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L 61 NO. 2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HlLLSr ERIE, PA 16546 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBERe e k e n d F i r e M a k e s H e r o e s o f ! S e v e r a l S t u d e n t

The oftermofh of the fire /ho/ swept through o lower room of 4012 origgs AvelSeverot windows were blown out o s o r es ult of t h e i n t e n s e h e a t / fo to r/f o/ be s

Matthew J. Clark due to be hauled away is where the fireoriginated. i . ii * Mark Burelli and Rich AndrejchakThanks to the heroic efforts of a both received singed hair in attempting tofire inBriggs Apartments at 4012 Briggs Ave.

The fire was discovered around 1:40

rooms in both 4012 and 4014 Briggs,theThe fire apparently started as the

A room in thethat had been thrown out and were

extinguish the flames. Others who bravedthe flames to help evacuate the buildingwere Craig Catalino, John Moran, TomMcKormic, Greg Allen, Chris Niebauer andothers. |Mercyhurst Director of Security,Merill Dever, spoke highly of these bravestudents. *"Had she (Hitchans) not seen thefire, we could have had a real mess overthere," he said. "We would have had toevacuate through the windows had thefire not been kept out of the stairways,"he added.One student, Ray Brewer, who appar-

ently is a very sound sleeper, was treatedfor smoke inhalation."I'm very proud of these students,"Dever continued. "If I've forgotten anynames, it's an oversight. If not for them,things could have been a lot worse."It is unknown how long the firesmouldered before it actually started.According to Dever, the fire was very hotand blew many windows out in the build-ing. The fire department also had toknock in windows because of the fire'sintensity."There was some plastic that burnedwhich has left a 'film' over much of thebuilding's interior ," Dever said. Accordingto Dever, the Housing Department is toRave a professional cleaning service cleanthe building and apply a chemical to

Mercyhurst Reports Record Enrollmenty Tracy Irwin

Admissions for 1987 at MercyhurstAdmitted into the 'Hurst were

stud ents. Although there has been anincrease in admissions for the past sixyears, the increase of this year has beenf the most dramatic.) Financial aid opportunities haveimproved greatly at Mercyhurst and have

made it possible for more students toatten d. Also, the program for the learningdisabled has expanded the possibilitiesfor a college education for studentsenrolled in the program. A Mercyhursti S ee A dm is s ions P . 3

eliminate the smoky scent. Hthat arrangements are beintemporary cleaning of studejpjever stressed that tproves the usefulness of firepoints out the need for the fhave," he said. "They're not

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The upcoming year prom-to be a productive one forGov-

groundwork to * have Sf hemchanged for next year," Arcadistated. dVincent wants to do thingsthat th e students will be inter-Vin- ested in and encourages them toan d Vice-President Joeis to getth e

According to Arcadi, theiris on theof recreation centersofis not known.ll be built by Spring andbe considered volleyball,an d hanging ou tVincent said MSG plans to

of the Special Projectsfor the centers. He felt itbe a better way to spendof spending ita concert that only a smallof students will at-Vincent and Arcadi arecan make a.:;for the Mercyhurst^for students Tjowl"in the futureJ

come to the government withsuggestions. Vincent said hewants, "A government that is intune with what th e studentswant." | .Vincent is a senior memberof th e football team, but is notworried about football interfer-ing with hi s duties as President.He assures that Arcadi will bearound whenever hefis not.

Vincent ^felt that he andArcadi are very compatible andwill work wellftogether.The first MSG meeting wasfor Sun., September 13, at 7:30p.m.^ in 114 Zurn. Two otherissues that were discussed arethe choosing of a new JudicialBoard and handing out the newConstitution, fAccording to Vincent, thererare* ^changes in th e electionprocedures and in the electionrequirements. All students' are

Thru September 27 :Art of India: t h e James D.Baldwin Co llec tion * Indianbronze and* stone sculpture sdating from the 2nd to the 15thcenturies, recently bequeathedto th e museum by Mr. Baldwin.Main galleries of Erie Art Mu-seum, 411 State Street.

