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T H E"Not Everything* «

That is faced can be changed:ButNothing, Up t,

] Can be changed until it is aced "3i - James Baldwin r

VOL. XLV NO. 18 MERCYHURST COLLEGE FEBRUARY 9, 1973

S H A N E A N N O U N C E S

P L A N N I N G T A S K F O R C E S

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Editor's Note:!The following is theHext of a

speech delivered by PresidentMarion L.IShane to the CollegeSenate on January 31 | 1973. Thespeech concerns the formation oftask forces to help plan Mercy-hurst* s future.

My first objective uponassuming the presidency of theCollege last July was to learn asmuch about it as soon as I could. Iattempted to do this as diligentlyas possible and still deal w ith thepressing decisions that had'to bemade during | they learningprocess. |g

My learning has only begun, butI believe that I can report that Iknow more about Mercyhurst atthe end of seven months than I didwhen I first walked on campus.This knowledge has come t from

working land talking withstudents, staff, faculty, administrators, associates, trusteesand friends of the College.

As I talked withlalHof you Irealized that earlier than I wouldwish and long before f really feltthat I knew and understood theCollege, I would hav e to see tha tsome decisions were made* insome critical areas because thewitching time w as upon all of us.During the pastffive*<yearsf ourcollege has undergonephenomenal growth and movedcourageously on to some newground: men students, flexibilityin curriculum, experiments inlearningl increasing lay appointments! in faculty, administration and trustee s.

Essentially I had two choices onhow to make the decisions thisyear regarding the College. Onewas to work primarily within theadministrative-trustee structureand because of the\ shortness ofthe* time limit drastically inputfrom outside this process: or toannounce as e arly as possible theare as in which the decisions mustbe made and secure as broad aninput as possible, fS i believe in open systems ofworking, studying, sharing anddeciding together. For this reasonI have made? a sincere effort tosecure a s ! broad an input aspossible in making thesedecisions. The task forces that Iam announcing today are | themeans that seemed most efficientfor securing this inputJEach task

P R E S I D E N T S H A N E

force whose names you have inthis meeting will be asked to zeroin on one of the are as of decision.

In those areas benefiting frombroad input I have w orked closelywith thejpSenate ExecutiveCouncil to see that related Senatecommittees provide part of thestudent and faculty membershipof each task force. |

Input from these task forceswill j help * me prepare \ recommendations to be subm itted to theBoard of* Trustees for ultimatedecision in these areas. As Iexplained in my last repor t to theSenate, these recommendationswill be submitted to the Senatefor reactions and final input.These reactions and input will beconsidered in the .final over allplan that I present to the Board inlate Aprils | I t I f

These immediate decisionsmust be seen in relationship to thefuture of the C ollege. AccordinglyI am proposing to the trusteesthat the periods shown providethe>time frame for .the Collegeplanning, j iSfe I 5? i %

Behind this ten-y ear projectionlies a basic assumption:

Change has and will outstripour I ability to meet it? constructively unless we begin tosolve current problems with faneye to achieving long-range objectives. This time frame! isdesigned to* give our College ameans of controlling both theacceleration andlkind of changethat Mercyhurst must face.

l.|The Task Force on basicdirection of College programs:

Here I hope for nog suddenwrenching of College programs;however, I will present to | thistask force this week a statementof commitments made by theCollege in key documents; faproposed creed, purpose andmission, and selected quotationsshowing aspects of change thatare emerging for all of us. Thesestatements will be designed toaccomplish the following:

1. Honor the College's inheritedcommitments.! \

2. Link;these commitments toan educational philosophy that

TIME FRAME PLANNINGJuly 1

Mercyhurst '76

1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 197$ 1979 1980 1981 1982

'lercyhurst '82

Zmplementationof Ucrcyhurst '82

Mercyhurst 76 J •&' jy - %. jSet a series of objectives for 1976 that wi l l %•\' $ , r o w * r o m commitments inherited from the past, or deviate from only with approval of college community.

£2. Clarify uncertain points emerging from recent period of change and growth:m Reflect considerations of what kind of college Mercyhurst should be in 1982; or at its centennial In 20 ;84. Prov ide a framework and opportunity to develop Mercvhurst '82* \

M E R C Y H U R S T ' 8 2 | * f $ v •1. In conjunction with preparation for the Middle States Accreditation visit (currently planned for fall 76) un

dergo a self stud y and comprehensive planning of objec tives to be achieved bv 1982 /IMPLEMENTATI ON OF MERCYHURST '82 %

1. Work to achieve by 1982 th e objectives set forth in Mercyhurst '82.2. Continue self study and evaluatio n. t.

will unify much of what we noware doing. | ?$!#*

3. Provide ^a ^conceptualframework for working outMercyhurst '82: that is, the kindof college that M ercyhurst shouldbe in 1982. This process will takeplace between next fall and ourgolden anniversary in 1976. It willcoordinate a self-study and ourten year accreditation by theMiddle |St ate st Association ofColleges. i <*

