The Merciad, April 29, 1993

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VOL, 66 NO . 21 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS. ERIE APRIL

P a o l e l l o I s s u e : D r . B r o w n p r e s e n t s h i s s i d e o f t h e s t o r yBy Joseph LeglerEditor in Chief

Director of Residence Life Dr. GaryBrown, after obtaining written permis-sion from Missy Paolello, presented T heMerciad with his side of the controver-sial marijuana story that plagued theMercyhurst community a short time ago.Brown was silent throughout the entire

episode because it is the school's policynot to publicly implicate a student in anyway unless consent to reveal informa-tion-is given by the student Formerstudent, Paolello, gave Brown this privi-lege.This incident was "not a real biggy tobegin with," said Brown and Paolellowas not the reason why the administra-tion took suchan elaborate investigationinto i t"Missy was not the intended center ofthis investigation," Brown said. "How-ever, she chose to become the center ofit " V ^ -A Mercyhurst employee, allegedly in-volved in the use of an illegal substancewith Paolello and others, was verballynamed by two individuals to Brown.This employee eventually admitted tothe allegations, i This was the primaryreason why Brown put such a strong eyeto this case."This grabbed my attentionan em-ployee of mine involved in this type ofactivity," he said. "It's almost unheardOf*. :? W^tiiTwo other people confirmed to Brownthat both they and Paolello had used an

CHEO[OUTFriday, April 50 |8 p.rn. Athletic Center* Perform-ing Band: B lues Travelers.Sunday, May 29 a.m. Athletic Center. Coed Vol-leyball Tournament.Tuesday, May 48 pan. Tye Dye Party.Wednesday, May 5Athletic Center, Sumo Wrestling.Thursday, May 6Shuttles to M iniature Golf and GoCarts*Friday, May 79 p.m. to 1 a.m. Avolon. SpringFormal.Saturday, May 8Spring Activities Day

y Paolelloillegal substance.All of the people who provided verbalstatements were interviewed in front ofmore than one member of administra-tion. Larry Kozlowski, assistant directorof residence life and Bud Dever, directorof security were present for the inter-views, according to Brown. The student'sstatements w ere later put in writing andsigned.

Paolello was the only individual whowould not reveal information about theincident She never confirmed nor de-nied her use of an illegal substance,according to B rown."We had to make a decision," saidBrown. "Should we accept the word ofthese three individuals and impose somesanctions on all four?"The penalty to these individuals wasthe same sanction imposed on all otherpeople in violation of part four, section B

1 Dr. Gary Brown, Residence LifeDirectorof the Mercyhurst Student handbook;penalties for Use of a Controlled Sub -stance: 1) a $200 fine, 2) Mandatoryassessment (get counselin g), 3) One yeardisciplinary probation and 4) Possibleparental notification.Paolello said Brown was acting on"nothing more than hearsay." Brownsaid three "eye-witness testimonies" aremuch more than hearsay relating it topeople who w itness crimes and testify incourt i - - * JPaolello contacted PA NORML (Penn-sylvania chapter of the NationalOrgani-zation of Marijuana Laws) and accord-ing to Brown, that's when this thing gotblown out o f proportion.PA NORML used Paolello to gathermedia attention, he said."Missy was a victim being used by PANORML to further their cause," Brownsaid. "She got caught up in the glamour

and the whole incident was turned into amedia event it's really sad."He said an appeal board denied P aolelloa review of her case because of "condi-tions she wanted set in the appeal pro-cess" differing from the standard proce-dures."I don't think she was treated unfairlyat all. W e didn 't intimidate, badger orthreaten her at all" Brown said. "In my

mind all of our meetings were extremelylaid back. She made a big deal out ofnothing." |Brown said there was no jail threat, noaccusations of lying and no coercingwhatsoever as reported by campus news-papers. H e added that there are two sidesto every story."Students read something and they be-lieve it," he said. 'They can say anythingthey want to The M erciad or FreedomZone and more often than notwe cannotconfirm or deny any allegations againstus. We believe in the privacy betweenstudents and administration."Paolello is no longer a student atMercyhurst due to a separate incidentthat occurred a few w eeks ago. I t wasdecided by all parties involved theschool, Missy and her parents thatMissy should discontinue her educationat this time and resolve the problems shehas." . * I 1 ^ 1Brown believes this ending was thebest thing for all parties involved."In my heart of hearts I truly believethis is a happy ending because Missy isgetting the help she needed," he con-cluded.A r r i g o a p p o i n t ed S A C C h a i r

By Anne L. McNeilsA&E an d Features EditorFun is the key word for incoming Stu-dent Activities Committee (SAC) Chair-person M ichael Arrigo. Arrigo said thetun he has had in SAC in past years was

direction this school year. We came upwith a lot of good ideas." Arrigo wouldlike to "cut back titles" in the organiza-tion of SAC. He plans to create commit-tees to handle each of the different ac-tivities,such as m ovies, winter and springactivities days and tournaments. By do-ing this, he hopes to increase the "effec-tiveness and efficiency" of SAC.He also plans to produce a survey forstudents to aid SAC in meeting students'needs. He said the surveys will be impor-ta nt because student feedback is vital tothe success of SAC-planned activities."SAC will always be the same unless

students tell us what they want," saidArrigo. He said he would like to plan acultural series with visits to wineries,museums and the opera. He w ould liketo meet the "needs of a lot of differentlifestyles."^Arrigo would like to continue some ofthis year's "more successful activities,such as the movie series. He wants to runthe series a 11 year longand hopes toshowbetter films as well.Arrigo also plans to work withMercyhurst Student Government(MSG)to plan activities. "SAC and MSG areContinued on Page 2

Mike Arrigo: New plans for SACone of the key reasons he decided toapply for the position. Arrigo pointedout that SAC is the group that plans"weekend activities and events, (suchas) comedians, bands or dances. I like tobe directly involved (on campus). I liketo affect things."Arrigo's plans for next year are to alter"structure and organizational things. IMark (Korcinsky) set us off in the right [which is being investigated vigorously."

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McAuley fight ends in injuryBy Joseph Legler.Editor in ChiefThis past weekend a figh t between several individuals at McAuley Hall resulted in onestudent being taken to an area hospital for injuries. jSources close to The Merciad said the incident started in the basement at one of thetownhouse apartments with some mild pushing and shoving and ended up at McAuleywith a brawLi * *The incident allegedly started after two students argued about t\ j NHL hockey teams,sources said., 1Director of Housing Gary Brown confirmed that "there was a figh t at McAuley Hall


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CampusjQuestion:Do yourthink)the:government is to blame inthe Waco disasater?By Jule GardnerMerciad News EditorEd itor s Note: This column is designed to represent differentviewpoints on Mercyhurst students about current, newsworthytopics. The opinions are obtained through a random telephone pollof on-campus numbers.Tint Alesnik, senior, Spoitsmedlcine:No, I don't How can you blame the government when it was thatlunatic Koresh controlling people's minds and saying there wouldbe no resolution? There have been no set patterns for a situation lik ethat

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Tex, junior. Psychology:They should have acted responsibly and protected the livesinside,"Tara Puhlman, sophomore, Criminal Justice:"No, for different reasons. They had little time and financialresources. They gave them opportunity to get out and they had theright to go in there."Elizabeth Johnson, junior, Marketing:"No. The guy was a psycho. They knew he was going to do it andthey gave him fair warning."Sara Plyler, sophomore, Accounting:"No. The way they went about it was reasonable. By the newsreports, there was no way they were responsible for the fire."Scott Khoura, junior, H RIM: ."No. Thegovernment did what they had to do. I agreed with whathappened and I don'tblame thegovernment atall. Koresh got whathe deserved. He had more than enough time. For him to put thechildren at stake like that was insane."Mike McClorey, senior, Communications:"No, I don't They're not responsible. They went through all thechecks and balances and they should not be held accountable. It'sunfortunate that it turned out in that manner."Mike Bergemann, freshman, Research Analysis:"They should've acted earlier. They did the best they could withwhat they had. They should've gone in on the second day after theraid and ended it"