September 26 - October 31*Ian Short: Works on Paper. AtArt Work Gallery, 51505 StateStreet. Opening reception Sep-tember 26, 8-10 p.m.

October 4 - November 8Vitus J. Kaiser: A RetrospectiveExhibition. IA su rvey spanningtwo decades of work by one ofErie's best-loved landscapeartists. Exhibition spronsoredby Erie Cablevision. Openingreception 2-4 p.m. on October4. I I I 1 : kOctober 31* *2nd Annual Halloween Arty.Music by Tennessee Back Por ch.$300 grand prize ta r best cos -"We're setting up other encouraged to attend the me et- f t u m e . Snacks and mixers p r o -be changed ings. The next meeting is Sun., vided. Advance tickets $10 perand are working on th e :- Sept.^20. person. AH proce eds benefit ErieI * Art Museum.

To RelocateBrenda Lowe

Phyllis Aiello, Director ofg and Safety, had a prob-to find a solution to

Martin Schenker and SonsContractors must? dig up thebasement floors, butt and placein new drainage pipes. The proj-ect is i underway now but nocompletion date has been cited.| According to Aiello, Briggs

November 15 - January 10Louis H. Sullivan: Unison WithNature. tArchitectu ral Orna -mentation bytforemost Ameri-can pioneer in the field. Circu-latedfby Southern Illinois Uni-versity at Edwardsville. Openingreception 2 -4 p.m. on Novem-ber 15.- i

Several stude nts, faculty gNorth va s redone two years agoan d Mercyhurst resi-had to be ^re-locatedof flooding in two ofnew buildings known as"The flooding came aboutof the heavy rains wetwo weeks ago," Aiello e x -"But according to our

fix the basements

by Speigel.After Briggs South waspurchased by Mercyhurst,renovations began on the fourbuildings, fincluding newly in -stalled carpetings, new side-walks, refinished bathrooms,remodeled hallways and en-trances. |$ Each unit Irevamped cost$3,500, which was paid by Mer-cyhurst.

Marchp3 - April 17Masters of Cartoon Art. A surveyof th e best newspaper cartoonart, from Thomas Nast to GaryTrudeau, from the Yellow Kid toPeanuts, Krazy Kat to Garfield,this" outstanding! exhibition isselected from th e collection ofthe Museum of Cartoon Art.Exhibition sponsor: Times Pub -lishing Company. Opening r e -ception 2-4 p.m. onsMarch 13.

April 24 - June 12 I65th Annual Spring Show.

Campus Paperback BestsellersRed Storm R)sing, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley,Russians plan a major assauR on fw WestCetvin and Hobbes. by BM Waflersoa (Andrews. McMeelParker. $695.) Cartoons about the lite of a htte bov.

3. Act of Win, by Barbara Taytor Bradford (Bantam. $4.95.)4. Wanderlust, by Daniefle Steel (Del, $4.96.)Roomance of a young woman'sworld-wide adventures.5. The Witches of Eastwfok, by John Upchke. (Fawcet, $450.)Devilish stranger haunts a smafl town. r6. A Matter of Honor, by Jeffrey Archer. (Pocket, $45 6.)International thrifts and intrigues. -7. Fatherho od, by Bill Cosby. (Berkley,$6.95.)Cosby takes a wise and funny ook at fatherhood8. Texas, by James A Michener. (Fawcet!, $5.96)Fictionalized Version of the history of Texas.9. Women who Love too Much, by Robin Norwood (Pocket,$4.50.) Howto avoid the pitfalls of unhealthy relattonsr-ps.

