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S e n i o r A w a r d s r e c i p i e n t s a n n o u n c e dBy Kelly Rose DuttineContributingwriter

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As the days until graduation do*crease, excitement and anticipationof the events surrounding com-mencement increase for Mercyhurstseniors, One of these events is thepresentation of the coveted SeniorAwards. The President's Cabinet hasbeen selecting outstanding seniors tobe honored since 1996. Departmentchairs and faculty memb ers nominatestudents that they feel are most de-^serving of senior awards. T his year,64 seniors were nominated to receiveawards. The nominated seniors arethen cleared through the businessOffice for outstanding bills, theregistrar's office for academic stand-ing and the office of residence lifeandconduct for disciplinary records, jI The President's Cabinet reviewedextensive portfolios on each nom i-nated senior on May 7, 2002.The Carpe Diem Award is given toa graduating senior who has madethe most positive impact on life atMercyhurst College. This senior hasintellectual competency, personalintegrity and leadership skills. Theybest exemplify the college motto of"Carpe Diem," to Seize the Oppor-tunity. The Carpe Diem award is themost prestigious of the seniorawards and is presented at Gradua-tion. The recipient is also the stu-

dent speaker for the commencementexercises. Congratulations to thewinner of the Carpe Diem award,Billy Byrnes.The B ishop's Award for AcademicExcellence, sponsored by the Dio-cese of Erie, is presented to a gradu-ating senior who is the most outstand-ing academically. This award willalso be presented at the GraduationAwards dinner on May 17,2002. Thewinner ofthis year's Bishop's Awardfor Academic Excellence is ChristineRoos.The Sister Carolyn Herrmann Ser-vice Award, given to the graduatingsenior who gives unselfishly of hisor her time, energy, loyalty, and tal-

Annie S'rtter/MerciadphotographerBilly Byrnes is this year'srecipient of the Carpe DiemAward

Students produce filmBy Justin GorsageContributing writerPremiering this fall will be Synaptic |Conunderum, the first creative filmproduced by the Hurst Production |Company.Synaptic Conunderum is senior Jer-emy Verdi's spoof on 1940's filmnoir, a "kind of a black and whiteprivate eye/gangster film with aLesley Nielsen twist to it." Verdi,who is not only the film's producerand director, is also starring as thefilm's main character, NickConunderum. Also starring in thefilm will be Julia Wanzco as thefemme fatale, as well as Collin W elchand Phil Pirrello, who will be play-ing the "mad scientist""The script is a cross between theNaked Gun movies and RaymondChandler novels...only dumber, butI mean that in a good way." Pirrellosaid of the movie, which will featurethe Junior English major in his firstvillian role,"The bad guy is always fun to play.The character is a version ofDr. Evil,kinda Dr. Evil-lite. The whole pro-

duction is going to be fun, we are allgoing to have run telling this story,probably more fun than a 'Highlights'magazine." * \ iDr. Richard Welch, head of thecommunications department, wroteSynaptic Conunderum. According toWelch, the film could be comparedto "a comical M altese Falcon."Although Hurst Productions is onlyin its first year of operation, Dr.Welch is hoping that they will be ableto put one to two films of this sortper year, depending on student inter-est. *So far, Hurst Productions has beendoing work with the dance depart-ment to produce dance videos. Thewriting center hasalso benefited fromHurst Producations by having a videoproduced for use in next year's FYIclasses. *Hurst Producations will be head-ing many new projects next year,with Katie Putney as the new headproducer. Putney will be taking onthe challenge of putting togethertraining and promotional videos, aswell as music videos for local bands,and creative spots that will be airedon Hurst TV. *

ent, is awarded to Annie D eMeo. Thealumni committee sponsors thisaward. fThe Frank Barry Leadership Awardis presented to a senior who hasshown superior leadership and in-volvement with M ercyhurst StudentGovernment. The senior must exem-plify the characteristics of FrankBarry, one ofthefirstmale presidentsof Mercyhurst Student Government.)Congratulations to the co-recipientsof the Frank Barry LeadershipAward, Rob Kosko and Lydia Garver.The Alumni Recognition Award isgiven to a graduating senior who hasshown loyalty and strong ties to thealma mater. This person has beenfilled with the spirit of Mercyhurst.This year's recipient is LindsayCook.

The President's AchievementAwards are presented to an outstand-ing senior in every division of thecollege. These seniors much showa strong influence as future leadersin their chosen profession. Theseawards will be presented at theGraduation Awards dinner on May17, 2002. Congratulations to eachwinner in the following divisions:Aaron Hayes for the B usiness Divi-sion, Jamie Thomas and CatherineHinman for the Education Division,Janet Reisner for the Human Ecol-ogy/HRIM Division, Charon Hribar

Annie Sltter/Mereiad photographer __This year's Senior Award winners are (L to R) back row: Lydia 1Garverand Rob Kosko. (L to R) front lDw:Lindsay Cook, BillyhByrnes and Annie DeMeo. 'and Justin Garrison for the Humani-ties Division, Natalie Zofko for theCreative Arts Division, Scott Quiveyfor the Natural Science and Math-ematics Division, and AmandaRumba and Jay Starliper for the So-cial Science Division.The M ale Athlete of th e Year hasbeen awarded to PeterAubry, and theFemale Athlete of the Year has been

awarded to Meghan Frey.There are a number of awards foradult and graduate students that willbe presented on Th ursday, May 16,2002. The recipient of the CatherineMcAuley Undergraduate AdultAward is Mary Wingrove, andJoanne Sorensen is the recipient ofthe Sister Eustace Taylor GraduateStudent of the Year Award.

