Local
1. "Red Sludge" toxic spill
reaches Danube River
A chemical spill from a Hungarian
factory poisoned eastern European
rivers and killed entire populations
of fish early this week. On Thursday,
officials announced that the red
slick of chemicals had reached the
Danube River, igniting concerns in
nearby Croatia, Serbia, and Roma
nia.
Tibor Dobson, a disaster official,
said that all life in the Marcal river,
which leads into the Danube, had
been "extinguished," the BBC Re
ports.
LOCAL NEWS
Erie casino fined slsk
for underage gambling
State regulators fined
Presque Isle Downs & Casino
$15,000 for two counts of un
derage gambling.
The Pennsylvania Gaming
Control Board issued the fine,
saying that a 19-year-old
played on slot machines on
two separate occasions be
tween April and May.
This is the first time in the
casing's three-year history
that it has been cited, reports
the Erie Times-News.
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sets of twins, seven
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JA OB TARR minor offenses, such as hay
assistant news editor ing pets in rooms, smoking
Gannon Knight in dorms or apartments and
possession of alcohol if un
derage.
There are different sanc
tions that will be enforced for
these infractions. If a student
reaches ten points in the sys
tem, for example, the student
could be suspended or ex
pelled depending on a review
by the Student Conduct Of
fice and Dean of Students.
Sue Majocka, the Student
Conduct Officer and Har
borview Resident Director,
who is in charge of the new
system, said the point system
has been a success so fat
"So far it seems to be
working," she said. "Most
students that I've dealt with
haven't had a negative reac
tion."
Gannon University now
disciplines misbehaved stu
dents on a point system. Up
perclassmen are exempt
from the system, but subse
quent freshman classes will
abide by it.
However, Student Living
has allowed upperclassmen
to use this new system if they
chtX)se.
ut. past years, students
-,awe disciplined on a three
strike basis, ff he or she corn
'', *Wed three infractions, they
4100ropot on probation.
Not only does the new
point system cover alcohol
and drug infractions, but it
also covers conduct and be
havior infractions, fire safety
infractions and household re
lated problems as well.
Some of the major offenses
include: public drunkenness,
which constitutes four to six
points; selling and distribut
ing drugs, which constitutes
ten points; drinking and driv-
Ing, which would constitute
ten points; and sexual as
sault, which constitutes ten
points as well.
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National News
2. Peruvian Mario Vargas
Llosa wins Nobel Prize
Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the
Spanish-speaking world's most ac
calimed writers, has won the 2010
Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Swedish Academy, which
awards the Nobel Prize, said that
Llosa won the award for "his cartog
raphy of structures of power and his
trenchant images of the individual's
resistance, revolt, and defeat."
Llosa will travel to Stockholm,
Sweden to receive the prize on Dec.
10 - Nobel Day - from the hands of
the country's King.
Haiti "still
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Nearing the ten-month an
niversary of the earthquake
which devastated Haiti, non
governmental organization
Refugees International (RI)
says that the country of Haiti
is "still trapped in the emer
gency phase."
Much of that is due to the
emergency camps set up in
January, RI reports.
"Living in squalid, over
crowded and spontaneous
camps for a prolonged period
has led to aggravated levels of
violence and appalling stan
dards of living," says a report
by the organization released
Wednesday.
The report also details prob
lems faced by refugees in the
country who are still dis
placed after the disaster.
Landowners and gang leaders
are intimidating the displaced;
sexual, domestic, and gang vi
olence in and around the
camps is rising; and many cit
izens forced to leave a camp
simply form new camps with
Majocka said that students
now have more understand
ing as to what they need to
do in order to avoid adding
points to their name. "The
point system helps to make
things a little more concrete
for students," she said. "Be
fore we just had our discipli
nary statuses with a warning,
official warning, probations
and suspensions."
The point system has ten
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Millions of Haitians have taken shelter in emergency camps,' over 3,000 lived in this temporary camp.
little or no humanitarian sup
port.
The situation requires a
more coordinated and effi
cient response, the report
says, from the UN system in
the country.
These inefficiencies are par
tially due to the overworked
Humanitarian Coordinator,
who is responsible for "in
creasing effectiveness of hu
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sited
A brief look
concrete points and students
clearly will understand what
level they are on, she said.
