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Strong '88 Mercyhurst golf teamexcluded from regional playoffsBy Kevin McHughMerciad staff reporter

The ECAC Regional qualifiers took placeon October 6th atHost Farms Resort*Lancas-ter, Pa.; however despite having thestrongestMercyhurst golf team in recent years, theLakers did not compete because they enteredlate.Thegolf coach BobPowell was notifiedat4:30 am. on Oct 4 by Host Farm that due tothe large number of entries, Mercyhurst as alate entry was excluded.The team, however, wasnot notified untillate Tuesday afternoon. Freshman Tom Sac-comanno, who had a very impressive season,went to confirm their departure time withPowell on Tuesday afternoon when he wasgiven the news of their exclusion.Such was Saccomanno's disappointmentthat he returned to his hometown of Buffalothe next day because ?he*''just couldn'thandle" what had happened, t ^ i ^ iJunior John Melody, also on good formdespite an injured back, also went to seePowell later that afternoon about the depar-ture time and was thus informed.Melody said "I played the season with aback injury, with the ulterior objective ofcompeting in the qualifiers, and then I end u pnot going. I'm very disappointed to say theleast" * " f f 1 fThe* controversy that arose over whyMercyhurst was entered late is blamed byboth team and coach on a lack of communica-

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tion.This communication breakdown wasexemplified by the fact that Saccomannobelieved, up until Tuesday, Oct 11, a weekafter the incident took place, that they hadbeen excluded from the tournament becausethe team was not good enough.Saccomanno said that he did not realizethat it was because they had been entered late.Powell stated that he had told the team thatthey were on a late entry application but thatmaybe they weren't listening." }Powell explained that the reason he didnot enter before the deadline September 20was because by that stage he wasn't surewhether or not he would have a team. Lastyear, players had dropped out because ofmidterms. IAnother factor was that Kevin Keatingwas ill at the time of the deadline.Powell also said that he did not want to risklosing the $75 entry feeand paying a fine had'These guys are 19 and 20 yearsold. I shouldn't have to spoonfeed them. \ - Bob Powellthey not had a team by Oct 6th. The playersfeel that Powell shouldlhave entered themanyway.The players interviewed, John Deasy,Kevin Keating, John Melody, and Tom Sac-comanno said that they believed that they did

Shipping outAs TH E TEAM ies heir feet in, Head Crew coach NormLindamoodwishes luck to the varsitymen1screw at the Head ofOhio Regatta in Pittsburgh. C oach Lindamoodrecently announcedthat he will be relinquishing his position at Mercyhurst. Photo by Pat Stecjcmtn

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Student AlumniAssociation startsA new organization is taking shape onthe Mercyhurst campus. ;& The Student Alumni Association held anorganizational meeting on Tuesday, Oct 4 ,to introduce the goals and purposes of SAA.The group was formed when it was dis-covered that many students do not evenknow where the Alumni Office is, let alonethat the office is available to assist present

students. i !One goal of the SAA is to spread thenews aboutthe servicesavailable tostudents.Anotherpurpose ofSAA is toprovide awayfor studentsto I provideinput on suchactivities asHomecomingand Parent*sWeekend, aswell as to lendsupport fori.campus events sponsored by the AlumniOffice- IpP \ |fAny students interested in joining theSAA should either attend thenext meetingon Tuesday, Oct 18, at 4:30 p.nu in theFaculty Dining Room. * * ? *If unable to attend, contact Bonnie Clarkin the Alumni Office, 220 M ain, 825-0538,or Diane Erzen at 825-3771. *

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Campus offices remain openduring lunch hourBy Christopher J. KovskiMerciad Editor

Beginning Monday, O ct 10, some of themorefrequentlyused offices on campus willbe open during the lunch hour, noon to 1 p.m.These offices are the Registrar's Office,Student Accounts, IFinancial Aid, AdultEducation, the Bookstore, and Admissions.jjAccording to Tom Billingsley, Directorof Administration, this was an idea whosetime had come. . "With the expansions we've made, thiswas a necessary step. And no one reallyobjected to the idea ," he said.According to a representative of theRegistrar's Office, it is a good idea, and noone ever really objected, because the newhours are a convenience for the adult and off-campus students.The changes w ere made w ithout any staffincreases. "We just staggered lunch h ours ,"saidsBillingsley.

According to C athy Crawford, Directorof Financial Aid,' We're here to be acces-sible to students, so it's no problem. It justtakes a little adjustment of lunch ho urs," shesaid.The Adult Education office has alwaysbeen open during lunch, with a work studystudent minding the office.The idea was nothing new for some of theoffices. According to the Adm issions Office,they've been open before during lunch whenstudents have needed to be in.Student Accounts has also made arrange-ments before, so this news was no inconven-ience. ?The Bookstore has just rearranged hoursto stay open during lunch.1 Ifthe demand arises, o ther offices,such asCareer Services, could be opened duringlunch. ' It's one of the things we're going tolook int o," said Billingsley. iI Overall, everyone was positive about thechanges, as they stand now. "Jus t don't askus to be in for breakfast" said Crawford.

