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VOL. 66 NO. 22 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA. 16546 MAY 6,1993Kennedy defines on campusBy Jule GardnerEditor In Chief

As mandated by the governor of Penn-sylvania, the Liquor Control Board(LCB) is required to make at least twovisits to each college in the state.Officially named the PennsylvaniaLiquor Control Enforcement (PLCE),the organization is a branch of the StatePolice and has authority anywhere in thestate, according to William Kennedy,vice-president of student services."It's not that we invite them. They'rejust here/' Kennedy said.PLCE visited campus this pastweek-end and Kennedy would notbe surprisedif they returned for Spring Activitiesweekend beginning on Friday, May 7.PLCE did turn up for this weekend lastyear.Th ey know when the big weekends

CHECKOUTFriday, May 79p.m. to 1 a.m. AvalonSpring Formal.Saturday, May 82 and 8 p.m. ZurirRe^dtal Hall. "The fLittleMermaid of Lake ErieSpring Activities DaySunday, May 9Spring Activities Picnic.Monday, May 108:30 p.m. GovernmentChambers. MSG Meet-j

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are. They keep their ears to the ground,"said Kennedy.Kennedy said that the administrationor residence life staff are not notifiedprior toPLCE visits. "They do contact uswhen they come on the campus," he said.At times, PLCE requests security to ac-company them and other times they pre-fer to be on their ow n.

"You have to understand," Kennedysaid, "they have the whole codery of awat their disposal."Kennedy added that5althoughMercyhurst is a private college, it doesnot fall,under the same guidelines asprivate property. One reason for this isthat the roads through the college arepublic roads, where state police are free

to enforce the law.In past visits, PLCE has confiscateddrivers' licensenses and fined studentsfor underage drinking. However, it ispossible for those of legal age to becharged with public drunkenness, aidingand abetting or serving alcohol to mi-nors.

Formal kicks off Activities WeekendBy Suzanne ConeglioMerciad Staff Reporter

Spring Activities Weekend will takeplace this weekend with the formal be-ing held on Friday at the Avalon Hotel indowntown Erie rom9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thecost of tickets is $8. Shuttles leave fromBaldwin Hall beginning at8:30 p.m. andrun every 30 m inutes.Jessica Cuffia, MSG secretary says,"The Avalon is the last place in ErieMercyhurst can have a formal. We areasking students to please be considerateof their actions. The carpet at the Ro-tunda was ruined (during the Winterformal), therefore, students are only al-lowed to smoke in' the bathroom orlobby." | | KOn Saturday, May 8 , spring activitiesevents begin with theegg toss at 12 p.m.,followed by a cone spin, balloon shav-

ing, tug-o-war, and an obstacle course.All events will take place at the practicefield s. A refreshment break is scheduledto give everyone the opportunity to cooldown between events. To register for ateam, forms may be picked up at theStudent Union desk but mustbe receivedat the desk by Friday, May 7 at 6 p.m.Beth Hurrianko, SAC secretary said,"I hope to see a lotofstudents participateinactivities this weekend. Various eventswill occur on Saturday for Spring Ac-tivities Day, including a huge obstaclecourse which will be brought in by aprofessional company. I think everyoneshould get involved this weekend be-cause it will be a lot of fun."

On Sunday, a picnic will be held atGravel Pit Park in North East rom12 to5 p.m. Shuttles leave fromBaldwin be -ginning at 11 a.m. and run every hour.i

Students, administrator discuss Bruno's presidencyNow that George Paydock has takenthe reins as new MSG president, JohnBruno's term in office for this academicyear can be evaluated as a whole.Although Bruno could not be reachedfor comment, several students and anadministrator expressed their feelingsabout his performance on the conditiontheir identities be conc ealed.Some students pointed to what theyfelt were Bruno's accomplishments.Extended weight room hours, music in

the ice rinkand the Blues Traveler con-cert were some successes attributed toBruno.

his side of the story."The students and administrator alsoreferred to recent events involvingBruno's article in the March issue of theFreedom Zone entitled T h e A rt ofShredding revisited." The administrator

said, "Whatever good he may have ac-complished was marred by his attack on(former Merciad Editor) Joe Legler."Theadministratorfeelsthisiswhatpeopleare going to remember.

However, oneMSG representative hadother feelings. She found Bruno to have"political overtones. Often times hewould persuade MSG to do what hewanted by means of intimidation."Another student said, "Things couldhave been a lot better. Having the sameroutines ov er and over is not working."She said MSG needs some new ideas.Another student who was interviewedhad a positive reaction to Bruno's termin office. "I like what he's done to shakeup the administration," she said. *Paydock said, "Bruno was misunder-stood" and pointed out that asPresident,Bruno "was under a lotof pressure." Hebelieves some people have "failed to see

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?If yes, what did you think!If no, why not?By Anne L. McNeilsA sst. News/Copy Editor

This column is designed to represent student opinions about currenttopics which affect Mercyhurst students. The opinions are obtainedthrough a random telephone poll of on-campus numbers.

