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College Opens Nationwide Dean SearchesMerrimack is conducting nationalsearches for deans for two of itsfour schools: a dean of liberal artsand a dean of science and engineer-ing. These two positions, saidProvost Josephine Modica-Napoli-tano, are “essential roles in achiev-ing the goals of the Agenda forDistinction.” The Provost’s Officehas new leadership in Modica-Napolitano, in what she calls atransformative time at the college.The Provost’s nhanced leadershipand staff will help facilitate thecollege’s success. Modica-Napoli-tano said she is confident the com-mittees will find the highestquality candidates to fill the dean-ships.

Dean of Sciences

Marissa Diaz ’14Staff Writer

Merrimack College has officiallybegun a national search for a newdean for the School of Science andEngineering.

The school is composed of eight de-partments: biology, chemistry,civil/mechanical engineering, com-puter science, electrical engineering,health sciences, mathematics andphysics. Approximately 700 studentsare already enrolled in these depart-ments, with the numbers rising.

Merrimack is seeking someone

who, according the college’s website,can “harness the excitement of thecampus and academic missions ofthe School of Science and Engineer-ing” while also “encouraging andsupporting faculty teaching, schol-arship, and curriculum develop-ment” among many other things.The college is requiring that all can-didates have a doctorate from an ac-credited institution in an area thatis offered in the school.

The hopes of students and facultyalike are to find someone who is re-liable and can represent theirschool with integrity while also tak-ing initiative in evolving andstrengthening the school.

Interim dean Associate Professor

Mary Noonan is replacing theJosephine Modica-Napolitano, whowas promoted to provost this year.

The role of a dean at Merrimack isnot just to take control of the ad-vancement of academic programs ineach department but also to unite theschool as a whole. One of the requi-sites of the job is that the dean must“have the ability to build and workwith teams in the school and as amember of the college senior leader-ship team to reach consensus” accord-ing to the college’s website.Merrimack is not merely looking for anew dean but for a new leader to helpguide students to a brighter future.

MC Honors RabbiPatrick LawlorEditor in Chief

The Goldziher Prize Dinneron Oct. 15 honored Rabbi Bur-ton Visotzky, but brought anhonored guest, Cardinal SeanO’Malley, archbishop of theArchdiocese of Boston, to Mer-rimack.

The $25,000 prize isawarded biannially to some-one who has greatly improvedrelations among Jews, Chris-tians and Muslims.

The event, organized byMerrimack’s Center for Jew-ish, Christian, Muslim Rela-tions, began with the Heroesand Worship student event, inwhich students sat with a par-

ticular “hero,” someone whohas worked significantly oninterfaith relations.

After the event, the he-roes and other distinguishedguests enjoyed a lavish din-ner in the Merrimack Club.

Guests included PresidentChristopher Hopey, who of-fered welcoming remarks, andscholars in the field of inter-faith relations.

Cardinal O’Malley said itwas great to be back at his“alma mater.”

He received an honorarydoctorate from Merrimacktwo years ago.

Joseph T. Kelley, dean ofexperiential learning, organ-ized the event.

Final Day for Flu Shot at Hamel

HITTING THE MACBOOKS: Midterm study session in McQuade Library.

Kristin Anderson’14Staff Writer

The sounds of coughs and sneezes havealready started to trickle into the day-to-day soundtrack of Merrimack.

This can mean only one thing: With fluseason upon us, Hamel Health Centerhas been offering flu shots to all students,faculty and staff.

The last vaccination session is today –Friday – from 1 to 4 p.m.

It is important to get a shot as soon aspossible to prevent catching the influenza

virus. This is because it takes two weeks

after receiving the vaccine to develop pro-tection against the virus. But once you dodevelop this protection, you will be pro-tected for about a year.

These vaccines have been availableon campus since Oct. 5. If these timesare inconvenient, appointments can bemade by calling Hamel Health at ext.5441.

The vaccination is only $15, which canbe paid with cash or a check made out toMerrimack.

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Homecoming 5K to Aid HaitiThomas Lanzone ’15Staff Writer

As October comes to a conclusion, thesecond annual Homecoming 5k Race isalmost here again.

This year it’s held on Nov. 3 and withhigher expectations as ever, and all ben-efits will go to the Hope for Haiti Mis-sion Trip in January.

The event takes place right on thecampus of Merrimack College withprices of $10 for students and $20 for

other. You can sign up online atwww.merrimack.edu/homecoming. Therace takes off at approximately 8:30 am.

All the proceeds go to the funding forthe trip and allow students go con-tribute and get involved and truly makea difference. Merrimack will be sendingtwo selected major groups to Haiti; thecivil engineering program is trying tocreate a clean water delivery system,while cleaning and improving water.

“It will be a fun event for a greatcause and all of us who are participat-

ing in the trip really appreciate all thesupport from the Merrimack commu-nity,” said Mike Laracy ’13.

Also, the athletic training program ishelping improve medical care and isgoing to inform and teach Haitianhealth care workers. The event goal isto raise a total of $16,000.

This 3.1-mile race goes allows therunner enthusiasts to capture their fix,and most importantly helps the Merri-mack community reach their goal andsend students to Haiti to help the world.

Sodexo Highlights Food Waste at MCLuigi DiSisto’13Staff Writer

Seven thousand pounds. Onaverage, that is about howmuch food is wasted every yearjust from breakfasts atSparky’s Place.

At its “Weigh the Waste”event, Sodexo literally weighedwhat students wasted after anaverage meal, and then en-couraged them to do somethingabout it. On Oct. 16, Sodexomeasured all the uneaten foodfrom breakfast at Sparky’s. Tomany students, the amount ofwaste was shocking.

Due to the success of theevent, there will be another“wasteLESS day” coming upnext month to weigh the wasteof lunch.

The total amount of foodwasted at breakfast on Tues-day was 27 pounds. Thoughthat may not seem like muchfor the entire community ofstudents who eat at Sparky’s,one can imagine how it would

add up over a week, a semes-ter or a year. If 27 pounds isthe average daily waste, that isjust less than 7,000 pounds ofwasted food every year, just atMerrimack, just for breakfast,and just at Sparky’s.

