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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929

TheMerciad is also available atmerciadmercyhurst.eduNEWS:Bombings in Spainkill almost 200,injure thousands.P A G E 2

FEATURES:Dombrowski'spassion of figureskating enricheshereducational experi-encePAGE 4

OPINION:Who wants to beMadam Malarky?PAGE 3

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT:"CMerella'putonby Lake Erie Balleton March 2GV24.P A G E 6

SPORTS:Men's lacrosseopens the seasonwith an4-0 recordP A G E 8

Upcoming Campus EventsFilm: In AmericaMary D'Angelo Performing Arts |CenterWednesday, March 17, at 2 and 8p jn .MSG Lecture: R uthie from the -,"RealWorld" |Mary D*Angelo Performing ArtsThursday, March 18,8:30 p.m.MAI Lecture: Margaret WehrerZuraHallll4 IFriday, March 19, at 4 p.m.Senior Art ExhibitionCummingsArtGallerySaturday, March 20, from 2 p.m. to4 p.m.Lecture: Deborah LipstadtTaylor Little TheatreMonday, March 22, at 8 p.m.

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Alden Grant w ill help n ew MercyhurstAnalytic and Conservation CenterBy Kelly Rose DuttineNews editor

If Mercyhurst College can raise$300,000 by June, the The GeorgeI. Alden Trust of Worcester, Masswill match the funds three-to-one,providing a total of $400,000 to helplaunch the new Mercyhurst Analyticand Conservation Center (MACC).The fund match will be a fundrais-f ing priority for the college's sciencedivision."This is a history-making challengethat has been p laced before us by theGeorge I. Alden Trust, which w ethink will be a tremendous opportu-nity for our science students," saidGary L. Bukowski, vice president ofinstitutionaladvancement"It has taken over six months toattain this challenge; no w we haveeight months to bring it to fruition.We are hopeful that we canmusterthe support from trustees, faculty,staff, administration, alumni, parents,friends and foundations." iMore than $144,000 has alreadybeen collected towards this fundrais-ing effort through the Phonatho n.Donors had the option of choosingto focus their donation towards theAlden Science Grant Challenge.Thenew equipment would providenew teaching and research initiatives,while building on Mercyhurst's cur-rent capabilities in the sciences.The new MACC would focus onthree major areas: analysis andcon-servation of organic and inorganicmaterials; molecular and cellular in-vestigation of organic residues an d

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File photoThe Alden grant will benefit Mercyhurst's science department, home to 421 students involved withthe sciences, exposing them to the latest generation of scientific Instruments.DNA; and geographic informationsystems and remote sensing. Totalcost of equipment for the threec om pone nts is estimated at$1,156,085.Thenew programs and equipmentwill guarantee that Mercyhurst sci-ence students are exposed to the lat-est generation of scientific instru-mentation.

It will also provide a connectionbetween students of the various sci-ence departments, a division in which29 percent of 680 incoming fresh-men for 2003-2004 chose their ma-jors, bringing the total number of stu-dents in the sciences to 421. The Alden Trust supports institu-tions that demonstrate a combinationof educational excellence, exciting

programming, an d efficient and ef-fective administration. The trust su p-ports proposals that its board of trust-ees bdievewill contribute significantlyto the intellectual growth of studentsand will enhance an institution's mis-sion.Some information provide byMercyhurst College Web site.

Speakers on cam pus offer som ething for eve ryoneSpecial to The Merc iadMTV "Real World" star last ofMSGSpeakers Series

On Thursday, March 18, RuthieAlcaide, a cast member from MTVsReal World Hawaii, will visit campusand discuss alcoholism and other re-lated topics. She will speak in theWalker Recital Hall at 8:30 p.m. Dueto a scheduling conflictand resultantseating constraints, the lecture is notopen to the public and will be limitedto Mercyhurst students, faculty an dstaff. Alcaide is the last of the three-

lecture series, which has as its goalallowing students access to topics notusually encountered in the class-room. For more info, contact MSG.MAI lecture series h osts culturalanthropolog ist M argaret Wehrer,Ph.D.TheMercyhurst Archaeological In-stitute Visiting Lecture Series p re-sents Margaret Wehrer, Ph.D., whowill discuss "Creating a MultiracialAntiracist Organization: Lessonsfrom the Field" on Friday, March19, at 4 p.m. in room 114 of ZurnHall. Her talk is free and open to

thepublic.f J A visiting lecturer on peace studiesat Colgate University in H amilton,N.Y., Wehrer did her undergraduatework in languages and internationalstudies at Gannon University, andholds a master's degree in politicalscience from the University of Stras-bourg, France. She also earned hermaster's degree and doctorate in cul-tural anthropology fro m SyracuseUniversity, where her dissertation re-search focused onrace elations inpolitically progressive wom en's orga-nizations in upstate New York.Werner's visit is funded by an aca-

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Holocaust scholar speaks at Mer-cyhurst CollegeAmerican Holocaust scholar Debo-rah lipstadt, Ph>., will present a fteepublic lecture, "Holocaust Denial: ANew Form of A nti-Semitism," at 8p.m. M onday, March 22, in TaylorLittle Theatre at Mercyhurst College.Her talk Is presented by the Holo-caust Remembrance Network, a con-sortium comprising Mercyhurst Col-lege, Allegheny College, Gannon Uni-versity, Edinboro University, PennState-Behrend and the Jewish Com-munity Council of Erie.

Isn't this supposed to bej spring term?MercyhurstCollege,along withthe rest ofthe EastCoast waspoundedwithanothersnowstorm.Studentsand facultyhad to digout theirears andbrave theroads.Let's hopsspring Is Inthe fore-cast soon.

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NEWS 7b contact: newsmerciad@mercyhurst eduPolice!and Safety LogFeb. 4Parking Lot #21 Criminal Mischief: Unknownperson broke passengerwindow of a student's vehicle.There was nothing good tosteal, apparently.BookstoreCriminal Mischief: Unknownpersons forced open a tampondispenser causing damage todispenser.Tampon raider strikes again!

Student UnionCollege violations: Studenthad forged temporary parkingpass.Next stop: counterfeitingrefund checks.Feb. 10Warde Townhouse LaundryRoomTheft: Unknown person tooka student's laundry from thelaundry room.Hopeftjlly It was after theyhad been washed.Feb, 131Parking lot #11Disorderly ^Conduct/Harassment: Faculty memberused foul language towards afemale patron in front of herchildren and bumped hervehicle with his over a parkingspace.Sounds like a regular day inclass.

Zurn Hall. 2Dd FloorTheft:. Unknown persons gainedentry into a tampon dispenser.Oh, who will stop the tamponraider?

Lewis AveThreatened another over thedating of another student.Another student unwilling tospend Valentine's Dayalone.. .again.Feb 14 \McAuley Hal!Suspicious substance: Studentwas in possession of possiblemarijuana.Possible marijuana?Feb. 14Preston DriveCriminal Mischief: Unknownmale broke electronic gate arm.And then returned to breakelectronic gate leg.lFeb.18Zurn HallHarassment: Non Mercy hurstindividual was verbally harassingmaintenance and housekeepingstaff. \ % I /He must have had a Ph.D. injanitorial science romGannon.Feb. 21Mercy 200 %Assault: Two students engagedin a mutual fight.Can there be a non-mutualfight?