Natalie Catania, freshman, Ar t:"No. I didn't have the money."Name W ithheld:"No. I thought it was too expensive.Jason Lewis, sophomore. Sports Organization M anagement:"Yes. I thought they were excellent We saw them lastweek at Penn State also...they were good there, but they reallyseemed to jam more here. Blues Traveler is not for everybody, butfor people that are into that kind of music, that rock and blues typestyle, they're one of a kind." rTish Lawrence, junior, H M:"No. I j list didn't have the money."Paul Berry, j unior, Sportsmedicine:"No. I had other plans. I was out of town.The Clams softball team;"Yes. Itwas terrible! Last year we had Tom Cochrane andthe Smithereens at $3 and this year we get Blues Traveler, one band,at $9 and no one's ever heard of them. Wewant another good concertlike last year!"Nalika N anayakkara, junior, Finance/Math major: ."I didn't go because it was too much m oney for someoneI never heard of"Ron Yarosz, sophomore, HRIM :"I thought it was awesomet I think people don't realizehow good they actually were, especially the lead singer and har-monica player. I have been listening to blues, especially harmonicaplayers, for a long time and he's the best I've ever heard live."Ann Loscher, freshman, Dance:"Yes. I liked it I enjoyed it a lot I don't really go to a lotof concerts but I had a good time."Aaron Pulver, senior, Business M anagement:"No. I went home trout fishing."

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New Mercyhurst Student Gov-ernment (MSG) PresidentGeoigePaydock opened his first meetingin office by declaring his "highexpectations...I'm looking for-ward to working here." Paydocksaid he feels the new executiveboard and representatives ca n "geta lot accomplished."The representatives for nextyear's sophomore class are KatieConeglio, Miko Crumbly, HollyHeid, Kara Panchik, William

Wheeler and RebeccaWhittemore. The juniors will berepresented by James Bean, BethHurrianko, JeffHutchinson, KatieJohnson, Jennifer'Lowe, ErinMcGuinness, Aisha Nix and PaulRoth. The senior representativeswill be Wally Gagric, ChrisHaslett, Paula Heddon, KevinMcSwigan, Kevin Nixon, LucyPratt, Kinu Rudolph and KrisRudolph. Sherlyn Celone will b ethe resident representative.Pay dock said next year's repre-sentatives wi|l have different du-ties than they have had in thepastHe said each representative "will

participate and became an activemember or will be removed." Heplans to initiate MSG of Gee hours,during which a member of MSGwill be in the MSG office to helpensure i ts accessibil ity to studentswith questions or needs. "Thejobdescription of a representative isgoing to change...We're lookingto make sure reps are doing (theirjobs)," said Paydock. StudentUnion Director Cass Shimek

added that any changes made tothe representatives' job d escrip-tions would be voted on beforegoing into effect.Paydock then asked for feed-back from those present aboutMSG's performance this pastyearas well as for suggestions for im-proving it Senior Kevin Nixonrecommended improving com-munication between the NorthEast and Erie campu ses. FormerSAC chair Mark Korcinsky sug-gested "internal regulation tomake sure everything is going allright." Former MSG PresidentJohnny J. Bruno said he wouldlike to see the student "directoryout by the fifteenth of October...Iwould like to see it (once) beforeI leave." Other suggestions in-cluded holding meetings in ZurnRecital Hall 'regularly so morestudents can attend and requiringthe representatives to provideproof they are .voting?the waystudents want them to.Vice President Kristen Hurdsaid, "We want you to be able tospeak...your mind here...Politicscanbe really boring and dull (but)it's what you make of it " 3Hurd said people can sign up towork at orientation next week.There will be two orientationsthis summer, one in June and onein August Hurd then explainedthe committees of MSGandpassed a sign-iip sheet around sorepresentatives could choose thecommittee on which they wouldlike to serve.Treasurer Heather Heid dis-cussed the Blues Traveler concertand thanked all those who helped.For a full report on the concert,turn to the Arts and Entertain-ment page.

The next topic was the upcom-ing Spring Formal. Jessica Cuffia,secretary, said the Formal isscheduled for Friday, May 7 atthe Avalon Hotel. Cuffia pointedout that if students are not well-behaved at the Avalon, there willbe no more formals because noother place in Erie is willing tohost the event %Discussion o f the formal led tocomplaintsfrom some represen-tatives about the presence of theLiquor Control Board (LCB). Itwas pointed out that the LCB hasaright o be on campus anytimeand that they are likely to be herethis weekend because there willbe a great deal of activity.SAC Chair Michael Arrigotalked about some ofhis plans fornext year and said he hopes to usea survey to find out what kinds ofactivities students would like tosee on campus in the future. Healso took suggestionsfromMSGrepresentatives during the meet-ing. Arrigo discussed the upcom-ing Spring Activities Weekendand said, "I hope everybody par-ticipates." For a full report on theweekend, see page 2.New business consisted of adiscussion of the new housingbeing built in the Briggs/Weberparking lot, initiated fby senior

Colleen K ipfstuhl. This topic ledto a great deal of discussion con-cerning how MSG can most ef-fectively work with administra-tion, including the housing de-partment, the maintenance depart-ment and Dr. Garvey.All MSG meetings are open tostudents. The next meeting is onMonday, May 10 at8:30p.m. Itisthe?last meeting*of this schoolyear.Mercyhurst honors Tullio

In honor of the late Louis J.Tullio, who served Erie as itsmayor for 24 years, MercyhurstCollege has established the TullioUrban Politics Lecture*Series,which will feature an annual lec-ture by a national authority in theurban politics field*The inaugural lecture, "Is Therea Future for American Cities?"was on Friday, April 30 at 8 p.m.,in Sullivan Hall. Dr. Robert L.Lineberry was the featuredspeaker.. Dr William P. Garvey,Mercyhurst College president,said the lecture series was estab-lished at Mercyhurst to perpetu-

ateTullio's name and his 24 yearsof service which placed himamong the leading mayors in thecountry.^The Tullio Archival Room,which features a recreation of thelate mayor's fifth-floor Erie CityHall office, will be open the nightof the lecture rom7 p.m. to mid-night, when the latest exhibit of

