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By Jamz PorzioStaffWriter*
This year, the first prize foi the most beautifully decorated
office atChristmastime went to Stuuent Accounts. Photo: Chris
Wloch.
On Saturday, Dec. 13, from12:30to4p.m., the Walker Schoolof
Business will run the seventhannua] "Christmas on Campus."This
event includes participationfrom most of the college commu-nity and
provides a charity serviceof interactive entertainment
forunderprivileged children fromagencies around the area;Rebecca
Koren, the representa-tive head of Christmas on Campusadvocates the
participation and
acknowledgment of this charityevent. With* so much of
theMercyhurst community assistingin its embellishment, it could
onlybe a benefit to one's self to maketheir own contribution,she
said.There is a host made up of sevenoutstanding committees,
eachholding an important role in theambience of the day
includingdecorations, food donations, pub-licity, gifts, events,
agency con-tacts, and volunteers for*'buddies ?or leaders for each
group of kids.According to Ko ren, the agencycontact committee was
solely re-sponsible for providing the chil-dren as they made
contact with thevarious agencies. The agenciesinvolved include die
Boys & GirlsClub, the City Mission, the Neigh-bor Art House,
YWCA, Mercy
Center for Women, and Emmaus.When the children are droppedoff at
Mercyhurst they will be ledto the Student Union, where all ofthe
events will take place, Korensaid. They will be separated
intogroups of four or fi ve, to be guidedthrough by their group
leader, thevolunteer for "buddies."There are 10 activities for
thekids this year, Koren added. Eachevent runs continuously for
twohours and is set up by a differentclubon campus. Alpha Phi
Sigma,HMA,PCMA,EasternWaves,andSki Club are providing crafts
for
the children to participate in. Th eCriminal Justice Club may
havethe Erie po lice arrive to do a dem-onstration with police
dogs. CircleK is providing face painting. Th eSocial Work Club is
taking pic-tures of the children to be madeinto buttons. CEC is
holding abeanbag toss and Phi Eta Sigma willsponsor musical chairs.
^The events committee has pulledtogether many special
charactersthat the children may identify with.Students will dress
up as variousDi sneycharacters. This year,Cam-pus Minister Michele
Garveysewed the costumes for more than20 students.There will also
be faculty sing-ing at the event to provide theperfect Christmas
mood, Korensaid. Rob Causgrove as Santa
Claus will also make ance, distributing presekids, and if the
Erie Polto attend, there will be aMcGruff the Crime DoBarry
McAndrew, assfessor of English, wilchildren'sclassic, *T
wBeforeChristmas" Finato the food donation cthere will be
refreshmeA Santa shop will be sUnion on behalf of themittee. T his
will providdren with a gift to givethey have in mind . Thfree of
charge, Koren sAlso participating inwill be* volunteer studneed
toaid the communvice hours as part course work. They
wilmiscellaneous jobs .When the day finally cclose, J17 children
wMercyhurst campus wiplimentary "reindeer bahand. This is a lunch
with little toys and trinsouvenir of the occasionare donations from
Mstudents, faculty admand staff. This was thethat students were
actuto help with the accumgifts. Other services wpossible by MSG a
s themoney for the cause.Library's New Third FloorSlated to Open
Next Week
By Chris W lochEditor-in-ChiefAfter more than six months ofwork,
the Hammermiil Librarywill open the new third floor be-fore the
beginning of Christmas
break."Patrons should be able to accessthe newly completed areas
of thelibrary in the Walker Wing andWeber Hall sometime next
week,*'said Dr. Roy Strausbaugh, deanof libraries. JThe new third
floor wing is beingnamed in honor of CatherineMcDonough Walker,
wife ofMercyhurst trustee Barrett Wal-
ker. The interior of the WalkerReading Room was made possibleby
a gift to the college.Mr. Tom Billingsley, dean ofadministration,
said "the new ad-ditions are worth the wait. It's a lotmore than we
promised.*'Nine out of the 12 high poweredcomputer work s tations
on the firstfloor are now up and running inaddition to another 6
terminal s atthe kiosks near the entrance. Thecomputers all feature
an on-linepublic access catalog (OPAC)which allows patrons to
search li-brary holdings, internet resources,and eventually,
reference materi-als in the library's collection.
