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CyterskiChosen As New'Hurst Athletic Director

By Greg YokoLeri| Cyterski, former Mer-

cyhurst College^Director ofVeterans and Testing, and Assis-tant Director of the Act 101 Pro-gram, has been named the .newcollege athletic director.

As Mercyhurst College grows,so does its athletic department.With growth, responsibilities andneeds change. Thus, the 'Hurst

has recreated the position it con-solidated in 1981. * * } aCyterski brings administrative

skills, as well as a strong and suc-cessful sports background to theMercyhurst athletic program .

"I'm proud and honored toserve Mercyhurst iin this capaci-ty," says the amiable Cyterski," Ihope to contribute something to

tVf.p g- a ni i a 4 p c c i ail yadministratively." ^ ^ ^ v

Teamwork is also somethingwhich Cyterski strongly believes.

"One person cannot achievemuch on his own," explains thenew athletic director.-"I want toaccomplish things with a team ef-

Activities jAdministratorAppointed

By Martha CampWith the beginning of a new

year, the StudentUnion has ac-quired a new Acting Director -Maree-Lynn Cicon.

Cicon, a 1983 Mercyhurstgraduate, replaces MarjorieMcDermott, who held the Direc-tor's position since September1982. ; T

According to E.jWilliam Ken-nedy, Director of Student, Ser-vices, McDermott resigned afterfall term for "personal reasons."

"We were very sad to lose herand she was very sad to leav e," hecommented. "The college didn'twant to see her go," Ciconagreed. ^'r McDermott is now residing inToronto, Canada.[f- Cicon, who previously workedas an administrative intern in theAlumni Relations office, is op-tim istic about her new position asDirector of Student Activities.

"I think it will be interestingworking with SAC (Student Ac-tivities Committee), because thisis really the big term* for activitieson campus," Cicon explained."That will he a big challenge."

In addition to working on stu-dent activities, Cicon also hascharge of the Student Union.

fort. I'd like the whole athleticdepartment to become 'one'athletic team ."g Among Cyterski's duties will bebudgeting, scheduling (when andif the coaches needhis assistance),and providing the department, asa whole, with motivation andleadership through his ad-ministrative skills, y. 1

"I'd like to maintain and fur-ther aid Mercyhurst's drive toachieve athletic excellence] withacademic excellence,'' says Cyter-ski, "We want to co-exist bothacademically and athletically."

Since the Spring of 1981, theduties normally handled by anathleticf director have beenrecouped by Mercyhurst* head

When rrirecF at the^Hurst,DeMeo was given the titles ofAthletic Coordinator and HeadCoach. Now, however, DeMeowill relinquish his- duties asathletic coordinator to devotemore time to coaching and

. recruiting, v i^Having Cyterski will ease the

burden on DeMeo and all of the'Hurst coaches. It will allow thecoaches to coach, while not hav-ing to worry about the growingadministrative duties which fre-quently confront them.

Before assuming his ad-ministrative duties at Mercyhurst

ten years ago, Cyterski was a well-known sports figure in andaround Erie.. | J

Cyterski, an Erie native, wasnamed All-City at Cathedral Prepin three different sports, -baseball, basketball and football.He then left for college. Hischoice, Notre Dame. He went toSouth Bend Indiana on a football

year before*cleciding to returnhome to Erie.*

He transferred to Gannonwhere he played basketball, with ascholarship, for three years.

After graduation in 1975,Cyterski participated in football

Maree-Lynn Cicon"I'm sure that there will be

some transitional problems, but Ithink that v the | system is veryorganized her e," shesaid. A greathelp, Cicon said, will be StudentAssistants Dan K elly, Karen Gensand Lori Kaminski. "I'm veryconfident that they'll be super towork with." *$

Her first goal, Cicon said, is tobecome familiar with the work-ings of the Union and SAC./[V "I really feel like I'm going tohave to experience the place for abit to actually? get a p icture ofw h a t ' s going o n , " s h ecommented, *

But, she points out,she is not astranger to planning and im-plementing activities.

"I think that one ofthe reasonswhy I was chosen was the fact

Majorie McDermottthat, having been involved in Stu-dent Government and Student Ac-tivities, I'm very familiar with theinner workings of the college,"she said. "I'm hoping that willease the transition." I

"Since I'm coming into the jobmidstream, and I 'm onlytechnically here till June, Idon'twant to start anything I can'tfinish," she said.