Tullio docum ents and memora- forum for his remembrance willbe a political event, one that TheI Coach would certainly neverhave|gmissed," he said.Tullio died from the disease^amyloidosis on April 17,1990 .Reservations for the Tullio Lec-ture Series are requested and canbe made by calling 824-2285.

bilia will be on display. The Ar-chival Room 5 is locatedfin theHammermill Library."We all miss the big guy and thezest he brought to the life of thecity," said Garvey. "Ibelieve thatLou would be delighted that somany of hisfriendshave chosento remember him and that the ^^^^^^^^^^_^^__Cosmic SeriesProfessor speaksBy Megan CircleMerciadStaffReporterOn Thursday, May 6 at 8 p.m. inZurn 114 and Friday, May 7 at3:45p.m. in the Little Theatre,Gary Steigman will be holdingdiscussions on the .Big BangTheory.Steigman has been the professorof physics and astronomy at theOhio State University since 1986.Prior to holding this position hewas professor of physics at BartolResearch Foundation of theFranklin Institute and AdjunctProfessor of Physics at the Uni-

versity of Delaware and the Uni-versity o f Pennsylvania, a posi-tion he still holds.He was Delaware Scientist ofthe Year in 1979 and has wonvarious awards. He has writtenseveral books on physics and hashad many essays published.The discussion on Thursday isentitled Cosmis Synthesis,Primordal Alchemy. The other isentitled Cosmic Connections: TheBig BangThe Ultimate Accel- erator. Both are about the originof the universe stemming fromthe Big Bang Theory.

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Egads. "Whata long, strange trip it has been." and I have a feelingit's about to get longer and wh ole lot stranger..Anticipation. It's one of those words that makes you stare at theceiling at night, all night S o many sleepless nights I wondered if Iwould be able to type those three words under my name, and I haveto admit it feels beautiful. So now I'm here. So now what?Anticipation. That is itlenature of the word.Every editor has ideas and we all have lofty dreams of makingthem real. I hope so much for this paper because it is part of who Iam. I want it to suceed.Yet this is not my newspa per, itis yours. The students of Mercy h urstCollege own this real estate. I'm just renting for awhile and payingwith service. More than any renovation I make, I need to listen tomylandlords.I want to know when you are rustrated.I want to know about thetimes this college has come to your rescue. Whether you feel likeurinating on "Carpe Diem" or want to smack your lips against OldMain, this is your time to express i t"These are days. Never before and never since. I promise you,"she sang. So do it Express yourself while you are here, say it beforeyou grow old and graduate. Express yourself.Ifyou aren't into writing letters or public scrutiny, grab me and tellyour story. I'll try tofindout, as much as a student can, what the dealis. I have ink coursing through my veins and I plan to bleed, ifyou '11let me.Enough about my internal juices, I have to talk about oxygen.I mean, can you believe thisfreshair? I swear I could lean out mywindow and drink it for weeks. The thing is, on Monday night thewind didn't shiftjust to rattle some blinds or blow curtains around.The fresh air I encountered was swirling about the governmentchambers.On this fateful night I witnessed something new, somethingextraordinary. I attended a REALMercyhurst Student GovernmentMeeting. _ > &I heard angry voic es and concerned students. I heard new perspec-tives and enthusiasm. I was in shock.This is a credit to some of the new representatives, especiallyWally Gagric and Paul Roth. The iss ues and comments raised bythese young men were full o f vigor and intelligence. They weren'tsitting back and letting their position go to waste. I'm so glad we atlast have representatives who know the meaning of that word.Yep. It's all about change. Mark Korcinsky, in his farewell (sniff)speech compared the change Jn MSG to Clinton's election. Iwouldn't go as far as that, but I am delighted to see new blood andnew ideas. I'm glad to get rid of stale air.This brings me to my thoughts on the passing of the MSG torch.At the meeting, Bruno (after he promised to ease off in the advicearea) told MSG that his term'began with as much enthusiasm, butthen he got "burned out" He informed us he had aged five yearsduring his year in office. *I'm not surprised.I voted for Bruno because he wasn't afraid. Some of his columnsin Hie Merciad presented valid questions and some were reallytough. I read them each week and I know I was not alone.In my opinion, I checked the wrong name on the ballot last year.Bruno has good ideas. He is still unafraid. Unfortunately, he wasalso misdirected.You can't tear down the administration and then expect them tocooperate with you on a professional and equal basis. It's calledpolitics and Mercyhurst is full o f i t I am learning the hard way, butBruno's level of difficulty inthis lesson far surpasses mine.And I'mnot jealous. i

0He ha s made mistakes in the past, w e all have. That isn't importantanymore and I'm really over the Freed om Zone thing.

It's time to move forward and hold onto the excitement we feelright now. There i s no law that says we have to get "burned out"

"These are days." Here's t o new faces and fresh air. Here's t oBand-Aids.

The M erciad welcomes let-ters to the editor.Letters must be signed, but thename can be withheld bquest under certain conditions.

