strict about recycling whatever

we can, as well as separating our recycled goodsappropriately to make sure that maintenance andwork studies do not have a difficult time, and tobe sure our recycled goods do, in fact, get recycled

and does not get mixed up with garbage, saidPhillips.

Green Living on campus has turned out to be avery successful project in the eyes of the beholder.

Green Living has given students on campus moreappreciation for the world that surrounds us. Everyday the residents live a life more environmentallyhealthy and another day to be thankful for.This was the first academic year with Green Liv-

ing apartments on campus, and not everything wentsmoothly. One major upset was composting.

In the pre-planning of the apartments, Dr. Magoc

and his team were trying to figure out a good com-posting system for the residents.We purchased interior composting systems,

because there are problems with doing it outsideduring the winter, said Magoc. The inside systemsthey bought were too small, he said. They could nothandle all that vegetable waste.The worm composting system originally planned

for Green Living called for a system in which stu-dents placed all their waste into a separate bin, alongwith the earthworms. The worms help assist in thedecomposing of the wastes which can than serve asfood for soil, said Angela Phillips, resident of GreenLiving apartments.

Imagine how much waste is actually produced inthose apartments? Apparently, the residents pro-duced more waste than predicted.This created a bigger problem than expected.First of all, many of the residents were very new

to the whole concept of composting so they had tobe taught what to do.

Second, the amount of food waste that would beproduced in the building was underestimated. Whenthe residents emptied their waste into the worm bins,they actually suffocated the worms.

Each resident also had small bins located in their in-dividual apartments that they were suppose to emptytheir own waste into. Again, many underestimatedhow frequently they needed to do that, which thenbrought the fruit flies.The next step taken was to spray the building to

get the fruit fly infestation under control.The severity of the situation was somehow blown

out of proportion, Phillips said, and while I amsure those who decided to spray the building werein fact trying to help us, we (the residents) felt thatspraying the Green Living apartment building withpesticides was very contradictory and counterpro-ductive.

Even though this year composting seemed like anunmanageable task the green team is rethinking theirplans for next year. The residents though, will continue to recycle

throughout the reminder of the year.

An unfinished lounge is like a blank canvas foran artist. A 13 x 23 room was an opportunity fortwo students to design their own masterpiece toshare with others.This idea was under a joint direction with Dr.

Chris Magoc, the faculty member advisor forGreen Team on campus, and Analida Brager, anadjunct faculty with Interior Design. The idea wasto design an environmentally friendly lounge forthe Green Living apartments.

The idea for the Green Living Lounge was tocome up with a design solution that utilized ma-terials that are friendly to the environment. Thismeant doing research on items like carpeting, paint,fabrics, countertop material that fit the eco-friendlycriteria, said Brager.

Senior Kaitlin Robertson, and Junior Kelly Sig-mund, helped design the Green Living Lounge.

Robertson and Sigmund were able to use thetechniques and skills they learned during the

architectural rendering class and apply it o com-mon use.They also had to consider the budget. These

people understood the metaphor money does notgrow on trees.

Money always plays a major role in any designproject. It was my task to create a pleasing environ-ment with limited funds. Nevertheless, I feel that Iaccomplished what I set out to do, said Brager.

The project was a great learning experiencefrom an academic standpoint as well as from apractical one. The students enjoyed seeing howthe project developed from the initial design con-cept to fruition. Learning tools such as these thataddress concrete issues that a student can readilyidentify with are invaluable and in my opinionshould form part of the curriculum wheneverpossible, said Brager.

The coming month will be abusy one for g raduating seniors.

Amid all of the preparations,students occasionally can finda moment to reflect on wherethey have been and where theyare going.

If the students have trulyearned a Mercyhurst educa-tion, they will be able to extendthe colleges mission statementinto their careers, holding inhighest esteem the qualities ofexcellence, compassion, creativ-ity, and service to others whilepromoting the values of truth,individual integrity, human dig-nity, mercy, and justice.This may seem to be a lot to

ask for a student to commit tofor life. However, for those who

have embraced the importanceof a morally and socially respon-sible college career, they shouldhave no problem committing toa professional career which sup-ports similar standards.

Since 1998, Mercyhurst hasparticipated in the GraduationGreen Pledge, a national move-ment to call students to environ-mental and social responsibility. Those graduates who sign

promise: I pledge to exploreand take into account the socialand environmental consequencesof any job I consider and will tryto improve these aspects of anyorganization for which I work.

The pledges Website, www.graduationpledge.org suggestsgreen employment opportunitiesfrom working for a governmentalregulatory agency to a grassrootsenvironmental group.

If working in a large agency,being environmentally awaremight be as simple as voicingan opinion which stands againstthe norm and questions currentpolicy. One persons questionsand ideas can blossom into a newpolicy for the entire company.

Even jobs such as lawyer ordoctor can turn environmentalby representing the environmen-tal side of an issue in a court-house or lab.

For a person who is shy ordoes not aim at global changes,local work is always needed inany community. A grassrootsenvironmentalist can assembleand guide a community to sup-

port an environmental cause justby holding a few meetings in hisor her home or incorporating anenvironmental issue into conver-sation with fellow employees.

No effort is too small whendealing with an environmentwhich ranges from enormousmountains to microscopic patho-gens. All graduating seniors areinvited to consider their role inthe world by signing the Gradu-ation Green Pledge.

For more information onpledge signing dates and loca-tions, please see signs on campus,check email, or visit Sr. MicheleSchroeck.

The style of Green Living apartments do not differ much from a traditional Briggs apartment.


The lounge in the apartment complex was

designed by two interior design majors.


