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NEWS:Suicide bombing inIraq brings death tollto 100. IPAGE 3

FEATURES:Senior Lori Keeneyfalls in love with afuture in interiordesign after interningat Ethan A lien H o m eInteriors.PAGE 4OPINION:Madam Maiarkyand the X-factor ofblind dates.PAGE 5

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT:Les Violons Du Royperformed atthePACon Sunday,FebYP A G E 6

SPORTS:Men's hockey teamin position for a runat 1st place.P A G E 8

Up com ing Campus EventsFilm: Lost in TranslationMary D' Angelo Performing ArtsCenterWednesday, Feb. 4, at 2 and 8 p.mDance: Raw EdgesMary D' Angelo Performing ArtsCenterSaturday, Feb. 7, at 2 and 7 p.m.and on Sunday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m.Sports: Last men's basketballgame at homeMercyhurst Athletic CenterThursday, Feb. 5 8:00 p.m.MSG Lecture: Michael DysonMary D' Angelo Performing ArtsThursday, Feb. 12 8:30 p.m.

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Mercyh wes tByJonelle DavisContributing writer

ercyhurst College is looking toonce again ex pand t he institution aslong as the right elem ents fall intoplace.According to the Erie Times-News,west Erie County officials have wel-corned the idea to start a new b randicamp us of Mercyhurst in the westcounty area.Mercyhurst officials are interestedin the idea as long as a proper site isfound, the community supports thenew institution, and financial fund-ing is sufficient[Mercyhurst College President Dr.William P. Garvey discussed ma ny is-sues about the possible new branch.When asked about th e site, Garveysaid, "We are interested in a site ifwe can find the ightplace. We told(West County officials) if they haveany ideas, let us know. If the rightthing comes along, we will do it."To date, Garvey and staff m em-

bers have ouredpossible sites suchas the vacant Copes-Vulcan plant inLake City and the former DivineWord Seminary off Route 20 in Gi-rard Town ship. According toGarvey, the Copes plant is too largeand th e cost to build on the semi-nary property is too high.Garvey wen t on to say, "Nothingin reality has happened. Nothing hasmoved to the point of fruition, butwe're interested. We need some in-dication orcommunity support Notjust money, b ut in terms of, d o theywant this? B road-based citizen sup-port is important."Whe n the North East branch ofMercyhurst was started in 1991, theNorth East community helped openthe campus by raising $500,000,which was put toward property im-provements. |Since its opening, MercyhurstNorth East has increased enrollmentto 840. With plans for a $5 millionexpansion in the spring, the campuswill be able to accommodate up to

1,500 students.According to Garvey, however,only 6 percent of the MercyhurstNorth East students come from thewest county."We found that the distance was aproblem for them. They wantedsome kind of site in the Fairview-Girard area. In our strategic vision,we agreed to look at a site out thereto at some future point establish awest county branch."Damon Homich, director of theGirard Area Industrial Developm entAuthority and member of the G irardLake City Chamber of Commercealso commented about the newcam-IftflHJuHe said the discussions of the Mer-cyhurst branch are preliminary. "Theindustries in the west county are small-er and economic times are a little bitharder than when North East did it.I think the business communityshould be behind this. The kids inthe west county have a lot to gain andthe employers have a lot to gain. I

can't really see the down side ofit."Many people m ay benefit from anew branch campus ofMercyhurst,but how w ould new campus effectstudents at main campus?When questioned about the issue,Garvey said that there would not b eany effect on students at main cam -pus. Students will not interact withother students at thenew campus andtuition will not go up .With that in mind, Mercyhurst stu-dentJohn Konzier, a business major,was asked how he felt about a newbranch campus ofMercyhurst."I feel that as long as tuition re-mains the same, then ifs a good ben-efit towards the students in that area,and the entire community in gener-al," said Konzier. * -It is not certain whether or no t anew branch campus will exist any timein the future; however, the idea is in-cluded in Mercyhurst's strategic plan,and officials from west county com-munities are starting to campaign forthe project.

Soccer, baseball team s to have ho m e field advantageBy D an W agnerContributing writer

Colleges have long prided them-selves on athletics. Collegiate athlet-ics have given birth to the meaningof school spirit, as a foreground forstudents tb come together in supportof their schoolmates and hatred forthe opposition.Don't think this applies to Mercy-hurst? |Then apparently you were not atthe MAC Jan. 26 as th e M ercyhurstbasketball team defeated Ga nnon infront of more tha n 1,900 fans.The bottom line is college athlet-ics provide schools with identities andreputations.Likewise colleges and universitiesstrive to put the best accomm oda-tions and facilities together for theirstudent athletes.Mercyhurst is not different. Ac-cording to Mercyhurst Athletic Di-rector Pete Russo, "Facilities are key,we ow e it to our teams to have thebest ones we can."Mercyhurst started to dig up thenatural grass of the soccer ieldan dreplacing it with a $700,000 artificialsurface called Astro Play, a long withthe addition ofa sophisticated drain-age system.

Astro Play is rubber based. Rub-ber blades of grass sit atop a surfaceof rubber bead s. "Astro Play is th enewest and most modem technolo-

The soccer team often plays inversus Gannon last year.File photohorrible field conditions. One of the worst came during this game

gy in college athletics," said Russo.a Why the change?The Mercyhurst soccer team hasmade the NCAA Tournam ent the lasttwo years with the opportunity ofhosting the opening rounds. Unfor-tunately, The L aker's field was notup to NCAA standards, and they

were forced to move to an alternatesite.That's the tip of the iceberg.Men's and women's soccer wereforced to practice at three differentlocations throughout the year, andplay half of their home games atMercyhurst North East.Head soccer coach Keith Cam-midge said, "It was almost impossi-ble for us to find a natural grass surface to play on that drained propeiM M { \ IThe games that were played atMercyhurst were more of a mudwrestling match than a soccer game.The women's team had one match

cancelled on a game day.Mercyhurst soccer has had it bad,but not as bad as the Mercyhurstbaseball team.They have never even had a homegame or practice. Hie baseball teamhas been sharing a ieldwith Mercy-hurst North East.Head coach Joe Spano said, "Ican't remember one practice in thelast seven years that the whole teamhas been at."Working around North East base-ball has been a problem for Spano.North East plays in a league of itsown. They have their own hom egames and practice needs. "It has

become almost impossible to workaround them," said Spano.Another problem Spano has en-countered is the schedules ofhis stu-dent athletes. Keeping students frommissing classes and meals is a prioritywith Spano.But this has proved extremely chal-lenging with the different scheduleshis student athletes keep.A big part of this problem is thatthe baseball team does its own fieldmaintenance. They have to preparetheir ieldbefore games and practic-es; that can take hours.

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R/IAP program will see more growth with $3 00 ,0 00ByJen Allen IContributing writer

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Th e R/IAP program at Mercy-hurst will be growing, thanks to a$300,000 grant that the program re-cently received from the federal gov-ernment. The grant, announced byCongressman Phil English, is part ofover $ 1 million in funding E nglishannounced would go to Erie."I am pleased that the appropria-tors recognized the importance ofthese projects for northwestern Penn-sylvania," English said."Two of the top higher educationinstitutions in Erie also got a big boostas they are better pc >sitioned to makesure that our patients and communi-ty at large are safe," English said ofthe grant given to the Lake Erie Col-lege of Osteopathic Medicine as well

as the Mercyhurst College R/IAPprogram.R/IAP, which stands for Re-sea rdv'lntel1 igence Analyst Program,is a program very unique to Mercy-hurst College and the irstof its kindin the country.Theprogram, which w as started byRobert Heibel in 1992 with only 14students, hasbeen erowine ever sinceand in need of money to im provethe program.Heibel, who formerly worked withthe FBI, decided to start the programupon his retirement to Erie. "Wewere trying to indanalysts and couldnot indwhat we were looking for,"Heibel said He then approached Dr.William Garvey about starting theprogram and the rest is history.Please see R/IAP on Page 3. McAdan s/PJtolo editorStudents in the R/IAP program will soon have new labs for their

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7b contact:newsmerciad@mercyhurst.eduN E W SN e w M e r c y h u r s t I n s t i t u t e f o r I n t e l l i g e n c e R e s e a r c h a n d A n a l y s i sContinued from Page 1.