Frank Ruffalo, junio r, M arketing:"No, the people in the compound are to blame. The governmentdid all they could and waited them ou t The tear gas alone could nothave started the fire. "David Pelaia, freshman, M anagement:"No, it's not their fault They had nothing to do with the fire, sohow are they to blame?"Jessie Baker, freshman, Early Childhood Education:They had to do something. It wasn't entirely their fault Itprobably would've ended the same way of close to that way, nomatter what the government did."Arrigo...(from page 1) going to do every-thing possible to determine thecommunity'sneeds. We're readyto work together and w e're readyfor next year. We hope the rest ofyou out there are ready to workwith us."Arrigo wa nts towork with MSGover die summer so SAC can beprepared for the whole year and

be ready to handle any problemsas they come up.He also encourages everyone toget involved with^SAC. Arrigosaid SAC is a "learningexpcrience...(members) deal withpeople, equipment and, most im-portant, they have fun. We wantto work with everyone, so com ework with us."

By Anne L. McNeilsA&E an d Features Editor

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The M ercyhurst Student Gov-ernment (MSG)meeting on Mon-day, April 26 opened w ith a dis-cussion of plans to repair the vol-leyball court behind thetownhouses. President JohnBruno said he has engaged somepeople to "knock out a nice jobon the court Plans include resur-facing the courts and possibly "re-doing the poles if they need it,said Bruno.Bruno then turned the floor overto Tate Davidson, editor of theFreedom Zone. Davidson re-ported that every effort is being

made to get the next editionof theFreedom Zone out by Friday,April 30 because it contains in-formation about the upcomingBlues Traveler concertThe next topic was the BluesTraveler concert itself. TreasurerHeather Heid said plans havebeenmade to extend ticket hours in aneffort to increase sales. Repre-sentatives suggested playingBlues T raveler's tapes in the Stu-dent Union and the cafeteria inorder to increase students' inter-est in the concert Selling ticketsdoor-to-door on Thursdayevening was proposed. SAC Chair

Mark Korcinsky said, "If they'renot going to come to us, we haveto go to them." Bruno also sug-gested "hyping" the concert dur-ing the week by "having a party(inthe Student Union) every nightand jamming the record!Vice President Nick Robertssaid about 500 general adm issiontickets have been so ld, comparedto 130 Mercyhurst student ticketsthat have been sola. "We're notgetting any interest from thestudents.. J've heard the show isgoing great, the tour is goinggreat," said Roberts,butstudentsare not purchasing tickets. Hepointed out that "if we end jup

selling only a few hundred stu-dent tickets,"MSG will be unableto bring concerts to the campus inthe future. He said both Allegh-enyCollege and the University ofBuffalo tried to book Blu es Trav-eler unsuccessfully. Bruno said,"I can'tbelieve people would pay$8 for a formal ticket and $30 onbooze and not spend $9 on a con-cert ticket"r- Roberts added that while heappreciates all the ideas, be needshelp because he is "up to (his)eyeballs" in work already.Korcinsky discussed the Aprilrecycling project "We collected

2.185 tons of paper, 3600 poundsof magazines and 12 tons of tires,"he said. Mercyhurst is likely tocome in second place in the Eriearea for the project He also re-minded students of theupcoming

double feature, which will takeplace on Saturday, May 1. Rock-eteer will be showing at 8 p.m.followed by Under Siege at 10p.m. SAC is also sponsoring a tripto the mall. The van will be leav-ing Baldwin Hall at 1 p.m. onSaturday.Bruno announced that Monday'smeeting was the last "as this bodyof reps." He added that represen-tatives "can come again nextweek." Presiden t-electiGeorgePaydock announced the candidatefor SAC Chairperson for nextyear, junior Michael Arrigo. Avote was taken and Arrigo wasunanimously approved as chair.MSG meetings are open to ev-eryone. They are every Mondayevening at 8:30 p.m. in the Gov-ernment Chambers.

DC: A monumental tripArchives, the Lincoln Memorial,j the World War I Memorial, andthe Vietnam War Memorial. Som eEl eve n stud ents from students visited the Museum of

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Mercyhurst's Political ScienceAssociation visited Washington,DC , from Thursday, April 22 , toSunda y, April 25.On Thursday, the students vis-ited the office ofSenator Wo fford(PA). On the tour of the CapitalBuilding, they saw galleries, thesenate chambers, and the rotunda.While walking around the mall,they saw the White House, theWashington Monument, andwentinside the Sm ithsonian In stitute'sAirand Space Museum. Theyalsogot to see Union Station, the oldtrain statio n renovated to hold thetrain station as well as a foodcourt and little shops.Friday, the students were al-lowed to go to places that theywanted to see. Some places thatwere visited were the National

American History and revisitedthe Air and Space Museum. Theevening was spent in Georgetown.Georgetown is an area in Wash-ington, DC , by G eorgetown Uni-versity with shops, 'restaurants,and bars.Saturday wa s anotherfreedayto walk around the capital. Someof the sites that were seen wereIwo Jima,War Memorial, theJefferson Memorial, and Arling-ton National Cemetery. In Ar-lington, in addition to the cem-etery, there was John F.Kennedy's grave and the eternalflame, Robert Kennedy's grave,and the Tomb of the UnknownSoldier.,Some students also at-tended the AIDS March to theCapital Buildin g.

Someof the newest member*of the Erie chapter of Kappa Gamma Pi, a Catholic college graduatehonor society. Members were inducted into the society in a ceremony at the 11 a.m. Mass onSunday, April 25, in the Christ the King Chapel.


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Lowe wants to see some inspirationWriter wants to know hvhereMerciad standsDear Edi tor .

It was Thomas Jefferson whosaid the following inreference onewspapers: "Were it left to me todecide whether we should have agovernment without a newspa-per, or newspapers without a gov-ernment I should not hesitate toprefer the latter." While I feel thisstatement is an extreme?one, Iagree with Jefferson's sentiment-that newspapers are a vital part ofsociety. I write this letter to youbecause as a student, I feel thatthis newspaper is not living up toits potential.

dom Zone/' I want to say initiallythat I respect and agree with yourcontention that "The Merciad" isa d i fferent sortof publication than"The Freedom Zone;" that its in-tent and limitations are different.I agree that "The Merciad" shouldbe objective and fact based news-paper. What I differ with is theway that aim is achieved.The reason I hold newspapersto be of such great importance isthat they are not only a means ofpresenting information but alsoof inspiring people to do thingsabout them, if only just to think!W e' re in college-a time to broaden

aren't so easily found in the "realworld." We've got to take all thatwe canget here at "Mercyworld"and try to make a difference. Iknow that sounds trite and ideal-istic but God help me, I believe it.What does "The Merciad" standfor and believe in? And are thoseideologies representative of thestudents?Tell us about things that matterto us-thingswe can change; thingswe have to accept; things we canthink abo ut. It was W. Axl Rose

