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C O F F E E H O U S E C I R C U I T F E A T U R E SC A R L S O N A N D G A I L M O R

This Monday, Tuesday, andWednesday, Februaryf 5-7, theMercyhurs t Coffeehouse 'willfeature Rob Carlson jjand JonGailmor. The re will be tw o showsnightly, at 9 a n d 1 0 p . m . 'iWith a style astounding for its

incredible harmonic tightness,Rob Carlson and Jon Gailmor aretwo off the most intriguing newsinger-songwriters to be heard.They perform together with anease |a nd graciousness an dmutual affinity which migh t clueone to the fact that they literallygrew? up tog ethe r musically ,which the y d i d . | fBoth products of Jjthe sameWestp or t , Connect icuti h ighschool, Rob and Jon first begantheir association performing atprivate parties and school functions. Separated for a number ofyears by the Ivy League (Rob atBrown, Nonfat P enn ) , t h eyremained so for a iwhile aftergraduation^ put t ing thei r extensive musical backgrounds toworkfin diverse areas . Jonjfirsttaugh t! music in a Philadelphiaghetto and later went on to tourEurope supporting himself by his

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singing and writing and uponreturning to the IU.S., by hiscommercials for Ford and othe rs.R o b , meanwhile, perfected! hi sskills performing* for |a smallband ?in th e Boston fr'area andwriting sound track musicj foreducational television stat ionWGBH-TV in Boston.: But the catalytic effect soimportant |to their work wasreintroduced about a year ago asRob and Jon once again joinedtogether to pursue the careerthey new was theirs. Since thenthey've toured the Northeastreceiv ing s tanding ovat ionsplaying such clubs as Newport'sBlack Pearl and Blue Tooth atSugarbush among countlessothers. *

With R ob on acoustic guitar andpiano and Jon playing guitar andbanjo, they weave complex andoriginal harmonies of their ownas well as an extensive re per toire written by such diverse hands asKen Loggins , S tephen S t i l ls ,Bach, and Purcell. But their ownmusic is that to which you mustlisten. Others will b e soon.

N O T I C E : Important!MeetingIf you want fin ancial aid next year come to important meeting :Where: ZurnRecital Halll || When: Monday, February 511:00 a . m . or Tuesday, February 6 \12:00 noon or Thursday, February 8 3:00 p.m . |Why: Explanation of various financial aid programs, federal,state and institutional. IAlso: Distribution of Pare nt's Confidential Statements.

L a w E n f o r c e m e n t C l u b | IOrganizational Meeting ;i Wednesday, Fe bruary 7 - 2 p . m* \| ^ 114 ZurnWeekfof A m n e s t y

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The Merciad is now offering anew! service to tMercyhurststudents. It is called the MerciadOmbudsman. The basic idea ist ha t s t uden t s lean submi tques t ions concern ing collegepolicy , | depa r tmen t a l po l i cy ,academic policies, etc. Thesemay be questions about nebulouspolicies, Iwhich students don'tunderstand or policies J n whichthe rationale for them needs to beexplained. i8 The Merciad staff will attemptto find the answer, or advise youon the best course of action totake. All questions and problemswill be kept confidential and wewill supply you with some answers within tw o weeks.W e feel that often many policiesr e m a i n Ithe same (f n e v e rchallenged or questioned. |A sJames Baldwin put it:* Not Everything i M 0 IThat is faced can be changed]*But Nothing * ICan |be changed until it* isfaced." ' I | c.In order to take advantage ofthis service, students are asked toleave questions in the informationoffice or in Preston Mailroom,B o x 3 6 , addressed t o t h e Merciad.The following are an exampleof what *you might want to ask.These questions were submittedto Mr. Kennedy by members ofthe Merciad staff.Q . 1 . Why are students requiredto pay $5.00 for a parking sticker?What is this money used for? | 1A . When on e pave s a parking lotit costs money. The stickermoney is used to defer the cost ofpa ving lots a nd cost of sticker s.Q . 2 . W h y are students billed foraccident and sickness insurance ifthey don't sign a waiver? W hy is

the waiver re quired? And finally,why was the P.A. Cutri Companychosen to handle the insuranceplan for students? | A. In order to benefit from theadvantage^of a group fpolicy interms of cost, one must have agroup. Our grouptpolicy appliesto all students unless they arecovered by their parent 's policyor a private underwriter. Theycan also refuse the insurance bysigning a waiver. This p rocedurewas part of an agreement between the underwriter and thecollege. It was agre ed to in orderto obtain the lowest rate perstudent. The Cutri Company wasselected because they submittedthe lowest cost per student bid.Q. 3. Who is responsible for

installing the pinball m achines inthe Union? Who icollects themoney? What percentage of theprofits does the school receive?What are the profits used for?W ho do you see to be reimbursedfor money you might lose m themachines? |A. Mr. Herring lis responsiblefor th e installation of th e pinballmachines in the^Union. He alsocollects t h e | money which isturned into th e Treasurer's office.Mercyh urst receive s" 50 per centof th e profits and these profits ar eplaced in a restricted fund andare earm arked for Student Unionimprovem ents. Anyone who losesmoney in the pinball machinesshould seeI M r. Herring to bereimbursed.

