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Vol. 75 No. 5 Mercyhurst College 501 E. 38th St. Erie, Pa. 16546 October 17,2001Academic building!approved namedBy Annie SitterMerciad writerLast year's party quad, and this year'sconstruction zone will soon beoomeone of the major focal points of cam -pus once again, but, this time, in amuch different respect.. Tuesday,Oct. 2 the trustees of Mercyhurst ap-proved construction bids of $7.3 mil-lion, opening the door for work tobegin on a 45,000-square-foot aca-demic building that will be both thelargest and most expensive structurethe college has ever built.The board also approved a name for;the new structure-the Audrey HirtAcademic Center-in honor of well-known local Mercyhurst alumna andwife of trustee emeritus F . WilliamHirt. Audrey Sitter Hirt, a 1949graduate, spearheaded the leadershipfor early alumni funds. Mrs. Hirt andher husband have been major bene-factors of the college their entiremarried life.

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerConstruction on the academic building is underway. It is set to becompleted in about 14 months. Thebuilding w ill be the largest andmost expensive single building ever constructed on the MercyhurstCollege campus. jfAlthough Mr. and Mrs. Hirt havecontinually contributed financially to

Mercyhurst College, Mrs. Hirt wasinitially uncomfortable with thebuilding being named after her. Shewanted to anonymously support the

college. However, since the academicbuilding will be the first of 37 cam-pus structures to be named for a layalumnus, she was convinced that

lending her name to the buildingwould be an honor for al I Mercyhurstalumni and would inspire more do-nations from graduates.With ever-rising enrollment levels,the need for a new academic build-ing is apparent. The current class-rooms in Old Main and Zurn Hall arebetween 30 and 75 years old. Thelandscape at Mercyhurst has greatlychanged and the new building willaccomadate these chan ges, according]to college officials.The Audrey Hirt Academic Centerwill accommodate the growth atMercyhurst and the growth in tech-nology in general."The new building's ideology isboth quantitative and qualitative," ex-

plained Dr. William P. Garvey, col-lege president. "There will be moreand better classrooms as well as de-partment upgrades."In addition to classrooms, the aca-demic building will contain a new244-seat recital hall with a 32 by 72-foot stage."The building of the Mary

D'Angelo Performing Arts Centerreplaced the Zurn recital hall, sincethe campus needed a larger venue tohighlight the arts at Mercyhurst," saidGarvey.Also, the Taylor Little Theatre lo-cated directly beneath the Weber Hallreading room in Hammermill Libraryis an excellent facility for small per-formances, but it is an inconvenienceto students studying upstairs. Therecital hall will provide an alterna-tive to both the Mary D'Angelo PACand to the Taylor Little Theatre.The Audry Hirt Center will housean atrium, 10 classrooms, 18 facultyoffices and laboratories and three orfour seminar lecture room s; It will bethe home of the education, psychol-

ogy, communication and musical the-atre departments, graphics laboratoryand the college's Honors Program.! Plans for the driveway between the)parking ramp and Zurn to be coveredover with grass to create a quad be-tween Old Main, Zurn and the newbuilding are in the works.See Hirt Building, page 2

Blessidjfconcert in PAC East entrance to library consideredBy Jennifer KonsContributing writer

Katy Gehringer/MerciadphotographerBlesskj Union of Souls visited Mercyhurst Sunday, Oct. 14 forMSG's annual Fall Fest The New Relics a band from Morgantown,W.Va. opened for BlessidUnion. Students jammed to the band'spopular hits such as, "i Believe," "!Hey Leonardo (She Ukes Mefor Me)," as well as a number of diverse covers ranging from OzzyOsborne to the Beatles oAC/D C The event was originally sched-uled for the second weekend in September but was postponedby the band after the terrorist attacks in New York City andWashington D.C.

As a result of the renovations' toHmmermill Library, which werecompleted over the last few years, tehbuilding has become a focal point ofthe campus landscape, while also[providing a quiet place to study w itha variety of resources; but the ques-tion has recnetly been raised as to ifit could be more convenient.Members of student governmenthave resurrected the idea of accom-modating traffic from the apa rtmentswith an east entrance to the library.MSG senior representative and chairof the facilities use committee, VicLaurenza, is currently tackling thisdilemma with Dr. MichaelMcQuillen, dean of libraries.I An east side entrance makes senseto most students on campu s, the frus-tration of walking around the build-ing, in the process passing a moreaccessible door, has grown aggravat-ing. *"I live off campus, and it's a painfor me too," said junior Phil Pirrello."It would just make sense to have themore convenient e ast entrance.'*Other students noted that the noto-riously unpredictable Erie weathermakes walking around the buildingfrustrating.

"With winter coming and espe-Idally with the possibility for inclem-ent weather an east entryway that |opens to the majority of campushousing," said junior Kristin Purdy.On the surface, increasing the con-venience of the library seems to havea simple solution. There is already adoor on the east side used by staff;the problem lies with understandingwhy access is not permitted.Making the already existing doorsuitable for public use is not as easyas it sounds. McQuillen raised nu-merous concerns about creating aneast entrance.According to theADA, renovationson existing buildings must meet cer-tain accessibility standards. The cur-rent staff entrance does not meet suchrequirements therefore, any new en-trance would have to be made wheel-chair accessible.Sophomore Ambassador MaryKate DeMeo noted that having aneast side entrance would make giv-ing tours to wheel-chair-bound indi-viduals more convenient, suggestingthat perhaps meeting the ADA stan-dards could work to the advantage ofthe admissions department.Security is also a major issue. Cur-rently, very few thefts occur at thelibrary because a scanning system is

in place. This same system, or a simi-

lar system, allowing for two-waytraffic, would h ave to be instal led. Inorder to accommodate the security,the existing east entrance way wouldhave to be made wider.In addition to the cost of increas-ing the entry way, installing anothersecurity system, and making thewhole operation comply with ADAregulations, staffing the new doorwith library work-studies poses an-other hurdle for the proposal. Workstudies for the library are already dif-ficult to come by during mid-termsand finals. More staff is necessaryeven though the main desk is alreadyso close. The proximity of the stairsposes a security risk, requiring an-other work-study closer to the pro-posed entrance, explainedMcQuillen.Though the possibility for an eastentrance seems bleak, other optionsare available, such as an entranceelsewhere in the library. Also, justbecause the renovations will costmoney does not mean they will notoccur, especially after the completionof the new academic building, ex-plained McQuillen.

