8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

1/8

VOL. 62 N O. 16 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA 16546 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1989

M e r c y h u r s t c o m m e m o r a t e s 2 0 y e a r s o f c o e d

DONALD L . KELLY, ownerofClassy100 radio, speaksat thepressconference which hailednotonlythe startoj'Mercyhurst sFMradio stationout also thewth anniversaryof'thecollegegoing coed. Seated are Sr. M. Loretta McH ale, a former president of Mercyhurst College,an d Judge James B. Dwyer, one of the nine original trustees. Photo by Theresa KloeckerHomelessness discusseddmmg celebration!By Theresa KloeckerMerciad staff reporter

On any given day in America there are anestimated three million homeless peoplewandering the streets, according to MitchSnyder, advocate for the homeless who spokeon Weds., Feb. 1, as part of the MercyhurstCollege Academic Celebration.There are many types of homeless people,not just drunken bums who can't find a job.There are the so-called new homeless, wholefamilies wh o live (Hi the streets for variousreasons. Fam ilies constitute about a third ofthe homeless people on the streets, Snydersaid. Snyder helps to run a shelter for thehomeless in Washington, D.C.Further statistics on the homeless indicatethat about 15 percent are women, and of these70 percent to 80 percent have some form ofmental illness. Half o f the homeless are warveterans and of these half are Vietnam Warveterans, Snyder said.The number of other war veterans andVietnam War veterans is extremely high. T henumbers, "both of which are exceedinglydisproportionate, imply that we don't takevery good care of those who fightour wars --and we d on't," Snyder said.Homelessness is not just a problem inother cities in the U.S.; it's a problem righthereinErie. Oil any given night in the city ofErie, an estimated 20 to 25 people have nowhere to sleep, according to the AssociateDirector of the John F. Kennedy Center,Rubye Jenkins-Husband. IIt is very difficult to determine the exactnumber of hom eless in Erie. Definite statis-tics cannot be determined because there is no

out and count the numbers of homeless on thestreets every night f rIt is also possible that all the homelesspeople in Erie are not being counted becausethey live with relatives or friends while look-t * & i see ' H o m e l e s s ' , pg. 3

It was 20 years on Hi., Feb. 3, that SisterCarolyn Herrmann and the board of trusteessurprised the Erie community with the an-nouncement that Mercyhurst College wouldbegin accepting men after a 43 -year traditionas a prestigious women's college.The decision to become coeducationalwas made by seven Sisters of Mercy and twolay trustees. For many, it was an unpopulardecision. | iEnglish professor Barry McAndrew, whowas teaching at the time of the transition, ga vesome reasons for opposing the college be-coming coed. "W e were in many waysabandoning what w e had been," he said.McAndrew added that Mercyhurst hadestablished itself as a very good women'scollege and many saw no need to tamper withthat Many of the alumni refused to donatemore funds for they attended Mercyhurstspecifically because they didn't want males intheir class es, according to McAndrew.The record has shown, however, that thedecision was notonly an historical one, it wasdie beginning of unprecedented growth -growth so dramatic that it sometimes has beencalled Mercyhurst's "Second Spring."In the past 20 years, the Mercyhurst stu-dent body has grown from 620 students to arecord-breaking enrollment this past year of2,066 students, including 940 men.In 1969, Mercyhurst enrolleds12 fresh-man males and 173freshmanwomen, com-pared to this year's statistics of205 freshmanmen and22 0 reshmanwomen that is also thelargest class in the history of the college.^ Sociology professor Judith Wieczorek,who was also teaching during the time of the

transition, said it w as interesting when menwere allowed in the classroom. The youngmen were excited about being so outnum-bered by young women, according to her. McAndrew said that he believed it wasdifficult for men to be the only male in class."Those men felt a great deal of pressure," heexplained. r ,Although there may have been problemsfor students adjusting to the transition,McAndrew said teachers didn't have manyproblems. "I don't recall any differences interms of teaching," he said.The inancial growth since thetransition isimpressive. In 1969, the college had anoperating budget o f about 1 million. Today,the college has an operating budget of morethan $14 million, including a college endow -ment that has increased by $ 2 m illion in thepast several years. iFundraising efforts have increased dra-matically since coeducation. In 1969, thecollege received $137,127 in support romallof its constituencies. Last year, the collegeraised over one million in outside supportAlumni giving alone last year totaled about$ 100,000, a igure hat has doubled in the pastfive years. % j$ i

The physical plant of the college hasalsoincreased since coeducation from a * hreebuilding complex to one of 13 buildingsvalued at $35 million. * *1Since 1969, the collegei has built theHammermill Library, Campus Center, Bald-winHall, three on-campus student apartmentbuildings, eight townhouse units, SullivanHall, a new maintenance building, the $1.5see *Coed99pg. 3

method to prevent the duplicating o f numberswhen people sleep in different shelterseverynight There is also no means available to go L O R I V I N C I G U E R R A , a sophomorecommunicationsmajor, speaks to new listeners as Mercyhurst9s first FM diskjockey.Photo by Kevin McHugh.

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

2/8

PAGE 2 The Merciad FEBRUARY 9,1989

F i n g e r s m a y p o i n t a t G e o r g e B u s h , j o u r n a l i s t s a y sBy Kevin McHughMerciad staff reporter

When something goes wrong, itwill be easy to point the finger atPresident George Bush because hegives the impression of being incharge, according to a journalistspeaking panel Feb.l at the Aca-demic Celebration."He pointed out how early hecame to work and how late he left,"said Bob Guerrein, editorial writerfor the Erie Morning News.'* whowas oneof a panel o f journalists andcommunity leaders discussing theBush presidency. "This ar of briskefficiency and decisiveness meansthat he can be blamed for d ecisions.Reagan couldn't because it was naptime for eight years." [Drags] got national at-tention when white folkbegan flying high andflipping out.'

^-Ernest DennyGuerrein, whose "News In-quest' ' column appears regularly in

The Times'! Weekender, c*te^ arecent incident involving .Bush* schief of staff, John Sununu, as animmediate area for concern.Sununu complained to reportersabout Congress' leaking plans toput a 25-cent fee on every $100deposited in a savings and loanaccount The plan was dropped assoon as it hit the press, according toGuerrein. | | This displays the most incred-ible naivete in a man wh o has beenin politics for how long ?" Guerreinsaid. "He doesn't realize that if yougive Congress an idea like this,they're not going to babble on you,isn't that amazing?"

Complaining about informationleaks to the press is like complainingabout the "rising of the moon or theheat of the sun," according toGuerrein. "This kind of attitude isgoing to cause Bush problems," headded.Gerd Brueggemann, U.S. eco-nomic correspondent for the Ger-

man newspaper Die Welt (TheWorld), also discussed the questionof leaks in the government "Leaksare a legitimate way of spreadinginformation and for a lotof journal-ists are theonly way to get at in for-mation," he said.He added that using leaks puts alot of responsibility on the journal-is t * 'Everybody who leaks infor-mation does it for a purpose, whichis seldom to get the truth out in theopen,9' Brueggemann said. "Th ejournalist has the responsibility tofind out why the information was

leaked and then decide how to useit" ! I I !All of the panelists agreed thatmajor differences exist between theBush and Reagan administration.Reagan was a very detachedpresident and was often shelteredfrom the press to prevent him frommaking pub lic blunders, accordingto Steve Drexler, news director forWJET-TV,the Erie-based ABCtelevision affiliate.As an example of a Reaganblunder, Drexler cited Reagan'sannouncement during a radiobroadcast that the bombing of Rus-sia would begin in five minutes.Reagan thought the microphonewas switched off, according toDrexler. ^ S - Sgi4t.". g. g^^BhsOTnayTiave a (liferent relationship with the media he added."Bush appears to enjoy meetingwith reporters," Drexler said. "Inthe firstweek he held a 40 - minutepress conference which was un-heard of in the Reagan days. Thirtyminutes, and it was put the door."If Bush continues to allow re-porters greater access to informa-tion, it will be "the b est and healthi-est thing for all of us, not onlyjournalists," he said.However, nobody knows howBush is going to behave with thepress because how successful hewill be is unknown, accordingto Guerrein. "A p resident's rela-tionship with the press depends onhow well he does in office," Drex-ler said.If Bush complains thatthe pressis against him, he's got problems,Guerrein added. "W hat that meansis that he's being asked difficult

