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Last chance to.get something doneo matter which way you look at it, you're going to have to go.ere's thrlibrary schedule for examweek: Friday, May 1 2 from 8|

|a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday it's 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ^Sunday the 14th its 1p.m. to midnight Monday and Tuesday it's 8 a.m. to midnight,Wednesday it's 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Thursday you'll be let in at 9

a,m. and if you're not done by 4 p.m. you'll be forceably removed.

o you talk to yourself?Jf not talk on the air? Anyone interested in working for WMCE|er the summer or next fall needs to see John Leisering by May 15

to obtain an application,. For more details, call 824 - 2264.

You canieven sing alongThe D'Angelo School of Music is proud to present the D'Angelol

ncertChoir in a performance on Sunday, May 14,2:30 p.m. in theapel. Rebecca Ryan is going to be conducting and the choirwill]

singing everything from Bach to Eastern Europ eaiiFolksongs.

ower. Honor's Stylee Mercy hurst College Honors Program is sponsoring an evenin;

f presentations by student members of the two-term honors courselInterdisciplinary T opics: Power. Fascinating ideas, refresh-

en ts and great company. Sunday, May 14th, 7:00 pm in Sullivan]

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Seniors,iprepareis is the schedule for Senior|Week|'95.|Wednesday, May 17th

Ifrom 8:30 to 2:00 a.m. is "Bar Night at Bleachers.*! Shuttles fori

ny seniors . Thursday, May 18th is the Cedar Point 8:30

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.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Trip is fr ee if you sign up in the Union (guestickets are $18.50)3uses will leave Briggs Ave at8:30a.m4Fridayrings the "Senior Picnic" at Asbury Park from 1 to 6 p.m.f First[

ihuttle leaves at 12:30 p.m.| A DJ and every thing.

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High* around 65. *

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More sunshine, part ofthe day .|LowM4£ High

about:70.

Sunday*Mostly clouds* Chai[of a thunderstorm.

Low 53 . High in the

Graduation: It's finally overMercyhurst Col lege has an-

nounced the details of thecollege's 67th annual commence-ment exercises. There willbe 387degrees awarded to seniors dur-ing the ceremonies,̂ which willbegin at Sunday, May 21 at 2p.m.at the Warner Theatre.

This year marks the greatestnumber of students ever to par-ticipate inthe ceremonies, accord-ing to Bonnie Hall, registrar. Hallsaid that there will be 335 seniorsinvolved in the ceremonies at theWarner, 35 more than last year.Graduates are to be at theAvalonHotel in the ball room at 10th andState Streets to line up at 1 p.m.*The awards to be presented, are:

three associate ofarts degrees, 50associate of science degrees, 243bachelorof arts degrees, 39 bach-elor of science degrees, and 12bachelor of m usic degrees. In ad-dition, ^17 master of scienceawards will be presented in theAdministration of Justice and 19master's degree in special educa-tion will b e awarded.

The ceremonies will be pre-ceded on Sunday morning by theBaccalaureate Masses to be cel-ebrated-at 9 andl0:30 a.m. inChrist the King Chapel. AfterMass there will be a brunch in the

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dining hall for the graduates andtheir families.

On Saturday night, theGradua-tion Awards Dinner Dance willbe held in the Mercyhurst Ath-leticCenter, with cockta ils at 6:30and dinner at approximately 7:15p.m. "We moved the dinner tocampus this year because ourgraduating class and their guestshave become too large to be ac-

commodated at Erie area hotels,Mary Daly, vice president of ex-1ternal affairs and one of the co-directors ofgraduation weekend,said /'We have had two events forthe President's Office in the ath-letic center this year, and theywere both tremendously success-ful. When the decorating is done,it's hard to believe it's the samej^place." Daly said that graduates

haveuntil Friday, May 12, to com-plete their dinner reservationforms and return them by campusmail to Box 500 or they can de-liver them to Main 200A .

At the awards dinner thePresident's Associates Achieve-ment Awards will be presented tothe outstanding graduating seniorsin each of the eight divisions ofthe college: business, education,hotel restaurant and institutionalmanagement, humanj develop-ment, humanities, natural scien cesand mathematics, performing artsand social sciences .

These awa rds will be presentedto students of traditional age andeach division had the opportunityto nominate an adult student as a

co-recipient of the award from tsarea. The divisional award recipi-ents will be determined a fter thewinners have been selected forthe Carpe Diem Award, theBishop's Award for AcademicExcellence, the Sister CarolynHerrmann 3erv ice Award, and theMother Frances Warde Adult Stu-dent Awards.

Two awards will be announcedat the commencement ceremo-

nies: The Bishop's Award forAcademic Excellence willbe pre-*sented to the graduating seniorwho ranks first in the Class of1995 and the top student awardgiven by the college, the CarpeDiem Award. Nominations forall senior awards have been re-ceived by Dean Helen Mullenfrom the full-time faculty andadministration and the recipientswill be chosen by thePresident'sStaff on Friday, May 12 and noti-fied next week by letter.

