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The College Board ofTrustees decided October 22to instruct the college toaward design and construction! contracts} for theMercyhurst Campus Center.The Trustees talso voted toplace a ceiling of $500,000 onthe construction costs for theCenter, so that the buildingcan be built without incurringany long-term debt. It was thefeeling of the,Trustees thatprivate * colleges cannot afford, under present economicconditions, to go into debt onnew construction. M :According to Mr. RobertPrather, Vice President forDevelopment, the $500,000construction cost is |wellwithin the amount of money

pledged in the Campus CenterCampaign. fMr. Prather noted that, todate, $604,000 in pledges havebeen made. He further notedthat additional pledges areanticipated in coming monthswhich will bring the final totalnea r $700,000. IWhen askedjif there wouldbe any pledge money thatwould go unused, Mr. Prathe rresponded that this would notbe the case. In addition to theconstruction costs of theCampus Center, pledgemoney must also pay ^architects ' fees, consultants 'fees, and pay for furnishingsin the Campus Center. *Mr. Prath er felt that a goodCampus C enter could be built,

b y P a t r ic k W e s c h l e rM c r c ia d S t a f f R e p o r t e rin spite of the fact that it willhave to be ! built for half thecost originally planned upon.On this subject,]he stated:"We are n't building a buildingjust for the sake of doing so;we {wouldn't go! ahead withconstruction if we didn't feel itwould meet the needs of allthe people at Mercyhurst."Detailed '{ archi tecturalplans for the new CampusCenter have yet to be drawn.Mr. Prather noted that thenext month will be spentmeeting with representativesof the various groups withinthe Mercyhurst community inan effort >to set? spacepriorities in the design of thenew building. He stated thatthe new building would

contain approximately 20,000square feet of floor space,double that contained in theindoor tennis courts, and thatthis space would be designedin such a way as to make itsuse as flexible as possible.Because the CampusCenter is going to be smallerthan originally planned, Mr.Prather felt that studentfacilities in the basement ofZurn Hall would probablycontinue to be (utilized, butstudent facilities would* behighly enhanced by the addition of the Campus Center.One of the more importantfeatures of the new CampusCenter will probably be somesort of gym-auditorium which

will ] contain collapsibleseating for at least 1.400persons. Mr. Pratherstressed, however, that theCampus Center will be muchmore than "a home for theLakers."jMr. Prather said,"W e* want to provide arecreational-social facilityfor the whole campus/1Ground-breaking for theCampus Center is scheduledfor Spring oft 1976, withcompletion targeted forDecember of that year. It ishoped that the building can bededicated as part of thecollege's golden ann iversary.The.inew building will bebuilt in such a way mat it canbe expanded at a later date.

The Voice of H ie Mercyhur s t Commun i t yVO L 4 8 NO . 8 MERCYHURST COLLEGE OCTOBER 31, 1975Dean William P. Garvey

Dean William P. Garveyspoke on grade inflation to agroup of education majorsMonday evening in i ZurnRecitalHalFSc ~K i

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Eileen DelSordo, left, a junior education major, questioned theDean on grade inflation. Linda Simpson, right, was also present atthe meeting. IPhoto by Nancy W illis

Th e Mercyhurst! CollegeBoard of Trustees fmetWednesday, October 22; andcame to a number of decisionsregarding various issues. |.^Thetmajor issue was I thefinal go-ahead^'to awardcontracts for the constructionof the Mercyhurst CampusCenter....The board elected itsofficers and some facultymem bers and students* toTrustee Associate Committees, i i;;The officers a re: i iHer ber t Ascher m an ,c h a i r p e r s o n ; J a n eTheuerkaiif, vice - cha i r person; Atty. William Sen-nett, secretary. | | "Jj JReelected to the board for a

six-year term were J. BoydBert Jr.,* William Sermett,James Zurn, Philip Casper,Peter Schaaf and MaureenFiedler, R.S.M. John Fischer,an independent lobbyist fromWashington, D.C., was namedtrustee for a two-year term. &

Representing the community of the board's standing committees are facultymemb ers, 'Rob ert Cisek,Michael McQuillen, DavidPines, Rosemary Blieszner,Edward Gallagher, JeffreySternlieb, Sr. Mary MatthewBaltus and Beverly DiCarlo.Stude nts named to lithecommittees |were NancyBorowski, Patricia Mullaugh,James Hallamyer, Mark

Grade inflation occurs whenwork is graded higher than itactuallymeri ts. Dean Garveysaid''that this lessens themeaning of a good grade anddoes the hard working studenta disservice. Some collegeshave even dropped; Dean'sLists and graduation honorsbecause of gradelnflatioa |The grade|javerage a tMercyhurst has been steadilyriding, while the CollegeEntrance Examination scoreshave been steadily droppingover the past five years. Lastyear, 60 per cent of thetfinalgrades at Mercyhurst wereA's and B's. Dean Garveysaid that this was not becausethe students were anysmarter but that facultymembers had to teach atlower levels to include allstudents in their courses.The main problem is withinthe mixed areas of study at

is ionsRuttenberg, Carol Quartuccioand Patrick Weschler.