"I don't have any reallyJbigprojects, but I want to seemorefreshmen involvement," Ciconsaid. Also, I'd like to exploreother avenues . . . take a betterlook at commuter needs."

"As always, you look at tryingto improve upon* your sys tem,"Cicon concluded.- "I'm certainlygoing to keep an open mind tothat."

Len Cyterskiwith the Army to complete hisathletic career as a playerf^ 5

Cyterski *5 next move was tocoaching. He returned to his high

teacher and oacnT His stint atPrep lasted 17 years. He then leftthe high school to join thecollege

ranks as an ^administratorMercyhurst.

When asked his feelings on Mercyhurst program and h

an^exceliemalMetic program heat Mercyhurst. i hope to keepthat way." T f

Computer ResourcesCommittee Established

By Jack HollandKeeping in line with the recentgrowing interest in the field; ofcomputers, I Mercyhurst Collegehas established a J commissiondesigned tofmake decisions con-cerning the purchasing of dif-fe ren t types o f sys temsthroughout the campus.

|Dr. Donald Platte, director ofthe computer science departmentat Mercyhurst, has been ap-pointed Chairperson of the Presi-dent's Commission on ComputerDevelopment. This commission,the Computer^Resource SteeringCommittee, will consist of

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Time'siUp...Who's Next?By Chris Gagliano

On November22,1983,1 was inWashington, D.C., attending aNational Association of SocialWork conference. Twenty yearsearlier IJ was in a* high schoolclassroom listening to an-nouncements about JohnF. Ken-nedy's assassination. Like manyothers, I remember well "whereIJwas when . . . " ^

Many of you, however, do notremember; you may not have evenbeen bom. You may also be tiredof listening to stories about JFKand the "60 V in general, but mythoughts here pertain to the 80's.

I'm not sure if your generationhas any heroes or heroines, but Idoubt many of them would bepol i t i c i ans . Pe rhaps Con-gresswomen Barbara Mikulskidescribed my? feelings best whenshe commented that the youngergenerations have not^known aPresident to whom they couldlook up and of whom they couldbe proud. JFK had his imperfec-

tions,to be

sure,but few

wouldargue thejj point that he wascharismatic and inspirational.Many hopes? and dreams wereburied with him, his brother,Robert, and Martin Luther King.

fHWhile in D.C. I also watched"The Day After." I found it in-teresting that the networks, intheir obsession with ratings, forc-ed those of us without VTR's tochoose between viewing historyorhistorjMiii the

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1983 Service Award Winner*/m

Recipient Senior Maria Santangello received the Sister Carolyn Herman service award. BoardofTrustees member Dario Cipriani presented the award at the senior dinner-dance held December 9 at St.Mark's. The award is presented annually to the senior who served the college community without receivingmonetarial benefits. Hr * id. J $ .

Campus Paperback Bestsellers1. SpM, by James A. Michener. (Fawcett, $4.95.) The apace program skillfully blends fiction and non-fiction.i jftftj

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& Growing tip, by Russell Baker. (NAL/Plume. $5 95)Baker recalls his boyhood and youth.

7. Valley of the Horses, by Jean M. Auel (Bantam,$3 95.) Sequel to The Clan of the Cave Bear.

8. MIstraTs Daughter, by Judith Krantz. (Bantam. $4.50.) The artworld of the 20*s and the fashion business of the 8ffs.

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InstituteGraduates First Class

By Karen MerkleAs the Mercyhurst Career In-

stitute nears the first anniversary

of its inception, its success hasalready been determined bywidespread public approval, na-tional recognition land, mostrecently, by the completion ofthe program by 50 of the In-stitute's first students.

The December 27 graduationceremony was attended by ap-proximately 100 people, abouthalf of whom received their cer-tification ; in either a 36-creditprogram in Office ComputerTechnology, or a 30-credit pro-gram in Office, Computer,Sales, or Security technology. j

Speaker for the event was Dr.William Bryan, a former direc-tor of Mercy hurst's^BducationDepartment and currently theAssocaite Dean for Education,Planning and Adm inistration atthe New^ Jersey School ofOsteopathic Medicine^ Remarkswere also made by 'Hurst Presi-dent Dr. William P . Garvey, andJohn Nesbit, Assistant to thePresident for Institutional Ad-vancement and director of MCI.

b i Although the ceremony washeld at an untraditional timeforgraduations and was small incomparison to others^the lackof "pomp and pagentry" didn'tdiminish the importance of the

event at all, Nesbit said."It stood for the same things

other graduations do," he con-tinued, citing that in all casesthey result in 'Mercyhurststudents preparing to 'seize theopportunity." |

And many of the MCIstudents have done just that. Ac-cording to Nesbit, 15 or 20 ofthe 50 graduates are alreadyemployed, some of them in posi-tions obtained through intern-ships arranged by the Institute.W The college committment tothe unemployed isjnot only go-ing to continue, but will begrowing during the early monthsof 1984 with the introduction ofa least two new programs.

