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Fireworks Highlight
F l I Campaign i f
I A $900.00 fireworks show the
night of Sept. 10 highlighted a
$16,000 advertising campaign
launched by the college this fall
to boost enrollment.
Mercyhurst Public Relations
Director Maryann Daly said the
campaign included an improved
admissions brochure and a
billboard in downtown Erie at
26th • and State, both with a
fireworks motif. V J
The campaign will continue
through the year with radio and
televsion spots plus ads in
metropolitan newspapers and
magazines. S &
• "Every aspect of the program
is market-tested before we im-
plement it," Daly said. "We went
to the fireworks because it caught
high school seniors' eyes at
college fairs." j'•• \'ji
^ The cover of last year's ad-
missions brochure also pictured
fireworks. The theme was
carried! over and I the entire
brochure improved, Daly said.
"It seemed that all college
brochures ? looked alike," she
said. "We wanted to look dif-
ferent, not because we wanted to
appear slick or spend more
: academic programs here,
money, but because we" are
asking prospective freshmen to
come here and pay tuition. •: s
a "Youj can't have your! ad-
Left to right: Correspondence * Secretary, Andrea Bailey;
Secretary, Althea Chamberlain; Vice-President, Reggie Holland,
Treasurer, Barbette Hill; and President, Robin Tull. I i ^&t
Tull Elected BIA President
The second female president in
the,. history of . t h e Black
Involvement Association was
elected as the BIA held its first
meeting of the new academic
year September 14 in the Faculty
Lounge.
Robin Tull, a junior Political
Science and History major, was
elected* to the top position,
replacing senior Greg Powell as
the guiding force of the black
student association celebrating
its sixth year at the college.
Tyrone Moore, Director of
Counseling Services,! com-
mented, *^he willfbe a very
Next week THE MERCIAD looks into the possibility of a
working relationship between the Mercyhurst College's Learning
Resource Center and the Erie County Library.
MERCYHURST COLLEGE
missions brochure. look,, bush
league," she said. -:y':., .;•. t
m Daly said colleges are com-
petitive like other businesses and
thus must advertise, j
"People think that a college
shouldn't have to advertise and
piat advertising is a sign you're
hunting for'students," she said.
"But look at McDonald's. They
certainly aren't hurting for
customers and they have one of
the largest advertising accounts
in the country." g |
Radio ads for Mercyhurst will
be placed at stations in Erie,
Cleve land and Pittsburgh, Daly
said. Newspaper and magazine
ads will be placed in
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
and Cleveland, * the school's
major recruiting centers. I
£, The campaign, part J of an
overall public relations and
advertising budget of $30,000 was
carried by out by public relations
and admissions personnel aided
by college vice presidents George
Kidd and Robert Prather, Daly
said. J * feS «|sjj
Combinations of old and new
phrases plus the ideas of ad
agencies employed by the college
were used. {& **
The fireworks contractor was
Zambelli * Fireworks Co. of
Scfanion. ^ȣ*; - ^ _Tr> -
dyanmic president." The other
female president, Sarah Gore,
served in the top position during
the 1977-78 academic. * •-•*]&
The other officers who will be
assisting! the new president
1
during the year include: ! Vice
President Reggie Holland, a
junior Communications major,;
Secretary Althea Chamberlain,
Secretarial Management major;
sophomore Law Enforcement
major. Andreaje Bailey . as
correspondence secretary, and;
Treasurer Barbette Hill, a junior
Business Administration major.
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~^rw
I A foreshadowing of things to come perhaps? The fireworks display brought "oohs" and "aha
jjj inaugurating the opening of the new academic year at the 'Hurst on September 10.
Dean fProposes i Shake-up...
A memo recently written by
Mercyhurst Dean Dr. John Millar
proposes sweeping changes in
regrouping the college into five
divisions while eliminating two
departments, combining several
others and dropping at least six
majors. f. f •'_
The 14-page memo, dated Sept g
7, contains 39 recommendations
that add up to what would be the
most) extensive shake-up «of
Mercyhurst's academic struc-
ture in over eight years.* *
"Given our financial and
human resources, the college
cannot maintain quality
academic programming in all
areas," the memo reads in part
"The (report presents what the
dean) currently views as the best
approach" for the future, p
None of the proposals in the
memo, a copy of which was ob-
tained by The * Merciad, are
binding. *$ * t * ^
Two meetings of the faculty to
discuss the memo, which Dr.
Millar called la "discussion
document," were scheduled this
week (See story Page One). :**
Rather, the plan will lead to a
final report from the dean and the
heads of Mercyhurst's eight
divisions. That report in turn will
go to the College Senate, then to
President'Marion L. Shane and
But Faculty Won't Talk About It
They are not calling i t | a
boycott, but they 1 are not at-
tending, either. '& 3 terest of the college,'• said Dr.
"More than a majority" of
Mercyhurst faculty believe it was
bad timing to hold public
meetings this week on Dr. John
Millar's controversial program
review plan, a source cold The
Merciad Tuesday. 5 ?
' "A number of faculty indicated
to (College Dean) Dr. Millar that
discussion of his proposals is not
beneficial now," the source, a
division chairman, said. |c&
On Tuesday, 18 persons, 10 of
them faculty; attended the first of
two meetings set by Dr. Millar.
The informal count was made by
The Merciad about 10 c
minutes
into the meeting. I we don't believe it has to be done
Wednesday's meeting was
after presstime.
% None of the college's division
heads attended Tuesday, but
apparently there was no
deliberate boycott.
In a meeting Tuesday, Dr.
Michael McQuillen, chairman of
the social sciences division,
showed Dr. Millar a faculty
finally, on Nov. 29, to the Board of
Trustees.
Two years ago the board or-
dered a review of all academic
programs. "
Although different timetables
are involved for many of the
proposed changes, most would
take effect next fall. They include
the divisional- realignment.
elimination of some majors and
faculty cuts.-J.': ? - T
Citing a "need ? to increase
administrative efficiency in the
academic areas,"* the memo
details* a plan to combine all
programs into five divisions
instead of the present eight.
In the shuffle, two departments
would be discontinued—physical
sciences and life *ana earth
sciences.; Programs in those
departments, such as chemistry
and geology, would be absorbed
under different headings but in
many cases would no longer be
offered as majors. J 'JE?
^ Three new combinations are
called for in the memo. History
and political science would be
grouped under a single in-
terdisciplinary major, rand so
would psychology and sociology.
Theology and philosophy would
also be combined. Trie memo
authorizes the theology depart-
ment to "proceeed with the
development of a religious
petition and "verbally implied a
meeting was not in tne best in-
Joseph Pizzat, chairman of the
creative arts division.
Among the issues on ' t h e
petition, Dr. Pizzat said, was a
request to delay program review
until the college hires a now
president.
The one source who asked to
remain anonymous said the
faculty disagrees with what he
called "the underlying assump-
tion" of current program
proposals—that Mercyhurst
faces a financial crisis.
"We don't reject the need for
change," the source said, "but
by drastic, deep cuts in programs
l faculty Sept. 7.
and staff." \ 4
The source said Mercyhurst's
I financial outlook was "very
good" and that the school should
be talking, not about cutting
programs but about developing
them i $
Pizzati said administrative
realignments ^ have been
SEPTEMBER 21, 1979
. i
education major for con-
sideration by the college," while
philosophy would be offered only
as a minor. •- 7
•j; Theatre and chemistry also
would be offered only as minors.
And two* of the £ present six
programs in Human Ecology
would be discontinued, although
which ones Js left up to the
'faculty of'the division,, which is
described as healthy but "spread
much too thin." J f
(continued on Page 6)
Dr. John Millar
discussed ever since the college
set up divisions some eight years
ago. Sji $ 3 j £)
"Revising or even abolishing
the division structure" was
proposed by Dr. William Garvey
while he was dean, Dr. i Pizzat
said. $ ^u * ?*fe
"There's no question that some
revision or revamping is
necessary," he said "It isJ a
question of how."
Dr. Millar Tuesday said he will
appear j at * the-\ Mercyhurst
Student Government meeting
Monday to discuss his program
review. •* &?
|£ His preliminary plan, which he
said was only a "discussion
document," was outlined in a 14-
page memo distributed to this
.*&
jL Only faculty 4 and ad-
ministration were invited to the
meetings* Tuesday and Wed-
nesday., i ':."„-r"r- *
Dr. Millar*said he Dreferred
that students not attend because
faculty would be inhibited in the
prescence of students and press.
