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Vol. 75 No. 2 Mercyhurst College 501 E. 38th St. Erie, Pa. 16546 Se pte m be r 1 9 , 2001
Faculty students discuss tragedyBy Annie DeMeoNews Editor
The Mercyhurst community, like therest of the nation, is struggling tomake sense of the tragic terroristattack that occurred Tuesday, Sept.11. To offer a rational context inwhich to understand the event, tenprofessors from various academicdisciplines presented a panel d iscus-sion Thursday, Sept. 13 in the MaryD' Angelo Performing Arts Center.
The event, coordinated by bothCampus Ministry and MercyhurstStudent Government, opened with
a prayer for peace led by Rev. Lyta
Seddig, Protestant campus minister.Dr. Ludlow Brown, professor of
philosophy, facilitated the discus-sion, which he helped to coordinate.
''We felt that as educators we havea responsibility to our students andthe community to have a forumwhere we can talk about the situa-tion and ask questions about whathappens next,** said Brown.
Dr. Robert Cisek, associate pro-fessor of business, Dr. RandyClemons, associate professor ofpolitical science and director of thepolitical science department, Dr.Rebecca Conrad-Davenport, staffpsychologist, Dr. Thomas Donahue,
associate professor of philosophy.Dr. John Golden, assistant profes-sor of economics, Dr. Frank Hagan,professor of sociology/criminal jus-tice and the director of the graduateadministration of justice program,Robert Heibel, director of the Re-search/IntelligenceAnalyst programand former FBI agent. Dr. Terry F.Pettijohn, assistant professor of psy-chology. Dr. Mary HembrowSnyder, professor of religious stud-ies and director of the religious stud-ies department and James Snyd er,assistant professor of philosophy,presented a summary of how theirspecific field related to th e terroristattacks.
For the fust part of the event pro-fessors offered a brief description ofhow the event pertains to his or heracademic background.
Cisek offered a brief descriptionof the economic ramificationsof the
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In Erie and much of the nation American flags are in high dema nd. Students demonstrate their patriotism by flying flags throughout thecampus.
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event. He offered predictions forboth the long and short term affectsthat the terrorist attack will have onthe economy. In striking the heartof the U.S. financial district* theevents struck*at the heart of the
economy and will ultimately costbetween 20 and 30 billion dollars, henoted. Cisek said that short term, in-dividuals should expect supply prob-lems from the lack of air space, andair, insurance, and tourism industriesto take a major hit. The response tothe terrorist act will also determinethe extent of the economic affect ofthe tragedy, according to Cisek.
Clemons approached the events asa political scientist trained in bothinternational relations and Americanpolitics. He examined the question of
whether the destruction of the WorldTrade Center and the damaging ofthePentagon was an act of terrorism oran act of war. The scale of deathwould make the action indicative ofan act of war, though in all other re-spects the event was a classic case of
terrorism, according to Clemons.
As an action outside the bounds ofcivilization and political in nature itconforms to the definition of terror-ism, not war, said Clemons. He indi-cated that President George W.|Bush's use of the phrase "an act ofwar** is more indicative of the re-sponse to the action than to the ac-tion itself.
Davenport discussed individualreactions to the tragedy. She warnedof the power of nationalism. On thepositive end nationalistic feelings canproduce three hour waits to donateblood in Erie, increased economic)support of victims, and prayer, shesaid.
"Nationalism can also blind with
prejudice, when it is combined withanger," she said.
Davenport also offered avenues forstudents in need of support.
Following the introductory state-ments, students and other audience
members had the opportunity to fo-cus the discussion in whatever direc-tion they wanted. What unfolded,was a powerful healing discussion ,according to students.
"It provided me with more infor-
mation in a more personal way, saidjunior Lexi Ehrmantraut.
The event concluded with a prayer,and an invitation to attend a candle-light vigil in the Christ the KingChapel. **
Dirkmaat, anthropology students
assist with Somerset trash site
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ERIE, P a i - Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat,an associate professocof anthropol-ogy/archaeology at Mercyhurst Col-lege and also the director of the fo-rensic'anthropology departmentsinthe Mercyhurst Archaeological In-stitute, was called on Tuesday,]11, to assist with the^investigationinto the airline crasfffa -SomersetCounty.
Dirkmaat left for the southernPennsylvania crash site just beforenoon, taking-twaMercyhurst Col-
lege studentsand
seveial staff mem -bers with him. The teamwill assistin the gridding, mapping, photo-graphing and excavating ofthe crashsite.
the site in Somerset County wasone of four crash sites linked toTuesday $ terrorist attack\on NewI York City*s W orld TradeCenter tow-ers and the Pentagon in Washington,
Dirkmaat, along with Dr. James|Adovasio, director of the college's
archaeology department, and AllenQuinn, professor of anthropology/archaeology at Mercyhurst, first be-came involved with handling airlinecrash sites when they w ere called toPittsburgh^ 1994 to assist with: thecrash o&USA Flight 427, whichcrashed just north of the city.
"Mercyhurst was excavating atMeadowcroft in southwestern Penn-sylvania when the Pittsburgh crashoccurred. Officials called us because& f knew we jyejre down there andthey knew we had perhaps the most
sophisticated gridding and mappingequipment in the^world with us,"explained Adovasio. After the suc-cess of mat recovery, Dirkmaat de-veloped the process used by Mercy-hurst College in Pittsburgh as amodel for those crashes that haveoccurred since then.
"Prior to Flight 427 and that expe-rience; the methods at airline crashsites had been haphazard at best,"
said Adovasio. "We basically map
those sites just as we would an ar-chaeology site, and the level of docu-mentation we provide is unparal-leled.*' *
Mapping and documenting thecrash site is key, said Adovasio, be-cause the pattern of the remains canbe very informative and often leadsinvestigators to the cause of thecrash.
Dirkmaat has served as an expertin Guam in 1997 when Korean AirFlight 801 crashed and in Rhode Is-
land when Egypt Air Flight 990
crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.Dirkmaat earned his bachelor's
and doctoral degrees in anthropol-ogy from the University OfTitts-burgh. He joined the MercyhurstCollege archaeology department in1991. Each May, he presents a fo-rensic anthropology seminar that a\
tracts students, law enforcement of-ficials and coroners from around theworld.
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CAMPUS NEWSM e r c y h u r s t r e t a i n s t o p t i e r r a n k i n g i n U . S . N e w s
By Sara SeidleEditor in chief
For the sixth consecutive year, Mer-cyhurst College has been ranked inthe top tier of comprehensive col-leges in the North by U.S. News andWorld Report in its Best CollegesGuide.