10. The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley, $4.50)The incredible chaseof a nuclear submarine.*

New Q Recommended

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Pennsylvania BecomingaLittle Russia J

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Kovski Korner, In Pennsylvania, over theI'm sure that many ofihave pleased

The latest Bill being intro-ed to the state senate is one

The Bill says, in effecUthatthe or she cannot

involvedjnot having in-law b y| refusing to evenvehicles for those with-^ x n gThink the

not defiance of the law. No,

climbed outrageously in recentyears. In Miami, Fla., insurancepremiums for some hospitalswere raised by 43 percent thispast summ er. The problem withinsurance companies is thatthey have|been allowed to actirrationally when it comes torate adjustments. iA person can be with aninsurance company for yearsand never have to use its s erv-ices. But if that person has oneaccident, makes one claim, hisor her rates will almost un-doubtedly go up when it's timeto renew the policy.This Bill would be beneficialfor those who have been payingtheir insurance all along. But Ithink the only fair way to ap-proach it would be to have a'provjsioruwhich^would put aceWrig^ifftnsuran^e^aleWn -creases, or at least would makethese insurance companies actin a more humane and realisticmanner.IfJ this Bill justfdoes onething,|which is to eliminate a

By not making provisionswhich would make insuranceaffordable along with making itrequired, the government iswidening the gap that separatesthe wealthy and the rest ofsociety. There will be even moreresentment between the upperclass and the rest of the peopleif Bills such as this one arepassed into law. Even with all itsgood intentions, this type of Billrewards the rich and stiflesthose who are just getting by, orworse, can't get by.This senator wants to gothrough all state vehicle rec-ords and find out who has theircar registered in the state with-out insurance. His argument isthat the people who have insu r-ance are payingHhe price forthose, who donJt.J agree and itfiink that uninsured motoristsare directly responsible for theskyrocketing rates *of pastyears.CThe legislators in Harris-burg must start looking throughthe bureaucratic murk, and

By Chris Kovski j even get ou t allof theand; shirt combinatI was told that, after the their children gotcolumn I wrote last week, therewere no more American inst itu- Father's Day,Another game thationssl could itear down, si at - me is chess. I hear tacked the presidency, profes-sional sports, air traffic con-trollers, and just about anyoneelse I could think of. These people were wrong. Idid leave out small barnyardanimals.

things like "move queto queen's bishop thgarbage of that ilk. Wchess, I subscribe tomove this little guy and take his little guymy horsey. I'll have toI also left out the triviali- ipointy guy and take oties of our everyday existence.For example, why do people getso excited over golf? I canunderstand the thrill of victory

pointy guys. It'll cocastle, but I've got anophilosophy.1 also can't standand ithe agony of defeat, but gers' Neighborhood. Iwhat is the sense of hitting alittle white ball with a heavyclub (definitely some sort ofsuppression of rights), thenchasing it and hitting

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Next To Boffo, Spoon Hanging Is Martin's Claim To Fame

By Chris KovskiWhat do you get if you takea 41-year-old man, give himfive children, a loving wife, fahouse in the suburbs in Wiscon-sin (right near Lake Geneva) anda good job? If you said a per-fectly respectable model ^citi-zen, perhaps even a Yuppie,you're wrong.

9 : ^\ * ' " . I S1 What you do get is Joe Mar-tin, Cartoonist, who refers toLake Geneva as an "urban lake."Martin is the creator of twosyndicated panels, "Willy 'nEthel' and "Porterfield," as wellas of the syndicated strip "Mis-ter Boffo.1' Unlike some car-toonists, who say they sit downand "draw" their jokes, perhapstakings eight hours a week,Martin makes his work aneight-hour-a-day . concern,using every day of the week towork hislmagic."What I do isisit in coffeeshops, watchingSJthe people,looking |lik e thef stereotypical'suspicious character.' I alsowalk around the neighborhood,keeping my eyes open, writingdown anythingfthat strikes meas funny or unusual in a note-bookjMy neighbors always sayOh, no. Here comes that Martin

iguy again.* Then 1 take the jokesI've written home, sort throughthem to find the^funniest onesand figure out what to draw forthem. While I'm writing theseregular jokes, something reallybizarre hits me, and that goesintofBoffo." fMartin knows what peoplethink of his woriu"Ladies over55 don't like Boffo. In fact, theyin the fact that theydon't get theiBoffo jokes." Since his work is fairlyit appeals greatly tothe younger generation. He evenadmits that hi s kids are theource of 20% of his jokes.ccording to Martin, their viewf his work is purely mercenary.it's a great source.

i Personally, Martin states "Iall of the Boffo jokes.