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HvezdaBy Brenda LoweMerciad staff editorf- Bob Hvezda, Cooperative andIntern Coordinator, was appointedby President William P. Garvey tothe position of Pre-law Adviser forthis year. Hvezda was hired inOctober 1988. *f fHvezda wasa pre-law adviser toUniversity of Scranton forlthreeyears. |He is also a member ofNortheast Association of Pre-lawAdvisors(NAPLA) and plans tojoin the Midwest Association of

Pre-law Advisers(MAPL A).Hvezda is originally jfromScranton.PA. He attended GannonUniversity and received B.A inSocial Science and Secondary Edu-cation.Hvezda also has two masters,one from Gannon in j counselingeducation and the other in humanresources from the University ofScranton. iAs a graduate student, Hvezdawas an assistant to the basketballcoach and academic advisor atGannon University. II He was a counselor at Gannon-dale School and a behaviorablemanagement specialist at the Ger-trude Barber Center.j Hvezda has also used his secon-dary education degree to teach so-cial sciences in the Elk CountySchool system. *Hewas also a productionsuper-visor for a Fortune 500 company.Hvezda was a career consultantand pre-professional adviser withthe University of Scranton beforebeing hired last yearby MercyhurstCollege. On Tuesday night, Oct 18, at 8p.m., Hvezda is having anorganiza-tional meeting forany student that isinterested in law in any way.I encourage any student inany#

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major to come andjoin. Itis openedtofreshmen,sophomores, juniors,seniors and anyone else who wantsto get involved in their society,"Hvezda said. | )The first meeting is formulatedto begin a pre-law society, to intro-duce Hvezda and begin to set up theprogram. "It will be designed forstudents tolhave a job after fouryears if they decide not to continuewith graduate school,*' Hvezdasaid. ;Therewill becourses setaside toassist the student with research andanalytical thought, to name a few.With the supportfromPresi-dent Garvey and Dean McQuillen, Ihope that the pre-law society be-comes active in the Erie area,"Hvezda said. |Some ideas on the this newclub are trips to law schools, speak-ers such as Alumni, communityservice projects and possibly be-come involved in the planning ofthe Academic Celebration," hesaid.The first meeting is also whenHvezda plans on electing officers tohead the new society.Once again I want to empha-size that the society is opened to allstudents of any m ajor. I want thestudents to becom e involved in theircommunity because when it comestime to write up your resume andmeet with recruiters, being a m em-ber of this society will add someimpact on the hiring for the posi-tion," Hvezda said.The society will give the stu-dents of Mercyhurst a look at thepreparation process for graduateschool, law school or even an at-tempt to acquirer position afterMercyhursts diploma is handed tothe student, according to Hvezda.Another |aspect that Hvezdaplans to provide is that of national

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plans to become more involvedwithis the! "Focus on GraduateSchools." |. I %;*!' 'I hope to be able to bring morelaw schools to the Fair through mycontacts that I h ave made over theyears," Hvezda said.I The "Focus on GraduateSchools'' is to give the student theopportunity to meet with represen-tatives from graduate schools, lawschools and gives the student thecahnce to discuss information abouta variety of law programs and otherprograms.The Fair was at Gannon Univer-sity this year. 1and local co-ops and internsJo givethe student the chance "discoverwhat a lawyer is all about"'5"Any student wishing to talkabout any aspect of this program, Iencourage them to stop by on O ct18 in Sullivan Hall. The meeting isscheduled for 8 p.m. and refresh-ments will be served," Hvezda said.f~ Hvezda isalso going to continuehis position as Cooperative Educa-tion and Intern Coordinator. "Idon't want tobe a 'fingerpointer orfist shaker', I want students to beable totalk about their problems andanything else that I can be of anyhelp with," Hvezda said.Any student wishing to talk withHvezda is encouraged to set up anappointment at the Career Servicesoffice.Another program that Hvezda

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Scho ols'' is to giv e the student theopportunity to meet with represen-tatives from graduate schools, lawschools and gives the student thecahnce to discuss information abouta variety of law programs and otherprograms.TheFair wasat Gannon Univer-sity this year.Alcohol still main problemon cHurst campus, Dever says

By H olly FulmerMerciad staff reporterMerrill Dever, Director ofCampus Security and a retired po-lice officer of 29 years in MillcreekTownship, is satisfied with thecampus security at MercyhurstAccording TO Dever, the crimeratehas decreased sufficiently since1986, as indicated by our school'scrime report The statistics of this,which is submitted each year, in-sures campus safety to future stu-dents.Although the crime rate is rela-tively low, minor drinking stillremains the general problem oncampus. "It's frustrating," Deversaid, "it seems to be continuallypreaching the same message.*' 'I* *Drinking seems to start withfreshmen who have left home andwantto try out theirwings," hesaid.Dever adds, however, it is a com-mon problem found on every cam-pus and hopes that the new law onminor drinking will take effectThe new law will help to insuresafety and 'help alert kids'(to theconsequences of alcohol), accord-ing to Dever.Security must then take meas-