T he R/IAP program has over130 graduates now, most ofwhom have gone on to receivetheir master's degree. In the pro-gram now, are approximately 190students from 14 different states,Canada, and Europe. ,-The program is split with 50percent of the students beingmale and 50 percent female.Heibel said that the program hasa 98 percent placement ate withstudents' salaries starting at$35,000 to $50,000 per year.Heibel hopes that the numberswill be eve n greater with the ad-ditions from the grant.* Themon ey will go into a new insti-tute for the program called theMercyhurst Institute for Intelli-gence Research and Analysis.Heibel said, "The mission of thatinstitute will be to strive for alegitimacy of ntelligence studies.""It will benefit our studentsfor a numbe r of reasons," Heibelsaid

Some of these reasons include,creating an A ssociation of Intel-ligence Educators to bring to-gether those with commo n inter-ests and goals in the ield, denti-

fying training and product needsof intelligence managers, re-search new tools and techniquesapplicable to the intelligence pro-cess, develop distance learningintelligence related courses, andmuch more."We see the institute as notonly benefiting our students,"Heibel saidThe program, he explained,will benefit the governmentwhich is looking for students inthe area of intelligence and oth-er colleges that might be look-ing to start similar courses.Someof hese schools includeWest Virginia University, Mexi-co State University, Wright StateUniversity, Drexel University,and Temple University."Traditional colleges can pro-duce graduates who are veryhire-able," Heibel said. "Whatis being taught in our program

here is really a liberal arts edu-cation." ttit;MWith the grant, and the 1 gin-ning of the Mercyhurst Institutefor Intelligence Research an dAnalysis, Heibel hopes manygood things will happen. "Thecenter has always been in theback of our minds," he said.

"We have been w orking withCongressman English for overtwo years now," Heibel said andnow the college has finally re-ceived the funds to create a bet-ter learning facility to the grow-ing number of students withinthe program. J.P. Ratajczak is a 2002 grad-uate of the R/IAP program atMercyhurst and is now w orkingto obtain his master's in organi-zational leadership .He is currently working withthe program as a graduate re-search associate but said, Til begoing hopefully into the privatesector to work with business in-telligence."Although he has already beenthrough the program, he is veryoptimistic about the grant theyare now receiving."I think it will be go od for ev-eryone," he said. "It is money

that we did no t have before thatwill increase the program."Ratajczak said that with themoney the program should beable to purchase new equipmentand possibly hire new staffmembers to enhance a programthat is already very experiencedand knowledgeable.

I had actually never heard ofthe program," Ratajczak said b utadded, "I came to school a ndfell in love w ith it.""It was the first undergrad u-ate program of its type in thenation," he mentioned and saidthat it is very deserving of thegrant given to itErin Cunningham is a seniorfrom Ohio who is one of themany females in the program .She has been given many oppor-tunities through the program, in-cluding an internship at the Unit-ed Nations."I have ha d about six job of-fers and just accepted one," Cun-ningham also said."Places that come to interviewus are just blown away."Cunningham did not comeinto Mercyhurst as a R/IAPmajor, though, s he declared acommunications major but

switched her sophomore year."I took the Intro to R/IAPclass and decid ed this is what Iwanted to do."She does feel that the grantwill be very helpful to the pro-gram even though she has hadgreat success. "The problemwith the program is that we have

so many projects going on. Itwould be nice to have a centerwe could go to do our research.""It is going to be nice to havea huge R/IAP lab," CunninghamsaidCunningham said that the pro-gram here is by far the best. Shementioned that the students andprofessors are great and have alot of experience as well."The professors here have awide variety of knowledge andexperience," she saidShe also loves the small class-es and many opportunities thatshe has been allowed that will beeven greater with the addition ofthe Institute."We have the ability to d o any-thing in intelligence," she said"With this grant, Mercyhurstcould take on more students inthe program and give the stu-dents more opportunities," Cun-ningham saidNick Proy is a sophomore in

the program and hopes that overthe next two ye ars the grant willbe a great deal of help to theprogram.> "It is much need ed a nd willimprove the facilities and themajor greatly," he said.

Proy feels that the program isunique and des erves the grantlocalise Mercyhurst is the onlycollege in the nation that trainsintelligence people for nationalsecurity. "I mink that it is goodbecause m ore analysts will hetrained," he add ed.Proy, wh o would like to attendlaw school eventually, feels thatR/IAP will be a good base. Hesaid of the program, "It teachesyou how to deal with many kindsof information.""When I was looking for amajor I found out that R/IAPdealt with computers and ana-lyzing information and it wouldhelp me achieve my goal of go-ing to law school," Proy said.He hop es that the grant willadd to the prestige of the pro-gram as well."I think that it will in the longrun, not immediately, but willeventually help us to becomemore nationally known."For more information aboutthe program , the $300,000 grant,and the n ew M ercyhurst Insti-tute for Intelligence Researchand Analysis , v is i triap.mercyhurst.edu.

N e w field for S O CC er, b a s e b a l l Death toll in Iraqi blasts climbs above lo o

Courtesy ofPete RussoThe blueprint from the new soccer and baseball field shows that it will boost both thesoccer and baseball programs at Mercyhurst.

By To m Lasse terKnight Ridder New spapersIRBIL, Iraq The d eath tollfrom a pair of suicide bomb -ings in the offices oftwo Kur-dish political parties rose to at

least 110 on Monday as politi-cians began to debate whetherthe violence would further un-ravel U.S. plans for a unifiedIraq. Mworkers washed blood andbody parts rom he floors an dceilings of he rooms where theexplosions occurred in the mid-dle of holiday receptions Sun-day with dozens of Kurdish po-litical iguresand their follow-

ers Interviews with administra-tors at three of the city's fivehospitals indicated that 110 peo-ple were confirmed dead an d

more than 200 were injured.Standing outside the regionalgovernor's office, a spokesmansaid there were no local seniorofficials to interview. They alldied in the blasts, he said.The explosions, almost certainly

the deadliest in postwar Iraq,came as Iraqi and U.S. officialsin Baghdad are trying to meet aFeb. 28 deadline to hammer outa law to guide the formation ofan interim government. A ke ysticking point has been theamount of autonomy to begranted to the K urdish territoryin northern Iraq.

Leaders of the two partieswhose offices were hit by theblasts, the Kurdistan D emocrat-ic Party (KDP) and the PatrioticUnion of Kurdistan (PUK), re-leased statements saying theywere resolved to work together

for the future of Iraq.But Peter Galbraith, theformer U.S. ambassador toCroatia who's b een in the re-gion consulting withjalal Tala-bani, the head of the PUK an dMassoud Barzani, of he KDPsaid the blasts provided p ow-erful incentives for the group sto isolate themselves from acentral Iraq authority.

Galbraith said the Kurds haveexpressed fears to him since thefall of Baghdad that the "Iraqdisease" of chaos and violencewould follow to the Kurdish ar-eas. "Now i has," he said.The bombings came on theMuslim holiday Eid al Adha,the Feast of the Sacrifice,which commemorates Abra-ham's willingness to obey Godby sacrificing his son.

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ers Russo has been monitoringthe situation for a long time.Russo met with President Dr.William Garvey a nd laid out aplan for a new field after monthsof research. Garvey, adminis-tration, and the Board of Trust-ees approved the plan.Russo said, "Astro Play is thefuture of college athletics." Itrequires practically no mainte-nance, and can be used in an y

weather condition."It's a done deal, all we needto do is sign the contract," saidRusso.This is a tremendous boostfor both soccer and baseballMercyhurst soccer hop es tohost the next round of NCAAplayoffs at home for the firsttime in two years."This commitment of a qual-iy playing surface acknowledg-es that Mercyhurst need s pre-mium practice and playing facil-ities, to go along with the nationalrecognition w e have achieved,"said Cammidee.

