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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929

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Vol. 80 No. 1 Mercyhurst College 501 E. 38th St. Erie Pa. 16546 September 13, 2006

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It is considered a major milestonein Mercyhurst College’s history, Dr.

Thomas Gamble will officially beinaugurated as the 11th president of Mercyhurst College.

Such an event has not taken place on

the Mercyhurst College campus in overtwo decades. The guest list includes over 1,200

people from learning institutions withina 100 mile radius.

However, the priority goes to theMercyhurst community, including fac-ulty, staff, administration, and the boardof trustees.

In addition, many local community and political leaders have been invited.

Before coming to Mercyhurst, Gambleserved as the executive director of theErie County Office of Children and

Youth Services.He is on the Board of Directors at

Mercyhurst Preparatory School and is amember of the Erie Rotary Club. The six-day, 30 event inauguration will

cost $75,000 in total. The event wasfunded by college trustees and friendsof the college. The trustees actually managed to raise

in excess of $100,000, and the remain-ing money not spent on the inaugura-

tion is going into a scholarship fundfor students.

Gamble’s official inauguration withthe theme Imagine kicked off withposter presentations by the HafenmaierSchool of Education and BehavioralSciences on Sunday, Sept 10, and willconclude with Gamble’s installation andofficial address on Saturday, Sept 16. The week is comprised of events,

lectures, discussions, exhibits and per-formances from the five undergraduateschools. According to Gamble, the administra-

tion wanted to both equally representeach school and give choices as toguests, as to which topics they wereinterested in.

Sunday, as previously mentioned,focused on the Hafenmaier Schoolor Education and Behavioral Sciencesand showcased research done by thestudents of that school.

Later that evening, William DeCoteau,Ph.D, a 1992 alumni, and an assistantprofessor of psychology at St. LawrenceUniversity spoke about the complexitiesof the human brain.

DeCoteau was a student of Gamble’s

during his time at Mercyhurst. He now researches the biological basis of habitlearning and behavioral flexibility.

He has also done extensive researchon Parkinson’s disease, Obsessive Com-pulsive Disorder and drug addiction.

Monday, Sept 11, showcased theSchool of Social Sciences with a paneldiscussion on “The Lessons of Sep-tember 11.” The panel included Dr. Randy Clem-

ons, the Chairman of the PoliticalScience Department, Dr. Jim Brecken-ridge, the Chairman of the IntelligenceStudies Department and the Dean of the Walker School of Business, Dr.

Michael Federici, professor in thePolitical Science Department and Dr.Chris Magoc, Chairman of the History Department. They spoke of the implications for

foreign policy, the implications forUnited States Intelligence, the Constitu-tion and Civil Liberties, and the implica-tions for American Society and Culture,all in a post-September 11 world. The night concluded with a presenta-

tion on “Innovations in Juvenile Justice:Imagining a Compassionate and Effec-tive System” in Walker Recital Hall. That panel included John Daley, of

the Edmund L. Thomas AdolescentCenter, Tom Aaron, of the Erie County Court Administration, Kris Petulla, anErie County Behavioral Health Man-

agement Consultant, and Bob Blakely,the Chief of the Erie County JuvenileProbation Office.

Please see Gamble on page 3

By Jessica KocentNews editor

Students moving off campus wholike to party hard may need to rethink before signing a lease.

Existing city ordinances will now bemuch more strictly enforced, said Cap-

tain D.J. Fuhrman of the Erie PoliceDepartment. The strictness, according to Fuhrman,

comes after years of neighbor com-plaints.

“You have neighbors that have beenthere for years and now there are col-lege students living around them; it’s achange in their living style,” he said.

Fuhrman heads the Erie PoliceDepartment’s Neighborhood Action

Team that is assigned to keep an eye oncrime throughout residential neighbor-hoods – including off campus, collegeparties. The ordinances currently in place

affecting off-campus students include:underage drinking, noise and disorderly house.

Underage drinking and noise are rela-tively self-explanatory, said Fuhrman.“If you are at a party where drinking is involved and you are not of age, you

will be cited,” said Fuhrman. “And, if the music is excessively loud at any timeof day, you will also be cited.”

Disorderly house is another violationmany students may also face. According to the ordinance, a dis-

orderly house is one in which, “Noindividual shall be knowingly presentand/or participating in an ill governedor disorderly house or place whereingambling or drinking is occurring

when the same constitutes a commonnuisance or disturbance to the neigh-

borhood or orderly citizens.” The consequences for the ordinances

vary, said Fuhrman. An underage cita-tion can carry a fine of up to $300 andjail time. A noise violation can result ina $50 fine, plus court costs. Disorderly house can reach fines of $300 and 90days in jail.

Fuhrman, however, said the final deci-

sion lies in the hands of District Justice Joseph Lefaiver.Lefaiver says the result of a violation

will depend on the charge. “Fines can be$100 for the first offense and up to $300for the second,” said Lefaiver. “Jail timeas well can occur, but it will depend onthe seriousness of the case.”

In addition to county charges, stu-dents can face disciplinary action by Mercyhurst College.

Lefaiver said he and Mercyhust Col-lege officials have met and set standardsfor students.

Chief of Mercyhurst College Policeand Safety, Ken Sidun, said that if students are cited off campus by Eriepolice, the citation is sent to MercyhurstCollege Police and Safety and then

passed along to the Office of ResidenceLife. According to Sidun, seven citations

have been issued since the start of theschool year. Vice President of Residence Life,

Laura Zirkle, says the fines for off-campus citations given by the Officeof Residence Life depend on the situ-ation.

“Underage drinking off campus is thesame violation in the conduct code,”said Zirkle. “Disorderly house wouldprobably be disruptive behavior in theconduct code.”

Please see Off-campus on page 2

By Joshua WilwohlEditor-in-chief

Jim Coriale, Jeff Allen, and Jon Bonenberger stand in front of their

homes on East 38th Street.

Andy Finkel/Photo editor

College readies forGamble inauguration

The Mercyhurst community just welcomed the newest addition to thefamily, Mercyhurst West in Girard. Thecampus officially opened on Wednes-day, August 30, with the start of fallclasses. There are 18 students enrolled at

the campus. Most are adult students,but there are two traditional-agedstudents.

Heidi Hosey, executive vice presi-dent for Mercyhurst West, explained

the campus will be like MercyhurstNorth East and offer two-year associ-ate degrees, as well as certificates. Thecampus consists of just one building

with three state of the art classrooms. The school is currently offering

afternoon and night classes four daysa week. The campus started out at a tempo-

rary facility located in the former FaithLutheran Church in Girard just west of the permanent campus. The space has been renovated and

equipped with all the necessary learning tools. The facility includes three class-rooms, one equipped with computers,

as well as office space and a studentlounge area. It is the administration’sgoal to complete the master plan fordeveloping the West Campus through-out this year.

Hosey said, “The 400-acre property is a magnificent piece of land, and weowe it to Mercyhurst, the Divine WordFathers who worked on that land fora century, and to the west county tobe responsible and deliberate in ourplanning so that we do justice to thenatural beauty all around us on thatproperty.”

She further explained, “We will beoffering the entire core courses cur-

rently offered at the Main and NorthEast campuses. However, our focus

will be on land, building and propertiesmanagement. We are hoping to build a niche around

facilities management, business admin-istration and hotel management.

Our primary focus, however, will beto build new and innovative programsrelated to sustainable agriculture andhorticulture, renewable energy andgreen technology.” The goal of the West campus as

Hosey is, “We hope to make this a pre-mier program that will draw studentsfrom all over the country and be a major

resource for students and faculty on themain campus.” The campus is completely commuter

however. Hosey explained that as thecampus grows it would be necessary toconsider on-campus housing facilities.Programs that the school will offerinclude research farms and facilitiesfor the care and maintenance of landand animals.

Hosey explained that it depends onthe students as to what programs andextracurricular activities develop.

Please see Mercy on page 3

New kiosk raises eyebrows

The kiosk outside Zurn Hall has some students up in arms. Andy Finkel/Photo editor

Mercyhurst West opens doors for first year

Students no longer need to look forflyers to know what’s going on aroundcampus.

The new electronic kiosk outside

of Zurn Hall flashes and scrolls allMercyhurst Student Government andStudent Activities Council news on twosides of the four-sided booth.

The electronic sides also inform stu-dents of the temperature and time.

The other two sides of the kiosk include digital maps of campus.

The installation of the kiosk cameafter a 40 – 1 vote of the MSG repre-sentative body last February.

According to MSG President DanSchuler, the kiosk is a project the coun-cil wanted for years.

Please see Shutting it down on page 2

By Joshua WilwohlEditor-in-chief

By Sarah SheehanContributing writer

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According to Zirkle, studentsare already aware they can face

violations by the college whenthey sign the off-campus contractform.

“Students fill out all pertinentinformation such as where they live, who their roommates are and we keep it all on file,” said Zirkle.“We also provide each student

with off-campus living bookletsto help them along.”

Zirkle also noted the depart-ment is in the process of setting up a rate a landlord booklet wherestudents would be able to see

what others say about landlordsin the area.

Off-campus students, however,are not happy with the recentenforcement. Junior Chris Geer finds the

stronger restrictions pointless.“I don’t feel like strongly en-

forcing the drinking policy willdo anything,” said Geer. “Mer-cyhurst College enforces theunderage drinking policy withfines, community service, callshome, and that doesn’t seem tohave stopped anyone I know from partaking in a casual five,10, 20 beverages whenever they

are feeling thirsty.” Junior Caitlin Graci shares

Geer’s opinion. “I realize Erienow wants to start enforcing laws,but since this is a college town,I see the fines as a little steep,”she said. “The school shouldalso try to grasp the idea of whathappens off campus should stay off campus.” Junior Matthew Rose says the

school should keep to campus.“Since they are a private institu-tion,” he said. “They should stay private and keep to their owngrounds.”

Zirkle emphasizes, however,that the “…student conductcode applies to students, not toplaces.”

Fuhrman and Zirkle recom-mend that students get to know thier neighbors.

“Introduce yourself and givethem your phone numbers sothey can call you first before they call the police,” said Fuhrman.

Zirkle agrees. “We hope to seeour students helping neighborsand building a community,”she said. “Some of the calls tomy office from neighbors aresometimes positive about ourstudents.”

Off-campus worries

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“MSG researched this idea,

but never fully went through theprocess of obtaining the kiosk,”he said. “Then, this past spring,the MSG student representatives

voted to install the electronicbooth.” The kiosk comes with a price

tag of about $35,000, said Schul-er. MSG is responsible for $8,000over a period of two years.

Schuler said MSG made themove to install the project aftergathering student input.

“We tried to keep people in-formed about what was going on and tried to gather studentinput into the decision,” hesaid. “Then, with the vote in thespring, we went forward with the

project.”Students, however, have mixedopinions on the kiosk.

Freshman Kristen Finch saidshe refers to the kiosk all thetime. “I always look at it for thetime, the temperature and otheractivities around campus,” Finchsaid.

Others, however, do not agree.“It’s an eyesore and in a badlocation,” said senior Andrew Lapiska. “If you’ve made it thatfar onto campus, you don’t needa map to tell you where to gofrom there.”

Lapiska also noted the featuresof the sign. “When I’m walking across campus in the winter I

don’t need an overpriced, flashy sign to remind me just how coldit is outside,” he said.

“I don’t recall seeing any men-tion of the sign or the surround-ing landscaping included in the‘master plan’ that the schoolcommissioned.”

Senior Mike Allen sharesLapiska’s opinion. “It’s a really good idea,” said Allen. “But, it’snot placed in the right spot oncampus, and it’s not very visually appealing.” Junior Megan Rulli is heading

a campaign to shut down thekiosk.

“This kiosk is not really forstudents,” said Rulli. “The kiosk

is ugly - it’s in the middle of cam-pus and really does not reflectstudent needs.”

Rulli also expressed that thekiosk should include other waysto give information.

“The maps take up two sides,”she said. “Why not have a bul-letin board that students are ableto hang information?”

Rulli is handing out “No Ki-osk” pins around campus tohelp her campaign and get herpoint across.

“For $35,000, all we got was aneye soar,” she said.

Shutting it down

Students have even made buttons to express thier dislike

for the new kiosk outside Zurn Hall.

Elections are on their way atMercyhurst College, and students

who enter the Student Union onSept. 13 and 14, will discover theMercyhurst Student Government

voting booth will no longer bethere. The big question is how will

students vote?Online voting is a new trend

at many colleges and universitiesthat seems to be working rather

well. While everyone was relaxing in

the sun and vacationing this pastsummer, the MSG ExecutiveBoard was working hard plan-

ning new ideas on their summerretreat. One such idea was tohave online elections.

Ryan Palm, treasurer of MSG,conducted research dealing withprice estimates, what companiescan offer and various levels of security about online voting.

One company in particularstood out, Votenet Solutions.

Votenet Solutions is a nationwidecompany that provides online

voting services for Fortune 500companies, large non-profit or-ganizations such as the AmericanMedical Association and about adozen colleges and universities. The Executive Board members

wanted to move forward with the

online election process and theMSG body voted via-email toapprove it. By late August they finalized everything.

Students can start voting onSept. 13 at 12:01 a.m. throughSept. 14 at 11:59 p.m. Interna-tional and transfer students can

begin their elections on Sept. 20and 21.