ures to enforce the laws. Each secu-rity officer is required to b e certifiedby the state under Act 235.Some have also taken Act 120,which is a 480 hour course thatteaches basic subjects such as crimi-nal law to 'gain knowledge of arrest,first aid, and drugs,' according toDever. iHe also pointed out that some ofhis men have four year degrees andtwo are currently taking classes."Young officers get educationalbenefits which help them to get adegree in criminal justice," Deversaid*There is anothertypeof trainingknown as'Lethal Weapon Train-ing'. It is required for firearms,according to Dever, somethingMercyhurst Security does not rec-ognize. "The officers here do nothave the power o f arrest, but they dohave 'the power of discretion*,"Dever said. "They make the deci-sion whether or not to let the crimeg o / ' jSecurity, according to Dever,leads to suspension or expulsion.Security is responsible for areassuch as Housing and Safety, crimi-nal investigation, crime watch, andrecommendations for security inbuildings, according to Dever.Recently, Security has installed

new security doors in each of thedorms. They open only in case offire.In the future, Dever says thatSecurity hopes to form a metrosecurity unit to guard the highschool, etc. using a patrol car. Afive-year plan has already beensubmitted to President William P.Garvey and the Sisters of Mercyconcerning this issue.Dever would also like to installa Crime Watch Program, a date-rape program in 3 November, towhich a speaker has been invitedand the marking of student propertyusing his/her driver's license num-ber to avoid theriskof theftDever says that "the main goalsof security are to make the campusas safe as possible, provide ade-quate parking facilities, watch forfires, issue parking tickets and plan-ning future growth of facilities,etc." 1Dever is confident]that ourschool has the' 'potential for goodprograms because o f thefineselect]tion program in recruitment''He asks that if any juniors orseniors with a 2.0 average (Mr betterare intere sted^ assisting as peerintructors in the future Crime WatchjProgram to contact him.

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become involved in activities*Phi EtajSigma member says ?9*vn

By Maria KellyMerciad staff reporterKim Huffman, a recipient of thePhi Eta Sigma scholarship for out-standing achievement, is betterknown here at Mercyhurst Collegefor her active nvolvement in vari-ous school organizations, r OnBriggs Avenue, di e shares an apart-ment with her twin sister, Kelly.To become a member of the Phi

Eta Sigma, a national honors soci-ety, you would have to score a 3.5Q.P.A in any one of the terms inyour freshmen year, according toHuffman. ;fHuffman stressed the impor-tance of getting involved inas manyactivities as you can. "Th e socialaspect lis just as important as theacademic," she said. 'Huffman, an outgoing | andfriendly girl, certainly'proved thispoint about activities. Lastyear, shewas secretary and editor of Scrolls,the Phi Eta Sigma Newsletter,which she started herself.* " I justcreated it and it's published every

month," Huffman said.This newsletter, of whichHuffman is the executive i: editor,goes out to faculty and members ofthe society. | j$kHuffman is also an i activemember of the Circle K Interna-tional Club. Between these* twosocieties,Huffmans studiesand job,she is kept very busy; j j |She wa s inducted to Phi EtaSigma in her sophomore year andher list of involvements in this clubsince is endless. In addition to beingsecretary. Huffman had to takeminutes ofall the monthly meetingsand submit them for publication inthe societies newsletters. Huffmanalso participated in all the clubsfundraisers. \ ""IS he also created and published aquarterly newsletter during two ofher consecutive terms as lieutenantgovernor. It was entitled * The ErieConnection" and was distributed tothe five colleges within the Eriearea. * lM.

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al Resource Man-^ ^ ^ isiness Administra-tion. She, according to Huffman,hopes to move to Pittsburgh aftergraduation and get an en try I levelmanagement position in humanresources. She also wants to studypart-time for her Masters, whils shekeeps up her full-time human serv-icesjob,- This is certainly a girl wholikes to keep herself busy. ,. 1" I don't have time to have ahobby but I do like to get involvedin different things,'' Huffman said.She enjoys swimming, travelingand music but doesn't have muchtime for other interests."Academic ability is$naturallyimportant, but it is not enough.It is very important for a person to bea good mixer, make friends easilyand get involved,'' Huffman said asher advice.for fellow*students ofMercyhurst & i \Huffman will be graduating inM ay 1989 with her brother andsister, ft

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Finally Communication problems:S o m e i n t e r e s t i n g c a m p a i g n n e w s coach's error reveals flawBy Karen SampsonMerciad staff editor

As November nears, the presi-dential campaigning intensifies andthe mud is slang just a little harder.This year the n ominee's practiceof providing one bitofnews perdaymakes for some pretty stale news.It's bad enough that such lame is-sues as whether or not to recite thePledge of Allegiance and member-ship in the ALCU are the meatiesttopics in this years election, but nospontaneous news? kThis is truly an election of cuecards and TelePrompTers God(and image consultants) forbid thata candidate might say somethingthat he thought up himself.This lack of interesting tidbitson the candidates has led me to wishfor some juicier news stories. If Ihad my way, the news would besomething like this: (imagine aswirling dream-like thing).

