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NEWS:The battle for theWhite House in 2004heats up amongKerry and BushP A G E 2FEATURES:Family Ecology dubpresents mind, bodyand spirit w orkshop.

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OPINION:Somefinalwordsthat ust m ight bewrong.P A G E 5

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT:Sara's , near PresqueIsle State Park, is aremarkable, __ ..... Jhome-like townrestaurantP A G E 6

SPORTS:Men's lacrosse waitsfor national bidannouncementP A G E 8

Upcoming Campus EventsFilm: American SplendorMary D' Angelo Performing ArtsCenterWednesday, May 12, at 2 and 8p.m.A Midsummer Night's DreamMary D*Angelo Performing Arts CenterSunday, May 9 at 2 p.mLecture: L eadership and AmericanDemocracyTaylor Little TheatreThursday, May 6, at 8p.m.Spring FormalSabella's ResturantFriday, May 7,8:30 p.m.Spring Fest featuring FuelMercyhurst Athletic CenterSaturday, May 8,5 p.m.I IndexNews 1National News 2News -3Features 4Features 5Opinion 6Opinion 7A & E. 8A & E. | 91011

W alker School of B usinessearns formal accrediation

Photo by Dr. Randy WmrmHStudents In the Walker School of Business celebrate the accrediation of their department by International Assembly for CollegiateBusiness Education.By Jonelle DavisContributing writer

On Monday, April 26, Dr. John L.Greene Jr., president and ounderofthe International Assembly for Col-legiate Business Education (IACBE),formalized the accreditation of theMercyhurst College Walker Schoolof Business.At 10 a.m., in the Walker ReadingRoom of Mammermill Library, aformal acceptance ceremony tookplace.Dr. Barrett Walker, MercyhurstCollege trustee and college benefac-tor for whom the business school isnamed, accepted the form al accred-itation certification from Dr. Green.Also attending the ceremony wasCatherine Walker, Dr. Walker's wife,

Dr. William Garvey,president of thecollege, and Michael Victor, dean o fdie Walker School of Business.According to a press statementabout the event, "IACBE wasform ed in response to requests frompresidents, chief academic officers,and heads of academic business unitswho wanted an accreditation proc essthat was mission-driven and out-comes-assessment based."The press statement went onto say,'The organization staves to 'promoteand support quality business andmanagement education worldwidethrough accreditation and outcomesassessment that involves: the mea-surement of effectiveness; the mea-surement of learning outcomes; andthe identification of changes and im-

provements that are needed as a re-sult of die assessment activity."^^Along with its new accreditation,The Walker School of Business alsorecendy announced the formation ofthe Walker Research Institute, a non-profit consulting service that utilizesstudent manpower fo r research ben-efiting local businesses and charita-ble organizations.This program will work with thesame groups that have worked withstudent in the Business Policy andStrategy courses, pairing up with lo-cal nonprofit organizations.The Walker School of Businesscurrently has about 400 majors. Theschool offers a variety of businessconcentrations including advertisingbusiness/chemistry, business, com-

puter, and information technologycertification, finan ce, management,marketing and sport business.Business majors graduate with adegree either in bachelor of arts ac-counting or business.Along with this, the business schoolalso has a master of science degreeprogram in organizational leadershipand houses the Restaurant and Insti-tutional Management program.The faculty senate has recently dis-cussed moving the CommunicationsDepartment from being housed un-der the School of Humanities to theWalker School of Business.I For more information, please seefuture issues of The Merciad.

Campus M inistry to celebrate National Day of PrayerBy Jonelle DavisContributing writer

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^President George W Bush haspro-claimed May 6, 2004 as a NationalDay of Prayer and Mercyhurst Col-lege will take part in the celebration.On Thursday May 6, Campus Min-istry will be sponsoring a very briefprayer service at the Munson Plazafountain at noon, to pray for the na-tion and the wodd.A National Day of Prayer is pro-claimed the first Thursday of everyMay, in order for Americans to cele-brate freedom and America's greattradition of prayer.The National Day of Prayer en*courages Americans of every faithto give thanks for God's many bless-ings and to pray for each other andthe Nation.According to a proclamation madeby President George W Bush, "Onthis National Day of Prayer, we prayespecially for the brave men andwomen of the United States ArmedForces who ate serving around theworld to defend the cause ot liberty.We are grateful fo r their courage andsacrifice and ask God to comforttheir families while they are awayfrom home."