All students need is InternetExplorer and if you do not haveaccess to the Internet, computers

will be available in the StudentUnion on Sept. 13 and 14 from10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Usernames and passwords willbe e-mailed to students.

“Our ultimate goal is to getpeople to vote and see an in-crease,” Palm said. The software features a very

high level of security and pro-hibits students from voting twice,

which will help keep votes as ac-curate as possible.

“Votenet Solutions seemed tobe the leader in online voting solutions and they provided a ter-

rific service and price with many other features we were looking for,” he added.

Elections are for MSG fresh-man representatives. Also dur-ing these two days, sophomores,juniors and seniors will be vot-ing for homecoming king andqueen.

Online voting will also be usedduring the spring term for upper-classmen elections and executiveboard members. Since voting can be a hard decision, MSGrepresentatives will be talking

with students and send out flyersand e-mails. Votenet can also be used to

complete surveys, such as where

you would want your next Stu-dent Activities Committee tripto be located.

For more information about Votenet Solutions, go to the MSG Web site, http://msg.mercyhurst.edu.

Online voting set forMSG elections

The Mercyhurst Student Gov-ernment and Student ActivitiesCouncil are hosting their annualfall fest this year as part of theinauguration festivities. The event is planned for stu-

dents to interact with the new president, Dr. Thomas Gamble.Kelly Cofransico, SAC Chair said,“He’s going to formal events all

week, so this is an opportunity for him to loosen up.” The luau-themed fall fest is

planned for this Friday, Sept.15 from 3-7 p.m. There are sev-eral activities planned including:airbrush tattoos, corn-hole andlimbo.

“Everyone should rememberto wear their luau attire for achance to win a $50 cash prize,”Cofranciso said.

There will be a BBQ in Garvey Park from 4-6 p.m. that will in-clude two pig roasts. At 5 p.m. the Royal Polynesians

of P ittsburgh will give a hulaperformance that is to includeaudience participation. To close out the night, a local

Erie band, Soul Clap, will per-form. During the concert there

will also be a chocolate tiki bar with fruit, cake and pretzels.

The event will take place inGarvey Park and in front of thestudent union. In case of rain,the event will be in the athleticcenter.

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All of the panelists have per-sonally worked with Gamble when he was working in the ErieCounty Juvenile system. All of the panelists praised

Gamble for initiating the dia-logue in solving the problem

with overcrowding in the juvenileholding facilities.

September 12 featured a de-partment open house of bothfaculty and student researchentitled, “Sustainability in Hu-man-Earth Relations” in ZurnHall and featured a presentation“Sustainability: Imagining theRole of Science in Earth-HumanEngagement.” The evening concluded with a

lecture by widely published au-thor Dr. Brian Fagan, professoremeritus of anthropology at theUniversity of California at SantaBarbara.

He has published numeroustextbooks and three books forthe National Geographic Society,including the bestselling Adven-ture of Archaeology.

He spoke on the “Human In-teraction with the Environment:

A Deep-Time Perspective.” The

presentation featured a discus-sion on global warming.Fagan questions the idea of

global warming from a historicalperspective and examined theeffect that fossil fuels may ormay not further complicate theproblem. Wednesday will feature the

Walker School of Business. It will present in special honor of the inauguration, the GuelcherFilm Series: “World’s Fastest In-dian.” Then at 8 p.m. Dr. Aubrey Kent, the Director of the SportsManagement program at FloridaState University will discuss“Imagining the Future of Busi-ness and Communication.”

Kent has done consulting forthe United States Tennis Associa-tion, Major League Soccer, andthe NCAA. The Academic Symposium

will conclude with the School of Arts and Humanities will begin with an academic roundtablein Walker Recital Hall entitled,“Imagining Human Features in

Religion, Philosophy, and WorldCultures.”

It will also feature dual art

shows, “From the Past to the Fu-ture: Mercyhurst College Alumni Art Show” and “Friends of theCollege” art show. They will be in the new Cum-

mings Art Gallery and the firstfloor of Old Main respectively and will both feature receptionsand live entertainment.

Students are also involved inthe inaugurat ion. Darcy Kemp,director of the Mercyhurst Stu-dent Union, has 100 ticketsavailable for students to attendthe installation on a first come,first serve basis. The academic symposium

events of the week are centeredaround the students and thecelebration of instructors anddiversity. The inauguration will also in-

clude: Fall Fest, with a Caribbeantheme, a luau, a dance troupe,and a performance from theband, Soul Clap. Among other topics in his ad-

dress, Gamble will discuss hisplans for the future of Mercy-

hurst College.He has already fulfilled his

goals in creating a new graduate

program for Secondary Educa-tion, particularly with math andscience concentrations, becauseof the amazing faculty, resources,and labs.

Gamble also plans to continueto build the humanities depart-ment, specifically in the religiousstudies department. With Dr. James Breckinridge

as head of the Walker Schoolof Business and his connections

with the intelligence studiesprogram, both will continue toflourish as they become moreclosely related.

In the future, Gamble doesplan on many new building proj-ects including a new dorm.

But, both planning and financ-ing for such projects are still inthe beginning stages.

Gamble also has plans for a se-mester system, which would takeat least two years to start.

He sees both the positives andnegatives; however, he believesthat with a semester systemMercyhurst will be in more in

conjunction with other schoolson semester systems, as far astransferring credits and breaks.

Gamble’s most important goal,however, is to form a strategicplanning community.

He wants to listen to everyone’ssuggestions and promotes anopen discussion policy. Though ways to do that are still

in the early stages, it will includeemails and town meetings.

He wants the community to weigh in on what MercyhurstCollege is really about.

Heidi Hosey, Director of Stra-tegic Planning and the head of the inauguration committee saysthat this event signifies, “a com-ing together of the campus, anda new beginning.”

She said it also signifies thatGamble was, “a teacher first, andthis event really celebrates hisscholarly side.”

Gamble says that the inau-guration is important to himfor obvious reasons, but “par-ticularly important because it canpromote the good things aboutthe college,” and show what Mer-cyhurst is really all about.

Gamble has many new initiatives for campus

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“We really want to see thestudents involved in all aspectsof managing and operating thecampus,” Hosey exclaimed. The students enrolled this term

are taking courses in Computer Applications, College Writing I,Business Math, Public Speaking and Introduction to FacilitiesManagement. There are three adjunct faculty

members accompanying Missy Lang and Heidi Hosey, the fulltime administrators, who bothhave teaching backgrounds thatcan be utilized. This can be considered a step

to expanding and enriching theMercyhurst Community.

Hosey explained, “West willoffer the same quality educationfocused on excellent teaching;it will feature the same balancebetween a serious grounding inthe liberal arts and a commitmentto career preparation.”

Hosey explained that the school will eventually reach all of itsgoals but, “It will take a lot of hard work and the serious com-

mitment of both the college andthe community, but these kindsof programs are an integral partof the future.

Given the original Missioninspired by the Sisters of Mercy,our commitment to programsinvested in responsible steward-ship of the environment is aclear fit.”

Westcampuscarries onMercy tradition

Work study students will be working fewer hours come Janu-

ary 1, 2007, however receiving the same amount of money.

Minimum wage in Pennsylvaniais changing, and the work study program of Mercyhurst College

will be adjusting to it. Students will be receiving $1.10 more anhour taking minimum wage from$5.15 an hour to $6.25 an hour.

Students who participate inthe work study program have on

campus employment in placeslike the Egan Cafeteria and theStudent Union. Students work on campus jobs for a certainnumber of hours each week ac-cording to a specified amount of

money awarded. Tyrone Moore, Associate Vice

President of Administration,explained it like this, “a person at$5.15 an hour was awarded $1500they would currently be working 9.75 hours a week earning $50per week. In January that samestudent would be paid $6.25 anhour and would work 7.75 hoursa week.”

Students work schedules will beadjusted and they will start work-ing the new hours after returning from Christmas break.

Students are reacting favorably

to this change. Alyssa Anger, asophomore who works in CaféDiem, thinks it’s a great idea.“I won’t have to work as muchon campus. With the extra timeI have I’m going to work off campus because I will most likely make more money, receive morehours and hopefully they aremore flexible too.”

“I think that the change in

January concerning minimum wage will be very helpful,” claimsjunior Carly Kelton. “I am amusic major, so I have severalclasses to fulfill, as well as extracurricular activities through the

music department and rehears-als for different concerts andcampus events.”

Because this came after thebudget for this academic year

was already in place, awards can-not be increased. Tyrone Mooreplans to work with this change tobetter accommodate the studentsnext year. “Next year, the Of-fice of Student Employment’s

goal is to better the advantageof the student body by increas-ing the dollar amount receivedand adjusting hours and awardsfrom there.”

Minimum wage in Pennsyl-

vania has remained at $5.15 anhour since 1997 while the costof living has continued to rise.Governor Edward G. Rendellhopes that the change in will bebeneficial to Pennsylvanians andalso be working to the advantageof businesses.

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This past Sunday seven bravesouls piled into a Mercyhurst vanto travel back in time, a time that

Wal-Mart (and most of us) haveforgotten.

Ben and Amanda Stuller, Em-ily Poland, Megan Rulli, Sandy Sickert and Cathy Pedler wentto “Fresh from the Vines” Farmin Crawford County to pick andput-up apples. The outing is part of a cam-

paign to “Eat Local.” Poland,Rulli, Sickert and Pedler, who aremembers of the Whole FoodsCooperative Association (locatedat 1341 W. 26, www.wholefood-scoop.org) began the campaign

to encourage local residents toconsume products that havebeen produced close to home.

“Eating locally preserves theenvironment, builds local econo-mies, and increases the physicalhealth of the human commu-nity,” explains a MercyhurstStudent Green Team leader.

Most of the food (fresh andprocessed) purchased from chainretail stores has traveled at least1500 miles before it reaches agrocery bag. The Mercyhurst apple-picking

adventure was a great success.By 3 p.m. the team canned 28

quarts of applesauce and wasready to tour the farm’s green-

houses, Yurt, and the wild areason the banks of the CussewagoCreek.

Rebecca Vines, the hostess andteacher for the day, is the GeneralManager of the Whole FoodsCooperative Association. Uponhearing about the campaign sheinvited the group to her farm forthe applesauce making event.

If people are to “Eat Local,”they will need to do much of the

work themselves (i.e., growing and preserving food). The global market has encour-

aged an unsustainable life-style which demands massive amountsof energy to ship resources

and products around the earth. This system exploits the underprivileged and destroys the earththrough uncontrolled resourceextraction and habitat destruc-tion.

Consuming locally is a personalchoice and practice that can makea huge impact in preserving people, the community, and theplanet.

For more information seehttp://100milediet.org/ andhttp://www.sustainabletable.org/home/.

As a part of new student ori-entation at Mercyhurst Collegeover 800 freshman, faculty andorientation leaders devoted themorning of Monday, Aug. 28, toserving the Erie community. The annual orientation service

project is a part of the Freshman Year Initiative program that isdesigned to help new studentsadjust to college life. Becausecommunity service is an im-portant tradition at Mercyhurst,students are introduced to thisconcept from the beginning.

Students traveled to 24 differ-ent service sites including localnonprofit organizations such as

Presque Isle State Park, Gridley Park, Mercy Center for Womenand the International Instituteof Erie.

Darcey Kemp, director of the Mercyhurst Student Unionand coordinator of the serviceproject said, “Not only do theagencies benefit from the work that is performed, but our stu-dents are able to feel a deepconnection with the community

and its people. It’s a wonderfulopportunity for our students toexperience the impact that theirservice has on the local commu-nity. The work is truly meaningfulto everyone involved.”

Students boarded buses at 9:30a.m., traveling to service loca-tions throughout Erie County.

“The volunteers were all so

cheerful and ambitious. I am gladthe college participates in suchcommunity service projects. It

was deeply needed,” said Barbara Weber, administrative managerof the International Instituteof Erie. The orientation service project

is important in connecting Mer-cyhurst students with the com-

munity in which they live.“The service day is really an

important component in being a part of the Mercyhurst com-munity,” said Kemp.

Each student worked for abouttwo hours performing tasks suchas cleaning, sorting, weeding and

visiting with senior citizens.Patricia Downey, Environmen-

tal Biologist and Educator at the Tom Ridge Center Regional Sci-ence Consortium said, “It was areal joy to have members of theMercyhurst Class of 2010 help

with weeding at the Tom RidgeEnvironmental Center for a ser-

vice project.“They were very gracious

about doing ‘hard labor,’ and

good-spirited about working with dirt, spiders, and heavy bags. Their efforts will enhance theenjoyment of park visitors andemployees alike.” A total of about 2000 hours

of community service were per-formed that day.

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FYI students help Erie community better itself By Lakyn BiancoContributing writer

No candles. No Christmaslights. No real Christmas trees.

No grills.Sounds like a real downer doesn’t

it? Not when it comes to firesafety. The month of September has

been recognized as College Cam-

pus Fire Safety Month. Since theyear 2000, 75 students across thecountry have died due to firesor fire related injuries on collegecampuses. The majority of these fires

have been caused by a lack of afire sprinkler system, missing ordisabled smoke alarms, poorly disposed cigarette butts and care-

less cooking due to alcohol con-sumption.