Following is a description ofthe awards criteria for the top

senior honors:The Carpe Diem Award is thehighest student award presentedby Mercyhurst College. This cov-eted honor is given in recognitionof intellectual competency, per-sonal integrity, and especially,leadership impact Itwill be pre-sented to the outstanding gradu-ating senior who has made themost positive impact on the life ofthe Mercyhurst community andwho best exemplifies the collegemotto, "Carpe Diem, to "Seizethe Opportunity."

|| The Carolyn HerrmannAward will be presented to the

graduating senior who has givenunselfishly o f time, energy, talentand loyalty to the college and hasdemonstrated a genuine concern

for social justice issues in theGreater Erie community in thespirit of the seventh president ofMercyhurst College, Sr. CarolynHerrmann. The recipient of thisaward shall be a risk taker, a rolemodel to fellow classmates andevidence a personal commitmentto the service of mankind. j

The Mother Frances AwardAdult Student Award will be

presented to an exceptional adultstudent in recognition ofsuperioracademic work and personal andprofessional achievement as anadult student at Mercyhurst Col-lege. The recipient of this awardsha\\;possess the qualities ofFrances Warde, Americanfounder of the Sisters of Mercy,who was undaunted in her mis-sion to carry out in this countrythe work of Catherine McAuley

"to provide an education for thepoor, the sick and theundereducated." Therecipient ofthis award shall be an individualwhose studies and years atMercyhurst have been character-ized by tenac ity, perseverance andsacrifice and who has been anexample to traditional aged stu-dents that learning is a lifelongprocess.

Two other awards will be pre-sented at the awards banquet, theJames V. Kinnane GraduateAward in the Administration ofJustice and the Special Education

Graduate Award. Both graduatestudent awards will be presentedto the outstanding.master's de-gree candidates in the two depart-ments.

Two students will be commis-sioned Second Lieutenants in theUS Army at the commencementceremonies. They are: John W.Cegielski, Jr, *and James VanSlyke. Dr. Barbara Behan, thepresident of the College Senatewill lead the academic processionand be the master of cerem oniesat the commencement ceremo-nies. Sister Maura Smith, thepresident of the Sisters of Mercy

will give the invocation, welcom-ing remarks will be given byAlbert F. Duval, vice-chairmanof the board of trustees and Dr.William P Garvey will give thePresident's Remarks.

The National Anthem will besung by David E. Bish, and theAlma Mater will be led by Jenni-fer E. Hancock, both music ma-jors who will receive their de-grees on Sunday.The ceremonies will be presided

over by The Most Rev. DonaldW.Trautman,Bishop of Erie.

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M S G NEWS"1Happy Mother D ayi

By Anne L. McNelis

Contributing Writer

The new MSG body voted onthe preliminary budget for the1995-96 school year May 8. *Treasurer Marc Johnston saidthe proposed budget was onlytemporary to give the executiveboard the ability to make plansover the summer. He said thebody would vote on a more'specific budget in the fall.

The budget was approved,with sophomore rep. KevinSegediabstaining from the vote.

Former MSG secretary JessicaCuffia took over as MSG

president at Monday's meeting.Cuffia is the first woman MSG

Reps also signed up for

committees for next year. VicePresident Tim Duble told repsto write down their top threechoices for committees. He sa idhe would then try to place repson the committees of theirchoice, but he wants to try tobalance the number of peopleon each committee.

Duble also said he plans to"make sure things are going toget done'1 by committees nextyear. He said the committeeswere not very active this yearand he plans to change that.

The next MSG m eeting will

be held May 15 at 8 p.m.

instead of at 8:30 p.m. All MSGmeetings are open.

By Craig Rybczynski

Merciad Contributing Writer

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years,sa auditor

would be on campus Tuesday to

review MSG spending over the

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Well you all thought you gotrid of me.

Ha! Think again.With finals and graduation

next week the only thing thatpossessed me to hit the key-board was Mother's Day.

To me it's more than aHallmark Holiday.

Mom has been there when-ever I've had a problem- eitherpersonal or academic.

She pushed me to do myhomework when I wanted to goout and gulp some brews -

down at the local pub.(Who amI kidding-1 went out drinking-sorry m om.)

In all fairness, I learned tocope with college and as May

21st approaches I feel that mydiploma should have more thanone name on it.

My mothe r's should definitely

be one of them.Sometimes I think she is more

excited about graduation than Iam.

I can't tell how many timesI've been asked if I picked up *jmy gown or tickets.

I'll try, I think the present

count is 86.I appreciate her concern.

Someone had to worry about

sending me to school.Mom was the one who

haggled about financial aid andworried about shipping me foodvia the Rybczynski FoodTrail.(They drive from Buffalo

to outfit my brother and mewith munchies.)

Yet her generosity not onlyspans my college years, but myenitre life.

Dear ole mom has been theone that awoke at 6 a.m. to takeme to hockey practice when I

was young. With equipment in

hand, she'd carry my hockey

bag to the local ice rink that wastwo blocks away.

I can attempt to sum up my

gratitude to my mother thisweekend and the next.

Thanks for being there when Ineeded you-1 don't think Icould ve done it without you.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom.

Jeffro gets a piece of [TorontoBy Jeffrey E. RomitoMerciad Contributing Writer*

On Friday, April 28 , a group ofstudents sponsored by D r. George

Garrelts traveled to Toronto toview various types of religioustemples, the Romero House forrefugees, and the Newm an Cen-ter located near the U niversity ofToronto.

The group's first stop was at aZenBuddhistTemple. The templewas not highly decorated but, af-ter listenings to a ̂ Zen Buddhist

woman explain the basic prin-ciples of her practice, it really didnot matter. The group practicedmeditating at the temple and somemembers discovered that medita-tion takes some concentration.

