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PAGE 2 TH E MERCIA D APRIL

News at|a glance

Editor's note: this columnis designed to let s tudentsknow what is happening in theinternational and local arenasThe news is gathered from avariety of sources.

By Theresa K loeckerMerciad News EditorINTERNATIONAL

British Prime Minister Thatcher blamed extremists for turning atax protest in London into a riot In the protests, which have beenoccurring sporadically since the announcement of the tax, 130peoplehave been injured and 340 have been arrested. The protests are overa poll tax which w ould replace the property tax system. The poll tax1 require each adult in a household to pay a certain amount,regardless of their income, which has angered a vast majority ofpeople in Britain. Theproperty tax winch is being phased out, was apeoplbarredTiananmen Sq uare, where dissidents had urged a silent protest againstlast year's government crackdown on student-led demonstrations.Paramilitary forcesringedfmostof the square in the latest sign oftightened security in the capital. t

The French champagne industry is heading for a crisis becausevine growers aren't supplying enough grapes to champagne produc-ers. Despite negotiations for new contracts, 19,000 private vineyardowners in Eastern France have not guaranteed to supply majorchampagne houses with enough grapes for this year's production.NATIONAL

A major clean-air bill won Senate approval on Tuesday. This billis the Senate's first comprehensive effort on air pollution since 1977.Thebill faces an uncertain course in the House, where environmental-ists are pressing for even tougher measures. %' Nashville Tenn.- A couplers suing a hospital for $4 millioncomplaining staff members nicknamed their baby "S murf ette" be-cause her skin was accidentally dyed blue.Indianapolis-1 Ryan White, a hemophiliac who contracted AIDSthrough contaminated blood products is in the hospital. White haswaged a five year battle against the disease. He fought a successfulcourt battle to attend school and reinforcing the message that AIDScannot be spread through casual contact

LOCALU.S. Rep. Tom Ridge of Erie, R-21st DisL, has asked theDepartment of Environmental Resources and the Army Corps ofEngineers to delay continued construction of a breakwall system on^Presque Isle State Park until more is learned about the growingproblem with zebra mussels in Lake Erie.

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McAULEY HALL RESIDENTS enjoying their new facilities in the basement ofMcAuleformerly the Mercyhurst Da y Care Center.D'Angelo YoungArtist Competitionto be held in AprilTheD'Angelo School of Musicis Jproud to announce the 14thAnnual D9 Ahgelo Young ArtistsCompetition, awarding prizemoney totaling $20,000. %The uniqueness of this,year'scompetition is that the event hasbeen permanently changed to beheld each year during the thirdweek of April. The competitionwas previously held in the sum-mer, while the Mercyhurst com-munity was on vacation. Thecompetition is now held duringthe school year so that the college

communitycan enjoy and experi$jence the world-class musicianswho come to Erie to compete.This year, 147 taped applica-tions from the United States,Canada, Europe and the Far Eastwere freceived. Of those appli-cants, approximately 40 vocalistshave been invited to compete.The competition will be heldbeginning April 19 from 11 a.m.to 10:30 p.m. in the Zurn RecitalHall. April.20, the preliminarieswill continue at 11 a.m. with thesemifinalists being announced atapproximately 1 p.m. The semi-finals will be then be held from 3to 5 p.m. and from 7:30 to 10:30p.m. in the Zurn Recital Hall.The inalistswill be announcedthat night, and the finals will beheld Saturday, April 21 at 7 p.m.in the Tech Memorial High SchoolAuditorium. Admission to the firsttwo rounds of the competition isfree. iHowever, admission to thefinals on Saturday requires a ticketTickets can be obtained free ofcharge from he Dv Angelo School

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of Music. House inNew York wil;Each contestant will sing at jury of the competition. approximately 15-minute intervals, that the Mercyhurst coSome of the world's greatest will be able to enjoy thvocalists, opera conductors, vo-cal coaches and a representative tion , whether they attenor for an hour. For inffrom the Metropolitan Opera andticketrequests,call8

Hurst helps improarea environmentcover:ennsylvania made recyclingthe law in July -1988 when Gov.Robert P. Casey signed Act 101,the Municipal Waste Planning,Recycling and Waste Reduction!Ac t The Act requires towns of nonrecyclable?more than 10,000 people? andinstitutions to recycle by Septem-ber 26,1990.

- How are you affiliathe college?- Do you know whiare recyclable and wh

A survey has been printed isto helpdetermine | the level ofawareness and the willingness ofthe Mercyhurst community! toparticipate in a recycling program.Some of the questions will

$ Do you recycle at htif so, what do you re- Ifnot, what are youjfor not recycling?- Would you be wilinin implementing the rprogram here at MercyhThe survey will be dJin the near future.


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APRIL 5,1990 THE MERCIADN e w s PAGCafeteria introduces newappearance, menu changesBy Dan LanganMerciad staff reporter One of these constraints was I "Our increases are consistent

If you haven*t;been to thecafeteria lately or just failed tonotice, there have been somechanges made in recent months.The major changes in appearancehave been the blinds installed inthe cafeteria and kitchen areas andpainting of the outer cafeteria.Menu changes have also oc -curred to give students la better< t The changes should

that a large sum of money wastied up in* the Laker Inn whichclosed last December. The Lakerwas operated by the GlenhurstCorporation which also operatesthe cafeteria and the Cove.Glenhurst is a private, for-profitcorporation that is separate fromthe college. Any profits that arerealized bv Glenhurst are investedin its holdings, according to E.William Kennedy, director of stu-dent services and execulivc ofGlenhurstThe costs of the changes -

with wholesale food prices andlabor costs. We try to keep anyincreases as* minimal as pos-sible." : I f u IKennedy stressed that theywill try to please the students andthat the new menu will provide thestudents with more choices.