Current periodicals will be placedin the Great reading room in
We-ber Hall, Strausbaugh said. Thethird floor will also feature
morecomputer workstations.At 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, anopen
house and dedication will beheld for the new areas in theHammermiil
Library and dance-Space in Zurn. The event will fea-ture a
reception in W eber Hall anda concert at 3 p.m. by the I)' A
ngeloSymphony Orchestra conductedby Frank Col Una in the
Perform-ing Arts Center. The conceit is freeto the college
community, but res-ervations are required. For ticketscall 2003. ;
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Livingston^ Completes PhBy Chris WlochEditor-in-Chief
On Monday, Dec. 8, DavidLivingston, assistant professor
ofreligious stud ies, successfully de-fended his doctoral
dissertationat Vanderbilt University inNashville.Livingston's
thesis is entitled"Social Reconciliation: A Theo-logical
Reconstruction in Ro-se to the Phenomenon of inti-mate Violence."
It applies thephilosophical workof French Jew -ish thinker Emmanuel
L evinas asa lens with which to un derstand ifand when forgiveness
is possiblein cases of partner and child abuse.In a majority of
instances, recon-ciliation does not appear to be thebest
alternatives Livings on said.
Dr. David Living"We were confident thwould complete his
docquirements within the timsaid Dr. Joseph Gower, adean." Nowhecan
moreluhimself into the life oflege. "
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Erie Ballet presents The NutcrackerBy Angela Ha rrisMerciad
Writerand Carr ie TappeA&E Editor
Visions of sugarplums, giantmice, living soldiers,
dancingsnowflakes and candy are all partof this year's production
of TheNutcracker, the tuneless story of ayoung girl's Christmas
dreamabout a special land, and a beauti-ful sugar plum fairy, and
her N ut-cracker prince.
The Nutcracker will be presentedby the Erie Ballet Theatre
Satur-day, Dec. 13, at7p.m. and Sunday,Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. at the
WarnerTheatre in downtown Erie.*Chn stina Maria, principal
dancerand artistic director of Erie BalletTheatre, along with
Sharon Filoneand Sarah Purvis of the Lake Erie
andstagedthisholidayclassic.Thecast includes Mercyhurst
Collegedancers, apprentices to Erie BalletTheatre, actors from the
commu-nity, and nearly 40 children fromthe Lake Erie Ballet
school.Christina Maria will dance therole of the Sugar Plum Fairy
andYves de Boulliere, a guest artistfrom Milwalkee, will dance
therole of her Cavalier. The Erie Phil-harmonic will join the Erie
BalletTheatre to make Peter IlyichTchaikovsky's magical musiccome
alive.Since this is one of the majorproductions of theErie Ballet
The-atre, this performance is greetedvvi th g reat anticipation.'B
ehind thescenes; the dancers and adminis-trators have put extensi
ve ti me andplanning into this balletNew Costumes were made for
i
Ballet school, re-choreographed most of the roles, and
beautiful
new poster layouts were distrib-uted around town. The
dancers,including the children, auditionedfor their roles in early
Septemberand have been eagerl y rehearsingsince.I am really excited
and c an'twait until the performance. I can'twait to see how The
Nutcrackerhas come together. I want to seeour hard w ork pay off,"
SueTale-bi, a freshman dancer, said. "Ev-eryone has been working so
hardand its expected to be great]With the extraordinary set,
themajesty of the historic WarnerTheatre, and the combination ofthe
dancers and the philharmonic,The Nutcracker will be brought tolife.