Parking Lot #2Theft from vehicle: Unknownperson broke a window out of astudent's.vehicle and took stereoequipmentAnd he was wearing freshlylaundered clothing courtesy ofWarde...Feb.25 IParking Lot #2Theft from vehicle: Unknownperson broken driver's sidewindow outof a student's vehicleand took stereo equipmentParking lot #2 is a dangerousplace to belMarch 53925 Lewis AveSuspicious person: Unknownmale entered a female students'apartment.vAnd found a suspicious femalestudent there... IMarch03910 Lewis Ave f |Harassment by Communication:Male student was making phonecalls to a female student atunreasonable hours.It's Mercyhurst Collegewhatare unreasonable hours, really?March 11 ILawn area east of football fieldIndecent conduct: M ale subjectwas urinating on the fence to afootball Held.Good thing it wasn't an electricfence.

March 11 |Lawn area east of football fieldIndecent conduct: Matesubject was driving on thegrass.Looking for a decent parkingspace on campus?March 13East DuvalCriminal Mischief: Unknownperson broke through abedroom window.Amateur stuntman at largeon campus,^

3810 Briggs AveTrespass: Non-student(juvenile) gained entry througha propped rontdoor. Erie CityPolice called.Dam middle school kids.Mercy 300Harassment: Two femalestudents had a mutual verbaland physical confrontation!,Cat fight... hiss...March 143908 Briggs Ave^ {(.Criminal Mischief: Unknownperson broke a bedroomwindow from outside thebuilding.Perhaps the^mysteriousstuntman at work again?

Pajamas: not just forlounging!around|ByMary-Kathryn Craft |Knight Ridder Newspapers

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. PaulRobinson got a few strangelooksat irst,butnow people are usedto him strolling through campu ssporting his bedtime bestThe Coastal Carolina Univer-sity freshman, w ho admits heputs comfort before fashion,wea rs pajamas to class at leastfour days a week. Sometimeshell change into a reshpair be-fore heading out the door in themorning, and other times heskips the hassle.I t just depend s on howmuchtime I have," he said "I seemsa lotmore peop le are going forcomfort than a look. Everyoneis just trying to be relaxed"The casual clothing movementis reaching new heights as com-fort seekers have begun bring-ing jammies out of the bedroom.The trend is popping up on col-lege campuses and can even bespotted at gas stations, grocerystores and video stores.Before starting classes at CCUin the fall, Robinson, 19 attend-ed Catholic school in Long Is-land, NY where uniforms com-plete with blazers and ties werea must So when he gota chanceat fashion freedom, Robinsonchose comfy.Americans crave comfort,seeking out something to sparkrelaxation daily, according to thesurvey "The State of Comfortin America 2003," released inNovember by Karen Neuburg-er, Ltd.

Formost Americans, comfortis one of the most critical ele-ments of everyday life," the sur-vey said.Pj's made the report's top 10list of things that give womencomfortBut style is also a factor in therecent pj's craze. These days youcan create just about any lookwith soft, flowing flannel jam-mies. Women can now choosethe once daytime capri an d car-go pants in cozy lannel,velouror brushed cotton. Prints rangefrom hearts and lowers o morepersonality revealing items likepurses, frogs, pink flamingos,coffee cups and martini glasses.Men can go for ordinary orbright and wac ky patterns. Plac-es such as OldNavy and Targetoffer plentiful selections of redlips, penguins, cartoon charactersor the more sedate pinstripes andplaidRobinson often opts for theloud. Sure, he's got the plaidpants, but he also sports danc-ing Twinkies, sleeping Scooby-Doos and bears playing violins."One kid around school callsme Scooby-Doo," he said with alaugh.The 19-year-old art major saidcomfortable pajama bottoms, t-shirts and flip flops make theperfect outfit for his drawingclasses, which meet for two hoursthree days a week"I've had girls say to me, Twish I hadthe courage Co godassin pajamas and be comfortable,'and I say "Why don't you? It'sthis early, and n o one's lookingat anyone else.' I

B u s h a i m s t o s h o r e u p g l o b a l s u p p o r t f o r w a r o n t e r r o rBy Ron Hutcheson ,Knight Ridder News papers

WASHINGTON - Five daysafter terrorist bombs droveSpanish voters to topple theirruling party in part because ofis close ties to Washington, con -cern rippled Tbesdayacross theworld about the wisdom of ally-ing too closely with PresidentBush.A new international pollshow ed anti-American sentimentgrowing throughout Europe. Thepoll, conducted by the nonparti-san Pew Research Center beforethe Madrid bombings, also foundwidespread opposition to the warin Iraq and increasing skepticismin Europe about the war on ter-rorism.Bush tried to shore up the glo-bal anti-terror coalition Tuesdayafter anOval Office mee ting withDutch Prime MinisterJan Peter, Balkenende. a

"I is important that the worldsociety, international com muni-ty, stands shoulder-to-shoulderand shows its solidarity to fightagainst these terrible attacks,"Bush said. The president alsopledged to work closely withBalkenende in his capacity aspresident of the European

Union starting in July,But Balkenende, seated next toBush in front of a.crackling fire,declined to say whether the 1,300Dutch troops in Iraq would staythere after June 30, when theUnited States is scheduled to turnover political pow er to Iraqi au-thorities, while retaining U.S.troops there.Bush's plea for internationalunity camefivedays after a se-ne s of carefully timed terroristbombings in Madrid put n ewstrains on the trans-Atlantic anti-terrorism alliance already shak-en by last year's division over theIraq war and European uneaseover Bush's propensity to actunilaterally. kThree days after th e bombings,angry Spanish voters ousted theruling party of Prime MinisterJose Maria Aznar, one of Bush'sstaunchest allies, and replacedhim with Jose Luis RodriguezZapatero, a Socialist who haspledged to pull Spanish troopsout of Iraq if the 1 n i ted Statesremains in charge of securitythere.Although investigators are stilltrying to determine whether al-Qaida played any role in theMadrid attacks, signs increasing-

ly point toward i or similar rad-ical Muslim terrorists who may

be loosely tied to the netwo rk.Europeans allied with the Unit-|ed States are wondering iftheywill be nextThe unease isn't limited toEurope.In Australia, Prime MinisterJohn Howard rebuked FederalPolice Commissioner Mick Keel-ty for suggesting that the coun-try was at greater risk becauseof its cooperation with the Unit-ed States. Many Australiansagreed with Keelty.

So far, Howard, British PrimeMinister Tony Blair. Italian Prim eMinister Silvio Berlusconi andother allied leaders are standingfirm, but the events in Spainoffer a clear lesson of the risksof leaders getting out of syncwith public opinion. Polls showedup to 90 percent of Spaniardsdisagreeing with Aznar'sdecisionto send troops to Iraq in sup-port of the U.S occupation. ISJohn Hulsman, a Europeanexpert at the Heritage Founda-tion, a conservative think tank,said the developments in Spainshould "send cold chills dow nthe spine"-ofEuropean leaderswho backed the war in Iraq de-spite domestic opposition."Al-Qaida clearly determinedthe outcome of a Western elec-tion. That is terrifying, and it will

KRTA forensic policewoman examines the remains of a carriage of a local train where a bomb explodedThursday morning, March 11.only encourage them to contin-ue," Hulsman said. "The lessonis going to be that if you sidewith America, there's a price tobe paid." |The Pew poll showed howoutof step Bush's allies are withEuropean opinion. The nine-country poll found that opposi-

tion to the Iraq war has increaseddramatically in the year since theinvasion, especially in Britain.'v Last May 61 percen t of Brit-ish adults said they agreed withBlair's decision to join the U.S-led invasion. In this year's poll,conducted in late February, only43 percent endorsed the us e of

force against Iraq.Opposition to the war inFrance and Germany, whereleaders refused to back Bush,also increased with time. About88 percent of the French and86 of the Germans said theyagreed with the decision to stayout of the war.