ciWe'll continue to change offer-basedtastes,'' he said.44We are trying tobe as uniaue and responsive asSays Gatt i , "In trying to

have come a long t ime a g o approximately $1,000 for paint be a responsible food serv-but were not possible due tof i n a n c i a l c o n s t r a i n t s , "Gatti said.

ice, w e realized that thephysical appearance of thethe costs jfor students. Menu c a f e t e r i a a s well! a s food

and wallpaper and $10,000 to$12,000 for blinds - will not affect

meal selection than ever before,according to Jan Gatti, assistantfood service director. "Thechanges should have come a longtime ago but were not possible dueto financial constraints,*' Gatti

changes will not significantly af-fect costs either, Gatti said.j ^ Kennedy echoed Gatti's feel-ings and ensured that students willnot be affected financially by thechanges. "Approval for theboard increases for next yearcame before the changes weremade to the cafeteria," he said.

choices had to be ad-dressed. \'possible and their choices*willdictate what we do." |Gatti and ''Kennedy pointedout that there are still changes tocome. The purchase of a refriger-ated salad ba r and expansion ofthe serving area as well as newkitchen equipment are possibili-ties they are presently exploring.Glenhurst is also studying thefeasibility of a second beverageline but must review local build-ing codes before proceeding.

They said they are excitedabout the improvements to thecafeteria and hope students arealso.If you would like to see thephysical improvements, visit thecafeteria at any time. To receiveinformation; about menu offer-ings or to ask any questions, call

the cafeteria at 825-0787.Gatti is a chief initiator of thechanges and is working to upholdthe mission of the cafeteria toprovide students with healthy

meals in a pleasant environSays Gatti, " In trying toresponsible food service, wized that the physical appeaof the cafeteria as well! aschoices had to be addresShe continued, "Mon ey frosale of the Laker made thissible." J *

- Club Funding was discussed,but no vote could be held becausethere was no quorum. Mercy hurstStudent Government treasurer TodGeorge suggested that a grantsystem be created.- Judicial Review Board wasapproved. The Board will helpincrease communication between

students and administration in casessuch as write ups, rent increases,or any other disputes.- Monte Carlo Night was abig success. Approximately &181students participated.

- Student Activities Commit-tee will provide vans to thebaseball team's opener, and hopeto have vans for all home games.SAC will also sponsor a danceApril 7 in the Student Union withOswald and the Herringbones.- Spring Activities Weekendwill consist of nine events with 16

teams competing. Activities willbegin at noon and will end n o laterthan S p.m.* Spring Formal tickets willbe on sale April 20,23 and 24.

- Student Union layout wasdiscussed The Cove will now hold140 peoPlc but on ly tw 0 P001*5tables and one ping-pong tablewill be available.

- The Graduation punch re-ception will be held at thejEriePlaza Hotel.MSG VICE-PRESIDENTIA). Candidate prepare for questioning at open forum.


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PAGE 4 THE MERCIAD APRILOpin ionHRIM sponsored dance benefits schoolemployees while penalizing studentsBy Robi Taylor IMerciad Managing Editor

One of our reporters was inthe Merciad office ready to writeup a press release on the HRIMBowling Tournament and 50'$/Top 40's dance planned for theend of'term when she noticed acouple lines which really {both-ered her.The following statement, byHRIM Chairman John Wolpcr, isthe one she referred to: ' Thenicepart of this invitation is that anyfaculty, staff, or administrationmember who would like to go andbring a guest may do so at nocharge just by calling the HRIMoffice to reserve a table ."This means that not only doteachers,staff, and administration

Paula Wolper, HRIM instruc-tor, said the HRIM departmentmade the invitation to "Help getgood participation by the facultyat school functions."I'm all for increasing involve-ment by faculty, administrationand students. Heaven knows thatet special seating but they alsosave at least $5 in die process. the gap between the college staff,r. wThe Merciad

Mercyhurst College's First Class newspaperas rated by the Associated Collegiate PressVol !63 No. 19 April 5,1990Kevin Mc HughTheresa KloeckerRobi TaylorKaren McGuire^John DeasyMelissa ManginiPatty C oneglioMaria KellyLiz RichardsTimothy K. Moriarty

Editor^News EditorManaging EditorChief Copy EditorSports EditorPhoto EditorBusiness ManagerAssistant Business Manager

Director of DesignFaculty AdviserReporters

Cassie BakmazDerrick ChristieTheresa HewittGarth McCurdy

Tammy PethtelNick RobertsDeborah SpilkoI Sue Viverelli:The Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of Mercyhurst&College, Box 161,501 E. 38th st, Erie Pa. 16546. Phone 825-0376Material for publication must be submitted by noon on theMonday before publication 1

The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed,but the name can be withheld by request. J JThe Merciad *s editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Boardwith the Editor holding final responsibility.The opinions expressed inThe Merciad are not necessarily those ofThe Merciad, its staff or Mercyhurst College, j

faculty and students needs to beclosed, but not at the expense ofthe students.The solution is relativelysimple: treat everyone equal!This can be accomplished by al-lowing students to attend thedance free, charging everyone thesame three dollar admission theHRIM majors are paying, orlastly, charging everyone the fivedollars posted to the public as theadmission price.True, involvement!has to beincreased, but one group should

not be able to benefit at the cost ofany one group.To loosely borrow a line fromMs. Wolper this issue is not"Making a mountain out of amolehill." It is not fair for stu-dents, some of whom can barelyafford to attend school here, toI'm all for increasing in-volvement by faculty, ad-ministration land students.Heaven knows that the gapbetween the college staff,faculty and students needsto be closed, but not at theexpense of the students.

have to pay to have a little funwhile others, whocan more easilypay the admission,are in thesameroom, doing the same things...forfree.H The dance is scheduled forSaturday night, there is still timefor John Wolper, the HRIM divi-sion and Hotel Sales and M arket-ing Association to show that stu-dents have the same rights asthose few who are lucky enoughto work here.

