T e a m support swells with the efforts of the Laker Wave

By Karen McGuire has grown to a membership of 60 strong.

Merciad News Editor
On an eternal quest to put an end to school
apathy, the Laker Wave has reorganized for
,
the 1990- 91 school year. This group of Mer-
cyhurst students, dressed in sweatshirts bear-
ing the Laker Wave logo, is invading athletic
fields and gymnasiums everywhere to spread
school spirit
The leader of the group. Brad Fairfield,
said, * 'The Wave is something that Mercyhurst|
has needed for a long time. Students are finally
joining together to show school spirit."
Class of *90 alumna Rod Power started the
Laker Wave last winter. Since then, the groui
Fairfield said the group is always looking for
new members.
The Wave has already planned a full sched-
ule of support for the Lakers. The devoted
fans will be assembling Saturday for the foot-
ball game and Tuesday for women's volley-
ball. They also plan to cheer on the men's
soccer and hockey teams Sat, Oct 27. They
will meet again on Wed., Oct 31 for the
women's volleyball game.
I *'Cheering for the 'Hurst is now the cool
thing to do,'' said Fairfield. Anyone interested
From left toright,members of the Laker Wave, (Front row) Molly Mc in joining the Laker Wave can call Brad Fair-
Cormick, Erin Marton, Maria Kelly (Back row) John Furlong, Orla field at 825-1350 or contact the MSG office at
Stevenson, Ellen Czadzeck. Photo taken at Saturday's soccer game 825-0428. & I i §
photo by Kevin McHugh

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Recycling becomes law on 'Hurst campus

CHECK every apartment was provided a blue trash can

OUT
By Maria M. Stahon>. specifically to be used for recyclable items,
Merciad Staff Reporter < $ ! &
including; white paper, plastic beverage con-
tainers, glass, aluminum cans, and metal cans.
Thursday, Oct 11 The recyclable items are to be placed in one
clear garbage bag and deposited in the white
4
4 p.m. Blue Room Study * Every year, Americans generate about dumpsters* specifically designated for recy-
Skills Seminar * 1,200 lbs. of solid waste per person." This cling. At me moment, each apartment is tem-
9 pan. Location TBA Orob- figure, provided by the Earth Works Group, porarily responsible for providing its own
emphasizes the dire need for people to incor- 10,000 must implement recycling programs;'' clear bags. J*
oros
porate a recycling program in their daily life. this includes Mcrcyhurst College. I In addition to recycling, other practices
Friday, Oct 12 In Erie, the decision is no longer a choice, it's According to Terry Camp, Director of will reduce the amount of garbage produced.
the law. Housing Maintenance, Mcrcyhurst College is One suggestion is to buy food
PARENTS WEEKEND Act 101, effective Sept. 26,1990, states presently participating in a recycling program large quantities. Less garbage is produced by
that all • 'municipalities with a population over through Waste Management Camp said that one big box of cereal than by four orfivesmall
BEGINS! (See page 2)
boxes. The same can be said for laundry
[Free Day No Classes
:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. MSG 'Man Of The Year' honors \
detergent
Another suggestion is to re-use grocery
bags, or even to use a canvas bag. Avoid
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go to!Dr. George D'Angelo
By Angela M. Camp
Merciad Staff Reporter
Dr. George D'Angelo received the
1990 Man of the Year award on Oct. 7 at the
17th Annual Columbus Day Commemora-
tion Dinner. The dinner was sponsored by the one of the most prestigious liberal arts
Giuseppe Mazzini Civic Association.
$ "It was tremendous," said
D'Angelo. "If was overwhelmed."
D'Angelo, the recipient of a variety of
awards, said that this Man of the Year award
was one of the most prestigious awards he has
received.
Students know of Dr. D'Angelo
through the D'Angelo School of Music here
at Mcrcyhurst, to which he donated a million
dollars in order to establish. "Dr. D'Angelo
has been the driving force behind the school
of music,'' said Sam Rotman, the director of
the music department Rotman said that
D'Angelo has been the primary benefactor
and the initial visionary to establishing the
school.
plastic cups that are used once and then thrown
away, and take notice when which containers
are recyclable, and which are not
D'Angelo has also been presented It's your choice, grass or plastic!
with an honorary doctorate from Mercy hurst,
where he is a member of the Board of Trus-
tees. When asked what he saw in the future
for the 'Hurst's School of Music, D'Angelo
said, "I see the whole college as growing. In
the next ten years, I see Mercyhurst becoming
schools in the region.**
Mass was held at 4:30 p.m. on Oct 6
in Christ the King Chapel, followed by a
cocktail reception in Sullivan Hall, held by
Dr. William P. Garvey, president of Mer-
cyhurst College. j
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According to the Office of the Presi-
dent, because of Dr. D' Angelo's close affili-
ation with Mercyhurst as benefactor, trustee,
and friend of the cojlege, Dr. Garvey, who
had been asked to introduce D'Angelo at the
awards ceremony, hosted the reception at
Mcrcyhurst The reception was open to
members of the Giuseppe Mazzini Civic
Association, their families, and the Mer- Sam Rotman, greets Dr. George D'Angelo
cyhurst College community.
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Campus Ministry seeks volunteers

