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Sixfof f the senior ar t ma jo r s |who he l ped p r epa re th eMam nr ial fnrtfhp annual PYrwKP'.Weber Memor ia l f o r the annua l expose ' .Art ExhibitOn Display

B y R i c h O h m a n sO.n Sun day,j . May 7.^ approximately1200 guests attendedthe formal preview of the SeniorExhibit in the Weber MemorialBuilding. Shown in the exhibit areso me ^)>3 works includingceramics, fiber fabrics, jewelry,sculpture, graphics, drawings, oilpaintings, acrylics, watercolors.an d mixed-medias. MThe senior art m a j o r sexhibiting works are: BarbaraBraggins, Kathleen M. Caulfield.

Susan Jean Forstrom, BennieGreishaw, Michele LaPoin te ,NancyjLundstrom.^Cathleen M.Maloney, Jay Mar c in o wsk i ,oanie McGuire, dlich Ohman,Kathyrn . Rober tson , CarolynSheehan.i William |Taft, AdeleWison, and Kenneth Wyten.Tl'he exhibit is open to the publicMay 11 through the 14th, and May17 through the 21st from 2:00 till5:00 p.m. and 7:00 till 11:00 p.m.each day.

Financial AidForecast UncertainBy Sr. Barbara

An unusual situation has arisenin Congress which alters thefinancial aid ^picture for 1972-73considerably. Another way ofsaying the same thing is this:vour financial aid forms Tareinand ready for;decisions, but wehave no 1 money to distribute.Alarming? About fourj hundredstudents depend upon this aid toattend Mercyhurst The problem originated whenan early House Bill on federal aidto higher education was saddledwith an amendment on the Floorproviding that no federal fundscould be fused to Ibus schoolchildren to promote*integration.This, of course, is a vital issue inprimary and secondary educationbut does not properly belong in ahigherjjeducation bill. But sinceit has been added, it hasgenerated, lengthy debate and h ashfui thei* delayed passage oflegislation. * | fFor the anti-busing advocates,this amendment was an expertly

designed pol i t ical maneuver .Their reasoning is not difficult tofollow: the Higher*Education billmust be passed by the end of theacademic year, and so, with it thebusing rider will likewise!slidethrough. To take a necessary andwell-designed bill which proposesfederal funds for financial aid toneedy students and add to itanamendment* prohibiting federalfunding for busing to encourageintegration seems contradictory.It is notsurprising then thatlengthy debate has pushed thepassage of the bill]well into thesummer months.Not* only is thef problem ofbusing Sstill un r eso lv ed , butfinancial aid appropriations areat the same time at a standstill.

When this bill emerges from thefloor o th e Houses depends tosome extent on the politicalpressure you are willing to exertupon your legislators. We are not,certainly, advocating passage of

the bill with the amendment as itstands, since ideally the busingrider should be entered as asep a r a t e i s sue . We are en-couraging every student whoreceives federal financial aid(Work Study, National DefenseLoan, Educat ion Oppor tuni tyGr an t ) to wr i t e to hiscongressman expressing his ownindividual needs. Perhaps/withgroup effort, some action can betaken to free the bill forlegislation and appropriation offunds.I urge you to write toyourcongressman, using either theform letter prepared by theFinancial Aid Office, or your ownindividual letter. Tell him yoursituation and the effect this d elayin appropriation of funds willhave-on your^educational plans.Now that you h ave voting pow ITS,vour needs have *ven * moreimpact Jon his decisions. If hewants vour vote, he should act hiyour behalf.

New [Grading SystemImplemented For Fall

The following proposals werepassed by theCollege Senateduring the* past two weeks. Theyb eco me effective S ep temb er ,1972. 4 I ' ^ ^ ^ % iPHYSICAL EDUCATIONELECTIVES IThat students be permitted totake sfx credits aselectives inphysical education which wouldcount towa rd the* gradu at ionrequirements. If la student isrequired I to take a course inphysical education by his majordepartment, he may count amaximum of nine credits inphysical educat ion towardrequirements.Recommendations: (1) that theprogram be evaluated at the endof the first year, (2) that studentsbe permitted and encouraged toaudit physical education coursesat no cost and no credit^ ^