Candidates makcommendable efforBy Kevin McHughMerciad Editor

fmn WLet me begin by congratulatingthe winners of the MSG officerelections, allofwhom seem to havethe necessary abilities to lead thestudent body. Let me also offer thenon-winners a pat on the back fori _ _ _ _

giving the winners a run for theirmoney.WeU.jwasjthat or was that not one of the most clichparagraphs that you've ever read?Seriously however, all the candidates do deserve tobe comfor making the effort To put it bluntly, it takes a lot of guts toin front of a couple of hundred people to makea speech. Survshown that more people are afraid of speaking in public thanof dying. 1 4 IIt is equally harrowing to isit in Ifront of a group of sympathetic students firing an array of difficult questions. Thdates had some quite intuitive answers. An answer by Amy Ma question about the lack of enthusiasm of MSG representatparticularly noteworthy. She said that MSG did not need to any form of incentives to increase rep involvement She sasimply needs to "look for people who are genuinely intererepresenting the studen ts."This statement should be the essence of student governpeople aire not genuinely interested in representing the studeshouldn't be in MSG. As the editor of The Merciad, a vopublication, I can relate to this. Many students ask mc if theypaid for reporting.

I No . I 1Students should write for the sake of w riting and should for the sake of representing.Speaking of The Merciad, we hope that the new officersto expand die lines of communication between MSG and Thciad. Weare more than willing to promote any MSG or SACPart of the job of secretary should include acting as press seFinally, I am glad that there were three female candidatescompared to none last year. One of those three, Jen Marshelected secretary. However, I think it's time that there shouldaway from the stereotypical secretarial role of women and tomore prominent positions of president and vice p resident Mayear we could have a female presid entTHE frfiXfytid]) i p6iCff)foft50^s COMMANDMENTS

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APRIL 5,1990 THE MERCIAD PAGPerspect ivesP r e s t o n e x t e n s i o n ? p r o v i d e s b u s i n e s s ' c e n t e r >

By Kevin McHughMerciad EditorThe third floor extension toPreston |Hal I has provided |animpressive new center for theMercy hurst business dep artmentThe importance for having a busi-ness "center/* according to theBusiness Division Chairman . Dr.

classrooms, a micro computer lab,a conference room and twelveoffices. "Having the offices to-gether makes life a lot easier forthe faculty and students," Ciseksaid. J* * *& i

cent of all Mercyhurst business curricular activities. Such*clubs

"The bus iness fprogramis what man y people look a t

graduates are gainfully employedor attending graduate school. Ofthese graduates, 81 percent areplaced within six months of gradu-ation at an average starting salaryof $15,000.The business department hasbeen growing and improving over

as the Mercyhurst Business As-sociation, The Accounting Cluband The Finance-Club sponsorguest speakers and field trips togive students hands on ex peri-

students with an opportunityapply their knowledge to the wenvironment It exposes stud

Robert Cisek, is that it gives the l e g e , " Cisek.when ,they evaluate * co l - A ,ol rf Mtfjg 4 0 percen t of all co-opsdepartmenteasydepartment for people within andoutside the college, Cisek added.business

The business department hasplaced graduates in a number oftop firms and businesses. Accord-ing to Cisek most graduates go

cause of the high caliber of the and interns will b e hired byprofessors in the department, ac- th e com pa ny in which theycording to Cisek. "High quality have been placed.professors:produce high qualitygraduates," Cisek said,'"When

n ess is the tthe college^'T he business program is whatmany people look.at when theyevaluate a college/ * Cisek said.Therefore the business depart-ment is expected to be visible."The extension includes three

straight into the workforce upon Aese r a d " a t e i d o fwc" ** ence of the business world. The;,r iduation rather than attendinggraduate school. They usually gaintwo or three years in the {workforce before deciding on graduateschool. 4 *Tyrone Moore, director ofcareer services said that 93:per-

companyjthey are placed, thosecompanies return to Mercyhurstto recruit, thus our placement andreputation is constantly growing."Another strong*point of theMercyhurst business departmentis its wide array of clubs and extra

MBA recently sponsored a work-shop on sexual harassment in theworkplace and a field trip to NewYork city to visit Wall StreetAnother way in which stu-dents gain hands on experience isthrough co-ops. Co-ops provide

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to the "re al" world of work, teing of the importance of dlines, adherence to responsities, and the like. Co-ops arebeneficial for job interviewthey * give you something toab ou t" Through active couing, most students know whatof business they want to ebefore they do a co-op, he adi Moore also emphasizedimportance of completing co-saying that 40 percent of alops and interns will be hirethe company in which they hbeen placed. "T he classrenvironment]provides theketable skills and theoretical fdation that are then refined thrco-ops, " he said. The co-op programrun by the the Career ServOffice which aids placemthrough on-campus recruitmand interviewing which takes during the academic year.business I program has rec

placed three graduates in GenElcctric's financial manageprogram which, accordingMoore jis phenomenal ascompetition for those positincluded graduates from HarvYale, Stanford and the Univeof Michigan.Cisek concluded thabusiness departmenttunate to have beeni * * t s arid added that he h

all?departments will have facilities improved.


