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VOL. 62 NO. 9 GLENWOOD HILLS. ERIE 1988'Hurst Library acquiresmore faculty books,changesimicroform locationBy Michelle BushMerciad staff reporter

DAVID PINTO STANDS in the library next to the new location of the microform section,which contains both microfilm and microfiche. Photo by Liz Richards

Sm Books by Mercyhurst professors weregood enough to get published, but studentsoften won't find them on the college's libraryshelves. Wm H K J H B V X rc l * 'We are glad to have books by our facultyin the library," said library director DavidPinto, 36. There are currently two books byFrank Hagan, one by Dr. William Garvey,one by Michael McQuillen and a few others.1 The problem with acquiring facultybooks, according to Pinto, is that many booksgo out of print and thus can't be boughtBooks by Dr. Mary Snyder and ReginaldHarrison recently became available and arenow being purchased. |&j i i |Although Mercyhurst (author s' booksaren'tin the library, plenty of other books are.In the 1986 and 1987 fiscal year alone, theschool bought 4353 books and this fiscalyear already has added another 3391 vol-umes, according to Pinto. "W e buy books tosupport curriculum and the life needs of thecommunity," Pinto said. I ;Many new books deal with popular ma-jors. "We are making a very concerted effortto purchase books in criminal justice andHRIM management,9' Pinto said.The library also buys books to supportrelated curricula. "W e don't just buy booksfor certain majors but other cross-disciplinary

Cafeteria saysStudents expect home cooking at collegeBy Maria KellyMerciad staff reporter

Although the head of Mercyhurst cafete-ria says the meals are good, some studentscomplain of food quality.John Washington, who has been runningthe cafeteria since 1977, said he believes thatMercyhurst offers the best meal plan in a hardto please situation. "W hat we have is a largenumber of students with a variety of tastes thatwe try to cater for to the best of our abilities/'he says. > | Trying to please stud ents' tastes is a diffi-cult task. "Some people are used to the waytheir food is cooked a t home and find it hardto adjust to someone else's cooking,'' Wash-ington said. I Most of the students who ea t in the cafe-teria are freshmen. Some sophomores, jun-iors and seniors avoid the cafeteria totally oronly eat one meal a day there.Of those interviewed, freshmen were themost dissatisfied with cafeteria policy. Th emain complaint was that it was compulsoryfor them to take the meal plan.They would rather eat in their rooms or eatout than Dav for food they didn't like.

The compulsory meal plan is not a cafete-ria policy, said Washington, it is a collegepolicy. The college requires reshmenwh olive in the dorms to eat in the cafeteria,according to Washington. By the college'sreasoning, it is too difficult for students tocook food in their dormsso they are better offon the meal plans. *-Another complaint of students was mealprices. " I could get a decent meal of mychoice in any one of he restaurants around forcheaper than what it is in the cafeteria," asophomore said. {The prices are $2.75 for breakfast, $3.25for lunch and $5.50for dinner except Satur-days when dinner is $6.95. "The prices areoutrageous, they must be making a hugeprofit," another student said.According to j Washington, there isn'tmuch profit from the meals because studentscan eat and drink as much as they want foreach meal, something he said many studentstake advantage of..Students often miss meals due to theirschedules. " I find that with the times themeals are set most days I miss two meals. Thisisn't fair considering I have already paid forthem," a freshmen said.

Many students complain about this, butWashington said the cafeteria couldn't doanything about it "Hie meal schedule is setin accordance with the college, and the aim isto find times that suit most students. Again, Imust stress that in a college this size, it isimpossible to please everyone,*' he said.The average amount of students attendingmeals is 300-450, breakfast being the leastpopular mealj because of the early start"Dinner is the most popular meal because itsaves themfromcooking in their apartments.But lunch is the most attended meal becauseof faculty and staff who also eat there," acafeteria attendant said.Most students don't know how the cafete-ria is run or who cooks the food. There arefull-time employees, according to Washing-ton, who cook all meals. Each meal is cookedjust before mealtime which ensures that thefood isfreshsince the food sits for two hoursduring the meal.fThe cafeteria is run by the GlenhurstCorporation, which also runs the Laker Inn,according to Washington* IIn the future, Washington said he intendsto print weekly meal menus in The Merciad.