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Hurst food drivel to help fight hunger

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Did you know that 15 million
m children all over the | world are
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Did you know that 8.8 percent
of the total Erie County popula-
tion has to go without meals due
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to a lack of food?
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*:' October 16 is known as World
rung in tmm
Hunger Day throughout the world.
tional and local areasfrhe news
The Mercyhurst community has
is gathered from a variety of
realized this problem of world
By Karen McGuire sources. hunger. Campus Ministry has felt
Merciad News Editor compelled to help with this prob-
lem in the Erie community.
On Oct IS and 16, Campus
Ministry will be sponsoring the
INTERNATIONAL sixteenth annual food drive from
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We need
rwo American doctors won the Nobel Prize in medicine student and faculty volunteers to
oseph E. Murray, who performed the first successful help drive and collect food door
to doorfromnorth of Grandview
nt - a kidney - and E. Donnall Thomas, who pioneered
and east of State Street The food
transplants to cure leukemia, will share the $704,000
prize will then be given to Second
Harvest Foodbank.
Jerusalem — On Tuesday police closed the holy Temple Mount, Sign up in Campus Ministry!
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Islam * s third-holiest site, and fired tear gas on 200 Moslem worshipers
trying to break through the cordon. The closure came after riots on the
Temple Mount killed 19 Palestinians and wounded about 140.

Jiddah, Saudi Arabia — Diplomats and Kuwaiti officials in exile

endorsed a recent Amnesty International report of, "a horrifying
picture of widespread arrests, torture under interrogation, summary : Dan Langan SAC Chair's Report: SAC from the United Way, GROW
executions and mass extrajudicial killing'* in Kuwait i Vice Chair Kierstin Stager, alter- (Grass Roots Opportunities for
L Merciad Staff Reporter
r nate for Frank Z. Revy, reported Women) and Heal the Children
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia - A U.S. Air Force F-lll fighter-bomber that approximately 70 people at- gave presentations on their or-
The topics discussed at last
crashed Wednesday in Saudi Arabia killing both crew members, U.S tended last Friday's performance ganizations to assist MSG in de-
week's Mercyhurst Student Gov-
military officials reported. It was the fourth American aircraft to crash by magician/comedian Steve ciding which charity should re-
ernment meeting included:
in three days among those deployed in Operation Desert Shield. Rodman. She also noted that ceive proceeds from the "Mon-
President's Report: i President
Robin Engel had nothing to report Oroboros, a classic rock band from ster** bingo.
NATIONAL at the meeting, but he mentioned the Cleveland area,! will be tin Next week in the Merciad: MSG
thatfinalplans for the" monster* * conceit on Thursday, Oct 11 at8 Treasurer Dale Mancuso explains
California—The space shuttle Discovery returned home Wednesday, n
bingo will discussed next week. p.m. in the Unio I student government's budget and
landing safely at Edwards Air Force Base. The mission sent a sun Vice President's Report: Brad Miscellaneous: Representatives what funds are used for.
probe hurtling through space. Fairfield presented to MSG repre-
sentatives the constitutions of two,
Princeton, NJ. — Despite a Supreme Court order, the last all-male
eating club at Princeton University voted Tuesday to retain its century-
old ban on women. The Tiger Inn and the Ivy Club were the last of 13
newly-formed student organiza-J
tions - the Mercyhurst College
Parent's weekend
chapter of S ADD (Students Against
all-male eating clubs at Princeton. Drunk Driving) and the Political
Science Association - for review.
schedule announced
Fairfield said that the voting for By Angela M. Camp 10a.m. to 12p.m. Faculty Recep-
LOCAL the acceptance of each constitution
Merciad Staff Reporter tion in the Great Room of the
will be done at the Oct 14 meet- Student Union
Erie Mayor Joyce Savocchio vetoed ing. k
Friday. This is thefirsttime she's used her veto power since taking J Time to take the* garbage 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Octoberfest
He also reported on the suc- out, boys and girls. Parents* Luncheon in the Egan Dining
office nine months ago. cess of fthe Laker Wave at last:] Weekend is upon us! Mom and Hall (Reservations required--$5
week's athletic events. He noted Dad will soon Toe joining us to see per person) #
On Sunday, 2,500 anti-abortion activists lined Peach and 38th Streets that new members are always
in Erie to protest The event was sponsored by Lifechain of Erie 4 where and how we live. Parents' 1 2 - 1 p.m. Shuttles to Football
2
welcome to help support Hurst Weekend, October 12-14, is de- Game in j front of 4Baldwin
County. athletic teams.* For more informa- signed to give our parents the Hall I
tion about the Laker Wave, call opportunity to visit their children 1 pin. Mercyhurst vs. Waynesburg
The rock group, Kiss, is scheduled to appear at the Erie Civic Center Brad at 825-13S0 or the*,MSG| and see them at the 'Hurst in their
Oct 16. The Erie County Citizens Coalition, a local group against Football Game at the Veterans
office at 825-0428. natural habitat The weekend is
violent pornography, is protesting the show saying the performances Stadium
Treasurer's Report: |MSG§ packed with events for students 1:30 p.m. Men's Soccer — Merf
are lewd, obscene and pornographic. They say Kiss's shows are unfit Treasurer Dale Mancuso distrib-
to be seen bv anvone under 17 and their parents. cyhurst vs. Indiana University of
uted copies of MSG's income and PA at the Soccer Field
expense report for review. The SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 6:30 p.m. Dinner/Dance on Cam-
report covered a three month period pus (Reservations required—$20
On October 12th from July* 1 - Aug. 30, 1990.
Mancuso highlighted expenses for
-FRIDAY-
per person)
the Fall Fun Fest and the sand 7 p.m* to 9 p.m. Registration and
Mercyhurst students volleyball court The fun fest Welcome Reception in the Chapel
totaled $2,620.06, which is under Foyer
-SUNDAY-