2. The | Task Force onPhilosophy and objectives ofPhysical Education, Intramuralsand Athletics: j %

The Task Force on Philosophyand objectives of a college centeror student center j

The visit of Mr.$ RichardTheibert last^Thursday broughtsome new thoughts to all whoheard him, including m emb ers of

these two task* forces £ and; theenvironmental studies Sinter-session J He recommended thatwe consider combining a studentcenter and a recreational buildingin one facility. * ! & ' f M

For this reason, I am askingthat these two task,forces workclosely together to answer* thesetwo questions: M

1. What does Mercyhurst wantto accomplish in a recreational^facility? Jjl12. What does Mercyhurst wants

.to accomplish in a college orstudent center? i f

| A&jstudent from the en-jvironmental studies intersessionhas b een appointed to eac h of the dtask forces. Sister Maura and BillDarrin, who taught the inter-session, are ^to serve as?resource persons for these twotask forces,f *•kThe intent in seeking this

facility is to move from objectives to programs to buildingor b uildings. I y % f. 3. Task Force on Optimum Sizeof the College: k | |

This is a pressing decision thatwill be answered by default if wedo not attempt to face it directly.

Mercyhurst \is iin la ^growthsyndrome that has gripped manycolleges; la s growth" occurs,budget needs increase, and morestudents and tuition are needed tomeet these costs. Many collegeswithout i planning suddenly find

themselves changing in characterbecause I they have grown toolarge. 3 i k

| This 5 pa st: month I h avediscussed this question of sizewith presidents of ten collegesbetween 1,000 and 2,000 students.No magic formula exists but onebit of advice was universal: don'tdrift into growing larger withoutweighing the consequences.fThis task force will be asked to

consider the qualitative aspectsof the question: If Mercyhurstwishes to maintain a climate ofinformality, friendliness -andpersonal attention to studentlearning and problems, how largecan it grow? * I | *

M Concurrently I will see thatquantitative aspects of thequestion also will be studied^Facilities, space, budgets, etc.

4. Task j Force on

Administrationof the College: %The prima ry assignment of thistask force will be to serve as asounding board and I advisorygroup to the president on how thecollege can limprove its administrative performance.^Considerations: t?1. A i managementfinforma tion

system.j§ 2. Pro-active - administrativeperformance^ ^

3. Clarification of decisionmaking.? ••} ? ? |§ 4. Opportunity for individualsto develop as the* collegedevelops, j . i£ i

5. Improvement of proceduresand communications. *g Conclusion:

As soontas possible, I shallmeet with each task force for an

initial briefing session. I shallserve as an ex-of f cio memb er ofeach task forceland will * meetwith each as my schedule permits and or upon request.

I* am tasking th at task forcereports reach me by Friday,March 9, the end of J this winterterm. I plan to present the initialdraft of my overall plan to theSenate early in the spring term.

My present thought is that oncetheBoard has acted upon the planin May, these? task forces mayself destruet; jiwhen that occurs Ihope that all of us will have gonethrough a mutually^ reward inglearning proc ess.

TASK FORCE flPPOINTfTlENTS:Below are the Task Forces appointed by President Shane with the cooperation of' the. Senate, and the

area with which each will be concerned.

ge Community having opinions or connections I regarding any ot thes topics areicate your views to the chairman or a member of any of these Task Forces.

All mem bers of the Collegeencouraged to contra UA

1. Task Force on Basic Direct ion of College Programs:

David Blanchtteld, Chairman •Sister Barbara Brairton &Louise Finney » *

Wi l l iam GarveyJames LanahanMir iam AAashank

Joseph PizzatJoseph Sisca *Karyn Smith • *

2. Task Force on Philosophy and Object ives of Physical Educa t ion , intramurals and Athlet ics:

At Belovarac tDick FoxJames Kinnane

Bob Parks < ;*3SNancy PentakJanet Price

Dave Shimpeno, ChairmanMariene Smith % n

3. Task Force oh Philosophy and Object ives of Student Center:

Jerry F edor <Phil HerringWilliam Kennedy

R e n e e c i a r k F *Dario Cipriani t #

M i c h a e l E r i s m a n *

is Task Force on Opt imum Sizeof College:

Sister Matthew BaitusDean Wil l iam Garvey

jSg Peter Schaaf, Trustee

5-Task Force on Administrat io n of College

Jerry Barron • *£ 'Tom Bill ingsley, ChairmanDon Grinde *Charieen Koiupski

\) Resource Persons Bill Darrin and Sister Maura Smith• Student

* Senate Committee Appointment

F.rank HagenJames McAndrew •* <f\Alexis Walker, Chairman * D

Sister Anne Francis, Ex off icioPresident Shane. Ex o ff icio

Tom MonaghanSister Anne PicrottiSharon Santia *

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FROm THE TOWER:.X

DIRTY STORWb y A l B e lo v a r a c

F e a t u r e E d i t o r

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While walking*over to the Parade Street Apartments the otherday, we experienced a horrifying premonition of an impendingdoom*; about to befall the unwary inhabitants of the newly-constructed complex. After the dreadful vision, the urge to runthrough all thr ee floors, shouting at the top of our lungs, warningthem that the end is near was suppressed: only with an extremeeffort of the will. Nobody would listen, the only response would berestrained snickers and humoring smiles. The ghastly revelationwe beheld in a dark cloud hovering over the apartments will godown in the annals of the Mercyhurst Heritage as the (hideousMercy hurst Mud Monster. | jf I