k p Passed: 5-3-72GRADING SYSTKM i *ThaUhe system for grading atM ercyhurst be : |gfj4.0(A) I ^2.0(C)3.5 ( B + ) 1.53.0(B) 1.0(D)2.5(C+> f j 0.0(F), Passed 4-26-72PASS-FAIL jj i IThat the^grade scale fortpass,pass-low. fail b e : ,;PASS: 4.0. 3.5,3.0.2.5|2.0J3R e p r e s e n t s a c c e p t a b l eachievement of course objectivesatMercyhurst.I PASS-UOW: 1.5.1.0 y .Course credit given. Course iscounted a s one of the 40 requiredI FAIL : 0.0 asregular term courses and may[beused to meet Liberal Studies andMaj o r r eq u i r emen t s un le ssspecifically stat ed otherw ise. It isunderstood that students shallstill be required to attend theirIntersession periods.This regulat ion is notretroactive for courses takenprior to Ju ne 4*1972. i, iPassed 5-3-72

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I W .-.JJim Zielinski and Mary Ru scitti are two of the first rid ers to enjoyone of the two new tandems. The bicycles can be borrowed from th estudent activities office located in the basemen t of Zurn Hall. Thebikes were bought with funds from the Students Activities Fee.

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I by Rick MitzGOOD BUMOR MANHe's the Laugh ter Man. And heisn't that funny. He doesn't havetobe. i; T: feDr. Harvey Mindess, a UCLApsychologisti andf author whoteaches a class in'humor on theside, believes that humor can beused as therapy to help us "getaway from taking ourselves sodamned seriously. Humo r," hestays, "help s u s to se e ourselves*inthe proper perspect ive." Hesuggests we "use humor as J acoping mechanism and toal leviate our tendencies tobecome pompous, inflated,egotistical, self-righteous and allthat crap." | 'gI I It was "all that crap" that JIwas most interested in. I'm nottoo knowledgeable about; tendencies and proper perspectives,but I do know a lot about the cra pthat students put themselvesthrough as we are taught, dayafter day, class after class, tohandle life stiff-upper-lip;, style.Pressures have been pu t o n u s hotto .j laughi? .at anythingpur ownpersonal problems orS^lheproblems of the world. Would youdareSlaughJ:'about* ecology?Racism: The War? Our collectiveguilt say s they 're definite no-no's.And would you dare to : laugh atcollective guilt? i

W "The whole bit* of* reallybelieving that what you stand forand what* you sare doing is themost important thing in theworld," Dr. M. says. "Well, itmatters, but not really so muchas we think. What upsets us agreat deal today will be forgottentwo weeks from today."It 's in college," he adds, I'thatstudents .are . taught to takethemselves to o seriously."Dr. rMindess is the author of anew book on humor j called"Laughter and Liberation" th at'sabout as funny as the Dead SeaScrolls. Through 247^ pages, hetakes humor, plops it down on acouch, analyzes the guts out of it

and, as we finish the last chapter,Tonsils (instead of Appendix),leaves us realizing that we justmight fbe-in big trouble as weperform the Jwake over oursleeping senses of humor.g|He's right. There are tons ofexamples to prove i t : ithedivorced lady who laughs that

her e x's new wife looks just likeher. . .the final examination that'sso unbelievably hard it's funny. ..buying red jockey shorts andlooking th e other way as the clerkwrites up the sales slip. I .tryingto find tons of examples of thingsthat are funny.. .guys with BAs inchemical engineering working asjanitors after graduation. ^.meeting your professor the sam eday of the exam|when you saidyou'd be at your grandmother'sfuneral (whom you've already"killed" five times in the pastfour years)^ lHaving thatprofessor meet your grandmother. Writing a serious book onhumor. Potentially, all are crisisexperiences, but, as Dr. M . wouldsay, in the right perspective:funny.|There's been a lot of talk-mostly humorlessabout th edeath of student.: humor thatpooped out with the Thirties andwas laid to rest with indentedbottoms that sat on flagpoles andswallowed goldfish. In this era ofecology, swallowing fish is ?noway to preserve the balance ofnature and sitting on flagpoles is apain in the neck. Well, thosethings weren't very funnyanyway, but the attitudes thatbrought t hem abou t^were .Nothing was taken too seriously.College lifeso they tell us wasjust like in the moo-vees: wouldthe college football star get goodenough grades Jto play in Saturday's big game? No one cared Jbut it gave them some thing! tolaugh about. f"We're all very touchy about^our sacred cows," Dr. M. says. I"W e become? so serious andgcommitted | that | we refuse tolaugh at anything fconnected toour Cause." H is answer is simple. ,;j"Just enjoy. Stop analyzing. It'ssaferfto be straight, but a lot ofgood things can happen to you ifyou dare to be just a little bit

crazy. Humor can be a liberatingdevice." The | problem s of the worldmight not be solved through Dr .Mindess's philosophy, but theymight be more easy to cope with.Read his book if you can laughup $7.95 J And if you're ever outLA way, visit Harvey Mindess.SHe's good for a laugh.