One of the central themesbehind this event was aware-ness. Students had the chanceto learn what they were con-suming, and how much of thatconsumption went to waste.The director of environmentalstudies and sustainability atMerrimack, Professor Rose-Mary Sargent, pointed outthat “The Weigh the Wasteevent is about sustainabilityand also about Sodexo’s globalstop hunger initiative.”

Sargent also mentionedthat Merrimack’s Green Teamhas been “researching howother schools have workedwith Sodexo on sustainabilityprojects.” The Green Teamwas founded in 2008 and in-cludes more than 150 stu-dents. It consists of a

community of students at theschool who work together on avariety of sustainable activi-ties on and off campus.

Merrimack also has two en-vironmental studies and sus-tainability students who areinterning with Sodexo to learnabout the company’s “goinggreen” initiatives. JuniorsChelsea Comfort and AutumnLinteau (who also happens tobe the president of the GreenTeam) are the interns whohelped to make the morningpossible.

“Our mission is to improvethe awareness, participation,and satisfaction with sustain-able programs offered bySodexo and College DiningServices” and “to propose, im-plement, and measure sus-tainability initiatives oncampus through collaborationwith Sodexo’s Better Tomor-row Plan, campus community,and college commitments,”Comfort said.

“Our vision is: Be a leader

in the education of the campuscommunity, dining staff, andadministration on the impactof sustainability,” she said.

The event was promoted onFacebook under Merrimack’sDining page, as well asSodexo’s Sustainability Face-book page.

This event did not takeplace only at Merrimack; Oct.16 was Sodexo’s “GlobalWasteLESS Day.” This meansthat Merrimack was not theonly campus being environ-mentally conscious for the day;there were initiatives atschools supplied by Sodexoeverywhere.

Another aspect of this daywas the pledge wall, whichstudents used to make prom-ises about how they planned toimprove their means of con-sumption. “I pledge to onlytake as much as I can eat,” “Iwill finish my fries,” “Freezeand refrigerate my leftovers,and take one plate at a time”were a few of the pledges.

NAILING IT: Kerry Phelan ’16 is ready to run at the NE-10 Championship at Le Moyne.


Federal Push Will Expand Women’s SportsKali Tudisco ‘15Staff Writer

Merrimack College has agreed toform three new women’s sportsteams in response to a review by theU.S. Department of Education’s Of-fice of Civil Rights (OCR).

One of the new teams will bewomen’s ice hockey, projected toplay in Division I by 2016.

The OCR reported that womenwere greatly underrepresented inMerrimack athletics and that thecollege fell short of compliance withTitle IX.

This year is the 40th anniversaryof Title IX, a law that prevents gen-der discrimination in any educa-tion-related activity receivingfederal funding, as well as the 40thanniversary of Merrimack’s very

first women’s athletic team, thebasketball team. Yet, according tothe OCR report, about 65 percent ofthe athletic opportunities at theschool were for men, while onlyabout 35 percent were for women.The formation of the new women’steams is projected to bring these op-portunities to an equal level.

In addition to the creation of newhockey, water polo, and swimmingand diving teams, the college alsoplans to expand three recentlyformed women’s teams: track andfield, crew, and golf. The college hasoutlined a plan to bring such mat-ters as coaching salaries and schol-arships for these teams up to thelevel of their equivalent men’steams within the next five years, aswell as have them compete in thesame division as the men.

Ideally, once completed, the ex-pansion of the Volpe complex will behelpful in allowing the men’s andwomen’s teams to get equal practicetime, particularly in the case of icehockey.

To ensure that Merrimack main-tains its Title IX compliance, an of-ficial Title IX Committee has alsobeen formed, per the resolution be-tween the college and the OCR. TheTitle IX Committee will meet threetimes a year to review Title IX com-pliance and discuss any new issuesthat arise.

Although most people only asso-ciate Title IX with athletics, it is im-portant to note that the law coversall aspects of sex-based discrimina-tion and misconduct. That meansthat the committee will also dealwith issues of admissions discrimi-

nation, sexual harassment, and sex-ual assault.

The committee, headed by Assis-tant Vice President of Administra-tion and Personnel Linda Murphyincludes five deputies whose jobsare to monitor, investigate, and re-spond to cases of discrimination. Inaddition, the committee plans to im-plement a campus-wide educationprogram, including training to fos-ter a positive climate on campusand stop misconduct before it is anissue.

Those who have concerns orquestions about issues of genderdiscrimination or would like to re-port an instance of it are encour-aged to contact the coordinator orany one of the deputies, who canprovide them with guidance aboutwhat actions can be taken.

ZTA Drive RaisesCancer Awareness

Lauren Bowers ’15Staff Writer

During the month of Octo-ber, the sorority of Zeta TauAlpha has been all aroundcampus raising money forbreast cancer awareness.

By eating large amounts ofyogurt, kissing away cancer,and making Strides for BreastCancer, the sisters of ZTA aredoing their part to help edu-cate and work towards a curefor a illness that has affectedlives for much too long.

The week of Oct. 14, one ofZTA’s main fundraisers wascalled Kiss Away Cancer. Allweek the sororities’ memberswere on Main Street gettingstudents to buy a $1 pinkpair of paper lips. Every pairof lips sold meant one moredollar contributed to the edu-cation and awareness ofbreast cancer.

ZTA took all the lips, organ-ized them on a poster to makethe breast cancer symbol, andhung this poster up on MainStreet. Because each donor’sname was written on his or herpair of lips, the whole Merri-mack community was able tosee who among us joined thefight against breast cancer.

ZTA’s second fundraiserwas its yogurt-eating conteston Oct. 17. At 12:30 p.m. stu-

dents gathered in the firstfloor lounge to see who couldeat five yogurts the fastest.The lids of these yogurtswould be donated to theSusan G. Komen For TheCure foundation, the biggestcontributor to the fightagainst breast cancer.

All participants were en-couraged to eat as much asthey could because no matterwhat, all of the lids would bedonated to the cause. To doits part in the fight againstbreast cancer, Sodexo wasgenerous enough to donateboth strawberry and vanillayogurt for the contest.

Will Griffin was the win-ner and went home with a$25 Visa gift card as a re-ward and thanks for his con-tribution to the cause.