11 a.m. Mass in the Christ the

going to get a rare treat the $3,000 projected for the event;
and the cost for the volleyb
-SATURDAY. King Chapel
12 p.m. Brunch in the Egan Din-
A Day Off court totaled $709.87, which is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration in
below the $1,000 projection.! the Chapel Foyer f
ing Hall (Reservations required—
$7.00 per person).
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Individual rights fall to

those of institutions
By Kevin McHugh
Merciad Editor
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The United States' Constitution,

Recycling : it isn't just for cans any more
By Theresa Hewitt
Merciad Feature Editor
There's a new fad on the
Mercy hurst campus, and if you're
not wearing clear plastic bags, you
won't be in style. Actually, all you
need to do is put those clear plastic
bags in the blue waste cans pro-
vided by the college for recycling.
Now, we all know that recy-
cling is i cool. It's good for the
environment, and since it requires
separatingjour ggbage,you won't
be filling your regular cans quite
as soon. That means fewer trips to
the bins outside.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could
recycle text books. You know,
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Kevin McHugh
Karen McGuire
Theresa Hewitt
Robi Taylor
Nick Roberts
Molly McCormick
Melissa Mangini
Andy Penhollo w
Maureen Connolly
Maria Kelly
Noah talent displays his very controversial
artwork entitled "Pissed Christ" 1
those ones that you use for only
one class that isn't even in your
major. You try to sell them for the
next term, only to discover that
they're not being used in $ any
classes, anywhere, ever again.
Then there are the back park-
Student asks for more involvement
Dear Editor,
jThis letter is not going to
attack you (people think we're
mortal enemies after my aggres-
sive retort to your assault on my
persona). Rather, it is a positive
and supportive rejoinder to the
raider of Wertz's fridge.
We need more people like
that to step forward and break the
October 11,199
Editor-in-Chief
News Editor
Features Editor
Entertainment Editor
Sports Editor
jAsst Sports Editor
Photo Editor
Copy Editor
Design Manager
Advertising Manager
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ing lots behind Baldwin and Zurn
Halls. Why not recycle them into
part-time playgrounds for *Hurst
students. After 10 p.m., they make
great asphalt football fields for
students who aren't involved with
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mold of all the plastic people on
this campus. • Plastic—that seems
like^a good description of the
Mercyhurst population...plastic
peopleCfrlastrc promts^ ^ ^
smiles, etc. "T
This is not an attack on the
campus residents. It is an urgent
message to the pupils to speak
out, act up, and cause something
to happen. Get off your bums!
Don't put up with the seemingly
fascist dogmas of the administra-
tion. If you don't like something,
don't bitch about it to your friends,
don't be anonymous...stand out,
make yourself and your problems
known! This is the only way things
will change for the better! This is
the only way things will be done
for you. *
"Assent-and you are sane—
Demur—you're straightway dan-
gerous-and handled with a chain."
Emily Dickinson |
notably the First Amendment, has
been debated, to say the least, ever
since it s initiation. Its debate is no
less as heated today as it was then.
There are three constitutional
bones of contention that I wish to f£
discuss in this article. The first is-
sue deals with the two illustrations to the left of my column. Our
cartoonist showed me the cartoon, and I found it quite clever and
decided to run iL However, when I showed it to other members of
the staff, they didn't find it amusing. That's because they didn't
know the contextfromwhich the idea for the cartoon originated.
So, to "put the news in a context that gives it meaning,*' to quote
a topic discussed in my communication law and ethics class, I shall
explain. By the way, the class deals a lot with the freedom of h
and expression aspect of the First Amendment, so I feel reasoi
capable of debating it (but why doesn't Mr. Ragan think that
he grades my tests?), ,f *.
jBut anyway, the painting, entitled "Piss Christ," depicts a
crucifix submerged in a bath of urine. This is obviously an individ-
ual's form of expression, but many believe that the artist, Andres
Serrano, does not have the freedom of such expression.
The painting is not visually offensive, but inspires a sense of
tranquil reverence. It may, however, be offensive in an interpretive
sense. I interpret the painting as representing the way Christ was, in
a sense, pissed upon by mankind. Now, does my interpretation
make you think the painting offends me? * I
The point is, forms of expression, especially through art, are up
to different interpretations. So who has the right to tell me that the
painting is offensive? The National Endowment for the Arts, which
is backed by Congress, seems to think it has that right The NEA
intends to censor such works by withholding funding. The rights of
institutions, such as the NEA, should not come before the rights of
individuals. ... > ..- ^ j^ >
My second topical bone of contention deals with flag burning,
which is also undergoing heated debate. Do the American people
really think that burning a piece of cloth imprinted with stars and
stripes is a greater crime than denying an individual from free
expression? It may be argued that theflagrepresents the country's
ideals. But isn't a country made up of individuals? If there were no
individuals, there would be no country. Therefore, don't the rights
of individuals have precedence over those of the State?
My last bone of contention deals with a letter to the editor which
was censored by our advisor. The letter compares Dr. Gary Brown
to Batman with Frank Z. Revy and his SAC counterparts as the