Laurenza said he is quite confidentthat we could see an east entrancesometime next year, especially aftertalking to a very suppor t iveMcQuillen."1 i

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PAGE 2 TH E MERCIAD OCTOBER 17. 2001CAMPUS NEWSBookstore simplifies online serviceBy Joshua WestMerc iad writerThe new school year brought inno-vation to the Mercyhurst Bookstore.The world of online shopping hascome to the Hurst Now, from anycomputer, with internet access, indi-viduals can purchase their favoritehats, t-shirts, sweatshirts, glasses andblankets.Dan Cullen, the general manager,has led the effort to make the store'sbrand new web page somethingworth checking ou t

Once buried beneath countlessclicks and links on the school website, it is now accessible from theopening page of the school's web-page .The newly secured site enableswonline ordering and delivery. /The new changes were motivatedby the fact that in the past peoplewere simply not taking advantage ofthe online capabilities of the book-store."My parents w ill reallyIt is hoped that the new style willappeal not only to the MercyhurstStudent community, but to the fam-

ily and alumni that aren't able to dropby theStudent Union whenever theywant to check out the store, accord-ing to Cullen.Most college bookstores set upweb sites through outside compan iessuch as Follet or Barnes and Noble.

"If you compare any two sites pro-vided by either of these companiesyou will realize pretty quickly that1asidefroma color scheme and a logo,the pages are identical," said Cullen.Mercyhurst", on the other hand, didall of the work in house, which madefor a page that is both distinct andoriginal.

fecurity clears up parking policiesBy Melissa NewellMerciad writer

Parking continues to be a problemat Mercyhurst Students have beencomplaining that there are never anyavailable spots, while administratorscontinue to wonder why theMcAuley Hall lot seems so far awayto students.Ken Sidun, chief of police andsafety, wants to make students awareof several issues concerning park-ing rules here on campus.Parking on the ramp directly be-hind the Adult Learning Center onWayne Street is strictly prohibited,as is parking on the four privateproperties on the east side of LewisAvenue* according to SidunTThccollege does not currently own theseareas, and therefore has no jurisdic-tion over the actions of the towingcompany. A few cars have alreadybeen towed and fined, and will con-tinue to be as long as the vehiclesare in violation.Mercyhurst has provided studentsand faculty w ith a lot to park in, lo-cated at 38th and Pine, directlyacross from Arby's as a solution tothis reoccurrtng problem.

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Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerStudents have been trespassing in clearly marked Lewis Avenuelots that do not belong to M ercyhurst.Sidun said that students and theirvisitors who have not paid the $150to park in the underground garagesmay not do so under any conditions.Cars will be towed for illegally park-ing there without an$appropriatest ~ , mMercyhurst police and safety re-

quests that any students who havenot yet picked up their parking per-mit for this year stop into the of-flees in McAuley Hall and do so.Students and faculty m embers candownload a copy of the currentParking Booklet from the collegewebsite, for more information.

Student government raises $810for two charitable organizationsBy Courtney NicholasContributing writer*Student government has been busyraising money for worthy organiza-tions, it has raised a total of $810.71for both the Sept 11 Fund, throughUnited Way and the Susan KomenNational Foundationfor Breast Can-cer Research."After the tragedy, the body votedunanimously to donate all of the pro-ceeds to the September 11 Fund,said Rob Kosko, president of Mer-cyhurst Student Government, of therepresentatives decision to donatemonev raised from Monte Carlo

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NightThe MSG representatives weregiven information on various chari-ties that could benefit from a dona-tion and decided the September 11FUnd would be bestY"Monte Carlo has been an annualfundraising event for many years,"said Kosko. "It has always gone well

with the student community, so wedecided notto change something thatwas working for everyone."With Garvey bucks flying at the vari-ous tables, the hum of the blenderwhipping up smoothies in the Lakerand a Playstation 2 on the line, theevent was sure to be a success. This]year MSG raised $506.15 for theSeptember 11th Fund.Another fundraiser that MSG tookpart in this year was giving out pinkribbon pins that symbolized breastcancer awareness in exchange for adonation to benefit breast cancer re-search.I Senior representative Jen Yope ini-tiate d the idea for the fundraiser."She was researching the topic andordered information and pins forMSG ," said Kosko. "We decided matthe Health and Safety committe,headed by senior representative LexiToy, would take charge of the event**Yope felt compelled to have Mer-cyhurst celebrate Breast Cancer

Awareness Month not only becauseshe felt that the comm unity neededto be aware of this disease, but alsobecause she has family members af-flicted with breast cancer.Mercyhurst joined the rest of thecountry in celebrating "Denim D a / 'which is an annual event held the firstFriday of October, It is co-sponsoredby the Susan Koman National Foun-dation for Breast Cancer Researchand JC Penney.The pins that Yope ordered, alongwith information about the disease,were distributed in the Student UnionThursday, Oct 4 and Friday, Oct 5as part of he nationwide Denim Day.Many students still have the pinskeeping the theme of awarenessthroughout the month. The pins canbe found on student book bags, pursesand coats.This fundraiser raised $304.56 forthe Susan Komen National Founda-tion for Breast Cancer Research.

In Cullen's opinion, it was time fora change in the way things were pre-viously. Services needed to be sim-Iplified in order to be utilized. "Toomany clicks," said Dan Cullen aboutother college s pages.He wanted to make the new pageeasy to navigate w ithout unnecessarybanners and links that aren't goingto be of interest to most of the site'saudience. You won 't be forced to sortyour way though a maze of links and

ads in order to find what you are look-ing for and you will be able to enjoya familiar feel that is unique to Mer-cyhurst, according to Cullen.

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Hirt Building:"Rather than there being a completeseparation between housing andacademic buildings on campusjsaid Gary Bukowski, vice presidentof institutional advancement, "therewill be a fusion of th e two makingthe campus more of a community."The Capital Campaign goal isset at $20 million dollars and hasraised$15.6 mi 11 ion th'u s~Yar.Bukowski realizes that his work isfar from finished. More funds areneeded for all aspects of the cam-paign, building restoration, endow-mentfahd scholarship funds, andcompletion of the Audrey Hirt Aca-demic Center.