Although resident assis
tants have the ability to re
port infractions to Student
Living, Majocka said she will
be the only one to add points
to a student's name.
Majocka also said that
other universities use this
point system. She said that
Bucknell University was one
of the first schools to imple
ment this system in the early
2000 s.
Students have varying
opinions on this topic. Alyssa
Perkowski, a freshman nurs
ing major disagrees with it.
"I think it's nice to keep
people in check but I also
think it's a little harsh," she
said. "I think there should be
more ways to lower your
points once you have accu
mulated them."
"Personally, I'm not real
big on going out anyways
just because there are lots of
risks, but I think people are
willing to break the rules,"
she said. "But it kind of sucks
that we're in college and
were getting treated like little
kids again. People come to
college to have freedom and
grow up."
3. Pakistan urges U.S. to
stop drone strikes
A U.S. drone attack in Pakistan on
Thursday has Pakistani officials
calling for the end to the program.
The attack is the latest in a month
of high activity in drone strikes.
More than 150 militants and civil
ians have been killed in the last
month by the program, BBC reports.
BBC also quotes Pakistani foreign
ministry spokesman Abdul Basit as
saying the drone strikes are "coun
terproductive and a violation of our
sovereignty." He also said he hopes
the U.S. will "revisit its policy."
state of emergency"
manitarian response and de
lively," according to the re
port. This person also "plays
the role of the Resident Coor
dinator and Deputy Special
Representative of the Secre
tary General of MINUSTAH -
the UN peacekeeping force."
"Given the competing de
mands of these various roles,
the coordination of humani
tarian activities has suffered,"
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Freshman forensic anthropology major Tess
Allen uses a microscope to sort pieces of lithic,
shell, and limestone rock in Zurn Hall's newly
renovated Processing Laboratory.
This week, Mercyhurst College will com
plete construction of the R. L. Andrews Cen
ter for Perishables Analysis and the
Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute Process
ing Laboratory.
While the renovations will affect only a
small percentage of the student population,
the construction represents Mercyhurst's ded
ication to providing quality education and re-
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4. Philippines to "ban im
proper singing" of anthem
A bill in the Philippines aims to
make improper singing of the na
tional anthem a federal crime.
The bill, which has passed
through the House of Representa
tives but has yet to go though the
Senate, puts strict restrictions on
the performance of the country's
anthem.
Among the restrictions are desig
nations on the anthem's tempo (100
to 120 beats per minute). It also
states citizens must "stand to atten
tion and sing with fervour."
the report said. "There is still
no effective protection and as
sistance delivery system in
place."
Sexual violence and crime
is also prevalent in the camps.
The report cites service
providers which have seen an
increase in "street abortions"
in girls as young as ten, and
extremely high teenage preg
nancy rates within the camp.
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JENNIFER MCCURDY
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Mercyhurst Atter( lad
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Contractors started construction in Zurn
Hall in June. The projects cost approximately
$870,000.
The R. L. Andrews Center for Perishables
Analysis, commonly referred to as the basket
lab, is one of only two laboratories in the
world that analyze perishable artifacts. The
other laboratory is located in Holland.
Dr. James Adovasio, Director of the Anthro
pology and Archaeology Department at Mer
cyhurst College, is one of the world's leading
authorities in the analysis of basketry, textiles,
cordage and other plant fiber-derived arti
facts.
In a recent press release, he said, "Perish
ables analysis is a small and relatively arcane
specialization. Typically what we have
learned about prehistoric civilizations comes
from the study of durable materials, like stone
and ceramics, when, in fact, 95 percent of
what people manufactured prehistorically
was made out of perishable materials."
The newly renovated lab was equipped with
modern technology.
This includes microscopes connected to
high definition video screens for viewing and
measuring artifacts, and printers for image
capture and the capability of immediately for
warding specimens to the conservation lab.
The forwarding allows for a better interface
between labs.
Many anthropology and archaeology stu
dents receive their first hands-on experience
in this lab.
Lab Supervisor Jeffrey Illingworth says the
project is "archeology's turn" after a project
began eight years ago to renovate labs.
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