"We also pray that the people ofIraq and Afghanistan, and through-out thegreater Middle East, may livein safety and freedom. During thistime, we continue to ask God's bless-ing for our Nation, granting usstrength to meet the challenges aheadand wisdom as we work to build amore peaceful future for all," saidBush J

Bush went on to ask Americans togive thanks for what they have beengiven. "I ask the citizens of our Na-tion to give thanks, each accordingto his or her own faith, for the free-doms and blessings we have receivedand for God's continued guidanceand protection. I also urge all Amer-icans to join in observing this daywith appropriate programs, ceremo-nies, and activities," said Bush.

Although the National Day ofPrayer is meant for all religions andbeliefs, Dr. Berry Black, Chaplain ofthe United States wrote a nationalprayer.According to Black the prayer willsend out a sign of American Unity."As a sign of unity, we are askingpeople to pray the Prayer for theNation at noon on May 6, whereverthey are. Some will be at a publicprayer observance at that time, whileothers will be sitting in front of thendesks at work.""Regardless of his or her location,it is important that His people, whoare called by His name, seek Him inunity. If people participate in thisform of corporate prayer, it will belike a wave of prayer flowing acrossour country," said Black.The National Prayer is as follow s."Gracious God, You have been goodto us beyond our deserving, makingour Nation a land of liberty. Helpus to protect our freedoms with diligence and integrity. Lord, bless ourmilitary as it advances freedom'scause around the wodd. Bless alsothe institutions of power and influ-ence in our society - the government the churches, the media, the

Pile photoThe National Day of Prayer will be observedat Mercyhurst Collegeat Munson Plaza.schools and the families. May eachbring glory to Your name. Forgive uswhen we stray from right paths. Weplace our trust in You, O Lord, be-lieving that Your hand will sustainAmerica Ixt no shadows obscure thepathways, which we should tread. Wepray in Your holy name. Amen."The National Day of Prayer wasstarted in 1775 when the firstConti-nental Congress called fo r a National

Day of Prayer. In 1863, AbrahamLincoln called for another NationalDay of Prayer.Congress established National Dayof Prayer as an annual even by ajoint resolution, in 1952, which wassigned into law by President Truman.Finally, the law was amended andsigned by President Reagan in 1988,designating thefirstThursday in Mayas National Day of Prayer. i

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By Courtney NicholasFeatures editorOn Saturday, April 24, in theAudrey Hirt Academic Centerfrom 11-3 p.m. the Family Ecol-ogy Club sponsored a workshopopen to all Mercyhurst students.Jenny Stransky with the helpo f fellpw Seniors Kristin Carl-isle ana Justine 0*Hara broughtin three agencies and organizedthe workshop."Each student in m y class has100 hours of service to do. Istarted wodang with the OpheliaProject and then a classmatesuggested that I should build the

project into a workshop," saidStransky.The Ophelia Project is dedi-cated to creating a culture thatis emotionally, physically and so -cially safe, where girls are re-spected and nurtured . Throughawareness, education and ad vo-cacy the Ophelia Project pro-motes positive change in fami-lies, schools and communities.By supporting a network offriends, mentors and profession-als they encourage all children

to become confident andhealthy.Carlisle, CHara and Stranskytitled the afternoon the Mind,Body, Spirit Workshop.The workshop was dividedinto three sessions. The firststarted with a presentation byCathi Mitch ell-Ko ehle-r fromthe Ophelia Project. She con-

Jenny Stransky/ContributingphotographerStudents make their pages for the scrapbook. This ses-sion was p resented by Mitzi Stransky.centrated on women in the me-dia and explored the world ofadvertising and its harmfu l ef-fects on w omen.The students then had an op-tion for the second session. They

could either attend the sessionpresented by Barbara Warnerfrom Great Lakes Hospice inNew York or the session by An -gelia Porfilio from Crime Victimsof Erie.Vigue's passion has grownin her years at M ercyhurst