Having read your response to o u r horizons; to takeup causes; toI become passion ate; to ta ke

who said, "There's a lot goin on."He's right, Joe and it's up to youand your'staff not only to en-lighten u s but to inspire us.criticism concerning comparisonsof "The Merciad" and "The Free- chances.* These oppo rtunities Jennifer Lowe

Vol. 66 N o. 21 April 29J1993Joseph LegleiJule Gardner Editor in ChiefNews EditorAnne McNeils A&E/Features EditorCraig Rybczynski Sports Editor

John DanknichMichelle Ryan Asst. Sports EditorCopy EditorYvonne Maher Advertising ManagerTimothy Moriarty Faculty AdvisorMerciad Staff

Mary MedureErin HauberTonie BolanDavid KosobuckiBeth NicholsDavid RumseySteph SzaboKaren Trapolsi

LeeMonica SenileNick KraygerKatie JohnsonNicole GeraciJohn FurlongBeth HaasGrace Bruno

Mia U-RyckiElizabeth JohnsonKeith CoursonDave McQuillenfMegan CircleJennifer TrinidadChris KullmanRich SheltonJohn ShanahanLiam BarronStephanie WainrightThe Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of Mercy hurst College, Box 161,I 501 E. 38th St., Erie, Pa., 16546. Phone 824-2 376The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor.

Jay KennedyHeather Ryan^Suzanne ConeglioTiffanie WilliamsJay Fitchpatrick

editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Board with theS t o r holding final responsibility. The opinions expressed in Th e Mercia d ar e M A . A O M n ' t i , thrice nf The Me rcia d . i t s s taf f or Mercyhur s t Co l l ege .

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By Joseph LeglerEditor in ChiefMy m ost gratuitous thanks toall who contributed to the pro-duction of The Merciad thisyear. Be it8a news, features,sports, entertainment or opinionstory; or even a letter to theeditor, cartoon, page layout as- Isistance, typing, cleaning, wa-tering the plant just aboutanything your work h as been nothing short of marvelous and Iwholeheartedly appreciate everything y ou've done in making thisnewspaper a success.It's been real. Bye. ^ ^ n M

McCormack reflects onCJS Kansas City tripDear Editor,

As an adult student who has re-joined the ranks of the learningenhanced, I find myself broughtback to a time of wonderment inan intellectual environment main-tained with this process in mind.My recent adventure to KansasCity, M issouri, to attend a Crimi-nal Justice convention, of whichother CJS honor students weremy fellow companions, broughtforth this long-forgotten feeling.I saw in them a sense of fulfill-ment in their commitment to theirfuture endeavors along with a needfor knowledge to aid them in theirtravels. I viewed much of myselfin each of those younger soulsand was even envious of theiryouthful minds, which were ex-periencing much of whatwe wereabout to encounter for the firsttime.I want to extend my sincerestthanks to Shirley Williams fortalking me into going and to saythat the advice from Dr. Haganand Dr. Clemons on air travel isbetter left unused (the lavatory onan airplane is extremely small fora person of my stature). I wouldlike to thank Mercyhurst Collegefor allowing the students the useof a school van and the CriminalJustice Honor Society for pickingup the tabs on the rooms and pay-ing the cost of our attendance atthe convention.I would especially like to thankmy HonorjSociety cohorts:

Megan, Teresa, Dan, Tom, Lisa,Lara, and Sherrie for making mytrip both interesting and satisfy-ing, i We will all remember thehighlights of our experience andthe people who made their im-pression on usjjwhile we werethere.I will remember and treasureHarry-the taxi driver, Dr. JerryMaynard-friend and associate ofProf. Vernon Wherry, JamesInciardi and Margaret Zahn-twoauthors whose words I have readfor class, Dr. Hagan and Dr.Benekos calling everyone (or soit seemed) by theirfirstname, a ndtoo many more people'to men-tion. All of these people havemade an impression on my lifeand will now be a part of it for-ever.My Kansas City experiment wasa great success. I went to thisfunction, not to say hello andgood-bye, but with a real hope tomake lifelong friends. I hope tomeet some of those same peopleat the convention to be held inChicago next year. Shades of ca-maraderie abound, creatingfriendship and establishing rap-port with people in yourown field.These opportunities should notbe passed by if at all possible.

Respectfully submitted,Leon E. McCormack IIIMember -Cr iminal Jus t i ceHonor SocietyMercyhurst College-class of1995 f I H

The Merciad welcomes let-ters to the editor. IT otters must he signed, but thename can be withheld bquest under certain conditions.


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etablegdomBy Jay K ennedyMerciadStaff Colum nist

Ever since the creation of opinion columns in newspapers, manycolumnists, including myself, over the years have been asked howthey think of all those interesting things to write about.1Ou r excuse for the longest time has been similar to this,"It takes a powerful imagination and a great deal of criticalthink ing. W e also observe the community w e write for in order tofind unusua l, controversial, or curre nt issues that our readers willrelate to. It takes hard work, dedication, *and persistence inputting in the time it take s to be the best possible w riters for ourreaders."This excuse, however, may be slightly misleading...alright...it isabsolute rubbish. 4The truth is, we find all these interesting things to w rite about froma real smart guy named Bob. Really, he owns a private columnwriting agency in the basement of he White House called Drunk enFools. Every columnist who has ever lived on the planet Earth hasreceived his/hercolumn from Drunken Fools (On Mars and Saturn,as far as we know, they w rite their columns by themselves.) So,when people say that ou r opinions sound as if they were made by abunch of drunks, in a sense, they are quite correct.When Ifirststarted writing my column for the Merciad, my Editor-in-Chief gave me Bob's phone number. When I called him, he toldme to send him a sample of my writing. I did that. Two weeks later,I received a large bookof Mercyhurst College related column s inmywriting style. They actually looked as if I wrote them by myself!Here's one I haven't used yet:,I think the new apartments to be bu ilt in the middle of the Briggsparking lot are a great idea! Imagine the parking advantages! Sure,you probably think that it would corrupt parkingmore than it alreadyhas been, but you're wrong; that is, as long as they use my brilliantidea of getting around that problem.Here it is. How about we build a parking ramp that would goaround the building to the roof. Then, make the roof a new parkinglot! This solution will not only improve the parking problem, itwould enhance the ap artment's living conditions as well.Just think, you'd be up all night trying to study in competitionwith all the .racket of your next door neighbor's stereo, whensuddenly, a group of cars drive by your window and drown out theunwanted noise of your neigh bor's stereo. Then, you'd b e able tofinally study in peac e. Sure, the cars would only be likely to comeby everyfiveminutes or so, but it would be better than if they wouldnever come by at all.Also, thanks to the loudness of the cars driving by, you'll never beirritated again by the stupid television programming during yourmuch needed leisure time. I know what it's like watching thatannoying Burger King commercial on MTV forthe millionth time.Under my new parking system idea, even if you turn your TVvolume up full blast, you won't be able to make out their famousslogan, "I love this place!" Instead, the people in the commercialwill sound like they're impersonating your roommate's '79 Chrysler.Hey, you'll probably never have another argument in your apart-ment again, unless you want your arguments to sound like, "AlrightJeff, did you and Karen < VRRRRROOOOOM>> on my bed lastnight?" | t a$ip j >*M1 Sleep will be less interrupted than ever before. Never again, willthat annoying alarm clock wake you up on time so you can go toclass and fulfill your college purpose, education. If my idea isexecuted, you won't have to worry about g etting up because you 11be up the entire night anyway. In fact, whenever you actually do getto class, where it is a lot more quiet than your apartment, you canmake up all of your lost sleep!