SAC board finally approved after delayNew board is enthusiastic about the 2002-2003 school yearBy Annie DeMeoStaff writerThe new executive board for the Stu-dent Activities Com mittee (SAC) ofMercyhurst Student Government(MSG) was approved at the MSGmeeting M onday, May 6 at 8:30 p.m.The board was recommended by thenew SAC Chair, junior Jess M ontana,and approved by the body of studentrepresentatives.In selecting the board, M ontana'schief goal was "to find an energeticboard that would work well to-gether." Montana chose to name sixprogrammers, rather than assign in-dividuals to program events for Cof-feehouse or other on-campus elAs former secretary of SAC, Mon-tana chose to combine the offices ofsecretary and treasurer into one po -sition, which she dubbed financialsecretary.Montana recommended FrancescaRavasio for this new position. "Ichose to combine the offices becauseseveral people suggested that the

change be mad e," said Montana.The six undesignated programmersare junior Rich Johns (last year'sSAC chair), junior Kelly Behr, jun-ior Jenny Campbell, freshman LauraHearn, juniorSarah Pulley, and jun-ior Joe Weirtel. "I thought that by notdividing the work up as it has beendone in previous years, it would cre-ate a more team environment, whichis important for getting people in-volved," said Montana. Also, Mon-tana designated junior John Hesslera programmer responsible for mov-ies and off-campus events.All of the programmers are enthu-siastic about the upcoming schoolyear. "I am so excited to be a pro-grammer next year because we havea lot of people on the board who arewilling to take student suggestions,']said Pulley, who was previously onthe board. The programmers are alsohoping to get more student support.One way of boosting student in-volvement in SAC is with improvedpublic relations. Freshmen HollyBurns and Sarah M cCloskey will be

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Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerfaced with the daunting task of en-couraging student participation inSAC-sponsored events as executiveboard members responsible for pub-licizing ev ents.Students can look forward to sev-eral breaks from traditional SACevents, according to Montana. Ahighlight: "One of the big things weare planning for the fall is combin-ing Homecoming and Fall-Fest andcreating a really awesome weekendfor the students," she said.

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PAGE 2 THEMERCIAD MAY 9. 2002CAMPUS NEW S Make Wish grants Rock-A-ThonShoCK t h e mOnkeyS PMCAsponsers event that's^ "music" to kidBy Megan FialkovichContributing -writerI got to thinking last week,as I stud-ied my handy chart of human evolu-tion* from the earliest austratopith*ecines to modern Homo sapiens sa -piens. Overlapping this, I've postedpictures of fossilized velicoraptorclaws. T he oft-debated extinction ofthe theropods and their contempo-raries is the most well-known in aseries of massive evolutionarydownsizing.*>The geologic record indicates that245 million years ago, in the Per-mian, and again in the Triassic, 200m.y.a,, there were tremendous ex-tinction events which wiped out over90% of earthly life. It was a mere 65_ m.y.a. that the reign of the largestcreatures to walk the planet was cutshort along with a myriad of otherspecies.The June issue ofDiscover Maga-zine implies that the climate at thejuncture of the Cretaceous/Tertiaryperiods had already begun to shiftso drastically that the Stegosauroidsand Co. were doomed long beforeany comet or asteroid slammed intothe planet. If this whim of natureseems cruel, consider this: evolutioneliminates those organisms unable toadapt to their environment, and thedemise of prehistoric behemothspaved the way for mamm als.In the description of the late CarlSagan, the history of Earth is akin toa novel, with earlier epochs compos-ing chapters and volumes. Compa-rably, the entire record of hum anityis only a short sentence on the lastpage. We are no more than a wink inthe planet's eye, let alonethe rest of

the universe.Unfortunately, human groups areadept at their practice ofplunderingnatural resources, disrupting entireecosystems, and then moving on tocolonize new areas, leaving a wakeof permanent damage.It takes a uniquely ambitious andfoolish race to use up millions ofyears of converted organic matter injust a few generations. We probedeep space, hoping to colonize it inten years, while millions go to bedhungry each night. We can build end-less coffee shops and burger joints,but we cannot inhabit an area with-out overwhelming it.My point is that we are driving notonly our species, but many others,hard towards extinction. This if agradual process, and the signs are asobvious as the death of the oceansand the melting of polar ice caps.So, fellow earthlings, what's itgo -ing to be? Will the overpopulatedthird world perish from famine, orwill AIDS mutate to an airbornestrain? Will it be our arsenal ofnuclear weapons, whose destructivepower even their inventors be -moaned? Or w ill an extraterrestrialbody's impact trigger the spontane-ous eruption of all volcanoes onEarth, causing a permanent, acid-rainwinter? I urge self-aware readers tobe conscious of ecological steward-ship in order to give Earth a fightingchance. 4

The rearticulated bones of dino-saurs are no m ere museum cunousity- they are a potent warning to us, theinheritors of the planet^ '* * Weep notfor he Hadrosaurs,, theysay, but for yourselves andyour chil-dren./

SPAN diving anyone?Student organization offers extreme sport to studentsBy Annie DeMeoStaff writerSeveral Mercyhurst students will par-ticipate in an extreme adventure thisSaturday, May 11.SPAN (Student for the Protectionand Appreciation of Nature) is spon-soring a sky diving trip to Grove City,Pa. Fifteen students have signed upto participate and will depart fromcampus at 7 a.m."We were able to offer students,who signed up, a financial break,said Sara Lopata, a member ofSPANwho organized the trip. "MSG (Mer-cyhurst Student Government) ap-proved our request for $450 of clubfunding.**The money raised will help de-crease the $179 cost to sky dive."We are going to tandem jump,**explained Lopata, "which means you

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jump while strapped to an instructor."Lopata also offered some thrillingdetails, "We'll be as high as 10,000to 13,500 feet in the air, and there isa 40-45 second fr ee fall.'*Lopata also indicated her personalenthusiasm for the fast-approachingtrip, "I have never done this before.I'm so excited, I'm just sick," shesaid. "It's one of the most extremethings you can do."Lopata explained that SPAN isabout "protection" and "apprecia-tion" of nature. "SPAN is an out-doors, adventure club too, we'vesponsored camping trips and whitewater rafting and this is ust onemorething." *?T It is not too late to join SPAN insky diving.Students willing to pay the $179 feeto attend, should contact Lopata atextension 3171 to get details on at-tending.Hair norte Unlimited