Mumford resents mishandled discretionDear Ed itor: tain the possibility of singing a say there is an injustice here. And

So. imagine you're 25 and youhave no restrictions on your life ,right? You can vote, drink alco-hoi. serve for your country andmuch more than that, you're awise old owl. You 'vebeen arounda bit You know when torip ooseand have a good time and youknow when to get down to someold fashioned hard work.This is a perfect description ofmy roommate. Well great . .sowhat? This responsible 25-year-old roommate was made to feel as !if he was denied a few basic civil around." As that sinking feeling

few songs."All was going well until he,along with his friends,was giventhe warning, "Even though it'sonly 9:30 p.m. Gary Brown is oncampus." He couldn't help butthink, "So what?" But there'smore to it than that: "The LCB isalso on campus." Would it be a bitrepetitive on his part to thinkagain, "So what?""So you're going to have to turnthe music down and stop the sing-ing. There will beno parties wh iler.arv Br own and the LCB ar e

rights on the night Blues Travelertraveled to Mercyhurst Colleg e.Like many students he's on theborderline of poverty. Conse-quently, he could not a fford to gosee Blues T raveler perform. All isnot lost. There is a bright side toall ofthis; he thought, 'It's Fridaynight; I don't have to study likeI've studied for the past fivenights. Maybe I can get togetherwith a few friends, go as far as todrink a few beers and even enter-

sets in, he struggles to assert hisworth. He at least has the right toquestion why. "Because, due todieBlues Traveler concert beingheld atMercyhurst tonight, thereare a lot of off-campus peoplehere and we want to insure thatthey leave with a good impres-sion of the College," comes thereply.I wouldn't go s o far as to saythere is aj dictatorship atMercyhurst College , but I would

it could grow into something farworse. When responsible stu-dents, n o matter how old they are,are so Car restricted they feel theirautonomousrightsare being vio-lated, then it at least appears thatthe Mercyhurst Administratorsare tarring all students with thesame guilty brush before they havedone anything wrong.I realize the difficulty of Dr.Brown's job. I agree with hispolicy of nvolving discretion withrule. I agree if a party is too loud,too late and is causing discomfortto people along the street, then itshould b e d ispersed. However, Ididn't see too much discretionbeing used on Friday night Infact, it seems that the studentswho were trying to enjoy them-selves ' in> moderation' a fter aweek's hard work were beingpunished.Sincerely,Leon Mumford, sophomore his-tory major

McNelis justifies fMerciadf storiesDear Editor.

I'm writing in response t o Jen-nifer Lowe's letter which was inthe April 29 issue. I agree with agreat deal of what Lowe says,particularly with her commentsabout the importance of newspa-pers. However, as a member ofThe Merciad staff,.I feel obli-gated to respond to some ofLow e's remarks.Lowe says The Merciad shouldtell students about things thatmatter to them. That's exactlywhat we would love to do. Unfor-tunately, Mercyhurst studentsmake it pretty difficult. We atThe Merciad have a hard timegetting students to tell us whatthey think, what they would re-ally like to read about in the pa-per. When we try to find out, noone wants to tell us. This is evi-dent by the weekly "CampusQuestion;" often, students refuseto respond to the question or with-draw their answers when askedfor their names. If we're not fea-turing questions they want to an-swer, why don't they call us withsuggestions for more appropriatetopics?Lowe herself doesn't tell uswhat we should cover, what shecares about; she says we shouldwrite about things students haveto accept, things they can change,things they can think about Well,what exactly are those things? Ilooked carefully in her letter, butI couldn't find any suggestions.Not only that, we have tried towrite about issues students canthink about W e covered the MissyPaolello story and I honestly be-lieved students would respond tothat. People are always complain-ing about Dr. Gary Brown, yetwhen a perfect opportunity to air

their problems with him or hispolicies arose, no one wrote aletter, no one said anything, noone did much of anything. If stu-dents don't care about housing/disciplinary policies,what do theycare about?The M erciad has in fact takenstands on issues. We printed aneditorial endorsing Bill Clintonfor the presidency; Joe Leglerwrote a column about abortionwhich defined his stand on thiscontroversial subject. JuleGardner and I have both writtenabout issues thatwe b elieved stu-dents cared about; DavidMcQuillen looks at alternativeissues in his column. We all writeabout whatwe think students andothers want to read and we eachhave diferent ideas about whatthose things are. Yet, despite allthesed ifferentopinions, we rarelygetany response rom he studentpopulation at Mercyhurst, posi-tive or negative.We've written about other is-

sues we thought students wouldcare aboutChallengeWeek, thenew housing, the* destruction ofthe 'Statu? of Marty in the Grotto,alleged rapes on campus, homo-sexuality and sexual discrimina-tion and stereotypes. However, itseems wewere wrong about mostof theseapparently, studentsjust have other things on theirminds. If people aren't going torespond to our attempts to covertopics of interest to them, is therereally a point to our making thoseattempts?Occasionally, we do get somereaction from students. The re-cent controversy over the Free-dom Zone is an example of this.I really thought this was a greatthing to seestudents standingup for what they believe in or justtaking a stand, period. Ifwe couldhave something like this for ev-ery issue of The Merciad, itwould be great, but I think that nomatter how hard we try, we'recant, on page 5

The MerciadMercyhire. College's Fust Pass newipaper asratedby the Associated Collegiate Press

M ay 6,1993ol. 6 6 No . 2 2Jule Gardner Editor In ChiefAnne I* McNeill Asst. News

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Madia defends Gotkin's actionwc would bring home theJNa-tional Championship. I'll be thefirst to admit that the joke was notfunny. In fact, I was initially hurtby h is actions. It was ha rd enoughto accept the fact that we came sodose and yet never took home thecrown; let alone deal with theembarrassment of thehats. How-ever, further scrutiny reveals thatthey were not meant to be a slapin tice/Law Enforcement major

