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^ ^ * * . ^ * W W I - The senior members of the Mercyhurst basketball and cheerleading squads were honored at the east ho megame against Coppin State on Monday night. From left: Roy Hollis, team manager; Dan-ell Grafius, MaryLvnn Miller. Gina Dilluvio. and Nate Morgan. i IMay PrimarySenior History MajorSchool Board CandidateX by Carla AndersonMERCIAD Staff R eporter" A l l A m e r i c a n S c h o o lDistrict" is the campaign slogan

senior Brian Dougherty is usingfor the Erie School District boardelection.j Dougherty is a history major atMercyhurst C ollege. He explainedthat at 21 years old, he is one oftheyoungest men to ever run for aschool board member position."John Harkins of Erie ran inthe election at the age of 21 in1973, and he was elected to takeoffice. I hope I can do it too,"stated Dougherty. 1According to Dougherty, ninemembers are on the Erie schoolboard. Six positions are open forre-election. Five postions arefour-year terms, and one positionis a two-year term. "In this elec-tion, a person can run as aRepublican and as a Democrat atthe same time. One can also runfor a two and a four year term aswell. So, I am running for bothterms as a Republican and as aDemocrat," said Dougherty.Dougherty was-appointed as amember of the Democratic Ex-ecutive Council in November1982. He is also the chairman ofthe Young Democrats Committeeof Erie. "I am the youngestmember on both committees andenjoy the work," he said."Mainly, the Erie SchoolDistrict is lacking in two things,"said Dougherty, explaining whyhe decided to be placed on theballot. "We need to move moreinto ' the 21stv century. Erie

children need a m ore computeriz-ed curriculum instead of in-dustrial *' stated Dougherty."If we can move into the 21stcentury, we can hold on to ourchildren and maintain them inErie. It seems as though ourchildren are leaving Erie whenthey graduate."

nBrian DoughertyDougherty explained that sincehe graduated only four years agofrom East High School, he canrelate to students' feelings. "Thesecond deficiency in the ErieSchool District is a lack of thebasics in learning. An example is,when I came to Mercyhurst andhad to successfully learn to write asentence. Improvements shouldbe made in this area," Doughertycommented.

"I feel the board shouldoperate i as a sounding boardWhere *the teachers, as profes-sionals, can come to us. I want toact as a voice and implementteachers' plans," said Dougherty."I'm still in touch with whatchildren are dealing with as well aswhat a teacher J faces. The ad-ministration needs to supportteachers and get back to the old-type school teaching," statedrjDougherty. "More discipline isneeded.*I feel if a child is doingpoorly in school, maybe he needsto fail to appreciate schooling.Sometimes a child needs to sinkbefore he can swim, in order tograduate with skills he needs,"added Dougherty.Dougherty held his firstorganizational campaign meetingon Saturday, February 19. "Ihave about 75 people working onmy campaign. My father is mycampaign mamager, and he is alsoa member of the Democratic Ex-ecutive Council in Erie," statedDougherty."All of the people working onmy campaign are members in theErie community. They are strongvoices in the local politicalbackground government in Erie,"he added. .I Dougherty commented that,"The incumbants seem to be gladI am running in the election. I'myoung and they i feel some new['blood would be good.""I think I have as good of achance as anybody. There are sixplaces open on the school board,and two people are running foreach spot. So, I figure my chancesare fifty-fifty. That's pretty goodI think," said Dougherty.The x Erie School board can-didates draw for ballot positionsin mid-March and the election willtake place on Tuesday, May 24.

Phonathon Hits Goal140 Students Place CallsBy Amy Wood worthMERCI AD Staff Reporter

This year's annual Phonathonto raise money f for the AlumniScholarship/Loan Program toassist the current Mercyhurststudents, was a great success. Apresent sum of $22,371 was sur-passing this year's goal of$20,000, according to* GaryBukowski, director of alumnirelations and annual giving. Thetotal is expected to rise as the finalpledges are secured.