Here's my favorite partNo more emergency phone calls in themiddle of the night! No more phone calls of any kind.. .EVER! Youwon't be able to hear the phone ringing if you used.a 50 Wattamplifier.I suppose the greatest convenience would be the comfort ofknowing that you'd be living under at least 20 mega-heavy automo-biles. Yo u'd conveniently get your cleaning done every week, dueto the fact that oil would be leaking through your ceiling onto yourfurniture and carpetI This would be so ideal! You would be cleaningin areas you never thought to clean before, leaving y our apartmentlooking as if a professional cleaned it on a weekly basis!My idea offers Mercyhurst a perfect opportunity to improve itshousing...Carpe Diem!How about that column? I certainly don't agree with it. It was[probably written by a bunch of drunks.

Anyon e intereste d in joining prison reformthe Mercy hurst College SummerAbroad Program should contactMr. John Wolper, Division Chair,in HRIM in Egan 25 .Those planning a trip overseasthis summer may get the Interna-tional Student Identity Card, theonly internationally recognizedproof of student status, for a costof $15. This card gives access tolow student airfares and studentdiscounts overseas. In addition,the card allows access to a 24-hour, toll free, emergency assis-tance hotline. For more informa-tion on obtaining an InternationalStudent Identity Card, call 1-800-GET AN ID or contact CIEE,

Dept. ISS-149,205 East42 Street,New York. NY 10017.A presentation entitled, "Ad-vocating Prison Reform for OverTwo Centuries,'' will be held onThursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. inthe Student Union. Hosts includethe Pennsylvania Prison Society,Center for Justice,and MentalHealth Issues and Mercy hurst

College Department of CriminalJustice. This event will be of in-terest to those who work in thefield of corrections, criminal jus-tice, human services, mentalhealth and those concerned about

'Tintypes," a musical reviewof songs from the Gay Nineties tothe Roaring Twenties will be pre-sented by the Mercyhurst Col legeGreensleeve Players on May 1 at8 p.m., and on May 2 at 2:30 p.m.at the Little Theatre. Tickets arefree to the Mercyhurst Commu-nity with a college ID. For reser-vations, call ext. 2401.Applications are nowbeingdis-tributed to students interested inapplying for summer jobs atMercyhurst. Most of the avail-able jobs,: a re in maintenance,housing and various administra-tive offices and pay $4.25/hr to$4.50/hr. A yellow applicationform may be picked up in Person-nel (Egan 3) or from M arion Nies(Old Main 101). Jobs will be of-fered in early M ay. Maintenanceassignments will start in late Mayand administrative office jobs willbegin when su mmer school opensaround June 21. Deadline for ap-plications is April 30.

drop them in the collection boxinthe Student Union until May 7.For more information, call Sharonat ext. 2895. iErie Earth Day Celebration1993 will be held on Friday, April30 and Saturday,May 1. The eventis being sponsored by the ErieEarth Day Coalition along withthe Erie County Recycling Pro-gram and other agencies. On Fri-day night from 7 p.m. to mid-night, five local bands will beperforming live in the Cathedra]Prep School Gym on West 10thStreet, between Myrtle and Sas-safras Streets. On Saturday, a pa-rade will be held at Perry Squareat 10 a.m., followed by openingceremonies at 11 a.m. with exhib-its and presentations on the Squareand at Gan non U niversity until 6p.m. For further information, call451-6336,871-7656or868-2707.

Circle-K, a service orientedkf.club, is sponsoring a book-raiserfor the Erie Heights Boys andGirls Club. The club is collectingbooks for children ranging from

Anyone interested in workingat WMCE Radio next fall is askedto fill out an application formsometime following Fall Termregistration. The forms will beavailable at the station beginningThursday, May 6. Returning an-nouncers and those interested inworking for the first time mustcomplete the form and return ittoages 5 to 15 years. Anyone inter- Mr. Leisering (office in Baldwin)ested in donating books should p r i or to leaving for the summer.

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Shoe Gazing fBy David McQuillenMerciadStaff Columnist

Daddy sits upright in his chairas he tells me of his arrival inAmerica. His eyes always openwide whenhe tells this story andhe shakes his hand at me whenhe wants to make his point dear.The chicken he was cooking inthe kitchen would w ait until thisadventure was over, for there is Ialways time for a story. I sip on the pop he had grabbed for me andlean back on the couch. Daddy is my oldest friend. He's 93 .We aren't related. His name is Luigi Petronio,but like everybodyelse who knows him, I call him Daddy . You might think that soundsfunny but that's what you would call him too. He stands about fivefoot five and he has a thick Italian accent And if you met him,listening to him, you'd stare and wonder whether the world is stillcapable of creating a person like him. WE would listen to his stnrv.When he was 18, probably even before your grandparents wereborn, Daddy left Italy with h is family and came to America, Ohioactually, in search of something better. That isn't what he found. Hespoke no English when he arrived. He knew no one but his familyand was unable to make friends because o f the language problem.He drowned himself inwork. He tells me stories of getting up at6 for work at a factory, working until 10 at night and dragginghimself into bed, too tired to stay awake for something to eat Heworked like that seven days a week. He had to. He was the only onein his family working and he needed to help support them. Forget

relaxing with TV; there was none. Forget reading; it was all inEnglish. Forget fun; there wa s no time for it W ork. Never a break.Italmost killed him.Daddy says that he's younger now than he was then, that he wascloser to death then than he is now. I believe him. At that time, hegot so sick he had to return to Italy, where a doctor saw his conditionand put him in the Italian infantry. He credits that doctor with savinghis life. The army strengthened him. Daddy smiles ashe remembersa 150 kilometer march from Verona to Trento in the 1920's, wherehe wentfrom he weakest to the strongest soldier. Perhaps now hewas ready for what America had to offer. Now he was ready tochance everything andrisk t on som ething with greater promise.

I Leaving hiswife and two children behind, Daddy took a boat fromItaly to Sicily to America and eventually ended up in Cleveland tolook for a job. He found one in Erie. H e began work, learned Englishandmadesomefriends.Hebroughthis family overwhenhethoughthe could support them.

Through the war, the depression, so many presidents, so manychanges in the world, Daddy went to work. To support his family,to send h is children to school, to feed them all, he left early in themorning and returned late at night If he could work overtime, hewould. If he could work on the weekends, he would. He made centsper hour. He skipped lunch break. He did it decade after decade.Daddy leans over to me and tells me he wouldn't have had it anyother way. He had a hard life, he says, but he is happy. His childrenare successfol. He has wonderful memories and he enjoys life as itis. He reads the paper, cooks dinner, v isits his w ife's grave everysingle day; he goes out when he gets the chance.And I wonder what Daddy thinks about the world now. We want

high-payingjobs; we w ant flexible schedules; wewant comfort; wewant care; we want homes; we want vacations; we want coffeebreaks; we want; we w ant; we wa nt We Want What does he think?Daddy gave everything he had for those he loved. He never askedfor breaks or complained about working hard. He knew what he hadtodo.For his courage, his love, his humor andforhis stories, I count

D.ddy e^hero. To h.ve him as . ^ h a ^ S l 7 o , ? ttuoughts about the world that I never had before. And while I dou tinougnis a o o u" j A to k o f h im w h c i l I complain ofsee him as often a s l aracew>, * . ,_.being busy, when Ijfce! people ask too much of me. He is