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PAGE 6 TH E MERCIAD APRIFeaturesHoward Paul addsfun to the businessof learning businessBy Dan LanganMerciad Staff Reporter

Small rays of the setting sunshine through the-windows inPreston 312 as 30 mouths chatterabout tonight's class, last week-end and the upcoming weekend." H P . " enters the room with a tallmug of water in one hand and aseemingly well organized stackof papers at his side.As he organ izes himself at themakeshift pedestal in the front ofthe room, he engages in small-talk with a student in the fron t Hewill spend the next hour and SOminutes leading a discussion onhow to be an effective salesper-son.He assumes a stance at hispedestal with his left hand in hispocket and his right sitting at thetop corner of thelectern. Forih enext hour and a half, he will varythis stance by using his hands toexplain examples and using hi sgreen board to clarify his po ints inwriting.H P . is asked a challengingquestion by a student and takes afew seconds to collect his thouehtsbeforeanswering. His deep voicecommands attention from the

majority,drowning out the incon-siderate few who insist on talkingwhile he answers the question.Once these initial details, "ad-ministrative not es, '' he calls themare addressed, he begins his les-son for the evening explainingand questioning some aspects ofan effective sales presentation.While he is speaking, 30 pairsof eyes are divided between ahand-out and H.P.'s position atthe front of thefroom. At anymoment he may abandon his notesand randomly ask a {student toelaborate on a point No onegives a wrong answer in H.P.'sclass, but if there is a better one,he mayjbreak the monotony ofprofessionalism and slip a hu mor-ous comment in to show his con-fidence in the student and forcehim to reconsider what he said." 'H /K T as he's referred to bymany, is Howard Paul, assistantprofessor of - business and one-time senior executive dedicated tosharing his knowledge and exper-tise with future business profes-sionals.

Becoming successful in cor-porate America is a goal for al-most every business stude nt IMr.Paul realizes this and brine s overHAIRPORTEUNLIMITED549 EAST 33RD|STOEETPHONE 814-825-6100WELCOMESlNANCIE SEIBERGiRMALLY OF MORNINGSTAR CREATIONSTO THEIR STAFF!BRING IN THIS COUPONAND RECEIVE 20%|0FFALL CHEMICAL SERVICES10%OFF STYLE CUT^

HOWARD PAUL12 years of experience into theclassroom. He left the corporatesetting I for personal reasons, aswell as to pursue other interests."My personal goals differedfrom corporate goals and I didn'twant to have to face the risk ofone day going to work to find I'dlost my j ob ." He continues,"Iwanted to find more balance inlife and become more entrepre-neurial."He said, "as a teacher, I havea great deal of flexibility and controlover die classroom." Paul feelsthat he is providing a service tostudents in a job where there ismore security* for himself. Hisposition also gives him time to doconsulting work on the side, whichgive him more experience to sharewith his students.jj As a teacher with an extensivebusiness background, Paul con-tends that academics are not theonly thing necessary to succeed.He feels that people learn more bydoing and that students shouldtake advantage of opportunitiesthat will give them experience intheir related fields, i

THE SCHOOL OF MUSICWOULD LIKE TO IN VITE THEi MERCYHURST COMMUNITYTO THIS WEEKEND'S STUDENT.RECITALS.SATURDAY APRIL 7 - 6 P.M.I DAVID A. BATEMAN JR. J_ j VIOLA! SUNDAY APRIL 8 - 1 PM . \fEFF WILLIAMS,, GUITAR MI SUNDAY APRIL 8 - 8 P.M. IJECATHY O'GARA. JMf /.SOPRANO [sITUESDAY APRIL 10 - 3 P.M.I STUDENT RECITAL1 * ALL RECITALS TAKE PLACEIN /URN RECITAL HALL*

NASA speaker enters 'Hurst atmospheProject Galileo looat the beginningsof the solar systemBy Theresa KloeckerMerciad News Editor

Project Galileo, or at least aspeaker from the project came tothe 'Hurst on April 3.William J. O'Neill spoke to anaudience of about 45 students andfaculty members about the proj-ect which was launchedfrom hespace shuttle Atlantis on October12,1989. MO'Neill is the- manager ofScience and Mission Design forProject Galileo at the Jet Propul-sion Laboratory (JP L), CaliforniaInstitute of Technology. JPL isthe only NASA based laboratorythat is not run by civil serviceemployees. |At this facility they also de-sign and produce their ow nspacecrafts, there is always atleast one in production , accordingto O'Neill. Galileo is a two partspacecraft, the first part is a probeand the second is the transmissioncommunicationearthThe goal of the mission is topenetrate an outer planet atmos-phere, that of Jupiter, and to es-tablish an orbit around that plane tGalileo will no t reach theplanet, Jupiter until December 11 ,1995, but before it reaches Jupiterit will send pictures and informa-tion back to scientists on Earthabout other planets and the moon.It will make a fly by of themoon's dark side and send infor-mation about i t The moon's darkside|has never before been ex -plored by any space mission.Scientists at JPL, with a greatdeal difficulty 4< faked out" thecomputer system of Galileo andwere able to get pictures of Ve-nus, the first of this mission.

entists and the generalfirst view ever of the ain the solar system.Once! the missioJupiter it will send inand .pictures aboutphere of Jupiter, theJupiter, and the surfacjj Jupiter has 16 mforms almost a comsystem of its own, acO'Ne ill. Jupiter is knthe largest planet, 1would fit into its diam

The four moons tstudied on this projnamed after Galileo Ganymed e, Europa, anThese are the four largthat orbit Jupiter. IThe explorationmay lead to further iabout how the planetsbeing. Two thirds of the solar system*is cobetween Jupiter an d it"Because Jupiter hamass it is suspected probably include all ththat were present whesystem wa s formedsaid.