GER D BR U EGGEM A N N EX PLA IN S that when an official leaks vnfbrma-Hon to the press the purpose' 'is seldom to ge t the truth ou t in the open.''Ernest Denny (seated) was another panelist at the Academic Celebration.Photo by Kevin McHugh

questions. He blames the messengeror in this case, the bearer of badquestions," Guerrein sa id !"Reagan was a special casebecause he specialized not in beinga bureaucrat or even a politician butin exploiting the glamour of thepresidency. Nobody expected himto do much else. So when lapsesoccurred, no one cared. Bush doesnot give that impression.''One panelist accused the pressof allowingReagan to getaway withcorruption, bad policies and wrongdecisionsj "The press| was pur-posely easy on Reagan because ofthe failure of the Nixon administra-tion." said Ernest Denny, executivedirector of Primary Health CareServices of Northwestern Pennsyl-vania and the Booker T. Washing-ton Center. |"Although the Reagan admini-stration had a high sleaze factor, thepress and the public never wantedhim to fail. Neither Mr.Bush norjournalists as a body ever gave atinker's damn about Afro-Ameri-cans over the past eight years. Ourview was for m ajority rule in SouthAfrica. Journalists and the admini-stration went along with the conceptof constructive engagement, whatwe call destructive engagement,Denny said. |

S TEV E D R EX LER ( S TA N D IN G) compares George B ush with RonaldReagan at the Academic Celebration. Otherpanelists (from left) are: GerdBrueggemann, Robert Guerrein, Ernest Denny and Richard Ruth.Photo by Kevin McHugh

sav*- a t - .'Although* the |Reaganadministration had ahighsleaze factor, the pressand the public *neverwanted him to fail.1Ernest DennyAfro-Americans were insultedby the invasion of Grenada and byAmerica's involvement in Angolaand the Caribbean Basin ,according to Denny. These inci-dents were treated in terms of

"heroic patriotism*9

and as "back-burner issues'' by journalists andthe administration, Denny added.Only when black issues are tiedto white, are they recognized byjournalists and the administration,according to Denny, who cited

AIDS, drugs and health educationas examples. S* 'Drugs were not a problem solong as they were confined to theAfro-American community ,"Denny said. "But got national at-tention when white folk beganflying high and flipping ou t*'People should not let their vie wsbe decided by the press,Denny added. * 'I analyze what Iread and see and understand itby theprospective Of my own experiencebecause I don't trust anybody'sexperience except my own," hesaid.. iRichard Ruth, an AmericanCivil Liberties Union attorney, dis-cussed the legal implications ofBu sh's administration. "There is amore restrictive attitude toward theFirst Amendment and this is causefor some concern," he said. How-ever, to think that the -SupremeCourt is on a right wing turn isprobably "overblow n," he added.Ruth cited the recent Gerry Fal-well, a televangelist, versus "H us-tler" magazine case as a victory forthe First Amendment A cartoon inthe magazine depicted Falwellcommitting incest in an outhousewith his mother. IfFalwell sued the magazine, andlower court awarded him00.000. not for libel but for a civil

The

claim that' 'Hustler" committed anintentional infliction of emotionaldistress. The case went to the Su-preme Court, which voted 9-0 thatthe award made by the jury was aninfringement of * 'Hustler''magazine'sright ofreespeech.However, Bush may replacethree Supreme Court judges whoare close to retirement and in doingso could give the Supreme Court amore conservative tone, accordingto Ruth. Those justices are Thur-good M arshall, Harry A. Blackmunand William J Brennan Jr and areconsidered to be liberals.The meeting, entitled IJournalist's Agenda under GeorgeBush ,'' showed a consensus amongthe five panelists that the govern-ment should not set the agenda.They agreed that it should not besolely up to the government to de -cide what should be covered by thepress. iRuth and Drexler said theagenda should be setby a combina-tion of both journalists and thegovernment Denny and Guerreinsaid it should be determined by aresponsible media and by eventsthat take place. iThe meeting was held in Sulli-van 1A and was attended by about30 staff, students and public.

Phonathon seekslline on fundsto helplstudents pay for schoolThe Annual Alumni Phonathonthat began Sunday at 2 p.m. hopes toraise $60,000 in the nexttwo weeks,

according to the Director of AlumniRelations Bonn ie Clark.Over ISO members of the Mer-cy hurst community will be attempt-ing to contact nearly 4000 alumnilocated in all SO states and Canada.From February 5-16, Sundaysthrough Thursday, calls are madefrom 6:30-9:30 pm. An additional2-5 p.m. calling session will beconducted on Sunday afternoon.Clark said that the target goal forthis year is $6 0,000, which is morethan they raised last year. "Last

year's goal was $55,000 and wejustfell short," she said. "W e believewe've improved the procedures andshould able to meet our goal thisyear." The irstday ofthe phonathon isusually the best, according to Clark,because Mercyhurst alumni arecalling other Mercyhurst alumni."Last year our alumni callers col-lected $13376, almost 25 percentofthe total amount," she said.Individually, no single callerhas raised as much money as SisterDamien, who last year was respon-sible for almost $5,000 in contribu-tions, Clark said.

' 'What's so amazing about thatis that our top team last year col-lected $7,7 00 and here is Sr. Dam-ien getting $4,926 on her own," sheadded.All of the money raised goes tothe general Mercyhurst CollegeScholarship Fund to benefitcurrentstudents. In addition, however, the50th year anniversary alumni areasked to donate to a special scholar-ship fund. & The winter graduatesfrom hisyear, the Class of' 89 , are also askedto donate to the senior project in-stead of the scholarship fund.

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

3/8

F EBRUARY 9,1989 The Merciad PAGE 3

:-^!

M S G t e m p e r s g r o w s h o r t o v e r g r a s sBy Laura JannotMerciad staff reporterLast Sun day's student govern-ment meeting centered on the ques-tion of whether or notMSG shouldbe held responsible for the damagethat was done to the lawn outside ofBaldwin on Saturday* January 28 .As a result of the heavy rainfall thatoccurred just before this WinterActivities D ay, die ground was toosoft and muddy to endure the rigorsoftug-of-war and football. Becauseit was MSG and; SAC that spon-

sored these activities, they havebeen asked to take responsibility forthe cost of rolling and reseeding thisparticular area. 'Although Chris Mohr, Presi-dent of MSG, suggested that theyhelp the school through partialpayment of the project, they ideawas shot down by a m ajority vote ofMSG. They do not feel that theyshould have to takeany responsibil-ity for this problem. They discussedseveral arguments in support oftheir position.Firstis the charge thatthe schooldoes not provide the proper facili-ties to hold such activities. There-fore, they had no alternative to h old-ing them on the lawn outside ofBaldwin. .-.-. 5