As a ZTA member and con-test participant, Bri Burkwas happy to give her time tothe cause. “I finished all ofmy five strawberry yogurts. Ididn't feel 100 percent greatafterwards, but I know it wasfor a really good cause. It wasvery dairy-ing thing for me todo. Get it? Daring and dairy."

By the end of the week,ZTA raised a total of $83 forKiss Away Cancer. They arenothing but appreciative ofall those that came out tohelp their cause.

Each year, ZTA promotesbreast cancer education andawareness, putting a lot oftime and effort into fundrais-ing, especially by participatingin Boston walks like theStrides for Breast Cancer Walkand the Race for the Cure.

Overall, it can be said thatZTA did its part during thismonth of October, and theMerrimack community islooking forward to any futurefundraisers for this greatcause.

Sodexo chef Jill Grimley puts finishing touches on creations of turkeycutlet, cornbread cake and chutney in the Pep Rally before Chef Fest.

Chefs Cook Up Contest

Sarah Buckwald ’14Staff Writer

Sparky’s chefs worked hard in a foodcompetition that honored the local foodmovement, in which chefs prepared mealsthat included fresh and local ingredients.

Sodexo’s “Chef Fest 2012” took place atColby College’s Foss Dining Hall on Oct.24. This culinary experience involvedSodexo chefs from all over New England,in a search for the best campus chef.

The event challenged chefs to create bet-ter meals to represent local sustainablefoods. The campus teams prepared andserved meals to guests in order to win overtheir votes. Sodexo, which organized theevent, supports the local food movement.

At Chef Fest, each campus team con-sisted of executive chefs and a prep cook.The guests at the event were able to taste-test the meals after the chefs have com-pleted them. They then voted on the chefthat produced the best meal.

There were six college and universitiesinvolved in this competition: Colby,Thomas College, University of New Eng-land, Maine College of Art, Endicott Col-lege and Merrimack. It was hosted byColby, in Waterville, Maine.

Last week in Sparky’s, Sodexo organized

a Pep Rally for Chef Fest. This Pep Rallyoffered a sample of the meals that would bepresented at the competition. Not only didstudents get to try the food, but were in-formed about the upcoming event.

The meal that Merrimack chefs JillGrimley and Don Harris prepared was aturkey cutlet with cornbread cake, cran-berry orange chutney, butternut squashmousse and grain mustard foam.

Junior Brittany Desmond explainedthat Chef Fest allowed the chefs to ac-commodate different options such as veg-etarian dining. For example, during theChef Fest Pep Rally, as an alternative tothe turkey presentation, the chefs justserved the cornbread cake with sauce.

The district marketing specialist withSodexo, Michelle Herlihy, said she supportsthe Dining Team in all marketing effortsaround campus and is heavily involvedwith Merrimack’s Student Government As-sociation as well as the Merrimack GreenTeam. She also assists with the projects ofthe student promotion and sustainabilitypromotion coordinators who work hand inhand with Merrimack Dining.

Merrimack’s Sodexo team worked withthe Student Government Association afterthe event on campus to gather feedbackon the judges’ favorite meals.


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Lauren Bowers ’15Staff Writer

Full name: Diego Alfonso Ortiz

Age: 22

Year: Sophomore

Major: Psychology, plans to addtheater

Hometown: Originally fromNorth Andover; moved to Hudson,when he was 10.

Q. What branch did youserve in?

A. United States Marine Corps.

Q. What was your rank?A. E3-- Lance Corporal.

Q. Where, when, and howlong did you serve?

A. Served in Okinawa, Japan for2 years, from 2009-2012.

Q. What made you join theservice?

A. I went to college for a year; itwasn’t really for me, so I went tothe Marine Corps. I wanted to goto Afghanistan, but unfortunatelyI never got the chance.

Q. How would you describe your experience overseas?

A. I loved it. I was completely im-mersed in a different culture, so I got tosee how they live their lives. I found itvery interesting, very fascinating.

Q. Do you have a favorite memoryof your time in the service?

A. Not a specific memory, but just theoverall camaraderie with my fellowMarines.

Q. Can you tell me about the vet-erans organization on Merrimack’scampus?

A. We’re still trying to get it startedand figure everything out. The mainfocus will be to ease the transition ofveterans coming back to school, deal-ing with things like getting their GIBill (benefits) straight and health ben-efits.

Another side to it will be workingwith civilians. We’ll work with non-vet-eran personnel to do things not only forthe local community, but also for theveteran community.

For example, we’ve discussed sendingcare packages to soldiers inAfghanistan. Basically raising aware-ness. Father Ray (Dlugos) and KevinWelch came up with the idea and we’rehoping to get it started soon

Q. What was the first thing youdid when you came home?

A. I went and saw my family because I hadn’t seen them in awhile. I re-ally just spent time with my family and saw my friends.

SGA Growing Traditions AJ AndreucciSGA President

When you drive through cam-pus you see building around Volpeor the new residence hall projectnear O’Brien. When you walkthrough the Sakowich CampusCenter you can also see the newO’Brien Center for Student Suc-cess, which will have its ribbon-cutting ceremony HomecomingWeekend. Merrimack is growingand the campus we know now willbe different in a number of years.

However, some things that willnot change are some of our oldertraditions. This year’s WelcomeWarrior Week was a huge success;everyone had great fun aroundcampus. Along with a great Wel-come Week this year’s Convocationwas successful, with the RogersCenter filled to capacity for theopening Mass and the Convocationin the MPR even better attended.

The growth of these traditionshas been amazing to witness, es-pecially in comparison to previousyears.

I want to thank those studentswho came to this year’s MackMeeting on Wednesday; this is animportant tradition to continue, asit is an opportunity for students tovoice their opinions directly to theadministration.

We have also created this yearwhat we hope will become new tra-ditions, including the return ofMidnight Madness. Katie Ganserand the rest of the Student Athlete

Advisory Committee were thehard workers behind the success ofthe event and all we can do isthank them.

Other groups, such as MPB,SGA, the Dance Team, theO’Brien Center for Student Suc-cess, the bookstore and DiningServices, contributed by eitherworking the event, performing, ordonating prizes and must bethanked for their contributions tosuch a great night. This eventwas proof that when the entirecampus works together some-thing special can happen. I canonly look forward to coming backas an alumnus and seeing howthis event has grown.