Dea r Edit or, Gotkin had the word "NOT"printed on the hats which wereJl am writing this letter in re- pre-fiibricated in the hopes that

sponse to the controversy that iscurrently surrounding RickGotkin and 'the Mercyhursthockey team. Coach Gotkin hastaken an unnecessary beating forhis actions regarding the infamous"NOT" hats that were printedanddisplayed in the bookstore ensu-ing the Division II National Cham-pionship.Coach Gotkin has been accusedby a myriad of people, includingjournalists, the administration andplayers alike, of not respectingthe hockey program. This is farfrom the truth a nd I feel the inci-dent hasbeenridiculouslyblownout o f proportion.Gotkin is one ofthebest coachesI have ever comeacross and, moreimportantly, on e o f themost sin-cere persons I have ever known. Ihave played under him for twoseasons now and he has alwaysstood beside his players. The useof the word "beside" is pivotalbecause it denotes that he doesnot put himself above the pro-gram and I don't feel his actionswere done in m alice.

the face. They were meant to behumorous.I am graduating this year andstand nothing to gain by this let-ter. I just want people to knowthat Coach Gotkin lov es his play-ers like he does his own familyand I feel he is being unjustlyridiculed.

Sincerely,Rob M adia, senior Criminal Jus-

For a recording of the dailymeals, call ext. 2192.

McNelis (from page4) always going to bestuckwith a relatively bare Edito-rial page. Lowe seems to thinkthatall studentsor at leastmanystudentsat Mercyhurst careabout a vast number of issues. Ihave yet to see much evidence ofthatAt this point, I honestly believethat only a small percentage ofpeople at Mercyhurst give a damnabout the things that*happen. Ithink that percentage makes upthe staffsofThe Merciad and theFreedom Zone and some of themare in MSG. Perhaps I'mwrong;I really hope I am.Sincerely,Anne L. McNeils, sophomoreEnglish major

If security is needed at any timeafter 4:30 p.m., call ext 2439(Ba ldwin desk). If no answer, callext 2102, wait for a beep andpress * (star). Then press 401* .Press the # key when you arefinished, but before you hang up.The Fitness Center will be openon Tuesdays and Thursdays from4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to employeesonly. Craig Davie, Director ofthe Fitness Center, will be av ail-able during these hours to assistany employee in learning how to

operate exercise equipment ef-' feetively and safely. Davie willalso be available to place anyemployee on a designated fitnessprogram to meet personal goalsfor exercise.

Student Identity Card, call 1-800-GET AN ID or contact CIEE,Dept ISS-149,205 East 42 Street,New York, NY 10017.

Anyone interested in joiningthe Mercyhurst C ollege SummerAbroad Program should contactMr. John Wolper, Division Chair,in HRIM in Egan 25 .Those planning a trip overseasthis summer may get the Interna-tional Student Identity Card, theonly internationally recognized

proof of student status, for a costof $15. This card gives access tolow student airfares and studentdiscounts overseas. In addition,the card allows access to a 24-hour, toll free, emergency assis-tance hotline. For more informa-tion on obta in ing an International

Applications are now beingdistributed to students interested'in applying for summer jobs atMercyhurst. Most of the avail-able jobs are in maintenance,housing and various administra-tive offices and pay $4.25/hr to$4.50/hr. A yellow applicationform may be picked up in Person-nel (Egan 3) or from Marion Nies(Old Main 10 1). Jobs will be of-fered in early May. Maintenanceassignments will start in late Mayand administrative office jobs w illbegin when summer school opensaround June 21. Deadline for ap-plications is April 30.

Anyone interested in workingat WMCE Radio next fall is askedto fill out an application formsometime following Fall Termregistration. The forms will,beavailable at the station beginningThursday, May 6. Returning an-nouncers and those interested inworking for the first time mustcomplete the form a nd return it toMr. Leisering (office inBaldwin)prior to leaving for the summer.Yearbook positions availablefor '93-'94: copy editor, sportscopy, sports photography, andassistant editor. For more infor-mation, call 2945 (Lisa or Robyn).Scholarship possibilities.

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t?Behind the Wheel"By Nick KraygerMerciad Staff Columnist