J o h n P a u l I I c o n t i n u e s d i s t i n g u i s h e d p a p a l c a r e e rBy Patricia MontemurriKnight Ridder Newspap ers

ROME - He has ru n theworldwide Catholic Church long-er than 26l ofhis predecessors,forever stamping his image o nthe 1-billion-member faith. ^Only St. Peter and the 19th-century pontiff Pius IX haveserved longer. This Sunday, PopeJohn Paul II marks that mile-stone in endurance, as his reignof 25 years and five monthsofficially moves him up a notchon the Vatican's papal longevitylist. ['Even in his waning years, hisfrailty evident by the droopingheadand slack-jawed appearancethat are classic symptoms ofParkinson's disease, John Paul'spresence inspires millions.There's even general consen-sus among "Vatican-watchers that

thepope has seemed stronger inrecent months.Th e pontiff, who w ill turn 84on May 18 dispensed ashes withauthority on Feb. 25, AshWednesday, at S Peter's Basili-ca, and his speech was clearlyunderstood in recent public ap-pearances. At the en d of the ser-vice, the crowds strained towardthe center aisle as the pope glid-ed by in his elevated motorizedchair.

The pope can't walk, but hestill kneels, said Cardinal Ed-mund Szoka, the former leaderof the Archdiocese of Detroitwho now isa high-ranking Vati-can administrator. In a recentinterview, Szoka told the DetroitFree Press that the once-athleticpope's knees have deterioratedto the point where "the cartilageis gone - bone is rubbing onbone." r

But Szoka said the pop e's vitalsigns are strong and "sinceChristmas, he seem s better."Szoka, wh o is considered thegovernor of Vatican City, willturn 77 in September, placinghim two years past the Vatican'sretirement age. Although Szokahas submitted his resignation, themessage he got from the po pewas, "For now, keep working."As does the pope, with conces-sions to his declining physicalstamina and difficulty in speak-ing for long periods, iThe pope's schedule shows al-most daily visits with bisho psfrom ar ound the world who arerequired to meet formally withthe pontiff everyfiveyears.In May the bishops of Mich-igan's seven dioceses, led byDetroit Cardinal Adam Maida,are scheduled for their visit. Inthe past, thepope w ould give an

address to each group, thoughnow i is handed out on paper.As pope, he also is consideredthe bishop of Rome, and JohnPaul has visited m ore than 300

ofthe Eternal City's 334 parish-es. Only in the last few years didhe stop traveling on Sundaymornings to local parishes, wherehe m et with parish councils, lastmonth, he resumed the tradition."But now the pa rishes cometo him," said the Rev Keith Peck-lers, a theology professor at Gre-gorian University in Rome. Theremaining parishes are scheduledfor Sunday evening m asses withthe pope in the Vatican's audi-ence hall."If the pop e is having a goodclay, he c an be very unscripted.He can ad-lib, and he canbe veryfunny. I seems like he's havingsome good days," Pecklers said.

I was a good day two weeks

ago when the pope met withsome parish priests of Rome.The pope ad-libbed many re-marks, according to TV broad-casts, and joked that as Rome'stitular bish op for 25 years, he'dfinally learned a few lines in thelocal dialect"Damose da fa," he said, avariation of "Let's get to work."And, from thefirstPolish-bompope, "Semo Romani," or "We'reRomans." f |The po pe has difficulty hold-ing up his head. His voice dur-ing the Ash Wednesday servicewas sometimes thick, but easilyunderstood. It lost vigor onlynear the end of the homily hedelivered in Italian.Also during the service, thepope vigorously pitched ashesover the he ads of other prelates,producing a sprinkling of dustatop their pates, unlike the Amer-

ican custom of marking a crosswith ashes on the forehead.John Paul II continues toserve as pope long past what herequires of other clerics. In thenext conclave to elect a newpope, cardinals over age 80won't be allowed to vote. Vati-can department heads are re-quired to submit to retirementat age 75, although that is flexi-I ie.

Szoka has been at the Vaticansince 1990, first as its top bud-get official an d now as governorof the city-state.When he turned 75 in Septem-ber 2002, he handed in his re-quired letter of resignation, butthe pope w as not required toaccept i ; i"I'm a year past my supposedretirement. I'll stay as long as thepope wants me to," Szoka saidlate last mo nth. %


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A letter to the editor:Does affirmative action create victims?On e of die most prevalentaspects of American societytoday is that everyone, regard-less of political persuasion orwalks of life, at least on the

surface is indulging diversity ofsome sort However,one's per-ception of such diversity andthe practice of it is the sourceof contention, tending to pitcertain g roups against one an-other.

Universities and collegesmake it their ultimate goal toachieve an established notionof diversity. They arc so sensi-tive when it comes to the issueof diversity. To the point thatthey can forge the promotionof diversity at any cost possi-ble, even if it means changingtheir mission statements to ac-commodate diversity.Th e way that they promotediversity, in its negative idealform of Affirmative Action,has evidently undermined theage-old rationale tor education.This is more so because col-leges seem to have no optionbu t to bow down to the pres-sure of the diversity advocates.By the standard of the cur-rent trend of diversity of race,Mercyhurst College is so he-

hind, with only 7 percent ofminority students' enrollmentan d 3 percent of minorityemployees.Th e self-proclaimed reverendJesse Jackson and the comedi-an-like Al Sharp ton, who arethe most vocal and articulateadvocates of diversity, wouldconsider Mercyhurst College'sunder-rcpresentation of minor-ities in its student body, facul-ty, and staff as racism. Espe-cially with the tact that Mercy-hurst College doesn't officiallyacknowledge Dr. King's Holi-day- Portrayjiig^whites as guiltyand minorities as victims is al-ways an effective game thatJackson, Sharp ton, and thecompany seem to master verywell. Most of the time, as aresult of this game of victim-ization, the whites find them-selves with no alternatives butto conform and sympathizewith whatever demands put|

forth by the diversity advocates.For example, Mercyhurst Col-lege complied by bringing in, DrjMichael Eric Dyson, a self-pro* |fessed diversity advocate as oneof its annual speakers series in-order to avoid the wrath of such |group. Dr. Dyson, an Ivy Leagueprofessor is sadly enough, con-jsidcred one of the black intel-lectuals due to his extensive workin race, religion, and culture.Though part of the plan wasfor Dr. Dyson to offer a newprospective and insights relatingto diversity, he failed to do so^|as was evident in his presenta-tion, which was barely attendedby students and faculty alike.