The Little Mermaid of Lake ErieBy Megan C ircleMerciad StaffReporter

"The Mercyhurst Dance andMusic Departments are currentlypreparing themselves for theirown production of The LittleMermaid ofLake Erie. The pro-duction is under the direction ofMary Price Boday, and will fea-ture a script created by Dr. HerbertGoldberg, a musical score cre-ated by Lee Wilkins and narra-tion by Mavis SeargantThe Dance D epartment, M usicDepartment and Art Departmenthave collaborated on this uniquerendition of Disney's The LittleMermaid. Boday says that thestory, specially written byGoldberg, stays basically with theoriginal story,but does have slightdeviations here and there. For in-stanee, for those who have seenthe movie, you know that thewicked sea queen, Ursula, getskilled at the end. Inthe Mercyhurstversion, no one is killed, rather, anew character, Ursula's mother,is introduced. When Ursula startstrouble, her mother comesfinto

the picture, and instead of anyonebeing killed, Ursula is only pun-ished and everyone lives happilyever after.The choreography for this pro-duction has been created by MaryPrice^Boday, dance departmentdirector, Jay Kirk, ballet m asterof the Mercyhurst Dancers, andRon Wilga, tap instructor for theLake Erie Ballet School andMercyhurst College. TheMercyhurst dance students willbe performing it along with 30area dancers who were chosenthrough an open audition.The 90 minute score has beenarranged by Wilkins, concertmas-ter of the Erie Philharmonic andviolin professor of the D'AngeloSchool o f M usic. Students of theD'Angelo School of Music, fac-ulty member Glen Kwok, JolyonPegis and Robert Frankenberry,and special guest RitaVerdecchiaof the Erie Philharmonic will beperforming in the orchestra.In addition to the Music and i ^- ^^Dance Departments, the Art De- senio r cit ize ns , and the

production. Mercyhurst art pro-fessors Tom Hubert and ErnestMauthe, with the help of studentsof the Ait Department are creat-ing the scene and props.Not only is The Little Mer-maid of Lake Erie being per-formed, but on the alternate daysof the Mermaid performance, avaried repertory program entitled"Potpourri" will also be per-formed by the dance departmentBoday says-this program "con-sists of repertory pieces that havebeen favorites of the last threeyears." She also goes on to saythat, "It is exciting for the audi-ence that in two evenings, youcan see two entirely differentdance concerts." fThe dates for The Little Mer-maid of Lake Erie are May 6 at7 p.m. and May 8 at 2 and 8 p.m.The "Potpourri"willbe performedon May 5 at 7 p.m. and May 8 at8 p.m. All shows will take placein Zurn Recital Hall. Tickets are$6 for adults, $4 for children andpaitment is also involved in this Community

Review encourages appreciation of talent

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By Anne L. M cNeilsA&E an d Features Editor*Every time I go to one of theplays produced by the MercyhurstCollege Theatre Department,I 'msurprised by the lack o f studentsthere. I can't understand it be-cause the plays always seem toget good reviews and Mercyhurstdefinitely has a lot of talent run-ning around, but not that manystudents on campus seem to beinterested. The Saturday, April24 performance of T intypes w asno exception. There were about65 or 70 people there and themajority of them were notMercyhurst students. I especiallydon't understand this because theplay isfree.Fortunately for thoseof you who missed Tintypes lastweekend, it's still running thisweekend. Performances are Fri-day, April 30 and Saturday, May1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 2 at

2:30 p.m. |Tintypes is not really a typicalplay. It's a collection of songstied together by a very loose plotThe cast consists of fiveMercyhurst students; seniorDavid Pelletier, juniors NicholeBruno and Sherree Piechnick,sophomore Patrick Thiem andfreshman Nina Napoleone. Eachperformer has a set role, but theyalso take on other roles through-out the show. Bruno playsSusannah, a maid; Napoleone isEmma, a social activist; Pelletieris TRTeddy Roosevelt;Piechnick plays actress AnnaHeldand Thiem is Charlie, an immi-grantfreshoff the boatThe songs are grouped accord-| ing to themes and each group ofsongs is introduced and carriedby brief scenes which hel p to keepthe show frombeing just a con-

cast sing one of the manyfeatured in the show.cert. Essentially, though, Tin-types is a celebration of Americathrough song. The show is madeup of about 50 songs and manytimes during the show, you' 11 findyourself ta pping your feet or evensoftly singing along with the castThe first act of T intypes dragssomewhat because there are anumber of different scenes andit's abit difficult to concentrate asthey change. It's also pretty seri-ous, although you would expect itto bea little bit more 1 ight-hcarted.However, the second act makesthe boredom you might experi-ence in thefirstact worthwhile;the second act is much funnierthan thefirstThere is a fantastictribute to Vaudeville which is hi-larious.The singing in Tintypes is ab-solutely wonderful. Director IgorStalsky could not have beenluckier thanwith the casthe chosefor this production. Each}per-former has a distinctive voice andeven when all five sing together,the audience can distinguish eachone's voice without trying very

hard. The performer's facial ex-pressions are also good. They areoften able to convey more by theirfacial expressions than they$do: through dialogue. In fact, many. of the scenes have very few or nowords and the audience onlyknows what's going onby watch-ing the character's expressions.Thiem deserves special recogni-tion because he spends a greatdeal of time alone on stage with-!*out speaking yet the audience isEstill able to understand prettyclearly what he's thinking.The best part of the show is|; definitely the Vaudeville scene inI the second act It opens withThiem telling some (very poor)jokes. Theim is soon joined byPelletier and two play off one[another beautifully. The scenecontinues to improve as each per-former comes to the stage, t

So, if you missed Tintypes lastweek, don't make the same mis-take twice and try to make it toone of thisweekend's perfor-mances.4


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P i n t e a w a l k s d o w n M e r c y h u r s t ' s m e m o r y l a n eBy Ju le GardnerMerciad News Editor

In a time many never knew butfew have forgotten, a confusedvisitor walked into the vestibuleofOld Ma in. He saw a sister scrub-bing the floor* "Where is thePresident's office?," he was saidto ask. He w as pointed the wayand waited to meet the Presidentof MercyhurstCollege. Presently,she entered and greeted him.It was then the v isitor realizedshe was the very same Sister ofMercy he had seen laboring onher knees moments before. "Hewas a little astonished," saidMercyhurst Oral Historian, LariePintea.

Pintea, retired editor of the Er ieMorning News, is in the processof taping interviews with peopleconnected to the history of thecollege. The tapes arebeing orga- swer.

nized and placed in the archivesfor anyone interested in the re-search.He has talked to people whoremember the early days (whenmale students weren't a glimmerin the Hurst's eye) and people us trecently hired, such as the, newfootball coach. Pintea asserted thatevents "do not have to be ancient

to become a vital pa it of the his-tory." w"President Garvey felt, as I did,that we should make a serious

As a member of the President'sBoard of Advisors since 1969,Pintea has witnessed some of themoreepic moments in Mercyhursthistory. As he leaned against thewall, crossed arms over his belly,he told the tale of the year THEYcame. Everything changed veryquickly when male students wereadmitted.

different kind of place then," hesaid. Asa child of he Depression,he remembers scraping days, dayswhen Mercyhurst provided tem-porary rest for the ache in manymen's stomachs.

