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Friday evening, March 26th, marked the formal opening of the first Annual Sen i or £ Art Thesis Exhibition! at Mercy-hurst College. <This opening^was held in the faculty loung'e from 8:00 till 10:00, with fsparkling burgundy4and .imported cheeses being served^ The guests pres­ent included members of the faculty, administration, the trustee and advisory boards, the Sisters of Mercy and the relatives and friends of the stu­

dents participating in Wife ex­hibition.

The show includes 84 works of art of fifteenj students in- a va­riety of areas: painting — GretchemMeehan, Cathy Weisz, and Nancy Jagozinski; sculp­ture — Jeanne Emery; cera­mics—Janet Hall, Gail Muen-ter, Eileen Bishop, and Jeff •George; graphics*— Julie Pie-ton, Patricia Izbicki, and Mike Michaud; copper en a raveling — Margaret M. Brace; macroma

—JVIary Kay Wasson; stitchery —Mary Cagnol; calligraphy-;.— Dorothy Volzer; andlart educa­tion—^Deborah Bradley.

This is the first yeartfor the showfwhieh appears to all to be a wonderful success. The vast amount of! time and effort put into the work andHts presenta­tion |is evident of those who see the exhibition as the* cause of this success. The attendance has Sheen very! responsive dur­

ing the first*? half of the show, March 26 through April 2nd. The hoursj1 have been and are 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Mon-day through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 10:002p.m. Saturday>and Sunday. Thejjshow will be clos­ed during Easter vacation, but will re-open April 14th through April 21st for the second half. Local representatives ilrom among thfe^senior exhibitors will be guests on the Be a Can field Show, Wednesday, April 7th at

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a.m. to regenerate inter* among the public.

The majority of the pieces on exhibition are for sale and within a wide price range. All students and other individuals that are interested are welcom­ed and encouraged to stop in the faculty lounge at their con­venience during the hours. We hopeito there.

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MERIT AWARD WINNER CALLEY VERDICT:

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presentation of |the work, the % craiftmanshiip of the composi­

tion, and the aesthetics of the design (break of space).

The second|in a series of film festivals will be held cm Thurs-

- day, April 15th, atk 7:30 p. m. The feature>filiH of the evening is 'Picasso." See you there!

student opinions! "Legally, Calley is guilty but

should one man be convicted of war crimes that many others may also be guilty of. The Cal­ley trial has brought to the American public some of the atrocities of war which should

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Venice", a wood engraving byfAdele Wilson recently won the firstfMSAC Merit Award. "This work was selected for its (detaik mood, and overall effect.

i ^he implied shapes and varia-u t ions of line gives the work a nmovement throughout the pic-

Nre field! $J p ' Tfle competition for the sec-'

ond Merit Award; the restric-j tic-ns are: | -

|- (a) Media—college f j fo) Size—maxtmumf of 30 laches tall and 40 inches wide.

<c) The presentation is stress-e* to a professional level, butj not necessarily matted. § L W ) Works must be hand de-«vered in the oil painting lab on Monday, April 19th between *0:°0 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. or Jfesday, April 20th, between P*00 a- m. and 12:00 noon J

Jr ** entry label must be f lxed to the upper land-hand

**** of the back of the work f1^ the entry fee of 25c must pocompany the work. |

J»*dgiftg will be based on the

IMPORTANT NOTICE! Students inclined to become "FUTURE"

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lead to further investigation of the military activities in Viet­nam."

—Maureen* Byrne

"I don't feel that Calley is totally guilty, but rather that he was just* an unfortunate vie-tim in getting, caught. I'm sure that these Imassacres are prev­alent, ion both sides—I see the wrong in killing thfe iinnocent babies Jbut there is no doubt that the women and older chil­dren are a risk. I also feel he is not the only one guilty, there were others involved, butiphe had the responsibility."

I—Sue Forstrom

All positions from Editorship, Managers, Reporters, Art & Layout, Photographers, and Typists; are^now open for next years Merciad. ^

Those who can accept the responsibilities of a col­lege newspaper, will work with the present Merciad Staff for the remainder of the Spring Term* Thus initiating the paper for the Fall*of '71 will be met 'with a TRAINED and qualified staff. I

'Calley's conviction was ab-solutely outrageous, "Was it in­tended to cleanse the quiet feelings of the public, the army, or ,who? Why wasn't the insti­tution of the United -1 States Army put on trial for its en­croachments on human dignity and personal liberty? Willi the public be duped into silence again?