..;The 1975-76 collegebudget and the new Senateconstitution were approved.Board members authorizedPresident Shane and^Mercy1hurst consortium trusteesHerbert Ascherman and AlDuval to take necessary stepsto ascertain Gannon College'sposition on I the tri-collegeconsortium. Gannon hadrejected the consortium bylaws on the legal ground thatthey did not want their twoconsortium trustees tojhavethe power to commit GannonCollege to programs withoutthe approval of their board oftrustees. *

Mercy hurst. Students* arebecoming more interested incareer arts and M ercyhurst isin a period of transition fromliberal studies to more careeroriented programs. TheDeansaid that this causes such avariety of students in oneclassroom that fit is impossible to teach at an advanced level.The *Dean said thatr th etypical attitude on campus isto do only what isSneeded toget by. He feels that studentsneed a more challengingintellectual! climate in the ir

Mark Ruttenberg, a senioreducation major, introducedDean Garvey at Monday's PSEAmeeting. -(Photo by Nancy Willisclasses.Dean Garvey made it clearthat Mercyhurst was not "inthe business of \ flunkingstudents" but that the drive tokeep grades down is for thebenefit of the > individualstudent.

Red, White and Blueberry will provide the entertatom i at theHalloween dance, Friday, October 31 in the Student UP' U from 9p.m. tol a . m .

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PAGE 2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE OCTOBER 3 1 , 1975Placement News

Below ar e a few fascinatingfacts about the practice oflaw in America today. One of15 major ca reers presented indepth in "The-FascinatingWorld of Work." ! ^ 4 In 974 \z 75 there were119,770 applicants for 35,100seats in the 149 U.S. lawschools, v^| *? ;Acceptance to law schoolusually j requires r p aminimum of 600 on the LawBoards. \There $re., aboufe 30(LQOOlawyers in the U.S.A.Thef average earnings ofthese lawyers in privatepractice is over $33,000 ayear. f > ^As of the early fseventies,men in the profession out-women betterumbered!than 13a tonumber[raduates

and the4 womenincreased1 ..of

ha sive times over the past 20years. r 1The, LSAT i(Law SchoolAdmission Test) bulletin isavai lable in th e \ CareerPlanning and PlacementOffice. ? IEQUAL, OPPORTUNITYFOR WOMEN IS SMARTBUSINESS. "In the decadesahead any organization whichignores or underestimates the'potential of women - or* overlooks any source of talent forthat matter - will be making afatal mistake," so said thechief executive of one of thpart| of an aff irmative action program.For jjexampte I in thesecretar ia l realm, a newconcept, called "wordprocessing" '-is gaining i;favorin Isome organizations thatwant I to upgrade j womenemployees and also benefitfrom improved efficiency.Under this system thetypewriter is removed fromthe woman outside the boss'soffice' and all dictating fistelephoned to an - in-housewor dr pr oces s ing cen te rwhere it is transcribed andreturned in a short time. Theformer secretary becomes anadminis tra t ive I assistant,performing the nontrans-cription portion of thetraditional job plus taking onadditional responsibilities.Job ladd ers are established inboth 1 areas , ! and f the

Y e a r b o o kThe deadline for senior pictures is December 1 and allphotographs must be submitted in black and white glossyprints, size 4x5 or 8x10. Regina Scura,. Sesler 322, Willapprove all photographs. |Attention Seniors: Watch for the announcement inNovember 7th Merciad* concerning senior pictures by aprofessional studio on camp us. iT**?Sl I *i Yearbook Staff*- 500,000UnclaimedScholarship*

Over $33,500,000 unclaimed scholarships, grants, aids, andfellowships ranging from $50 to $1'0,000. Current list ofthese sources researched and compiled as ofSept. 15, 1975,UNCLAIMED SCHOLARSHIPS11275 Massachusetts Ave., Los Angeles, C A 9 0 0 2 5Q I am enclosing $9.95 plus $1.00for postage and handling.

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secretar ies thave the opportunity tolchoose in whichportion of their currentfunctions* they ^prefer tospecialize and advance.This is the kind of jobanalysis and restructuringwhich has enabled manyemployers t o t discover awealth of resources in womenfilling such positions as administrative assistant andmanager of the word-processing center. The employees have an opportunityto prove their organizationaltalents, and this experiencewill make tham candidatesfor other positions in theiro r g a n i z a t i o n s ^ w h i c hpreviously were beyond theirreach. In* a word, thesewomen have a "choice".I A p p o i n t i n g ; c a p a b l e ,qualified women ;to thehighest levels is much morethan tokenism;; women whohave the potential to advancein an organization need rolemodels at the top. So far theserole models have*been fewand far between. f fjThe subject is ideep andprobing arid many problemswill have to be worked out,but as professional consultantM. Barbara;Boyle has said:"I want you to go home andwork for - fight for - the integration of male and female -human and fhumaa FranzFanon pointed out in BlackSkins, White M asks th at Anti-Semitic1 was eventually theAnti-Negro. I want to say thatboth are eventually the Anti-Feminist. And even further, Iwant 4 to ^indicate* that alldiscrimination is eventuallythe same thing k&iAnti-Humanism."This then is a challenge forus todays whether1; we aremale or female. &m *