(the only building of the time) toa basement area. Eventually, hesaid, they wore a path the oldersisters can still recall.They didn't have to do that.Many times, they gave up theThe sisters, in addition to farm- food they gre w, them selves ,"

effort to get people on tape,"Pintea said. "We tend to say To obad' when an old person dies." Ifyou do not take the opportunity torecord history, it dies with a per-son who could share it, he said."Roots are very important, even-tually. They become importantwhen the next generation asksyou questions you cannot an-

There was a certain amount ofresentment from the female stu-dents. After all, they chose to goto an all-girls' school. They sim-ply weren't used to having youngmen around," Pintea said. "Ofcourse, some of the women weredelighted," he added with heartylaughter.The infancy period of the col-lege fascinates Pintea. "It was a

ing the land around the collegeand maintaining the neatness ofit, also provided meals for menseekingwork in the 1930 s. Thesemen roamed the country at themention of a new factory or pros-pect for a paycheck. Places likeMercyhurst were, at times, theironly chance for a hot meal."Every day there would be aline of men shuffling up the hill,"Pintea said. Through all seasons,the line extended the length of thedriveway and around Old Main

Pintea sa id. "There is somethingmagniGcent aboutwhat they did."People say you shou ldn't lookback. "Forward orever,backwardnever," or something like thatThis is not the ideology of LariePintea."A great deal of what you are iswhat you were,"liesaid. "It won'teverend. Mercyhurst archives willalways seek more history.Whether I'm here or not, the his-tory goes on."

Foreign students earn visasDue to a peaky roof inlEgan, the scholar-ship computer injthe financial aid officewashout of order|for a fewfmonths.|How-everithefinancialaid office announced!that the computer is bootedfupland func-tionaioncefagain.

By Mia U-RyckiMerciad StaffReporterFor most Mercyhurst studentsvisa means fast money, good forsuch things as Converse high-tops,college books, vacation expenses,and the Olive Garden. For otherMercyhurst students though, theword visa means somuch more. Itmeans employment"Immigrants ca nnotwork," says

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sophomore Tracy C ross, of Lim-erick, Ireland. "A visa allows aforeign person to live and work inAmerica."Right now, Cross and most ofthe other foreign students on cam-pus just have a student visa. Astudent visa allows them to workonly on campus. It must be re-newed every four years and Texpires onceth e student ceases tobea student, says Yvonne Maher,ofWaterford, Ireland. Once a for-eign student who doesn't have avisa graduates, the only type ofwork they canget is in theirma orGeld. And this is just as a co-opand only for one year.

Maher applied for and receivedher visa last year. Cross however,is in i the process right now ofapplying for one.Each year 40,000 visas are is-sued, 12,000 of which go to Irish.Cross, whohas already been con-tacted by the American Embassyin Dublin believes she hasa goodchance of getting a visa.!She successfully completed thefirst step offillingout a generalform and sending it to Imm igra-tion. Right now she is fillingout

the second form, the Applicationfor Immigrant Visa and AlienRegistration. Most of the infor-mation on this form is biographic,including a section just for spe-cific marks of identification.'This form tells them that I'minterested," says Cross.Cross still has a long way to gobefore she can get her v isa, though.There are many steps she mustfulfill before she even gets aninterview with the embassy *inDublin, the last step. She needs toget a full physical exam, includ- jing a chest x-ray. She also needs'^to have her picture taken showingher right ear and full face. Andshe must get a police statementfrom Erie saying she's neverbeenin jail or caused any problems.With all these forms inher hand,along with a birth certificate, pass-port, and a letter from a futureemployer ensuring a job for ayear, she interviews in Dublin.This interview is thefinalstep inthe long process. Cross can find

out that very afternoon if she willreceive a visa. However, she won'treceive the actual card for fourweeks."We're at their beck and call,"says Cross. "I can't miss the ap-pointment in Dublin, or that's it "Many times these appointmentsare given out at a mom ent's no-tice. This can be unfortunate forpeople living outside of Ireland atthe tim e. However, Aer Lingus,the official a ir 1 ine o fire 1and, givesdiscounts for any Irish needing toreturn home to get a visa."It costs a fortune to get a visa,"says Maher. She spent a mini-mum of $300 last year. However,she was able to avoid paying anextra $200 for a flight to Irelandsince shewas at home at the time.It could have cost her a minimumof $500 to get her visa, she says.Having a visa though, is worththe hassle, time and money, sayboth Cross and Maher."There's 20% unemploymentback home," says Maher. "I havethe option of gaining work expe-rience in America since it's hardto get it at home."

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The Cheap SeatsBy John DanknichMerciad Asst. Sports Editor

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of my tenure as assistant sportseditor has been reached. As ofnext issue, I return to my posi-tion ofsports writer/moviecritic.Itwas just about a year ago thatI wrote my first column, andhere I am writing my last one.Anyway,,a lot has happened in sports, both nationally and atMercyhurst, in the past year.In a truly incred iblerun, the Laker hockey team made it all thewayto theNCAA Division II championship before bowing to a seasonedBemidji State squad. What makes this even more incredible is thatCoach Gotkin himself called this year a rebuilding one. Even withthe losses of Rob Madia and Andrew Moir, expect the Laker icersto be at or near the top of next year's preseason D ivision II poll.What I personally enjoyed most about the hockey season were thefans. In my mind, there is nothing better than a packed house ofscreaming fans cheering on the team to victory. I had one of the bestseats in the house from the press box and was privileged enough tobe a between-periods guest on several of the games that WMCEbroadcastSpeaking of WMCE, this past year I was given the opportunity toprovide color commentary for men's and women 's basketball. I haddreamed for years of getting behind the mic, and I enjoyed everymoment of i t I was lucky enough to be help broadcast the Lakers'historic triple-overtimevictory over East Stroudsburg University inthe championship of the K nobloch O lds Classic.Since I'm on the subject of the men's basketball team, w ho wouldhave thought that a team that won only 11 games last season wouldwin 19 this year and narrowly miss the NCAA Championships. Ofcourse,who could forget the incredible night of Thursday, February11? On thatrtight, he Lakers broke the* fabled "Gannon jinx" anddefeated the Golden Knights 71-70 on Terry B ush'* free throw with1.5 seconds left. As the clock expired, the fans rushed onto the floorof the MAC, mobbing the team. The game was one of the greatestI had ever witnessed, high school, college or pro.Being from Pittsburgh, I had a lot to cheer about this past year. Inthe National Hockey League, the Penguins won their second straightStanley Cup and appear to be on the verge of a third straight I don'tthink there is any doubt in anybody's mind that Mario Lemieux isthe most dominant professional athlete in the worid today. Just askPat LaFontaine. ._ The Pirates won their third straight National League EasternDivision title, butonce again failed to advanceto he World Series,losing Game Seven of the NL Championship series to the AtlantaBraves on Francisco Cabrera's pinch hit single. The Braves wentonto lose their second straight World Series, this time to the TorontoBlue Jays.

ThePirates lostha lf of their team to free agency and seem destinedfor mediocrity thenext half-decade. The Braves went outand signedCy Young winner Greg Maddux to g ive them the most dominantpitching staff in baseball. Now if the Braves could only hit above theMendoza li n e. .. - js . . . .Speaking offtitUlty,The Buffalo BUls made it to their thndlstrafebt Super Bowl, only to lose, again, this time to die DallasCowboys. I'm sure the BUls will enjoy being grouped wrfh theDenver Broncos and the Minnesota Vikings when it comes to Super^Ffcr ftelu t part of my fina l column I would like to personallythank all of the great writers who contributed to the sports sectionthis year. . -_ . ./-i__ir tnr%vObviously, I'll start with my partner in crime, Craig. Gteek tooKthe hockey beat this year and made it his own. He also s.gned on as l r manforLakerHockeyNight on WMCE. If onlyMr. Leiseringwould let him get a word in ed gewise... IKeith Courson will be taking over for nie next issue. The"Coursonator" w as the eyes, ears, nose and throat * * j team and the women's hoop squad,both in thepaper and on WMCE.Good luck, Keith, you're gonna need it!Our wet l^htod the ean" fieshnun David K o s o b ^ m e dout to be one of thefinestwriter, on the staff. H i. profiles werealway. Interesting, informative and a joy to reao.I can't end without mentioning .11 of ti.e other j W g J J *wrote for Craig and I. Uam Ba ^ * * ^ $ Z LeonMumfordand!ast.butnotleat,ChriKuUm.n,.Hotyoug yhave my thanks. . _ . >___ _MI* it. I did it myThe end is here. However, make no mistake abou t M did tt myway. For the final time a. s.itnt sports editor, this is JodnDanknich signing off from the cheap scats.