I am also anticipate seeing thecommunity come together forMack Gives Back. This day willserve as a way for the campus towork together to help the commu-nity around us. If the number ofpeople who showed up to Convoca-tion or Midnight Madness registerand show up for a day of service, itwill be a great moment for ourcommunity.

Merrimack has given us manychances to create memories, andHomecoming is one of them. Thisweekend is coming up and I amlooking forward to all the greatevents planned, including the Mr.Merrimack competition, anothergreat tradition.

All of these are great opportuni-ties for us to create our own Mer-rimack experience. Everyoneshould take advantage of them.

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Songs in the Key of Mack

KaraMarie Joyce ’15Staff Writer

Dave Coulier, perhaps most famous for his role as Uncle Joeyon the hit show “Full House,” is coming to Merrimack College.

On Saturday, Coulier will be performing his standup com-edy act open to both students and the public. The show willbe held in Merrimack College’s Rogers Center for the Arts.

Ahri Findling will open up for Coulier. Findling began hiscomedy career at the Pittsburgh Improv. His credits includethe Pittsburgh Improv and New York’s Comic Strip Live.

Tickets are on sale now on Main Street in the SakowichCenter, $5 for students and $10 for guests and the public.Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 9:30.

Chloe Rothman ’15Correspondent

Music is a powerful thing,and simple words can go along way – so believe mewhen I say words pairedwith rhythm can create anout-of-body experience.

With all of the accumu-lated stress from school,sports and severe gossiping,college life can certainly getto you. I’m here to let youknow that you don’t need toskip class, or sleep throughpractice, and you definitelydon’t have to stop the gossip— there is a way to trans-form that anxiety intosmiles, and that is with asimple track.

Music has the ability to liftyour spirits and turn yourday around a full 180 de-grees, so go ahead and let it.

I’ve compiled a list of songs(different genres for the dif-ferent hipsters here at theMack, of course) to allow yourmind to wander away fromthe nonsense weighing yourspirits down. This is not Tay-lor Swift’s latest album orthat Chris Brown song youhear three times a day, how-ever. This is music that hityou deep down when you wereyounger, but was sadly forgot-ten, jams that you once lovedbut have neglected for yearsbecause of the dominance ofdreadful mainstream.

We live in a confused gen-eration, one that assumesthat “old” is bad and “new” is

“established.” Phases are forteenage girls trying to findtheir identities, not formusic, so just in case youdropped some gems on yourpath into the real world, letme take you back to a time ofreal hip-hop, tender har-monies, happy-go-lucky cho-ruses, and soulful vibrations.

Caution: The music listedbelow will dramaticallybrighten your day. If youhaven’t heard these songs,then welcome, and enjoy!

“Man in the Mirror” byMichael Jackson (1988album “Bad”)

“Eye Know” by De la Soul(1989 album “3 Feet Highand Rising”)

“Fly” by Sugar Ray (1997album “Floored”)

“Waterloo Sunset” by TheKinks (1967 album “Some-thing Else by The Kinks”)

“Sir Duke” by StevieWonder (1977 album “Songsin the Key of Life”)

“She Said She Said” by

The Beatles (1966 album“Revolver”)

“Fell in Love With aGirl” by The White Stripes(2001 album “White BloodCells”)

“Jerk It Out” by The Cae-sars (2003 album “Love forthe Streets”)

And some peer sugges-tions:

“Waterfalls” by TLC(1995 album “CrazySexy-Cool”), sophomore KatelynWilcox

“All Star” by SmashMouth (1999 album “AstroLounge”), freshman AshleyWeissman

“Out Loud” by Dispatch(2001 album “Gut the Van”),sophomore Chris Mason

“The World’s Greatest” byR. Kelly (2002 album “Love-land”), senior ShaundaForcier

“Mambo No. 5” by LouBega (1999 album “A LittleBit of Mambo”), sophomoreMegan Keenan

Dave Coulier Hopes to Pack a Full House

October 26, 2012

The Merrimack Communitywill mark the first anniversary

of the death of

Jize “Mr. Ma” Mawith a Celebration of Mass

Tuesday, Oct. 30 at noonin the Chapel of Our Mother

of Good CounselAustin Hall

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Chinese Memorial Ritualto follow at 5 p.m.

at Mendel Pond


Modern-Day Warrior Stage 2: Unplugged

Patrick Lawlor ’13Editor in Chief

I am a week and a half into the sec-ond phase of the Modern Day Warriorproject — depriving myself of my iPhoneand social media. Social media includesmy Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn ac-counts, the three social media venues inwhich I participate; I have also lockedup my Beacon-issued iPad, just to makesure I don’t get off too easy.

Initially I thought the limited accessto email was going to be tough. I get aslew of emails every day, and have fourdifferent accounts I check on my phonethroughout the day. People are used tome checking my email so frequently, be-cause I reply quickly. That, however hasnot been so bad — in fact it is nice to beaway from email for a little while.

What is tough is the phone I have re-placed my iPhone with. It is a Samsungflip phone that is basically counterintu-itive. Yes, I can still text during this

month, but boy is it a pain. First, textingwithout a conversation thread is theworst — how am I supposed to remem-ber what I said in the last text? I findmyself going back to the outbox to check.Not to mention not having a keyboard.

I have played around with the“Alpha” option (when you have to hit thefive key three times to get an L), as wellas the “T9 Word” option (when the key-board attempts to decipher what youwant to text by what keys you hit justonce). But T9 has its fair share of prob-lems — I mean who wants to type “ze-diog” instead of “wedding”?

Not being on Facebook or Twitter hasnot been that bad at all. I am sparingmyself from seeing foolish webcam self-portraits that annoy me, Facebook sta-tuses that make me cringe, and Tweetsthat kill my brain cells.

I used to be kind of anti-social media.I just got a Facebook account about ayear ago, a Twitter account a little be-fore that. I made it awhile without both

platforms, but I realized the importancethey have when sending messages tolarge number of people, and how vitalthey are in the modern communicationprocess in general.

I am learning to deal with the flipphone a little bit. I only have a smallpercentage of my contacts programmedinto this phone, and I find that I am cer-tainly not using my phone as much,mainly because of the hassle that comeswith the flip phone.