Yes friends, it is true. Thatdark cloud that I often claimlevitates above my head is infact present. It is not fiction, it'sreality. And recently I got a tasteof ust what magni flcent powersit has, filled with a full descentinto a hellish day mare filled withpolice officers and insurance!agents...bus drivers and screaming ten-year-olds...It all startedwhen...I headed out the door to unmask one virgin spring day, com pletewith a road trip to the Bay and a boilermaker at Cupaccino's.Innocently,a friend and I got back into that cool-yet-economical gasguzzling machine that Mom and Dad bought me for graduation tohead back to Mercy world.I listen to my friend try to muffle her faint giggles as I tried to getthat cool-yet-economical automobile out of first gear. We bothknew the clutch was blown and the car would not leave first gear, weproceeded up State St breaking all speed records at the rapid paceof about 20 mph.As we neared the top ofthe hill where I intended to make a left onto38th St., I noticed the swarm of police moguls surrounding whatappeared to be an accident involving a Ford Escort and a telepole.I proceeded with caution up the hill and through the accidentDriving through the scene about 12 mph, I joked to my friend abouthow "At least I won't get a speeding ticket"The rest is just a blur. A foggy memory that I wish to forgetI don't know if it was before I had completed the sentence, orimmediately following it, but the next thing I knew a screamingsiren was bouncing around my ear drum, and I was pulling over tolet the biker coppass. Only he didn't pass.He approached my window and explained howhe was giving mea ticket for speeding through an accident zone, and another for anoverdue inspection.While he scribbled I explained how I hadn't been using the carbecause the clutch was blown, and how I planned to take it to theFord dealers to get it inspected andfixed,and for a second I thoughtI saw a glimmer of compassion and understanding reflecting offthose shiny su nglasses. O bviously, I had experienced an opticalillusion because he handed me his pad and asked me to please signby the X.I signed my $ 89 present and aimed for the right lane to get backonto 38th St., just as an Erie Metro bus pounced onto the front endof my car, and retreated leaving a huge dent in its place, I stoppedthe car and got out - only to come face to face with the biggest busdriver I have ever seen. It was allright hough because I wasn'talone. The cop who had just given me the ticket was there to protectme.Bubba the barbarian bus driver attempted to explain how he hadhisright urn signal on, e ven though he was in the left lane. Thecompassionate officer with the reflecting sunglasses "understood,"hesaid, and explained to Bubba how I was just a bad driver, becauseI had just earned a ticket for speeding. The cop then proceeded totake down the name and address of every person within a 50 mileradius of the accident, including all o f the 45 wailing ten year oldson the bus. * \Anhour and a half later, I pulled back through those splendid irongates tofind hat I had to park 3 miles from the dorm. I headed overto the cafe to grab some dinner, but Irealized hat I couldn'tfindmyID. The girl working the counter suggested that I should go homeandfind t, or dine elsewhere.'So I went back to my room and proceeded torelay he details ofmy treacherous day to my mother. Then again to my father. Thenagain to my insurance company. Then again to the other insurancecompany. Then again to my best friend. Then again to the suicidehotline. Then again...When Ifinally ook the car to the dealer, it cost me $550 for theclutch. Along with $350 more because it failed inspection. Add thatto the $89 for he ticket and $ 15 for a new ID. Let's face it folks, aswith everything else, when I have a bad day, I go all outWell friends, if you haven't realized it yet, my column is titled"Behind The Wheel" for various reasons, and every other week I'llbe taking you for aridestarting next September. So fasten you seatbelts and put on your sunglasses, and always feel free to guide mewhen you think I'm driving in the wrong direction, 'cause Godknows I have some blind spots. I'm sure we'll have'a long, safe triptogether. .

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ues blasts HurstBy Michelle RyanA& E EditorThe Mercy hurstAthletic Centerrocked Friday, April 30 , thanks toan outstanding performance bythe Blues Traveler.Thegroup, which has performedon Late Night With DavidLetter man and

Th e Tonight Show , consists ofvocalist/harmonica John Popper;guitarist Chan Kinchla; bassistBobby Sheehan; and drummerBrendan Hill.MSG President George Paydocksaid, "Overall, I think it wentsmoothly. The student and staff-ing went well. The people whovolunteered did a great job."Paydock noted that ticket salesreached 829 thenight of the con-cert. He said that MSG lost $9000on the concert. The week beforethe concert, ticket sales were re-ported {to have reached 500 g en-eral admission tickets- sold.

"I thought it wa s really good, butit seemed like there were noMercyhurst people there,*9Bridgette P almisano, freshman."I really thought that they weregood, but the crowd could havebeen better," Erin Hauber, senior."I thought the music wa s good,but I wasn't familiar with thesongs," Shane Kellogg,

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S p o r t s C o l u m n : F a t h e r p o r t r a y s t h e t r u e ? e s s e n c e o f b a s e b a l l

By Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports EditorTo some people, baseball is thething that binds them body andsoul. It is a game that does notdiscriminate and unites playersunder the colors to a team. Theyleave their differences, no matterhow trivial, at the entrance of theclubhouse. Baseball is4truly agame that encompasses the pas-sion and excellence of an entirenation.Innocent as it may seem, base-ball begins with a child wakingup at 6 a.m. in anticipation toplay. Julian rushes to put on hisuniform and head to the diamondea rly to make sure he's the first totake batting practice. The colorsand emblems that adorn his wooljersey represent pride in himself,

whether he sports a Red Raider, aTiger or a Crusader: *H diomiTXaThe hypnotic smell of fresh 'leather reminds him of the spee-

ing today. He grabs his glove andbegins his journey. When onegame ends, the next game is themotivation to keep him going.To Julian baseball is what he haswaited for all week.Whenjof the ball park he sees nature atwork, from the sparrows chirpingin the outfield to the rabbit who isnow occupyingfirstbase. In hoursthis will all be replaced by thechatter and commotion that ac-companies baseball.

However, now he can only wit-ness the sun rising behind secondbase, whose rays begin to warmthe grass. The morning dew formsa film on the infield waiting forthe first imprint of spikes. Theswirling winds;that blow theAmerican flag in center field isGod's wake up call.Then Julian puts on his spikesand looks at the infield. Here hewill sta rtat second base. The rakedlines of dirt appear to be holyground as this will be a place ofsacrifice. The ground is endlessonly bordered by the white chalkthat lines the field.To the young boy the dimen-sions of he stadium are immense;the chain- link fence looks as ifit's a mile away. Yet he knows atgame time the ball he hits to left. field will -fall just short of the;wall.'It is only a matter of timebefore be hits one over the fencetacular plays he envisions unfold- in left field .

As the start of the game ap-proaches, the stadium awaits thewool clad ball players. They willin nine frames try to outdo eachother. Julian waits for the arrivalof his teammates: Al Judkiewicz,Jimmy Pitz, and ChipperGutowski. Judkiewicz, the junk-balling pitcher, arrives second andthe rest of the team follows.

