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Graduating seniors earn prestigious

The most coveted award for!
Mercyhurst seniors, the Carpe
Diem Award, will be presented
at commencement May 23. The
award recognizes intellectual
competency, personal integrity
and leadership, and was ^j
established under the leadership
of Mother Borgia Egan and the
Sisters of Mercy, f
Co-recipients are Ryan »
Kennis, a business major from
Mercer, and Melissa Lang, a
biology major from Pittsburgh.
Lang will present the class?
commencement address.
The Bishop's Award for
Academic Excellence and the
Mother Frances Warde Adult
Student Award will also be
presented at commencement. *
f. Presented by the Erie Diocese
and Mercyhurst, the Bishop's
Award is the college's highest
academic honor. The 1999
Bishop*s Award will be
presented to Jody Simpson, an
education major from Conneaut,
Ohio. Simpson graduates with a
OPA of 3.984, the highest in the
class of 1999. i ment Award based on overall
The Mother Frances Warde
A^dult Student Award is the g
highest award presented to an
adult student Superior aca- 7^
demic work as well as personal
and professional achievements J*
are recognized in the recipient
The winner of this award,
named after the American
founder of the Sisters of Mercy, is
Randolph Hi 1 hard, a research
intelligence analyst program
major from Erie.
Two additional awards and the
division awards will be presented
at the graduation awards banquet
May 22. The Sister Carolyn
Herrmann Service Award is
awarded to two seniors who have
demonstrated themselves in a
genuinely unselfish manner. This
year* s winners are Rae Ann ?
Weaver, a mathematics education
major from Marble, and Michael
Karabinos, a chemistry major v
from Cheswick. :
The graduating senior who has
demonstrated exceptional ^ j
leadership ability through
involvement in extracurricular
projects is awarded the Sister
Eustace Taylor Leadership
Award. Named after the fifth
president of Mercyhurst, the
award this year will be presented
to Jodie Polk, a biology major :
from Irwin. * *?* 1 •
Each college division presents a
President* s Associates Achieve- *j
i exemplifying integrity, scholas-
achievement, scholarship, sertice^
and potential. The Barrett Walker
Award for Excellence in Business
goes to Heather Wroblewski,
From Erie, and Robert MacKinlay,
from Mentor, Ohio. The anthro-
pology/archaeology division
awarcf will be presented to Allison
Byrnes from Bayville, N.J., and .,'.
awards
the education award to Kathryn
Shaffer, from Cincinnati.
Ellen Burke, from Erie, is the
recipient of the fine and perform-
ing arts award, Stephanie Balint,
from South Euclid, Ohio, is the
winner of the hotel, restaurant
and institutional management/
human ecology award and the
humanities division award will
be presented to William Melville
Jr., from Mentor. The natural
sciences and mathematics
division will recognize Matthew
Johnson from Pittsburgh and
John Haltigan of New
Carrol I ton, Md., will receive the
social and behavioral sciences Carpe Diem Award co-recepients student government presi
award. 1*
m Two awards will be presented dent Ryan Kennis and student activities committee chair
at the adult and graduate Melissa Lang V- f \
reception May 21. Exceptional
grades determine the Acfult
Achievement Awards, mis year
presented to Mary Jane Clark, a
business major, and Rebecca
Dzurick, a humanities major.
Both recipients are from brie and
boast QPAs of4.0. hwqfrlwM*
. The graduate student best
tic success, involvement and
character is awarded the Gradu-
ate Student of the Year Award.
Co-recipients are Lisa Marrero
Soto, a special education major
from Erie with a QPA of 3.91,
and Christopher Davis, a j,[
administration of justice major Jody Simpson, recipient of the
from Sharon with a QPA of3.9. Bishop's Award for Academic
Excellence

Behan to receive Teaching Excellence

By Jennifer Kelley
Merciad editor
Dr. Barbara A. Behan, associate
professor of computer systems,
has received the 1999 Teaching
Excellence Award.
Behan was nominated by
students and faculty members.
A selection committee com-
prised of Dr. Joseph Gower,
vice president of academic
affairs, and the award winners
from the last three years
evaluated the candidates and
made the final decision.
The winner must exhibit a
noticeable record of outstanding
teaching as recognized by
students and peers and also
represent a strong commitment
to teaching at Mercyhurst
College. i Gower said.
According to Gower, Behan is
the first alumna of the college to
be honored. I \ *^
"Dr. Behan is a highly
deservi ng recipient of this *
award. Year in and year out, she
has achieved superiority as an
instructor and an adviser/'
* File Photo
Dr. Barbara Behan
Each year, the recipient of the
Teaching Excellence Award
speaks at commencement Behan
will be speaking on "human
desdny and the strength of
angels." ^:
Behan, who earned her under-
graduate degree in math from
Mercyhurst, has been a member
of the college faculty since 1985.
She earned tenure and the rank
of associate professor in 1992,
and served as the math and
computer systems department \
chair from 1993 to 1998.
^ Currently, she is the division
chair of natural sciences and
mathematics.
In addition to this duty, Behan
is involved with the Faculty
Policies Committee, the Hand-
book Committee, the Insurance
Committee and is chair of the
Mercy Heritage Committee. •,
[ Before coming to Mercyhurst
as an instructor, Behan worked
as a computer programmer and
analyst for General Electric. She
- was also the director of the
Edi nboro University Computer
Center, where she started a two-
year computer degree program.
Despite her success in the field
of computer science, Behan has
had little formal education in the
area. ' genuinely interested in the
M students, like the rest of the
I have never taken a computer
class.** Behan confessed. She
Award
credits her experience to on-the-
job training and self-instruction.
Since she came to Mercyhurst
to teach, Behan has wimessed a
significant growth in the math-
ematics and computer science
departments. "The enrollment in
the computer systems program
has increased 33 percent in the
last year,** Behan said.
The number of students $
enrolled in the math education
program has also increased.
Behan, with the help of Corinne
Schaeffer, assistant professor of
mathematics, was able to secure
a $52,000 grant for the math
education department. This grant
wil I allow instruction for ,*.
education students on how to
incorporate computer technology
with math education in the
classroom.«
When asked why she thought
she was selected for this honor,
Behan commented, "I would like
to think it is because I am
faculty at Mercyhurst I try to
make sure they are prepared for
the world when they leave the
college. I try to convey a sense of
values and morals in the class-
room because that is what *
Mercyhurst represents. I try to let
students know that I care about
them and they need to care about
each other.**
L. Of all her accomplishments in
her professional career, Behan
still considers coming to
Mercyhurst to teach as her
greatest achievement "I have
found satisfaction in teaching
and advising students. It is
important to hear their goals and*
needs and determine how we can
best meet them.**
Behan already has plans to use
the summer to further her
education. Every summer, Behan
spends time learning new
computer software. [
In addition, she hopes to play
golf and catch up on her personal
reading. Also, Behan will be
active in the Hooked On Books
children literacy summer reading \,
program.
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PAGE 2 THE MEROAD MAY 14,1999
CAMPUS NEWS
_ _ W HAT'S ! New editors! for 1999-2000 Merciad
HAPPENING. The 1999-2000 academic year will
preview a new array of editors for*
This Week in SAC The Merciad.