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Watching TheReform Bandwagon

Roll Byib y A l B e l o v a r a cF e a t u r e E d i t o r

Judging'from the two proposals introduced at the last RUSmeeting, we receive the impression that there are rumblings ofreform within the very power structure of RUS itself. The presentgovernment, smothered in its own inactivity, appears to be frantically gaspin g for a i r . T h e realization has finally been made that i t sultimate survival depends on a? thorough self-examination andreorganization.

Both Jim McAndrew and Alexis Walker presented their ideasconcerning the improvement of the system. McAndrew and DaveGreen e discussed wh at they though would prove t o b e a viable dormrule system which will funnel all proposals concerning residents'affairs into the dorms ^-themselves without going through thelumbering college senate and its multitude of committe es. After thestunning assault of McAndrew and Gree ne on th e status q u o , we feltthe present s t ructure t remble as M r. Kennedy valiantly tried to findloopholes in the i r proposals "but with little effect*'

We though the dorm-rule proposal was simply an isolated:at-tempt to alleviate student dissatisfaction with their government,but we soon became convinced it was part of a movement* AlexisWalker was next to jump onto the bandwagon of reform, presentingto the already awe-struck mem bers of R U S h er plan of h ow to makeit work better. She wants to increase the responsive ness of RUS bymaking its representation more representative. Under her plan,students would elect representatives from their academicdepartme nts instead off their classes. Her assumption is thatstudents know and come into more contact*with people in theirdepartments ra the r than in the i r class. i

Both p roposals were not worked out in any de tail . The purposewas to present their philosophies, then carry them\from the abst ract into concreteness or abort them; depending o n overall studentreactio n. Both McAndrew and Miss Walker were given th e go-aheadto work out their ideas in more detail. We hope they will come upwith something to add life to a dying organization.* | * *

That RUS President McAndrew appeared to be ignorant of RUSSecretary Walker's proposal at the meeting does not speak well forthe unity and coordination of the executive committee^The rulingfour of RUS cannot expect to provide a strong and competentleadership if they a ct as isolated individuals seeking their o w n endsrather tha n an integr ated whole.

We were approached by several students who expressed a concern over the mysterious tunnels being dug on either side of themain drive coming into the circle. I t seems that many students feelthe camp us is being undermined. We investigated the m atter andfound the tun nels will contain electrical cables for new lights beinginstalled to keep those areas out of the dark/Unless the l ights a rejust a "front" for some?''underground" conspiracy, students canrest easy, assured that all is well I Even so, we have reason tobelieve that the tunnels are actually escape routes to be used by theadministration in case of a student rebellion. ?

T H E MERCIADI Years ofi Service

OVE R-CROW DE D CL ASSROOMSMercyhurst College has a totalstudent enrollment of 1,235students and a full-time teachingfaculty of seventy teachers. Withsuch figures one would not thinkthat Mercy hurst would have anovercrowded classroom problem,yet Police Techniques has a totalof 82 students with Introduction toPsychology! coming^ in secondwith seventy students. Mr. Tom Billingsley, Registrarat Mercy hurst, explained thatclass maximum enrollments areset by the instructors and areonly exceeded i f physical lypossible to meet student 's needs."I try to be sensitive to whats tuden t s ne ed , " sa id Mr .Billingsley. ;Mr. Billingsley went on to say

that* it is guesswork as to howmany students will take certaincourses and since Mercyhurststudents are not forced to followset prog rams, students have theirown choice as to which coursesthey want to take. |The only person with authorityto open classes is Dean Garvey,who in turn gives permission tothe Regist rar. *4 Teachers aren ' t always awareof student needs," -stated Mr .Billingsley; "Usually we resolveproblems showing sensitivity tothese nee ds." iRefusing to admit stude nts intocourse s , espec ia l l y ! majorcourses, such as Pol iceTechniques, hurts student moralestated Mr. Billingsley.Certain courses such asCeramic or writing courses whichare set up by student-teacherappointments cannot be reopeneddue to limited time and facilities.Opt ions |to remedy overcrowded classrooms are limited.One option is to create newsect ions of al ready crowdedcourses. The only problem is thatMercyhurst teachers are contracted to teach so many coursesa year. Continued new sectioningof classes would create contractand teache r problems. ?The other option would be toinform students | duringregistration of large classroomsituations and let students makethe final decision as to whe ther ornot they-want to take an over-

b y C a t h y S t e v e n s o n N e w s E d i t o rpopulated course-.There are approximately tencourses at Mercyhurst with fiftyor more students. On the otherhand, there are approximatelyforty courses with less than te nstudents.Circumstances at t imes maydictate that a student enroll in alarge impersonal classroom, butat least it is the studen t 's choice.Mercyhurst is increasing instudent population with each