They also discussed the proba-bility that even if they had not spon-sored these events, they still wouldhave taken place. They feel that,especially because of the warmweather that we had that weekend,students would have been playingfootball on that lawn anyway. Asone student put it, ' 'We just woundup being the scapegoat" I jA third argument was that Mr.Kennedy, who has asked them topay for the damages, was presentwhen the activities were takingplace. They feel that it was hisresponsibility to put a stop to theactivities as soon as he noticed thedamage being done, rather thanwaiting until it was too late, and thenexpecting them to pay for a lawnthat was in bad shape to begin with.One student compared Mer-cyhurst to a business and MSG astheir customer. This student feelsthat the damage done to the lawnshould be considered a businesscost - a risk that all businesses,particularly co lleges , must take.Along with this, Mohr, whowa s(me of thepeople who attended themeetings with Kennedy, expressedsome confusion over what the ac-tual issue was. Claiming that Ken-nedy continually mentioned theexcessive alcohol consumption thatwas taking place, he admitted thathe

Sexual Harassmentplagues workforceBy Andrea TiptonMerciad staff reporter

Sexual harassment has cost ap-proximately $6.7 million to theFortune 500 companies alone in theUnited States because of absentee-ism and decreased productivity,according toan author of tw o bookson the problem.jj Dr. Billie Wright Dziech, co -author of The Lecherous Profes-sor and author of the forthcomingbook, On Trial: Sexually AbusedChildren and the C ourts, said in aspeech last Tuesday'at the Aca-demic Celebration that women areoften sexually harassed in theworkforce. $In her talk, which also focusedon sexual harassment in highereducation, Dziech said that a recentsurvey of Fortune 500 companiesshowed 90 percent of them hadcomplaints of sexual harassmentOf those, 30 percent had law-suitsfiledagainst them and 25 per-cent had been sued repeatedly 'That means that within th< ^ ^tion, people hadn't learned much,"Dziech said, tTheassistantdeanand professorof language arts at the University ofCincinnati also said20 percent to 30oercent of female students in a re*

cent poll responded that they weresexually harassed in one way oranother.^"Basically, sexual harassmentis behavior that singles out one

gender, and makes that gender feelitself to be in a hostile, intimidating,unequal environment, and therebydenies that gender equal opportu-nity for education or work,'' Dziechsaid. IDziech claims that sexual har-assment flourishes due to miscon-ceptions between the sexes, such asthe idea that college women dressprovocatively orare highly promis-cuous, which she said is "ridicu-lous." i&j&iM \Sexual harassment also affectsmen, although they are not as likelyto be victims. Dziech said malesmay feel jthey are not getting anequal education if they h ave a pro-fessor that "likes the girls.* * fDziech said the number of col-lege professors who are sexual har-assers is very small. \ "So manypeople have this idea thatall collegeprofessors are out there toget youngwomen ," she said. "The percent-ages are high because sexual haras-se s have multiple victims andmultiple opportunities."| She also stressed the importanceof victims coming forward. "Myfeeling is that people really want todo something about it," she said."W e really d o want to know, andunless you, as students, tell us, wecan't help you ."Dziech was optimistic for thefuture. "We stand on the thresholdof what may, where men andwomen are concerned, be a kinderand sender time." she said.

suspected that alcohol may really beat the root of Kennedy's concern.Mohr did n ot feel that this, either,was the responsibility of MSG.i Although several of the repre-sentativesexpressed a concernoveran implication that Kennedy m adeabout the elimination of all futureactivities a weekends if the grouprefused to take responsibility, theyfelt that this is arisk heywould haveto take. They did not however, feelthat it was fair.According to Kennedy, he didnot intend the three meetings thathehad with the MSG officers and dieSAC officers over the problem ofthe torn up lawn was not intended to|be taken as a scolding. "In fact,"says Kennedy," I opened the con-versation by complimenting themon their efforts. The other activitieswent very well." Kennedy claims! that the point of the meetings was toexplain theproblem and "su ggest"that MSG and SAC help pay tocorrect i t *Addressing each of the argu-ments individually, Kennedy beganby saying that he is not aware ofanyfacilities that would be I*adequate''for holding such outdoor activities.Unless, of course -the studentswanted a firm surface, in which casethey could have m oved the activities

to the parking lo t More reasonably,they could have either canceled therigorous activities, or simply post-poned them until the ground hard-When informed that MSQlfeltthat it was his responsibility toput astop to the events before it was toolate, Kennedy was surprised. Hethought it was "interesting" thatthe responsibility should rest onhim, even if he had arrived beforethe damage was done, which heclaims he did no t IKennedy admits that the lawnwas already damaged before the

Winter Activities Weekend, how-ever, the damage was n ot nearly asextensive. The grass would havegrown back, whereas now it willneed to be entirely reseeded.Regarding the comparison ofthe school to a business with busi-ness expenses, Kennedy could notsee a correlation since there was nocontractual relationship, and MSGwas not charged rent In fact, theywere given use of Sullivan Hall inorder to hold a dance. Althoughthey were not charged for its use,they charged an admittance fee tothe dance.

alcohol may have increased therowdiness of the students, he re-gards the alcohol problem and theproblem of the torn-up lawn as twodistinct issues. He thought that hehad made that clear to all of theofficers. iIn closing , Kennedy stated thathe feels that MSG and SAC aremade up of truly good people."They need to know that I thinkhighly of them, and that I prizethem. As their advisor, I don't wantto battle with them. I like them."Kennedy is still hoping that theywill be able to reach some kind ofan

Although Kennedy feels that agreement on this4 Coeducation 9 frompg. 1million D'Angelo Music buildingand three athleticfields. n addition,die college has purchased eightapartment buildings on BriggsAvenue.Evenf with this growth, thisyear's enrollment has nearly ex-hausted the college's available fa-cilities. For that reason, die collegetrustees have capped the freshmanclass at about 400, and the totalenrollment at about 2000.

By placing these limits on thecollege enrollment, Mercy hurst hasopted for a higher quality -rtudentbody consistent with its long-rangegoal of becoming one ofthe premiercollege s in the tri-state area.As a result of the college'schange to coeducation, the businessdepartment that was closed in November 1969 was reinstated, andtoday it is the largest single major atMercyhurst f ^^The college also began theAdult College since coeducation,and has broadened its placementservices to carefully track employ-ers' needs while monitoring the

i Homelessnessing for someplace else to live, ac-cording to Jenkins-Husband.t An Erie Task Force HomelessCommission was formed within thepast year. The!commission hasrepresentatives from variousgroups which deal with the home-less on an every day basis.A number ofagencies in theareadeal jwith the homeless. Amongthese are Community Shelter Serv-ices, Stairways, the John F. Ken-nedy Center, and.hosp itals. Theagencies provide help to the home-less in various forms, includinghealth care, mortgage assistanceprograms, and shelter for the nigh tStairways and some hospitalsalso provide counseling for thosewho are mentally ill or for thosewho are having a difficult timedealing with the stress associatedwith being homeless.4 The people who wander .thestreets o f Erie and the other cities of

the U.S. all have stories behindbeing homeless. "The paths tohomelessness include unemploy-ment, junderemployment and aminimum wage that has remainedthe same for about eight yearsnow ," Snyder said. The paths arevaried,but the end result is the samepeople with no where to sleep outon the streets. >The numbers of homeless hasgrown in recent years because ofbudget cuts, according to Snyder.| 'Thebudget cut has put millions ofpeople in die precarious position ofchoosing between having food toeat and a place to sleep,'' Snyderadded.The conditions in which thehomeless are forced to live are oftensubstandard at the be st "I .wouldoften stand on the steps of that shel-ter at night and watch as hundredsand hundreds of people poured in,literally ooze d in," Snyder said.

marketability of Mercyhurstalumni, j* | \Through the change that hascharacterized Mercyhurst over thepast two decades, the college hastried to retain a traditional sense ofelegance and a strong commitmentto both the liberal arts and to theimportance of moral and ethicalvalues in education.This is the tradition that the sis-ters were worried 'about losingwhen the college became coeduca-tional, according to McAndrew.Sister Carolyn Herrmann had .amighty job to perform in 1969 toconvince the sisters that it was theright choice, he said.4 'It was4.courageous position toundertake," McAndrew said." She was highly admired becauseitWJJS a magnificent courageousdecision that she made."Lie Mercyhurst coeducationsry was certainly one of highrisks, but the long-term effects havepositioned the college to meet thechallenges of the next century.