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Sa mple OR E Aptitude teat |TheGRE Board authorized the publicationand sale, forthe first time, of a sample GRE Aptitude Test to givestudents an accurate view of the scope of the test and thetypes of questions asked and thus m ake them more at easewith the test. A full-length sample assembled frompreviously used forms of the Aptitude T est is now availableat a cost of $11.25, first-class postage paid. In addition, thesample Aptitude Test has been included in the most currentedition of the Graduate Program an d Admissions Manual.Ordersfor he sample GRE Aptitude Test In booklet formshould be accompanied by payment and addressed toGPAM, Box 2602, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. Applicationsfor the GRE are available in the office of the CareerPlanning and testing Director, Mr. David A. DeSante, Room207-Main. 1 . I

Health Office News

E f f e c t sWhat does alcohol actually doto people?1. Rapidly enters thebloodstream (no digestionneeded) and circulates,to allpar ts of the body within a fewminutes. Absorption is slowedbyfood in the stomach.2. Main effects is on theBRAIN. Alcohol "knocks out"control centers one by one,resulting in INTOXICATION.

The body BURNS alcohol atthe rate of about Ve oz. perhour. (90 per cent brokendown by LIVER, 10 per centJanuary 9-11

A l c o h o l !elimated via LUNGS andKIDNEYS.) $ j }So, the ^average 150 lb.person could consume onedrink in IVi hours with noaccumulation of alcohol in theblood. But i drinking fasterthan this (or*gulping drinks)wouldjx resul t in INTOXICATION !

Note: One drink meaijs: 12oz. beer, 5 ozf regular wine, 3oz. sherry or port wine, 1V4 oz.whiskey, or one highball orcocktail.

S u p p o r t D a n c e M a r a t h o nAs many of you haveal ready" heard, CEC issponsoring a dance marathonon January 9-11. I Ifthe profits from the dancewill go to the council to helpexceptional children. \It will be held in the StudentUnion from 6:00 p.m. onFriday the 9th, until 6:00 p.m .Sunday the nth .Mercyhurst Community:we need yourjhdp and support . We have 36 studentssigned up to dance. This is nota good percentage comparedto the num ber of people in ourschool. If this marathon isgoing tojwork we need thesupport of our college.Posters iwilljj be displayed inthe union and around the

school for the dancers to signPlease show your concernfor our exceptional kids anddance for them. If we all worktogether, we can make thismarathon w ork. | ^If you have any furtherquestions, please call or seeBob Dubik at 456-0495 or EllenMinns at 833-5523, Patty Lord,833-7485-or Eileen Del Sordoat 864-7130. W:Be watching ffor more in-formation during Inter-session. Remember YOUwant excitement on thecampus, so here is yourchance.Remember: Only 72daysmore for the CEC marathon!Help our kids and dance!

MEETING. J5E W I L L B E A VERY IMPORTANT CECMEETING ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2 AT 7:00P.M. IN301 MAIN ATTENDANCE FOR CEC MEMBERS ISMANDATORY. MR. McHUGH WILL SPEAK ONBOURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION.EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTENIV5

ERIE BOOK STORE717 French StreetPHONE 452-3354

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OCTOBER 31,1975 MERCYHURST COLLEGEDr. Louis Mennini PAGE 3

H u m b l e C o m p o s e r T h r i v e sEnthusiasm and creativityare the keynotes that compose Dr. Louis Mennini's life.He feels that any effort giventowards developing a person4? creativity Is a beneficialcontribution" to society. Hewent on further to explain,"To become creative is themqst important factor for astriving musician. Of course,the student must also have athorough ^knowledge i of influencing circumstancessurrounding a ^particularwork." Mennini exploded,"Beethoven didn't just sitisolated while composing;Napoleon ^and the $ universeinspired him!" He also expressed that it is importantfor a musician's; every nerveto be positively excited abouthis work. When asked how hebecame interested in ^themusical world, ^smilingly, hereplied, " I ;was always interested in |music . The environment' in which I livedwas always alive with peopletalking and-listening to thegreat operas." ftDr., Mennini fattended thelocal Erie schools ofColumbus, Roosevelt, andStrong Vincent. | But hismusical career began at theage of eight, studying theoryand composition under theinstruction of a local Eriebandmaster. He-pursued hisdream of a musical career at

