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Shane Graduate!ReadingRoom To Be Dedicated

By M artha Camp '*'Form er; Mercyhurst College

President Dr. Marion L. Shanewill be honored in a ceremonydedicating the old Media Servicesarea on the second floor *of thelibrary as the Shane GraduateReading Room.'*

The private ceremony, to beheld Wednesday, February 8, willbe held following the Board ofTrustees meeting in the new room,

***The reason we're calling it'graduate' is because there will be

appropriate materials in there forthe graduate students (educationand criminal justice)," CollegePresident, Dr. William P. Garveyexplained.,In addition, he said,Dr. Shane was the one whostarted the graduate program.

Shane, who passed away inFebruary, 1981, was the first lay

president of the college. He servedfrom 1972-80. ^ £

"He was a man who lovedbooks and a man w ho was quiet,so the library is perfect ... it fitshis spirit," Garvey said.

The new room was redecoratedwith rugs, paintings, study tables,reading chairs and lamps. "It willprobably be the most comfortableroom in the library," he said.

>Although * the ceremony hasbeen called 'private,* Dr. Garvey

emphasized that any person whowishes to attend may do so. It willtake place at about 5 or 5:30 p.m.,after the Board meeting, he said.

The new room, which will beadorned with- a plaque honoringDr. Shane, will be open to allstudents, both graduates andundergraduates.

Filing For Aid:

The Time"We have every application

they need in this office and theyshould come and pick them up,"

Cathy Crawford, director ofFinancial Aid recently said of allMercyhurst students.^

These applications for aid forthe 1984-85 school year includeforms for Pennsylvania HigherEducation'Association grants aswell as federal institutional aidforms, which college students arerequired to file this year.

Now

Cathy CrawfordUpperclassmenwere previously

not required to fill out theseforms, but Crawford said that thenew requirement will prom ote lesscon fu s i on an d l es s cor-respondence in the financial aidprocess, r

"They should all be filed byMay 1," Crawford emphasized."There will be no late awards thisyear." i* 1

Howeverj she added, PELL hasraised its maximum grant by Si (X),to $1,900. *

I n a d d i t i o n , C r a w f o r dpredicted a possible minor in-crease in work study awards and

higher loan awards.Crawford also printed out that

Mercyhurst students have noreason to file a Financial AidForm (FAF) whether or not theyare a resident of Pennsylvaniabecause the state and federal aidforms provide all needed aidinformation. .

"Everything will remain aboutstatus quo/' Crawford conclud-ed. "I'm having more money add-ed to the financial aid budget ...but I'm not sure what it will be us-ed for yet*"

Crawford explained thatstudents who were recipients ofoutside scholarships should beginreapplying for them. *

Students from out o f state whointend to borrow under the stateguaranteed loan program shouldrequest a renewal loan applica-tion. .The application should beobtained from the same bankfrom which they previously bor-rowed no later than April 1,1984.Pennsylvania student borrowerswill receive renewal loan applica-tions from PHEAA some time inMay.

The main point, Crawford said,is to file and, most important, tofile on time. Students who wantmore information, or that haveq u es t i on s s h ou l d con tactCrawford in the Financial AidOffice.

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Intense Debate On MSGConstitution Proposals'ILast Sunday night's MSG

meeting was the scene of intensedebate to *decide on the pro-posals to revise the MSG con-stitution. Committee chairper-son Michelle Hurlburt i alongwith members Pat Songer-andAnn Gilligan answered ques-

tions and proposed solutions tocorrect the problem of double-and -triple- 'representation.

Under the current constitution,students may have two or threevotes depending on how manymajors they have.nf they arecommuter or a resident, and ifthey belong to a dub that hasMSG support. One organizationthat is opposed to the proposalof eliminating all club votingpower in MSG is the Associationof Black Collegians. Songer sug-gested that ABC be recognizedas another entity other than achib, therefore enabling them toretain their voting representa-tion in MSG. The Issue was tabl-ed and will be voted on nextweek along with the current pro-posal of forming a dub councilthat will operate under the con-stitution of MSG and the by-

laws of/the Students ActivitiesCommittee.

k Other committee updates in-clude Pat Reed reviewing the ac-tivities of the Model United Na-tions held "in Cleveland lastweekend. MSG deligation com-

mittee Dave .Robinson, PatReed, Dennis Dunn, and JudyBrown experienced what occursin the United Nations on a day-to-day basis. The committeerepresented Guatemala exceptfor Robinson who was asked atthe last minute to v speak onbehalf of the United Kingdom.Robinson was presented with aspedal citation for his outstan-ding performance in represen-ting the United Kingdomwithout proper researchpreceding the debate. This is thefirst year that the award hasbeen given. Robinson's effortsto accurately represent Englandwarranted recognition in theform of the special citation.