The team from the predomi-nantly Polish neighborhood takesthe field.Julian takes up his posi-tion at second and goes^into atrance. The large stadium con-jures up images of the BrooklynDodg er's Ebbets Field. When heturns a double pi ay he doesn't fliptheball to his short stop, butto theDodger's Jackie Robinson.He is no longer the fourth hitterin the order for his team namedBoots, but the man who followsDuke Snider in the Dodger's or-

der. Julian longs to wear the blueand white jersey of the team. Toset foot in Ebbets Field and playin the World Series against thecross-town rival New York Yan-kees.

However, as Judkiewicz throwshis first curve ball, Julian comesback to reality and concentrateson the game. He is always insynch as the team runs, throwsand performs to major leagueper-fection. Each boy knows to relyon his partner in the later inningsas their pitcher begins to tire.To these boys baseball is a pas-sion, not a game. I t's about beingyoung and letting yourself go.The time spent between the white

strips isan alternative world whereeveryday plays are made anddreams are fulfilled and shattered.Hie gre at thing about baseballis that even if Julian loses, there

still is tomorrow. T he cycle o f 1 i febegins anew. Once again he risesat 6a.m. and heads to the ball parkto see the signs of spring. Fromthe brown rabbit who nibbles onthe grass to|the sparrow whodoesn't steal second base, butwormsfrom he pitcher's moundfor her youn g.All the while Julian thinks aboutbaseball and the words of inspira-tion, "Play balL*i

To those of you wondering whothis person is, he's my father. Itseems that the more time I spendawayfromhim, the more I appre-ciate the time we spend together.I expressed a common bond weshare and the gratification I owehim. As he grows older, baseballis the thing that reminds me ofwhen he was young.

Mercy hurst Sports ShortsThe Mercy hurst crew team con-tinues to pick up medals as theyear ending Dad Vail Regattacloses the season this weekend.Last Saturday, the Lakers wonmedals in five of the seven eventsthat they entered as they partici-pated in the Mid-America Coirlege Regatta in Columbus, Ohio.Those crews winning gold med-als included the varsity women'sfour and the reshman men 's foul1.

The men's junior varsity eightand the men's lightweight fourwere second. The vars i tywomen's eight brought homefourth.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Over the weekend, theMercyhurst golf squad competedin the Baldwin Wallace Invita-tional and finished second in thenine team field. John Wilkinson

fired a 76 to garner second in theindividual scoring. Lakerhockey's Bryce Bohun and MikeMcPherson shot 80's.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The Mercyhurst Lady Lakervolleyball j, team concluded pitsspring campaign by claimingfirst place in its own tournamentlast weekend as it looks forwardto next season. ft I

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L a t e s e a s o n s u r g e i g i v e s L a k e r i b a s e b a l l t w e n t i e t h v i c t o r yBy Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports Editor

The Mercyhurst baseball teamreached the twenty-win plateauonTnesday as they continued theirlate season success, with a 15-3drubbing of seventh ranked Divi-sion II Slippery Rock Universityin the second game of a double*header.According to bullpen ace JeffHutchinson the victory was some*thing to be proud of. He said,"We've won 20 this year andreached a milestone, but not our

goal of the playoffs. Success isdetermined b y thenextgame. Youcan't look ahead, you ha veto takethem one pitch at a time and seewhat's going to happen."The Lakers entered the finalweek of the season against someof Pennsylvania's toughest teams.They began and finished theseven-game swing with a victory.In the first series, on Thursday,against Clarion University theLakers split two games, winningthe opener 11-4 and dropping thesecond game 3-2.

The Hurst then came hom e toface Gannon University, losing

to the arch rival Golden Knights ;thc third frame.

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Intramural SoftballSunday, May 91 p.m.1:45 p.m.2:30 p.m.3:15 p.m.4 p.m.Monday, May 1043 0 p.m.5:15 p.m.6 p.m.Tuesday, May 1143 0 p.m. t;5:15 pjn .6 p j n .

FL Fly Swatters /No NamesBrew Crew / Mom entarily Conscious2nd I None / Clams %Untouchables / Strange Parade IIRain Out Contests

The Richardbeads / Prime timeBrowsers/Momentarily ConsciousBiyatch's/4010 Girls

RJA .P. / Were Not the BillsThe Hood /No NamesRain Out ContestWednesday, May 124:30 p.m.5:15 p.m.6 p.m.Thursday, May 134:30 p.m.5:15 p.m.6 p.m.Saturday, May 151p.m.

Women's ChampionshipThe Richardbeads /Momentarily ConsciousRain Out Contest

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14-6. However, Coach JoeJordano's club regrouped the fol-lowing series on Sunday to sweepMichigan's Saginaw Valley State4-0 and 2-1 . |Mercyhurst's next test cameagainst the Pennsylvania StateAthletic Conference ChampionSlippery Rock Rockets, as theyoung squad looked to show theirlate season maturity. ToMercyhurst, this was their play-off game. Slippery Rock was notimpressed with the blue and green.The Rockets fought back to erasean '"earlier 4-0, to overtake theLakers 6-4.'Despite being held to six hits,the Lakers opened the game withtwo runs as Tom Craig platedMike McKnight with an RBIdouble. They scored single runsin the third and fourths inning toincrease their lead. Jeff Benedictprovided the big hit, tripling incenter fielder Kevin Schultz in