I did get pretty irritated when mymother, who has an iPhone, was send-ing me message after message recently… which is not so annoying on a smartphone, but when you have to exit themessage composition window and seewhat the person said, that gets frus-trating.

But, these are all what the socialmedia world has deemed “First Worldproblems,” things that seem like majorinconveniences to us – but in the globalscheme of things are certainly not.

Speaker: Assisted Suicide Not Only OptionJillian Toce ’13News Editor

On Oct. 16, approximately 40 peoplegathered to listen to M.C. Sullivanspeak about the issue of physician-as-sisted suicide.

Sullivan is a nurse, bioethicist and at-torney, who is currently the director ofethics at Covenant Health Systems, aCatholic health-care system based inTewksbury.

Warriors for Life – REAL (RespectEvery Aspect of Life) is the organizationthat sponsored this event. Senior MattHannafin gave a brief overview of whatthe organization does on campus andthen introduced Sullivan to the crowd.The focus of the event was Massachu-setts ballot Question 2, a referendum onthe November ballot that would allowphysicians to write a prescription for a

lethal dose of medicine for patients withless than six months to live.

Physician-assisted suicide would belegal after receiving a written requestfrom the patient, seen by two witnesses,and two other doctors hearing the re-quest orally.

The doctors have the option of refer-ring the patient to see a psychiatrist,but it is not mandated. The only re-quirements are that the patient is atleast 18 years old and that a doctor hastold them that they have less than sixmonths left to live.

Under this proposed initiative, doc-tors are completely protected. Pharma-cists, on the other hand, are not. Doctorshave a conscious clause, if they do notfeel comfortable giving a patient a lethaldose so that they can kill themselves,they do not have to. Pharmacists do nothave that option, unless they have dis-

cussed it with a manager. Sullivan argued, “Question 2 is so

deeply and irrevocably flawed.” One of the biggest concerns she re-

peatedly raised was the fact that in thisproposal there is not a requirement forfamily notification, meaning that pa-tients could make this decision com-pletely on their own, without any inputfrom their relatives.

Sullivan suggested alternatives tophysician-assisted suicide. The main al-ternative was palliative care, which isdifferent than hospice because it beginsat the moment of diagnosis, she said.

In reference to doctors and nurses,she said, “Our job is to make sufferingand pain go away.” This does not meanto kill patients, she said; it means to re-lieve their discomfort and make them ascomfortable as possible at the end oftheir lives.

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Drone Program a Human Rights NightmareRoger McCormack ’14Columnist

An untold number of Pak-istani citizens currentlycower in abject fear, worriedhabitually that their dailyroutine may be belligerentlyinterrupted by barbaric vio-lence. Ironically, these fearsare not caused by the Tal-iban. Instead, the ap-pallingly brutal and immoraldrone warfare that theUnited States currently im-plements, with shocking dis-regard for the country’scivilians, is rapidly embold-ening a new generation ofterrorists and allowing moralprinciples to be supersededby a deceptive expediency,displaying policy that ishelplessly inept at curing illsthe nation faces abroad.

An estimated 474 to 884civilians have been killed inthe drone strikes, 176 of themchildren. A drone refers to anunmanned aerial vehicle, con-trolled by computer, with thecapacity to fire missiles at tar-gets, furthering the disparitybetween the United Statesand those who suffer the costof its rabid bellicosity. Droneswere an incipient programunder the Bush administra-tion, used sparingly against afew Taliban targets in 2001,and subsequently gained aheightened role under theObama administration.

The administration’s “killlist,” in which Mr. NobelPeace Prize himself person-ally selects targets in Mid-dle Eastern hotspots, hascome under criticism for itsundiscerning eye in killing“terrorists.” The most egre-gious policy dictating whowill be terminated in thestrikes is the following ma-licious diktat, counting allmilitary-age males in astrike zone as combatants,according to several admin-istration officials, unlessthere is explicit intelligenceproving them innocent afterthey have been killed.

This is a gross reversal ofthe standard of innocentuntil proven guilty -- em-ploying its polar opposite,an already heinous warcrime, exacerbated by thecountless innocent livesthat have been lost due tothe administration’s callousconcern for innocents. Littlethought is given to what thestrikes do to the region’s en-virons, in areas where pru-dence and diplomacy shouldbe germane principles. Fur-thermore, the number of in-nocents condemned to deathmay be exponentiallyhigher than the statisticsthe Obama administrationdisseminates. This is due tothe aforementioned policy ofcounting all military-agemales as combatants, allow-ing for another case of animmoral vagueness in theadministration’s policies,and allowing truth to be in-vidiously concealed. Thecost of such a morally bank-rupt policy has catalyzed re-cruitment for terrorism inthe region, highlighting the

shocking cost of expeditiouspolicies.

Militant Faisal Shazhad,who attempted to set off acar bomb in Times Square,was quoted telling the judgein his court case: “When thedrones hit, they don’t seechildren.” This raises fun-damental questions aboutthe strikes’ efficacy and pro-bity. Many U.S. statesmenoften view the drone strikesas necessary to repress ter-rorism, equating eliminatedleaders with progress. How-ever, when the apocalypticsituation is viewed in Pak-istan, revealing Shazhad’sreaction to be far from atyp-ical, it is obvious that thestrikes foment mordanthate, oftentimes among pre-viously reasonable citizens.

Ibrahim Mothram, co-founder of the Yemen En-lightenment Debate,weighed in on the effective-ness of the strikes: “Therecould be short-term militarygains from killing militantleaders in these strikes, butthey are minuscule com-

pared with the long-termdamage caused by drones.The notion of targeting AlQaeda’s leaders to demolishits organizational structurehas been proven ineffective;new leaders spontaneouslyemerge in furious retalia-tion to the attacks.”

The situation is furtherexacerbated by living condi-tions in Pakistan — utterlybarbaric, with citizens liv-ing in perpetual fear, dis-puting the United States’passionate claims of allevi-ating the terrorism so in-herent to the region. And arecent strike in Yemen hasallegedly killed four U.S.citizens, at the price of erad-icating a single terrorist.One of the four was a 16-year-old boy.

