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VOL. 68 NO| 18 MERCYHURST COLLEGE'S WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER FEBRUARY 16,1995

Put your boxaway IGAP recycling boxes must remain in your room or apartment If

the boxes are left in the hall, they create a fire hazard and must beremoved (according to state law). ECCO thanks students for makingthe recycling program such a success.

Senior Project NewsSeniors should have received a list of ideas submitted for the

Senior Project. Seniors are asked torank the Ideas and return thesurvey to the Union desk or to Box 1319 by Monday, Feb. 20.

Anyone with questions can contact Committee Chair Beth Huriankoat extension 282 7. f

What*s|your rhythm?Dr. Lewis Lutton of the Biology Department will give a lecture

entitled "We've Got Rhythms" on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in

Sullivan Hall. Lutton will {explain how the 'internal biologicalclock9 works and will help you learn how to dance to your ownciicadian rhythm. The lecture i s part of the Mind Weaving Series,sponsored by the Academic Focus Committee.

Finals FrenzyThe library will be open for extended hours during exam week.

The special hoursfare: Sunday, Feb.! 19, l!p.m. until midnight;Monday, Feb. 20 through Wednesday, Feb. 22,8 a.m. until mid-night The library willclose at 8 p.m, on Thursday, Feb. 23 and at4$môn Friday, Feb£24| | | g ^ JL

Food for Finals will be held on Monday, Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. in theLaker Inn. Bagels, fruits, vegetables and cookies will be available.All students are welcome to fuel up for fina ls. §

l-The cafeteriawill be open for quiet study frornil 1 p.m. until 3 a.m.on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday|Feb. 20-22. Bring your own

drinks.;

Tfcis Jweekin sportsjrhe hockey team takes on Brocl 1 ^ _ ^

There will be a van to the hockey game on Saturday in Fredonia. Signup at the Union desk by Friday at 8 p.rrtfWomen'sbasketball hostsNotre Dame College on|Saturday at 7:30|>.m.lColumbia Unionvisits men's basketball on Sunday at 2 pjiw| | '

Where doyoil live?It's time to start thinking about 1995-96 housing sign-ups. Hous-

ing contracts for neyt year areiiow available in the housing office.The contracts Wilfcbe due MarclM3,14 and 1&

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A w e e k for w o m e nBy Jule GardnerSenior Writer

It's not a week for women, it'sa week aboutwomen—forevery-one.|

The week of Monday, March 6to Friday, March 10 hasbeen des-ignated Mercyhurst's first "Cel-ebration of Women Week."

Two Mercy hurst students, Jen-nifer *Kochanek and TheresaSchroeck are the parents of thisbrainchild. They have organizedsuch events as a poetry reading,entertainment at Coffeehouse, a

women's luncheonand an

inspi-rational movie-show ing.Bookmarks with the "Celebrate

Women" logo designed by

Schroeck and a poem written byKochanek will be sold, with pro-ceeds going toward women'sstudies books they will donate tothe Ha mmerm ill'Library. Theywill also sell logo buttons for thecause.

Kochanek and Schroeck stressit is not a week of "malebashing."It's backed by a protagonist phi-losophy.

"This is a gentle celebration,"

said Kochanek. "We 're not going

for shock value. A lot of womenhave done extraordinary things,and not just theJoanofArcs of theworld. We choose to recognizethat," said Kochanek.

They also recognize that an op-pressive past does not have to

perpetuate. "Historically, womenartists and writers have had to

take onmale names because soci-ety stifled their creative and intel-lectual achievements.

"This week we will say to

Mercyhurst women, 'You arecre-ative. You are intelligent,'" saidSchroeck.

They began brainstorming af-

ter noticing a calendar markingMarch 8 as National Women'sRights Day. March is NationalWomen's History Month and

Kochanek, Schroeck and theircohorts arenot giving up a fter thefirst week*

The official logo, designed by Theresa Schroeck

dedicated to women in religion,sports and the professional realm.

Mercyhurst may not be on the"cutting edge" of the women'smovement, Schroeck acknowl-edges, "but we did start out as awomen's college."

Celebration of Women week isaboutwomen of this community,as well as about famous artists

and writers.Women students will be show-cased with a hand-printed bannerlisting their names. Women ad-

ministrators, staff and facultymembers are invited to an infor-mal luncheon Thursday, March9, where members of the commu-nity have been asked to give a

three to five minute "portrait" ofan unsung heroine at MercyhurstCollege. I

All are encouraged to attendand participate in a poetry read-ing on Wednesday, March 8 from1 to 2 p.m. Two Girls Alone, a

folksy-sounding duo, will play

the Coffeehouse that night Otherevents include Sa speaker and

movie, yet to be announced. Or-ganizations such as Mercy Center

for Women, the YWCA andHos-pitality House will set up infor-mational tables in the Union

Although it is not their goal,Kochanek and Schroeck expectto get some lak about celebratingwomen because of the connota-tions of the women's movement,they said.

"People mink because the bra-burning is overmat problems havebeen solved and that's not true. Ithink oppression is more subtle

today, such as in media portrayals—but that can be moredangerous."It's like this thread woven

throughout your life, saidKochanek.

Schroeck added, "You can getangry about it or you can recog-nize it, deal with it and grow fromit" | !That is why they opt to organize

a celebration of women, rather* . •

The weeks following will be throughout the week.

man tell them they are victims.The two spend a lot of time

explaining whatthe celebration i snot "We look to the day whensomething like this can be donewithout questioning it or putting

it on the defensive,"i saidSchroeck.