In response to the news of therankings. Dr. William P. Garvey,collegepresident, said, "The fact thatMercyhurst continues to improve inthe top northern tier reinforces theperception that we are reachinghigher ground in terms of academic
reputation and recognition.»
Robin Engel, director of admis-sions at Mercyhurst, said, "Beingranked 15 in the region certainlybenefits admissions. The rankingshows that we have a good reputa-tion, good academic programs andare respected by our peers."
Mercyhurst has experienced anincrease in the number of freshmenapplications over the past two years.
"There is no question that part ofthe increase in applications is dueto our ever-growing reputation. Theranking feeds that reputation," ac-cording to Engel.
Engel explained that U.S. Newsand World Report has a broad read-
ership and is one indicator that stu-
Zirkle takes broader role,changes discipline policiesBy Kate Cy winskiStaff writer
Changes were made to the disciplineprocess for this school year under the
new direction of Laura Zirkle, deanof residence life and student conduct.
Tom Herman, previously the deanof discipline, now works solely inthe Recreation Center where hisskills can be more focused. Hermanworked with Zirkle andher staff overthe summer to make changes to thediscipline system. Housing and dis-cipline are a "pretty natural connec-tion ** according to Zirkle. She addedthat at most schools 90 to 95 per-cent of disciplinary issues involveresidence life.
This year, there are sanction lev-els for the loss of housing points forviolations against school policies.Any violation in past years resultedin the loss of the same number ofhousing points, one per violation.The disciplinary sanctions, based on
the severity of the violation, includea w arning, a written reprimand, so-cial probation and disciplinaryprobation. Students will not lose any
housing points for a warning. A writ-
ten reprimand results in the loss ofone point The social probation coststwo points and the disciplinary pro -bation costs three. This system "w illbe a lot more fair,** said Zirkle.
The appeal process has also beenchanged to allow more appeals to be
heard and to improve timeliness,said Zirkle. Al appeals went directlyto the judicial board in previousyears. The board, composed of two
dents and families consider whendeciding on the college and univer-
sity that suits their needs."It is also a reflection of the qual-
ity of the academic programs andsports teams at Mercyhurst."
The annual publication bases itsrankings on data from 16 areas re-lated to academic excellence includ-ing academic reputation, graduationand retention rates, faculty re-sources, student selectivity, financialresources and alumni participation.
To rank colleges, U.S. News firstplaces each school into categoriesbased on mission, such as researchuniversity or liberal arts college and
then by location, such as North,
South, Midwest or West. For ex-ample, universities where there is afocus on research and that offer sev-eral doctoral programs are rankedseparately from liberal arts colleges.
Then data is gathered from 16 ar-eas related to academic excellence.Each area is assigned, a weight ex-pressed as a percentage. Colleges arerankedjbased onftthe compositeweighted score.LMercyhurst is ranked as a compre-hensive college. According to U.S.News and World Report web page,the comprehensive college-bachelor's category includes institu-tions where at least 10 percent of theundergraduate degrees awarded are
collegesbachelor's.
Comprehensive 1bachelor's focus on undergraduateeducation but grant fewer than 50percent of their degrees in liberal artsdisciplines. Mercyhurst is not in-cluded in the liberal arts college cat-
egory because, to be included col-leges must award at least 50 percentof their degrees in liberal arts disci-plines, such as languages and litera-ture, biology and life sciences, phi-losophy, cultural studies, and psy-chology.
For more information on therankings, visit U.S. News and WorldReport on the web at
<www.usnews.com>.
students, two faculty members andtwo administrators, would deter-mine whether or not to hear the case.Now an appeal can be made to thejudicial board, the assistant director*
panel or the dean of residence lifeand student conduct.
Zirkle said the time i took for stu-dents to receive the handbook wasa problem last year, adding that itcame out sooner this year.'
"We hope that students w ill makebetter decisions by understandingthe consequences ahead of time,"she said.
The amounts of fines and servicehours have been decreased in areasaffecting individuals and increasedfor actions that threaten the generalgood. The goal was to make every-thing consistent according to Zirkle.
One issue thai will be taken moreseriously this year is the possessionof street signs. Also, this year, no al-
cohol containers are permitted infreshmen housing and the posses-
sion of candlesand
uncovered lightsin college housing will continue tobe a violation.
Zirkle worked with discipline for'
10 years at Clarion University aswell as at other schools. Because she
is fairly new to Mercyhurst, shecould seethe discipline system froma different perspective."This is as fair of a system as I have
seen,** Zirkle said.
She added that the disciplinechanges are not a response to previ-ous problems.
"As we grow and become a m oresophisticated school, the d isciplin-ary system must evolve as well."
Mass of the Holy Spirt, a celebration of 75 years.
File photo
Seventy five years ago, Sept. 20,1926, Mercyhurst College opened its doors to its first 25students. Thursday, Sept. 20 this special day w ill be commemorated at the 75th anniversaryMass of the Holy Spirit. Mass begins at 11:20 a.rrvin the Christ the King Chapel. Classes wirecess at 11:10 so that all students can attend. A picnic will follow in Munson Plaza. Classes wiresume at 1:00 p.m. I
N.Y. irevises penalties for terrorist actsBy Jordan RauNewsday
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ALBANY, N. Y.—The State Legis-1ature dramatically ratcheted up pun-ishments against terrorists and theiraccomplices Monday, despite mis-givings that some of the measuresmight be superfluous and too broadin how they defined crimes againstthe state.^
The measures, which includedpunishments of up to seven years in
prison for those who plant fakebombs or make false bomb threats,passed overwhelmingly. Gov.George Pataki, who on Sunday nightordered the Legislature back to Al-bany to act on the package, quicklysigned it The laws take effect im-mediately.
A handful of lawmakers said theIaws were not needed since terroristincidents are almost always handledby federal authorities. Severalstaunch opponents of capital punish-ment also voted against the bills.
which would extend New York'sdeath penalty to cover terrorism.£
'The responsibility for punishingthose who would dare use a weaponof mass destruction lies with the fed-eral government," said Sen. ThomasDuane, a Democrat whose districtincludes areas of Manhattan affectedby the attack.
One bill creates specific statecrimes with harsher penalties thannow exist not only against terrorists,but also against those who support
them with financial assistance or byhiding them or helping them eludepolice.