One w ould hope that this lackof attendance would send amessage to Dr.-Dyson and like-minded individuals that the self-victimization of the blacks isin- |compatible with the generationof post-Civil Rights victory.In fact, such low turnout is avictory for a younger black gen-eration as there were not manywhites to witness Dr. Dyson in-1corponiting hip-hop rap into hispresentation , which reduced himto a mere American entertain-era typical stereotype ofblacks!Dr. Dyson, a renowned raceexpert and affluent public cntcr^taincr did himself more harmwhen he claimed that Affirma-tive Action is no t a practical tilingthat can ultimately be achievedbu t an ideal consistent with the[visions of Dr. King that need toprevail as long as racism exists.In case Dr. Dyson doesn'tknow, Dr. King acknowledgedthat in order for blacks to befully accepted into white societ-ies they must be three timessmarter than those whitesthestatement contrary to the prac-ffice of Affirmative Action,which tends to encourage blackpeople to remain incompetent in-tellectually. For an intellectual ofhigher caliber, such as Dr. D ys-on , to associate:the visions ofDr. King with the way Affirma-tive Action is practiced is justmind-boggling.The fear that without a mech-anism in place, such as A ffirma-

tive Action, America will goback to its racist history of thepast is unfounded. \We have come long way.Long gone are the centuries ofslavery and decades of offi-cial discrimination. Now is anew era. It makes no sense tocry foul when indeed blacks*have proven that they can pre-vail under die harshest condi-tions that humans can be sub-jected to. The emergence ofblack leaders like-FrederickDouglass, WELD. Du Bois, andBooker T. Washington amidstslavery and official discrimina-tion can attest to that fact.The view of victimizationand the desire to acquire sym-pathy from others, in this casethe whites, is alien to AfricanAmerican philosophy.It is a phenomenon startedin the 1960s, by groups ofblack radicals and later pickedup by the liberals and now it iswidely ingrained in the mindsof most black people.This view, in the end, sub-jects blacks victims not to ac-tual discrimination but to thatof their minds. The white peo-ple who question the validityof such ideas are regarded asracists and the black peoplewho tend to be concerned withsuch ideas are simply regard-ed as non-black or actingwhite.The fact of the matter is thatthe fate of the entire race

should not be left to somegroup to be hijacked. Let somewhite people not believe thatthey are assisting blacks in anyway when they pay black wom -en through welfare system toproduce illegitimate childrenand make blacks accept the il-lusion of Sharp on and like-.minded,individuals as theirleaders, and also makingblacks believe that they can-1not perform well on their own.All the black person needs isan opportunity to thrive onone's own and there is no bet-ter time in history to capitalizeon such opportunity than thepresent time.-Steve Paterno. Senior

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Drunken shenanigans:A tradition ofpretending to be IrishBy Ashley DuBoseContributing WriterMarch m Erie is cold and rainy,pretty much dreary all the time.It's a crappy month because it issuch a tease; winter is neady goneand we can almost taste spring.However, this month does haveone saving grace, one day that

shines above all others in its cel-ebration of all things fresh, green,and alcohol-ish.O h, how I love St. Patrick'sDay. (Note: I know that this ar-ticle will be run the day after St.Paddy's, but I need to write itanyway. It's like an addiction.)For any Irish student actuallyreading this, I don't mean to of-fend. Quite the opposite, in fact.I love all things green, lucky, andalcohol related . I say we shouldall go out, get drunk, rumgreen, and get lucky. I just have one question aboutSt. Paddy's Day. Who's sick, sa-distic idea was it to have peoplepinch anyone not wearing green?I remember that I forgot to weargreen one year; bruises up and

down my arms.0.On the upside, they did even-tually turn green, about threedays too late to do me any good.*We here at the Hu i t havemoved passed such childish tac-tics, haven't we? Instead, we turnour attentions to indulging insome very adult behavior, name-ly drinking dyed green beer likethere's no tomorrow.

Honestly, I can't wait for thenight of St. Paddy's, because Iknow that someone, somewhere,will indulge a bit too much andhave themselves a little "adven-ture." They might streak acrossGarvey Park, or even try toscale Ea st Duval's wall and crashthrough som e unsuspecting girl'swindow. Then again, no one isgoing to get that drunk.#;At least, I hope notIt is one thing to go out andget properly buzzed, but it's anentirely different thing to g et dproaring, falling down, fightingdrunk. How can not being ableto fipd your own apartment attwo in the morning be fun? I ikeI always say, if you're going todo it, you have to do it right.

No pr oper celebration can oc-cur on a Wednesday, can it? Putaside your doubts, folks, and lis-ten to what I say.Throw your calendar out thewindow; tell Father Time thatyou will not be constrained byhis rules anymore! Go out thisweekend and wear that huge"Kiss me I'm Irish" pin, the plas-tic top hat, and that shirt withthe four leaf clover.| If you're n ot Irish, fake it. Thisis the best holiday of the year,

/ 0next to Christmas and NewYears, so why not make it afour-day event?Bring your own green dye tothe bar. The bartenders will notbe up to date on this advent re-alignment, so you're going tohave to drink do-it-yourseItgreen beer.I Spend a lirrie extra cash andgo for the whiskey. You mightwant to skip the dye, because Ihave no idea how that wouldaffect the taste.Finally, here's a fun game;when you go out this weekend,try and spell shenanigans afteryou've had a few It'll be a hoot.

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To contact: featuremerciad@ mercyhurst.eduEATURESP a s s i o n a n d s M U g o h a n d - i n - h a n dBy Jen HelbigContributing writerSophomore Kelly Dombrow s-ki is a Meccyhutst student whohas maintained a past time ofice skating since elementaryschool.The influence that skating hashad on h er life is apparent in herelementary and special educationmajor."In eighth grade I began teach-ing basic figure skating skillsclasses to children/' Domhrows-ki said. "I find it enjoyable, andI have always wanted to be a

teacher/'Dombrowski began her skat-ing career in fifth grade."I|*was a late beginner com-pared to other skaters my age"Dombrowski explained, "but Ilearned fast'*-*The '92 Olympics had drawnDombrowski to the sport whenshe saw Kristi Yamaguchi com-peting | | %


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By Ruby BaileyKnigjit Ridder NewspaperThe federal government knew

it had a mess on its hands at dieend of the Civil War, four mikjlion emancipated slaves, few ofthem educated enough to earn aliving.So the Bureau of Refugees,Freedmen and AbandonedLands used confiscated Confed-erate land and $400,000 to foundschools for blacks, whose edu-cation w as illegal in the antebel-lum South.Many of those schools, publicand private institutions knowntoday as Historically B lack Col-leges and Universities, have beenstruggling ever since.Today, some of the 103

schools face the worst crises intheir history. Fifteen percent areon warning or probation statuswith accreditation agencies. Manycan barely meet their payrolls-Two, Morris Brown College inAtlanta and Mary Holmes Col-lege in West Point, Miss., havelost their accreditation. Gram-bling State University in Gtam-bling, La., is on probation afterauditors couldn't make sense ofits accounting records.The problems threaten to driveaway students, scare off donorsand close some smaller colleges,all at a time when two Universi-

helped educate much of the na-tion's black middle class. Thirtypercent of blacks who hold doc-torates earned them from blackcolleges, as did 35 percent ofAfrican-American lawyers, 50percent of black engineers and65 percent of black physicians.4 4 Ithappenedtoofrequently tomake life *>r>