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subjects as well ." Mercyhurst doesn't havea major in anthropology, for example, butaccording to Pinto, it is appropriate to havebooks in this field. < \Pinto is in charge of all purchases. " Icoordinate the acquisition proc ess,'' he said.I buy books that are requested and that areappropriate.He also relies on faculty in put " I needfaculty input as to what I need to purchase,"he said. " I also evaluate the books wepurchase, every single one." |fi Hi e money for acquiring these bookscame rom he 1985 Capital Campaign Fund,which raised approximately $5 million, ac-cording to Pinto. The library can expect tospend $60,000 on books from this CapitalCampaign Fund, Pinto said.Despite this increase to buy bodes, somestudents are still unable to-Llocateappropriate books for their research. Seniorbusiness major Barb Przestrzelski said, " Ihad a major project due and I had to go toGannon-because they (our library)didn'thave enough research materials here.*'Senior Joe Chiprean said, "In compari-son to other libraries, this library could usemore books." i tBooks are not the only source of informa-tion available to students. The microformsection, which used to be located behind thecirculation desk, this summer was movednear the reference room to better accommo-date students. "I t was appropriate to haveaccess to microfilm, microfiche and readers inhopes of enhancing their use," Pinto said.Moving it has increased its use, according toPinto, who said students now use microfilmdaily. | +Despite attempts to make it m ore acces-sible to students, many people still don't use

microform because they don't know what it'sfor.For example, Przestrzelski said movingthe microform section was a good idea, "butI have no idea what it's about or how to usei t tTo help students, the microform sectionremains near the circulation desk, accordingto Pinto."The. microfilm printer is toonoisy and disturbs people study-ing on the upper level.* j*-David Pinto

One problem with the microfilm is that themachines make noise. * " I j ust received lacomplaint," Pinto said. "The microfilmprinteris loo noisy and disturbs people study-ing on the upper level." Unless he finds asolution, Pinto said the section may have to bemoved again.Hie microfilm section is on reels and isused mainly for saving newspapers and somesee ' L i b r a r y , ' pg. 2

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D'Angelo SeriesPianist comes to ErieThe D'Angelo School of M usicConcert Recital Se ries will presentConcert Pianist John Browning onNov. 13 at 2:30 p.m. at the TechMemorial High School Audito-rium, 3325 Cherry St j | 3 jBrowning, who was a winner inthe Steinway Centennial Competi-tion, LeventrittCompetition and theBrussels Queen Elisabeth Interna-tional Music Competition, is one ofAmerica's most illustrious conceitartists before the public today.He has made over 20 Europeanconcert i tours, and has appeared

with every major orchestra in Eu-rope and the United States. Fourtours have taken him to the SovietUnion and he has|performed inJapan, South America and Africa.Browning is presently on theteaching faculty at the JulliardSchool of Music in New York City.

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JO H N BRO WNINGHisprogram in Eriewill includesonatas by Haydn and Chopin, aswell as other works by Schubert,Debussy and LisztTickets will b e available at thedoor for $5.

WMCY wants you to pick the very first song for ourfirst FM broadcast. If you 've picked the most-requested song, your name wiUJgo into the WMCYhat. If it is picked, you'll win $50, compliments ofyour Classic Rock Station WMCY Rock 88.5Submit entries to WMCY, Baldwin Hall lowerlevel,before our late-November sign-on date!Library acquires more faculty books frompg.1

journals, according to Pinto. "It isjust about the only way to preservenewspapers and is a space-savingdevice for journals as well," he* #

