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officially open its 50th anniversary celebration Saturday, Oct. 9, with a Golden FiftyBanquet?, and dedication thefollowing afternoon with theCharter Day ConvocatioaIn between, there will beplenty of activities for students,parents and college officialscelebrating the combinedParents-Fall Weekend and ? 50years of class at Mercyhurst.Saturday afternoon, P boothsfor food and gambling will beset up in Garvey Park by eachdepartment of the college!

Saturday night a semiformaldance will be held in the studentunion. On Sunday, a liturgy andbrunch will precede the convocation.The Golden Fifty Banquetwill be held at the Hilton Hotelin Erie, starting at 6:30 p.m.The CharterlDay Convocationwill be held in the indoor tenniscourts Sunday at 2 p.m.Stories on all 50th anniversary celebration eventsappear below. , % W JIt |is going to be a busy,variety-filled weekend.Happy 50th!;DR. JERR Y TRIMBLE, Dean of the College and Vice President of Academic Services, is picturedhere speaking to students in the Coffeehouse on Tuesday at noon. The meeting was scheduled to givestudents an opportunity to meet Mercyhurst*s new dean. PHOTOBY: BOB RONKSI FY

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D u B o s C o n v o c a t i o n S p e a k e rInternationally renownedmicrobiologist, Dr. Rene DuBos,will be the m ain speaker Sunday,Oct. ^10, at the MercyhurstCollege Charter Day Convocation.Dr. DuBos, a native of SaintBrice, France, who later becamea naturalized U.S. citizen, hasworked and ^studied in manyfields. 1 'He is a}< noted microbiologist,having earned world fame withhis discovery? of the first commericially produced antibiotic.DuBos is also a noted environmentalist, educator andauthor.In his convocation speech,DuBos will introduce the theme ofhuman interdependence, aroundwhich | departm ents withinMercyhurst College are planningseminars and workshopsthroughout the 1976-77 academicyear. k 1 % mThe Charter iDay Convocationwill begin at 2 p.m. Sunday in theindoor tennis cou rts.

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D r i n k A n d B e M e r r yParents-Fall Weekend, acombination of the Fall Festivaland 50th \ anniversarycelebration, will celebrate theschool's 50 years of learningwith a wide variety of activitiesSaturday and Sunday, October 9andUo. \ *M

( Booths will be set up by eachdepartment Saturday afternoonalong the perimeter of GarveyPark. Some of the booths willsell food and drinks and otherswill feature casino-typegambling. j JT h e H o t e l - R e s t a u r a n tManagement department willserve food; Student f Government, beer and homemadecider; and Home Economics,baked goods. Sponsoring games will bePsychology (black jack), LawEnforcement (darts), LiberalStudies (dice table), Education(big wheel), English (poker)and Theater (bag toss).Iln addition, the StudentActivities Committee will showfilms from the 1920's and playragtime music in the StudentUnion. History will present anexhibit on the college's history,Environmental Studies adisplay of plants, and Theaterwill perform a scenes from*' B r i g a d o o n . ' ' | T h eCheerleaders have planned aspecial surprise. |Two dances for students andparents are scheduled forSaturday night. . *A $15 per plate banquet willbe held at the new Hilton Hotelin Erie, starting with asocial

hour at 6:30. Dinner will followat 7 p.m. and entertainment bythe New Younger Brothers a t 9.The New Younger Brothersrecorded the[ "Fifty Years ofClass1' jingle which can beheard promoting MercyhurstCollege on all major E rie radiostations through October 9.The song is played in sixdifferent forms with a voice-over by | William I Shelley,Assistant Professor ^ of Communications,' i '$>.Persons attending the GoldenFifty Banq uet| must apay forboth the dinner and the dance.Sr. Carolyn Herrmann, RSM,is coordinating the banquet.Because of the {cost of theGolden Fifty Banquet, StudentGovernment will sponsor an

alternate, semi-formal dance inthe Student Union. The cost toattend the semi-formal had notyet been decided as The Mer-ciad wentrto press.Entertainment will beprovided by the band, "Wave,"from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Thedance is B.Y.O.B. All parentsand students are welcome.The weekend celebration willconclude Sunday with a liturgyat 11 a.m. , followed by a brunchat noon and the Charter DayConvocation at 2 p.m .;Steve Rayan and Mary BethWard are chairpersons for theweekend. Other volunteerworkers include Jim Defner,Chris Filippifi Olivia Longo,Maureen . Me ary, and HelenMiscewicz. '