Later Friday evening, the group

went to the Newman Center whichis basically a place for Universityof Toronto students to hang out.The sponsor of the center was apriest from a French order thatdates back to the 1890s. The groupinteracted with other college stu-dents and discussed various top-ics, such as philosophy, politics,and their culture.

Early Saturday morning thegroup traveled to the RomeroHouse to meet with some of therefugees for discussion and to helpthem with their spring cleaning.The cleanup went quite well andthe discussions with the refugeesand volunteers were quite inter-esting.

Following the cleanup, theMercyhurst students went to aMuslim mosque to speak with anImam, a type of prayer leader orpriest and to observe the congre-gation at prayer.

They then proceeded to ahighlyadorned Chinese B uddhist temple,where the group was instructedon the various statues and theirimportance. The students prac-ticed meditation, toured the siteand departed for a large Hindutemple.

The Hindu temple had various

highly decorated altars where of-ferings of food could be made totheir deities.

Saturday evening, the studentsate at a Chinese restaurant and

enjoyed a large meal of several

courses.

Sunday morning, theMercyhurst group went to anotherHindu temple to observe theirservices. The Hindu priest, whois also a heart surgeon, delivereda very inspirational sermon. Theservice was filled basically withsinging and sermons.The next stop was a Sikh temple'

where the group observed Sikhservices.

The students also observed aspicy meal with'the Sikhs andthen departed for home.

The trip w as quite educationaland very enjoyable, too.

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COPSOn Wednesday May 3, theCriminal Justice Club held elec-tion of officers for the upcomingacademic year. The Departmentof Criminal Justice and the clubcongratulated the new officers,President Jamie Crock, VicePresident Joe A lberts, SecretaryKelly Heaton, and Treasurer MattKonopka.

Rob Wilson, the currentvice president, said, "I feel thenew officers are ambitious indi-viduals who will work well to-gether. I'm confident they 11 con-

tinue to be the most active andsuccessful club on campus.

Anyone interested in joiningorganization next year, is

asked to contact Shirley W illiamsat extension 2226 for details.

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Senior Activities

ednesday , Ma y 17-Bar Night at Bleachers from 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.•Shuttles leave at 8:30 p.m.•Everyone must have proper I.D.•Specials for Me rcyhurst students

Teletron Marketing GroupI *Great hours| •) *Greatpay S

•Great experienceAll[majors welcome to apply

hursday , May 18-Cedar Point 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.•Tr ip is free for gradu ating seniors•Sign up a t the Union by Tuesday, May 16•If you would like to bring a guest, the group rate is $18.50•You m ust purchase the guest ticket before T uesday, May 16•Ticket purchasing times:

Thursday, May 11-10 a.m. to noonFriday , May 12-2 p.m. to 4 p.m . fMonday, May 15*2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

•Buses will leave from Briggs Avenue at 8:30 a.m .•Buses will arrive at the p ark between 11:30 a.m. and noon 1[If you a re d riving, you must be there between 11:30 a.m. and noon to receive youfree ticket

MayAsbury

ICall Kristi at 866-11900

Teletron JMarketing

1545 West 38th

GroupStreet

•Food will be served all day f 1•DJ will begin at2 p.m. } i !•Th e first shuttle will leave at 12:30 p.jn. .J | I

•The pa rk has a softball fieldanda volleyball net, but you.must bring your ownequipment

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Hold ThatThought

By Heather MarshallMerciad Columnist

Because this will be my final column for the year and there will beno more opportunities for me to share these pearls of knowledge,this column will bea smattering of various topics. I hope these topicswill come together to form a well-rounded whole, full of laughs,

some good tips, and that extra levity you need at this particularlystressful time. <

Looking ahead to a long summer, I've tried to develop a combi-nation column to get you through the season without missinganything. 4

First, I know that I have been pondering how I will spend mysummer and what kind of fun job I canget thatwill keep my interestand bring in big money.

So , I thought of a list of ob s that would be fun, easy, relaxing andstill provide a decent paycheck. My dream job for this summerwould be bartender. What other job could you get for the summer,in which you would be surrounded by people having a good timewhile learning recipes and tips you can use during the weekendshere at schoolJ *

Next, a job at an amusement park — which is a real option forsome ofmy friends—would be a hard job, but fun at the same time.I bet after everyone else leaves the park, the workers take turns on

the Magnum or the egg beaters. J g|jMy personal favorite job is the one I have this summer —at a coffee house. I can tell anyone — from experience -

workingthat this

job is for the most part relaxing and fun, and you learn a lot,especially how to take pride in things you make yourself. Real funat a coffee house is to gather all your co-workers on a slow day andhave frothing contests or see who can make the best whipped creamrose. f

Being a lifeguard would be a great job. I know that it is not as easyas it looks. Peoples' lives are in your hands. But what other ob couldyou have where you sit in the sun the entire time?

The next job is more my father's dream than anything else, but Ithink it would be really interesting working as an usher at a majorleague baseball park. Think ofall the people you would meet, as wellas al 1 the games you would get to see as part of your job.

H A job that would be another dream come true for me, would be towork at an outdoor concert hall. Just think of all the concerts you

would get to see, or at least hear, by simply taking ticke ts, being anusher or working a concession stand.

Nearly all the money you m ight spend to see conceits, you would

make instead.Working on a cruise ship or at a resort in some exotic place would

have to be two jobs that you would be a fool to pass up. True, bothjobs are hard work, but when you think of all the experiences youwould have, the people you would meet and all the places you mightbe able to see, the work seems worthwhile.