k i * * *In the vision, we saw that huge plain of dirt b ecoming inundated

with rain and melted snow, slowly expanding, much like a sponge asit becomes saturated with water. Slowly, ever so quietly, itproceeded through a terrible metamorphosis, emerging in the endas an insatiable, muddy m orass with a b eastly killer instinct. Then,before our astonished ey es, it trembled as the first im pulses of lifesurged through its mushy, murky recesses. With a hideous groanthat sounded more like a chorus of all the lost souls in hell thananything else, it lumbered forward. The beast hesitated at first,then crept along with a slithering, sliding movement as its confidence in its own deadliness and invulnerability grew until it nearlyequaled its colossal mass. •• j ; fe| * < I

St i t- ' i * * i r* ^

It wasa Tuesday night and the air around the apartments wasfilled with the resonant sounds of thirty-six stereos pumping theirtunes into the cold, crisp air outside. -The steady drone wasperiodically broken by a sharp peale of giggles and laughter or thepiercing snap and hiss of a multitude of pull-tab cans. This wasparty night! The jubilant revellers of|the evening had not theslightest hint of? their impending doom as the surging, throbbingmass of mud and slime menacingly'approached the defencelessbuilding. ||j& fg 5 ^** f |

Suddenly, with a crackling explosion, the electricity abruptlyshut off, and the music slowed to an odius, mournful stop. Aneruption of laughter mixed with curses flew from all the windows asthe doomed residents unkowingly lambasted the inadequacies ofthe school's power supply. £ | 1 | g | | *

In an instant their vexation turned to horror as slimy mud pouredin through every crack, door, and window, surrounding, rushingover the scramb ling, screaming students. They had no hope againstthe mushy, grisly oozeiNo one escaped its sticky, deadly clutch.

* * *

Almost as mysteriously as the beast was coughed up from thebowels of the e arth, it settled b ack down, drifting into a contentedsleep now that it had satisfied its gruesome ap petite, but not beforeit had made an ominous movement in the direction of Baldwin Hall.Only a sea of congealed mud rem ained, and scattered about couldbe seen fragments of stereos, records, and crunched b eer cans, theonly part of the entire building that had been left undigested. Oddly,enough, there was one record that had not been damaged in anyway, m ysteriously left unscathed on top of a muddy knoll. It was arecording of Pete Fountains Greatest Hits. M

A horrified public and lamenting families called for an immediatefederal investigation into,the unearthly!incident. J'After^severalmonths, the answer was uncovered. A research team from M.I.T.discovered that there was only one way in which the beast mighthave been prevented from developing. The secretiweapon wasfound

tolbethe

common,everyday blade of grass which, when

planted in abundance, miraculously soaks up moisture and preventsthe birth of mud beasts. If Sessler Builders had planted the weed,the awful beast would never have had a chance, land thirty-sixstudents might still be alive. I

it§ * * * #As it stands, there is no grass in that are a, and the vision we saw

will remain im printed on our minds until something is done. We didour duty. We saw the premonition and we gave the warning. It's allin the hands of the fates. P arad e Street A partment dwellers, whenyou journey to your classes through an ever-increasing mass ofoozing mud, remember this column and heed our warning beforeit's too late.! J? 3 Wh J '£ Jsl i & i

THEMERCIADIYearsofService

Pu b l i s h e d w e e k l y d u r i n g th e co l lege year, except Thanksg iv ing , inte rsess ion , Chris tmas an d Easter vacat ions a n d examinat ion per iodsby th e students of M e rc y h u rs t C o l l e g e , E r i e , P a . / 16501. M a i l i n g a d d r e s s : M e r c y h u r s t M a i l ro o H a l l , Box 36.

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S t a f f W r i t e rs : Dave Ho r fovarac , Gary Bukowsk i , JudyS m i t h , Andrea Kupetz , Joan Bucher, Pat t ie Beck , Sharon ^Namer, A .j , A d a m s , Pa u l H a n e s , MaureenSullivan .

Staf f : T o m F r ank P a u l Doran , Maureen H u n t , M a r i e K a n i c k i , M a r yGriswo ld , Ga i l Stevens , T o m R ic to r , J i rm Pre z , - Sa n d y N i c k e rs o n ,Ma ure en Connors* Sy lv ia McCr ay , Judy F lynn , Peggy Bened ic t , FranDanielS.I - 2 : •*&"

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THREE PERSPECTIVES

College and Employment

Telev i s ion , newspape r s ,parents and teachers all drummed it into our heads during fouryears of high school...don't dropout...you'11never get a good job.So, like good little kids we packedup our money and went to collegein search for the good job. M

But many ex-students arefinding that college really doesn'tmean instant employment.