Monday, May 17: MSG Meeting, Student Government Taking over as editor-in-chief will
Chambers, 8:30 p. m. * be four-year veteran, Carrie Tappe.
Tuesday, May 18, through Thursday, May 20: Stress Free 2 Tappe, a criminal justice major from
Student Union Great Room. 10 a.m. to 3 o.m. Pittsburgh, began working with The
Merciad her freshman year as a
writer for arts and entertainment. As
i ** Senior Days a sophomore, she became arts and
entertainment editor and moved to
Thursday, May 20: shuttles will be provided to Sherlock's/Park Place. news editor and advertising manager
Pick up times start at 8:45 p.m. The last drop off will be at 2:30 a m
this year.
The first 100 students will receive free admission. Buses will run from 'This year was a transition year.
3924 Briggs Avenue, the townhouses and Duval Apartments. There ^ We've stepped up our equipment
will be a free buffet from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and offices. We havcan entirely new
Seniors interested in going to Cedar Point Friday, May 21, should staff for next year with fresh ideas,"
sign up at the front desk of the student union by Wednesday, May 19. Tappe said. "I fed that I am the
The bus will leave Zurn parking lot at 7:30 a.m. Seniors are free. Each pivot point because I can relate to
senior can sign up one guest for $25. * The Merciad of the past, but I intend
The senior family picnic will be Saturday, May 22, from 11:30 a. m. to push the paper to new heights."
to 1:30 p.m. in the Grotto. A». The news editor position will be
assumed by Mandy Fies. Also a
criminal justice major, Fies has
| Trip to the Cleveland Rock Gyra^ experience as The Merciad copy
Any students interested in attending the Students for the Protection editor and as a columnist for the
and Appreciation of Nature-sponsored trip should sign up at the front honors4 program newsletter, The
desk of the union. Vans leave at 12 p.m. Saturday, May 15. The $15 Quest , since January.
cost includes proper gear and full instruction for two hours Fies said, "I have enjoyed reading^'
of climbing. about the numerous events on ^ Quest in its initial year.
campus for the last two years, but $
now I am ready to take an active role
in the production of the newspaper. I
hope to learn a great deal."
Ken Fronczek will take over as the
arts and entertainment editor.
Fronczek has been a sports writer for
4801 Peach SUcd
[ 866-6629 Honor societies induct new students
fttt DtHwf • Opto 7 Bifg a Wee* By Kelly Schaffold
<f««ttl»*MtoraSM*1f«i-lM Merciad writer
We deliver great taste Sixty-six students and one faculty
member were inducted into Phi Eta \
Sigma, the national freshman honor
to your dorm! society during a ceremony in Christ
the King Chapel lobby April 28.
This was the largest class ever
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United <±l*Tryarra«
Wen md menu nwywrypet inducted into the honor society.
Phi Eta Sigma honors academic
excellence during the freshman year
and is one of only three freshman fcj
honor societies nationwide. Students
f Best Value! must have a cumulative grade point
average of 3.5 during their freshmen
year to be eligible.
1. Large 2-topping pizza f Inducted were Kristi Anderson,
and two cans of soda Jessica Barger, Maggie Bergeron, ?
2* Small 1 -topping pizza
i and one can of soda
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Constance Bisesi, Elizabeth Boyda,
Erika Brown, Courtney Cherevka,
Amy Ciuffoletti, Shannon Craig,
3. TWo orders of wings f Amanda Cullen, Dallas DeForest,
Annie DeMeo, Jeffrey Donahoe,
and two cans of soda L, Heather Dunkle, Christina Fuchs,
Brandon Gabler, Lydia Garver,
4. One orderiof wings [ Louis Goulet, Aaron Hayes, Joshua"
| and two cans of soda i Heimburg, (Catherine Hinman,
5. One Hot Sub and f
Charon Hribar, David Ionadi, Jeffrey
Jaglowski, Jessica Kapusta, Emily
Koski, Jennifer Krause, Kristen i
two cans of soda ^^^^^^__ Letts, Leslie Loop, Nicole Mangi ne,
6- One 1-topping calzone T Jeanette Mason, Rebecca Maxon,
Marie McCann, Ryan Molli, Trevor
and one can of soda I Murnock, Krista Neal, Maria Obert,
Vi|.donGuroui onry • for pick-vO. p k M t ? ^ < ° ! ' / * ' ' °" , v
Frank Pappano, Amy Patton, Fatima
Pereira, Maria Perinetti, Erin
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Pinizzotto, Kristin Radwanick,
Timothy Rawaon, Molly Rogalski,
James Rosswog, Amanda Rumba, j
Kimberl v Russo. Kelly Schaffold,
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Jesica Russell/Merciad photographer marketing minor, Gerrit Shuffstall
Carrie Tappe, 1999-2000 editor- ? will be the photography editor.
in-chief of The Merciad
The Merciad since 1997, covering *
such events as men's and women's
lacrosse and volleyball. In addition,? year.
he has contributed to the Lumen
since 1998 and worked as a disc
jockey and productions/promotions
assistant for WMCE 88.5.^
The new features editor will be
Dave Hermenau an anthropology
major. He began to write for The
Merciad this year as a news writer
and then moved to writing features
stories.
"I hope to be able to help
Christian Schmidt, Sara Seidle,
Elisabeth Shelton, Laurie
Sienkiewicz, Leslie Smith, Jennifer
Smolinski, Erin Smoot, Kevan
Spencer, Amy Stagno, Mariannal
SurL Kimerly Szmyd, Carolyn |
Thurston, Barbara Tompko, Alexis
Toy, Corinne Wolcott, April Worst
and Natalie Zofko.
Former Phi Eta Sigma scholarship the induction/reception.
winner Karen Milinovich, spoke at
the induction ceremony. Junior Lisa Timothy Brys, Tom Chmielenski,
Reilly was awarded a $1,000
scholarship, and is the fourth student Cramer, Kelly Demarte, Jill Filarski,
from Mercy hurst to win the award
since Phi Eta Sigma was chartered at Randolph Hilliard, Kelly Schaffold,
Mercy hurst in 1986.
Corinne Schaeffer, associate
professor of mathematics, was
inducted as an honorary member of
the society.
Seventeen graduate and under-
graduate students were inducted into
Alpha Phi Sigma, the national
criminal justice honor society in a
ceremony at the Erie Yacht Club on
May 4. The keynote speaker was the
Honorable William Cunningham
Undergraduate students inducted
into the society were Fred Carlson,
Mandy Fies, Colleen Hough,
Timothy Jackson, Darrell Johnson,
Megan Marsh, Stephen Miros,
Michael Sliker and David Wilson.
Graduate students inducted were
Lisa Clark, Tricia Gamble, Daniel
Llewellyn, Daniel McNea, David
Sanner, Roderic Showers, Misty
Smith and Mary Turiey. \ e free, guests are $22.