( Freshman Benedict stars for Laker baseballiteamBy David J. K osobuckiMerciad Sports Writer

Every good athlete knows whatit feels like to be in a zone. Every-thing you do isrightThings seemto go in slow motion. You are atyour top performance, fMercy hurst freshman JeffBenedict is in a zone. It all startedon Tuesday, April 13,jj againstAllegheny. Benedict ripped twohome runs, including the game-winner in the ninth inning to de-feat the previously unbeatenGators. Since then, Benedict hasbeen on a tear. He has had a list ofmultiple hit games and a fewmorebig hits. The day following theAllegheny game, the Laker firstbaseman hit another longball in aclose loss against S t Bonaventure.A few days later, Benedict deliv-ered in the clutch again with a twoout two-run:;double againstGarion. Both runs held up in a 2-1 Hurst triumph.It is hard to understand just howgood things really are until youask Benedict yourself about thestreak. 'Things feel real good rightnow," Benedict said. "I'm mak-ing good contact whenever\Iswing." In fact,during a stretch inthe season, isff went over 20 at

One thing about hot streaks isthat they 'are usually taken forgranted. A player will often beginto think that they are invincibleand they no longer do things theyneed to do to be successful. Theyloseb concentration. Suddenly,what was once immortalityquickly becomes reality. It is im-portant to remember that goodthings must come to an end.

ever you look at it, Benedict hascertainly been an unlikely herofor the HurstBenedict has also moved up inthe ba tting order since the seasonbegan. He now bats first Eventhough he has never been put intothe leadoff spot, he feels confi-dent when he steps up to the plate."I feel much more at ease when Ibat now," he said. "I used to getBenedict hopes that the end won't really nervous because I felt that

bats without swinging and miss-ing. "Itwon'talways be this way,"Benedict said. "I have to takeadvantage of it while it lasts."

be for a long time. "I'm tryinghard to be consistent," he said."The only difference between aslump and a streak is whether ornot the ball finds the gap. Thatcan change anytime. I have tomake sure I do my partby puttingthe ball in play."Probably the strangest thingabout Benedict thus far is that hehastbecome a bigger offensivethreat than he was in high school.While playing baseball at Cathe-dral Prep High School, Jeffbattedbetween .300 and .333 in his jun-ior and senior year. Now in hisfir st year at Mercy hurst, he cur-rently is batting .349 with a teamhigh four home runs.The power surge has been espe-cially pleasant for Benedict "Ihad two home runs last year. I'msurprised that I have more thisyear," he said. Keep in mind thefact that he?faced high school

pitching last year. His overall av-erage would also be higher if hehadn't gone through the naturalfreshmen growing pains. How-

I was batting each time to keepmy starting position. Relaxing hasbeen a key."When out on the diamond,Benedict tries to get inspirationfrom his favorite player, ChicagoCub Mark Grace. Like Grace,Benedict possesses a smoothswing and a soft glove. It shouldbe no surprise to Benedict tha t hemade such a big impact h is rookieseason because his hero Gracedid the same in hisfirstseason inthe major leagues.Some athletes play sports be-cause they love the game. Somepeople play so they can receivethe high they get ro m getting in azone. Athletes can enter thiszoneoften, but most only have a fewvisits into the zone.Just in case anyonefeels hat Iam putting a hex on Benedict bywriting about his streak, don'tworry. When I wrote aboutGeorge Paydock and last secondpressure field goals, Paydocknailed a 21-yard field goal twodays later to tie W ittenberg,

Crew team captures ten medals at Governor's CupBy Uarn BarronMerciad Sports Writer

The Laker crew squad travelledto Charleston, WestWirginia, thispast weekend to compete in thehost team's invitational regatta.The Hurst was in top form onceagain,as ittook second place over-all in the prestigious Governor'sCup. TheLakers entered ten races,and came home with ten medalswhich meant that every memberof the squad returned to Brie withsome kind of medal. The 1993Lakers also went into the historybooks as the first Mercyhurstsquad to win both the men's andwomen's varsityeights at the same

squad's progress. "The morale issky-high atthe moment, and we'reeagerly anticipating even betterresults over the next couple ofweeks," he said. "We've beenunable to get out on the lake asmuch as we would like due to therecent high winds, but the team'sresults haven't suffered too much,

and we're hoping for continuedsuccess in our upcoming regattas,which are the most important ofthe season."The Lakers travel to Columbus,Ohio, this weekend to battleagainst theirfiercestrivals at theMid-American Rowing champi-onships.

, competition.Perennial rival Marietta Col-lege won the 15 team event as aresult of entering every event atthe regatta. There were severalDivision I powerhouses compet-ing at Charleston, and they in-cluded North Carolina* Duke,Duquesne and Ohio State. TheLaker squads thatwere victoriouswere: men's varsity eight,women's varsity eight,varsitywomen's four, varsity men'ssprint, varsity women's 2000meters and the men's freshmanfour. The Hurst placed second inthe men's junior varsity eight andthe varsity women's sprintAssistant Coach 'Adrian

The men's and women's soccerteams recently completed a verysuccessful indoor and outdoorcampaign. The men's team wonboth of the indoor tournaments itcompeted in, going undefeated(12-0) to win the University ofPitt-Bradford Tournament and theUniversity of Pitt-JohnstownTournament

In the outdoor portion of theschedule, Mercyhurst defeatedFredonia 4-0 with goals fromMark Shookalook, LeonMumford, Jeff Spider and ChrisFarver. Over the weekend,.theHurst defeated Wooster 4-0 andSpracklen is delighted with the lost a dose game to Division I

Geveland State University, 4-3.The women's team competedin one indoor tournament and twooutdoor tournaments and wentundefeated. At the Allegheny In-door Tournament,-Mercyhurstentered two teams which bothended up in the final.The Green Team beat the Blues4*3 for the Lady Lakers' onlydefeat of the spring season.Mercyhurst also came away withthe championship trophies fromthe Alfred Invitational Tourna-ment The Lady Lakers' finalrecord stood at 20-1, with theironly loss coming to themselves.They also outscored their oppo-nents 46 -8.