Mercyhurst has designated spe-cific fire safety weeks throughoutSeptember. The first week is focused on

cooking safety.Some helpful pointers from the

Mercyhurst College Fire Safety include: never cook while impairedor tired, watch loose clothing around the stove, pay attention toyour use of the microwave, and

never leave cooking food unat-

tended. Week two has been designated

electrical safety week.Some tips for this week are to

routinely check electrical appli-ance cords for damage, do notoverload electrical outlets, anduse appliances in accordance withthe manufacturers’ recommenda-tions.

The third week has been des-ignated open flame safety aware-ness. That week will focus on candle

safety and other open flames. The fourth week will focus on

fire prevention in general.

A couple of suggestions for

this particular week are to keepup maintenance with the smokedetectors in your apartments, donot cover them with decorations,

and notify your RA if you need anew battery or if it is damaged inany way.

Fire safety is about taking pre- ventative measures to ensure thesafety of others.

While it is frustrating to not tolight candles and have free rangeon decorating your dorms andapartments these rules and restric-tions are here to help keep thecampus from burning up.

Be safe and be careful.

Supporting a fire-free campus

Last May, Dr. Thomas Gambleasked Dr. Gerald Tobin and Ms.Laura Zirkle, who have playedsignificant roles at Mercyhurstfor several years, to take on new and exciting positions. Tobin was previously the direc-

tor of the Counseling Center anda professor of psychology, andZirkle was (and will continueto be) the Director of ResidentLife.

Part of Gamble’s plan was tocreate a position to help betterorganize the different facets andorganizations for the students.

Thus he appointed Tobin as the vice president of student lifeand Zirkle as the assistant vicepresident. The hope is to synergize, sev-

eral different groups on campus:Residence Life, the Health Cen-ter, Counseling Center, StudentUnion, Student Activities, Diver-sity and Campus Ministry.

In combining all these pro-grams under one head, they arehoping to, “help create an evenbetter living, learning commu-nity,” said Tobin.

“We are here to build on, not

deconstruct” said Zirkle. Thegoal is for the new positions tocreate a student life team, by uni-fying the different organizationsalready in place. They are hoping to assess

where each program is at, and where they see themselves inthe future. A vice president in charge of

this entire area will help the goalsof each organization come intoa reality.

One of Tobin’s and Zirkle ’sfirst initiatives is to create a Stu-dent Advisory Board that wouldmeet periodically to provide asense of how students perceivethe different organizations and

what suggestions students have. Tobin hopes to “meet theneeds of the students.” They

want to offer as many opportuni-ties as possible to help studentshave the best possibilities forbecoming well-rounded.

On a final note, Tobin encour-ages all student input, both nega-tive and positive, and promises toconsider all ideas. In a way Tobinand Zirkle hope to be able to helpthe students become the peoplethey see in themselves.

Green team makes their own applesauce Tobin, Zirkle take on key administration jobsBy Chelsea Boothe

Campus Living editor

Photos by Darcey Kemp

FYI students happily pick up trash to help better Erie. The freshman orientation students made a large cheerful group.

By Collen LaniganContributing writer

By Cathy PedlerContributing writer

Above: Students enjoy making applesauce with Cathy

Pedler.

Below: Emily Poland takes out hot sauce while Megan

Rulli watches.

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This past spring, the fashionclub got a glimpse of its “mothership.” Just after finals wrapped up in

May, 15 girls, along with profes-sors and parents, traveled to Parisfor a seven-day stay in the heartof fashion’s birthplace.

In addition to visiting the com-mon tourist attractions, such asthe Eiffel Tower, Notre DameCathedral, Palace of Versailles,the Louvre, and Sacre Coeur,the club was lucky enough toexperience many fashion-relatedevents, as well.

One of the most amazing things we did was visiting afamous designer’s old flagship

store. YSL, Yves St. Laurent, is a

French-born designer who origi-nally apprenticed under ChristianDior. After creating his own cou-ture house in 1962, YSL createdmany famous looks including his tuxedo suit for women, “LeSmoking suit.”

YSL, which later became ownedby Gucci, closed its doors to thefashion house years ago; how-ever, the label is still producing and the house is now transferredinto a small museum, not open

to the public. We were so incredibly fortunate

enough to be granted access to YSL’s old mansion.

Inside, we were guided throughrooms of the designer’s original

and archive collections.Preserved in temperature con-

trolled areas with enormous roll-ing closets, the racks and racksof garments were unbelievably ornate and stunning.

YSL prided himself on achiev-ing the highest standards of classic cut and tailoring, as wellas an essence of fantasy in his

eveningwear. As if seeing his vintage collec-

tions wasn’t enough, we were alsoprivileged to examine binders fullof YSL’s original sketches fromdecades ago.

All of them were so delicate that

they were handled solely by ourtour guide who wore white glovesto protect the artwork. A few days later, the club

had another amazing visit to afashion exhibit of Balenciaga,a Spanish designer famous the

world over. There were rooms full of

displays of Balenciaga, and hisprotégé Givenchy’s, gowns,ready-to-wear, and even wed-ding apparel.

Cristόbal Balenciaga was con-sidered a master haute couturierin the 1950s and 60s.

He was dressing prominent women like Mona Bismarck and Jackie Kennedy.

All of us girls walked aroundsimply in awe at the magnificenceof the clothing we were seeing up close.

It was yet another incredibleexperience that I’m sure none of us will ever forget.

Our trip to Paris was extraor-dinary, and our experiencesunforgettable.

For me, it was a chance to seeEurope’s view of fashion andcompare it to the United States.

Fashion is always changing andevolving; however, the classics

will forever remain epic in thecolthing world.

Now, a few students from Mer-cyhurst will be able to emulatethose fashion gods’ impeccabledesigns.

Angry is not a big enough word

to describe the feelings of Gen-eration Y last week as the onlinesocial network Facebook turnedtheir worlds upside down withthe addition of two new contro-

versial features: News Feed andMini-Feed.

Ruchi Sanghvi, the productmanager for Feed, stated in aSept. 5 press release that “NewsFeed highlights what’s happening in your social circles on Face-book…now whenever you log in, you’ll get the latest headlinesgenerated by the activity of yourfriends and social g roups.

“Mini-Feed is similar, exceptthat it centers around one per-son.”

Although Sanghvi and the Face-book staff may have thought theusers of the site would embracethese two new features, the mem-bers of the Facebook Generationreacted much differently. Almost immediately, users of

Facebook protested the new additions declaring them to be apointless breach of privacy.

Groups began to form pro-testing “The Two Feeds.” Onesuch group, Students AgainstFacebook News Feed, created by Northwestern University studentBen Parr, became the official

voice for students who disagreed with the new features.

To date, Parr’s group includes

744,928 members.Parr and his fellow creators also

added an online petition for stu-dents to show their support forbetter privacy regulations dealing

with “The Feeds.” As a result of this uproar,

only hours after the new feeds were updated, Facebook creatorMark Zuckerberg sent out a pressrelease entitled “Calm down.

Breathe. We Hear You.”In addition to this activity, the

controversy also drew the at-tention of many national newsorganizations who began running stories about these develop-ments. The big question is what do stu-

dents at Mercyhurst think aboutthese new additions? When asked for his opinions on

the matter, Jon Lyons, a senior,described that he thought “TheFeeds” were “a little much” andthat “you don’t need to know allinformation that people list.” Junior Abby Wayman agreed

with Lyons, stating that “Toomuch information about what

people are doing” was being given out by the News Feed andMini-Feed features. Jenna Phelps, a sophomore, also

does not like the new features.She pointed out that she really does not need to “know every

little thing about her friends.”On September 8, Zuckerberg

issued another press releaseentitled “An Open Letter from

Mark Zuckerberg.”In this statement, Zuckerberg

admits that “We really messedthis one up” and pointed out that“we didn’t build in the properprivacy controls right away” forNews Feed and Mini-Feed.

Zuckerberg announced theimplementation of new andbetter privacy controls that “willallow you to choose which typesof stories go into your Mini-Feedand your friend’s News Feeds.”

Many other Facebook users allacross the country, are anxiously

waiting to see how the new privacy controls work out.

Only time will tell if thesecontrols work, putting this crisis

to an end.Furthermore, it will also tell if this is simply a one-time uproarfor Generation Y or if this is thebeginning of our own genera-tional ascendancy to g reatness.

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Facebook faces demise

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among men and

women in college aged 18 and

24.College is a time of greatchange: new people, new sur-roundings, new expectations,along with a loss of the familiarand comfortable.

“According to a recent UCLAstudy, more than 30 percent of college freshmen reported feel-ing overwhelmed a great deal of the time during the beginning of college,” the National MentalHealth Association reported. At times, being overwhelmed

by the many changes can causecollege age people to becomestressed.

Psychologist Dr. Gerald Tobin,the former director of the Mercy-

hurst College Counseling Center,said that depression begins witha problem that seems impossibleand the more overwhelming theproblem(s) becomes the closer itseems to get to a person’s face.

And, if a person does not seek

help, the problem(s) gets so closeit feels suffocating. You can’t seearound it, and it becomes monu-mental and unbearable.

Once people reach this stageof depression, they are in a greatdeal of pain. It is an “intensepain with a loss of hope and no

way out,” said Tobin. The act of suicide then becomes an “act of hopelessness.”

Other ways out of the problemexist, but depressed people can’timagine an end. Because people

who commit suicide are in un-bearable pain, they see it as the

way to relieve their pain.It is important to keep in mind

that those who commit suicide

are not doing it to punish them-selves or other people. They are not trying to cause pain toanyone; they are trying to relievetheir own pain, because they havereached a point that they feel likethey cannot go on any further.

With that in mind, Tobin sug-gests that our response to hearing that someone has committed sui-cide should be one of compas-sion, because to reach the pointof taking one’s own life showsthe very intense degree of painhe or she must have been in. Tobin complies that we all will

suffer in our lives, but depres-sion is different; it is “a really low mood that lasts for a coupleof weeks.” Tobin explained the differ-

ence between “being down” anddepression: “The blues are to amajor depression what a windy day is to a tornado.” Depressionis so intense and so dramatic that

it won’t be confused with having the blues. Tobin also stressed that when

people threaten suicide, or beginto talk about suicide it should notbe ignored or dismissed.

Even if you don’t think the

person would actually go through with it, the fact they are talking about it means they are extremely unhappy and need professionalhelp. Tobin also gave some of the

leading or most prominent signsthat a person is severely de-pressed to watch for: dramaticchange in appetite, either eating more or less than normal; changein sleeping habits, either they arenot able to sleep, or not able toget out of bed. Things that brought great joy

no longer make them happy, andthey never want to go out and be

with their friends. Often thesethings can make people feel like

their friends are blowing themoff or ignoring them, but some-times it might mean they are inserious pain.

Seeking help is not a sign of weakness, and thinking about sui-cide at this age is not uncommon.

In fact one out of four peoplein college will have thoughts of suicide. What is important isnot to ignore them. When over-

whelmed or lost, when problemsstart closing in on people, they need to seek help.

Mercyhurst offers excellent and well qualified counselors in theHealth Center. Whether you are a freshman

and your heart has been severely broken or a junior on a sportsteam who has developed kneeproblems and can’t participateanymore, there is a way out. Pain,no matter what the cause, doesnot have to be dealt with alone.

NAMI, National Alliance of

Mental Illness, of Erie County ishosting their first annual walk forsuicide prevention this coming Sunday, Sept. 17, at Mercyhurst. The fee to walk is $10 and par-

ticipants can register on the day of the walk, but those who want

a t-shirt need to register early. All proceeds go to provide freeservices to families and friends

who suffer with a serious mentalillness. The walk starts at 2 p.m. The

keynote speaker will be Beverly Cobain, who was cousins withKurt Cobain the front man forNirvana, before he committedsuicide in 1994. His unfortunatedeath is the spark that startedBeverly Cobain’s passion foreducation about depression andsuicide. For further informa-tion please contact NAMI at456-1773, or Barb Stachura atextension 3777.

This fall, Mercyhurst welcomestwo new professors, Dr. Mary Ellen O’Donnell, B.A., M.A., andProfessor Robert von Thaden,B.A., M.A. to the religion depart-ment. Both come from differentbackgrounds and have a variety of knowledge to share with theirstudents.

O’Donnell finished her Ph.D.in Religious Studies from theUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill, and then utilized herSpanish undergraduate degree ata job in Mexico.

“I moved to Mexico for anacademic year to teach English

at the Instituto Tecnológico deMonterrey at the Campus Co-lima,” O’Donnell explained. “Ithen moved to Charlotte whereI was a Director of Educationat Sylvan Learning Center. ThenI moved to Durham, NorthCarolina, where I worked forChild Care Services Association

where I helped Spanish-speaking families find child care.”

O’Donnell eventually foundher way to Mercyhurst where she

will teach the core class ReligiousPerson and Tradition as well asa course called Catholic Symbolsand Sacraments.

She explained that she wasdrawn to Mercyhurst for its spirit

of community and the College’scommitment to educating the

whole person.“There seems to be a widely

held understanding that our task (as a college) involves not only intellectual development, which

occurs in classrooms on mostcampuses, but also, Mercyhurst

students learn a sense of theirown potential to do good thingsin the world,” O’Donnell said.“I hope my classes will spark thecuriosity and imagination that Ihave enjoyed in my own studiesof religion.”

O’Donnell explained whereher passion from teaching stemsfrom.