Hopefully, they said, the

Mercyhurst community will be

excited about and interested in

applauding and celebrating the

women of Mercyhurst and of theworld.

Responsible drinking encouraged

By Craig RybczynskiEditor in Chief

Alcohol and alcohol abuse aresynonymous'with college and

university campus life.BACCHUS has continued its

work to enlighten the Mercyhurstcommunity about the effects andproblems of the drug on campus.

The organizationhas been veryzealous in its activities to educate

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students.Thegoalof BACCHUS^'\s to promote responsible drinkingand to make sure that studentsdon't put themselves in a vulner-

able situation," said Leigh AnnKuenzli, Assistant Director of

Residence Life.BACCHUS, this week, has hadsign-ups for a Safe Spring Breakand was active in the distributionof stickers and paraphernaliaabout alcohol and its affects on

the user and the people they en-counter during the course of a

night t fAccording to Bob Hvezda, Di-

rector ofCounseling Services, theprofile of a drinker has changedconsiderably. Further, he has notonly seen a difference in con-

sumption, but also in the circum-stances surrounding the use.

Citing a study done by theAmerican Counseling Associa-tion, he said, "Students todaydrink for painful events in theirlivesTwenty years ago students took

ownership o f their drinking, now ,for example, people d rink becausethey were abused or have per-sonal -'problems, and think* thatthey have;no consequences or

ownership. They believe it iswhat

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Speaker to expose! Christianity ?myths i

By Jule GardnerSenior Writer

The Mercyhurst communityshould b e exposed to a bona fideBiblical scholar to counter thosewho use the Bible as a literalinstrument o f power and control,said George Garrelts, associateprofessor of religious studies.

John Dominic Crossan, ifh.D.,whose 1 a testbook isTheEssential

Jesus: OriginalSayingsandEar-liest Images, will speak about thehistorical Jesus on March"16, at7:30 p.m. in Sullivan Hall.

Crossan*s works demystify thelegends of early Christianity. For

instance, Garrelts spoke of evi-dence that Jesus was not born in

Bethlehem and did not actuallyturn water into wine."Religious language is a tissue

of symbols. It is most powerfulwhen symbolic," said Garrelts.

Rather than suppressChristianity's "myths," exp osingthem as symbolic enhances theirvalue, he said.

What's important is the mes-sage of the historical Jesu s, saidGarrelts, although th ose trying tounearth that message are not aswell-received as they should b e.

"There was a tremendous thrusttoward understanding the sources

and literature during Vatican II."That spirit has diminished, said

Garrelts."People now live in fear of their

jobs," he said, especially vocalpriests and those in academe."People are afraid they will be cut

down by Rome. We didn't havethat attitude (under Pope John

XXXm," he said. f. f ?Research such as Crossan's is

therefore perceived as grass-roots."He is not a flaming liberal. Hecomes from a bona fide Catholicatmosphere, yet he is certainlynot featured by the establishment

"We need to catch up with Bib-lical scholars," Garrelts said.

Crossan, originally from Ire-land, completed post-doctoral

studies in biblical and archeologi-cal research at the Ecole Bibliquein Jerusalem. He is the author of15 books and numerous publishedworks in anthologies and essaycollections.

The Bible, written by men liv-ing several generations after thedeath of Jesus, is an important butnot the sole source of the histori-cal Jesus. *

Yet fundamentalist Christiansbelieve it to be literal, saidGarrelts, adding there is a strongfundamentalist strain within Ca-

i n taking aspects of the Bibleliterally, people are charging offlooking-for,.the ark of Noah or

garden of Eden. When we are notbound by 1 iteralness, we are bet-ter able to perceive each of theforms — epics; the Bible, legalwritings — as having its own

truth.J "We must not get in the way ofits message," he said.

Crossan's talk is important tothe community, said Garrelts. iflwant my students to be exposedto a Biblical scholar. I welcome

the chance to talk with him and

hear him speak."tholicism.

they are supposed to do."With depression on the rise,

according to Hvezda, 40 percentof students in that type of situa-tion turn to drug or alcohol abuseor neglect

BACCHUS'Jen Lowe gave her

reason for the large alcohol useby students.

"It is so ripe on campus becausepeople are searching for an iden-

tity and are at a cross-roads intheir lives," she said. "It gives

By Anne L. McNeilsCopy Editor

A committee is being formed'toevaluate the term system, MSGPresident George Paydock said at

Monday's meeting. The commit-tee will examine the effective-ness of the system and make rec-ommendations to the college re-garding retaining theterm systemor changing to a semester system,said Paydock. NancyEichelsdorfer of the computerdepartment is chairing the com-mittee. An yone with suggestionscan contact herat extension 2549.

Sophomore Rep. Amy Kovachraised the issue ofproblems inthecomputer lab. She said she hadtrouble printing a paper over theweekend. "I don't see why I haveto put up with this. I pay $25,"Kovach said.'She was referringthe computer lab fee all students

Several other reps said they had

heard about problems with thecomputer lab. Chris Kahle was atMonday's meeting to submit a

proposal for a computer club. Hesaid, "Iwant people on campus torealize how inportant com putersare." Kahle said the dub will tryto help solve some of the prob-lems reps were discussing.

Vice President Kristen Hurdsaid last week's lecturer, RickBurd "was okay." Burd spoke onhomosexual issu es. She saidsomestudents had indicated to the ex -ecutive board that they would have

Drinkingcontinued from front page

them confidence and providessocial acceptance in time of theirlives when you have to makemany difficult d ecisions."

However, by the reaction to the

survey in front of the UnionDirector's office, som e studentsused the sheetofpaper as a forumto endorse their use.