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The microfilm preserves somefavoritenewspapers. "We have theNew York Times back to 1851"Pinto said. " We also have the Eriepaper back to the turn of die cen-tury ^ ^ ^ ^? The microfiche, which are 4 x 6sheets, are primarily journals anddocuments on criminal justice, ac-cording to Pinto.Many students may not use themicroform section often, but moreof them are using the library thisyear than last, Pinto said.Increased library usehas causedsome to worry about overcrowding.There are always seats available inthe library,*' Pinto said. Includingthe classroom space, there are 400seats, according to Pinto, but thesearen't all primary seating places.'m hoping next term to ex-pand the o non-classroom studyspace,*' Pinto said. Normally, thereis enough space in the library, ac-cording to students. "On Sundaysit's crowded but usually not anyovertime,*'freshman LisaOrlandosaid. iFor students who don't want tocome to the library to work or study,the library provides entertainmentbeyond reading. The CummingsArt Gallery, located on the upperlevel, has a new show every month. It has shows by local and regionalartists throughout the year,* * Pintosaid. "I would encourage studentsto come in and take a look. We'vehad excellent shows last year and sofar this yRoger Clark is in charge of theart gallery and coordinates theschedule, according to Pinto. Thegallery is open during most libraryhours.The art gallery is protected by asecurity'system. Two securitycameras are located at the circula-tion desk, according to Pinto, to

observe those walking through i tBeyond this there is a securitysystem for each of the paintings."We h ave a security system on allthe doors and all library materialsare also protected by a securitysystem,*9 Pinto said.The college archives are alsolocated in the library and containhistorical records and documents ofthe college Sisters of Mercy, ErieCounty and Northwestern Pennsyl-vania.All the books, art exhibits,microform and other serv ices createjobs for students. Including thearchives, the library h as 4 0 work-

study positions. These studentshave tw o formal training sessionson library policy, according toPinto, and then they areeach trainedindividually. j I^MWe (rain them in all job re-spect s! of their responsibilities,*'Pinto said. "They can always usemore training h owev er.'9!4 *Students who average sixhours a week are not professionals.There are simply m any questionsbeyond their expertise,9' he added.Both Pinto and other libraryusers said they were happy with thestaff and the services they providethe Mercyhurst community. "W er

USED Bring your used textbooks to theBlue'Room on Nov.T E X T B O O K 28 between 11 JO andSALE 4:30 p.m. or 5:30 andI 7 p.m. Books will be sold on the 29thand 30th during those sam e hours. You may pick upyour mone y or unsold book from the 30th to Dec. 8.We can only accept book s that will be usednext term.Also, there will be a handling fee of SO cents to $1.

have a magnificent library staff,andwe all work very hard to serve ourlibrary users," Pinto said.Besides the work-study stu-dents, the library employs threeprofessional librarians. But Pintosaid, they aren't enough, especiallyfor the reference section. "Wearelooking into getting more staff rightnow,99 he added.No matter how well-trained diestaff s, students won91 be satisfied ifthey have unrealistic expectationsof the library, according to Pinto."Part of our job is to inform thepublic of what they can realisticallyexpect from the library and for us tofulfill those expectations,99 Pintosaid. When suidents have com-plaints, the library has a suggestionbox. According to I Pinto, each

complaintis typed and posted by thesuggestion box.Pinto said that he actually likesto hear complaints. "Complaintsand suggestions are wonderful Ifwe can take care of it we are de-lighted to do so," he said. 1Students interviewed at the li-brary responded favorably to thesuggestion box. "Itisago odidea ,"Orlando said. "They (the library)should always be open to newideas." "^ \ ' i; ~jDespite a few complaints, Pintosaid the library is doing a good job.'We're doing a good job, and weare improving and will continue toimprove to make this thebest librarywe can." J

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Student upset over keg law enforcementDear Editor,

I'm writing you in response toan incident that happened on Fri.,Nov. 5,1988. m make this assuccinct as possible. Myfriendsand I were havinga party at our home, Townhouse5, for the wom en's soccer team.One thing led to another andmany people startedflocking nour door. We were able to getmore than three-quarters of thepeople out to keep our place in-tact. I ijThenextthingI knew was thatWillie Damper (security officer)

came down intoour basement andsaid he wanted our tap and keg.There was no tap or keg present,and he said, "I'm going to writeyouup for akeg, even though I'mnot going to search for it9*