The production is anticipatedto be one of the best yet.For more
informationabout tick-ets , please call the Warner
Theatreat452-4857. f i t
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ftMercyhurst CelebrateThe Glory of Christma
By Heather CvitkovicMerciad WriterMercyhurst College
presents"The Glory of Christmas"onSaturday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m.in
the, Mary- D'Ang elo Per-forming Arts Center. The con-cert choir
consists oft165 sing-ers made up of three smallerensembles who come
togetherfor this festive tradition at the
college. -p'This annual Christmas eventhas proven to be
extremelypopular among members of theErie community as well asamong
the students, facultyand friends of the college whoperform here,"
MichaelFuhrman, director of theD'Angelo Performing Arts
Center, said.The combined choisisting of music majonors and
members of community, * accompanlive orchestra, are undirection of
Rebecca Rythe D'Angelo School sic. The choir will Bach's
Magnificat, Regina Coeli, 'andfrom Han del's Messi
Tickets for the event for students and PrCard holders and!
canserved at the Box Officalling 824-3000. TOffice is located in
theZum Hall, in the lobbMary D'Angelo SchMusic.
T H E V E R V E : P o p M u s i c ' s F a l l e n A n g e lBy
Brian EichstadtMusic Reviews
?rhe year 1995 was a definitivetime for the British music scene
asterritorial mainstays gave way tointernational p op stars. Oasis
con-quered America..with its Bea-tlesque ballads from What's
theStory Morning Glory, and Bushalso struck,a sentimental
chordworldwide with its grunge ap-proach and teen idol status.Other
British bands, such asBlur and Pulp, also garnered hugesuccess in
Europe andnon-Ameri-can nations with their highly ac-claimed works.
The Great Escapeand Different Class, respectively.Lost among this
newfound "Brhvjish Invasion'' was the breakup oflesser known, but
highly influen-tial artists such as Ride, Slowdive,Curve, the
Verve, and the highlylauded My Bloody Valentine.After a year long
hiatus due tointernal squabbling and typicalBritish pop arrogance,
the Ververeunited in late 1996 to record theirlatest album. Urban
Hymns.Bringing together primarysongwriter/lead singer
RichardAshcroft w ith the dynamic guitarworkof N ick McCabe can be
theo-retically compared to Morrissey
reuniting with the Smiths. Usuallya winning combination, the
newmaterial falls short of precon-ceived expectations. Unlike
theband's sterling debut A Storm inHeaven, thenew album is
strippeddown without many of the emo-tional shifts, swells of
powerfulguitar, or the bitter baritone vocalsthat originally made
the band wor-thy of I i stenershi p.The "new" sound of the
bandseems to stress lyrical con tent andmore standardized
songwritingrather than dynamic changes. Th esong Weeping Willow
follows thetypical blueprint for ballad stylepop with its
verse-chorus-versesong structures, catchy choruses,and meandering
guitar solos withplenty of crybaby (wan) effects.While the classic
formula was fol-lowedto near perfection, it seemedhighly contrived
for blatant radioplay (it sounded very similar toOasis) rather than
artisticOther tracks such as One Daycontinue to support the
group'sshift tow ard medio crity. With thisslow burning love
ballad, Ashcroftbreaks new ground in futilitythrough his use of
sappy "Ahs"and "Ohs" and the- uninspiredplucking of acoustic guitar
chords.Songs such as Sonnet and DrugsDon't Work include more
point-
less acoustics while Ashcroft'ssimplistic social
commentarypreaches "Drugs don't work theyjust make you worse, I '11
see yourface again" and "There is love ifyou want it, don't sound
like asonnet, my Lord". Overall, most,of the songs were so similar
intheir dull approach they seemed todrift by with different
efficiency.Despite its various shortcom-ings, "Bitter Sweet
Symphony"and the "Rolling People" saveUrban Hymns from becoming
acompletely lackluster release. Asthe first release from the
album,"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is defi-nitely the crown jewel of
therecord. Originally recorded by theRolling Stones, Ashcroft added
astring orchestra and new lyrics tomake the song a current
classic.
Filled with soothing strings andsolid rhythmic drumming,
theVerve lyrically and musically cre-ate an atmospheric tale of
manicdepression. Throughout the track,a pessimistic philosophy
(people|m to work hard to live only todie as slaves to money) about
lifeis explored with skeptical results.To meet the reality of this
self-created negative world, the songnarrates how a person can feel
like"a million different people fromone day to the next" whose
only
solution is "I can change ."The Rolling People" is a trackwhich
is characteristic of every-thing the. Verve used to be: dy-namic
Vocal and guitar changes, aheavy rolling. guitar lick withplenty of
creative blasts of sonicdissonance,andRichardAshcroffshypnotic
build to an emotionallydrainingchorus. Throughou tan un-
interesting mazeofstandatic and pop cliches, the People" was a
refreshingthe behind for a band whito crave conformity to
masensibility.Overall, this album is berage, even a-Verve fawait to
pick this up in theat a local record store.