The baseball team is just hap-py to have a place to call is own."When I think about it, I can'teven sleep," said Spano. Lockerrooms, practices, and fans willall be welcomed."The thing I look forward tomost is the opportunity to onceagain focus on, and teach base-ball, which is what I am here forand love to do," said Spano.Soccer and baseball will havea place to call their own nextyear; a place where they are theonly ones with home ieldadvan-tage.

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To contact:featuremerciad@mercyhurst.eduEATURESK e e n e y f a l l s i n l o v e w i t h f u t u r eByJenHelbigContributing writer

" was brought to Mercyhurstbeca use o f their Interior Designprogram," Keen ey said.Keeney is a senior interior de-sign major. This past summer s hehad an internship with EthanAllen Hom e Interiors in Vestal,NY - ' ' II live on a farm in Sugar RunPennsylvania,1* Keeney said."The drive to Vestal was aboutan hour and a half long."The internship is a requirementfor interior design m ajors.At Ethan Allen, Keeney saidshe helped with residential inte-rior design."I was not allowed to have myown clients," she said, "because

they didnot want someone to getattached to me before I cameback to Mercyhurst."How ever she was still able todesign, but for her co-workers'clients.Keeney was the only intern atEthan Allen, and she said thatEthan Allen did not offer intern-ship oppo rtunities in diesummer."I was shopping in Vestal,"Keeney said. "And I stopped inEthan Allen to talk with the man-ager. We ended up exchanginginformation, and she becameinterested in having me as an in-tern."Keeney didnot receive incomefor the internship, but she saidshe was ex cited for the job.'The manager told me the rea-

Katie McAdams/Photo editorThis is one example of Keeney s room design she drew for Ethan Allen clients. TheInternship taught her how to interact with people in a public setting.Katie McAtJams/Photo ednorSenior interior design major Lori Keeney stands In front ofwork done by fellow majors in the Briggs Annex.

son she wanted me was becauseI was so persistent"Keeney went thro ugh a five-week training program beforeshe started as an intern. Shelearned how to consult, which isa service Ethan Allen pr ovidesfree to is customers.Keeney drew a variety ofsketches for consultations.Many were for unique layoutsor situations."One woman wasan artist, andshe had a long, narrow room,"Keeney said. "It was the m ostdifficult project I did, but we fither desired elements into th e

room, and even some of herown personal artwork."That particular design wa s ac-tually manufactured an d sold tothe woman. Ethan Allen providesa un ique personalization featureto their customers."The customer chooses thepiece of furniture," Keeney said."And then they can haveany typeof fabric in a wide price range."I Keeney's internship gave heracustomized learning experience.She felt her skills developed atEthan Allen"My classes taught me tech-nique, but I think that the real

world is about common sense,and you can only learn from ex-perience," she said."I was respectful and a bit tim-id when I met with people forthe irst ime," Keeney said. "And

I am usually more relaxed afterI get to know a person. This in-ternship helped m e learn to in-teract with peopl e in real situa-tions." %1I The internship also brought anew-found direction to Keeney'sfuture. v

"I was having mixed feelingsabout interior design prior to theinternship," Keeney said. "I was

overwhelmed about which direc-tion to go because interior de -sign encompasses a lot of jobs."Keeney said that she doesn'tjfeel that her full potential isreached through furniture d e-sign. Her real interest is in the-ater scenery design.Keeney has ha d a long historyof interaction with design, from)steadily working at a gift shop,to helping on about seven setsin her high school and com mu-nity theatre. '"I hope that this su mmer af-ter graduation I can find a job,"Keeney said. "I would like to

work on set design for televisionas a career."If television does not workout, she said that she would en-joy working with hospitality orentertainment design."I loved the in te rnship , "Keeney said."My co-w orkers were like asecond family to me, and Ilearned a lot from them. Now Ifeel like I have gained directionfor my career, andan experienceto help start my future."

K & K p r e p a r e f o r t h e i r f u t u r e i n e d u c a t i o nBy Brian CelloneContributing writer

When looking at Kristy an dXat^e .Kivqhendorfer, on e ca nsee an instant resemblance..These sisters are natives ofWestlake, Ohio, and came toMercyhurst College because oftheir love for the small campussetting.Kristy is a junior and has a dou-ble major in elementary and ear-ly education.She decided to attend Mercy-hurst because of he people and Ithe fact that sh e fell in love withthe campus on her irstvisitAnother factor in her decisionto come here was the small classsizes and the superb educationdepartment."I loved every min ute that Iwas on campus. I had the op-portunity to stay overnight twiceand could not have asked for a

Katie McAdams/Photo editorKristy and Katie Kirchendorfer are education majors at Mercyhurst College. B oth youngwomen are excited about teaching and can t wait to put their knowledge to use in aclassroom.better experience," Kristy said. Ambassador. She loves being an teraction with prospective stu-Kristy decid ed to beco me an Amb assador becaus e of the in- dents.

"I love the fact that I get toshow students how awesomeMercyhurst is."Another love of Kristy's isteaching. She currently teaches Jpreschool and last term^taught |third grade. "My kids give me'a *new challenge each day, neverceasing to surprise me."Her love of children will helpher be a successful teacher wh enshe graduates from Mercyhurstin the spring of 2005.Katie Kirchendorfer is a soph-omore at Mercyhurst, and a puremathematics/math educationmajor. She also plans to eventu-ally complete a minor in com-puter systems managem ent."Since I love kids and math itseemed obvious to me to be-come a math teacher," Katiesaid.Katie chose Mercyhurst be-cause of the small campus at-mosphere and the location of the school in relation to hom e.

Katie spends much of hertime as a memb er of the Mer-cyhurst cheerleading squad."Cheering is so much fun. Ilove hearing th e enthusiasmi-c&me^from-t-htt' fans duwnc agame*.' V 1 fr-*CKatie loves being a part of thesquad and h as gained a goodgroup of friends.She is also looking forward tothe cheerleader's upcoming com -petition, the irst or the squad."I like having Kristy on cam-pus. She gives me advice abouteducation classes. She is some-one I can count on,." said Katie.Th e Kirchendorfers also worktogether in the admission s office."Even when w e are very busy,working in adm issionsgives us achance to see one another," saidKatie.Th e sisters continue to supportone another so they enter the fu-ture successfully.

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Letter to th e ed itor:Why is The Mtaraadagainst the president?The opinion page of TheMer-ciadhas been turned into anti-Bush rhetoric as of lately -

defeating the purpose of Th eMerciodifthere is any. Read-ing Th e Merciod\his academicyear, one would not be sur-prised to find out that it is theMoveOn.organd the billion-aire George Soros who arebehind the opinion articles onTheMerdodMerciod opinion pages looknothing tha n negative politicaladvertisement found on thearray of left-winger's postersfinanced by Soros' millions ofJ dollars. Without M adam Ma-flarky, what would one really[enjoy reading in TheMerciod?Mercyhurst sports' results andstatistics! $"Ghee. Anyway, what is th eBush bashing is all about? Is ita respo nse to the State of theUnion Address?1 do not thinkso, because thisBush-bashing has been goingon wa y back and has more todo with Bush being the hon-orable president than to dowith anything else.In fact, the Bush's points inthe State of the Union Ad-dress did not turn "even th emost stable, sensible mind intothrobbing, pounding m ass ofconfusion" as the negativepolitical poster in the Merciodclaims. Instead, the Bush'spoints address the very issues

that the marriage phobia andthose like-minded encounter.Therefore, Bush, issued m ea-