There are many othe r jobs o ut there that could be fun and exc itingfor the summer, but this column can only be so long. D epending onthe type of person you are and what your interests are, you candetermine what jobs you will find most fun.And whole you're not at those jobs this summer, youshould catch

some of the concerts that will be touring in your area.

On tour this summer are the Beastie Boys, although, unfortu-

nately, mostof the shows are already sold ou t Watch for some more

dates to be added to their tour. I'm sure it's bound to happen.

Also, as if everyone hasn 't heard already, R.E.M. will be resuming

their world tour and if you can buy a ticket somewhere, you'll see

Luscious Jackson opening up for them. £Every summer there arc specific tours that everyone tries to

attend. The summer, the Grateful Dead will be joined oil their tourby the Dave Matthews Band and the legendary Lollapalooza Tourwill include such artists as Cypress.Hill, Sonic Youth, SincadO'Connor, Hole, Beck and many others, j ? f

So I hope this summer is fun and relaxing for all of you and thatthis past year you have enjoyed all the small bits I have offered you.

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By Nicole PonstingleArts & Entertainment Editor

Christopher Durang, author ofthe side splitting comedy "Sister

Mary IgnatiusExplains It AllForYou," w ill be bringing his latestplay to The Roadhouse Theatrefor Contemporary Art. "BabyWith The Bathwater" is a showthat is out to poke some fun atparenthood and all that it entails.Coming straightfrom somewhereoff-Broadway, this show is apt toput a smile on your face, even ifyou don't have a baby!

Starring in this production willbe Jimmy Mens, Tina Lamb, RuthAndrews, Kirsten Helffrich &Don Bernardo. If you have neverseen them, now's your chance tocheck them-; out. They will Jbe"breaking a leg" every Friday &Saturday night at 8 p.m. begin-ning May 12 and ending June 17.If you want to make a reservationor have questions, call the Road-house box office at 456-5656.

Come and check out the playthat NY Magazine said this about:

"I laughed so hard the first time Isaw (this play), that I had to plugmy ears for fear I'd hurt myself!"

D'Angelo Schoolf of Music

to present theD'Angelo Wind EnsembleFrank Collura, Conductor

Geoffrey Wands, Clarinetist

You are invitedjjto hear the Df Angelo Wind Ensemble perform Sun-

day, May 7 at 2:30 p.m. at the Taylor Lit tle Theatre. \ L

Program:

American Salute based on

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" Gould

Variations on a Korean Folk Son g ChanceCon certino for Clarinet & Wind Ensem ble, Op . 26 Weber

Polka & Fugue from "Schwanda, the Bagpiper" Weinberger

Suite of Old American ^Dances jj Bennet

Valdres ., .......... .Hanssen

Broadway Show stoppers ,* Barker (An.)

Ad missio n is free* Pleas e note th at du e to construc tion of the ne w

hall , the concert is in the Taylor Lit t le The atre.

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Integration:By Nfick KraygerMerciad Staff Columnist

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I returned to Mercy hurst this pastweekend for the first ime since Ileft at the end of last term. I wentthrough the motions of the forma Iand circulated through a few par-ties. Basically, I did the thingsthat I've been doing for the pastthree years while away at school.'But I did n't really enjoy myself.

It's not like I*couldn't have hadfun the opportunities were

there, but the interest was n ot Ididn't find getting hammered andtrying to work myway to the baras appealing at 21 as I dfd at 20.Acting straight and dancing withlots of women isn't so m uch fun

now that the truth is out either.Listening to drunk stories willonly go so far as well, and belch-ing contests have lost their ap-peal.!

God, I hate to say it, but maybe

Pm growing up4I couldn't get into the spirit of it

all, even though I tried. Sure,: Idrank a'£bottle of Absolut andstumbled around in my bunder-

wear, but when I w oke up in themorning (with a massive hang-over, mind you) I didn't feel ac-complished. I felt stupid.

And I couldn 't get my new job

off mymind.

%You see, on Thursday afternoon,before I left my internship for theday, I went to go see one of thekids from our clinic who is HIVpositive and has hepatitis and ahost of other illnesses.;He wasadmitted to the hospital lastweek-

end they suspected that hewouldn't live through the week-

end. I wanted to go see how hewas and to say good-bye.

When I walked into his room,

the nurse was trying to administermedicine to him orally. He

wouldn't take i t he kept turninghis head and fussing about in hischa ir. I

At two, this little boy had neverspent more than a few hours outof his "chair," which is basicallya heavily padded stroller. He isfed intravenously, and has beenon AZT since he was in the womb.My dad's way of ooking at itwasthis: "Basically, the kid was bornto die." J W

I don't know if I agree with that.Anyway, I walked over and

started playing with h is toes w hilethe nurse huffed and puffed andgot irritated with him. She wasmore than happy to take off onceshe saw I was going to stay, andIwas happy to have the time with

him. 0Since his motor development is

so tragically,impaired, he can'thold or play with his toes. Herarely speaks, and when he does,it's random mumbling. I foundthe bes t wa y to commun icate withhim is through eye contact.Sowe played with a Fisher Price

airplane for a while and I rubbedhis belly and the aim that he wasfavoring. He yawned incessantly,and was half awake when; I de-cided it was time to go.

Saying good-bye to this littleguy was the hardest thing I haveever done in my life. I'm certain

of that.

I took his hand and kissed it andrubbed his head a little. He lookedup at me and gave me a half smile.I waved good-bye and said, "I'llsee you later." Then it happened.