9 M

5from pg.l

"I would watch as peoplehobbled in on crutches and with nolegs, folks who left their legs inVietnam, and I would watch Jasblind people walked in with canes tolead the way. I would watch as littleold men and women walked inmumbling to themselves and star-ing vacantly. It was a sight to rendera person speechless > with pity,"Snyder said. I The Mercyhurst Student Gov-ernment donated $3,000 toSnyder's cause at the end of thespeech. The lecture was sponsoredby the Senior Social Work studentsat Mercyhurst and was part of athree-part informational series onhomelessness.Questions or inquiries about thehomeless situation in Erie can beaddressed to Community ShelterServices, Stairways* the JohniF.Kennedy Center, or theErie CountyHomeless Case Management Pro-gram.

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

4/8

PAGE 4 The Merciad FEBRUARY 9,1989

Kovski KornerM e d i a C O n t r o l O f n e W S C O n t e n t I The green, green grass of homeessential in democratic society

i 'News is news," BobGuerreinof Jthe Erie Morning New s saidduring the panel discussion, "TheJournalist's Agenda under GeorgeBush."Guerrein was answering a ques-tionfrom he audience dealing withwhy newspapers print only badnews.Guerrein went on to say thatnews is only good for bad whensomeone sees it that way. News isan occurrence that is?unusual?ornoteworthy. ~I When questioned further aboutdie content of the paper, Guerreinnoted that the reason that papersinclude crossword puzzles, thehoroscope, and other features is thatpeople wantdiem. If they didn't, thepeople wouldn't buy the paper.As interesting as this avenue o fdiscussion was becoming, it hadgotten off the point of the discus-sion. But it raises an issue that wastouched upon in this exchange.

Who should control whatpeople read or watch? Should itbethe government? If this were thecase, we would be in a situation likeOne example of the waythe media made issuesimportant to people is

|AK)S. In 1982, the mediabrought it to peop le's at-tention and made it one ofthemost important issuesin the century.that of Russia. For a democracy tofunction properly, the electorateneeds to be informed.Should the people control whatis in the paper or on die news? It isimpossible for people to havedirectcontrol over this content, as toomany people would want to have

' The MerciadMercy hurst College's First-Class newspaperas rated by the Associated Collegiate Press

Vo l 62 No. 16 February 9,1989Christopher J. KovskiMichelle BushKaren SampsonMatthew J. ClarkPatty ConeglioLiz Richards

EditorEditorial Board

Alexa PotterPatSteckmanKerry Rim dziusSteve RushMara Sweterlitsch

Sports EditorBusiness Manager

Photo EditorCirculation Manager

Photographer

Cartoonists

John Kupetz Faculty AdviserReporters

Amy Lynn A ustinJill ChiccarinoMargaret Coffey Bill DarlingBrian DiPlacidoTina FieldingHolly FulmerBill Hogan

Maria KellyTheresa KloeckerSaraLinehanBrian MaidenKevin McHughJennifer MontaniAndy PenhollowRobi TaylorAndrea TiptonThe Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of MercyhurstCollege, Box 161,501^38th St , Erie, PA 16546. Phone: 825-0376. Material for publication must be submHted by poon on theMonday before publication.The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed,but the writer's name can be withheld by request

their pet topics in thenews all of thetime.But, according to many, it isimpossible for some groups to getproper representation, as the mediaare owned by big business. Busi-nesses, according to these people*don'tcare about many social issues.It is true that some issues don'tget covered. But if these issuesaren't important to enough people ,they get bumped to another time.Also, many issues didn't receiveany typeof attention until the mediastepped in and made them importantto people.'- One example of this is AIDS.When AIDS was diagnosed in1982, die media brought it topeople's attention and made it oneof the most important issues in thecentury.I Another example is die Iran-Con tra affair. Had the governmentbeen allowed to set die agenda, thepeople would never have found outanything. Thereason that the scan-dal received s o much coverage isthat people wanted to hear about i tIf big business was controllingthe media completely, this wouldn'thave happened, as many business-men are Republicans, and wouldnot want such a scandal to rock theWhite House.News is only good orbadwhen someone sees itthat way. News is an oc-currence that is unusualor noteworthy.

For businesses that run newspa-pers and other media, they are in tomake money.'" There is no otherreason toput forth the resources thatare necessary to print a newspaperor magazine, or run a televisionstation or radio station.So why criticize them fori per-forming a service, informing thepublic, as well as making money?Asis evidenced through history,when people want news, the mediahave given it to them. Th is countrywas founded on the traditions thatprevailed in the penny press and thecolonial newspapers that rebelledagainst the king. fSure, there were times in historywhen problems arose, such as Yel-low Journalism, but these endedbecause people wanted somethingdifferent, and bought what theywanted.No matterjjwhat happens, themedia have provided ?informationeven when people didn't want hardnews, and will continue to do so Jlf > pie can be informed through afeaturistic or stylized newsstory, letthem have what they w ant I iLet the. marketplace decide.This saying is the cornerstone tofree enterprise, and it is the guidingforce in journalism, as well. Peopleget what they want, as well as whatthey need.

By Christopher J. K ovskiMerciad Editor _._During Winter Activities Weekend, some grass was torn up. No bigdeal.yousay. Grass gets torn up all ofthetime. Well, notlike this, itdoesn'tThe grass by Baldwin jB wing(between B aldwin and die CampusCenter) was torn up in the tug-of -war^ ^ ^ ^ ^ during the weekend. SfcAt the MSG meeting of Feb. 5, it was brought up that the area wasgoing to have to be completely redone. "The area was completelydefoliated,9' Mr. E. William Kennedy, director of Student Services,says.