sures protecting th e sanctity ofmarriage. Marriage phobiashould not underm ine the tradi-tional values of 'institution ofmarriage' and nor should it beused as a justification for gaymarriage.?If marriage is the fundamen-tal social institution that is deep-ly rooted in all societies, thenanything short of it such as gaymarriage must be understood ashostile to all societies, not justthose who want to graduatefrom college, dress themselvesup, or those who want to marrythe person of their own choices.It is the values that the tradi-tional marriage provides, whichwill be threatened not the sim-ple things we d o for our satis-factions as the negative adver-tisement in Merciadsuggpste.The value s that the traditionalmarriage provides are undoubt-edly unde r seriousassaults frommultiple directions, that is w hyPresident Bush is promotinghealthy m arriage initiatives andencouraging faith-based institu-tions to protect th e sanctity ofmarriage.President Bush understandsthat strengthening marriages willlead into healthy families, whichin turn will build bette r societies.However, it is sad that his initia-tives and effort to promotehealthy marriages are being at-tacked by those who gave upsocietal responsibilities includingTheMerciadIt is also unfortunate to notethat the religious institutions,

which are the cornerstones ofsocieties, are being thrashed bythe same like-minded individ-uals wh o attack President Bushon every issue.It is President Bush againwh o encouragesthe faith-basedinitiatives know ing that religiousfaith stabilizes and satisfies th estatus of marriage. Withoutreligious faith which enco urag-es the sanctity of marriage, oursociety will be called the mor-bid society.I hope the marriage phobiashould not drive us to the stateof confusion a nd impair ourjudgments from understandingPresident Bush and his initia-tives to promote a healthier andbetter society.

I am optimistic and still havefaith inMerciod, especially withMadam Malarky being present,that 7heMerc(advri\i be turnedaround from its negative polit-ical posters into something thatprovides substan ces for intel-lectual discourse and learning.Remember, Senator Kennedyof Massachusetts who usuallynaps or nods in the State ofthe Union Addresses as a sig-nal of expressing disagreementin a most childish way, hadworked w ith President Bush oneducation initiative known as?No Child Left Behind."

So, one will expect TheMer-ciad o work with Bush in someother issues, if it is extremelyanti-traditional marriage andpro-gay marriage.-Steve Paterno, senior R/IAPb yA' tradition lqf 'bird'courses

By Ashley DuBoseContributing WriterBecause it is registration week ,

I thought this would b e a goo dtime to talk about classes. I knowthat by the time this article isprinted, nearly everyone will beregistered, but that is OK. Ifsomehow I manage to writesomething that deeply movesyou, just go see the Registrar.However, I'm not gonna holdmy breath.We all want to tak e the easyclasses. We warn to find thatmagical class whe re the profes-sor will let us daydream everyday, where we never have to takenotes, theonly homework is nap-time, and the final is made upof one question: What is yourname?So before any students be-come shocked that I wouldopenly admit that where a pro-fessor might read it, I must re-mind you that they were oncecollege students too. They knowwhere w e are coming from.

We've all had that discussion,theone where you sit down withyour pals and say, "So what areyou taking?" Or better yet,"Have you taken [fill in classhere] before?"Most of the time, we are talk-ing about the Core. W hy shouldwe take a bunch of classes thathave nothing to do with ourmajor and are tough as well? Sowe ask each other: What classesare fun? Which professor doesn'tcare about attendance? And soon and so forth.What we have to rememberis that all of that is subjective.It's all opinionDon't take a class just becausesomeone said it was easy. Whathappens w hen you get to classand find out that you have twopapers due before midterms?You should have known thatyour friend was a freak of na-ture that loved writing researchpapers every day.Don't take a class just l ecausea friend is taking it. Sure, youhave a built-in study partner, butthat won't help you not hate the

class itself. Or you might end uphaving such a fun time writingmessages to each other in yournotebooks, you forget to pay at-tention to the professor.Oops. :KWhat happens if the persongiving you advice secretly hates^fyour guts because they thoughtyou were hitting on their girl/boyfriend? I don't even want tothink about that one.I know, you're rolling youreyes at me, thinking that if theclass is so bad, you can just dropit. However, if you don't addanother one, you are out bigbucks and if you do add an oth-er one, well, you've alreadymissed at least one class, andwho's to say that the new o newill be any better?So, why not skip the wholeclass-switching thing. Grab the

class catalogue and the big graylist, and start figuring out whichclasses will be the least tortur-ous. Remember, the only thingyou have to fear is work.Oh, and clowns, 'cause thoseguys are creepy.Campus question: "His/her mos t attractive feature is..."

"... his manner because classis always sexy."-Michelle Brewer,Freshman".. . personality because ev enthe best looking guy can be a

jerk." iS-Jermani Hickman,Freshman"... eyes; I can see what he'sreally thinking If it contradictswhat comes out of hismouth."-Lindsay Stickney,Sophomore

"... eyes and smile becauseit is the first thing I notice, andsometimes it invites me to talkto them."-Allison P erry,Freshman

"... a truthful smile and hon-est personality; there are a lot ofpretty girls out there, bu t thosetwo factors single them out."p-Dan Schuler,FreshmanW"... nice, strong man hands be-cause they have so much poten-tial* 7p&- v A.j& -Madam Malarky,B Senior

"... booty be cause I'm fromthe hood, and that's how we layit down back home. It's not yourbeauty; it's your booty!"-Jesus Lepe,Junior"... smile; it gives me a senseof confidence to approach an d

t.ilk to hci "-Mike Daddario,Sophomore

" . . .boobs because Idon't have them."- Chris Clark,Grad Student". j". personality beca use in 40years, that will still be thesame.'*-Andy Greathouse,Sophomore"... the male swimmer'smuscle, aka: the 'Ken doll'stomach muscle- it's freakin'hot!" A: i |-Sarah Benvenuti,Senior"... the lips; there's nothingbetter than a good m ake-outsession."Tamara Snyder,Senior"... a good laugh."-Zach SmithJunior

To contact: oplnbnmercied@m0rcyhurst.eduOPINION

Why blind dates are usually X-men

DearMadamMalarky, IWry is it that blind dates alwayssuck?Imean, theso-calkd"friends"thathookyouitparesupposedto belooktngoutforyou, right?Then whydotheyhookyou upwtihthemostmotvnic mutantsto ualktheearth? I mean can t they ellif heperscn1syourl)perTheyshouMknowyouwsQenoagh.Oris it that theyjust want toseeyousquirm?\jt NeuerLeaving the HouseAgainDear Never Leaving,\%:Ahhh, blind dates. Nature's wayof reminding us that perhapswe're no t so bad after all.Quite honestly, I don't think Ihave ever heard of a blind datethat went w ell. I don't think any-one has. So why is itthat we feelcompelled to do it?For once, I'm not quite sure,butlets ponder this phenom enonTake a look at your friends.Friends are g reat. We all gottahave. 'em. They support usthrough the rough times, andlaugh with us during the goodtimes.They make sure we don'tchoke on our own vomit whenwe're drunk. They humor uswhen we gripe about things thatdon't m atter.They're great, and we can't livewithout'em. However,we mustremember that they are humanand because they are human,they can make mistakes.More importantly they canturn into raging control freaksand try to play God or even

worse -cupid.

If you think about it, I'm sureyou've probably had one ofthose moments when you'vethought that two of your friendsshould hook up. I think it's safeto say that it's happened to ev-eryone. MSometimes we just don't thinkhard enough about itSay for example, that you havea friend you've known since kin-dergarten. A friend that used toeat paste with youand play Nin-ja Turtles with you out o n theplayground Back menyou wereboth mutants.Everyone in elementary schoolis. It is the nature of the paste-eating beast. Nobody noticedanybody else's "mutanthood."It was one big happy mutantcommu nity filled with b oogersand skid marks. )Times change.Unfortunately, sometimesfriends don 't You probably grewup, went through the psychoticphase in junior high, wentthrough the "too deep for ev-eryone'' phase inhigh school, andcame to college and became nor-mal. (Hey, I can pretend if youcan)

All the while, you've stayedclose with your elementaryschool riendand riendship ran-scends all logic. \You probably haven't even no-ticed that your friend still eatspaste ... that he looks like henever hit puberty... that he stillshouts "no gimmies!" at rando mtimes.You hueihis riendand becauseyou've known him for so long,you don't even notice that he's abit... strange.You think he's great, and you'djump at the chance to set himup with one of the bombshellfemale riendsyou have here upat school.You just can't seem to un der-stand why he never gets datesfor himself.You igurehe's just shy.