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editorial
At various points of my college
career at Mercyhurst College, I
have attempted to place a form of
value upon the education that I
have received. I suppose this is a
common occurrence. I mean,
doesn't everyone, at one time or
another, try to measure how far
they have come? ^ Mercyhurst College has{ en-
what one finds now is that
students are gauging their
:
development in a different
manner. f 1 T
This gauging can best be
brought out by analogy. Anyone
who plays tennis very much is
familiar with those players wlro
feel that the quality of their play
is directly related to the quality
of their tennis racket. That is, the
more expensive the tennis
racket, the better they feel that
(hey are going to play.
& Now, a good tennis player will
(ell you that the quality of racket
does not make the player, but
rather the other way around. In
the same respect, An individual
in higher education will tell
someone that the name of-a
college does not make the student
brighter than those i going to
perhaps a community college.
One thing, however, that can
not be denied by either teachers,
administrators or students is the
fact that the reputation of a
school does affect the most im-
portant element the student.
One school of thought equates
the quality of a, school with its
cost. Another traditionj equates
the quality of a*school with its
social, exclusiveness. The third
•gcllool ""of*thoughT*attempts TO"
equate it he quality of a I school
with what it teaches.
In attempting to apply these
three traditional methods
towards the evaluation of a
school such as Mercyhurst, there
appear to be problems k
How does one equate cost with
quality with at Mercyhurst? The
average student pays over $5,000
yearly to come here, and yet
there are administrators who will
tell one that Mercyhurst hovers
somewhere between? the
academic quality of a community
college and a college such as
Grove City. |
Social exclusiveness can not
really be considered a criteria at
Mercyhurst because of \ its
egalitarian philosophy. Although
the "warm body" is not
guaranteed a degree, he does
stand a better chance than those
students who would not be ad-
mitted elsewhere. Does this
policy demoralize a numberE
of
students? | facts.
Finally, we enter the train of
thought in which quality .is
equated with what is being
OFF
THE
WALL
One of the neat things about a
college experience is the way in
which one principles that with
him or her through life. Just the
other night I was struck with one
of these revelations. Never eat
anything with a Ph lower than 3
before going to bed. i generic oranges.
Not having had quite enough to
eat the other night, I went to a
local grocer in search of a snack,
fruit preferrably since I am in the
fifth year of my four-year diet
plan. Overlooking the apples
peaches, and grapes, I con-
centrated on the oranges.
taught. How are underclassmen
supposed to react to a proposal
thai will severely alter i their
chosen field of study? Does this
lead one to question the quality of
what was being taught prior to
the proposal for a program
review? Jj; ? Presque Isle Bay. All this is, of
tered a very difficult arena. In
one corner it is attempting to deal
effectively with its fiscal
stability, while in the other
corner it' is attempting to
establish itself academically. The
college has hopes of in-
termingling the two so that the
"economics of the situation do not
contradict the educational
philosophy of the college.
There is an obvious strain
between faculty and ad-
ministration.. Faculty say that
the administration's evaluation
of them relies solely upon
elements such as head-count and
salary per credit-hour taught.
Administration counter readilv
with the need for the college to
reallocate its resources to areas
of growth and potential strength.
Some faculty have members
attributed the present situation to
a lack of effective leadership.
They choose not to discuss any
academic proposal until the
presidential change has been
made. ^ v Jjfe £ rate quarter-pounders. This is
Now, after reading all of this
one may come to the conclusion
that Mercyhurst is in the midst of
a crisis. Of course, one might also
might have .come to an un-
derstanding as to why students.
concerff* themselves with^he
quality of education, they are
receiving at Mercyhurst College.
Their certainty, perhaps, is the
reflection of the state of affairs.
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor:
I would like to point out to that
clown who writes a column that it
was NOT Virginia Woolf who
repeated "What is the answer?"
as she lay dying, but Gertrude
Stein. According to our astute
librarian. Joan Cooper (ap-
parently the only one to catch the
glaring error), Virginia didn't
even bother to ask the question-
she lust committed suicide.
About that, see the current
column. i ' :'- di
i It seems to me that someone
with such an interest in "ultimate
questions" ought to be a little
more carefull with the immediate
. ; ^
".But it's" a dumb, column
anyway.
^ The Rev. Guy A Patrick
Of course, the Sunkist and
Florida oranges were the first to
get my attention. They had the
goodwill of both my mind and my
stomach. But just a couple of feet
over to my left was something
that I had never seen before -
t
Now, any of you who have tried
generic foods know that as far as
quality is concerned, generic
foods rate pretty well on the
whole. Also, since these foods get
no national promotion, the price
is usually hard to beat.!
-fHEWERdAD SEPTEMBER 21,1979
JA.ike/
The GervUewieA UQfsdfe
Hey, kids, step right up and bei
the first one on your block to
come to Mercyhurst because
"you can go away to college and
stay right here" and*"we don't
deal with lofty phrases, we deal
with futures. And remember
that those very same futures we
deal with are "futures to
celebrate" that "begin at Mer-
cyhurst". Plus, each and every
applicantf
(along with your fifteen
dollar, non-refundable ap-
plication fee) receives a free, yes
that's right, kids, FREE 17" x
22", 4-color poster of a Roman
candle bursting over beautiful
course, complete with cute little
jingles and a little shuffle off to
Buffalo in the background.
Because, remember kids, in the
words of the Mercyhurst Public
Relations Director, "Look at
McDonald's. They certainly
aren't hurting for customers and
they have | one of the largest
advertising accounts in the
country." i
Time out here, Mercyhurst,
let's take a look at what's going
on and how we are being sold in
the media. The question is: Are
we being sold or sold out? i
jj| Looking at the student body, we
are a mixed lot. Maybe some of
us more mixed than others, but
WE are Mercyhurst and per-
Guest Columnist
sonally, I don't get into cute little
jingles, honky piano music and a Chip Struchen
little tap shuffle in the
background! of a radio ad
designed to represent the place Merciad Editor Steve Frisina asked for six. Oh well.
I've decided to work for my B.A. offered an arsonist a match when Never give the business office
at. ; • he offered me a satire column. money unless you don't need
I mean after all, we are of- Perhaps he did not know of my money. They got my loan check
fering an education here not cut cynical and basically pessimistic for $1300 and they're holding it
personality, •[ or that nothing, until the 26th. They won't even
supposed to be a college not including the paper will be able to grant me visitation^ rights.
Miracle Mile's used car lot. avoid being made fun of. Well Meanwhile I have a grand total of
Granted, mass media ad- anyhow, I shall burn on. £ seven cents to last me until I get
vertising is a must in our Coca- A i veteran reporter for the my first work-study check.
Cola culture. Responsible, truth- Merciad was asked to make a few I was amazed by Mr. Kidds'
ful advertising that. is. Adver- suggestions as to how it could be brain child,, the fireworks
tising that correctljPand truth? improved. His**suggestfons display*! I was not amazed not by
fully represents the Mercyhurst directly influenced my lead the fireworks, but how a finan-
experience,* not cheap, Mickey paragraph. As flames shot out his cially ailing college, that had to
Mouse hucksterism. ears, and laser beams from his raise tuition $200 could afford
The one issue that is blatantly eyes, he said that we needed to them.* But that's none of my
exposed here is: Why is the PR learn how to write a lead. ti business. They probably got them
office afraid to represent the He told us to put the most in- at K-Mart for $19.95. Most of the
school as it really is? ! teresting facts in the first people stood around and gasped
The only logical conclusion that
can be arrived at, considering the
paragraph in such a way as to
make them read the whole ar-
as they usually do at fireworks
"Ooooo that was pretty 1 Aaaah,
reality of Mercyhurst and the ticle, or "hook" them. I think I so big! Hey, give me a hit!" I
complete un-reahty of the media accomplished that. He also said groaned in agony; I figured out
campaign, J s that maybe that everyone couldn't have a where my money went.
someone is slipping something column, there Just had to be flat That's all for this week, with
into the coffee when the P.R. foots to cover beats. That is true, my luck I'll be back next week to
team gets together. most people asked for a column. I tell it the way I see it.
cps
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MERCIAD a solvent paper as well 1
Ad Manager Deluxe
Intercession Heads South
Mercyhurst's 1979 Inters ess ion
program is offering two ex-
perience oriented courses, i
Sr. Peggy of' the Campus
Ministry, is currently organizing
a 2 week stay on a form in
Americus, Georgia offering an
experience, in "radical Christian
living". w% 5 I
This course will take students
to KOINONIA, a 1400 acre farm
where the people believe their
care and concern is for serving
the poor, the neglected, and the
oppressed. | f I lectures and field trips. Special other Indian groups . For all
The days spent there will in-
clude some study each morning,
and 4-5 hours of work on the farm
each afternoon. The group will
share the noon meal and worship
services, for it will be the purpose
to become as much a part of the
community as possible. Those
interested should see Sr. Peggy in
(he Campus Ministry office (212
Main) s sometime this week for
further details. Commitment to
the course must u g s s i a u e u/
October l . s
WANTED
Students interested in government and public
affairs. Students who would like a voice in
determining public policy decisions. Interviews
will be held to discuss graduate studies at the
SCHOOL OF URBAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS,
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
on Wednesday,*September 26, 1979
from 9:00 a.m. - Noonf
lin the Office of Placement Services.