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PAGE 8 THE MERCIAD APRIL29,1993SportsS t r o n g p i t c h i n g l e a d s L a k e r s t o t h r e e v i c t o r i e sBy Craig RybczynskiMerciadSports Editor

The Mercyhurst Laker baseballteam improved its season recordto 15-12, thanks to solid pitchingthat led to victories in three offour games this past weekend.The H urst began the weekendwith a double-header split withhost Pitt-Johnstown last Saturdayafternoon. The Lakers triumphedin the opener 2-1 on the strengthof Mike McKnight's mammothtwo-runhome run off pitcher LeeStanley in the fourth inning.McKnight did his bestRoy Hobbsimitation as he pounded the ballover the 58-foot Green Monsterand hit a clock. The home runerased an early 1-0 deficitDespite the poor weather con-ditions and the performance ofStanley, the Lakers' Jason Runtas(2-3) and Gary Welgoss (1-2) alsocontributed to the offense. Ac-

cording to Runtas, "We have im- relief pitcher Jason Runtas.proved a lot so far and it's one ofthe better games we've played allyear."Aside from McKnight's homerun, thegame wasa pitcher's duelas Laker Mike Koziara and Pitt-Johnstown hurler Stanley limitedthe oppostion to six hits. Koziaraheld on for the victory as he al-lowed just one run improving hisERA to 3.06. He also upped hisrecord to 5-0 this year.iIn the nightcap , Mercyhurst andPitt-Johnstown once again foundthemselves in a closely contestedball game. This time, the Hurstfell in the bottom of the seventhinning. %

The Lakers battled back to tiethe game in the top of the sixthinning as Frank Sommers scored.However, Pitt-Johnstown wouldspoil Mercy hurst's comeback bidin the seventh inning. The Moun-

The winning run scored as theMercyhurst infield w as drawn inwith the bases loaded. ShortstopCra ig Gelded the ground ball andfired to the plate, but catcherSommers' tag was late. Thus,Mercyhurst was left with a split inthe series. Freshman Jeff Benedictcontinued his mastery of collegepitching by going 2-3witha sing] eand a double. Five other Lakerscontributed to the effort with ahi t ri )On Sunday, Mercyhurst pow-ered its way to a sweep of PointPark College at Pullman Park. Ineach contest, the Lakers cruisedto 11-1 victories by adding runproduction to solid pitching per-formances. Rich Runtas andCasey Crawford picked up thewins.In the opener, McKnight con-tinued to prove h e is a home run

second inning. The Hurst startedoff with a six-run first inning andcruised to victory. At the plate,Mercyhurst got multi-hit gamesfrom Phil Gahring, Benedict andCraig. Craig and Gahring eachadded two RBI apiece.The blue and green would addsingle runs in the second andfourth inning and three runs in theseventh to seal the victory forpitcher Rich Runtas. Runtaspitched seven strong innings ashe had ten strikeouts and walkedtwo batters in the game.In the second game of the

double-header, the Lakers con-tinued to shell Point Park pitch-ing. Craig and Jason Runtas bothhit home runs to spark the offen-sive output Craig's grand slam inthe fourth inning broke open a 2-0 Laker lead. He would also addanother hit and an RBI.

Jason R untas, Dan Messner andKevin Schultz as they all addedtwo hits. Of the five, three areamong the leaders in hitting onthe team. Left fielder Welgossand third baseman Messner im-proved their batting averages to.328. First baseman Benedict's.372 average leads the Lakers.The L aker pitching staff againdominated its opponents asCrawford allowed one run in sixinnings ofwork. With thewin, heremained undefeated with a 2-0record this season. The pitchingefforts of Crawford and the entirestaff bodes well for a team thatstill has an outside shot at theDivision II playoffs.The Lakers have a tough sched-ule ahead of them as they take onClarion University on Thursdayat 2 p.m. and Gannon Universityat home at 1 p.m on Friday. TheThe Mercyhurst hitting barrage Hurstthen travels to play Saginawtain Cats pushed across a run off threat by hitting a solo shot in the was aided by Benedict, Welgoss, Valley State on Sunday at 1 p.m.

By Chris KullmanMerciad Sports Writer in tennis. One particular reasonO'Keefeattended Mercyhurst was

Pat O'Keefe, senior captain ofthe Mercyhurst tennis team, hasled a varied life at the Hurst. Histennis, school and social lifehaveimproved greatly since his movefrom Canada several years ago.O'Keefe started playing com-petitive tennis a t the age of14. Hewasonly 16 when he knew thathewanted to pursue a college career

because of he opportunity to pur-sue his dream of playing colle-giate tennis with a scholarship. |Here at the Hurst, O'Keefe is abiology/chemistry jj major.''Mercyhurst has been good tome, and I am able to play com-petitive teiutis/'saidO'Keefe. Thetennis coaches have alwaysstressed school work because thegrades come before sports.In bis freshman year, O'Keefe

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started playing number sevensingles and number four doubles,which meant he wasn't really inthe lineup. Over his four years atthe Hurst, O'Keefe has receivedsolid coaching, which is why, inhis senior year, he is playingnum-ber one singles and number onedoubles. j.O'Keefe has a shot at the na-tionals inboth singles and doubles."The coaching has beenvery valu-able, and I would like to say 'hatsoff to them because they are re-sponsible for the improvementsin my game," said O'Keefe.The strength of the tennis pro-gram at Mercyhurst has contin-ued to grow rapidly. The play ofnewcomers Kevin Daeschner,Vyom Bhuta and Markus Muenckhas been solid. They came upwith wins where some freshmenwould normally succumb to thepressure of playing more experi-enced tennis players. The trio haswon key matches that have en-abled the Lakers to go on theirten-match winning streak.On Wednesday, May S, the na-tional selections come out for ten-nis. "Itwould be the ultimate per-sonal achievement for me to getselected for the nationals to capoff my four years ihere atMercyhurst," said O'Keefe.O'Keefe says that he admires

the French tennis players, in par-ticular Yannick Noah, HenriLeconte and Guy Forget "I likethem because they have a flam-boyant tennis style which I per-sonally find appealing in a suc-cessful tennis player," he said.Outside of tennis, O'Keefe isinterested in golf and badminton.Healso enjoys a challenging gameofchess. lam sure everyone attheHurst will echo my best wishes toPat O'Keefe in his national titleefforts and all his future endeav-ors.

Dziekonski tops in Western PAMercyhurst cyclists MarcieDziekonskiand David McQu il lenhave been selected as long teammembers to represent the Eastern

Region at the US N ational C olle-giate Cycling Championships,held at the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology in late May.1The announcement followsMercyhurst's performance in theWestern Pennsylvania DistrictChampionships, held at the Indi-ana University of Pennsylvania,where Dziekonski won thewomen's division for the secondyear, andMcQuillen finished withsecond place in the expert men'sdivision.The W estern Pennsylvania Dis-tricts consisted of hree races overtwo days. Saturday saw 12 teamsline up for the opening road race.Dziekonski continued to rack uppoints in the 25-mile women'sevent,finishing hird. In the 50-mile expert race, McQuillen fin-ished fifth. Due to poor coursemarshaling, intermediate riderTate Davidson and novice LouViselli got lost andwere unable tofinish the race. *Shortly after the finish of theroad events, rain began to fall andthe afternoon 10-mile time trialwas canceled. The finalevent wasto be a criterium at the IndianaMalll M I 'tmi

Dziekonski clinched the districttitle with j'a photo finish sprintover a rider from MillersvilleCollege, jViselli foughthard tohang in with the novice pack untilthe attacks became too much. He'eventually finished 13th. In theintermediates, Davidson racedsmartly, taking ourth n a 15 riderfield sprint. In the experts,McQuil len crashed while ina fiverider breakaway and was unabletofinishdue to injuries.The final esults in the racegaveDziekonski and McQuillen thepoints they needed to qualify fo rNationals and gave Mercyhurst afifth place finish in the districtAccording to team advisor JimMcKeever, the team survived adifficult year I to produce some

surprising results.;"We suffered some rider lossesdue to injury and schedule con-flicts, and things didn't go verywell in thefirst ace of he season.But now we've come back andDziekonski's championship isreally tremendous. To haveMercyhurst selected for the East-ern region (Maryland to Maine)national championship long teamis a step above last year."To make the nationals, longteam members must race at theregional championships and fin-ish within a pre-set ranking.

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The Merciad, April 29, 1993