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Editors: Bill Dopierla, Sporfs>v6*rv!/Wg^ptobefer, Entertainment;Bonnie LaDuca, Feature; Bilt5efcserttews; Mark Zlne, Drama. |Staff Writers: Mary Hoffman, J.D. Havrllla, Bo b PettlnjIM, Pat LyonAl Belovarac, D. Vernora, Sports; Thomas G. DIStefano, KimWontenay, Sua Welner, Maureen Hunt, Rick Lamb,- Feature;Gerald Barron, Entertainment; Tom Heberle, NewsStaff: Cathy Smith, Kathy Holmes, Christine Cebula, RoseannSchiavlo, Carol Alco,typist; Annette D'Urso,Mary Popvlch, proofreader*Dianne Guyda, Jon DeGeorge, TerrI Grzankowski, Layout; Fran Adhearn, Dave Ronde, Bonnie Clymer, 'AmparoAlvarado, Art; Carol Kress, Sheiie Llchtenwalter, photographer;Mary Tupek, Circulation; Dario Cipriani, advertising manager;Bob Beck, editor a+ass is tan t. '

Paperbacks NeededForL.R.CThe L.R.C.'s newest project isthe development of a leisurereading;collection which will belocated on the upper level -eastwing. In orde r to make this newarea a\ reality, however, thecooperation of the entire Mercy-hurst community is neededdonate new^and used paperbackbooks. Leisure reading is a vitalAn alternative approach Isneeded to achieve our goal of 1000books by the end of May/Therefore,! we appeal to | ourpatrons t to keep in mind thisproject when they are springcleaning or packing u p to go homefor the summer. Books may beleft at the main desk, circulationdesk, any time the library is open

L e i s u r e r e a d i n g - a p a r t o f t h e e d u c a t i o n a l j p r o c e s sbut much neglected j . segment ofthe educational proce ss. (Ourfiction collection is of thetraditional nature and cannotfulfill the same needs as a contemporary paperback col lection. ) | W e cannot afford to wait toadd such a service to the L.R.C.and yet we cannot afford topurchase the necessary titles.5&

P R I S O N R E F O R MDear Friend,Last year a large number of usprisoners | | g ^ | formed theIMPRISONEDf i CITIZENSpUNION in an effort to change thecountry's barbaric prison conditions.Some of these unlawful conditions Jare: Prisoners beinggviciously beaten and even killedi by sadistic prison{'guards;? the^indiscriminate use of chemicalMace on defenseless * prisoners;lack of proper food, clothing, and-'medical t reatment ; depravedabuse of the mentally ill andyouthful offender;, operatingtorture devices - such as: thesweat box, wall chains, wristclamps and undergrounddungeons where prisoners areforced to sleep on the cold concrete floor; where their screams

J< cannot be heard as they are beingbeaten by a GOONgSQUAD, andwherefi they are held in-gcommunicado from everyone,including their families, friends,^attorneys and {ReligiousMinisters. g These violations are committedby | the very same people whohave sworn to uphold the law but|who have instead created suchtragedies as Attica and theC R I M E T F A C T O R I E S that theycall Correctional Facilities.Early last year a large numberof us prisoners 'formed the'IM-^PRISONED CITIZENS UNIONto correct! these Gestapo conditions. We filed a|civil RightsClass Action In the U.S. DistrictCourt at ^Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and we hope to overhaulthe? entire prison s ystem inPennsylvania as well as in allother states.&* *Sg SOME O F THE11.C.U.'S OBJECTIVES A R E :1. To ouster all sadistic and in- competent prison employees.2 . The elimination of all torturedevices. 'i3 . Proper food, clothing, andmedical treatment.^ *4 . To: eliminate all racial andreligious discrimination.5 . The right to ^pursue our| # political beliefs^ withoutharassment f''.6. Enfranchising the prisoners so' that they will b e able to vote. :7 . To support any legislation thatiwe feel will guarantee to all