Ptxrto courtesyofwww.0oogie.comMorris Brown College and Mary Holmes College, alongwith many other universities face the worat crisis in theirhistory...loss of accreditation. It will drive away studentsand scare off the colleges donors.ty of Michigan affirmative ac-tion cases before the SupremeCourt have made the educationof black students a subject of

national attention.Scattered mosdy throughoutthe South from Texas to Flori-da, historically black schools

comfortable.-HenryDrewerySuch schools also "remain thecultural repository for African-American history." said M. Chris-topher Brown, a professor andresearcher at the Center for theStudy of Higher Education atPennsylvania State University.Desegregation opened thedoors for blacks to attend tradi-tionally white scho ols, but in theprocess sapped the historicallyblack schools of some of thebrightest African-American stu-denrs and professors . The

schools receive federal aid tohelp them cope; the Bush admin-istration has proposed a 5 per-cent funding increase, to $224million, for historically black col-leges in the 2004 federal bud-get.The money will help theschools. But if the University ofMichigan loses in court, moreblacks are likely to seek out blackinstitutions, experts said.^The concern is that the stron-ger ones may not be able to ab-sorb them all. And the weakerschools, those that say they aimto help poorer students and thatadmit students less likely to beaccepted elsewhere, may not bearound."The tragedy is, here you'vegot Bush trying to cut back af-firmative action, which is goingto drop black enrollment atwhite institutions, and at the sametime black schools are strug-gling," said Emil Thomas, 46, agraduate of Bishop College inDallas, a histoncally black schoolthat closed in 1988 despite fund-raising efforts by Thomas andothers.Struggles are a tradition forblack colleges.Parts of the South were stillburning when Northern mis-sionaries began setting up schoolsin church basements and unioncamp shacks.They called themselves colleg-

es and universities, but their col-lege-age ex-slaves couldn't reador write. They were eager, how-ever. Some gave what penniesand nickels they had Others gavefrom their crops. Still others gaveland.Spelman College, an all-wom-en's school in Atlanta, started inthe basement of FriendshipChurch with 11 students. Theroom had dirt floors. Studentskneeled, facing the seats of thepews to write. When it rained,the floors turned to mud. If thesun didn't shine, there was no

light. J /; ; ^Angry whites threatened theschools. Many had warchtowersthat their students manned atnight until quite recently.Henry Drewery recalls lookingacross the campus of TalladegaCollege in Talladega, Ala., aschool also nowon probation andseeing Kai Klux Klan rallies alongthe road that cuts through theschool's campus."It happened too frequently tomake life comfortable," saidDrewery, 78, a 1948 graduateand the co-author of "Stand andProsper Private Black Collegesand Their Students.""But what we hadon that cam-pus, the education, the support,outweighed what the outsidewodd could do."

C a l l i n g a l l s t u d e n t s ! R A s e l e c t i o n b e g i n sBy Courtney NicholasFeatures editor

A 10 percent discount at theMercyhurst bookstore, your ownroom, $500 on your campus cardand a possible free meal plan.["Getting involved with my res-idents is very important. I lovejust hanging our and talking widimy residents," said Duval apart-ment resident assistant KristinKriegbaum.All of these incentives, andmany more, belong to the Mer-cyhurst College Resident Assis-tants.Residence Life held their an-nual resident assistant informa-tional night on Wednesday,March 10, in the Egan I Iall Caf-eteria.The Assistant Directors andmembers of both upperclass-man and freshman areas werein attendance. The assistant di-rectors and resident assistantstalked and discussed the posi-tives, negatives, rules, regulationsand other aspects of the posi-tion of resident assistant.The students were divided intogroups and a few resident assis-tants were also at the tables.Each group of resident assistants

had a specific aspect of the jobto discuss.The specific areas addressedwere programming, benefits andrealities of the job, duty, residentassistant training, beginning ofthe year check-in and end of theyear check-out, discipline andacademic standards for residentassistants.The current resident assistantshad many comments on pro-gramming and how they got theirideas. Resident assistants in bothupperclassman and the freshmanarea are responsible for pro-gramming There are three dif-ferent types of programs that aresident assistant can do: com-munity builder, social and edu-cational. A community buildingprogram would, for example, bea piaza party, while a social pro-gram might include residents join-ing their resident assistant at asporting event*

An educational program, bycontrast, could provide access toa counselor or professional forresidents.Programs that have been suc-cessful for current resident as-sistants were pizza parties, cookiedecorating, movie nights andcooking dinner for the residents.Many of the students were

surprised to hear stories fromcurrent resident assistants re-garding duty and programmingactivities they have done withtheir residents."One program I did was pic-ture frame making. I used Pop-side sticksj/fabric, tape , and rib-bon with many other things forthe frames. "The girls in Eganreally enjoyed the program," saidJen Bulkley. She also added thather residents get alone well andare very close to one another.The interested students re-ceived a packet of information

that included an application, in-structions and essay questionsthat must be filled out andturned into the Residence Lifeoffice by 4 p.m. on March 25.In addition to completing andsubmitting application by thisdeadline, the selection processincludes: a mandatory group pro-cess session on either Monday;March 29, or Tuesday, March30, in Sullivan three , and a pan-el interview. Students with lastnames starting with A-M willhave the mandatory group ses-sion on March 29 and studentswith last names sta rting with N-Z have mandatory group pro-cess on March 30. fThe panelinterviews will take place be-

Kebe McAdam&Photo editorStudents sit In theEgan Hall Cafeteria and talk with current Mercyhurst resident assistants. Residence Life Is starting the resident assistant selectionprocess. The final selectlons will bemade between April 6 and April 15.tween Tuesday, April 6, andThursday, April 15.The requirements for eachapplicant are: a G.P.A. of at least

2.5, a desire to learn and growas an individual, a desire to makeMercyhurst College a better in-stitution,and lasdy applicants can

not be on Disciplinary Probation.If any interested students havequestions contact Liza Suhr, at824-2421. ?

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A]?TQ grENTERTAINMENT o contact:[email protected] 30. Hie Dark-ness, Wild Hearts. AgoraTheater, Cleveland. On saleMuch 13 at Ticketmaster.Note: Show moved fromPeabody's.MARCH 31. Howie Day.I Mr. Small's TTieatre,Pittsburgh. On sale Match9 at Ticketmaster*AP RIL 4- Clutch. Agora*Theater Cleveland. On salenow at Ticketmaster.APRIL 4. Killingtons. HardRock Cafe, Pittsburgh- Onsale March 13 at noon atTicketmaster.APRIL 6. Russell SimmonsDef Poetry Jam. BenedumCenter, Pittsburgh. On saleatwww.pgjiarts.orgor (412)456-6666. f f 4APRIL 17- TrachtenburgFamily Slideshow Players.Mr. Small's Theatre,Pittsburgh. On sale March-113 at noon at Ticketmaster.APR IL 18. GrahamColton. Mr SmalPs The-I atre, Pittsburgh. On sale[March 13 at noon atTicketmaster.APRIL 21. SomethingCorporate, Yellowcard, theFormat Scene Pavilion,Cleveland. On sale March12 at Ticketmaster.APRIL 21. H.I.M.,Eighteen Visions, KillHannah . Mr. Small's VTheatre, Pittsburgh. Onsale March 13 at noon atTicketmaster.APRIL 223*1 U ,Eighteen Visions, KillHannah Odeon, Cleveland.On sale March 12 at 10a.m. at Ticketmaster.APRIL 25. Kim Wilson'sBlues Review. Hard RockCafe, Pittsburgh. On saleph 13 at noon atTicketmaster.APRIL 27. Dark Lotus.Mr. Small's T heatre,Pittsburgh. On sale March13 at noon at Ticketmaster.APR IL 29. Sophie B . |Hawkins. Tralf, Buffalo.APRIL 29. Sevendust,Cold, Atom ship, Apartment26. Rock Club (formerlyRock Jungle), Pittsburgh.On sale March 13at nooni~ at Ticketmaster,APRIL 29. SuperjointRitual, Dcicide, Ze ke.Agora Ballroom, Cleveland.MAY 12. Strokes. RockClub (formerly RockJungle), Pittsburgh. On saleMarch 13 at noon atTicketmaster.MAY 15. Twista. AgoraTheatre, Cleveland. On sale( larch 12 at 10 a.m. atTickctmaster.MAY 18. DashboardConfessional, Get Up Kids,Thrice. Tower City^mphi-theatcr, Cleveland. On saleMarch 13 at 10 a.m. atTicketmaster,JUNE 9 . Zao, Remember-ing N ever, Scarlet, TwelveTribes. Agora Ball roomCleveland.JUNE 28 . Aerosmith,Cheap Trick. BlossomMusic Center, CuyahogaFalls, Ohio. On sale March12 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmas-ter.