This is where problems start.So it's entirely possible thatwhoever set you up on thisdatehas no idea that your date is amutant.Maybe you should break thenews to the matchmaker gently.Or you can just forget about itand hope the mutant doesn't getset up on any more dates. .. forthe date's sake .My advice to you is that youshould probably just avoid blinddates. Clearly they're not work-ingout for you, so try to pick upyour ow n dates?Why do you feel the need rogo on blind dates anyway? Areyou having difficulty getting datesthe traditional way?Still got skid marks?

Keep me posted. Or don't.Whatever.MadamMcilaiky

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ENTERTAINM ENT o contact:entertainmentmerclad@mercyhijrst.eduFEB. 16. Howie Day,Stereophonies. AgoraTheater, Cleveland.

Bf*FEB. 20. Peter Case; AmyRigby, Jeff Klein. Beach;Ballroom, Cleveland.FEB. 21. Robert Randolphand the Family Band.Phantasy Theatre. Lake-wood, Ohio. On saleJan. 24at Tlcketmaster.

. 21 . Little Steven 'sUnderground Garace livewith the Romantics, Ches-terfield Kings, ReigningSound, Fondas, CobraVerde, hosted in person byLittle Steven Van Zandt.Beachland Ballroom,Cleveland,FEB. 22. Pennywise,Guttermouth, StretchArmstrong. Agora Theater,Qeveland.FEB. 25. Chris Whitley,Ieitur. Beachland Tavern,Qeveland.FEB. 27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs.Beachland Ballroom,Qeveland.

|. 28. Punchline, Don'tLook Down. Club Laga,Pittsburgh. On sale Jan. 24at Ticketmaster.MARCH 6. Ziccy Marley,Michael Franti and Spear-head. Mr. Small's Theater,Pittsburgh. On sale Jan. 24at noon at Ticketmaster.MARCH 8. Von BondiesSTough and Lovely, Beach-landTavern,Cleveland.MARCH 9. Bette Midler.HSBC Arena, Buffalo. Onsale Jan. 26 at 9 a.m. atTops Friendly Markets, byphone at (888) 223-6000,onlineatwww.tickets.comMARCH 22. Proclaimers.Rosebud, Pittsburgh. On*sale Jan. 23 at Ticketmaster.MARCH 23. DreamTheater. Palace Theater,Monroeville. On saleJan.23 at Ticketmaster.MARCH 24. ProclaimersjfjBeachland Ballroom,Cleveland.APRIL 6. Sleepy Jackso n.Rosebud, Pittsburgh. O nsale Jan. 23 at Ticketmaster.APRIL 8. Larry the CableGuy. Warner Theatre, Erie.$27.75. On sale Feb. 7 atTullio Arena box office,Ticketmaster outlets, byphone at 452-4857 or 456-7070, online atwww.tickeunaster.com. Notes,Date moved fromMarch 11?APRIL 19,20. Comedy.Jackie Mason. Jr's LastLaugh, Erie. On-sale dateTBA..;APRIL 30. Alan Jackson,Martina McBride. MellonArena, Pittsburgh. O n saleJan. 24 at Ticketmaster.APRIL 29. MUSICAL"Sound of Music." An ErieBroadway Senes event.Warner Theatre, Erie.$47.75, $35.75, $25.75. Onsale at Tullio Arena boxoffice, Ticketmaster outlets,by phone at 452-4857 or456-7070, online atwww.ticketmaster.com. APRIL 30. Alan Jackson,Martina McBride. MellonArena, Pittsburgh. On saledate TBA J v *&University oi BuffaloM i instage Theater, Buffalo.

FoephotoTV on the Radios newest album, Young Liars EP, wasreleased in Ju ly 2003.

TV on the RadioBy Julie SegnerContributing writer

Band: TV on the RadioAlbum : Young Liars EPRelease d: July 8, 2003 {*Label: Touch & Go RecordsLet me just start by saying thatthis is where music should begoing! This EPfroma NYU filmgraduate, turned singer/song-1

writer Tunde Adebimpe, blewme away rom he start I eager-ly welcomed this change ofmusical pace because it was, andis, sonew, original, and complete-lyunexpected.Although the voice of Tu ndeAdebimpe may be unfamiliar t othose who are outside of thetight knit New York rock scene,his partner in crime and produc-tion/keyboardist/sound manip-ulator, David Andrew Sitek asnot! Sitek, having recentlydipped his hands into some oftoday's groundbreaking indyrock - Yeah Yeah Yeah's andThe Liars, became involved withAdebimpe when they both were

neighbors in Brooklyn. Soonenough they found themselvesmaking music together, as wellas being fellow artists and film-makers.Sitek's brother Jason beganplaying drums and other instru-ments with the pair during theirrecording sessions, which result-ed in a self-titled, 24-track CDreleased by th e Brooklyn Milkimprint. Jason later rejoined thegroup to release the EP YoungLiars in the summer of 2003 tomuch acclaim and embarkingon what is 2003's most promis-ing band with a mere EP thathas already gone beyond mostfull length albums by establishedartists.After the EP was completed,TV on the Radio added guitar-ist/vocalist Kyp Malone to b e-gin recording the full length dueou t this March - "DesperateYouth, Blood Thirsty Babes."I don't even wan t to tarnishthis beautiful EP by categoriz-ing it "indy rock" and plaguingit with the usual off-putting andsuperfluous descriptions used todepict the "underground" mu-sic scene. This EP goes above

and beyond any music I haveheard thus far. If I could mere-ly convince you of their won-derfulness just by saying, Tak emy word, this band rocks!" Iwould do s o a thousand timesover.But the cynic and music criticis at the heart of us all, and if Ireallywantyou to hear this I mustbecome a music predator andmangle my prey with ostenta-tious descriptions. Even then, Idoubt any of you readers will goout and purchase said musicalrevolution.So here goes: Adebimpe does99 percent of the vocals onYoung Liars, which is incredible,not only because of hea capel-la version of the Pixies song Mr.Grieves, but because his voicedoes n ot follow the screechingoff-key trademark of indy rock-ers today.This guy can actually sing,which is a rarity nowadays! Ade-bimpe's voice is a boundlessmediator between soul, Africanroots an d electronic "art rock,"the latter being the base elementof the songs themselves (thinkmulti-layered harmony with son-ic youth guitars.) TVs EP (withthe Sitek's help of course) isawash with opulent synthesizers,whining guitars and Adebimpe'shaunting vocals all behind simpie and direct lyrics.

All of this is so original I stillcan't stop playing it over andover, and yet it lacks ALL pre-tension of the NYU musicscene! This was nota whimsicalmusical endeavor meant to im-press people and win friends.These songs were carefullysculpted, without effort it seems,and is purely the result of twogreat music mind's coming to-gether. These guys are touringwith their close riends he YeahYeah Yeah's and will be playingin Cleveland o n Feb. 28 at theBeachland Ballroom to promotetheir second release, the fulllength "Desperate Youth, BloodThirsty Babes" that comes outin March.

II you desire/enjoy "pushingthe musical envelope" withoutgetting too obscure, please buythis CD or come to the showbecause it's worth the money!