The bill defines terrorism as theundertaking of certain illegal acts—ranging from murder to criminaltampering—to 'Intimidate or coercea civilian population*' or influencethe policy or conduct of "a unit ofgovernment"
Martin Luster, one of five Assem-bly members to vote against the bill,said the bills were rushed throughwithout giving lawmakers more than
a few hours to evaluate them.Senate Majority Leader Joseph
Bruno acknowledged "a natural con-cern by som e people that you don'twant to overreact and go too far indealing with people's civil liberties."But Bruno said, "From my point ofview, now is the time, if we're go-ing to overreact, to overreact in termsof protecting the potential victimsand innocent people.'*
There were no criticism s of anotherpart of Pataki's package that would
toughen penalties against peoplewho made the kinds of bomb threatsthat have inundated city buildings in
recent days.
Those criminals who would preyon fears for their own reprehensiblereasons, to call in a bomb threat, are
not just committing a stupid act butthey are committing an evil and vile
act," Pataki said. >The Legislature also agreed to
have New York join 34 other stateswith standardized agreements to as-
sist one another during catastrophes.
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ARTS&
nheap
The IPAC
easy:
By Patrick Thom asMerciad writer
Hey iparty-hounds, do you everget sick of the same old townhouseget togethers? Are you lookingfor, dare I say, anenlightening wayto spend your evening? Do youneed a cheap, but impressive, placeto take youthoney?^
Well, we all know that the MaryD Angelo Performing Arts Centerexists, since most of us have had toattend a lecture or film for classthere. But did you know that it's a
great (and totally accessible) placeto get some culture? So, I've takenit as my mission to highlight someupcoming performances that maybe of interest to the masses.
Opening this season, the popish-folksy-metalish band, Equation,teams up with the Australian bandBROTHER for a night of primalrock music on Friday, Sept. 21 , at8 p.nvM usic mag. "Buzz Weekly"describes BROTHER? perfor-mances as "Jimi Hendrix with
bagpipes." Add that unique mix tothe REM-meets-the Cranberries-meets Natalie Merchant sound ofBrit pop rock band Equation, andyou got one night of guaranteedfun and good tunes for all.
And even if you already haveplans this weekend, there will beplenty more performances for youto catch.
One of those hot acts is WadaikoYamato, Japanese drummingtroupe, slated to perform Tu esday,Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. The band bringsback the ancient discipline of taiko
drumming: the act of comm unicat-ing and emitting on e's energies viahighly specific drum beats. Fromthe tapping of a raindrop to thepounding of a thunder-cloud,Yamato's performance will leaveyou begging for more.
This term, when you realizeyou've seen more than enough"Full House" reruns and chit-chatwith the roommates is border-linecoma endue ing, check out all thegreat culture the PAC has to offer.
Sept. 19All Musicians Jam with Bay CityBlues Band at the State StreetTavern.
Sept 19 ' 4 f r {: |""In the Mood for Love" is playingat the PAC at 8 p.m. Be there orbesquare.
Sept 13 thru Oct 14The annual Cornfusin' Corn Mazeis open for business atthe LeopoldFarm in Fairvlew. Can you reallyafford to pass this event up?
Sept 14 thru Nov. 3The Roadhouse Theatre is pre-senting the 1999, Tony Award-winning play, "Side Man."
Sept 20 thru Oct 6 £"Evita" will be playing at the BriePlayhouse. Don 't worry, Madonnaand Antonio Banderas aren't inthis version, so it should be good.
Sept 25 and Sept 26 ;Any wannabe yogis will be inter-ested in the free introductory Pa-
sha!:Yoga classes at DiscoverySquare in the Erie art MuseumAnnex.
Oct 3 f |Nikka Costai*Jfamous for hersingle*"Like a Feather" that wasfeatured on ajTommy Hilfigercommercial, is appearing at theOdeon in Cleveland, OH.
Oc t 14 1;j§
The Blessid Union of Souls con-cert, originally slated to appearSept. 15, will now be playing Sun-day O ct 14 on the Mercy hurstcampus.
Oct 17 f |The Warner Theatre is presentinga Lake Erie Ballet, "Dracula." It'shard to picture a convincingDracula in a leotards...!
Oct;23 IFor those of you who care. RodStewart will be playing at Erie'sTullio Arena. r
ENTERTAINMENT
Dinner & a MovieChecks (PCease
By Adam DuShole*Arts & Entertainment Editor
If you're like me, you're tired ofmediocre Chinese buffets? thatserve dish after dish of food thatlooks vaguely alike and tastes ex-actly the same.
Luckily, I stumbled upon TheGolden Wok this summer.
Hidden at the intersection ofPittsburgh Ave. and 32nd, you al-most pass it by.-But trust me youwon) t regret the trip inside.
Minimally decorated and obses-sively clean, The Golden Wok de-
fies all the traditional Chinese res-taurant stereotypes of smiling, goldBuddhas and ceiling-to floor reddragon wallpaper. "
The imposing catalog of entreesstrikes an excellent balance be-tween a number of authenticallyChinese dishes, such as SingaporeChow Fun{($9.15), a curry-fla-vored rice noodle dish, and the
Tic fat Stub
By Phil P irelloMerciad writer
The 2001 summer movie seasonhad somuch potential, b ut so littlequality The creators of <4Pearl Har-bor" failed to stretch our suspen-sion of disbelief to the point whereeven the "Gump-iest" of movie-goers couldn't swallow the soapylove triangle. "P lanetofTheApes"proved that Mark Wahlberg can'tescape Dirk Diggler 's longshadow. "Tomb Raider" couldhave simply been called "IndianaBoob and the Temple of Crap"and did anybody really want "TheMummy" to return?
So which films were able to es-cape the disease of "not-worth-50-cents-itis ?" My topfive picks:
5. "Rush Hour 2" and "Ameri-can Pie 2" The originals mademad bank at the box office, there-fore a sequel was inevitable. Luck-ily for the respective creators, asecond rush and a second slicewere more enjoyable than the origi-nals. These twofilms captured theessence of the summer movie ex-perience: having fun. Stifflerquotes and Jackie Chan lines will
more westernized co unterparts 1 i keGeneral Tsao's Chicken ($10.75),
chunks of dark m eat chicken friedand glazed in a sweet and spicysauce. All entrees come with achoice of fried or steamed rice.? Equally as impressive as the var-
ied abundance of entrees is thelimited, albeit tasty, presence oftraditional dim sum items on themenu. Our server recommendedthe fried dumplings ($4.25), a deli-cious pork filling wrapped, lightlyfried and served with a spicy gin-ger dipping sauce.