No rabbit fur will be used for these rugs

Composting

catastrophe

Green pledge: seniorshave a Hurst traditionBy Jen HelbigContributing writer

The lessons Green living students learn...Photos and articles by Katie McAdamsPhoto editor

Farmers market to grace Garvey ParkBy Katie McAdamsContributing writer

Though successful,some aspects of green

living get off to arocky start

Fresh fruits and vegetable stands will crowd into Garvey Park on Monday.KRT

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Sports or otherwise?

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This week in Washington, the wave of dissentcontinued to rise within the Bush administra-tion. This time, however, the mutiny is focusedon Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, not ourCommander in Chief.

Six retired generals, including two Army generalswho saw combat in Iraq, have gone public voicingcriticisms regarding the planning and executionof the Iraq war. These highly decorated, wellrespected, men have accused Rumsfeld of ignor-ing and stifling differentiating opinions during thedecision making process. The gen-

e ra l s c i t eRumsfeldsabrasive andargumenta-tive behavioras creatinga difficult

work en -vironmentresulting inineffectivetactics and our military/political situation. The sixgenerals are all calling for Rumsfelds resignation.

Some of the accusations have been harsh. Re-tired Gen. Charles Swannak, described Rumsfeldas carrying way too much baggage. ... Rather thanadmitting ... mistakes, he continually justifies themto the press ... and that really disallows him frommoving our strategy forward.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton was evenmore blunt, stating Defense Secretary DonaldRumsfeld is not competent to lead our armedforces. ... (He) has put the Pentagon at the mercyof his ego, his cold warriors view of the world andhis unrealistic confidence in technology to replacemanpower.

Remarks such as these have sparked a mediafirestorm along with reaction from an already jadedpublic. With a large majority of Americans nowquestioning American involvement in Iraq andPresident Bushs approval ratings tanking, these re-marks have understandably created debate and haveraised the question: Should Rumsfeld resign?The American people seem to think so, according

to a QUICKVOTE poll on CNN.com indicatingthat 85% of those polled feel Rumsfeld should bereplaced.This week however, several generals and the presi-

dent expressed their full support of Rumsfeld.Four retired generals published an Op-ed piece

in the Washington Post stating, Much of theacrimony expressed by Secretary Rumsfeldsmilitary critics appears to stem from his effortsto transform the military by moving to a joint

expeditionary force that is lighter and more mobilein nature to meet the nations current and futurethreats. Many senior officers and bureaucrats didnot support his transformation goals -- preferringconventional weapons of the past ... which provepractically useless against lawless and uncivilizedenemies engaged in asymmetric warfare.

Rumsfelds supporters admonished the generalssaying it was inappropriate for generals, retired ornot, to speak out against civilian leadership duringa time of war.

President Bush, taking time out of his Eastervacation, also expressed his support for Rumsfeld.He forcefully expanded on his position Tuesday

when questioned during a Rose Garden ceremonyconcerning the growing criticism of the secretary.I hear the voices, and I read the front page and Iknow the speculation, the president said. But Imthe decider, and I decide whats best. And whatsbest is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretaryof defense.This shouldnt be a shock to anyone, considering

the president credited Michael Brown, or Brownie,with doing a heck of a job handling HurricaneKatrina and made Joshua Bolten, the former leaderof the budget office and designer of the nations$9 trillion deficit, the new chief of staff.

Sometimes it seems as if failure or mistakes arerewarded in this administration. As Jon Stewartcandidly stated on the Daily Show, If someone

were to walk into a staff meeting and throw theirfeces at the wall, Bush would probably name a stateafter them.All joking aside, the Bush Administration is

facing some major challenges with the Rumsfelddebate being the latest in a string of embarrassingevents.

Putting aside the war of words surrounding thisdebate, some things are rather clear.The American intervention in Iraq has not turned

out the way it was designed on paper. Critical errorswere made in planning and execution; I just dontsee how that can be debated. Inadequate troopnumbers were on the ground during the initialinvasion, allowing a massive insurgency to takehold. The Iraqi Army was disbanded and rampantlooting was permitted allowing for disorder to rule.

Whether these problems should be credited toRumsfeld is still being debated.

One thing, however, should not be up for debate.If the accusations made by these six generals are

accurate, Rumsfeld should resign. The fate of American troops on the ground in Iraq rest inthe hands of policy makers at the Pentagon. IfRumsfeld is not the most qualified, he should notbe in charge, period.

War of wordsThe Good, the Bad & the Ugly

The Good

Police and Safety has issued a Timely Notification Bulletin concerning the campus flasher.

The Bad

It took Police and Safety 29 days from the last occurence and 41 days since the first, to officiallynotify the student body of the existence of a campus flasher.

The Ugly

There is a sicko running around Mercyhurst. Enough said.

Here it is 2006, and the big news is the old net-works have gone and picked a woman to read thenews all by herself!

Many publications have devoted reservoirs ofink to the business of Katie Couric jumping shipfrom NBCs ``Today show to the CBS ``Evening

News.This, mind you, is 85 years after the ratificationof the 19th Amendment.Apparently, it takes that long for Americans to

accept hearing the news from someone in a skirt,pearls and heels without a man sitting next to herin case she gets the vapors and faints.

Couric, 49, will replace the estimable Bob Schief-fer, who is 69 and has filled in since the retirementof Dan Rather, now 74.Thats TV math for you: XX-20 = XY.Gawker.com, the ne plus ultra of snarky Web

sites, has something of an obsession with Couricand Courics fantastic, never-to-be-encased-in-hose-even-in-the-dead-of-winter legs and Courics

vacations and whether they include surgical touch-ups.

Designed by founder Nick Denton as a superbprocrastinating tool for people who love to loaf

on the job, gawker.com loves being nasty aboutpretty, successful, relatively youngish women (well,Couric looks young) doing far better in life thanthe people with not-so-great jobs and the time tocruise snarky Web sites.

