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NEWS:
The battle for the White House in 2004 heats up among Kerry and Bush
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Walker School of Business earns formal accrediation

FEATURES:
Family Ecology dub presents mind, body and spirit workshop.
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OPINION:
Somefinalwords thatjust might be wrong.
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ARTS& ENTERTAINMENT:
Sara's, near Presque Isle State Park, is a remarkable, _ ..... J _ home-like town restaurant
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Photo by Dr. Randy WmrmH

SPORTS:
Men's lacrosse waits for national bid announcement
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Students In the Walker School of Business celebrate the accrediation of their department by International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. By Jonelle Davis Dr. William Garvey, president of the provements that are needed as a re- puter, and information technology Contributing writer college, and Michael Victor, dean of sult of die assessment activity."^ certification, finance, management, ^Along with its new accreditation, marketing and sport business. On Monday, April 26, Dr. John L. die Walker School of Business. Greene Jr., president andfounderof According to a press statement The Walker School of Business also Business majors graduate with a the International Assembly for Col- about the event, "IACBE was recendy announced the formation of degree either in bachelor of arts aclegiate Business Education (IACBE), formed in response to requests from the Walker Research Institute, a non- counting or business. formalized the accreditation of the presidents, chief academic officers, profit consulting service that utilizes Along with this, the business school Mercyhurst College Walker School and heads of academic business units student manpower for research ben- also has a master of science degree of Business. who wanted an accreditation process efiting local businesses and charita- program in organizational leadership and houses the Restaurant and InstiAt 10 a.m., in the Walker Reading that was mission-driven and out- ble organizations. This program will work with the tutional Management program. Room of Mammermill Library, a comes-assessment based." The press statement went onto say, same groups that have worked with formal acceptance ceremony took The faculty senate has recently dis'The organization staves to 'promote student in the Business Policy and cussed moving the Communications place. Dr. Barrett Walker, Mercyhurst and support quality business and Strategy courses, pairing up with lo- Department from being housed unCollege trustee and college benefac- management education worldwide cal nonprofit organizations. der the School of Humanities to the tor for whom the business school is through accreditation and outcomes The Walker School of Business Walker School of Business. named, accepted the formal accred- assessment that involves: the mea- currently has about 400 majors. The I For more information, please see itation certification from Dr. Green. surement of effectiveness; the mea- school offers a variety of business future issues of The Merciad. Also attending the ceremony was surement of learning outcomes; and concentrations including advertising Catherine Walker, Dr. Walker's wife, the identification of changes and im- business/chemistry, business, com-

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Campus Ministry to celebrate National Day of Prayer
By Jonelle Davis Contributing writer Bush went on to ask Americans to give thanks for what they have been given. "I ask the citizens of our Nation to give thanks, each according to his or her own faith, for the freedoms and blessings we have received and for God's continued guidance and protection. I also urge all Americans to join in observing this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities," said Bush. Although the National Day of Prayer is meant for all religions and beliefs, Dr. Berry Black, Chaplain of the United States wrote a national prayer. According to Black the prayer will send out a sign of American Unity. "As a sign of unity, we are asking people to pray the Prayer for the Nation at noon on May 6, wherever they are. Some will be at a public prayer observance at that time, while others will be sitting in front of then desks at work." "Regardless of his or her location, it is important that His people, who are called by His name, seek Him in unity. If people participate in this form of corporate prayer, it will be like a wave of prayer flowing across our country," said Black. The National Prayer is as follows. "Gracious God, You have been good to us beyond our deserving, making our Nation a land of liberty. Help us to protect our freedoms with dil igence and integrity. Lord, bless our military as it advances freedom's cause around the wodd. Bless also the institutions of power and influence in our society - the govern ment the churches, the media, the

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^President George W Bush has proclaimed May 6, 2004 as a National Day of Prayer and Mercyhurst College will take part in the celebration. A Midsummer Night's Dream On Thursday May 6, Campus MinMary D* Angelo Performing Arts Center istry will be sponsoring a very brief prayer service at the Munson Plaza Sunday, May 9 at 2 p.m fountain at noon, to pray for the nation and the wodd. Lecture: Leadership and American A National Day of Prayer is proDemocracy claimed the first Thursday of every May, in order for Americans to celeTaylor Little Theatre brate freedom and America's great Thursday, May 6, at 8p.m. tradition of prayer. The National Day of Prayer en* Spring Formal courages Americans of every faith Sabella's Resturant to give thanks for God's many blessings and to pray for each other and Friday, May 7,8:30 p.m. the Nation. According to a proclamation made Spring Fest featuring Fuel by President George W Bush, "On Mercyhurst Athletic Center this National Day of Prayer, we pray especially for the brave men and Saturday, May 8,5 p.m. women of the United States Armed Forces who ate serving around the world to defend the cause ot liberty. We are grateful for their courage and News — 1 sacrifice and ask God to comfort National News 2 their families while they are away News -3 from home." "We also pray that the people of Features 4 Iraq and Afghanistan, and throughFeatures 5 out the greater Middle East, may live Opinion 6 in safety and freedom. During this Opinion 7 time, we continue to ask God's blessA & E. 8 ing for our Nation, granting us A & E. | 9 strength to meet the challenges ahead 10 and wisdom as we work to build a Sports. more peaceful future for all," said

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The National Day of Prayer will be observed at Mercyhurst College at Munson Plaza. schools and the families. May each Day of Prayer. In 1863, Abraham bring glory to Your name. Forgive us Lincoln called for another National when we stray from right paths. We Day of Prayer. place our trust in You, O Lord, beCongress established National Day lieving that Your hand will sustain of Prayer as an annual even by a America Ixt no shadows obscure the joint resolution, in 1952, which was pathways, which we should tread. We signed into law by President Truman. pray in Your holy name. Amen." Finally, the law was amended and The National Day of Prayer was signed by President Reagan in 1988, started in 1775 when thefirstConti- designating thefirstThursday in May nental Congress called for a National as National Day of Prayer. £

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NEWS C a m p a i g n heats u p b e t w e e n Kerry a n d
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Kerry launches $25 million adblitzfocusing on Vietnam service
By James Kuhnhenn* Knigjit Ridder Newspapers John Kerry is betting $25 mil-j lion on two Vietnam veterans, hoping their testimonials in two new 60-second TV ads will energize his presidential campaign die same way they helped turn around hisflaggingcampaign in Iowa four months ago. The ads, biographical sketches that make no mention of President Bush, play up one of the more compelling aspects of Kerry's personal story: his decorated service in Vietnam. The new ad campaign is the biggest ever by a presidential contender and comes amid signs of restlessness among some Democrats over the direction of the Kerry campaign. Both ads feature Del Sandusky, the pilot of one of Kerry's Swift boats in Vietnam, and Tim Rassmann, a Green Beret whom Kerry pulled out of the water to safety during a river ambush in the Mekong Delta. 'The decisions that he made saved our lives/' Sandusky says in the ads. The Kerry camp expanded its list of competitive states, adding Colorado and Louisiana to its standard list of 17 battleground states where it will focus its advertising. President Bush beat Al Gore in Colorado by 9 percentage points in 2000 and won in Louisiana by 8 percentage points. But Democrats have been taking a second look at both states, particularly Louisiana, where Democrats hold both Senate seats and a Democrat recendy was elected governor. In addition to spending $25 million on the new ads, die campaign also announced it would spend $2.5 million to continue airing two 30-second ads that depict Kerry speaking about jobs, health care, national security and Iraq Kerry advisers said they were trying to foster a positive image of Kerry to contrast with the advertising blitz by President Bush that portrayed Kerry as a waffle r who is weak on national security.