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STASIS: Greatest to Least orLeast to GreatestBy Joe
GallagherMerciad ColumnistOver the timeof h e autumn breakfrom
classes, many people fromcolleges went in their own direc-tions. A
group of about 30 studentsfrom Mercyhurst* went to .
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Learning to Give ThanksRand y Hilliard
During Thanksgiving vacation, Ito (the cold .Canadianpro v i nee
of Manitoba. A s it is withmost of us, visiting the older
gen-eration of our families is as much apleasure as it is a duty.
On thisoccasion it wasE my fiancee'sgrandparents with whom I spent
aday. To help put everything intoperspective, Opa was born in
Ger-many in 1906 and Grandma M arywas born in the Ukraine in
1911*.Most amazing are the stories oftheir childhoods and early
adultlives. Were it not for the tragedyintertwined into each, this
mayseem more like a fairy tale than th estory of two immigrants who
fledthe Commu nist and Nazi forces ofmid-20th century Europe to
findpeace and freedom in Ca nada.At the age of eight GrandmaMary
witnessed Communist sol-diers march into her father's farmin the
Ukraine and execute herfather and four brothers in front ofher, her
sister and m other.Forced into exile, the eight-year-old Mary and
her 19 yearold sisterfl ed to Saskatchewan with the helpof the
Mennonite church. Evenafter reaching freedom there, theyhad to
battle the brutal winters onwhat little money was made fromthe odd
ob s they were able to find,mostly mending clothes and scrub-bine
floors. But Grandma Maryswears that after she was forcedfrom the
family's Ukrainian fruitorchards, the early days in Canadawere the
happiest of her life. I
The NBA: I love this game?B y Emilio ColaiacovoSenior Writer
Opa's story is equally unique.Having fathered two children
inGermany, Opa and Oma (GermanforGrandfatherandGrandmother)found it
impossible to live a para-dox by teaching Christian valuesto the
youngsters while supportingthe immoral means of the Nazicampaign.
Their ^unwaveringstance found them placed in a con-centration camp
, where the familyfaced separation and other
un-speakablehumiliationsatthehandsof the Fascist regime.
Followingtheir release, the family wasforced to flee to the
BelgianCongo in search of sanctuaryfrom the horrors of World War
II.Unable to afford customa ry trans-portation for the family, Opa
hadto settle for a cargo ship that al-lowed them to take transit on
thedeck. The grueling trip, which of-fered little in terms of
comfort,sanitation or food, took sevenweeks to reachAfrican shores.
Thetea weary family finally foundfreedom and happiness, while
Opaworked long hours as a missionarypreaching the gospel to th e
nativesof Africa. After a few years andthree more children the
familymoved to Canada. *I, just like anyone else, am prone 9to
criticize society for slight ncon- vemences.However.Iamnowless J X
A L E N T S H O Wlikely to complain about the elec- tricity going
out during a winterstorm or the parking ramp remain- ing a mess for
weeks after a mea- ger snow fall. It's important to take a little
time now and then to be
While many political topics haveraised my ire this week, I think
Iwould be remiss if I did not com-ment on last weeks scuffle
be-tween Golden State Warriors headcoach P.J. Carlesimo and LatrelS
pre well. In evaluating this inci-dent, I hope to point out not
onlythe significance this event had onthe sports community, but the
en-tire nation as well.For those who are not aware ofthe situation,
Golden State War-riors Head Coach P.J. C arlesimowas attacked by
Latrel Sprewellduring a practice. After a verbalconfrontation, S
pre wel 1, an up andcoming talent, put his coach in ahead lock and
began to viciouslychoke him, proceeding to throw afew jabs to
Cariesimo's head. Af-ter being separated, Sprewellthreatened to
kill Carlesimo for hisearlier criticisms. While many ofthese
threats are idle in nature,Carlesim o later admitted he fearedfor
his own safety and that of hisfamily. The NBA , in conjunctionwith
the Golden State Warriors,
1 Minority Student Unionis sponsoring a24Sign
the Student Unionappreciative of what we have . Or call Effie
Tucker at2742 for more details.