At that moment, the little boywho never spoke, who hardly evermoved, completely turned hishead and raised his left arm intotheair, while mumbling at the topof his lungs, "Good-bye."

| l almost fell over. Thoughtsraced through my mind.

There he sat, the sick little boy,robbed ofhis life and incapable orunwilling to communicate feel-

ings or thoug hts, raising his armup into the air to say good-bye tome, a person who just took thetime out a few times a week toplay with him, to rub his leg, toshow him affection.

And here I w as, rushing hometo get my stuff ready for my tripearly the next morning, so idwouldn't have to be up late pack-ing after I got home from mynight job*

So I returned to Mercyhurst,»

where I tried to slip on the oldshoes that u st don't fit anymore.I'm not the same person I used tobe, and all thatkept going throughmy head the entire timer.I wasgoing through the motions of mycollege life was, "I wonder if hedied yet. I wonder if he is in muchpain."J was telling Sally Ondrejcak,

the director of my department,about the whole thing when I vis-ited with her during my trip, andI just remember repeating, prob-ably to the point of annoyance,that "I just don 't know how I'mgoing to leave them," andl no-ticed that I kept referring to them

as "my kids." | §Jfiut I guess J will cross that

bridge when I come to it in Sep-tember, you see, they hired me atthe internship to work for the sum-mer,so I havebought myself sometime to learn how to let go.

Still, I will never let go of theimage of that little boy ra ising hisarm to say good-bye to m e. Justlike I will never let go of thememories of getting blasted inthe apple orchard and running intosecurity, or making my way toBurger King in -50 degree weather

ibec ause , at the time, that DoubleCheeseburger was so important

All of those things a re implantedin my memory, compartmental-ized and utilized when necessary.

You know, everyone alwaysasks me why I *drive back andforth from Erie to Philadelphia."It's such a long ride."

"Don't you get bored by your-self?" 1 . I H

"Aren't you worried that you

might break dow n?""Wouldn't it becheaper to fly?"

"Blah ... blah... blah ..."I do it because I like to spend

some time reflecting on my life,thinking about what the differ-ences between my life in Erie

citiesand my life in Philadelphia a re,and making transitions in the pro-cess. I love the drive. I love the

scenery, the air, the animals, thefreedom...

I stopped once on Interstate 80around Lock Haven and pulledto the side of the road. That isabout halfway home for me, andmy favorite town to stop in. Ilooked over the side of themoun-ta in and saw a bunch of ittle kidsplaying in their backyards in thedistance.

In my head, that little boy fromthe hospital was playing withthem.

Troyer Farms TruthGregTroyerMerciad Political Columnist

There is a simple rule in jour-nalism, if the reader (or more ac-curately a large number of read-ers) misunderstands what has beenwritten, then the journalist madea mistake. I believe that I made amistake in my choice of words inthe column on the Oklahoma Citybombing.

Several people sent letters tothe editor, twoof which appear inthis issue, stating their opposition

to my opinion. From these lettersI realized that I had not stated myopinion clearly.

Quite simply, violence of anykind is wrong. This includes, butis not limited to, the actions of

What scares me the most is thatimmediately after the bombingeveryone began searching for ascapegoat but never thought tolook in the mirror. Face it, as asociety we have become repul-sively violent Violence is ourentertainment, our means of soci-etal control, our means of assur-ing global economic strength and,

as Oklahoma City has shown us,ourgreatest fear.

Any society shows its true char-acter by how well it bandies acrisis. Americans have come to-

gether and shown' a great deal ofcompassion for the people ofOklahoma City.This is commend-able.

However the question remains,will Americans realize the-root

those involved in the horrible in- cause of the incident and correctcident in Oklahoma. My heartgoes out to the victims of the.bombing and their families whohave to put their lives back to-getherwith a few lessvital pieces.

However any society that "livesby the swo rd," as America does,will eventually bleed as well.

A vital question still remains tobe answered: What will America

the problem? In other words willwe as a nation do what it takes to

insure that we never have to pullour dead children out of a pile ofconcrete again. Will we work forpeace in our lives, and demand itfrom our gove mm en t? I sincerelyhope so, but I have my doubts.

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D a v i d s o n l e a v e s h i s m a r ky: Kelly Green

Merciad contributing writer

One of the most unusual,smart, and creative students topass through Mercyburst isgraduating this fall. TateDavidson ca n be spotted oncampus like a Where's Waldopicture.

Just keep your eyes open for a

Dutch boy (see paint can)hairstyle attached to a head thatcarries an amazing mind, sillyfeces, and a slightly loud voice.His head is set upon a skinny,awkward frame, hat jets fromplace to place doing extracurricular activities, like theFreedom Zone as editor-in-chief.

He also is art club president,is doing an internship, doesprojects or school work and as Isaid, is also graduating. Doesthe man ever quit? Yes, heoccasionally has a beer or sevenon holidays only, never a

weekend or weekday.

Tate is definitely an ambitiousindividual; eager to express hisideas, creativity, or opinions inevery way possible. Just look athis artwork. It holds unique

Bstyle and concepts that reflecthis personality as w ell as his lifevalues. The art departmentscholarship he earned in hissophomore review w as welldeserved. As was his receipt ofthe ST. Angelica Cum mings|Award as the outstandingstudent artist in the class of '95.