F is for freedom villains. After writing about thefirsttwo issues, the debate about
Timothy Moriarty 1 Faculty Advisor FZRisfor censoring a letter about Batman fades into insignificance. |
Reporters Frank Z. Revy However, in happy little Mercy world, the censoring of a letter for
any reason is of giave importance because it is a restriction of the
Maria Station Yvonne Maher Angela M. Camp
P.S. Bruno, the new Slayer album freedom of expression of Mercyhurst students. The topic of censor-
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Robin lllsley Tracy Schmitz I a censorship policy will be established.
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Students uncover archaeology at
By Tracy Schmitz
Merciad Staff Reporter
Two new majors will be in-
troduced to Mercyhurst this year,
but many students remain unaware
of the impact, that Archaeology
and Anthropology will have on
the college. The Archaeological
Institute is designed to highlight
the science department as well as
to serve as a convenient location
for the tri-state area.
The Institute is directed by
James D. Adovasio, a former
professor and chairman who
developed a similar facility at the
University of Pittsburgh.;
One of the best features of the
Institute is the Center for Perish-
ables Analysis. It is designed to
offer many services and provide
expertise for the analysis of ar-
chaeological materials like bas-
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time and money in shipment of
materials. It will also provide
Mercyhurst students with hands-
on training under the leadership
and training of "oneof the top 10
men in his field in the country,"
according to Dr. William P. Gar-
vey, president of ^Mercyhurst
College.
There are [several archeaol-
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cooperation with such-universi-
ties as the University of Colo-
rado, the University of Maryland,
and the University of Haifa. Field
locations include Israel, Northern
Manchuria, and the Ukraine, where
Mercyhurst students and admini-
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improve and upgrade technology
and data recovery methods. Stu-
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chaeological survey and excava-
tion procedures.
jjj Funding for the Institute will
be provided by grants and publi-
cations. Money has already been
incorporated into the purchase of
several thousands of dollars of
equipment What equipment isn't
bought by the college or already
established en campus will be trans-
ferred out of Pitt.
The Archaeological Institute
could be considered a risky in-
vestment for the college, but
Adovasio believes he can repeat
his past success at Mercyhurst
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I confident that within a year
or so, 90% of all the non-durable
items excavated anywhere in the
Americas, as well as a substantial
percentage of: those found else-
where, will be funneled through
the center in Erie,* * he said.
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Dance director to expand program
By Robi Taylor
Merciad Entertainment Editor
time
dance
department, the office im w
like a scene from a disaster movie.
Posters, books and cassette tapes
are piled on every inch of avail-
able space. A number of potted
trees, including one ten-foot-tall
rubber tree, greet you as you walk
in the door. >vj
This sort of casual confusion
is the way the new director of the
dance department, Mary Price
Boday, works. "If you} look
around the office, I'm sure that
you could probably |find an In-
dian around here someplace,"
Boday said with a smile.
Boday came to Mercyhurst
from the University of Illinois to
fill the vacancy left by Jean-Marc
Baier. " I liked working at the
University of Illinois, but they
had over 40,000 students. You
could never get to know them or
the faculty. It was too impersonal
forme." she said.
" I just love it at MercyhursL
The school's administration is
very supportive of the students
and* faculty and" the people are
very friendly," she said.
I Boday said that she and her
assistant Jay E. Kirk will offer
new programs to help enhance
the educational experience of her
26 dance majors.
Her first program change was
to create a Bachelor of Fine Arts
(BFA) degree in addition to the
Bachelor of Arts (B A) now of-
fered to dance majors.' 'The BFA
will offer a greater number of
more intensive* dance-related
classes than the traditional B A."
Personate
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i am also planning to make
the studio more accessible to the
students. Beginning winter term,
classes will be scheduled in the
mornings, and rehearsals will be
in the afternoon," she said. She
added that this will also help the
students by giving them more
time to study. "They won't have
to interrupt their studying to
come to an evening rehearsal. It
will help their other grades."
Although the classes will
teach all forms of dance including
classical ballet, jazz dance and
contemporary ballet, the main
concentration will be on classical
ballet! "Actually, all forms of
dance are needed. There is still a
verv great demand for classical
Controversial films
coming to the 'Hurst
The Mercyhurst College
Films For Discussions Series
gives \the Erie community a
chance to see international mov-
ies of social and political signifi-
cance, v night in a French restaurant
Coming attractions include:
Camille Claudel on Oct 16
She studied with the sculptcr
Rodin and became a sculptor in
her own right Her obsession with
Rodin complicates and almost
destroys her own life and career.
Paul Claudel, the author of The
Satin Slipper, appears in the film.
Gerard Depardieu plays Rodin.
Isabelle Adjani plays Camille.
French with English subtitles.
Frida on Oct 23
A Mexican film concerning
the life and work of Mexican art-
ist Frida Kahlo who actively fol-
lowed the life and work on Leon
Trotsky. Frida is obsessed with
mirrors and with her own twisted
body.
ft Spanish with English sub-
titles. 9 A PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE
The Cook, The Thief, His
Wife And Her Lover on Oct 30
This is one of the movies that
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ballet That's why I've set up the
program the way I have, to give
the dancers training in all the
forms to make them employ-
able," Boday said. | v
She is also training the danc-
ers on the importance of the busi-
ness side of their art "Dancing is
not sitting around waiting to be
discovered by a producer. I am
teaching^them how to promote
their talents by having them send
out query letters to local schools
offering them tours of our depart-
ment By sending out the letters, I
hope the students arefindingout
a little about marketing them-
selves."
Boday said she wants to de-
velop a relationship with the other
departments. "I want to have the
productions come out as a reflec-
tion of the combined talents of all
the departments working to-
gether," she said.
The dance department's first