M Ansel Adams Photography Display (Cont'd.)
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THE MERCIAD PAGE 3
MAfilPOSA Student Ai III * Is
* Sex-FoMJrades Case
Steve Frisina NEW HAVENJjCT <CPS>— After
Rebecca Martin a seven-month wait for a verdict
Gary Wesman
•A COLUMN BY in favor of the university in the
controversial. Yale sex-for-
| grades case, lawyers for former
student Pamela Price have filed
an appeal. j-
TheGang •I On July 2, Judge Ellen Bree
ChipStruchen REBECCA L.MASTIN Burns ruled that Yale Professor
Raymond tDuvall (now at the
# The | most advanced Indian caused by the wrath of someone University of Minnesota) did not
mculture of the Mexican tribes was angered or by a general failure at propose to give Pamela Price,
that of the Mayan from 300 to 800 life. After the ahmen cured the one of his students, an "A" in
.A.D. The Mayans were more illness, he could pass the illness ! ret urn for her sexual favors, and
sophisticated than the ferocious onto the person believed to have ia "C" if she refused. Price, who
Aztecs?and slower Toltecs in caused it? This act was con- is now a law student at the
development.* However, the sidered just punishment for the University of California-Berkley,
John Chrzanowski ancient Mayan civilization was crime. i * got a "C".'
not as advanced as is generally IE' That punishment seemed to be Price and five other Yale un-
believed;? y their medicinal nothing when compared to those dergraduates had filed suit in
practices were extremely which were self-inflicted in the 1977, charging that ?-Yale had
primitive and, at times, barbaric. name of medicine.}Their cures failed |to provide adequate
were crude and, by f today's grievance procedures for sexual
It* is easy to see why the standard, inhuman. harassment cases, and had
Mayans are believed to be an * Pleurisy (which is roughly an
advanced i culture; their inflammation of the thorax) was
achievements were within every cured by the patient drinking
field. The priests handled mostof turkey broth. Such a treatment
therefore violated Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972.
Title IIX prohibits schools
Also, once again the Caribbean the knowledge. They were able to invariably failed and thee next receiving federal aid from
Adventure is being offered from make acurate tables of dates resort was to have the patient discriminating on the basis of
November 26th through which determined the eclipses of drink blache mead. This mead sex. If the court had found Yale in
December 14th at Maho Bay, the sun. 2 * fact had violated Title IX
was I made from the ashes of strictures, the university could
Saint Johns, Virgin Island. The Mayan numbering system burned dog excrement. j; have lost all of its federal fun-
was based on twenty, and the
The cure for epilepsy had three
During the three weeks, lec- numbers were | represented J by alternatives: ding. _gp I £ I
tures and field trips dealing with dots and dashes. The Mayans powdered deer first, drink a In pre-trial hearings, Yale
marine biology, ecology, geology, were able to develop a system of failed, shred the horn; if $ that
testicles of a
attorneys successfully had tht
natural history, and astronomy zero similar to our own. cases of Price's co-plaintifii
will be given by the Mercyhurst All this knowledge was cockerel in cold water and drink
it; as a last attempt, the patient
dismissed. However, one ruliag
faculty. Rangers and naturalists recorded in books, since the should set an important legal precedent.
from the National Park provide Mayans had the most advanced urinate inremove one sandal, It established that an individual
the students with additional type of writing in comparison to the sandal.it, then drink it from
£ : jj§.
student could jjfile a suit under
Title | IX against a private
field trips are planned to Trunk their knowledge the Mayans still The * common nosebleed university. Another! 1979 case,
Bay Underwater National Park, had to deal with illness and recommended the cutting of the Gannon v. University of Chicago,
Annabure sugar! plantation, disease. The sicknesses | were patient's foot. This eventually firmly established the precedent
Coral World *Virgin Berda and many and included pleurisy, stopped the lnosebleeds, but according to Anne Simon, Prices
Charlotte Amalie. ? | epilepsy, asthma, stomach physicians were warned that the attorney. £
The cost for the adventure is worms and pneumonia. Despite become foot could continue to bleed and Price's case finally came to
presently set at $600, which their sophistication, the Mayans a problem. - trial in January, 1979. A verdict
covers round trip air fare from believed illness was closely All this leads one to believe that was initially expected in March,
Erie, room, and field trip fees. related to the supernatural, and the Mayan patient was a victim
of j his society's ignorance. These
but Burns did not announce her
A program of slides and could only be cured by someone barbaric findings until July. >: "
discussion will be held on Monday who was also related to! the for all their practiced proved that, In an eight-page decision,
evening September 24th. in room advancement, the Burns* OPHPH fhoj * v«s~»-
faculty, and staff interested. that Price had suffered no direct
Comprehensive damage as a result.
Linda Hoaglund, one of Simon s i
associates, gcalled the_ decision
Jjjj
"t horougfc-going gutiessness''.
f Calendar? H "We're appealing on a
technicality," explained Phyllis
The "Comprehensive Calendar" is an at-
tempt by the Egan Scholars to aid the
student in planning hisher personal calendar
Glass Show & Sale - Hilton Hotel - all day
4 p.m. -Prayereflection- Chapel Z-
7:30 p.m. - Roller Follies - Wesilake Roller
Crocker, Simon's legal assistant.
" According to procedure,
judgements should *nave? been
of campus & offcampus activities in the Erie Rink * £ T
area. If you have a meeting or'other club or September'U - Wednesday 33 filed against Tfie other five
department event, please submit it to "Com- Baseball vs. Gannon-Home complainants at the time of their
prehansi ve Calendar" c/o Box 779. Ansel Adams Photography Display (Cont d. >
Glass Show & Sale (Cont'd. > g
dismissal. They were not." The
4:30D.m.-Masa-CM. . appeal is thus on behalf of all six
September 20 - Thursday "?j 7 p.m. - Party for Foreign & American original complainants.
National Hunt & Pish Days a Millcreek Mall students-CM. ;• "What we are trying to prove is
September 27-Thurftday^
Ansel Adams Photography Display - Erie
I Art Center , Ansel Adams Photography Display (Cont d. > that this is about harassment, not
Farmer's Market - Downtown Mall - Farmers Market-Downtown Mall Pamela's grade." f* t J
Homegrown produce & handmade crafts 8-30 pm - Erie Philharmonic Orchestra
with "pianists Misha & Cipa Dishter -
Since the case began, Yale has
7 p.m. - "Around the World in 80 Days" - Erie ^ Erie Civic Center drawn up more formal grievance
Civic Center - $2.00 Noon - Rosalyn Carter at the airport procedures! for sexual
3 p.m. - Egan Council meeting • Preston 205
8 p.m. - "She Loves Me" - Erie Playhouse at harassment complaints.
Fairview High School .^ - Hoaglund, who i served? on
9:30 p.m. - Mass - Child Development Lab
September 21 - Friday £
SAT's Falling Out |J the committee drafting the
procedure, said the new process
National Hunt & Fish Days (Cont'd.) In separate press conferences, "is better than what used to be
Ansel Adams Photography Display (Cont'd,)
4:30 p.m. - Mass - Campus Ministry two professors have joined the there, but it still leaves all the
6:15 p.m. - Folk Group Practice - CM, constant chorus of standardized power in the Dean's hands."