For instance, one student wrote,"Drinking kicks butt"

Yet senior Paul Capizzano wa squick to point out that alcohol

preferred a speaker about hetero-sexual relationships. "I wish

someone had approached me ear-lier," Hurd said.

A new junior rep. will be se-lected next Monday, Hurd said.Letters o f intent are due by Fri-day, Feb. 17 at midnight #j

Treasurer Damn Tovtin toldreps that MSG w ill take a van to

the varsity hockey game on Sat-urday, Feb. 18 in Fredonia, NY.Reps unanimously approved hisrequest to pay for gas for the van.

AnyoneInterested in going to the

hockey game can sign up for thevan at the Union desk by 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 17.Reps also voted unsmimously

to give $90 to BACCHUS to coverthe expenses of their "SafeSpringBreak" promotion. The moneywill pay for prizes and other ex-penses.

SAC Chair Rich Straub said heselected Freshman Tom Benderto replace Vyom Bhuta as tourna-

ment chairperson. Bhuta will bein Pittsburgh during the SpringTerm. Reps \unamimously ap-proved Bender for the position.

Commuter R ep Tom Gierszalannounced that he will graduateat the end of the W inter Term and

should be used according to

school guidelines, i

"I don't think drinking on cam-pus is a problem as long as thestudentbody abides by the rules,"he said. I t is getting old for meso I go to the bars when I'm notplaying hockey or studying."

But according to a national sur-vey a new problem has jettisonedonto college campuses.

That is binge drinking."On the rise is binge drinking,"

said Hvezda. "Defined, itis drink- 4ing having five or more drinks at

one. setting fin a two week pe-riod." '*

The survey conducted by theJournal* of American MedicalAssociation, in 1993, incorpo-rated data from 140 four-year

colleges. The results about the1990's drinker was sobering.

According to the survey, SOpercent of male students and 39percent of female students bingedrink.

And another problem thatBACCHUS is addressing in-

cludes the improvement of thewelfare of the student body. Oneway is addressing die problemknown as second-hand drinking.

Like second-hand smoking, theuse of the drug not only affectsdie user, but also leaves lastingimpressions onthe peop le aroundyou.

"It is a big concern," saidHvezda."We are concerned aboutwhat happens to drinkers wh enthey are drunk. It gives rise to

violence on campus, such as to

women , property and to the userthemselves."

One of the key members of

BACCHUS is the president, Deb

Baker."We keep providing alternative

activities thatdon' t involve drink-ing," she said. "We've done a

weekend coffee house and Alco-hol Awareness Week.

We know people are still goingto drink,and we are not trying tostop students from drinking, butif we provide students activitiesthen maybe they will drink at

midnight instead of at 6 p.m.Then

we ' re doing something to helpdie situation.

And if you drink, be respon-

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S t u d e n t d a n c e r s s h o w c a s e n e w w o r k sBy Jennifer Lowe

Merciad staff reporter *

The Mercy hurst CollegeDance Department offeis you aperfect opportunity to escapethe wintertime blue s and finalsfatigue this Sunday, Feb. 19 at2:30 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 20

at 8 p.m. in the Taylor li ttleTheater as they present the NewWorks Showcase.

Under the tutelage of DanceDirector Tauna Hunter andChoreography instructor]Michael Gleason, eleven dancestudents each present their ow nunique and innovative choreo-

graphed piece s. The choreogra-phy class studied musical,structural, and rhythmicalanalysis. Each of the students in

(Season's choreography cla sswere required to create,

produce, choreograph and directtheir own piece, with die only >requirement limitation, a lengthof 10 minutes.

The Showcase will feature

works choreographed by SusanLah, Kerry Wagner, CarrieDunkowski, Erin Peitijean,Julian Rhodes, Rachael Zak,,

Katie Yost, Amanda Smith,Heather Kronk, and ShannonFahey. Dance major MeganLaehn, who took the course lastspring, will a lso present herown choreographed piece.

Julian Rho des, senior dance #major, is excited about thisopportunity to choreograph. "A s

a dancer, you grow by getting achance to switch roles." Heirpiece, entitled "Over SideBack" is danced to Poulanc*s

"Piano Concerto in D Minor."Rhodes describes the creativeprocess she used to choreo-graph: "I would sit down withthe music and come up with astep I liked, maintaining that j.

theme throughout the piece.'

The process was very differ-ent for dancer/choreographerMegan Laehn. Laehn*s inspira-

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tion came in "flashes of 1shapes." Laehn's piece, "Balincludes a mishmash o fdifferent dancing. Danced toSade's "No Ordinary Love,"Laehn attempted to "match*different shapes to people's.

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Hunter explains the class asan opportunity "for students toexplore their creativity andlearn the basic elements ofchoreography." The perfor-mance includes an "eclectic"array of pieces, including .modern, jazz, classical,.andneo-classical/contemporary.

Since the process of choreo-

graphing is so intense, Hunterbelieves that (the dancers*^"innovative, creative ap-^proaches are a display of -individual persona lities emerg-ing through choreography."Each performance is anopportunity to learn about thechoreographer.