T H E Bf ERCIADThe Voice of the Mercyhurst CommunityVOLUME 49, NO. 3 MERCYHURST COLLEGE OCTOBER 8,1976

Dr. Jerry Trimble, Dean of theCollege and Vice President ofAcademic Services, said recentlythat he favors changing thepresent! procedure?'for billingstudents. * v3 ' SIn a statement to The Merciad,Dr. Trimble called the presentsystem of billing four or moretimes per year "ridiculoussfor alot of reasons."4 Every time you bill, you in directly provide an opportunityfor students to drop out, he said.Dr. Trimble also said thepresent system created too muchwork* for college personnel, andthat it tends to segment thecalendar year.Trimble explained that the fiveacademic sessionsfall, Intersession, winter and springdo notmesh t o | form a cohesiveacademic year. Students starttheir year in the fall and muststart it all over again in January,losing enthusiasm in the process.Trimble cited statistics^whichis how that 40 per cent of thefaculty and 30 per cent ofUhestudent body| leave 'campusduring Intersession."These? are four distinctperiods of one's life, particularlywith the long Intersession," hesaid. j . jfej Trimble also said some facultymembers have approached himwith complaints|that they couldnot teach a sound course, one

BY JOHN BRUNOcomparable to a regular course,during Intersession. \Moreover,! Dr. Trimble feelsthe original reasons for Intersession were lost when Intersession stopped being mandatoryfor both faculty and students.Trimble still believes Intersession can be a "unique kind ofexperience you couldn't haveduring the regular year." But he

also said a larger percentage orstudents gwould stay fon campusduring Intersession if theprograms offered were moreattractive. 1 N * tThey present calendar andbilling system will be examined inJanuary by the division of 'in-stitutal research. Allan

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Letter To EditorF raternity ActivitiesAlpha Phi Omega, is a international servicefraternity established in 1925 and currently hasmore than 550 chapters a t colleges and universities across th e country. \ 1 1 1It is designed to bring service t o t h e local community by way of fund raising projects drives forvarious charitable organizations such as the

Guest EditorialU n d e r 2 1 A n d B o r e d ?I D i s c o s N o n e x i s t e n tIt's a^Friday night. Homework can wait untilSunday. T h e car has a full tank of g a s . S o , where*do you go? > $Good question! -tCollege students under the age of 21 have beenasking that one for some time. Erie, unfortunately, does not offer much of an answer.

If you're not working, movies at $3.00 a shotaren't much help. It's getting a bit chilly to playp u t t - p u t t , j* If you enjoy live music, you are out of luck.Bars, where most groups are hired, won't admitanyone under the drinking age, unless accompanied by a parent. There are not to o manystudents or parents w h o would g o for that, i >There are three conceivable choices: Cruisethe dock, g o t o New York State, or have a party.Observing people can be interesting,' buttraveling 10 mph with 10 0 other ca rs around thesame street is carrying it to an extreme.Drinking and driving is not only unwise, but itcan be unhealthy as well. Parties are fun, but*7%ffl7faM/}Ctu Heart anc* cancer Funds and other non-profit every weekend of th e year?C r*^ ^CJ charitabl e organizations in our area. One should neve r cr i t i c

I'm wondering if the Mercyhurst Communityis going to be its usual apathetic self thisweekend.!

charitable organizations inour area.T w o such programs planned in the near futureare the "Hike to Help for the United Cerebralbe held on October 17 , and theUMOC, or "ugly man on campus" contest.

What's s o special about this weekend? It's the a n d te J?1*"* to ra! s e T n e y 5" J? o r 0?official:beginning of Mercyhurst*s Golden YearCelebration and many people have put a lot oftime into the planning of events to help celebrateo u r Fiftieth Anniversary.Every department is involved in some waywith th e events this weekend and throughout the'year. Is it possible for every student to becomeinvolved and show their support for the 'Hurst?The Merciad urges everyone to participate inthe activities scheduled for the celebration and

ting social fraternities, residential Is and otherschool|fparticipants to nominate candidates.Votes for the candidates are cast by placing apenny, nickle or dime in front of photographs ofthe candidate, usually making grotesque facialexpressions representing weird characters .This is just a brief idea of what type of projectsA P O i s involved in.