7:30 p.m. - buses leave for "2001 Nile"
7:30 p.m. - Cheap Trick" - Erie County
testing critics. i
23 Fieldhouse *'$ In Washington, D.C., Howard
8 p.m. - "She Loves Me" (Cont'd. > University associate education
September 22 - Saturday J V i professor Sylvia Johnson in-
Soccer vs. Behrend - Away
National Hunt & Fish Days (Cont'd.) « troduced her booklet, "The
Measurement Mystique", with a
Swim<a-thon sponsored by Red Cross - for in- blast at Educational Testing
fo call 452-6411 $ Service, the non-profit company Letter To
9 a.m.-9 p.m. - Keystone China Decorators of that writes and administers the
IVtfl* no plate (ta I W
Erie - Hilton Hotel - $1.25
10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Guess the weight of Mc-
§
tests, j £ The Students
Dowell Marching Band - West Erie fc Johnson said most stan-
* ' 1 1W« w ploc* M». ***** Plaza - Grand Prize is a moped dardized tests"- were invalid Dear Student, { m.
Noon -5 p.m. - Founders Day - Fairview because "you • can't 1 measure We*welcome all articles and
flam.. 7 p.m. - Mass - Faculty Lounge .
minds the way you measure the letters that you wish to submit to
8 p.m.-"She Loves Me" (Cont'd. I
8 pm. - The Tamburitzans - Erie Civic Cen- length of a room." She called for us. However, we feel that you
ter ti? H supplemental means of assessing deserve to know some of the
9 p.m.-l a.m. -Disco Mania - Rainbow Gar-
dens - $S each : iv£^- ; * an individual's educational rights that we reserve in the
September 23 - Sunday I potential. * printing of such material.
Ansel Adams Photography Display (Cont'd J Dr. Ernest Sternglass, in fa 1. Tlie right to revise copy into
Radio Association of Erie Display - Rainbow
1fa£ Gardens Ijfc Pittsburgh press conference, standard English; %
9 a.m /-5 p.m. - Keystone China Decorators of says the test scores are invalid 2. .The right to revise copy into
Erie (Cont'd.) fori another, more unusual correct journalistic form;
L
10 a.in.^ p.m. - Belle Valley Crafts Show &
Flea Market - Belle Valley Fireball reason: low-level radiation. 3. The right to revise copy (but
fill a.m. - Mass - Chapel The University of Pittsburgh not change meaning)! to fill
2-4 p.m. - Auditions for 'The Miracle med school professor says that layout design. ft
i Worker" - Little Theater
£ 3 p.m. -"She Loves Me" (Cont'd.) radioactive fallout from U.S. 4.?And the right to refuse the
7-9 p.m. - Auditions for "The Miracle atomic testing 20 years ago may printing of material considered It
T J Worker"- Little Theater J * be responsible for the decline in be in poor taste.
: 7:30 pjn. - "A Boy and His Dog" - Zurn Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
&g£ Recital Hall 2
9:30 p.m. - "A Boy and His Dog" - ZRH scores. Z & In addition Letters to the
September 24 - Monday •. | Sternglass claims the low-level Editor requesting to have name
Ansel Adams Photography Display (Cont'd.) radiation affected the intellectual withheld will not be printed along
4:30 p.m.-Mass-CM. development of babies born in the with those submitted under a
5:15 p.m. - CM. Dinner Meeting - Faculty
Dining Room f late 1950's.^ He has correlated false name. f
September 25 • Tuesday dramatic declines in SAT scores Sincerely,
jL+tt &1>C*"C
Soccer vs. Fredonia-Home
Ansel Adams Photography Display (Cont'd.)
with areas where fallout was the The Merciad Staff
Farmer's Market-Downtown Mall » worst. TUSH -"»
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 SEPTEMBER 21,1979
PAGE 4 THE MERCIAD
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Merc i ad
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Literary
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Section

Tree of Knowledge
Reading its leaves now ]
I remember the time ny father planted it
In the calloused field by his brow, Bus Stop
And when I began to reap spring rewards. Yesterday
I played in the
But roots and branches and blooms and shoots grass |
^
Twisted labyrinthine fingers around me. and laughed j
lonely man lonely lady .S and talked about
.carrying me on hes back; tomorrow. :
The cynosure bells, $ weavin' Uves of grey f J£ Today v
Bricks and gray cornerstones watchin' the clock on the downtown store I look at the
In elementary sun. prayin' for the end of day it grass
Oh, to furrow freely my tender way back. J ? g see the man a hidin' and laugh about
*r? Richard Bachmaier behind the news of crime | yesterday
with vacant eyes heavin' those sighs and dream about
in tempo with the church bell chimes tomorrow.
woman holdin' groceries Time goes
dreadin' goin' home
Fido you, out there, do you suspect
she lives her life alone Alda Walker
One day I was in a bad mood. five o'clock and all's not well
I wantedtodo something real mean, the bus is comin' soon j g,
so I kicked the dog. we're waitin' for the downtown bus
Itbitme.^ to haul away the ruin. 3»SB5£&*^^
I hit it. jig mangled mass of misery &JBJBL 81
It bit me again, so who really gives a danin?i^F$ y 5
I threw it against the wall sn't there anyone anywhere who'll give love to lonely man?
I felt better, so I petted the dog.
It bit me. ; I Stephen Frisina SBlBrS f0*L&UEBSSKH$SBt Holly A. Nowelle

Volkswagen Crab
Gods . . . eyes on stalks!
When he sees me, stops.
I stop too. jj 3
Then a movement, sideways,
Pat Weschler and that was the end of it— for I guess the question should bulky, blueish, a tank,
everyone but me. I kept won- ultimately be allowed to turn on but mincing almost,
A while back,/when nobody dering what qualities of a matters of "faith." There are picking at the patch,
seemed f very busy, we had a Volkswagen would make so several basic beliefs required of one large claw held >*
discussion in the office about the agreeable as ~ godly ? tran- all persons ."who aspire to on his left side.
kind of car that Christ would sportation. I ownership of one of the critters of Such a square head!
drive if he came to Earth today. Perhaps it is the fact that Wolfsburg. First, one must But the ends
There was some difference of Volkswagen ownership is so always| believe that the of what he walks on,
opinion on .the subject. Elaine, closely associated with the Volkswagen really is an armored higher up, 3
who has a very grand perception honored Christian tradition of automobile; it is not a large turtle low down are soft,
of Mr. Lord, imagined that he self-sacrifice/ This would help which will creep away and hide fine, like feelers.
would make his divine arrival in explain-why legions of VW under a rock as soon as nobody is Such mixtures i
a Cadillac limo, complete with owners have been willing to looking. | of soft spikes and solids,
uniformed driver and a diamond- forego the power and luxury of Second, one must always this crab!
studded hood ornament. ** Detroit's behemoths to cramp believe that his or her faithful VW If the moon bad
Charlie, who tends to approach themselves into a car whose will start, even though the oil creatures X,
the man upstairs in simpler engine could, be easily be hasn't been changed in 29,342 and he is a bit of a moon,
terms, insisted that the modern- mistaken for an. Osterizer miles and only two of the car's mauve rock-lump with moon-
day Christ would own no car at blenderjj| J | four cylinders have been firing. claws, p dK
all, choosing instead to walk, ride Third, and most importantly, a blueish deluxe walker,
a bus, or bicycle through the Nor should the Christian spirit VW owner must have the bund going sideways.
bustle of the 20th century. of mortification be forgotten. faith "that there is really an Then, when he's
After mulling this over a bit, What human mortal could sit in engine in the at area behind the nearer the grass,
the group decided that Charlie his VW on a sub-zero morning rear seat normally reserved for a skips suddenly,
was not following, the rules with feeling his toes freeze without trunk in most cars. Manyh a soul making me jump,
his "pedestrian" approach to the pondering the deeper meaning of has been lost in the wave of doubt fizz of the little moon-piece
problem. Pressed harder to suffering? J 3 j * S| which occurs when people begin sideways from me
choose a car to accomodate the Also to be considered is the to wonder if their VW might into the grass.
visiting Christ, Charlie Anally great modesty of a funny little actually be powered by a blender. He feels safer there.
asserted that the Son * of Man car which has never been con- * And so the VW is, has been, and And watches;
would arrive in town in a sidered stylish, racy, or chic. A ever J will be— a modest,
decrepid, borrowed Volkswagen. bug is a bug: its manufacturers dependable beast of burden. palms turning over me,
p The group appeared to be quite have always been content to hide Little car, meet thy Lord. Lord, sun burning us both;
satisfied with Charlie's choice, its light under a bushel. £ meet thy little car. moves off from me.
* RobHoff
 SEPTEMBER 21,1979
Career Services Welcomes
New Assistants?
J Leslie Smith
The Career Services office has
been refashioning itself these
past few months. In addition to
the new updated library, the staff
welcomes Sandy Taylor and
Leslie Smith to its ranks.