By Jen HelbigContributing writerDanielle Vigue is a senior fromNiagara Falls, N.Y.Four years ago, Mercyhurstattracted Vigue for two reasons."Originally it was because ithad both archaeology and vol-leyball but I soon learned with amajor in archaeology there is notime for volleyball" said Vigue.Vigue is an anthropology ma-jor with a concentration in ar-chaeology and a minor in geol-ogy- I i Archeology has held Vigue s at-tention for most of her life."Since I was little I have al-ways been interested in it," Viguesaid. "Especially ancient Egypt.I just choose to follow a child-hood dream." |This summer, Vigue will bemoving to Washington DC . tostart a job with the NationalGeospatial-Intelligence Agency."I was offered a job with theNational Geospatial-IntelligenceAgency as an imagery intelli-gence analyst," Vigue said."Which is a fancy way to say thatI will be looking at maps all daylong" , |Vigue said that the job workswith the CIA and Departmentof Defense to supply imagesand maps of places all over theworld.Vigue's roommate DaynaBehm and a fellow classmate,Matthew Sanborn were also of-fered the same job."I received an email from Ca-reer Services here at Mercyhurstabout NG A (then called NIMA)coming to interview," Vigue said.Vigue explained that she wentwith her roommate to the infor-mational meeting and they setup interviews. iA mon th later, we were bothoffered the job," Vigue said.The future in D C. will not be

Vigue's first experience with in-dependence.She discussed her favorite classwhile being at Mercyhurst wasfield school. *"It was field school," Viguesaid. "We had to live in a tentfor six weeks and work 10 hour

Kane McAdams/Photo editofDanielle Vigue has learned much from the archeology pro-gram at Mercyhurst. After graduation she will move toWashington, D.C. and work for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.days, six days a week in Warren,Pa. ft was probably one of themost fun times of my lifel" |The anthropology major is de-manding according to Vigue.cTd have to say an obstacle Ihave had to overcome was get-ting used to the four hours ormore that you spent taking a"normal" anthropology test,"Vigue said. |After graduation!Vigue saidthat she plans to go back to Nia-gara Falls to make some moneybefore she moves to D.C. |Vigue said that she has been in-volved with other activities oncampus."1 volunteered the past twoyears for Achieving the Dream,"Vigue said. "O riginally it was forcommunity service but I likedit so much I did it for anotheryear. "-=;!Vigue is the current vice presi-

dent of the anthropology club."Also I stay busy through beingan R.A. in the Lewis Townhous-es," Vigue said. "This is my sec-ond year being an R.A."This past weekend, Vigue wasworking on a final project re -quired for her major. She said thatshe was told of the opportunitylast year at the beginning ofspring term."I prepared an exhibit foi theAsbury Woods Nature Preserveas a way to incorporate archacology into their program," Vigueexplained. "It is a poster that willinclude the prehistory and histo-ry of the Erie area."Although anthropology isVigue's passion, she said that sheis looking forward to the job inDC. IT m"I have stayed busy through mymajor, but always found time toenjoy Mercyhurst."

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JennyStransky/ContributingphotographerKristin Carlisle presents an armoatherapy session for the students at the workshop. Sheshowed an example and Introduced them to breathing exercises.Warner presented an over-view of hospice and then ex-plained the relationship thatmust be established betweenthe patient's family and hospice .Porfilio talked about the CrimeVictims Agency.The third and inalsession waspresented on aromatherapy by

Carlisle and then a scrap-book-ing session by M itzi Stransky.Carlisle explained how to usearomatherapy and helped thestudent make a sample and

Mitei's scrap booking session hada travel theme. She let the stu-dents pick different colored pa-per, letters and cut-outs to mounttheir photos on.At the end of the workshopjenny Stransky, Carlisle andO'Hara had a raffle and every-one that came to the workshopgot a prize. Some of the prizeswere donated by local business-es in Erie.

"1 thinkthe workshop was suc-cessful. We had a total of 24

students participate; some weremarriage and family studies ma -jors and got other studentsaware of the major. Mercy-hurst Student Government wasvery supportive," said JennyStransky.Jenny Stransky said they gota lot ofgood feedback from ad-visors at Mercyhurst."For all the stress we had, itwas a great imeand lots of fun,"said Jenny Stransky.