One should never criticize without giving asolution. Here's one: a discotheque, with livemusic and n o liquor. It's certain to make money.So why isn't there one?No one with the money is willing Ho take \theAPO risk. After all, it's just for a group of "rowdykids." Wellrowdy o r n o t , "kids" are people t o o ,with a desire for entertainm ent. Students d o not

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live by education alone., Letter to the EditorThe I.D. ProblemWhere's your I.D.? This seems to be the mostpopular question asked of all students w h o enterthe cafeteria. I We feel that this continuousharassment is unnecessary and unappetizing.

W e realize that this person is trying t o d o her jobbut her manner is uncalled for. If s h e would showwe would like to give all those involved in the Ayms^ w h o a r e n o t s e l f i s h ^ a r e willing to a fle respect for the students, eventually sheplanning a hand for the grea t job they're doing.We're glad thatBusiness Services

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_ Take pari in the many activities scheduled for the opening celebration of MercyhurstFiftieth Anniversary this weekend. v.

The Merciad accepts, in fact encourages, the submissionof articles, letters , and stories from any and all m embers ofthe Mercyhurst College community: students, faculty, administrators, trus tees, and friends of the school. However,as responsible Journalists we must reserve the followingrights: _ %,1. Hie right to re vise copy into standard English;2 . The right to revise copy into correct journalistic form;3 . And, finally, the right to revise copy (but not changemeaning) to fit layout design .In addition, Letters to the Editor must be signed, must bofactually verifiable, and must be written in good taste.Names will be withheld upon request but false names willnot be used.

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2TOBER8,W6 THE MERCIADN ew Facu I PAGE 3J o l l y I r i s h P r i e s tE n l i g h t e n s C a m p u sBY DARLENE KEITHIf you are walking through thesecond floor of Preston and youhear a hearty Irish brogue, yourears are not deceiving you.More than likely it will be thenew assistant professor oftheology, Reverend MichaelO'Connor.And if upon reading his nameyou! find the four mysteriousletters C.S.S.R., dorft worry.They're supposed to be there.These (four letters > stand forCongregation of the HoliestRedeemer Redemptorist, ofwhich he is a part.Born in County Kerry in thesouthwest of Ireland and livingthere |most of his ! life, Rev.O'Connor attended the NationalUniversity of Ireland.While there he received hisbachelor's degree in EnglishLiterature and decided to con

tinue his education. 5In a total of six yea rs of furtherstudy, Rev. O'Connor attendedthe Major Theologate of Galwayin Ireland|Philosophy, church history,systematic theology, j, sacredscripture, moral theology andCannon law were among thecourses he studied. | J HUpon completion of hisschooling, he was then ordainedas a priest and began work as atheological journalist.

Being named director of theRedemtrist publications in Dublinin 1964, Rev. O'Connor then wentto Rome to attend the finalsession of th e Vatican II.Returning to Dublin, he foundedand became editor of a nationalCatholic magazine. * IWhen'he came to ; the UnitedStates in 1968, he began to studyat Fordham University in NewYork and received a master'sdegree in religious educatioar The year 1970 found him onceagain journeying back to Dublinto become an associate professor'of pastoral catechetics? ati theMajor Theologate^ He*also lectured on the subject of print andtelevision journalism.Arriving in the United Statesonce again in 1971, Rev.O'Connorstudied in? New York a t theWoodstock College and UnionTheological.3 % sAfter completing this, he beganto teachat Wheeling College inWest Virginia, and then went on tothe University of Scranton, Pa.Asked what special values andmissions Catholic colleges shouldpossess, he said, "The values andmissions: should be to help boththe teachers and the students torecognize and foster man's innerdynamism, which reachestoward 1 full mat urity | andwholeness."

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B u s i n e s s D i s c u s s i o nP a n e l T o B e H e l d"Actions of Erie CountyBusinesses in Eastern Europe r'will be the topic of a paneldiscussion Tuesday, October 12,at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall.