Undergraduates must have a QPA
improve the quality of the paper and
to contribute to many facets of its
publication," Hermenau said. 3
Scott Koskoski, political science/
communications major, will now be
responsible for editing the sports
section. In addition to writing
numerous sports-related articles,
Koskoski has also served as sports
director of WMCE 88.5, on-air
personality for WXKC Classy 100
and production assistant for Image
Sports Network.
Koskoski said, "I think that my
passion for and knowledge of
Mercy hurst and other sports com-
bined with good writing and editing
skills is a good fit for the job."
A communications major and
Shuffstall has been involved with*
WMCE 88.5 as a radio announcer
since 1996 and also with The [t
Merciad as a staff photographer this
Jennifer Kelley will be the new
copy editor. Kelley's experience
includes being the editor of The
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Positions are still available for
next year for advertising manager,
writers, columnists, photographers
and a business manager. Work
study positions are available and the
advertising manager is paid commis-
sion.
of 3.0 and a 3.2 in criminal justice
courses. Alpha Phi Sigma was
chartered at Mercy hurst in 1981.
Phi Alpha Theta, the national
history honor society, held its
induction May 9 in the Student
Government Chambers. The history
of the society was discussed during
$ Newly inducted were Genet Baur,
Andrew Cieminis, Jacqueline
Kelly Gillig, Patrick Hainey, ,
Robert Serjeant, Chad Villella and
Jesse Wakeman.
Graduation
Reminders:
Commencement, Bacca-
laureate Mass aiid brunch
tickets, and caps and
gowns need to be picked
up in the bookstore. Any
senior planning to attend
the senior awards dinner-
dance must contact
Sharon Sisco at Ext. 2263
or in Main 200 Mondayf
by 4:30 p.m. Seniors are

ARTS&
ENTERTAINMENT
Concert of international sisters at Performing Arts Center
World premiere
of poems
transcribed to
song to be
performed by
faculty member
This Sunday at 2:30 p.m.,
Mercy hurst College will celebrate
its founding Sisters of Mercy and
Erie's sister-city with a free, public
conceit featuring violin and
soprano soloists. Both artists will
perform with the D' Angelo
Symphony Orchestra in the Mary
D* Angelo Performing Arts Center.
The first half of the program
features Dominika Falger from
SAC profile,
Kelly [Brown, public relations chair
By Ken Fronczek
Merciad Editor
We have all seen the signs hanging
up around campus. Everywhere in
the student union, on that sign
outside of Zu rn, in the lobbies of
Baldwin and McAuley, etc. $
They're the signs that inform the
student body at Mercyhurst
College about just what is
happening on campus, and where
and when to go and how to get".
involved So where do they all
come from, we ponder life's great
question. | Gerrit Shuffstall/Merciad photographer
The culprit is Kelly Brown, a
junior communications major from
Cleveland who was hired as the
first chairperson for public
relations for the Student Activities "Mercyworld." Before this year
Committee. Her mission is the ;
extensive promotion of student
activities, to bring the school
closer to you. I < ~
Kelly was quick to step up into
this newly-formed position as she
hopes it will provide her with the
»Ttv>riAnf*> that she will need to
Grape Jam summer festival returns to Erie
Last year Erie was rocked with one of the best musical events to ever hit the area, and
year it will happen again. Grape Jam is tuning up this summer and will invade the Erie
County Fair Grounds in Wattsburg PA. on July 30,31 and August 1. Last year s event
featured such great acts as the Tragically Hip, Mcri Saunders, Brownie Mary and manj
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Erie's sister city of Lublin, Poland,
who will be the soloist in Mozart's
"Concerto for Violin No.4 in D
major" and also in Henri
Wieniawski's "Pdlinaise de
Concert, Opus 4." During the,
second half, Erie audiences will
hear a world premiere of two
poems written by Irishman
William Butler Yeats, transcribed
for orchestra by Joyce Hope
Suskinds and sung by soprano
Louisa Jonason. The orchestra will
close the performance with
Antonin Dvorak's "Symphony No.
8 in G major." q i,
Falger was born in Krakow,
Poland, and studied at the
Paderewski Academy of Music in
Poznan. She is an active violinist
who has performed worldwide in
Poland, Germany, Austria, France,
Switzerland, the United States,
Korea and Italy. She has also
recorded for radio, television and
has released several CD's. Falger
is performing in Erie as part of the
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obtain employment in the public
relations field once she leaves >-,
individuals, including Kelly, did all
SAC promotion, piece by piece.
Brown has brought all promotions 3 and she may be looking for an
under one total effort. Her goal
next year will be to promote more
of the student activities to the
upperclassmen and increase their
awareness and participation of
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sister-city relationship between
Erie and Lublin with the aim at
developing and nurturing global
relations.
In the second half of the
.
program, Jonason, assistant
professor of music at Mercy hurst,
will connect with established
composer, performer and teacher
Suskind who has written 20 songs
to poetry of Yeats. Jonason will
perform two of Yeats' s poems,
'The Wild Swans at Coole" and
"What Can the Shadow-like
Generations of Man Attain from
* Oedipus the King'" that she has
transcribed for orchestra.
Suskind's songs combine figura-
tions of romantic style and musica
detail to form a highly romantic
accord with Yeats' poetry. Both
poems will receive their world
premiere at Mercyhurst College.
For more information on the
event, or others in the series at ^ Gerrit Shuffstall/Merciad photograph!
Mercyhurst, contact the Box
Office at 824-3000. f. Dominika Falger will perform a concert in the PAC with Louisa
Jonasonon Sunday.' 1 | 3f
Theatre>review
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The Importance of Being Earnest 1
campus events.
"I feel we (SAC) lose touch with
« ** *
i By Heather Cvitkovic elusive Earnest Things get rather 1
the students after their freshman* Merciad editor interesting and the ending is filled
year when they move into with exciting twists and plot turns.
apartments," she said. The Enter Algeron, played by Brad The production, directed by
upperclassmen aren't forgotten,
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Parks, and Earnest, played by Jeff Michael Morris, head of the theatre
Rodland. Only Earnest is not his department, is a very amusing
as the freshmen." real name, it's Jack. He uses show.
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and signs to reach the students, she HkT
country, but is not the only one. theatre, puts on a wonderful
also advertises in The Merciad, ^K\ Algeron admits that he romps performance as the conniving
has made appearances on around the countryside as
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original Earnest Pryke is hilarious
Buc^ . *.-^avul Br \^K
Mercyhurst* s television show?
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Hurst Rock Cafe, and has devel-
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Earnest proposes to the only girl entire time she was stage.
oped flyers and stickers to aid in? l^lV • B"Jfw^ '^C^B
he claims to ever love, Theater at Mercyhurst does not
her cause. Gwendolyn, played by Alexis Toy, seem to get the attention that it
"I like to use all of the media who is thrilled at the idea of rightfully deserves. These students,
outlets on campus for promotion. marrying a man named Earnest In as well as the members of the Erie
TV, radio, the newspaper, fact, she will only marry an community put in a lot of time and
everything. This is something that > Earnest. v hard work to make these produc-
was never done before in the This is not Jack/Earnest's only tions and sometimes it seems as
past," she said. problem. At his country home he though people forget about that
Next year she will continue her has a ward named Cecily, played Theatre is a collaborative art,**
efforts as SAC PR chairperson, by Stacy Abbott, who knows him said Morris, "Nothing is done by
as Jack and knows of his wild, out- one person. The actors on stage
assistant to share some of her of-control brother Earnest 4 need the script, the sets, the
duties. Practicum hours are Enter Algeron again, but this costumes, the sound, the programs.