Bukowski said he greatly ap-preciated the time and efforteveryone gave. "It was an ex-cellent! turn out," he sa id."Everyone was so. enthusiasticand had a really good time talking

with past9Mercyhurst students,"he added.This year, 140 studentsvolunteered their time Jtotelephone alumni, seeking moneyfor the scholarship fund. This is40 more students than last year.Bukowski is also pleased t o reportthat, in spite of thebad economy,there was a 23 percent increase ofalumni pledges this year.The top fund-raising group,who will receive a prize of $200,and the individual category win-ners have not yet been announced.This information will be held con -fidentially until the awardsceremony which is scheduled * forSunday, February 27 , at 8:30p.m.in the Faculty Dining Room. Allparticipants are invited to attend.

Washington ConferenceOutlined For Governmentj t By Darlene NolanIMerciad Staff Reporter |At the Mercyhurst! Student

Government (MSG) meeting onMonday, sophomore Dave Robin-son reported on the AmericanStudent Association conferencehe attended in Washington D.C.February 11 through the 14."I felt the conference was wor-thwhile to get a perspective onMercyhurst in respect to other col-leges and institutions," statedRobinson. Robinson explained that Presi-dent Reagan signed a lawSeptember 8, 1982, that requiresmales to register for the draft inorder to receive any form offederal financial aid. At the con-ference, Robinson .learned thatbecause of this law, theMinnesotaPublic Interest Research Groupfiled a suit in federal court to pre-vent the Department o f Educationfrom cutting federal financial aidto students who have refused toregister for the draft.h Robinson also told of a bill thatis currently before the House ofRepresentatives that would"create a subminimal wage forstudents working part-time thatare under the age of 19.":-'The reasoning behind this billis to. create more jobs: forstudents," said Robinson.'

Junior Sheila Delaney, head ofthe elections committee, announc-ed that letters of intent for studentgovernment positions are due inthe MSG office March 7 until4:00 p.m. The MSG officer elec-tions will be held March 30 and31. Delaney explained that if anymore information is needed aboutMSG the positions, contact any ofthe officers or the" electioncommittee.Student Activities Committee(SAC) Chairperson Laura Cdpneyannounced that journalist TonyBrown will be speaking on "NewPerspectives of the 80 V onThursday, February 24 at 8:00 p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall.

This bill would 1 set the sub-minimal wage at 85 percent of thecurrent mimimum wage of $3.35."There is the possibility thatwork-study would also be affectedby this," added Robinson.

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Students Of The '80's:A Breed ApartToday's college students are "pragmatic idealists." This,according to an extremely well-researched, well-written ac-count appearing in last Sunday's Parade Magazine by HankWhittemore titled "Why;Today's College Students May bethe Smartest Ever," the article more than adequately provedjust that. i I -Whittemore states that "the evidence shows that today'sstudents, in contrast to the fashionable image of them asapathetic, are more than ever -aware, realistic and filledwith idealism." The label "pragmatic idealist" sensibly fitsthe college student of 1983, who must cope with economicuncertainty, global instability and complicated technology.On top of all that, the foremost reason many students attendcollege in the first place is being met with little or no success:getting a job. 1 *One student interviewed by Whittemore drew an insightfulcomparison between what faced the students of the '60's andwhat faces the students of today. "During the VietnamWar," he explained, "young guys were being drafted andwinding up in the jungle or coming home in caskets. But thepersonal peril we see now is going out and not being able to

support ourselves. At stake is survival of another sort."This grim reality did not have to be penned by W hittemore.Somewhere inside, all college students know that the real testwill not be successfully making through four years ofundergraduate schooling, but rather surviving once the signeddiploma has been placed safely in their hands.A decade ago, receiving a college degree was almost alwaysaf guarantee of finding a good job. Now there are noguarantees. College alone is n ot the answer. While students inthe 60's and*70's often had no career aims, today,.havingcareer goals is a necessity, says Whittemore, "if for no otherreason than to pay back the loans taken to get throughschool."The students interviewed by P ARA DE echo what nearly allof the other 10.5 million students feel. One says, "If I weregoing to be a freshman next year, I couldn't afford to comehere at all."a