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C o m p u t e r s w o u l d i m p r o v e l i b r a r y | K o V S k i ' S K o r n e rState law taps studentsKl

The biggest problem'with thelibraryrightnow is their collectionof book s. If a student has a com-plaint with the library, it seems to bethis one. The library is alreadysteps to improve their assort-ment of books however. They haveincreased the amount given forbooks so that more books can bepurchased. jAs Pinto mentioned, he wouldlike to get more faculty input onwhat books to buy. This wouldenable the library to have morepertinent book s. No one knows aswell as the faculty what books stu-dents need for their classes. \Although Pinto said that hewants more faculty input, he hasn'treceived much ye t J A better line ofcommunication should be estab-

library.IAnother problem is that not allprofessors* books and articles are inthe library. Maybe some don't seethis as a problem, but it is. TheMercyhurst community shouldsupport our professors* works.Reading something a professorhas written, reveals part of his owncharacter. Students benefit fromlearning about the professorthrough h is writing. It-is a way Corstudents to understand where theprofessors are coming from.Besides, isn't it important toknow what are faculty are doing?Their books are an excellent ex-ample of their knowledge.The library is also in need of acomputer system. Itwould b e easierfor students to findout what sourceslished between the faculty and the are available to them on a computer

screen. At one timeGannon, whichhas approximately 200,0 0 volum es,did a study on the advantages ofhaving a computer system but it isno longer being considered.Even though Mercyhurst hasonly 125,00 volumes, it couldgreatly use a computer. Findinginformation at the library is a longand tedious task, which a computersystem would speed up.Mercyhurst, Gannon and Villaplanned to have a combined com-puter system at on e time, but theycouldn't reach an agreement on theproject With a combined computersystem students could find out, bykeying in a book title, if anothercollege carried itPerhaps in the future this com -puter system w ill be installed.Suggestions could improve caf

The cafeteria is in (and alwayswill be in) a no win situation. Nomatter what they do, I*m convincedthat students will be dissatisfied.They do , however, have plenty ofroom for improvement I get thefeeling that the cafeteria does notwant student and faculty sugges-tions, or possibly they have becomeindifferent to complaints as part of

an occupational hazard.**I d o, whether they are appreci-ated or not, have some suggestionsto improve the food services offeredat this school jSomewhere in the cafeteria, weneed a student accessible micro-wave (or two). It is impossible tokeep 200-300 meals hot in a twohour period. Microwaves allow

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students who like hot food to warmthem up to a level acceptable to theirparticular palates. I have seen thisimplemented in other schools of oursize and larger with great success.There is a small problems withdessert in our cafeteria-especiallythe ice cream. Students must ask acafeteria worker to take a dish of icecream out of a freezer for them. Thismeans the student has to interruptthe flow of the line, and force theworker to stop dishing out food toget the ice cream. Why notplace thefreezer somewhere where studentscan serve themselves? Or better yet,why notbuy icecreambar products,such as ice cream sandwiches, andplace those in a self-serve freezer.This would also eliminate the all toocommon problem of ice cream withfreezer bum.i This third suggestion may al-ready b e implemented, or it just maybe coincidental. It would be nice tohave different vegetables broughtinto the salad bar Maybe a certainsalad item could be featured eachweek. Giving the cafeteria credit* afew weeks ago I found Spanish ol-ives in the salad bar.

Another problem of the cafete-ria is the meal planning. They sim-ply have to know dial certain fiare unpopular. Yet they constantlyserve two unpopular foods in thesame meal. Unpopular food s, such : :

as "BeefRagout" should be servedwith a more popular alternative

Th e MercUd is the student-produced newspaper of MercyhurstCollege, Box 161,501 E. 38th St, Eric, PA 16546. Phone: 825-0176 Material for nuhlicution must be submitted bv noon onbefore Dubllcatiere lad welcom es letters to the editor. Letterswriter's name can be withheld by request

such as turkey or pizza.My only other criticism wouldbe that the cafeteria planners neverask for student or faculty input The

cafeteria workers (with the excep-tionof the lady who works the door,who always has a greeting) seem tobe very unhappy. I can understandthat being besieged by a couplehundredcollege students might notbring a smile to anyone's face, butthey do tend to be a little brusque.The cafeteria-has some g