Mostly, you see, Mercyhurst and
available, for those interested time posing as said brother
contact the SAC at extension Earnest Algeron/Earnest falls in the Erie community need the art-
it is the soul of a community, it is a
2463. r: k love with the beautiful Cecily,
saying she is the picture of living testament to the understand-
perfection. The two retreat into the ing of our humanity.*' f)
house and Jack/Earnest enters to The Importance of Being
tell Miss Prism, Cecily's govern-
ess, played by Kelly Pryke. that his
Earnest'* is well worth missing the
Sunday movie on the USA
dreadful brother Earnest is dead Network or sleeping in until 4p.m.
To make matters even worse, Performances run this week from
Gwendolyn shows up at the dairy through Sunday. All shows
country and through a conversa- begin at 8 p. m. except Sundays,
tion with Cecily, discovers that when performances are at 2:30
they are both engaged to the ever p.m. in the Taylor Little Theatre.

PAGE 4 THEMERCIAD
OPINION!
S u m m e r pampering: refreshing and relaxing
Spotlight on
Fashion
Heather Cvitkovic
Well, this is it. My last report on
fashion for the year. I really
wasn't sure what I was going to
talk about as my final topic.
Some suggested giving the
highlights of the fall fashion
shows and discussing Gucci's
Tom Ford's new leather pants
that are sure to be all the rage
just like his jeans were this
spring. But who wants to talk
about fall when we just got into
summer. 1 i istrators. Some of us return home
Fall brings up images of back
to school and homework, and
right now we are too excited to
be getting out of school to even
Lights out at the Mercy Hotel
The*Chimera
Bill Melville
Sometime in September of 1996,
I was at a party and struck up a
conversation with a drunken
Irishman named Murph. I knew
him vaguely and had met him in
passing, but until that night I
didn't know that he was editor-
i n-chief of the Merciad.
Three days later, I found
myself at myfirstMerciad
meeting, and I left with my first
assignment. Three years later,
that day still feels like yesterday,
even though I have been features
editor for roughly two years now,
minus a disastrous stint as editor-
in-chief.
I know there are some people
out there who view me as
something of a failure because I
couldn't hold myself together in
that position, and for that I
apologize. I wish I could have
stayed on, but personal problems
arose at the least opportune
times.
Anyway, this is my last column
forTthe Merciad. I might have;
bored you with this column or
even made you think at times,
but either way I enjoyed writing
it. This column gave me the
MAY 14,1999
begin thinking about coming
bock.
j. Others had suggested talking
about swimsuits, but I'd rather
not for I am not looking forward
to having to try to And one that
fits me this summer. I could tell
my readers until I am blue in the
face which swimsuit styles are
popular and which are not, but
each wearer has an individual
and unique body that might not
be suited for the popular styles.
Swimsuits are atopicto be
discussed on an individual basis.
So I decided to talk about
pampering; Summer is a time
when we, as students are freed
from the restraints of school and
homework, teachers and admin-
to our parents but our previous
independence does not allow us
to return under their wing. We do
what we want, some would say,
chance to explore things I've
always thought about, though -
never before had the courage to
put on paper.
As I prepare to leave this office
for the lasttime,I j ust wanted to
go over a little bit of the good,
bad and ugly I've experienced in
my four years at Mercy hurst.
First the good. Since 199S, I
have met an amazing number of
people who have influenced my
life in ways they cannot know.
There are the faculty members of
the English and political science
departments, some members of
the administration and the few
close friends that no bout of
amnesia could ever make me
forget.
All of them have led my life in
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outside of the hours I am %
required to put in. My intention
during my free time is to pamper
myself like I am at a high priced
spa. *&?*?
How will I do this, you ask? *
Well, there are now numerous
products on the market that are
replicas of the formulas and
creams used in spas around the
world. So splurge a little this
summer and pamper yourself
with some quality beauty-
enriching products. I will even
list a few for you to try out
To protect your skin from
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year when my life goes in even
stranger directions. But the
memories of certain people will
remain. A j f me or anyone who read my 1 ast
As for the bad, I have to say I
wish Mercyhurst spent a little f
less time worrying about 4
aesthetics and a little more time
concentrating on substance. Of
the few people I know who even
applied to grad school, even
fewer are going next year. I
applaud the school' s efforts to
help students who seek jobs
immediately after graduation, but
that is not the decision for
everyone, so in the next few
years I hope it will make a
concerted effort to remedy that.
So, I'D LIKF TO SAY
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For me, the ugly parts of the 'f
last four years comefromthe
moments when I could have been
doing more to prepare myself for
the future. Anyone who knows
column knows the great anxiety I
feel about what lies ahead. I can
only blame my surroundings so
much; if I had gotten on the ball
sooner, things could have been
different.
Well, it's late in the game and
there is notimeleft for regret. I
know so many people I would
love to thank, but I'll do that in
person before I leave here.
In closing, I just want to thank
everyone who tooktimeout to
read my column and stopped to
tell me what they thought about
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though I '11 have time for a job.
it. It's gratifying to hear people
actually readlny stuff. %' *
Next year when The Merciad's
old critics start up again, I just
want you to remember that the
people in this office bust their
humps every week to get this
paper out, so give them some
slack k i »
Allright,I've been rambling
too long. This is Bill Melville
signing off. Maybe someday I'll
meet a few of you again at the g
bottom of a bottle of bargain
Scotch.
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Wells signs off for Haver
Haver
Kari Wells
Well, this is the last Haver
column and my last article since
I am graduating in just over a
week. I have been trying to think
of what is the best way to make ,
an exit from The Merciad and
what I would like my final
statement to be.
At first, there was the idea of
writing one more article on
Kosovo and how the United
States should commit ground
troops, but the subject is over-
done. I even considered some
type of critique of Mercy hurst
College Then I thought about
writing a response to Barb
Tompko's article in the last issue
in which she claimed that the
hysteria resulting from Littleton
may possibly result in a loss of
freedom because anti-gun
lobbyists claim that the cause of
the crime was the avallibility of
firearms and not individuals. So,
I would like to take a couple ^
paragfaphs to address her ^
statements.
First, no one has claimed that
individuals are not responsible
butfirearmsare. Firearms are
being targeted because the
killers, Eric Harris and Dylan
Klebold, committed the crime
with guns they should not have
had access to and that guns easily
facilitated their goal of killing a _
large group of students at the
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school. Not only are anti-gun
lobbyists crying out for more gun
control and waiting periods but so
are a large number of citizens as
well. They do not want to ban
guns but want to make it more
difficult for them to be acquired,
ban certain models, and have
individuals take greater responsi-
bility for the guns they do own; Is
this such a horrible idea consider-
ing what they are made for? They
are designed to kill (and some
models kill even more effi-
ciently). T
Secondly, there are different
degrees and types of freedom.