Other items to try: the hot andsour soup ($4.50). This spicy andfilling soup is a meal unto itself,featuring generous portions of tofu,shredded pork and bamboo shoots:
With a large selection of strictlyvegetarian dishes, you're ensuredthat e vent he pic kiest ofyour friendswill be satisfied. I suggest theegg-plant in garlic sauce ($6.75), a subtlecombination of the natural sweet-ness of Chinese eggplant and theslight bitterness of h e garlic sauce.For the more health conscious, avariety of tofudishes arealso avail-
able. IWith a newly expanded and up-
dated menu as well as the courte-ous and speedy service, The GoldenWok, has even more to offer boththe seasoned Chinese food veteranand the chopstick-impaired new-comer alike.
I would wholeheartedly recom-mend The Golden Wok, if for noother reason than to take advantageof their obscenely cheap lunch spe-cial. Four dollars and twenty-fivecents will buy your selection ofentree, the choice of wonton,eggdrop or hot & sour soup, inaddition to a side of fried or steamedrice. Butdon't take my word for it,stop into the *Wok and stop beinga victim*of second-rate Chinese
buffets.fl The Golden Wok at 3202 Pitts-burgh Ave. is open Tuesday - Sat-urday from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., andSunday from 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. Lunchis served Tuesday through Satur-day from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Take-ou t orders can be placed at(814)836-9657 * * *
be uttered once again. If you likedthe first films, it will be hard not tolove the latest installments:
4. "Final Fantasy: The SpiritsWithin" Arguably the most visu-ally complex and creative film to
play on the big screen in years."Fantasy" manages to make thesynthetic look tangible just longenough for us to ignore the convo-luted, sometimes unintelligent plot.CG characters acting and emotingwith the best of theDeNiros helpedillustrate to audiences the future ofcinema, is a present reality.3. "Sh rek" Five months after it's
release, Mike Myers and companyare still making people laugh withthe CG animated fairy tale of sar-
castic wit. "Shrek" worked becauseits audience was not limited to kids,but anyone who loves to laugh andbe entertained. With pop-culturereferences and a morally touching
story, "Shrek" looks to permanentlycement itself not just people's fu-ture DVD collections, but also intheir hearts.
2. "A.I." It may not have mademuch money, but people are stillphilosophising about theabout thevalue of humanity versus the hu-man value placed on a machine.Steven Speilberg directed this storyso perfectly, so conscious of how
the camera films and what the au-dience sees, that it is hard not tobecome engrossed insits visualsplendor and beautiful camerawork. Haley Joel Osmo nt's fright-ening, always compelling perfor-
mance was a revelation. The blend-ing of his talents with Spielberg'sand StanleyKubrick's genius made"A J" a "must-see" movie.
1. "Moulin Rouge" Director BazLuhrman's re-imagined moviemusical is a cinematic merry-go-round, full of searing colors thatspin in front of a giant strobe light,that pulsates with originality, cre-ativity and above all else, love.k,It captures the heart of Bohemianideals and thebest aspects of singer/actors Nicole Kidman and Ewan
McGregor. Their story plays be-fore us, flashing\by in vividTechnicolor. Unable to see past itsbombastic bombardment of some-
times silly visuals, older viewersbalked at the film. But do not turnaway from "Moulin Rouge." Thismovie shows what filmmakers cando when the medium is pushed toits limits, giving us hope thatmaybe, if we're lucky, next sum-mer will have a film as great as thisone.
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OPINION
THE GOOD
• It was great to return to campus and drive down freshly pavedstreets. It was nice to see Parade Street, Briggs Avenue and LewisAvenue were pothole free.
• The compassion of students has been evident the past few days asthey have attended Mass, prayer services and the local blood banks.
• The volleyball court by the Highland Square apartments, other-wise known as the old gray apartment buildings, have been frequentlyused and enjoyed.
A• Some students think that there is a new skylight in the corridor to
Old Main near the Chapel door, but someone just finally decided toclean it.
• The traffic light that was installed at the front drive to the campusgot a new street sign. Apparently, the front drive is "Old MainDrive.*' I wonder if mapquest knows about our newly named street.
THE BAD ...• The construction zone has completely changed the social dynam-
ics on campus. The townhouses are in their very own section ofMercy world. How strange that the 40* s are gone.
• The phone rates on cam pus seem ridiculously high. Some rates areadvertised on television for as low as seven cents a minute all day,long, and our TAC numbers only give that rate past 5 p.m., beforethat it is 17 cents a minute. Since M ercy hurst is such a large m arket,it would make sense that the adm inistration snag the cheapest ratesavailable?
THE UGLY ...
• Thankfully the sun has faded the "orange, gray buildings.'* They
are slowly become less of an eye sore.
• The volleyball court by the townhouses looks atrocious. Thecourt is filled with weeds and there is definitely a need for fresh sand
THE CONTROVERSIAL . . .I • The Laker Inn now has a no smoking policy. Some students are I
pleased by this change, but there seems to be a slight drop in businessas many smokers have chosen to forego the Laker Inn as theirfavorite late-night stop.
• A s you walk to the Union, coming from Garvey P ark, there'susually a bench. Now it's m issing, leaving just the concrete belowwhere it used to be. Who stole the bench?
The best four years of our lives?
Left to writeKristin Purdy
Moving back to Mercyhurst intomy apartment, I realized that life isdifferent living on campus than ina rural area in New York. In myparents * house, • staying out latewas 2 a.m. and I had to readjust totheir rules. Back at school, stayingup until 2 a.m. is once again aregular habit and necessity to fin-ish late night reading.
JBack at Mercyhurst, everyonesuddenly faces freedom in manysenses. For freshmen, there are
new decisions such as, "Do I goout tonight or finish my home-work?" Finally, you get to makeyour owncurfew and do what youwant when you want. Everythingweighs on °your
j shoulders andyou're your own boss, which canbe hard to get j used to at first.College life is about balancing yourcourse load and yo ur social life - a
freedom that some people take too
liberally.It's that time of he year to adjustand get used to being back atschool. While I didn't miss actu-ally going to classes*everyday,doing my own laundry or eatingthe food, there were some things Imissed over the short*summermonths. That first night when Imoved back to school and un-packed, T crawled into bed ex-hausted. The distant sound of thepassing train along with the churchbells were two things that I hadforgotten about. During first nightsas a freshman, it was difficult ad-
justing to these sounds during thenight, but over the past-two years,
they've grown on me.Only at Mercyhurst can you fall
asleep to people singing and yell-ing in the middle of he street Anyother place, you would be worriedor disturbed. At college, it's nor-mal to hear people yelling acrosscampus at all hours. When I thinkabout it, it's unusual how the train,the church bells, and the late night
clamor doesn't seem to phase me.