On gawker.com, theres never any mention ofSchieffers ties, though there is furious love for

Anderson Cooper.With a dwindling audience for broadcast evening

news, totaling about 29 million, and many of the viewers candidates for Levitra, Couric seems asmart, fresh move. Its unclear whether this willbe enough to get younger people to detangle fromtheir devout love affair with the Internet, especially

when Couric may appear oldish to them but anetwork exec can dream.

Still, its amazing that Couric is news. Womenare all over the place on the tube, covering wars,floods, you know, the traditional guy flak-jacketstuff, but back in the studio theres a need to hearthe lead-ins from daddy or an avuncular sort in asweater vest.

Its hoped that Couric will be judged as hermale colleagues have been, by her work and nother wardrobe decisions (she has fabulous taste,anyway), though I have my doubts. Life is a lockerroom, as Ive remarked before, and its hard formany people not to get catty about women doingbetter than they are, even those who are deservingof such success.

Couric has put in her time, and shes shown intel-ligence, tenacity, charm and, yes, a certain amountof sparkle required for the trade.

Sure, shes done her share of dumb things on``Today but, then, hasnt everyone?

In an ideal world, if she does her job well andthe ratings improve, Couric should be allowed to

keep the post well into late middle age, when mostwomen tend to mysteriously vanish from screenssmall and large.The true news would be that Couric is allowed to

mature, even wrinkle, and still be doing the newsat the same age as Schieffer.

By Karen HellerKnight Ridder Newspapers

Anchors away: A solo woman on evening news

KRT

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been the target of military scrutiny regarding

his policies and planning in Iraq.

KRT

Opinion editor

AllisonMoore

Families come in all shapes, colors and sizes.Some are spread out vastly across the country andthe world; while some live within five miles ofeach other. Regardless of geography, our familiesare what keep us connected to home and some-times even our sanity. Ones family unit influences

all facets of peoples lives, from the choices theymake, to physical traits. When you

meet a friendsfamily for thefirst time, yougain a betterunderstand-ing o f th eperson. Howt h e y w e r eraised and thephysical and behavioral characteristics they share

with their parents, give an outsider a new under-standing of the person.The family and its members can explain certain

vices an individual has and even their outlook onlife, politics and humor. Each persons family maybe unique in their own sense, for example, some

people find their relatives to be obnoxious andstrange while others view relatives as their closestcomrades. No matter how one views their family,in the end they provide the foundation of our up-bringing. If the foundation is faulty, an individual

may lead a life of uncertainty filled with question-able tactics on an unsteady path.

Persons who are close with their families oftenhave a chance to lead a more stable lifestyle. Beingaway at college we often lose contact with our ex-tended families, leaving the holidays as a time when

multiple parties are attended in order for friendsand relatives to catch-up and reconnect.While every family may be different in its own

way, most are similar in their structure and make-up.At family gatherings portions of the family are

usually seen as individuals or as a group. A primeexample of this is the crazy aunt/uncle/grandpar-ent that no one takes seriously. Then there is therelative that decides it is a good idea to have onemore glass of wine, when really, it isnt. There aregroups of middle-aged men who try and out doeach other in the football game, despite warningsfrom their chiropractors not to participate, whilethe women usually convene in the kitchen doingthe dishes as tens upon what seems like hundredsof cousins run around rampant.This may not be true for every family, but it is

for most gatherings. Although each family has

their eccentricities and quirks, they are ultimatelyessential to our existence and always make forinteresting conversation with friends when schoolreconvenes.

Whether you like them or not, the family unit is important

EllenKoenig


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Good... features red issues in black & white

The Academy Award nomi-nated film Good Night andGood Luck has been praisedand acclaimed by many.

Chris Barsanti of FilmCritic.com elaborates on the occur-rences of a 1950s political battleand the magnificent cinematog-raphy utilized to keep this filmclear-cut and interesting.

Edward R. Murrow takingon Senator Joe McCarthy (at theheight of his power), crisp black-and-white cinematography, theclink of ice cubes over scotch,

voluptuous clouds of cigarettesmoke hanging in the air, anations conscience dangling inthe balance.

So it is with George ClooneysGood Night, and Good Luck, afilm where the mood just shyof too cool for its own good

sets the scene for Murrow, thepatron saint of journalism, tocajole and castigate the audiencein a time of complacency.

Shot in black-and-white, direc-

tor, George Clooney capturesthe 1950s bitter conflict betweenrenowned CBS television broad-caster, Edward R. Murrow, and

Wisconsin Senator Joseph Mc-Carthy.Clooney wanted to pay particu-

lar attention to the historical factsof the time period and the detailsof how the studio appeared.The title, Good Night and

Good Luck, is taken from thephrase Murrow closed his CBStelevision show with every night.

The film has several pivotal menand women that used televisionto reveal the intentions of Mc-Carthy.

Murrow, played by DavidStrathairn, confronts the audi-ence with a bold statementagainst McCarthys c ommunistaccusations.

For these confrontations, Cloo-ney decided to incorporate alarge portion of the originalbroadcasts of Murrow.

Plus, Clooney opted to use thearchive footage of Joseph Mc-Carthy instead of using an actorto portray the senator to continue

with his focus on the historical

facts of this debate.Clooney remarked that when

the movie had undergone testscreenings, audience members

felt that the McCarthy characterwas overacting the role, not real-izing that it was the actual Mc-Carthy through archive footage.Among the various themes in

the movie, Clooney concentrateson the importance of the mediaand how these sharp, aggressiveprofessional news reporters re-search and gather information,evaluate its merits, and determinethe important aspects of news toportray to the public.

Since television was a fairlynew commercial medium, there

were many risks such as cipher-ing through material to judge

what the media should reveal tothe public and what not to, andat what point the media has thepower to disclose information

without the government over-shadowing them.

