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T H EVOL. XLVI 17 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MARCH 8, 1974MERCYHURST LITTLE THEATRE

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M I C H A E L ! M O R R I S , C H R I S T I W A R N I C KSem inar t tPOLITICS OF CRIMEb y S h a ro n W a r n e r

Dr. Rhodes, Political Scienceteacher at Edinboro S tate Collegeand Northwest region member ofthe Governor's Justice Commission, was fine featuredspeaker recently at a seminarinvolving th e "Politics of Crime".Other'members of the seminarpanel included Bob Hoffi BarryGrossman and Jim Fisher, allMercyhurst faculty members.;Rhodes, j ini his segment,discussed his belief that the basicproblems in criminals justice"involve a conflict of interests.W e can't agree on the problems."He pointed to two approachestaken concerning politics: one, helabeled the44Who gets what whenand h o w " approach and th e other,"a^ study of autho ratativeallocators of value in society." | |Speaking on behaviormotivation,.^ Hoff state d that"nothing is I different? betweencriminal and other behavior-theyboth reflect our society." He alsopointed to I the fact that oursociety does not "rew ard positivebehavior. Most of our laws are'Thou shalt not' and at no time isan individual;?'told What t o d o . "Grossman humorously pointedto an underemphasized fact that"A lot of people in politics have

jobs]that depend on crime. It'simportant that Jwe have it."Grossman suggested, too, J thatthe recent Pennsylvania obscenity law "was passed becauseof political motivation.'' WGrossman Avarned that I*w e ar eon the dawn of depression offreedom of expression" andexpressed, as h e h a s i n the past, aneed for minority groups to beable to live; their own lives in asociety w here th e majority rules.In defense of the law, Fisherreferred to m "built-in" crimedeterrent in lour system- "thechanced of being caught" Fisherreasoned that, "when w e do havea crime, we may have deterred amore violent crime. 'M ijpPrisons and prison reform wasa major topic of the seminar andwas the subject of many of theaudience questions. Dr. Rhodesagreed the "victims have verylittle political power" and citedthe function of prison as simply"a deterrent ffrom committingcrime."Hoff stated flatly that "ourpresent prison system doesn'twork". His alternative includedthe breakdown of larger |"inef-fective" prisons into "smallercommunities."Seniors must submit their ap plication for gradu ation by March1 3 . Applications c a n b e obtained i n t h e Registrar's Office.

Cat On|A Hot-Tin Roof, TheTennessee Williams' classic, isset inf th e - deep South, andrevolves around f the] Pollittfamily. Brick, the alcoholic son,is tortured by the death of his bestfriend and his guilt about theirrelationship/Maggie, his wife, istormented by her longing for thehusband she has lost to liquor,and craving for security! BigDaddy, Brick's father, unawarethat he is dying of cancer, exultsin his lust for Hf e| Gooper(Brick's brother) hislwife Maeand their children have come toclaim;,their share of the familyfortune. Joined \ by j B ig | Mama,Brick's mother, they have cometo celebrate Big Daddy's birthday. The family's conflicts aresuddenly and relentlessly exposed in an explosive series ofclimaxes that forces each of themto part with the half-lies that have'shielded them from reality . *3| ^rj; This Pulitzer Prize-winningdrama is not a show for all ages;because of its very nature andsubject matter, we caution thosewho may be offended by foullanguage.Cat On A Hot Tin Roof openedlast night a U Mercyhurst LittleTheatre, and wills play tonight,Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon (that's March 8, 9, and10.) Box Office is open daily from9 t o 9 , call for reservations at 8 6 4 -0 6 8 1 , ext. 271. Be sure to seeTennessee Williams', immortalclassic, Pulitzer prize-winningdrama thisweekend!\SEXUALITYSEMINARThe initial Seminar onSexuality, | held last Wednesdayevening, ^February 27, wasreceived well by the Communityof Mercyhurst. Now plans are inthe making for future seminars.They will continue after SpringTerm has begun and we willnotify you of the time and theplace. -? |SIf there is airy area you feelwould be jj good 1 for theseseminars; or any speaker youthink would be worthwhile inhaving, pleas e notify {us a t 868*3088. And look for future meetingtimes. Thanks!S u m m e rAr t s

. .The Creative Arts Division ofMercyhurst * College will ^ offersumme r ^participative^ and enjoyment programs in the Arts forcollege students.^ children, youthand adults. & -Mercyhurst College is locatedin Northern Pennsylvania on theshores of Lake Erie, and providesan ideal environment for intensivestudy : and involvement in manyareas of the arts. It will offerregular classes in art, music,theatre, dance. These learningarts center activities will includespecial events and workshops forpeople|with general [ backgroundin the arts and those 4 seekingadvanced work in their field.These *courses tand events^ aredesigned to stimulate* any agestudent to discover' and learnabout the arts creatively throughparticipating and enjoying them.(Continued on Page 3)