Knowing the elewere around when thetem was formed will tists more insight intsolar system was actuaand how evolution of takes place, accordingJPL ha s also heNASA missions besidThey have an exclusfor space exploration,have had since space began, O'Neill said.Other missions wbeen done by JPL inplorer 1958,1971 tfiecraft to orbit Mars, 19

Galileo will only do a fly by of*.. s P a c e c r a f l to 8 to MerVenus, but another JPL mission, Viking--the firstsoft Magellan, was launched last Mayto explore Venus.Before reaching Jupiter, Gali-leo will have to pass through theasteroid bel t i This w ill offer sci-

spacecraft on Mars, aVoyager I and II wercommunications arereceived from them.


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APRIL 5,1990 THE MERCIAD PAFeaturesF a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s h e l p t h i s s t u d e n t t h r i v e a t s c h o o lBy Kelli CrawfordMcrciad staff reporter

irreversible muscle deterioration, braces. She then mobilized her- school due to a bout with pncu-

Mary Ellen Bujnoski, asophomore social work major atMercyhurst College faces a chal-lenge that most of us cannot evenimagine coming up againstBujnoski is afflicted withmuscular dystrophy, a chronic,noncontagious disease in whichcomplete incapacitation f follows

considering mat mis disease hasno remission or cure, and thatBujnoski's condition can only getprogressively w orse, it is noteasyfor her to maintain a positive atti-tude; however, her commendableacademic performance, smilingface, and future ambitions showthat she is doing just tha tHer condition was recognizedbirths whenis conducted walk

self in a wheelchair, where sheremains. At one time, she couldpush herself, but now she mustuse hand controls. |She findseveryday activities, such as writ-ing, frustrating.Bujnoski has attended manyschools. She began ata preschool!for handicapped children, andended eher sophomore year at S h e tr ie s to S ee theAcademy High School. She re-ceived home tutoring during her

monia and lung complications.She has had pneumonia, asymptom of m uscular dystrophy,every two years of her life. Fiveyears ago at the Shriners' Hospi-tal for Crippled Children she hadan operation to install a backbrace.

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Rehabilitation and Grants, able to attend college .!She is a member of the Work Club. She likes the aphere, and claims the peopconsiderate. Students assisgetting around campus. Ssay that this campus is nohandicapped accessible.When Bujnoski graduatplans to go into public reland possibly live at a homjunior and senior years of high h e r se lf s u r ro u n d e d b y challenged adults.IBM

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people who won't lether get down on herdisease,I When I she graduated fromhigh school Bujnoski made adecision to attend college, pierfamily|is, and always has been,helpful land supportive .! Hermother and older sister took upcareers in nursing, and heryounger sister studies nursing atthe University of Pittsburgh.' They were the ones who told meI could go to college," Bujnoskisaid.She chose Mercyhurst be-cause of the academic program,the Erie location, and the smallcampus. Through the Office of

Her limitations are limShe cannot drive, dance, orof which she would like Her activities include voluing at the. Soldiers and SHome, making petitions fethical treatment of animaother things.

Bujnoski's attitude is imsive. She lives the best swith the time she has, Busaid. She tries to see thethings and keep herselrounded by people who wher getdown oh her diseafavorite quote demonstraway she lives her life: "Ashoot for the moon and youquite get there, remembewill be among the stars.''

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PAGES THE MERCIAD APRIL 5Arts and Enter ta inmentD* Angelo and Lake Erie Ballet combine!(Burana' becomes a hit at the Warner

By Theresa Hewitt \Mcrciad Staff ReporterHaunting tones hung in theair, as if part of the blacknesssurrounding the stage. Under adim spotlight, white-robeddanc-ers twisted and struggled like tor-tured souls at the mercy of For-tune.^Carmina Burana was a hugesuccess. Before an almost soldout hou se at the Warner Theaterlast Saturday, the Lake Erie Balletand Orchestra, the Erie Philhar-monic Chorus and the D' AngeloSchool of Music Concert Chorusgave a stunning performance thatmerited a fifteen minute standingovation from the cheering audi-ence.Ballet goers were in nowaydisappointed by Burana. Theballet, supplemented with the musicof Carl Orff, was one of the mostintense ever performed.Organized in three '*scen es,"Burana is aballet about life, youth,love , fortune and drinking. Livelydancers in brilliant costume de-

picted "Springtime" with the subject of Carmina Burana's thirdbacking of the vocal score, based scene. Women sang "Love flieson the poems of wandering stu-dents of the 12th and 13th centu-ries.Thesecond "scene" o f Bur*

ana, aptly titled "In theTavern,painted a picture with w ords andaction of tavern life. "Some men

gamble, some men drinkJ Someindulge in indiscretions," sangthe choir, while on stage dancersstaggered and swayed (albeit grace-fully) to the orchestra.4 'The Courts of Love*' are the

everywhere/ And is seized bydesire,/ Young men and women/Are matched together," whileprinciple dancers pantomimed love,flirtation and sex.All three components of B ur-ana * s production - orchestra, bal-let and chorus - gave an excep-tional performance, which wasjustly appreciated by the Warneraudience. Mercyhurst CollegeConcert Choir and Erie Philhar-monic Chorus director PaulMcPhail joined his students invocal performance. Mercyhurstsenior Robert Lomax delivered aspellbinding tenor solo as prin-ciple dancer Alexander Kaschockdove off a staircase like a dyingswan.Carmina Burana marked theend of the Mercyhurst ConceitChoir's performance season, butplans for next year are alreadybeing made, p ossibly including aproduction of Handel's Me ssiah.Information can be obtained fromthe D'Angelo School of M usic.