> Tis the season to be greenBy Piotr WolinskiContributing writer

In the darkness of the back-stage of Mary D'Angelo Per-forming Arts Center, excitedwhispers of the staff mix as theaudience ills n to ind heir seats."Are they here?"... Finally, af-ter eight years, Mercyhurst Col-lege welcomed "Altan," one ofthe finest traditional Irish musicgroups.*A blue light covered the stagewhen the irstmelodies rose overthe PAC, and the audience heldits breath. Altan's performanceon Friday, March 12, provedthat Mercvhurst's Annual IrishExtravaganza would be success-ful once again.* Altan is "sort of a jewel of tra-ditional Irish music in Ireland,they are one of the best ban ds/'said Michael Fuhrman, Directorof Mary D'Angelo PerformingArts Center. *"As a band, they incorporateboth the fast up-heart songs, butthey also swing to that melan-choly side of the Irish culture,the internal, the reflective part,very, very sad."Altan may play traditional Irishtunes, but their appeal centersaround the tact that barriers be-tween folk, rock and wodd mu-sic disappear in their art.V" Tra ditional, but still fresh , Stilltilled with that "I-have-to-recon-sidcr -my-St . -Patr ick ' s-Day-

it, why not bring it to the fore-front, why not keep it alive?"

The Mary D'Angelo Perform-ing Arts Center program is filledwith both Celtic (Kila and Leahydiis school year) and strictly Irishperformances, which sometimescan scare students from takingpart in the culture at Mercy-hurst College. Isn't that toomuch?"Nol" Fuhrman adds. "In tactwe had Kila, because they rep-resent a new voice in the everchanging wodd of contemporarymusic, now we have Altan, andon March 17, on St. Patrick'sDay we will have an Irish film,called In America.'"They all represent differentfacets of Irish culture, so it's no ttoo much - it's deeper and wid-er.

Ptolr WoGnski/Contributlng photographerAltan, a band that plays traditional Irish music, performed at the PAC on March 12.evening-plans/' O n Friday night,Altan proved that "Irish" at Mer-cyhurst does n't necessarily meanboring"We take some music from thetradition, and we also write staffin that mode or that idiom aswell, so it's a bit of both," Cia-ran Tourish, the iddleand whis-tle player for Altan says. "I liketo think we continue the tradi-tion."Subtle ballads sang by Mai read

Ni Mhaonaigh and her fast hyp-notizing iddlesections made theaudience sing and even dance."It's the best music on earth,if you have any taste you'll bebuying our m usic/' she laughs."It's the same as any othermusic/' Ciaran Tourish adds."It is about different aspectsof life. About fun mainly, butthere is also great sadness,*youcan't have fun all die time. Youneed some sadness and even

RlepholoThe Lake Erie Ballet will be performing R odgers and Hammersteln's veralon of "Cinderella" at Iroquois High School on March 20-21. jy

Fairy tale dream s co m e trueBy Jenn CamodecaContributing writerEvery girl has dreamed ofbecoming a princess and meet-

ing a handsome prince.However, as we mature werealize that the likelihood of thisfantasy coming true is sadly un-realistic.Thankfully, we have talentedmembers of the MercyhurstCollege Dance Department totake us back to this dream, ifonly for an afternoon.The dancers will be bringingtheir talents to the stage in theLake Brie Ballet's version of"Cinderella/ |This will be the final perfor*inance of the Rodgers and I fani-merstein's version of this balletas this year marks the ending ofthe Lake Erie Ballet's ownershipof the rights of this wonderful

production.For those of you not familiarwith this version of the classicfairy talc, you are in for a treat.This ballet was a challenge forartistic director Christina Mariaas the music is not the tradition-al classical ballet music that oneis accustomed to choreograph-ing with.flic ballet is aimed at youngchildren; therefore, silly songsand dances were created in or-der to capture the attention ofthe children who may or mayno tfully appreciate the actual beau-ty of the dancers.Well known songs such as "Im-possible," "D o I Love Your?' andthe "Stepsisters L ament," are allpart of the creation of this mu-sical fantasy that children andadults will no doubt find quiteentertaining.The characters arc ol courseour beloved Cinderella, danced

by Mercyhurst dancers PamSwaney or Janet Strukely, thePrince, danced by Parris Hbbbs,the evil stepmother, AndreaI lashim, the Fairy Godmother,Jolene Chase or Fara D'Aguiarand last, but not least, the uglystepsisters Claire Natalie andScali Riggs.Other dancers who will be per-formi ng are Katie Finger, SylviaBluhm, Lindsay Bonfanti, AliciaDel uca, and several others.This ballet is foil of the usualromance of a fairy talc but alsovery comedic as the Stepsisters'and Stepmother's silly antics willhave you in the occasional hys-terics.The production will be held atIroquois I ligh School on Satur-day, March 20, at 7 p.mJandSunday, March 21 , at 2 p.m.For ticket information, pleasecontact the Lake Erie Ballet Box

Office at 871 4356.

more fun/'And why Irish? "Mercyhurstm wheritage is in Ireland with Cathe-rine McAuley, who basicallyfounded the Sisters of Mercy,"Michael Fuhrman said."When we opened theD'Angelo Arts Center we knewthat Irish culture had to be a part

of our annual celebration. Weare who we came from, and as acollege we have that identity andthat history. So why not celebrate

We can only hope tha t studentsat the "Hurst start to appreciatethis kind of entertainment"One of the moves that wedecided to do is to try to pro-gram so that we can bring theyounger audience into the Per-forming Arts Center," Fuhrmanexplains."Specifically college studentsbut also the community, peoplein their teens, 20s and 30s. fhefilms have done that. We try tointroduce young people, slowlyget them involved, so they cancreate a relationship w ith culture,and they have a relationship w iththis community in the Perform-ing Arts Center."

By Emily CrofootArts and Entertainment editor On Wednesday, March 17,at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., "InAmerica" will play at the P AC[ This is a coming of age story

about an Irish couple (Saman-tha Morton, Paddy Considine)and their two young daughterstrying to find their wav inAmerica is intimatelytold by 11-year-old daughterChristy (Sarah Bolger),a child wise ^beyond he ryears.To Christy and her youngersister Ariel (played by real lifesister, .Kmma Bolger), Ameri-ca is a place of magic whereanything is possible.To their parents, it representsa place to begin anew.Carried by the g irls' youthful!hope and faith, the family findsthe heart to live and love again.Together they find home.For more information visit,www2.foxsearchlight.com/in-america/. On Wednesday, March 24,at 2 p.m. 8 p .m.^Thc WeatherUnderground" will play at thePAC. % :i ^;'.' The radical anti-war activistsknown as the Weathermen tookviolent action against "the es-tablishment" as a faction ofStudents for a Democratic So-ciety (SDS) and allies of theBlack Panthers.