Murrow viewed McCarthysHouse of Un-American Ac-tivities Committee as abusing thepower of television and radio bycreating a crusade to destroy the

infiltration of communists in America by terrorizing anyonewho criticized McCarthys tacticsof pinpointing specific people. This film is a riveting depic-

tion, of what occurred in the

1950s and the chaos it surgedthroughout the nation withthe power of one man from

Wisconsin and the strength ofthe media. It is coming to theMary DAngelo Performing

Arts Center on April 26 at 2p.m. and again at 8 p.m. Ticketprices are as follows: Adult: $5;Student/Senior Citizen: $4; andMercyhurst Student: FREE w/ID (one ticket per ID).

By Christina FerrantiContributing writer

Clooney and Strathairn star in Good... the film adaption of Murrows fight with McCarthy.Photo courtesy of the PAC

Thank You for Smoking snuffs out criticism

Walk away from Footprints

THE MAGIC FLUTE

Director Jason Reitman bringsto the screen the novel by Chris-

topher Buckley, Thank You forSmoking, a witty, intelligentand politically incorrect comedyabout the tobacco worlds waragainst the health industry. AaronEckharts plays divorc NickNaylor, a lobbyist, the face ofcigarettes, for The Academy of

Tobacco Studies.Naylors main job is spin con-

trol, he spins the truth aboutcigarettes in a very entertaining,hilarious, but smart fashion.

Naylor works for BR (J.K.Simmons), a controlling and de-manding man who takes all thecredit for Naylors ideas. When Senator Finistirre of

Vermont (William H. Macy) de-

cides that he wants to put a poi-son sign (consisting of skull andcrossbones) on every cigarettepackage to tell users and potentialsmokers that cigarettes will defi-nitely kill you, Naylor comes up

with an idea in response.He tells the board that Hol-

lywood needs to sell cigarettesas a sex symbol by smokingon-screen. To make this hap-pen, they will bribe the actorsproducers. Taking credit for Naylors

answer to their new threat oftheir industry presented by theSenator, BR sends Naylor on aplane to see The Captain (Rob-ert Duvall), a big cat who holdsthe power to get The Academys$50 million campaign off theground.

In the midst of being in chargeof this campaign, Naylor is try-ing to get closer to his son, Joey

(Cameron Bright), and decidesto take him along. Joey sees thistrip with his father as a learningexperience.

Naylor tries to build a goodrelationship with Joey by tryingto teach him how his job as alobbyist works and that it takesflexible morals to be successfulin his business.While building the campaign,

Naylor and Joey meet some veryunique individuals along the way,

who includes Jeff Megall (RobLowe), who works with moviestars and has the power to booka famous actor or actress as thecampaigns spokesperson, andhis quirky assistant, Jack (AdamBrody).

But, most importantly, Naylorand Joey meet The MorlboroMan (Sam Elliot), who, afterdeveloping lung cancer from theproduct that made him famous,asked BR to lessen the adver-tising of cigarettes in the past and

was refused.Naylor presents The Morl-

boro Man with a case full ofhush money from The Cap-tian to keep him from talkingagainst the people of The Acad-emy during the campaign.

During Naylors whole experi-ence with creating the campaign,

he is sought out by reporterHeather Holloway (Katie Hol-mes) of The Washington Probe

who, after interviewing manypeople who have anything butgood things to say about Naylor,wants to know how [he] seeshimself[and] what motivates

him.Despite the fact that his friends

have warned him that Hollowaywill seduce her interviewees toget information, Naylor lets hisguard down and has a repeatedaffair with her.This affair results in a printed

story that reveals and blackensthe name of all involved in thecampaign. Holloways story ac-cuses Naylor of groominghis son for the job and itcauses him to lose his job and tobe named The Sultan of Spinby Newsweek.

Even though Naylor is facedwith bad publicity, he continuesto keep his face known by go-ing on television shows, one of

which he receives a death threatfrom a caller while on the airbecause of all the people hisproduct has killed.

Naylors image soon changes

when he survives a kidnappingin which he is taken in a van,covered in nicotine patches(resulting in an overdose) andleft in a humiliating state to bediscovered.

Naylor learns that if he werea non-smoker, the amount of

nicotine he received from thekidnappers would have definitelykilled him, so he claims that ciga-rettes saved his life.This whole experience gives

Naylor public sympathy onour side, as BR puts it.After recovering from his

ordeal, Naylor goes to themeeting by the U.S. Senate, in

which it will be decided whetheror not Senator Finistirres planto put a poison label on cigarettepackages will be enforced. It isduring this meeting that Naylormust stand up for himself andstraighten out his image.This humorous meeting chang-

es Naylors life and the lives ofothers in a very unique way (you

will have to see the movie todiscover how).

Thank You for Smoking is avery interesting and smart com-edy that has a strong and witty

plot about a real life issue, as wellas an all-star cast.

Thank You for Smoking is afilm that everyone can appreciateand enjoy in one way or anotherand it is definitely worth seeing.

By Sarah CaramContributing writer

When I listened to Foot-prints, I expected to hear a CDthat was full of a mix of moodsand styles about obsession andmortalitysongs of unrequitedlove and loss; as the PR cardfor David W. Jacobsen describedhis music.This CD may very well have

been full of that type of music,but instead of finding myselflistening to a Dashboard Con-fessional replica (which I coulddefinitely deal with), or even asecond rate Death Cab for Cutie,

I found myself struggling justto understand what David wassaying half the time.

I listen to all kinds of music,so Im not going to try and tellyou that Underoaths SpencerChamberlain has the most crystalclear vocals, or Alex Varkatzasof Atreyu is easily understoodeither.