fired Sprewell for one year in aneffort to show other players
theywould not tolerate any acts of vio-lent insubordination where
thelives of players, coaches, and fansfor mat matter, are
threatened orplaced in danger. tEvidently, Sprewell has had
somedifficulty with keeping his handsto himself in the past Two
yearsago, Sprewell attacked his team-mate Jerome Kersey. In this
in-stance, after being separated byfellow teammates, Sprewell
cameafter Kersey with a2"x 4" threaten-ing to get his "pie ce" to
finish thejob. Clearly this example showsthat Sprewell is nothing
more thana street thug who has no place in anorganized,
professional sportWhile many sport the traditionaloutcry of racism,
one cannot doubtthat regardless of color, Sprewellacted
inappropriately and his ac-tions should be regarded as hei-nous and
condemned.To simplify this issue, if an em -ployee were to walk
into his em-ployers .office and put him^in ahead lock and proceed
to punchhim, I would expect that this em-ployee would not work for
the par-ticular company much longer.However, with the power of
laborunions, many workers can getaway with murder. Seriously,
theexample used earlier is of greatimportance to this discussion.
Aprofessional athlete should be heldto the same standard of
conductfollowed by other human beings.The standards of
professionalism,good conduct and efficacy con tainno ambiguity. An
athlete must ad-here to the basic fundamental
principles of an ethicalYet, the lack of ethics insional sports,
in my estimendem ic to many of the we see in society.Athletes,
whether theybe or not, are role modeyouth of'America
Manimpressionable young Alook to their favorite footketball and
baseball supemulate. It does neither dren nor society any govisible
athletes like Denman striking someon e inor politicians like Bill
Cling cavalierly toward thof marital infidelity or Regardless of
what thesmay tell u s , character is ito our society. For thdoubt
me , is our societywith drug use and teen cies, any better? It is
mthat because our rolehave skirted their duties gations to society,
we perience a societal disintWill Sprewell return to
dHopefully*not! Howevrealist, I know Sprewelllent who fills the
seats arevenue to sports organIt is unfortunate that wimprovement
by monether than ethical standawe , as an ethical commucerned with
our future, mguard against these acts shape this country so
thgenerations of Americanhave to endure the social pour generation
is curretempting to solve.
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F a r r e l l : O f f t o G r a d S c h o o l ' A f t e r O n l
y T h r e e Y e aBy Bill MelvilleFeatures Editor and director of
the Engl i sh depart-ment, to be the professors whohave helped her
to excel, because,
*as she said, 'T he y'v e' reallypushed me to do better Jthan
Ithought possible. They validatedmany of the points I made
whilesimultaneously pushing myunderstanding to new leve ls/'"Marcia
is an enjoyable young[jjlady to be around and can really|take
good-natured ribbing well.^She's someone who will do anexcellent
job as she moves on tograduate school,"McAndrew said.Farrell said
she originally chose.English because she had writtenpoetry and
short stories since anearly age, from reading EdgarAllan, Poe,
Henry David Thoreau,* and Christina Rossetti, and by o b-serving
social and emotional I s -sues through literature."She throws
books, and that's adefinite sign of her passionate de -votion to
literature," Dr. KennethSchiff, associate professor of En-glish,
said. Last week, Farrell received wordthat she had been accepted
into theEnglish graduate program atGannon University, her
firstchoice. Once there, Farrell saidshe wants to specialize in
British^Literature of the late 19th century,[ iwith her focus on
women authors[ and the portrayal of women inthe faculty and
students of the En- novels from that period. Once she
glish department did more to-gether," Farrell said/Among the
English departmentfaculty, Farrell considers Barry IMcAndrew,
associate professor
For most Mercyhurst students,theideaof graduating in three
yearsmay seem absurd. FoeMarcia Far-rell, that absurd notion will
be-come- real ity in May, when shewill graduate with a degree in
En-glish, after is pending less thanthree years at Mercyhurst
vFarrell, who has lived her wholelife in 3Erie and attended
VillaMaria Academy, said she wasable to accomplish thisj throughan
abundance of Advanced Place-ment credits and by taking fourclasses
every term. "'The challenge of getting out inthree years prompted
me to takethe extra courses, "Farrell said.Farrell began her
college careerat Westminster College in NewWilmington, Pa., but
decided totransfer after her first semester,because of Westminste
r's relianceon the Greek fraternity system,which limited the number
of cam-pus activities she could take partin After one visit to
Mercyhurst,she knew where to transfer andenrolled for the spring
1996 term."When 1 came here, I really likedthe English department.