C o - c h a i r p e r s o n , KathyO'Connor and Karen Gens an-nounced that plans for the sixthannual Activities weekend are

well underway. Gens said thCoca-Cola will be funding theshirts for this year's event. students with i ideas forweekend are encouraged to tend meetings every Tuesdayp.m. in the Video Room.

In old business, Robinson anounced that his nominationJoe McGraw to the JudicBoard had been accepteMcGraw w ill act as an alternon the Board for the remaindof the year.

> Finally, Robinson explainthe polides that will govern tuse of the new' Video Roomthe basement of Zurn Ha

\ Time slots are available on Tuday, Wednesday and Thursdevenings and on Saturday aftnoons. Sign-ups and paymewill be done in the MSG offduring check cashing hours amust' be done two days in avance. There will be a one dolcharge for the use of the room

£$ The nextMSG meeting willhdd on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.J14 Zurn. Robinson encouraall students to attend.

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From the \Editorfc Desk

1983 Review

Mercyhurst Is The \College Of distinc tion \Just as the President of the U nited States delivers a State of

the Union Address each January, so has the President of Mer-cyhurst Co llege, in essence. In the 35th annual progress reportand business review appearing in the Sund ay Times News, D r.William P. Garvey revealed 1983 as an outstanding year of"great strides" for Mercyhurst College. Several topics ad-dressed in Dr. Garvey's report are worthy of mention.

He cites that the most important development to benefit?Mercyhurst was the aquisition of St. Mark's Seminary tohouse the D'Angelof School of Music, Hotel-RestaurantManagement program, and the ,new Mercyhurst Career

Institute.The leasing arrangement with the center at the top of the

hill has expanded the college, created a unique atmosphere tohold events, and provided the music and HRM departmentswith a building to allow for pratical experience to take place.

In addition, the Career Institute's program for theunemployment has allowed Mercyhurst'to receive nationalrecognition. More than 100 Erie adults have gone beyond the'Hurst gates with training in computer and office technology,retail sales, security guards or as industrial technicians.

It is also reassuring to learn that Mercyhurst is not part ofrthe trend of decreasing private college enrollments. Dr.

Garvey states that Mercyhurst has its highest enrollment everwhich surpassed 1,700 students. Last year the college record-

e d a high of 1,500 students. The present college enrollmentmarks a twelve percent increase over last* year. Mercyhurst

can be extremely proud of this fact, especially considering thisis a time when the national econ omy and survival of collegesand universities is extremely unstable and unpredictable. .

Reaching the end of '83 the college decided to implement aSports Medicine program for th e 1984-85 academic year. Thisis a time when wellness and physical fitness are important tothe body and m ind. It is also the year of holistic health at thecollege as well. To support this fact, the Cam pus Center nowhouses nautilus equipment, crew tanks, and a training room

for athletic injuries.Lastly, perhaps one of th e most exciting aspects of 1984 is

that the college is preparing for its first major fund raisingcampaign to enhance M ercyhurst all around.

Looking back on 1983, the college on the hill has achievedmany goals. Mercyhurst is truly the college of distinction, andwill continue to be in the years to come.

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Department Head CitesMSG President'siErrorDear Editor,

I would ilike to correctb thefollowing statement made byDave Robinson in .last week'sreport on the Mercyhurst StudentGovernment program: "W ith theSupreme Court decision to takethings off the TV set we can takethings from PBS and use themdiscreetly for classroom enhance-ment." The January 17 Supreme

Court decision does not in anyway apply to the use of off-airrecorded TV • programs forclassroom viewing; The ruling on-ly allows an individual in theprivacy of his-her home to recordtelevision programs off-air.

I Join theMerciad Staff.Meetings are held

on Wednesdays at 3p.m . in BaldwinHall Basement.

Educators who wish to use pro-gramming in a classroom settingmust follow guidelines establishedseveral years ago. They amayrecord a program i from anybroadcast station, including thefour networks, and keep it for 45consecutive calendar days. Theactual showing of the program inthe classroom, however, must bedone within ten consecutive

school days following the date ofthe recording. The remaining daysare to be used by the instructor forevaluation purposes to determineif the program would be avaluable addition to a course. Atthe end of the 45 day period, the

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use. Any <•. interesmember should conRagan for further dethe educational guidelij« Sincerely. Richard R

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What Happened ToOur Social Life'

Dear Editor,After working on SAC since the

beginning of the summer, I thinkit is time to evaluate things. Itwasn't until*after last Friday'sGong Show that I realized the

apathy of some students on Cam-pus is at-an all time high.Although the turn-out for theshow -was better than usual, theperformance wasn't as good as itcould have been. It must havebeen pretty disappointing toJames Sherrod, after all his hardwork, to find that only three actswere entered. I'm sorry, we (SAC)were so naive as to think we couldpull off an activity on a nightwhen most students were busywith other things, (partying). As Iwalked around -campus Fridaymorning, 1 asked people? whatthey were doing for dieevening, Ireceived answers like, "We're go-