< < grass was torn out so bad that the roots were removed

Michael Falk

have to b e completely replaced."Kennedy has suggested that MSG and its subsidiary committee,SAC, pay for the damage. This idea was voted down by M SG.MSG President Chris Mohr stated that the area is a popular one"We have nowhere to go for activities," Mohr says.Besides, it was brought up at die meeting that other students use thearea for football games, which also tear up grass,billed. "W e just wound up being the scapegoat,' j ^ ^representative for secondary education, say s."They're trying to push it off on us."But this reasoning lacks some facts. For one, people who tear up thegrass haven't done the damage that was done thatweekend. Inaddition,these people do pay-a s do all of us- when damage of any kind is doneon campus.Wepay through our building assessment fee, which covers normalwear and tear on the buildings and ground s, according to Kennedy. *jAnother argument stated that Phyllis Aie llo, director ofhousing, andKennedy were at the event, yet did nothing to stop what was happening.Kennedy has stated that if students act responsibly, he would n otinterfere. Atfirst, his seemed to be the case. Yet after the tug-of-warwas over, people were still tearing up the area. W hen something of thismagnitude happens, involving so many people, it is difficult to stop, |Besides, the event was an SAC activity. Why didn't anyone fromSAC step in to make sure there weren't any problems? Ashostsoftheevent, this seems to be their responsibility.Students ask to be treated as adults and included in die decisionmaking atthe College. Yetthey are not willing to take responsibility fortheir own functions, so how can they be trusted to dictate standards forothers? 7 f f f i.According to R od Po wer, the marketing representative, MSG is acustomer of the College in this situation, and the damage to the grass ispartof the cost of doing business. He says this is a risk that college s face.But this argument is invalid, as well. When someone rents a banquethall or other facility, they assume some responsibility. Ifthe place is lefta mess or destroyed, the people wh o rented it will send abill and expectpayment! | \Sofar, the College hasn't demanded payment But it could, I believe,and rightfully s o. If someone destroyed my yard, I'd make them pay.According to MSG Vice-President Beverly TVick, when asked for a[place to hold such activities, Kennedy had no answer. This is under-standable. Every activity has different effects on the area it is held, andevery area changes with the weather. fIf this Winter Activities Weekend had been moved back one week,to Feb. 4 and 5, there would have been no problem. The ground wouldhave been hard enough to sustain such activity.There are other events that probably could have been substituted forthe tug-of-war. Had there been contingency planning, oneof these couldhave been implemented, and no damage would have been done.If this is the attitude taken over some grass, which will not be overlyexpensive, what will the attitude be when the proposed pavilion is built?Such a structure will be abused,as are all areas where parties areheld.But who will be shouldered with the burden of repairing that?Repairs to an outside building will b e expensive, without a doubtYet if both parties are arguing over who has the responsibility to pay,noonewill . If this situation occurs, the pavilion will be left to rotWhen any event takes place on campus (or off, in the name of theCollege), there mustbe clear lines marking responsibilities. When thereis no policy over who is responsible*or damage, everyone suffers.In this case, if the College takes the burden of responsibility, it willnotbe likely to approve such events again. If MSG takes responsibility,this could set a precedent for many other campus activities. ,If there was a policy, responsibility will take on a whole newmeaning. I twill not mean taking the blame when something goeswrong.It will mean acting in a conscientious manner to insure that everything:oes welL \

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

5/8

FEBRUARY 9,1989 The Merciad PAGES

Valentine history has many customsBy Karen SampsonMerciad staff reporterThehistory o f Feb. 14, or SaintValentine's Day is vagueand some-what uncertain, fbut the customswhich have arisen through the yearsto celebrate this day are interestingand (somewhat) humorousSince theMerciad i s not fond ofrunning blank; pages and I hadgenuine interest in the history of StV Day (ok, so I had a great fear ofhaving scholarship money revoked

for running a blank page) I trekkedover to the' Hammermill SocialClub, uh, I mean library, and brokeout my childhood friend, The Ency-clopedia Brittanka . This literarytreasure once again set my youngmind ablaze by imparting to me itswisdom that can only be used ingrade school book reports, cocktailparties and (as is proven by thisarticle) small, student producednewspapers of dubious origins.\ Modern St Valentine's Daymay have its roots in an ancientRoman festival called "Luper-calia." This festival took place onFeb. 15,:and its purpose was toensure protection from wolvesthroughout die year. To celebrate,youngmen struck peop le -- usuallywomen because it was thought tomake them fertile with animalhides. (I have no idea what this hasto do with love, it sounds like somekind of social problem to me).The holiday may have alsooriginated^because of a Christianmartyr, named Valentine who w asbeheaded onFeb. 14. One story saidthat in AD 200, Roman emperor,Claudius n, forbade young men toget married because he thought thatsingle men made better soldiers. Apriest named V alentine disobeyedthe order and married youngcouples. |Another story said that Valen-tine * was an early Christian whobefriended children. When theRomans threw him in jail for refus-ing to worship their gods, the chil-dren threw him loving notesthrough the bars of hiscell window.

SACEVENTS FOR THEWEEKFri,Feb. 10"We Can Make YouLaugh,'' comedians at 8p.m. in theUnion.Sun., Feb. 12Vans to the MillcreekMall. Depart from Bald-win at 1 p.m.MATH CLINIC iDo you need help with yourmath? Do you need to review for amath test? Why not come to theMath Walk-in Clinic on Tuesdaysand Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30p.m. in Main 207 for some assis-tance? See your math professornow. or hist walk in.

Another possible reason for alover's holiday in Feb. 14 is that it issaid that birds pair off on that dayand spring is die time for lovers.Most likely the holiday evolved as acombination of all three. (Person-ally, I think the bird one is a bit far-fetched. Have you ever seen anybird calendars?) } \Despite the unclear beginnings,many nations around the worldcelebrate the holiday in a variety ofways. In Great Britian, for example,the children sing Valentine songs ,and give gifts of candy, fruit, ormoney. In Italy, where the goodItalian food never goes to waste, thepeople have a feast |There is a legend in Great Bri-tian| and| Italy that if unmarriedwomen get up before sunrise onValentine's Day and stand by theirwindow, they will many the firstman who passes under the windowor someone who looks like the manwho passed under the windowwithin a year. I don' t know how youknow whether or not the man whopasses is the one, or if you should setout a search party for his clone, theol' EJ . is only so helpful.In Denmark, the people sendpressed white flowers called"snowdrops" to friends, and theDanish men send "gaekkebrev" tothe women that they fancy.Gaekkebrev are funny verses whichrhyme. The men, however, signthem with dots rather than theirnames, allowing one dot for eachletter in the man's name. (I guessthis is for those who always havetrouble spelling anonymous.) If thewoman guesses who sent her theletter, the man then gives her aneggatEaster. I may be a little material-istic, but I'd want something of alittle more value than an egg: a caratwould do nicely.Therearea couple of other inter-esting ways tofindone's true loveon St Valentine's Day. A popularway in for 16th century English-women to discover their true lovewas to write the names of severalmen on scraps of paper. Theywould then rolled the paper in bitsofclay and drop them in water. The

first to rise to the surface was thename of the woman's true love. Ithoughtof trying thisone, but Ihavea feeling that by the time the namerose to the top, it would betoo soggyto read.If a woman prefers, she couldpin five bay leaves to her pillow(one in each corner and one in themiddle) on the eve of St V Day.That night as she sleeps on the pil-low, her future husband will appearin her dreams.IIn Derbyshire, England, it is acustom for young women to circlethe church three to tw elve times atmidnight on Valentine's Day whilechanting verses such as "I sowhempseed. * Hempseed I sow. Hethat loves me best, come after menow." The man whom the womanhas feedings for is supposed tocomeand lead her off. I have a feeling thatthere are a lot of Derbyshire chicksleft standing by a church in themiddle of the night feeling just awee bit foolish.^ In one of; the oldest StValentine's Day customs, names ofwomen were placed on pieces ofpaper and drawn from ajar by themen of the area.) The woman whowas drawn then became that man's"valentine." The man then paidspecial attention to her, gave hergifts such as a pair of gloves (quiteromantic, eh?), or threw a formalball in her honor. 'Sometimes afterthe men drew the names, theypinned the paper bearing the nameto their sleeves for several days.This is where the saying "wearinghis heart on his sleev e'' originated.In the 1700 and 1800s booksknown as "Val. W riters'* were soldso that men could write love notes.Thes e' books contained verseswhich could be copied and sugges-tions for making,special valentines.Commercial valentines wereintroduced in: the 1800s are weresimilar to valentines today.

Maybe this year you can sur-prise your special someone by re-viving a historical St Valentine'sDay tradition, and for those who donot know who this person will beyet, there is always the bay leaves.