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President George W. Bush speaks to supporters at a rally at Niles Senior High School beginning a two-day campaign bus tour In Michigan and Ohio. ^_

Bush offers optimistic message during Michigan campaign stop
By William Douglas Knight Ridder Newspapers With the election six months away, President Bush embarked KHTpfxxo Monday on die first bus tour of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry ap- his last political campaign, trying plauds as he Is Introduced at Westminster College In Ful- to woo voters in Michigan and ton, Missouri, on April 30. Ohio, where he's locked in a dead Bush campaign officials said around Sen. John McCain, the heat with Democratic Sen. John that their ads had helped define outspoken Republican of Arizo- Kerry. The eight-stop swing is Bush's Kerry for voters. They said the na who some Democrats menads were responsible for Bush tion wistfully as a potential Ker- most overt campaign effort since rebounding to a narrow lead in ry running mate. Kerry and his stop at the Daytona 500 public opinion polls. In recent McCain, both Vietnam veterans, stock-car race in mid-February. weeks, some Democrats have worked closely on legislation to Gone were the regular trappings voiced concern that Kerry was re-establish relations with Viet- of a traveling president. Instead not responding to the Bush ads nam and to investigate the sta- of a bulletproof limo leading a or making a clear-enough case, tus of POWs and MIAs. McCain streagi of black vehicles,. Bush has ruled oiit a run with Kerry. b'bafded'a. red, white and mostly for his candidacy. In using Sandusky and Rass- blue bus in South Bend, Ind that Kerry aides brushed aside mann in the ad, the Kerry camp headed an eight-bus caravan. those complaints. "Voters are turning off nega- returned to a formula with prov- The "Bush-Cheney 2004" logp adorned the front of his bus, en results. tive ads/' Kerry adviser Tad Sandusky was the star of a bio- and the slogan "Yes, America Devine told reporters Monday. graphical ad that aired in Iowa Can" graced its rear. Kerry's new ads are accompaThe president's message along nied by a soundtrack of rousing and New Hampshire as Kerry martial music, an original score was trying desperately to make the way was simple and direct: composed for the campaign. a run at former Vermont Gov. Vote for me. "I'm asking you to go to your One ad includes praise from his Howard Dean and Rep. Richard daughter Vanessa and his wife, Gephardt of Missouri. Rass- community centers, your housTeresa Heinz Kerry, ^ohn is the mann, who hadn't seen Kerry in es of worship, and speak to your face of someone who's hopeful, 35 years, made a dramatic ap- neighbors from all political parwho's generous of,spirit and pearance in Des Moines just a ties and tell them I've gpt a hopeweek before the first-in-the-na- nil, optimistic, positive vision for heart," Mrs. Heinz Kerry says. The other ad recites Kerry ac- don Iowa caucuses and focused every citizen ... ," Bush told a complishments and includes a new attention on Kerry's Vietnam capacity crowd at a minor-league hockey arena in Kalamazoo. picture of Kerry with his arm heroics.
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"This is going to be a tough campaign. I'm funning against an experienced candidate, somebody who has spent a lot of time in Washington in the halls of the United States Senate. I'm not going to take him lightly. He's a worthy opponent'* The president then gave die Massachusetts senator a rhetorical poke, chiding Kerry for giving conflicting answers on whether he owns a sport utility vehicle. "He said he owned a couple of mini vans and a big (Chevrolet) Suburban," Bush said, but then on Earth Day, Kerry said his family owns an SUV, but he himself doesn't. It was the latest example of the Republicans' efforts to portray Kerry as a flipflopping double-talker. The president had stopped earlier at Niles Senior High School, where he participated in a session called "Ask President Bush" in which he did most of the talking M ^fi •: Standing in shirt sleeves on a stage in the center of a gym with placards that said "Stronger, Safer, Better" in front of him, Bush touted his record as commander in chief in the war on terrorism. Bush tried to be upbeat about the economy even while being mindful that Michigan and Ohio

are still struggling. The latest unemployment rate in Michigan was 6.9 percent, according to Census Bureau figures released last month. Ohio, which the president will tour Tuesday, had a 5.7 percent unemployment rate. "There are people in this part of the wodd that still hurt; people are looking for work," he said. "Think what the economy has been through: recession ... stock market decline, then we got hit in the attack of Sept. 11." Bush said his tax cuts softened the blows to the economy. He said Kerry would raise taxes by more than a trillion dollars, which the senator disputes, and halt the economic recovery. n * ! need to stay in office Jto make sure that we don't ruin the incentives and don't stop the momentum of economic growth by failed Washington, D.C., policies," the president said. Michigan and Ohio are vital to the president's and Kerry's hopes for election. They're locked in a dead heat in each, according to recent polls. Former Vice President Al Gore received 51 percent of Michigan's vote in 2000 to Bush's 46 percent, while Bush won Ohio, getting neady 50 percent of the vote to Gore's 46 percent.

Details of U.S. civilian's escape
bled several times while waving By Robert Moran his black shirt and shouting, "Fm Knight Ridder Newspapers an American I I'm an American!" The dramatic details of his Held captive in a small, nondescript building, contract work- escape were described Monday er fhomas Hamill heard the fa- by soldiers who recovered him miliar rumble of Humvees and Sunday morning about 45 miles decided to make a dash for free- northwest of Baghdad. The news of Hamill's escape dom. He pried open the sheet-metal was offset by more bad news door, found no one standing from Iraq. Coalition officials reguard and ran several hundred ported that a 1st Armored Diviyards to the U.S. patrol. He stum- sion soldier and a Marine were killed Monday. They also said four soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division died Monday when their Humvec rolled over during an evening combat patrol in Khalis, about 50 miles north of Baghdad. Their names were withheld pending notification of relatives. In Najaf, Iraqi militiamen thought to be associated with the Mahdi Army of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pound-

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military police officers face criminal charges in the widening scandal. I n Attempting to quell another controversy, military commanders replaced a former Iraqi Republican Guard two-star general as the leader of 600 to 1,100 Iraqi army veterans who arc supposed to replace U.S. Marines in the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah. • Former Maj Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh, originally tapped for the job, now probably will report to Maj. Gen. Mohammed Latif, a former Iraji C military intelligence officer _ice imprisoned by Saddam Ol Hussein. Saleh angered US. officials by claiming die re are no foreignfightersin Fallujah. Recounting Hamill's escape offered some upbeat news. I Hamill, 43, whose cool, pokerfaced demeanor aired around the wodd in videos taken during his captivity, was grabbed by antioccupation insurgents April 9 after the truck he was driving in a convoy near Baghdad was ambushed. Now safe in American hands, the dairy farmer from Macon. Miss., was transported Monday to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and was taken to a hospital. He had a gunshot wound to his right forearm, but the soldiers said lie appeared to be in good shape. Hamill is "one tough man, I'll tell ya," said Sgt. 1st Class Mark