Where did anyone get the idea
that living in the United States
meant you have complete
freedom^ Citizens of the United
States still abide by a social
contract and this means certain
freedoms are limited to provide
for the greater good. People are
given the privilege to dri ve cars.
Does this mean they can drive
them as fast as they can or
disregard traffic signs? No, laws
have been established to protect
public safety against those who
would abuse this privilege. The
same has been and should be
done with guns. Though most
owners are responsible, there is a
need for safety guidelines and
restrictions on firearms.
This is not a violation of the
Second Amendment and would
not threaten the other rights j
contained in the Bill of Rights
such as the freedom of speech or
of the press. I believe in maxi-
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mizing freedom as much as is
possible but commom sense
dictates there are always going to
be a degree of limitations. Even
speech and press have limits
placed on them such as when
they intend to breach national
security, libel and slander, and
sexual content on television.
Though the United States is
held up as an example of
freedom and democracy, other
countries in the world have just
as much, if not more, freedom in
certain areas of private and
public life (which was disputed
by Ms. Tompko).
To finish my article I would
like to thank some friends and
professors who have made my
life at Mercy hurst and my
education a wonderful experi-
ence that I will never forget First
the professors: Dr. demons, Dr.
Federici, Dr. Ripley, Dr. Brown,
Dr. Clark, Dr. Edwards, Dr. *
Hood, Dr. O'Keefe, and Dr.
Donahue. I wish I had space to}
thank each one of you individu-
ally but even that would not be'
sufficient to express all of the i ,
appreciation and fondness I feel
for each of you.
And of course, I would like to
thank all of the friends I have
made during my four years in i
Erie (you know who you are)
that always gave me support,
love, and refused to let me leave
when times got really tough.
Thanks.
Adversity ;leads to soul making
Sr. Geri Rosinski is correct to
point out that personal growth
(what John Hick has called
"soul-making") can result from
personal adversity. However, the
thousands of people who
commit suicide every year give
mute yet eloquent testimony to
the fact that personal disintegra-
tion is all too often the outcome
of life* s problems. $
One might respond, "God
never gives people more than
w
they can handle. I wonder what
the aforementioned suicide
victims would say to such a
complacent cliche - that is, if
they wercn' t dead.
How would Mercyhurst
fo^niK/ h» <»val uated if it became
MAY 14,1999 THEMERCIAD
The MailjBag
Humanity's free will
I am writing in response to The
Evil in the World" by Kari Wells
and "What Kind of God is This?"
by Dr. Donahue, -j y
The most crucial element in'
any discussion like this is:
humanity's free will. God has
given us the absolute freedom to
make choices to whatever end
we desire. This is a gift of
incomprehensible magnitude. Dr.
Donahue maintains that God
should construct the world so
that human suffering would be
lessened. If God intervened like
he wishes, our suffering would
be diminished, but so would our
freedom. Most suffering in the
world is caused when people
make selfish choices and do not
act in a loving manner; when
people use their free will to raise
themselves above others — this
is when suffering materializes.
I firmly believe that almost all
suffering can be traced back to
humankind and poor choices we
have made. People are homeless
and people starve because of
9
others selfish choice not to
share. Innocent people die in ,...
Columbine an<l Kosovo because
of poor human choices; be it the
choice of the killers to take such
actions or the choice of others to JJ
not help when there is suffering
(Kosovo). Most diseases are a
result of humankind's manipula-
tion of the foody or the environ-
ment over thousands of years. In
almost every situation where
there is suffering, there is a direct
link between that suffering and a-
bad choice made by a human or
humans. So if you want to blame
someone for suffering, blame
humanity and the poor choices it
has made; suffering does not
clear that a
our students were taking their
own lives as a result of the
atmosphere which we allowed to
exist in our classrooms?
Why isn't it fair to question
the infinite love and compassion
of a God who presides over a
world in which thousands of
poor souls predi ^^^^^
themselves owing to the agony-
ridden atmosphere which God
continues to allow to exist in our
world? Surely we should hold 43
God to at least as high a standard
as we would hold our fallible
faculty to.
—Dr. Thomas J. Donahue,
Associate Professor of
Philosophy
PAGES
come from God.
regards. In Him we find the
conjunction of perfect love,
perfect justice, perfect mercy,
perfect truth. We, as humans, can
not fully understand God. For
instance, how can God practice
perfect justice, and perfect
mercy? They seem paradoxical m
to us humans. That is why God is
God and we are humans. God
never looks away from us M
though. Each of us i s loved more
than we can possibly compre-
hend. And God wants us to love!
each other as well. That is why
God gives us a conscience and
connects all life with the invis-
ible thread of solidarity, so we
can examine our actions before
we engage in them to determine
if they are truly loving or not, s 1
i.e., if they will cause suffering
or not * ?
If every human took the time
to examine their possible actions
and their consequences, and then
chose the action which is most
loving (the action God wants us
to freely choose), then there
would be no more suffering. The
homeless would be sheltered, the
starving would be fed, those with
diseases would never have been
exposed to the man-made m
variables which resulted in their
affliction in the first place, etc
But so long as humans abuse
their free will for their own{
selfish ends, suffering will run
rampant over the earth, and we
will continue to look for some-
one to blame, rather than
recognize the consequences of
humanity's own poor choices.
—Trevor Murnock, freshman
music education
The Sunday
evening
Mass, May
16,* will bd
held at 8:30
p.m. in the
GrottoJ
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FEATURES
Forsthoefel to attend Indian conference Morris Jleaves Mercyhurst
By Heather Cvitkovic? the holiday season, said Morris.
By Have Hermenau, Forsthoefel will represent the Merciad editor That something different was
Merciad editor academic disciplines of religious "The Miracle of Christmas," a£ .
studies and comparative Teaching contracts are for a set meditation of the Christmas
As the new millenium quickly philosophy. amount of time. The time comes Gospel of Saint Luke. The show
approaches, there is a need, in Because the meetings are when they need to be renewed i3 featured performances by
the interests of world peace and j designed to include participants and sometimes the administra- students and singing by the
understanding, to recognize and from numerous disciplines and tion decides not to do so. This D' Angelo Concert Choir.