They hadmore specialized; courses thanWestminster, and .that really
at-tracted me to it. However, I wish
Marcia Farrell Photo: Chris Wloch
of English, and Dr. Heidi Hosey,
receives a master s degree fromGannon, Farrel 1 said, she hopes
toattend Boston Col lege forher doc-toral work. Then, Farrell said
shewants to teach on a college level.]In her short time at
Mercyhurst,
Farrell: has taken part in severalactivities, the most prominent
ofwhich has been Campus Ministry.Farrell has volunteered there
forthe last year-and-a-half and hashelped with events such as
theChristmas Eve Mass."Marcia's a very warm, open
person who loves her major. She'sa giving person and very
dedi-cated to everythingshe does," saidSr. Elizabeth Lintsen,
director ofCampus Ministry.."I think that Campus Ministry isthe
biggest family group 'I'veever been a part of^I enjoy the
fact that we're all so close-knit butstill give each other
enough au-tonomy that we re not smothered,"Farrell said.Farrell
also became a member ofthe Ambassadors Club last year.She describes
that as "a lot of fun,especially meeting prospectivestudents.
However, it's sometimesdifficult to have to represent yourlife on
campus to other people."Farrell said she enjoyed much ofher time h
ere, but also believes itwill be difficult to leave. ^"My stay at
Mercyhurst has beentoo short-lived, but that's my own
fault. It's hard knowingfor Such a short*tim
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x G a m eBy Stephen NolanMerciad Sports Writer
While most of us went home tochew on turkey drumsticks for
thebreak, the Hockey team hit theroad for some important games.The
Lakers traveled to BuffaloState where they won4-0, then toHoly
Cross for a hard earned 5-4win. Then the Lakers hosted Ho-bart for
a 5-1 victory. They nowhave a record of 10-1'.At Buffalo State in
the 4-0 win,senior Goal ender Avi Karunakargot the shut out. Bobby
Atki n hada productive game with one goaland two assists. Scott
Ludevikshad two goal sandone assist. KevinRawlick knocked in one
goal,"At the beginning of the BuffState game the guys were a
littleflat because of a lack of respect forthem. But we picked up
our gameand showed our true ability. It wasa good vgood goals, and
Avi had a greatgame in goal," said Senior TrevorBrandt * eChris H
erbolsheimer was guard-ing the net for the Holy Crossgame.Th e
Lakers worked hardfor
the 5-4 victory and were rewardedin theend. Thegame winning
goalcame from Paul Colontino.Ludeviks, Aaron Morriso n,!
revorBrandt, and Fedor Zakusilo eachpadded one goal to the list."We
went to Holy Cross expect-ing a tough game, and that's ex-actly
what we got. We worked forour two points that night, it was aclose
shave," Senior Chris Mor-gan said.After the close Holy Cross
game,Hobart was a nice turn aroundwith a comfortable 5-1
win.Karunakar, only conceding onegoal, had an excellent
gameguarding the net. But the play-maker of the game was SeniorJohn
Evangelista with three as-sists. Akin had one goal and twoassists,
and Rawlick pushed inonemore past the keeper.