starting n o w . ^ | & B HTo paraphrase Goethe, "Tellm e what a man rea ds, and I'll tellyo u what h e i s " , might have someinteresting implications Iif theanswer turns out to be only therequired assignments.for coursework. To turn off society andwhat it Ms reflecting jj throughcurrenti publications with \ thePeoplecitizens a decent wage so thatthey may live in dignity andtheir kids can g o to bed with afull stom ach.

8. To assist, within our capacity,any movement or groupHhatis trying to bring a speedy andJ*, peaceful end to the VietnamWar. g| ^ ^ p !f iliWe of the Imprisoned CitizensUnion do not kid ourselv es! Wefully realize that our opponents inthis battle.| possess enormouspower, great influence, and that"holier than thou" image,\whilewe prisoners!have nothing but asocial stigma that has prejudicedmany people against us.However, with the help ofprogressives! and enlightenedcitizens we' ar e hopeful ofreaching our goal. XIf yo u would like to help us without task, then will you kindly fillout the|coupon below. THANKYOU. | H * .. ._ ijSincerely,Dominick CodispotiPrisoner, C-8204 ?c o Imprisoned CitizensUnionP.O.Box473l| IPhiladelphia, Pa J19134

excuse of not having enough time \^fyto do anything but homework, is - S ^really defeating the vocation of a fstudent.$$* Wu&iE3$ : ''''^'Curren ts ca mpus S senate - --decisions Ireinforce the premise ^that,often meaningful education^";^takes place far away from 501 E. '*$&38th Street! The liberalized and f 7integrated student wouldi!bevthe Greening! of A mer ica" ^during the "Summer of '42". If $gyou aref not conversant with >VBoss" fiandi rSiddhartha" ";vbecause * the books * are not ^available and not because of the $ I-am- overworked"J syndrome, ^_than the development of the new rfpaperback collection will,be of ^Hspecialsignificance t o y o u . |> zSfalkThese titles may bfe gathering 5dust on your {bookshelves, so ^please bring them t o t h e L.R.C. so * -tothers can share the wealth. friLet's se e "The Godfather" "Steal ;^This Book and "The Clockwork WOrange" w hile we are taking fe&'The Electric Kool AidfAcid 'MTest" so that "The Female j*3Eunuch" and iThat Man Cart- &jjwright" |can|enioy "The* L a s ^ jWhole |E ar th | Cat alog" , jf. The^dL.R.CJLeisure Reading project$gcannot achieve t h e } success i t Kwarran t s m unless Meveryone Wcooperates. ^JHBBSSffi^SK*!

T E A C H E R E V A L U A T I O N S "PRINCETON, N.J.-A newprogram that allows students toevaluate the performance of theirteachers has been developed byEducational Testing Service(ETS). } .Besides allowing students a

chancel to express their viewsanonymously aboutf courses andteachers, it also gives instructorsan objective way to monitor theirow n performance and progress .Called the Student InstructionalReport (SIR)g the program is aneffort, to improve instructionbased on responses to an ETS-designed questionnaire suppliedto students by the collegesthemselves.The questionnaire wasdeveloped by ETS researcherswith the aid ofj college facultymembers and students^ It iscomposed of ^questions aboutspecific teaching practices andmore general topics i includingsuch queries a s : ? Didjjthe instructor encourage

i s students to think tfor themselves? Were the course ^objectivesmade clear? * How much effort did stude nts* put into th e course? Were students informed of ho w they would b e evaluated?! *aThe ETS \qfiestionnaire Jalsoincludes questions ir about astudent's reasons {for taking thecourse and the grade he expectsto receive. In addition, an? in -st ructor us jfree jjo * includequestions of his o w n t o learn moreaboutf facto rs unique to hisparticular! class. The questionnaire results are reported foreach class as a group, not forindividual studen ts. v | MlStudent evaluation of teachersis not a new concept. Theprocedure h a s been used for sometime at various institutions, Sbut ETS says SIR should providean instructorwith information tocompare his performance withothers in his f discipline on anational scale. The program isavailable to institutionsthroughout the United States andCanada. &More information about SIRmay be obtained by contacting:Institutional Research Programfor Higher Education,Educational Testing Service,Princeton, N ew Jersey 08540.Initiated by ETS in 1965, theInstitutional Research Programprovides colleges and universitieswith a variety of methods to usein evaluation and self-studyprograms. . j&A n O p e n L e f t e r O o t h e |E r i e B r e w i n g C o m p a n y :