U.S. strikes back, fearof retaliation swellsBy Phil PirrelloMerciad writerTomahawk missiles continue to blazeover both the night and sun-lit skiesof Afghanistan as the U.S. continuesits military response to the Sept. 11terrorist attacks. President Bush, dis-cussing the strikes, addressed thenation Thursday, Oct 11 assuring allAmericans that justice will prevailand to prepare for future terrorist at-tacks.

U.S. bombing raids began on Sun*day, Oct 7 and have continued forthe last ten days. Hie first strike wasa cooperative effort executed by bothU.S. and British armed forces. Theongoing campaign is targeting lead-ers of the al-Qaida terrorist networkand the Taliban government that con-tinue to harbor the primary suspectof Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Osamabin Laden, according to AssociatedPress news sources."They represent a significant partiof the military command and controlfacilities that U.S. bombs and mis-siles are striking, said Defense Sec-retary Donald H. Rumsfeld lastThursday. Rumsfeld believes in theprobability that bin Laden survivedthe initial strikes. He also acknowl-edged thaf*bin Laden and his follow-ers are plotting future terror attackson American soil and/orU.S. foreigninterests.

The possible threats range fromdiplomatic sites overseas to possible

truck bombs in this country; a U.S.intelligence official said later, speak-ing on a condition of anonymity. But,last Thursday, the Presiden t assuredthe nation that his adm inistration w illdo everything in its power to protectthe countryfromany threat both for-eign and dom estic.Bush addressed the nation and con-firmed that the FBIhas placed all lawenforcement agencies on the highestalert in response to a "general threat*1the government received."I hope it is the last,** Bush said.''But, given the attitude of the evil-doers it may not be."The latest front of this new warisperhaps bioterorism. Anthrax, thewar's new artillery has inflictedpeople from B oca Raton, F la. to TomBrokaw's assistant at NBC News,and the latest victim the seven monthold infant son of an ABC News pro-ducer.Bush asked fellow Americans towatch for any suspicious characters"boarding crop dusters" that they arenot supposed to and for unauthorizedpersons at chemical factories.Despite this new threat, the bomb-ings in the capital city of Afghani-stan, Kabul, are planned to continue.President Bush asserted that it maytake a year or two before the sus-pected terrorist cells are discoveredand destroyed. He said that he is con-fident that the bombardments havealready putbin Laden's al-Qaida net-work on the run. i

PumpkinlCarving ContestThe L a k e r I n n is sponsoring a pumpkin^carving contest.flf you would like to carve a pumpkin

see L i n d a in the Laker Inn.Pumpkins can be picked up in the Laker Inrbeginning W e d n e s d a y , O c t . 2 4 and nbe returned (carved) bv Fridav. Or* oft

The winner wiH receive one largi drinksHAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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Katy Gehringer/Merciad photographerMercyhurst's annual Parent's Weekend took place Oct. 12-13. The weekend was filled with ac-tivities to be enjoyed by students and their parents together. Hypnotist Michael Anthony enter-tained students and their parents in the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. The event en-couraged audience participation an d gave parents and students the chance to interact.

Kosko balances academicsNand future while leadingMercyhurst student body

PRESSWIRE)- ^ ^ ^Depot announces the first web siteever to address the total insuranceneeds of the U.S. college studentmarket The website is fully transac-tional, meaning that students or theirparents (and faculty) can quote or buycoverage instantly online anytime.The site, ,offers auto, motorcycle, health, den-tal, dormitory, apartment, studenttravel medical, and health insurancefor international students.Every fall approximately15,000,000 U.S. students march offto college. According to the latestCensus bureau, 29% of allmales andfemales between the age of 18 and24 do not have any form of healthinsurance. Additionally, tens of thou-sands of students come from othercountries every year to attend anAmerican university, many of whomhave absolutely no medical coverage.According to the Independent Insur-ance Agents of America, about 70percent of all college students havecars that must be insured, 60 percentof those cars are owned by s tudents.Based on 1997 statistics from theFBI, college students are not immuneto property losses. In 1997,101,525property crimes were reported oncollege campuses. Students now haveexpensive laptopcomputers and ste-reo equipment that could prove verycostly to replace. These alarming[trends indjcates an ever-growingtt iieed for insuranceprotection for col-lege students. College is no longer

just about insuring the future; it 's alsoabout insuring the presentAll information on Student Insur-ance Depot is organized in a verylogical and simplistic manner for stu-dents' ease of use. President andfounder Jim Strode says, "Althoughmany colleges do have their own ex-cellent student programs, very fewoffer a com plete range of plans. Nowstudents can even comparison shopcosts and benefits against what theirschool does offer. Often this is theirfirst exposure to insurance of anykind." Strode also ads, 'The mostcommon comment I hear from stu-dents and parents is that they don'teven know where to go to get thistype offinformation. Students are inquisitiveand they love to research informationon their own. Many feel intimidatedabout talking to an insuranceagent."All insured plans offered by StudentInsurance Depot are insured by themost competitive and financiallysound insurance companies inAmerica.These companies specialize in thetype of plans they are offering. Thisassures students they are getting thebest value for their money.Student Insurance Depot also has anaffiliate program which allows col-leges to offer these plans to their stu-dents from the college's own website.Strode sums up, "Students age 1 8-25 do everything on the InternetThis is not new technology to th em,'it's the only technology that they'veever known." v

Somewhere in between academics,applying to graduate school and di-recting Mercyhurst Student Govern-ment Rob Kosko found time to talkon a more personal level.Originally from York, Pa., Koskohad intended to pursue his collegecareer at Grove City. However, afteronevisit to Mercyhurst his mind wasmade up, "I fell in love with thecam-pus," said Kosko.His involvement in MSG begansophomore year as a member of theStudent Activities Comm ittee and itprogressed every year following. "Iwanted to run for president becauseof my background in SAC. I felt Icould benefit the student's the most,"said Kosko.According to Kosko, currently,MSG is working on two mainprojects. The first is an effort to re-vise the shuttle bus schedule. The in-tended result is to prevent excessivewaiting.The second main project MSG isworking on is the "Book Swap." Thisprogram is designed to help studentssave money when buying books. Stu-dents will give MSG their schedule,which will then be entered into a da-tabase. After all entries, the databasewill pair up the students enablingthem to exchange books with oneanother.The two events MSG is planVning have been discussed, but thereare no promises yet.,Kosko added that all Mercyhurststudents are welcome to attend MSGmeetings, which take place everyMonday night at 8:30 p.m. in theStu-dent Government Chambers locatedon the second floor of the Carolyn

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Annie Sitter/MerciadPhotographerSenior Rob Kosko hopes to con-tinue the success he has dis-played at Mercyhurst in graduateschool.