understand the many diverse faiths, Forsthoefel's wife, was the case for Michael Morris, This show was the first time
cultural and religious beliefs that Therese, who is trained in yoga-^ director of the theater depart- that anything of the sort had been
are held by people around the k and alternative healing method- ment,-v done at Mercy hurst. Several
world. I ologies, has also been invited. "In December I got a vibe that additional performances were
With this objective, the His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, I would not be asked back so I scheduled throughout the holiday
inaugural session of a series of the spiritual and temporal leader began to look for another job season at various churches
discussions, the Synthesis} of Tibet, has agreed, to serve as a then," said Morris. throughout the region
Dialogues, will be held in the fall guide for the direction of the Morris came to Mercy hurst in "At Mercyhurst, where the
and Mercy hurst's Dr. Thomas File Photo discussions. He will also 1997 and became head of the impulse to reinvigorate the
Forsthoefel, assistant professor participate in the talks. The Dalai theater department at that time. theater program must be neces-
Dr. Thomas Forsthoefel
of religious studies, will be in Lama is revered around the* Since his arrival here, he has put sarily small, I could not have
attendance. ;J \ world for his philosophy of non- on several different perfor- done anything without th(
The meeting's chief mission- between the different religious violence and as a proponent of mances in the Taylor Little of very generous friendsJ
ary, Brother Wayne Teased ale, faiths of the world. compassion to all. Theatre, normally doing three Mercyhurst does not have a I 3
asked Forsthoefel to be involved "If s really a move to take For Forsthoefel, the Dalai performances a year. This year technical staff, and if you can't
in the meetings because of his interfaith dialogue to the next* Lama's presence will add to the Morris directed 'The Caribbean do it yourself, you had better
work in promoting interfaith step and build new paradigms for great prestige these meetings are Miser" in the fall term. "The have contact with others who
dialogue. Teasedale met understanding between various certain to gain. Importance of Being Earnest," can," said Morris.
Forsthoefel when they were both religious traditions," said Forsthoefel believes that the which is currently showing, is Morris will be traveling to
working at DePaul University in Forsthoefel. meetings are an excellent his production for the spring Lafayette, Ind., and is looking at
Chicago and has since been Unlike an academic confer* opportunity to take his work to a term. ^ a job in theater at Purdue .
interested in ForsthoefeFs work. ence, no papers will be presented global level and to make friends "I was told last year that I University. He is also thinking
* The meetings will be held in at these meetings. Instead, the and connections with those would be doing three productions about opening an interior design
Dharamsala, India, from Sept. 11 meetings will represent both whose work is similar to his. on campus this year. But when it business with a friend. Morris
to 16. According to Forsthoefel, formal and informal dialogue "To come together and to see came time to talk about them I £ will also be attending the Edward
the Synthesis Dialogues actually between peoplefromdifferent how we can brainstorm to create was told that I would only be Albee Theatre Conference,
devel oped out of the Parliament disciplines and religious faiths. greater inroads to cross-cultural doing two. So I decided to do which is hosted by Anchorage
of World Religions, a meeting In addition to being a participant understanding is a great opportu- something a little different for Junior Colleae in Alaska.
that in 1993 attracted 7,000 holy in these discussions, Forsthoefel nity," said Forsthoefel.
people and scholars from will act as one of the assistants to Forsthoefel also said he
religious faiths around the world. the director of the Synthesis believes that the meetings are an
The goal of the Synthesis Dialogues so he will also have exceptionally good opportunity Glinsky featured in New York Times
Dialogues is to expand dialogue administrative responsibilities. to put Mercy hurst on the map.
By Bill Melville
Students receive European internships Merciad editor
Dr. Albert Glinsky, associate
By Dave Hermenau Van Den Eshof will be working London School of Economics. professor of music, was featured
Merciad editor as an analyst with research on Serjeant is going to be working in an April 22 New York Times
terrorist organizations from for the Royal Ulster Constabu- article chronicling the history of
The real -world work experience around the world. •.
; lary (RUQ, a police force in the theremin, its inventor Leon
"I'm a little limited in what I Belfast With the RUC, Serjeant Theremin and the instrument's
that internships can provide is will be working with the Finan-
invaluable. When those intern- can do," Van Den Eshof said. recent increase in popularity. The
cial Crime Section. theremin is known as one of the
ships are overseas the experience Because he is not a sworn police "I'll be doing work on various
is even more so. officer, Van Den Eshof will not world's hardest instruments to 1
types of financial crime ranging master. %6 ^J
This summer, three Mercyhurst be allowed to handle any* from national to international,'
students will be working in classified information. Glinsky is currently on
Europe. Administration ofjustice Van Den Eshof received this said Serjeant. * •% sabbatical to complete his
graduate student Georges Van internship with die help of The RuC serves the Northern, biography of Theremin, "Out of
Den Eshof, senior Research/ Phillipe Lejeune, a Mercy hurst Ireland territory and Serjeant said Thin Air," which will be the first File Photo
Intelligence Analyst Program (R/ alum who currently works at he is grateful for.the opportunity^ definitive bi ography of the ,.
IAP) major Andrew MacPherson INTERPOL. For the work that he to have an internship in an area Russian musician. Dr. Albert Glinsky
will be doing, Van Den Eshof of the world in which he would For Glinsky, the resurgence of« movements. It has been featured
and R/I AP junior Rob Sen eant some day like to work. Working
will be employed by intelligence- will receive college credit and a interest in the theremin is no in many film scores, including
small salary. He said he also in Europe will also give Serjeant accident, especially since a, "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
related companies on the other the opportunity to see how
side of the Atlantic. hopes to gain some valuable recent documentary which and "Mars Attacks." •*..
Van Den Eshof will be ,: experience outside of the intelligence work is done on explored Theremin's life and Glinsky's book, which should
an oth er con ti nent. discoveries. be published next March, will be
working for the international classroom. ^ Serjeant said that Europe is a
police organization (INTERPOL) "I hope to get a look at "He was one of the pioneers of accompanied by much fanfare, i
intelligence analysis in practice particularly closed environment electronic music. Since the end Lydia Cavanaugh, one of the
in Lyon, France. The organisa- compared to North America. world'sforemosttheremin >
tion works for national police not just how they teach it in of the century is near, many
school," said Van Den Eshof. "We do most of our work here people are interested in him rom players, is likely to perform at
services from around the world. with open sources. It's very easy the D' Ancel o Performing Arts
National police services pay MacPherson will spend his that angle," he said. .;
summer world ng for the United because of our Freedom of The theremin a 1 arise box with Center. Also, the Erie Art^
INTERPOL to analyze intelli- Information Acts and general Museum wi 11 have an exhibit
gence for them. INTERPOL Nations War Crimes Tribunal in two antennae sticking out. The
The Hague, Netherlands. Once openness policies, in Europe it's sound comes from the disruption chronicling the history of the
never collects any data them- quite the opposite"4ie said.
selves; it only analyze what the his work is completed there, of magnetic fields by the player's theremin.