Strike up a conversation withhim. He says some of the mostamazing things you'll ever hearjand probably least expec t Ask Jhim about his sandals with theleaves and bottle caps all over

them, definitely an interestingstory. You might learn som e-thing from ust observing him.He's very open and expressiveof himself, something everyonecan be influenced by. I mustadmit I do dig the 'tree motif

style (brown corduroys, semi-

Tate Davidson in his usual "holiday1* form!!

New editorsBy: Dan Hilflker

Editor

as the Arts and Entertain-

ment editor. Coming in thefalhwill be Carly Simon,

This year there is a great M j n c o mjng freshman

who will be covering thenews.* Finally Megan

deal of turnover here at theMerciad. Dan Hilfikertakes over as the Editor-in-fDehaven rounds out theChief, John Murphycomes in to work as thesports editor. Returning asthe copy editor is Megand e le , while NicolePons tingle joins the team

squad.

tight green shirt).I do admire Tate Davidson as

a whole individual. Mercyhurstwas a bit better with him here,and I'm sure he'll leave hismark. He has the power to makeyou laugh, som etimes whetheryou want to or not. He has thepower to gross you out, andweird you out. Most impor-tantly with his achievements,

sense ot selt and total ability toexpress it, outlook on variousperspectives on life, and kindheart, I have gained muchrespect for Tate through ourfriendship. He is someone I willalways want to know. I hope,but also know he will do well inthe reality that lies beyondcollege. I think it's waiting forhim. Good luck Tate, it is muchdeserved-you w ill be m issed.

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May 11,1995THE MERCIAD PAGE 7

n ,S T e a m h oP in8 forCaliforniad^my Leon Mumford

MerciadSports Writer

The men's tennis team has quali-fied for the NCAAsDivision IIchampionship finals for the firsttime in its history after beatingConcordia University 7-0«and

Slippery Rock University 4-3 atthe Eastern Region playoff com-petition held at Bloomsburg lastweekend. * *c

They will play at the Universityof California-Davis Thursday inthe final 16-team, single elimina-rtion tournament.

Th e Lakers-new found confi-dence glistened as they sweptaside Concordia in the semi-fi-

nals, the team they had only nar-rowly beaten (4-3) two weeks agoin order to make * this four-wayplayoff po ssible.

"The big difference now, is that

we believe that we can win," said

Scott Vance who won his match7-6, 6-4 against an opponent hehad lost to just a couple of weeksprior to this event.

"They didn't present us with

drew Davidson, "everyone hasreally pulled together in the last

couple of weeks and we havecome up with some1

remarkablewins when it really counted."

To continue their turn-aroundseason, the Lakers had to beat the

; g-

region's second ranked team, Slip-pery Rock. f

Davidson and Vance secured

the team point allotted to doublesplay, when they beat Jeff

McMaster and Tobias Ladhe 8-4.'That was a crucial win consid-

ering that McMaster is the num-ber five player in the nation," sa idDavidson.

Although Vance (6-1,6-1), andDavidson (6-1, 6-3) won their

singles . matches, KevinDaeschner, Vyom Bhutta andMarcus Muenck all lost theirgames to leave the team scorestied at 3-3.

Coach RayYost shouted point-by-point instruction to RonaldRambally in the deciding game.He responded well to the pres-sure, winning a tough three setmatch 2-6,6-2 ,6-2.

any problems," said Captain An- "I couldn't watch," said Vance,

"but I was delighted for about an

hour after he w on."

The Laker's achievement is allthe more remarkable consideringthat they had lost three matchesagainst teams ranked in the top 20before they were halfway throughtheir season. »

Davidson was quick to compli-ment Yost "We didn t knowwhatto expect from him as a first yearcoach," said Davidson, "buttherehas been a better atmosphere inthe team this year... we haven'tbeen over trained andwe've stillgot that little bit of energy in usand that's,what's pulled usthrough to nationals."

Yost's team are guaranteed of a

national ranking of 16th. Buttheyface stiff opposition at the Uni-versity ofCalifornia-Da vis today.

When they play Lander, SouthCarolina they will be taking on ateam that has won the Division IIchampionship for the last threeyears, a winning streak that hasalso seen them establish a 50match unbeaten spell.

"We 're just going out theretodo the best that we can," said

Baseball headed to playoffsBy John MurphyMerciad Sports Editor

One week ago the Mercyhurst

baseball squad knew that if theywon the remainder of their gamesthey would make the^regionalplayoffs. A week later and JoeJordano's men areon course to dojust that

The Lakers won all five of their

games last week thus increasingtheir overall record to 30-4. Thisimpressive record solidifies theLakers number one regional rank-ing and gives us twelfth in thecountry.

On Wednesday the La kers trav-eled to Slippery Rock and cameaway with 4-3 and 6-1 victories.

Both Rich Runtas and David Leepitched great games forthe 'Hurst'

with Rusnak only giving up onerun and three hits in the secondgame. "Traveling down to Slip-pery Rock is always tough," said

Senior pitcher A.J. Rusnak, "butwe played good ball and got the'

wins."Good ball playing wa s the order

of the week as the Lakers took

can* of last years regional champs.Edinboro the following day with

a 89-3 victory. Mike McKnightwas the team's hottest hitter on the

Hayjhaving three hits and also

belting a homerun.On Saturday it was time for

Pitt-Johnstown to taste defeat atthe hands of the Lakers. The visi-tors to Mercyhurst's Philip ID.Hirtzel field suffered losses of 8-

1 and 7-3. In the second game theLakers were down 2-0 early onbut a homer by senior batter GaryWelgoss rallied the team to vie-.

tory."W e're playing every game now

like it's our last, and so far wehaven't lost " said senior DavidLee. Indeed the Lakers have notlost in their last 14 gam es. £

This weekend the 'Hursf takes

Mike M cKnight about to hit another homer.

on Lockwood College in their fi-nal three games \of the regular

season. According to pitcherA.J.Rusnak the team will continuetheir winning streak "We are a

better team than Lockwood. Wewill win all three games and hostthe NCAA regional playoffs."