However, this CD could becompared to John Mayers In-side Wants Out, or a DashboardConfessional CD in most places,so clear vocals are pretty impor-tant; however, you cant chill outand be intently listening to tryand decipher the lyrics at the

same time.Besides that, the disc does clock

in at just over 70 minutes, whichseems to be a little overkill. To his credit, he does have

a very creative take on songs,throwing in many different styleson the CD. The instrumentals arepretty strong for the most part.Also, the CD does have a very

clever and funny song, Batter-ies, which has the premise ofDavid trying to pick up differentgirls at a bar, and continually get-ting shot down.

The girls tell him that ratherthan going on a date with him,or going home with him, they

would rather stay home with

their batteriesIll let you piecetogether what that really means.

By Joe FidagoContributing writer

Light up with Aaron Eckhart in Thank You for Smoking.

Photo courtesy of http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/thankyouforsmoking.

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Laker

For the second week in a row,the Mercyhurst mens lacrosse

team took the field against ateam that was ranked No. 3 inthe nation.

For the second week in a row,they beat the No. 3 ranked teamand moved one step closer totheir goal of competing in the

Final Four in May.Coming off of an upset of

then-ranked No. 3 Adelphi, theLakers set their sights on LongIsland when they took the fieldagainst the defending National

Champion and current No. 3NYIT Bears.After the Lakers fell behind

1-0, Jim Mullaley scooped upan offensive ground ball andfed Andrew Schuster, who hitthe back of the net to knot thegame at one. Fortunately for the

Lakers, this would not be the lastbig goal that Schuster would haveon the day. That goal started a string of

four consecutive scores for theLakers and, during the same time

frame, Mercyhurst stepped up itsdefense, holding the Bears score-less for the next 26 minutes.

Greg Stocks gave the Lakerstheir first lead of the game, 2-1 at

11:08 of the second quarter offof a feed from Mullaley.

Adam Mulherin then teamedup with Mullaley as the WestGenesee combination scored twoconsecutive goals less than 40seconds apart to give the Lakersa 4-1 advantage.The Bears refused to go down

easily though, as they battled backand scored three straight goals atthe beginning of the second halfto tie the game at four.The see-saw battle waged on

as B.J. Lindner and Mike Bartletteach scored goals to give the

Lakers a 6-4 lead with just underthree minutes remaining in thethird quarter.

Tech then notched two quickgoals to set the stage for a dra-matic and pivotal fourth quarterthat allowed the Lakers to utilizea mixture of late-game heroicsand spectacular goaltending tocome away with a crucial NY-

CAC victory.Andrew Schuster scored the

only two goals of the quarteras Mike Bringley made three ofhis eight saves on the day as theLakers spoiled Techs alumni

weekend and championship cele-

bration with an 8-6 win. Schusterand Bringley were honored as the

NYCAC Player and Goaltenderof the Week for their efforts.

When asked to comment about

the win, Bringley showed hisenthusiasm, but remained cau-tious saying, We are all definitelyexcited about the win, but we re-alize that we have to look at whatgot us to this point and make sure

that we continue to prepare foreach game like it is the biggest ofthe season. With the win, the Lakers

moved from No. 5 to No. 3 inthe National Rankings that werereleased on Monday.

The Lakers will now have threehome games in a row as they face

Wheeling Jesuit on Wednesday at

4 p.m., No. 2 C.W. Post on Satur-

day at 1 p.m. and No. 7 Molloya week later.

-------The team will be without theservices of freshman John Paige,

who has been suspended fromthe team for disciplinary reasons

for the remainder of the aca-demic school year. The suspen-sion was confirmed Tuesday byMercyhurst Director of AthleticsPete Russo. The suspension willlast until we see the dispensationof the case, said Russo. Paige

has seen limited action in eightgames this season, tallying threeground balls and one shot ongoal.

By Jim McCannContributing writer

Andrew Schuster (2) was named the Division II Offensive Player of the Week by the EasternCollegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) after scoring three goals in a win over NYIT.


Final Four bound?

Mercyhurst softball returnedfrom Michigan this weekend withmixed feelings regarding theirperformances this past week.After two solid performances

in midweek against Clarion, theLakers had high hopes of win-ning two tough doubleheadersin Michigan.

However, it wasnt meant to be

as the Lakers lost the first threegames before grinding out a win

in the weekends final game.The Lakers cruised past Clarion

in Tuesdays home opener, win-ning both games comfortably,9-1 and 5-1.The Lakers opened their home

season in spectacular fashion.

They flew out of the blocks totake a 6-0 lead by the end of thesecond inning.This superb Lakers start did

not end there as they relentlesslycontinued to tear apart theiropponents.

Junior Kim Griffin stifled anyoffensive efforts the GoldenEagles tried to muster, whileMelissa Rizzo and Erin Ratajczakhit three runs apiece to help putthe runs on the board for theLakers.

The game ended swiftly bymeans of the eight-run rule.Something the Lakers themselves

would fall victim to only a fewdays later.

In game two the Golden Eagles

responded instantly with a solohomerun. A bright start fadedquickly for Clarion as the Lakers

went on to win 5-1.Despite a great start to the

teams home campaign the cele-brations could only be short-lived

as the team traveled to Michiganfor four crucial GLIAC confer-

ence games.Third-year coach Sara Headley

knew the games were going tobe tough, but felt if her teamplayed to its potential they could

be successful.Unfortunately, the team was

brought crashing back down toearth as Grand Valley State over-powered the Lakers by scores of10-0 and 4-0. An incredible period of play

in the first game for GVSU sawthe home team score all 10 runs

in the last of the fourth.The Lakers masterminded theirown downfall in this contest asnine of the runs they conceded

were unearned.

