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That, unpredictable .student organization which in the past has vacillated between the reflection of apathy and the source of active involvement is busily re­organizing, collecting its balance and fixing its sights on the goals to be pursued during the up­coming academic year. Jim McAndrew, the new president of the Representative Union of Students is looking forward to his term in office with bubbling enthusiasm and unrestrained optimism. At the present time he has a number of objectives for which he will seek the support of the student body.

One of Jim's goals is to seek a ^gradual* equalization of the student faculty voting ratio in the College Senate. In achieving this, he sees the need for students to talk it overiwith faculty mem-hers, to form what might be called a "student lobby.'' Mc Andrew cautioned! that he would "want the lobby to stop there after we got tit. I wouldn't want students .to go block voting after that, because you're 'developing dangerous - patterns there, and if you do that, the college senate will break down. We've got to be '.very careful doing it.". *MeAndrew is working on a new

counsultati ve body which he calls the "open channelled board"

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which would consist of the College Senate President, Dr. Shane, a represenatative from the Board of Trustees, and himself. With that group, he feels that "there would be no area of the school closed to anybody. The teachers could get to the Trustees." The inclusion of a trustee would provide a missing link which the College Senate now lacks.'All segments of the school would be represented: students, faculty, administration, and trustees.

McAndrew also hopes to streamline the present grade appeal system so that the student can present their case directly before the grade review board without being smothered by going through the complicated procedure presently in existence.^

The statement concerning student rights and freedoms will be revised in the course of this administration. "The present document was drawn up when student government was still the old S.G.A.. It's an obsolete document as farjas the;present structure is*concerned, it's im-per at i ve that it undergo a serious

by Al Belovarac § J f f i | student body to actively push for the.development of a new Union, either Jby working on securing pledges or just offering their help to the trustees and administration in whatever capacity the powers-that-be see fit. t

When questioned on his position over Ithe ^management of the College Union, McAndrew stated that "S.A.C. is a sub-committee of R.U.S. Both it and the direction of the Student Union are directly

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responsible to R.U.S., any ex­penditure over $100.00 must have K. I J . S. | review." Jim i sees the need to keep track of every penny in the R.U.S.J budget this year because of the increased number of students signifying added expenses in the needs and ser­

vices R. II .S. provides. W/f^mS pf The I source ? of j Mc Andrew's enthusiasm appears to stem from response Ithe freshmen j have made to becoming j involved in student w government. ||SHe remarked that he's "seen a lot of apathy since I If started {school here. This year's freshmen? class numbers approximately 365, and justfthe impact of those jpeople walking in here has turned in a phenomenal response } to j the R.U.S. organization as a student government. I think people have finally realized that the govern-men t $ has Sgot j to | function throughout the whole campus." If I McAndrew^cited the amazing turnout I oi Supperclassmen registering to run for class representatives!this!past week. Last spring«J several! offices in R.U.S.twere securedlwithoutja vote when only one person chose to run. He's convinced the fresh­men class has influenced ?this startling turn-around in student-interest about R.U.S. On the first two days of school, at least 25 freshmen came to McAndrew and asked how to get involved in student government.*He feels this shows a lot of promise, and it "may be the answer to the question of apathy on campus." |»|

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He t wants ? to '- tighten \- the relationship between R.U.S and the committees 3 in the College Senate!? in v which fJ. R.U S. representatives sit. He'll demand reports ? on each meeting! and discuss the questions to be voted on in the College Senate. He wants to dig the facts out of the isolated committees,! to f make 4the representatives more aware of all sides of the matter before the vote in the Senate. ^^'^S^iS^l gfMcAndrew's desire1^ to co­ordinate land I centralize *R.U.S. extends throughout all aspects of the organization. He hopes that "the way we set up in R.U.S. this year and the way I hope to co­ordinate it will be like a business. With I a budget* ini excess :of $30,000.00, it is a business.*' $L T| E The key words in Mc Andrew's administration seem to be strong leadership, organization, and efficiency.« He exhibits a lot of enthusiasm land {optimism bor­dering on the realm of idealism;* If he can maintain these qualities throughout the coming year in the face of any opposition and problems ?he may, encounter, R.U.S. iwilli certainly stride forward. The vital point is hov\ well he can transform his ideas into concrete effective results. Nobody can search for the answer now, it lies somewhere in the

jective of McAndrew this "year, coming year.

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Media Services Expand kf Rich Lamb Feature Editor

The primary purpose of a college is the education of its students, the new Media Services Department is aiming straight

mark* Under the direction of Frank Bingnear, media services will go beyond the old Audio Visual Aids Depart­ment to include all related areas'.

According to Mr. Bingnear,

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"the department will supply all learning situations. And this is not limited only to the classroom.** Rather than simply supplying equipment to* teachers, the students will also be able to participate. Media workshops will be housed on the third.floor of Old Main which will be open to students and faculty for their use

and experience. The services are available to the students for presentation inside or outside their classes. Aid and guidance will be given to any student who wishes to use equipment but does not know how.

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will be educational" This is the philosophy of the department, but it needs participation to succeed. 4This year we're looking for direction", says Bingnear, "and we're looking to the students for this direction."