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F R A N B I N G N E A R . B E N A G R E S T I . P A T S O B E L LREPORTSTUDENT LOBBYLast week the National StudentLobby held its s third annualconference in Washington, D.C.with four representatives ofMercyhurst College in attendance. The NSL, which hasbeen in existence for four years,and claims membership in allstates, is a registered lobby onCapitol Hill whose concern islegislation as it regards studentsin colleges throughout th e states.The M ercyhurst contingent wassent for ithe two purposes ofevaluating |th e NSL from aMercyhurst viewpoint as towhether it would be worthwhilefor the school to become members, and to participate in theconference as non-voting - guestmem bers . During the conference,the four representatives met withCongressman J.P.Vigorito andstaff members from the twoPennsylvania senators, Sch-weicker^ and "Scott. Thesemeetings were held in$ theframework |of the NSL andproved to be informative! andinteresting. * | ;The NSL, at this year's convention, jj had:: five major pointswhich were discussed with thelegislators; < l i *1) the abolition of the $15,000'means test" on governmentstudent loans.2) the closing of the "tuition

gap" between public and privateschools.3) the abolition of : the sub-minimum wage now paid Smanystudents w ho work. :4) an increase in funding of thework study program financedby% th e Federal Government and.5) the continued support ofreduced air, bus, train faresthrough fthe student discountprogram which is no w threatenedby legislation. kT h e outcome of these will not be&known until th e specific issues aregvoted upon by the legislators, butfeat all the m eetings optimism and^affirmative action was voiced byth e | legislators or their$ representatives on all five points.A separate but related issue to

many students at Mercyhurst, theC roposed.increase in veteransenefits, was also discussed andmet with favorable answers fromth e legislators. \ f i JAfter the conference concluded,the Mercyhurst delegation metand pondered the question as tothe effectiveness of the N SL as itwould pertain to the Mercyhurstcommunity. It was agreed by thefour representatives thatalthough worthwhile to join theNSL, it would be premature atthis time and would probably notbenefit the students on the wholeat M ercyhurst.Anyone who did not receive the ir copy of last y ear 's yearbookca n obtain o ne by contacting Ja ne S cura, Room 30 3 Baldwin Hall,866-2144,

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PAGE 2Letters

MERCYHURST COLLEGE MARCH 8J19749 *Of Failure J Success

} -It has become my opinion thatthe quality of students,'on thiscampus, is slowly sliding downhill. At a recentfloorparty in ourapartment building there wereseveral items taken from ourapartm ent (approximately $55.00worth of \personal belongings).One of these items was a pair ofe y e glass es; it is hard to conceivehow any student on this campuscould possibly afford |paying$4,000. tuition fee, but cannotafford to purchase their own pairof spectacles. ^ I Ipl am quite sure that the guiltyparty will find this letter veryamusing. . .1 also hope J that, y o ufind your newly acquiredposessions satisfactory ; we did. Ireally don't expect to get any ofthe stolen* items b ack becauseanyone with so little respect forother person's property, certainlyhas little ^or no respect forthemselves. I just wonder whatyour parents were doing, whenyou were growing u p. . .obviouslynot their j o b .| As SincerelyA s Possible,LynnReid! j-P.S. If there are any honestpersons** who know | th ewhereabouts of these missingitems, please leave the information in Box 113, Egan MailRoom. :: ^-IPSM'

We are writing to express ourcon gra tulati ons to the 21973-74basketball team. * Although wenever mad e it to Kansas City, wehave -seen many exciting andthrilling basketball games. Forthose players o n the team, you'vetried your be st, which is the onlything w e ? expected of|you| Werealize you went through 6months of hard practices andtough games, tosay nothing of thestudies that y o u tried to keep u p .To Coach Fox and SteveBrandon, you also did a fine joband we appreciated your timeand patience. And finally, to the1974-75 team, w e are wishing onlythe best and looking forward toth e coming season. W . i .\Your 4 loyal fansFrom Baldwin HallDear Editor:I would like to thank themembers of the Student PoliciesCommittee for the letter printedin the Merciad, February 22issue..' I m ust say they saidnothing, absolutely nothing. But Iguess it's hard to expect anyaction from a sub-secret committee. I talked to Mr. PaulDoran at length about meetingsheld by*this committee and hetold me many of their meetingsare held behind closed doors.if Now Mr. Doran, and members

M c A U L A Y H A L L ' B L A Z E S W IT H B A N N E R SP H O T O B Y D E N S C O A NBlanket Rebellion