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STUDENT PERSONNELASSISTANTSHIPSI

Type* of ExperienceGraduate Assistantships for m e n a n d women are available for the1973-74 academic year. Graduate Assistants are assigned to aresidence hall and participate in the following residence hallprograms: working with individual students, group advising,management duties, and gen eral supervision of the residence h all.studyWestern Maryland College has several programs leading to theM . Ed. degree which require 30 semester hours of credit. A studentholding a Student Personnel Assistantship may register for amaximum of 9 hours of academic courses per seme ster during theregular academic y ear. Students may hold the assistantship for twoyears wi th the program.Qualifications tEach recipien t of a Student Personnel Assistantship (l) must holda bachelor's degree from an accredited college, (2) must be accepted into the Graduate School, and (3) must have the requisitepersonal qualities. Positions are available for both single andmarried candidates.1 iv in une ration

Student Personnel Assistants in residence receive room, board,and monthly salary based on experience and duties. Graduatetuition fees are waived for the academic year and the subsequentsummer session. * 4F o r Appl ications ami Furth er I n f o r m a t i o n W r i t e T o :^Office of Student Personn el rWestern M aryland CollegeWestminster, Maryland 21J57

Published weekly during the col lege year; except Thanksgiving, m-tersession, Qiristmas and Easter vacations and examination Periodsby the students of Mercyhurst Col lege, Erie, Pa., 16501 Mai l ing address: Mercyhurst Maiiroom^Sees&o Ha l l , Box 36.

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Staff 3Writers'< Dave HorTO*ttc&i=T6varac, Gary Bukowski, JudySmi th, Andrea Kupetz, Joan Bucher, PaiUe Beck, Sharon V\ian)cr, A.J . Adams, Paul Hanes, Maureen Sull ivan.Staff i Tom Frank, Paul Dor^n,]Mdureen Hunt, Marie Kanicki , MaryGriswo id, Gail Stevens, Tom Rlctor, Ji m Prez.

ACTIVITY SCHEDULEFebruary, 1973

Flic-A i rpor t2 ShOWS 7 & 9;Recital Ha l l .

Tournaments Begin Pool , P ingPong, .Chess,C h e c k e r s , &Pinochle..;tCUlTOFFEE HOUSE CIjj 2 Shows 9 & 10l|Rob Carlson & Jon Gailmo r

Dance-jpfc Featur ing" A n a c r u s i s "9-1Union

Nat ional "PaganBaby" Day M idTermGradesDu e

Lake rB-BallAt-R. I .T.A w a y i nRochester.

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WALKER CITES NEED! FORCHANGE IN R.U.S. STRUCTURE

At the last K.U.S. meeting, twounique proposals were introduced. One of th em} waspresented by Alexis Walker, whoi s | in terv iewed below. Herproposal calls foila change in themanner in which K.U.S.represen tatives are chosen.I Q . Why d o w e need a change?A. The r e a r e three] basicproblems in student government:

1 . AccountabilityThemembers, being chosen ifromsuch a large? group, are notresponsible to anyone in regard totheir performance. The numberof students who vote is constantlydiminishing as it? is becomingmore difficult to know those whoare running. Self-nomination is nolonger discriminatory which isnecessary if the| most? capableindividuals are to "represent"th e students. J2 . Void between resident andda y studentsDay s tuden t sbarely have a chance to competefairly with! residents. They arenot as well known on campus andare therefore less likely to win|Represen ta t ion in R.UJS.,therefore, is generally confined toresidentsat least, they aye th elargest faction.

3 . R.U.S. jtotally Ideals withsocial and dormitory problems.These are important of course,but we are neglecting the reasonfor our presence at Mercyhurst:education. It is time for thestudents to become involved inacademic f affairs, f Solelydiscussing dormitory problems isignoring 50 per cent of the studentpopulationthe day s tuden t s .Social activities are important ifthis^is to be a well-rounded env i ronmen t , but! academicproblems and interests cannot beigno r ed . It* is|impossible ftobelieve that fchanges are notneeded with in academicprograms.iEssentially, the problem is th atth e Representative Union ofStudents is no t represen ta t ive*