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McQuillen starts academic planningBy Andy Pen hollowMerciad staff reporter

^Making the transitionfrompro-fessor to academic dean would be adifficult challenge for anyone, butDr. Michael McQuillen has adaptedwell and is ready for thechallengesthat lie ahead. fDean McQuillen, 44 , is anativeof Buffalo, rNY. jjHe received hisB.A. in history from Canisius Col-lege in 1966. He then taught part-time at Canisius and at DaemonCollege (then known as RosaryHill). In Sept, 1971, he came toMercyhurst to teach history. In1973, McQuillen received his Phdin European History from the Un i-versity of Virginia. He has been atMercyhurst ever since .In his spare time, McQuillenplays racquetball and golf. He is anavid bridge player and enjoyswalk-ing. He seems to stress the impor-tance of physical fitness as well asmental fitness in h is life. r aWhen asked to compare hisnewposition as dean with his long careeras a teacher, McQuillen replied, " Ilove teaching and I miss it I miss thepositive interaction with the stu-dents. Most of the time I spend withstudents now is for taking care ofproblems." This is simply an un-fortunate part of zbilities.

On the positive sideJformerdean, Dr. David Palmer, has been afrem endo us help to McQuillen.Adjusting to my role as dean hasbeen simplified by the efforts of DrPalmer,M McQuillen said. He alsoadded, "I have the advantage ofassuming the responsibility of deanata time when the college is in a verystrong and healthy position finan-cially and academically,*

McQuillen has already beenworking on shortjand long-termgoals for the college. Hte mostimmediate goal is to improve thehonors program by next year withthe help of Dr. Lutton, the directorof the program.

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McQuillen explained that thewriting program is the first step. Hefeels that I 'the development of goodwriting skills are a strong asset toany individual wishing to be suc-ces sfu l" The new English pro-gram focuses on making diewritingprogram more challenging, as wellas providing stronger remedial pro-grams for students who*failed todevelop the necessary reading andwriting skills in high schoolAnother short-term goa l o f thedean is to implement a program thatAndy Roth (Director of Admis-sions), and Bob Pagni (Freshman

Teacher ConventionBy Tina FieldingMerciad staff reporter

Melissa Martin, a senior atMercyhurst, recently attended aregional conference for teaching.Martin is a mathematics educationmajor and is currently studentteaching at Mercyhurst Prep. Be-fore this, she taught seventh grade atJ.S. Wilson Middle School. She isthe MSG representative for Mathe-matics. \The conference, sponsored bythe National Council for Teachersof Mathematics, was held O ct 12-

14 in Pittsburgh.?She was selected to attend theconference when Irene Brown, amathematics teacher here at the'Hurst was invited. She was al-lowed to take student teachers alongwith her, and Martin chose to go.At theconference, there were anumber of seminars to choose from ."I wentfrommeeting to meeting tomeeting. There were receptions atnight and a book fair."Martin said the workshophelped her to understand how tocreate an enthusiastic atmosphereand make math exciting. j

Kovski 's K orner,ftomPg. sviolation is a summaryoffense, which carries a maximum $300fineand90 day jail sentence. In addition, there is a mandatory loss of driver'slicense for 90 days. * #**A second offense isa misdemeanor, carrying a maximum $500 line,90 day jail sentence, and a mandatory one year loss of license.Both alsoresult n automatic notification o f the minor's parents.If,however, you serve alcoholto aminor, you will be nailed so hardthatthekeglawpenaltiespalebycomparison. A firstoffensefor sellingmalt brewed beverages to minors carries a $1,000 to $2,500fineandapossible one year jail sentence. A second offense carries a $2,500 tineand a possible one year jail sentence.; | > \But the big penalties com e if you charge adm ission to your party.Then you are operating a speakeasy, which cames a $10,000 fine.That's'the equivalent of over one year of tuition andfoesatMercyhurstThrowing a big, noisy partyfobviously isn't worth the campusnotoriety. If"rtudenls wantto party, they shotrfdk ^ itsmaU. personal.and quiet Campus security is alerted to parties by large numbers of" I S S S S f f i 3 5 R - M d by numyto be m integralJ l S i t e Ifkfalalcenaisuchbystud^^theyK ^ t h e o p i i o r & t y t o p ^ ^- not rowdy college kids.