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By Josh West fContributing writerThe Mercyhurst College chapter ofthe Professional Convention Man-agement Association (PMCA) re-cently sponsored a fund-raising eventon behalf of he Make-A-Wish Foun-dation for children.The foundation, which has servedover 4,600 children over the lasteighteen years, is a nonprofit orga-nization. The organization's missionstatement is to "grant the wishes ofchildren with life-threatening ill-nesses to enrich the human experi-ence with hope, strength, and joy."Laura Rowles and Adam Lewisworked with the PMCA with thehopes of raising the $3,400 neces-sary to finance the wish of one child.The money was raised through thetwenty-four hour "Rock-a-Thon,"which took place at 6 p.m. on Fri-day, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 atGarvey Park.Over the weekend, several teamsof Mercyhurst Students assembledand began rocking, in rocking chairs

that is. The chairs were lent to theevent by the local Cracker Barrel res-taurant located on upper Peach street.Each chair was sponsored by a dif-ferent organization with the intent ofkeeping them rocking until 6 p.m. onSaturday, fulfilling the twenty-fourhour goal.The corporations that sponsoredchairs include Cracker Barrel OldCountry StorejMedia Play, CVS,Papa John's Pizza and The RedDoor. MercyhursUorganizations

Kristin Purdy/Contributing photographerSAC and MSG each sponsored achair as well.Overall, the G arvey Park Rock-a-Thon ended with great success. Theevent was so successful that it is be-ing considered as an event for nextyear.Those interested in referring a childor helping out the Make-A-WishFoundation can call 1-800-676WISH or visit www.wish.org/ westempa. ^

'Hurst athletic hall inductees ann oun cedTwo former athletes join ranks of past Hall ofFamehnembersFormer women's soccer playerJoAnne Connelly Raymundo andformer men's basketball player PaulYoung will be inducted into the Mer-cyhurst College Athletic Hall ofFame when the Athletic Departmentholds its annual SerdoxStudent Atn-lete Recognition Luncheon Saturday,May 18, at 12noon at the college'sEgan Hall D ining Room.Connelly Raymundo, a native ofRochester, New York, and BrightonHigh Schools, was one of the pio-neers of the women's soccer pro-gram, which began varsity play in1987. Mercyhurst got its first win thatseason over Bethany College 4-2,tied Gannon 0-0, and upset nation-ally ranked Geneva 2-1.The Lady Lakersfinished he yearwith a very respectable 6-7-2 mark.Unheralded Mercyhurst made it allthe way to the NCAA playoffs a yearlater, reaching the Final Four.Joni's first coach and current deanof the college, Dr. Andy Roth, calledher "the heart and soul of that 1988team and the most intense player Ihave ever coached."The Lakers made it in to the ECACplayoffs in 1989 and just missed theNCAAsi n l 990 . f W }All told, Joni's teams finished acombined 54-15-5 in her four sea-sons. The 1988 team was rankedninth nationally and the 1990 teamwas seventh.

Joni ended her career with 31 goalsand 19 assists for 81 points. -She made the All-Northeast RegionTeam in 1988,1989, and 19901, waschosen Honorable Mention All- American in 1988, ajnd made thev-MrJvV^E Tournamejt team thatfiarnVyelSr.'loni graduated with a de-gree in Hotel Restaurant InstitutionalManagement in 1990 and is marriedto Mercyhurst alum Raul Raymundo

She is currently employed as aPhar-maceutical Sales Representative forTakeda while Raul is a Claims Ad-juster for Erie Insurance. The couplehas three children, Erika (6), Joshua(4), and Noah (2). ^The family resides in CranberryTwp, Pa. Connelly joins teammateVeronica Sansom in theAthletic Hallof Fame.Paul Young (Pittsburgh, Pa/BaldwinHigh School) played basketball forMercyhurst from 1974 to 1978 andwas an integral part of a fledglingprogram that ultimately brought lo-cal, regional, and national attentionto the college.The Lakers went a combined 70-31 in Paul's four years and hecaptained the team which representedthe National Association 0fIntercol-legiate Athletics (NAIA) District 18in the 1978 national championshipsin Kansas City.The team ended the season with a

26-3 record and afinalnational rank-ing of 10th. Paul was the consum-mate team player and was adept atevery phase of the game - shooting,passing, rebounding, and defense.The late Dick Fox, Mercyhurst's firstmen s coach recruited Young. In a1974-75 preseason outlook, CoachFox called Young "the surprise atpractice, smart for a freshman" anda potential "sleeper."

Young had a few nagging injuriesduring his career, but still finishedwith 797 points and is still among thetop 20 scorers of all time.Young graduated with a degree inLaw Enforcement in 1978 and wasthe college's male Student Athleteofthe Year.Paul has been in the insurance busi-ness for the last 18 years and is cur-rently employed as an EmployeeBenefits Broker for KendersonBrothers, the largest locally ownedbrokerage firm in Pittsburgh.He has been married for 19 years tomthe former Cheryl May (Mercyhurst'81). Paul's son, Adam, is complet-ing his freshman ye ar at Robert Mor-ris. The family resides in Bridgebill,Pa . jj* jftf IYoung is the second men's basket-ball player to be inducted, joining all-time leading scorer Johnny Green.Mercyhurst began an Athletic Hallof Fame in 1996. It now has 22 mem-bers.