It's just another adjustment.It seems like you buy economysized antacids so you can surviveoff the food. Gradually, once yourtolerance builds up against theant-acid, you learn how to cook, or atleast how to make Easy Mac soyou can survive until you get homeagain for real home-cooked meals.Money bums a hole through yourpockets, and you are once again *kpoor college student, looking for-
ward to five dollar pizza specialseach week.
Let's face it, I'm just anotherpoor college student. Three weeksago my bank account had $300more in it, and I can't remember
what I've spent it all on so far.Sure, there's the basic expenseslike food and decorating my apart-ment, but being in college drainsmy bank account faster than Dranocan clear a hair ball from my bath-room sink.
These are things you can onlyexperience in your college years.Life is great, welcome back.
Beyond vengeanceTerrorism creates morejterror, perpetuating the cycle of fear
By Rebecca MeyerDaily Californian
(U-Wire) BERKLEY, Calif.
Terrorism succeeds when we be-come blinded by terror. PresidentBush promises to "hunt down andpunish" those ^responsible forTuesday's attacks. . *
Yet retaliation not only prom-ises escalation, ultimately it con-dones violence as.a necessarymeans to achieving on e's ends. If|we respond with violence, thenthe terrorists will have succeededin degrading the struggle into theirterms. We will be responding toterrorism by creating more terror,
perpetuating the blinding cycle offear. To allow Tuesday's tragediesto incite a war w ould be a greatertragedy than the losses we havealready sustained.Violent attacks against innocents
also attack our innocence. Terror-ism breeds fear for our safety- itcan make us fearful of jets andfearful of crowded buildings thatappear to be easy targets for massdestruction. Yet terrorism also
looses a penetrating fear that as-saults our trust in mankind. Suspi-cion of our neighbors foments eth-nic divisions. Hate crimes crackthe unity of our country. Itis tempt-
ing to withdraw into cynicism, toconclude that thebest we can do ispreserve our self-interest andpro-tect ourselves from a world gonemad. Yet when we abandon ourtrust in the rest of the world, werelinquish the opportunity to cre-ate a world worthy of our trust.
When we succumb to fear, his-tory is condemned to repeat itself.
Violence will beget violence in-definitely. Yet we cannot allowevidence of heinous streaks in hu-
man nature to shatter our faith. Ifwe allow violence to extinguishour optimistic hope and idealism,then we consign ourselves to thegrim future we fear most.
Vengeance is not the only op-tion, nor is justice even the highestgood. Rather than calculating whatpeople deserve, we might recog-nize an opportunity for transfor-
mation. Through compassion andforgiveness, we m ay liberate our
highest potential, as individualsand as a society , from the grip offear and anger.
History has shown that mo-ments of political instabilitypresent greater opportunities forradical transformations in soci-ety. Thus the violence ofTuesday's terrorist attacks holdsa seed of opportunity for bothindividual and collective trans-formation. To believe in this pos-sibility for massive transforma-tion engenders the possibility formassive transformation engen-ders the possibility ofa future forhumankind, not ridden by vio-lence.
We must not let fear blind usand blunt our highest hopes forhumanity. Especially in thesedark times, we must keep alivethe flames of conviction thatguide us to act from ove. A gainstthe onslaughts ofhatred and cyni-cism, violence and fear, we m ustnurture our beliefs in that whichseems impossible but which wewish in our hearts to be true.
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OPINIONLETTER TO THE EDITOR:
MSG's summer accomplishmentsOn behalf of the Mercyhurst Stu-dent Government ExecutiveBoard, r would like to take thetime to tell students what we haveaccomplished recently. *
Over the summer we spent a lotof time\ putting together theMentoring Program. Although theprogram still has kinks to beworked out, we had an ice creamsocial to allow the mentors andmentorees to meet. It was verysuccessful.Early in June we underwent talks
about bringing satellite cable oncampus, but because there was a
promise that next year all studentswill be receiving free cable, theissue was dropped. As headof heTransportation Commitee, DaveDelVecchio changed the shuttleschedule and is currently goingthrough the procedures to build ashuttle shelter that will houseshuttle information as well as coverstudents in inclement weather.
Rob Kosko has been workingdiligently with Erin Cunningham,
the new chairperson of the SpiritClub, trying to create projects toget more fans involved at athleticevents. Cunningham will need thehelp of anyone who is interested,so keep your eyes posted for morefrom her committee. She is cur-rently planning something big for
Homecoming weekend, so stopby the Student Government officeif you would like to help her.
The A ll-Campus Card was re-viewed by a committee early thissummer and it is deemed an ideathat everyone will support, butnewtechnology is needed in the aca-
demic building before thecampuscard technology can be wide-spread throughout campus. It willnot happen this year, but look forsuch technology in the years tocome.
Currently, we are gearing up forthe Monte Carlo Night fundraiserin the Student Union on Sept. 29(Homecoming). Right now we areconsidering charities to whomwecan donate the proceeds; there is a
possibility that they may be do-nated to a relief organization lo-cated in Ne.w York. If you haveany suggestions about charitiesyou may tell any student govern-ment representative.
And, as always, if you haveany questions or concerns youcan attend a Student Govern-ment meeting on a Mondaynight at 8:30 p.m. in the MSGChambers on the second floor ofthe Union. You can reach me atext. 2428 or email me at<[email protected]> oremail Rob Kosko at
<[email protected]>.Finally, the first Monday of ev-ery month there is a New EnglandTown Meeting where MSGmeetsin the Great Room of the Unionand students are highly encour-aged to participate or observe. Ihope that the year treats you allwell and I thank you for your sup-port, f—Kristen Brown, Vice Presidentof Student Government!
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Questioning Faith
Sr. Geri Rosinski!
With the continuous flow of vi-sual images and media commen-tary flooding our senses these past
ten days, a few stories haveemerged to capture my heartIn the midst ofall the chaos and
confusion of last Tuesda y's planecrashes into the twin towers ofNew York's World Trade Center,we are slowly hearing stories ofincredible individual courage. Th eaccounts that have loomed abovethe rest are the stories of thoseordinary individuals whose sin-gular courage and compassionwere of heroic proportions;*
The first account was that of thehusband on his normal flight as abusiness passenger in the planethat changed course near the*Cleveland air space. In his cellphone conversations with his wifeon the ground, it became clear tohim and several others on theplane, that the plane Was headedfor another symbolic target in ournation's capitol.