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Hermannstudent Union. 'The stu-dent body is welcome to all MSGmeetings. Wewant students to get in-volved," said Kosko, -iCurrently, Kosko is in the midst ofapplying to either dental school orgraduate school. He hopes to furtherhis major field of study in bio-chem-istry and forensic sc ience. Hissched-ule keeps him on his toes and in hisspare time he "sleeps," said Kosko."I really don't have much sparetime.

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PAGE 4 THE MERCIAD OCTOBER 17. 2001OPINIONTHE GOOD . . .

Winter term registration is approaching - the end of Fall term is insight! f 'Both the football team and the club hockey teams won for Parents'Weekend.The celebration for Mercyhurst's 75 th brought some unusuallystomachable good food to the cafeteria.Due to the efforts of Mercyhurst Student Government, campus cardscan now be used at Cafe Diem.

THE BAD ...The Internet connections seem to move slower andrslowerhere each

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day. How are w e supposed to live w ithout AOL Instant Messenger?!Scheduling is a reminder of what a ridiculously specific core thiscurriculum students of Mercyhurst College are subjected to..Has anyone else noticed that we still haven 't received the studentdirectories?

It's been a hard day's nightThere are some days, even weeks,where it doesn't pay to get up in themorning. 1 should have seen thesigns: no time for a traditional bowlof Cap'n Crunch and glass of RubyRed, problems finding therightshirtwrinkled to the point where I can stillget away with not ironing it. And aphone calKfrom some annoyingtelemarketer just as I was going outthe door that takes thirty secondsmore that it deserves, making me late,for a quiz I already know I am goingto bomb. All this in two hours time..All this pales in comparison to therest of my Friday. For, on that day,all things that could go crappyjjfo-cused their bad vibes on me, prompt-ing me to repeatedly recite a futilemantra of "Why me , why me?"Here's a quick highlight reel of myday's low points: I come home, turnon the TV expecting to see a nearlymemorized sitcom rerun on theSuperstation. Instead, it's a reportthat Sony andNBC studios havebeenquarantined due to suspected anthraxcontamination. First, anger at the re-

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cently calmed fear those terroristsnow stirred again.Apparently these terrorists are notgetting enough hints, so maybe weshould drop some more bombs. Mynephew comes home crying. A bullytold him about the anthrax and thatit will only effect third graders, thegrade he is currently in. What Iwouldn't give to be in a window-less room with only the bully and aset of pliers.I go to work and a girl, no olderthan fourteen and drunker than asailor, decides to throw up all overmy box office window...chunks ofwhatever she was digesting splattersacross my namextag...it reads"IL." Rolling around in and/or eat-ing glass are what I deem as betteralternatives than cleaning up vomit.

- To top it off: an employee whopractices a pathetic work ethic,which consists of reading Teen

4 v 'People while smelling her pits tosee if her newly purchased Secretis really strong enough for her pHbalanced manly self, calls me a rac-ist. She calls me a racist while, atthe same time, swearing Italian ra-cial epithets at me. My response:"Hey, Kettle. This is the pot call-ing, you're black!"The drive home is filled with con-cerns that my cash drawer might beIoff, or what homework I will forgetto remember to do . I open the doorto my home expecting to hear theTV blasting some news story or theclamoring of dishes my Mom re-peatedly cleans. Instead, I amgreeted with a calming silence anda warm bed that I will take full ad-vantage of.Moral of his rant; some days, eventhe evilest ones, are worth gettingup for. For nothing is more price-less than a deserved rest at the endof a very bad day.

Recently there has been an infestation ofJady bugs in campusapartments. Killing them brings bad luck, so who wants to do thejob?. :, I I f *I Am erican flag fad is a retailer's dreamTHE UGLY . . .

Parking around here barely exists for students, let alone visitors. TheSchool must make more money off parking tickets than* tuition. What is that, funky odor in the icerink?Air fresheners might be agood investment

| Dorm room doors continue to be w allpapered with pictures of OsamaBin Laden in compromising positions with skyscrapers.

THE CONTROVERSIAL ...Rumors are flying about the R.A.S who are irresponsible and badexamples. For example, some buy alcohol for minors, throw kegparties and overdose on drugs. Are residents confortable with R.A.swho can't even take care of themselves?

By Nathan RogersThe Battalion(U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION,Texas r-r-JFrom the ragged bannerwith stars and stripes that distin-guished separation from British op-pression, to the modern 50-starredstandard born by representatives ofoux nation, Old Glory has repre-sented a nation characterized bypride, bravery and resolve.In the wake of the recent terroristattacks onNew York City and Wash-ington, D.C., the flag has become anall-encompassing emblem of thefeelings among citizens of this na-tion.It shows the strength of a peopleto face each day and to support what-ever measures may be necessary toprevent these atrocities from hap-pening again. It signifies the honor

and mourning for those brave soulswilling to give their lives for thesmallest possibility that others mightbe saved. Most importantly,-it rep-resents the unity and resoluteness ofa nation that, inthe face of crisis andadversity, takes a deep collectivebreath and responds in a way previ*ously unimaginable and consum-mate.The most imperative reaction af-ter the attacks was toshow the worldand, most importantly, those whowould seek to threaten us, that thefoundation of our country cannot bedestroyed. Ofcourse, the easiest andmost accessible way to show unityis with the ubiquitous and globallyrenowned red, white and blue. Butis our country only great in times ofmisfortune? Absolutely not.Since the attacks, the economy hastaken a huge hit. Consumer sales inevery major category have

dwindled. The glaring exception hasbeen sales of the American flag.Major retailers scrambled to keeptheir shelves stocked. Productioncompanies are still swamped.Across the nation, .flag sales after theweek of the attack were 1500 pep-cent higher than the same week lastyear.* . *There is nothing wrong with thenewfound desire to fly the flag fromevery possible location. There is noproblem with putting aflag n a win-dow, a car or any other place thatdisplays the stars and stripes in anacceptable manner. But allowing thefervor, pride and patriotism todwindle will do more harm thanmerely being apathetic. If hose whowish to harm us see us growing tocare less and less about our coun-try, it gives them the idea that weare susceptible to attack. Let Ameri-cans not give that impression.