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Forbes, 43, one of the soldiers who recovered him. Since Hamill's ambush, a soldier and four fellow contract workers from Kellogg Brown & Root who were in Hamill's convoy have been found dead. One American soldier, Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, who also was videotaped in captivity, remains missing I y- On Sunday, soldiers from a New York National Guard unit were patrolling a remote section of north-central Iraq when they saw what appeared to be an Iraqi farmer running toward them, when he got dose enough, the soldiers recognized Hamill. I "He was waving his hands and shouting. He fell a couple of times," said 2nd Lt. Joseph Merrill, 28. I Hamill told them he'd been moved to the building mat morning, and he took about 40 soil diers back there. No one was in the building, but the soldiers found an AK-47 in the grass outside.Whoever had the weapon probably saw us coming and decided 40 on one wasn't going to be a good day for him, and he probably ran ott? Forbes said. "He had said he hadn't been abused," Merrill said. ( Hamill thought to himself, "This is the only chance 1 ve got," he told the soldiers. I l c assumed there was a guard outside, the soldiers said, but bolted anyway and found none.

ed a U.S. military base with mortars. American soldiers took over the base last week from departing Spanish troops. In the prisoner abuse controversy, a senior military official who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed Monday that six soldiers have been reprimanded and another one admonished for the mistreatment and humiliation of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghtaib prison. Six

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M i n d , body, spirit w o r k s h o p presented
F a m i l y e c o l o g y s t u d e n t s p r o m o t e g o o d h e a l t h w i t f i h e l p of g u e s t s p e a k e r s
By Courtney Nicholas Features editor On Saturday, April 24, in the Audrey Hirt Academic Center from 11-3 p.m., the Family Ecology Club sponsored a workshop open to, all Mercyhurst students. Jenny Stransky with the help of fellpw Seniors Kristin Carlisle ana Justine 0*Hara brought in three agencies and organized the workshop. "Each student in my class has 100 hours of service to do. I started wodang with the Ophelia Project and then a classmate suggested that I should build the project into a workshop," said Stransky. The Ophelia Project is dedicated to creating a culture that is emotionally, physically and socially safe, where girls are respected and nurtured. Through awareness, education and advocacy the Ophelia Project promotes positive change in families, schools and communities. By supporting a network of friends, mentors and professionals they encourage all children to become confident and healthy. Carlisle, CHara and Stransky titled the afternoon the Mind, Body, Spirit Workshop. The workshop was divided into three sessions. The first started with a presentation by Cathi Mitch ell-Ko ehle-r from the Ophelia Project. She con-

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Kristin Carlisle presents an armoatherapy session for the students at the showed an example and Introduced them to breathing exercises. Warner presented an overview of hospice and then explained the relationship that must be established between the patient's family and hospice. Jenny Stransky/Contributing photographer Porfilio talked about the Crime Students make their pages for the scrapbook. This sesVictims Agency. sion was presented by Mitzi Stransky. The third andfinalsession was centrated on women in the me- could either attend the session presented on aromatherapy by dia and explored the world of presented by Barbara Warner Carlisle and then a scrap-bookadvertising and its harmful ef- from Great Lakes Hospice in ing session by Mitzi Stransky. fects on women. Carlisle explained how to use New York or the session by AnThe students then had an op- gelia Porfilio from Crime Victims aromatherapy and helped the student make a sample and tion for the second session. They of Erie. Mitei's scrap booking session had a travel theme. She let the students pick different colored paper, letters and cut-outs to mount their photos on. At the end of the workshop jenny Stransky, Carlisle and O'Hara had a raffle and everyone that came to the workshop got a prize. Some of the prizes were donated by local businesses in Erie. "1 think the workshop was successful. We had a total of 24

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students participate; some were marriage and family studies majors and got other students aware of the major. Mercyhurst Student Government was very supportive," said Jenny Stransky. Jenny Stransky said they got a lot of good feedback from advisors at Mercyhurst. "For all the stress we had, it was a greattimeand lots of fun," said Jenny Stransky.

Vigue's passion has grown in her years at Mercyhurst
By Jen Helbig Contributing writer Danielle Vigue is a senior from Niagara Falls, N.Y. Four years ago, Mercyhurst attracted Vigue for two reasons. "Originally it was because it had both archaeology and volleyball but I soon learned with a major in archaeology there is no time for volleyball" said Vigue. Vigue is an anthropology major with a concentration in archaeology and a minor in geologyI i£ Archeology has held Vigue s attention for most of her life. "Since I was little I have always been interested in it," Vigue said. "Especially ancient Egypt. I just choose to follow a childhood dream." | This summer, Vigue will be moving to Washington DC. to start a job with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. "I was offered a job with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as an imagery intelligence analyst," Vigue said. "Which is a fancy way to say that I will be looking at maps all day long" , | Vigue said that the job works with the CIA and Department of Defense to supply images and maps of places all over the world. Vigue's roommate Dayna Behm and a fellow classmate, Matthew Sanborn were also offered the same job. "I received an email from Career Services here at Mercyhurst about NGA (then called NIMA) coming to interview," Vigue said. Vigue explained that she went with her roommate to the informational meeting and they set up interviews. i «A month later, we were both offered the job," Vigue said. The future in DC. will not be Vigue's first experience with independence. She discussed her favorite class while being at Mercyhurst was field school. * "It was field school," Vigue said. "We had to live in a tent for six weeks and work 10 hour

Criminal justice majors participate in Shoot-Don't Shoot training class
By Kyla Mclnchak Contributing writer Hands-on training and academic studies are important aspects of a person's college and professional career. This is true for Brian Aagaaxd and Jeremy Lucca, who are scheduled to undergo a day of police enforcement training on May 5. Aagaad and Lucca are both sophomore criminal justice majors in the law enforcement concentration. As freshmen in college they joined the criminal justice club, which has helped them to gain experience. The club's advisor, Professor Vernon Wherry, helps to coordinate activities that criminal justice majors seldom encounter in class. "This includes things like field trips, helping them get guest speakers, and services to the community" said Wherry. Wherry spent 20 years in law enforcement and therefore serves as a knowledgeable resource for students to refer to. "It's an opportunity for me to rely on my background," said Wherry. One of the numerous proposals that Wherry has extended to students is attending the "Shoot - Don't Shoot" academy training class at Mercyhurst North East On Wednesday, May 5, Aagaaxd, Lucca, and others were scheduled to attend this one-day session! % The one-day class will give students a more concrete understanding of what they will encounter after they graduate. Tom Ford, who is the director of North East's criminal justice program! will address students when they first arrive. Wherry said that students will be using lasers and will be placed in a situation where they will have to make split second decisions*? "It creates a realistic scenario in which officers encounter on a day-to-day basis/* said

Wherry, Aagaaxd added that it is important for both the mind and body to be trained, and is looking forward to meeting other individuals that are a part of the training profession. After attaining certification, Aagaard plans to work for a private sector of security, such as working in a casixl or bank. Lucca has participated in service learning with juvenile justice probation officers in addition to shadowing officers while on duty. Lucca said that the additional experience gained at the "Shoot - Don't Shoot" class will show him some of the varied aspects of training that he should be prepared for in the future. '' "The criminal justice club provides a reference that wul be valuable later on in our ca-T reers," said Aagaaxd.