Students in the 1980's realize that when they go out to lookfor jobs, especially students with degrees in the humanities,they will not find them. "The openings are just not there,"commented one student. *Two seemingly true and previously unpublicized facts wererevealed in the PARADE report. The first: "The competitiveclimate has lowered^ the tolerance for experimentation oncampuses." Apparently, students nationwide, and here ; aswell, take their education more seriously now than ever in thepast. The drive for success in the "life after graduation" hascaused a form of tunnelvision, if you will. Here, Whittemorerelates the second fact: 'At some colleges, there is a generallack of interest in extra-curricular activities except *werestudents feel they can gain a 'competitive edge' in applyingfor graduate school or jobs." This is sad to imagine, but it'san occurrence that makes sense. After all, very few studentsreally get involved in a group or activity if it won't reap somelong-range benefits for them.The important part of what Whittemore and U.S. collegestudents in general are saying is that "yes, the country is inbad straits; and yes, it has become harder and harder to even[attend college; so we have evolved into more intelligent, morerealistic individuals who are still activists at times, stillidealists seeking change for the better." The activist of the80's, says Whittemore, is rational when it comes to change;substituting meetings and on cooperation within the systemfor demonstrations and picket lines.Abbie Hoffman, campus lecturer/activist, views todaysstudents as "better at building bridges between differentgroups, at coalition building. They're more \ pragmatic,quicker to recognize that no ideology t fits the American ex-perience of today or tomorrow ."-

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Spring FlingThe Right Thing To Do!By Kathy Kohnke-Many people say that your col-

lege years are the best time o f yourlife. And this phrase holds true in \many situations, but what about!when finals are here and tuitionbills have to be paid? The idea ofeducation in the higher institu-tions seems to be as fun as chickenpox in a heat wave. But we all sur-vive those not so pleasant timesand we always seem to pullthrough. The question remainsthough, what is the best time ofyour college career? Is it the beerblasts where three hundred peoplego and spill beer on everyone else?Is it the formals where you alwaysget asked by the person you leastwant to go with and your dateends up passing out on you beforeyou even get to the dance? Or doyou enjoy the satisfaction of seek-ing the full educational benefitsthat the institution offers? Well inmy book of enjoyable activities,the above three rank a zero in thescale of life. In my op inion, * 'spr-ing break."

A spring break to a college stu-dent is as exciting as a honeymoonto newlyweds. Now this onlyholds true, you understand, ifyou're planning on that springtime excursion with friends. Take,pfor example, that spring-timeresort area of Fort Lauderdale,\ Florida. It's kind of the same asrthe swallows returning toCapastrono. Y ou can bet that bet-ween the? months of March and April about half a million young,mature adults will' invade thebeaches of the sunshine state.Many peop le ask themselves thesame question over and over

The "Op-Ed" page isdesigned to be a catch-allfor any opinion contentthat did not make theeditorial page. It can alsobe the page representatlnga variety of viewpointsother than those of thenewspaper's 'editors andstaff. Members of the Mar-cyhurst Community Whowish to write a column forThe Herciad should 00r>tact The Mefciad.

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again. What is the bait that luresthese young sun worshippers tothis vacation haven in the south?If you ask them, the answers will

msurely vary. Some enjoy the relax-ation, some the sun, and othersenjoy the thought of sparking ashort romance under the Floridamoonlight. *tNo matter what the reason Jitseems as though each and everyone of them must purchase thebook Bonzo Goes to Florida forSpring Break. Take for example,the few basic questions you need