presentation under its new direc-
tor will be on Dec. 7,8 and 9 in
Zurn Recital Hall.
~ "We are working closely
with the music department They
will play at least half the music we
use. The rest will be performed by
Shirley Sticner.and award win-
ning concert pianist, Julius
Robinson," she said. %
made the summer of 1990 the
most controversial movie season
of all times.
Helen Mirren -tars with set-
tings in the violent murk of the
owned by the thief \ Michael
Gambon, who specializes in
swallowing people whole. The
hero is a book lover and keeper of
what seems to be the last deposi-
*
tory of books. The cook is mildly
philosophical.!
TThe director dares you to fig-
ure out what it all means.
•/The Films For Discussion
staff warns that this movie is not
for the quesy.
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call the ArtsLlne.
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Fantasia return^
Disney's finest
celebrates its
50th anniversary
By Robi Taylor
Merciad Entertainment
Editor I || V-
Fantasia 4k
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Directed by Walt Disney 'i*
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Disney Studios
Rated G
Once, or at the most twice, in wm w
a lifetime a movie comes along I
that can change the world and the way people think about their lives.
Fifty years ago this week Walt Disney released such a movie. It was
the biggest flop he ever produced; the movie was called Fantasia.
Critics of the time said that the movie was, * 'too high brow for the
American public," and that Disney should, ''stick to movies like his
earlier hits Snow White and Pinocchio." In the mid 1970* s Fantasia
was re-released and was immediately embraced by a new generation
of Disney fans.
I Fantasia has been released about every eight to ten years since
then, usually to sell out crowds. L ^
* Unfortunately, Walt Disney died a few years before the public
found out what they were missing in Fantasia. But, Disney had
enough foresight to put a stipulation in his will that his dream movie
could never be shown on TV.
The idea behind Fan tasia is a simple one: take classical music and
draw cartoons (I hate to call this movie a cartoon because the term
gives the impression of a Bugs Bunny or Fred Flintstone short) to act
out the mood of the music. Music such as' 'NightOn Bald Mountain"
by Moussorgsky and Beethoven's "The Pastoral Symphony" pro-
vide the background for some of the most beautiful animation ever.
Scenes of mythological creatures and the changing seasons take the
audience from the brink of fear to the relaxing pleasure of a spring
meadow. k rt
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i Many technical advances were created to fill the needs that
Fantasia created. Stereo sound, multi-plane cameras and advanced
multi-channel audio mixing are items that we take for granted today
but for 1940's Hollywood they were unheard of.
In preparation for its golden anniversary, technicians have spent
the last couple of years cleaning and restoring the colors of the original
negatives. The original soundtracks were dug out of dusty vaults,
final result is a movie masterpiece that is as good, if not better, than
what premiered SO years ago. |
Disney said he created Fantasia to show what his artform could
achieve. He got his wish. He pushed this movie, the technology and
the artists' talents to the limits and beyond.*
Fantasia has become the hallmark for all modern animation. The
colors are beautiful, the illustrations are, lively and the stories are
unique; entertaining to both the youngest child and the oldest senior
citizen. i
There is only one way to see this movie...in a theater. To tell the
truth, I feel that watching it any other way would ruin the effects and
the splendor of the movie. It is only here for a limited run and after that
it will be at least another eight years before you get another chance.
So beg, borrow or steal enough to see a piece of cinemagraphic
history before somebody buys up the rights to all the Disney anima-
tion and locks it awav too!
My rating 100/100
Some mild nudity
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advice, and assistance through the
application process.
The§ group was honored vby
the presence of Judge Roger Fis-
cher, presiding over the Orphans'
Court of the 6th Judicial District Scou Skippy" Clary, senior Jim Doherty, freshman 'zi
La$t Tuesday, the Mercy hurst of Pennsylvania. His involvement "I fed that it was very "I think if they want people
Pre-law Society hosted a lunch- with (he Pie-law Society will be irresponsible of the school to sched- to stay here for Parents' Weekend,
eon for several local attorneys who greatly valued. Alumni present ule Parents* Weekend and the long they shouldn't have an off day
are alumni < of the college. The were: assistant district attorney, weekend at the same time. Some before the weekend. I'm going
concept of die luncheon Was de- Bill Dopierah (*72); attorney Tom students don't have the time to go home."
signed by Pre-law President Tina Heberle (*74); attorney Patricia home during a regular weekend
Fielding, who wants to set up a Smith f77); attorney David Hunter because of its shortness/*
mentoring program for!students ('79); attorney Rich LanziDo ('83),
interested in pursuing careers in who is also a faculty member, and
law. attorney Dave Armstrong ('86),
Attending from Mercyhursi who is a full-time employee of the
were: Dr. William P. Garvey, col- college.
lege president; Dr. Michael. All in attendance were opti-
McQuillen, academic dean; E. mistic about the future of the pre-
William Kennedy, director of stu- law program at Mercyhurst Bob
dent services; Dennis Williams, Hvezda commented on the suc-
criminal defense attorney and cess of the event by saying, * 'This
faculty member; Gary Bukowski, luncheon was extremely benefi-
director of institutional advance- cial for the growth and develop-
ment; and the officers of the Pre- ment of the Pre-law Society and
law Society. The luncheon was the Mercyhurst students." With
held in Sullivan Hall with Pre-law time it is expected that more stu- Wendy Tullar, sophomore Dan Parsh, sophomore
advisor 1 Bob Hvezda present as dents will consider law as a ca- "I think that long week- "It really doesn't matter to
the master of ceremonies. reer. The Pre-law Society plans to ends are for going home and re- me if it's on a long weekend or
The luncheon was a tremen- assist those students in all of their laxing. Having the Parents* Week- not I really don't go home no
dous success. Future law students endeavors. end dinner on campus is mainly matter how long the weekends
gained the opportunity to meet the reason why I am not slaying." are." *
The i Pre-law Society's next
and speak with Mercyhurst gradu- event is a meeting on Oct 25 at 8
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ticing attorneys. Alumni lawyers attorney Leonard Ambrose will
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THE MERCIAD PAGE 7