CARYL UNSELD AND Tony Naples discover the bonds of holymatrimony in the Little Theatre production of 'Our Town.9

Photo by Kevin McHugh

Play appeals to allX4Our T A K A . " ^ThorioniWilder's Pulitzer Prized winningplay will becelebrating its 50th yearin production this month with aperformance at Mercy hurst'"Our Town' is probably themost universal play written in die20th century by an American play-wright,' ' director Paul Iddings say s."It appeals to all ages."That appeal shows in the play'spopularity; it's been producedevery night somewhere in the worldsince 1938. I -* *Mercyhurst is proud to give ita golden anniversary production,"says Iddings. 'The play deals with the lives oftwo ordinary families in the early1900s, with each act showing aparticular aspect of their lives. The

first act depicts daily life, the secondrepresents love and marriage, andthe third deals with the future.The production features goodperformances,-particularly in thethird act by David McNeill as thestage manager who leads the audi-ence through the j show. TonyNaples and Caryl Unseld as theyoung couple who falls in love andgets married are a highlight"OurTown" will be performedFeb.3,4,9,10,andllthat8p.m.andFeb. 5 and 12th in benefitprogramsfor the AIDS Council of Erie, at2:30 p.m. All performances will beheld in Weber Hall's Little Theatre.The cost is $6 for adults and is freeto Mercyhurst students with*I.D.Due to the show s popularity, seat-ing is expected to be limited. I

SENIOR RECRUITERSThe following recruiters will beon campus to interview interestedstudents. Students interested ininterviewing with any o f these re-cruiters should com e to the CareerServices Office, Main 204, to signup for an appointmentFirst National Bank -JAcct,Fin., CM IS,0R M3 us. Adm., Inter.Bus., Mkt (2-09)N.Y. State Police - Crim. Jus-tice (2-14) iFrench Creek Council, BoyScouts of America - All majors (2-15) IHoss's Steak and Sea House HRIM, Business, etc. (2-15)

FisherCamuto Corp. (9 West) -Fashion Merch. (2-16)Marriott- Marco Island HRIM (2-16) iERIE ZOOLOGICAL SOCI-ETYOnThurs.,Feb. 16, at9a.m., theErie Zoological Society will behosting an informative meetingabout their Volunteer Program.!Come and learn what volunteeringfor the Zoo's Education Dept is all 'about The meeting will b e held inthe Zoo's Education Room. The 1meeting is free and open to thepublic. Refreshments will be pro- hvided.

BULLETIN BOARD JIf you have an announcementfor the Bulletin Board, submit it toBox; 161, campus mail, or hand-deliver it to The Merciad office,81B, Baldwin Hall. Typewrittenmaterial is appreciated. Ite ms mustbe received by noon on the Mon-daybefore publication. Any itemsafter that time will be given consid-eration only if space permits.OUTSIDE SCHOLARSHIPS |'jApplications for the followingscholarships are available in theFinancial Aid Office:PA Federation of DemocraticWomen (deadline 4/15/89) - PAwoman, junior, who is interested in

a career in politics or government orplanning on teaching government,economics, or history. "Must pos-sess a Democratic family back-ground or bean activeparticipant inDemocratic Party activities.SYNOD OF THE TRINITYAPPALACHIAN Scholarship(deadline 5/26/89) - Presbyterianstudents fromPA, WV A and certainareas of OH. * * iSYNOD OF THE TRINITYMINORITY Scholarship (deadline5/26/89) - Minority students fr omPA, WVA and certain areas of OH.

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

6/8

PAGE 6 IThe Merciad FEBRUARY 9, 1989

Three Fugitivesescape comedyBy Robi TaylorMerciad staff writer

When Martin Short and NickNolte star together in a m ovie theodds are that the audience shouldend up rolling on the floor laughing.But, in Three F ugitives the laughsare too few and far between.Martin Short plays the sameJ wimpy character that he has becomeI famous for. The only problem hehad in this movie was that he wasI directed too m uch. Directors shouldlearn that a talent like Martin Shortshould be left alone and allowed toI do what they do bestMost of the time his characterwas the bumbling klutz type thatShort is known for, but there weretimes when he was a sensitive,warm, caring father. This side ofhisacting is entirely different fromanything that he has done in thepastShort did a good job in the role,but the part may have been toodifferent from his normal characterfor his fans to accept Maybe heshould have backed off and let therole go to someone who would havefit the serious parts better, fOn the other hand, Nick Nolte*sroleof Daniel Lucas could not havebeen cast any better. He has therough looks and attitudes that makehim believable as a convict Heseems to have mastered this kind ofcharacter. As the role of Lucas andthe character that he played in themovie Weeds will prove.Lucas starts the movie havingthe kind of day thatany of us wouldconsider a nightmare. After beingreleased from prison he is g iven aride to a bank by a pair of ratherstupid cops to cashhis prison check.

While riding with them he okes thathe would rob the bank just to make(me of the cops, played by JamesEarl Jones, happy.While trying to open an accountthe bank is robbed and Lucas istaken hostage. Of course he getsblamed for the robbery ..and thedayonly gets worse from there.Nolte did a brilliant job in hispart He allowed the character tochange as it was needed to make ittrue to life. Someof thebest parts ofthe film were the interaction be-tween Lucas and a little four-year-old named Meg.Sarah Rowland Doroff stole theshow w ithout hardly saying a word.Her cuteness and small size m adeher the center of attention anytimeshe was on the screen. The characterof Meg upstaged both Short andNolte whenever she put on that sadface that she wore throughout thefilm. |Sarah only said about six wordsin die whole movie, but when shedid talk I found it very hard to keepfrom crying. She will ge t to you ifyou let her. I think that weare goingto see a lot more of this lovely littlegirt{Some films have problems butcan still be enjoyable and fun to

watch. Three Fugitives is one ofthese, it has quite a few funny spotsand some sad ones too. But if youcan overlook the mistakes that thedirector made this movie can be anentertaining night out

My Rating 75/100 1Some strong language

Crosby still has itBy Bill HoganMerciad staff writer

Heygang. How do you like thisweather? Anybody want to dig mycar out for me? Didn't think so.Now its time for rock-n-roll. Thisweek we'll look at David Crosby'sOh , Ye s I Can and TheReplacements' Don't Te ll a Soul.First David Crosby??? Isn't hewith Crosby; Stills, Nash andYoung? Yup. Crosby is so happy tobe song writing and singing againafter his imprisonment due to hiscocaine addiction that he hasblessed us with two works. His soloalbum, Oh, Yes I Can is more orlessa celebration of life for Crosby.His first single, "Drive my Car"sets the toneof the albumforCrosbyin his town wonderful way talksabout his addiction to drugs andhow not to run fromyour problems.v Other songs to look for is"Melody" and "In the WideRuin." This album makes youthink, and at the same time makesyou thank God that Crosby is stillalive^ He has a lot to offer and this

album proves it I So instead ofCrosby, Stills, Nash, and Young,it's just Crosby and Oh, Yes I Canproves he can still go it alone.The next album we'll look at isThe Replacements' Don't Tell.aSout This is the third album fromthe rockers from Minneapolis, andit's their best to date. They havegotten better with each release. ThisCrosby in his own won-derful way talks about hisaddiction to drugs andhow not to run from yourproblems.album really moves you with thebeat and with the lyricsfromPaulWesterberg. Don't Tella Soul is agood album and The Replacementswill certainly get their due.Listen for "I'll be You," whichis getting a lot of air play and"Dar lin'One." The Replacementsare good , fast moving Rock-n-RolLGive them a listen.

WORKS BY ARTIST Shirley Passle HordinsH includingdisplay in the Cummings Gallery untilFeb. 27 . Many of HordinsH

1spieces such as 'Shrine

9(abotheir themes in nature.

CALLEDG O D . . . ME?

Most men never considerPRIESTHOOD.Some others say.. ."NO.Many continuetheir.. ."MAYBE."27 me n are currentlys a y i n g | "YES" jinsseminary studies for theDiocese of Erie.Which are YOU?