Two Mercyhurst ex-patriates,a graduate ana a one-year dropout recently gave then' views ont h e y c o l l e g e - e m p l o y m e n tsituation.

The one-year man, whomajored in Business, quit schoolfor several reasons. Financialproblems plus the feeling that hereally was not getting anywherein school were the major contributing factors. I

Looking for employment is initself a full-time job and outsideof a 3-week Christmas job, ourone-year man has not found work.m The options left to the one-yearcollege m an include trying to findwork here (in Erie) or at home,

return to school, or just take off.

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 r

Injjhis own w ords,| "It's verydepressing." *

With the war over, returningveterans will further destroy jobopportunities. M ^ 2

The one-year drop-out is^nowtrying to return to college. Hefeels that he will now take school

more seriously J \ Si

The sad Ipart is that aftercompleting college, all that j hemay have is a sheepskin diplomaand a collegeToaiuo pay off.

Our '72 Mercyhurst graduatehas found that it is experiencethat counts.

He was refused a job at Mercyhurst based on the fact that hewas inexperienced and has eventold his qualifications were notgood enough to merit an application to another job.

The college graduate evenapplied to the Air Force due tothe lack of jobs but later changedhis mnd, i |

At the moment, the Mercyhurstgraduate is working part-time as

a Iteacher's aide at the Middle

School in Erie.His future plans call Ifor

returning to school to obtain hism ast ers ,! but without work,financial problems are inevitable.

The college graduate blamesschool, to some degree, on-thelack of preparation students need

in seeking employment. ?He would like to see uselesselective courses dropped in favorof courses which are morerelevant to what students willneed later. * ™ *^p* ^ »

Another help for students wouldbe an apprentice program foreach major. The -Mercyhurstgraduate found out too late thatthere was not anything he wantedto do with his History major.

The college graduate also feelsthat school placement officesshould get away iffrom the viewpoint that all college students aregoing to be teachers and expandto help more students. I ,

School may not be what wewant or expected, but at least it issomething. It may also be theonly job you will get for a long,

longtime, i 3

HAVE YOU HEARD?After hearing the news of the

end of the w ar in Viet Nam, thisperson thought "It's about time!

Then, I sank back into my Mercyhurst? existence with my tenpage term papers and my subjective-objective-perspective-

dejective tests. Collegejthen is acommunity in itself. And what acommunity-with all its fratpar t ies , beer \ blasts andhomework somewhere in bet-

b y A n d r e a K u p e t z

ween, we Vforget the outsideworld. The earth orbits once aday while we stuff our faces withSaga food and try to stay awakein class. This person offers nodemands or lectures, but only ahope that we will all think of thatoutside world at least once inawhile and remember that notonly a re we here to have fun, butto learn something. Learningcomes in all forms. Even if itmeans we've only gained in

dependence or cansay*4I love youworld and I want my life to be agood one." And when we receive

our parchment (or whatever it isdiplomas' come in, these days)we'll laughjjas we think of ourgreat?; times in college and whoknows, >maybe we 11 evenremember the day the w ar endedin Viet Nam and|wonder if weheard it before or after thatparty we went to.#

ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

Februa ry, 1973

L a k e r s vs.Wheeling/ ath o m e ! 5:00p.m. a t Tech. %

LINCOLN'S

BIRTHDAY

VD D a n c e " JailBait" i.D.S9-1

Flic-' ' B a h a m aIsland- 700 Adventures" Allinvi ted who a reinterested int r ip . H P-m.Room to be an

nounced.

M i k eM o r y c

w i th a• l i t t l e

help f romJo nIms.

DanceR u n t " *Bring ID ' s .

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FEBRUARY 9, 1973MERCYHURST COLLEGE

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE

Andrea K upetz In {Lead R o le ?*»

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A n d r e a K u p e t z as " J i l l T a n n e r "

Andrea Kupetz was delightfullysurprised when she got the lead in"Butterflies a re F ree ." Shethought she could do it becauseshe believes in herself, bu t she

never expected to get the part.Andrea is a .freshman dramamajor who moved from Fayet-teville, No rth| Carolina and nowmakes herhome inErie.

Andrea said that to be a d rama

major yo u have to know what y o uwant, believe in what you do, andbe very determined if you aregoing to make it. She has beensure of what she wanted, to be aprofessional actress, since juniornigh school when sh e had leads inplays every |year1 She took ?acouple;*years of • drama lessonsand used to go to the theatre inher town, where she was exposedto a more professional touch* Inhigh school, the absence of playsUntil her senior year made herdesire even stronger.