Women's soccer
builds strong tradition
at Mercyhurst
By Nick Roberts
Merciad Sports Editor

Five years ago Andy Roth

started a women's soccer team at
Mercyhurst The program that
Ruairi Gieeson and Brad Fairfield. Members of the Laker Roth started has grown from
good voice at Saturday's soccer game photo by Kevin Mctiugh strength to strength and now,
five years later, the Lady Lakers
are ranked 8th in the nation.
Football loses to strong Buffalo team Roth retired from the position of head coach at the end of last
season, and handed the reins over to men's head coach, Trevor
By Ed Hess defense caused a fumble that was Warren. Assisting Warren with his double duties isfirstyear coach,
Merciad staff reporter recovered by Scott Chase. Richard Hartis. Hartis, a native of Newcasde, England, is very
The Lakers once again attacked impressed with the women's' soccer program.
on the ground using the running During die four years that Roth was at the helm, the team
When the final gun sounded of Haberstock. The drive, how- competed in die national championship in 1988, and also made die
to end the game against Buf- ever, stalled at the three yard line ECAC Championship in 1989. Warren and Hartis are hoping to
falo * I' and the Hurst would have to settle take the program to a new pinnacle, hopefully winning the Division
State, Mercy hurst found that they for a field goal. The twenty-two II Championship. Hartis, commenting on these goals, said,'' Weare
led in every major statistic except yard attempt by kicker Akrum on the fringe of competing with major power teams like Barry
the most important one, the score. Alzaught split the up rights and UniversityfromFlorida, who have dominated women's soccer for
m Hie past4wo years." j L i*ii » e • i
Although the Lakers played a very puttheLakersTon top TO-0.^ ^
good game between the twenty There was no further scoring 7' The Lady Lakers are cdrrendy 13-1-2, and are unbeaten in the
yard lines, turnovers and penal- in thefirstquarter but the Bengals past 11 games. Throughout most of this season they have been
ties led to a lop-sided 35-10 de- would not be contained any longer ranked eitherfirstor second in the region, and a place at die National
feat at the hands of the Bengals. as they established their offense Championships is a definite possibility. \
in the second stanza. Running thanks to a five yard reception by ^ t Through the hard work of Roth, Warren and Hartis, the program
The loss is the Hurst's fourth at Mercyhurst has snowballed from a club team to a nationally
straight in as many tries. Back Garncll Gladden led both Gladden. They gave the Bengals
State drives in the second quarter a 17-10 lead that they carried into ranked, and even more importantly, a nationally recognized pro-
Mercy hurst jumped out to an gram. Already this year, inquiries are coming infromall over the
early 7-0 lead on a time-con- thai eventually resulted in a 10- the fourth quarter.
10 tie going in to halftime. The Buffalo State drove 97 yards after country. As Coach Warren explains, "Recruiting is looking very
suming healthy for next year, and we are constandy getting interest from top
thirteen play drive that covered mrm^ touchdown came afterI holding the Lakers on a fourth
and goal opportunity from the quality players.'' He added that these inquiries are comingfromall
83 yards. Theff urst combined the a fourteen play drive that was over the country, and many timesfromareas renowned for being
running of Tailback Brian Haber- capped by a two yard run by Glad- three yard line. Once again, Glad-
den was seemingly unstoppable soccer hotbeds.
stock and Quarterback Jon Tar- den. The second score by State One of many that Andy Roth recruited was Noreen Herlighy,
rant behind the surge a strong was a 34 yard field goal which as he rambled fora 54-yard touch-
down to up their lead to 24-10. who is an Irish international soccer player. Herlighy had many
offensive line. The drive was resulted from a Hurst fumble late offers to go to other well-established women's soccer programs.
finally ca[[ed off when Tarrant in the second period. State's last touchdown came
Why did Herlighy choose Mercyhurst? She explains, "I could see
