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College Senate Will Decide*

$ The Academic Policies six-member committee unanimouslyvoted to abolish Intercession.Theproposal now moves?on to theCollege Senate.

At the committee's regularmonthly meeting, held Tuesday,December6 ,an estimated 50persons filledMain 201 todiscuss theIntercession issuea n dthe change

in the academic calendar thatwould accompany it.Andrew Roth. Director of Com

munications, reviewed the twoproposals dealing-with the Intercession schedule vote that thecommittee passed and will sendto the Senate for consideration.

The second proposal waspassed by another unanimousvote in favor of a five-day schoolweek. And the third proposal wasone in support of adopting a 4-3-3calendar, which would be a four

teen week fall seme ster,te nweekwinter and spring termsj Thecommittee's voteonthis proposalwas fivet o o n e . |T

Mr. Roth said the committeewas not receiving enough community input and felt that the Intercession issue was presently instate of"parliamentary limbo."I Dr, Jerry Trimble, Dean of the

college and vice-president ofacademic services, stated thatthere was not enough time towork on the quantity and qualityaspects ofth ecoursesoffered in athree week period. ^P -

Dr. Trimble said it was the"human elements that havecaused Intercession tofail." Thedean believes the faculty skillsrevolved in atraditional ten-weekcourse shouldn't be jamm ed in ath re eweek period.

However, Roth, Dr. Trimble

B yJohn Hruno

and the four other>members ofthe Academic Policies Committee seem edt o b e o n t h edefensive at this particular meeting.Of the forty plus students whoattended, nearly all had remarksto make a n dquestions to ask and,clearly, m ost were not in favoro fabolishing Intercession. *

Most students present weren'tin favor of changing theacademic calendar but ;stressedthe concern for better course offerings during Intercession.

A dance major stated that Intercession was stimulating andsuccessful and that students, thefaculty and the president makethe courses worka n dif educatorsdon't want to teach the three-week course, they should bedismissed , | V

Another student said "toassume that nobody is motivated

Vil le l l a K e n tl e a d l i n ei

B u r s tW e e k en d1B a l l e t sI "As he flashes across thestagehe creates the Illusion that themusic isn't fast enough, theceiling $ isn't high enough, thestage isn't big enough to containthe dancing demon that somehowh a sinvaded this sm allmortal."

The author, a Life Magazineballet critic, was talking aboutEdward Villella. Similar accounts can be found in virtuallyevery major ? American andEuropean newspaper andmagazine publication of the past15years, f " |

Throughout th e1960's an dearly70's,. Edward < Villella wasprobably the most famous maleballet dancer in;the world andcertainly the most famousAmerican. Quite possibly he wasalso th ebest. W>,

Villella and ballerina AllegraKent willb eguest artists with theMercy hurst College dance department in two performances thisweekend at Strong Vincent High

School auditorium.Twenty-eight dance majors

and 30 students in all will participate in four performanceschoreogra phed by ProfessorIsmet Mouhedin. Pas de deux(duets) by Villella and Ms. Kentof Apollo and Afternoon of aFawn willb einterspersed.

According to Mouhedin, Saturday's and Sunday's performances will mark the first appearances in Erie b ymajor balletstars. J

Mouhedin first met Villella in1972when the latter performed a sa guest artist with the PittsburghBallet. Mouhedin was balletmaster (choreographer andproducer) of the Pittsburgh com-pany at the time.; He startedmaking arrangements to bringVillella and Ms. Kent to Mercy hurst in September.

"To bring two principals fromthe New York City Ballet is a bigstep/' Mouhedin told The-iMer-

S tu d e n t G o v e rn m e n t R a is e sA c t iv i t ie s F e e To

B yChris V anWagenen |The voicew a sunanimous, as 19

representatives of MercyhurstStudent Government made theirfirst major decision of the yearby; raising the student activityfee .

The fee, currently $25, will beraised next' year to $35, forfulltime students coming in thefall. After debating the .issue forabout 45minutes the governmentpassed a $ 1 0raise which will givenext year's budget about $40,000for the 1977-78 academic year. |

The question that mostrepresentatives asked was, whowould the $35 be charged too?Would it be fulltime, parttime,students who transfer in the winter or spring to Mercyhurst, orall? / W*l A *

Dr. Robert Cisek, advisorto thegovernment, suggested thatfulltime students (fulltime beingdefined asa student taking t w o o rmore courses a term for theyear) be charged the full$3 5fee.Next, a student who then attendsMercyhurst fulltime i n t h ewinterwould be charged two thirds of$35 and one-third of that cost ifthey camein thespring.?

Further, a parttime student(defined as a student taking onecourse per term) would becharged $3.50 p ercourse.