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ing to Gannon;" 'Ihome," and ;MI donYet, these are the samwho criticize the acSAC. Of course, they dto the SAC meetings t

they criticize from troom or from their ap

jWhat^s'my evaluatyear's activities? I thiGREAT.,The few whthe committee, and cessfully pull-off the acnot going to let the *don't, participate stophaving fun. If certain p"Seize the Opportuniperience college life, anpeople have to go to Ghome to do so, then thproblem in SAC to dea

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Crazy This WeekendWith Dave Armstrong

By Debbie HisonSome Mercyhurst students and

local residents might be in for asurprise when they come to the

Campus Center to view a Mer-cyhurst College Laker basketballgame.

The surprise is none other thanDave Armstrong otherwise knownas "Crazy Dave.**

One might wonder how JDavegot his start in the entertainmentworld. "It began at Chanel HighSchoo l, in> Bedford Ohio, asuburb of Cleveland. As an allboys school we prided ourselves inour sports," said Armstrong. Inhis senior year Dave carried on thetradition of spelling out Chanelon the court with his body. Muchto the excitement of the crowd,Dave, along with twenty of otherguys, decided r to dress up andthat's how the Crazy Dave outfit

came about •The main feature of the outfit is

obviously the head dress called aWompkin Pumpkin. It consists ofa green round balloon with aflourescent orange nose and

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yellow horns. The .head dresscame about when Dave and a fewof his friends spotted the "kookyspooks" another name for the

pumpkin at a Halloween Party. Amanager of a local store donatedten of the kooky spooks to be us-ed for their annual C hristmas par-ty for disabled children. Althoughthey used them mostly for thebasketball games, Dave and hisfriends did see limited action atthe Christmas party . Theemergence of Crazy Dave began.

?The rebirth of Crazy Dave atMercyhurst came about? throughthe idea of Spirit week by Phyllis

Aiello, director of .Housing andSafety. "When I found out aboutthe Spirit contest, that's all I waswaiting for because I wasn't surehow people would react to thisand that really didn't bo ther me. Ididn't know if I wanted to bemyself here or be a normal collegekid .or bring out "Crazy Dave"Armstrong said.. This sparked upthe residents of third floorMcAuley Hall, and they decidedto do whatever they could to winthe contest. This included dressing

Super TalentO nGong Missing AtShow?

, By Laura Ruby *Friday, January 27, the Mer-

cyhurst Student Activities Com-mittee SAC sponsored the 1984second annual Gong Show, i

Three acts were submitted inthe event, and I'm pleased to say,none of these three were gonged. Idon't know if this was due tosuperior talent or the fact that thegong was missing,

First place went to Lee Barneywith a perfect score J of 40. ^Leeperformed a "steppin" initiationdance as he "got down" for theOmega Psi Phi Fraternity, It wasapparent the audience loved himas they chanted his name for anencore,

The other two acts both receiv-ed 33 points and a tie breaker wasneeded to determine second andthird place. The audience, withtheir intense applause awarded se-cond place lo Tom Buckley, amusic student at Mercyhurst Col-lege. Tom performed a beautiful

song on the acoustic guitar. Heeven composed the song.

Third place went to a groupcalled the "T-Birds." This wasthe "T-Birds" second appearanceat the Mercyhurst Gong Show.The T-Birds include: PaulaSuchacek, Ellen Smith, andCheryl Thompso n. Dancing to thetune of GREASE LIGHTNING,the T-Birds showed the audience

their version of John Travolta.After proudly receiving thirdplace, they went off the stage yell-1ing, "wait'U next year." |

After the guest appearance byChuck Barris fell through, JamesSherrod volunteered to play M.C.Nice Job James! The judges forthe "Gongless-Show" were GinaDilluvio, Terri Warfield, MariaSantangelo and Joe Filonowicz.Carefully giving thought to eachact', they scored each group on ascale from one to ten. The pointswere totalled, and the winnersselected. \.

We all know that the GongShow just wouldn't be the samewithout, JEAN-JEAN The Danc-ing Machine. And nobody does itbetter than

6Jean Moneski. I'm

wondering however, who Jean-Jean has been hanging out with.Yes, blue*hair and all, The Danc-ing Machine has gone PUNK!

A special thanks should go outto these people who entered the

Gong Show. Not only did theyhave talent, but also the "Mer-cyhurst Spirit.'' And it should besaid that although the audiencewas kept entertained with'justthese three acts, more entrieswould have made the Gong Showa bigger success. So, the next timean event like this one is held, pull

•some of your friends together andparticipate, or are you afraid ofbeing gonged?