—Barbara ; Smith

"I think that Calley isbeing used ^as a scapegoat by his

Calley to* carry out. If people realized how the military fis run, they would find,out its not a | democracy and CaJJey only acted from a command ; that had to be carried out, because itlwas a direct order? In my opinion^ Captain Medina should be charged lor the murder and not Calley. Captain Medina is a professional* soldier and should have realized the com­mand he had given was way out ofHine. Calley is a regular guy that was just doing his time and carrying out orders. ICis£true Calley murdered un­justly, but he onlyicarried out the orders of his Jim mediate superior. In my opinion Cap­tain Medina should be charged with the murder and not Cal­ley*' J ! \'\% I i f

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*tt think that Lt. Calley should not have been charged with the murder. Captain Medina had full responsibility? for C icom-pany| and gaveS theV order to

"Since returning from Viet-Nam and following the recent trial of Lt Calley I feel it was an unjust" verdict. I* went through i the same infantry training as heidid, the resultant product is a* person trained to kill in a war situation never trusting anyway. The. only way to stop situations like ft his in the ffuture is to stop the war arid not sacrificing an individ­ual iwho fought for his coun­try." I f

—Francis T. Scharz

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I Meroiad Staff 5 j Editor | . . M I . . . . Al Messina Associate Editor ? 4 Bob Parks Feature Editor Jamie Kamler News Editor ] Bill Sachse Sports Editor .1 £ . . . | Billl Dopierala Layout Editor £ Dave Rohde General Manager 5o& Beck Business Manager • aft • ' • t • * • • • • • Cindy Gust in Circulation and Exchange Mdrlene Smith Layout Staff Fran Aliearn, Bill Chiodo,

I i Ann Potts Staff Writers Audrey Rosenthal,

H I Dick Lamb, Brenda Brewer, Bill Fictpr, Jim Trombetti

Staff Carol Meuhling, Julie Samick, g v - *. Ellen Heinrich, Mark- Zine

Athletic Critics Remain Anonymous I

by Vince Doran

A thought-provoking jditto was placed on bulletin boards throughout this school Tuesday night. The ditto was concerned MAINLY with Mercyhurst's new athletic program. Unfortunately this same ditto had mysteriously disappeared by Wednesday morning. It, did raise many interesting questions that all Mercyhurst students should at least be aware of. Seeing that the dittos have vanished, I feel it necessary to present the questions raised within that* ditto. I also will hake the opportunity to reply to the author's (or should it be* authors') ofithese questions.

Q: Is all athletic program? so necessary to our survival I that we must forget that the purpose of Mercyhurst

College is education? :•. §P I *lf W i lW R: Education is an ambiguous term—it needs a universal

definition Hor your purpose. Yet, even if we assume $ a common definition for education—Do athletics im-

| pede a "good" education? j | J9 t fe

Q: Must the "new. Mercyhurst" include a double stan-- dard and the bending of principles beyond recognition? R: Again, your terms are ambiguous. £ Double standard? 1$ (Men and women perhaps?) And, what principles are U you writing of? . ¥ , | | 1 f

(The next four questions will be dealt with? as a {single unit.) I

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Has Mercyhurst grown so that it now feels-, that in order; to survive as a first rate ACADEMIC institution with an upcoming athletic program it must seek out the scholastic* dregs in order to obtain athletes to fulfill the program? I lc# 'i what are we to think when members of our tennis team boast of grades that were GIVEN that he might qualify for the Florida matches? i & What are ;iwe to think when ouriathletic department g o e r to draft basketball players whoiare AWOL from the sfervice? What/are we to think when there is a .rising percentage of our male students not ^academically qualified to remain at Mercyhurst, but are nonetheless still a part of the academic community here—some listed as special students, some not? t

a* The questions all make strong accusations. Do I un­derstand th&t you have proof to substantiate these

? accusations. E>o I understand thatjyou have $ proof to accusations, if so I would feel it is your duty to the

* school, the students, and yourself to make this proof known publicly. If you have proof, I would also 8ug»

I gest the following: Ask your RUS representative to | | request RUS ^0 call a town ;meetingfeto. discuss this

controversy with the entire Mercyhurst Community.

I yhe final ^wo^ questions that the ditto asks are con­cerned with ithe president male students fof Mercyhurst.