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Mercyhurst was Andrea'schoice of a college b ecause it w assmall. fShe wanted a differentenvironment from her cold highschool days. She wanted a warmfriendly place where the teacherscared and she said they do here.This summer Andrea had planned

McAuley-Fund Successb y S h a r o n W a r n e r

The McAuley Fund, a productof th e McAuley D orm Council is anew; organization on campus,designed t o b e "a positive force increating better living conditionsin th e dor m i tory.." •» | |

The fund, begun at the start ofthis school year, was firstpresented to McAuley Hallresidents in an attempt to securefor them those "luxury items"such as pool tables and a coloredtelevision, that they would nototherw is e enjoy. i

The Council consists of threedorm ^representatives, theresident assistants | and "threeresident direc tors.6 Money for the fund is obtainedvoluntarily from McAuleystudents, who have each donated$1 0. from the standard damagefee that each M ercyhurst studentmust p a y . f

Any item to be purchased byappropriations from!the dormfund must meet the unanimousapproval of all nine of theselected representatives. | . ;

While .there has not beenadequate time to make anycandid judgements on success ofthe McAuley Fund, } it seemsalready to have offered aworkable solution on how toobtain communal items thatseem impossible to receive fromth e college itself. J

McAuley residents to date areenjoying the benefits of a 23-inchcolor television set, a pool table, aping-pong table and pinballmachines and_the unquestionedsuccess of a C hristmas party thatis still being talked about.

Still more purchases and wantsare in planning stages, such as anoutdoor movie to be shown on theMcAuley Patio. £

WQLNotesThe What. When, and Who of

Stereo !H.:i Mercyhurst forFebruary 10-16 Ih.

Saturday, February 1010-12 p.miOFF THE 11EC011Dwith Gene Shaw

Sunday, Febru ary 11 j |8 p.m. THE ROYAL IN

STRUMENT with LindaMazotta > * •* i&

9 p . m . T R A D I T I O N A LI AMERICAN FOLK SPECIAL10 p.m. PROMENADE CON

CERT^ with Barb ara |AnnHewitt^ I m W-

II p.m. FIRST HEARINGi Monday, Feb ruary 12 . 8

11 a.m. STILLBREATH'S WARPwith Stillbreath; featuringDIALOGUE ON &THEALLEGED DEATH OF GODand THE UDOQi WHOWOULDN'T B E F p t

4 p . m . OFF THE RECORD withI Pat Newbold i. f| 'l :M

1 0 p . m .OFF THE RECORD with* Denny Woyteck g ?

11 p . m . NOCTURNE £•Tu esday«- F ebr u ary 13

11 a.m. STILLBREATH'S WARPwithi Stillbreath featuringT H E NOVEL Part 1 and THED O G W H O WOULDN'T BE

4 p.m. OFF T H E RECORD10 p.m. OFF THE RECORD

f withPJ.Lovett11 p . m . CONCERT HALL

Wednesday, Februa ry 1411 a.m. STILLBREATH'S WARP

with Stillbreath featuringTHE NOVEL Part 2 and THED O G W H O WOULDN'T B E

4 p.m. O FF THE RECORD withBarb ara Ann Hewitt

10 p.m. WOODVS CHILDRENwith Jim Zelinski

11 p . m . NOCTURNE

Thursday, February 1511 a.m. STILLBREATH'S WARP

with Stillbreath featuringTHE NOVEL fPart 12 andY E S T E R Y E A R - T H ERADIO £ADVENTURES OFBATMAN m AND ff TH ESHADOW 'M

4 p.m. OFF THE RECORD w ithPa t Newbold •" |

1 0 p . m . OFF THE RECORD withGary Dudenhoef er

11 p . m . Tl IE VOCAL SCENEFriday, February 10

11 a.m. STILLBREATH'S WARPwith i Stillbreath featuringSHAW IN CANADA. \

4 p . m . OFF THE RECORD withG.T.Barron ¥ ?

10 p . m . OFF TH E RECORD withG . T . Barron

11 p.m. KEYBOARD IMMORTALS

Here's a taste of what theseshows are all a bout m

FIRST? HEARING: Everyoneloves to match wits with a critic.First Hearing is a stimulatingseries which allows the listener todo precisely that—to become acritic-for-an-hour, to share thediscovery and ev aluation of a newpiece or performance with apanel of professional reviewers.Heard every Sunday at 11 p.m.

PROMENADE CONCERT:Since before the turn of thecentury, London's Royal AlbertHall has been the home% of theHenry Wood Promenade Concerts. These hours of the mostfamiliar classics have become aregular*; feature of BBCprogramming in Britain. Now,WQLN Mercyhurst is pleased topresent this series to the Erielistener every Sunday at 10 p.m.

on attending a drama workshop,but instead is going to visit herparents who are in Greece. TheAcropolis was one sight she wasn o t going to miss. W

After graduating from} Mer

cyhurst, if she feels ready,Andrea would like to go to NewYork and try acting. If shedecides she can't do that, she willgo into amateur theatre. O ne wayor another, it will be drama ofsome kind, f .gg$;> Andrea was assistant stagemanager for "Dark of the Moon"and she thought this was a veryvaluable part of her training. Youusually see the finished productand don't realize how importantthe technical work is, and howmuch time an d effort goes into it.