Suveeps 'Hurst Dorm sA small incident on the secondfloor of McAuley Hall caused ageneral.-' airing of protest onFebruary 27th. -The incidentoccurred when one of McAuleyHall's leading radical lights wastaking adv antage of the , balmyspring breezes to air his grimeencrusted blankets. This

generated a storm of protest froma )' certain nun regarding j thisdespicable, disgusting act, whichin turn led j to twenty to thirtyblankets, bedspreads, and sheetsbeing put out windows. WinceSeibel, who took part in themovement, declared, "Twowrongs don't make a right, butwhy should we have I to put! u p

with this?" The move spreadfrom the second floor to the first,then to the third floor, and even tothat bastion of reactionism, EganHall. The various articles , whichcan all be related to a bed, continued hanging in plain sight untilwell after dark. There arei reportedly plans in progress for aconcerted blanket party o n March8 at I 1:00> in* the afternoon.According to a spokesman fromMcAuley Hall, anyone can participate by merely" hanging ablanket, bedspread, or sheet fromhis window, and should feel freeto do so, as any support will begreatly appreciated. 1

T H E MERCIAD]Years of; ServicePublished weekly during the college year, except Thanksgiving, in-tersessioa Christmas and Easter vacations, and examination periodsby the students of Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa., 16501. Mailing ad*dress: MercyhurstMailroom,.PrestonHall. Box36.

WBLEditor: :;,.Assistant E ditor:Editorial BoardFeature: JNewsfSports:- vAssistant SportsBusiness Manager:Faculty Advisor:^

Cathy Stevensonc^Kim Wontenay

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Staltr Diane Pickens, Cathy McCarthy, Denis Coan, John Sullivan,Candy Yanker, Martin Miglioretti , To d Allen, Eleanore Grelewicz.

of the administration, and Boardof Trustees, where is th estudent's money going for activities, and I want a breakdownof this. Now where is our greatStudent Policies Com mittee? ?!Andrew Cameron

Capt. Q. Tells jjjTruth About Joeb y C a p t a i n Q u a l u d e

ACTIVITIES TALLYFOR MARCHIn^March there are thirteen class days5 film showings2 days of recitals3 days of theatre presentation |2 Lakeret tes basketbal lgames i n t h e Erie area2 dances2 conferences2 speakers *3 days of the coffee housecircuitAll for a total of 21 Marchdays when Hurst studentswill have something to do ifthey want to/.The activitiesare there, where ar e you?

Joseph E. Brown, died July 23,1 9 7 2 . Originally from Interc ourse.Pa., Joe grew up in and aroundthe San Francisco area,-finallysettling ' down outsidePhiladelphia in f Upper Da rbyTownship. At age 15 Joe beganglue sniffing and did his share ofcough medicine. At 16, Joesmoked marijuana, popped anupper here and there, but how heloved b arbiturates. ^

It took just a short time beforeJoe Brown became addicted to"downers". Sometimes, becauseof a shortage, he had to resort toshooting Heroin. Early in 1972.Joe did catch Hepatitis andalmost died, but it wasn't untilJuly 23 , .1972, that th e TishtownPolice found Joe Brown. Thecause of death?an overdose ofbarbiturates.Shortage. Well that's what I'mtalking about. Joe *Brown you

remember just happened to be agood friend of mine. Right beforehis death, he gave me his ownf )oems, which he wrote during hisast two years of life. Being afriend of Joe's, I was publishinghis poetry in the B-Street Beacon,not seen lately because of somehigh level power located on 1stfloor Old Main oH MercyhurstCollege, t I' ? | JWell I'm tired of\not sharingJo e jBrown's work, especiallysince the things that encouragedhim to write also held his hand towrite no more. So from time totime, you will hear from JoeBrown, alias Captain Qualude, inth e Merciad and possibly the soonto become famous B-StreetBeacon. So, please look for thesign (CaptainlQ.), and jj give ussome ti me . |Catch you now, dig* youlater, + J& I * IKevin J . Wm&

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can win up to $1000.00 (plus anexpense paid, round trip toHollywood, California).Both graduate andf undergr adua te students I between'it th e ages of 18 and 25 are invited toenter the national DRUGENLIGHTENMENT PROGRAMCollege and University ScriptWriting Competition for "TheNew R adio." gET |The competition consists inwriting a half-hour, educational,ientertaining, dramat ic, radioscript o n t h e dirug problem.*THE DRUG ENLIGHTENMENT PROGRAM will use 13winning scripts to produce a new,national radio series for publicservice broadcast. (The serieswill b e available free of charge toall radio stations *in the UnitedStates and Canada)%13 ccash prizes will be awarded: ranging from FIRST PR IZEof $1000.00 (plus a one week,expense paid, round trip fromhome or school to Hollywood,California) to THIRTEENTHPR IZE of $200.00. v IAll winners will receive a tapeof their show as produced forbroadcast in addition to theircash prizes..There is no entry fee. Deadlinefor the competition is midnight,fMay31,1974. * $ *The competition is beingsponsored by F. I. C. U., a nonprofit, educational, public servicecorporation i n L o s Angeles, and isopen to every college and university student in the UnitedStates a nd Ca nada . JStudents interested in entering|the competition i (or professors|who would like to introduce thecompetition to students in theirdepartm ents) I should write -toF . I . C . U i , D R U G^ENLIGHTENMENT PROG-RAM, 1147 i South RobertsonBoulevard, Los Angeles,California 90035 and as k for theInformatioa Rules, and OfficialEntry Form brochure!