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Monty Python comes to th e PACBy AJana LisieckiContributing writer

Need a break from all thehomework piled up on yourdesk? Come on over to thePAC for an exciting movie!"Shattered Glass,* a drama di-rected by Bilty Ray is showingon Feb. 11 at 2 p.m.and 8 pmThis true-life story ofStephen Glass played by Hay-den Christensen, documentsthe life of a young writer wh oworks hisway up in the worldas a journalist in Washington,D.C. Glass wanted nothingmore than to be famous andin order to reach his goal heconstructed false stories,sources, and quotes in at least27 of his 41 articles.'However, the deceitful staffmember of "The New Repub-lic" goes from famous to no-torious.What will happen to every-thing that he worked so hardfor?Owen Gleiberman from En-tertainment Weekly called it,"Adevious and entertaining jour-nalistic suspense story." Comeand find out the fate ofStephen Glass on Wednesday,Feb. 11.

For more information abou tthe film, visit this Website:www.sriatteredgJassniovie.com/Before you get serious and set-tledown with your books to studyfor finals it's essential that yousetsome time aside to come andsee one of the runniest moviesever made. "Monty Python andthe Holy Grail," an adve nturouscomedy directed by Terry Gil-liam and TerryJones, will be play-ing in the PAC on Feb. 18 at 2p.m. and8 p.m.The re-mastered version re-leased in 2001 is sure to providesidesplitting laughter.The group faces many prob-lems during their quest for theHoly Grail, including a thre e-headed giant, the dangerous Cas-tle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, ahouse of virgins, and a handfulof rude Frenchmen.Critic James Berardinelli de-scribes it as a "brilliant comicwriting.'' ?So grab your friends andheadover to the PAC to catch thesetwo great movies.Admission to both of thesefilms is free for Mercyhurst stu-dents.O t h e r upcoming.,A&Eevents: G On Feb. 7 at8 p.m.andFeb.8 at 2 p.m., "Raw Edges IV will

be performing at the PAC. Theshow is an innovative programof cutting edge new works b yemerging choreographers, phisan intermission chat w ith thechoreographers. Admission is$1fo rMercyhurst stud ents.I On Saturday, Feb. 14 at 8p.m., QuinTango "ValenTan-go" will be performing at thePAC. Sf |One hundred years ago, thetango was banned by manycommunities as immoral andsuggestive which makesQuinTango a perfect enter-tainment for Valentine's Day.This ive-memberensemblewill be joined by a pair ofaward-winning dancers. Wecall this special even t Valen-Tango, the most memorablewayyou can spend the year'smost romantic evening.If you're planning on o nespecial night this coming year,circle the date for ValenTan-go... in red. 4 *For more information, visitwww.quintango.com. Tickets for this event are$22.50 for adu lts, $20 for se-niors, $17.50 with th e Presi-dent'sCard, $12.50 for youthunder 15, and $12.50 for Mer-cyhurststudents.?

Photo courtesy ofwww.googie.oam.On Feb. 1, Les Violons du Roy performed at the Mercyhurst Performing A rts Center.

Les Violons du Roy gives performanceByJenn CamodecaContributing writer

It is clear that the Super Bowlis much more intriguing than aclassical concert.This is apparent and disap-pointing as the attendance of LesViolons du Roy this past week-end was minimal. Only 271 ofthe 800 seats in the MaryD'Angelo Performing Arts Cen-ter were illedon Sunday, Feb. 1at 2:30p.m.Les Violons du Roy originatesfrom Quebec City and is wellknow throughout Canada for itswonderful concerts and record-ings. The group was brought to-gether in 1984 by artistic direc-tor Bernard Labadie. Labadie isa highly accomplished directorand specialist in the Baroque and

Classical repertoire.This ensemble specializes in avast repertoire of music for thechamber orchestra. Each musi-cal number is performed in thestylistic manner appropriate toeach specific time period.The ensemble performs piec-es from the Baroque and Classi-cal periods an d is highly influ-enced by the 17h and 18,h cen-turies.While perfonning this reper-toire, the orchestra uses Baroquebows and bowing techniques,which are very difficult and ft-nitev 'iLes Violons du Roy isalso veryproud of the fact mat they areknown for their exceptional en -ergy, brilliance, and vitality oftheir performances.t The growth of this orchestrais apparent since 1988, because

they have appeared in France,Belgium, Spain, Germany, En-gland, Norway, A ustria, Moroc-co, Ecuador, Canada, and theUnited States.In 1992j.Les Violons du Roysigned a contract with DorianRecording. This collaboration hasresulted in 11 CD recordings todate. Five of the compact discshave been nominated forJunoAwards and two won the Junoaward for Best Classical Album,Choral or Vocal Perform ance.This was a wonderful classicalmusical performance. It is sadthat the audience was not verylarge; however, thos e who at-tended found the music ofMozart, Schubert, and othersplayed to perfection. As of now ,we are uncertain if Les Violonsdu Roy will return for an enco reperformance. We can only hope.

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W o m e n To contact:8portsmerciad@mercyhurst.edu~LAKERSPORTSbasketball beaten 64-45

BylizWHlJamsContributing WriterMercyhurst played against

Hillsdale on Thursday, Jan. 29.The Lakers were defeated 64-45.Hillsdale now holds a 7-11overall record with a 3-5 markin the GLIAC.Tnis was the Chargers irstwinafter a ive-game osing streak.After a recent first win of theseason over G annon, the Lak-ers overall dropped to 1-17 and1-10, At intermission the score wa s30-27.;This was an effort by Mercy-hurst to get ahead, bu t still trail-ing behindThe Lakers once again had

only seven players dressed, andin the second half they ran outofgas.The Chargers took an earlylead in the second half, leavingthe score at 53-32.Mercyhurst had a slow start:They earned 13 points in the lastfive minutes of the game.Sophomore Cassie Seth end-ed with a total of 15 points forthe Lakers.

Hillsdale out-rebounded Mer-cyhurst 45-28.Nikki Wustman led her teamby earning a dozenMercyhurst lost three of theirstartersfrom astseason.Nine players returned to theteam that had an overall6-21 and3-14 in the Great Lakes Inter-collegiate Athletic Conference(GLIAC). f f-On average, the team this yearisvery youngsIt features one junior, eightsophomores, and two freshmenSophomore guard Cassie Sethis 5-11, and is the returning leadscorer for the Lakers.Last season she only missedone game.She also started in 24 out of26. ISeth totaled 212 points andhad 36 steals.She was ranked third on theteam in scoring.This Thursday, Feb. 5, the Lak-ers match u p against Wayne Statefor a home game.Recently, the Warriors hadthree straight wins.They beat Central State, Ash-land, andNorthwood.Senior guard Jodi Young ofWayne State poured in a game-

W restling coach putsteam on right trackByMatt Jacks onContributing Writer

It was expected before thestart of this year's season thatthe M ercyhurst mens wrestlingteam would improve rom heirmediocre irst wo seasons, and ffi Thisls evident by the fact

"We've done go od things. Itcould be betterbutwe still havethe opportunity to make this sea-son a greatone. Right now I'mpleased but not satisfied."One goal of the Lakers eachseason is to beat its crosstownrival. Gannon University.!(hev^have i^xdisa^^jnte^^^^Head Coach Tony OpoJJone -vjputeven more pressure on histeam by scheduling nineDivi-sion I opponents and at leastsix top 20 Division II teams.The team has responded wellby compiling a 9-4 record anda No. 13 national ranking upto this point in arguably theirtoughest schedule in the team'stli ree seasons.It is this tough schedule thatQpoUone hopes will prepare histeam for the post season."Competition is going to helpus. Wrestling in th e West Vir-ginia open and against DivisionI teams like Findlay, SlipperyRock University, and UPJ isgood com petition. At this pointwe feel like we can competewith anybody," said Coach Ci-pollone.

tot. a sheet of paper coi mtingdown the days to the Gannonmatch has been located on thewrestling room wall all season.The Lakers accomplished thisgoal for thefirst ime this sea-son in dominant fashion, de-feating the Knights 29-11. I"Gannon is always one of hegoals of our season. I've toldthe guys we will wrestle someteams better than them, bu t itwas still a big win," said Cipol-lone.The Lakers now have threeremaining matches before theyset their minds on the post sea-son."Our goal right now is toqualify all ten wrestlers to na-tionals, and I think there is agood possibility we can do it"The Lakers will next competeon Feb. 7, when they hostAs for the improvement this Muskingum, the Division IIIseason Coach Cipollone is not schoo l that Cipollon e lastcontent as of yet. coached at.