..Presidentalcandidate, GeorgeBush was arrested j today andcharged with treason, said U.S.

Attorney General Thornburgh.It has been discovered that Mr.Bush 's grandchildren were substi-tuted by Soviet agent dwarfs posingas the Bush grandkids.Bush allegedly gave away na-tional secrets by telling the childrensuch stories a s ' Goldilocks and theThree Intermediate Range NuclearWeapons," and "The Little CIADirector That Cou ld." ? M...Michael Dukakis, Massachu-setts governor andr DemocraticPresidential candidate confirmedallegations today that he is indeed' 'E rn ie'' from Sesame Street's infa-mous duo, "Ernie and Bert"The past life of the candidatewas brought to the attention of re-porters when Mr. Dukakis showedup to mow his lawn in red high topsneakers. *Mr. Dukakis said in his defense,"I*had to pay for the campaignssomehow, and besides, 'RubberDuckie' was a very good composi-tion."! I I...It was discovered today d ur-ing a speech in Indiana that R epub-

lican Vice-Presidential candidate,Dan Quay e, is really a puppet con-trolled by his wife, Marilyn.The lifelike puppet was createdby Jim Henson of Muppet fame forthe ambitious Mrs. Quayle. It wasalso discovered that the Quaylechildren are semi-robotic puppetsalso designed by Henson J Mrs.Quayle controlled the children by aremote transmitter which was keptin her pocketbook....Floyd, uh, Lloyd Bentsen, theDemocratic Vice-Presidential can-didate, or something, was attackedby a rabid dog a couple weeks ago.He was also seriously burned bya* falling meteor last Tuesday* orWednesday. Bentsen also claimed,through five broken teeth which hesustained during a riot at one of hisspeeches, that he had been takenaboard an alien spaceship.i That Leroy, Lloyd will do any-thing for attention. IIf my news was true, no onewould have a problem choosing acandidate, n or would weeven havethe need for elections we'd all bein Canada.

Tennis completes good season, From page?/,

solid. "There'snot as muchofa gapbetween position s," she says. "W ehave strength at every position; wehave deeoer talent" ~ ' ?Holzhaeusser offers an interest-ing story about how some of thisyear* s freshman players came to theteam. * * 1

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The Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of MercyhurstCollege, Box 161,501 E. 38th St , Brie, PA 16546; Phone: 825-037 6. Material for publication must be submitted by noon on theMonday before publication.The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. Letters mutt be signed,but the writer's name can be withheld by request

_ "Some freshman came up to usat orientation and wanted informa-tion," she recalls. ^They've reallyhelped theprogram. We'd have a lotof weakness without them. I'mgladthey showed interest in the te am."All of this season's success hasgiven the tennis team high hopes forthe future. Holzhaeusser says thatthe team has the potential to be afactor nextseason, especially if theycan get some good recruits.There are three other LadyLakers who should get mention.Maureen Walsh, Jill Wohlheuterand S tacey Cefola gave much to theprogram when?Mercyhurst didn'teven offer much of a program."Maureen and Jill were actuallyplaying fifth and sixth singles forus,' ' Price says. %"Maureen, Jill and Stacey haveput a lot of time and effort into theteam and we really appreciate that,"Holzhaeusser says. "It's sad to seethe seniors go. They've been a realplus to the program,'' she says.Hopefully, Walsh, Wohlheuterand Cefola w on't see their efforts gofor naught The Laker women'stennis team seems to be on the vergeof becoming a considerable factorin the East Congratulations on agreat season and good luck in thefuture. Lakers.

CorrectionThe Merciad would like tonote that, though Head TrainerBrad Jacobson gave supportingevidence to the views of the au-thor of the "Punching Ba g" edi-torial (Merciad, Sept 29,1988),he was unaware of the nature ofthe article and is indifferent to th eviews of the author.

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By Christopher J. KovskiMerciad Editor |and Matthew J* ClarkMerciad Sports EditorThroughout history, there havebeen a few greatcoachestheWoodyHayes, Knute Rockne types.These coaches are noted for theirability to take any team and make it^ great |Usually, coaches strive for greatness through the achievements oftheir players. When players progress and play on a regional or nationallevel, the coaches are generally recognized as the developersof a greattalent I