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Danielle Vigue has learned much from the archeology program at Mercyhurst. After graduation she will move to Washington, D.C. and work for the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency. days, six days a week in Warren, Pa. ft was probably one of the most fun times of my lifel" | The anthropology major is demanding according to Vigue. c Td have to say an obstacle I have had to overcome was getting used to the four hours or more that you spent taking a "normal" anthropology test," Vigue said. | After graduation!Vigue said that she plans to go back to Niagara Falls to make some money before she moves to D.C. | Vigue said that she has been involved with other activities on campus. "1 volunteered the past two years for Achieving the Dream," Vigue said. "Originally it was for community service but I liked it so much I did it for another year. "- ;! •=• Vigue is the current vice president of the anthropology club. "Also I stay busy through being an R.A. in the Lewis Townhouses," Vigue said. "This is my second year being an R.A." This past weekend, Vigue was working on a final project required for her major. She said that she was told of the opportunity last year at the beginning of spring term. "I prepared an exhibit foi the Asbury Woods Nature Preserve as a way to incorporate archacol ogy into their program," Vigue explained. "It is a poster that will include the prehistory and history of the Erie area." Although anthropology is Vigue's passion, she said that she is looking forward to the job in

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The Pood, the Bad and the Ugly:
What'shotkmd what's not at Mercyhurst

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Two great events ate coming up this weekend everyone! Don't forget to buy your tickets to this year's Vegas-tfaemed spring formal, because they're sure to sell out quickly. Then, after a long night of dancing, make sure you stop by this year's Spring Fest, complete with a live concert by Fuel (tickets also required, but they are free). There will be plenty of fun events and free food It's always nice to start finals week feeling a little relaxed \ 1 Congratulations are in order for Mercyhurst's men's and women's tennis teams. In a first for Mercyhurst College, bom teams have earned the right to compete in the same year at the NCAA Division II National Team Championships. If you don't speak sports lingo, this is a big deal, so hug your neighborhood tennis player.. .and invest in a sports-to-civilian dictionary.

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Mercyhurst's baseball team ended their season on a sour note: a rainout cancelled the last game. For the many seniors on the team, it was their last chance to play at a college venue and they were unable to give the school and their team a proper farewell. Mother Nature, while indefinitely beyond our control, seems to have a strange sense of humor sometimes, doesn't she? Tsk, women, f. With less than three weeks until the end of the term, everyone is feeling a tittle stressed out; especially seniors. Let's take a moment for a friendly reminder: your roommates are not your punching bags, your friends are not your therapists and your significant other probably has plenty of stress of his/her own without dealing with your crabbiness. A moment of common courtesy never hurt anyone. Faffing that, just try to stay out of everyone's way. It makes Mercyhurst a more beautiful place to be.

...and the Ugly
Beware: a little bit of sunshine does not mean that summer has started early.. .as much as we would like to believe it. So, for those students who want to enjoy the mild spring nights as much as you can, without regard to your eady morning classes, please respect those who do. Voices carry and the gid trying to sleep with her window open does not want to listen to your drunken screeches. Don't you have studying to do anyway?

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A tradition of staying awake
By Ashley DuBose Contributing Writer One for the morning, two when it's slow, three on the long days, and more on the go! (Ok, so I was reaching for an opening)! •; i lifi i It is pretty much a given, we college students survive by the grace of caffeine. Admit it If it wasn't for that liquid energy, those early morning classes migjht as well come equipped with pillows. After a long day, who can sit di rough an evening class without at least a sip to keep going? Even the professors feel that way. I'm not saying that what they teach is boring, but after teaching the same classes year after year, I bet they need a little something to keep themselves interested. It's not like we can't do without caffeine. After all, everyone gets enough sleep every night, right? Sure, and if you believe that, tell the person sitting next to you to whap you with their own Merdad. You know, you have to appreciate this school's dedication to catering to this campus' biggest dependence. At the Laker, we can get pop, tea, and coffee all day. Cafe Diem serves up every brewable beverage you can think of, from Chai teas to a fresh grandc mochachino with extra whipped cream in the early morning or late evening, perfect for those long studying hours. Speaking of the Cafe, we can't forget the countless pop and instant coffee machines scattered over campus, from the library to the Hirt Center, p As for the new Starbucks, well, just thinking about it makes me drool. | v Looking at all the places to buy caffeine, as well as the homebrewed tea in my hand, I started to wonder, do I drink too much? ? Then I realized, if I decided |V that I do, then I'd have to cut back. So I did. I drank less tea and cut out coffee and pop. No one knows how hard it is to cut

Extended tours
signments and stories of hard* The following editorial appeared! ships in the Detroit Free Press on Thurs- for loved ones left behind are not exactly the stuff of great day, April 22; j The upsurge in violence in {semiring campaigns for these Iraq, plus the departure of all-volunteer forces. While U.S. military firepower forces from Spain, the Dominican Republic and Honduras, and precision continued to imhas left the Pentagon little prove after the Cold War endchoice but to extend by four ed, the people part of the force months the tours of about was substantially downsized. 20,000 U.S. troops there, inBases were closed and many cluding 5,000 reservists and "active duty*' troops were forNational Guard members. gone in favor of "weekend warThis breaks a promise that riors" from the reserves or Nano soldiers would be kept in tional Guard. Now those forces are being called to Iraq, too, for Iraq for more than a year. While US.forcescontinue to extended tours. The Michigan National perform admirably, the Pentagon may be getting itself in a Guard's Pontiac-based 1775th Military Police Unit, for exambind for the future. The prospect of a long and ple, has been in Iraq or Kuwait dangerous commitment in Iraq, since May 2003 and may not be a lack of predictability in as- home until August

Recruiting becomes more difficult

back on the caffeine until they actually do it. Don't even think about going cold turkey. The day lasts longer, and you'll feel like you need two naps to get through it. Then there are the headaches. They're dull, irritating, and they won't go away. A few days of that, and I was ready to mug the next person I saw carrying a coffee cup. So it might not be the healthiest thing to drink constant caffeine. Who cares? Five hours of sleep isn't healthy, but we do it. Eating cafe food, pizza, and Chinese takeout all the time Michelle could can't be good for us. So what's one more vice? I say, give in. Indulge yourself. Swim in a pool of rich, yummy caffeine until your fingers get pruney. It's not the worst thing to do. Stevenson Disclaimer: I cannot be held responsible for what happens if A fetus is arguably either a part someone actually swims in cafof the woman in which it is defeine. Or if you drink too much veloping within, or a completely of it I have my own caffeine separate entity. related problems, thank you Some argue that a fetus "bevery much. comes 'someone else' at the moment of viability - that is when it would be capable of independent^! fe| outside the womb. Others argue that the fetus becomes a someone else when the carrying mother makes the decision to carry to term rather than to abort," according to Alan By failing to anticipate what M. Dershowitz in his introducU.S. forces would encounter tion to John Stuart Mill's On Lib* after the "shock and awe" erty and Utilitarianism. phase of the Iraq war, die mil-* ^According to Mill's one simple itary may have damaged its principle, essentially that the law appeal as a job or career ophas no right to interfere on an tion. individual'srightsif it is only for Now some in Congress are that persons individual bettereven daring to speak of a draft ment or well being Mill believes to fill the ranks, although that in the sovereignty of the indiis unlikely. vidual. But as it continues to purDershowitz proposes that if sue strategics for bringing orMill were alive today to speak der to Iraq, the Pentagon had on this modem issue, he might better also berethinkingits rein fact argue that assuming a fecruiting strategy tus becomes a 'someone else' What used to seem like a when the carrying mother makes pretty good deal for young the decision to carry to term Americans now seems to be a rather than to abort, the law risky and uncertain prospect. would have arightto protect the There are other ways to serve child, as a separate entity/indi your country, learn a skill or vidual. earn money for college. Thus the law may in fact have