ACTIVITIES marchFri.8Theater Production"Cat on the HotTinRoof" I8P.m^LTClasses end I

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MARCH M PAGE 3R E G I S T R A R S R E V E A L E D FRUIT FARMb Registrar's Office, the onesurviving stretch of the Old WestinO ld Main. VI entered the Office through thedouble doors on Registration dayto the strains of a player piano. Ihadn't arrived a minute to o soon.In o n e corner there was a brawlin progress over the issue of whowas first in line. In the inner office, Sheriff Bill Willingsley wasnegotiating a treaty with arepresentative of the BusinessOffice for the release of thestudent who tried to pay Ve centmore than her tuition of $18.33%.Behind the counter, Raven Rosewas pinning a feather in her hairbefore h er wall-length m irror.A student came into the officeand waited for service for fifteenchoruses of "Camptown Races"until Raven w a s satisfied with herfeather. Shecame over to help.f At the same time, Mary Lambreturned ji from an errand andbegan to take* care of anotherstudent."I want to register for ModernAmerican? Fiction," said bothMary's and Raven's students atthesame time. }Raven checked the supply ofcards for the course. There wasonly o n e left. tiffis"Well," said Raven, "there'sonly one way to settle this claim .Sparky", she called to the studentworker (who moonlights as acheerleader), "set up the?table

b y T . M . C a t , S p e c i a l R e p o r t e rfor a game of poker."As Raven began to explain therules of poker to. the twogreenhorns, a desperate studentran into the office. Wild-eyed, heleaped over the counter, grabbedSparky, and, holding a drippingice cream cone over her head,

called out "I demand to see theSheriff. One of my courses wascancelled, two required coursesare scheduled for the same time,and what's more, I? don't evenknow w hat my adv isor looks like.I want satisfaction!" 1.\ Never intimidated, Sparky letout the ol' cheerleader's whoop.The ice cream cone rocketed outof the young man's hand andlanded, upside down, on h is head. ;%| Sheriff Willingsley escorted thestudent into his office and lookedup his advisor for a conference.Deputy Alvin ^Bellgood wastaking notes of everything, flLAKERETTE REVIEW

b y R i t a V a c i n n i*|The key to a successful team is unity. And unity is exactly what can befound, jon the Lakerette Basketball Team, under the leadership of t h e t w o co-captains, Mary Drummond an d Mary Hoffman.Mary Hoffman is a senior special education major from Erie, Pa. She'sbeen a member of th e team fo r three seasons in the past four years. Her totalpoints, so far this season, are 17 3 for 9 games. (2 0 of these points were made

from the free-throw line: Mary is averaging 19 points a game). You'll findMary on th e courts proudly displaying the number 14 , playing at th e forwardposition. Mary graduated from S t. Benedict's high school in 1 9 7 0 , where sheparticipated in Basketball for 4 years. | IMary Drummond is a junior special education major from Pittsburgh, Pa.She is a third year player for the Lakerettes. Mary wears number 33, andplays at the cen ter position. Mary h a s played 10 games in this season, an d hertotal points a r e 1 4 2 , averaging 14 points p er game. ( 3 4 o f those 142 points w erecompleted from the free-throw line). Before she came to Mercyhurst, Maryplayed for 4 years a t Sacred Heart High inShadyside, Pa .After these two women graduated from their respective high schools, theirnumbers were retired; each had received MVP awards -for their successfulefforts. You might be interested to know that Mary D.'s number was a big" 0 " , commonly referred to as the "little nothing"the k i d w h o only weighed1 0 7 l b s . , but h a d a to n of spirit. Mary H. is no w coaching a girls' grade schoolb-ball team at St John's, inErie. | ? i '; 1fc These two co-captains are a good foundation for the rest of the team tobuild on . There are ten other members of the team and each is an integralpart of the unified efforts and quality that the team possesses. In the nextcouple of weeks, I hope to familiarize yo u with the backgrounds and presentstatus of th e remaining Mercyhurst Lakerette players. | * I

7-PLAYSSeven student-directed one-actplays will be presented S aturday,March 9th at 2:30 p.m. in Mercyhurst Little Theatre. Mr. PaulIddings, head of the Th eatre A rtsDepartment, has required hisstudents to produce these playsfor their final exam in his Fun-da mentals^ of I Directing course.Some of the plays to be presentedinclude: "This Property IsCondemned", "The Meeting,""The Burial," and "Bringing ItA ll Back Home." These are to bepresented free of charge,I andopen to th e public.