But sometimes coaches can be sidetrackedandquite easily* If theyhave to choose between two jobs, devoting most of their time to one orthe other, then they'll behave in an understandable manner. \They'll picksthe job where they get the most opportunity foradvancement and the most recognition. ^In the case of Bob Powell, Mercyhurst's golf coach and assistantbasketball coach, he had to make the choice between golf and basketball.He, evidently, chose basketball. When he was unwilling to evenspare an additional two hours to make\ the trip to let the playersparticipate in a regional tournament,he showed the lack ofcommitmentresulting from inexperience.How much further down the ladder of ennui can a person go, thanto say that these athletes don't need to be "spoon fed" when it comesto registering for tournaments. IWe know of no tournaments on the collegiate level where studentscan register themselves. If the coach doesn't want to even check to seeif he has some people ready to compete on that level, he is n't committedto his job - or to his athletes. \Whether the students themselves showed a level of commitment isnot the question. They are not at Mercyhurst for the sole purpose ofplaying golf. They're here for an education.The coach, on the other hand, is here to facilitate the extracurricularactivities of his players. If he isn' t aware of that, obviously his ob dutiesweren 't communicated to him."M ost of the problems in my two years as athletic director haveinvolved communication problems." That's what John Leisering,Mercyhurst's athletic director, said in an interview less than one monthago- I * 'Today, one of Mercy hurst's athletic programs is suffering becauseof a lack of communication.g. Leisering, in the same interview, jsaid that' eitheran athlete has trouble: . *

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communicating with a coach or acoach has problems communicatingwith his or her athletes." In this case,we believe it 's the latter.j The Mercyhurst men's golf teamis coming off a respectable seasonand four men in particular had excep-1tional seasons. John Deasy, Tom ,Saccomanno, Kevin Keating;andJohn Melody played well enough tocompete in post-season tournaments.They had the chance to represent Mercyhurst College as well asthemselves. If hey could havewon atoneof these regional tournaments,they would have been able to move on to a national tournamentBecause of a coach's error, these four men are being denied thatchance. Golfcoach Bob Powell forgot about registering his team for thetournament until it w as too late. The p layers, obviously, figured thateverything was being taken care of, as it should have been, by the coach.Players should not have to worry about transactions such as registeringfor tournaments. J |That's the job of the coaching staff. Powell claims that he didn'tknow if he wouldhave a team going to the tournaments and thathe didn'twant to risk the $75 entry fee on something that wasn't a sure thing.That argument just do esn't work. We believe Powell could havecollected $18.75 each from the four men, which would be a small priceto pay for being in a post-season tournament Then, with their moneyin the balance, he probably w ouldn't have had to worry about whetheror not they'd play in the tournament $We will say that Powell is pulling double duty this Fall. That's thefault of the Mercyhurst athletic department We shouldn't have coachesworking two jobs at once. It's not good for the student-athletes, asexemplified here, and it's not good for the coaches. |Bill Daisleypoached both theswim team and the women's volleyballteam this Fall as well. I say it's time Mercyhurst's athletic departmentstops asking double duty from its coaches because in doing so, everyoneloses. *

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The album 'Justice' by Metallicais guilty of being a masterpieceBy Brian MaidenMerciad staff reporter

Metallica has done j for speedmetal what Elvis Presley did forrock-n-roll. J Their 1988 albumAnd Justice For All is a master-piece. It's nine songs poundingaway, some at breakneck speed,some stoppings and starting atjir-regular intervals like Erie drivers.Metallica's music is powerful,the heaviest music ever performedby a rock-n-roll band. Butdon'tletthat scare you, these guys are excel-lent musicians. Lead guitarist KirkHammett was taught by none otherthan Joe Satriani and drummer LarsUlrich, who has often been com-pared to the great Neil \ Peart \ ofRush. | -fDespite what Ed Banger fromShowcase says, ...And Justice forA U is over 65minutes ofpure pleas-ure. Metallica has never sounded

better, its music and its lyrics. *I Thejfirst song Blackened ripsthrough your brain and sends chillsdown your spine. The title cut isnearly 10 minutes but surprisinglydoesn't bore you like an IronMaiden's song.The slowest song is On e untilMetallica turns it into an incrediblyheavy speed fastAnother song, The ShortestStraw ; is my personal favorite. Therhythm is so intense and memory-defying you'd pay nine dollars justfor that song. Be sure to check outFrayed Ends of Sanity, for theWizard ofOzinfluence in the begin-ning and you'll hear w hat I mean.The fastest cut on And Jus ticefor All is Dyers Eve, which ad-dresses the problems each kid goesthrough with his parents saying,"Dear mother, dear father, everythought I think *you disapprove,currator-dictator, always censoringmy every move - children are seen

but are not heard, tear out every-thing inspired.''This album is doing so well it iscurrently number 6 on Billboard'stop 200, selling will over one m il-lion copies in one month.In 1983 Metallica released thealbum Kill Em All and itwas great,a form of music that blasted out ofthe underground taking everyones'ears by surprise.In 198S I bought', Ride theLighten ing and was astonished and1986 was the year of Metallica's LPMaster of Puppets, which soldnearly one million copies, a master-piece of metal.Metallica's music, if you'venever heard it, will shock you. Ifyou have heard it, their new albumwill excite you.This band deserves respect andis finally getting i t James HetfiekTsvoice is definitely unique, clean butmean and Jason Newsted's basswallops you in the face.

By Robi Taylor \Merciad staff reporter

James Caan andf MandyPatinkin team up to become one ofthe year's most unusual characterteams in Alien Nation.