Laker 'pitcher Rich Runtascruised into the fifth inning with atwo hitter. That's when SlipperyRock solved Runtas by scoringthree times in the fifth inning tocut the lead to one.:In the nextframe , he did not retire a batterand the Rockets took the lead 5-4.They added another run beforereliever Hutchinson ended thethreat

In the nightcap, the Lakersproved they can compete with topDivision II schools as they con-trolled every aspect of the game.The Lakers set the tone of thegame early when they scored thefirst run of the game. Benedictlost a tooth in the home platecollision with the catcher.At ! the plate, Phil Gahringpounded out four hits, lead ing theLakers. M ercyhurst a lso showedits offensive power as Craig,McKnight and Dan Messner hithome runs. In the victory, the

Hurst collected 16 hits in all andgot redemption for the irstgameof the double-header.This time the game saw theRockets take an early lead only tosee Mercyhurst rally and rout Slip-pery Rock. The L akers' big in-ning saw them score six runs inthe sixth inning. The inning washighlighted by1 a two-run homerun by McKnight and a solo shotby Frank Somm ers.The offense provided the spark,but pitcher Bill Kieklak shut downSlippery Rock and put in his bestpitching performance o fthe year.After a rough start, Kieklak struckout four and didn't walk a batterin seven innings. His lone mis-take was a three-run home run inthe second inning.Mercyhurst concludes its sea-son against the Pittsburgh Pan-thers at Pitt on Thursday at3 p.m.The Lakers look to finish out theseason with a winover a DivisionI baseball team.Muenck paces Laker tennis team

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By Chris Kullman |Merciad Sports WriterMarkus Muenck, a sophomoreon the Mercyhurst tennis team,

has improved hisplay on the courtin the past season. Muenck justrecently completed his first yearof playing collegiate tennis.At the age of e leven, he startedplaying junior tennis which in-cluded lessons and tournaments.Thenext seven yearsofMuenck'slife went by in a flash; he wasranked anywhere from ninth to15th in the mid-western region.Muenck carried his tennis suc-cess into high school-where heplayed:,number one singles forthree years and also achieved all-Mafkus Muenck

Lady Laker Softball team concludesthe season with series split at ClarionBy David J. KosobuckiMerciad Sports Writer

The Mercyhurst girls' softballteam ended their season Friday atClarion University with a double-header sp lit The Lady Lakersfinished with an overall record of7-17. * ICenter fielder C hristy Puz ledthe team with a .415 average. Shealso knocked in a team high 11runs. Sophomore Katy Colvinfollowed Puz with a .310 clip.Also making a considerable of*fensive contribution was fres h-men shortstop Kelly Heaton witha .280 average.Senior Wendy Tullar was thewinn ingest pitcher with three vic-tories on the season. AllicKlopfler and Sue Mishrell alsoadded two wins apiece on themound.The season was highlighted by

two double-header sweeps ofWestminster and Grove City.AgainsttheLady Titans, the Hurstraced out toan early lead aided bya Christy Puz grand slam. TheLakers won the nightcap 13-6.Puz and Mishrell had two hitsapiece

Against Grove City, WendyTullar tossed a three-hitter andstruck out eight in an 8-1win. Inthe second ga me, the Lakers hungon to win 5-3.

first year Head Coach AmyWeaver felt the team accom-plished a lot this season and hasmuch to look forward to next sea-son. "We were very competitivethis season and we were in theposition to win almost all of ourgames," she said.'Next year's Hurst squad willonly lose one senior positionplayer in Puz. Six other startersthis year were either freshmen orsophomores.This will mean muchmore experience and stability forthe Lady Lakers' lineup* CoachWeaver thinks that these im-proved qualities will lead to morevictories next year. "I think thaiwe w ill be more prepared for thecloser games next season,"Weaver said. "Hopefully we canwin more of these close gamesbecause o f our maturity and e x-

Despitc their mediocre record, perience in these games."

conference for three years. In thestate of Minnesota, he w as con-sistently ranked in the top IS forthree years.Inhis senior year of high school,Muenck moved to Fox Chapel,PA, where he settled in to playnumber two singles. While play-ing tennis during his last year ofhigh school, Markus developed arota torcuff condition inhis shoul-der. The injury caused him a greatdeal ofpain while hewas serving.Muenck, being the tough personhe is, did not let the injury beathimand worked diligently to comeback healthy.Muenck came to Mercyhurst inthe fall of 1991 and he decidednot to play tennis his freshmanyear. However, he did have a goodtime participating in intramuraltennis, developing his game andmaking new riends.He is one oftwo walk-ons who does not havea tennis scholarship. Muenckplayed number five singles andnumber three doubles his sop ho-more year."In Florida, I was not playing tomy ability. However, I played tomy ability in the Pittsburgh tour-nament and during the regularseason and finished strongly inBloomsburR," said Muenck.

When Muenck is not on thetennis court smashing balls andreturning serves atthe H urst, he isa nursing major. He is a brightstudent who works hard in theclassroom because his determi-nation carries him toa higher evel.

" We had a very deep teamwhich gave us the edge Inthe close matches." Markus MuenckMuenck had only good wordsto say about the tennis program."We had a very deep team which

gave us the edge in the closematches," he said.His goal for the future is tocontinue to play tennis for theremainder of his college years.He would also like to stay healthyand avoid injury. Inhis spare time,Muenck also enjoys many sports,including a great game of physi-ca 1 hockey,wa ter skiing, and bas-ketball.Muenck is a successful person,and he contributes part of it to hisroommate Michael Brown for hissupport.