Guest speakers *will be localbusinessmen involved Jin international affairs for theirrespective companies, saysmoderator R ichard Kubiak.Gary Lunger of Erie PressSystems, the ^world's largestmanufacturer of hydraulicnresses, will base his presentation on that company's activities in Romania. 3 m JErie General Electric will berepresented hy Roy Beaver. Hewill speak on his company s involvement in the Soviet Union andYugoslavia. ...;.

On transactions in Poland andEas t Germany by Penn Brass andCopper will be Richard Knoll.The program, mainly to supplygeneral information to localbusinesses interested in "IronCurtain" commerce, will consistof brief speeches from eac h gueston their positions in these countries, followed by questions fromKubiak and a 30-45 minutediscussion of questions from thefloor. i- ki Special invitations will be sen tto the Erie County businesscommunity and to^the bankingindustry. 1 . 1 ,Invitation to < the local andMercyhurst community is open.A reception will follow theprogram, in the (second floorfoyer. I | i & a

Dan "Moon" RyanPHOTO BY; BOB RON KSLEY

S e s l e rS t u d e n t sB l a m e d(Continued from Page 1)houses."S Residents of nine of the twelveSesler apartments were asked ifthey thought they were makingtoo much noise. Nine out of ninesaid, no. |"Anyone Jin their right mindought to expect noise fromcollege students/* Ryan said.4'The kids are t better, overall,than last year 's." |. *Ryan; also jpointed out that,before the g arden incident, he hadreceived no other complaints.Most residents in the Seslerarea {said they did notice animprovement in students1 conduct, comparedTto last year.Oddly enough, the two mostfrequent complaints were theconcerfrfheld last Sunday at theindoor tennis courts and thescreeching of tires in the Seslerparking lot.^ I t Wl-The incident over Mizokowski'sgarden is still- unresolved. But,shortly before presstime, * oneMercyhurst student claimed tohave witnessed the episode, Thatwitness, who will come forward ifasked, said he saw a group ofhigh school students leaving theare a of the garden* holdingcarrots. tMizolowski saidfhe suspectedMercyhurst students (becausewhen he questioned a group ofthem the following day, he gotsome "wise remarks for answers. IThe problem still exists forstudents and townspeople to cometo some sort off agreement orunderstanding over this incidentand other complaints.E d u c a t i o n S e m i n a rThe Education Department'sstudent teaching seminar will beheld Tuesday, October 12 at 4:30p.m. in Room 206 Main. &All student teachers this termare urged to attend.Guest speaker will j! be GaryBukowski of the MercyhurstPlacement Office, 1Students will conduct I mockinterviews with Mr. Bukowski atthis time. I

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R1 This W e e k ' s M o v i eTHREE DAYS OFTHE CONCost: Robert Radford, Foye Dunoway, Ma x Von Sydow, and Cliff RobertsonRated* F7:30 and 9:30 p.m Zurn Recital HallI Admission - 25c? XC r e a t iv e A r t s M e e t in gThe Creative Arts StudentAssociation will meet?Tuesday,October 12 at 4:00 p.m. in Zurn121. The association is open to allstudents with interest in one ormore of the arts*- If you can't attend pleasecontactJ^PizzatWelcome home Sinbad!Lots of Love,Your MomsSenior Portraits ISenior portraits by G. Carusoand J.F. Smith. Contact: Sesler231,899-0929. P ri ce : $15.00.

Trip RescheduledThe trip to Black MashannicState Park planned for the October 1 weekend has beenrescheduled for October 22-24. Tosign up, contact,club moderatorDavid Thomas or Sr. MatthewBaltus. ? HDue to limited sleeping space,the trip will be available to thestudents on a first come first serve baste. The only expense to participants is $2.00 per day to aid infood pu rchasing.The club is always open to newmembers. Dues fare $2.00 perterm. IY e a r b o o k

The deadline for senior pictures is November 14 and allphotographs must be submitted in black and white glossyprints, size 4x5 or 8x10. 5 ^

S t u d e n t C h a p t e r N A E A Art Education and*CreativeArts majors are invited to jointhe Mercyhurst Student Chapterof the National Art EducationAssociationJ Interested studentsplease contact J. Pizzat, Z123.