Q. What is absolution to theseproblems?A. Before we can form agovernment to represent, wemust know something of thepeople to be represented. Wemust begin at the point at whichwe are drawn together: why arew e at Me rcyhurst? W e must hopethat the answer in 99 per cent ofthe cases is to be educated. Weare attending an institution ofhigher learning in order to growand develop a s individuals as wellas to prepare ourselves for alifetime experience* in a jjpar-ticular area. Most of this occursthrough our department. Foreach of us, although we are interested in different areas, this iswhere w e spend most of our time.It is these people with whom weassociate daily, that we come toknow and understand in our fouryears at Mercyhurst. | I t | seemslogical then, that representationof students at Mercyh urst, shouldcome through departments.Q. How will this solve thesethree problems?l.^Because members will bechosen from smaller g roups, theyare more responsible for theiractions than at present. It wouldnot be so difficult to choose fromindividuals with whom you have

&associated under many differentsituations. Members should benominated from within the bodyof department members. Thes tudents wil l then elec tr ep r es en ta t i v e f rom th enominees. This islan extremelyselective process. First of a l l , th emembers who attend the m eetingare most likely Ithose who areinterested. Interest$has|been ofgr eat deficit in the last two bodiesof R.U.S. Nominating by this" s e l ec t " g roup , member sh ipwithin this group is being mores e l ec t i v e . - Elect ion fur thereliminates from within this body.Imag ine what s tudents youpersonally would select fromyour dep artment to* represen tyou. There is no doubt that you

ar e not\more convinced of theircapability than of thoserepresentatives who are nowserving your class.2.jEvery department has bothresident and day students. Afterayear or so of classes shared bythese two groups, we have abetter chance of knowing eachother. Thus, the day students,when ch osen' from within anacquainted body, have a betteropportunity of being selected.Perh aps it is still not equal, but itis much better than the systemwhich presently exists.3 . Students will learn to voicetheir academic complaints tothese representativesiwho couldvery well be instrumental |in ins t i ga t i ng change . ^Departmentfaculty members could encourage the use of R.U.S. as ameans of dealing with academicproblems and interests. It ishoped that problems would notmonopolize discussion but ratherth e generation of n ew idea s wouldbe most interesting. By being soselective, it is hoped that theselected students would understand their fields and be ableto constructively criticize as wellas develop newjalternatives andencourage n ew interests.

R.U.S. would then berepresen tative of th e students.Q. How will this solve the totalproblems of R.U.S.?A. The represen tatives chosenwill most likely be- the most inf luent ia l s tud en ts | in eachdepartment. Good people areessential in the workings of j* anygoverning body; people who areinterested in J knowing theffactsand changing or adding to them.Another impor tan t po in t isbrought up here. It is likely thatfacul ty members , who areR.U.S.' fellow voters in theCollege Se nate, willfdeem R.U.S.more capable of handling complex situations, for if the studentsknow who the representativesa r e , most likely the faculty willknow th em also.

Sort OfPeaceb y S u s a n W e i n e rC u l t u r a l E d i to r

When the Great War betweenthe Beasts and ;the Bugs was toterminate at last, the clever Mr.Fox, the ruler of the Beasts;came before his nation to speak."I come to announce to you thattoday we have completed anagreement to end the war andbring peace with laurels in theLand of the Praying Mantis." Ageneral sigh escaped from thecrowd, which pleased Mr. Fox,w h o could not discern the sense ofthe animals* whispered commen ts . "Beasts cannot! l ivewithout war ," brayed thedesolate donkeys wearing brassmedals. But they comforted eachothervwith the idea that 44If wecan't ftfight the Bugs, well findanother herd to fight," andproceeded to plan a new strategy .In an adjacent section of thecrowd, the beavers, fretting overthe figures on their ticker tape s,chattered about the effect of theoutbreak I of peace. Seated in atree on the periphery* of th eassembly, Mr. Owl murmured,one thirds to the cat beside him,o n e third to himself, and o n e thirdto no one in particular, "Laurelsindeed! Everyone knows they'recabbage leaves for hiding ourfaces. How much5earlier mightthis war have ended had we notinsisted upon cabbage leaves ? "

M r. Fox continued. "I salute allBeasts, who have supported ourcampaign for peace with laurelsand who, I am sure, join me inhonoring our brave rams whohave bat t led for us ." Thegiraffes, the species constitutingthe largest part of the group,concurred with mute mods.Having a good perspective of thecrowd, the Owl sadly I rem arkedthe lambs wearing little uniformsand butting each other with

wooden horn s. Si f? > J |Mr. Fox * was concluding hisspeech. "We owe our f inalgratitude to our chief negotiator,Dr. Bear J who maneuvered theag r eemen t accep t ed by th eHonorable Wasp of the North andthe Honorable Leech \of | th eSouth." Standing behind Mr. Fox,the bespec tacled Dr. Beargrunted in acknowledgement ,gr inned a t the c rowd, thenfollowed the ruler off the platform, which hadjbeenlheld inplace by donkeys,V beave r s ,giraffes, and veteran rams whohad been blinded i n t h e war .