RELEVANT ELECTIVESStudents in education,psychology, sociology, socialwork, art, and other majorsar e invitedito consider thefollowing spring term HomeEconomics courses aselectives that would enhancetheir* major programSofstudy as well as provide

personal enrichment:5002 $ Clothing :jj* AMultidisciplinary Approach11:00-11:55 5 1 0 4 World Food Problem s

12:00-12:55I 52031 Home FurnishingsLaboratory 10:00-11:555205 Interior Design 1:00-2:00 * h ,5303 The Child's Milieu12:00-12:55 |5305A Early ChildhoodLaboratory (Preschool)8:00-9:55 t _ J5305B> Early ChildhoodLaboratory (Preschool)10:00-11:555306 Infancy 3:00-3:55

asked him why. "I'm doing astudy of problems of registrationfrom the viewpoint of bothstudents and personnel. Today'sactivities have yielded quite a bitof interesting data."I asked for a few examples ofthe data. He looked through hisnotes and read. ".01 per cent ofthe students j have the -wrongperson sign their forms. 2 per centstill fill out the top of the form,which asks for such informationas sex, religion, and race. 9 9 percent of the headaches suffered bythe I office's personnel are incurred! during* registrationweek."I told h im it sounded like he hadenough material to write a v?rynice report. "Yeah," he answeredsullenly, "t hat 's about all they letme do around here. I'm never inon anything exciting.''Just before th e office closed forthe day, the poker game ended.Neither student looked) happy."Who won?" I asked. They bothpointed to Raven, who sat at thetable fingering the class card, asmile playing at the corners ofher mouth. 'I've always wantedto* study Modern AmericanFiction," she said. "I've hadenough of this O ld West."Sum me r /Ar t . . .

( Cont i nued f r om Page 1 )The Arts Learning Center concept ofwhich this Summer Arts Component isthe first phase has as its primarypurpose to give youngsters of varyingages an d walks of life th e opportunity todevelop their abilities as performers,listeners, and viewers in the variousarts areas.The Arts Learning Center Concept isin keeping with the philosphy of Mercyhurst College regarding continuumlearning f o r a l l ages of human beings. Itis in keeping with Mercyhurst College'squest for excellence for its learners,

both \academic and artistic. An-ArtsLearning Concept is also a part ofcooperative efforts of the variouscomponents of the Sister -of MercyCommunity.|| 1. Summer Music Arts Components:a. Music arts department will offerregular classes f o r i t s students.Wb. In addition, they will offer aworkshop for talented youngstersresident or non-resident. |c. An opera workshop for studentsan d adults o f t h e community.d. Susuki string ^workshop forchildren.2. Summer Visual and Plastic ArtsComponents:a. Regular ar t offerings such I asCeramics, A rt History, will be offered.b. Art-in-the-out-of-doors for giftedschool students. $3. Summer Dance Arts Components:a. Regular classes in ballet, andballet techniques. E* /b. Dance workshop for dance performers. -g|: | a tj.4. Theatre and Speech Arts Components : |a. Regular cla sses in Speech. 'mb. Special *workshop in theatre andstage makeup.! ; *c. Theatre fo r children workshop. truth is that I am u p t o m y eyelids in work and I've got 4 paintings, 1 ^wood carving, l light sculpture, a life-size paper mache mummy, feand one experimental research paper to work on (and hopefullyfinish) by March 5. Actually, this is my way of spilling out my \l

problems to you so as to avoid further damage tomy psche, e g o andlibido. Sd. 'T h e FARM will return, again next term, with more "rib-ticklers " >to further amuse, insult, gross-out, and otherwise, entertain you. By tthe way, "What happens when y o u don't pay your exorcist? If y o u 1said, "You get repossessed."CONGRATULATIONS! Y o u are oneof only 120 m illion people in this country w h o have been subjected tothe greatest mass pun exploitation the world has known. If youdidn't get the answer, crawl back into your mausoleum. :iDR. KIESKudos Given

Dr. Kathleen Kies, director ofacademic programs for theDepartment of Education hadhigh praise for the consortia,efforts of Mercyhurst, Gannonand Villa Maria when she spoketo the three faculties at their 2ndannual Tri-College facultymeeting on Friday at the Hurst.According to Dr. Kies, there are25 consortia operating in Pennsylvania ranging from libraryexchanges, ^President meetings,to special programs ofcooperation on a limited basis.However, "Erie's Consortium ofColleges is the only Pennsylvaniaeffort that .has the facultiesworking together." And according to Dr.? Kies "jointthinking about programs is notonly tough...it's the hardestpart." Kudos t o t h e local collegesfor being : the forerunners infaculty cooperation in theCommonweal th.Ear ly Regist rat ionv March6 to March 15For: All studentsDates: March 6 to March 15T im es : 1:00to4:00p.m. JgPlace: Regist rar 's Of f iceNote: No regis t rat ion forms wi l l be accep t ed , no r c lass ca r dsg iv en , by t he Reg is t r a r ' sOf f ice unless! sTUaemS 'navetheir tu i t ion c learance cardfrom the Business Off ice. TheBusiness Off ice will be openonly from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. onweekdays/ March 6 to Ma rch15 . # $ ?Take Adv an t age o f Ea r lyRegist rat ion If You Ca n &REGULAR REGI STRATI ON^ M ar ch 18 ?Fo r: Seniors, Juniors March 18 -9:00to 10:00a.m. - Weber H allFor: Sophomores - M ar ch 18 -10:00to 11:00 a.m . -Weber HallFreshmen -" Marc h 18 - 11:00 to12:30p.m. -Weber Hal lFor: All Other Students Marc h 18

-1:30 to 4:00 p.m.'- Regist rar 'sOff ice -, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. -Reg istrar 's Off ice JHOWTO REGI STERStep I: C o m p i e t e r e g i s t r a t i o nform with adv isor . ' MStep I I : -Give yellow copy ofregistrat ion form to BusinessOff ice when obtaining tuit ionclearance. * j^ JStep H I : Give white copy ofregis t rat ion form and tu i t ionclearance card to Registrarwhen you wish to pick up classcards. i?