Some strong hitting from theGVSU offense and some poorsoftball on the Lakers part led tothe fourth inning blowout.The Lakers raised their game in

the second contest but couldntmuster the offense to really

threaten GVSU.GVSU scored off of four

singles all coming in differentinnings.The Lakers hit seven singles but

were unable to find a way to putruns on the board against their

opponents stubborn defense. The win improved GVSUto 31-13 overall and 5-3 in theconference.

On the back of a tough pair ofgames on Friday, the Lakers faceda Ferris State team that has en-

joyed mixed fortunes themselvesthis year.The Bulldogs scored a pair

of unearned runs in Saturdaysopening game that proved to beall that were needed to condemnthe Lakers to a third consecutive

loss.Despite the loss, the Lakers

showed great character in thedays second game and rebound-ed well.

After three scoreless inningsthe game sprung to life. The Bull-

dogs scored another unearnedrun and from this point on many

would have predicted anotherLakers defeat.

However, despite showing thefrailties that had cost them in pre-

vious games, the Lakers bouncedback with a run on a pair of bunt

singles, a double steal and an RBIbase-hit by Griffin.

In the bottom of the sixth theLakers picked up the split after

scoring two unearned runs oftheir own to restore confidence

ahead of another big week ofgames.The 3-1 win meant the Lakers

left Michigan with a 1-3 record,which was not ideally what theteam was hoping for prior tothe trip.

But coach Headley has a lotof belief in her team and is op-timistic about the remainder ofthe season.

If we raise the level of playand rid half of the errors we aremaking at the moment then we

could do damage, said Head-ley.Junior Kim Griffin echoes the

sentiments of her coach and shetoo feels this team has the poten-tial to be successful.

Its just a matter of bringing

our A game to the field eachday and executing, and beingconfident in our ability to win,said Griffin.

Griffin, like fellow pitcher JenFeret, has shouldered a lot ofresponsibility for the team this

year according to Headley.The Lakers play host to four

doubleheaders this week. Theytake on Wheeling Jesuit on

Wednesday in a non-conferencematch up. The games are sched-uled for 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Mens lacrosse ranked in top four for the first time this season

Softball drops three of fourconference games in Michigan

By Andy TaitContributing writer

Dan Kick setsschool assistsrecord in loss

Senior Dan Kick recorded 45

assists against Juniata Thursday,making him Mercyhursts all-time assists leader with 3,467 inhis career.

Unfortunately for Kick andthe Lakers, the record came ina 3-2 loss to Division III Juniata

in Mercyhursts final game of theregular season.

Nate Keegan performed wellin the loss with 18 kills whichmoved him into fourth placeon the schools all-time kills list

with 634.The loss dropped the Lakers to3-20 overall.The Lakers will enter the MIVA

tournament as the No.6 seed andwill play the third-seeded BallState Saturday.

Flood places 23rdJunior Brendan Flood led the

mens golf team with a 23rd placefinish at the District 4 RegionalQualifier held at the Timberlakgolf course in Edinburgh, Ind.

Flood finished with a 76-70-

146, 11 strokes behind first-placeChris Robertson of Ashland.

Other golfers participating forthe Lakers were Sal Vella (37th),

Kyle Waddell (54th), Steve Barr(77th), and Craig Bishop (94th).

The Lakers finished 14th over-all out of 19 teams with a 600..

Indianapolis won the eventwith a 575, one stroke ahead ofsecond-place grand Valley State.

Womens golf second afterone day of competition

Lynn Hylwa fired a 96, goodenough for seventh-place, to leadthe Lakers to second-place afterone day of competition at thefour-team Cal Golf Tournamentat Cedarbrook Golf Club.

The Lakers are 36 strokes be-

hind host California (Pa.). AmyNatalie and Kaitlin Brody are onestroke back of Hylwa and are tiedfor eighth place.Alanna Kirwin is tied for 10th

place with a 98.Mattye Lauer rounds out the

Mercyhurst participants and fin-ished with a 104.

Mens rowing sweepsUniversity of Buffalo

The Mercyhurst mens rowingteam were close to perfect in a

sweep of the University of Buf-falo at Findlay lake Saturday.The Lakers won all five events

which included the varsity 8,Freshman 8, Varsity 4, FreshmanNovice 4, and Lightweight 4.

Both the men and the womensteam wil ltravel to Indianapolis,ind. this weekend for the India-napolis Invitational.

Womens water poloheaded to Western Division

championshipsThe womens water polo team

will finish their season this week-end at the Western DivisionChampionships in Bloomington,Ind. The Lakers enter the tourna-

ment as the No. 3 seed, behindpowerhouses Indiana University

and Michigan University, and willopen play against sixth-seededGrove City. The Lakers have defeated

Grove City three times this sea-

son, the most recent being a 5-0win in which goaltender GinaMieras stopped 12 shots.

Coach Robinettes squad entersthe tournament winners in 11 oftheir last 14 games.

No. 4 Slippery Rock, No. 5

gannon, and No. 7 Washingtonand Jefferson round out the par-ticipating teams.

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LAKER

Laker Sports Quick Hits

This Weeks Results...Mens volleyball...........................................April 13, L 3-2, Juniata

Womens water polo...............April 12, W 5-0, Penn St. BehrendBaseball....................................................April 14, W 5-1, Hillsdale

April 14, W 3-2, Hillsdale



Mens lacrosse.........................................April 15, W 8-6, NY Tech

Womens lacrosse.......................April 15, W 15-10, Philadelphia

Mens tennis...............................................April 14, W 5-1, Findlay

April 14, L 5-3, Lake Superior State

April 15, L 5-1, Wayne State

Softball......................................April 14, W 10-0, Grand Valley St.

April 14, L 4-0 Grand Valley St.

April 15, L 2-1, Ferris State

April 15, W 3-1, Ferris State

Mens golf.......................April 14, 17 of 19, NCAA Regional Qual.