After many wee ks and long

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-Tauna Hunterhours of rehearsal, he dancers,

choreographers, and instructorsare all excited to finallyperform. Acc ording to Hunter,those who attend will not be 1disappointed. "I'm reallyexcited. The m ajority ofstudents were taking a lot ofrisks and exploring beyondwhat they ate comfortablejwith." .V L. i

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the popular Bicentennial OrganFestival concert series will beheldon Sunday, Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. inChrist the King Chapel atMerc yhurstCollege. G uest organ-ist for this conceit wilLbe BruceGingrich who is a well-knownorgan recitalist in the Erie area.I Gingrich has been serving

numberous area chinches for thepast 25 years. He earned abac helo r's degr ee iift, organperformace and a bach elor's de-gree in business rom Mejrcy hurstCollege and is currently servingas the full-time m inister at Lake-wood United Methodist Church,Erie. Gingrich is also a past ac-companist and co-founder of the

Presque Isle Chorale.In 1975 he served as accompa-

nist for the Erie Symphonic Sing-ers for he concert tour of Poland,Bruce is also a local instructor ofvoice. He is married to Cecily

Cottrill Gingrich who also holdsa bachelor's degree in Music Edu-cation/Piano and will be joiningBruce on Sunday's program fortwo organ/piano duets. The pro-gram will include works byVierne, Schreiner, Buxtehude,Haydn and J.S. Bach. \

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The Ryb RoastBy Craig RybczynskiEditor in Chief

Why does the worldput labelson people?

You're either a feminist, anextremist or a pacifistWow what it must be like to be

categorized as an "ist"

In today's society labels areaffixed to everyone and every-thing.

People introduce themselves as employee of company A or aprofessor at Y Un iversity.

Gone are ine days when a handshake and your name was suffi-

cient ' * • •'This call * for labeling, I believe, is a direct result of politicalcorrectness. People are searching for identities and label themselvesto feel a part of something.

But what individuals fail to realize in the United States is that we

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are all Americans. I don't care what nationality you are or to whatreligious denomination you are aligned. i|

We are all human beings and I think that the country and evencolleges and universitiesIare being devoured by the influx ofdifferent labels that they must now adhere.

I need a political correct handbook to talk to people these days.College is no better.

For instance, ask someon e on campus to describe a riendof yoursor go to a party and introduce yourselfand you will find mat a nameis associated with an occupation or a major.With your name a title i s affixed to it as if this in some way justifies

your existence.The problem also lies in trying to find a job while still rooted in

academia. ?• h

In all pamphlets concerning job openings the preferred major i slisted next to the description. •?

A job for Hilton is listed under HRIM or an opening for WJET isfiled under the heading of Communications.

The school needs to do more to inform students that whenrecruiters come to campus, all majors can interview for the position.

It shouldn't matter if you are a political science major or anEnglish major. |

One student actually w as caught in this administrative red tapewhen applying for an intern.

He was distraught after being informed that the job was open tobusiness majors.

Yet he was not a major.He pursued the opportunity, despite that it was without the

school's help and he landed the job in a business field.Imagine. He wasn't even a major. He joins the likes of Erie Mayor

Joyce Savocchio (History major) who has Worked in a field notrelated to her major.

Does it really matter what you majored in college?In most fields t does no t

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Professors and students have long argued about this pigeon-holing of occupations. f ,

In die business for which I am employed, the individuals who

work mere are from all majors and fields, ranging from businessadministration to communications to psychology.

What an employer looks for is if you can speak articulately andthat you can write well.

More importantly, most students don't ind obs in their particularfield after graduation and that is why you have a liberal arts core.

But all the university/college system is doing is following themodel of society.

Giving people labels inthe academic or professional field does notpromote equality, but hinders i t

In the United States the current debate about abolishing affirma-tive action is a clear cut challenge to political correctness.

But the real issue is that we should employ people and respectpersona because of their merit not because of their racial, social orethnic background. |Inreality, however, I know this will never happen and I can crawl

back into my Utopian shell and dream. • *Yet, dieschool can change itspolicy and tell students that they will

notbe categorized if they are athletes, artists or if they are a specificmajor.

lEach Mercyhurst student is an individual and should not carryaround a label, but an identity.

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K o v a c h l a m b a s t s c o m p u t e r l a b ' s m a l f u n c t i o n s

Dear Editor.

As I sit here and type this, Iwonder if it will actually reachdieMerciad. Not because I willhave missed the deadline or be-cause I will have forgotten to takeit there, but for a reason that hasprobably affected everyone of youwho is reading this—the lack ofviable printers. Thishas happenedto me before.

Last Saturday I was in OURcomputer lab in Main, typingaway when people began men-

tioning difficulty with the print-ers Fine, I thought,I will savemyprogram and just print it out on

Sunday. Well, I was far off there.You see, the printer to my rightmade a horrible noise, then mycomputer went off, completelyshut off, and took everything Ihad just typed with it

I had two options at this pointOne, start weeping uncontrolla-bly or two, accept this as an act ofGod and re-type it believing thiswill only be die ever problem Ihave in this lab. I chose optiontwo. This was very naive.

I returned on Sunday to finishthe paper and onc e again heardthese nasty rumors loating aroundthe lab of non-functioningprint-ers Al l right, I thought, at leastoneof than has to work; even if Iam here until two o'clock in the

If they don't fix t,

we should refuse topay for it.

morning, at least it will print ou tWrong again.NONE o f the mere four com-

puters in the lab were functioningand the evil computer monsterwas still eating documents. Itwasnow MY responsibility to makeup for diemalfunctioning of the

lab and find somewhere I couldprint die paper before 9:40 thenext morning. *

As I walked out with merely a

disk in hand, I saw a log-in book

Krayger hears the messageDear Editors:

I wanted to w rite this letter tothe Merciadto acknowledgewhata fine column Jule Gardner wroteinlast weeks issue aboutwomen'srole in the C atholic church.Itwas

intelligent, direct, focused andnecessary. It's about time some-one started standing up forwomen's rights on this campus.