She said, “I think one of ourjobs as human beings on thisplanet is to try to understand oneanother. It can be very difficult.I find that studying religion pro-

vides opportunities for attempt-ing this tricky task. It celebratesthe diversity within humanity.

And then within all this diver-

sity, sometimes I come acrosssomething that resonates with somuch of my own life, and a kindof connection is made.”

Robert von Thaden also worked language into his un-dergraduate degree. He earnedhis B.A. in Religion and Ger-man at Muhlenberg College in

Allentown, Pa. He went on forhis master’s degree in ReligiousStudies, and will be defending hisdissertation this fall and graduatein May with a Ph.D. from theGraduate Division of Religionat Emory University in Atlanta,Georgia. Von Thaden worked as a high

school religion teacher at a Cath-

olic college preparatory schoolfor women and then was botha religion and Greek instructorat Emory College. He eventu-ally was drawn to Mercyhurstbecause of its environment.

“Mercyhurst seems to me to be

the quintessential small, liberalarts college,” he said. “Having

pursued my own undergradu-ate degree at a small college inPennsylvania, Mercyhurst feelslike coming home.” Von Thaden said that he has

a passion for biblical texts andancient Christianity.

He already has experienceteaching biblical Greek at a pre-

vious college, and showed enthu-siasm for the topic. “To help thestudents to learn a language thatthey had difficulty believing they could ever master was a joy.” Von Thaden plans to bring the

same enthusiasm to Mercyhurst’sclassrooms. He explained, “Ihope to bring a respect for an-cient texts, the languages that

they were written in, and the cul-tures out of which they emergedto my classroom.”

His interest in the simultane-ous studies of religion, history,and culture are sure to benefitMercyhurst’s classrooms. “I lovedigging deep into biblical andearly Christian texts and trying to figure out what meanings they can generate. The cultures thatproduced these texts are, to oureyes, strange and wild and delv-ing into those environments isalways exciting.

“What got me into this line of work in the first place was rec-ognizing that these texts, whileon some level so familiar, were

sometimes just plain weird whenyou read them closely.

“My colleagues are exception-ally wonderful human beings andmy students are open to learning new things,” he said.

Religious departmentadds two faculty members

Understanding the pain that creates a suicidal mind

Fashion club in Paris viewing the sites and learning about the beginning of fashion.

Photo by Jen Gildea

Fashion club experiences Paris as the city of style

By Jen HelbigContributing writer

By Jeffery CagleContributing writer

By Chelsea BootheCampus Living editor

By Jen GildeaContributing writer

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Facebook.com now includes a news feed.

YSL created

many famous

looks including

his tuxedo suit for

women.

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The Sept. 11 attacks five years ago had many terrible consequences, most of them seared intoour minds by that day’s unforgettable images of destruction.

But the attacks also had a long-term consequencefor national policy: arguably even more destructivethey lit a fuse in Washington that led to the Bushadministration’s incendiary doctrine of preventive

warfare.Preventive warfare is the doctrine that affirmed

and encouraged the United States to strike first inIraq, before any move by Iraq to strike us.

It allowed our leaders to act on their imaginationof what Iraq might be planning for us. And we

know now how that imagination was fanciful. After the obvious misfire in Iraq, one might

have expected the White House to go back to thedrawing board and revisit its commitment to first-strike force as a key weapon in its war on terror.No such luck. The 2006 National Security Strategy explicitly

reaffirms the U.S. approach of “acting pre-emp-tively” against emergent security threats. The fuse is still live. Another major terrorist at-

tack on American soil could ignite it and triggera sequel to the ill-fated Operation Iraqi Freedom,perhaps in the form of a preventive U.S. assaultagainst Iran or North Korea.

Before this is allowed to happen, we shouldreview the track record of preventive warfare andthink carefully about whether first-strike force is asound security strategy for addressing the dangersposed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological

and chemical weapons.Most of the preventive attacks of this type onrecord since World War II have been ineffectiveor worse. Limited strikes (by Israel, Iran, Iraq,Norway, Britain and the United States) have largely failed to eliminate targeted weapons stocks. Full-scale regime-change operations (by the UnitedStates and its allies) have enjoyed more successin rooting out unconventional arsenals, but led tohuge and unanticipated post-war costs.

A 1998 U.S. strike against the al-Shifa pharma-ceutical plant in the Sudan did nothing to counteral-Qaeda’s biological weapons program. The full-scale preventive invasion of Iraq in

2003, intended to stem the production of un-conventional weapons and topple an adversarialgovernment, failed to uncover the weapons, whilepost-war civil strife continues to tie down U.S.forces, complicating and undermining the initial

military victory. Two key factors accounting for this poor track record are faulty intelligence and misuse of intel-ligence analysis by political leaders. To predict an attack by an enemy before such

an attack is evident requires intelligence bordering on clairvoyance.

No intelligence is that reliable, even in a systemexquisitely organized and not corrupted by politi-cians. Yet ironically, a preventive war doctrine itself

further degrades the quality of intelligence, steer-ing analysts and their political masters to introducefalse positives into the threat matrix by distorting the warning function of intelligence tradecraft.

Despite these shortcomings, some argue that thepreventive force option is still useful as a threatthat can leverage coercive diplomacy. But raising the stakes with a weak hand is r isky business.

If adversaries decline to fold under pressure, Washington faces a Hobson’s choice of eitheradmitting that the threat of force was a bluff, thusseverely damaging U.S. credibility, or alternately exercising a flawed military option that was neverintended for actual use.

Unfortunately, the need for broad public dis-cussion of these issues is obscured by the Bushadministration’s catch phrase “all options are onthe table.” When uttered by White House officials, this

statement works as an ideological code that ap-peals to common sense but packs heavy baggage. Through repetition of the code, Washingtonobliquely re-asserts its commitment to preven-tive warfare. But since the commitment is notexplicit, it can be advanced without explanationor justification. The resulting vacuum of public discussion en-

ables a thoroughly discredited military option of preventive war to remain on the books as a key pillar of U.S. national security strategy.

On those infrequent occasions when they arepressed to justify preventive warfare, advocatesof the Bush national security strategy give ground,pointing out that first-strike force is just one toolin their shed, along with nonviolent options suchas rigorous inspections, treaties, law enforcementand economic leverage.

Unfortunately, insistence on keeping the preven-

tive war option on the table degrades intelligence,diverts resources and diminishes allied supportnecessary for effective implementation of thesenonviolent prevention strategies that offer morepromise in countering nascent security dangers. As a country and as individuals, we have learned

much about ourselves since September 11.One lesson that has clearly not yet been learned is

that preventive warfare striking first militarily sim-ply does not work as a tool to counter proliferationof nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

Like spoiled food, the preventive war optionshould not be kept on the table.

Its removal would clear space for the more palat-able and effective foreign policy instruments thatare better suited for dealing with this new century’semerging security challenges.

OPINIONTo contact: [email protected]

As I turned on MSNBC early Monday morning,I was confronted with the all-too familiar image of smoke pouring out of the World Trade Center.

I quickly realized that the station was replaying the actual Today Show from that fateful morning five years ago.

Immediately, I was transported back to my desk junior year in second period physics. I could hearthe announce-ment over theloudspeaker,“Excuse theinterruption,but there isa s i tu a t ionin New York City, teachersplease turn onyour tele vi- sions.” As the image appearedon the small screen, we watched in horror asfootage of a second plane hitting the other towerconfirmed that what we were witnessing was notan accident.

I remember wandering the halls after the bellrang, seeing the confused look on my fellow class-mates’ faces. The rest of the day, I was glued tothe television in disbelief as news of an attack onthe Pentagon surfaced and was shocked to learnof a fourth plane going down just 80 miles from

where I was sitting.September 11, 2001, changed the lives of millions

of Americans.For me personally, it emphasized the fact that

America was not infallible and that what happenedthousands of miles away in remote countries did infact matter. My feelings after the attack were likemost others: anger and devastation. Everything Ithought I knew no longer held true. The world wasliterally turned upside down that day. As days turned into weeks after the attacks, I

watched thousands of American flags fly outsideof homes across the country. I witnessed a unity I had never before seen in a society plagued by individuali sm. Surprisingly, such a reaction, thoughencouraging, saddened me. It depressed me that ittook a tragedy of massive proportions to revive aspirit of unity. It took nearly 3,000 civilian deathsfor America to wake-up. Despite this, I rememberbeing proud of America’s reaction but also skepticalof how long it would last.

Five years later, it is clear to me that America’sunity was in fact short-lived. Since that horrible

day in 2001, America has reverted back to partisanbickering . . . a lot of shouting and not a lot of listening. The support of the international community,

which, mind you, included the French, after theattacks was squandered over the unfounded in-

vasion of Iraq. The admiration and support of America and its ideals has been diminished throughquestionable foreign policy actions including thepromotion of democracy through force and ac-cusations of torture.

Five years later the majority of Americans havereverted back to their pop-culture driven, individu-alistic lives. Only on the anniversary of the tragedy and on days where the color-coded alert system tellsus to be extra cautious are most citizens remindedof that Tuesday in September. Today, our government continues to politicize

one of the most tragic days in American history. We are constantly bombarded with the politics of fear . . . especially around election time. Funny how that works isn’t it? The memories of September 11 have been im-

mortalized in film with several movies already released depicting a director and producer’s percep-tion of that day. Along with the silver screen, 9/11 has been

analyzed by documentaries and, most recently, thehighly contested docudrama. “The Path to 9/11”aired this past weekend despite heavy scrutiny fromthe left. The mini-series was accused of being politically charged and factually inaccurate. ABCdefended its production saying that a disclaimertold viewers that the mini-series was a drama andmodified for entertainment purposes.

Forgive me for being crass, but I don’t think itis ethically correct to invent scenarios for peoples’

viewing pleasure.September 11 was a defining moment for our

time. Only the facts should be presented to thepublic . . . we deserve nothing less. Additionally,I cannot understand why the most dramatic eventin American history needs any further dramatiza-tion. With five years behind us, the nation has had time

to absorb and interpret the events of that terribleday. So what have we learned from 9/11?

Examining the past five years, many would argue we are in fact safer. I choose to see it a little differ-ently. As a free and open society, we are at consider-able risk. Short of changing our way of life, which

is what the terrorists would consider nothing shortof a victory, we will never truly be safe.

Instead, I like to think of America as moreaware. We now know that there are people in the world

who want to do us harm, and we are more alert.However, I feel it is safe to assume that the majority of Americans, and sadly even some of our policy makers, fail to understand the different culturesof the world.

Believe it or not, the American way of doing things isn’t the standard for the entire world. Edu-cating Americans on different ways of life and craft-ing policies sensitive to culture is something that Ibelieve is essential in a post-9/11 world.

One can even make a bolder assumption by say-ing that if America had done so in the first place,September 11, 2001, might have been just a normalday on the calendar.

As we all stop to remember those innocent civil-ians and heroic first responders who lost their livesthat September morning, we must also look insideourselves to find a deeper meaning out of thetragedy . . . to apply the lessons learned.

It is not enough for Americans to pay their re-spects. Americans must honor those who perishedby becoming more engaged in the world aroundus. We must do more than wave a flag and shed a

few tears. We must exercise our civic duties and live up to

the ideals that truly make this country great. We must learn from our mistakes and move the

nation in a positive direction through unity andsolidarity. We owe the victims of 9/11 that much.

MCT newspapers

The past five years have changed the landscape of downtown Manhattan. Constructionis now starting on a new building and a permanent memorial.

Remembering 9/11

Opinion editor

AllisonMoore

Take the preventive waroption off the tableBy William W. Kellerand Gordon R. Mitchell

MCT Newspapers

MCT newspapers

President Bush’s war in Iraq is a sharp

shift in American foreign policy condoning

preventive war.

My Crest Spin Brush died and somewhere onthe train between Chicago and St. Louis I realizednothing lasts. All one is left with is the power of memory.

Many factors of life eventually end: relation-ships, summers at the beach, presidential termsand trendy Ugg boots.

Unfortunately some, unlike the batteries, cannotbe immediately replaced. And unlike fashion state-ments, memories are much easier to revive.

In several recent conversations such memorieshave revolved around the question, “Where wereyou when the towers fell?”

Recalling such events brings back the memoriesand emotions of that day from five years ago,along with the events that followed, including themany memorial services and patriotism that wassparked immediately after. It was my generation’s“where were you” event.

Compared to the previous generation, the baby boomers, it seems as if they have many more torecall, for example, when JFK was shot or whenthe Berlin Wall fell. It seems as if my generationhas fewer and fewer significant tragedies or worldaltering occurrences. While memorials and pictures are wonderful to

commemorate events and remembrance it is really the personal memories and nostalgia of a certainoccurrence that makes the most impact. Time

will move forward, separating us further from theactual event, but the memories will continue toimpact and shape our lives. Memories, dramaticlike those from 9/11 or smaller and on a more

personal level, can leave lasting impressions onour lives.

I do not know where time goes but it is alwaysmoving, and I have realized that while taking pictures captures the moment, it is much bet-ter to concentrate on living in that moment andmaking the memories, for while a picture mightbring you back, it is the memories that make thetrue impact.

Fall term is always one of my favorites, new faceson campus along with old friends reunited afterthree months of separation, long work days andtoo many sunburns. There are old memories to recall and many new

memories to be made.Essentially the point is that it does not matter

what you wear or look like on a Saturday night, itis more your presence at a party, living in the mo-ment, that matters.