Kathy Kohnketo know to survive in FortLauderdale. Question* numberone, always asked to break theice, where are you from? Not toohard, fto the point, and a Igoodway to spark a conversation. Se-cond question, where do you go toschool? This question is a sure fireway to ] lead into other probingquestions such as major, hobbies,and of course, what you like to dofor fun. So you can see, meeting

people isn't hard at all. When youmeet the right person that youwould like to buy a drink for, andthis of course, is after a longsearch because the Florida budgetdoesn't callgfor too many drinksfor other people, you begin tohave your fun. The odds that youwill ever see this person again isslim, so let your imagination gowild. Everyone is impressed withthe fact that you're a pre-dentistrymajor at Notre Dame University,and your parents are vacationingon your yacht off the coast ofFrance. You won't get caught andthey will love it.So , you can see that a springbreak under the J sun will be aneverlasting memory. Not like theclass, "Art for the Non-Artist,"you took in the spring term ofyour senior year. You will alwayslaugh at the time you were ar-rested for jay-walking or the timewhen you got kicked out of yourhotel room for having too manyunregistered guests, and the timeyou slept on the beach becauseyou really couldn't, recall exactlywhere your hotel was. jAll in all, between the sunpoisoning, the wiring home formore money and the obnoxiousmetffor women you will meet inthose ten days, the spring termtuition money you > spent downthere will be well worth it. Thenwhen you return, that's when youworry about what to tell the folksabout that unpaid bill.Kathy Kohnke is a junior Com-1 munications major at Mercyhurstand Co-Sports Editor of theMERCIAD.

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BrennerContractDiscussedBy Karen MerUe

MERCIAD Staff ReporterThe information! flow betweenMercyhurst Student Governmentrepresentatives and David Bren-ner's New York managementagency has-been steady as bothsides prepare for the comedian'sA p r i l 30 M e r c y h u r s tperformance.Final contract negotiations arecurrently being discussed andshould be settled within the week,according to MSG President RichLanzillo."We've sent our revisions, andare now waiting for theirresponse," Lanzillo said.Among the "small things thathave to be worked ou t," Lanzillocited advertising, sound specifica-tions, Brenner's accommodationswhile in Erie, and the seating ar-rangements, in Jthe CampusCenter. A contest is also in theprocess of being finalized, thewinner having the opportunity todine with Brenner.Lanzillo explained anotherclause the government is^ re-questing in the contract will giveThe Merciad an exclusive inter-view with Brenner; this will be theonly interview that MSG is askinghim to give. |Here on campus, preparationsfor the performance are alreadybeginning. A lighting and soundman checked the Campus Centerfacilities on February 23; anadvertising deal is being discussedwith radio station K104; and Stu-dent Government members are

David Brennerbusy working on parking, seating,and ticket sales. } *Lanzillo said tickets will go onsale "shortly after Spring Break,"and although tickets will beavailable at some off-campusoutlets such as National RecordMart, Razzberries, and EdinboroState College, there will beenough left on campus for the'Hurst community. Anyone fromsBMercyhurstt

(who wants to go) will be assureda ticket;" he said. $v KBrenner, a native Philadelphianwho now resides in New York, isconsidered one of the nation's topcomedians. Also a talented writer,producer and director, he hasbeen praised and honored by bothcritics and peers for his dedicationto entertainment over the past 12years. * * *

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By Greg YokoMERCIAD Co-Sport EditorLast Thursday evening, theMercyhurst Lakers dropped ye tanother road game; this time atthe hands of the University of Pit-tsburgh at Bradford.The 'Hurst took the brunt of a97-79 court. ^The Bradford Panthers wereplaying the final home contest ofthe year and they gave their fansquite a show. '

Bradford tossed in the majorityof their shots as they pulled awayfrom the Lakers early.Mercyhurst fell behind early;they were down 45-35 at halftime,a margin th e 'Hurst couldn'tovercome.The Blue and Green saw theirroad record drop another notch to1-10 while their cumulative recordfell to 12-13. (John Green w ashigh scorer for the 'Hurst with 20points while Nat Morgan collecteda team high 10 rebounds).

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