I would also like to take thisopportunity to recognize womenand men of on this campus who,in my experience, bring aware-ness and enlightenment)to thewomen's issues NOT addressedon this campus, namely: AliceEdwards, Cass Shimek, MaryHembrow Snyder,Penny Ha ines,Michael O'Keefe, James Hood,

Su Dean, Leigh Ann Kuenzli,Caryl Unseld, Sally Ondrejcak,Jackie Howey , and most recently

Jule Gardner.

Through your classes, your col-umns, your conversations, yourchoice of books, and your manydiverse roles on campus, all ofyou have in some way attemptedto break down the barrier of gno-rance, however slightly, and in

some way or other, your mes-sages have come through.I remember walking into Jackie

Howey's Human Growth andDevelopment class first termfreshMEN year to ind'that exclu-sive use of the pronoun "he" of-fends and demeans women. Atfirst introduction it was awkwardbecause I had never bee n taughtto do things that way- I wentthrough four years at an all-boysCATHOLIC high school. Weweren't trained to respect womenwith high esteem. So what Jackietaught was new to me, but not at

all based on a foreign principle.

What occurred in that class was

not the birth of a feminist, but a

recognition that there are otherpeople out there who do not livein the stone-ages.

Too bad they are labeled asfeminazi on this campus.

People will say of course, thatI can say all of this because I am

gay man, and thatwill dismiss mycredibility. But if I have no othermotive for writing this besides adeep understanding and respectfor women asmy equal and notasmy tool, doesn't that say some-thing about the need for a move-ment on this campus (and in this

world?) iAfter all, wasn't Mercyhurst

founded as a women 's college inthe first place?

Sincerely,Nick KraygerJunior, Family Ecology

Campus Question:What do you think about the Academy Award nominations,

A and who do you think should win?

Becca Florenza, Freshman, Undeclared: *I've only seen Forrest Gump, and I think it was deserving of its 13 nominations.''

Megan Sawyko, Sophomore, Social Work: J"I think Tom Hanks has a good chance at best actor for his role inForrest Gump. I really just liked him,and not so much the movie: I think he did a good job of acting in it "

Amanda Wadlow, Freshman, Biology: j ' .uForrest Gump wa s a great movie and everyone seemed to love it. The Lion King was cute but I think it

was overrated so I'm not surprised that it's not leading the pack with nominations."

Eric Roberts, Junior, Compu ters: j V"I don't think Forrest Gump should be leading the pack with 13 nom inations. Even though I haven'tseen Pulp Fiction, it sounds like a good movie that would have more nominations.'' * '*

Erin Lloyd, Freshman, U ndeclared: .j -uForrest Gump's Tom Hanks should win Best actor because it was a really great movie and he did agreat job. I hope Speed does not get any awards because I thought it was a terrible movie. I'm alsosurprised that The Lion King did not receive a lot more nominations."

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Shawn Teriecky, Sophomore, Sports Management: „ u . v _. Nffi .."Out of the leaders I've only sccnForrestGump, and I think it was one of thebest movies I seen all

from the computer departmentasking if it was in need of any'improvements. Looking throughthe book, and adding my owninformation, every entry was areference to the printers.

This seemed very ironic sincewe have been having this prob-lem for the past three weeks withno glimmer ofhope for funding toimproye it soon , although wewillhave a very nice new performingarts center worth six million.

I am not trying to w aste yourtime with my sob story. How-ever, I am trying to get people torealize that they HAVE to pay$25 each term for their computerfee, for printers and extremelyslow computers that do not work.

I personally feel this is not a largesum if hey were functioning prop-erly, but every time I have usedthem (which is quite a lot) every-thing has not worked as it shouldhave. "This is great, but whatcanactually be done?" you might ask.T h e administrationnever listensto students."

Perhaps, they would listen ifyou refused to payyour computerfee unto you cold hit print on thecomputer and it would work. Morethan 2,000students time $25, thatis a lot of m oney.

Think about i t

Sincerely,Amy KovachSophomore, Biology

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I am now convinced thatthere i s a Hell, and I haveValentine's Day to thank for%providing sufficient evidence.Even the color red, whichValentine's Day prides itselfin constantly flashing in ourfaces, is symbolic of thenature of evil. Red can mean 1the danger, blood, emergency, fire, hatred, and the Devil himself.

For as long as I can remember, I haven't had one Valentine's • •Day on which I could say'good things happened, vl have a friendwho claims to wear black for V-Day every year. Another friendof mine recently even went as far as to refer o V-Day this yearas Black Tuesday. |

Inour case, we're about one week from inals. It's crunch timewith projects, tests, papers and not to m ention jobs. Who hastime to ask, "Will you be my valentine?" For this reason alone,anyone should admit that V-Day is unjust at the very least. $%

In all fairness, I've always had girlfriend problems around V-Day, which certainly adds bias to my opinion. I was either in theiprocess of terminating my relationships or trying to find a date.This is the first year that I actually had a date for V-Day, but itlasted about an hour because I had a test the next day and she hadto go to work early. Yes, once again, the word "evil" comes tomind in big red letters made out of valentine's hearts.3 I know a woman who had to serve at a bar for a couple's night

where she worked. Could you imagine being dateless and havingto serve an over abundant amount of ecstatic couples who- giveand receive Valentine blessings all night? Could you imaginewatching people hugging, kissing dancing and saying things like,"I love you so much! You're just the sweetest thing!'' and thenturning quickly to you commanding, "Where's my Tequila <

Sunrise, you overpaid waste of human DNA????"What about the expense of V-Day? I mean, I'm still broke from

Christmas, and I considered myse lf fortunate to have b een able toafford gifts even then! Since then, some of you may eve n havehad to buy birthday gifts for roommates, dates, relatives orMends. If not, perhaps I may have just reminded you thatsomeone's birthday is coming up soon.