And now for something completely different.'Nuns On The Run 'revives Monty Pythostylel of British humo

By Robi TaylorMerciad Managing EditorNuns On The RunStarring - Eric Idle, Robbietrane and Camille CoduriDirected by Jonathan Lynn20th Century Fox 1Rated PG-13Monty Pythonism began 20 years ago this month. This unhumor style has lasted through the break up of the original MPython comedy troop and the death, last October, of one of its cmembers, Graham Chapman.Nuns On The R un follows the cornedic tradition of,4 * Nottoo big to be made fun of.'' This time the targets of the spoof inthe British Mafia, the Chinese Mafia, the London Police a nd, lanot least, the Catholic Church. JThe story follows the exploits of two bumbling would-be crBrian Hope (Eric Idle) and Charlie McManus (Robbie ColtraThese two steal $2.5 million from a British mob b oss wh o origistole it from The Triads, a Chinese drug ring, who stole it fromBank of London.After blowing up the mob boss* car, H ope and McManus han all girl's convent schooljfor the education*of future phyeducation teachers. With the police , the Triads and the British Mchasing them, a nunnery full of 18 to 22-year-old girls seemedthe safest place to hide.After stealing some nun's habits from the convent basem

McManus and Hope becom e twoof the wildest nuns I have everSister In violata of the Immaculate Conception and Sister Euphethe Five Wounds (Five Wounds for short). rThere am also some other unexpected character twistsvimovie. Sister Mary, an alcoholic nun who steals $ 100,000 to betrace track and a priest who likes to put his hands all over the nThe jokes are excellent Although some of them are predictsuch as Sr. Inviolata ogling the girls in a showers, for the mostthey are bright and witty. The script was well written and livelyOnThe Run had a few slow spots butthey were few and farbetMost of the film has the capacity to be classic comedy movie.The Pythonic talents of Eric Idle have not faded since the brHe is just as funny and alive as ever. I have never seen anyonewoman as well as he can.I have never seen R obbie Coltrane before, but I can tell youthing. He helped to make this movie a hit His performanMcManus/Sr. Inviolata actually glowe d.For those people who like British humor this movie is perfethose who either cannot understand or dislike this type of moviNuns On The Run a chance to change your mind. \The icing on the cake was what I saw at the movie was whilleaving. A black car pulled in front of the theater and a bevy ofgot out and bought tickets for Nuns On The Run. Kind of ironiit? tMy Rating 93/100Strong language, nudity


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APRIL 5,1990 THE MERCIAD PAGArts an d Ente r t a inmentFilms for discussionJapanese film featureserrant jtaxpayer

By Theresa KloeckerMcrciad News EditorIt is said tha t] the only su rethings in life a re death and taxes,in the; United States J this alsoholds true in Japan.A Taxing Woman's Return,the fourth film of the SpringFilms for Discussion Series, fol-

McDowell LittlelThealterhosts iGaite Parisienne

Writer-director Juzo Itamilows a female tax auditor in Ja- has cast Nobuko Miyamoto (hispan. The film is in Japanese withEnglish subtitles, and it is thesequel to last year's hit importA Taxing Woman, showingthat notonly do the Japanese havetaxes to contend with, they alsotave sequels to movies.Thisfilmwill be shown, appro-Iriately, on April 10, five days[before taxes are due to good ol*Uncle Sam in the United States.

wife) in the role of the "the taxingwoman", and Rentaro Mikuni asthe con man.A Taxing Woman Re-tur ns will be shown on Tues.,AprilpO at 8 p.m. in Zurn RecitalHall. Admission isffree to theMercyhurst community, generaladmission is $2. The filmwill beintroduced at 7:50 p.m. by KcikoMiller. I f f

OnFriday, April 6 at 8 p.m. atthe McDowell Little Theater, theprecision and beauty of ballet canbe seen through the^PittsburghBallet Theater performance Le-onide Massine's spectacular rec-reation of the Second FrenchEmpire, Gaite Parisienne JThe original ballet has beenconsidered the classic "closingballet" since its creation. This islargely because of its fairly earnedreputation of being a ballet unpar-alleled in contemporary theatricalhistory.Choreographed in 1938 forthe Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,Gaite Parisienne the ballet fol-lows the amorous antics of a Peru-

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to the fun of this production.The Pittsburgh Ballet Theaterhas become widely known for itsproductions of classical stories suchvian who sets down amid a bevy? as, Swan L ake, Giselle, and Donof beautiful girls, madcap waitersand pleasure-seeking officers in aturn of the century P aris cafe. Anumber of lively can-can girls addWILL YOU !OR YOURORGANIZATION

Quixote. Thefhardcst challangethe group faced was the$500,000production of a full length origi-nal ballet, The Great Gatsby,whjjch opened to rave reviews andso Id-out houses.Under the artistic direction ofPatricia Wilde since 1982, the36-member Pittsburgh Ballet Theater

scored local and national triuOne dance critic said that thformances of the Pittsburghlet Theater were, * * So closfection, you could taste, touchear it," Pittsburgh Ballet Tter also received a coveted ition to perform at the accla1988 Jacob's Pillow Dance{Reserved scats for Parisienne are priced at $8$10. They are currently onthrough Dr. David Palmer a0262. I \ f fe V