April 14, 14 of 19, NCAA Regional Qual.

Womens golf.......................April 13, 2 of 3, Behrend Invitational

April 17, 2 of 3, Calif. Univ. Invitational

Mens rowing..............................................April 15, 1 of 2, Buffalo

In the news...

Mens volleyball heading to playoffs

The mens volleyball team will take on Ball State University

in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

(MIVA) playoffs on April 22. Ball State is ranked No. 3 in the

tournament, boasting a 20-6 overall record. Mercyhurst is

currently ranked No. 6 in the tournament, concluding the

regular season with a 3-20 record. The winner of the contest

will take on the winner of the IPFW/Carthage match-up on

April 27.

Athletes of the Week

The Mercyhurst Athletes of the Week award went to two

lacrosse players, Andrew Schuster and Breanna Haggerty.

Schuster took home the Male Athlete of the Week Award

for his play in the Lakers upset of No. 3 New York Tech on

Saturday. Schuster scored three goals on only four shots,

including the final two goals of the game which gave the

Lakers the 8-6 win over NYT.

Haggerty also played a major role in an upset, with the Lakers

upending No. 10 Philadelphia University 15-10 on Saturday.

She scored seven goals on the afternoon. She also set a

Mercyhurst single-season record with 73 points, eclipsing the

previous record set in 2001 of 71 points. She now has 44

goals on the season, just six shy of that single-season record of

50 set in 1998.

The red-hot baseball team took home the Team of the Week

award. The Lakers have won six in a row, including four

conference games. They now stand at 23-11 overall, 11-5 in

the GLIAC, and were recently positioned in the No. 6 spot in the

region.

Mens lacrosse moves up to No. 4

After two straight weeks of upsetting the No.3 ranked team,

the Mercyhurst mens lacrosse team has moved up again in

the polls. In the most recent United States Intercollegiate

Lacrosse Association (USILA) poll the Lakers moved up to No.

5, up one spot from last week and two from where they stood

at the end of March.

For the second straight week Mercyhurst upset the No. 3

ranked team. This week it was New York Tech; last week it

was Adelphi. The team is now 8-2 overall, and 2-1 in the NewYork Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC).

Baseball at No. 6 in region

The Mercyhurst mens baseball team has moved up to No.

6 in the North Central Regional poll released April 17. The

poll is conducted by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers

Association (NCBWA), and the ranking is two spots better than

last weeks standing. Mercyhurst swept games from Hillsdale

and Clarion over the Easter weekend.

The team now stands at 23-11 overall, 11-5 in the Great Lakes

Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Kick sets assists record

Mens volleyball senior setter Dan Kick broke the programs all-

time assist record last week the teams non-conference game

against Juniata. With an assist on a Nate Keegan kill in the

third game Kick tallied his 3,451st career helper. Greg Beato

held the old record from 1998-2000 with 3,450 assists.

Kick has at least one more game in his career to add to his

record; the Lakers square off against Ball State this week in

the MIVA Playoffs.

Russo contract extended

Mercyhurst President Dr. Gamble announced recently that the

contract of Pete Russo, Director of Athletics, has been renewed

three years through 2009. Russo has been at the position for

17 years, the longest tenure of any AD in school history.

Quick hits are compiled by sports editor Ryan Palm. Any-thing worthy of being a quick hit should be emailed [email protected].

Red-hot baseball wins six straightTeam sweeps doubleheaders from Hillsdale and Clarion

On Easter weekend the Mer-cyhurst baseball team foundsix straight wins in their Easterbaskets. The Lakers were superior to

both Hillsdale and Clarion andthereby racked up their third

winning weekend in a row.Their record is now 25-11, and

the Lakers have already matchedtheir total number of wins fromlast years season.The Lakers started their week-

end Friday, with a trip to Hills-dale, Mich. for a four game seriesagainst their GLIAC rivals the

Hillsdale Chargers.In their first game the Lakerscame out on top with a narrow6-5 win.After being down 3-1, the Lak-

ers managed to turn the gamearound and create a 6-3 lead witha pair of doubles from Joe Luliand Walter Wieczorek.The Chargers then came back

with a two-run homer in the bot-tom of the seventh to reduce theLakers lead to 6-5.This was as close as the Char-

gers got to the Lakers, Mercy-hurst celebrated their first winof the series.

In the second game of Fridaysdoubleheader, Mercyhurst again

found themselves behind fromthe start. This time the Lakers were

down 2-1, but the determina-tion and winning instinct fromthe first game seemed to kick inagain and the score was quickly

turned to 3-2 win in favor ofthe Lakers.Junior Adam Nine (5-1) worked

the first six innings to pick up thewin while sophomore John Mor-ris closed out the Chargers in theseventh for his sixth save.The two teams met again Sat-

urday for the second and lastdoubleheader of the weekend.

Mercyhurst remained hot andlooked convincing as they sweptHillsdale again with a 6-4 win inthe opener and an impressive 8-2

win in the nightcap.

After resting Sunday, the base-ball team was back in businesson Monday with a road double-header against the Eagles fromClarion University (10-26). The Lakers proved that they

are on a roll and dominated the

Eagles in both games.In the opener, sophomore Da-

vid Lough had two homeruns forthe Lakers.

Mercyhurst went on to win thegame comfortably by a score of7-4, with good performances bySean Weayant, Joe Fuli and JohnMorris.

Loughs multi-homer game wasthe first for a Laker since TimStacey hit a pair against Indiana(Pa.) on April 6 of last season.