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Sophomore guard Cassie Seth advances on Hillsdale. Seth ended the day with 15 points. Kate McAdam&Pholo Editorhigh 24 points and grabbed acareer-best 11 rebounds to helpWayne State (8-10) past CentralState (73-63) in a non-conference

game last Saturday.Mercyhurst has 8 games leftin the GLIAC and still have achance to get a few wins.

When asked about the rest ofthe season, Cassie Sethwas con-fident that mere could be a turn-aroundA positiveLakers playat their nextState.

outlook will help theup to their potentialgame against Wayne

M en's basketbal ljro ll s H i l lsda leRecord improves to 9-2 in conference, 15-6 overallByKristaRossContributing Writer

TheMercyhurst me n's basket-ball team edged GLIAC rivalHillsdale 63-52 Jan. 29 to im-prove its overall record to 15-6and9-2 in the league.The Lakers came out'Strongin the irsthalf, leading 13-5 witheight minutes off the clock, butthe Hillsdale Chargers were notgoing to just hand Mercyhurst avictory and w ould come withina point, 23-22, with just undertwo minutes left in the first half.The Lakers lead at intermis-sion, 28-22, and would carry thelead through the second half.Senior forward Josh Helm hadan impressive 26 points and 8rebounds to lead the Lakers in

Justin Shouse File Photoscoring.Senior guard Justin Shousealso added 13 and had 9 assists.

The Lakers shot 43 percentfrom b ehind the arc includingthree that came from sop ho-more guard Tony Mitchell.The Mercyhurst men also out-

Kate McAdams/Photo EditorSenior Forward Josh Helm works the bal under the net.rebounded the Chargers 32-29andshot 52 percent on me nightTheLakers will resume play onThursday, Feb. 5 against theWayne State Warriors at theMAC 8 p.m.

Randazzo eyes national birth; againBy Daniel WagnerContributing Writer\ Mercy hurst's young wrestlingprogram is quickly becomingone of the top programs in theNCAA East Region.

While Mercyhurst has only hada wrestling team for the last twoand a half years, the programhas enjoyed considerable success.. As one of the college's mostsuccessful programs, Mercy-hurst can boast four nationalqualifiers and two Al1-Americans,and most recently a nationalranking of 13th by the latest Di-vision II Wrestling Coaches As-sociationJunior Ricky Randazzo wantsto add his name to the list ofnational qualifiers and All-Amer-icans, while helping the Lakersreceive further national atten-tion* A native of Parma, Ohio, Ran-dazzo spent his freshman yearof college at nearby CuyahogaCommunity College where h ewrestled at 125 pounds. Ran-dazzo had a 19-17 record whilewrestling mostly Division I andH opponents.The competition paid ofRandazzo took third in theNew York Region, qualifying himfor the Junior C ollege NationalChampionships in Rochester,Minnesota.Although Randazzo missed outon All-Americ in by one m atch,he did record two wins and ahunger to return,?But Randazzo's wrestlingwould take him elsewhere.

cently handed Tony Iovine ofAshland University his first losson the seasonSo what's his secret?Prior to the 2004 seasonRandazzo changed his diet andoff-season training to improvehis strength and technique.Randazzo lost weight gradual-ly in order to maintain the mus-cle he put on over the summer.Randazzo has also welcomedthe addition of w o trainingpart-ners.Randazzo said, "J.J. Zanettaand Ryan Finn bring out the bestin me every day, every practiceis like a match."Ran dazz o believes his confi-dence plays a key role in his suc-

Junior w restler Ricky .Randazzo Re PhotoWhile competing in the Mid-

west Classic Wrestling Tourna-ment his freshman year,Randazzo met MercyhurstCoach Tony QpoUone.Cipol lone ar ranged forRandazzo to visit Mercyhurst inhope s of filling the vacant 125-pound spotRandazzo liked what he saw,and e nrolled at Mercyhurst forhis sophomore year."Mercyhurst was the right fit,academically and athletically," hesaid.Mercyhurst was a change forthe better. I* gRandazzo said "Practices andmatches are closer and morecompetitive, and there is more

of afor us on the team."Though Randazzo's seasonwas stopped short in the EastRegional Championships in aheartbreaking 3-2 loss at thehands of Doug Curnes ( WestLiberty), he did mount a 19-12record on the year.But his desire to again com-pete at i lie national level wouldhave to wait another year.The 2004 season is now halfover and Randazzo is off* to animpressive start.He is both the National Cath-olic Duels (Duquesne Universi-ty ) and Midwest Invitational (Indianapolis Indiana ) cham pionRandazzo avenged his region-al loss to Doug Curnes and re-

"I used to watch out for oth-er wrestlers, now I think I amsomeone they should watch outfor," Randazzo said.Randazzo is enjoying his sea-son, but he's not content, i"My goal is to get to nationalsand be an Ail-American. Win-ning tournaments is nice, but itdoesn't matter unless I getto nationals," Randazzo said.Currently, Randazzo is rankedfourth in the East region andpredicted to go to I lie NationalChampionships} in Mankato,Minnesota URandazzo aims to be the fifthwrestler from Mercyhurst toqualify for nationals, adding hisname to an elite list of wrestlers,all of whom are still at Mercy-hurst today.Randazzo puts it most simplysaying, "I want to compete withthe best, and against the best"

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M e r c y h u r s t offense n e t s 9 g o a l s , F r a n c k h o l d s Q u i n n i p i a c t o 5ByRyanPalmContributing Writer

The offense of th e Mercyhurstmen's hockey team continued tobe on ire,scoring nine goals inthe two game weekend seriesagainst visiting Quinnipiac Uni-versity.The teams squared off first onFriday night, and to the surpriseof the nearly 700 fans at the IceCenter, the teams played to ascoreless first period.The Lakers entered the gamewith the best offense in AtlanticHockey, averaging just overfour goals a game.[ On the flip side, the Quinnipi-

ac defense is the toughest in theconference, averaging just few-er than two goals allowed pergame.The Lakers were able to breakthrough just over four minutesinto the second period, whensophomore orwardScott Rey-nolds scored his eighth goal ofthe season.The two-on-one goal was as-sisted by sophomores Erik

*Johnson and Dave Borrelli.The goal also broke the score-less steak or Quinnipiac goalieJamie Holden, who hadn't al-lowed a goal in 191:45.The Bobcats would even thescore, as junior forward C hrisWhite beat the glove of Mercy-hurst goalie sophomore AndyFranck.Thegoal tied the game at 1-1,but little did Quinnipiac knowthat it would be their last tallyof the night. %*Mercyhurst came back toJ. J cscore when junior deiensemanTJ. Kemp scored his fourth goalof the season, with assists cred-ited to junior Rich Hansen andsenior Adam Tackaberry.The power-play goal camewithover 17:00 left in the secondperiod, and put the Lakers

ahead 2-1.Mercyhurst added another tal-ly just over six minutes into thethird period when Borelli wasfed on a breakaway by Reynoldsand senior defenseman NolanBrown.\ Just over a minute later juniorDavid Wrigley found freshmanScott Champagne wide open infront of the Quinnipiac goal.Cham pagne's fifth goal of theseason put the Lakers ahead 4-1 " : MThe inalscore would involveal freshman, as Mike PochatekfedJon Asselstine off a rebound,and Assel ine put it past Hold-en, giving the Lakers a 5-1 lead.That is the way it would end,as the Laker defense held offsome strong attacks b y the Bob-cats during the final minutes.