The reason given for thecurrent raise of the fee was thatenrollment at Mercyhurst hadremained about the same whilecosts fo ractivities h a ddoubled.

Mr. E.W. K ennedy, also an ad-(Contlnued o n Page 3 )

ciad. "The college has hada dance m ajor for only three years. Tobring in people of this calibe r, often you m ust have* dance for 15years.*'

Mouhedin, a formerfprincipaldancer with the Belgium,Rallet,will also appear in the program.He retired from performing twoyears a g o t oteach.

"This is my first performancein Erie," he smiled, "and mylast. That is aguarantee."

It is a gross oversimplificationto say Edward Villella andAllegra Kent are living legends,but, in fact, theya r e .For a periodof* some 10 years, particularlyduring the 1960's, they along witha handful of others were at thepeak of their profession worldwide. :

A11 eg ra; Kent? never achievedthe mass popularity Villella did,but within the ballet world shewas regarded as anequal Thereare three levels ?in the dancehierarchychorus member,soloist, and principal dancer, Ms.Kent rose to principal for t h e N e wYork City Ballet faster than anyballerina before h e r.

"Allegra Kent is as flexible asakitten and seductive as ashadow," wrote critic JosephMazo. "When she dances now,her line is as clear and her styles eleganta n dsuperbly supple."The production of Apollo whichwill b ea part of the weekend per

formance is one of Ms. Kent'sbetter known roles. Apollo, alongwith The Firebird, Agnon andothers, came of a famous part-

ship between NYCB grandmaster George Halanchinc andcomposer Igor Stravinsky.Balanchine usually paired Ms.Kent with the company's otherleading male, Jacques d'Am-boise. for theStravinsky pieces*

M s.Kent, the mother of threechildren, is-\ beginning her 23rdseason with the New York CityBallet. \ t \

The Merciad: "What makesVillella distinctive?"\% (Continued o n Page 3 )

during Intersession is almost adiscredit to human nature."

Donna Walker, a junior,suggested that the environment,th epeople an dthe courses shouldb echanged a n d n o t t h ecalendar.

Also a student who attendedMercyhurst when Intersessionwas required felt it was successful. T

Other students commentedthatIntersession w a sworth while, butcourses must b ebeneficial.

'Moreover, Mr. Roth agreed onthis point and was quoted assaying "anything you have tospend $238 for should bebeneficial." l .

In addition, some studentsfound the spirit of Intersessionmore relevant than its academicaspect, *

The reason for the pro-Intersession atmosphere could

well be because students realisethat changing the academiccalendar would mean that freeWednesdays * would no longerexist. * Finally, I'd like to announce th e officers for the year 1MV7,and the chairpersons of the Marathon.If you have anysuggestions, orIf you can offer your help in any way, pleasefeel free to contact any of us at any tune! > *,i jk * * * Sincerely,

|C.E,C^vPresident"- Patty Lord, Townhousei, 8884M48Vice-PresidentLore LoefflerJTownhouse 1,8684H48Secretary- ttileeni >el Sordo.Sesler 324,HflS-lW ITreasurer SueDat/., Baldwin325,8(16-9086 *Membership Chairman -John Sullivan, Sesler323,868-8829Marathon Chairpersons-

Linda Simpson, Townhouse 1,868-9448Molly Sounders, Sesler321,866-0735

Inquiring Reporter Asks:

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. Marianne DolanFor everyone to be in

harmony with oneanother, s

f PeteCordaroHealth, happiness,

joyfullness, and welfare.

Y O U W A N TC H R I S T M A S

Donna ZaffinuNot to have my picture

taken forth epaper*

Barb HardieS Something sweetsexy, &

Htottltalne*Clothes, a new car and

a n ew girlfriend.

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(Continued from Page I)Mouhedin:"He is graceful but

at the same time very masculine.Anotherthinghe runs like a cat.He is the only onewho does this."

Merciad: "It hay been writtenthat Villella dances like he had atiger in him."

Mouhedin: "That'sit,yes."Edward Villella is one of the

few ballet artists from this country who has also become a folkhero. His impact *was so greatthat he became, and remains,a-?household name. Villella quicklybranched out onto stage acting,movies and television and wasthe subject ofia 1968 documentary,. uMan Who Dances."

Much of Villella's celebrityis&jdue to his lifestory, which is pureAmericana. sltf captured theimagination of a publiclargely'uninformed about ballet and bynow has* become almost biggerthan the manhimself.