In the second game of the dayit seemed like the Lakers were

cruising on the confidence andmomentum they worked up dur-ing the last three weekends.Jamie Pochatek, Adam Stewart

and Greg Tellex all combined ona seven-hit shutout as the Lak-ers picked up the sweep with a

9-0 win.Josh Schmidt recorded a per-

fect 4-for-4 at the plate withthree doubles, and Lough con-tinued his good form and went2-for-3 at the dish with threeruns scored, a double, a triple,a stolen base and a pair of r unsbatted in.The Lakers are now 25-11 over-

all and 11-5 in the conference.The teams recent run of good

results has converted into a jumpup to No. 6 place in the NorthCentral Region.

The baseball team continuestheir busy week on Wednesdaywhen they go off to play arch-rivals Gannon with a double-header.

By Bjorn Alnaes

Contributing writer

Playing small ball has been successful for the Lakers in winning close games.


Womens lacrosse upsets No. 10 Philadelphia

The Mercyhurst College Wom-ens Lacrosse team walked away

with two victories this past week

and improved their record to8-7.On Tuesday the Lakers traveled

to Latrobe, Pa. to take on theBearcats of St. Vincent College.

Mercyhurst held a 5-2 lead atintermission and were seeminglyon their way to a convincing vic-tory.

But St. Vincent opened thesecond half by scoring four suc-cessive goals to grab a 6-5 lead.The Lakers then took the game

over by scoring five goals in justunder four minutes. They tooka commanding 10-6 lead that

would never be surrendered asthe Bearcats mustered only twomore goals against a stingy Mer-cyhurst defense.

Breanna Haggerty led Mercy-hurst with four goals, includingthe game-winner.

Kelsey French and KristenToomey scored twice while JessieHoreth and Courtney Olevnik

each added solo markers.Freshman goaltender Megan

Foley was credited with ninesaves and the victory.

On Saturday the Lakers cel-ebrated Senior day at TullioField when they hosted Nation-ally ranked No. 10 Philadelphia.

Kathryn Ball, Kim Johannig-

man, French and Lindsay Jack-son could not have asked for abetter gift from their teammatesthan the upset victory that theyreceived in the last home gameof their careers.

French and Haggerty com-

bined for 11 goals and an assistas the Lakers celebrated SeniorDay with a 15-10 win.

Mercyhurst opened two-goalleads twice in the first 30 minutes,4-2 and 6-4, before settling for a7-6 advantage at intermission.

Haggerty and French com-bined for six of the Lakers sevenmarkers, three each, after fresh-man Jessie Horeth opened thescoring at 25:47.The Lakers owned a slight 21-

20 advantage in shots.Haggertys seven goals gives

her 44 on the season, just six be-hind Nadia Shabanzas one-yearrecord of 50 set in 1998.

Her 73 points surpassed theprior one-season high of 71 setby Amy Perry in 2001.

French finished with five points(4g, 1a) and moved into fourthplace for points in a season with61, just one back of Laurie Sien-kiewicz third-place total of 62set in 1999.

Mercyhurst will close the sea-son Monday and Tuesday, April24 and 25, with contests at Gan-non and IUP respectively.

By Jimmy McCannContributing writer

Freshman Breanna Haggerty scored seven goals in the

Lakers 15-10 upset of No. 10 Philadelphia.


Laker tennis programs wrap up regular season

The mens and womens tennisteams have officially finishedtheir regular seasons, and bothstand near the .500 mark.The womens team concluded

their campaign with a matchagainst a formidable Division IIIopponent, while the mens season

was capped by the Great LakesIntercollegiate Athletics Confer-ence (GLIAC) Tournament inMidland, Mich.

On Tuesday the women facedoff against Carnegie Mellon Uni-

versity, ranked No. 14 in DivisionIII competition.

Carnegie Mellon proved toomuch for the Lakers, completinga nine-set sweep.

Freshman Jaclyn McLean putup a fight in her first game, forc-ing her opponent to seven points,

but ultimately fell.Likewise, sophomore Jennifer

Daly stayed close in her secondgame, but finally lost 6-4. Junior Jamie Sutyak, sopho-

more Christine Mersch andfreshmen Maria Franco andKassie Leuschel also sufferedlosses in singles play.The Lakers fared no better in

doubles, with the pairings ofMersch/Sutyak, Daly/McLeanand Franco/Leueschel all drop-ping at the hands of CarnegieMellon. The womens team finished

the regular season with a markof 11-10.They will be anxiously await-

ing a forthcoming decision as towhether they will be participat-ing in the playoffs in early Mayor not. The mens team found a bit

more success at the end of theirseason, traveling to Michigan for

the GLIAC Tournament.On Friday, they squared off

against Lake Superior State in thequarterfinal round.The match would end in a 5-3

loss for the Lakers, but saw thecontinuance of a theme that hasrun through their season.

Sophomore Mariano Fava wasexquisite, winning his singles anddoubles (pairing with graduatestudent Dan Hersh) sets.

Fava continued to play wellthroughout the day, as the Lakersfaced Findlay in the first consola-tion match.

En route to a 5-1 win, Fava,Hersh, seniors Lucas Krasowskiand Rick Fowler and sopho-more David Smith all picked up

victories.Doubles play was also quite

successful, with only the team ofSmith and Fowler failing to putaway their opponents.

Saturday brought another score

of 5-1, but this time with Mer-cyhurst on the losing side. OnlyFava and Hersh pulled out a vic-tory in doubles play, and the Lak-ers were blanked in singles com-petition against Wayne State.

Strangely enough, three singlessets were left unfinished, withKrakowski, Fowler and juniorLee Michael Marnik left highand dry.

In the end, these three setscould not have swung the matchat any rate, but they would havemade the final more respectablehad they culminated in Laker

victories.All in all, the men took sixth

place at this weekends tourna-ment, and finished the season

with a record of 10-10.Like the women, they are on

the edge of their seats, waitingfor a decision as to whether ornot they will be competing in theGLIAC postseason.

By Brady HunterContributing writer

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The Merciad, April 19, 2006