Criminal justice majors participatein Shoot-Don't Shoot training classBy Kyla MclnchakContributing writer

Hands-on training and aca-demic studies are important as-pects of a person's college andprofessional career.This is true for Brian Aa-gaaxd and Jeremy Lucca, whoare scheduled to undergo a dayof police enforcement train-ing on M ay 5.Aagaad and Lucca are bothsophomore criminal justicemajors in the law enforcementconcentration.As freshmen in college theyjoined the criminal justice club,which has helped them to gainexperience.Th e club's advisor, ProfessorVernon Wherry, helps to coor-dinate activities that criminaljustice majors seldom encoun-ter in class. "Th is includesthings like field trips, helpingthem get guest speakers, andservices to the community"said Wherry.Wherry spent 20 years in law

enforcement and thereforeserves as a knowledgeable re-source for students to refer to."It's an opportunity for me torely on my background," saidWherry.One of the numerous propos-als that Wherry has extended tostudents is attending the "Shoot- Don't Shoot" academy train-ing class at Mercyhurst NorthEast On Wednesday, May 5, Aa-gaaxd, Lucca, and others werescheduled to attend this one-daysession! %The one-day class will give stu-dents a more concrete under-standing of what they will en-counter after they graduate.Tom Ford, who is the directorof North East's criminal justiceprogram! will address studentswhen they first arrive.Wherry said that stud ents will

be using lasers and will be placedin a situation where they willhave to make split second deci-sions*? "It creates a realistic sce-nario in which officers encoun-ter on a day-to-day basis/* said

Wherry,Aagaaxd added that it is im-portant for both the mind andbody to be trained, and islooking forward to meetingother individuals that are apart of the training profes-sion.After attaining certification,Aagaard plans to work for aprivate sector of security,such as working in a casixlor bank.Lucca has participated inservice learning with juvenilejustice probation officers inaddition to shadowing offic-ers while on duty.Lucca said that the addition-al experience gained at the"Shoot - Don't Shoot" classwill show him some of thevaried aspects of trainingthat he should be preparedfor in the future. ''"The criminal justice clubprovides a reference that wulbe valuable later on in ou r ca-Treers," said Aagaaxd.

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OPINION o contact:opinionmerciad@mercyhurst.eduThePood, the Bad and the Ugly:What'shotkmdwhat's not at MercyhurstTheGoodi.. | | I j

Two great events ate coming up this weekend everyone! Don't forget to buy your tickets to thisyear's Vegas-tfaemed spring formal, because they're sure to sell out quickly. Then, after a longnight of dancing, make sure you stop by this year's Spring Fest, complete with a live conc ert byFuel (tickets also required, but they are free). There will be plenty of fun events and free foodIt's always nice to start finals week feeling a little relaxed \ 1Congratulations are in order for Mercyhurst's men's and women's tennis teams. In a first forMercyhurst College, bom teams have earned the right to compete in the same year at the NCAADivision II National Team Championships. If you don't speak sports lingo, this is a big deal, sohug your neighborhood tennis player.. .and invest in a sports-to-civilian dictionary.

The Bad. . .Mercyhurst's baseball team ended their season on a sour note: a rainout cancelled the last game.For the many seniors on the team, it was their last chance to play at a college venue and they wereunable to give the school and their team a proper farewell. Mother Nature, while indefinitelybeyond our control, seems to have a strange sense of humor sometimes, doesn't she? Tsk, wom-en, f.With less than three weeks until the end of the term , everyone is feeling a tittle stressed out;especially seniors. Let's take a moment for a friendly reminder: your roommates are not yourpunching bags, your friends are not your therapists and your significant other probably has plentyof stress of his/he r own without dealing with your crabbiness. A moment of common courtesynever hu rt anyone. Faffing that, just try to stay out of everyone's way. It makes M ercyhurst a morebeautiful place to be.

. . .and th e UglyBeware: a little bit of sunshine does not mean that summer has started early.. .as much as wewould like to believe it. So, for those students who want to enjoy the mild spring nights as much asyou can, without regard to your eady morning classes, please respect those who do. Voices carryand the gid trying to sleep with her window open does not want to listen to your drunken screech-es. Don't you have studying to do anyway?

The caffeine rush:A tradition of staying awake. .