Oberlin Conservatory lorthree years. % ' i3 iAs;* with most men, duringthe * years - 1942-45, ^ Menniniserved his Country in the U.S.Army. At the end of* the war,with his patriotic responsibility behind him, heresumed Jus education/,j.atEastman School* of.Music inRochester, * N.Y. < where? hereceived both : his B.A. andM.A. t-During the academicyear 1948-49, >he taughtcomposition at the Universityof Texas.j; In that same year,he was awarded the NationalInstitute of Arts and Lettersawa rd, and finally in 1 9 6 1 , Dr.Louis Mennini earned hisPh.D. firt' composition fromEastmaa iDr. Mennini stayed ^atBastman for a period of 17years. 17) years as ! an ac complished faculty member.He | was then | invited ;tobecome the Dean of Music atthe newly formed NorthCarolina -School of the Arts.Finally in 1973, the excitingDr. Louis Mennini was appointed as head , of Mercy-hurst's Music Department.Dr.* Mennini .sincerelycommented that, "Eventhough more prestigiousopenings were available toTne?*I deliberately choseMercyhurst for a two-foldpurpose.^ Returning home toErie, I saw that the cultural

:f by N o l ly C h i a p a z z ilevel had remained virtuallythe same throughout theyears. Iifeltvthat ifcould try,tor; a -period of time, -toenhance that level It might

M e r c y h u r s tIn keeping w ith his culturalbetterment philosophy, Dr $Mennini offers the Erie

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receive greater personalsatisfaction* while contributing Ho thef1community.Also I hoped to make Mercyhurst an even jEiner collegeand created an outstandingmusic department not onlyquantitative- but qualitativeas well." '? I

Dr ; Lou is Mennini Photo by Bob RonksleyWednesday at 9:00 p.m. onWQLN. He is also a memberof the American Society ofComposers, Authors andPublishers (ASCAP). iWhen asked who is yourfavorite composer, Dr.Mennini, in his irresistible

suavity profoundly retorted,"Me!" Over; a dozen orchestral works can becredited to Dr. Mennini.Among these are "T enebrae"which was commissioned byEdward B. Benjamin tor theNew Orleans Symphony:11Andante" and "AllegroEnergico"; Symphony No. I;and "Da F e s t a " Commissioned by a former conductor of the Erie Philharmonic, James Sample.Included in his repertoire ofcompositions ar e two operas:"The Rope" based onEMene O'Neill's* play, "TheWell", libretto created by Dr.Mennini. ? ;This past February.Mennini's "Ariso for Stringswas performed at the FordTheatre in Washington,; D.C.commemorating 5 PresidentLincoln's assassination, y- iWhen his time is notdevoured by t music, Dr.Mennini enjoys working withforeign y cars andphotography. * . V4The ' Mercyhurst community is most fortunate tohave as its faculty member, adignified and charming-manwhose every articulation is apowerful explosion ^ of < enthusiasm; *every gesture anexpression of grace and anundaunted spirit brimmingwith creativity. BRAVO,Maestro Mennini!!

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{Halloween is fast approaching and for the Hurststudents it's a* "night longawaited for. Strange sightsand sounds transform thecampus / into an " eer ie"place! The night's main eventis the annual Halloween dancein the Student Union, complete with decorations.Practically everyone whocomes to the dance is incostume; you'll really beimpressed by the?amount ofcreativity you see. Near theend of the evening, thecostumes will be judged andprizes given fto the best ineach category. Surprizingthings happen, so don't missoutonit.Since this is a dance, SACfelt it necessary to book a

Bicentenial Celebration

band who can do more fthanmerely play * music. Wewanted a bands who can en tertain! A group tha t not onlyis ^professional, but* incorporates into their showdramatic I lighting^ startlingeffects, costum e changes, andaction all over the stag e. SACdecided that the new Red,White and Blueberry met thequalifications. Ask anyonewho has seen their stage actand they'll agree. Red, White,and Blueberry has played inconcert with such artists asBachmanrTurner Overdriveand ZZTop. |[October 31 wiU be fherebefore you know i t so plan onhaving the best Halloweenever in the Student Unionfrom 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Be a leader of our nation'sBicentennial celebration.Bikecentennial is seeking 1400leaders to run the inauguraltours in 1976 bf the firstTrans-American BicycleTrail. Leaders* will receivefood, lodging, and normal tou rservices as well as a smalldaily expense allowance, allpart of anjadventure of alifetime.Over 550 courses fwill beoffered at four major trainingcenters in Oregon, Colorado,the Midwest J and theMid-Atlantic regions. Theseven-day | sessions includeclassroom i and field instruction in bicyclingtechnique, safety, repair,group dynamics, touring andspecial bike and campingskills and first aids. * In addition to the training centers,

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courses Will be held at Pt.Reyes, N. California;Missoula, Montana; and inNew Englandrfrom April 10through 16, i 1976. Cost in-cluding food lodging, instruction, books andmaterials, is $75.00.BIKECENTENNIAL, anon-profit, c h a r i t a b l eorganization, is sponsoringthe tours varying in lengthfrom 12 to 82 days , coveringup to 4,500miles of America's

most historic and scenicregions. The establishment ofthe Trail m arks the beginningof a long term commitmentby BIKECENTENNIAL todevelop a network of * longdistance bicycle trails crisscrossing theU.S. | For; further details onLeadership Training Coursesand an application write:IT; BIKECENTENNIAL 476P.O. Box 1034 ^Missoula. MT 59801.

