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awards makeover
went to St. John the Baptist grade Jillian Barrile photo
school just 12 blocks away from
campus. Robert Kuhn replaces Keith Sidun as chief of Police and
to lucky professor
“It’s kind of fun coming back Safety.
here at the end of my career,” said puter, “(It) doesn’t do much, but department.”
Kuhn. “It’s a wonderful campus; it’s makes sure all the work gets done,” Kuhn would like to see fewer
beautiful. [There are] nice people Kuhn said. part-timers and more full-timers on
to apply the design skills they have
here.” Kuhn’s job requires him to staff, hoping they become part of By Priscilla Chavez learned in class and in the studio.
Beside his personal connection, manage the budget and watch the the Mercyhurst community. Contributing writer Jill Slomski was last spring’s
Kuhn is very qualified for the job, manpower, making sure he is never “I’d like for them to get to know
winner, though traces of her
boasting a very impressive resume. short-staffed. everybody and stay here for a long
makeover space have been erased.
Kuhn spent 32 years in law “[I] Keep my finger on the wheel time,” said Kuhn. Does your apartment, dorm or On Friday, Sept. 17, the Inte-
enforcement before retiring from and make sure the wheel keeps Kuhn carries an optimistic office look dull? rior Design Club announced Dr.
the Erie police force in March turning,” Kuhn said. attitude with him every day. He The Interior Design Club Rich McCarty, assistant professor
2004. Kuhn has some lofty goals for hopes to lead the Police and Safety believes that any student or fac- of Religious Studies, as the lucky
That same year he was hired as a the Police and Safety Department. Department beyond everyone’s ulty member should be awarded a winner of this term’s extreme
detective for the Erie County Dis- “I would like to see an upgrade expectations. room or office makeover. makeover.
trict Attorney’s Office. He worked in the current structure and the More importantly to him, he Since move-in day, the Interior “I am very happy to support
there for six years, while working pay,” Kuhn said. “The reason is wants to continue to protect and Design Club has been selling tick- the Interior Design program,”
with the FBI for two, he said. the retention aspect of the job. keep the Mercyhurst community ets for their drawing of an extreme said McCarty. “When I found
Being a college police chief is People would use this as a stepping a safe place for students to call makeover. This extreme makeover out I won, I was happy, and then
like an operating system on a com- stone to move on to another police home. consists of $250 for the Interior I said jokingly, ‘It’s about time.’ I
Design Club to redo an office, had tried last year, but didn’t win.
dorm room or apartment. This year I bought more tickets
This drawing was done for the to up my chances. Good thing I
first time last spring, and is being did.”
done again to help the Interior McCarty will meet with the club
Design Club raise money to help for a consultation to discuss the
offset the cost of trips and events makeover arrangements.
for the club and its members. “I’d like them to help make [my
Senior Kristopher Docter said, office] a more welcoming place,
“It was a big success in the spring, a place where I feel empowered
and we had a lot of fun doing it to do my research and writing, as
so we figured why not do it again? well as a place where students feel
It gives students hands-on experi- comfortable for meetings,” said
ence meeting with a client, form- McCarty.
ing a design solution, and carrying The Interior Design Club hopes
it out.” to continue their makeovers in the
The Interior Design Club serves future.
to provide a way to gather devel- “It is our second makeover in
opmental and professional ideas two years. Who knows? Maybe
in interior design. This extreme it will become an annual thing,”
makeover helps involve the Mer- Docter said.
cyhurst community as well as give
the club members an opportunity
September 22, 2010 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Page 5
Mercyhurst police need Tasers than simply the enforcers of Resi- However, if the officer had been
By Devin dence Life’s rules, and to say such able to respond with a Taser, the If you don’t want it printed . . . don’t let it happen.
Ruic is to discount the vast majority of officer would have been entering Editors Positions @mercyhurst.edu
Staff writer their jobs here on campus. The Erie the situation with the upper hand.
Ethan Magoc Editor-in-Chief editormerciad
Police Department’s response time Taser International’s website notes
to Mercyhurst Campus has been that the newest generation Taser
Kelly Luoma News Editor newsmerciad
While it goes against the policy reported in The Merciad as five shoots three sets of prongs and is Alex Stacey Features Editor featuremerciad
of Mercyhurst College’s admin- minutes. entirely safe for use on belligerent Victoria Gricks Opinion Editor opinionmerciad
istration and the Office of Police Less than two weeks ago, when suspects. Nick Glasier Sports Editor sportsmerciad
& Safety to release information emergency services were called to While there have been several Kathleen Vogtle A&E Editor entertainmentmerciad
regarding confrontations between a fight on Lewis Avenue, a second deaths circumstantially related to Samantha Williams Graphics photomerciad
students and the police, stories of call needed to be made, and another the use of Tasers, multiple studies Tyler Stauffer Photo Editor photomerciad
these altercations are easy to come ambulance sent out, as confusion have been conducted that dispel Ethan Johns Web Editor ejohns89
by, as the apartments on campus are between dispatch and the ambu- such worries. In a study published
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filled with ready witnesses. lance caused the first to turn around by Academic Emergency Medicine,
In the past, there have been when it arrived at Briggs Avenue, sheep injected with methamphet-
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multiple occasions where Police & and leave an injured individual with- amines, which negatively affect Bill Welch Adviser wwelch
Safety officers have dealt with stu- out medical attention for a longer the cardiovascular system, showed Brian Sheridan Adviser bsheridan
dents hiding firearms in their apart- period of time. no life-threatening cardiovascular
ments, and one occasion where There were two identifiable symptoms after being Tased.
officers restrained a violent student assailants who recently attacked The assailants vastly outnum-
only to find a firearm in the same a student. The two attackers are bered their prey, and the Police &
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