This documentary ollows hegroup's development and as-sembles rarely viewed histori-cal footage as well as talkingwith the members of theWeather Underground as theytoday, reflect on their actionsin the 1960s. \A real eye-opener on how theU.S^;government functionedwhen threatened from within.For more information, visitwww.upstatefilms.org/weadicr/ On Wednesday, March 31,at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m, "SecretLives: Hidden Children andThm- Rcscufrs during WWII";will play at the PAC.before the Second WorldWftr, more than one and a halfnull|nJewish children were liv-ing in Kui'ope.

By the war's end, fewer than

one out of 10 had survived.Aviva Slesin's Secret Lives:Midden Children and TheirRescuers During World War IIis a wrenching insider's look atthe complex emotions sur-rounding the thousands ofJewish children saved by gen-tiles who hid diem in wartime.For more information, visitwww.secredives.org/. On Sunday, March 21 ,come and celebrate the springwith Mercyhurst College music faculty Dr. Rossitza Goza(violin), Dr. Sara Langmcad(piano) and Jacqueline B lack(cello) in an all-Ravel extrava-ganza at 8 p.m> in Mercvhurst'sWalker Recital Hall, fThe trio will present a dial-lenging program of three ofMaurice Ravel's chamberworks and the stunning concertrhapsody Tzigane. &Ravel s music is renowned forits lush and occasionally im-pressionistic beauty, so the da n-ger of featuring the works ofonly one composer in a recitalis eliminated because tiring theaudience with "more of thesame" is unheard of in the caseof Ravel. The four works onthe program - written withinthe span of two decades areeach exotic and exuberant, butdiffer from each other in manyways.

Ravel's eclectic musical mus-ings reflect the curious com bi-|n he represented; adandy and a reserved Basqueeccentric who lived outsideParis in his villa with morethan a dozen Siamese compan-ions ; a man who alwaysappeared impeccably groomedand never indulged an emo-tional outburst; a person whoconsidered the color of his tiesone of life's persistent ques-tions; a human being who, de-spite his unconventional behav-iot, was capable of the moattouching gestures.Goza just recently complet-ner doctor of musicaldegree at the Cleveland InstLtute of Music with 'the focusof her final research an dlecture-recital the music oiRavel. 5 4
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To contact:[email protected]~LAKERSPORTSviolence or lovedsport?

By Patrick MartinoSports Editor CommentaryJff you have looked in anysports page in any newspaper inthe last few weeks you mayhavenoticed articles and commentar-ies on the NHL.If you happened to justglanced over these articlesyoumay have missed that the NHLis on the verge of not having aseason next year due to negotia-tions between the players andmanagementIf this is the only thing youhave read you may have m issedan incident involving a Vancou-ver Canuck name d Todd Ber-tuzzi.Bertuzzi has been und er firefor a "malicious" attack on Col-orado's Steve Moore inan "eventhe score" attack..[ Now papers such as the USAToday arewriting an d question-ing the sport of hockey.They question the brutality ofhockey.In the midst of all these attackson hockey there are some shed-ding tears.They do not have much to dowith Todd Bertuzzi.The NHL is off in the distancein fact The tears com e fromfour college hockey players.Playersrighthere on the Mer-cyhurst campus.The tears come from some-thing they love being taken fromthem. Four seniors on the men'shockey team and three more onthe women's team are on theirwayout, leaving their sport be -hindI suppose that people whohave never played college sportscannot sympathize with these

players.To most people a sport is justsomething people do. To the average person a sportis nothing more than a hobby.However, ifyou approachedanyplayer, especially these foursoon-to-be graduates, you willsoon see it is much more tothemI would guarantee that theseplayerswould not have tears intheir eyes as the final seconds oftheir last college game tick offif it was just merely a sport.To these players, and the ma-jority of college athletes, theirsport is their love. Their team istheir family, something that may-be professional hockey playersin the NHL should regain.While players' unions fight formore money to keep their play-ers going, there are these fourplayerswho w ould love just toplay one more game; one moreshift for a team they love to playfor. \For all of these players' livesthey have looked up to profes-sional hockey players.No doubt they have skatedaround the ice at the age of sev-en pretending to be WayneGretzky or Gordie Howe.Perhaps today's professionalhockey players should look upto players such as the seven se-niors ofour graduating class andnote their love and compassionof the game.Maybe then, money woulddrift off into the distance alongwith the greed.And maybe, just maybe,' theseplayers could explain to people

Baseball^ sta rt s offincons i s tentBy M attJacksonContributing Writer

TheMercyhurstLakerbase-ball team had a bittersweet per-formance this past weekendin the four games they playedin two days.The seventh inning wasoneofmisery for the Laker squadin Saturday's doubleheader atSalem International. |The Lakers dropped bothgames in the seventh inningafter receiving solid pitchingperformances by their start-

Re PhotoMatt King

The Lakers scored late totake a 2-2 tie into the seventhinning of the first contest be -fore Salem Internationalknocked in a run off juniorBrandon Mendola for the vic-tory.Game two proved to be justas heartbreaking for the Lak-ers.This time they took a 3-2lead into the seventh butonceagain were denied a victory af-ter Salem International usedsome two-out lightning toknock in two runs off so pho-more Nick Candy. It was Can-dy's first loss of the year.Senior Matt King had theonly extra base hit in the firstcontest and then drove in tworuns in the second gam e ofthe twin bill. 'Sunday, Mercyhurst stayedat Salem, WV, b ut changedtheir fortunes with a two gamesweep of West Liberty State.Eric Meacham andTim Sta-ceyhad back-to-back home-runs in the second game tolead an offensive explosionfor the Lakers that had themtotaling23 runs in the two vic-tories.fS In the first game, freshmanGreg Tellex picked up his firstcollegiate victory on the

Paul Baumert File Photomound with his two innings ofreliel Senior Paul Baumertstarted the game and pitchedthe first five innings in theLaker's 10-9 victory.The second game proved tobe much less dramatic mainlydue to junior Dave Guido'sdominant complete gamepitching performance thatcon-cluded in hisfirstvictory o nthe mound this season Guidolet up two runson ivehits andtalliedfivestrikeouts.On the offensive side Mer-cyhurst also did its part byscoring 13 runs on 13 hits andfive walks.. ^ *The Lakers will take their 5-10 record into com petitionwhen they open their GUACschedule with a pair of dou-bleheaders at Saginaw ValleyState.-. The irstwill be contestedonSaturday, March 20, and thesecond on Sunday, March 21.

i SlWzalaContrihuttngPhotooraphefMen's hockey fell short against Sacred Heart In the Atlantic Hockey semifinals. This was the last game of theyear.who attack the hockey culture placemy money on the opinions never read. Barch, Millar,orDillabough, butwhat hockey means to the lives of the naysayers being altered. You may never come to know I am quite certain you will even-of so many. But for me majority, this com- the names Brown, Rynshoven, tually become familiar with theIf I was a betting man I would mentary willbe skipped overand Tackabeny, or Carter. Noteven name Todd Bertuzzi.W rest lers com pe te in nat ionalsMautz andRandazzoput in valiant effortByMattJacksonContributing writer