ATTENTION SENIORS!!Plans are underway for the annualChristmas Dinner for Seniors. Thebeen setf for Fr idayDecember 12/ 1975. A cocktail hourhas been scheduled for before thedinner and la te evening entertainment has been planned at

Gadsby's .. Final detai ls wil l beavailable later.If you are planning to attend, it isnecessary that you eitherfsign up atth e R.U.S. office or contact RenateFerro in Sesler 321 at 864-0564 PaulToraldo in Sesler 122 or 864-0921 orSally Schismenos in Sesler 124 a t 866-8622. Only those signed up byNovember 11, 1975 will be sent aticket. You must have a ticket toa t t e n d !

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. . . On these tw o pages you will find many rebuttalsagainst the letter written by Debbie Flounders,Eileen DelSordo, Jodene Carroll, and Eva Procopioin the October 24th issue of The Merciad. Their lettercited the unsuccessfulness of Fall F estival and theirfacts happened to be quito inaccurate, therefore Itend to agree with these letters of)opposition. But,because of lack of space in the Merciad this week, IVhad to omit some Letters To The Editor concerningthis topic. In essence, they expressed many of thesame viewpoints exemplified through these chosenletters. Thank you to all contributors..*. . Mercyhurst students BEWARE: Grade inflation is a reality at our institution. It is evident thatmany students are struggling through their coursesthis year. No, our rate of knowledge is notdeteriorating, the faculty is just trying to preseve the" A " grade. Do you think this is fair? The Merciadwelcomes your comm ents on this topic.. . . I would like to acknowledge Glenn Caruso,Residential Manager of Sesler Apartments, for hisheroic deed in rescuing four helpless tenants fromtheir burning aprtment 112 Wednesday, October 21 at5:32 p.m. Glenn salvaged only the framwork, but hisintentions were greatly a pprec iated.

.\. . REMEMBER the deadline for the submissionof all MERCIAD ma teri al is MONDAY.

To Th e Editor :* ^ j t 1 . | ^L :A *I would*ike to respond to the letter written 1 byDebbie Flounde rs, Eileen DelSordo, Jodene C arroll,and Eva Procopio in the October 24th issue of theMerciad. - L^ Firs t of a l l , these students stated in their letter thatit is the responsibility of RUS and SAC to inform thestudent population of the activities that w e sponsor.Don't these students read the Merciad? Do they walkaround campus with their eyes closed? The FallFestiva l was given front page priority in the Merciadfor three weeks in advance. There were many large

posters hung all over campus. There were timesheets listing the activities planned for the weekendand they were distributed throughout the dorms,Union, and the Sesler Ap artments. 1These students also stated that "the activities mustbe well planned, not thrown together at the lastminute." Again, through weeks of planning and notlast minute thrown together activities, the FallFestival was held and the students refused to participate. Of the four girls who wrote the letter notONE helped in the organization of the Fall Festival.Not ONE helped in the advertising of the weekend.And to top it off, not ONE of these girls even participated in the activities that w ere planned 'And youconsider yourselves to be "a ctive people turning out

and supporting most activities?!"" It's your kind ofactive person that stays in their apartment andconstantly complains. Ask these girls If they signedup for any of the women's intra murals teams. Noneof them did. " w w * TT*1How can the RUS officers and the SAC memberspossibly be expected to "instill a moving spirit" intothis type of student? It's impossible! Why can't you,through your own initiative instead of being forced,instill a mov ing spirit within yourself ?In closing I would again like to thank the peoplewho spent a lot of their time and effort in to theplanning, participation, and advertising of the FallFestival activities, and I feel the se four girls owe youan apology. 1 . | Tincerely,J immy HallamyerPresident of RUS

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The Merciad accepts. In fact encourages, the submission of articles, letters, and stories from any and airmembers of the Mercyhurst fCollege ; community:students, faculty, administrators, trustees, and friends ofthe school. However, as responsible journalists we mustreserve the following rights:1. .The right to revise copy into standard English;2..The right to revise copy Into correct Journalisticform,3..And, finally, the righ t to revise copy (but no t changemeaning) to fit layout design.{In addition, Letters to the Editor must be signed, mustbe factually verifiable, and must b e written In good taste .Names will b e withheld upon request, b u t false names willn o t b e used. f