Is it time for you to contact:Vocation Office \P.O. Box 10397Erie, PA 16514-0397(814)825-3333pxt. 225

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

7/8

FEBRUARY 9,1989 The Merciad

Young hockey squadfaces\tough test vs. national champs

RICK GOTKINBy Matthew J. ClarkMerciad Sports Editor

This weekend, the MercyhurstLaker hockey team will travel toAmerica's dairyland to play theUniversity o f Wisconsin-RiverFalls. This will be a major test forthe young Laker hockey program asWisconsin is the defending Di v. Illnational champions and are cur-rently ranked eighth in the country.The odds are seemingly againstthe Lakers, but as head coach RickGotkin explains, this is a trip theteam wanted to make. ^"We' re going out to their barn,so it's going to be interesting/' hesays. "Bu tI think it could be a goodtrip for the kids.* 'There are a lot of peop le in thehockey circles that don't give us areal big chance to win out there, butI think we might surprise them.j " We're not going out to Wis-consin to lose. We want to play thedefending national champions andsee how it goes."As a matter o f fact, Gotkindropped two |games which werescheduled against club teams thisweekend in order to face the much

tougher challenge against Wiscon -sin-River Falls.Win or lose, this trip is bound tobe a good experience for a youngteam that's still learning. Gotkinsays he is very aware of this and thatit was one of the major reasons hescheduled a game against a team ofthis magnitude. *"W e want to see how far or howclose w e are to actually competingwith the elite," Gotkin says.* "It's go ing to be a good trip thisweekend,'' he says.Again, win or lo se, Gotkin is, forthe most part, pleased with hi steam's performance this year.' 'The kids have been workinghard and it's been a good year sofar," he says. "I can remember atime when people were asking if w ecould win 10 games and we've donethat

anyone here not making the teamnext year," he says. "The guys thatare here now will get the benefit ofthe doubt next year. It's their job tolose. | I"So they need to be in shape,they need to work hard over thesummer."Gotkin says the team is going tobe doing weight training during theoff-season an d' 'they need to comeback hungry and ready to p lay." !' 'If they do that, we'll be fin e,''he continues. "We'll just have toadd*a few key players here andthere."\ Gotkin isn't looking for ahouse-cleaning, but merely to adddepth to his roster.

'We want to see how far^Hopefully we're no t done o r h o w c l o s e w e a r e | t o1 actually competing withye tI Obviously, with such a youngteam, Gotkin isn't only referring tothe rest of this season when he says"we're not done yet"J "There's a good nucleus ofstudent-athletes here that I think wecan build around.As for this season, Gotkin saystha&he didn't win as many as hewanted to but quickly adds thatevery coach probably says that\ "I think over the next couple ofyears, we'll hit a level of consis-tency where we'll be a consistentlygood hockey team."Gotkin kno ws t that there areareas to improveupon in the hockeyprogram. &"Every team needs to im-prove," tie says, "We'd like tobring in a couple of defensemen,maybe one or two forwards andpossibly another goaltender."I have a great bunch of guysand I'm not looking forward to

the elite.'- - Rick Gotkin

2; "That's going to be our plus,''he says. "If we can keep this teamin tact, in the next t wo or three yearswe should really have some suc-cess."Despi te all the talk of the future,which surely looks bright for theLaker hockey program, there arestill four games remaining on thisyear's schedule.After battling Wisconsin-RiverFalls, the iters will trek to Fredoniaon Feb. 13, then to Hamilton Col-lege to face the number two team inthe nation on Feb. 16 and close outthe season with a Feb. 18 contest atthe Civic Center against Canisius.MENUFORTHEWEEK

FrL Feb. 10Lunch - Fish SandwichTunaalaKingDinner - Baked Haddock Taverne Ham w/mustard sauce

Tacos

Dinner

Sat Feb. 11Lunch - Hot Dogs *German Potato SaladDinner - New York Strip SteakBreaded ShrimpChicken NuggetsSun. Feb.1 2Brunch - Scrambled Eggs,Hash brownsSausage LinksTurkey a la KingDinner - Knockwurst & SauerkrautRoast Turkey & dressing

Veal ParmesanBeef Burgundy1/4 pound burgers'Dies. Feb. 14Lunch - BBQ Ground BeefI Ham & Scalloped potatoesDinner - Spaghetti & meat sauce |l Chopped Steak w/onionsChicken burgersWed. Feb. 15 jjLunch - HamburgersChicken Chow MeinDinner - Seafood Fettuccine

Swiss Steak JardinerePepperoni PizzaThurs. Feb. 16Lunch - BLT SandwichI Shells & Sauce

Mon. Feb.13Lunch - Grilled Pastrami & Swiss* Turkey Fried Rice

Dinner - Baked Chicken fMeatball StroganoffFritters

PAGE 7

Shortstop:Former Laker Costello hurlsmajor league fastballfor St. Louis Cardinals

$t\3

I J J< * * *

Oh'.

By Matthew J. ClarkMerciad Sports Editor

'$bm&

m ms

Former Mercyhurst baseballstandout John Costello, who domi-nated opposing batters with his fiercefastball and impressed professionalscouts with an NCAA Div. II leadingERA of 1.12 and a strikeout averageof 10.7 per game, is now pitching inthe major leagues for one of the pre-mier teams in the National League -Louis Cardinals

44

4 4

44

44

Pro scouts taking notice of Costello was n o accident, as the late GaryCordes, who was manager of the Lakers at the time, played a major rotein attracting scouts to Costello. $ i - |"In 1982,1 led the nation in ERA arid strikeouts per nine innings,"Costello recalls. "He took (those statistics) and sent them to the NCAAand then he started pushing for me to get scouted. *fe really helped me along from a small school to getting knownnationally and he's>the one who got me signed by the S t LouisCardinals."tiis senior year on the hill, Cos tello was drafted by the Cardinals.>stello, it was the thrill of a lifetime.I got the call whi le I was staying here in Erie with some friends andlit was great," he recalls. "Th e next biggest thrill was when I finally gotcalled to the big leagues. It was the highlight of my lif e."Costello got his start in professional baseball in 1983 , playing for theErie Cardinals, S t Louis' Class A farm club. | iLven while pitching at Mercyhurst, Costel lo had the major leaguesis mind. In fact, like a lot of young boys, he dreamed of playing innajors while he was playing little league. ?'Jven though this school is not known for its baseball, I knew that1 well enough I'd get noticed," he says. "Things worked outwell." | |While at the 'Hurst, Costello relied on b eing able to throw the ballit by his opponents. His fastball, which is consistently in the 88-90>.h. range, was devastating in college and even at the lower levels inminor leagues. { |But in the majors, you need more than one pitch and Costello k nows| Now that he's worked witha wizard like Joe Roarke, the Cardinals*:hing coach, he says he' s teamed to mix his pitches.Tie fastball is still my main pitch," he admits. "But now I mixches up a little more and my slider and change-up help me a lot"stello says he feels no special pressure from playing in a bigbaseball town like S t Lou is. One of the big reasons for this, he says, isattitude of Cardinal fans.