^Before coming to Mercyhurst,
Sandy Taylor studied Political
Science at Lincoln University.
While at Lincoln, she was chosen
from a statewide committee to
servelas Senator Hugh Scott's
alternate delegate at the
Republican Convention in 1972.
At the convention in Miami.
Sandy had national news ana
television coverage for being the
youngest person to head a State
Delegation in the absence of the
Senator. At age 19 she seconded
the nomination for the President
at the Republican Convention.
She later went to Washington
D.C. to participate in a Senatorial
Internship Program on Capita
Hill. ! two 11 errific people who know
After returning to Erie, Sandy
came to Mercyhurst as a Baste
Skills Aid, assisting Tyrone
Discussed At MSG Meeting
.Assistant dean Ed Gallagher
introduced the "Distinguished
Teacher Award" to over forty
students, representatives, and
officers at the first MSG meeting
of the school year on Monday at 4
p.m. j«jj*
&
N The "Distinguished Teacher
Committee" will be composed of
three faculty members, two
students, and Gallagher, who is
chairman,, Its purpose will b« to
choose (hree-feicutty members "to
receive* the "Distinguished
Teacher" award. PI ^ fgjg
The award consists, of a cer-
tificate and money which will be
added to the teacher's salary.
Students interested in joining the
committee may obtain an ap-
plication in the dean's office.
Action on the 79-80 proposed
budget was tabled following
Political Science representative
Dave Smith's motion that voting
be postponed one week until the
representatives have a chance to
• College Community
In celebration of your return to school the Junction
cordially invites you to their Fall Blast, September
20, 21, and 22. Happy Hour prices Jwi 11 prevail} a'"
night long] . ... ' | | §
MONDAY
Whistle Stops
When the whi
special
Sandy Taylor
Moore in Counseling Services
Sandy held Career Services in
place until Mr. Thompson took
over as the new Director.
Sandy believes that Career
Services will be one of the most
vibran offices at* Mercyhurst.
"This year the students at
Mercyhurst should take an active
interest in CO-OP and Career
Planning and Placement. "It will
probably be one of I the most
important components iri^their'
education," Sandy emphasized.
Leslie Smith, who attended
Edinboro State College and the
Erie Business Center, has been
working in Career Services since
mid July of this year.
Previously, she worked as a
Secretary- Receptionist at
Stevens and Company, Realtors.
E"Worlcihg with Tom Thompson
and Sandy Taylor has been
great/' said Leslie, "They, are
their jobs and how to handle
different situations (hat come
up," she added.
examine it further. **
Win further action Tim Seltzer
announced that the date for this
year's Activity Day will be set for
May 14. Approximately $2500 has
been set aside for this annual
event. If anyone has any ideas
they wish to contribute, contact
any of the MSG officers or their
representative. £ ' \
;*i 4Ui % driving, falling to stop at stop signs, driving on walkways, driving on
Biological Society was
acknowledged by the body as a
club. This formality enables the
society to use . Mercyhurst's
name and facilities.
Also, E.W. Kennedy,,director
of Student Services, is searching
for volunteers for the Student
Life committee. This advisory
committee is being set up to
evaluate and analyze all fphases
of student^life at the Hurst.
Interested persons may obtain
information andor applications in
room 215 Main.
wishes to extend a warm
"Welcome Back
f
PROPER ID REQUIRED
WEEKLY SPECIALS
4 TUESDAY U S WEDNESDAY
Pretzel and chips night
THE MERCIAD
Seniors
\. Prepare!
Recruiters Are Coming!
Presently, there are over 30
recruiters who have indicated that they
will be on the Mercyhurst College Com-
pus some time this academic year.
Please stop into the Career Services
office and begin your credential file.
Recruiters want to see your creden-
' tials, and; they wish to take copies with
them. ",-• ; jg
The first recruiter to visit our cam-
pus this year will be Carnegie Mellon
Graduate School of Urban and Public
Affairs. The recruiter will be on-
campus September 26 from 9 a.m. until
Noon. Please sign up for interviews in
room 204 Main. *£U
The second recruiter is Fishers Big
Wheel, who will be looking for Co-op
students interested in retail security on
a part-time basis. The recruiter will be
on-campus September 28.
PART-TIME
JOBS
i MOR
PARALLEL PLAN
OF CO-OP J p
Erie area for those students
who are interested in em-
ployment. Many of these
positions will qualify for Co-
op in which the student may
earn academic credit and
receive management on-the-
job training. £ *
For more information, stop
into the Career Services Of-
fice at 204 Main or discuss
the program with one of the
21 faculty Co-op coordinators.
n the
Ladies Night
Ladies get your tickets
at the door.
PAGE 5
Co-Op Corner
Why is Reggie O'Conner en- mer employment or a part-time
thusiastic about the Co-Op job and Co-Op is that a Co-Op
program at Mercyhurst? Reggie, employer let's you be a bit
a senior Business Administration creative. You are given more
major, believes Co-Op is an room to yourself. Although you
excellent program for anyone in don't have supervisors to report
any major. It gives a student that to, you don't nave to constantly
be told what to do, you just take
has been going to college for two
or three years the opportunity to on the responsibility yourself.
use what he has learned in the "As a Business major, my
classroom on a practical and education gives me such a wide
professional atmosphere. area of jobs to go into after
graduation, but at this time I
"I have had the opportunity to think I want a job working with
work in a variety of jobs from a and helping people. So, when I
salesgirl in a retail chain store to saw the ad for the Admissions
a Maintenance Communication Counselor Co-Op job, I felt this
Coordinator in a Fortune 500 would be the opportunity for me.
Company and am now doing my I never realized now much I could
Co-Op *i as AdmissionsCounselor learn in my four weeks of
for Mercyhurst, I have to admit training. Now, as Admissions
that although I have only been Counselor for Mercvhurst, I'll be
doing my Co-Op for four weeks, it visiting high school seniors and
has been the most rewarding and representing Mercyhurst at
beneficial experience of all the College Nights throughout the
jobs I've held. " I believe the Mid-Atlantic states. * jj
reason I feel this way is because I "In conclusion, I have to say
have res pons iblity and the power that I really love my Co-Op in
to make decisions on my own that it is giving me a view of what
with the help and advice from the college education, life, •? and the
Admissions Staff. I think the working world is all about before
main difference between sum- I graduate from "Our" school."
MERCYHURST COLLEGE TRAFFIC AND PARKING REGULATIONS
1. AT) motor vehicles parked on campus must be registered with the Security
Office. •• jg£ *
2. A parking permit does not guarantee the driver a parking space but permits
the driver to park In legal designated parking space, \
3. Place permit on rear bumper, left side. Permit must be plainly visible-
from the rear. J * ? <>#
4. The posted visitors parking areas are for visitors only and all other
vehicles will be ticketed. * *' '
5. Parking Is permitted in all lots unless posted as restricted or reserved.
6. All vehicles parking in Tow-Away Zones may be towed away at the owner's
risk and expense.
7 Parking is prohibited in all areas unless designated as a parking lot.
Prohibited areas Include on streets, on grass. In the orchard, on walk-
ways, blocking sidewalks, or In posted areas. f il
8. To facilitate snow removal, between November 15 and March 31,'overnight
parking is restricted to McAuley and the west end of Zurn l o t . '
9. The speed limit on campus 1s 15 M.P.H. All roads are for two-way traffic
unless otherwise posted as one-way. Walk-ways are Intended for pedestrian
traffic only and all motor vehicles, except for college vehicles gathering
trash, plowing snow, etc., are prohibited; this Includes the walkway be-
tween Baldwin Hall and the Indoor Tennis Courts. M, !5
grass, driving the wrong way on a one-way Street is $5.00 for each offense.
The fine for parking in a Tow-Away Zone is $5.00 for each offense. The
fine for no registration or improperly displayed registration permit anfl
illega), narking lnother. areas is $1^00. for each offense. % ^
II A $1.00 penalty Is added to all fines not paid within ten (10) days. All
fines not paid within three (3) weeks of the end of the current term will
be turned over to the Business Office for collection; clearance forms
will be withheld until a l l fines are paid.
All appeals must be made within seventy-two (72) hours to the Security
1?
Office. $ **
11 AH the aforementioned registration, traffic and parking regulations and
en orcemen? poMdes apply to students, staff, faculty, and admin str.tion
alike. EVFRfONE is responsible for knowing and conforming to College
t.-afflc regulations. T n e S e c U r U y Department
{'•
| FRIDAY
TMF.
