Student Senate Elections Held! Am MSG Student Senatorial elections were hel d a t the May 1 1 Student Government M eeting. I The students i elected to the senate positions were Michael Smith, two year term; Damien Schmidt, Maria Santangelo, Gina Frisina, and Karen Kolpien were awarded one year terms. | Five positions were open; four two-year positions and four one- year terms. Various candidates in attendance spoke on behalf o f themselves. The representatives proceeded to vote for five can- didates; the highest underclass vote-getter would win the two year term, f Students nominated were: Sheila * Delaney, Gina Frisina, Karen Kolpi en, M aria |San- tangelo, : Damien Schmidt, Michael Smith i and Tammi Williams.? SWJf f S ?$ la § Next' on the agenda was * the election report givenfby Vice-president Rich Lanzillo. He went on to tell the body that a fe w department representatives can- didates names were deleted fr om the published Merciad list. "They were .deleted by mistake," said Lanzillo, "but they will be on the ballot." i He reminded *MSG* me mbers that the representative elections woul d be held May 13 and 14 . All ballots will also have space for write in candidates. * Tim Seltzer gave the Activity Day Committee's report. I He solicit ed support fr om all govern- ment representatives o help with the'various events during "the P A tentative 1981-62 M S G budget j£was presented by Treasurer 3 Mary Gausman. "There are no Emajor changes proposed," she said. J?*J* s'l i B "However, we can't increase any of the allotments because of infl ation. We'l l put thef same ,' amount in but we'll get less quan- tity," explained Gausman, 4 | A discussion followed, and the •idea of raising the activities fee was brought up. Gausman stated | that MSG has the final say in rais- •ing the fee. ^SHBb? S^SfiS I The government was given the proposed budget, and was asked to carefull y review it for a week. At the next MSG meeting the proposed ^increase will be discussed and voted on. In the SAC report Lanzillo reported on the excellent turnout at Saturday afternoon p erfor- mance of the band "Sierra" in the grotto. He also reminded the government of future activities: May 1 6 trip to Skate Lodge, and the Buffalo Zoo trip on Sunday, May 17th. m j£. aistudent publication VOL. 53 N O. 25 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MAY 15,1981 Saturday Finals Cancelled by Chris Dorazio According to Student Services Director E. William Kennedy, finals will be held on Saturday, May 30. *, It had been rumored that the finals scheduled for May 30 had been changed but according to Kennedy, "they are still on the schedule." However, he was noted as saying there has .been some discussion about changing the date of the finals. s^?* " Although plans for " having finals on a Saturday due to Ac- tivities Day were announced back In September, many students have not reacted until recently. There is still a possibility for yet another change according to Kennedy. { * «3** Editors Note: A memo released by the deans office after press time stated that final exams will be held Thursday and Friday. * t t FARTO R&SPONSfc IS ABOUT efiHY DNItfcD- Wt f ARfc TlCKfeD OFF AT THe IS * 80MP, MffiT O RBST ARfc TfcLUNa US WWT W£ <M DO WIT HTO9-H6H ZIP flODeT Summer Work-Study Available There will be some financial aid available to students at Mer- cyhurst this summer. "The pro- gram will be about the same as previous summers," commented Barry ' Zembower, director of financial aid. t £j Zembower said there woul d be Barry Zembower photo by Rich Forsgren state and federal programs in the rorms of grants an d loans; There will also be a limited amount of work-study money. The work- study money will be limited in June, but will be more available in July and August. l|p' • £ "It's basically the the same as last year" Zembower continued, "the only exception is last year there was an excess windfall, that's why the spending last year." He added that the work- study will be restricted to those taking classes. > r . In addition, Zembower reflected on next year's financial aid status, "W e should be less af - fected here than at other private colleges. Next year is p retty if fy, it all depends on what they say in Washington and what'they said they'd do.'f He added that the outlook, 'does not look rosey." However, Zembower did say he was in the process of working ou t the instituti onal b udget so the ef- fect will be felt less here. He also said the cliental at Mercyhurst is unlike that at Harvard, Yale, and Perm State so they'll be hit more significantly. * I 'Hurst To Be Affected By Reagan Budget Cuts by A. Mangeri ^ Due to President Ronald Reagan's economic policies and cut- backs, Mercyhurst College stands to lose much of the government aid that it is presently receiving? ' a r. <*jk jg & -i There are at least five to six aid programs from which Mer- cyhurst receives funds. John Nesbit, assistant to the president for government affairs, said many governmen t fi nancial aid programs are either bein g cut or are in jeopar dy of be ing cut. Regulations are also being £ changed thereby affecting the availability of funds. * ]!-• i'$r'« <* . Sj According to Nesbit, some of the programs that are in jeopardy and also affect the 'Hurst are the Law Enforcement Education Pro- gram, Law Enforcement Assistance Agency, National Science Foundation, CETA fundin g, National Endowment for the Arts, and Housi ng and Urban Development monies. - ^ | Bot h the Law Enforcement Educational Program and the Law Enforcement Assistance Agency are financial aid programs that give scholarship monies to students of law enforcement. Both pro- grams will be totally cut. The National Science Foundation, which gives support to the science programs here at Mercyhurst, is threatened with cutbacks. The National Endowment for the A i ts grants and the Housing and Urban Development loans have not been made a vailable to any col leg es wh o usually use such funds., j Nesbi t said that there is no major crisis because he is seeing the money change piles, which is when money is still offered but in other areas. $ • W *Nesbi t added that his experience In the government gives Mer- cyhurst an advantage over other colleges in competition for aid. Poll Examines Low Election Turnout by Chris Settlemire Mercyhurst \ Student Govern- ment held the election of officers recently and fthe turnout was below last year's 5 2 percent. This year's voting was participated in by only 43.5 percent of the col- lege's students. * *- In an attempt to find out this reason for, the low turnout the Merciad conducted a survey of 5 0 randomly selected students. Of those 5 0 students surveyed 43 did, not vote in the MS G election and seven did. ; &? « ^^Tdidrt'rTiave the^ime ttftun over to Zurn and vote," stated one sophomore wh o wished not to be named, i Another comment came from a junior, "I didn't know who some of the candidates were." These comm ents typifi ed those of the non-vot ing percentag e. Those who voted said they felt it was their responsi bilit y to vote because they considered MS G to be the voice of the students. See- ing that the officers are in charge of speaking for students to the ad- ministration it is essential fo r someone responsible to be in this position. ££* E.William Kennedy, director of student services, commented on the turnout, "Maybe the cam- paign wasn't so exciting this year, two of the races were un- contested." He added, "I would have liked 100 percent turnout, but this * percentage doesn't bother me as much as a 29 per- cent woul d h ave." 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