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FEATURESChemicals and m dark room...One student celebrates alternativelifestyles^withfilmBy Stacey Abb ottMerciad writerShe spends a lot of her time in a darkroom. Alone. With foul-smellingchemicals. Who is the mysteriouswave-maker? Well, she's not avam-pire or light sensitive Gremlin at all.She 's Mercyhurst senior AislingMcBride, and she has taken her ar-tistic talents beyond the gates of the'Hurst. Starting on Friday, May 3, acollection of McBride*s photographsentitled "Together" will be exhibitedin the front resource and announce-ment area of The Village, located at133 West 18th St in Brie. 3 *McBride, an art therapy major, hadalways maintained an interest in pho-tography, but never fully got to pur-sue theendeavor until her.senior yearat the 'Hurst. This exhibit waspartly

inspired by her^senior art thesisproject, which was an installationpiece that dealt with society's con-ceptions and conventions surround-ing gender issues. "Together" fea-tures gay and lesbian couples andexamines similar issues of genderand society. The exhibit features 14couples, including some Mercyhurststudents, as Well as people from thesurrounding Erie area. McBride wasintimately involved in each, step ofthe creative process, having shot, de-veloped, printed and framed eachSxlO black and white print on dis-play. When asked about the natureof her project, M cBride commentedthat her "intent was to celebrate gay/lesbian relationships through themedium of photography. I wanted tohave as much diversity as possiblein relation to age, race, background,etc." This project has certainly been

a labor of love for the artist who isvery excited about the first publicexhibition of her work.Aisling grew up in Dublin, Ireland,and chose to come to the UnitedStates to eam her college degree.Upon graduation, McBride plans toremain in the states, most likely inthe Cleveland area, and look intograduate studies in some aspect ofstudio art or art therapy.Friday's opening turned out to be apleasant gathering of some of thecouples included in the collection, aswell as friend s and art fans from thecommunity; "Together" will be ondisplay at The Village from Friday,May 3 through Sunday, May 26th.Selected, signed prin ts will be avail-able for purchase. For more infor-

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Senior, Aisling McBride grasps her creativity threw photography.

Two tickets to paradiseBy Stacey Abbo ttMerciad writerWell, maybe it wasn't exactly para-dise, butit was close enoughforover500 Mercyhurst students who piledfirst into the big yellow bus and thensecond into Sabel la's on Friday, May3, for SAC's Polynesian ParadiseSpring Formal. Mercyhurst hoststwo such events a year, which con-tinue to be a hit among'students,having sold out in record time thisyear (Don't get any ideas, no camp-ing out in front of the union for tick-ets next year).For my fel low members of theclassof 2002 and I, it would be the finaltime we would get all gussied up toattend a school-wide formal at the

Annie Sitter/ Merciad photographerKristin Purdy and Adam DuSchole spent their Saturday on the campus with Inflatable fun,enjoying this year's Spring Fest!

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'Hurst. We remembered fondly thehurried flurry of lipstick and bobbypins through the halls of Baldwin thatfirst fall, as well as how good it feltto finally get that wrist band slappedon last year. We've enjoyed all thetumblers, stemware, T-shirts, and mypersonal favorite, the rainbow col-ored slinky from the spring of 2000,which serve as little reminders of thegood times we've all shared atMercyhurst formats.For me, the last hurrah was a realswell time, indeed. The week before

the big event, I made a bee;line forPacific Sunwear to pick up a shortlittle Polynesian-esque number com-plete with a large hibiscus flowerprint and phatty 3-inch flip-flops tomatch. 4My friends and Iwere certainly ingood spirits by the time the bus pulledup to Sabel la's and were immediatelyenchanted by the very tropical decor.Each table boasted a palm tree cen-I ter-piece surrounded by lollipops,tobfsie rolls, and oth er sweet "treats,as well as those cute little umbrellasthat are always poking out of fancydrinks in movies. Being intelligentcollege students with our priorities inorder, my posse headed straight to thebuffet line to carbo-load in prepara-tion for a long night of tail shaking.

Soon the beats started to pum p andthe dance floor became a frenziedmix of dancing kings and queens, allmarinated slightly in the inevitabledrink spillage that we've all come toknow and love (or at least try to en-dure with a polite smile). The goodtimes stretched on till midnight, whenwe piled back into the bus and headedstraight for the gates (sans "pearly")of Mercyworld to hang up ourdancin' shoes one final time.

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Questioning FaithFr. Jim Piszker

>The vast majority of decisions fac-ing humanity today are in the areasof biomedical ethics and scientifictechnologies.Tremendous strides are being madethat will affect the future of the hu-|man race and raise significant andsubstantive questions about whatkind of people we hope to be.From the Catholic perspective,while the creativity and vision ofthese developments are applauded,the concern of the church has beenfocused on these developments*long-term effects on both individu-als and communities.Naturally, the Bible does not ad-dress these kinds of issues directly.But the church has consistently ar-gued from the standpoint of the dig-nity of the human person from con-ception to natural death.This defensive argument has beenthe basis of the church's completeopposition of abortion (which go esback to the first century of Christian-ity) and is the basis for concern andopposition to stem cell researchwhen human embryos are used (and

discarded). *h The ramifications of such researchwould be a direct violation of under-standing the dignity of the humanperson from conception to adult. Hu-man cloning would be rejected forsimilar reasons; that to enjoy its ben-efits, human embryos are used onlyto be experimented on and/or de-stroyed. *%Cloning also raises serious concernsabout the individualjdignity anduniqueness of the human person.It is important to acknowledge thatthere are ethical forms of stem cellresearch (in the form of using adultstem cells and cloning them as ameans to alleviate human sufferingor for advancement in scientific ormedical understanding without thedesecration/destruction of he humanperson).As is usually the case in the field ofmorality, we generally m ake our de-cisions based upon the short termbenefits that we think the results ofthose decisions might have, ratherthan looking at the long-term ramifi-cations of our actions.In both of the aforementioned c ases,the church would argue from thestandpoint that detrimental long-termramifications far outweigh any short-term benefits, particularly when thereare viable alternatives available.