W O M E N ' S S O F T B A L L T R Y O U T SPractice will be held Saturday and Sunday from 9a.m. to noon.Those women Interested must attend.

up in bath wear 5at tire, Hawaiiannight, and suit and tie night.Eventually this all paid off*andthe boys from McAuley coasted to

victory over their closest competi-tion second floor Baldwin. Thisyear Dave, along with Townhouseone, recently negotiated with thirdfloor McAuley a gain to join themin the quest for their second Spirittitled S" i S

^Judging the spirited entrantswill be the facuity who have beenmore than supportive of Dave."Th e faculty loves it , enjoys it,and would like to see more of i t,"Armstrong commented. As forhead coach 4Bill ^Kalbaugh, hehasn't said much but he seems tohave given his approval accordingto Dave. "He hasn't told me tostop, I would if he did." One ofthe reasons for this genuinerespect for the Mercyhurst mentoris because he reminds Dave of hishigh school coach and both theirdrives to win, "I enjoy doing itfor him.'*

Another group that enjoys therowdy mascot is the cheerleaders .This weekend they have a fewideas planned with Crazy Dave.

Although Dave likes to see anexcited crowd, he enjoys involvingthe crowd in his actions that makethe game worthwhile. "T his is my

Crazy Dave dares Gannon to dunk him.game which was definitefantastic."

greatest thrill when someone tensme that I was the sixth man on theteam. Maybe one basket was dif-ferent because - the crowd wascheering and the team got

excited.".Unfortunately, Crazy Davedoes not appear at every Lakergame because "if he did*peoplewould start to get bored withhim." Some of the "importantgames" such as Edinboro ,Cheyney State ,and Gannon-: helikes to come out in full force."Edinboro was important for usfootball players and the schoolalong with the Cheyney State

The rebirth of Crazy Dthis season at the Edinbwhen Dave was escorted

Townhouse one friendcovered stretcher and ssecond year at the 'Hurs

But the question stillWhy does he do it? Tostudents of Mercyhurstmore involved with theirevents and making them Dave tends to think he's contribution to the 'Hursstudents agree with him

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Foreign S tudents

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We're Not AllThat Different

•& By Karen MerkleEditor's Note: The following

story is the second part off a twopart series about foreign studentsat Mercyhurst College.

As with many other organiza-tions both on and off campus, themeeting primarily consisted of thepresentation of the new constitu-tion and the election of new of-ficers. But when the conversationshifted to talk of the new customs-immigration laws and o f, thevolumes of identification formsthat must be filed, it became ap-parent 'that these}students havetaken their . education a stepbeyond the 'usual co l l egeexperience. ^

The year's first meeting of theInternational Students Club £ onJanuary 27 resulted in the discus-

sion of some important organiza-tional business; but to an outsidersitting in, the, real story is thecamraderie that has seemed jj todevelop between these studentsfrom 12 nations, what has broughtthem* to Mercyhurst, and thethoughts they have ab out being inthe United States.

„While many of the foreignstudents were brought to Mer-cyhurst through the tennis team,others have different connectionsto the school and the area. SeniorGreg Hernandez, from Caracas,Venezuela, first" became ac-quainted with Mercyhurst because

his mother is from Erie.

" I w an ted to s ee h erhometown, learn a new languageand culture," Hernandez said. Hecame to Erie in 1979 when he at-tended Gannon University, andthen transferred to Mercyhurst inthe winter of 1982. *

It's an even more unusual situa-tion for sisters Jacqueline andThelma Perez from ''Panama.While attending a Catholic highschool on an American militarybase in Panama, Thelma first readabout Mercyhurst, in the college'sbrochure.

After graduating from highschool, both sisters attended anEnglish language institute in In-diana. There, with women fromall over the world, they spent sixmonths studying English.

44In Latin countries - all overthe world really - you need toknow English," Jacqueline said.So to further her American educa-tion, she spent her freshman yearin a Florida college.

This is the sisters' first year atMercyhurst, where they camebecause of specific majors not of-fered anywhere in their own coun-try; Jacqueline is a sophomorefashion merchandising major,and Thelma is a freshman major-i n g i n H ote l R es tau ran tManagement.

But on ce the (internationalstudents get to Mercyhurst, what

then? jAs virtual strangers in aforeign land, is it difficult to ad-just to the language differences,the culture, the weather, and eventhe food? f^

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another culture," Hernandezsaid. "It's very different - itopens up your eye s."

"It's not really a big problem,"Jacqueline Perez said, adding that"it just takes a little bit of time."

"We know how it is before we

come here," Thelma continued,"It's not difficult to get used tothis because:, we see-a lot of theAmerican culture on television."

This is only one advantage theforeign students may have overthe Americans. B ecause, althoughthe international students are stu -dying away from their homes inan often strange culture and oftenin j their second language, theyhave a unique - and objectiveperspective on the;United Statesand its people, $ \

Often, besides getting? a firmgrasp i of the English language,much of a foreign student's high

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The 1984 International Students Clubschool education is spent on thestudy of American, history and

4geography. This gives them a clearunderstanding of the UnitedStates, and of America's relation-ships with each of their individualcountries.