Coach Joe Jordano is more cau-tious about his team's prospects,"If we win this series I feel confi-dent we will gain a spot in theregional tournament," saidJordano. Wins this weekendwould give the Lakers an overallrecord of 33-4 and a number oneranking in the region, the Lakers

should get to host the regional

tournament. Home advantage would be a

major boost to Mercyhurstchances of winning the regionalsaccording to top pitcher DavidLee "Last year Edinboro won thetournament by playing at home,we can do the same this year,"said Lee. Lee also feels the team'spitchingsta ff are unma tched,"Ou rentire bullpen can get the ob doneif need, be, very few teams havethat depth of talent," Lee said.The Lakers offense hasbeen scor-ing eight or nine runs a game andpossess some powerful hitters,

including Division IPs leadingbatter Dave Runco.

With\a place in the playoffspractically secured and with theirconfidence high about winningthe tournament, the Mercyhurstball team "could be headed to thedivision II college world series in

Alabama.A world* series championshipwould be a fantastic finish to wha thas already been an outstanding

year for Laker sports. Good luck•ads! M l m

Tenn is st ars Andrew Davidson and Scott Vance loosening theirswing before the California showdown.

Vance. Davidson was more opti-mistic. "Did you ever hear of the

'David and Goliath' story," hesaid.

Meanwhile, Yost was ecstatic."W e'v e qualified fornationals and

that's all we wanted to do," hesaid, "now we 're going to really

enjoy playing in California,right?" ^J.

Yost looked behind him for aresponse but his players were al-

ready clambering into the vanwhich was ready to whisk them tothe airport and beyond. The pros-pect of a m iracle awaits them.

Crew QuestBy John MurphyMerciad Sports Editor

This weekend the rowers ofMercyhurst College will be goingup against some of the toughest

crew squads in the country.On Saturday, the Lakers take

part in the Dad vails Regatta inPhiladelphia and,on Sunday, fourMercyhurst boats will be repre-sented at the Champions Invita-tional Regatta in Worce ster, Mass.

Entering what will be their lastandmost crucial weekend ofrow-ing, the entire Lakersquad isbrim-mingwith confidenceafter a mag-

nificent performance in theGoverno r's Cup Regatta, held inWest Virginia two weekends ago.

The Lakers took five golds and a

silver, which easily netted themme overall team trophy, with atotal of 187 points. Marietta Col-lege of Ohio was a distantsecond

with 162 points.New coach Sean Toibin was

excited about his athletes' perfor-mance. "You should have seenthe power generated by the men'sand women's crews of Mercy h u rstas they pushed their puddles overthe 2,000 meter course, the cur-rent of the Kanahwa Riverchanged direction! It wasn't theparting of the Red Sea, but it wasawesome,"'Toibin said.

Kelly McKluskey, a member of

the women 's Varsity 4 boat said,"We always enjoy racing at theGovernor's Cu p. The overall per-formance was very go od."

Her teammate, Jean McFeelysaidl "It was good for everybodyto get the wins under our belts.We earned a good nam e for our-

selves down there."

F

McFeely*s V-4 boat qualifiedoutright for the Champion Re-gatta Sunday;and three other

Mercyhurstboats, the men's Var-sity-8, the women's Freshman-8and the men's Junior Varsity-8were each given wild card selec-tions to attend the event.

Women's Crew Coach AdrianSpracklen said, "Sunda y's regattais the equivalent of the nationals.

Only the top 18crews in the coun-try are invited to compete."

Spracklen is confident hiswomen's V-4boat can make it to

the final race on Sunday. "If werow well, we'll make it to thefinal race. If we row very well,then perhaps a medal placing."

The coach and members of his

crew said the fact that Mercyhurstwill be up against such nationalpowerhouses as Temple, Bucknelland Johns Hopkins means that itwould be a phenomenal achieve-ment for any Laker boats to beamong the medals on Sunday.

Regarding the Dadvail's Re-gatta Saturday, V-8 memberWillie O'Brien, a freshman, said,"We willgbe going all out toachieve w hatno Mercyhurst crewhas ever achieved before — aplace in the finals at Dadvails."

'The entire crew squadhas trained very hard a l tyear and we hope toachieve something veryspecial for Mercyhurstover the weekend." j

! 'Willie O'Brien V*8It has been a year of special

achievements by Mercyhurst ath-letes in many sports and Lakercrew teams seem poised to add tothat list of h onors. E 1.

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What great yearfi HurstBy Leon MumfordMerciad Sports Editor

As far as the NCAA are con-cernedJ Mercyhurst Collegeruns the most successful athle t-ics program in the country atDivision II level.

Director of Athletics, PeteRusso said that the NCAA couldnotrefute this bold claim as theyare not aware of another institu-tion who has | sent four differentteams to compete in the NCAA

finals in one year.Mercyhurst's achievements are

pa rticu 1 arly * ou standing^consid-

ering the small size of the college.And the Lakers are still not sat-

isfiedwith their prominentrole as

the leading actor on the NCAAstage. I- . Ij Their men 's baseball team havenearly secured another playoffaccomplishment, as tbcyjare setto host the Regional playoffs asthe number ranked team in theEastern Division.