Naturally, a lot of you are going to be spending a great deal ofmoney going places over Spring break, especially if you're asenior. Of course, I'm not going to leave out tuition and phonebills. Now, here's another holiday for us, so we can watch all of

the television comm ercials telling us that if we don 't fork out$100 right now that we're going to be cheap disrespectfulinsensitive remorseless scums of the earth. You can't even goshopping for milk without almost baneful lo oking red roses beinginauspiciously pushed in your face next to the cast register.

For the people w ho are without dates on V-D ay, cable televi-sion naturally has a plethora of flagitious, puke-inducing,invidious mov ies about couples falling in lo ve that insult yourmentality. All night long, the cable world saply portrays for you

the fact that anyone who doesn't have a date has the aptitude of a

sub-bestial existence that's currently border-liningthe stage of a

vermin. There's nothing more excruciating then having to watchlove stories that harrow at the fact that you aren't out doingsomething else. E ven before the first agonizing tear sheds, manydateless students on campus may find t more beneficial to turn|

off the tube and do homework, which looks more desirable thangprocrastination for the first time.

This all brings us right back to my main point: Hell is real, andwe have V-Day to remind us of it every year. It promotes thesocial acceptance of a deed that has been considered to eliminateone 's self respect throughout history. It doesn't take a genius tofigure out the difference between the concept of lov e, and theconcept of selling love. The former is honest genuine sensitivity,the latter is prostitution. Celebrating V alentine's Day to me is 1like celebrating cheap se x. Based o n the media 's representationof V-Day, if you don't put money towards your date, you don'tget a date.

There's no reason, aside from making more money off gulliblefools, to have a holiday that forces people to prove harder to theirdates what they are already supposed to be trying hard enough to

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Caryl se ts sail M e r c h u r s tBy Leon MumfordMerciad Sports Editor

| Charlie Caryl , Director ofEricYacht Club's Reyburn SailingSchool is enthusiastic about theprospect of a M ercyhurst sailingteam competing aga inst the likesof Harvard and Yale in the not*too distant future.

Presently a junior History ma-jor, Caryle said, "I don't think alot of Mercyhurst students areaware of the long-standing sail-ing tradition here in Erie. There'sa little area on the lake, betweenPresque Isle and the Canadianside, for instance, that has beenresponsible for 21 times moreshipwrecks than the Bermuda

Triangle." f *• iIn its centennial year, the Erie

Yacht club has managed to estab-lish the largest 'learn to sail' pro-gram in the entire Great Lakesarea, t

Fourteen nationally certifiedinstructors teach up to 2 50 juniorsailors inthe summer season fro mJune to theend of August Mem-bersare charged $300,while non-members pay $340 for die 18-session experience.

"Fifty-eightper cent of the kidsentering the program are non-members, which really show s theemphasis we place on providing

opportunities for the community,"fgsaid Caryl,

Afte?ling sailor can expect tobe able to

read weather conditions, initiateracing strategy and take controlof one of the 16 'flying-junior'yachts at the club. -

Caryl said, "Watch your headon a jibe: sailing has a languageall of it's own. Its an addiction to

die natural environment whichsurrounds us."

Perhaps Caryl is understand-

ably reluctant to enthuse aboutthe appeal of a sport that nearlyclaimed his life. When he was 7years old, Caryl went sail ingwithhis father for the first ime. Theygot caught in the eye of a stormboasting 60 mile-per-hour gusts

of wind."Thirty foot waves raged on

either side of theboat Both of thesails were ripped and we bobbedaround for two hours. It was re-ally scary. We were at the mercyof the storm and I thought wewere going to die," said Caryl.

"But sailing teaches you to re-spect the natural environment and

minimize the element of riskpresent in most sports," he con-tinued. * *

About 25 years ago, the ErieYacht Club was one of the largestin the country. Now, Caryl hasbig hopes for the future of the'leam-to-sa il' program.He envisages a community sail-

ing venture financed by the cityof Erie. In addition, Caryl wouldlike to see the inauguration of a

Mercyhurst sailing team."I think former crew coach,

Dave Baugh, submitted a letter ofrecommendation to PresidentGarvey a couple of years ago.

Baugh thought it would be a goodidea if Mercyhurst College tookadvantage of Erie's natural wa-ter-front," said Caryl.

Last year, recruits from he jun-ior program com peted in the quar-ter finals of the national champi-onships at Put-In-Bay, Ohio. Theteam inished second out ofa fieldof 20 but only the winner wasallowed progress into the semi-

finals."I am willing to set up M onday

and Wednesday classes Yon.

Mercyhurst students in the Springand Fall terms. W e have the fa-cilities and the instructors to cre-ate a \ competitive Mercyhurstteam. All that's needed is interestfrom the students and sponsor-ship," said Caryl.