Mainstream Westernmedia have largely giventhe administration a passon events like this — notisolated events, but legionin the region. It is incrediblyeasy to feel disgust whenhearing of a Taliban mem-ber brutally torturing and

killing children. However,the drone war and its 176dead children is oftentreated as a statistic, andnot as vile as the acts of ourenemies. It would be veryinteresting to view the na-tion’s reaction if reporterspointed their cameras at theinnocent departed, bringinga piercing light to a situa-tion that has wallowed fortoo long in relative obscu-rity. Friedrich Nietzsche’sold adage, “Be careful whenyou fight the monsters, lestyou become one,” rings ap-pallingly true.

In the North Waziristanregion of Pakistan, droneshover overhead at all hoursof the day, striking on awhim, without the commu-nities being informed orhaving a say in the terms ofthe administration’s physi-cal and psychological war-fare. Imagine the reaction ifan industrialized, Westernnation were faced with thispolicy. Unimaginable terror,

Sportsmanship for Field, not BleachersPatrick Lawlor ’13Editor in Chief

On a recent walk by the Martone-Mejail turffield, I noticed some signs that list rules for thoseattending athletic events at Merrimack. Theyseemed pretty standard — no alcohol or tobaccoat games was one of the rules — but one thatstuck out, to me, was the prohibition of personalremarks to athletes or coaches on either team.

I know there has been a history in sports com-petitions of harassment or excessive swearing oryelling that have caused some problems.

But really, no personal remarks of any kind?So if I am at a game cheering on one of themany Warrior sports teams, I am prohibitedfrom yelling “nice catch, Jake” or “great save,Mary”?

I highly doubt that was the intention of theAthletic Department, but it nonetheless providesconfusing signage all around theathletic facilities.

The extension of sportsman-ship expectations to the crowdor audience of spectators is abit appalling to me.

The worry should be thesportsmanship on the field,court or ice, not in the bleach-ers — that’s why fans are inthe bleachers and not in thecompetition.

But honestly, we all know these sportsman-ship signs are a farce, an empty gesture. Howmany students get kicked out for drinking orbeing drunk at a game?

How many students get kicked out becausethey are packing a lip full of tobacco? Perhapsejection is not a consequence on infringementof these rules … but then what are the conse-quences?

The ban on personal remarks is silly andvague.

I understand a level of civility and decorumneeds to be present on a college campus, butsporting events are a place for passionate fansto express excitement, anger or any other emo-tions towards either team.

Whether these rules are codified by the col-lege, Northeast-10, Hockey East or even theNCAA, I think we can all agree that at thislevel of competition, sportsmanship shouldstart on the field, and civility in the bleachers,while a great idea, can’t be created by signs.

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Dean Searches BeginDean of Liberal Arts

Brett Julian ’13Staff Writer

Michael Rossi, dean of theSchool of Liberal Arts, will stepdown in spring as the longest-serv-ing member of the academic ad-ministrative staff. The college hasbegun a nationwide search for hisreplacement.

Rossi has served under fourpresidents and five provosts duringhis time as dean, and has workedthrough some radical changes oncampus. Prior to his tenure as deanhe was a writing professor, a posthe will return to, and also helpedanchor the Writing Center.

In an interview, Rossi said, “Ilook forward with great optimismto the opportunity that I am open-ing up to the school of Liberal Arts,and I myself am looking forward tocontributing to the college in manyother ways.”

He feels confident in the searchteam’s abilities and that thisplanned transition, for which hegave plenty of advance notice, willbe very successful after his 12years of service.

Now that Merrimack has addedroles for deans to the Agenda forDistinction and the college is evi-dently experiencing changes for thebetter, Rossi noted that it felt likethe right time for the School of Lib-eral Arts to begin a new chapter byhiring a new dean. After a sabbati-

cal he will move back into his pre-vious position as a full-time writingprofessor and most likely becomeinvolved with a program that con-tributes to the college at a develop-mental level.

To choose the new dean of theSchool for Liberal Arts, a focusgroup has been formed to provide adescription of the position, reviewresumes, and provide proper ad-vertising and to decide which can-didates look most promising beforeselecting the finalists. These final-ists will then be invited on campusfor final interviews and for the op-portunity to meet faculty and to geta feel of what it is like to become amember of the Merrimack commu-nity.

The School of Liberal Arts cur-rently has 800 students and offersa wide array of majors, minors andprograms for its students. The newhire must have a degree in a rele-vant field of study, while holding adistinguished record of teaching,and community service, and prop-erly embodying the traditions ofthe Merrimack experience.

The new dean, along with otherdeans, will be faced with the chal-lenges of helping the college reachan enrollment of 3,000 undergrad-uates by 2021. They also plan tobegin implementing assessmentprogram, mentoring, retaining andattracting new students while sup-porting scholarship and experien-tial learning, which will contributeto the growth of the faculty.

wrought by the fear that a bombmight explode at any moment, par-alyzes the will, destroys whateverhope that country has for a future,or a thinkable, livable present.

This unimaginable horror ismasked by rhetoric increasinglytribal, with the U.S. governmentfear-mongering, allowing phraseslike “the constant fear of terror athome and abroad” to seep into thezeitgeist, leading to public consentfor malignant policies. An easy ana-log is the Patriot Act and its cur-tailment of civil liberties. It is notas if either of these policies pro-duces tangible, fruitful gains, eitherfor domestic or foreign policy.

Further, humanitarian workersand citizens often are afraid to helpone another, due to the fear thatthey might be eviscerated by a sub-sequent strike. It seems that inno-cent Pakistanis no longer have achance of a meaningful existence;only a life that overflows withblood, entrails, and primeval depri-vation. If this sounds lawless, youmay be more right then you know.

The war powers clause of theConstitution allows war to bewaged on foreign soil, and delin-eates the stipulations necessary fora legitimate cause for war. A presi-dent cannot order killings, with orwithout provocation, if he lacks theapproval of Congress. As with hispredecessor’s invasion of Iraq, Pres-ident Obama has waged warfare bydrastically expanding the clout ofhis office, notably in Libya, andwith the current strikes. Ratherthan explicitly providing room forpolicies of this, Congress prohibitsa president form waging war solelyon his own, Congress’ approvalbeing absolutely essential to the vi-olence wrought on foreign soil. TheGuardian reports that the adminis-tration has circumvented this, iron-ically enough, by appealing to anedict passed by Congress in 2001,the Authorization for Use of Mili-tary Force (AUMF), to allow at-tacks on Afghanistan. It has beeninterpreted to confer unlimited at-tacks against any location where AlQaeda may be located. Along withthis, the administration has offered

some lame platitudes about the na-tion’s right to defend itself againstAl Qaeda under international law,(ironically coupled with the admin-istration’s claims that Al Qaeda hasbeen deracinated).