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THE GOODSpring JFest entertained plenty of Mercyhurst studeritsover the weekend. With a variety of fun things for studentsto do, including Summo wrestling, a bucking bronco andeat FREE food, we can 't wait to see what MSG comes upwith next year. " 1 5 - *Kudos to Rich Johns, Jess Montana and all those whomade Spring Fest a safe and enjoyableJime this year, withthis year's fest being one of the college's bests Much love,guys. \W$

The musical performance of "Carmen" at the PAC received standing ovations during its May 4 and 5 perfor-mances. \ The Spring formal had a large turnout and to say all hadia good time would be an unde rstatement Kids danced,drank and ended the year on a celebratory note. It's the last week of he2001 -2002 school year. That meansthere's only a few evil finals and a lot of studying separat-ing us from freedom.

mission statement...I care a lot about how we all seem tobe caring less.People make fun of you for wear-ing a paper hat and serving a dessertwith "Mc** preceding it? Instead oftrying to get a better, more aestheti-cally pleasing job, we punch in andget paid minimum wage to bitch, tak-ing our own lack of initiative out onall those who have sacked up, filledout and gotten in gear.I'm not talking about only collegekids or these so-called Gen X-ers.Adults, too, have'found solace incomplacency1.They watch infomercials promot-ing the latest workout craze that notonly gives you abs in less than 2weeks, but fits nicely underneaththeir bed. (That's what I want mymonthly installments to gotowards...forget how it works in con-cert with a phone cordflavoredpro-tein shake does it store easily outof sight?) IBitching and moaning. That's ourmantra, that's- our latest thing to doon a Friday night (or in an Opinioncolumn). But do we find the answersto all we can't categorize or easilyreference?1 don't* And the sooner we realizethat there is no magic 8-Ball that wecan shake and be enlightened by itspyramid of answers, the better allwill be.The last week hasbeen nothing buttwo days of evil incarnate, three daysof popping-Advil-like-Pez, and oneday of grins and giggles. D uring thatweek, a friend turned on me and na-palmed all I know about trust andhuman nature. * *I spent many hours analyzing ev-ery one else's analysis of me, trying

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to see if their insight was validenough to warrant an attempt tochange my daily pattern of bowl ofcereal, witty comment in class, siz-zling salad, random pop-culture ref-erence and repeat.I know this all seems like one giantstream of consciousness...maybe it isand maybe it is. I dunno. All I doknow is that I am severely pissed athow everyone thinks they know whatis best for everyone else but them-selves. I don't know w hat it is lately,but more people seem less concernedabout the greater good and more in-terested in self-servicing, individualagendas.When did we become pessimists liv-ing behind white picket fences?When did we stop caring about hu-manity and start doing on to othersas we would never want done on tous? When did we stop being?Random thought #29: Drinking cof-fee or the irst time since sixth grade.It's 2 a.m. and it tastes like college.The end of the year brings manybeginnings...summer, graduation,flings, BBQs, etc. Unfortunately,none of them mean anything to mostpeople because they are to busy think-ing about next week rather than pay-ing attention to all the life warpingpast them today. 4I, and you can agree or not, I won'tlose sleep over it, but I need to startgetting back to the basics abo ut whatit is about this life that makes it an.enigma. 4Wemight be our own Rosetta Stones

on this one. Forget seize theday...seize everyday. Live in* thenow? Why? Everyone spends somuch time in the "then." *We live in a cynical, cynical world;where pink slips are currency, Clif fsNotes are conversation starters, andcompact oars are our chariots intosuburbia.Random thought #453: Why dopeople wearglasses to drive, but notduring any other time of the day? It'sHike they get in the car and can seeeverything, bu t outside blind as abat. Why not get a prescription wind'shield?This all doesn't make much sense,and in some paradoxical way, it issupposed to make sense via its non-conforming nature. As"we go intoanother summer, preparing for ourfinal years in college, Tyler Durden'sphrase ("You are not the contents ofyour wallet. You are not your kha-kis.") should sting with resonance.If not, then backflip out of indif-ference and try to find it by trying tofind yourself. And don't let anyoneelse tell you differently about howyou should go about doing so, espe-cially

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Flix Foamet thejcastinets:j_Carmen electrifies the PAC TicketStub | Another RouBy Katie Putney *Contributing writerThe Mercyhurst Dance Departmentand the Lake E rie Ballet presented abeautiful performance of "Carmen"on May 4 and 5 in the MaryD'Angelo Performing Arts Center.The show included five separate per-formances: "Paqui ta ," "Pepi taJiminez," "Amanecer," "FaruccaJand "Carmen

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The performance began with"Paquita," a powerful, classical bal-let performance with music byMinkus. This.intricate piece wascomplimented by the costumes; thedancers w ere dressed in three differ-

spotlight lighting Hernandez createdan intimate atmosphere. This power-ful piece w as thoroughly enjoyed bythe audience, earning him a standingovation. .F > 7 2"Fariicca" was a traditional piecechoreographed and performed byLuis Montero, accompanied by gui-tarist Nicolas Hernandez. Monterowore ablac k and gold waistcoat, andblack pants. He captured the atten-tion of the audience from the begin-ning with his strong posture, and ex-cellent control of movement.Katherine Leggiero, a member oftheaudience, spoke af terwards ofMontero's "dominating presence onstage." This performance was wellreceived, and assured a standing ova-

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ent styles ofprima-donna tutus made , tion for Montero. and Hernande z.of tulle, with eye-catching beading.The corps wore all pink tutus, thesoloists wore pink tutus with bronzebodices, and the principal dancerswore pink tutus with orange bodices.The leading male dancer w.ore awhite and deep pink/orangecostume.This routine was made up of groupand solo performances. The soloists,in particular, impressed the audience,with spontaneous outbursts of ap-plause 'almost becoming a regularoccurrence. Each solo was unique,and the dancers kept the audiencecaptivated throughout. The indi-vidual-performers * synchronizationwith themusic during this piece wasflawless. %

"Pepita Jiminez," a lively fla-menco-style routine involving twosets of four dancers, followed"Paquita." The dancers wore tradi-tional black dresses with red rufflesaround the bottom, adding a vibrant,lively touch. Their costumes mim-icked their performance; while thepiece was traditional, chorographerLuis Montero created an excitingnew aspect. The dancers had greatpresence on stage, and commandedthe attention of the audience."Amanecer" was a solo flamenco-guitar session performed by com-poser Nicolas Hernandez. A single

The performances ended on a highnote with "Carmen," choreographedby Luis Montero, to the music ofBizet. This performance was spec-tacular, with many no table-routines,and a beautiful array of costumes.Carmen and Don Jose, danced byGina Ribera and Mark Santillano,were riveting in their roles. Someother outstanding performances in-cluded the gypsies, who maintainedbeautiful coordination, even duringturns, in a fabulous whirlpoo l of colorand scarves. Also, the piece where thechildren danced in the square with thenun was performed with vigor sa\a\1 style. The soldiers were synchronizedand danced in unusual and eye-catch-ing formations.