Unfortunately, that doesn'talways work the other way

'}.around. ; % '••• ^"We know more .about the

United States "than the U.S.A.knows about other countries,"Hernandez observed.

But the international studentsoften aren't bothered by that factas Thelma Perez explained.

"You have to start by learning?about home," she said, citing thatithe United States' size in com-parison to most other countries inthe world is somewhat a detrimentin this area.

a-. "There is too much to knowabout America," she continued."You don't have time to learn ofother countries."

Culture shock was one problemnot facing the Canadian students;similarities in*- language andcustoms have provided Americansand Canadians with a commonground on which to build a

friendship.

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i . By Fran MoaveroThree graduates of Mercyhurst

have become employees of theMercyhurst Career Institute(MCI). Donna Peterson, BrianDougherty, and Paul Urbanowiczhave been hired by the college tohelp meet the needs of theunemployed. *" \ ~

Peterson, who graduated in1983, has been working as a pro-gram specialist for MCI since lastJune. Her colleagues, Doughertyand Urbanowicz, were hired inJanuary of 1984 to assist with thedevelopment of the program. Ur-banowicz, like Peterson, is a pro-gram specialist, while Doughertyis a placement specialist.

Peterson i s a ful l -t imeemployee. "The other two Mer-cyhurst graduates are employedon a part-time basis.

; Within the last year, the CareerInstitute has grown by leaps andbounds. As a result, the collegereceived federal grant to fund theadditional positions.

John Nesbit, Director of the In-stitute refers to the federal fundsas a contract rather than a grant

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b ecau s e U rb an ow i cz an dDougherty have certain obliga-tions to fulfill and a job to do.

Nesbit did*say the* positionsmay be reinstated Jor another six

months or may become two per-manent full-time jobs. *

At the present time, Ur-banowicz is working in conjunc-tion with Jetstream InternationalAirlines, which has relocated inErie to expand its travel servicesbecause the main operation inLatrobe, Pennsylvania is expectedto shut down in February. f

The expansion of the airlinesystem will provide jobs for theunemployed in Erie, therefore Ur-banowicz is in the process ofdeveloping a curriculm which willtrain MCI students' to acquireskills for more than one positionwithin the airline industry.Jetstream is one of4 1 commuterairlines.

Although this specific programof MCI is still in the developingstages, Urbanowicz said studentswill be able to enroll in the nine-month course soon.

While Urbanowicz is develop-ing a new training [program,Dougherty is developing contactswith Personnel directors. The1983 graduate, also a member ofthe Erie School Board, seeks per-manent placement for thestudents of MCI. Doughertymakes! new -contacts withbusinesses and consults the per-sonnel directors he has contacted

previously to keep abreast of thenew job openings in eachcompany.

L*'Brian acts as a reportsystem," Nesbit said. "ThroughBrian's efforts, we have a betterchance of knowing whatbusinesses ] are looking ' for. i Wecan then customize out people tomeet their needs."

Dougherty isjjvery mobile.Nesbit said, "Brian is my place-ment representative. He is out inthe community, keeping place-ment contacts open."

Peterson's job is somewhatsimilar to Dougherty's. She findsMCI students internships within

their field of study to gain careerexperience. Nesbit said about 40percent o f the internships becom efull-time positions.

Peterson also screens the ap-plicants w ho are interested in theMCI program. This process in-volves reviewing each individualapplication and deciding if the ap-plicant fits curriculum.

Peterson conveys a positive at-titude about her co-workers andher own job. "We all work welltogether at St. Mark's," Petersoncommented. "I want to continuecontributing to the developmentof the Career Institute," she add-ed. * J **

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came tofMercyhurst as a recrufor the tennis team. Although hdidn't have cultural trouble withe- same* things most studenusually do, he was faced with bing over 2,000 miles away frohis Saskatchewan hom e.

«t But I've gotten to see a lot places I otherwise wouldnhave," he said, "andjl've metlot of people."

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Americans seem to be more opeand friendlier than Canadianand Hernandez said the SouAmericans are more "on the goand less punctual than NorAmericans , Thelma Perobserves that "we're not all thdifferent." *rf

This is why the InternationStudents Club hopes to becommore involved in the Mercyhurcommunity by holding activitieget-togethers i'for foreign anAmerican student interaction,* afund raisers to generate a pool money that will be available help international students.

"We ftiope other s people wcooperate with the club," ThelmPerez said, "We're all studen

and we're all in the same place, we have to help each other."

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Student Government PresidentAssesses 1983-84 MSG ram

By Martha CampEditor's Note: The following bpart two of a two part series basedOB a tape recorded interview onthe assessments and views of the

1983-84 Mercyhurst StudentGovernment as seen by MSGPresident Dave Robinson.