In the minutes that followed,their focus became clear. I Theymust overtake theircaptors. Some-how, they did, and the planecrashed into the hillside of west-ern Pennsylvania.. .far from its in-
tended target. Somehow, from thedepths of their being, concern forothers catapulted them to performheroic acts of selfless, raw cour-age. They offered their lives toprotect their nation and to save the
Olives of people they did not evenknow. Ordinary <business*folksboarded a plane and within min-
utes became heroes for us all.Then there was the story of theoffice manager on one of he upperfloors of the Twin Towers whomanaged to get many of his co-workers to safety by sheer willpower. *J
As he urged folks to quickly de-scend the steps in the stairwell, heencountered a heavy set womanwith asthma having difficulty m ov-
[ ing quickly. Instead of passing herby,:lest she hold him back, heaccompanied her down the many
p flights of stairs, enabling her toreach safety. C ompassion, selfless-ness and courage propelled thisordinary office worker to perform
many heroic acts that morning.I ask myself what would I have
done? How courageous or selflessfewould I have been in the face of
such life threatening circum-p,stances? Honestly, I don't know
what my courage quotient wouldhave been. I can, however, beginnow to prepare myself with dailyacts of selflessness, compassionand ordinary courage...so I'll beready. I urge you to do the same.
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FEATURES iH u r s t j T V m a k e s w a v e s G r e n n a n e x p l o r e s E n e
on channel 19 with 1 Inew program lineup night life 1. as an internBy Shannon KingContributing writer
Hurst TV is slowly becoming aMercy hurst symbol of the commu-nications department. Going into itssecond year led by Richard Welch,director of the communication de-partment the channel has grown andexpanded in many directions.
Sophomore Chris Coulter, the pro*duction manager for the station, said,"There is a lot more programmingand greater variation to the showsthat will be seen on air this year."
"New programs are fun and seri-ous, we have a little bit of everythingthis year," said Greg Kline,- juniorcommunication major.
For the fall term there will be a to-
tal of 11 shows running each week.These shows include, "Hurst Rock"
a M ercy hurst staple and basic vari-ety show, ltT
Jpdated" the new newsshow with a variety of information,"What Were You Thinking?" Acomical satire of television. "Sarah'sShow" a talk show meant to inspireand encourage, "Merciad Show" atime for the Merciad staff to discuss
and visually show what will be pre-sented in each week's issue."Bottom L ine" is a continuation of
last year's sports talk show. "Expres-sions" is arts appreciation at its best:music, poetry, short stories, all art.'Ticket Stub" is also a new show, acomical and dramatic film review.'In Thirty Minutes" is a cookingshow that presents easy "and quickrecipes.
"He Said She Said" is back with atwist, a politically correct show,funny and informative. "HurstHookups" the continuation ofMercyhurst's favorite dating gam e.
Not all titles are finalized, but allshows will be running this fall. For
a schedule of the programming, keepposted to The Merciad.
Christian Beyer, a sophomore andsports broadcaster for WMGE, said
he is particularly excited to see, "TheBottom Line." "It's a really free-spirited show where men can be men
and talk about sports in a maturemanner."' Coulter said she is look-ing forward to seeing "W hat W ereYou Thinking?" and "Hurst Hook-
ups." "They are funny shows that are
also a lot of fun to produce," shesaid.
As far as continuing shows, "HurstHookups" seems to be the favorite.Bob Vano, a junior and HRIM ma-
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jor adds, " I love that show. It is sofunny! And 'In Thirty Minutes' is anice way to learn something easy tomake for dinner." Kristen Carlisle,a sophomore psychology major alsoloves "Hurst Hookups." "It's fun and
something that everyone can relateto and laugh at."
To go with the makeover the HurstTV programming lineup hasrecieved this year, the studio andcommunication department, bothlocated in the basement of BaldwinHall, also received new looks. Overthe summer. The area experienced aflood that caused enough damage towarrant new carpeting and paint. Asmost communication majors would
agree, Welch plays a leading role inthe new accomplishments of the de-partment. "The guy never relaxes, he
always has ideas," said Beyer. Klineadded, " H e hasn't put any restric-tions on us, which enables us to bemore artistic and become more in-volved."
If anyone wants to be involvedwith Hurst TV there are many op-portunities. "Hurst Hookups** is al-ways looking for contestants whowant to find the love of their life, orjust have a good time trying. "Ex-pressions" is constantly looking forthose talented individuals^ atMercyhurst to help expose them tothe community. "Hurst Rock" will
also be featuring som e extraordinarymembers of the Mercyhurst Com-munity. For more information, callextension 2580 .
SpotlightBy Leslie EchanFeature editor
The first day of classes are here andgone, b ut stories about summer jobs,summer loves and summers partiesstill are told. Most of us went hometo a job that allowed time for an en-tertaining night. But senior commu-nication major Hillary Grennanfound both, right here in Erie, PA.
Grennan had an internship with lo-cal stations, Rocket 101 and Star104 this gave her the opportunityto go to local bars and socialize withthe stations' listeners, t
"I liked it a lot, I went to bars likeCalamari's and Docksiders. Be-cause I like to go out and socialize,this internship was great. I was ableto interact with the audience and
have a learning experience at thesame time," said Grennan.
"I had remotes that would involveworking with other companies,such as Miller Genuine Draft.
Grennan worked five days a weekas a promotions assistant, which en-
tailed getting the crowd excitedabout being at the bar and interestedin the station. "I would get the au-dience involved by asking a ques-
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"'Some jobs took me places, forexample I went to Quaker Steak andLube, on Peach Street. We passedout bumper stickers and had a con-test and prizes," said Grennan. Asrecently as two weeks ago, Grennanwas there for the final bike night of
the summer.
"If I had the position I had as ra-
dio promotions, I would do that as a
career. With a major like comm uni-cations, you have diverse opportu-nities of jobs. But the only down-fall would be the long hours," saidGrennan.
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SEPTEMBERS. 2001 THEMERCIAD PAGE 7
LAKER
'Hurst waterjpolo debuts
Inexperience stands asobstacle
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Game
By Katie ResingerContributing writer
The pool at the Mercy hurst NorthEast Aquatic C enter has just recentlybecome very important to Mercy-hurst Athletics. Th e new m en's wa-ter polo team at Mercyhurtt has madethe pool their practice and playingfield. 5 ?
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Kuzma, started their season Septem-ber 8, playing two games againstGeneseo. Geneseo won both games
14-8 and 11-8, respectively. In thefirst game, freshman captain MattCarrot! led the Lakers with five goals,while junior Chris Anderson, sopho-more Ryan Moton, and freshmanRyan Jakubczak each added a goal.Mercyhurst led 5-2 after a quarter in
the first q uarter, but Geneseo ralliedfor five goals, in the second periodand held the lead for the rest of theway. Carroll, Anderson, and
Jakubczak each scored twice. SeniorTodd Conklin and sophomore ClintLyons each scored a goal also. Mer-cyhurst lost 18-2 to Fordham the
next morning. Conklin and Motonscored theonly two goals for Mercy -
hurst in that contest,This past weekend, the Lakers fell
to Penn State Behrend, Grove City*
and Washington & Jefferson at thePenn State Invitational.