THURSDAY Ammaretto Night
College Draft Night SATURDAY
Reduced Draft Price
Coning soon DJ night
•AH Night
Oldiestotgoodies
 THE MERCIAN SEPTEMBER 21, 1979
PAGE 6
Housing: A New Problem
Six DiscMntift- Uws Oi
-: <CPS)— Holly Knox Gia^qiailffi 3 Twelve! McCauley residents
Sp blames it on "galloping apathy
toward the needs of today's
women/' f
are living out? of boxes and
suitcases this semester as a
result of an unexpected housing
Dear Mom and Dad; Knox, director^ the Project on jam-up. pg
At the end of my last letter I Equal Education Rights, was by Two suites.one each on the
told you I had to go to a man- reacting to her group's most fr. pat second and third floors of
datory meeting called by the recent findings on the status of McCauley, are presently ac-
president(s) elect of Mercyhurst. women in education. comodating the overflow of
If I tell you what we had to do, do Her group found that there are freshman male students.
you promise not to pull me out of very few women in school ad- The suites have a capacity for
school? I really like it here and ministration ?or vocational Speaking of questions, you worlds. One includes a "higher no more than four students per
even if they make you do weird education programs. Women are, might ask (if you're still presence"," the other excludes unit. They are presently,
things there is no place else I however, participating more in following me) how can you laugh however, grooming six^students
would rather be. ;J .-•; interscholastic sports. wj "To pray or not to pray" is the
Anyway, at this mandatory1 when such a serious thinker and
A full 49 percent of the high writer as Albert Camus can say marvelous human dilemma. It is The second floor suite residents
meeting the presidents) said school athletes in Iowa are that "There is £ but one' essentially either a posture which revealed several ^problems
that if we really wanted to learn women. In Alabama, which ranks philosophical question and that is is the most outlandishly resulting from the overcrowding.
about the truth we had to learn lowest among the states, only 15 the question of suicide" ••( The ridiculous or the most absolutely ' 'We can't even unpack; there s
about a flowerjand not just its percent of the athletes are Myth of Sisyphus). I know what correct a human being can take. no place to put our clothes," said
chemical make-up either. No, the women. «$ he'sTgetfcing at. s 5 As a way of dramatizing this Tony Mangeri. And, the com-
president(s) said that to know the Only 13 percent of the nation's p i personally have met and wept dilemma a few years ago. I told plaint was unanimous among his
truth about anything we had to be top school administrators are with people who have come to a one of our crack basketball teams five roommates. It was pointed
present to it. So his assistants, or women, up from 12 percent last time in their life when the (the coach asked me to do out that one of the few dressers
was it her assistants, gave a year. Women account for only 11 question of suicide was very real something religious with them at available had to be placed in a
flower to each one of us and we percent of the students in and I grieved over their pain. one of their gatherings and I closet to store belongings since
were told to "be present" to that vocational education programs, What makes me laugh is the didn't have a collection basket
flower for a whole hour. Well you up slightly from last year's 10 dullness of someone who would handy) about a friend of mine, a there was no floor space for it in
will never catch me wasting an percent. the room. 3 *
hour being present to a flower, I make suicide the central question nun, who had been praying very Phyllis* Aiello, Mercyhurst's
of ohilosopny.|(i.e.,fa love of hard over an important decision. director of housings staled that
spent the hour thinking about Program Review '• wisdom). Y Apparently she suffered a the rooming problem was caused
some of the other 48 finalists who (Continued from Page 1) moment of severe doubt and later
didn't get the job. $$ Suicide is dumb, literally. It's asked partly because of a large fresh-
hanging up the phone. It's a me quite simply—"I man enrollment and also because
One candidate would have Also in danger is the present wasn't talking to myself, was I?" of a nigh I return of up-
solved all our I problems, music program. certitude that there are no more So I asked each player on the
especially the * ones created "The music department shall answers in this life. There are no team to tell me whether he perclassmen. Some of the up-
because of the * new academic proceed as quickly as possible to more "reasons" for going on. believed that the woman had perclassmen had failed to meet
structure. You remember my develop a Bachelor of Music in I can propose a more daring, been merely talking to herself or deadlines in applying for fall
telling you about last Fall. It the performing area," the memo more challenging and equally not. To force the dilemma, I term housing Aiello said. '» 5
seems that in the Fall the dean reads. "Should the college decide existential question (one that also wouldn't accept "I don't know" The complaints voiced by the
came out with a restructuring of that it is not in its best interests to remains y from my earliest as an answer. I told them that I suite students are many:
the faculty? I never saw one expand the program, the current childhood) and that is: Shall I thought agnostics were "The stereo plays all night."
simple little document cause so program should be phased out as pray? (Don't be embarrassed. I "chicken". Each response was a "Somebody is always up past 3
many problems. It resulted in a major within two years." Know it's a four letter word but revelation—from conviction, to a.m." *
two faculty riots, l boycott, and. In programs where majors are people didn't always blush when "Nobody can find anything in
a new record in the Guinness to be discontinued, students who they used it.) Does the question evasion, to denial. One of the last
players to respond seemed to be
this place."
Book of World Records. * are beyond freshman year "will sound 4 •* ! I % "The bathtub drain backs up."
The new record came about be given every opportunity, when Does the question sound deep in thought and then asked "There's no privacy."
when one divisional chairperson feasible, to complete their hopelessly unimportant to you? I when it was his turn, "You want
me to tell you if I believe in God "There aren't enough elec-
set a new world's record for degrees." i w^-3 don't think it is. The person who trical outlets." *i
Besides the new theology prays and the person who doesn't or not?" I commended him for The crowding in McCauley's
protesting by holding his breath his brilliance.
until turning red. The new record education major, the memo calls inhabit two distinctly different suites also affects the residents'
was 6 minutes. I know that for studies by the dance depart- studies. "Nobody can study here,
normally brain damage takes
place in five minutes but I guess
ment and business division with
an eye toward future growth. m- I - ^1- - • i
I!
f there's just too much noise,"
protests Mike Thompson. *;
it is different with divisional The curriculum for the fart At least one member of the
chairpeople, the individual in department is called "well-r group,* Mike* Fitzgerald, is
question seemed * no i different rounded and all-encompassing, determined to get out as soon as
tnan before. but the memo cautions, "we possible. Mike has had his share
•Dwjrineprooiems wwrtn* new -<rf**^h«^wamp" as suite 230 is
divisional structure and he came Tne current! 10 studio caUeaj!^Ts not the guys- I like
up with a solution that both the specialities are to be reduced to Plhe gays alof*. If*s jusftnaf tneres
dean and I thought was-perfect. ''norrnorethansevenat the basic no regular schedule and you don't
The candidate recommended level and five at the advanced feel settled in.:living out of
that the school be divided into two level.' I j a f e boxes." **gp * ?
divisions. One would be business He pointed out too that none of
The memo calls for overall
and the other that of Cleaning faculty cuts totalling 7.51 fulltime 4 the suite members knew when
Services. jTbe candidate's teaching equivalents, or FTE. Jimmy has some odd eating they arrived that they would be
rationale was that in the next ten one tale which I mentioned in my sharing a room with five other
(FTE figures are combinations habits.. He won't, for example, last article. » | * students. f
years the country is going to need of teaching loads and, do not eat any vegetable which has a The story is of two men who This year's housing problem
more college trained people in necessarily indicate *, the exact name containing more than two both love the same woman. The was compounded when a contract
the service profession of number of persons involved. But syllables. Broccoli, asparagus girl marries one of them and, as with Baldwin Brothers apart-
cleaning. for simplicity £they will be and cauliflower never touch his in all love triangles, the man ments was terminated this
America will need people referred to here as just faculty.) lips. J..;; whose love was truest goes summer. I The need for these
trained in chemistry to clean up 4 The plan would reduce the I mention this for a reason. unrequited.
7
oil x spills. It will need combined English and in- Briggs Avenue apartments was
Over the past
philosophers to create ethical tercultural studies facutly by two noticedg that certain people few years, I've Suddenly, the bride is stricken not anticipated. f •
criteria as to when it is ethically over the next two years. by some strange illness and To solve some of the rooming
proper to risk endangering the develop a reading habit that is apparently dies. Her husband has problem, offices were removed
The history •, and political similar to Jim's abstention from her laid to rest in a vault.
environment for {the sake of science faculty would be cut by hard-to-pronounce vegetables. from first'floor Egan and the
meeting energy needs. Hearing I of'her death, the area; was reclaimed as* dorm
1.5, psychology and sociology by These folks will not pick up a gentleman who never was for- space.