Compelling rhetoric (without adoubt President Obama’s greatestéclat), but the situation in the Mid-dle East paints a stunningly differ-ent picture. Al Qaeda and affiliatedgroups are growing in Yemen,Libya, Somalia, and sundry otherMiddle Eastern nations. The WallStreet Journal reports that AlQaeda in Iraq has doubled in sizesince the U.S. withdrawal. Despitethe administration’s deception, itwas quickly brought to light thatthe attack on the U.S. consulate inBenghazi was committed by a fac-tion of Al Qaeda. This is notprogress,s nor is it an indicator thatthe drone strikes should be height-ened, acceleration the administra-tion zealously seeks.

The late journalist Hunter S.Thompson, writing immediatelyafter the attacks of 9/11, offered thischilling harbinger: “We are going topunish somebody for this attack, butjust who or what will be blown tosmithereens for it is hard to say.Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pak-istan or Iraq, or possibly all three atonce. Who knows? Not even the gen-erals in what remains of the Penta-gon or the New York papers callingfor war seem to know who did it orwhere to look for them.”

As I write this, Mitt Romney andBarack Obama are engaged in theirfinal verbal sparring, degradingeach other into caricature, in serv-ice of displaying their “radically”different views to the Americanbody politic. However, for the con-tinued death of children, your votereally doesn’t count. Both candi-dates support the continuation ofthe drone strikes. With Romneycalling for policies as banal as“cracking down” on pornographers(as if the Republican Party’s moralworth wasn’t deluded enough), it isobvious that the genuine reforma-tion of certain policies will take amuch wiser candidate than eitherof those proffered, especially for theprotection of the inviolate sanctityof human life.

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Rabbi Burton Visotzky accepts the Goldziher Prize on Oct. 15in the Merrimack Club.


WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

Ronald RiedMichael Perdie ’13Staff Writer

Merrimack Men’s Soccer Freshman RonaldRied (Schwendi, Germany), has come throughin the clutch late in the season. On Oct. 13 Riedscored the lone goal again Assumption to leadthe Warriors to an overall record of 9-2-1. Forhis performance against Assumption he wasnamed the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie ofthe Week. Ried didn’t stop there. Four dayslater the men’s soccer team traveled to LeMoyne for a pivotal in conference matchup. TheWarriors trailed Le Moyne after a late goal inthe 83rd minute. Ried provided the late gameheroics once again, tallying in the 86th minute.The game ended in a tie and the goal from Riedhelp Merrimack stay unbeaten for the 8thstraight game.

Q: Who is your favorite professional ath-lete?

A: Nemanja Vidic -- he is a soccer player fromManchester United.

Q: Do you have any pregame rituals?A: I always put my left shin guard on and

then my right shin guard. I really don’t knowwhy and when I began this ritual.

Q: Who is your favorite professional soc-cer team?

A: Although I am from Germany, not Bayern Munich but ManchesterUnited is my favorite soccer team.

Q: What is it like starting as a freshman for a nationally ranked

team?A: It makes me proud to be a starter

in my first season. I am happy that my-coaches have faith in me and I hope I canhelp my team.

Q: How did it feel to be named theNortheast-10 Conference Rookie ofthe Week?

A: Of course I am happy about thishonor. In my opinion it is also a honor formy whole team because I could not havereceived it without their help.

Q: Being from Germany, What is itlike playing for a college that is sofar away from home?

A: In Germany there are no collegeteams but only club teams. So it is a com-pletely new experience for me to play fora college and I really like it so far.

Q: Is the style of play in the U.S.different from that in Germany? Ifso, was it easy for you to adjust to adifferent style?

A: Yes, soccer in Germany is moreabout skills and tactics while it is morephysical here. All in all it was not toohard to adjust.

Q: How did it feel to score yourfirst 2 career goals back to back?

A: It was a great feeling to score especially because both goals werevery important. But at the end of the day it doesn’t matter who scores aslong as we win.

Warriors Drop Two at Brice Alaskan Gold Rush

Michael Romanella ‘13Sports Editor

The Merrimack hockey team was denied vic-tories in both games at the Brice Alaskan GoldRush tournament this past weekend in Fair-banks, Alaska. The Warriors fell 3-2 to AlaskaFairbanks on Friday and 6-3 to Alaska Anchor-age Saturday night.

“I think we played well all game there weresome major gaps that ended up in the back of ournet, but I thought in the large stretches of thegame we were really competitive,” coach MarkDennehy responded.

In the first game against Alaska Fairbanks,Quinn Gould got the Warriors going with a first pe-riod goal. Gould buried home a rebound off of abreakaway attempt from Brian Christie whorecorded the assist, 1-0. Mike Collins added an-other goal for the Warriors in the second with hisend-to-end wrister from the top of the faceoff circle,2-0.

That was all the watching the Nanooks couldhandle, as they reeled of three straight power playgoals in the second period. Tyler Morley found theback of the net for Fairbanks and Trevor Camp-bell put another power play goal home for theNanooks at the eight minute mark tying the gameat 2-2. Cody Kunyk finished off the scoring forFairbanks with his power play goal with just 2:49remaining in the second period giving theNanooks their first lead of the game and eventu-ally the win. Merrimack goaltender Sam Marottafinished the game with 30 saves.

Merrimack continued to struggle heading intothe second night against Alaska Anchorage de-spite putting up three third period goals.

The Seawolves started the scoring off as BlakeThatchell found net just over three minutes intothe first period, 1-0. Anchorage scored two short-handed goals to end the first. Alex Gellert putthe first one past Rasmus Tirronen at thetwelve-minute mark and four minutes later,Scott Allen would net one more giving the Sea-wolves a 3-0 lead heading into the locker room.

Allen picked up his second goal of the game ona tussle play in front of the net to give the Sea-wolves a 4-0 advantage heading into the thirdperiod. The Warriors outshot Anchorage 10-5 inthe second.