Indirectkcti^of^prejudice could be the most detrimentalIn the weeks since the terrorist at-tacks on the United States, there hasbeen much speculation on the un-fair treatment and discriminationtoward people of Arab or MiddleEastern ethnicity living in theUnited S tates. The media, govern-1ment officials and other leaders havewarned that the American peopleshould be careful not to take outtheir anger on or let their fears in-terfere with these innocent peoplewho have had nothing to do with theactions and are in nowa y connectedwith the terrorists.There have been isolated incidentssuch as the situation involving air-line passengers objecting to get ona plane until a few Arab-Americanpassengers were escorted off andheld for questioning or the minorvandalism of Islamic mosques

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throughout the country, but these in-cidents do not compare to what couldhave been. Still, despite the lack ofactive discriminatory or harassingacts, there seems to exist a sense ofquiet discrimination arising fromfear and uncertainty. I witnessed thisdiscrimination firsthand.As I sat eating my lunch in a rathercrowded fast food restaurant one af-ternoon last week, a group ofArab-American teenage boys entered therestaurant. Prior to the boys' en-trance, the other patrons of the res-taurant sat around eating and casu-

ally chatting amongst themselves.As soon as the boys walked in thedoor, the noise level dropped and alleyes were basically fixed on them.Not noticing the boys at first, Ilooked around the room wonderingwhy everyone seemed to pause theirconversations and look toward thedoor. When I looked up, I immedi-ately realized what everyone wasgawking at. NI was disheartened by the reaction

a*of these people, to say the least. Itwas clear to everyone in the restau-rant including the four young men,as they all looked and whispered,just what was going on. Althoughthere was no exchange of words oractions taken, it was a passive actof prejudice, an act that could eas-ily be brushed off as harmless. Bu t,it is seemingly insignificant and pas-

sive acts of prejudice this type ofthat grow to result in situations likethe one this nation is currently deal-ing with. ^ .?'At a time like this, when hostilityand fears are fueled more and moreevery day, it is important to keep theultimate goal of peace in mind. Asindividuals, we must work to main-tain that peace in our own lives inan effort to restore it once again forall. | iAlthough it may have been an un-conscious reaction for most of thepeople in the restaurant on this par-ticular day, it should stand to remindus how important it is to examinemore closely our fears so as not totarget innocent individuals, espe-cially in a nation such as this onethat grants its citizens innocenceuntil proven guilty. $

Announcement:The 2001-2002 Winter Termschedule is posted on theMercyhurst College website.

Check the website for course up-dates (additions, cancellations andtime changes) which have occurredsince the publication of the printedschedule.For a listing of closed courses dur-ing the registration period, click onthe Closed Courses button at thetop of the schedule page on thewebsite.Updates are also posted in theRegistrar's Office, 106 Old Main.

Jhefinalexam schedule for*fall semester, click on Academics.i&v

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THE MERCIAD PAGE 5OPINION4*Y*I'm so happy*now I don't haveto drag my recycling all the wayto * maintenance.*!

Brianna S tratman, jun iorIt's a fantastic, lovely idea." Shane McGuckin, junior"I think it's a great idea and Ithink everyone should getinvolved.I've recycled my entire life."Mike McQuillan* juniorIf that's what is happening thengood, but I haven't seen anythinginthe dorms,**

Pam Tarczy, freshmanp think it's a good idea, it pro-motes environmental awareness." Melannie Smith, junior"It's a good idea. I'm sure there area lot of recyclablesaround thiscampus that need to be taken careof" ^ i %t IMatt Davies, freshman 1

CAMPUSQUESTION"It's great, because college studentsbuild up an excessive amount oftrash and now we can reduce thetrash and promote recycling."Darren Forgea, junior

How do you think theon-campus recyclingcampaign is going?

Ex-S.P.A.N.d your appreciation for nature

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Students for the Protection and Ap-preciation of Nature (S.P. A.N.) of-fer many opportunities for studentsto get outdoors this year. S.P.A.N.leaders expect to see a lot morepeople coming and going.We are trying to have somethingplanned every weekend. For ex-ample, Oct. 5 and 6, S.P.A.N. wenton a camping trip to McConnellsMills State Park. The 13 people whowent on the trip stayed in cottagesalong Slippery Rock Creek. We hadmidnight canoe rides, a campfireand spen t the next day rock climb-ing, although it was not necessaryto have rock climbing experience.Our campers thought climbingand hanging out were thebest partsof he trip. Others also noted that thearea was beautiful with the chang-ing foliage. JSome of the other activities that

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S.P.A.N. may engage in include ca-noeing, horseback riding, siding atPeak N* Peek and white wafer raft-ing in the spring.Last November, S.P.A.N. held awinter camping trip at Cook Forest,where we hiked and participated intrail maintenance. There will be an-other trip to Cook Forest this-year.S.P.A.N. leaders want to open up thedoors for people who haven't expe-rienced those activities.Students do not have to be mem-bers of S.P.A.N. to take part in ac-tivities. S.P.A.N. would like tnisyear's activities to be conductedsimilarly to those of SAC. Students

KFwill have the option to choose ac-8tivities that they want to participatein.The group is beginning this yearwith a lot of people. About 45i-ipeople attended the first meetingfyand close to 65 showed up on clubgs night.S.P.A.N. is not aimed at a particu-lar group. We hope to create an out-letfor people to vent and seeplacesother than campus. Theclub usually

covers the costs of die activities.Recycling hasbeen given to work-study and is now outfof S.P.A-.N.'shands. The group will hold a clean-up at the mouth of Millcreek, like^ they did last spring.S.P.A.N. has meetings each Tues-day at 8 p.m^pi the Hermann Stu-dent Union. Those who are inter-ested in getting involved can alsocontact Jess Weir at ext. 3713.

*CT*.fIt s great because it's nice to seeMercyhurst taking a step in helpingour students and helping thecommunity."- Rich Hansen, freshman

"Only reason I noticed it isbecause of how much the girls inmy building have been harping onme for it"- Nick Perkins, junior.