S e v e n D a y s W o u l d i B e S u f f i c i e n tb y D a r l e n e K e i t hI, like some of the other students on cam pus , wouldlike to know why the vacation between fall term andintersession is so long. Seven days would be sufficient, 14 days would be extravagant. But 19 daysare a bit much. What are the students supposed to dowith almost three weeks? \ ? % K*> j *Nineteen days basking in the sun might be appealing if this were summer, but it's not. It's late fall

and getting colder every day. You could take the 19days and hibernate but I don't think you'd care forthat either. $? *f * fThe dorm students have somewhat of an advantage. They can go home and visit friends theyhaven't seen for three months. They can also get re-acquainted with the news in their town. Even so , afterthe first week or two, I imagine they'd begin to getbored. ? ' t As for the commuter students, they live at homeand see their friends on a daily basis. Nineteen daysfor them would me an crawling out of bed at 12 o'clockand dragging through the rest of the day, withnothing to d o . * i 1 *I don't mean to say that Mercyhurst students arelazy, but what would any student do with 19 daysvacation a t the end of Novem ber. All you could reallyd o is sit around and wa it for the week-end to come.The students probably are n't the only ones who areupset about this. I imagine the faculty are too. Some bored.

of the instructors aren't even offering courses forintersession, so what do they do? These 19 days arecreating aggravations for everyone.If the administration had started the fall term aweek later and had intersession been scheduled thesam e as it is now, it would hav e cut the vacation timedown and given the students a longer summervacation to lay in the sun or to earn more money forschool. Doing this, they would have given us twoweeks between terms and m ade the situation better.

Another idea would have been to cut intersessioncompletely out of the schedule and go to three terms.I think this would cut down anxieties for both dormstudents and commuters. It would mean lesstravelling time for the dorm students and more evenvacations instead of the awkward ones which wehave now.The tuition costs would be easier to handle too.Instead of paying four times throughout the year, wewould only ha ve to pay three times.I realize that this vacation was purposely set up tobe 19 d ays. What 1 can't understand is why it had tobe this long. Surely the persons who mad e theschedule knew it was too long. Maybe it didn t occurto them or m aybe they just didn't care. W hatever thereason, I hope it doesn't happen again. I for one, get

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Dear Editor:- This * $ te r I s i n response to the one written bvDebbie Flounders, Eileen DelSordo, Jodene Carrolland Eva Procopio on Oct. 24.1975,RUS did not throw the Fall Festiva l together in thelast few minutes. We were planning the festival sinceSeptember. This is one of the reasons why we hadweekly meetings since th e second week of September.? i. < :- 1When students don't come to the meetings and don 'tgive us ideas to help entertain the campus, what arewe to do? People in RUS a r e students also; we can.only generate so many ideas. If students are "activeon campus/ ' why don't they Icome to the RUSmeetings, which are adve rtised on the Zurn marquis ,and help us move the spirit on campus? RUS and SACneed students support to function. We can plan andget activities, but a s soon as the time comes for theactivities to start, it is up to the student body toparticipa te and make it a success .If yo u can't make the RUS meetings give ussuggestions to take to the body, don't just sit in yourroom, apartment o r townhouse hoping fo r the best.If you want action, please get involved from th ebeginning. All help is appreciated. Don't just put theblame, on u s . Join us and make Mercyhurst better!Sincerely . I I |Patt y Mul laugh jj; IVice-President of RUS.

Dear Editor:This letter is in response to one written by four girlsto the MERCIAD of Oct. 24, 1975. It seems that th egirls agre e with Jimm y Hallamyer about the lack ofinterest and deep apathy on campus. I agree withthem also, but I can't agree with their reasoning.They feel that there is not enough advertising fo revents on cam pus , and that planning is done all at thelast moment. On these subjects, I feel they couldn'tbe farther from th e truth . Anyone on this campu s whodid not know of Fall Weekend and what it consisted ofwould * have to have been a hermit living in thebasement of the LRC. As for the planning, Jimmyespecially, and] his co mmittee; worked hard fo rseveral weeks before th e event. Remember a get-together such as Fall Weekend so early in the schoolyear cannot be planned for months in advance. I feelmake suggestions to RUS, fill out this form I the memb ers of the committee did a fantastic j o b .rop in the suggestion envelope on RUS door A 2SS H * wi i u . mte ^ QAOUnlon: I As for the idea of blaming it,on RUS and SAC,everyone putsUhese organizations down for poorNAME I | entertainment and the lack of it. Why don't peoplepunwir wn i s*ar* blaming it on the students themselves? Th ere isPHONJSiNU.ki .-; it Z^*&kA&&gmi v e r y little reaction req uested jbyi R U S for planningSUGGESTION: | ........ | s u c h entertainment.When I say this, I am not putting down the girls whowrote the letter. These girls have done their share ofthe work, and so have a few others of the Mercyhurststudent committee, but it's always the same people.Dear Editor, k j + Why can't we see a few new iaces>loin in on theWhen I read the letter published in last w eek's planning of such activities. The Student ActivitiesMerciad in which Ms. Flounders and Constated that Committee is in the same position. From Septembernothing ever gets publicized on this campus,II did a 1973, to the present, they have not had a new volun-double-take! $1 * W: f f teer. I feel that this is absolutely a disgrace. TheI really couldn't believe what I was reading. I had same group of people has been working in SAC foralways assumed that -if there was a problem with two years and the group keeps getting smaller,publicity at Mercyhurst, it was thaU there was too 1 I?much, not too little. As an officer of RUS and amember of the Merciad|staff, I've spent alhof myspare time this year doing just what Ms. Floundersand Co. say nobody ever does: publicizing the thingswhich go on at Mercyhurst College.* |Here are a few facts: * * * ^ ^^m ^ ^ ^ wgl) The great bulk * of the Merciad each week isdevoted to campus activities. More space is devotedto campus activities-in this paper than most othercollege papers in colleges >of comparable size. AtMercyhurst, we happen to have one of the mostdedicated (and tenacious) groups of publicists I'veever run into. I \ * i2) The number of activities which take place underthe sponsorship of the college, RUS, and SAC, are farin excess of those of colleges of 1comparable size.SAC's budget of $13,000 represents* a higher perstudent figure thanany other college in the Erie area.Patrick J. WescnlerSecretary, RUS