The cat , as was* her custom,was swishing heritail freely fromside to side. She had beenlistening closely to both Mr. Fox'sspeech and the Owl's remarks.She turned to the Owl, whopointed out "He said nothingabout the does, who dodged theharsh call if the donkeys t o w a r . Isuppose we'll find it necessary towear copper collars to bring themhome now.\' "I wouldn't doubt that, j|Mr.Owl. But look: th at heavy-jowledd o g keeps stealing glances at youand now he's scribblingsomething in a notebook. Andthere , another one just clicked acamera in this direction." Spyinga beetle on a nearby branch, theO w l plucked it off and showed theplastic device t o h i s friend^'Theywere listening to me ." Then, withthe ironic wit which buttressedhis nerves in his open oppositionto Mr. Fox, the Owl, like a priestat Delphi, intoned "La G uerre desPunaises a a peine commence. Laguerre punaise a a peine commence. | 1T h e War of the Bugs has hardlybegun. The stinking war hashardly begun.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORWriter RapsSports EditorDear Sports Editor:I hav e r ea d wit h! s izzl ingresentment some of the comments and analogies that|yourI l lus tr ious spor ts ed i tor fhassubmitted our basketball team tothis year.;I find them disgustingand uncalled for...In short, Iprotest.It is time someone stood up andspoke for a bunch of guys w h o lastyear and this year have taken ona cons ide rab l e ! bu rden andcarried it with the poise andconfidence found on few youngteamsiin the country. I am notequatinggour Lakers with thosestate colleges whose teams^ havemany ye ars of tradition landreputa t ion to fol low. I amequating them with those teamsof so long ago. |The teams tha tmade basketball theigame it isand brought it into the collegiate

and national position:: it holdstoday. Certainly the MercyhurstLakers deserve th is honor ,whether Dairo's Divots perfers toconfer it o n them or not .p-The Lakers have, both last yearand this year's seasons, done arem arkable Ijob. While beingunfavored by most sports peopleand truly an underdog, the Lakersdauntlessly produced a | seasonseldom seen in the first year ofany basketball team. This yearthey strive for an even highergoal, an N. AJ .A.J bid, theydeserve all our support. I believeDairo feels he 's doing the best hecan to stir the basketball team inhis own way.Jput I believe hisway! is1 wrong. Some of theremarks in your* column havebeen downrightinsulting.ilnsultsare something no team shouldhave to take, especially from itsown school pape r. Your tid-bits ofinformation and your unfa iranalogies are better left unsaid.For put yourself in the team'splace. It is hard enoughlto know

that you blew it and come homedefeated. B u t it is another thing tohave your defeats thrown up inyour face a week later by the useof some stup id analogy. Our teamdoes not deserve it. In short, Mr.Sports Editor, back off. W e d o notneed your kicking our team in theface when they are already down.No wonder it | is hard to raiseschool spirt and support. If onerelied only on your column for anevaluation and look at the Lakerswe would surely be in sad shap e.Just as much as y o u , Dario, I andthe res t of th e students o n campuswould like to see th e Lake rs g o toKansas City. But, win, lose, ordraw, they are our? Lakers, andtheir re putation is our reputation,along with th eir wins and defeats.My mother used to tell me / "Ifyou can't sa y anything nice, don'tsay anything at all." It seems tobe your column could use a|fewmore blanksspaces. I know ourteam and eyes, could use arefreshing let up!! fi Marty Keeney

"INTELLECTUALAPATHY" | |T h e vision of Mercy hurst wh icha visitor is met with at its g ates,is that of an institution otfhighereducation. Unfortunity, this is notth e visionfwhich you receive ify o u ar e n o t a visitor. Mercyhurst,seen in its true light, is limited inits academic endeavors, with thefaculty being one J of the onlyactive participants fin this ar ea.The truth is? the student body hasdegenerated their p articipation inMercyhurst to one of "beer andbasketball". IPerhaps the most unfortunatething is that it is the faculty whosuffers. There can be* nothingmore?disheartening to a facultymember j than ajj student whorefuses to become concerned withhis or her own education. It isunfair however, to say that allstudents are disinterested in their

education, these people are few,but like ithe faculty they also

suffer. It is these few studentswho can help change and shouldwant to change this situation.M If you feelv you a r e ! in thisminority why should^you have toput up with the seeminglydis in teres ted (academical ly)majority. It is totally unfair toyou, your education, and thefaculty. There isjfof course noeasy solution to this p roblem, butthere can be a | solution. Thatbeing if the few inte rested peoplecan find it in them selves to someway get this majority interestedin academics, to find some w ay tostimulate the ir fellow studen ts. Itis not "beer and basketball"which makes this in stitution, it isacademics, which is the majorreason ifor the ex is tence ofMercyhurst College.