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Merciful Mercyhurst romps 63-14By Matthew J. ClarkMerciad S ports E ditorThe Mercyhurst Lakers used apotent, yet merciful offensive attackSaturday in pummeling die BuffaloState Bengals 63-14. Despite thehigh score, the 'Hurst showedmercy on their weary opponents inthe second half by taking intentionallosses on third and fourth downs. JThe 12th-ranked Lakers alsoutilized their substitute playersthroughoutmuch of the secondhalf.The Lakers dominated the gamefrom the opening gun and did so on

both sides of the line of scrimmage.In fact, itwas the Laker defense thatgot the momentum going for theglue and green. h |Sophomore defensive back, AlCraig took charge early, blocking apunton Buffalo Slate'sfirstposses-sion. After the Lakers failed to scoreon their firstpossession, sophomoredefensive tackle Perry Wheeler setup the 'Hurst's first score by re cov-ering a B engal fumble. QuarterbackGreg Haski ran it in rom hree yardsaway for the I D .Craig made another big play onthe next series, returning an inter-ception 51 to the Buffalo State twoyard line. One play later, Mer-cvhurst led 14-0 with over seven

minutes rem am ing in the first quar-ter.The Lakers would score oneight straight possessions, runningoff a school-record 98 offensiveplays while sporting a 527 to 279advantage in total yards. The 'Hurstrushed for 342 yards in 81 attempts.The Lakers also tallied 26 firstdowns tojust 12 for the 1 -4 Bengals.The Laker passing game lookedsharp as well, with Haski going 11of 16 for 168 yards with one touch-down and no interceptions. It wasthe first time in the history of Lakerfootball that they did not throw aninterception. Tom Hemer, who had84 yards receiving for the day,hauled in thelone Laker touchdownpassJim Boyd was the Lakers' lead-ing rusher with 62 yards on 19carries and one touchdown. EddieHess, filling in for the injured CraigGalovich, picked up 52 yards onnine carries and scored a touch-down.

The Lakers pounced on fivefumbles and grabbed tw o intercep-tions including Greg Latimer's fifthof the season. Perry Wheeler andBob Y oung each sacked the QB andkicker Rick Yarosz tied a schoolrecord by converting nine of ninePAT S. 1 4? * J

The Lakers are now 5-0 andhead coach Ken Brasing ton ispleased so far.4 'Looking at the schedule, wethought it would be tough to winthree on the road,'' Brasington said."But every game, we've been get-ting a little better, and since thisgame marks the halfway point in theseason, we didn't look to the futureor the past We dealt with the task athand and played one play at a timeto the best of our ability."Everything seemed to gel for theLakers as they almost effortlesslydisposed of Buffalo State. "We gotoff to a fast start and the ball startedto roll our way," Brasington said."We had momentum. All our kidsgot a chance to play, which is goodfor team morale. W e've been able todevelop some depth." f' 'Eleven running backs carriedthe ball, and our offensive line didan incredible job. There were nosacks and zero turnovers forthe firsttime ever. We're starting to cutdown on mental errors,"fThis Saturday, the Lakers takeon the seventh-ranked DaytonFlyers. The Flyers are a mainstay inthe Div. Ill national championshiprace and were national runners-uplast seasop.

Da vton was ranked number one

L A K E R J V M I C H A E L Anderson makes a tackle in Mercyhurst's41-6 win over Canisius Oct. 3. The Lakers upped their record to 4-0on the season. The Oct. 10 contest against Carnegie Mellon wa s can-

set. Photo by Sa n Linehanthey're well coached and they havea lot of depth,'' Brasington noted.Brasington said that the key tothe Lakers winning is for them toavoid m istakes, much lik e they didagainst Buffalo State last Saturday."If we commit less mistakes,r he said.

celed and no make-up date has betin many pre-season polls and haslost only on ce. That defeat came atthe jjhands of BuUerj Universitywh ich is ranked in the top 10of Div.

Brasington said he's aware ofthe challenge ahead of him and hisLakers.' 'They have a lotof experience,

we 11 come out on top, That's the key."

takers fafflced seedfid irnEast3y Sara LinehanMerciad sports writer

The Lady Lakers improved theirrecord to 10-0 by beating Bethanyon Saturday, 3- 1. . i ;The blue and green shared allthree goals, with Joni Connellystarting things' off with her goal inthe irsthalf.The Lakers took that 1 -0 lead into halftime.Jen Hart got things rolling againwith a goal which was followed upby a netterfrom Kathy Monohan.Bethany received their onlygoal on a controversial penalty kicklater in the second half.It was only the second goalsurrendered by Mercyhurst this

season. Andrea Colaurotolo got thewin for the 'Hurst in goal. |P Going into the Bethany game,the Lady Lakers were ranked 14thin the country and third in the EastAfter their winon Saturday, they arenow ranked second in the East)Coach Andy Roth can be quiteproud of his team this season. Lastyear, his troops played only .500ball.'Now, going into the last sevengames of die regular season, theyare 10-0 with eight shutouts andhave outscored their opponents 3 6-2. | f "\TheLakers have their nextgameagainst the Penn State Nittany Lion son Saturday at 3 p.m.