Merrimack finally ended their scoring droughtjust two minutes into the third as John Heffernanlaid one past Seawolves goaltender Rob Gunder-son. Anchorage pushed their lead back up to fouroff Thatchell’s second goal of the game 12:05 re-maining. Collins added his second goal of theweekend a p toe five hole past Gunderson, 5-2. TheSeawolves would connect on their first power playof the night when Quinn Sproule netted one pastTirronen giving Anchorage a 6-2 lead. Dan Kolo-matis gave Merrimack its third goal of the periodjust one minute later, 6-3. The Warriors fell shortdespite their third period effort. Merrimack wasjust one of five on power plays in the second game;the Seawolves finished one for three.

Merrimack’s home opener will be this Fridayand Saturday, as they will host the VermontCatamounts (0-0-1, 0-0-1 HEA) at Lawler Arena.Friday’s game is scheduled to start at 7:30 pmand Saturday’s game will stat at 7:00 pm. PUTTING HER BEST FOOT

FORWARD: Senior Christina Fishertakes the course at Le Moyne last

weekend.

SportsThe Beacon October 26, 2012

Stephan Lockwood ’15Staff Writer

With basketball seasonright around the corner, themen’s and women’s basket-ball teams are working hardto start the year with a win.

“This season is going to bea surprising season. A lot ofpeople are counting us outbecause we lost five seniors;and we have six incomingfreshmen, and one transfer,”said point guard TravonneBerry-Rogers, a sophomore.“Even though we are a youngteam I think we are going toturn a lot of heads.”

With star players RoDavis, Aaron Strothers, andWayne Mack graduating, theWarriors need to fill theirleadership roles. Strongshowers so far this year arepoint guard Trevonne BerryRogers, forward KevinRegan, and center Mike Clif-ford.

Berry-Rogers sounds con-fident in his teammates andcoaching staff. His tone andquick responses indicate that

this season will not be a los-ing one.

The men’s season will kickoff with a match againstFranklin Pierce, which lastyear went down to the War-riors 85-75.

The women’s basketballteam also lost some strongseniors to graduation, andpicked up some untestedfreshmen – and as a team,they want to make upground lost last year, whentheir performance did notequal the men’s. But theteam has a new head coach,Monique LeBlanc, the team’sassistant coach during the2009-2010 season.

“I expect us to be muchmore competitive in the con-ference this year,” LeBlancsaid. “Half of our team arenew faces, the returnersknow the expectations thisyear.”

The women’s season willopen with an away gameagainst Franklin Pierce onNov. 13. They women War-riors fell to Franklin Peircelast season by 13 points.

Soccer Squads Successful

Merrimack RemembersCoach Chris Serino

Andrew Hurd ’13Staff Writer

The men’s soccer team strung outtheir unbeaten streak with a victoryover Bentley on Oct. 20.

Since being recognized as the 25th-ranked team, the Warriors have not dis-appointed. With the win over Bentleyand a tie versus Le Moyne, the Warriorsincreased their unbeaten streak to ninegames, moving them to 10-2-2 on theseason and 8-2-1 in the Northeast-10Conference.

The game’s only goal was scored byOlof Lindhe, as the Warriors shut downBentley 1-0.

“This was a very big game for us bothwithin league play and at the regionallevel,” said head coach, Tony Martone.

Merrimack dominated throughoutthe game against Le Moyne, but theywere unable to capitalize on multipleopportunities. The game remainedscorless for 84 minutes, when Le Moynemanaged to sneak in a late goal thatwas quickly answered with a penaltyshot goal from freshman, Ronald Ried.Neither team was able to score in OTand the Warriors had to settle with atie.

As the regular season winds down,the team is focused on continuing excel-lent play and hope to climb in the ranks.The Warriors will play St. Rose in thefinal game on Oct. 26 at home.

The women’s team also attempted toshore up what has been an up and downseason. On Oct. 16, the women metwith St. Michael’s and came away witha 1-0 victory. Junior midfielder, JordanSchnopp scored the game’s only goallate in the second half.

Coach Gabe Mejail was happy withthe team’s effort: “It feels like a monthsince our last victory, and hopefullythis’ll push us into a good stretch as weclose out the regular season and try tomove up in the standings.”

The Warriors played another impor-tant game against Adelphi (9-4-3) onthe night of Oct. 20. Before the game,nine seniors were honored during a sen-ior night ceremony for their dedicated

play and contributions over their collegecareers. Seniors Kristin Elliott, LauraSpang, Marissa Gambale, Emily Para,Kathryn Eagan, Jenn Pino, Sarah Woo-ley, Jamie Alnwick, and Krista Faziowere all recognized during the cere-mony.

The game was tight throughout andthough the Warriors dominated, theywere unable to score. The game endedin a scoreless draw. The teams provedto be a solid match-up and their recordsshowed it.

With these games, the Warriors riseto 9-6-1 overall and 7-5-1 in Conferenceplay. The team will travel to Assump-tion for the final game of the season onOct. 27.

Evan Mercier ’14Staff Writer

Chris Serino, a retired head hockey coach who influencedMerrimack students on and off the bench, died Oct. 15 atage 63 after a battle with throat cancer.

“He brought a lot of respect here,” said Brian Heafey,maintenance supervisor for the Volpe Athletic Complex.“Whether you were a cleaner or a million dollar donor, hetreated you the same, he would always say his friends werelike extended family,” said Heafey.

Serino made a major impact on the Merrimack commu-nity. He coached the Warriors from 1998-2005, leading theteam to the Hockey East Playoffs six times, and also servedas athletic director. He was an asset to the hockey programand may have helped it get where it is today. He played animportant role in raising funds for the athletic department,and his ideas for a spacious new locker room for his team aswell as luxury boxes helped shape the renovated Volpe Com-plex. Serino was always looking for ways to improve theschool and his team and gave Merrimack a reason to lookforward.

After leaving Merrimack, the coach took over as head ath-letic director and hockey coach at Malden Catholic HighSchool, where he led the Lancers to their first ever Super-8Championship in 2011.

Serino was well known around campus, and the Merri-mack community gives their condolences to his family andfriends.

Serino will be honored at the Warriors home opener ver-sus Vermont on Oct. 26.

“He was always a fighter, he never quit anything he did,”said Heafey.

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