I n tr a m u r a l W r e s t l i n gAn organizational meeting forIntramural Wrestling will be heldOctober 27, 1976, at 3:00 p.m. inMcAuley Main Lobby for all interested students and faculty.P l e a s e R e s e r v ethe weekend of April 23-24 forthe 14th Annual Father-Daughter Weekend.

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Law EnforcementAll Law Enforment students interested in applying for an Internship course during the WinterTerm should contact Mr. Jam esV. Kinnane no later than October22. B I

The Education Department'sstudent teaching seminar will beheld Tuesday, October 12 at 4:30p.m. in Room 206 Main.lAll student teachers this termare urged to attend. Guest speaker will be GaryBukowski of the MercyhurstPlacement Office. mStudents will conduct mock interview s! with Mr. Bukowski atthis time. i

S T U D Y I N L O N D O N , E N G L A N DIntercession 1976 .Contemporary British Culture: Interdisciplinary~Cours&twith Edward L. Gallagher

Enrollment is open to everyone. Cost will be approximately$600 plus tuition. The course will be graded as .pass/fail.After a week of classes on campus, the group will travel toLondon, England, for a two week study tour of contemporaryBritish culture. This interdisciplinary course will attempt toexamine the social and cultural history of England with emphasis on the contempo rary scene./ Visits/seminars) on Britisheducation, art theatre, music and politics will be conducted.Special costs: Approximately $600 which includes all airfarefrom/to Erie; hotel accommodations with private bath; allbreakfasts; six theatre tickets; some sightseeing and someevening m eals. iInterested persons contact Mr. Gallagher in 302 Main or Extension 236- or call at home evenings (864-2552) Seven studentsare needed for the trip to take place, dk

OCTOBER 8.1976Mercyhurst NightW ith Erie BladesWednesday, October 20, 7:30p.m. at the Erie CountyFieldhouse. Tickets are on sale atthe Student Union desk and are$3.00. Bus transportation isprovided free.

Wondering how to sell books you no longer need..Looking for a ride, or a riderWant to relay a personal message. 4If you have items to sell, a message, looking for ridesor used articles, (such as bikes, stereos, furniture,etc.), the MERCIAD can help you. ^. Starting in our next issue, we will run a classifiedsection. Here is your chance to advertise cheaply andreach a g reat num ber of people.The prospects of this service are limitless1Standard rates a re 5 cents a word or 75 cents for fourlines.Classifieds m ust be* placed jthe Tuesday beforepublication of the paper.If you wish to place a classified ad; fill out the formbelow and drop it in the box at the information desk.For further information se e Eileen Baugh, Room 29,Egan. ? 2N a m e . . . . . . .Address: .... v. *rf. (where you can be contacted)Ad To Read

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Mercyhurst CrewHas Openings \The Mercyhurst Men's andWomen's Crew team wishes to inform all freshman, transfers andupperclassmen that it is not toolate to become a participant inthis unique ^exhilarating sport.Anyone interested in becoming amember is urged to take advantage of Mercyh urst's growingmen's and women's crew beforethe fall season ends. *Please contact Assistant CoachAl Belovarac, in the Registrar'sOffice. I ? 1

Pre-lnternshipsPre-Internships will be offeredduring Intercession, 1976. Thiswill be an opportunity for freshman and sophomore students tospend a three-week period with alaw enforcement or criminaljustice agency. Arrangementsmust be made as soon aspossible. Enrollment is by permission only. /*For details see

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OCTOBER 8,1976 THE MERCIADLook At It This Wov PAGE 5S t u d e n t C e n t e rC a m p u sHas anyone noticed the erectorset o n campus? Connect strut (A)to beam (C) and you have it, aprefabricated barn. Judging fromthe rate of construction on the4'student center" we feel theadministration must have pickedthe design out of a catalogue:"Yes, that's it, the n i n t h e upperright-hand corner, 'Basic Barn 2 1 -A . You gentlemen are familiarwith it. It s just a bit bigger thanthe indoor tennis courts." IJudging from the size of thestructure, we fail to see where allof the plans are going to fit. It i srealistic to assume that all thestudent center is going to be is abasketball court with | a ] fewbleachers and a locker room.Only time will tell how much usethis new\ facility will be to the