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b y D a r io C i p r i a n i , S p o i ls E d i to rTh e 1973-74 Mercyhurst College basketball season is now history.The Lakers finished the year with three victories in their last fourstarts. Their victories came over Hillsdale (97-89), Lock HavenStat e (63-61), and Walsh (93-71).The loss came at th e hands of ShawCollege (85-76). They finished the year with a 1 4 - 1 0 win-loss record.Overall th e Lake rs did not play up to their* glossy pre-season ex

pectations. I | IIn the eyes of Coach Dick Fox, the season w as a com plete failure.T h e basis for his reasoning is two-fold. The first being that his squadfailed to make the District-18 playoffs and the second being the ve ryminimal support given the team by the city of Erie and the Mercyhurst Community. At the outset, Fox's bunch loomed as the bestteam in the district on paper. However, a number of problemsbegan taking their toll and the 'Hurst never really matured into theteam they should have been. Because of their play, the Lakers werenot chosen as par t of the five team D-18 playoff (Ind iana, Edinboro,Clarion State, Slippery Rock and Point Park) and thus failed intheir major undertaking this year. The second reason is quiteevident to anyone who attended the last two Mercyhurst homegames. Support for the team and for the entire basketball programwas definitely lack ing. | * 5 Fox stated "the re w as unprecedented amount of pressure on a?third year team to be super. | I would have to agree with thisstatement. After their fine play in last season's D-18 tournament,the Lakers were considered shoo-ins for a spot in this yea r's gro up.No one took into consideration the schedule the 'Hurst played orthat they were a third year school. All everybody wanted was tohave their team make it to Kansas City. After three years of intercollegiate com petition, Mercy hurst owns a 49-25 win-loss record.Considering all the factors, this record is nothing short of sensational, w \ $ WwCoach Fox mentioned a few bright spots during the past campaign. He felt the play of Jess e Campbell and the consistency of BobRepko and Curtis Hixon were substantial contributions. All-American candidate Campbell wound up the year as the team'sleading scorer and rebounder. He averaged 20.4-points and 18.6rebounds per g am e. Hixon followed in scoring with a 13.8 avera geand Repko in rebounding with a 6.4 clip. The Laker mentor notedthat th e victory over Bluefield S tate w as his squad's^ biggest winand the loss to Slippery Rock was the biggest loss because itcompletely turned the season around after the Bluefield victory h adset the year back on its proper course. w ' "& :Who knows what's in the cards for the future. The Mercyhurstbasketball progra m has built a solid foundation and in the mind ofFox the program is at a serious crossroad. It is close to having thekind of team that could gain national prominence and then again itcould slip into mediocrity. Next yea r, most of the players from thisseason's squad will be returning, including a healthy Steve Albert(?) and Carl Jones, who will be perm itted to try out next fall. Alsowaiting in the wings is John Burrows, I w h o was plagued byscholastic problems and consequently was forced to sit out hisfreshman y ear. Fox and his play ers are eag erly looking forward totheir next campaign . I think they are re ady to step into the limelightwhich goes along with the national recognition they are capab le ofachieving. ^ I $p* M 8IT'SIONLY CASTLES BURNING

MERCYHURST* COLLEGE9

MARCH 1974M en IntramuralsEASTERN PLAYOFFS

b y T o d d A l le nSCORESSalt & Pepper 80, Foxie Ladies 74Salt & Pepper 79 , ? Maim 74Over the Hill Gang 57, i

S T-Ballers 4 9Knicks 8 0 , Over the Hill Gang 6 5Foxie Ladies 9 6 , Z i g Zags 82Well, as of February 25 thereare only four teams left in theEastern Play-offs. By the monthof March there should be achampion. The team with the bestchance is Salt and Pepper whostill remains undefeated in playoff com peti t ion. ! Pep per ,however, did not run away withany of its last tw o victories by anymeans. In their\ contest with theFoxie Ladies, the game wa s closethroughout until in the last fewminutes Foxie ran into some badbreaks and Pepper capitalized to

take the win 80-74. Versus Mann,Pepper was down throughout thegame and it took a last minutesurge to beat a spunky Mannteam, 79-74. The Foxie Ladiesbounced back from the Pepperloss by defeating the Zags 96-82.This keeps Foxie's play-off crow nhopes alive as they square offagainst the Knicks; the winner ofthat game will play Mann todecide who will be Pepper's lastchallenger. Whoever wins theMann versus Knicks or Foxiegame w ill have to win twice overPepper to take the crown. Pepperonly n eed win , one of Hhe twoprobab le games (probablebecause they only need win thefirst one to eliminate the need fora second one)ito be champ. The