Inquiring ReporterfAsks:

I think i t 's ridiculous for students to think theyhave to spend an entire weekend in a dorm or in anapartment. I've never done that since I've beenr onthis campus. There were and still a r e always signsadvertising what's happening on campus.. I\do no tfeel it is entirely up to RUS and SAC to plan everyhappening on a campus, and even though the largerparties have been cut out, no trouble has been givento people who have some of their friends over for agood tune. These small parties can be up to 5 0 people.Isn't that enough? With jthe migra tion betweenparties, you still get to see all your friends, You a r enot crowded as in the past, and the noise is not allcoming from one place. I feel that the burden shouldrest in he students. It is only their fault if they don'thave a good time. * j i M$$ 7 HSincerely yours,Willis WalkerSecretary of R.U.S.

T o The Students of Mercyhu rst College:First of all, 1 would like to apologize for the crudelanguage I used to express my view on the subject ofstudent vandalism in tthe dorms at t he Town Meetingon Monday night Oct. 20.1 became extremely heatedduring this discussion and spoke in a ma nne r! reg retI do not regret though, that 1 did speak, The realissue is the deafness, blindness and muteness of thegreater part of the student population concerning theactivities of certain members within our ranks. It istime on this campus for the honest majority to speakout on the thievery and to join together to fight itT Wemus t un i t e and exert very strong peer pressure onthe e vildoers. You can 't tell me that no one knowsw h o they are . It isn't possible for over five exits signsto be stolen out of Baldwin Hall within, a period of afew days, and the thieves to be totally ignorant ofeach other! The odds on that must be "fantastic. We

must realize that we are losing money the ones whoknow, just as much as those who do n't . So why don'tthose w h o know speak out? To those w h o are afraid tosay anything; what lis more important, th e fear ofrepris al or the loss of a lot of bucks? Let s be serious.It isn't goingr to stop unless we do something, soplease, let's not le t this matter drop! I for one a mtired of paying for other people's mista kes.Sincerely Yours, *Mary Jean BundyTo the Editor: | i j| Dear "Active Girls", to whom there are four:Where were you two weeks prior to Fall Weekendwhen there was a meeting for'the planning of thisweekend, Yes, two whole weeks before this weekendoccurred, there was a 5meeting, well advertised,giving any interested student plenty of time to planactivities and psych other students for the event! 1 As"ACTIVE" students, not one ofyou showedup to giveyour thoughts. Why? Then, there was anothermeeting during the week right before fall weekend,Where were you then? if you a wanted certain thingsto happen wring FalUWeekend, you should havecome to the second meeting and had your voicesheard. Suggestions were wide open and any "FUN"things you girls wanted to plan, could have beenSUCCESSFULLY planned during the meeting.I had a booth and ANYONE could have had one.Why didn' t one of you Active girls set up a booth andparticipate? I also participated in a series of events;lug of war, chicken fights, etc. %I didn't see any of your participa ting. 5Yes, this is our ypicalACTIVE person at Mercyhurst; Active to complain. I iIf you people want to .make something of thiscampus, then get off your M " an d help planthings instead of just complaining.Elisa Guida i I

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Arriving early at anyproduction is ^alwaystraumatic for me. As I sat inmy front TOW seat in theFairview High SchoolAuditorium waiting for thebeginning of Music M an lastThursday, I fidgeted, combedmy hair, looked at ,myprogram, and analysed thestage setting. Although thesmall set for Music Man was