In any case, I'm sure you get winding down and it has suddenly become clear to us that all my point If we all put as much those little words on die syllabus energy into doing our work as that we've ignored all term now we do into bitching about it, we represent projects and papers wouldn't have neady the workand chapters we've skipped. On load that we complain about one hand, we're excited! Only 3 Sad, but true. Have you ever noticed (Uh oh, weeks until we're donel (Well, 2 Vz by the time this issue of the here goes Madam Malarky with Merciad comes out.) On the oth- the gender issue again. Insert eye er hand it's scary. Oh crap I All roll here.) that most of those those assignments I should have who complain about work load 0Dear Madam Malarky, been Apparently, my roommate thinks doing the whole time have are women? Think about it. to be that she is the only one with any school- done in only 2 Vz wecksl When guys talk about schoolwork they usually chuckle about Eekl $* work. 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Don't get can "deal/' but more in the hopes can't make it as side-splittingly me wrong. Men are too, but that your roommate will read this floor-rollingjy eloquendy witty as they're competitive about Playand reevaluate her nitpicky ways. most other Madam Mala rkv station. Women are competitive I think you know as well as I that columns of the past, but this is about who has the most sob there's no "solution" to a prob- merely because at the current points. She who has the largest lem of somebody getting on your time I'm really stressed out. I've workload is not only smarter than nerves besides talking to that had a bad week. Student teach- the rest, but also more driven, person. ing is awful and I have an entire more talented, and more worthy However, that doesn't matter. portfolio due at the end of the of praise for being so dedicatIn fact, I applaud your efforts. term! Not only that, but I have ed, even in the face of such adMy advice to you would have to play in a concert. (I'm music versities as a term paper. been to mention it anonymously education for those who didn't Girls, take a lesson. Go buy in a public forum such as The know) You know what else? I'm Grand Theft Auto number 3498 Merdad so that you could bring graduating, so I have to turn in and keep die peace. it to her attention without it a bunch of stuff. That involves Happy near-end-of-terml seeming like an attack. After all, filling stuff outl Some of it even Madam Lbave-to-write-a-columnshe doesn't know it's you who involves putting stamps on stuff! every-ntek-Vm-so-burdened Malarky wrote it, and she doesn't even And the stuff with stamps on it Taking her aggressions out on know it's about her. You could has to go in a mailbox! I have to elementary school students so just hope that she reads it and get up off my hiney 2nd put them she can give you the sugar-coatchooses to apply it to her cur- in the mail Not only that but I ed version of the latest raging have to set my alarm clock everyHurst battles rent situation. One more Merciad and then So, "Easy," congratulations, night! 1 Then, after that, I have to wake ''Madam' Malarky will be retiring! you*Ve made a wise decision. Now that I don't have to guide up in the momingl (Although, all *Boo hool Seriously, though/We're you in any direction toward fix- joking and sarcasm aside, I have working on the next Madam ing the problem, let's discuss the trouble with that sometimes. Just Malarky to bring you this enproblem itself. I hear this all the ask my roommate who occasion- lightening column next year, so time. I am constantly talking to ally prods me in the morning and keep your eyes open. friends who are "so stressed says something along the lines of By the way, did you know that out" We've all heard it and, ad- "Blah blah blah blah blah blah spell check allows the words "nitmit it. We've all done it. We're all LATE blah blah blah/' At least picky" and "eek?" I learned feeling the wrath especially at this that's what it sounds like to me something new today. So should time of year when the term is in my 87% asleep state.) you. I

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the right to ensure the health of the child, restraining the mother from such knownrisksas excessive drinking, drugs, smoking, etc. I Who's to say that the law couldn't actually refrain mothers, who would have decided for or against abortion by a certain point in the pregnancy, from drinking coffee? Without taking away a woman's individual rights, moral belief of the individual aside, by allowing the woman the early decision to carry the child or choose to abort, die government could in factfollowup this decision with enforcement by law. To me, in a country proclaiming freedom, and to Mill who believes on the limit of state power on the individual, a woman should in no way be denied the right to abort. Morals cannot be instituted by the government and do in fact jump over Mill's boundaries of personal infringement. However, as evidenced by modem controversy and passivity of government on the issue, it's not that simple. There comes a point, a point unable to be defined, where the fetus should in fact be considered a 'someone else/As difficult as it would be to, at a minimum, agree on a poini in a child's life whereas he/she would have the right to individual protection by the government why not try? Children are in fact a responsibility of the society in which they are conceived, carried, bom and raised into, as they have been since die beginning of the creation of societies themselves. Thus, there comes a point, after a mo the i decides, when in fact 1 the child is a 'someone else in society and thus a responsibility to society and the government. This law would not affect the beliefs of those in moral opposition to abortion, nor deny a mother her individual right of choice or a child die nght to a healthy existence. In a wodd where infants are found in dumpsters, heroine addieted children are walking the streets, and adoption agencies are overflowing with children, it's absolutely ludicrous to sustain a belief in taking away a woman's right under the argument of betterment for the child and/or society while infringing on what Mill call's individual sovereignty. "The practical principle which guides (people] to their opinions on the regulation of human conduct, is the feeling in each person's mind that everybody should be required to act as he, and those with whom he sympadiizes, would like them to act. No one, indeed, acknowledges to himself that his standard of judgment is his own liking; but an opinion on a point of conduct, not supported by reasons, can only count as one person's preference; and if the reasons, when given, are a mere appeal to a similar preference felt by other people, it is still only many people's liking instead of one," according to John Stuart Mill, asserting individual opinion as merely that—individual opinion. A law on abortion would in no way hinder people any more than freedom of religion and moral choice allows Am eric an s the same right the right of choice. Despite personal opinion, preference, or regard, one cannot begin to institute a choice for another, especially in a country proclaiming free will,