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Are the residents of Preston required to pay^for their wholesale destruction Of schooltoroperty? If *tHey are ^permitted to. occupy another dormitory next year, are we to expect similar conduct? I myself am a*resident male istudent. I myself have been sickened byfthe destruction$Yet it has not gone un-noticed by the Administration. Rumor has it that the *»nen-" will;be»assessed for damages found within Preston Hall./As to yoUt second question; A ask: Give an answer**hat{will assure everyone that the conduct of all Mercyhurst's students * will be guaranteed "ac­ceptable"^ I f

One filial ipommenit—By remaining |anonymous§ you «^ce . ^ i " i B ^ ^ ^ cWSn^iotii^nd swpPPrt. W you be-lieve lft yppr written position; if youjcan prove, your j m -plied*aCcOsationsf PLEASE E^OSE*YOURSELt ,J

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jock| attitude extols a physical reality

>I was recently told that the American culture is dominated by a "jock attitude". This means that Americans tend to honor the physical accomplish­ments that people make. A per­son is more or less rated by the physical accomplishments they achieve. Some feel that here at Mercyhurst there has been an influx of so-calld "jocks"

and their rising numbers and prominence will be due to the basic jock attitude of the so-ciety in which our school exists.

To begin with I must decide what the word "jack" should mean. In thinking of how to write this article I found my-selif easily and hastily steroty­ping jocks and then finding that the stereotype? did not adequate-

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ly fit all the people whom com* be^onsidered jocks. My immed. iate sterotype comes from what I, unless Tm mistaken, believe; to be the origin of the temj Under this Ideifinition a jock would beva|person who isisal sports fanatic. |He would be a very physical, robust and tirfe but he would also be stupid. ID a college he football? star show UID for up

is *a first string who has only tH his test in order

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for him to get a straight C.

The, word "jock", now is a more expanded ^version of this term. Ayook is now considered to be capable of being both ath­letic and intelligent* He can be verile yet civil or he could simply be crude and vulgar. A; jock can be any number of complicated personalities but he must be athletic. It is essential] that one is a jock if he wants to be* wholly accepted by the American public. If you want to make it you've got to be a competitive, ass kicking winner. You've got to be ready, willing and able to stand up and fight about anything. America is a land where a man must be all man and he proves himself by his physical accomplishments.

This is not odd to see men ac­ting strangely, trying to prove themselves. fi.Vs just one of those things.

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To The Editor: ^Reality, however I

may jbe, usually gives! itself in very concrete symptoms. In the bourse of hip history^ man has displayed*isuch *a ^fascination with syriiptomS that he tofteri forgot aibout the underlying reality or causes ^0 the symp­toms. ItEis very important that man|be able*to read symptoms properly, i otherwise he will never be in apposition to deal with lfife. It is my impression

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that Americans in^geriepal can­not make; fchje jump from symp­tom to reality, and I wonder if the same charge might not ap­ply to the Mercyhurst commun­ity. ^ - JS i

Last spring, and then again this spring, our country was disturbed • about respectively1/ Kent State and Lt.. Calley. In both cases many Americans felt that those involved in the inci­dents should bejjiarshly dealt with. Such an approach misses the point ,that bot|i Keift < ate and Lt. Oaliey are symptoms of an underlying mood" in oiir

country—a mood which sees violence! as the quickest and most effective answer to diffi­culties. Our main attention should ,|be to the climate and tone of the country not to any­one systom. Destroying a symp­tom does notf touch thescause. jiftere at|Mercyhurst .we too

albound? in symptoms, some of which include: uj 3 1.) A larger student turnout to see fish attacking one another than for the excellent Relihan lecture or the lectures? in; the Fall. I 2.) An almost total lack* of concern about what is happen­ing joutside thefgates on East 38th. jr :.

3.) A fear on ihe|part of cer­tain critics of the college ath-letfc progirain to identify them­selves. £

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men, ment tion.

Destructiveness. Resentment — women of men of women's resent-stiidents M administra.

These symptoms indicate that possibly we have a deeper prob­lem here at Mercyhurst. Yes, curriculum changes do help a

college but more important m my opinion is the college's un­derlying climate and tone. A| college where differences of opinion are freely and openly aired, a college where a t i^ members—students, lay faculty

Sisters, ^administration* s t a^| are treated -with dignity »nd

resipect, a college where idga* are a living and vital part of life both outside} and inside W classroom, such a college sW^ symptoms of an underlying # ality that-is both Christian an educative.