The most important thing toAndrea now is her I part in"Butterflies are Free." Like life,the rehearsals a re both good andbad, but you learn from themboth. Her main objective now isgiving 100 per cent of herself. She

must prove to herself th ats h e

can

A n d r e a K u p e t z

believe in the cha racter. She alsowants the audience to believe,because she wants her friendsand it family to see her not as

herself, b u t a s the character Jill.

j Black History\Week | The Black Students of Mercyhurst College wish to invite allmembers of the College to participate in the celebration of BlackHistory Week, here February nth t o t h e 17th.

T h e events will begin with a speaker, M r s . Margaret Peters, 3p.m. Sunday and a "Soul Dinner" at the regular dinner hour.Black art will be displayed in the Zurn gallery through the weekby student artis ts an d other African worksi#

Edinboro, Gannon and Behrends colleges will sponsor otheractivities during the week. Transportation will be provided forthose w ho wish to attend, i if% |

The week's activities will end here with a dance on Fridayevening. j . | Imrafg I m, f |. j# One of the main purposes for this celebration is for both blackan d white students to become aware of "blackness" no t merely asa color, but more of a tradition and culture with a future and past.

W e. designate this coming week as "Awareness Week." Pleasecome and learn and support Black H istory Week.2 MHJBB j 1

SENIORS:Brochures will be available to better acquaint Seniors with

Northwestern University Graduate School program for:Business Adm inistratio n 2Hospital and Health Services Administration

< Public Management J, £This information c a n b e obtained in the Alumn i Office.

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T h e music is as light as Schubert,Strauss, and Tchaikovsky; it is,in short, the best loved music ofth e concert stag e. •• [

CONCERT HALL: A series oftaped concerts from London bythe BBC. You'll hear jclassicsperformed by the best orchestrasof the world every Tuesday at 11p.m. f I- 5 fe * :• "

WOODYS CHILDREN: HostBob Sherman brings you themusic and words of contemporary folk ^artists everyWednesday at 10 p . m . ?

| THE VOCAL - S CEN E: | Aweekly stereo hour of music andcomment drawn from the lyrictheatre an d opera stage by authorand broadcaster George Jellinekpresented each Thursday fat ilp.m. b y WQLN -FMercyhurst.; %

KEYBOARD IMMORTALS :Ever hear a Vorsetzer recording?Well, your chance has come atlast! Every Friday at 11 p.m. we

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Dario's Divots

LAKERS, LAKERETIESAM>!CQMMENTS

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S p o r t s E d i t o r

Bombers On Top

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The |Mercyhurs t ba ske tba l lteam - suffered two severe (setbacks last week that severlyhampered their chances of obtaining a bid to the District 18 postseason playoffs. They ?weredefeated by Slippery Rock 78-66and upset by R.I.T. 76-74.|TheLakers will perform again onSunday i$£\ afternoons againstWheeling College at ] TechMemorial. They now face mustwin situations if they a re to haveany [chance of seeing anyjpostseason action. i

season on Monday evening atMercyhurst Prep gym. Theycame up on the short side of a 39-30 count against Behrend. Twothings were quite evident as thiswriter viewed this contest. * TheLakerettes are one of the mostspir i ted bunch of basketballplayers I've ever seen. Theyscraped and fought up until thefinal whistle blew and eventhough, they suffered defeat wereperfect sportswomen after thegame. j They ( hung their headshigh and; congratulated each ofthe opposing play ers. With a littlemore practice, I look|for a winning season from these girls. Thesecond point was the disgustingturnout for the game* A paltrycrowd was on hand and thisdoesn't help the Lakerettes cau seat all. They need student vocal

The Lakerettes opened their support just like any other team.

1MB TodayB y ! Tom F r a n k

In action last Tuesday at theMercyhurst^"Arena" the Losersposted win number three byrouting Nosmo's Kings 85-64. TheLosers, undefeated in three star tswere sparked by Cliff Root's 27points. The ex-varsity Laker hadfour other teammates in doublefigures. Kenny Harris connectedfor 16 points while Joe Cook, JimBorrow and "Wild Bill" Wagnereach had 13 . I^ The Nosmo's Kings, now aneven .500 on the season, were

paced by Jimmy Boback's 27points, while Kirk Hardner added16 , and Jon Sedelmeyer, 17. § &£

Kozeniowski's 26 points smashedth e " B " Over the Hill Gang 60-38.Other double figure scorer's forthe Nimrods|were Frontino andIvarone. * &S

Dale Mcintosh and Pau l W ilson(BOZO) combined for 37 of theteam's 38 points, but was notenough to stop the powerfulNimrods...Dario, come b ack, theold men need you!!'. I

Friday's second game at the"Arena " had the Foxes place fiveplayers in double figures while

routing Guess What 85-72.Those in double figures for theFoxes were Bob Oschenreiter

J o n S e d e l m e y e r b a t t l e s B o b O s c h e n r e i t e r fo r th e b a l l .