The two teams were at it againSaturday, with a much differentresult in the end.The game opened with twostraight goals by Quinnipiac, thefirst coming off the stick ofsophomore forward Ty Deine-ma. f'Deinema's second goal of h eseason came 5:43 into the gameand gave the Bobcats a quick 1-Olead. .jt> j , tQuinnipiac scored again fourminutes later, whenTroy Maley-ko scored his first goal of theseason, putting the Bobcats upby two.Mercyhurst finally bouncedback with one of their ow n withunder a minute to play in thefirst, wh en senior Mike Carterscored his tenth goal of the sea-son, and was assisted by fresh-man Jamie Hu ntThe Lakers scoredfirst n thesecond period, as Tackaberryslapped a rebound past Holden,evening the game at 2-2The goals continued to comein pairs, as Quinnipiac scored thenext two, one during the secondperiod and one in the third.

M en's volleyb all fallsto Loyola of ChicagoBy Liz WilliamsContributing Writer

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Loyola of Chicago defeatedMercyhurst 3-0 on S aturday,Jan. 31, at Loyola College.Mercyhurst fell to 0-2 in theMidwest Intercollegiate Volley-ball Association (MVA).The loss dropped the Lakersrecord to 4-4 overall.Conversely, the record forLoyola improved to 4-2 and 1-0. The scores were 32-30,30-17 and 30-26.Dan Kick of the Lakers had28 assists. Justin Waas led theteam by having eleven kills, andAustin Siewert finished thegame will) ten.On Friday January 30, Mer-cyhurst dropped their irstcon-ference match 3-0The Lakers' record fell to a4-3overall. .They faced the defending Na-tional Champions at Lewis Uni-versity.Their record h ad improved to3-5 and 1-1. ^ *]The scores were 30-22, 30-23, and 30-23. i - TDan Kick inishedwith 23 as-sists. Austin Siewert made 10kills. Justin Waas and DaveSchmidt both added 7 for theLakers.Mercyhurst defeated Medai-lle College 3-0 last W ednesdayon January 28Trie record for the Lakers im-proved to 4-2 on the season.Dan Kick inished with 25 as-sists and Tom Roberts had 10.Justin Waas adde d 12 kills,while Austin Siewert had earnedan even higher of 16The scores of hat gamewere30-27,30-15, and 30-22. fThe Lakers had their most

Justin Waas RtePhotoprolific y ear statistically last sea-son. |Luckily, this season at leasteight key players came backfrom the 2003 campaign. Soph-omore Justin Waas led the Lak-ers in kills and aces last season.Also, sophomore N ate Kee-gan earned All-Tournamenthonors at the 2003 MercyhurstInvitational.The team has many promis-ing young athletes, and thecoaches are sizing up their po-tential, jLast season senior Nate Sam-ple and junior Bill VanCiseproved their selves to the team.\t The coaches noticed theirhard work, and mentionedmore permanent spots for themenThe coaching staff urges theteam to start the games strong,and inisheven stronger.There is a motivating forcethat will help Mercyhurst getback on track after their twostraight losses.Mercyhurst will attempt tostraighten out their play nextFriday at the University ofFindlay in the Midwest Inter-collegiate Volleyball Association(MIVA). S

KatjeMcAdamtfPhotoEoHorSophomore forward Scott Reynolds wins the draw back to Erik Johnson. The pair each had two points on the weekend.Facing a 4-2 deficit, the Lak-ers rallied with a goal early in thethird, when Pochatek scored hisfirst goal of the season off arebound from Kyle Gourgon.Ten minutes later senior PeterRynshoven continued his greatplay of late, as he tied the game

with his eighth goal of the year,assists given to Carter and Kemp.^Neither team could break thete in regulation, an d the teamsheaded into the sudden-deathfive minute overtime.Despite some great chances,the teams could not put the puck

in the net and thegame endedas a 4-4tie.~ -The Lakers record now standsat 14-9-2 overall, while still insecond place in Atlantic Hockeywith a 11-3-1 recordThe team will hit the road nextweek end, traveling to take on

Sacred Heart University for apair of crucial Atlantic Ho ckeygames.Sacred Heart currently sits infourth place, behind Mercyhurstby eight points.

W om en's hockey dow ns OSUBy Ryan PalmContributing writer

The No. 7 ranked w omen'shockey team hosted the OhioState University on Jan . 31.The Buckeyes got on the boardearly, with a goal by ErinO'Grady at 7:55Grady's seventh goal of theseason was assisted by KrystaSkarda and Amber Bowman.Mercyhurst held off th e Buck-eye offense for the rest of thegame, as junior goaltender DesiClark stopped 20of the 21 shotsshe faced, rThe Lakers got on the bo ardat 13:48 in the second period,whe n sophomore Samantha Shir-ley scored her team-leading 12thgoal of the season.Shirley's goal was on a reboundfrom Marchese-Del Monte andassisted by Danielle Lansing.Mercyhurst got the game-win-ner from junior Chrissy Yule,whose eighth goal of the seasonwas assisted by Sarah Kurili.The goal came following a 2-on-1 breakaway, when OhioState net minder Melissa Glas-

en stopped Yule's ir steffort, butcould not stop the second shot,as the goal put Mercyhurst upfor good. jGlasen played a spectaculargame despite the loss, as shestopped 34 of the 36 shots tak-en by Mercyhurst, good enoughto earn her the game's secondstar.itMercyhurst now leads the al-time series 2-0 as they won byan identical score last year inColumbus, Ohio /The team will resume College

Hockey America (CHA) playnext weekend when they travelto Wayne State for a pair of daygames on Saturday and Sunday.The Lakers defeated WayneState 1-0 and 5-1 earlier this se a-son at the Ice Center.EgMercyhurst no w leads the con-ference w ith a 6-0-0 mark, andis 18-4-4 overall.Jim Fetter coaches WayneState. He is the former assistantwom en's coach for Mercyhurst."They have a new coach weare familiar with an d he is hardworking. We need to pay atten-tion to the little things when weface Wayne State. If we play the

Katie McAdama/PhotoJunior Chrissy Yule avoids an OSU defender.game ight,we will come out ontop" Samantha Shirley said.Several Lakers were givenawards Jan. 27 from CollegeHockey America Weekly.Shirley picked up the offensive

player of I heweek award, whilefreshman Ashley Pendletonpicked up the defensive awardand fellow freshman JackieJar-rell picked up the reshmanoftheweek award

Club hocke y wins[ tourney in Annapol isBy MattJacksonContributing Writer

Freshman goaltender DanLarue was named MVP of theCrab Pot tournament in Annap-olis, Md this past weekend ashe led the Mercyhurst ClubHockey team to a 2-0 recordand a first place finish.Larue let up onlyfivegoals intwo games, both against nation-ally ranked teams.Senior PJ Mastyiak took MVP

scored on e of the Lakers fivegoals in the their 5-3 victory overNo.llTowson.Whitney Gibbs, Chris Danna,Shane ReUhan, and Brent Kli-mt >w all chipped in with one goalapiece.Navy beat Villanova Universi-ty on the other side of the brack-et to set up the finals contestbetween Mercyhurst and Navy.The Lakers found themselvestrailing after one and madechanges going into the secondperiodI

in the second period with goalsby Danna and sophomore for-ward Matt RusilkoLame would let up his finalgoalof the tournament in that peri-od to make it a 2-2 tie after twoperiods of play.The score would stay at 2-2with only four m inutes to playin the game when Chad Klimowscored the go-ahead goal. Justminutes later Brent Klimow putthe Lakers up by two with a goalof his own.In a last attempt to make a

their goalie. The plan backfired,however, as junior Justin Rob-ertson scored an empty netter tomake the final score 5-2.Chris Danna was named MVPof the second game.The next list of national rank-ings will be put out on T hurs-day, and after this weekend'stournament i is almost certainthat the Lakers will be rankednationally.Mercyhurst will next competewhen they play a home gameagainst Syracuse University on

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