Q. If yon had to name the mostcontroversial Issue during thisyear what would it he?

So far this year, the tennis courtissue caused a lot of problems forsome peop le. But, I think that gota lot of misunderstood publicity.

.When the tennis courts werechanged into a parking lot overthe summer, it was done, one,because it?was the only feasiblething to do at the time and two,because we had a guarantee fromSt. Mark's that when we leased St.Mark's, we would be able to usethe tennis courts up there for thetennis team and for personal use.

Well, little things caused the

tennis courts at St. Mark's to belocked for the beginning part ofthe year. Now, they were not be-

ing able to be»used, it was just thatpeople didn't realize that if youhad gone and gotten the key, thenyou could have usedjthe courts.But, nobody knew to get the key.So, when people got,back andthey wanted to play tennis in theearly fall when it was nice out,they went over to our courts andsaw cars parked all over.g The thing was, because of ourbasketball games, we had pro-blems with parking. There was noparking on that end of the cam-pus. So, we either had to buy landand build a parking lot behind theCampus Center or we had to usewhat we had available. Now,those tennis courts were slated tobe ripped up and re-done and thecost between ripping them up andputting in a new tennis court andbuilding a parking lot as opposedto just turning those things into aparking lot and using the newly-acquired tennis courts up at St.Mark's was the obvious .way to

go. . 'x

Mercy hurst is a college that's

run, pretty much, on tuition. Soeverybody that comes to Mer-cyhurst pays the costs of runningthis place. So, anything new youwant to do or anything you wantto add to, the only way to do it isto pay more money. Nobodywants to pay more money, things

Dave Robinsonare hard enough as it is.

Q. What has happened to theBook Lend Proposal that wasbrought before government last

year?.., At the first or second meetingwhen we were assigning commit-

tees, Brian Doherty said he didn'twant to do the Book Lend Com-mittee any more. He had goodreasons, he wasn't getting enoughsupport. •"

;At the beginning, I thought wewould be able to get that entirearea down where the Video Roomis to build a small room over thereto build our Book Store. But, itdidn't work out because they hadto put the lockers there. '*

Well, what we decided was,rather than setting up one com-mittee and having one person witha*few people helping him run it,we decided to make the govern-ment itself a committee of thewhole.

At the end of the year, we'llhave a Book Fair. We'll, collectthe books then and when schoolstarts next year, we'll have a stockof books. ••;

It's hard from term to term todo this because things happen so

fast. But, at the end of the year,we can set up this spot where youcan come and put your book.in.

You'll say how much yofor your book and we'll gpermanent address. The foSeptember, we can run thFair and we can have all ththere. Then people can c

and see what they want at h e o n e t h a t ' s pcompetitively.

Q. What goals do you hthe remainder of the year

There's a committee folook into the Academic Hissue. That was somehtiwas started last year. Allwas point out that,theydifferent policies printedthe Code of Rights and Rsibilities and one in the Catalog. -/-

What we'd like to do isthing presented to us. Hothat will get resolved. ..

;Td also like to see, ifeasible, another special for the spring. We have toto that yet - to see what's ato us, how our money situand what people want.

Prospective FreshmenTo Visit Mercyhurst

1984 Summer Session BeingReviewed By Adult College

By Barb GaydosApproximately 180 high school

seniors will so on be on campus forthe two sleeping bag "weekendscoming up on. February 9,10,11and February 23,24,25.

The prospective freshman willarrive on Thursday around 6:00and leave on Saturday at noon for

both weekends. These high schoolseniors will get a chance to sit inon classes, meet professors as wellas students, and be involved incollege activitiest such* as "thebasketball games or a play.

The first weekend's participantswill consist ]of students mainlyfrom Eri e , Bu f fa l o an dCleveland; the second weekendwill consist of students from otherrecruiting areas;

Women attending the event willstay in Baldwin and Egan and themen will stay in McAuley lobbies.It is usually at this time that thewomen decide where they wouldlike to live should they come tothe 'Hurst. Jk

Lists of the seniors attendingthe weekends will be posted in thedorms so that Mercyhurststudents can become familiar withthe names of any prospectivestudents from their area. *

According to Mary Collins, ad-missions counselor, "The sleepingbag Weekends are good for

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everyone all around. They'regood for the prospective student,the admissions office and for thewhole college community."

During the weekend, the admis-sions office can show a largegroup of people the college in ashort time and tho prospective stu-

dent can see the college more thanhe—she would in a regular threehour daytime visit. "Once they'veseen the campus, they're morelikely to com e here as a student,"Collins concluded.

The Adult i College is pollingover 800 adult students regardingtheir curricular needs for the 1984Summer Session.