Despite what some may propose, memoriesare the only objects that we are entitled to. They are our creations and the interpretation is solely up to the creator. It is important to recall the old

with the new and keep those from our past alivein our present.

No one really knows what lies ahead for the up-coming school year, but instead of pondering andhoping, I’m content with the here and now.

Hold on to the memoriesBy Ellen KoenigContributing writer

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OPINIONSeptember 13, 2006 THE MERCIAD PAGE 7


The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

The Good

The inauguration of Mercyhurst’s 11th president, Dr.. Thomas Gamble, will take place this com-

ing Saturday. This week, a variety of events are being held in honor of the inauguration, focusing on the broad and optimistic theme, “Imagine.” This is indeed an exciting time for Mercyhurst asthe college is beginning its journey into the Gamble era.

MSG has introduced online voting for future elections. The new system is not only convenient,but will undoubtedly engage more members of the student body in the electoral process.

The addition to the PAC is very nice and was completed on time. The lobby provides muchmore space, and the art gallery is much improved. Although some parking was sacrificed, the new addition makes the PAC even more inviting for students and members of the community.

The artwork displayed in the hall of Old Main is a wonderful showcase of talent. Many of thepieces were created by college students and some were donated to the college.

10 cent drafts and free pizza at the Cornerstone Wednesdays. For a poor, hungry and thirsty college student, this is indeed good news. Please enjoy responsibly.

The Bad

With classes starting just two days before the extended Labor Day weekend this year, it is nosurprise that students, of the legal drinking age of course, consumed several alcoholic beverages.

This is expected with a long weekend and virtually no homework. However, the downside to thisrosy scenario is the absence of our beloved “drunk bus.” If Mercyhurst wants to start classes at aridiculous time fine, but realize that students will be drinking on a three-day weekend and they haveto get downtown somehow. Surely some were responsible, designating a driver or calling a cab,but it is almost guaranteed that certain people were behind the wheel while under the influence.

There were five reported thefts on campus in the past week . . . including the theft of the candlesfrom the Grotto. The Grotto of all places! Don’t the Ten Commandments specifically say “Thoushall not steal?” One would think this is especially true for when stealing from a religious shrine.Someone out there needs to say a few Hail Marys.

The Ugly

The new eyesore, aka the kiosk, on campus is hideous. Plain and simple. For a college thatprides itself on appearances, one has to wonder what the “powers that be” were thinking. Firstof all, it stands out like a sore thumb, not blending in at all with the natural landscape. Second,Mercyhurst is not Ohio State. There is no need for a map when your campus literally consists of

six major buildings. Even freshmen are able to find their way around campus without incident. Was this really necessary?

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How do you feel about smoking in public places? This fall, the Pennsylvania Health and HumanServices Committee will continue debating a banon indoor smoking.

House Bill 1489, drafted by Rep. Susan Cornell(R., Montgomery), in effect would ban smoking in workplaces – including bars, restaurants, andPennsylvania’s new slot-machine parlors – andpublic facilities.

Currently, only 11 states are 100 percent smoke-free in all workplaces: Delaware, Florida, Massachu-

setts, Montana, New Jersey (except for casinos),New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,and Washington.

In June, the committee voted 14-14 on the bill, ineffect keeping it locked up in committee while Rep.Cornell and her supporters go back to the drawing

board in search of more support.For my Penn State MBA marketing research

project this fall, I am conducting an online survey to measure the public’s attitude toward smoking inpublic places. The survey is running until Friday,October 27, and I plan to share my findings withthe committee based upon your feedback. The survey’s Web site address is http://www.

questionpro.com/akira/takesurvey?id=506751 andparticipants must be at least 18. I encourage all of you to take five minutes and let your representatives

know how you feel about this important publichealth issue. Everyone’s opinion counts! Dave SwiderskiUniversity Park, PA

I feel as though I am one of the few males onthe planet who can honestly say I am named aftermy mother…and no my mother’s first name isn’tMister, nor is mine. We are both named Marian, although in an at-

tempt to masculinize my name she changed the sec-ond A to an Oas is commonin the rarely used spelling of the malename Marionsuch as inMarion John

Wayne and ahost of NFLlineman who intermittently find themselves in jail.Sweet trick Marian Sr.…now everyone will know I’m not a tr anny. Although my mother never even calls me Marion,

because even she realizes the ridiculousness of heractions in 1985; since I have become a legal adultthere are now many instances where I must usethe name Marion to get anything done. I even got

arrested once because my ID said Jeff on it insteadof Marion. My name didn’t change the fact that I was doing 88 in a 65, and I swear that girl said she was 18 but that’s neither here nor there.

Surprisingly, only once before coming to college

did someone even call me Marion. I remember thatseventh grade gym class like it was yesterday andhaven’t lived it down since, although the thoughtof a girl in the locker room did spike my friend’sinterest.

Since I arrived at Mercyhurst, being called Marionoccurs on almost a daily basis, and I have come toaccept the name I once refused to respond to.

However, just last week as I was becoming usedto the title I once loathed I experienced a greatsetback in my mental development as a male witha female’s name. A professor, while taking attendance, asked for

Miss Marion Allen. I immediately corrected himbut was brought suddenly back to seventh grade asI watched an entire classroom of my peers literally turn, point and laugh. We live in a world full of gender neutral names

such as Kelly, Dana, Casey…the list goes on. Whenreferring to the departure from traditional malenames George Carlin put it best when he saidsomething to the effect of “Nicky, Timmy and Billy

will beat up Tucker, Todd and Kyle any day of the week.” I absolutely agree with him for the most

part; however, if Nicky, Timmy and Billy were toencounter me and my buddies Dana and Kelly outon the street I think they should probably turn and

walk the other way. We’re in a completely differentambiguous ballpark.

A letter to the student body:

What’s in a name anyway?

Jeff Allen

MTC newspapers

How do you feel about the new kiosk?

“The time is usually wrong.I do not really look at the

map and the scroll is neverupdated.”

Samantha Sellinger 2010

“I don’t really refer tothe kiosk that often. Itis not really for students

who know their way around; it seems like a

waste of money.”

Marie Blum 2008

“I’m glad it’s there – it’s informative. I

actually look at it forinformation.”

Amy Butler 2008

“It’s a hideous additionto the campus. Thetime was off and the

events from last week are still scrolling. Wecan use the money forsomething a lot betterfor campus.”

Tom Eighmey 2009

“I look at it fortemperature and time.”

Amanda Serafini 2010

“I think it’s ugly. It takesa lot away from campus,

making campus a lotless harmonious.”

David Karr 2007

Six students oncampus were

asked theiropinions on the

new kiosk located in front of the Hirt Center on campus.

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ENTERTAINMENT A RTS &


tHe

BuZzSEPT. 15. Little Steven’sUnderground Garage Rock show with the Zombies,

Mooney Suzuki, GoreGore Girls, Woggles, Va-cancies. Beachland Ball-room, Cleveland.

SEPT. 15. Asia (with allfour original members).House of Blues, Cleve-land.

SEPT. 16. Friends of Boband Tom Show with Drew Hastings, Bob Zany, TimBedore, John Evans, Todd

Yohn, Donnie Baker. War-ner Theatre, Erie. $32.50.

SEPT. 16. Yellowcard, An-berlin. House of Blues,

Cleveland.

SEPT. 16. Hatebreed,Black Dahlia Murder, Na-palm Death, more. Agora

Theatre, Cleveland.

SEPT. 16. Little Steven’sUnderground Garage Rock show with the Zombies,Mooney Suzuki, GoreGore Girls, Woggles. TownBallroom, Buffalo.

SEPT. 17. Styx, Foreigner.Chevrolet Amphitheater,Pittsburgh.

SEPT. 18. STSP. House of

Blues, Cleveland.

SEPT. 18. 10,000 Maniacs25th anniversary concert

with guest John Sebastian, Artie Traum.

SEPT. 18. Philip Glass.Mainstage Theatre, Centerfor the Arts, University of Buffalo, Buffalo.

SEPT. 19. Lostprophets,Kill Hannah. House of Blues, Cleveland.

SEPT. 19. Talk. AuthorFrank McCourt. Allen The-atre, Cleveland.

SEPT. 19. Los Lonely Boys. Town Ballroom, Buffalo.

SEPT. 19. Lecture. DalaiLama. University of Buf-falo Stadium, Buffalo.

SEPT. 19. Celtic Frost. Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh.

SEPT. 21. Heavy Trash(with Jon Spencer). SadiesBeachland Tavern, Cleve-land.

SEPT. 21. Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players.Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh.

SEPT. 21. Johnny Winter.House of Blues, Cleve-land.

SEPT. 21. Ari Hest. Houseof Blues (CambridgeRoom), Cleveland.

SEPT. 22. The Pendragons.Seneca Niagara Casino, Ni-agara Falls, N.Y.

SEPT. 22. Richie Havens.Big Green Screen Theatre,

Tom Ridge EnvironmentalCenter, Erie. $40.

SEPT. 22. Dave Alvin and

the Guilty Mean. BeachlandBallroom, Cleveland.

SEPT. 23. Dave Alvin andthe Guiltymen. Rex The-atre, Pittsburgh.

SEPT. 23. Phil Vassar. War-ner Theatre, Erie.

SEPT. 23. Elevation. Houseof Blues, Cleveland.

SEPT. 23. Be Your OwnPet, Black Lips. Beachland

Tavern, Cleveland.

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New art for the new year

Paintings, sculpture, photog-raphy, ceramics and more arecovering the walls of Mercyhurstthis week.

Dr. Thomas Gamble’s inaugu-ration has set off a new apprecia-tion for art at Mercyhurst, largely because of Mrs. Mary Gamble’splans to create Mercyhurst’s firstpermanent collection.

“As we prepare to inauguratea new president, an appreciationfor the beauty of Old Main andthe talent of so many people

who have become a part of theMercyhurst community is utmost

in our minds,” she said.“It is therefore only fitting that we should showcase some of this talent during the inauguralperiod.”

Peggy Brace, director of thenewly remodeled Cummings ArtGallery says that a lot of the artaround campus is from alumni,“who are teachers and working artists.” With a gallery full of new

pieces and the recent makeoverof Old Main, it’s clear there is alot of talent in the halls of the‘Hurst. The first show, entitled, “From

the Past to the Future – Alumni

Art Teachers” includes the work

of 17 Mercyhurst graduates whoare career educators and also ac-tively produce their own art. The collection represents a

large portion of graduate sub-missions from all around thenation.

“The art is really diverse. It isrepresentative of the accomplish-ments of Mercyhurst graduates. They have gone on to be very

successful in art and teaching.Some pieces are from Pittsburgh,and Slippery Rock, but othersare from as far as Florida andIndiana,” said Brace.

Also represented in the show are ‘Hurst art faculty membersDaniel Burke, Jodi Staniunas

Hopper, and Cummings Gallery Director, Peggy Murrell Brace. The showcase in Old Main,

entitled, “The Friends of Mercy-hurst College Art Show” featuresthe work of more than 20 artists

who are in some way “friends”of the college, be they faculty,students, or longstanding sup-porters. All of the art was accumulated

by donation. One art piece, adrawing, took six months tofinish, and will be showcased inOld Main by request of the artist,Shelley Barron.

Fortunetly for the ‘Hurst, alot of the alumni were equally

generous.“They were very excited to be

part of the celebration,” saidBrace. “The works will change;there will be other shows, aseven more people have giventheir work.” While others have donated

art, some will donate their time. Two of ‘Hurst’s campus favoritepeople will be helping with thegallery celebration.

“Ricardo and Jesse,” the twocommuting adult students whodress alike and ride a tandembicycle, “will act as good willambassadors at the gallery open-ing,” said Brace, “they will handout buttons, etc. It’s going to be a

wonderful celebration occasion.“We are really grateful for

the new gallery, and are happy to have the opening show tocelebrate Dr. Gamble’s inaugu-

ration.”Catch the new enthusiasm for

art at the ‘Hurst and check outthe gallery opening Thursday,Sept. 14, as part of the Inaugural

Week festivities.Both exhibits open from 5:30

-7p.m. with receptions and liveentertainment provided by Marty O’Connor and Friends at Cum-mings Gallery, and the Jim Mad-den Trio in Old Main.

By Melissa Brandt

A & E Editor

A preview of the art that will be on display Thursday in the Cummings Art Gallery.Melissa Brandt/A&E Editor

Anthony Hopkins ‘on the fast track’

“The World’s Fastest Indian,”as reviewed by Neil Smith, can bedescribed as: “Proof that obses-sion can be contagious.

“‘The World’s Fastest Indian,’an affectionate portrait of areal-life Kiwi record breakerthat took director Roger Don-aldson 30 years to bring to thescreen. Its subject is Herbert J.‘Burt’ Munro, a plucky pensioner

who repeatedly broke the worldland-speed record in the ‘60son his modified Indian Scoutmotorbike.”

Burt Munro (Anthony Hop-kins) is the typical crazy neighborthat mows his lawn by setting fire to it, begins each morning by peeing on his lemon tree andoccasionally gets up at threeo’clock in the morning to rev up his 40-year-old motorcycleand race it.

Burt’s goal is to earn enoughmoney to travel to the UnitedStates and race his motorcycle inBonneville Salt Flats, Utah. This film is not the typical

racing movie everyone wouldexpect.