Studies) have jbeen working on.The new program is designed tohelp undecided majors discovertheir interests. McQuillen sees it asa necessary program that will bene-fit every student who is unsureabout their future. IMcQuillen is also planning forMercyhurst's next academic cele-bration. The dean would like to seea larger number of students in atten-dance for the celebration, since thetopics covered are of great impor-tance in today's society. He feels, asdoes Dr. Garvey and Dr. Palmer,that the academic celebration is oneof Mercyhurst's greatest contribu-tions to the Erie community and toMercyhurst students. 4

When asked about long-termgoals McQuillen staled, "M y goalis to make sure that the collegecontinues to make progress, mov-ingfroma 'good* to a 'very good'or 'excellent' colleg e." With thecapping of enrollment creating atougher standard for incoming stu-dents,as wett as the modifications tothe English program and other pro-grams, the dean is optimistic aboutthe future of Mercyhurst College.With the experienced leadershipof Dr. Michael McQuillen as Aca-demic Dean, Mercyhurst Collegecan look forward to higher aca-demic achievements and a strongerreputation among liberal arts col-leges. If you have to see this movie, doyourself a favor. Wait six months,it will be on HBO and youcan savethe $4.50 for something fun. Oh,bythe way, in answer to the question

that is asked every time Elvira is onTV; yes gu ys, they are real.*

iHogan'sarecord review:U2 and 'Til Tuesday

My rating: 20 /1 0 0 .Language, adult situations, someviolence.

Next Mon., Nov. 14, Dunkin' Bonutsis hosting a dun king con test at8 p.m. in the Campus Center.There w il l he a du nking con test andscrimmage, plus free doug hnuts to th eMercyhurst community*

By Bill Hoganf $WMCY Program DirectorHey Gang, How's it going?It's the end of the term, but not theend for Rock-n-Roll. This weekwe'll look at U2 and 'Til Tuesday.U2's new movie and soundtrack is "Rattle and Hum." U2tries to create their live perform-ances from their "Joshua! Treetour" and bringback that same fireand brilliance of their first live LP

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"Under a Blood Red Sky." Theyneverreally pull itoff. "RattleandHum " is just Ho-Hum. Grantedit'slnot cheaply done or rushedtogether, and of course it's U2, butyou still feel empty and I findmyself asking the question, "isthatit?" ! I 1"UnderaBloodRed Sky"justblows "Rattle and Hum" away"Rattleand Hum" just doesn't getemotional enough or capture thespirit of the U2 from a few yearsback.

Thenew studio song "Desire"is average at bes t High lights arethe live version of ' 'Pride: In theName of Love" and "I StillHaven't Found What I'm LookingFor," but "Rattle and Hum" justdoesn't do it'Til Tuesday isback with theirthird and best album; yet,Everything's Different Now."'Til Tuesday gets a lot of supportfrom Jules Shear, Matthew Sweet,and Elvis Costelk).The lyrics are a lot brighter andbetter written than previous al-bums. Look for sure pop hits in"Everything's jDifferent Now"and "Why Must I." Also keep aneye out for the sweet ballad, "TheOther End (Of The Telescope),"whichtwas co-written and sungwith Elvis C ostelk).This is an enjoyable album, thatis well done in every respect 'TilTuesday's "Everything's Differ-ent Now" is an album you shouldtake a chance on.H a v e M e r c y !A new featureby Liz 'ri Lee

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T H E W O M E N ' S\ARSTTYfourbeating Marietta or strokeposition, StacyTuryan, in he number3 position,the gold*at the JackSpeakmon Rowing.Regatta in Lisa Clement, in the number 2 position, Tina KaliszakColumbus, Ohio. At coxswain is Lynn St. Jean, in the wd in bow, Patty Marshall. Photo by Melissa Mangini.