Plans are near completion forthe Career Institute to begin atraining program for Jet StreamInternational^ Airlines, a com-muter flight company that maybe jmoving its corporate head-quarters to Erie from Latrobe,Pennsylvania. If thatmove takes *place, MCI will start a trainingprogram for customer services-office employees in mid-February, Nesbit said.

The training for the airlinepositions- will, be^ short, term,Nesbit? said,* combimngTbothcredit and non-credit courses.

In March, MCI will, addanother dimension to its service

when a health care technicianprogram will be established incooperation with a regionalhealth care corporation, Nesbitannounced. %

The company will be openinga newly-built nursing home nearFairview, PA, and between100*120 positions will need to befilled over the next two years.

Nesbit said that while i thetraining will enable a student toenter the health care professionat an accessible level, it will alsoprovide opportunities for laterphases to focus on more advanc-ed training. *

According to Nesbit, earlyresponse to these programs hasbeen encouraging, citing that thetravel profession has always helda fascination for people, as havemany opportunities provided inthe health care field.

MCI and tits unique servicewas praised by President Reaganand the Americans Council onEducation for its;committmentto helping the unemployed.

"We're Oiling a need thatjfisthere and has been there,"Nesbit said. Now, he added, thegoal is to accentuate more quali-ty than quantity."

Winter Musical AuditionsTo Be Held Sunday, Monday

Auditions for the winter theatreproduction The Secret Life ofWalter Mitty will be held thiscoming Sunday and Monday, ac-cording to Igor Stalsky, the direc-tor of the play. , I

j;Mitty is a | musical comedyadapted; from the classic story by.James Thurber. It concerns a manwho, upon reaching his fortiethbirthday, decides his life is drab.Rather than trying to change, heescapes into elaborate fantasiesthat he is a hero. |

Stalsky explained why this par-ticular! play was chosen.j Onereason is that he tries to do playsthat "commercial theatres do notdo or can not afford to do. Sincewe are subsidized by the college,

we can afford to do goodlplaysthat are not necessarily on the topof the chart . . . plays of value."

Another consideration is theavailability of a cast from withinthe college community. Mitty fitsthe qualification well.

"Ideally it can be staffed withall students. I would like it to hap-pen," Stalsky emphasized. " I willbe giving preference to Mer-cyhurst Students." \

Stalsky f realizes there is nolonger a theatre major at the col-lege,! but wants stude nts tofpar-. . . m % 1

ticipate5 for the extra-curricularexperience.% )j

" T h a t ' s w h y w e e xi s t .

Sometimes its easier (to castfex-perienced players), but we arehere giving people a creativeoutlet," Stalsky explained. Hecompares the Mercyhurst theatrewith intramurals. He is notnecessarily looking for experience(that can be developed later) butfor involvement. 5 .T

The cast call for M ittyis for tenroles, five male and five female,and a singing and dancing chorus.*& Auditions will be held Sunday,January 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. andMonday, January 9 from 6 to 8p.m. in the Little Theatre. Onlythose'auditioning for a leadingrole need to have asong prepared.

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College Receives CableTransmission Access!

jj By Martha Camp"Momentarily, we will have a

cable hook-up from two points oncampus , " Communica t ions

Department Director RichardRagan recently told The Merciad.The hook-ups, Ragan explain-

ed, will be located at the CampusCenter and in Media services, witha connection to the Communica-tions Department televisionstudio. *.

Expected to be ' completedwithin three years, the studio willbe .equipped with ^productionequipment, and interested collegecommunity members will be ableto produce programs with the helpof a student crew. lg.

In^ addition to having^ thecapability to directly transmit liveprograms from both hook-ups,Ragan said, the new connectionscan also be used to air pre-recorded cassette tapes.