It is an eccentric narrativecapturing the life of an old manfrom Invercargill, New Zealand,Burt Munro who refuses togive up his lifelong passion of racing despite a serious heartcondition.

If this is not exciting enoughfor the audience, then let’s addthat Burt only races a specifictype of motorcycle, a 1920 V-10Indian Scout motorcycle.

It not only has no braking chute or brakes but a brandy

cork on his gas tank and notread on his tires. If that is notconvincingly curious imagery,picture this: a kitchen hingeused as a mechanical part anda low, streamlined machine thatrequires the person riding to beflat on his or her stomach.

In 1967, Burt pursues his needfor speed thrill, with the help of his neighbors, by traveling to theBonneville Salt Flats in Utah toparticipate in the annual Speed

Week. At the inception of his trip, he

lands in Sunset Strip, California

where a transvestite hotel clerk clues Burt in to the American way of life.

On his way to Utah, he en-counters a true American Indian,as well as a few other charactersthat all impact how Burt accom-plishes such a magnificent feat.

Upon his arrival in Utah, theofficials register him despite themissed deadline and no entrancefee and proceed with a routineinspection of his motorcycle.

Much to their disbelief, thismotorcycle poses a blatantly huge safety threat to both Burtand his opponents, but Burt in-sists that his motorcycle wouldnever harm him.

In Ebert’s review he poses thequestion: “Why do they allow this man to risk his life in defi-ance of every safety standard atBonneville? I think it is becauseBurt loves his motorcycle, andcannot believe she would harmhim; the steadfastness of histrust seduces them.”

Burt, though an old retireedoes not allow for his life to betrampled by those around him;he lives in the moment.

He believes that no one should

waste any ounce of life when itcould all be over the next day. This amazing story relays the

message that life is about fulfill-ing one’s dreams and not letting anything slip by without at leastattempting it.

Burt went on, even in his lateseventies, to race in nine differentBonneville races. This film is playing at the Mary

D’Angelo Performing Arts Cen-ter on Sept. 13 at 2 pm and againat 8 pm.

Don’t miss the first of many great movies in the GuelcherSeries this year. Ticket prices include: Adult: $5;

Senior/Student: $4; MercyhurstStudent with ID: Free (one ticketper ID).

By Christina FerrantiContributing writer

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With the tagline of “nothing is what it seems,” you mightexpect “The Illustionist’s” plotto turn into the seemingly obvi-ous ruse.

However, the desire to know if your hypothesis is right will keepyou intrigued for the rest of themovie, if even to say “That waspredictable,” at the end.

Set in turn-of-the-century Vi-enna, the film centers on the loveof a young peasant boy (to bemagician Edward Norton) and ayoung duchess (Jessica Biel). The effects of classist society

are tested against the strengthof love, and if you can forgivethe script for that delve into thecontrived, the rest of the moviehas innovative merit.

For one, the film is not youraverage magician’s tale. Artful de-ception is taken to a new level.

Special effects are less obvi-ously computer generated as aresult of the film’s artful pre-sentation. The illusions do cause trouble

for the characters of the film,as Norton’s tricks arouse thecuriousity of a corrupt noble(imagine that) and further ac-tion brings on the investigationof Chief Inspector Uhl (PaulGiamotti).

Giamotti is charged with re-moving the illusion from Nor-ton’s act, and revealing the tr uthsbehind magic and murder. At this point it seems like a fair

flick, but rising action to falling reveals annoying plot holes that

ask too much, even for an artform that banks on the suspen-sion of disbelief (for more infor-mation visit www.imdb.com).

However, if you like paying for small variations on template-movie-scripts, you might enjoy “The Illusionist.”

If nothing else, it does show-case some very pleasing pres-tidigitations, but I would havesaved my money for the dollartheater. The Best Part: absolutely

amazing scenery. The Worst Parts: mis-

matched accents paired with

an overdone plot.

Roger Ebert emphasizes in hisreview that “Tsotsi,” noted for winning the Oscar for Best For-eign Film is “a film of deep emo-tional power, it considers a young killer whose cold eyes show noemotion, who kills unthinkingly,and who is transformed by thehelplessness of a baby.

“He didn’t mean to kidnapthe baby, but now that he hasit, it looks at him with trust andneed, and he is powerless beforeeyes more demanding than hisown.” The film takes place in South

Africa, in a small town calledSoweto on the outskirts of Jo-hannesburg.

This place is impoverishedand struggling to survive as thegovernment has attempted tobuild neat little houses amidstthe shacks and shanties.

In terms of sur vival, the chil-dren have the toughest struggle,but education is the key to living a successful life and escaping

from the world of corruption

and despair. Tsotsi is a young man who

heads a gang of men who roughpeople up, pillage, deal drugs,and murder without a secondthought. Tsotsi is not this man’s real

name, which the audience doesnot learn until the end of thefilm; it is a name which literally means “thug.” The significance in this is the

film’s preface of whether or notthe “thug” in Tsotsi ever really disappears. The film begins with the gang

eyeing up a potential job to stealfrom a helpless gentleman.

Once this unsuspecting man

steps onto the subway, his lifeis not controlled by destiny, butrather by the four men scouting his money. This startling beginning thrusts

the audience into a world that isdevoid of emotion and decency,revealing that these men do notknow what else to live for.

After the violent death of asubway man, Tsotsi enters amoral debate with another gang member, Boston, about the

loss of all decency. Was it really necessary to murder the man onthe subway?

Boston plays the devil’s advo-cate in the form of a conscience,realizing what they are doing andhumanizing the results for therest of the group.

Ultimately, this scuffle leadsto Tsotsi beating the pulp out of Boston and running off in lone-liness. This particular theme isreoccurring throughout the film,stemming from a barrage of cruelty during Tsotsi’s childhood,

which the audience glimpses inflashbacks. Apart from his gang, Tsotsi

stumbles aimlessly through a

gated middle class suburb wherehe finds a woman buzzing forher husband to open the protec-tive gates and let her in.

On impulse, Tsotsi shoots this woman and steals her car. Tsotsiis about to dump the car, butmuch to his surprise, there is aninfant in a car seat.

Tsotsi finally examines hisconscience and realizes that hecannot murder this innocentchild.

He makes the decision to takethe baby and care for it the best way he can, despite his lack of knowledge in infant care.

His methods sti l l remainharsh—carrying the baby in ashopping bag, holding a womanat gunpoint to feed the baby,etc.—but overall he gains a senseof humanity back from thisexperience.

In the end, people still fear himand his troubling ways, but thefocus of the film allows for theaudience to see that the endeavorof the film is for Tsotsi to re-deem himself by finally assuming responsibility for another’s life. Though he does not drastically

change his ways; he gains a smallsense of what his life would belike without the horror and cor-ruption instilled in his mind fromso long ago. This film is playing at the Mary

D’Angelo Performing Arts Cen-ter on Sept. 20 at 2 and 8 p.m.

AFI – Decemberunder-

gound A headlining band on thisyear’s Warped Tour, AFI had thissmash disc to tour behind.

Not as rock as “Sing the Sor-row,” and not as punk as “Answer

That” and “Stay Fashionable”or “Very Proud of Ya,” this discdoes seem to really have some-thing for all the AFI fans outthere, whether they be longtimefans or fans who were attractedto the band by “Girl’s Not Grey”or one of the other singles off Sorrow.

The Casanovas – All NightLong

If AC/DC, Jet, and The Ra-mones got together and had amusical offspring, it would turn

out to be The Casanovas. “AllNight Long” will grab you by the throat from the first riffs of “Born to Run” and hold a firmgrip for the next 37 minutes.Imagine a faster and louder Jetand you’ll have a good idea whatyou are in for.

Ice Cube – Laugh Now, CryLater With Ice Cube’s first album of

all-new material in six years, heshows that kiddie movies like“Are We There Yet?” haven’tsoftened him up.

While his newer movies mightbe something that your little sib-lings can watch, this shouldn’t bethe accompanying soundtrack.

If you like what Cube does

then you know what to expecthere, and if you liked his singles“Chrome & Paint”, “Go ToChurch,” or “Why We Thugs,”then check it out as well.

Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission

The Welsh rockers return fortheir third album, after 2004’sbreakthrough smash, “StartSomething.” The first single, “Rooftops,” is

one of the weaker tracks here, asthey stick to the same sound thatbrought them their success.

Fortunately, they don’t adhereto the 3 Doors Down “makeevery song on every album soundexactly the same” formula, sothey can get away with it.

Obie Trice – Second Round’sOn Me When Obie Trice released his

first album, 2003’s “Cheers,” Iremember trying to convincesomeone not to waste their timelistening to it.

“Got Some Teeth” just seemedtoo goofy to qualify Obie as abona fide rapper who was going anywhere.

Upon further listening, Obie Trice definitely does have thetalent needed to stand out fromothers in the rap industry, he’s

just underrated and overshad-owed on a label chock-full of huge names already. “Cry Now”is a song that will definitely grow on you, if it hasn’t already.

Rise Against – The Suffererand The WitnessProbably my favorite release

this summer. Just try to listen tothis album and sit still…not hap-pening. “After Siren Song of theCounter Culture” in 2004, somefans were horrified that Rise

Against had become glossed overand were turning into anotherpop-punk act. This new album puts those

fears to rest, as the Chicagohardcore heroes tear through13 songs of politically-charged

anthems.Don’t let them being labeled as

‘hardcore’ scare you away – the vocals are clean, not gutturalscreams.

If you’ve never heard the bandbefore, some of the songs willremind you of Rage Againstthe Machine with an emphasismore towards punk than metal,and minus Tom Morello’s crazy distortion effects.

If you’ve never heard Rageeither…then I just feel bad foryou.

If you like this, make sure toget Revolutions Per Minute as

well, unanimously decided tobe one of the best punk rock records of the past decade.

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Gang corruption receives a new life in ‘Tsotsi’By Christina FerrantiContributing writer

Morality and a South African gangster in the film, Tsotsi.

Photo Courtesy of the PAC

In case you missed it ... the best albums of the summerBy Joe FidagoContributing writer

‘Illusionist’ disenchanting By Melissa Brandt

A&E Editor

Giamotti, Norton and Biel battle bad seeds and a bad script.

Photo Courtesy of www.theillusionist.com

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Defending Super Bowlchamps are more than

just a lucky team

Let’s look at a breakdown of ESPN.com’s Super Bowl picksfrom their panel of 12 footballexperts.

Seven picked the Colts. TheSeahawks and Panthers received

two picks apiece and the finalpick went to the Bengals. Taking a look at the picks from

a different view, seven expertspicked Peyton Manning to winat least three meaningful games

which is about three more thanhis career total. Two experts took a team riding

on the backs of their star running back Shaun Alexander which isfine except for the fact that helost his best offensive linemanin free agency. Two experts picked a team with

a very suspect running game,although the Panthers do haveone of the best receiving duosin the league.

And one very brave expertselected a team that hasn’t won aplayoff game since 1990 and hasa quarterback coming off majorknee surgery. Absent from that list is the

Pittsburgh SteelersNot often does a returning

Super Bowl champion with themajority of its important piecesstill intact fall from the list of the favorites heading into thenext season.

None of the experts evenpicked the Steelers to make theSuper Bowl let alone win it andtwo even predicted the champs

would miss the playoffs. All the Steelers did last season

was defy the odds, make history,and prove all of the so-calledfootball experts wrong by win-ning three straight playoff gameson the road and the Super Bowlbehind a second-year quarter-back and a first year-starter atrunning back. The only significant loss from

the championship team wasfree safety Chris Hope whodeparted to the Titans via free

agency. That hole was quickly filled with the signing of RyanClark, a former WashingtonRedskin, and what appears tobe a solid backup/future starterin rookie Anthony Smith out of

Syracuse. The only other notable, but

by no means significant, losses were Jerome Bettis and AntwaanRandle El.

Bettis will be missed mostfor his leadership abilities andpossibly his goal line presence,although with the recent signing of Najeh Davenport the lattermay no longer be an issue.

Randle El was a highly over-rated receiver last season whoonly caught the eyes of the me-dia and other teams, such as hisnew team the Redskins, becauseof his touchdown passes, notcatches. In fact, Randle El caughtjust 35 passes and only one for

a touchdown in the 2005 regularseason, hardly worth the $31million contract the Redskinsthrew at him.

Despite all of this, there stillseems to be no love for the Steel-ers as contenders this year.

Instead, Steeler bashing seemsto be the thing to do this footballseason.

Pittsburgh seems to be knownas a lucky team rather than aquality football team. Apparently Ben Roethlisberg-

er’s 22-3 record as a regularseason starter is luck. Actually, the most common ar-

gument against Roethlisberger’ssuccess is that he isn’t really that

good, he benefits from a goodteam and rarely is forced to passthe ball.

Big Ben does have more than200 less attempts than Eli Man-ning in one more game startedbut that hasn’t stopped him frommatching Manning’s yard total.Both have just a shade over 5,000total yards passing. Willie Parker’s 4.23 speed that

often leads to breakaway runs

similar to the one he showcasedagainst the Seahawks’ defensein the Super Bowl is surely luck as well.