scampered eighteen yards for the The third quarter started out through the air capping a 79-yard that with the coaching staff and the commitment from the school,
Laker's lone touchdown. promising enough as the Lakers drive. Again, thef'Hurst was there is a real potential in this program." She added, "The caliber
Following?a kickoff by the ground out three first downs be- plagued by a costly unsportsman- of players here is fantastic, and there is no reason why we cannot
Lakers, Buffalo State took con- fore committing another costly like penalty, which allowed the ome one of the best teams in the country."
trol on their own twenty-seven. turnover. The Bengals capitalized Bengal drive to continue. This Is this a fairy tale story? No, this is reality. In five years, the
The possession turned out to be on the excellentfieldposition and was die remainder of the scoring, Mercyhurst women's team has become a major power in Division
eventual Iv scored a touchdown as thefinaltally read 3f -10. II soccer. Although soccer is not a traditional sport in America, let's
short lived as the Mercyhurst
hope that through continued hard work and support of the women's
soccer team, it will become a tradition at Mercyhurst
B aseball team splits doubleheader
Mercyhurst Cross Country
id the win in game the team will be playing twice this LeMoyne College Cross
y McCormick Lakers are doing c weekend. They play Edinboro on
Assistant Spor season Friday Oct 12th and Penn State- Country Invitational
spring season is the "big sea- Erie on Sunday Oct 14th. Kevin
The * Hurst Diamondmen split son. Mr. John Leisering, a profes- Schultz, a sophmore outfielder, Men's Ave mile course Women's three mile course
a doubleheader with Slippery sor and general manager of said that this past season was not Victor Bauer 24th out of 66; Michelle Sirak; 53rd out of
Rock University on Saturday. WMCE at Mercyhurst and, of only very productive, but all in 29:23 t \ 82; 24:05 \
The Rockets defeated the Lakers course, an avid fan of the Laker all, it was a great season. * * Winter Brad Allen; 32:30 Amy Kellogg; 24:40
in the first game by a score of 13- Baseball team says, "Coach Jor- training will be tough, but it will Matthew Burnett; 33:16 Jackie Bula; 26:09
3. Although* the 'Hurst never dano has done a very nice job of be worth it because we have a lot James Constable; 34:11 Wendy Stevison; 26:21
dies; they came back to win the developing the team. The base- of talent on the team, and hard Mark Simpson; 38:12
second game 8-6. Paul Dlugosz ball team was in the playoffs in work will only make us better. I'd Michael Arrigo; 38:31
hit two home runs on the after- 1988, and hopefully we will see say, especially to the seniors, Dan Becker; 38:38
slam them there again this year.",; •This is going to be OUR year!"'
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By Peter Nielsen
Merciad Staff Reporter
The Lady Lakers had four
games this past wek and came
out with three wins and a tie,
improving their record to 12-1-2.
Last Monday they defeated a
physically tough Niagara team by
a score of 3-1 in overtime.
£After trailing 4-0, Veronica
Sansom tied the game which led
to overtime. In overtime, Noreen
Herlihy scored twice to win the
game for the Lakers.
Wednesday, the Laker wom-
en's team tied Fredonia 0-0 after
double overtime to record their
second tie of the season.
Friday, the team played hosts
to Bloomsburg, and for the sec-
ond time in five days the Lady
Lakers came back from a 1-0
deficit to win the game 2-1. Stacy
Scalise tied the game with her
second ffoal of the season, and
Soccer team has a
successful weekend
By Maria M. Station
Meiciad Staff Reporter
The Mercyhurst <
Men's Soccer team went ——-.
one this past week, * extending
their record to 7 and 6.
Playing in the wind and rain
at the University of Buffalo,
Mercyhurst was defeated 2 - 1 ,
the lone scorer for the 'Hurst was
freshman, Andy Barger.
Throughout| the game Mer-
cyhurst put intense pressure on
the high flying. Bulls. Richard
Shelton and John Shanahan
played excellent games in
midfield, and Phil Feinberg in
defense. £=
Last' Saturday .saw the
'Hurst soccer team edge Mis-
siouri-Rolla by a 2 - 1 count
Scoring for the 'Hurst was John
Melody, capitalizing on two as-