Students attending summerschool at Mercyhurst have threeoptions—SummerSession I and-orSummer Session II, both, fiveweek terms, or Weekend College,a ten week term meeting Saturdaymornings or Sunday evenings.

Thomas Billingsley, Mer-cyhurst's new Director of Ad-ministration is working towardstrengthening the summer pro-gram for all undergraduates andLillian Cohen, C oordinator of the

Adult College is hoping to refine asummer program to meet theacademic needs of those studentswho enroll through the Adult Col-lege Office. • i

The poll conducted this weekasked such questions as: "Are youplanning, to attend Summerschool? What classes would youlike to see scheduled? What timeframe is best for you?" Studentswill also be asked to respond to a

suggested weekend scTraditionally, such* pollsbring a 20 percent responCohen is hoping for areturn, "because these sare aware we are trying to program to serve their ne

The administrators hopmit a suggested program February, aiming for a finmer schedule to be issuedMarch. *

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Bike RaffleA $200 Schwinn World TouristTen Speed is being raffled off tobenefit Sister Eymard's CancerResearch. Tickets are 50 centseach, or three for $1. Stop by 211Main to purchase tickets. A1 *?

The . Mercyhurst Wellness Pro-gram is sponsoring aerobics forthe Mercyhurst community. Thecost is $5 per term. Classes areheld on Monday, Wednesday, andFriday from noon to 1 p.m. in theCampus Center and on Tuesday,Thursday and Sunday from 8 to 9p.m. in the Blue Room. For infor-mation, or to join contact JanetPrice at ext 225.

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Activities WeekendActivities weekend will be May 4 ,5, and 6. Committee meetings forthe event are held each Tuesday at8 p.m. in the Video Room. tj

Pancake BreakfastThe Mercyhurst College ChapterCouncil for Exceptional Childrenwill f be sponsoring an All YourCan Eat Pancake Breakfast, onFebruary 26 from 8 a.m. to noonat St. Mark's Center. Tickets are$3, and can be purchased at thedoor or by calling GeoffreyDomawicz at 866-0650. All pro-ceeds benefit the handicapped.

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A Track Program may be initiat Mercyhurst on an Incollegiate level. Anyone intereshould contact Coach Speros825-0528. 7 *

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Attention Education Majors:Sunday, February 5 at 7 pthere will be a presentation inprojection room in the basemof Baldwin Hall. Dr.#Bukowassistant superintendent Millcreek School District will sent a video and discuss TodaEducation.

Library WorkshopMercyhurst College Library isfering a workshop on SelectBetter Sources, which will comethods of selecting key sourWorkshops will be held:

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Finally HereLakers Host Knights

By Greg Y o koThis is it! The game we've all

been waiting for - Mercyhurst vs.Gannon. *••

Tomorrow night the CampusCenter will be full of people andexcitement as these two rivalsclash, |

Mercyhurst enters the game justone-game off the 500 mark, w hileGannon enters with an impressive11-4 slate.

The Lakers are in the midst of a

turnaround. They have lost a fewtough road contests and returnhome a hungry and determinedballclub. * .

Assistant Laker boss BobMacKinnon says the Gannongame "C ould really allow us to goon a roll," "*

"We're starting to turn thingsaround,"MacKinnon continued,"the tide is turning.1'

The Golden Knights feature a

controlled offense that showcasesButch Warner, Craig Dixon, andDave Razzano, (Warner is thecurrent candidate for the Big FivePlayer of the Year). •

"They are a veteran team thatcan adjust to any tempo of play,"MacKinnon says."Defensively,they'll probably play us in azone."

Mercyhurst, in MacKinnon'swords, will go out and play hardand hopefully play intelligently.We'll see, tip-off is set for 8:00.

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Gannon'sFox QuitsBBall Post

Anyone who may recall Dr.Barry Grossman's column in theOctober 21 issue of THE MER-CIAD will notice the similaritiesin his warning message to theMercyhurst Community concern-ing their attitude to the 'Hurstfootball program and what hap-

pened last week at CannonUniversity's basketball program.To paraphrase Grossman,' he

was asking how fans, especiallysmall college fans, could boo theirown teams and coaches for losinggames. He mentioned the loss toFrostburg as an example, TheLakers lost this contest 10-7 andfans were complaining about thelack of excitement in Mer-cy hurst's style of play.

Well, the pressure finally got toGannon Head Basketball CoachDick Fox last week, Fox stepped

| down after the double overtimeloss to Edinboro.

Excitement runs rampant at Mercyhurst - Gannon game last year.Here, Crazy Dave incites the Laker contingent, while police calm anoverzealous Knight fan for throwing objects on the court, f J

Mercyhurst's own Sherry Putnam shoots r for two over defendingClarion.