As for business, he argued that 1.25 and theatre by one. •;•;
book whose author has a name tunate to win her love, decides he A contract was also drawn up
we needed a division to train The biology and chemistry longer than Puzzo or Benchley. must see her once more.
people who would go out and faculty would be reduced by .66, Like Jim, they don't know what with Lakeview Apartments
cause the oil spills necessary to math and science education by they are missing. He pays a visit to the grave. similar to Ithe arrangement
keep the rest of our graduates .60 and philosophy and theology £.: Last* week in my column I Stricken with remorse at the previously held with Baldwin.
employed. I especially thought by .50. sight of her, he cries to himself, Every effort has been made to
5 i mentioned Boccaccio. I figured "While you were alive, I never provide needed rooms, still, some
this candidate had the inside Faculty would be phased out in I'd lose a few readers right off the received single glancefromyou. of jthe freshmen bear in-
track since he even gave the dean different timetables, but in most bat because if you pronounce But now when you cannot defend conveniences..
a name for the new department cases cuts would take effect next Boccaccio's name correctly, it yourself, I must take a few kisses
combing history and political fall term. Wl S? has four syllables. Therefore, as Asked if there are any
from you,dead though you are." in living six to a room, one of the benefits
science. In other areas, the number of an author of easily digestable
What scuttled his candidacy faculty depends on enrollment. books he may be disqualified. Well now, these are pretty members of* "The Swamp"
was that he chose the head desperate acts in themselves, replied, "At least nobody sleeps
One faculty member each Couple this with the fact that he but, as the story teller goes on to in; all the alarm clocks go off
cleaning lady to head this would be added to com- wrote during the 14th century and reveal, "man's appetite is never back to back."
division. She turned him down munications and probation-, you've got a real bomb. %
because, as she said, she already parole if enrollment in to those satisfied within any limit—and
had the most important job in the departments goes up. PI Police toNevertheless, I'm determined always desires to go further."
school. Without her, she ob- Science would lose one faculty if people's bring some variety into So, he goes a little further and
served, the school would sink into enrollment there goes down. lives* And, just as I discovers his lovers's heart is Parents Weekend Planned
a sea of dirt. The committee £ Also, additions to the special steaming would j tempt Jimmy with a still beating
decided that if the candidate was education staff "may be required am about forkful of zucchini, I
to give you all a little
E He takes the girl to his mother A dinner dance at Metin's is
not perceptive in choosing people in the; near future, the memo taste of Boccaccio. who revives her; then, of all the the|highlight offthe upcoming
for his ton position then we should states. 3 j curious things, his beloved Parents' Weekend planned for
not hire nun. Boccaccio wrote his resurrected maiden gives birth to October 13-14 at Mercyhurst.
Overall, the division hardest hit Decameron during the Dark Ages a baby boy. Presumably, she had The annual event will also
I know I still haven't gotten in the memo is natural science when the pestilence of the Black not been dead, only pregnant.
around to telling you who the and mathematics.^ T provide creative arts^ per-
president(s) are but I promised "For some years the division brighter. Death wasn't making tilings any The story ends with this formances, sports events, and the
to do so in my next letter. Till theJI has experienced reduction in the H
f generous fool returning the lady President's Reception. The
Realizing that anything in the and her child to her husband. weekend closes on Sunday with
number of majors, the number of news would capture an audience, They all lived happily ever after liturgy in Christ the King Chapel
Your loving Son, faculty and operational funding," Boccaccio cleverly framed his (except of course, the man who and brunch in Egan Dining Hall.
Sporty *?v the memo states. "Currently, book around the activities of ten saved her). |
biology and dental assisting people from the city of Florence t£ Out of town parents will receive
programs are the only programs who were trying to escape the Well, I've only hinted a little at a 10 percent discount at Holiday
clearly viable from an plague. some of the clandestine acts that Inn South. s %
Toe lx»l awl Found Department is I I r go on in Boccaccio's Decameron. Sr. Carolyn Herrmann,
located b Uie^ Security Office, enrollment perspective." t The ten runaways amused To enjoy the true ribald flavor of director of development is in-
basement of Preston Hall. § Program review "has been themselves every night telling
If you have found any teat articles, this Italian masterpiece, you volved! in the planning of the
please turn them In. If you have lost discussed, cussed and stories of love, adventure must read the book. weekend along with Paul
anything, please contact us first. We rediscussed for quite some trickery and lust. The resulting Tonight at supper Jimmy will Urbanowicz, Alda Walker, and
may have it. . time," $ the I memo reads.? 100 Decameron tales are far from be having his usual—corn. Amy McNicholas. "This year we
Hours are from 9 a.m. - 12 noon and I "However, when all of this has being a collection of boring
p.m. • 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
been done, one is still left with a medieval anecdotes. Here's hoping for a little more hope to get everyone's parents
subjective decision. J 9 ? I shall give you a synopsis of variety than that in your reading here, not just the freshman's,"
menu. Bon appetite! said McNicholas. £ B '
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Women's Tennis
Lakers Defeat Fredonia
by Chris Tomczak
M The Mafia may be a hot racket
but the Lakers can speak of their
own fiery rackets. The Mer-
cyhurst women's tennis team
looks as if they never cooled off
from last year. The Lakers made
a successful debut in defense of
the Woman's Keystone Con-
ference Championship by
defeating Fredonia State 6-1.
Sophomore Debbie Chilcott
aced Amy Ross 6-0, 6-0 in first
singles while Holly Brinig, a
junior playing second singles
romped Fredonia's Mary
Gilmartfn, 6-2, 6-1. Senior Laker
Millie Choice beat Kathy Denver
6-1 in the first set, lost the second
frame 3-6 then rallied to win the
match 6-3 in the third set.
Denise Mall, JMercyhurst's
fourth singler trounced 6-0, 6-1
over Fredonia's Sherry Jaworek.
Valorie Wolf of the Blue Devils
won the lone Fredonia points by
beating Debbie Ims 6-3, 6-0.
Laker Kathy Lowrv smashed
two overheads to put away the
match as she teamed with Judy
Lady Spikers Hopeful
Mercvhurst's womens
volleyball team is all set to make
it's bid for the women's keystone
conference title this year. The
Lakers came in a close third last
year but with the addition of
sister .• freshmen Annie and
Colleen Burbulas,from Seneca
High, the program will take a big
boost. J i £fe*
L Both Annie and Colleen won
triple crown sports honors at
Seneca in basketball, soft ball and
volleyball during their junior and
senior years. In Annie's junior
year, she was an honorable
mention on the allstate team and
her sister Colleen was second in
her senior year. Mrilftk jttktJfL
~~Y'o\xr oiner additions to~the mTrfenOpe that good results can
squad will make it the strongest
in the nine year history of the
sport at the school on the hill.
Mary Flavin, 5'H", from West
Kenmore High in Buffalo will be
the tallest girl in the blue and
green uniform. Car la Smith from
Albion, Tina Forsylk from Girard
and Leann Mahoney from North
East round up the rookie group.
"This is the year that we can
really try and win the WKC,"
said head coach Suzanne Jarrett,
Mercyhurst Club Program
Archery, BIMig/Canpiig, Cross Cmtry Skiing, Bowling, Golf,
tolling, Hiking/Camping, Ice Skating, Physical Fitness, Sailing,
Swimming, Racquetball. - i
.' The Morcyhurct Club Program is being formed to further enhance
personal growth and development at the college. The program will
strive to provide an additional variety of short (seasonal) and long
range activities, opportunities fori membership governance, and to
eliminate the concept of competition and awards, thereby stressing
the concept of fan and relaxation.
A general interest meeting will he held Sept 27 at 8:30 p.m. in
the Campus Centers ft
Reiber to bounce Barb Rickard
and Deb Schenkel, 6-3, 6-4. The
'Hurst duo of Chris Stroebel and
Mary Gaysman combined to
sweep the doubles matches in a
close 7-6, 7-5 victory over Julie
Enders and Alice Olek of
Fredonia State. W year's 8-4-1 season and Behrend
Coach Dennis Ranalli's
charges avenged the Blue Devils
for the lone Laker loss a year ago.
Mercy hurst finished 10-1 and 6-0
in conference play while
Allegheny took second place at 5-
1. til
The upcoming season could
prove to oe another banner year
For the women Lakers as the
conference flag could again be
hung on the campus center wall.