But it's a good story, and fort he un i n i t i a t e d ' i t b e a r srepeating: '* *

Eddie Villella grew up inBayside, Long Island, and wasmostly into baseball and football.His sister studied dance butEddie thought it was kid's stuff untilhis sister got him togo toa class.

feUe liked it.Eddie kept goingto dance class

|for a few years, but his parentsdidn't think much of their sondancing for a living, so they con-

evinced him to attend New York^Maritime College. Before hegraduated Eddie wonaj varsity

lletter in baseball and the campuswelterweight boxing championship.

One night in 1955, Eddie got

mugged . A s; part of hisrehabilitation therapy,- hewastold to . . . dance. s

What followedwas, literally, anexplosion. Two years afterjoining the NYCB, Villella was aprincipal dancer Jand a criticalsensation. Physically,hise dancing was ferocious, characterizedby great, soaring leaps.

The role that put him over thetop as an international star wasthe Balanchine-choreographedThe Prodigal, based on the

^Biblical story of the prodigal son.jjflt was described as"grotesquelyathle tic." To this day,no one elsein New York ballet dances TheProdigal.

if Villella's calf musc les areaslargei as the average person'sthighs, and Villella's*thighs, ithas been said, "are the diameterof sewer pipes." His upper torsonarrow s in a perfect V-shape to a

29-inch waist and today, at 40years of age, Villella still looks asif he were chiseled from marble.

After achieving stardom,Villella was soon being criticizedfor the same reasons he waspraised earlier: physical virtuosity, and intensity of character. ^

Wrote John Martin: "Villella isbeset by the sinof4 performingalone in no matter what company." :'

g. When he became an accomplished actor, adding dramaand expression to his awesometechnique, Villella became one ofthe world's great ballet artists.He tyas the first foreigner toguest with the Royal DanishBallet, j After 12 curtain callsbefore a Moscow Bolshoi Th eateraudience, he? became the firstNYCB dancer to perform an encore. For a time, everywhere he

"went he became the first, thehighest, the fastest, the greatest.He becam e a folk hero.

"Villella is ] everything themagazine writers say he is,"wrote Mazo. "Candid, clever,driving, filled with an appetititefor life and good beer, a superbartist, a pleasant manto know."

Allegra Kent| and EdwardVillellaimpressive companyfor theMercy hurst dance department. They havebeen drilling forseveral w eeks, and surprisingly,dotnot seem to be awed by theprospect of sharing the stage withtwo principals from the NYCB.

"It 's an incentive, it makes youwork harder," said Janet Ar-tuhevich7 "Scared? No, but youwant to do your best.' '& "Most importantly," saidLoriShadley, "Erie and the collegeneed somethinglike this." 9

The college dancers will perform "Ballet Suite" by Verdi,"Scenes de Ballet," by Stravins k y, r ' L e z g r n k a " byKhachaturian and the folk dance"Gopak." , f *

5 Soloists will include ChristinaCottman,Allan Kinzie, Jay Kirk,Deborah Kostka, Shelagh Murphy and Lisa Owens, f S |

Student ticketsjj ($2 with ID's)are still available in the studentunion office. Bus transportationto Strong Vincent will beprovided. TheAbuses will leaveBaldwin at7 p.m. Saturday and2p.m. Sunday for the matinee performance. ^S^00W f fA $15per person reception willbe held at the Erie Hilton Saturday following theperformance.*}*?

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visor to the government, pointedout to the representatives that thefee had not been raised for thepast fiveyears. *

Ji m Deffner, vice president ofthe government, felt th at the $10

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over the past five years to bringin performers," he said."In order to keep the quality of performance and the level of entertainment, the fee hadto beraised

Dougc Petroff, representativefor the political science department, said, "I didn't like to seethe fee raised as a student, butpeople say there's nothing to doon this campus and the only wayto change it isto raise the fee.";;

The decision was amajor onefor the new government, one thatwill surely come under fire fromthe student body, but representatives agreed that it had to bedone;: $

Officers and representativesalike feel that this decision couldhave an important impact fornext year and that the decision isone that may help to bring moreactivities on the MercyhurstCampus.

y PHOTO BY BOBRONKSLEYMembers of the'Hurst Dance Departmentwho will be joining Edward Villella and Allegra Kentirf

this weekend's ballet production are, left to right: Lori Shadely, Jay Kirk, SuzetteBoyer, IsmetMouhedin,Chris Cottman, RonaldCollmin,and Carlee Kanopka.

Thanksgiving vacation broughtmore than rest and relaxation forsome of the residents of Seslerapartme nts, in fact, it brought aburglary. r

Four of thirty-six apartmentswere broken into over the holidayand residents of the burglarywere not at all pleased with thesituation. "I was very frustratedby the robbery," said ElaineHilsinger. f

"They took two stereos, threerings, two clock radios, and anelectric typewriter," said CindyPetrizio.