Boffo is my favorite - I can jokeon anything."And that is just|what|hedoes.

In addition, Martin loves tosing, play the guitar and piano, farcei | is one lhing lha t anyoneand write songs. So far, he has _ > nA g Ky b*& J w%11 i^.. OAA * jgj 3^pg can do, and some can do well. In1 He has some standing typeof columns, such as his "People

written 300 songs, one of whichis played on Chicago radio sta-tion WLUP - "Chicago Ho, Ho,Ho." 1 mmfact, the bald have an intrinsicadvantage over "hairy" people:they have a larger facial area.

Martin wrote the book "Howto hang a spoon" as a follow-upfor his book "Warning: Willy 'nEthel." He insisted on writing abook about the most meaning-less thing in the world, and hewanted to write the rules. And.he did. As Martin says in hjsbook, "There are over 200 mil-lion people in this country thatwill never be the best at any-thing. They will never reach thetop ranks of football, basebaii orpool, not even shuffle board,darts, horseshoes, Scrabble orTrivial Pursuit. To all of thesepeople I offer spoon hanging."^

JoeMrtiiunclear on the concept." Thesehave such interesting subjectsas two lovers sitting on a couch,a sign behind them statingsimply, "Safe Sex is Keeping th eDoors Locked."t He also has such things asthe "number one on list ofthings best left unsaid." One ofthese has two men in jail asking

why th e jailer's wife doesn'tcome around on his days off anymore.When drawing th e jokes,Martin lets himself go. In fact,on one strip with the heading"also-rans," he has somemonkeys with th e captions"smell no evil, eat no evil, stepon no evil, chew no evil, spit noevil'.' He was astounded atthe results. "I looked at it andsaid 'Where's Boffo?'"

Previous employment forMartin has. included work as adraftsman, manager of anemployment agency, and, even-tually, the ownership of his ownemployment agency.Martin is also the "AbnerDoubleday of} spoon hanging." not harmful to one's health, yet

Spoon hanging involves breath

Spoon hanging involvesbreathing heatedly and heavily

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into the bowl of a spoon (aprocess known as "pant fogula-tion"), preferably a Windsor,then pressing fit on the face-making it adhere to the flesh.The greatest thing is that it is

heatedly into the bowlSpoon hanging is an event inwhich human beings take pridein the number of kitchen uten-sils with a convex bowl they canmake stick to their faces. Al-though it may sound like a

is fun enough to keep the kids'attention in even th e finestrestaurants!

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Personality ProfileMariann SalvatiBy Jennifer Montani j

She is not from a foreigncountry, nor is she quarterbackfor th e football team. She's no tbilingual, and she has neverbeen in a movie. She is, in fact,a pretty average college studentith th e same fears and hopesthat usually interrupt th e daysof he r Mercyhurst College peers.So why a personality profile?With th e size of Mercyhurst, it 'svery easy to know who is a wizzon the playing field, and it's veryeasy lo be impressed. But Andyarhol once said that at someoint in their life, every personill be famous for 15 minutes,nd no t just because of|$omeut of the ordinary physical orsychic ability, but for justeing,him^or herself*

^^Marfann Lynn Salvati wasorn and raised in Beaver Falls,ennsylvania which is about ones an average one. She grew upth e "norma]" familyircumstances with a youngerrother, John Paul, fa motheranet and a father John. Mari-nn graduated from Black Hawkigh School in Beaver Falls asaledicto rian f of th e class of1984.x & L>