In<a press conference at Gan-non this past -Monday, Fox ex-plained his actions.,\v "I really believed at that point(aftertthe loss to Edinboro) thatI' d get the pressure off the kids byresigning .. . But now, as I lookback upon it, it was actually a ra-tionalization to myself £infrustration."

Fox went on to say that he felthe was an ultrasuccessful coach.The Gannon > ex-coach said,however, that he didn't feel thatway at Gannon. *

Fox has coached in Erie for themajority of the past 16 years. Hebegan at Cathedral Prep where heturned the high school losing pro-gram into a winning one. He guid-ed the team to two statechampionships.

Then, in 1971, he began theMercyhurst College Basketballprogram. Fox proved to be a sur-prise to the community as he pro-duced a program which was betterthan most people anticipated.Mercyhurst won 101 games forFox, including 26 in the 1977-78jseason in which the team went tothe Division II final four.

After quitting his post at Mer-cyhurst in mid-season, Fox movedto Gannon. Just two weeks ago hewon his 200th collegiate game as ahead coach. «*

But, it didn't seem to matter toL the Golden Knight faithful.

"My major accomplishment atGannon," Fox revealed, "was tounify the frustrated criticism of

the Gannon faithful."IFox went on to explain how he

took 'the heat' off of the school'spresident, athletic director, andplayers. He said that everythingbecame "unified and focused onme." That, he concluded, can't beall bad. lr, ;*|

TheMast straw on Fox's backcame as a result of the Knights'loss at Edinboro. Gannon was upby five in the first overtime, whenFox's assistant, Steve Huefner,mentioned that they should fallback into their "Georgia" of-fense. This is Gannon's slow-down offense.

But Fox went against his betterjudgment because he didn't wantthe fans to begin booing their ownteam. He mentioned that it hasn'tbeen a popular move for the fans.So, going "with;luck instead ofintelligence" hurt the Knights asthey finally lost the game by threein double overtime.

Fox finally said that he knew itwas time to leave when-a coachdoesn't /have the courage to dowhat is right.I This brings me back to a ques-tion which Grossman brought upI in his article, *What's wrong witha football (basketball) program| that stresses character, ethics anddiscipline on the same plane withwinning?

I think Gannon realizes the lossthey have suffered. Maybe nowthe cynics will realize what a goodthing they actually have lost withFox's resignation.

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jHurst Ladies -Out Of Their LeaguBy Stephanie Hultberg

The Lady Lakers turned over apair to the this week to theCanisius Lady Golden Griffens inBuffalo and to the Clarion Stateclub at the Mercyhurst Campus

Center.Travelling to the New York

State school on Saturday, January28, the Blue and Green came upagainst the tough offense ofCanisius College who went thedistance to the NCAA quarterfinals in Nashville last year. The'Hurst came up short in the end,however, with the final score,90-51. * ?

According to assistant coachTrisha Mahoney, "We workedvery well together as a team, butwe were just outclassed . . .they(Canisius) put a lot of money intotheir iwomen's (basketball) pro-gram." Junior forward, SherryPutman added, "We were goodon defense for our height—we area short team. We are lacking in

offense . . .the types of teams we

are playing are out of our with type of personnel w e'ring with." *

High scorer for the 'HurJeana White with 10, followPutnam and Sandy Tate w

piece. The difference wasshooting.* The ladies shofrom the line to the Ladyfens' 87.5 and 35.4 from theto Canisius' 42.4. j

Tuesday night at the CCenter found the-('Hurstwrong side of the scoreagainst C larion State Univea 79-55 let down.

High scorers for Mercwere Meme Tyler and Bea zak at 16 points each. The dof the Lady * Lakers waspeak of. the season with 61defensive rebounds. Pustood tallest under uhepulling down 20. Howeveshooting percentage of the wreflected the; final score'wpercent from the freethro

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Team Falls To f fCoppin; Scots Monday

By Greg YokoThe Mercyhurst^ Basketball

team continued their losing wayson the road, this time the recipientwas Coppin State. The Lakers93-79 loss evened their record at

8-8. * i i# i j I"A 30-second span again hurt

us," commented s MercyhurstHead Coach Bill Kalbaugh. "Wewere down 26-23 when we had ourbad spell. In about 30 seconds wewatched the score swing to 35-23in Coppin's favor. All of this hap-

pened before we got" the ballacross the midcourt line." r- f

But, all was not bad accordingto the Laker boss. Kalbaugh saidthat John Green "played his bestgame of the year," and the entireteam played a good second half.j "Our shot selection was ex-

ecceljent," Kalbaugh con

We outrebounded thempin)*and also outscored the second half."

The Lakers did connecmarkers in the second secompared to the host's 39simply wasn't enough.

As usual, a big factorLakers loss was their poshooting. The Blue andconnected on only half of attempts from the charity

Supporting " the 'Hurwith Green's 27 tallies weLee, Jon Berkeley andCams who had 12, 11points respectively. Berk

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