Across the hallway, neighborPatty Mullaugh had a stereostolen. Said Mullaugh sarcastically,^ "Getting into theapartment with a butter knife,

tell me about safety? "| Mark 2,Dennison, JJ currentmanager of Sesler apartments,discovered the burglary soon after Patty*Hastings reported tohim that her apartment had been

broken into and that Mullaugh'sstereo had been stolen.M "There's no security in Sesler,it's really bad," said Dennison.He also believes that the culpritsbroke their | way in-with ascrewdriver."The police felt tha tthe robberies on Lewis Avenue(which had occurred about thesame time as the SeslerBurglary) might t ie insomehow," added Dennison.

Another resident, ClaudiaPrice, observed that the thieveswere very picky about what theytook. Laughed Liz Page, anothervictim of the burglary, "Sesler asafe place to live, tell me aboutit?" I f I P 1P P

Wendy Arnold, who lives with

both Mullaugh and Hastings, isnot at all happy about the Seslerincident. Said Arnold, "I don'tfeel safe knowing that someonecould J! break 5 in. It means thatanyone who wants to get in, just

needs a butter knife orsomething."

Ms. Arnold also expressed adeep concern aboutsecurity'atSesler. "I just hope they get newlocks on the door as soon aspossible; it's a shame thatsecurity won't patro! Sesler," shesaid,*

The burglars took everythingfrom several stereos to aTV set.Said Patty> Mullaugh,* "Thethieves were selective, as if theyhad an orderto fill." *

Residents feel strongly aboutone thing; Sesler needs tightersecurity. When asked how thiscould be achieved, residents feltthat the main doors to Seslercould be locked over the breakwhen students are home. They

could also give a master key tostudents who wish*to stay inSesler over the break. *

One thing's for sure, residentswill no longer tolerate the lack ofsecuritywhich Sesler provides.'.

B A ROTC happening: Seven Hurst military science students were among a group of 39 students whovisited Fort Eustis, Virginia,11-14 November,1976. The purpose of the trip w as to allow students to see anarmy base and the life styles of army personnel. :

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Monsignor John Hastings, vicar general of the Dioceseof Erie listens t o Convocation speaker, D r . Nazrine Abide.

mm*.PHOTO BY GARYWESMAN

Jeff Da vera and his flying sneake rs at wo rk.

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PHOTO BY BOBRONKSLEYThe faculty, in their regal robes, led the procession for the Convocation in honor of Mercyhurst 's 50th An

niversary held Sunday, October 10,1976.

P H O TO B Y B OB R O N K S L E Y

Fall weekend provided much entertainment fo r students despite t he we tw e a t h e r. L a w enforcement c lub

complemented their favorite professorsby crea t ing a specia l game in their honor.

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The theatre depar tment ' s product ion "Br igadoon" added to the 50year ce lebra t ion .

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Members ofthe 1976-77 Mercyhurst Basketball Team: (frontrow, left to right) Jeff Byham, Doug Clark,Paul Young, EdJones, Cnpt. Jeff Davern , Kevin B radley, Greg Kurt, Larry GronostaJ. (Buck row) CoachDick Fox, Donald Jackson, John Burrow, BillLink, Student Assistant Mike Molnar, Mutt Ogden, Astt.Coach Dan O'Connor, Greg Powell, Dick Brickell.Joe Ford, Jim M cBlrath,Mgr, Walter Green.

B a s k e t b a l l T e a mS c o r e sWhen a basketball team scores

over 100 points three games in arow, there isn't a lot \of doubtabout their offensive production.%

These loo-plus games havecome from?a balanced attackwhich shows no All-Americansbut a team full of talentedballplayers.

The "particular team at handhappens to be the MercyhurstLakers under the direction! ofCoach DickFox. Jr' Unlike the Laker teams of thepast, this current edition has somuch variety that\ the playerstake turns scoring the mostpoints.

All of the scoring started overthe Thanksgiving vacation at theEisenhower Dedication Tournament. Seneca Falls,New York.

In the opening gam eon Friday,November 26, the Lakers facedGeorge Mason, the tournamentfavorite and responded with a103-78 victory, I

Paul Young, a junior forward,led the Lakers with 17 pointswhile also" grabbing fiverebounds. i

Another junior, Kevin Bradley,finished a close second behindYoung with 16points.

Two more juniors, Ed "TooSmall" Jones and Joe Ford, hitfor 14 and 11 points respectivelywhile Ford pulled down sevenrebounds. * I

Senior captain Jeff IDavernchipped in nine points as didjuniors John * 'Sweets" Burrowand Don Jackson.

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