Anyone interested in learninghow to sail should contact Carylat824-2844. By the way, "watchyour heads on the jibe" appar-ently means the sailing boom isswinging towards you and youare to get the hell out of the way. Charlie Caryl, (far left, second row)

Lady Lakers in-focusChrisMerciad Sports Writer

An efficient arrogance is be-ginning to radiate rom he confi-dent Lady Laker basketball teamafterthey inflicted another crush-ing defeat, this time at the ex-pense of Lock Haven by a scoreof 53-47, to climb another fourrungs on the NCAA ranking lad-der. *

Now ranked 16th in the nation,the Lakers exhibited the kind ofstrength and balance necessary tomount a strong assault inthe play-

off season.Julie McChesney racked up 18[, Teresa Szumigala scored

17?and Connie Ralston shot intwo of four from outside the pe-rimeter as the Mercyhurst ma-chine rolled on. |

Going into the game, LockHaven's team was obviouslyconfident as they jj had recentlybeaten second ranked East

Strousbourg. Mercyhurst startedslowly. Lock Haven forged ahead.But the Lady Lakers kept theircomposure and waited for theiroffense to spark into action."Ithink the players have learned

to compliment each other well.This time, for instance, DeniseBaginski took responsibility andran the offense," said Ralston.

•Baginski may have applied thepressure, but it was left to AllisonMarsden and McChesney topower in 12 points each off theboards.

It is clear that Coach Jim Webb

has developed a very focusedteam. McChesney said she wassatisfied*by the*result But shewent on to say, "It is crunch timeand every game counts. Wehaveto keep on winning."|

Szumigala was equally deter-mined to concentrate on the fu-ture. "Being ranked is very excit-ing," she said, "but we have toremember that we can be beaten

by any team so w e must go intoevery game thinking that we arethe underdog."

Alhough they may be reticentabout wallowing intheir own suc-cess, die Lakers are almost cer-tainly guaranteed of a berth intheplayoffs as they are presently ly-ing in second place in the Easternregion. The top six teams fromthe region will go to the playoffs.

TheLady Lakers now have fourgames to play, before their cru-cial season begins. If they end uptopping the Eastern Region, theywill host the Inter-Region play-

offs. That possibility promises toignitegreatexcitementw i thintheHurst community.

The Lady Lakers next twogames are at home. They playNotre Dame College on Satur-day, 7.30"p.m. and they playAshland College on Monday atthe same time.

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By Craig RybczynskiEditor in Chief

The Mercy hurst Lakers enteredthe Dann Memorial Rink, Satur-day, with a chance to clinch theEC AC W est division tide, f

However, there was one ob-stacle - a determined CanisiusCollege Ice G riff hockey team.

Mercyhurst, EGAC's numberone team, battled the third-rankedIce Griffs, for three periods andsettled for a 2-2 tie. J

Canisius sought revenge forthe6-2 drubbing they suffered at theIce Center, Jan. 20 .

The Lakers extended their un-beaten streak to 13 games withthe tie.i "We played a great first periodandhad opportunities to take con-trol of the game and (Canisiusgoaltender Derek) Slater playedwell," said Head Coach {Rick

Gotkin. "Canisiusplayed as toughas they could. It was a game ofmixed emotions, we didn't lose,but we didn't win."

Morse

Slater, who stopped 73 shots inhis previous two gam es, was the

difference in the opening 20 min-utes. The blue and green held a16-4 advantage in shots.

The Griffs set the tone for thecontest early in the first periodwhen Russ Ciesielski was ham-mered to the left of goalie ScottBarber. Ciesielski received fourstitches above his left ey e.

'There was a lot of hitting,'' hesaid. "You don't have a choice inthat arena."

The penalty-marred gam e fea-tured 20 power-play chances, theLakers capitalized on two of itstwelve man advantages.

In the second period,

Mercyhurst inally fired onepastSlater at 2:01. * i <> ScottCannam wristed the puckpast an outstretched Slater* Theplay began whendefenseman Jus-tin Proud fired a shot in the slotthat the Canisius goalie kickedou t Chris Morgan followed with

a blast off thegoal post that led toCannam's 14th o f the season.

hopeBy Dan HilfikerMerciad Sports Writer

After a convincing victory overcross-town rivals Gannon lastweek, the men's basketball teamcarried that intensity and em otioninto their Feb. 11 match up atCentral State, coming hom e witha dramatic 56-55 victory.

"Our coach got ejected in themiddle of the second half andcoach Nesser took over ro m hereon. The ref s were bad and wewere fortunate to come homewiththe win," said senior guard ToddFilipkowski.

Overcoming adversity is noth-ing new to the Lakers, as evi-

denced in their latest com e frombehind win. "We played hard thewhole game even though the refswere terrible. We got moredeter-mined as the game wore on, andwe prevailed," sa id Craig Young,who came home with seven re-bounds.

Joe Roe and Rahsaah Roland,who hit the game winner with 11seconds remaining were leadingscorer's with 14 points-a-piece.

"I'm really proud of the factthat this team has held togetherand worked hard throughout theentire season," said Coach BillMorse. "It's something positivethat w e can take with us into nextseason.n

OnWednesday, the team cameback to the MAC to face regionalrival Pitt-Johnstown.

Ûnfortunately, the men cam eout on the short endof the 80-59scoreline.

The first half ended 33-32Johnstown, but the second halfheld a bag of disappointments forthe Hurst

The Lakers found themselves

between a rock and a hard place,as Johnstown went on an 11-2 runto openc the second half.

"We played poorly," admittedMorse, "but our starters are'allunderclassmen. We have playeda very tough sch edule, struggledand continued to fight I think thisseason has been a rebuilding yearin which we have gained someinvaluable experience," he con-tinued.

IiHrarmirallNoies

by the Griffs

* A 16 team single elimination baskebaliStournament will takePace on Thursday, Feb| 16th at the MA C Brackets, teams andtimes are posted on the MAC bulletin board. &

•The date of.thqice hockey championship;game bctweenatheSpanks and the Scjeaming Beavers has been rescheduled ton iWednesday,Teb. 15th to Sunday, Feb. 19th at 10.30p.m. at the Ice

Center. M

* A bowling tournament and fgolf lessonsMil begin after *the

ite lneaki

With the tempo of the gamesubdued, Josh Ort's 60-foot

slapshot from the right pointeluded the left pad of Barber.The Ice Gri fEs awakened after

the second period tally, and at9:36 Andre Bourgeault back-

handed a pass by Barber in frontof the net to give the host team a2-1 lead. | .