"I think it's a better step forwardbecause it's more excessible for thestudents.** "$\- Jeff Jaglowski, junior"I think it's a positive way to do ourshare and I plan to support it"**Dr. Golden

"From what I hear, the campaignis going well.'jBut, living in thetownhouses, I would like to seesome recycling bins near ourvdumpsters^**- Annie Sitter, senior

"Basement is always full of cans, somust be pretty go od."- Justin Fogie, freshmen k

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Announcement:The Registrar's Office has mailed the academic evaluation to potential gradu-ates in the class of 2002 who are pursuing a bachelor's degree (Bachelor ofArts, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Music). The academic evaluationsummarizes the status ofa student's completion of he required core courses.If they have not received this evaluation, students pursuing the BA, BS orBM degree who will graduate during the 2002 academic year need to con-tact Sr. Pat in 106 Main.

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Environm ental musings dialogue with GodQuestioning Fa ith

Sr. Geri Rosinski, RSMI'm writing this on the feast day ofSt. Francis of Ass i si, famous for hissimple lifestyle and love of all na-ture. I've been waiting all year toshare this dialogue between God andSt. Francis with you.,It's an abbre-viated version of one submitted bySister Mary Joy Haywood, RSM, toTimely News, the Pittsburgh MercyNewsletter. She is delighted to haveme share it with you.

God: Frank, you know all aboutgardens and nature. What in theworld is going on down there? Whathappened to the dandelions, violets,thistles and plants I started eonsmultiply easily. They attract butter-flies, honeybees and songbirds. Iexpected to see lots ofcolors by now,but all 1 see are green rectangles.St. Francis: Those belong to atribe caled Suburbanites, Lord. Theyjcall yourflowers"weeds" and haveremoved them and planted grass in-stead.God: But it's so boring and not

colorful. It only attracts grubs andsod worms, not butterflies and birds.S t F : Well, they apparently like it.Lord. They go to great pains to growit and keep it green. Each spring theyfertilize the grass and poison anyother plants that crop up.-God: Oh, do they cut it and bale itlike hay? * l' T I *St. F: No, Sir, they rake it, bag itand pay to have it carted away.God: Waita minute. Let me get thisstraight. They fertilize grass so it willgrow. And when it does grow, theycut it off and pay to have it thrownaway.St. F: Yes, Sir.God: Then these Suburbanites mustbe relieved in the summer w hen I cutbackon the rain and turn up the heat.That slows the growth and savesthem work.S t F: That's the funny thing, Lord..When the grass stops growing so fast,they drag out hoses and pay moremoney to water it, so they can con-tinue to mow it and pay to get rid ofit.God: What nonsense! Well, at leastthey kept some of he trees. That wasa sheer stroke of genius, if I say tomyself. Trees grow leaves in thespring to provide beauty, shade in the

summer and fall to the ground in au-tumn to form a natural blanket tokeep m oisture in the soil and protectthe trees and bushes. Plus, as theyrot, the leaves form a compost toenhance the soil. It 's a natural circleof life, iL I iSt F: You'd better sitdown, Lord.As soon as the leaves fall, the Sub-urbanites rake them into great pilesand have them hauled away.God: No! What do they do to pro-tect the shrub and tree roots in thewinter and keep the soil moist andloose? 3S t F : After throwing away theirleaves, they go out and buy some-thing they call "mulch." They haulit and spread it around in place ofthe leaves.God : And where do they get themulch?St. F: They cut down trees andgrind them up .God: Enough, Frank, I don't wantto think about this anymore!Sister Mary Joy Haywood, profes-sor emeritus of the department ofnatural sciences of Carlow Col lege,is the author of Wild/lowers ofPenn-sylvania**

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OCTOBER 17 2001 TH E MERC1AD PAGE 7LAKERj S P O R T . SC r o s s C o u n t r y t e a m s c o m p e t e a g a i n s t t o u g h , c o m p e t i -t i o n w h i l e p r e p a r i n g f o r G L I A C c h a m p i o n s h i p r a c eBy Mackenzie DexterSports editorThe m en's and w omen's cross-court-try teams ran well against the compe-tition at LeMoyne and RobertsWesleyan in their past two races.The Lakers traveled to LeMoyneSaturday, October 6. The men fin-ished third out ofnine teams with 97total points, placing ahead ofGannonwho finished with 115 points. Theteam alsofinishedahead ofGannon.A total of 89 runners competed in themen's race. Finishing first forMercyhurst and tenth overall wassenior Ciaran Brewster in 29:29. Jun-ior Stephen Gerics finished one sec-ond later. Other top runners forMercyhurst were senior BrianColiazzi coming in at 14th overall,freshman Scott Bishop in 21 st placeoverall and senior Jeremy Verdi fin-ishing 46th. The women also fin-ished third against six other teams.The Lady Lakers earned a total of 82points. A total of 65 runners com-

*, Kathy Noble-Fraley/Contributing photographerThe men line up at the starting line for their race at LeMoyne

Kathy Noble-Fraley/Contributing photographerThe women wait for their race to begin at LeMoyne

peted in the women's race. JuniorKate Cywinski finished first forMercyhurst and fifth overall in21:09.Freshman Katie Mieczkowski fin-ished 13th overall, fres hm an JulieDickinson placed 18th, freshmanHeidi Irons came in 24th and fresh-man Karen Thom as finishedin 32nd place.Men's water polo wins first gameever defeatingi:Penn State Behrend

By WP Media *fContributing writerThe Mercyhurst men's water poloteam has captured its first officialconference game victory. It was an**on the edge of your seat*' thriller.After dropping games to SlipperyRock University and Gannon Uni-versity^ 9-2 and 12-1 respectively,earlier in the day, the Hurst's polomen were hoping to match up againstPSU-Behrend in the evening game.And that's just what they did. It tookjust 38 seconds for freshman teamcaptain Matt Carroll to put the firstmark on the scoreboard. Behrend tiedsthe game less than a minute later, butLakers unior Rob Long, senior ToddConklin and freshman ^RyanJakubczak pounded in the next threegoals to put the Hurst out infront4-1 midway through the first quarter.Behrend scored next on a power play,but Jakubczak hit the back of thecanvas for a second time and juniorChris Anderson put his name in thescore book with his first to make i 6-2. Behrend countered with two goalsat the end of the quarter to make it a

wild and exciting, 6-4 game. In thesecond quarter Conklin scored hissecond, Jakubczak hit the hat trickand junior Doug Stupar stuck for thefirst time in the evening. JBehrendcame up with two goals in the quar-ter. The Lakers lead at halftime 9-6 .The third quarter was a defensivewar Behrend was able to strike first,but Anderson answered with his sec-ond goal of he game to keep the leadat three. Fourth quarter action saw adetermined Laker team that wasn'tgoing to let this tone g o. Behrendscored two goals in the openingminute and a third] in the secondminute to tie the game. Coach Kuzmacalled a timeout to stop Behrend'smomentum. The next five minutesbelonged to the Lakers. Junior goalieNate McHale shut down all scoringopportunities, while Carroll came upwith the big goal with 3:23 left on theclock to put the Lakers on top forgood. % 'The team will be traveling toPrinceton University October 19-20for an inter-regional tournament. TheNCAA Southern Division Champi-onship will be held at U.S. NavalAcademy, Annapolis, MD Novem-ber 2-4. %Golf teams finish fall season