Washington & Jefferson showedwhy it finished fourth in the CollegeWater Polo Association (CWPA)South Division last season as theydefeated Mercyhurst 18-5 in the Lak-ers' opening game. In the secondgame, Mercyhurst led Penn [StateBehrend 4-0 after a quarter, but fellbehind 11 -6 at halftime and eventu-ally lost 23-9. In the day * s final match,Grove City jumped out to a 6-0 leadafter a quarter and went on fromthere to defeat the Lakers 11-5.Carroll had a total of nine goals in
the tournament while Anderson had
five. Junior goalie Nate McHale hada combined 60 saves for the invita-tional .
When asked about being on a newteam, Lyons said, "Being on a newteam is difficult because there is nomomentum, nothing is established,and there is no reputation. There-fore, you have to make a reputationfor new students that may come playwater polo?But it is a fun sport!" ̂A1 though many of he players didn'thave experience in the sport whenentering the preseason, the outlookis hopeful. "Our team is looking goodfor a first year team. W e are going to
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three GLIAC matchesBy Mackenzie DexterSports editor
Last weekend a f the WestwoodRacquet Club, the Mercyhurst Col-lege Wom en's tennis team went 2-1in the three conference matches in asmany days. The loss to Wayne Stateon Sunday evened Mercyhurst'soverall record at 3-3 and dropped theLady Lakers conference mark to 2-3. On Friday, M ercyhurst won everymatch to defeat Findlay 9-0. Hillsdalefell to the Lady Lakers 6-3 on Satur-day. Freshmen Brianne Petricone and
Joanna Olmstead won their doublesmatch easily 8-0 in the #2 spot. Alsowinning for doubles were sopho-more Alison Hughes and freshmanKristieiRowling in the #1 spot.Petricone, Hughes, Olmstead andsenior captain Colleen Sullivaneachearned points winning their singlesmatches. £ jAfter a very close start in the three
doubles Sunday, Mercyhurst wasable to get only one point in the sixsingles matches. ? Hughes was the
bright spot for Mercyhurst as shebreezed 6-0, 6-0 in the #2 singlesspot, etricone was very impressivein the #1 singles slot, putting up agood tight before falling 7-5, 7-5.Sullivan also played hard in a three-set defeat. *The wom en's tennis team got off to
a great start, winni ng their first matchof the season September 1 againstWestminster College 8-1. But, theLady Lak ers fell to both Grand V al-ley State and Ferris State the follow-ing weekend 3-6 and 0-9, respec-tively. Winners against Grand Val-ley State included Petricone in the
#1 singles spot, Hughes in the #2singles spot and Sullivan in the #6singlesspots. Ferris State swept the Lakers9-0. Sol I IMercyhurst will continue its drivefor a conference playoff spot nextweekend when it makes the long tripto Michigan's Upper Peninsula. TheLady lakers will play Michigan TechFriday, Northern Michigan;«Satur-day and Lake Superior State Sun-day. %
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Football team cancelsfirst game in 20 yearsBy Mackenzie DexterSports editor
Last Saturday's football game be-tween Mercyhurst and Wayne Statewas canceled due to the tragic eventsthat occurred September 11. Thegame cancellation marked a first inthe 20-year history of the sport atMercyhurst. wMercyhurst's director of athletics,
Pete Russo, said that the game hasnot yet been rescheduled. Becausethe Lakers started their season oneweek later than most schools, theyhave no bye week in the regularseason schedule that runs through
November 10. Russo said he is un-certain if the game can be resched-uled jj. f )
The Great Lakes "IntercollegiateAthletic Conference indicated lastWednesday that it would allow mem-ber institutions, and the home team
in particular, to decide if they wishedto play last weekend. The'NCAAExecutive Committee and DivisionII commissioners arrived at the samedecision after their meeting to dis-cuss if games should be played fol-lowing the terrorist destruction-inNew York City and Washington.Mercyhurst resumes play S aturday
against North wood Co llege in Mid-land, Michigan. Th e Lakers lost theirfirst ever m eeting with North woodlast season, bowing 42-35 to the na-tionally ranked Timberwolves atTullio Field. The Lakers alternatedquarterbacks seniors Mac McArdleand Scott Farison during the gameand were leading 35-21 in the fourth
when Farison was hurt attempting topass and did not return for the rest ofthe season.Mercyhurst has its next home game
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LAKER
SPORTS
Men soccer suffers "first loss of seasonBy Mackenzie DexterSports editor
The 23rd nationally rankedMercyhurst men's soccer team suf-fered their first loss ofthe season lastFriday to Franklin Pierce College.The L akers played a very physical
game against Franklin Pierce, re-maining scoreless as regulation playended. After 8:27 minutes Of over-t ime, Frankl in Pierce slipped theballpast freshman goalkeeper MattSullivan. The winning goal came
just after the Lakers couldn't con*vert a scramble at the other end.Mercyhurst outshot the Ravens 10-7, but could notmanage to capital-ize.
The following day, the Lakershosted Concord and easily defeatedthem 4-1. Mercyhurst started thescoring with a goal by senior JohnKite ho 11:10 minutes into the game.Junior Chris Whalley scored the sec-ond goal for the Lakers w ith 11:00toplay in the first half. The L akers thenincreased their lead to 3-0, with agoal by senior John Zador 10 sec-onds before halftime. Concord fi-nally found the back ofthe net scor-ing their first and only goal of the
game 23:53 into the second half.Kitcho then scored his second goalofthe game giving Mercyhurst theirfinal goal ofthe game for the4-1 winwith 15:40 left to play in the game.Also playing well for the Mercyhurst
Senior Jon Titzel isheld back by a Concord player.
was senior Brian Jankowski, whocontributed two assists for the Lak-ers. Sullivan played the first 67 min-utes in goal, while unior Mike Franksfinished. ^The m en's soccer team started off
their season August 29 with a 4-3win against Houghton College. The
Lakers outshot̂ Houghton 26-10.Mercyhurst got the scoring startedwith senior Anthony Maher's goal4:46 into the game. Houghton tiedthe game with a goal 10:04 into thegame and*took the lead 2-1 with
20:30 left to play in the first half.Whalley answered with a goal to tiethe game 2-2 going into halftime.Maher scored his second goal of thegame to give Mercyhurst the 3-2lead with 19:44 left to play. Houghtonscored 8:58 later to even up the scorefor the second time. Senior Chris
Hanson of Mercyhurst scored-thewinning goal with 3:48 left in thegame. *
September 4, the Lakers traveled toCalifornia University of Pennsylva-nia. CUP took the early lead, scoring
Laker field jhockey looks for
topif iv e national ranking
By Mackenzie DexterSports editor..