On behalf of the senior class ofMercyhurst College I would liketo offer our sincere gratitude tothe Erie Brewing Company andthe gentlemen w ho provided theirservices on Tuesday evening May2. mi IfThe entire evening was filledwith a general sense of happinessfrom the tour to thefestivities of beer and dance. Ourguides deserve a special thanksfor their open friendl iness$.May this tradition continue inth e years to come. * ^Sincerely,Vincent DoranEditor S

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MAY 12, 1972 MERCYHURSTCOLLEGEWomen Beware P A G E 3THE M E R C YHURST11y v. ; . , .- . vV ..

" T U R K E Y J O H N "On Wednesday, May 2nd atapproximately 1:15 a.m., a bandof eleven marauding outlawsinvaded the sanctuary ofMcAuley Hall. These deviatesraised havoc during their three-minute raid by startling fromtheir sleep the women of the

second and third floors. Thedistressful damsels were subjected to untold tortures andhumiliationssuch as knocks ondoors, boisterous "whoop-whoops" and garbage sprawledon a section of the third floor.You can imagine the fear andterror these 18-20-year-old girlsfelt; away from home, some forthe first timeJ Fortunately, therenegades' stay w as brief.Justice did prevail however.

" S P O R T "Mercyhurst's crack intelligenceservice tracked down thesecriminals within days. A hearingwas arranged within the week.(The fastest bureaucratic movehere since the crackdown oncampus speeders.) f&The court, under the judiciouseyes of E. W.Kennedy, chairmanof the Student|Affairs HearingCommittee, was held on Thursday May 4th at 4:00 p.m. Boththe prosecution and defensepresented argum ents. After anhour and forty minute discussiona verdict was reached . Guilty.The punishmentthree days ofhard labor.16 hours ofdedication to Sr. Maura's ecologycrew and eight hou rs of strenuoustasks under the masterfuldecrees of the Student Affairs

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A Tom iRussocurrently th eprime motivation of the BaldwinApartment jet-set; 76371i -jfflBill "Waggs" Wagnerarecru iter for the NationalGuard;(Sleep tightyour Guard 5 isawake tonight): 91720 |I John "Kid Glov es"! Walshcurrently being managed by oneE.W.K. and "The Wimpper*| forthe newly formed boxing team;93045 I * isill l i? * "?John "Obie" O'BrianIrishwizz from "South Philly*; "Theweaver from Textile * 62401 feJMI J o h n v i l l ^ u ^ ^ J Johrt^Mishaneca perennial fiStcfi-hiker? to Villa and points westf57480* f *M SB? I

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PAGE 4 MERCYHURST COLLEGESports Dope M A Y 12 , 1972

Spring BringsMany SurprisesBy B i l l Dopierala

The 1972 Spring Sports seasonhas had some rather differentresults than last spring. Withmost of the crew, tennis and golfschedules completed, thereappears to be some drasticchanges. The* crew has embarked on a, greatly expandedsch edu l e | of m a t ch es ag a i n s tsome very tough {competition.They have won but one this springthat'being j Notre Dame whomthey defeated rather handily inthe fall. Thejlcrew is a fairlyyoung^roup and shows promiseof a very bright future.*The^golf team has completelyreversed itself from its dismalseason last spring. Havingcompleted their regular seasonwith victories over Alliance andEdinboro (who defeated themtwice this spring) and a loss toGannon, the golf team finishedat 12-0. The golf season projectedbright hopes from the beginning.In their first match this spring,the team defeated Gannon whohad literally destroyed the * Hurstgolfers last vear. The team isonce again led by their no. Iplayer *and co-captain, DarioCipriani.'; The golfers now have

BobfRepkoB-BallerSigned {Bob Repko, and All-Scholasticfirstltearn basketball player fprCathedral Prep this past season,has signed a Tetter off intent toenroll at Mercyhurst and playbasketball for the Lakers nextyear.At