She chose Mercyhurst no tfor it s rolling hills or superbgeographical skiing conditions,but because of a full academicscholarship she received for her4 years at the Hurst. "Thepeople are really nice andfriendly here... " she* staledsmiling, but the smile quicklyturned to a frown when she wenton to say "..but 1 hate th esnow. t

Mariann is a senior, major-ing in Family Ecology. In orderto keep her scholarship she hadto maintain a 3.0, 3.25 and 3.5GPA for her freshman, sopho-more, and junior year; cur-rently, sh e has a 3.7. Along withmany of her college peers, th e

future is still a little hazy. Aftergraduation this spring, Mariannplans on looking for a job in thePittsburgh area and with amajor in Family Ecology, Mari-ann could go into various fieldsof social work or health serv-ices. She has hopes to receive aMasters degree, but "...not for afew years."When asked about he rgoals, Mariann admits to beingindecisive abouUthe future, bu tshe does know he r ultimateplan..."! want to be happy, Idon't know if that means I'll berich or married or what, but the

The National Multiple Scle-rosis Society's 1987 StudentsAgainst MS (SAMS) programannouned earlier this monththat i t will kick off this year'scampaign on 175 campuses withan MTV Concert sponsored th ethe Magnetic Products Divisionof Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.The site* of the Octoberconcert will be the country's topfund-raising campus, SUNYBinghamton, which raised morethan $30,000. The'event will betelevised later in the year. "Multiple Sclerosis is a dis-abling disease for which there isno known cau se or cure. It shortcircuits the J central nervoussystems of 200 young adultsevery week, most of whom ar ebetween th e ages of 20 and 40.The SAMS program wasdesigned to involve college stu-dents in the fight against MSdecisions I make will be for my because th e disease commonlyhappiness."

Asifar as, role ^models go,Maftahn doesn vrreally *ha[veanyone she plans on patterningher life after, "1 don't have anyrole models. My parents are themost important people $n mylife because they've been thereand helped me through difficulttimes. My friends are also reallyimportant to me, but as far asmodelling myself after some-one, I'm going to make my owndecisions in my life and careerand that should be goodenough."

When 1 was typing this storyinto the computer, people askedme who th e profile was on thisweek and when 1 said MariannSalvati, they asked me "Why, isshe on crew?" or "Oh, is she anew student from Italy?" When 1replied t hat Mercyhurst is full ofstuden ts who aren' t involved insports|and where born in thiscountry they sort of meanderedaway. This is a|profile^of a realperson who leads a pretty nor-mal life here at MercyhurstCollege. Like so many studentswho are almost lost in th etrenches of anonymity, MariannSalvati is a person just trying toa name for herself and afuture to be [proud of,

strikes their age group.There ar e currently anestimated quarter of a millionAmericans who have the disease.r ^ SAMS Is a national fund-raising and awareness programthat takes place on campusesacross th e country. As on e ofSAMS's ^national co-sponsors,Fuji Tape donated videocas-settes, audio cassettes, andother products to the Rock AlikeContest, a national lip-synchcompetition developed by MTVas SAMS's main fund- raisin gcomponent. Rock Alike contest-ants sent their performances onvideotapes to the Society in NewYqrk * to determine regionalwinners. "College students allaround th e country are out tomake a difference," LarryHausner, th e Society's NationalMarketing Director, said."By supporting th e SAMSprogram, they ar e helping toraise money that will fund th eSociety's biomedical researchefforts to find a cure for mul-tiple sclerosis," he continued."Through their generous sup-port of this program, Fuji Tapehas enabled us to educate thou-sands of college students aboutour vital mission. We are veryproud to have them on the MSteam."I Brad Friedrich, MarketingManager of Fuji's Magnetic