However, the Lakers wastedlittle time in evening the scoreand the goal came via thepowerplay at 10:50. I :

Jon Johnson streaked into theCanisiuszoneand ireda slapshotover the right shoulder of Slater.| "Just like at Pittsburgh, heskated inand launched a shot from

the blue line," said Gotkin. "Itwas*a big goal, but we didn'tthink it would be the last of thescoring."

The final period featured more

scoring opportunities, but Barberand Slater stood their ground.

Canisius' Mike Messina had oneof the better chances on thepowerplay in the middle of the fram e.With Barber sliding across thecrease, Messina fanned on a passand missed thenet

fin overtime, Chris f Morgannearly sto le the victory, but washauled down byj defensemanDerek Sebastian.Thatgave Mercyhurst their 12th

power play of thenightBut the power play was short-

lived and lasted, lasting a mere1:23. - j r |Johnson's high-sticking penalty

negated the power play.

Officiating was definitelyjj aquestion mark after the game. r

"I th ink they wer e trying to letthe teams play, bu t didn't knowhow to do it," said Gotkin. "The

non-calls were horrible and thegame w as poorly officiated. \

"But it is not the reason for thetie," he added.

Scott MacDonald added thenature of the rivalry and the con-tours of the small rink promotethe calling of more penalties.

"In that rink the refs seem tocall more clutching and grabbingpenalties," he said. |

The Lakers (19-1-1, 5-1-1EC AC) host the Brockport StateGolden Ea gles Friday and travelto Fredonia State Saturday in arematch of the 9-2 rout sufferedby the Blue Devils.

The game at Fredonia is slatedto begin at 7 p.m. The game willbe heard on WMCE 88 5 FM at6:50 p.m.

Fans Loud and Proud

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Fofmore details contact Coach Dem yanovitch at:2221.

By Leon Mum fordMerciad Sports Editor

T o go , or not to go... well, I'vegot a project due Thursday, finalsare* next week. I've got a fulllaundry basket and my pet dog

needs stroking." And so on and soon.

For the past two years, "the|l crew" consisting ofNick Ferraro,

Eric Roberts, Jason Pullman, JeffSpitler, Scott Clark, Rob Vescio,Matt Donley, Matt Minnick, JimTravarka and George! Paydockhave decided "to go."

They have regularly supportedvarious Mercyhurst teams. Theyare loud and proud. They have"seized the opportunity," evenwhen they were severely outnum-bered. '"M

"Jim's the ring-leader," said

Ferraro, but according to Travarkaitsonly when the whole ganggetstogether that they really get theatmosphere going.

This year, "the crew" have wonfirst and second place in the bas-ketball and hockey "spirit" con-tests, respectively.

According to Don ley, it usuallytakes cash as an incentive to en-tice a big crowd at a Mercyhurstgame. "We go to as many games

. as we can," he continued, "andwe have a good time no matterhow many people show up to thegame, butthe atmosphere is evenbetter if there are more people

making noise."Banging pots, waving flags and

winding sirens, "the crew" usu-ally does whatever it takes tomakethemselves seen and heard.

"We try to be the loudest at allthe games we go to," said

' Travarka. But Spitler confessed ,"We are not the only ones whomake some n oise. Jeff Delumba ilalso does a hell of a job."

The loyal fans are obviouslyaware of one anothers talents.

Ferraro said that there are no

specific 'game-winning chants supporters then waded deep into

Matt Minnick, Nick Ferraro, George Paydock, Matt Adams

and Jim Travarka (back row). Scott Clark, Mark Wil l iams,

Rob Vescio, Jason Pul lman and Dav e Taylor prepare to give

a M ercyhurst team their ftdl sup por t ft *

sung by the group. "But some-body usually gets something go-ing, we all join in and from henon, we just have a really goodtime," he said.

Donley will always rememberthis years soccer game againstOakland* The Lakers needed towin this game to go through to theplayoffs, they were tied after theduration of regulation time andthen,j ust before the start of extra-time, one of the Oakland playerswas sent off for ungentlemanly

conduct"We went nuts," said Donley.

"We were about ten foot awayfrom the field, so we did every-thing we could to put the otherteam off. There was a great atmo-sphere in the last few m inutes."

Paydock and Travarka havesome fond memories too. Theymade the trip with the hockeyteam to Elmira, last year.

"We painted our entire bodiesinfMercyhurst colors," saidPaydock. The two fanatical Hurst

the partisan Elmira crowd. "Theygot a bit upset when the Lakersgot the lead, especially when westarted cheering," said Travarka.

They may be considered to beloudand obnoxious. But theyhavegreat memories. "We don't carewhat anyone else thinks," saidSpitler, "We will carry on havinga good time, going crazy for theteam we want to win."

This sentiment w as reflectedby Travarka. He said, "Being alittle rowdy gets the crowd into

the game and I think the crowdcan be a part of the team. I m ean,we enjoy their victories too, aswell as share in their losses."According to Don ley, Hurststu-

dents now have more reason thanever, to participate in the schoolspirit because two of their teams,the men's hockey team and thewomen's basketball team, arecurrently vying for national cham-pionships.

"The crew" are an integral partof Colle ge• vjlife, here, atMercyhurst Are you?

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