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The new face ofiabuse:
Afghan women are drivemto suicide
my husband," she said. "I could By Laihima no longer put up with him, and Kmgfrt Ridder Newspapers had no way out other man suicide, so I set fire to myself." She said that she also had been KABUL, Afghanistan- By beaten by other members of her the time her husband noticed husband's family. "My brotherthe smoke and broke open me in-law beat me with a cable." She door, Gulmora had bums over said that her husband threatened 98 percent of her body. He desert her and their children _ a wrapped her in a blanket to boy 18 months old and a girl 3 put out the flames and took months old k and go to Iran. her to the local hospital. She Gulmora's husband, Najibualdied six days later. lah, acknowledged that he freHer case is hardly unique. quently fought with his wife and Over the past 12 months, near- admitted that his brother slapped ly 90 women in Afghanistan her because she was always comhave reportedly attempted to plaining take their lives this way, acBut he insisted that he was not cording to human-right offi- responsible for his wife's actions. cials. In most cases, they were *lt is due to her stupidity that the victims of physical or sex- Jj she had committed this action," ual abuse. he said. Karima Karimi, assistant diBenafsha, Gulmora's motherrector of women's rights de- in-law, said she loved her like a velopment at the Afghanistan daughter and insisted that the Independent Human Rights family did not have domestic Commission, said forced mar- problems. She said Gulmora was riages are a leading cause of free to go to her parents' home such suicide attempts. at any time. Since March, 2003, most of She agreed that often young these attempted suicides have brides in forced marriages can taken place in the western city suffer, but said this was not the of Herat. "Figures from the case with Gulmora.^: criminology register of the "There (is) much oppression hospital show 56 incidents of of brides in some families, but burning, of which four were no one (did) anything to cause men, and 52 were women/*'] her to destroy herself and her Karimi said. "Of all these in- family." cidents, 32 women died and But Gulmora's sister, Sheerthe rest survived." pera, tells a different story. "She A hospital in Kabul reported was even beaten with scissors on it had treated 30 similar cases; the head once, and she would 3 other cases have been report- always be ruthlessly beaten by her ed in the eastern city of Jalal- husband's family members, so abad, according to human- she had no choice but to commit this," she said. rights officials. Many of these bum victims ,| Shecrpera also said that, before end up in a special surgical hos- her death, Gulmora had come to pital in Kabul's Kart-e-Say dis- her parents' house and said she ., trict because it has the jb^st/mr- J wanted a divorce. , ,; gery facilities in the country. But her father, Wali Ahmad, "Most incidents occur because refused to allow it, telling his of violence (in) the families," daughter that no one in their tribe said Dr. Hasan Kamal, assis- had ever been divorced and that tant chief of surgery at the would bring dishonor on the famhospital in central Kabul. ily. He advised her to simply tolBefore her death, Gulmora, erate whatever-was going on in who had been married for sev- her marriage. en years, talked to IWPR ¥ Ahmad told IWPR that he had about what drove her to set already lost his wife and four of herself on fire. Lying in a hos-". j his seven children. While his pital bed with her skin blacked, daughter was still in the hospital, her hands and arms were badly he said he would be relieved if swollen. Her face was so swol- she died. "I want God to give her len that she was unable to open death because they were committing cruelty to my daughter," he Iher eyes. From time to time, she let said. A woman who attempts suicide out a low moan. At other times she would begin to ramble but is considered to have brought she was also able to speak co- shame upon the whole family. If she should survive, she would be herently. "I would always be beaten by scorned. Rona, 27, has been married for ten years and hasfourchildren. She said she twice at^ In what might be one of my child, but never lose sight of your tempted suicide by walking very last columns of my Mergrown-up ambitions and you But I Could Be Wrong that acting like an adult into a lit wood stove. During a cyhurst career, I suppose you're know third attempt, she said she was expecting something wonderfully doesn't mean acting like a jerk. stopped and attacked by her sentimental and heartfelt. Crayolas and video games are a husband Would you like me to enthrall sweet conclusion to anyone's "I was beaten by my husyou with memories? Jaime day...no matter how old they band until I fainted and then Bid my best to my graduating may be. ML Rogers will always Rinne he threw boiling water over class? be your neighbor. me and he tried to kill me," Leave some advice for the You know how to live life so she said. "I was admitted to this underclassmen? All things I have that your friends and family are hospital six months ago and done at great lengths this year. always happy, but without sacrithroughout this whole time, pNo, I don't think I will. Why? ficing what you really want in life. my husband has not come to Because, despite what my col- will be gone before you know it It gpes without saying that just visit me nor has he let my chilumn may have led you to be- If you don't know by now that because something was perfect dren see me." lieve, I know you're all smart college isn't meant to be experi- for your fourth cousin's aunt's Tarn an a, 15, said sexual people. You have to have some enced th rough the bottom of a mother's twin brother twice-reabuse drove her to attempt sort of common sense. beer glass, then you're probably moved, that doesn't make it persuicide. She said her father This is not to say that some in rehab or in some twelve-step fectforyou. Your life is your own would kiss and fondle her nights, when my fellow students program by now. to live. No one else can do that while she slept and that when feel the need to throw beer cans If you don't know by now for you. she complained, no one would at my window at 3 a.m., I don't that the world doesn't revolve So, those are my final words, believe her. clasp my hands to my head and around you, then you probably most likely. Call it "anti-advice'' "At last when he wanted to scream out wondering how some don't have many friends. Those if you want, because none of rape me, I burned myself?' she of youfilledout a college appli- you do have most likely avoid you actually need my advice. said cation, but that's only some you because you treat them less You're all self-reliant, indepenFariba is a member of the nights. like friends and more like dent individuals who can take Revolutionary Association of Oh, how I will miss that dis- punching bags. You're old care of any problem that should the Women of Afghanistan, tinctive sound of a Bud Light enough to understand that you come your way. RAWA, a group that is trying hitting plexiglass. It will always aren't the only person with work Except for your laundry, this to deter women from resorthold a special place in my heart. to do, nght? You appreciate the you still take home to your mothing to suicides. fact that your friend's work is er. Right next to Friends. "We think that one of the probably just as hard as your N.I believe you're all old enough So, anyway, I think 111 just ask reasons for self-burning is ilto understand that college is a work is, right? you all, my fellow Mercyhurstliteracy and backwardness," once in a lifetime experience and, You probably know by now ians, one last time to justshe said. Her organization proif you don't appreciate it now, it that it's still all right to act like a Think about it. vide s literacy training and handicraft centers to educate women and give them skills that will allow them to support themselves. "RAWA strongly believes that it is only with the weapon of education that the women of just like everybody else. But, trayed. Afghanistan can be empowBy Debbie Woodell The group's executive director; above all other points, he added, ered and triumph in their strugKnight Ridder Newspapers Patrick Guerriero _ who same-sex marriage is a statesgle against fundamentalism, planned to join other political rights issue, not one for a constiwhich is the main cause of all miseries to women," she said. 3 Andyoji thought Bcnnifer was leaders,at the,National CpQstj- ju&qnal. amendment, £nd Log a juicy story. How about George tution Center Thursday night in Cabin is spending $1 million to "We educate them (to underW Bush and the Log Cabin Re- a panel discussion on the presi- make its case. stand) that suicide and selfdential election _ has said he felt For the first time in its 27-year publicans? burning brings nothing positive "We stood with this adminis- as if someone "had kicked me history, the organization has proto them." duced a political TV ad. The spot tration on the war, we stood with in the stomach." Because many regions of "We've had very good access employs one of the GOP's bigthis administration on tax cuts the country are still under the ..., he wants to use our commu- to this administration ... discus- gest guns to spread the message, control of conservative leadnity as a wedge issue to galva- sions on judicial appointments, although he hardly is a willing ers and have a weak legal sysnize the conservative base," said the Employment Non-Discrim- participant tem, many women have few The ad, already airing in key John Partain, president of Log ination Act, hate crimes," Parways to escape abusive relatain said, noting that Guerriero battleground states, features Vice Cabin's Philadelphia chapter. tionships, she said. "Why use us to create a wedge has "personally spoken" to the President Dick Cheney and his "So (since) women actually famous 2002 debate appearance issue for a constituency that he president. have no other way to raise "There are more openly gay, when he said: "People should be likely already had?" their voice against the crimes Such is the dilemma of Log high-level people in gov e mm en t free to enter into any kind of committed against them, they find the easiest way (is) to com- Cabiners, the gay faithful who than in any administration in his- relationship they want to enter helped elect Bush in 2000. Exit tory. We really haven't had a real into ... That matter is regulated mit suicide," Fariba said polls then showed that 25 per- issue with this administration." by the states." "If justice is done in only a For fans of irony, this situation cent of gay voters backed Bush, Partain acknowledged that few cases, no one will then yet the relationship turned rocky same-sex marriage had been ex- is hard not to relish: Log Cabin dare to brutalize women and last winter, first in Bush's State pected to become volatile after Republicans take their inspiration deprive them of their very of the Union address in Janu- last June's U.S. Supreme Court from Lincoln, the man who probasicrights,"she said ary, then when he said in Febru- decision to decriminalize same- claimed that "a house divided against itself cannot stand," yet ary that he would back a consti- sex, um, sex. tutional amendment against But if marriage is serious busi- are faced with possibly breaking same-sex marriage. ness, so, too, is meddling with the away from Bush, the man who Bush's position on walking Constitution, Log Cabiners say. proclaims himself as a "uniter, Speaking as a "true conserva- not a divider." I'm sure that for down the (marriage) aisle doesn't tive," but sounding like a good Log Cabin Republicans, this iroseem so strange to folks on the Democrat, he expressed the ny has left a sour taste in their other side of the (political) aisle, but Log Cabiners never thought view that same-sex couples are mouths. Foi folks on the outside? I'm Bush's turn would be so sharp. just as married as everyone else, Now, theyfeeldisillusioned, be- and are good, taxpaying citizens, sure they are enjoying this story.
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Dancers take the stage one last time
By Jen Camodeca Contributing writer The Mercyhurst Dancers perform in their final dance production of the year, "Midsummer Night's Dream" on Saturday, May 8, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 9, at 2 p.m. in the MaryD'Angelo Performing Arts Center. This ballet is based on Shakespeare's romantic comedy and many will find themselves quite confused with the twists and turns that the plot takes. The conflict in the story, as expected, is love. Unrequited love is the biggest cause of heartache. Oberon, king of the fairies, danced by Parris Hobbs, asks his servant Puck, Jessica Stanley or Aisha Jasper, to cast a spell and fix the troubles that the main characters Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, and Hermia are having However, through a twist of fate, Puck casts the spell on the wrongperson, causing more havoc. Fara D'Aguiar and Jolene Chase will be making their final appearance in the PAC as Hermia, the woman in love with Lysander. Scali Riggs will appear for the last time as Helena who has feelings for Demetrius. Amanda Mountain will also perform in this role. Guest artist from Omaha Ballet Theatre and Erie native, Matthew Carter, will dance the role of Lysander. This ballet, co-choreographed by Christine Hay, Mark San tillano, and Tauna Hunter has been in the works since the middle of