The "Arena's" eight? o'clockclassic featured the Speed Boysupsetting the Family 55-36 in " B "League action John Crupi and"O.B." O'Brian combined for 32points eriroute to 'the ir thirdconsecutive*victory in as manystarts . <

The Family's only mainstaywas? Willy* Ty ler with 16 pointswhile Tom Yeager and JimSterbank each canned 8 pointsi

Tuesday's late game saw theTulsa County Cougars canningthe Vet Set in 'slow down' thriller37-22.1

The high man for T.C.C. was

"Whitey" with 13, and LarryGray adding|ten more for awinning cause. 2 | n

The Vet Set, now without|avictory in spite of three "heart-breaker" games had Ted Grontand Bill McClain each drilling thenets for seven points.

On Friday, February 2,? theNimrods behind Ray "Spitz"

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with 26 , Mark "Z" dancewicz, 16,Jones, 14, Bill V ernal,; 17, andJohn Ball with 17 markers. &

GuessjWhat, now|l-2 on theseason was lead| by KentWill iamson 's 26 and LarryBenson's 16 points. &SM

The final game of the weekfeatured "B " league action in atopsy-turvy contest with the FourRats outlasting the T-Ballersj44-4 1 . | 5 '

At half time a m ere 24-21 FourRats lead, was all the Ratsneeded to gain their first victoryagainst tw o setback s, while the T-Ballers sank to their third

straight defeat.High point man for the. Ratswas Rosenblatt w ith 18 markers,while John Daly netted 14 for thelosers.

Tuesday, Ja a 30, 1973 'ruM7;00 Nosm o's Kings 64 vs. Lose rsr 85

i8:00 Fami ly 36 vs. Speed Boys 559:00 Vet Set 22 vs. T.C.C. V

F r i d a y , February 2,19737:00 N imrods 60 vs. Over the H i l l

Gang {B) 38 48 00 f oxes 85 vs. Guess What 72 ...9:00 Four Rats. . . 44 vs . T>Ballers

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gusto, so come on people-get outand support the Lakerettes, theyneed you.

Th e George Foreman upsetTKO victory over Joe Frazierrea l ly pu ts the* heavyweightboxing division in a turmoil. Thisleads to another one of - myfearless predictions. MuhammedAll, within the next two years,will beat both Frazier andForeman and regain his Ititlewhich was unjustly taken awayfrom h i m . W

Speaking of 'predictions, theMiami Dolphins did defeat theWashington Redskins i n t h e SuperBowl. I don't want to say, ,4I toldyou so," but approximately 18weeks ago I predicted this sam esituation. Mk

.The 3rd week of women's intramural basketball began withthe Baldwin Bombers smashingthe Truckers by a score of 44-17.The game took place on Monday,January 29th. Patierno chipped in14 points for the B omb ers withNovosel adding 13. Sue Kraustopped the Truck ers' score sheetwith four buckets, three of which

came in the first quar ter. Defensefor both teams was strong in thesecond quarter with both teamsbeing held scoreless. The thirdperiod made the difference,however, as the Truckers scoredeight points to the Bombers' 24 . m

Game two of week three tookplace Wednesday, January 31st inwhich Scitau defeated Lex'sArmy 30-22. Mary Ellen Marts

chipped^ in ten points for thewinners as Sally Schismenortossed in 16 for the losers. Scitauwas 0-5 on Free Throws whileLex's Army threw in 8 to 15 . Thegame w as close through the thirdperiod as Jj Lex 's Army wasleading before die last 8 m inutesby a score of 15-14. But Uje fourth

quarter told the story as Scitauscored 16 points to 7 points by theloser. * 5 | 8 lagh The final gam e of th e J weekoccured o n Thursday, February 1when the Beavers, in their firstwin of the season, stymied theTruckers by a score of 20-10.' • Mom'' I Borowski j hi t fourbuckets and a free throw for the

winners as Katy Wither stychipped in with seven points. TheTruckers had their share oftroubles as|Kathy Pilewskicfouled out just after the start ofthe third quarter. The | fourthperiodj told t h e | ta le la s theBeavers tossed in four} bucketsand held the Truckers scoreless.

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To M rs. Keeny's\SonThank you|Mr. Keeney. Your

letter proved one thing; someonereads the sports \ page of i theMerciad. After that, I think theink and paper wasted could havebeen used for a more constructivepurpose. j i S* j f

A t this time in our lives, M arty,we are supposed to be maturepeople. Any mature person wouldrealize that* at times peopleshouldS be criticized. The unwritten duty of a sports columnistis to report the progress of theteams which he is writing about.Good or bad, the facts must bewritten.! When| a team j!playspoorly, it deserves to becriticized, especially when it issupported, both financially! andphysically, by the institution itrepresents. Yes Marty, you'reright, "they are our Lakers", so

why should I dupe the people thatsupport {them \ into thinkingthey're! playing! well, j whenthey're n o t . s ? tjgjj

If Arthur Daley or Red BarberSmth read your letter, they'dlaugh in your face. You seeMarty, Daley and Smth ar esports columnist for th e! NewYork Times, to which I doubtyou've |eve rf been exposed.However, do you think they'd lieto the people of New York aboutthe Yankees, Knicks, Rangers,Mets, Jets or Nets if they constantly reported the progress ofthese teams in a favorable way.Or take the situation of StanHockmanor Jack