SCOREBOARDFootball (5-0)W - Buffalo State 63-14 Women's Tennis (8-3)W - St. FrancisVolleyball (10-17)W - NiagaraL - Youngstown StateL - Clarion

Men's Soccer (7-4-1)L - Lewis ll-OWomen's Soccer (10-0)W - Bethany^ 1

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RememberMCC Tennis TournamentFriday and Saturday!

Mercyhurst tennis squads hostMCC tournament to end seasonBy Matthew J. ClarkMerciad Sports Editor.

This Friday and Saturday, theLaker tennis teams host the MCCTennis Tournament, with thewomen playing at the Pennbriarclub on 1-90 and route 97 and themen battling at Westwood RaquetClub at 26th and Zuck in Millcreek.Mercyhurst, Gannon, LeM oyneand the University of Buffalo willcompete. Laker women's tenniscoach JanetvPrice likes her teamschancesof winning the tournament"I have high hopes that we 11come out the team winner and havesome individual winners. JanetHolzhacusser and Stacey fCefolaanchor the singles divisions for the'Hurst and the teams of KateCalhoun and Julie Kemling andMary McKenna -and Catherine

O'Reily? round out the Lakerdoubles."I like our chances, but I don'tknow much about LeMoyne,"Price says.' 'We have never playedthem." 1 !The Lakers come into the tour-nament with a six game winningstreak and a 9-3 recorcd. If theycontinue the hot hand, they'll betouch to beat

matchFrancis on Saturday. The Lakers upped their record to 9- 3 this week.Students can watch the tourna-ment which starts Friday at noonand continues Saturday at 10 a.m.for the w omen and starts Friday at12:30 p.m. and continues at 10 a.m.

Photo by Matthew J. ClarkSaturday for the men. Awards w illbe given at 2 p.m . on Saturday.The?, Lakers won their sixth-straight game b y! knocking offBehrend on Tuesday, i

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Golfers denied tournament playwould be the same.PowelFs response was that hewas not the golf coiach last year.Keating went on to say that he wasnot told that he had to confirm hiscommitment to travelHe said it was Powell's job tofind out if they had and Keating isquotedto saying "I don't think hetried to find out if he had a team."\Powell's response, when askedwhether or not it was up to him tofind out if his team could travel, wasthat they should have told him."These guys are nineteen andtwenty years old, I shouldn't haveto spoon feed them."

Keating commented furtherthat the disappointment would nothave been? so intense had theyknown that they were on the lateentry form, which implied that theircompeting was not guaranteed.He said that he is particularlyupset as he was greatly lookingforward to the ournamentafter hisillness had prevented him fromcompeting in the preliminary tour-naments.John Deasy said "I feel that thewhole season was a waste of time

because we didn't get the chance toqualify." Regional qualifiers arefor the National qualifiers. He wenton to say that * * this year in particu-lar, the team had the potential to dowell; I was devastated by thenews." *Another bone of contentionwas the fact that Rockhurst, NewJersey which takes two extra hoursof traveling time, was holding theirregional qualifiers, which wouldalso lead to the National aualiflpxc'I feel the who le sea son was awaste o f time. . . I was devas-tated by the news.' h

- John DeasyThe team had been accepted tocompete at Rockhurst but Powellfelt that they did not have the time toorganize the rescheduled trip.Keating said that he thought theycould have made Rockhurst intime. IPowell felt that what had hap-pened was unfortunate and* "ashame'' but argued that they hadbeen entered and were all set to go

Thurs..Qct 13th "Women 's Soccer - Hosts Theil 4 p.m.Volleyball - Hosts Grove City 6 p.m.

C TournamentTournament\ Sat Oct 15th

Men's Soccer - Hosts Pitt-Johnstown 1 p.m.: i Football - Hosts Dayton 1:30Women 's Soccer - H osts Penn State-Main 3 p.m.& Volleyball 7 at Walsh w/ Kentucky 12 p.m.tM/W Crew - at Brock Invitational 12 p.m.;

M/W Crew - at Canisius Invitational 12 p.m,Mon.. Oct 17th

JV Football - at Baldwin-Wallace 3:30 p.m.Tues..

Volleyball - Hosts Youngstown State 6 p.m.

After the Game PartyGaslClub1512 State St.8-12p.m.

Music, Fun, Refreshments$3 admission with Mercyhurst I.D

Proper I.D.required for drinks.

frompglbut were sadly excluded.Powell admitted that he is inex-perienced in coaching golf and thathe had made mistakes in his firstseason. Powell said that he wouldhave a meeting with the team to tryand improve communications.CC downs Gannon