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By Matt Jackson? Contributing Writer Although their 20-28 overall record is not impressive and migjht not show it, the Mercyhurst Laker men's baseball team had its chances this season. Thirteen of the Lakers' 28 losses were by two runs or less, including six of their seventeen GLIAC losses. If the Lakers turn just half of those outcomes around they are above .500 and in the GUAC playoffs. "We are all extremely disappointed," said Coach Joe Spano. "We felt strongly that this was a team that could compete for the GLIAC championship, not just a playoff spot." At times, the Lakers showed their talent and ability to contend with some of the best teams in the league. The Lakers dropped their first three contests with Ashland University by a combined five runs. Ashlandfinishedthe regular season as the GUAC No. 1 seed and the No. 7 team in the nation. "This year's team was as talent>> ed as evet> said Spano. "This is the toughest Division II league in the country, in all sports, from top to bottom. Any team will beat you on any given day if you're not prepared mentally/' So what was to blameforthe team's worst record since Spano took over the team in 2000? The answer is inconsistency with both the offense and defense. . The Lakers split the season series with seven of their 16 opponents this year. A prime example of this inconsistency came on the weekend of April 24 when the Lakers defeated the Pindlay Oilers by a combined 24 runs in a doubleheader. Pindlay bounced back to take two close games from the Lakers just the next day. Spano doesn't have a complete explanationforhis team's inconsistency. "I can't give an exact answer for it. I believe that sometimes we were satisfied with our performance on Saturday. We get overconfident and forget to do the little things that helped us to win those games." Although it is tough to see positives on such a disappointing season as this one, Spano did note a few of the bright spots and surprises on the year. "Freshman pitcher Greg Teliex began the year with little expectations of contributing at all, but finished the year in the starting rotation." In four starts this season Teliex went 3-1 with a 4.28 era, second behind Junior Brandon Mendola's 3.71 ERA. ^ j f | Mendola along with juniors Dave Guido and J.D. Roewer were also pointed out by Spano as having great seasons. Guido had 43 strikeouts on the year in just 57 innings pitched. Roewer accumulated 41 strikeouts in only 40.2 innings of work, despite coming off of Tommy John surgery Senior Eric Meacham led the

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R o w e r s w i n at M i d - A m e r i c a
By Jason Wenzke Contributing Writer The Mercyhurst men's and women's rowing teams traveled to Athens, Ohio, for the 48th an nual Mid-America Collegiate Rowing Association Championship as part of their last races of the season. The Men's Varsity Four (31-3) managed to topple over the competition as they have done consistently this season and easily defeated Ohio State by more than nine seconds. Behind Ohio State was Duquense followed by Grand Valley andfinallyCleveland State. Next the men's lightweight eight (13-1) went up against archrival Marietta who had not been defeated by a Laker squad since 1999. $jk Things did not appear to be any different after Marietta took the lead off the line. Mercyhurst battled back, however, andfoundthemselves leading by a half a length at the midway point of the race. Mercyhurst extended their lead and defeated Marietta by a time
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Women'sjlacrosse falls in finale
Team falls to Gannon 19-7,finishes5-10 on season
By Kate Baumann Contributing Writer The Mercyhurst women's lacrosse team finished their difficult season this weekend against hometown rivals, the Gannon Knights. On Saturday, May 1, the Lakers enabled the Knights to snap their two-game losing streak, losing a rough 19-7 game. This was the end of the regular-seasonforboth the Hurst and Gannon, \ The game was played on a dreary rain-filled evening and was delayedforover 40 minutes due to lightning in thefirsthalf. . Along with a delay, there was also a bigflead by the Lady Knights in the first half of 12-4 and this did not let up. Mercyhurst scored three goals as well as Gannon, but then the Knights made three more consecutive goals making the score 6-3 with 15:20 left in the half. The next two goals of the game traded off between the Hurst and Gannon and when the game was delayed with 13:20 remaining At this time, the score stood at a close 7-4. It seemed after the delay Gannon had a leap of momentum. They scored the final six goals of the first half. I Over a span of 26 minutes and 45 seconds, there were 10 unanswered goals. \ Mercyhurst didn't score again until there was 17:34 remaining in the second hal f. j Thefinalscore ended in a 19-7 lossforthe Lakers. Mercyhurst junior Kristen Jan-

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By Krista Ross Contributing Writer The Hurst continued to control the game in the fourth quarter, scoring four goals and holding St. Vincent to just two. Junior attack Mike McLellan played big for die Lakers scoring seven goals against the Bearcats. Also scoring for die Lakers was junior Andrew Sands, sophomores Jon Kane and Andrew Schuster, and freshman Simon Stocks. Mercyhurst assists came from Ian Komorek, Andres Schuster, Jerod Felice, Troy Ledbetter, Joe Poole and Ted Winslow. Saturday's game against St Vincent was also senior night for the Lakers. The Mercyhurst men's lacrosse team will lose three seniors, Captains Justin Hapeman, Eric Gattie, and Mike Rispoli. The three Lakers will leave the program with win record of 111 and the best ranking of third in the USILA Division II polls. "It feels good to know that we are leaving die program with the best overall ranking and record the program has ever had. This is a huge accomplishment and the team deserves it All that's left is to win the National Championship/' said senior captain Eric Gattie. Pending the bid, Mercyhurst will play Limestone who was their

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The Mercyhurst men's lacrosse team finished their regular season play on Saturday, May 1 > under die lights at Tullio Field defeating die St Vincent Bearcats 14-11. f The third-ranked Lakers improved their overall record to 111 and will now await an expected bid to the NCAA Division II playoffs on Sunday, May 9. Mercyhurst exploded in the first quarter to take the lead 5-0 with 3:52. The Bearcats first goal came with 1:22 left in the quartet Thunderstorms delayed the game for nearly an hour. When the game resumed play, the Lakers continued to score taking an impressive 7-1 lead over the Bearcats, but St. Vincent scored three quick goals to end the half 8-4. The Bearcats continued to score big and gave the Lakers a run for their money when they took control of the game 9-8 after scoring the first five goals of the third period. The Lakers fought back and reclaimed die lead 10-9 at the end of the third period.