Luck is obviously the wordto describe Hines Ward’s game.His leadership ability, which willmost likely reach a higher levelthis season with the absence of Bettis, and his hard-nosed style

of play could be described withno other word than luck. Puredetermination, dedication, andathletic ability most certainly don’t describe his game. The defensive unit as a whole

is probably the luckiest of themall as in they are lucky enoughto have one of the top twodefensive backs in the league,

Troy Polamalu. Lucky to have anintimidating linebacker who is al-

ways moving at top speed in Joey Porter. Lucky to have a dominat-ing nose tackle that creates spaceneed for the Blitzburgh defensein Casey Hampton. The Steelers’ only real weak-

ness at the moment is their lack

of a deep threat for Roethlis-berger to throw to. That problem may have been

answered in the first game,however, when Nate Washingtonemerged showing he has the abil-ity to go up and catch the ball atits highest point.

No, the Steelers are not just alucky team. What they really have is a great

organization that starts from thetop and works its way down. They draft well, coach well, and

play extraordinary.Coach Cowher has the uncanny

ability to get his team ready andprepared to play especially whenfacing any type of adversity.

This was evident Thursday inthe win over the Dolphins. Without the services of Ro-

ethlisberger, the Steelers wonagainst a supposed playoff con-tender behind backup CharlieBatch and a hurt Hines Ward atreceiver. Winning games by any means

neccessary is not luck. It comesfrom a winning tradition.

Hines Ward and the Steelers are ready to repeat as Super Bowl champs.MCT photo

By Matt JacksonCo-Sports editor

Women’s volleyballstruggles in GLIAC

play with 1-3 record

The Mercyhurst women’s vol-leyball team started the 2006season similar to their 2005season. The Lakers once again opened

the season strong in non-confer-ence play but have struggled sofar in conference play to a tuneof a 1-3 GLIAC record.

Last season the Lakers won10 of their first 11 matches, allnon-conference, before losing nine of the next 10 matches toconference foes. This season Mercyhurst’s non-

conference schedule was short-ened and the Lakers finished 5-3in the eight-game span. Two of those losses, how-

ever, were against GLIAC op-ponents in Lake Superior Stateand Saginaw Valley State, but

were considered non-conferencecontests.

It is no coincidence that theLakers play better in non-confer-ence play. The strength of the

GLIAC is shown in the nationalrankings.

Four GLIAC teams are repre-sented in the American VolleyballCoaches Association (AVCA)national rankings, including No.2 Grand Valley State.

Gannon was the first team toput a tally in the Mercyhurst losscolumn with a 3-0 victory onSept. 5. The Lakers bounced back

quickly with a 3-1 win over LakeSuperior State three days later.

Junior Kristin Peterson recorded

a game-high 21 kills and sopho-more Jenna Matson finished

with 19. Peterson and Matsonare also ranked No. 1 and No. 2on the team respectively in killsthis season. The Lakers also dropped GLI-

AC matches to No. 24 and unde-feated Northern Michigan andMichigan Tech. The Lakers will compete next

in two away matches at WayneState and at Hillsdale Friday andSaturday.

Junior Kristin PetersonFile Photo

Sophomore Jenna MatsonFile Photo

By Matt JacksonCo-Sports editor

COMMENTARY

Shouse leads Green Team to winin men’s basketball alumni game Justin Shouse scored a game-

high 25 points to lead the Green Team to a 76-73 win over the White Team in the Mercyhurstmen’s basketball alumni game.

Shouse scored 11 of his pointsin the fourth quarter to lead aGreen Team comeback of ninepoints in the quarter. Also reaching double-digits

for the Green Team were Gerry Battle with 14 points and Jeff Daisley with 11 points.

The White team was led by Moe Profit with 19 points.

Brent Swain and Rahsaah Ro-land each scored 13 points whileMatt Thielker and Craig Young chipped in with 12 points and 11points respectively. The event was organized by

Swain and all proceeds from theevent benefited the Alzheimer’s

Association.Other players participating

were Keith Nies, Dave Lanahan,

Jason Ioppolo, and Jody Crymesfor the Green Team and Jim Roe,Brian Lanahan, and Mike Carrfor the White team.

Former stars Jeff Woleben andDion Brown were also invitedto the event but were unable toattend.

~Information gathered from the

Mercyhurst Sports Information Web

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Football loses pair to open seasonTeam seeks first win of the year on the road next week at Wayne State

The opening weeks for the

Mercyhurst football team werenot very pleasant to say the least.In home games against North-

wood and Ferris State, bothconference games, the Lakers

were outscored 61-21. The Lakers started their season

winless through the first twogames for the second time in asmany years, not getting their first

win until week eight in 2005.In a disappointing season

opener, Mercyhurst fell 33-14

against No. 25 Northwood. The game was not a pretty sight, as torrential rain made forless than ideal playing condi-tions. The Lakers turned the ball over

four times in the game, and failedto make the big plays to get the

ball into the endzone. A bright spot on the rainy after-

noon was the running game of junior Dave Stallard, who ran for103 yards and two touchdowns. Junior quarterback Mitch Phil-

lis was 16-30 for 148 yards,hooking up with seven differentreceivers on the afternoon. The following game against

Ferris State was dominated by the

defensive line of the Bulldogs, who sacked Phillis 10 times.

Phillis was under pressure onnearly every snap, yet still man-aged to throw for 252 yards and

one score.Senior receiver Jeff Nowling

had a career high of 140 yards inthe game, most of which came inthe second half. After a Ferris State touchdown

put the Bulldogs ahead 14-0 latein the second period, the Lakersgot a 31-yard return by sopho-more Aaron Haynes from a shortFSU kickoff to set the Lakers up

with good field position. With a first down near the Bull-

dog red zone, Phillis attempted tothrow a lob into the corner of theend zone but was picked off by

FSU’s Jim Skodak.

This was the key scoring at-tempt for the Lakers in the firsthalf, but they were unable toconvert and stop the Bulldog momentum.

Mercyhurst finally got on theboard early in the fourth quarter

when Phillis connected with se-nior receiver Mark Watson for aseven-yard score.

That would be the end of the

scoring for Mercyhurst, falling by a final of 28-7.

Stallard struggled against thepowerful FSU line, running only five times for 16 yards.

Junior Richard Stokes led Mer-cyhurst with 22 yards rushing on13 carries.

Because of the 10 sacks, theLakers finished with -33 yards

rushing on the day.

Mercyhurst actually held theball 10 minutes longer than didthe Bulldogs on total possession;however, the Lakers were unableto put together any lengthy scor-

ing drives. The team will travel to Detroit,

Mich. to take on the Wayne State Warriors on Sept. 16.

The two teams have not playedeach other in the last two seasons,so it will be a fresh look for the

Lakers.Going back to the 2003 cam-

paign the Lakers defeated WayneState 17-10 in early November. The Warriors finished last sea-

son with a 3-7 record, and were

picked by the conference coachesto finish ninth in 2006. The team has split a pair of

games thus far, defeating confer-ence rival Michigan Tech in week

one, and falling to non-confer-ence foe Saint Joseph’s College.

The Lakers are among fiveother teams winless on the sea-son through two weeks, and willseek to leave the cellar with a winagainst the Warriors.

Mercyhurst will return homeon Sept. 23, when they host

cross-town rival Gannon Univer-sity for the homecoming game.

Returning students will notethat the game has been movedfrom early in the season to thehomecoming weekend, whichshould equate to an even larger

crowd for the big game.Gannon hosts Indianapolis

this weekend, and if they fall the

homecoming game could deter-mine which of the two teamsemerges with their first victory of the season.

By Ryan Palm

Sports editor

Men’s soccer perfectin early conference play

The Mercyhurst men’s soccerteam has made an impressivestart to the 2006 season. They have won four of their

first five games and are unbeatenin the GLIAC.

The team’s only defeat so farcame at the hands of TrumanState in the second game of theseason. The loss, while disappointing,

appears to have propelled theteam forward.

The team bounced back fromthe defeat with three straightshut-out wins.

Senior midfielder Zach Hiltneris happy with the way the seasonhas started.

“The Truman game went both ways. We had our chances andthey had theirs. The rain just

wasn’t falling for us that day.However we have bounced andI think it has been a very goodstart for us,” Hiltner said.

The men’s most impressiveresult so far was a 3-0 dr ubbing of defending GLIAC Champi-ons Ashland University.

The Lakers managed to domi-nate Ashland throughout thecontest, while still not playing to their full potential. The consensus is that the men

are capable of further raising thelevel of their game as the season

progresses. The men’s successful start is

especially impressive when youcompare it to the dire recordthey held at the beginning of last season. The men lost six of their first

eight games in 2005, stumbling into a disappointing 1-6-1 recordas the half way point of theseason approached.

However, they showed greatcharacter and determinationto conclude the season with an

overall record of 8-8-4.It is with that same character

that the men have begun the2006 campaign. An experienced Laker’s team

sees the return of key interna-tional and American players,

including senior captains JasonPedra and Andy Tait.

Both players were named tothe NCAA Great Lakes All-Re-gion team last year.

Pedra has had an impressive

Mercyhurst career thus far, re-cording 22 goals and 12 assistsin his first three seasons withthe Lakers. Tait returns for his fourth con-

secutive year at sweeper, looking to lead from the back and directthe Lakers towards victory. Tait, a native of Halifax, Eng-

land, is satisfied with the way theteam is playing so far.

“I think the team is perform-

ing well. We are taking it a gameat a time. We have a lot of expe-rience this year and the new ladshave also settled in well whichhas helped us,” Tait said. Along with Pedra and Tait, the

2006 season also sees the return

of Kyle Jackson, Danny Mudd,and Zach Hiltner. All five play-ers were named to the All-GreatLakes Intercollegiate AthleticConference (GLIAC) teams lastyear in voting conducted by theconference coaches.

Cammidge has recruited apromising group of freshmento replace last year’s graduat-ing class of Sean Cordova,

Josh Long and Zac Brien. Kurt Young is the current standoutscoring four goals in the Lakers

opening five games.

By Finella AnnandContributing writer

Field hockey at .500four games into season

For a team that is full of poten-tial and with 13 of its 26 playersbeing freshmen, a 2-2 record isMercyhurst field hockey is “right

where we want to be,” said CoachStacey Gaudette.

On Friday, Sept. 8, the Lakers

picked up their first win of theseason.

Laker goalie Julie Smith shutout Bellarmine to give the Lakerstheir first shutout of the year, as

well as their first victory ever overBellarmine.

The team began their three- week long road trip Sunday witha loss to Bloomsburg. The Lakers were shut out in

the match, being outshot hand-

ily 43-8. Smith made 16 saves inthe contest. The Laker defense showed

signs of promise in the secondhalf, allowing only one goalafter surrendering six first-half scores. The team will travel to Brock-

ville, N.Y., to take on C.W. Poston Saturday, Sept. 16. The very next day they are back

on the road against East Strouds-burg before getting a week off from competition.

When asked about some of thegoals this season for the Lakers,Coach Gaudette said “that they

want to get better every game.”She added that even though

they are young, the intensity of the team will help overcomeinconsistency, and get the teamperforming at a constant level. The team finished 9-11 last sea-

son, and graduated their top twogoal scorers who accounted forover half of the team’s scoring.

Some players that have helpedkeep the team focused on win-

ning are two senior capta in’s Lau-ren Cohick and Megan Smaling. When asked what are some roles

of being a captain, Lauren said,

“We lead by example on and off the field. When the team is downto always stay positive and keep

everyone’s head in the game.” Another stand out player isdefender and freshman KristenFogle who the coach applauds

as being consistent and showing great defense.

The Lakers next home game will be Oct. 19 against Seton Hillat 6 pm., make sure to come outand show your support.

Senior Lauren CohickFile Photo

Senior Megan SmalingFile Photo

By Andrew KavulichContributing writer

Golf finishes second of

eight at BW Invitational...

After a rough first day, themen’s golf team came back in thesecond round to finish second of eight teams in the Baldwin-Wal-lace Invitational. The Lakers struggled in the

opening round, but were led by

sophomore Steven Barr’s secondround of 73.

Barr finished eighth overall inthe tournament. The Lakers were led overall by

Kyle Waddell who shot a two-day of total of 160 and senior

Brendan Flood who tied Barr with 161.

The team is playing in theMalone College Individual onSept. 15-16 in Alliance, Ohio.

Women’s golf picks up a win

at West Liberty Invite...

The women’s golf team openedits season in a winning fashion

Sept. 5, finishing first of fourteams at the West Liberty StateCollege Invitational. The team finished with a total

score of 339, 21 shots ahead of second place Wheeling Jesuit.

Leading the Lakers was sopho-

more Caitlin Cummings whoshot 80, followed by Alex Spo-erndle who shot 81.

The team is very young, fea-turing no seniors and only twojuniors.

Coming up on the schedule isthe Penn State Invitational onSept. 21 and the Lakers thenplay host on Sept. 23-24 for theMercyhurst Invitational.

Cross country fares well at

California (Pa.) Invitational

The men’s and women’s crosscountry teams fared well this past

weekend while competing at theCalifornia (Pa.) Invitational. The competition was the first

of the season for the teams, which compete both in the spring and fall seasons. The men’s team came first of

four teams while the womencame in second of five teams.

For the men’s team juniorKenneth Foster led the Lakers,finishing second overall with atime of 24:38.

Senior captain Matt Deragonfinished second for the Lakers,fourth overall, at 25:38.

For the women’s team juniorKatie Jarocki was the individ-ual champion with the time of 20:40. Three Lakers finished in the

top-ten for the event, Jarocki, Victoria Caruso, and Samantha

Colvin.Both teams travel to South

Bend, Ind. for the NationalCatholic Championships onSept. 15.