entire student body. As for appearances, if the student centerOnly looks like a bigger version o fthe tennis courts, how much willit beautify the campus?Residents of Sesler a n d north sideof Baldwin will have twoaluminum monstrosities to lookat instead of one. All that ismissing is a giant can opener tolay beside them. i fThese aren't even the majorissues, only peripheral ones.The major issue is that (thisconstruction, perhaps, isrepresentative of a changing tidein our administration and-'schoolpolicy. Is the Mercyhurst administration ? also prefabricatedand structured? Does this reflectthe passing of Dean Garvey? ^W e have seen much more i n t h epast year than the changing of anadministrative! post. PerhapsDean Garvey represented the oldsmall college image, a n d with hisresignation, the death offthatimage. $Dean Trimble, on the otherhand, may represent a new "bigbusiness" image (hat Mercyhurst

seems to be bringing across. Theimage that this is a "big time"school. J |Build a student center thisyear, a new dorm next year. Sowhat if it only takes three weeksto build each? Just raise tuitionand cram a f e w more freshman inhere to pay for it all. Who careswhat goes into it as long asMercyhurst looks good on theoutside. Maybe we're being too| pessimistic, but it seems appropriate to raise thesequestions. Otherwise one day wewill turn around and find we'reright in the middle of a productionline assembly.Penn State, Michigan State,Ohio State. Schools of this size,maybe, are prefab, big business.and, "production line diploma"schools, but not Mercyhurst.When you attend big stateschools, you expect and acceptbig time, impersonal handling.Whenyou attend Mercyhurst, y o udon't. .But everytime you hear thatcommercial radio song th e schoolpaid for or note that prefabricated bam of a studentcenter, you have to wonder . . . .Let's step back, all of us,y asstudents of this school and askourselves a few questions. Whyd i d w e come here? What were w elooking for? \If it wasn't to see your collegeadvertised all over the.T.V. set,o r if it wasn't to see that nice littlesign at th e entrance of the school

replaced with a commercializedcubic logo, and if "you feel thatMercyhurst is striving * to besomething it should never be,then change it. \ *That may(sound hard, but itisn't. We are the students. Wemake u p the vast majority of theMercyhurst community,r and \wecan do it!;

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B Y MARK NICOLAZZOThis week's article will be centered upon the ChloroiComosum, or Spider Plant, another toughie that will survive considerable neglect. Originating in South Africa below the stonyKalahari Desert, the southeast terrace, or 'bush', is the richestarea for species of its size in the world. About 16,000 species offlowering plants have been recorded. ? { IThe plant sends u p long wiry arching flower stalks from a centralrosette. These become pendant once blooming is completed. Thetiny white lily-shaped flowers a r e inconspicuous, b u t t h e stolons, ornew plants, develop in chains along the flower stalks,thence thecommon name Spider Plantf &, IThis tough and rampant* grower prefers a cool; temperature,moisture, and* sun* or partial shade (east? or west window).Propagate th e plant easily b y dividing its root sacks, or by rooting

plantlets produced o n t h e ends of it s flower stalks when the flowersfade. To be guaranteed O f a finer healthier plant, place a 3" potfilled with rooting o r potting soil near the mother plant. Place theplantlet in the soil and hold it down by means of a hairpin,clothespin, or some similar device. When the plantlet has rooted,you can remove the plantletsfrom the runners and place each plantlet in a separateflowerpotand treat them as you would cuttings. 1 JF o r more foliage variety, tr y Chlorophytum elatum "Vittatum",the Bracket Plant. It has banded green and white leaves. Spider Plant

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__ JohnGleaaon elife no! right For to**?**one day we were ene mlnite^ o ^ t i i i ^ l l ^ t a n d t h ^d^ged us 15 ceirfBjVe donteven have a n y J decent cuerticks, most of them arebroken. The movies erentworth 25 cents.