Students AgainstMSProducts Division commented,"We ar e proud to be associatedwith SAMS and the fine work it isdoing to fight this disease.'The National Multiple Scle-rosis Society is the only national

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* - * 6:10 p.m. on WRIEAM 1330 h osted by WRIE sportsdirector, Paul Chestnutt.Men's Soccer I

The Mens Varsity'soccerteam had a good showing atDavis & Elkins, th e second-ranked team in the Division 11,losing 1-0, this past weekend.Coach Burns knew th e earlyportion of his schedule would bean extreme test.Burns was especially pleasedwith th e play of seniormidfielder Donnough Shaffrey,also credited goalkeeper JoeBehr with a solid game. Behrhad seven saves. I{Davis and Elkins scored inthe 50th minute for the Honetally of the game. The Senatorsled in shots, 10-7, and cornerkicks, 6-3.i, Despite theilosing,Burns feels his team is makingsteady progress in gaining n a -tional attention.Earlier in the week th eLaker hooters claimed a 1 -0 winover Allegheny. Junior CarlsenThomson scored th e lone goalearly in the second half, andsophomore John Melody made itstan d up . Melody had 4saves in

TennisCoach Janet Price's

women's tennis team openedtheir season on a winning note,downing Gannon, 6 - 3 . iFresh^-man Janet Holzhaeusser was apleasant surprise.She won her num ber one singlesmatch, 6-3,6-0, and combinedwith Amy Sturm for a 6-1 , 6-2win in number two doubles.Stacey Cefola, Julie Kemling andMary McKenna were singles win-ners, while JillfWohlhueter andMaureen Walshicombined for adoubles win.The Lady Laker netterswere rained out in an earliermatch at Cansisius, with} th emakeup date set for September17. In addition to this match,the Lady Lakers will be hosting

Roth SeesEnthusiasStrong P> By Connie Bisbe

"Put your moyour mouth is..." wAndrew Roth,jDeansions, when he suggeof 1985 the buildingmen's varsity and|tof a women's varteam.Coach Roth's hyears of experience

belt from coachingfand high school socalong with his eGrove City on Friday, and trav- played a great part iding to Niagara on Sunday.

Women'sVolleybailThe women's volleyballteam opened its season this pastweek in the Carnegie MellonTournament. The team finished

with a 3-2 record, posting winsover Lake Erie Community Col-lege, 15-5, 15-11, FairmontState, 15-2,15-10, and Carne-gie Mellon. 16-14,14-16,15-6,while losing to Kenyon, 7-15,15-11,12-15 and Carlow, 7-15,15-12, 10-15. I JCoach BilliDaisley, in hisfirst year of coaching here atMercyhurst, was pleased with histeam's overall performance. Hesingled ou t freshman LynnBrayman, who had 26 kill blocks,and junior Lisa Staszewski, whofinished with 23 kills.

sion to coach th e LaStarting intofthseason th e Lady Lalot of potential, they're such a yoSome of their strongquoted from Roth, asiasm, youth, theirplay well as a team, players who are aanyone we'll meet."

\ The training proLady Lakers is verBesides running intdrills, they ar e reimproving their socThese skills includepassing an d blockingmous black and whball. 1 IThis year's team17 players, two of wjured . Eight off thwere recruited to pand th e rest had th

A defected Greg Host* bote w os Lokers toll behind eorly lo Alfred goal. Coachf RicklBurns was

quoted a s saying "Playing well isriot enough, nowlwe mustiwin.We face four more ranked team sin th e next three weekends."The Lakers will {face anot herpowerhouse, Lock Haven, onSaturday, and travel tolWash-ington &!Jeffei$on on^Wednes-day.

In|Roth's pointlgood soccerfplayer ividual with desire, wipractice hard, andplay to win.The Lady Lakplaying a series of 1hope of a rebound opening l osses! to Oband Fredonia|State,Lakers will be hostinSaturday, at 2:00 pyour support and be