police organizations give them MacPherson will head to London
For three months this summer, to begin graduate work at the
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 MAY 14,1999 THE ME ROAD

|SPORTS
M e l o d y m a k e s sweet music as coach of the year
By Scott Koskoski after college while keeping
Merciad editor mark and a perfect 4-0 record in
active in his sport, both playing the Great Lakes Intercollegiate
and coaching. His connection Athletic Conference. With the
Respected by not only his with Mercyhurst College was not
players, but the entire campus. undefeated GUAC mark, the
cut off completely, though. Lakers won their third straight
Manages to coach not one, but Melody recieved a call from conference title. On die way,
two extremely successful teams. president William P. Garvey and Melody picked up GUAC Coach
Concerned about team goals, but was asked to return to of the Year honors, jj
still gives every player individual Mercyhurst as an assistant coach. That* s not all. Melody also
attention. Oh yeah, and a couple Although he planned on return- took on the women's soccer team
of Final Fours. ing home to Ireland to work, it' and led the Lady Lakers to a 13-
The first annual Merciad was hard to turn down Garvey, 3-1 record and a GUAC second-
"Mercyhurst Coach of the Year" and Melody returned to the place finish. Remember, that's
award goes to an individual who Hurst \ while he was also directing the
will not even be in the United Working under then-head J men's team. W
States to read this article. He's coach Richard Hartis, Melody The 1998 season was even i
in I reland recruiting another fine-tuned his coaching skills. more successful for Melody andl
group of raw talent to learn his He also formed a connection i \ the Lakers. Behind goal-scoring
style. Oh yeah, and to get to a with this year* s current crop of machine Theresa Roach and a
couple more Final Founu| Laker soccer seniors, Includmg total team effort, "John's Girls"
Do you honestly doubt he and standout Stuart Hogg, finished 14-4-1. That was good
his players will get there? We're 'T ve known John since I was a enough for second place in the
not talking about just any coach S freshman, and I plan on always GUAC and 18th place in
here. This is a man whose only knowing him," said Hogg. "As national rankings.
way of life is success. For al 1 g an assistant or as a head coach, 9
Melody s 1998 men won an
he's done, for all he's doing, and there is no better motivator, and unheard-of fourth consecutive
for all he' 11 do, head soccer I' m thankful for getting the GUAC crown and advanced to
coach John Melody deserves this chance to play for him." the NCAA Division II Final Four Men's and women's head soccer coach John Melody.
honor. Melody assumed the head for the second time in four years.
Not that this is the only honor coaching position before the The GUAC gave Melody's v"*i "If s John's work ethic that Teammate Anthony Maher
Melody has redeved since 1997 season. In two short years men's and women's Coach of the pushes him," said Hogg. "John agrees. "When we win big
arriving at Mercyhurst The at the helm, Melody has taken Year titles and the Irishman was had lots of pressure when he games, you can see the look on
native of Dungarvan, Ireland, f the excellence associated with named Central Region Coach 4
of stepped in (to coach). He's the John's face. There is so much
started his connection with Laker Laker soccer and elevated it to the Year. Remember, that s ,* first one in the office every pride in his players," said Maher*
soccer- as a player from 1986- # new levels of, well, excellence. - while he was also directing the morning and the last one to leave "He means a lot to us, not only
1990. He worked in the hospital - In his first season. Melodv led women's team, j- at night John is Mercyhurst ••. as a coach. John is like a big
itv industry in the Caribbean the men's team How does he do it? soccer." added Hose. brother." T

Laker sports 1998-99: the year that was
By Scott Koskoski
Merciad editor
This year has been one of
firsts, lasts, and nearly every-
thing in between for Mercyhurst
sports fans. We' ve seen thril 1 i ng
victories, heartbreaking losses,
incredible upsets, and frustrating
disappointments. Teams played,
traveled, partied, and now it's f,
time to look back a the year that $
was.
A Mercyhurst Sports Top 10
list from this year, in no particu-
lar order: /g
1. Men's soccer makes the
NCAA Final Four. I traveled
with the team to South Carolina
for the national championship
and am still talking about it
John Melody's boys showed
heart and gnt all season long and
kept great composure after their
semifinal loss to South Carolina-
Spartanburg. Hats off to
everyone. The team will play
on-campus next fall, so come
show your support.
2. A face lift for Tullio Field.
Mercyhurst showed off the
football field to everyone last fall
with the addition of artificial turf.
Visiting teams and coaches were
impressed and Laker players
couldn' t stop talking about the
carpet, f $ .....
3. Girls on skates. vAthle&c
Director Pete Russo announced
in March that a new sport would
be forming at the Hurst
women s ice hockey. Mercy-
hurst becomes one of a select
few schools in the nation with a
program. ^ Russo even sot one of
the nest recruiters in all of IT
college hockey, Mike Sisti, to
coach the team.
4. Girls with clubs. Russo
continued the equality trend by
providing Mercyhurst women
the chance to play golf. Tom
Simmons will coacn both the
women and the men's team and
should get the Lady Lakers
winning pretty quickly.
5. Football team surprises
everyone. Nobody said it could
be done, but the Lakers won a
game in their first season of
Division II scholarship football.
Notjust one game, but five.
Professional writers thought the
Lakers would roll over and play
dead to intense competition, but
coach Joe Kimball believed in
his team all the way.
6. Mo Profit and the heart that
wouldn't quit After being
treated for a leg injury that kept
him out of the 1997-98 season,
men's basketball star Mo Profit
returned in 1998-99 for his fifth
season with the Lakers. Instead
of leadingMercyhurst to the
playoffs. Profit was diagnosed
witn a career-ending heart
problem and his life, not just the
season, fell into jeopardy. Profit
stayed with the team as its
biggest cheerleader and now will
coach at the North East campus.
7. Women's basketball team
nearly makes the playoffs.
Injuries weren' t limited to the
men's team this season. Coach
Jim Webb lost several key {*>*
players and things didn't look
bright, but somehow the Lady
Lakers responded. Webb's team
was in the playoff run until die
very end before losing to the
University of findlay in a 59-58
heartbreaker. frgy — "We feel pretty good about our chances right now," said
8. Baseball turns around. After
1998' s disasterous effort things
turned around this season. Russc
brought in Scott Norwood to
coach and revive the winning
attitude. Mercyhurst finished
26-18 this spring and although
they missed the playoffs, the
winning attitude returned.
9. Crew teams row their boats.
This weekend the Laker navv
will compete for the national
championship in Massachusetts
and the team is confident
Mercyhurst's crew teams seem
to get better and better every
year, and this is a team that
quietly wins.
10. The broadcast home of
Laker sports. Mercyhurst's radio
station, 88.5 WMCE (which is
now simulcast on 104.9 FM) has
made great strides this year, and
the hard work shows. The
station covers all Laker football,
basketball, and hockey games
and other selected sports when it
can. If you can't get to the
ame, turn on the radio. You'll
§e pleasantly surprised.
Rowing teams head for nationals
The Mercyhurst College Crew teams will head to Worcester,
Mass., Sunday for the Champion International Regatta, which
determines the Division II National Championship.
The Laker navy got word of their berth in the regatta last
Tuesday. Four Mercyhurst boats qualified for the right to row in
Worcester the men's and women's Varsity 8, the mens Second 8,
and the women's Lightweight 8. '•
sophomore Mike Tanner of the Men's V-8 boat "Our boat is
seeded 10th out of 18 going in this weekend, and we' re rowing
strong right now." \
Mercyhurst qualified for the tournament after a strongfinishat /j
the Mid-American Collegiate Rowing Association Championships
held in Athens, Ohio a week ago.
Softball team ends tough season
As far as statistics go, this will definitely be a Laker softball
season to forget f
Mercyhurst ended the 1999 campaign last Friday at the Orear
Lakes I ntercol legiate Athletic Conference tournament held at 1
North wood University. Hie Lady Lakers lost both opening-round
games, eliminating them from the tournament and ending the
season.