The Mercyhurst field hockey teamhas to work even harder now to
achieve their goal of being oneof thetop five field hockey teams in the
nation. The team played MansfieldUniversity last Sunday, losing 3-2.
Mansfield started off the scoringwith a goal 1:16 into the game. The
Lady Lakers answered with theirown goal soon after with a shot' bysenior Laurie Sienkiewicz off a pen-
alty comer. Mansfield scored an-other goal late in the first half o takea 2-1 lead into halftime. Mansfieldincreased their lead 3-1, scoring withonly fourteen m inutes to play. With6:18 left, coach Kevin Cooke tookjunior goalie Summer Kraatz out ofthe game and replaced her with anextra attacker. The move seemed to
pay off as Mercyhurst scored an-other goal by junior Sarah D'Emilio
to make the game 3-2. The LadyLakers remained intense and forceda penalty stroke with 1:53 left to
play. The stroke taken by juniorMariel Zummo was saved by
Mansfield's goalie. Mansfield wonthe game 3-2."This was one of the most exciting
finishes to a game that I have everseen. The team really picked up theintensity in the last few minutes ofthe game/* coach Kevin Cooke said.Earlier this season, the field hockeyteam had a chance to play in theKutztown University tournament.Despite being the underdogs ,Mercyhurst ended up winning thetournament.
Mercyhurst played their first gameofthe tournament against Longwood
College. The Lady Lakers aggres-sively scored two goals in the firstsixminutes of the gam e, the first bysophomore Jessie Cusyck. and the
second D 'Emilio, but the twoquick-
goals were not enough to take thewin. Longwood came back to scoresix goals, winning 6-2.
In their second game, the LadyLakers took on the Kutztown hosts.With Kutztown ahead 1-0 in the firsthalf, junior Jeanna Hartmann scoredon a penalty stroke to tie. Cusyckscored the winning goal for the Lady
Lakers in overtime, the final scorebeing 2-1.Mercyhurst played their final game
ofthe tournament against last year'sthird ranked team, Indiana Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. The Lady Lak-ers ^dominated most of the game,keeping the ball in their offensiveend and finally getting a goal by
sophomore D anielle Jerschefske withnine minutes left in the game. Thatwould be the only goal of the gameas Mercyhurst defeated IUP 1-0.
After the final game, Mercyhurst-was presented with the tournamenttrophy. All-tournament team honorswent to forward Sarah D'Emilio,midfielder Jeanna Hartmann andsophomore defender ChristaMancini.
**The tournament was a great ex-ample ofthe heart of this team. Weopened up the tournament with adevastating loss, but were able toturn it around and take the trophyhome. This team really knows howto dig deep ," Sienkiewicz said.The field hockey team will be host-
ing their first home game on TullioField against Millersville at 1 p.m.
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Defender Oliver Woodward clears the ball out of Concord's path.
3:45 into the game. Maher answeredwith back-to-back goals, givingMercyhurst the 2-1 lead. RoryHussey then scored for the Lakers toincrease the lead to 3-1. In the sec-ond half,Maher scored his third goalof the game giving the Lakers a 4-1gap. CUP then scored its second
goal ofthe game, but could not catchup to the Lakers, Whalley gaveMercyhurst one more goal to win 5 -
2. T \*£ W . IThe Lakers then went on to defeat
Alderson-Broaddus 5-1 September
8. Mercyhurst led at halftime 3-0,with' two goals from Maher and asolo tally from junior BrianJungeberg. Alderson-Broaddusscored quickly two m inutes into thesecond half. That w as the only goalallowed by goa1 keepers Su 11 i van andFranks.-Sophomore Shane Hogan
added a goal with 38:00 left to play.Maher scored aga in, his third of thegame, making the final score 5-1.
The men's soccer team will havetheir next home game September 25at 4:30 p.m. against Slippery Rock.
Sports World Pauses*to Mourn TragediesXT C
Due to the tragedies the nation experienced Sept. 11, professional andcollege sports canceled and postponed many of their games last
$weekend£vVhen the NFL took the first step to cancel games for theweekend, most other sports followed suit. All four PGA tour sanctionedevents were canceled. The PGA had not canceled a tournament in fiveyears. The MLB canceled all their games for the weekend, possiblypushing the World Series back to November. MLS canceled theremainder of its season. Also, U.S. soccer canceled and won't resched-ule the U.S. Women's Cup games between U.S. and Japan. Also
canceling events were the NBA, NHL and NASCAR. The NCAA askedthat there be a moment of silence at all college athletic even ts duringthe weekend. But* the games must go on. The nation has to get back tobusiness. If it didn't, the terrorists would nave won. u
FemalejKicker Makes NCAA HistoryAshley Martin became part of NCAA history Aug. 30. Martin, a junior,*
at Jacksonville State University became the first woman to play andscore in a D ivision I football game. She scored an extra point givingJacksonville State the lead 14-0 midway through the first quarter in itsgame against Cumberland? The team won its season opener 72-10, with
iMarun kicking a total of three extra points w ithout a single miss. M artinris attending Jackson State on a soccer scho larship, but was asked byfootball coach Jack Crowe to join the team as a kicker. Martin will onlybe kicking in four more games that w ill not conflict with her soccerschedule. At least twoother women have suited up in Division I games,but neverplayed
Is Michael Jordan Making a Comeback?fIThe*signals arealfcthere. The rumors that Michael Jordan will bemaking a second comeback seem to b e true. Jordan has been w orkingout all summer preparing for the expected comeback with the Washing-ton Wizards, he has also been testing himself and his game in scrim-mages against topcaliber NBA players, with league referees officiating.Jordan is cu rrently the president of basketball operations and part ownerofthe Wizards. IF he does return, he will have to sell his share ofownership. Jordan left the NBA as the highest paid play er, earning$33.4 million in his final season. The most he would be ab le to receivefrom me Wizards as a player is $1.3 million. According to Jordan,money is not the reason for the comeback. "I'm doing it for the love ofthe game. N othing else. For the love of the game," he told one reporter.Still, Jordan's mind is not made up yet. The world will know for suresometime this week, * 1. ^ S \ J 9
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