VOLUNTEER HELP?BE|A PART OF THE 1ST MAJOR EVENT OF TH EI 1990'S IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIAFAIR POINT STATE PARK, THERELONG FESTIVAL FOR THE ENVIROMENT. THE EVENT WILL INCLUDEEDUCATION AL BO OTHS AND A CTIVITIES, FREE MUSIC, SPEAKERS,ENTERTAINMENT AND A HOST OF OTHER ENTERTAINING AND EDUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES. GOVERNOR CASEY IS FLYING IN TO CELEBRATEPART OF THE DAY IN PITTSBURGH

By John W olperDirector HRIM DepLWe would like to take thisopportunity to extend a warminvitation to any member of theMercy hurst community to partake

9 p.m. with reserved seatinfaculty, administration andThe cost for HRIM studen$3.00: $on-majors areThroughout the evening, hamers, cheeseburgers, french and chocolate milkshakes w

FREETO HEL^BUILD TH E FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE ON EARTH 1PROVIDE A MUSICAL BACKDROP FOR THE EARTH FAIR, /CERT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES. MUSIC WILLIBEGIN AT 10:00 A.M. AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOONfvENUE WILL INCLUDE A BROAD RANGE O F MULTI-CULTURAL AlPOPULAR PERFORM ANCESl I \_TO VOLUNTEER Y O U R SERVICES OR TOpSNLIS'Y O U R ORGANIZATION, CALL:

in the special events we have ^ ^ ^ * n o c h a r e - Alsoplanned on Saturday, April 7.Activities begin with the HRIMBowling Tournament at theEastland Bowl (38th and McClel-

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land), beg inning at 2:30 p.m. Therewill be four on a team. Hie cost is$5.50 per person and includesbowling, shoes and prizes. Therewill! be a monetary first, secondand third place award. Pleaseregister your team with names andpayment in the HRIM office (Egan24) as soon as possible.That same evening, in thecafeteria, there will be a 50's Top40 dance like no other. If you'veforgotten how to have fun, this is

highlight of the evening withe Lip Sync Contest (limitthe first 12 teams comprisefaculty or students). The requirement is that you cothe HRIM office to officiallter your team and your soncompetition in this contestfirst place prize is $100. Outinguished panel of udges incJackie Howey, Howard Paul, Richter, Phyllis Aiello, Wolper and a surprise judgtwo. A cash prize for the bedress will also be awarded.This event is sponsored bHRIM Division and the Hoteyour chance! The dance begins at ***& Marketing Associat


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APRIL 5,1990 THE MERCIAO PAGSportsProspective rowers visit *Hurst

By Molly McCormickMerciad Sportswriter

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Last the Mer-admissionstheir annual crew recruiting ses-sion. Recruits came from all ovenCanada, West Virgin ia, Delawareand Buffalo. Presentations toencourage the students to chooseMercyhurst included a movieoverviewing the college. Headcoach Derek Hartwick andwomen's novice coach JimWhitley lectured on the college'srowing program.After a comprehensive tourofthe school and lunch in the cafete-ria, the students heard a lectureonthe differences between highschool rowing and college row-ing, given by former crew teammember, Chris Marshall. '*Brad Jacobson, the head

uon, an im portant aspect of row-ings Afterwards,! they? headeddown to the bay to check out theLaker boathouse and the shells.Typical Erie weather prevailedand it was too windy to rowon thebay, so the recruits rowed in thetanks in the Campus Center.The recruits seemed veryimpressed with Mercyhurst'scurriculum and rowing program.Leigh,,ajrecruit from Ontario,said, "Not only is the rowingprogram here at Mercyhurstgreat, the curriculum is good. Thepeople are really nice, it's a goodsize and there is a good nightlife"' i 1On Saturday evening a recep-tion was held in the Grotto Dining

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Many alumni rowers, who werevisiting for the weekend, also at-tended the reception.After a busy day some pro-spective freshmen headed hom e,while a few opted to > stay f andenjoy campus nightlife here at the'Hurst. Thanks to Jim Whitley,Jim McKcever and head coach

room for the recruits and the pres- D e r c k "^wick, the weekendteam was a great success.R E S E R V E O F F I C E R S ' T R A I N I N G C O R P S

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New depth strengthenLaker golf teamBy John DeasyMerciad Spo rts Editor

As the unpredictable weather gets slowly better these dasome people's thoughts turn to golf. They start longing to w hthat little round ball from tee to green- swinging, striking, shanand swearing all the way to the nineteenth hole.The Mercyhurst men's golf team is no exception and recently completed most of its tryouts. The team now consistnine members. Tw o others will be added at a later date.The team, which currendy consists of two seniors, three juntwo sophomores and two freshmen, has been strengthened by soadditions. The new recruits come from the hockey team.Head coach Mike Barnes said, J I am extremely encouragthe additionsfrom he hockey team. There has always been a core, but the new recruits add that depth that's needed to comat this level." 5

The major problem in the past has been with numbers. Somembers of the team have had restraints puton them in the pasto the pressures of the classroom. The whole team has sufferea result This year however, there is a level of consistency appthroughout die team. This should allow the squad to be strongif people are forced to miss tournaments.Barnes feels that his objectives have changed. He said,' bathe fall I just wanted the team to become better oriented towardgolf and the tournaments. Now, we're past being just respectNow we are in a position to show the other^schools what wcapable of." I IThe team begins its competitive season Tues., AprihlO wone-on-one match against Gannon. The format for the match wmatchplay and will take place at Downing Golf Club, Mcyhurst's home course.The standard of golf on the team has improved dramaticover the year. Barnes said that,!"all members of the team shoable to shoot 80 or better." He added,4'considering the qualiplay so far, we should surprise a few people this season."