The bullfighter, E scamillo (dancedby Brendon LaPier) had outstandingpoise and grace, and the peasantdancers provided a change in tempowith a classic folk dance.Also worth mentioning were the"little things" that made this perfor-mance special.Props such as the fans, and theabilities ofthe set designers to createsets that needed minimal changing,added greatly to the show.The performances were thoroughlyimpressive; all the dancers receivedan enthusiastic, standing ovation.

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man kicks rayass, yours and the guy's next to.you.Not since Dick Tracy ofSupermanhas a comic boo k's panels and heartbeen so truly adapted into, a flurry ofCG wizardry and a well acted m oviethat hits more than it misses, settingthis summer off with some serious' eye' candy, a perfect way to spend 2hours.The Plot: Tobey Maguire, despitemonths of on-line fan-boy criticism,is the ultimate Peter Parker and Spi-der-Man. When bitten by a radioac-tive spider, Parker notices biologicalchanges, you know, theusual: height-ened strength, muscles, th e ability tospin webs from your wrists. Eventu-ally, those close to Parker, especiallyhis Uncle Ben (a seasoned CliffRobertson) notice that with Peter'snew powers comes great responsibil-ity, especially when P eter's alter-egomust square off against WillemDefoe's frightfully "cheesy GreenGoblin, aka Norman Osborne. Alongfor the ride is damsel-in-forever-dis-tress Mary Jane, played by hottie-come-lately Kirsten Dunst, andPeter's friend and Osborne's son,Harry (James D iFranco),^ **Th e Good? Uber-comic "geeks andthe uninitiated will be glad to seeeverything the trailers promised onthe big screen flashy stunts, sur-prisingly a lot of heartfelt moments(I almost wept during a pivotal sceneinvolving Peter and Uncle Ben), andevery character in the Spidey uni-verse makes their presence known,,albeit all too briefly. Maguire's stir-ring stillness is never fleeting; we arecaptivated by his innocent gaze androot for him when that gaze is con-cealed behind the costume's mask.

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I Defoe plays Goblin and Osbornewith a unique dichotomy (think Dr.Jeykll meets Lex Luthor). The action scenes tend to be run,exciting and fluidic, offering some ofthe best looking "Matrix" momentsin the wake of some really awfulones. We believe Spidey spins, leapsand glides through the NYC sk yline,thanks to Sam Raimi's deliberatelycampy touches and Danny Elfman'straditional, operatic score.The Bad: The special effects arewhat often cheat the film. At times.- they seem too video gamely to be ;taken seriously, especially when it'sclearly Magu ire's stunt double in. some shots they lack a sense ofheightened realism and jeopardy.y I am overjoyed with what isaw thispast Friday. I haven't clapped at theend of a movie in a long time, norfl have I rooted for the characters andsaid "That is F-ing cool" so manytimes. If Spider-Man's action seemsto hit a muted thud around the middleact, it's okay. If some interactionsbetween Spidey and Goblin seemtrite and cheesy, they're supposed to.And if you find yourself pleasantlysurprised at how well Spidey allieshimself to dramatic ironies and plotreversals in a way that the GreatTrae -edies may envy, see the film again it deserves multiple viewings^

By Stacey Ab bottStaff writerLast year, I remember Saturday nightmeaning only one thing: Sullivan's.The story was much the same formany ofmy fellow 'Hursters wh o I drun into there nearly every weekendlike clock work. It seems that thetrend in Mercyhurst weekend recre-ation has been shying aw ay from thisfriendly Irish Pub as of late, in favorof newer, perhaps more convenientlocales. While broadening horizonsand branching out to new peop le andplaces certainly isn't a bad thing, Ifelt that I should pay a visit to an oldfriend {his past w eeke nd, before Idance on out of this town.

Sullivan's has a charming oldworld feel that promises a friendly,familiar atmos phere (sometimes youwanna go where everybody knowsyour name). The crowd mills aboutuntil a little after 11 when the highenergy dance floor gets swarmedwith lots would-be candidates fromMTV's Th e Grind (or maybe Ameri-can Bandstand? Solid Gold?) Well,my dream in life as an 11 -year-oldwas to be a "fly girl" on In LivingColor so for me, the dance floor atSullivan's is a place to live out fan-tasie s. For others, who just want toshmooze with the opposite sex andshake their groove things, it's equallyenjoyable. The dance floor alsoboasts a two-tiered stage of sorts forthe exhibitionist in us all, or for thosewho merely want to take a good lookat the crowd. There may be, how-ever the token "weird gu y" (or girl,Iguess) who may latch onto you or aroommate which you?ll need tospend the evening steering clear ofand of course the obligatory drinkspillage on your favorite new boots,or maybe even down your back.For the non-dancers there is also aseparate area with a sm aller bar withlots of tables and chairs and cozybooths set up off of the main floor,which are ideal for chatting it up withan old pal, or perhaps someoneyou've just met. AH in all, howeverSulivan's offers the best of bothworlds: a sit-down chill bar as wellas the bump and grind of a packeddance floor. S ullivan 's Pub is locatedat 301 French Street.