Although the department is somewhat limited because of a lack of) adequate amounts of equipment, it is still available to as many as can be handled. In deciding what will be done in the future, need Will be the guide. Only by its use this year can the needs of the school be determined for the future.

A tremendous opportunity has presented itself to Mercy hurst. As traditional education can often be stymied and boring, the Media Services Department promises excitement, |experience and education. The only thing that can really stop the new department is lack of interest.

^All|who would like to usejthe department or learn more about it are urged to see Frank Bingnear on the third floor of Old 'Main.

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MERCYHURST COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 22, 1972

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Dave Shimpeno, from Harmarville.Pa., recently assumed his duties in the Mercy hurst community as an instructor, crew coach and intramural director. Dave was born and raised in Harmarville and attended Springdale High School where he lettered in soccer for four years and played J.V. basketball for two years. He furthered his education at the University of Pittsburgh where he was named by the AU-American Selection Committee to the All-East soccer team in 1967. V* i f ; ffijgl $• BW '" i m " W& Mr. Shimpeno is presently teaching a Survival Technique course. This is the type of course that Dave feels is beneficial to the student. He is trying to design courses on a practical basis so that the student can use these courses throughout their everyday lives. An example of this type of course is Recreational Supervision which Dave will teach during the winter and spring terms. From the experience that the student gains through this course, Shimpeno feels that he can place some of them in summer jobs as camp counselors. I W, J 'Dave is presently the head crew coach. However, his strong in­

terest is soccer. Eventually, you'll probably see Mercy hurst competing on an inter-collegiate level in soccer. At the present time, Dave is forming a club soccer program. Practices will be held irregularly for the time being since Dave's main responsibility is to the crew program. § 'Under the direction of Mr, Shimpeno, the strength of the intra

mural program should grow. Once again flag-football, basketball and Softball are on the calendar. Football begins Sunday, Sep­tember 24 and games will be played on the Lou Tullio Athletic field.

In speaking with Shimpeno, it seems that he is very enthused about his role in the Mercyhurst organization. I learned that he is extremely impressed with the caliber of both students and faculty at Mercyhurst. Speaking about the athletic program, Dave feels that; a very solid foundation was formed in the beginning and from there our athletic teams have made leaps and bounds. All in all, Dave believes, "the 'Hurst' is the place to be/' which is an in­dication that he is happy to be aboard, m i

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by Marlene Smith

The Women's Varsity Athletic Association of Mercyhurst College announces its second season of intercollegiate volleyball compeitition, with a tentative thirteen match to begin in mid-October. So far, they've had twenty-three interested girls sign up for the rigorous, universal same;.; five of which are ad­vanced players from last year, including Alexis Walker, Mary Jo Calhoun, Andra Johnson, .Barb Luttrell and LeVerne Dabney. £

The girls ended a fine first-year season with a 7-6 record against their opponents from West­minster, Thiel, * Edinboro, Allegheny, Behrend, Villa and the Erie Y women's team who they will again \lace this season, in addition perhaps to Clarion State. The' matches are played in the Mercyhurst College "mushroom cellar" also sometimes referred to as our gym! I ' Anyone having viewed J the women's Olympic competition a :ew weeks ago should be aware of the stiff practice sessions which make the sport both skillful ̂ and exciting. The Lakerettes practice drills run about two hours a day, concentrating^ primarily on serving, blocking, setting, digging and; spiking with only fifteen minutes set aside for actual practice play. ip

IjMercvnurst plays according to D.G.W.S. Rules (Division of Girls «ind%omen*s Sports). The basic offensive strategy is designed to set the ball up and spike it over the net. while the basic defensive attempt is to block the spike or

establish their own attack. The match consists of three games. The team winning two out of the three games is declared the winner. The game is played until eight minutes of actual playing time is concluded, or when one team has scored fifteen points, whichever occurs first. In either case the winning team must lead by two points before play is concluded. Actual playing time begins at the time the ball is put into play at each service, and the time clock is stopped each time the ball is dead after each play.

Miss |Janet Price, j Coach, seemed quite optimistic for the season to come, "if the success of the volleyball team can be determined by the interest the girls have shown in -volleyball, well have a great season.''

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interesting in its third year of competitive sports and in ac­cordance'with this I fact, I think there are a number of £ things which should be brought J up for questioning, i i S H m jX*

Around two years ago *• when Mercyhurst| began forming fits athletic program, there were a number of people \ who were against it. These people said that the trend i today i among some colleges was away from athletics with more 5 emphasis jj put ion academics. I This J argument of course is fallacious. To ]be specific it I is the I fallacy of irrelevant conclusion. They took an irrelevant statement to justify their stand. Nevertheless, the people who were in ffavor of athletics appeased those against it by saying that we will tolerate nothing less than* a scholar athlete. This brings up a number of questions. Namely, what is a scholar athlete? What are the standards he should follow? j |

What? about the athletic program -Mwhy was it im­plemented into the school's other activities. They reasoned that it would be |an economic and financial viability for the school.