Theresa A . Grzankowski

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MERCYHURSTHERITAGEby Gary Bukowski

9th in seriesWhile Mercyhurst's firstdecade had revealed substantialgrowth in all areas from studentsand faculty to library books andcourses , there was a lso acorresponding s trong development of the College's social andcultural life. |One oft the more importantformal events in the schoolcalendar was Bishop ' Gannon'sannual visit which usually tookplace in October or November.One of the first recorded visitswas on Tuesday,^November 26,1927. At this time, a play wasperformed entitled: "TheShepe rd of His Flock," which wasfollowed by a Mass, dinner, andthe singing of the School Song.

The evening concluded with anaddress by the Bishop to theassembled students and Sisters.

Gary BukowskiMercyhurst also had its shareof clubs and organizations. Atvarious times fcomi 1926-1936,there was in addition to StudentGovern men t, a Great Books Club,English, and Art Club,> International Re lations Club, Sodality,Science Club, Order Of GoodAccountants Sorority, Glee Club,JanusFciub, Math Club, RoostClub, Athle t ic Associa t ions ,Home Economics, Pegasus Club,Latin Clubj Le Cercle Francaisand Jan e Adams Society. One ofthe more interesting aspects ofthe College program in the firstdecade w as the numbe r of outsidespeake rs brought to the Campus.Perhapsj th e best known wasMayor La Guardia, who spoke atMercyhurst on February 4, 1931.At the time, La Guardia spoke ofthe importance of women inpolitics, and cited as an examplethe influence of the daughter ofWilliams Jennings Bryan. On theway home , he excited th e Collegeby having his fplanejj fly overMercyhurst and dip the wings insalute. m

Another speaker that gracedMercyhurst with a vist was Rt.Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen. Hegave a speech in Christ the KingChapel, in March of 1936, aboutthe dange rs of Communism.The Mercyhurst Theatre alsoreceived its start at this time.One of the first plays produced bythe College was the operatta, TheWild Rose, which took place atthe Colonial Th eatre on April 26 &27,|l929. Some of the leadingplaye rs included Ne llie Guilfoyle,(who played the; lead); EleanorKrah , Marga r e t Rees e andBarbara |Wilbert. The . Societypage in the E rie Dispatch Heraldhad high praise for The WildRose: 1 'I ?It was...without a doubt, one ofthe most ^pleasing productionsever given in Erie by a group ofstudents; from the raising of thecurtain until the finale. Thecharming play was filled withbright song h its, clever lines andsome real ly f ine dancing.Especially commen dable was theensemble dancing, which showedexcellent training .Th e next year, the Collegeswitched to a musical comedy:Maid of Toyko, with a cast of 100girlsalmost the en tire College.Surpassing on every count,their last year's show, Maid ofToyko, presented Thursday' nighta t the Park Theatre^ was asglittering, lively, and-colorful areview as one might expe ct from

many a professional compan y.Indeed, it was the tempo of theperformance m ore than anythingelse, which made it seem lessamate ur and more p rofessional.Mercyhurst College even hadits own Sorority formed by th enon-resident students in 1930. Th ename of it was Kappa Chi, and itsthe College. It also cited as objectives, "... the promotion andencouragement of the mental andsocial developments of itsmember s toge th e r ^with th ecultivation of friendship, goodfellowship, charity and helpfulness."In fact, it was this group thati n i t i a t ed th e Fa th e r -Daugh te rWeekend, which is still a p opularevent at Mercyhurst today. Therewas even a Mother-DaughterWeekend initiated in Jun e of 1930.However, this event did not havethe lasting power of Father-Daughter Weekend and soonfadedjaway. Unfortunately, theKappa Chi Sorority died out in1934 because of a loss of interest. p% I (Next-Athletics)

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At Mercyhurst And CathedralOrgan And Choral Music

Two works for organ will befeatured on a program to bepresented at Mercyhurst CollegeChapel of Christ The King and theEpiscopal Cathedral of St. Paul.Miss Mary O'Connor, a]JuniorMusic Major at Mercyhurst, willperform Charles Ives' "Variationon 'America' ". Ives (1847-1954)lis recognized as one ofphe mostimaginative composers to* havebeen born in the United States. Heremained an amateur musicianfor h is entir e life, but long beforeh is works received publ icrecognition, he had anticipatedsome |of | the most radicaldevelopments of twent ie th-century music. His unorthodoxtechniques and his unique sense ofhumor often lead the listener tobelieve he is hearing incorrectnotes when, in fact, it is beingplayed the way Ives intended it tobe. The!tune 'America' is wellknown t o all listeners.**