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W o m e n ' s l a c r o s s e e n d s s e a s o n r a n k e d s i x t h a f t e r u p s e t t i n g G a n n o nThe Mercyhurst Lady Lakers endedtheir season Wednesday, May 1, byupsetting #6 Gannon in a battle ofTop 10 Division II teams. The winwas the first ever for Mercyhurst ineight tries against the Lady K nights.Mercyhurst entered the contest rankedseventh.^Mercyhurst led4-3 at halftime, henopened a 7-3 advantage eight min-utes into the second half. Gannonrallied with four straight goals to tiethe game at 7-7 with 9:40 left.Mercyhurst *s Amy Plumley, a jun-ior, and Gannon's Carrie DiBasiotraded goals before Mercyhurst se-nior attack Laurie Sienkiewicz putthe Lady Lakers ahead to stay with7:36 left. Senior Vanessa Turner fin-ished the scoring with only four min-utes left J

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerJunior Jenny Meyers splits two Gannon defenders to get a shot on Senior Laurie Sienkiewicz attempts to get around a Gannon defendergoal this Wednesd ay.^ T g f W and find an open teammate.

J u n i o r D i a n a R a p a c k i m a d e f i v e s a v e s f o r M e r c y h u r s t w h i c h e n d e d i t s s e a s o n a t 1 1 - 3 . J u n i o r J e n n i f e r M e y e r s a n d P l u m l e y j o i n e d T u r n e r a n d S i e n k i e w i c z w i t h t w o g o a l s a p i e c e .

M e n ' s b a s e b a l l s p l i t s w i t h E d i n b o r o a n d g o e s 3 - 1 i n C l a s s i c o v e r t h e w e e k e n dBy Scott MackarAssistant sports editorThe Mercyhurstmen 's baseball teamsplit a doubleheader with EdinboroFriday, May 3, then participated intheir own annual Classic Tournament,sweeping Pitt-Johnstown and split-ting two games with Southern Indi-ana May 4 and May 5.The Lakers fell behind to Edinborowhen the Scots scored two first in-ning runs in the opener. They tackedon another run, which gave them the3-2 victory in the first game. Sopho-more Paddy Relihan had two ofMefcyhurst's five hits, while juniorBrad Pickering and senior NickSchnarrs had the runs batted in for theLakers. Freshman John Waldhelmpitched the complete game in takingthe loss.In the second game, the Lakersjumped out early as they scored fourruns in the first inning, setting thestage for a 9-6 victory. Senior RyanNietupski led the offensive attackwith three doubles, a single and fourruns batted in. J unior Dan Caprettaand Schnarrs also had doubles tohelpsophomore starter James Sacram entopick up his fourth win of the season.

Saturday, the Lakers won a closegame over Pitt-Johnstown 3-2 ineightinnings in the first day of he C lassic.Sophomore J D. Roewer workedseven innings for the Lakers allow-ing six hits and two earned runs.Junior Mark Thompson shut out the

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerFreshman Devln Kowalski connects on a pitch to deep right-centeri Senior Todd Musher strides towards homeplate delivering a pitchfield. I M this weekend, I SMountain Cats in the eighth to pickup the victory. Schnarrs provided thefireworks for Mercyhurst in theeighth, as he singled home the game-winning run. Junior Matt King con-tributed with a first-inning homerunand freshman Dave Kowalski sing ledhome a run in the second.In the second game of the day, theLakers beat Southern Indiana 4-2.Mercyhurst and Southern Indianawere ied at two in the fourth inningwhen unior Frank Rodriguezdoubledhome. Schnarrs and King singledhome Rodriguez to give Mercyhurstthe victory. Sophomore Paul Baumertwent 5.2 innings before reliever Th-

ompson came in and shut the dooronSouthern Indiana for the save.In the first Sunday game of theClassic, Southern Indiana got revengeon the Lakers as they coasted to an 8-2 victory. They scored five runs in thefifth inning to erase a 2-0 Mercyhurstlead. Senior starterTodd M usher tookthe loss, going six innings, allowingten hits, and six earned runs.Mercyhurst scored their only runs inthe first inning on singles by K owalskiand King, and then a two-run base hitby Pickering.The Lakers completed their sweepagainst Pitt-JohnstownSunday, win-ning 5-4. The Lakers opened a 3-0

first inning lead before having tocomeback in the bottom of the seventh topick up the victory. Nietupski andseniorTony Cruz doubled in first in-ning runs, and a third scored ona wildpitch ..Junior starter Steve Strohmentered the seventh with a 3-2 lead,but the Mountain Cats scored twice

on a single, double and a triple to takethe lead. Nietupski and Relihan pro-vided the heroics, as they had the twohits driving in the winning runs.Mercyhurst will end its season thisweekend with back-to-backGLIACdoubleheaders Saturday and Sundayat Ashland. \

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PAGE 8 TH E ME RC1AD MAY 9, 2002LAKERSPORTSBlue defeats white in the football spring gameBy Scott M ackarAssistant sports editorSaturday, May 4 the Laker footballteam played their annual springgame. The blue team ended up win-ning the friendly contest 7-0.The players were divided into awhite and blue team to play thegame. The game was knotted at zerountil early in the second half whenblue, quarterback, junior BrettWeidig, connected with freshmanMario Tullis on a fifty-yard touch-down strike to give their team the 7-0 lead. That proved to be the onlyscore the blue team needed as theirdefense pitched the shutout. Thewhite offense had a couple of oppor-tunities to tie the game in the secondhalf, but the blue defense rose to theoccasion, forcing three fumbles inthe game. .

The white team got inside the 20-yard line late in the second halfwithhelp from senior fullback Ross

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerSenior quarterback Brett Weidig attempts a pass. Weidig threw the Junior Eric Bott (88) gets undercut by Rob Keefe (24) and anotheronly touchdown pass of the day on a 50 yard strike. 4white defender before he can turn upfieid.Bandiera 's 50-yard run up themiddle. On the next play the blue de-fense forced, and recovered, the thirdfumble of the day to ice the victory.The game provided fans with aninside look at the changes the Lakers

have made both offensively and de-fensively under new head coachMarty Schaetzle. Though there wasnot an abundant amount of scoringduring the game, fans were treatedto a new brand of Laker football.