'The Dean is beginning to ex-amine the possibility of offeringtelecourses," Ragan said.

"There are production com-panies which^have a library oftelecourses," he. said, which thecollege could rent and air to per-sons in the community for collegecredit. j

"WheA we feed to Erie Cablevi-gjon^ they are^connectedytoTelfmedia,' Kagan explained."With fproper connections, wecould feed to all of Erie Count v."

The new connection for Mer-cyhurst is just lone of severalCablevision hook-ups for Erieeducational institutions.

"They are going to be connec-ting others too/' Ragan said."It's a part of their franchiseagreement 5to connect all the

schools in the city of Erie."After production facilities

Mercyhurst are completestudents on the crew will be ab

to use production time as a parttheir required communicatiopracticum time. 5

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NewjSoftballCoach! Named

By Stephanie HultbergMercyhurst College Women's

Athletic Director Janet Price hasannounced that James Martinwillbe the new softball coach for theLakers.

Martin replaces Shelley Monaswho resigned after several suc-cessful seasons. - RH

Martin, J 29, graduated fromStrong Vincent High School (Erie)where he participated in baseball,basketball, wrestling andgolf.

He attended Behrend Collegeand Gannon University andplayed baseball for the Cubs.

^He brings over 15 yearsoperience to the 'Hurst and hficiates in baseball, basketbasoftball. r' S : f j . T

The new Laker coach^runadult league in softballbasketball and is on the BoDirectors for Big Brothers anSisters. * fI Janet Price said, "We haexcellent softball program acyhurst and we feel Jim Mathe best qualified to keep usin th e right direction. Hechosen from a list of seoutstanding can didates."

Lady Lakersj LookTowardiSecond HalfK By Stephanie Hultberg

The Lady Lakers closedthe

firstihalf of their season againstIndiana University of Pa . on aweak note on Saturday, December17. The Fighting Indians defeatedthe Blue and Green 108-61in a"very physical gam e,"accordingto} H e a d C o a c h D a r l e n eRousthauser, "We were down toeight players; withv^ both o u rcenters, Mimi Tyler a n d PaulaCasey, i>eing injured, startingguard Jeana White sustaining aknee injury, a n d guard Sue Col-lins out o f town." Our main pro-blem was the first half when theyGUP) shot 70 percent t o o u r 2 0percent . "

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followed b y B e a TomczakVicky Yaw posting 11 pointsOf f t h e boards, Sherry Puwas also leading- re bo under12. | | S j

"I was very proud of tlieafter they pulled together tcond half and actually out IUP," stated the optimisticCoach; "We look forwardbettersecond naif of the sewhere we have more gameKeystone Conference team

The next home game forLady Lakers is Tuesday, Ja17 against Behrend CollegeCubs. .1 , * 1

Not all was well over the recentChristmas break , especially if youask Coach Bill Kalbaugh.

On e of Kalhaugh's prizedrecruits decided that MercyhurstCollege and Erie weren't exactlywhat he had in mind. AndyMoore, a junior who in the falltransferred to the 'Hurst from St.Bonaventure, has changed his

m i n d a n d t r ans fe r red t oM a n s f i e l d U n i v e r s i t y ofPennsylvania, jr V

Kalbaugh explained Moore'smove. "Andy was used to the at-mosphere of a Division I basket-ball program like he received atSt. Bonaventure. He was usedtothe Division I treatment,:and herealized he couldn't get it here."

Ye t , M o o r e ' s move t t oMansfield puzzles me. Mansfieldis a 'State' University which alsocompetes on a Division II level, asdoes Mercyhurst. At least Mer-cyhurst is in a-, city, Mansfield islocated in the middle of nowhere

Sports jActivityon th e northern bordePennsylvania.

Perhaps Kalbaugh hadanswer ^when he mentioneAndy's brotheris a graduatet a n t c o a c h a t M a n s fWhatever th e reason, iAMoore is no longer in the of Laker Basketball.

Intramural DirectorCherico has said that thtramural mens basketball swill get underway next wewarned, however, that onlwomens teams have register

more must sign up to begiseason schedule.

Cherico says that13 teamsigned up for the mens leayou would like to enter or coyour team is entered, you cCherico at extension 224. *

A reminder that the NaCenter is open to all membthe Mercyhurst communitywinter hours will be posted

Also, there are skis anequipment which can be rethe? Campus Center. CJanet Price if interested.

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