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Mrs. Marilyn Jewelland Dr. Jean Lavin %rehappy to announce thatthe Intersession CentralEuropean "Study Tour* isdefinitely a rea lity.The tour group willspend three to five days ineach of (he followingc i t ies: j; Berlin, Vienna.Pa r i s , Munich. TanaLondon. There will also bevisits to Salzburg,^theRhine Valley and Trier.Students will attendoperas and o ther musicalperformances and: visitmajor *art| galleries.Lectures on musical form,style and performance, aswelU as other art mediaand cultures, w ill be givenduring the tour.^;,.I Mrs. Jewell has alreadyinitiated a mini-course inGerman for the jtourgroup. Dr. Lavin willpresent musical - datae m p h a s i z i n g t h eElizabethan School, theBaroque Era, theClassical, Romantic, andFrench Schoolsrt>U: *

colorful andjpleasant to lookat, it was very basic with fewhints of r e a l i s m ^Around 8:05, Mrs. DavidMatthews began directing themusical prelude to the snow.It!wis a moment of toe-tapping for the audience as' Seventy Six.^Trombones,''"Till There Was You^and amedley * of pother tunesreverberated through theauditorium, j I would *bestdescribe the orchestration forthe ^entire show as well-thought; out J and lovely tohear. fAt 8:10 the lights came upand revealed local televisionand radio personalities withMike Murphy from WRIEjasSalesman, Evan Lovett andFrank,^Rizzone. iwho arereporters at WICU, asSalesman 2 and-3, and CliffMorrison from WJET asSalesman 4.^WRIEs JimKing as Salesman 5 and DavidGreen as the "Music 1Mancompleted the sextet. Severalminutes later , the stageexploded as 50 cast membersbur s t *on | th e 1 screen Ungorgeous pastel costumesfrom Brooks j$Van-Horn ofNew York. * jj jThe plot of Music Man, likemost musicals, is boy meetsgirl. The*Mitsifc M&n meetsMiss Marian *the librarian;boy loses girlthe Music Manis a gigolo and a con man; boygets girlMiss Marianforgives him and, of course,they live happily ever after!In between the main plot,there's|a sub-plot .involvingth e j mayor 's daughter(portrayed by Halle Stein)and Tommy Dijilas (portrayed by*Charles Corritore)who are in love with eachother in the show, much to themayor's dismay. There isalso another plot | of *MissMarian's younger brother,Winthrop, (played by;KeithShelly) who refuses to speakand * be ?Hiappy due to his

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Department4 will join withvarious ethnic groups in theBoston Store's two weekholiday celebration, "OurAmerican Heritage AtChristmas." Each dayrfromNov. 3 to Nov. 15 (exceptSunday), one of the 12 participating nations will behighlighted with bake sales,dancing, costumes and otherChristmas paraphernalia.Thursday, Nov. 6, has beendesignated French Day, atwhich 'time various events,planned by the students of thedepartment,^ under thedirection of Dr. VivettaPetronio, will take place.These include a Frenchfondue cooking demonstration, Frenc h mini-lessons,taped tours of Pa ris, w ine andcheese tasting alga sidewalkcafe, and movies* based onFrench , culture landcivilization. The students,dressed in French costumes,will be presenting these

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events, a s well a s sellingballoons and roasted chestnuts, and acting a s hosts an dhostesses in the BostonStore's dining room, whichwill feature a French menufor the day. In addition a pasde deux wiU be performed byMercyhurst Dance students,Shelagh Murphy and AlanK i n z i e . % - ifP> This marks the first time aninternational day will :'bescheduled at the Boston Storeby a group composed of thoseother than direct descendantsof the "m other" country.

A new addition to theMercyhurst faculty is Dr.Gary Smith, director of theTheater Arts Department.Mr. Smith is currentlyteaching speech, acting andChildren's Theate r and will bedirecting the winter plays,"1776" and uBy the Skin ofOur Teeth." Hj Originally from Ohio, ?heattended Ohio | StateUniversity and graduatedwith a masters of art degree.Soon "after graduation hereceived fa teaching offerfrom the Cleveland PublicSchool System and accepted.After teaching high schoolstudents for five years, Mr.Smith decided to try for hisdoctorate ; at Kent StateUniversity ,as a^full-timestudent. After completing therequired? courses, he thenbegan teaching a t Kent State.Mr.b Smith received hisdoctorate and became interested in teaching theater atthe college level. Although hefelt that he could have had asuccessful care er in acting ordirecting, a teaching position

b y D a r l e n e K e i t hwould be rewarding. . /As acting director, M r.Smith feds that teaching th estudents is no t a job, bu t apleasure. He enjoys proddingthem and helping them toimprove both their ability and

t a l e n t , f * JMoving to?Erie i s quite achange when you have lived inCleveland, but Mr. Smith, hiswife Lois, and their youngdaughter don't mind. In fact,they enjoy it. |

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b y G h a G a m b a c or foThis year makes Mercyhurst P Colleges 8th year ofIntersession. and this yearpromises^ toibe* the best. As

usual, jlntersession will beabout three weeks long.Classes will run Mondaythrough Friday with 2 hourclassroom session. S i IThe difference this year,however, comes in coursevariety . Many courses will beapproached in an,academicatmosphere. These coursesinclude such titles as 'Plato','Churchill* and even onecourse that will deal with theC.I.AI i. ! | IOther courses will be on thelighter side and will be usefulin outside activities. Theseinclude Is uc h courses will {gi ve both

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