Crew&eamUakesiJack)Speakmon regattaBy Kim FinkMerciad sports writer

The Mercyhurst crew team par-ticipated in the Jack SpeakmonRegatta in Columbus, Ohio on Sat,Oc t 29 and received' the Rax/Speakmon Point Trophy for themost points in the regatta.^The Lakers finished first in thewomen' s varsity heavyweight four,the men's varsity lightweight four,

the men's pair, the A-mixed eightand the men's novice four. IThe y! finished second in themen's^ lightweight eigh t and themen's heavyweight four. Theharri-ers took third in the Master's fourand the B-mixed eight They fin-ished fourth in the women's light-weight four, i mgg* Mercyhurst competed againstMarietta College, the University ofCharleston, Xavier, Ohio State

University, Culver Military Acad-emy, Purdue University, GreaterColumbus Rowing Association,and Cleveland Rowing Federation.The crew team had a difficultFall season. Despite the fact that thenew head coach resigned and therewas little water time due to ! badweather, the team finished the sea-son proud of its efforts and is look-ing forward to a successful Springseason. I ,Sports (briefs

Ice HockeyOpens SeasonThe Laker ice . hockey teamopened its season at the BuffaloState Tournament this past week-end. The Lakers first game sawthem fall to Niagara of Ontario,Canada 5-3. BuU-the Laker icerscapped off the tourney with acrush-ing 16-1 victory over Ithaca.After just tw o g ames, freshmancenter Scott Burfoot leads theLak-ers with seven points on four goa lsand three assists. Freshman team-mate Dave Lewis, a defenseman, issecond with six points. #Sophomore goa lie Gary Bowleswas credited with the win and theloss. The team takes to the road forI games on Friday and Saturday,before returning home on Tues.,I Nov. 8. 1

Volleyball* on rollWhile? victories by the Mer-cyhurst football and w omen's soc-cer team' surprised few people , thetriumph by the Laker volleyballsquad shocked many, especiallytheir o pponents.TheLaker volleyball team cap-tured the St John Fisher Tourna-ment by posting five\ wins. Mer-cyhurstdowned Elmira 15-8,15-5,Canisius 15-4,15-4 and Houghton15-8, 15-12 in opening round ac-tion, s, Coach Bill Daisley's troopsproceeded to defeat host St JohnFisher 15-3,15-4 in the semifinalsbefore facing, and downing,Houghton 15-9,15-7 in thechampi-onship match. %

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Mercy hurst,now 21 -24 j was ledby all-tourney selection LisaStaszewski. The Lakers return toaction this weekend when theytravel to the Ashland College C las-sic.Men's soccer losessqueaker to no.6Gannon, 11-0

The Laker men's soccer teamlost a tough match to the nationally-ranked Gannon G olden K nights 1-0 at Gannon on Saturday.As it has been stated manytimes, you can throw out the statis-tics and records when two rivalsmee t Gannon and Mercy h urst wereno exception. The Lakers, who wereunderdogs going into the match,how sport an 11-6-1 record. Gan-non is now 12-1-4. |Mercyhurst kept the sixth-ranked Knights off the 1entire first half. However, theLak-ers couldn't get into the net either. Infact, 84 minutes of the 90 minutecontest was scoreless.A mistake? by a Mercyhurstmidfielder gave the opportunisticKnights a chance to score and theydid. With under six minutes to play,Gannon netted the game's only goaland then kepi M ercyhurst a bay forthe remainder of the game to claimthewin.