By Mackenzie DexterSports EditorMen %The men's golf team finished sev-enth of a dozen squads at the GreatLakes Intercollegiate Athletic Con-ference Championships held at theAshland Country Club October 5 andOctober 6.The teams played 36 holes Fridayand 18 on Saturday. Senior KevinFetzner finished infirstplace for theLakers. Fetzner had a total of 235 forthe weekend with scores of80,77,78forthe three rounds. Freshman AdamLayden hada total of237 with scoresof 74, 84, 79. Freshman Joe Digellohad 79,81,78 rounds for a 238 totalscore. Sophomore Mark Purcellplayed to a 241 score, while juniorDave Komorek had a score of 242.

The Lakers will resume in the springplaying in the District IV cham pion-ships in Kentucky.WomenThe Mercyhurst College women'sgolf team finished last Monday, Oc-tober 8, while playing 18 holes ofgolf at the Gannon University FallInvitational held at the Lake Shore jCountry Club.Gannon won the event with a teamtotal of 360. Mercyhurst finished at392. Sophomore AmyCosgravecamein first for Mercyhurst with a score of94. Freshman Mary Beth Trainor fin-ished her round with a 95. Sopho-more Molly Dugan finished with a100, freshman Sara Jaecks finishedwith a 103 and sophomore CindyWood ended with 108. The LadyLakers will beback inaction in M archat Kutztown.

The men's cross-country team fin-ished fifth of six teams at the RobertsWesleyan Invitational Saturday, Oc-tober 13. The Lakers earned 127 totalpoints racing against 74 total run-ners. Bishop finished first for theLakers and 32nd overall with a timeof 28:33. Gerics finished next forMercyhurst in 35th place overall.

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Coliazzi finished in 38th place,Brewster finished 45th and Verdiplaced 55th. The women's team fin-ished third out of seven teams w ith atotal of 93 points. With a total of 71ladies racing, Dickinson finished firstfor Mercyhurst and23rd overall witha time of 20:02^Mieczkowski andCywinski finished within three sec-

onds of each other placing 25th and26th, respectively. Sophomore MindiLautcrbach finished 33rd, while Ironsfinished in 37th place.The cross-country teams gear upthis week for the biggest race of theyear at the GLIAC Championshipsthis weekend in Ashland, OH .

icejhockeyomenftstarts season with 2 wins

By Mackenzie DexterSports editorThe women's ice hockey team gottheir season off to a great start bywinning their first two games againstMinnesota State University-MankatoSaturday, October 6 and Sunday,October 7. .Minnesota State Uni versity-Mankato took the early lead againstthe Lady Lakers October 6 with agoal 11:52 into the first period. TheLady Lakers tied the score with agoal from freshman forward ChrissyYulelJunior forward Christy Vingegave Mercyhurst the 2-1 lead withher goal in the third period. Sopho-more forward Lindsay Barch scoredanother goal forMercyhurst with just two secondsleft to play in the game to give theLady Lakers the3-1 win. Mercyhurstoutshot MSU-Mankato 41-18.Mercyhurst had their second suc-cessive 3-1 win against the Maver-icks the following day. Sophomoreforward Britney Millarscored a powerplay goal 4:46 into the first period togive the Lady Lakers an early 1-0lead. MSU-Mankato scored on apower play midway through the firstperiod o tie thegame 1-1. Mercyhurst

took the lead back in the second pe-riod when Millar scored her secondgoal of the game. Freshman forwardSara McDonald scored her first goalid the third period to finish th e scor-ing and gave the Lady Lakers the 3-1 win. Mercyhurst outshot the Mav-ericks 50-10.Thenext week, the Huskies ofNorth-eastem got a late first period goalwith just eleven seconds left in theperiod to take the early 1 -0 lead Sat-urday afternoon, October 13 againstthe Mercyhurst women's ice hockeyteam. Northeastern scored again2:15into the second period for the 2-0 win

overithe Lady Lakers.:Mercyhurstoutshot the Huskie s} 39-24 butcouldn't score against the Northeast-em g oalie. Junior Tiffany Ribble tookthe'loss in goal for the Lady Lakers.Northeastern, among those receivingvotes in the latest Division I rankings,is 1-0 while the Lady Lakers, alsoamong the honorable mentions,dropped to 2-1.Mercyhurst will play its first homegames this weekend when St.Lawrence, last year's NCAA Divi-sion I runners-up, visits? th eMercyhurst Ice Center Friday at 7p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.

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F o o t b a l l w i n s first g a m e o f s e a o n d e f e a t i n g F e r r i s S t a t e 2 5 - 1 4By Mackenzie DexterSports editorThe Mercyhurst football team wontheir first game of the season thisweekend defeating the Ferris StateBulldogs 25-14, snapping a five-game losing streak d ating back to lastyear.Ferris State began the scoring on a44-yard touchdown pass with 7:28left to play in the first quarter. TheLakers scored late in the quarterwiththe first of hree field goals by juniorVinny Repucci. Repucci's 27-yardfield goal decreased Ferris State'slead to 7-3.