$ In Friday's opening game, Saginaw Valley State University i
held the Lady Lakers to six hits in a 3-0 victory. Kristi Bidinger
(4-13) pitched a complete game in a losing cause while the
Cardinals' Kelly Prill picked up her 15th win of the season
against seven losses.
The Lady Lakers fared no better in the nightcap, falling to host
North wood 2-1. Northwood scored in thefirstinning on a Jenny
Taylor RBI single before the Lady Lakers tied it in the fourth.
Paula Yeaney singled home Tare Leonard to knot the score at 1-1,
but Northwood replied in the sixth inning as pitcher Kelly Hansen^
helped herself, belting a solo home run. Hansen got the victory
while Mercvhurst' s Tara Leonard ( M l ) took the loss.

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LAKER
SPORTS—
Men's soccer named Merciad team of the year
By Stephen Nolan
Merciad writer
"Mercyhurst Sports*' and
"National Championship*' are not
usually two terms heard in the
same sentence. However, there is over Gannon University. The
always an exception to the rule d win was thanks to a rifling
— the men's soccer team.
With two NCAA final four
appearances in the last four years and a overtime winner from
under their belt the men's soccer senior Mike Shields.
team look like they are on the
right track to bring the elusive
national title to Erie. | 5/
In their 1998 season the Lakers it and stuck it in the corner, then
found themselves in South
Carolina in another final four.
Two thousand spectators saw the Gannon game is always huge for
men bow out to home side, the
University of South Carolina-
Spartanburg, by a 2-0 margin.
I t was very emotional after the great moral booster for the team.
Spartanburg game. It brought a
tear to my eye to see the boys put them. •
their heart and soul into the
game. It is an experience I will
never forget, " senior captain
Stuart Hogg said. H wins. They captured the Great
Although the season ended on
a low there were far more
"highs'* to speak of. Notably,
sophomore Mark Fitzgerald
being selected to the NCAA
N o r w o o d resigns, baseball players honored
Baseball team
now must search
for thi rd coach
in three years
after shocking
resignation
By Scott Koskoski
Merciad editor
Mercyhurst College Director of
Athletics Pete Russo accepted
the resignation of head baseball
coach Scott Norwood Wednes-
day, two days after four of his
players were honored for their
play this season.-
Norwood resigned for undis-
closed reasons after completing
just one season as Mercyhurst
head coach. He replaced former
coach Dan DeCaprio, whose
was not renewed after
the 1998 season. DeCaprio
coached for just one season after
replacing Joe Jordano, who left
MAY 14,1999
first-team All-American and
junior Rob Yurkovich breaking
the all-time one-season scoring
record with 17 goals.
Another highlight of the season
is undoubtedly the over-time win
header from senior Jon Rees to
tie the game in the 89th minute
•.
"Stuie (Hogg) pinged in a great
corner. I saw the ball go over two
Gannon defenders so I called for
I just ran to the crowd and
celebrated," Rees said. 'The
us, it is a massiverivalry.Not
only is every win important in a
short season like ours but it is a
It always feels great to beat
f %
The Lakersfinishedthe season
with a 17-4-1 record, going
undefeated at home with 10
Lakers Intercollegiate Confer-
ence title for an unprecedented
forth year in a row with a 6-0
record. The men's team also won
the Mid-Atlantic Region champi-
in 1997 for the University of
Pittsburgh. *..
The sudden resignation comes
after the Lakers showed great J
improvement over last season.
Norwood's team finished 26-18
with a 19-11 Great Lakes *
Intercollegiate Athletic Confer-
ence mark.) Assistant coach Joe
Spano will remain with the team
Russo said.
Four players
were honored
Monday by the
GLIAC for their
1999 play
Four players were honored
Monday by the GLIA C for their
1999 play. Laker sophomore
center fielder Ben Wiand was
named All-GLI AC first team,
sophomore reliever Nate
Goodrich was selected to the
second team, and seniors Paul
Welker and Matt Kirchoff made
the GLIAC honorable mention
team.
i
The 1998 men's soccer team: The Merciad's team of the year. The Lakers finished the season
with a 17-4-1 record and theirsecond Final Four appearence in four years.
onship by defeating Truman 1
State University, the only goal of
the game coming from sopho-
more Anthony Maher.
'It has been a great experience
Wiand led Mercyhurst in hits
(52), doubles (11), and runs
batted in (38). He was second on
the team in batting average
(.409) and stolen bases (18). '.
This summer Wiand will play for
the Geneva Kni ghts of the
Northeastern Collegiate Baseball
fc
League; TheNCBL is one of
only ten major league-sponsored
summer baseball leagues.
Goodrich set a one-season
record with 18 pitching appear-
ances, finishing 3-1 with four ^
saves and a brilliant 0.44 ERA.I
Opponents batted only. 197
against him.
Welker finished a solid career
at Mercyhurst with an even 100
innings pitched. He led this
year's starters with six wins and
a 3.52 ERA in 69 innings of
work.
Kirchoff collected 99 career
hits for the Lakers and batted
344 on his way to collecting his
second straight honorable
mention. He played on 1997's
NCAA playoff team and for the
1995 junior college national
chanpionship team at Potomac
State.! t
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to play with a team like this. national title next year. I wish
Throughout my four season I them the best of luck,** said
have played with some great Hogg. *
players and coaches. There is no
reason that they cannot win a
f
Men S lacrosse ends
season against RIT
By Ken Fronczek
Merciad editor^
contest to cut the lead to one. but
the Tigers responded with a)
WTi
The Mercyhurst men's lacrosse
potent arsenal of their own to B
pull away in the first quarter. The
team finished its first season as a next three quarters would see
Division II program on a sour
note.
RIT bombard Mercyhurst
goaltender Chris Cooper with
After starting the season strong over 40 shots, of which 35 were
with two victories against * on net
nationally ranked opponents and The Lakers were only able to r!
winning four-out-of-fi ve games muster a minor attack behind
on the road, the team fell into a
bit of a slump. They suffered
senior attackman Jon Savage's
one goal, three assists and
three defeats by less than three
goals each and began to lose
sophomore attackman Trevor
Johnson's goal and two assists.
their early season momentum. Also scoring for the Lakers were
Enter the Rochester Institute of midfielders Paul Fullerton (one |
Technology. The Tigers are a
team with only two, one-goal
goal), Owen Jones (one goal),
and Ryan Gast (one goal). When
losses, 11 wins, and a post-v
season bi d in the national -\
all was said and done the Tigers
had landed a 25-7 shot to the
championship tournament For Lakers ending their season in a
the Lakers it was the last game of less than favorable fashion. I
the season no matter the out- I The team will look to rebound
come. For the Tigers it was a last next year as it continues to bui Id
chance to sharpen up for the on its great stock of youthful,
playoffs. j talented players and motivated
Mercyhurst fell behind by two coaches. This season's expert*
quick goals early on before ence will provide the Lakers with
answering the call. Sophomore an edge as they return to the 1
attackman Ted Jenner notched battlefield next season in the
his first of two goals of the hunt for a championship.