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Major leaguebaseball returnsBy Bob ConeglioMcrciad Sportswritcr; Spring, fever. Yes, majorleague. baseball is.;jupon us al-ready. It seems as if the seasonuakeatust ended withthe World Series between the S V . /Francisco Giants and ihe O&kUuidAthletics. > v ||Of ccur se; ihc** seasp^couldn't start without anotherdrawn out strike. This (atest strikelasted 32 days, but eventually asettlement came. The season

opener was pushed back a weekfrom ADIII 2 to ADrii-9. Iheiblal

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the games. However, once theseason begins, the major leagueumpires will return.What has come from the 32day strike/lockout? Players withtwo to three years service have achance a t salary; arbitration; a$100,000 minimum salary formajor league *playcrsr, up from$68,000; and anannual $ 55'mil-ff *****lion contribution by owners to thepl%|fs pension fund. I_r Fost ers will stay at 24 playersthis season and will expand to 25II? 1991. These were some of themore important issues that came

about from the strike. \*I can understand the concernfor the younger player wh o may

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16810162. Of c o u r s ^ , .were not the only ones 16 get in 6o hacuon Si**' fouldn't be concerned with is

numDcr of games season has also lessened ifit>m \ *oi get ine big money some ofthe,tr s others do,-but guys like WillClark and Kirby Puckett who getover 3 million dollarsa n y *llhce the major league base [sues % J ^ .Ontiffiffimti stronger teams inthe American League Eaa shouldbe the Baltimore Orioles. I don'tthink last year was a fluke. Theteam should be greatly improvedwith the acquisition of powerfulRandy Bass, along with the

Ripken brothers. The pitchingstaff will consist of rookie Ben With the leadership of JohnnyRay and Wally Joiner, the AngelsMcDonald, Jeff Ballard and Bob will be tough again.

Strike was settled, the um-pires went on s*i ike because theywcrcn * t included in die strikedement. The umpires decided toI major leagueSince thesenit tne prc-scasoribaseball games.games have to take place, minorleague umpires have had to work

Milacki. * *In the AL West, I think it willbe the California Angels. Theyjust keep on getting better. Whileeveryone else in1 their divisionwas letting crucial players slipaway, the Angels were signing

In the National League East, Ipick the Chicago Cubs. Withpitchers like Rick Sutcliffe, GregMaddux and Mike Bielecki theywill be hard to beat Players likeAndre Dawson and Ryne Sand-berg won't make the going for theplayers,including Mark Lang- other teams in the N.L. East anyston, the best starter in baseball easier,today, for 3.2 million* dollars. W

Francisco Giants to be owhen the season comes to aWith players like Kevin Mand Will Clark, and pitcheDan Quisenberry and Craiferts, they will be hard to rwith.Look for another exbaseball season that goes dothe wire. Hopefully the "strike*' won't used in bavocabulary for another In the NJL. West I pick theSan years, unless it's in the gaErie Wave op ens its season Mav 17Pro basketball comes to Erie^Professional basketball iscoming to Erie, and it has a spe-cial attraction for local students.The Erie Wave's organizationhas plans to create another' 'dogpound" in the Civic Center. The"beach," as it will be called, willbe open to students at a discountprice and will be situated at thewest end of the arena. There willalso be chccrlcading tryouts o nApril 14. The First game will beheld on Thursday, May 17. jThe 1990 season marks tlthird year of action in the WorkBasketball League. The WBL|was born in 1988 as a five-tcaifleague. With three additionalteams joining the league this season, the WBL has expanded to iseven-team league for 1990.Teams making up the WBLthis year include: the Calgary

In addition to playing eachmember of the WBL, leagueteams will also host internationalall-star teams. L ast year, foreign

Most of the players are formerNCAA Division I athletes. Someof E rie's WBL players also per-form in the Continental Basket-squads from Finland, ^Holland, b aU Association. In fact, ten for-Grcece and Sweden challengedeach WBL team twice. In 1990,the Soviet Union and Italy willsend international teams to faceWBL competition. Each foreignteam plays all WBL teams. Thesegames also count in the WBLleague standings.

; Players in thcWBL cannot br-tallcr than six-foot-five. Howpress, ever, the international all-starLas Vegas Silver Streaks, Iphis Rockers, Saskatoon Jand the Youngstown Pride.teams that compete in the WBLare not bound by the height limi-tations.

merlWBL players have signedcontracts with the National Bas-ketball Association. In addition,several former NBA players nowshowcase their talents in theWBL. ]The league utilizes internationalrules, playing with a 20*6" three-point line, wider lanes and a 24-sccond shot clock with an eightsecond limit to cross mid-courtIn addition, players fouled whileattempting a three-point basketare awarded three free throws. .Another interesting character-istic of international rules is that aplayer cannot foul out Instead ofa player fouling out, on his sev-enth foul, the team which isfouled is awarded the appropriatenumber of free throws and pos-sessions afterwards.

Tennis teamdumps BuffalBy John DeasyMcrciad Sports Editor

The men's tennis team contin-ued their winning ways last week-end with another convincing roadwin against a strong University ofBuffalo team.The Lakers, who consist ofthree seniors,-two sophomoresand two freshman, beat;Buffalo6-3. Winners for M ercy hurstwere Gordon Quinton, CocnBuys, Raul Raymundo and Pat-rick O'Kecffe. Quinton andBuys, and Raymundo and

Pakulski, the number one adoubles combinations, alsoThe team's chances ofing nationals are slim, butindividuals still have a chFreshman Cocn: Buys prohas the best chance of all. SGordon Quinton said, "Clooking tough. He has mnice addition to the teamcould be a dominating facthe nationals." Buys itipped as a possible "Rothe Year'' re

This weekend the teamGannon. The following Mercyhurst travels to EdiUniversity to compete aEdinboro and Fairmont Sta

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