i by T.cDaniel Heberle' :K. It would provide a steady flow of students. ? It would be good3' socially J for the college. This in itself does not seem unreasonable but is not the only way to provide a steady flow of students, it is not the only way to have a better social life. For instance when was the last time a speaker of any prominencei spoke on ;Mer-cyhurst's campus? $. There* are other aspects of this same type of reasoning that prevail at Mer-S cyhurst. For |instance, why is '̂ there such a {gap between the amount given for > athletic scholarships! and 8the amount given for honor scholarships?^ There are some schools that don't give scholarships.| for athletics such I as {Allegheny, fOberlein, Thiel, etc. This is because they are in the (P.A.C.) Presidents Athletic Conference, which does not give scholarships for athletics. Instead of athletic scholarships, |they give honor scholarships according to show well you fare academically, m S

Last year Mercyhurst printed a list of the individual cumulative averages of the athletes and then took the average of all of them together. Rather than conceptual averaging, shouldn't we consider

each individual average as the schools-'fa the P.A.C. do, rather than all together. It was also said about two years ago that local talent would be recruited. What happened to that?

A public relations campaign at this college is economically sensible. Theoretically, if we must use the term "scholar athlete", 'academics should be placed ^jabove* athletics. Therefore, any public J relations campaign /should place more emphasis on academics, and at the same time spread the name of the college, fc H $ "* '$*•%*.

But in the case of the athletic public relations * program, suc­cess or failure -is defined; in athletic terms. To be specific, one administrative source said we cannot afield ^non-competitive athletic i teams. .-: Poor t per­formance would I undermine the effectiveness | of?the campaign. So? no J matter how well academically -orientated ?the athletes are they smust first "be athletically&competente in;-their sport. This seems to be to be a gross contradiction of what a public relations campaign should be 1 doing i in reference J to academics and athletics. » B K |

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MERCYHURST HERITAGE (First of a Series on the History

of Mercyhurst) >/ Nf One of the first owners of the 75 acres that^ Mercyhurst College now inhabits was a man by the nanje , of ...David £ Wallace. , The Wallaces \ were one of Erie's original frontier families. It was in the year 1854 that the Wallaces decided to sell their 75 acres. In

Gary Bukowski fact, to be more accurate it was on April 1.U854 that the tran­saction was carried out.

The buyer of the land was Sebastian Rinderle who paid a grand total of $2,150 for the 75 acres. Rinderle turned the acreage'into a farm which $ he eventually sold to a M.B. Lowry on April 1, 1871 for the price of

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Of all the previous owners, *M.B. Lowry probably had the most interesting history. At the time, M.B. Lowry, was supposed

. to be one . of Erie's greatest characters. He was an outspoken man and fighter, he meant what he said at all times, and in all places. He was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. How J many people know that Morrow B. Lowry and a friend of his, General Kane, went to Washington and practically kidnapped Lincoln, and had him in the woods near Kane, Penn­sylvania, for nearly five days? They wanted the Great Eman­cipator to get away from his troubles. In fact, M.B. Lowry had a lot to do with Lincoln winning the election in i860. •;• •; I In Morrow B. Lowry's will he

gave his grandchild Annie Lyon Mercy hurst's 75 acres. Annie Lyon was the owner until the Sisters of Mercy ipurchased fthe land. £ -

It* was in the early 1920's that the Sisters were thinking of building a college for women in Erie. But first, they had to get permission from Bishop Gannon and that the Sisters did in 1921.

Before -; the Sisters^- left Titusville, a Father Gastor, the founder of Boston College, ad­vised the Sisters to build their proposed college on a hill overlooking the water. So it was that Mother Borgia, Superior of

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the4 Titusville Motherhouse, accompanied by Sister Collette. Treasurer, and Mother Pierre, assistant; supervisor, came to Krie in search of a site for their perspective institution off lear­ning. W f 5Q I ; !§§

The Sisters began their search by securing the service of Mr. T.O. Anderson, a real estate agent, who was |beginning a million dollar development in (ilenwood Hills. During the year, Mr. Andrews took the Sisters around the city looking for the proper site, but the search was in vain. But then one day, Sister Pierre's cousin took the sisters to the Anne Lynn farm, whose name was now!Ann Cornillier?through marriage. The farm had a beautiful view of the lake and it was on a hilltop.

Mother Borgia however was afraid that the site was too far away from the city of Erie. It must be remembered that the city limits ended around 26th Street and the the CorntUicrL f-a was in Mill Creek. Just imagine how the land looked. There were only two buildings on the property at the time of purchase. One of them was the Home Management House which still stands today and a barn which was situated in the area where today's ?main entrance Uo the Administration Building is located. And all the surrounding areai were barren fields. | Nevertheless, the more the sisters looked at the site, the more it enchanted them. The sisters bought the land and the deed was signed on September 30, 1922, at ll:47?a.m. Another problem had come up, the Sisters had only $65,000.00, and! Sister Borgia was trying^ to decide whether she should spend all the money on the land or save some for the building. The Sisters, with an eye for: the future f̂inally decided to buy all 75 acres for the total price of $51,000.00.

The big step had been taken— The Sisters of Mercy! had the land, now they needed a college.