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only loss of the season in the first round of the playoffs. Junior defenseman Joe Jerome believes they can beat number two-ranked limestone, "I think

that our team has come a long way and has worked very hard to get to where we are at. No team has or can out-hustle us. We deserve to be in the final four

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Softball ends season with sweep Tait gains respect
Final record stands at 16-23-1,7-13-0 in GLIACi
posting her fourth complete game of the season. f Thefinalscore of the game was 13-6, sophomore Kate Conochan went 4-5 with one run scored and two RBFs while senior Rachael Confer went 3-5 with two runs scored and two RBFs. In die nightcap freshman Jen Feret (6-7) took the mound against the determined Lake Superior State team. Mercyhurst took the lead early and posted two runs in the bottom of the first off of a Conochan shot, marking her team-leading seventh homerun of the yearLake Superior State managed to rally back with a six-run third inning, including a grand slam off of Feret. The lead would quickly be dwindled, however, to one run after the Lakers put up three more runs in the bottom of the third. In the bottom of the seventh, the Lakers managed to recover the last run and send the game into extra innings. Mercyhurst didn't waste any time and in die bottom of the eighth they took die game away from Lake Superior State with an RBI single by Hannah Cox. The final score of the eight-inning batde was 7-6, with Jen Feret going the distance and recording the win. Riding a three-game winning streak after the double-header against Lake Supenor State, the Lakers were supposed to move on to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAQ Softball Tournament schedBy Jason Wenzke Contributing Writer The Mercyhurst Softball team took two games away from Lake Superior State in a double-header that took place Thursday, April
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Contributing Writer Mercyhurst men's soccer team is among those to achieve some of the biggest successes on campus. One need only mention last year's trip to the Division II Final Four in Virginia Beach, Va., to remember their achievement Compared to other Mercyhurst teams, men's soccer has a lot of international players. There are currently seven players from Europe on the team* but that is really not that jnany, according to Coach Keith Cammidge. "The thing is that we actually do not have that many internationals on the team. I would have much more if I only could. Soccer is the most popular sport in the wodd and as a soccer coach I want to work with the best players possible. If I can get all of them fronxibe United States that is great) A lot or not, those who are here work hard. Devoted to every single practice, they give as much from themselves as they can. Andy Tait, a soccer player from Halifax, England, is one of them. After graduating from the high school, Tait e-mailed a number of colleges and got in contact with Cammidge who recruited him to enroll in Mercyhurst in the rail of 2003. ';" | | Cammidge went to England to watch him play. It was not only soccer that led Tait to choose Mercyhurst. "It is a huge improvement in life for these boys. Plus, America gives much more opportunities than any other country/' Cammidge said. Coming from England, which is considered by many to be die capital of European soccer, Tait did not have much of the choice when choosing a sport. But he had another reason. "My dad played and I used to go and watch him. 1 loved soccer from as long as I can remember. I started playing when I was six years old," said Tait. Many don't understand why Tait would leave England, where
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uled to take place Friday and Saturday, but the games were cancelled due to inclement weather. The tournament will not be rescheduled and the cancellation marks the end of the Lakers season. I Mercyhursfs final record was 16-23-1 overall and 7-13-0 in conference play..

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Both tennis teams get national bid
Kate Baumann^ Contributing Writer For the first time in the Mercyhurst College Athletic Department history, both the men's and women's tennis teams have received bids to the NCAA Division II National Team Championships. The women's team is ranked fourth as of now in the Great Lakes Region and nationally ranked at No. 32. y Mercyhurst women's tennis finished their regular season play this past Saturday, May 1, against visiting Walsh University. The Lakers crushed the opponent and won the match-up 6-1. Players Alison Hughes, Natalie Paparella, Jamie Sutyak, and Joanna Olmstead all won their singles matches. Sutyak, a freshman from Latrobe, Pa., now has the best record on the team for the season at 20-2. In the doubles matches, two teams won while one was defeated. Hughes and Lindsay Zimm won in a close 9-8 match making their record 14-9. Paparella and Olmstead won 83 making their record an impressive 18-6. Sutyak and Victoria Trombetta were defeated 8-6 which gives diem a 17-6 season record. The team's record is now at a total of 17-5 and in the GLIAC, a notable 8-2. Along with a win on Saturday, the team got great news about their post-season play. The Lakers will first face their conference rival Michigan Tech. Tech has the No. 5 seed. Play will begin this Thursday, May 6, at the Ferris State Tennis Complex in Big Rapids, Mich. This is the first time in the history of the college that the women's team has ever been in the national competition. The men have previous experience, as they competed in 1995. During this yearns season, the Lakers beat Michigan Tech twice. Once with a score of 5-4 in October then again with a score of 5-2 in the GLIAC team championships. If the women can pull off a third win, they will make it to the Regional finals. The winners of Thursday's matches will make it to the Sweet Sixteen in Orlando, Fla. on May 11-14. j Players in the competition are senior Alison Hughes, sophomore Natalie Paparella, senior Lindsay Zimm, freshman Jamie Sutyak, sophomore Tori Trombetta, junior Joanna Olmstead

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he could witness the best soccer events, and choose America where soccer is a minor sport in many places. "The idea of getting my education while continuing playing soccer at a good level was very important. The tact that education offered at Mercyhurst is extremely good also matters. Besides, die opportunities for English soccer players are limited at the moment with the problems in the game. Our universities do not offer scholarships either," said Tait. Cammidge said that international soccer players generally are more mature than 18-yearold Americans. "A lot of them played higher standard of soccer back in their countries," Cammidge added. Tait does not see much difference in practices between England and Mercyhurst, and he* does not reel mat he has to work J much harder than back home, \ There is a little difference in my eyes. A lot more emphasis is put on athlencisnv and fitnessj But in general, both fundamentally are similar in ideas. Each coach has different coaching techniques. I wouldn't say I have to work more here. Although I have had to work all season to get in shape after recovering from a broken bone in my foot and being a few pounds overweight," Tait said. Tait plays any type of sport - rugby, tennis, golf and baseball. ;•; £ But he only dreams of is being a famous soccer player. "It is something that mostj boys dream of in England, even if you are 42 years old and you are in the pub drinking beer and overweight. You still dream of it. I would love to be a professional player in the future but I am realistic, besides hopeful" he said. Tait*s coach also looks at tlus matter realistically. "Before Andy came to die United States he was probably on the verge of making it or not making it (being a professional soccer player). He is here now | and I doubt he will be a famous player in the future, although, as I said, he plays consistently very well," Cammidge said. ^

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