Miss Dierdre E. Klick, a SeniorMusic Major a t M ercyh urst, andwell known to Erie Music Lovers,will presentfthe first local performance of {Alberto G in aste ra's"Toccata, Villancico y Fugue",which ;was wr i t t en in 1947.Ginastera is one of SouthAmerica's leading composers. InJuly 1967 his *opera* "Bomarzo''was banned in Argentina, hisnative country, and became aninternational cause celebre. Hismost impor tan t musical in-fluences have been Stravinsky,Bartok and Schoenberg. He isextremely skillful i inmanipulating th e modern tools ofhis trade writing music both

po werfu 1 and intense. |The "Peaceable Kingdom" is asequence of e igh t sacredchoruses for -unaccompaniedmixed voices. The text is takenfrom the prophecy of Isaiah. Itdeals with the goodness whichawaits those that obey the tenantsof the Lord and what those that donot obey;the Lord can expect.Thompson emp loys sophisticatedc o n t e m p o r a r y meanstoneclusters, recurring motifs, and agrea t range of adventurouschoral effects. {lie writes, inaddition to jdramaticdeclamation, fluid, quiet, melodiclines that fall easily on the ear.|This concert of contemporarymusic for organ an d choral forcesof The Episcopal Cathe dral of Stfc

Paul and the Mercyhurst FestivalChorus, is sponsored by the Tri-College Cultural Series and theFriends of the Creative Arts ofthe Cathedral of St. Paul. Therewill be two performances* in twodifferent locations. First onThursday, February l, at theMercyhurst College Chapel ofChrist the?King and on Sunday,February 4, at the EpiscopalCathedral of St. Paul,|l35 W. 6thStreet.|The two organ studentsare pupils of Carl E. Stout, OrganInstructor at Mercyhurst Collegeand Director of the MercyhurstFes t i va l I Chorus j an d ftheCathedral of St. Paul Choirs.Both performances will be held at8:15 P.M. {and there is no admission charge .

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played by Andrea Kupetz, who isa ffighty young girl who lives inthe nex t apar tmen t . Mrs. Baker ,Don's over protective mother isplayed by Kathleen Z angrilli. Thefast character, Ralph, played byAndrew Cameron, is a rude andconceited friend of Jill 's. All ofthese people make up what is an| old-fashioned play about callowbut brave youngsters, rebellingagainst all the stuff like familyand the way th ings are. iHf %

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seems to be gett ing off to a badstart , in spite of the honest, busyefforts of its me mbe rs.Interestingly, only: four of thet en members are MercyhurstCollege I students.Tout of thesefour, only three}'are fynusicmajors. 3811 ^j$|" i f play J myself", addedWilliams, the band's director,"and the others are MercyhurstPrep students, who play voluntar i ly ." I fMr . Williamsjis replacing Mr.Carl Stout as Pep Band Directorth is year . M f |fc $ ft1 When questioned about the lowp e r c e n t a g e ? of college 'c pa r ticipation in the band, Mr.Williams * simply guessed thatV-"AV\A V I X J _

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L A K E R E T T S H O M EMERCYHURST COLLEGE FEBRUARY 2, 1973

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The Mercyhurst Lakeretts will open their 1973 basketball seasonthis Monday evening (February 5) at home against Perm State(Behrend Campus) at 7:00 p.m. Due to the lack of proper homefacilities, Mercyhurst Prep will serve as the Lakeretts home court.Janet Pr ice, servingxher third-year as head coach feels quiteoptimistic concerning her girls thi s season: "I feel we are going tofloor a very $ exciting team! We once again lack the height todominate a n y real board strength and will have to definitely dependonour "lightning speed" to compensate our munchkin s ta ture ."Four of last year's starting five will once again start for the'Hurst, in addition to a beginning senior, Nancy Zindonas, whoshows definite ^promise under th e boards. Rounding out this year'sLakeretts are four sophomores, Gerry Sica, Mary Drummond, PatVoigt and Cindy Kerr, one freshman Theresa Carr and SeniorMarlene Smith. Individual biographies concerning these girls willbe featured in the next few editions of the Merciad. Good luck for asuccessful season girls! i w -5* | w, f|

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Women's Intramural Basketbal lThe women ' s i n t r amura lbasketball program took off witha flying start when Scitawdefeated th e Truckers o n January15 by a score of 33 to I8i! Holdingthe Truckers scoreless -in th ethird quarter clinched the firstwin for Scitaw. |Sharon Kestlerwas high score with te n points forthe winners and Sue : Krausdumped in twelve for the losers.Wednesday, January 17, saw thef i rs t meet ing between theBaldwin Bombers and! Th eBeavers with the former rompingover the latter by a score of 20 to