Mercyhurst football fans were usedto the wide open offense over the pastfew years, but the team has nowadopted a much more run-orientedoffense. The defense also has a newlook, running a 4-4 defense, a change

from the 4-3 defense they ran the lastfew seasons.The Lakers open up their seasonnext fall when West VirginiaWesleyan visits Tullio Field Satur-day, September 7.

L a k e r s s p l i t l a s t t w o h o m e g a m e s w i t h a 1 6 - 7 l o s s a n d i 4 - 8 i w i nBy Mackenzie DexterSports editorMercyhurst ended its home seasonWednesday, May 1, with a 16-7 set-'back to visiting Rochester Instituteof Technology.

The teams battled to a 4-4 stalemateafter a quarter before the Tigers tooka narrow 6-5 lead at halftime. Thethird period was all RIT, as the Ti-gers scored six unanswered tallies toopen a dom inating 12-5 lead after 45minutes.Mercyhurst got two goals apiecefrom sophomore Troy Ledbetter,freshman Ian Komorek, and juniorJim Detwiler and a solo goal fromsenior Steve Pecori. SophomoreMike Rispoli started in goal for theLakers, but was relieved by juniorKevin Tidgewell with 8:41 to play inthe first quarter and the T igers lead-ing 4-2. RIT outshot Mercyhurst 46-32. - v ; . * > T

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerFreshman Kevin Riley tries to elude an RIT defender Wednesday.The Lakers lost to RIT 16-7. i * Sc 1

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerJunior Jim Detwiler races past a defender looking to score. Detwilerscored two goals against RIT.

The team ended its season on a suc-cessful note Saturday, May 4, with a14-8 win over #10-ranked LIU-Southampton. The match was playedin Syracuse, N.Y. Mercyhurst closedwith an 8-6 record, while

Southampton dropped to 4-5.Komorek led M ercyhurst with threegoals and an assist, while Ledbetterand seniors Chad Giger and PatrickMerrill scored two goals apiece. Add-ing single tallies were Pecori, junior

Dom Aratari, and freshmen JerodFelice, Steve England and AndrewSands. Ledbetter ended the seasonwith a team-leading 50 goals and 61pointSi Komorek followed with 23goals and 29 points. Rispoli played1

all 60 minutes and was credited with20 saves.The team will be losing seniors Ja-son Weeden, Tim Garbach, NeilFildes, Greg Judge, Giger, Merrill,and Pecori to graduation. ;- r ~Women rowers winS o f t b a l l t e a m g o e s 2 ^ 2 | a t ? t h e G L I A C C h a m p i o n s h i p s t h r e e g o l d m e d a l sBy Scott MackarAssistant sports ed itorThe Mercyhurst women's Softballteam went 2-2 at the Great LakesIntercollegiate Athletic ConferenceChampionships Friday, May 3.Ashland was the host for the GLIACChampionship Tournament.The Lady Lakers faced off againstcross-town rival Gannon in the firstgame, losing 2-1. The Laker defensecontributed to the Knight's attack inthe first inning by giving up a single,a sacrifice, a passed ball and a wildpitch. Gannon extended their lead totwo in the second inning, scoring onanother wild pitch by the Mercyhurstpitching staff. Mercyhurst scored anunearned run in the seventh and hadthe tying run on before freshman

Shanna McDowell lined out to thepicture to end the game. Junior Jes-sica Taylor allowed only four hits in5.1 innings in taking the loss, whilesophomore Becky Ross got the finallouts in the Gannon sixth. Leading theoffensive attack for the Lady Lakerswas senior Dayna Shelkey who hadtwo of the five hits.After the loss, the Lady Lakers wererelegated to the loser's bracket, wherethey knocked off Lake Superior State4-2, and Findlay 5-2 Friday after-1noon. Mercyhurst scored twice in thesecond against Lake Superior on anRBI single by reshmanKim Robertsand a sacrifice fly by McDowell.Mercyhurst added a third run in thethird on an RBI single by Shelkey,and tacked on the final run in the fifthwith help by an error. The four runsproved to be all that sophomore

pitcher Stacy Pastva needed, as shegave up five hits and one earned runin getting the victory.Later Friday afternoon, the LadyLakers ended Findlay's season.Pitchers sophomore Tamara Snyderand Ross combined on a seven-hit-ter while sophom ore Molly Ryan ledthe Mercyhurst seven-hit attack witha pair of singles.In the fourth round of the tourna-ment, Mercyhurst squared off againstforty-game winner Grand ValleyState. Mercyhurst d idn't go downI without a fight, though, losing aheartbreaker at 1-0. Ross allowedonly four hits and an earned run asshe pitched the complete for the loss.The Lady Laker offense was held tojust four hits. Grand Valley scored thegame's only run in the third inning.The Lady Lakers ended their sea-

son 20-20-2 ov erall. The 20 wins inthe season are believed to be the mostever since Mercyhurst began softballin the mid 1970's. I 9 f jSenior Rachae1 Confer earned sec-ond team AU-GLIAC honors whileRoss and senior Dayna Shelkey madeHonorable Mention for the 2002 soft-ball season. Confer ended the seasontied for the team lead in hits with 37.Ross ended the season leading theLady Lakers in all major pitching cat-egories including wins (8), saves (6),ERA (1.39), and strikeouts (44).Shelkey started 41 games for the Lak-ers at shortstop and led the team inI runs batted in (25), slugging percent-age (.451), doubles (9), and totalbases (51). She was also second onthe team with a batting average of.310. i 7-

By Scott MackarAssistant sports editorThe rowing teams competed in the38th annual MACRA Regatta inAthens, OH this past weekend.The men's varsity four only man-aged a third placefinish, team thatwent undefeated the entire season.The women had a very successful)day in the waters. All of their boats]won gold medals. The lightweighteight defeated Marietta College andDuquese for the win. The varsityeight beat second place Grand Val-ley by 11 seconds. The freshmanfour defeated Wittenberg by eightseconds. IPostseason begins this weekend inPrinceton, NJ. The women's light-lweight eight and the men's varsityfour will compete at the Avaya Col-legiate National Championships]