Mercyhurst took a 10-7 lead late inthe second quarter with a touchdownon a 2-yard rush by junior PhilProvenzano. The Lakers scored again*on another field goal by Repucci, thisone at 47 yards with just two secondsleft in the half, giving Mercyhurst a13-7 lead at halftime.

jT Katy Gehringer/Merciad photographerVinny Repucci kicks a field goal for the Lakers,.; Katy Gehringer/Merciad photographerMercyhurst defense stops Ferris State i

Ferris State took their second andlast lead of the game scoring on an-other 44-yard touchdown pass by theBulldog quarterback 2:35 left to playin the third quarter. Ferris State wouldlead 14-13 going into the fourth quar-ter.Mercyhurst went on to score 12more points to win in the fourth quar-

ter. Repucci scored again on his fi-nal field goal from 20 yards to makethe* score 16-14 in favor of the Lak-ers. Junior starting quarterback MacMcArdle scored on a four-yard boot*leg with 97 seconds left and the Lak-ers tacked on a safety on the nextFerris State possession to get the 25-14 win.

The Lakers played error-free foot-ball against Ferris State while forc-ing four Bulldog interceptions, twoby sophomore Rob Keefe and oneeach by junior Frank Pappano andsenior Garrett Patty. McArdle was 18of 41 for 224 yards and rushed for aTD. Provenzano, 18 carries and 69yards, led a ground game that pro-

duced a season-high 152 yards. Jun-ior Faheem Williams caught sixpasses for 65 yards. SeniorChadFoutled a spirited Mercyhurst defensewhich held the Bulldogs to just 366yards of total offense.The Lakers will visit Grand ValleyState next Saturday night at 7 p.m.

M e r c y h u r s t t e n n i s t e a m s d e f e a t W a l s h M e r c y h u r s t S e e k sWomen win 9-0, Men win 6-3 to defend title

Men's hockeysties Brockin exhibi-tion game, loses twice to FindlayBy Mackenzie DexterSports editor

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographer#1 singles player Alison Hughes sends the ballover the net to her opponent'*

Annie Sitter/Merciad photographerJoe D ifazio wa its for the return from his opponentIn his match against Walsh

By Mackenzie DexterSports editor

Women |The Mercyhurst women's tennisteam swept Ashland and Walsh thisweekend winning both matches 9-0.Mercyhurst got off to a great startagainst Ashland Friday night winningthe three doubles points with the lossofonly four games. The ladies didn'tlet up in the singles as they cruisedto straight set victories in all sixmatches with the loss of only threegames. Sophomore Alison Hughesand senior Colleen Sullivan led theway with 6-0, 6-0 wins. FreshmanBriannePetricone, freshman KristineRowling and freshman JoannaOlmstead each won their matches 6-1 6-0. This win assured that

Mercyhurst will be playing in theconference team championships atMidland, MI October25-27. ', The Lady Lakers defeated visitingWalsh 9-0 Sund ay October 14 at theWestwood Racquet Club in Erie.Hughes had a tough time before pre-vailing 4-6,6-1,6-4 in the #1 singlesspot. Hughes has an outstandingsingles mark of 12-2 this season.Mercyhurst, having one of its bestseasons in the last decade, improvedto 8-6 overall. TThe Lady Lakers will travel toMorgantown, WV next weekend.Mercyhurst will be the only DivisionII school to play in the WVU Invita-tional. The tournament will consistof four singles flights and threedoubles. Some of the top talent in theEast will be there. *MenThe Mercyhurst men's tennis teamn!

split their games this weekend los-ing 6-1 to Niagara Friday night anddefeating Walsh Sunday morning.As Niagara defeated the Lakers,sophomore Joe Defazio pulled off abig win at the #4 singles spot, win-ning his match 7-5, 6-0. FreshmanJohn Nichols also played well tryingfor his second come-from-behindvictory of the season, bu t fell 6-4,6-7,6-3 to his Niagara opponent.The Lakers won their first match ofthe year Sunday, October 14 with a6-3 win over visiting Walsh. Com-ing up big were Nichols at #1 singlesand doubles and freshman MattH am b leton at #3 doubles and #5singles. The two combined for fourpoints. DcFazio played inspired ten-nis to give the Lakers the team vic-tory at #4 singles in a come-from-be-hind thriller 0-6,6-4,6-1. | ?.fejThe men will host the Great LakesSingles Championships November 2through November 4.

Mercyhurst men's ice hockey team,the defending MAAC champions, Jraised banners and received theirchampionship rings.'in a pregameceremony for their exhibition contestagainst Brock Tuesday, October 9that the Mercyhurst Ice Center.Mercyhurst and Brock battled to a 2-2 tie. i" Brock scored twice within a five-minute span of the second period totake a 2-0 lead. But sophomore for-ward Adam Tackaberry^ the MAACHockey League 2001 Rookie of theYear, brought the Lakers back with agoal at 8:23 of the second period.Tackaberry w as assisted on the playby freshman Rich Hansen and sopho-more Peter Rynshoven. Tackaberrytied up the score with his second goalof the game with just a little over aminute toplay to send the contest intoovertime. Mercyhurst was awardeda penalty shot and had the chance towin the game with twelve seconds inovertime, but Tackaberry's shotmissed, hitting the crossbar to end thegame in a 2-2 tie. The Lakers outshotthe^Badgers 36-18. Senior PeterAubry and sophomore Matt Cifellisplit time in goal for the Lakers.

Mercyhurst opened their regularseason Friday, October 12 in a non-conference match against the FindlayOilers. The Lakers took the early leadwhen sophomore Mike Carter scoreda goal assisted by senior Brad Olsenand senior Marc Varteressian 2:33into thefirstperiod. Findlay tied the

game 1 -1 less than a m inute later ona power play. Findlay scored againin the firstperiod to take the 2-1 lead.Junior Adam Rivers scored a goal forMercyhurst in the third period to tiethe game 2-2. But Findlay scoredback-to-back goals to defeat the Lak-ers 4-2.Findlay spotted Mercyhurst an earlylead, then scored four unansweredgoals on their way to a 5-2 win Sat-urday night, October 13. For a sec-ond straight night, Mercyhurst scoredan early goal, this time a power playgoal by freshman defense man TJKemp, to take a quick 1-0 lead just

3:00 into the contest. But the Oilerstied the game less than a minute lateronagoal before taking the lead 13:40 intothe second period. Findlay scoredback-to-back goals, at 18:34 of thesecond period and 3:05 of the thirdperiod before senior Louis Gouletscored a Laker power play goal 5:29into the third t o cut the deficit to 4-2.But Findlay scored again 77 secondslater to complete the scoring. AsFindlay outshot Mercyhurst 42-32,the Lakers* record dropped to 0-2.Sophomore goaltendcr Matt Cifellitook the loss.The Lakers travel to NortheasternSaturday to play at 7 p.m.