McKinney, whowrite for the Philadelphia DailyNews and the PhiladelphiaBulletin respectively; what doyou think they'd say about thePhiladelphia 76ers*who ar e

currently 4 and 53? "Well, fans,our Sixers* are j playing superbasketball , {they're just notputting the ball through the hoopenough." I really doubt it Marty.So if the professional columnistsI've mentioned\above can writehonestly&about professionalteams, then Dario Cipriani, as anamateur I sports I writer for theMerciad,I will write about theMercyhurst Lakers honestly! E *

£ When you f referred to j yourmother telling you 'i f you can'tsay anything nice, don't sayanything at all," you sound as ifyou're still dangling on her apron

strings saying "Yes Mommy, YesMommy. "|C'mon Keeney growup, learn to accept the true grit oflife when necessary. Didn't theyteach you anything in the Army?

v * * -r Dario Cipriani

ATTENTION:I LOST: |

Missing from the GraduateSchool Information Library is theGrants Register. Whoever hasthe book has forgotten to returnthe book. In {the meantimethough, it is an inconvenience tomany. Please return this book assoon as possible.

LawEnforcement

Majo rsA Law! EnforcementsClub has

been formed as of January 24. AConstitution was drawn up andofficers were elected. The clubwill offer speakers and otherevents.; along with a placementservice for gradu ates. Mr. JamesFisher , the ^Club's ^Advisor,comments that "any seriousstudent of our major should takepart in the club." The. membership needs to be expanded andall interested law enforcementstudents *are |urged to attend

future meetings.

SENIORSSenior students have approval

to request exemption from final

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examinations in the Winter andSpring terms.?These exemptionsfor seniors may b e made on eithera|class or an individual studentbasis at^ the option of the instructor .iThis was approved bythe faculty o n March 2,1966.

Sophomore

Class M eetingj b y J u d y S m i t h $

O n February 13,1973, at 4:00 inroom 206 Main there is J to beiameeting of the Sophomore class.This is not the first meeting or thesecond, it is the eighth m eeting ofthis class. The fellow officers andI feel it is about time that a fewmembers of the class decided toshow up at the next meeting. Wehave held these meetings with thehopes that at least one membermight like to come and voice his

opinion about things he would liketo see done with our class. But, asusual it is the officers andsometimes our class adviser whoattend. The fellow officers and Ihave tried -to find some classactivity that will interest theentire class, but how can fourpeople make a decision that involves ah entire class. The of

ficers would/gladly accept andwelcome your ideas at the nextmeeting on Feb ruary 13, 1973, at4:00 in 20 6 Main.

Volunteers INeeded

Fo r Hamot Community MentalHealth Center to entertain anddemonstrate crafts to patientsfrom age 11 years to 90 years, thetime would be on Tuesday andThursday nights from 7 to 10 p.m.Interested persons are urged tocontact Angela Rudd at 833-9941.

MoreiSingers Needed

This Week's Schedule:I Toes., Feb. 13,1973

7:00 Knicks vs. Or iginal Over theHill Gang -

8:00Guess What vs. Losers9:00 Kinnane's Cadets vs. Trailers ,

W e d . , Feb. 14 ,1973W7:00 Over thejHil l (B) vs. Four

Rats. . J8:00 Nosmos Kings vs . Vet Set9:00 Original O ver the Hill Gang

v s . Foxes JaWT h u r s . , F e b . 15,1973

7:00 Speed Boys vs. Kinnane'sCadets ,, :•

8:00 Or iginal Over£the Hill Gangv s . T.C.C.

9:00 Foxes vs. Losers

The Mercyhurst CollegeFestival Chorus would $ like toinvite students to participate inthe Choral performance of "KingDavid" by the; Swiss composerArthur Honeggar. Thee Choruswas started last year and^hasperformed | | the f'Mozart"Requiem" and the "PeaceableKingdom" of Randall Thompson.Singers in all parts are needed toimprove the choral forces whichare necessary Ho produce "KingDavid'*.^ I v

Along with the MercyhurstFestival Chorus, the Collegechoirs from Villa Maria andBehrend Campus of Perm jStateare joining \ together for 4thisperformance. It* will be accompanied by the Brass, Percussion and Wind ensemble fromFredonia Campus of the State

University of New York.Rehearsals will begin on Mondaynight at 7:00 in the Zurn RecitalHall and last until 9.00. Credit canb e obtained or it can be taken non-credit. It is an opportunity toenjoy group* participatio n of acampus organ ization ^ thatrequires no auditions. Yourpresence is all that is asked forand the use of your voice. If youwould like to learn how to sing,this is the group on campus to bea part of. | \ \ 1

The performance of "KingDavid" will be on Sunday night,May 13, at thelCathedral of St.Paul.vlf you have any questions,please contact;. Carl Stout, Musicfaculty and Director. The time tostart is this Monday night wheneveryone will be seeing the musicfor the first time, PLACE: ZurnRecital Hall. TIME g7:00 to 9:00.