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PAGE 6 THE MERCIADSports T o I kI bv Terrv Kellv OCTOBER 8,1976volleyball team for omitting them in last week's issue. I wasreally embarrassed when {learned that the team had beenpracticing and ready to begin games this week.Coach Suzanne Jarrett has upperclassmen Sue Fagan, BeckyMalinowski, Jane Nestor, Debbie Luke, and Andy Sotelo. Fivefreshmen make u p the rest of th e team a n d they are Barb Sweeney,Sue Cavalancia, Katie Temple, Mary Mahon, and Daren Rudisi.I'm not out to get o n a n y one team or any p layers, I just thoughtthat volleyball was a winter sport and didn't realize they wereplaying.Congratulations; g o to Dave Ciacchini, a Mercyhurst golfer whofinished in a tieforsecond i n t h e Erie District Best Ball tournamentat Culbertson Country Club on Sunday.Dave shot a 70 in the low gross category. -I was pleased to see the soccer team get their first goals of theseason against St. Vincent. They practice hard and deserve therecognition just as any other varsity sports.After losing five out of the last six baseball games, Coach Cookh a s initiated a n e w practice plan to get the team m entally ready forthe remaining six games.The Cook Plan brings back my memories of football practice withthe grass drills and killer instinct tactics. ?TIrish TeamVisits''Hurst

The Mercyhurst baseball teamr is bavins a rough "time winninggames, this fall, as they havedropped five out of their last sixcontests.Last Wednesday the Lakersdropped a twin bill to Niagara atNiagara Falls, losing 2 -1 and 1 1 -5 .Tom Barringer pitched in thefirst game loss, striking out 10Niagara batters and allowing sixhits. i \The Lakers could only produceo n e r u n f o r Barringer on a walk toJim DiTullio and singles by BoHenning and Dave Engler.Ray Olszewski was the loser inthe il-5 defeat as the Lakerspounded out 10 hits while scoringonly five runs.Henning w a s t h e b i g stick o n t h eday for Mercyhurst by going fivefor eight with two doubles.Kevin Cook collected a tripleand single, Frank Trigilio a

double and single, and DiTullio,Engler, and Terry Kelly twosingles apiece on the day.Last Saturday the Lakers splita double header with Gannon atCannivino Field, losing the firstgame 2 -1 then winning the secondgame 9-1,Craig Nicholson suffered thedefeat in the opening loss as theLakers could only produce onehit, a single by DiTullio.Mercyhurst bounced back inthe second ga me by pounding out10 hits for nine runs.> Kip Wolfe picked up the winallowing Gannon only three hits.Leading hitters for the Lakerswere Henning with a double andtwo singles, White with 'twosingles, Kel ly with a double a n d asingle and Engler and DiTullio adouble apiece.This split brought the Laker's

record to 2-4 for the season.Buffalo State handed Mercyhurst tw o more losses on Mondayb y sweeping the Lakers 3 - 0 a n d 6 -1, Barringer took the loss in thefirst game while striking outseven and yielding three hits.White collected two singles forthe Lakers in a losing effort.Olszewski was the losing pitcher in the 6-1 defeat but gotsupport from White with twosingles, Trigilio with a double a n dCook, Henning, and Engler allwith singles.With a 2-6 record, the Lakershave three more double-headers,th e first being a t the Un iversity ofBuffalo today at 1:00 p,m.

BY BOB DKKDA JR .The University College ofCounty Cork, Ireland, soccerteam invaded MercyhurstCollege last Wednesday for anexhibition .soccer match againstthe Lakers.T h e Irish team, comprised of 15very'. talented college athletes,ended a three-week tour ofAmerican colleges Monday atIndiana University of Pennsylvania, g* * |The tour was designed forAmerican soccer? teams tocompete-against foreign teams.

Each member of the Irish teampaid his own expenses on whatco lleg e, of Cork head coachKierian Dowd called a "holidayfor the boys.9' W WThe Irish coach said his teamlearned a few things on the tourb u t added, "The American teamslearned more than we did, for

they saw the European style ofplay, which is very different thanAmerican soccer.Dowd noted one major difference in playing styles on thetwo continents. Americans stressplaying the middle of the field, hesaid, whereas in European"football" the strategy is topenetrate the sides first, thenwork quickly to the middle.Dowd also said Americans useto o many short passes a n d are tooconservative. For this, he blamedAmerican coaches for limitingtheir players to fundamentalskills. ,"They need