The tennis team travels to
Gannon and Villa before opening
the conference battle on the
Geneva courts on September 25.
The next home match, played on
the outdoor courts behind Sesler
apartments, is scheduled for
Thursday, September 27 at 3:00
p.m.
a Mercyhurst graduate.
"Our goals are to win the WKC
and get a bid to the Eastern
Regionals at the University of
Delaware. All? the incoming
freshman haver a-lot of high
school experience and will help
form a squad that faces the
toughest schedule yet," she
added.; § at 8:30 p.m. in the Cam-
P That schedule, aside from WKC
games, has a tournament at
Edinboro which will include the
likes of Duquesne,Syracuse and
Fredonia as well as the hosting
Scots. .Buffalo State, Niagra
University. Clarion and
Youngstown have all been added
get the Lakers into the Division II
AIAW regional event. £k
Last season the team went 14-
6 overall and 4-3 in the WKC to
represent the best effort thus far
Returning from the team are
Jeanine Baas, Sue Cacalancia,
Cathy Chudzicki, Mary Mahon
and Lindy McCartny.
The season opens at Gannon,
Thursday September 27 with a
tri-match with j Jamestowr
Community College, j
I % \ z Canham,
Soccer
Saturday afternoon Uhe Mer-
Baseball Team Has
cyhurst College soccer team will
travel crosstown to play the
Behrend College Cubs in a game
Perfect Weekend
that will be nothing short of
spectacular. §*»
It will be a rematch of last
year's District 18 playoffs which
Behrend won 2-1. This should be
the best*encounter that Erieites
will view all season as the Lakers
return 14 lettermen from last
defends their crown. IES
r" "I'll go out to seek revenge,"
said fullback Jim Grimes. The
gleam in his eyes said more than
anything else. "We know we can
beat them but we just didn't
prove it last year." f
Although he doesn't feel that it
will be a grudge match,
sophomore forward Don Smith
stated, "We have something to
prove to ourselves and to the
people of Erie that we're the best
team in this town." \
They didn't want to down play
the restiof the schedule, which
contains ! such powers J as
Fredonia and Buffalo State, but
team members couldn't help but
put an emphasis on this game
which is for the bragging rights to
the city.
Women's
| Varsity
Softball
There will be a
meeting, September 20
pus Center fer any
women | interested in
trying out for Women's
Varsity Softball.
, St. Bonaventure runner»out at
Area CollegesffirThe Big-Time
What's in a name? for two tiny
Pennsylvania colleges, there's
long-sought but little-deserved
national sports prominence.
There may also be quite a bit of
money as they prepare for the
biggest football game in their
histories, gand certainly the
strangest game off the 1979
college season. • -J
The'> Slippery Rock State
College and Shippensburg State
College football teams play each
other every year, with this
season's match scheduled for
September 29. The strange thing
about this years is that it will be
played in the largest college
stadium in the land, Michigan
Stadium. * 'of*
The story of how these two
decidedly small college teams
came to massive f Michigan
Stadium begins long ago. Interest
in Slippery Rock, an odd-
sounding name next to most
football powers, began when
announcers at major football
games started reading Slippery
Rock scores at halftime. They've
been reading Slippery Rock
scores at Michigan for 30 to 40
years, according to University of'
Michigan Athletic Director Don
? probably rise as game day draws
"The tradition 1probably
started out of boredom,' Canham
Centerfielder Joe Rocco scores the first run of the fall season
coining home on Jim Hesse's RBI double in the first game of the
afternoon twinbill with Beaver County Community College. The
Lakers tallied five more times to capture the first game of the
Sunday doubleheader sweep.
By Mike Tompson
Having swept a doubleheader
from St. Bona venture early in the
week, the Mercyhurst College
baseball team will take a season-
opening four-game winning
streak into Saturday's long-
awaited rematch with Point Park
College of Pittsburgh.
Point Park eliminated Mer-
cyhurst from the district playoffs
last spring. Game time Saturday
is 1 p.m. at Point Park. \ Dick White drove in two runs
The Lakers completed their
first weekend of play with a 4-0
record * after sweeping St.
Bonaventure 8-2 and 7-1 in
Monday's doubleheader.
Earlier the Lakers had swept
Beaver County Community
College in a season-opening
twinbill, Sunday.
Senior pitcher Sparky Mills
checked St. Bonaventure on five
hits in winning Monday's opener.
Mills did not allow a fly ball to
the outfield, retiring 18 batters on
ground balls to go with three
strikeouts.
Centerfielder Joe Rocco, who
had three runs batted in for the a
game, produced one of several
outstanding defensive plays by
fielding a base nit and throwing a
explains. "The announcers have
alot of time to give scores." jj
But the laughter that followed
announcement of the Slippery
Rock scores has, over the years,
gelled into something off a
national following. ' *
For example, when the
Michigan announcer told fans
that Slippery Rock beat Ship-
pensburg State in the final six
seconds of the game last year, the
102,000 in Michigan State* went
wild, Canham recalls. * i | Proceeds will be divided
"It's quite a thrill to be able to
play in a big-time stadium,"
SlipperyjjRock Head Coach Bob
DiSpirito chimes in, but we're not
ignoring the first three games on
the schedule." , «,.,
DiSpirito and Shippensburg
Head coach Vito Ragazzo say the
teams are vicious rivals like, say,
Michigan and Ohio State. Both,
however, resolve they're anxious
to perform well in front of the
mammoth television and stadium
throngs. 'Jj£ J
Shippensburg Athletic Director
Bill Corman expects to take some
20 busloads of fans to the game.
Slippery Rock has sold 30,000
tickets, and! that number will
near. 3 &
Approximately 15,000 members
fc*'**--
4*
I
home. 1i •fjS
"Jim Walters added two runs
batted in. f, - 1.
Freshman pitcher John
Castello threw a two-
hit .complete-game victory in his
college debut, winning *the
nightcap 7-1. i
Castello, a Long Island native,
struck out eleven and benefitted
from the Lakers' nine-hit attack.
for Mercyhurst, leading a
balanced offense. Jimmy
Radeloff 's bases loaded single in
the bottom of the twelfth Inning of
the second game enabled the
Lakers to sweep a double header
from Beaver County Community
College on Sunday. J
Russ Wilhelm's complete game
victory in the opener got the
'Hurst off on the right foot. Left
fielder Rick Shaheen led the
attack with a home run, double
and two runs batted in.4
The night cap saw the Lakers
battle back from 3-1 and 4-3
deficits to set up Radeloff s game
winning hit. Jimmy Hesse led off
with a double to left. Bob Delia
Rocca singled and Mike Conroy
was walked intentionally to set
the stage for Radeloff. ^ ^ ^
of 150 high school bands will also
be there for the annual Band Day.
All that adds up to an unusually
big payday for the two small
colleges, usedr to splitting
revenues from crowds of 20,000
and only dreaming of television
royalties. Michigan's ? Canham
refuses to estimate exactly how
much each •, team will receive
from the game. Final figures will
depend on how many tickets are
sold. |
among the colleges, the bands,
women's athletics at Michigan,
and the Michigan band.
Before dividing the loot, all
expenses for both teams will be
covered, and Shippensburg,
which originally was supposed to
host this game, will be com-
pensated for loss of a home game.
But Canham denies the game
has anything to do with trying to
make Michigan Stadium more
cost-effective by filling it :with
small-college games. He says he
has turned down, requests for
more lucrative uses of the
stadium from rock groups like
the Rolling Stones. | j
Whatever the reason, Canham
swears that if> the game "is a
barn-burner, * we may have a
replay next year." *

| INTERSESSION '79
Cultural Europe Study Tour: London, Paris
PIO'S Theatre Department Director Igor Stalsky will conduct a two-week tour of the
cultural centers of Europe this Intercession J T h e course will count toward
—delicious Creative Arts, Liberal Studies or Interdisciplinary credits.
Anyone interested in making the trip should contact Mr. Stalsky as soon as
PIZZA possible. k 'i
The price is $995.00, which includes air fare, hotel costs, some meals, most
454-3500 of the sightseeing and most of the theatre tickets. Deposits of $200.00 are due
no later than Octoberf 10. V
Mr. Stalsky will require a log-book or journal of the visit for grading. In each
815 East! Ave. city the tour will take in theatres, museums and historical sites,|with lectures
and briefings to be given before each play, show orfother cultural event at-
tended. There will be no unprepared visits. There will be plenty of time left for
shopping and informal sightseeing.