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Jim Baheim has an interesting andadmirable philosophy toward basket-ball. The man who guided hisSyracuse Orangemen to the NCAADiv. I inal our in men's basketball in1986-87 places the importance of h isplayers as people above their accom-plishments as athletes.ve had 34 of our last32 players graduate," hesays. "Theotherorking toward graduation right now ."m offered his words o f wisdom atthe' Tipoff Classic'' dinneri Maennerchor Club. % |m sees players not graduating as a crime to our educationle feels winning in the classroom is more important than>n the hardwood.impressed with the people on my team," he says. "Not theathletes and players. You may not always win as many as you think youshould, butpeople have to come fir st"Placing people * before;) victories? Academics before roundball?That's a very interesting philosophy, indeed. E specially coming romacoach who is in one of the most, if not the most, competitive basketballconferences in the country.4 'The Bi g East has gone beyond our expectations,'' he says. "It'simpossible to imagine what we've done in the Big East. When we movedinto the Harrierdome, we wanted to attract 12-14,000 people a game,I "It's nice to see 30,000 in th#e now. We have great fans. They'vereally made our program." IAccording to Baheim, the Big East is the toughest conference in thecountry and right now , it's the toughest it's ever been. "It should be anexciting yea r," he says. fi ..

I? Getting back to Baheim 's philosophy, he says he hales to seeathletes' lives fall apart when their careers are over. J"It doesn't matter how great you are, but where you're going to beafter basketball," he sa ys. "Basketball stop s. It stops for all of us."Baheim brought up David Bing, theformer great collegiate star andNBA veteran, as an example of his point4'He's accomplished more now that he's out ofbasketball," hesays."You have to think of life after basketball if you're going to besuccessful." \ *\f ! Baheim believes that, in life, people who aren't as gifted must workharder and that it is often these people that "make things happen" in theworld. He sees the less-gifted basketball player as the one who "makesit happen" on the basketball court, too. |"It's the hard little plays that win for you,' * he says. "To o manytimes we give credit to the talented players, when it's the little guys thatwork hard all the time to win that make a program successfu l." fBaheim sees the not-so-gifted players spirit and determination assomething which should be a lesson to us all."Those are the people that you look at and say'this is what you cando and what you can be','' he says. I"Look at the other (less-gifted) guys in a program - 'are theysuccessful?' That's the mark of a successful program." |"All youreadabout in the media is the failures," he adds. "Youdon't see much about the success stories of athletes. I don't think amaioritv of failures is the case.! gibut we're trying to make it as good as wecan *lahftim found a few minutes to praise new Laker head coach Dr.Barry Copeland, who served under Baheim as an assistant coach atSyracuse. | .4 'He (Copeland) is the hardest woridng coach I've worked with andone of themost knowledgeable," he says. |Then Baheim, who was cracking one-liners for much of his speech,gave his former protege some riendlychiding. "You should have awinning team in about 10 or 15 years," he quipped.Baheim stresses that, ultimately, basketball should b e fun and thatthere are more important things in life. He also feels that you should tryto have fun in everything you do - basketball as well as career."Basketball is fun," he says. " It's more fun when you win. But,when times are down, don't make excuses. Just go out and play everyday. If you do that, you'll be successful in basketball and in life afterbasketball* '* * , e* A" Have fun, work hard and stay together. You'll have a lot of funand3 lot of SUCCCSS A *Baheim's philosophy owanlhis players is something more coachesshould have. If Copeland has brought that attitude with him to Mer-cyhurst, then the M ercyhurst men's basketball, program has trulyreached new heights.' i * - J : *i . J | .[ can't wait for the first tipoff on Nov. 18. * f ]

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L a d y L a k e r s e x c i t e c a m p u s w i t h F i n a l F o u r t r i pBy Matthew J. ClarkMerciad Sports EditorThe Lady Lakers' soccer teamhas brought much excitement to theMercy hurst campus with their re-cent bid the the NCAA Div. II Na-tional Championship Tournamentand this weekend they will try to capoff what has been an incredibleseason. 1The 16-1 Lakers have domi-nated their opponents on both endsof the field this year, but the playoffsare a different story - with the fourbest Div. Ill teams in the nationbattling for the ultimate prize incollegiate women's soccer - thenational championship.It's going to be tough, but wethink we can do it ," Charise Moore,one of P seven starting freshman,said. i f %, \Teammate Stephanie Donahueshares Moore's attitude. I $ I

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