Sports shorts from the week...By Ryan Palm

Sports editor

Laker quarterback Mitch Phillis spent a lot of time on the ground Saturday, being sacked 10 times on the day.Andy Finkel/Photo editor

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Laker Sports “Quick Hits”

This Week’s Results...

Field Hockey...................................................Sept. 3, L 3-2 BentleySept. 8, W 2-0 Bellarmine

Sept. 10, L 7-0 Bloomsburg

Women’s tennis....................................Sept. 3, L 6-3 West Liberty

Sept. 8, L 6-3 Northwood

Sept. 9, W 7-2 Saginaw

Women’s soccer......................................Sept. 3, W 2-0 Rockhurst

Sept. 8, W 2-0 Missouri Rolla

Sept. 12, W 2-1 IUP

Men’s soccer............................................Sept. 3, W 2-0 Rockhurst

Sept. 6, W 3-0 Ashland

Sept. 10, W 4-0 Findlay

Men’s water polo......................................Sept. 3, L 10-7 Fordham

Sept. 3, W 11-10 Queens

Sept. 9, L 11-4 Princeton

Sept. 9, W 10-7 Iona

Sept. 9, W 15-6 Queens

Sept. 9, W 6-3 Fordham

Women’s volleyball.......................................Sept. 5, L 3-0 Gannon

Sept. 8, W 3-1 Lake Superior St.

Sept. 9, L 3-0 Northern Michigan

Sept. 10, L 3-0 Michigan Tech

Men’s tennis...................................................Sept. 9, W 7-2 Hobart

Sept. 10, W 7-2 Ithaca

Men’s cross country.........................Sept. 9, 1 of 4, Cal (Pa) Invite

Women’s cross country...................Sept. 9, 2 of 5, Cal (Pa) Invite

In the news...

Emerick named GLIAC Player of Week

Sophomore soccer forward Tyler Emerick was named the

GLIAC Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 11. In two crucial

conference match-ups against GLIAC foes Ashland and Findlay,

Emerick scored three goals combined to lead the Lakers to 3-0

and 4-0 wins respectively. He tallied the game-winning goal in

both contests.

Athletes of the Week

The Mercyhurst College Athletic Department announced

Andrew Schonhoff and Katie Jarocki as its Athletes of the

Week on Sept. 11. Schonhoff, a sophomore on the water

polo team, led the Lakers to an unbeaten performance at the

Princeton Invitational Sept. 9-10. Schonhoff scored 12 goals

on the weekend, including six against Queens.

Jarocki had a stellar individual performance at the California

(Pa.) Invitation on Sept. 9. She turned in a time of 20:40 to

edge out the rest of the field. The Lakers finished second

overall as a team of the five entrants.

Former puck stars still at it

Several players who graduated from the Mercyhurst hockey

program in the last few years are continuing their careers on

the professional level. Class of 2005 graduates T.J. Kemp and

David Wrigley are currently playing in the East Coast Hockey

League, where Kemp plays for the Reading Royals and Wrigley

for the Victoria’s Salmon Kings.

Additionally, Rich Hansen was recently re-signed by the

Amarillo Gorillas from the Central Hockey League (CHL).

Hansen was also a 2005 graduate from Mercyhurst, and

played in both the CHL and the United Hockey League last

season.

Finally, Conrad Martin recently laced up for the MontrealCanadiens Rookie Camp during the weekend of Sept. 8-12.

The camp featured 25 invitees, of which included 16 draft

picks from the NHL team.

Shirley signs professional contract

Former women’s hockey forward Samantha Shirley recently

signed a deal with the EV Zug Ladies to become a professional

hockey player. Shirley is slated to play for one of the best

teams in the league, a team which finished second last season

and first in 2004-05.

She scored 11 goals and added 15 assists last year, and was

also named the Female Student Athlete of the Year at the

Senior Sports Banquet.

Pair to be inducted into HOF

The Athletic Department announced last week that formerrower Ian Hessel and former women’s soccer player Theresa

Roach will be inducted into the department’s Hall of Fame

during Homecoming festivities.

Hessel rowed from 1986-1989 for Mercyhurst, and was a

busy man at Mercyhurst. During his time in Erie, Hessel

rowed, swam on the varsity team, and had a double-major in

accounting and computer science. He was the team captain in

both 1988 and 1989.

Roach played soccer at Mercyhurst from 1997-2000, leading

the team in scoring in each of those campaigns. For her

career Roach tallied 184 points, and earned several individual

accolades from the GLIAC during her stay.

Quick hits are compiled by sports editor Ryan Palm. Any-thing worthy of being a “quick hit” should be emailed to

Hot start for women’s soccerTeam bounces back from early loss to post 5-1 record

In 2005, the Mercyhurst wom-en’s soccer team fell just short of earning a playoff berth.

Even so, despite the disap-pointment of not progressing into the post-season, the team’s15-5-0 record served as evidenceof the success they achieved lastyear. The team lost just two players

from last year, which was a goodseason in light of its relative in-experience. With 13 players returning, in-

cluding prolific goal scorer Lisa

Casement, Coach Dale White hasrecruited eight talented young girls with the hope that this year’steam can go one step further. The team’s home record was

almost perfect in 2005, winning 10 out of 11 contests on homesoil.

On the road the team struggledto show the same form, suffering four defeats.

In conference, the team fin-ished an even .500, and it is hereand on the road that the Lakersare looking to make up the dif-ference. The team began the 2006 sea-

son with a doubleheader week-end in Findlay, Ohio.

Unfortunately for the Lakers,their away form returned to hauntthem as Quincy established a twogoal lead, and did just enough tohold on to win, 2-1.

Sophomore forward SarahPowell scored the Lakers only goal with 15 minutes remaining,but it proved too little too late. The Lakers bounced back in

superb fashion the next day, winning 3-0 against a strong team from Wheeling Jesuit Uni- versity.

Mercyhurst quickly took thegame by the scruff of the neck with two goals inside the opening 10 minutes. Junior midfielder Adrienne

Sluga opened her account forthe season off an assist from LisaCasement.

Powell then added to the leadfinishing off a pass from Chris-tine Rehnert. The Lakers held a 25-7 advan-

tage in shots but failed to addto their lead until the 87th min-

ute when Jessie Roberts foundCasement, who showed greatcomposure in front of goal toseal a deserved 3-0 win.

Mercyhurst showed great char-acter to respond in the manner itdid against Wheeling. The team also knew they would

have to show plenty more of it if they were to beat GLIAC rivalsNorthern Michigan, especially after a grueling 14-hour trip. The Lakers’ quickly put any

thoughts of another away defeatbehind them as they recordedan emphatic 5-1 win over a big conference rival.

Northern Michigan could nothandle the Lakers livewire for- wards, as Sarah Powell and LisaCasement combined for theteam’s first four goals, each scor-ing and assisting twice.

Senior midfielder Maria Ami-cone notched her first collegiategoal of her career to completethe scoring.

Following back-to-back winson the road the team returnedhome to begin a stretch of ninehome games in the hope thatthey can really establish them-selves as the region’s numberone team. The Lakers were faced with the

fact they had to play three gamesin seven days but this proved notto be a cause for concern as theLakers registered impressive winsover Davis and Elkins, Rockhurstand Missouri-Rolla. The most pleasing aspect of

these wins for Coach White camein the knowledge that his teamhas not conceded a goal in 279minutes of play.

Mercyhurst struggled to hittop-gear against a stubborn Da- vis and Elkins team before fresh-man midfielder, Jessie Roberts

finally broke the deadlock for theLakers in the 77th minute.

Powell scored her fifth goal of the season to make it 2-0.

Finally, Christine Rehnert putthe icing on the cake, putting theLakers ahead by three. Two days later, the Hawks

of Rockhurst University werethe visitors but they could notprevent the Lakers from scoring their fourth successive victory. Adrienne Sluga scored the

game-winner early in the firsthalf before Powell continuedher rich vein of scoring whichrecorded her sixth of the seasonand sealing a 2-0 win.

Sluga and Powell provided thegoals again, this time in a 2-0 vic-tory over Missouri-Rolla.

Sluga provided what proved tobe the game-winner in the 66thminute. The Lakers added to their lead

just 10 minutes later as Powellkept her scoring streak alive,making it eight consecutivegames in which she has registereda goal.

Senior captain Finella Annandhas been the defensive generalfor the team this year, filling in where former captain Jesse Lamb

left off.Most recently in the Missouri-

Rolla game she was moved in tomidfield helping to provide thespark in the Lakers 2-0 win.

“Our team this year looks really good, the freshmen are making big contributions to the teamand as a result things are very competitive,” said Annand. With eight new faces in the

ranks this year, the team still hasa lot of youthful exuberance, which helps keep this group of players tightly knit. Annand sees the playoffs as

a must for the team this year.“Anything less than that wouldbe a major disappointment,”she said. Junior midfielder Jacque Sluga

has been around the programlong enough to know what toexpect.

“The seniors have shown a lotof character and set high stan-dards for the rest of the team,”Sluga said.

“In previous years we havelost games we should have wonbecause we didn’t play to ourpotential,” said Annand. With the Lakers record cur-

rently 5-1, opposing teams hadbetter beware as the Lakers may hit top gear sometime soon. The Lakers resumed their

home stretch on Tuesday withthe visit of Indiana University.

Concord University’s visit isscheduled for Sept. 15 at 4 p.m.

By Andy TaitContributing writer

Water polo finishes busy weekend 3-1

Avenging previous losses wason the minds of the men’s wa-ter polo team as they breezedthrough the Princeton Invita-tional with a 3-0 record.

In two of its three wins in New Jersey this past weekend, the Lak -ers squad defeated teams whohad already beaten them earlierin the season.

In their first match of thetournament, they had a come-from-behind win against the IonaGaels, 10-7.

Sophomore Andrew Schonoff scored four goals and helpedthe Lakers overcome a 4-3 Ionahalftime lead to prevail.

The win was especially sweetfor Coach Curtis Robinette andthe Lakers because they werealready 0-1 against the Gaels onthe season. The week before, at the Navy

Open in Annapolis, Maryland,the Lakers lost a heartbreaker toIona 12-10.

In their second game in Princ-eton, the Lakers easily handledQueens, N.Y., 15-6.

Schonoff played well again forthe Lakers, scoring six times andadding an assist and a steal.

Other notable performances inthis game were three goals andan assist from sophomore JorgeMontero and a goal, an assist,and three steals from freshmanKane Ashton.

In the net for the Lakers was

senior Kyle Bogucki, who made10 saves. The final game of the Princ-

eton Invitational pitted the Lak -ers against another team whohad already edged them earlierin the year. The Lakers took on the Ford-

ham Rams and defeated them 6-3to level the season series at 1-1.

Defense was the key in thisbattle, as Mercyhurst shut outFordham in the first half andheld on for the win.

Bogucki’s 11 saves helped keepthe Fordham offense at bay, andtwo goals apiece from Schonoff and fellow sophomore OscarCalderon were enough to wrapup a perfect 3-0 tournament forMercyhurst. The successful weekend was

important to the Lakers, whohave now won four straightgames after dropping the firstthree. The 4-3 record is a promising

start for a Lakers team that hasstruggled to stay above .500 inrecent years. The future looks bright for the

water polo team, as they will begraduating only two seniors inthe spring and their offensiveoutput has been fueled primarily by underclassmen.

Mercyhurst will play its firsthome game of the season onSaturday in an exhibition contestagainst Slippery Rock. Following that, they will play at Penn StateBehrend on September 20.

By Steven BarrContributing writer

Hockey coaches get contract extensions until 2010

Mercyhurst College Directorof Athletics Pete Russo an-nounced this summer that boththe men’s and women’s hockey coaches have agreed to contractextensions, keeping both at Mer-cyhurst until 2010.

Men’s hockey coach Rick Got-kin will enter his 19th season onthe hill this fall, having coachedthe Mercyhurst team to well over

Gotkin’s teams have madeseven NCAA Tournament ap-pearances, numerous conferenceplayoff appearances, and have won 20-or-more games seventimes.

Gotkin is very involved incollegiate hockey outside of Mercyhurst, with involvement inUSA Hockey, the Hobey Baker Award committee, the AmericanHockey Coaches Assoication,and more. Women’s coach Mike Sisti has

been at Mercyhurst since 1993.

staff until 1999 when Sisti took on the challenge of building the women’s program.

Since that time he has createda highly competitive programthat has made two consecutiveNCAA Appearances.

Sisti’s teams have won theconference championship for thelast three years in College Hockey America (CHA).

Sisti was named the DivisionI women’s coach of the year forthe 2004-2005 season following the first appearance in the NCAA

women’s team. This past recruiting season is

likely to be the best for Sisti’sprogram, bringing in a handfulof high-profile freshmen. At the top of that class is

Meghan Agosta, who was amember of the Canadian Olym-pic team that won the gold medalin the last Olympic games. Also in the class is Katariina

Soikkanen from the Finnish Na-tional Team and Angelic Lorselland Johanna Malmstrom fromthe Swedish National Team.

By Ryan PalmSports editor

Sophomore Hailee Maiorano seeks to move the ball upfield against Missouri Rolla.Katie McAdams/Photo editor

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The Merciad, Sept. 13, 2006