"Hobart was a game where wewere looking past them to Nia-gara
The slow start was indicativeofslopp^play*It was a good thing!we
got a wake up call and werevictorious," Brandt said.The Lakers have
a tough week-end ahead of them. They playNiagara U niversity both
home and
Chris Herbolsheimer in actionfor the Lakers as sophomore Aaron
Morrison looks onaway. ^"Both teams are tied for firstplace, so it
is an early first placebattle. These are huge games be-cause of the
great respect the twoprograms have for each other. Itwill be a good
early season indica-
tor to see where we are," AssistantCoach Mike Sisti said."The
Niagara weekend will beplayoff style Hockey. Whoever isthe more
hungry of the two teamswill comeaway with the wins. The
weekend will prove howgood we are," Senior Miksaid. S2aFriday
the Lakers travelion's den, and Saturday thhome. Face off is at
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bailfaiMiftoffo an tmp&ssiye etiu-uH;&Ssi1 overall
record and a feli^ecordln 'W$$T
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ltne \3%AA V ~This has been a difficult sferiitpHlpit:::: ;
f]noints Stewartthe season as tfce
r ^ * t M M ' M M M M f r*seniors*who were to have a majorimpact
on the season, sidelinedwith injuriesJiSenior guard Jason loppolo,
suf-lfered a broken hand, and will miss
Women Struggle In GL
scoring 21 orof the past seven games and hada doufelc/d^uble aj
iirisi Lock HaM M # iven. He missed a second one by
Kewfojilhis quick start hgiyeit
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much of he first halfof the season.Senior center Maurice Profit,
hasjust returned to action but on a[limitedbasis,only playing
18min-utes against Northwood, scoring 4points, and against Lake
SuperiorState scori ng 16 poi nts, |Head coach Karl Fogel said,"At
the beginning of the seasonwhen JMo' Profit was injured, wedidn't
know about the rest of theseason. But now that we havegot*
two rebounds against Northwood. i y t *Th e game against Lake
Supe-rior State was as far as the losingstreak would go, as the
Lakers beatme jiGU Arrivals 74-54. Onceagain it was Stewart who led
theway for the Lakers, scoring 22points. Stewart has a season
aver-age of 23.4 points per game.Profit's 16 points raised
hisMercyhurst career total ;i to 989points. i]fThe team members
saythey are glad to have Profit back inthe line-up, because he was
the
astude^-j that has been ^evidentthroughout practices as
wellgamesiijAlso-important has beenthe playing of the freshmen.
BrentSwain, 6'9"p220-lb!centejt
fromBeavercreek,Ohio,ha.sledtheteamaveraging 11.4 rebounds a
gamewith IH blocks. ]oelBurgei,a6*6"2254b. forwardfrom Kal ida,0hio
thasalsocontributed^averagi ng23 3mittUiesanoY>6pointsagame.The
Lakers next game is againstSaginawV alleyonDec. 14.
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By Perry WoodMerciad Sports WriterThe Mercyhurst Lakers Wo-men's
basketball team crushedWestminster in Monday night'sshowdown in ;
the M.A.C. Thissolid 73-50 victory gave the wo-men an overall
record of 6-3.The Lady Lakers held West-minster to five field goals
in thefirst half "Although we didn'tshoot well, our defense kept us
inthe ball gam e," Head Coach JimWebb said. The defense domina-ted
the boards with 58 rebounds
compared to Westminster's 35.Standouts were Lori Morth
with18points and 20 ebounds,ReneeBurns 16 pis, 6 rebounds;
KristenMoli 12 pts, 5 rebounds; andLonna Dunlap 5 pts, 6
rebounds.The G.LI.A.C, is the topwomen's college basketball
con-ference i n the country. Four outof12 teams in the conference
havenational recognition,Coach Webbsaid. "I hope the student body
will
come and support both bteams. They're working hBoth teams are
very comand have good win-lossWe'd like to see the M.Aand with a
good atmospSunday." Sunday, die Lady LakSaginaw Valley State
UnWednesday they travel tonia, Pa. to take on Cal UnOn January 2
and3 thetake on Northern MichiMichigan Tech, respBoth of these
teams are rthe top ten in the nation.
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