The crew team is also hailingoneof their best seasons as fouroftheir boats will be represented inthe Champions InvitatkmalfRe-gatta in Worcester, Mass.

Russo's job is safe,|and it istime for therMercyhurst commujnity to basque in the national lime-light after a year of hard earnedsuccess.

"Success breeds success," saidRusso "we planted thesef seedsfour or five?years ago, now thequality is beginning to show andwe are starting^to recruit somestar athletes.**

The future p romises to be fruit-ful!

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following list lis atribute tolthe graduating!athleteseeds, planted four years |ago.They have seta standard of excel-lence that {college's and

pversity*s| across the! countrywill measure themselves against.

Andrew Davidson, MarcusMuenck, Tricia Webb, MejanieSonger, Tricia PowersfScott Cora,Michael Brown, Shea Berkley,Jay Connizzo, Dave Fauth, BenHartshorn JMike Hohman,|ohnLanger, Chadf Marrison, ToddMelfi,| Jason Myers, GeorgePaydockJChris Primavere, BradRzyczycki, Amy Baxter, MichelleBender* Dayna Dodd, KellyLukasik, Tracy |KomarJM ike

Bank J Chrisf Jurteik, DougReynolds, Judab Sussman, NikkiGeraci, Joel Pentz, Mark

Shookalook, Liz| Weber, MarkBoehJ Rich IStfaub, NicoleDpmenick, MohammedAbdrabboh, Todd Filipkowski,Damon Sterling, Denise Baginski,Tracj^ Komar, Julie McChesney,Teresa*Szumigala, Scott Barber,Paul Capizzano, Trevor Hunt, JonJohnson, Craig MacDonald^ JoelMontminy, Justin

1 Proud RichRuntas, Andre Cameron, A.J.

Rusnak, David Lee and MikeKoziari. m

Good Luck in the future!

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1 ts really something when you reach thefinal four. Its a reflection of the teamshard work and character, the coachingstaff and the support of the entirecollege. I

TVacy Cross, Women's soccer Captain.

The Lady Laker soccer teamproved this year that they trulyarea national soccer powerhouse.

Coach Richard Hartis exempli-fied the ruthless attitude that ranthroughout the team when he sa id,"Our goal is to reach the NCAA

finals and we intend to achievei t ." I I ! | |

Playing with power, flair andimagination, the Lakers domi-nated the NCAA ranking polls.

For the majority of the seasonthey were ranked either first orsecond in the country at DivisionII level.

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NCAA final four for a secondconsecutive year, and it seemedas if they were set to bring backMercy hurst's first ever champi-onship cup. 1

Unfortunately, the national titleeludedjjthe team once again as

they were narrowly * beaten byarch-rivals Franklin Pierce 2-1 j us before the final hurdle.

But with the abundance of tal-ent and character remaining inthis squad they will be going allout to make it third time luckynext year. Cynthia Naylor embodied the never say die attitude which took the

women's soccer team to its second consecutive NCAA semi-final.

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Another goal, another huddle. A familiar feeling for this yearsECAC champions.

hockey team.

On Sunday, March 5,.the

Mercyhurst hockey team createdhistory when they captured theirfirst ever ECAC W est champion-ship title.

They beat the RJ.T. tigers 9-2to end their conference, seasonwith a record of 23-1-2.

ECAC West All-Star and Playerof the Year Scott Barber turnedaside 54 shots during the tourna-ment that captured the imagina-tion of the entire campus.

"To be able to host the ECAC

and the NCAA finals says a lotabout our program and how ourprogram has evolved over the lastseven years," said coach RickGotkin.

This years hockey team gavetheir fans some great memories

with plenty of stunning goals andthrilling victories.

Although they lost the seasonfina le for the second time in threeyears to Bemidji State, G otkinsaid,"We just wanted the guys toplay hard and not leave anythingout on the ice. I think we cansafely say we did tha t"

Craig McDonald and JustinProud were also honored as theywere named as representatives ofthe Division II All Star team.

The outstanding play of the

'Hurst's skaters warmed the heartsof spectators on a cold wintersnight this past season and with somany quality players remainingin the team, the temperature in theMercyhurst ice arena should bejust as warm next year.

"We made a name for Mercyhurst inDivision II basketball. We proved that wecould compete at the top level"

Denise Baginski, Captain ofthe Lady La *ker basketball team.

It was back during "March

Madness" when the Lady Lakerbasketball team captured theEastRegion title and earned them-selves a spot in their first everElite-Eight fcCAA tournamentfinal. "|

In the East region final, hostedat the MAC center, the Lakerscrowned a memorable night whenthey beat St Rose 55-53.

Stubborn defense became thehallmark of Jim'Webb's team,who at one point in the seasonwere ranked seventh in the na-

tion.

Although they were undauntedby the prospect of meeting thenumber two ranked team in thenation, Stoneh il1, they eventuallylost by two points in the dyingseconds of thegame.

"We played our hearts out," saidDenise Baginski. But the silverlining behind this cloud was re-flected in the* fact that TeresaSzumigala broke the 2,000 pointbarrier, to end a glittering collegecareer on a high note. Teresa Szum igala shot her team to the elite-eight and was valued as

one of thebest Division II nlavers. * r?'

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