The Mercyhurst Lakers men'scross country team downed GannonUniversity 24-3 6 in a dual meet lastFriday. * . i iThe 'Hurst's Scott Devoteplaced second over the 4. 9 milecourse with a clocking of 27: 36 topace the Lakers. Freshman VicBauerltook fourth on the KantyVillage course with a time of 27:55.Other finishers for Mercyhurstwere: Tom Rinke who inished ifthwith a time of 28:49; Mark Feldmanfinishing sixth at 29:51; MarkSimpson placing seventh at 31.08;Dan Becker taking eighth at 31:11;Mark Stephon coming in? 10th at32:30 and Greg Beveridge placing11th at 34:37. i ?With a 23:02 run, Mercyhurst'sApril Hannah-Thompkins won the3.1 mile women's race in impres-sive fashion, finishing 1:49 ahead ofthe Lakers' Beth Keileher andMichelle Sirak who tied for secondat 24:51. Cathy O'Gara and JodiMcNellie completed the Mer-cyhurst effort They finished withtimes of 27:17 and 29:23 respec-tively.Basketball

goesmadAt midnight on Oct 15,1988,the Laker men's basketball teamwill open the 1988 season with a

"Midnight Madness" practice.This event is open to the mediaand general public. 3First year Head Coach, Dr.Barry Copeland, and AssistantCoach Bob Powell welcome backeight players, including two start-ers from last year's 11-17 squad.Heading the veteran cast aresenior Chirs Mindach and juniorPhalon Bass. Mindach, 6*8" cen-ter from Ottawa, Ontario in Can-ada finished as the Lakers thirdleading scorer with a 10.1 pointsper game average.Bass, a 6'4" forward'fromShaker Heights, OH, scored 449points for the blue and green lastseason. He inished second on thesquad with a 16.0 scoring aver-age.2 The men's team will open theseason on Nov. 18, with an exhi-bition contest in the MercyhurstCampus Center against West On-tario University at 8 p.m. The firstregular season* contest will behosted by the Lakers on Nov. 22when Mercyhurst welcomes Indi-ana University of Pennsylvania.

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By Matthew J. ClarkMerciad Sports EditorThe Mercyhurst women's tennisteam \hasn't gotten much attentionfrom the media over the years. TheMerciad has been no exception. Forone reason or another, women's ten-nis (and men's tennis for that matter)hasn't gotten the ink that other sportsJ have enjoyed here on the hill.Football and basketball are prominent sports on any college campus

and often, that leaves the smaller sports programs out of the limelightBut this year, the women's tennis team has done so well that notmentioning them would be a serious omission from the sports page.With gutsy play and determination, the Lady Lakers have put]together their best season in years. So impressive were they, that evenhead coach Janet Price is a little surprised. ]"We thought, going in to this year, that we could have a winningseason," Price says. "But our record is totally beyond our imagina-tion."If Price is surprised, just think how surprised Div. I Canisius waswhen the Lakers upset them 6-3 on Oct 1. " 4 *We thought we could win some games from (Canisius), and weended up beating them," Price recalls.Beating Canisius became a reality for the team this year, but Priceremembers a time when even being able to compete with a team likeCanisius was only a dream.u * 'Four years ago, we didn't have enough players to fill out a wholeteam," she says. "W e have 10 players now." \According to Price, the team got some new players this year whobegan to peak after three or four matches. Al so, Price began to find herstrongest doubles combinations after four matches. ~ arfrriM "It all happened at the right time," she says, "when we played thebig teams." I gPrice feels that her players have performed well and haven't beenaffected by the lack of publicity. I"They are self-motivated,'* she says. "They play for the good of theteam. They like when people come to watch, but they 're here to representthemselves.' 'It s always a plus when people give them a pat on the back."Price says that with the young players providing a major lift for theteam, the future looks good for the 'Hurst -Despite the success of the season, the Lakers did start slowly thisyear, * f' 'We got of f to a slow start and just weren't enthused,'' Price says."But we started to wake up and started to play better. There was thatextra bit of energy when we needed it against the big schools."> Price sees sophomore Janet Holzhaeusser as the major contributorto the team."She's really our top player," Price says. "She's the athlete of theteam. She's a real stabilizing factor. Ninety-nine percent of the time,we're going to get a win from Janet"Kate Calhoun has done very well this season,'! d, strong thirdshe continues.. : :

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"She'sb een healthy mostof the season and gives usa g ^ ^ ^position, stronger than we've had."Holzhaeusser sees the Canisius win as the biggest of the season.* 'Our players really pulled it out for us when we beat Cansius,'' sheremembers. She feels that the Canisius win led the way for other big winsduring the season. > j! "The Canisius win helped us beat Edinboro.it really lifted us up,she explains.Speaking of lifting up, that's just what seems to have happened tothe women's tennis program as a whole this season."I'm really pleased with the progress we made. Our attitudes areimproving and it shows in our performance," she says.And how does Holzhaeusser see her role on the team?"I hoped I played a leadershiprole,9* she says. " I go out to win andI hope that (my teammates) will have the same attitude."A good season can mean wonders to a|sports program andHolzhaeusser hopes that the team's strong showing this season willattract some good players to the college. | Another thing that can go a long way to helping a team win is goodchemistry. a *m& | . , .. f .4 'This year we have more friendship on the team, and that s helpedus," she says. "We're all different but we're all have the same goalsand everyone's confidence is u|Holzhaeusser believes the team as a whole is stronger and monsee 'Tennis,* pg. 4

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