Knicks are still alive due to their80-65 victory aga inst the Hill. TheHill, in its preceding game withthe Tennis Team, won a big onewhich removed the T-Ballersfrom the play-offs back to theindoor tennis courts by a 57-49count. Due * to its loss \ to theKnicks, the Hill must join thetennis team, Zig Zags and GuessWhat in their preparations fornext season . Off season trad es a realready being planned by \ theseteams. Earl the Pearl is one ofthe players that they a re dealingfor. Next week will be Hhe lastarticle on the Play-offs. If anyonefeels that a Metropolitan policedepartment for this area \ isfeasible, please get in touch withth e co-eds from St. Mark's. ~ %

BULLETIN: Salt and Pepper have been crowned champions of Eastern Men's Intramurals by thestrength of their second victory over Mann on February 28. Mann had made it to thefinals bydefeating Foxie o n February 2 7 . Foxie earned a shot at the "ca ke " b y knocking off th e Knicks.With Foxie and the Knicks both out of the picture, undefeated Salt and Pe pper and Mann were slatedfor the showdown match the last day of Feb ruary . Salt and Pep per won and thus ar e the Ch amp s. Themembers of the 11-0 Peppe r team a re as follows: Chas Jones, Wags, Boback, Carte r, Hoffman, J.Burrows, Settlemeyer, Galleyps, and Morrice. These, folks, are the champs of the Dungeon. Members of the runner-up Mann team ar e; Henderson, Lips, Pike, Sands, T. Jones, Link and Dusty. Theseason w a s pretty interesting and showed well-balanced talent. Next year, look for Over the Hill to dothe trick as they hav e given hints of recruiting E rnie "No D " and Marvin B arnes. To find ou t for sureif this rumor is correct, I would recomm end spying on the Hill's talks with these p layers taking placein the top of the Cook Fore st Fire Tower ona windy day in March t o b e announced. I /

WESTERN PLAYOFFSFeb 19.The Mother T rucke rs| becameone step closer in vbeing in thePlay-off Championship game bydefeating the Kangaroo Kids bythe score of 66-61 in semi-final(winners bracket) action. JerryEffert once again led theTruck ers in scoring by making 26p t s . He was followed by "Buzz"

Don't Let It Bring You Downb y G a r r e t t K e n i l w o r t h , A s s t. S p o r t s E d i to r

Blind man running thru the light o f t h enight p f \$ fwith an answer inhis hand,come on down to the river of sightand you can really understand.The above is a quote from a songwritten by Niel Young entitled, "Don'tLet It Bring You Down". The song, asYoung once said is "guaranteed to bringyou right down", I could say the samething about this arUcle because it's notgoing.- to make anyone happy. Itdiscusses our already over reviewedbasketball situation here at MercyhurstCollege. However, the -themejof thisarticle is not so much critical, as I'mnot a s knowledgeable about th e game ofbasketball as the people about whichI'm writing, but more enlightening,hopefully. % |It seems to me a lot of people havebeen trying to find a scapegoat to sUckwith th e blameof such a "poor" season.Before I go on however, I can't butwonder w hy 14-10 is "poor" for a thirdyear school. Maybe if we h ad been 5 and20 the first year and 10 and 15 thesecond, this would be a good year.However, we must hold the standardswe se t . f ^ *T he "season" h a s been blamed o n t h einjury to Steve A lbert,; the lack ofleadership on th e team, th e subpar playof Willis Cardot, th e ^attitude" ofSmoke Jones, and I'm sure you couldeven find some people w ho will say theplay of Jesse Campbell (although thesepeople are in a com a), and last but aswe a ll know, not least,Coach F o x . \t[ I believe all of this an d none of this. Inother words, I don't believe yo u can finda scapegoat, except for the usual one,the coach. But don't let it'*bring youdown. Coach Fox, being able to "takethe blame" is a prerequisite for theThe story about the injury to Albertbeing the key to our lack of success issimply not valid. We knew before theseason that we'd be without his services, an d that gave us plenty of time tomake adjustments. We have the personnel. I believe the injury hurt us , butpossibly more mentally * than]physically. When yo u lose eight gamesby four points o r less I question whether

the problem is physical personnel.