9. Katy Novosel chipped in eightpoints for the Bombers with 2buckets a piece for the Beaversby Vikki Yurcovic and FranFerrand. Thursday, January 18,found Scitaw clinching its secondvictory over the Beavers in anexciting 25-20 match. SharonKessler aga in topped thescoreboard with ten points forScitaw as Katie Withersty from

the Beavers matched her. Thedifference in this m atch w as foulsas one of the Beavers' startersleft at the initial moments of thefourth with f ive.The second week of women'sintramural basketball began onJanuary 22 with The Truckerswalking over Lex's Army 37-19.Sharon Dombrowski overwhelmed the opponents byracking up 22 points. SallySchismenos tippe d in 12 points forth e losers and left the game at theend of the third quarter with fivepersonals. Wednesday, January24 found Scitaw taking its firstdefeat to the Baldwin Bombers ina real shaver of . 16-15. KatyNovosel again topped th e scoringfor th e Winners when she chippedin 4 buckets and two free throws.Mary Ellen Matts had 3 bucketsand two free throws for Scitaw.Scitaw came close with lastminute jj baskets by Mary JoCalhoun and Sue Hurley but The

Bombers held on to clinch their2n d victory. The en d of the secondweek of competition came with awalloping v ictory by L ex's Armyover the | Beavers.f SallySchismenos sent the Basketballthrough the rim on 11 occasionsand Nancy Borowski tallied rig htbehind her with 12 points. FranFerron h it with thre e buckets forthe losers and the game endedwith Lex's "Army defeating theBeavers by a score of 36-12. M>JMStandings at the en d of the firsttwo weeks show: 1st p lace to theBombers with two wins and nolosses; 2nd place to Scitaw withtw o wins an d o n e loss; 3rd place atie between The Truckers andLex's Army with o n e win and oneloss apiece; and last place to theBeavers with th ree losses.Come down and watch* th egames in the Mercyhurst Gym onMonday 's , Wednesday 's andThursday's from 5:00 p . m . to 6:00p.m. We guarantee you'll enjoyit . i s & fi" &

Nassau Trip PlannedAre you tired of the long drawn-out Eri e w inters, those cold windsoff the lake? Bored of pulling "allnighters"? Eve r thought of goingto the b e a c h - in NASSAU? Youcan on a charte r trip sponsoredby;|M r.IB. Philip j)Herring, theDirector of Student A ctivities.| During the Easte r Recess, Mr.Herring is sponsoring a trip toNassau, in the sunny Bahamas,April|l3-20, with all details prearranged. RouncUrip jet transportation from Greater BuffaloInternational Airport (Buffalo,

N.Y..) with open bar and meals inflight dependant on departuretime,j hotel accommodations atthe Montagu Beach H otel, and alltransfers, tips, and taxes andservices are .included in thepackage , priced from $ 1 9 5 .Th e Montaguf has its ownprivate beach and a pool, withtwo restaurants and bars. Sip acool tropical drink, or better yet,attend the free rum swizzle partyand manag er's cocktail party . Alladministrative and itravel ser

v ic es a r e a r r anged th roughV a c a t i o n e r ' s I n t e r n a t i o n a lAgency of Ann Arbor, Michigan,the largest studentf travel administrator i n t h e country.For more information orreservations, contact M r. Herringat his office in Zurn Hallbasement, for call 864-1681, ext.281 during^the day. Also, watchfor information announcing themass meeting for information onthe Bahamas and > this t r ip . Arepresen tative from Vacationer'sIn terna t ional Agency wil l bepresent to answer questions andgive travel tips, as well as toshow a movie o n t h e Bahamas.

The trip is open to al l | Mercyhurst students,ffaculty, staff,and their im mediate families. Ashort reminder - The per seatprice is the pro-rata share of thetotal I charter cost, subject toincrease or decrease dependingupon the total number *of part ic ipants , as per Civ i lAeronautics Board reg ulations.LAKERS STARTINGTO ROLL I

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play the brand of ball that is indicative of their talent. They havechalked up f ive consecut ivevictories over Roberts Wesleyan,Alliance, Point Par k, Lock Havenand Fros tburg Sta te . Consequently they have taken a giants tep towards obta in ing theDistrict 18 title bid that has beentheir goal since the beginning ofthe season. With* the victoriesover Behrend, Slippery Rock andR.I.T., I would feel safe,to say"the b i d i s almost in the bag. ' ' 'As of this writing, big SteveAlbert is still the pacesetter in thescoring and rebounding departments. In sixteen games, Alberthas scored at a 17.3 clip and hashauled down 18.2 missed shots.Captain J. C. Carter is second inScoring at 14.0 and Jesse Campbell is second in rebounding at1 0 . 9 . ! i

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The Social Security ^Administration and the VeteransAdministration will be on campus on Tuesday, February 6th, tointerview Seniors and discuss employment opportunities availablewith the ir respective agen cies. -J f |For those Seniors interested in teaching "positions |with th e

Diocese of Erie , Dr. Joseph W achter will b e o n campus on the 8th ofFebruary. Please stopin the P lacem en t Office (Room 207-Main) toschedule your appointments a s soon a s possible!

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