"St Louis fans are probably the best fans in baseball," he says.I' 'They*re really knowledgeable of the game, so you're not really uptightwhen they're there."They're not like the New York fans who'll get on you if you'replaying bad. (S t Louis fans) kind of pull for you when you're doingbad and when you're doing great, they cheer you on," the former Metsfan says. .{. Jr"'vCardinal manager Whitey Herzog, whom Costello sees as the bestmanager in baseball, has told him that he'll be the set-up man for shortrelievers Ken Day ey and Todd Worrell. iIn fact, Costello could find himself being the stopper if Herzogchooses to give Worrell a day off or if Worrell gets injured in any way."I' ve proven in the past that I can handle those types of situations," hesays. "Whitey has told me that I'll have a chance to be more of a roleplayer this year."Whitey told me the job i s mine and that the only way I'll lose it isif I pitch myself off the team," he says. |"But I don't foresee that happening. This is the first time I'll begoing (to spring training) with a secure job."In past years, Costello would return to his native New York and drivelimousines to earn extra money. No w that he' s in the majors, his annualsalary has increased from a paltry $ 12,000 to nearly $70 ,000 includingincentives.* $ : . w Costello says he wasn't really surprised by major league hitters andthathe'snotintimidatedbyanyofthem. He says he uses situations likefacing Mike Schmidt, whom he used to watch iro m the stands as a kid,to fire himself up. i .; As for the 1989 race for the league championship and World Series,Costelloquips "Every other year it seem s the Cardinals ^Last year was the M ets' year, this year is our year." pennant

:

8/6/2019 The Merciad, Feb. 9, 1989

8/8

PAGE 8 The Merciad FEBRUARY 9,1989

'

Lady Lakers go coldagainst PhiladelphiaBy Bill DarlingMerciad sports reporter

The Lady Lakers came intoSaturday's game with PhiladelphiaTextile in an emotional peak only tohave their dreams of a conferencetitle put on hold, losing to the LadyRams 71-69 in a classic battle attheCampus Center.Then on Monday, Lemoyneadded salt to Laker wounds bydumping the 'Hurst 60-50, handingdie women their third conferenceloss and second-straight defeat Forthe first time this season, Mer-cyhurst is struggling.Abig factor that has been criticalin the two Laker defeats is the foulshooting.TheLady Lakers were eight of20 on the line against Textile andnine of 17 versus Lemoyne..; Mer-cyhurst is at the bottom of the MCCin free throwshooting and near thebasement in the NCAA.

Although lately the 'Hurst hasbeen struggling they have contin-ued to lead several categories inthree point shooting. The LadyLakers main weapon recently isfresh man sensation CherylTomczak, who connected on six of17 efforts at Lemoyne and tallied 23points.Against Philadelphia TextileTomczak made 3 of 10 from 3 pointrange and contributed 15 points in alosing cause. f * MAlso, Nancy DiLallo continuesto hit from long range as she hasupped her season total to 49, fivebehind Tomczak's leagqe:leading54 . She is averaging just over 14points per game but feel her role asa shooter to more of an assist spe-cialists. *One of the most unsung heroesof theLady Lakers would have tobeKelly Sullivan. | fThe5-10junior forward is notahi eh scorer but her effectiveness on

SCOREBOARDMen's Basketball (7- 9)L-Philadelphia(69-71)

iWomen's Basketball(ll-3)W-Lake Erie College(84-31)1 L-Philadelphia(65-76)

\ . 'SE:

L-Niagara

Niagara sinks swimm ersThe Laker swim teams had arough outing against Niagara lastSaturday. The women lost 119-85and the men fell 101-80. * |For the wom en, the twoe first-place finishes for M ercyhurst weretaken by Vicky Bothe, who won the1000-yard reestyleevent and Col-leen Grant who won the 200-yardbreast-stroke.There were many second placefinishes for the women, withKristina Rush falling just short inthe200-yard and 500-yard freestyleevents/ Christina Kaliszak took

second in the 50-yard g freestyle,while Bothe placed second in the200-yard fly event | & I IFor> the men, senior John RitzU, taking three events, two of.Jivdual races. He placed|fihc 200-yard medley and theard backstroke and was on thestarrthenfirst200-team ofRitz,Krishaltiner,Dan Herrand Ian Hessel which w oo the 400-yard free relay.On?Feb. 1, the Laker womenlook on Buffalo Un iversity, and

drifted to a 106-90 win at TechMemorial.It was a big day to many of thelady swimmers, with Bothe, Grant,Kaliszak, Rush, BJ. *Brannick,Kathy Nicholson and Mary Jo Pen-bcrthy all taking first place in at leastone event each.Giant won the 200-yard frees-tyle, 200-yard backstroke, and waspart of the medley team of Grant,Kaliszak, Bothe and Nicholsonwhich won the 400-yard event* Bothealsotookfirst in the 1000-yardfreestyleand 100-yard frees-tyle events, while Kaliszak grabbedhonors in the 50-yard reestyle race.BJ.Brannick,inoneofherbestoutings of the season, beatBuffalo's Meg Leary to the wall by.75 seconds in the 200-yard individ-ual medley.I In awesome fashion* Rush wonthe 500-yardfreestyleby over 30seconds, crushing her opposition.The swimmer'sfinalmeet willbe oo Sat, Feb. 11 againstDuquesne at Tech Memorial

O.K. W H O ' S N E X T ? Nancy DiLallo beats one Textileplayer and takesbecome an All-American.the boards has helped relieve Kin-dlin and Maxson especially whenthey get into foul trouble.ft In the Textile game Sullivan andRuth Henderson did a superb jobgrabbing rebounds and intimidat-ing opposing shooters in the paintTuesday at the Campus CenterMercyhurst took out their\ recentsetbacks Ion Lake Erie?College.Maxson poured in 26 points and

probably would have scored 40 ifCoach Ruppel hadn't taken her outearly in the second half^Tomczak played her usual con-sistent game hitting 3 three pointersand 15 points. N ancy DiLallo alsoplayed well on defense and hit 4three pointers as the 'Hurst obliter-ated LEC 84-31. J -j iUnfortunately, Mercyhurst willhit the road on a three came stint

on another. DiLallo is on course toPhoto by Kevin McHughwhich includes conference foes,Immaculatta Friday, Buffalo onWednesday, and finish the swingwith a tough contest onLong Islandagainst Queens next Saturday.All these games are pivotal ifthe 'Hurst is to make theplayoffs ineither the MCC or receive a bid inthe NCAA Tournament.

Lakers failjto execute against TextileBy Kevin McHughMerciad staff reporter

jThe;Lakers took an early 6-0lead and held it for four minutesafter which Philadelphia Textilewent to work quashing any hopesfor a 'Hurst victory.Dave Quinn, and Eric Franosscored 18 points a p iece but couldnot stave off the 65-76 defeat at thehands of the nation's.No.3-ratedDivision II team.Textilewent on a 17-pointsurgein the first half to lay the Lakers intheir coffin. The Laker'scoach, Dr.Barry Copeland didn't blame hisdefense for Textile's early attackbutpraised Textile's abilities - nota-bly those of Mike Louden."Rich Lipscomb and the otherfellas pressured Louden as best theycould,'* he said. "They made shotswith people on them and they shotwhen the clock was down, I guessthat's what great players are madeof." I ^ { SLouden contributed 28 points toput the nails in the Laker's coffinand helped Textile to their 18-3record. \Free throws were the name ofthe game in the dying minutes of thesecond half as Mercyhustscrambled to pull up an 11 pointdeficit. Textile had effort and inten-sity, said Copeland, but the 'Hurstdidn't have int ens ity. ^"[We'replaying teams thatpres-sure us a little more than we can

4 4

handle/! Copeland said. " It'sbeenthat way all year.9' *. Philadelphia was beaten byGannon on the previous night 84-

QwMVV rsthekUlinthebasketashepMinonecfhisc^Romances against Philadelphia. ! Photo by Kevin McHugh74. The Lakers, who take on Gan-non onFeb. 14, have decided toplaythe game in the Erie Civic Orather then the Campus Cente .8cause of its greater crowd capacity.Tickets are on sale at the CampusCenter for $2 each until-Feb.13,after that it's $4 at the door.