This m a y r u n over t o t h e next secondguess reason, which is the question ofleadership. This is perhaps the mostbothersome because we had theleaders, but didn't us e them. Coach Foxcouldn't haye picked a better captainthan Jeff McConnell. However Jeff's thetype of g u y w h o leads by example, andalthough his attitude and control overthe team never left him, his ability tolead by example w as thwarted becauseof the short amount of playing time hesaw."!The puzzling fact is that hedeserved to play, an d could have pickedup a lot of the slack caused by Steve's.injury. It seemed a t times th e better heplayed th e less he played. #Next,Willis Cardot has been blamedfor not playing up to par. Well most ofthese people remember him from highschool where h e didn't have 6*5" guardsan d forwards sticking the ir paws downyour throat. Puck is a solid player andh a s sat o u t a year, h e ' s g o t a w a y t o g obut he'll make believers of Erie fansagain. - j & . ?The Carl Jones' affair war an unfortunate incident, to say the least, foreveryone involved: Coach Fox, theteam, and especially Carl. The bottomof this will never really be discoveredand it will forever be argued who wasright or wrong. I do believe that theaction of Coach Fox dismissing Jonesfrom the team, regardless of accusations, w as too late a n d t o o much. IfFox was having discipline problemswith Smoke throughout the season, agame or tw o suspension m ay have beenin order earlier in the year, but I feelwaiting till it came to a head, a s i t d i d atthe Slippery Rock Game, and thenwaiting two games to dismiss h i m w a s acop out! It didn't ruin the seasonhowever! f j gProbably th e most absurd reason forour lack of success was the play .ofJesse Campbell.;I actually heard anErie fan scream out that Jesse waskilling u s . Well as I said before, thesepeople are out o f t h e flick. IT h e last b u t t h e most vehement of allscapegoats Is always the coach. Thecoach of a basketball team is in thatubiquitous position much like that of afootball quarterback where he is heldsolely responsible for its team success,or, lack of it. It often seems unfair toattack a, coach for a team that loses,

especially the w a y w e d id this year, buthe's paid t o w in a n d is usually the firstto acceptmost of th e blame a s I'm sureCoach Fox is .I d id feel Fo x made errors during theseason, such a s leaving some players intoo long; even th e "Happy Hooker" canhave a cold night, and worrying toomuch about putting a show on for thefans and chewing his players outdrawing costly technical fouls. As forcoaching. I can't criticize his record,a n d I don't know h is methods.Now, I said all of this so I could saym i s . "Don't let it bring you down." IfCarl Jones doesn't go out for the teamagain next year then he's copping out,and if Coach Fox starts giving up thenhe's blowing i t t o o . B u t more important,regardless of w ho gets hurt next year,or who gets suspended, or even whocoaches, the team can't let it get themdown because next year mercyhurstCollege basketball can't say, "Waituntil next year." Another season likethis and we'd fall* into mat pit ofmediocrity of which mere i s n o escape.After mat even when we have a good

season we will* be known a s themediocre team that had a good seasoninstead of what w a s t h e case m is year;a good team that had a mediocreseason. * * f

Brandon who recorded 19. Thegame's leading scorer was"Hawk"Williamson who sank 31p t s . for the Kangaroo Kids in alosing effort. S S l iIn the first round of the loser'sbracket the always amazing TenRats ended & their championshiphopes by dropping a 71-55 decisionto the Rookies. Leading thebalanced scoring of die victorswere Willy Tyler (20), GarySuminski (18), and Jack Friedel( 1 7 ) . Heading the scoring for theRats were Ray Korzeniowskiwith 30 pts. and the F isherm anadding 1 5. Being the last gam e forthe Ra ts, special recognition goesto Brad Lauster who was plaguedmost of the season with the so-called "raisin brain " injury.**Feb.21. 1 W IIn qu arte r] final action theMother Truckers moved into theChampionship gam e by avengingtheir only regular season loss, byromping over the DeadwoodDicks 92-54. Steve *Brandon wasthe gam e's leading scorer with 26p t s . Jerry Effert, Bill McClain,and Ken Simmons also scored indouble figures with 22, 20, and 20p t s . respectively. Paul Gorniakled the Dicks in scoring with 19along with Samm arco (15).I In semi-final (loser's bracket)action, the Big Cyunes?upset theKangaroo Kids by the margin of71-54. Mike Carrig erased the old

league record of 3iS pts. in aregulation gam e by pouring in 32p t s . in leading the Cyunes. KevinCook netted 15 and Bruce Stabick(12) in contributing to a winningcaus e. Ken Williamson (didn't heplay for the Guess What?) netted30,Deniro (12) andHickle (10) allina losing effort.Fe b 24,

The Cellar Dwellars advancedto the quarter final round of theloser's bracket by knocking offthe Rookies 72*65. Heading 4players in double figures werePeterson (21) , Ryan (20) ,Yonkers (14), and Frontino (11).Willy Tyler once again was thetop scorer for the Rookies with 22p t s . followed b y Suminski (11).Next Week...A final wrap-up ofPost as-well as regular seasonplay, including the final top tenscoring list, and this Editor (s)Western League all-star team .

T h e schedule of final ga me s:2-26CellarCyunes Dwellars v. Big2-27-Deadwood Dicks v. winnerof 2-262-28-Mother Truckers v. winnerOf 2-27 (CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

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