JuniorJustin Mautz, wrestlingat 197, used his previous twoyears of national tournamentexperience to again become anAll-American with a fifth placefinish at the Division II level thispast weekend at Minnesota StateMankato.He has made All-Americanhonors during all three of theMercyhurst wrestling team's ex-istence and is now the Lakers'only wrestler to get the honormultiple times.Junior Ricky Randazzo joinedN lautz on the podium with a sev-enth place performance at 125.Coach Cipollone was pleasedwith the duo's performance.!"It's always good to go downto the national tournament andcome back with some All-Amer-icans." ?MCipollone was especiallypleased with Randazzo's perfor-mance.*Randazzo placed ahead ofmultiple wrestlers who beai himduring the regular season andbeat an opponent that had de-feated him twice earlier this sea-

son"Ricky was a nice surprise,1'said Cipollone. "It just goes toshow that hard work can do goodthings for you. He went downand watched the national tour-nament last year and decided h ewould be w restling there thisyear." .A negative surprise also camethe Lakers' way when junior BenMcAvinew, who achiev ed All-American status last season, wasdefeated in thesecond round ofthe consolations ending hischances to repeat as an All-American"Ben just didn't have a goodtournament. He is more disap-pointed than anyone igh tnow",said Cipollone."McAvinew had a great regularseason andwas definitely oneofthe Mercyhurst Lakers expect-ed to come back an All-Ameri-canThe Lakers also received twoDivision II All-Academic SecondTeam honorsfromsophomoreCory King and red-shirt fresh-man Paul Bergman.A plus for theLaker squad isthat not one team member willgraduate this year.This gives Cipollone hopes of

* - ~ - Wrestlers proved strength and determination all year.Rte Photohis team competing near the topof the Division II field nextseason."We are hoping to bringin a top recruiting classand wealso have the return of JakeSquire next year."Jake Squire took a red-shirt thisseason after suffering an Injury.

"Our goal next season is to fin-ish in the top 10 or even higher,said Cipollone."Judging by the team's successand vast improvement this sea-son, there is no reason to believethis goal will not be accom-plished.W omen's lacrosse off to slow startByKristaRossContributing writer

TheMercyhurst wom en's la-crosse team fell to unbeaten C.W. Post on Sunday, March 14,by a score of 17-2 dropping to2-4 overall. | JC. W. Post caught the Lakerson their heels posting a 10-2 leadat half. The Lakers' only two goalscame in the firsthalf.The women havewon twice sofar this season.- Theirfirstwin wasagainst St.Andrews, 22-2, and the second

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Jankowskl is point leader after a solid previous year. hotowin coming against Lees-McRaew with a score of 9-8.Leading allplayers In points is

Junior Kristen Jankowskl with 10goals and six assists for a totalof 16 points.

Junior goalie Jessica Bunkerhas started all six games and hasmade a total of 61 saves andallowed 69 goals on the season.While allowing 69 goals theyhave only been able to produce48 goals against their opponents.Other leading scorers areKeLsey French with 15 points andDara Liberatl with 14 points.The Mercyhurst Lakers willhost Queens Saturday, March20, at 2 p.mThe team hopes to turn theseason around while its still ear-ly. ;;ml ..fit 1 _^There are sail eleven gamesremaining in the season
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7b contact:[email protected] P O R T SM e n ' s l a c r o s s e o f f t o p r o m i s i n g 4 - 0 s t a r tBy RyanPalmContributing Writer

Hie Mercy hurst men's lacrosseteam began their 2004 season onfire, winningfourstraight to be-gin the campaignThe team, coming off of an11-3 campaign last year, beganplay during the cold days of earlyMarch.As of March 8, the Lakerswere ranked seventh in the Unit-ed States Intercollegiate LacrosseAssociation (USILA) Division IIMen's Lacrosse Rankings.The first gam e of the seasonwas a dominating one, when theLakers defeated Wingate Univer-sity by the score of 20-4 onMarch 3. Just two days later,the team continued their greatplay as they beat the host MarsHill by a sc ore of 23-3. ! $Finishing the road trip on thevery next day the Lakers finishedwell as they trounced LeesMcRae by a comm anding scoreJ8-3.Mercyhurst finally was able toopen up at home, on March 11,whe n Que ens University cameready to play. qThe Lakers were far superioryet again, as they took the con-test 16-3. IThe Lakers were ledby juniorattacker Mike McLellan withfour goals and o ne assist. IanKomorek, also a junior attack-er, contributed three goals andtwo assists.For the season, the Lakers a reled in goals by McLellan, with16 ';:McLellan has also contributedfour assists, leaving him secondon the team with 20 points.Junior attacker Jerod Felice istops with 20 assists, and along

with four goals, he leads theteamwith 24 points.Sophomore attack DustinStewart is the closest behindMcLellan, with eight goals."We are excited about this year,we have a good chance to show

what we can do up here," saidMcLellan when asked abo ut theteam's play. "We've got the ballrolling now and we just need tokeep it up!"I The team, standing at a per-fect 4-0, most recently had a

game versus Hobart postponeddue to snow.They will play two more roadgames following that, as they willnot play another game at homeuntil April 3 when PfeifFercomesto town for a 1 p.m. contest.mW omen's hockey takes CHA:Lady Lakers dominate front start to finish

Katie McAdams/Pholo editorThe Lady Lakers skate circles around their lackluster opponents, sweeping the entire conference In a dramatic fdisplay of technical mastery and whimsical grace on the Ice.

By Ryan PalmContributing WriterThe Mercyhurst women'shockey team repeated as cham-pions of the College HockeyAmerica conference with a pairof wins this past weekend,March 13-14, in the conferencetournament.The Lady Lakers took on theWarriors from Wayne State Uni-versity in a semifinal ma tch upon Friday night, and dominatedfrom start to finish. *Freshman defender MichelleBonello started the night off ear-ly when she lit the lamp just overa minute into the game.'Her fifth goal of the seasonwas assisted by junior forwardTeresa Marchese Del Monte.

Stefanie Bourbeau show, as thefreshman forward notched herfirst career collegiate hat-trick.The l ine of Bourbeau,Marchese-Del Monte, and soph-omore Samantha Shirley provedto be outstanding, as the later twoeach picked up three assists.Bourbeau scored twice in thefirst period, the first coming at3:42 and the second at 9:09.She was able to beat WayneState goaltender Anna Vander-Marliere for the hat-trick at16:45 of the second.Thewin completed a dominat-ing sweep of the season seriesagainst Wayne State, 5-0.

The Lady Lakers outscored theWarriors 19*1 this season andarenow 20-0 lifetime against theWarriors.With the win in the semis, the

and Niagara proved to be theopponent with is 3-2 overtimewin o ver University of Findlayin the other semi-final contest.* Mercyhurst had fared wellagainst Niagara through the sea-son, at least until the Purple Eagles put the only blemish on theLakers' conference record witha 3-1 win on March 6. iThis goal came from the stickof freshman forward Jackie Jar-rell, her 10th goal of the season,at 1251 of the irst,giving Mer-cyhurst a 1-0 lead after the firstperiod |feThe Lady Lakers added somebreathing room in the second,when junior forward Sara Mc-Donald beat Rutledge with just* two minutes to play in the peri-od

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The Merciad, March 17, 2004