sists from John Shanahan. Ac-
cording to Shanahan the key fac-
tor resulting in the win was,
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team spirit, weikeot plugging
away, everyone worked hard."
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five minutes later Veronica San-
som put the game away with a
crowd pleasing goal.
Assistant coach Rich Hartis
said, * 'I am very satisfied with the
way the team is playing right
now. i The girls are believing that
they can still win, even when they
9
are down a goal.*
He also added that, * 'We have
been practicing a lot of set plays
all year, and now the practicing is
paying off. The game-tying goal
by Stacy (Scalise) came from one
of our set plays."
Monday, October 8th, the
Laker womerfs team hosted ^SL
Bonaventure and defeated them
easily with a score of 2-0. Scoring
for the 'Hurst were Veronica
Sansom and Noreen Herlihy.
This weekend the team is
going to a tournament in New
Hampshire, where the 8th ranked
Lakers will take on the number
team
State.
John Melody leads the team in
scoring this season with 12 goals.
Melody is well on track for beat-
ing the Mercyhurst scoring rec-
ord of IS goals, which would be a
fine way tofinishoff his college
soccer career at Mercyhurst
Sophomore John Shanahan in action against Missouri-Rolla.
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Lady Lakers| tennis season 12
By Molly McCormick
Merciad Assistant Sports Editor
Four girls from the Mer-
cyhurst women's tennis team
travelled many hours to compete
in the Rolex Eastern Division II
Intercollegiate Tennis Champi-
onships. #The tournament was
held in Philadelphia this past
weekend. The results? They were
outstanding! Janet Holzhauesser
won the entire tournament and
will be competing in Corpus
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victory
against St Bonaventure team
Christi, Texas the weekend of Oct
19-21. i *| § were again victorious against
Kim Clark and Julia Porter
played exceptionally well, but
were both defeated in the quarter
finals. Kate Calhoun lost in the
first round to Edinboro. In
doubles, Calhoun and Clark
made it to the semi-finals, ^but
were defeated. Porter and
Holzhaeusser lost in thefinalsto
Marymack.
The 'Hurst tennis team, as
well as going to Philadelphia,
played in four tournaments in the
past week. October 2nd, the
'Hurst defeated Penn State-
Holzhauesser victorious
at Rolex Tournament
By Molly McCormick and Nick
Roberts ^
Merciad-Assistant Sports Editor
and Sports Editor
Did you WATCH the Rolex
Tournament this past weekend?
If you wercn't*WATCHing, I'd
like to inform you that someone
from Mercyhurst was victorious.
Janet Holzhauesser won the
Rolex Eastern Division II Inter-
collegiate Tennis Championships
in Philadelphia, Pa. this past
weekend. Janet is a senior at
Mercyhurst, and last weekend
was the pinnacle of'her tennis
career at Mercyhurst
Janet, commenting on her^j
recent success, said that, "It has
been my dream since I entered
college as a freshman to qualify
and play in a national tournament;
and itfinallyhas come true in my
senior year."
| Also a personal triumph for
Janet was the fact that she de-
feated some players from) rival
school, Clarion. Before this tour-
OCTOBER 11,1990
photo by Kevin McHugh
Behrend 9-0. The next day they
Fredonia State, 9-0. Staying with
their I streak, the 'Hurst played
Westminster College on Oct 4th,
and again they were on top with a
score of 7-2.
October 9th was another good
day for the 'Hurst They played
Edinboro and once again they
were triumphant with a score of 7-
2. The fall season record so far is
12-2, which is absolutely terrific.
Their season is not yet over*
they will be playing on Oct 11th
at Allegheny. Good luck to them
and to Janet in Texas.
JANET HOLZHAUESSER
nament, she hadn't beaten any-
one from Clarion in her previous
three years of collegiate athletics.
When asked to comment on
her victory at Philadelphia, she
would not take all the praise her-
self. She said,' 'It's a great feeling
to win. But without the help of my
teammates, coach Sand family I
wouldn't?have been> able to do
this." 5 * |
After this past weekend's
success at the tournament, the
women's tennis team can look
forward to an outstanding future.