I t ' i s time to come to g Pj with the climate and mood our college^Let us explore openly together and becoff even more what we claim to —a Christian^ educative ccj munity. I would be happy

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Calley rusade: Who is to

JbyfAl 2£cssina,$ Editor According to historian Rich­

ard Hofs&idter Arcerlca has on numerous occasims display­ed a proneness to fits of moral crusading. In a prior historical period the populists crusaded against the monied interests of the urban areas,? while*: in another period the progressives made reform a crusade.

At present Americans are crusading once again, not on such a grand scale, but never­theless with much fervor, |in-dignation, and self righteous­ness. Today's crusade, brought to the fore by the ^indictment and fconviction of Army Lt. William Calley^ is directed against |the system.

Recently the commahder of the American Federation of Foreign Wars asserted that Calley is being used|as the scapegoat; the system is really to blame. iFor those who accept this nonsense Jl can only say you too have used a scrap ego at —the system.

I'm quite sure one could also say Charles Manson| was vic­timized by the system. Ameri­cans forget that Manson is the bastard son of a 16 year* old prostitute, a|man|who lived a very difficult and depressing life, flips quite conceivable, fol­lowing the system as scape­goat argument, |that Charles Manson was alienated and dis-enfranchised by ak system^ of superficial ?*and contradictory yalues, -.a system which, with­out the guidance of.parents, he could not relate to. '£

Yes, andifor centuries Amer­ican black people ?have been robbed of their personal dig­nity; either by overt .punitive acts or by cruel and suble hu­miliations. That's the American

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andsr of men* in prisons who were victims of a system they found difficult| to | relate I to. Does anyone (of significant numbers) blam^fthe system for them? I

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ing for these people? Why the vengeful attitude it o w a r d Charles Mansori, and the lov­ing sympathy for William Cal­ley? Is is because Manson kill­ed Respectable, rich,| | white Americans and Calley killed supposedly despicable and contemptable gooks? Are you patriots with a conception of Whatf your country! can and ought to be, or are you misled fools displaying a nativistic tendency, a ^reflex fostered by a war mentality? |But | the real question is, if fcjallfey^ftad been acquitted, would fthese people be crusading against? the mili­tary system? Probably not!

It|is inconceivable to me how anyone | can | justify malicious and indiscriminate murder by blaming it on a system, a sys­tem in which these crusaders ALLJOF A SUDDEN have ob­jections too. It seems to |me that people (I'm sorry some had long hair) who attempted inlthe past |to brotest against the military establishment* were written off as ^unpatriotic, per­haps even Communistic.?? My question then is do these cru­saders want to indict the sys­tem^ and change it, or do they just want to get Calley off?

American people are operat­ing under the misconception war is unrestrained savagery. Just as |pre-modern wars have been stereotyped as .being en­tirely warsf between gentle­men, modern wars have been stereotyped finto the category of |unmitiga*ted| brutality; both are gross exaggerations. The fact- of*the matter is a soldier has an obligation, just as a citizen does to his country, to act in accordance with some code^of ethics. If America is to believej it has a transcendant moral* position in Viet Nam,* it can only be undermined if we act unethically on the basis that the Jenemy acts unethically. Then again, perhaps thefbelief that we are the "good| guys" is a delusion.

Given the fact that America

hdsilong affirmed the fact that it is upholding freetfom | and self-determination in Viet Nam, to allow soldiers to kill indis­criminately with impunity would serve to deprecate Amer­ica's whole philosophical basis for being in Viet Nam. Again, a just cause cannot be achiev­ed through injustice.

To clarify this point, perhaps an analogy will? suffice. It has often been said |Am'eriean whites are conditioned to be­lieve in the paranoic delusion that blacks are inferior, and dangerous people with a vindic­tive attitude towards whites. It's not- uncommon to hear — those niggers are crazy and would slit your throat at the slighest provocation, not to mention the fact all theiniggers look alike. Exaggeration? Just ask mom]and|dad. Then, given the general attitude of whites toward blacks, should a white policeman walking fthe beat in Harlem shoot all! potentially dangerous blacks for fear of reprisal.. Certainly |not! | A | po­liceman must wait* until he is confronted with a man who lis in fact bearing^ a weapon; to kill on the strength of suspicion wouldIbe intolerable and totally unwarranted. Jlndeed af police­man cannot break the law in attempting to uphold it.

If Calley is a victim,| he fis the victim of a system he chose to Ibe a^part^*of .LHe^vasn'-t coerced vinto joining! the army, but went of his| own volition. Unquestionably Calley is a patriotic and loyal |man — a man|with a sense of obligation. It is also true however ^that Calley |had to accept, in con­junction jjwith his training, j obligation to conduct himself ethically! f • i

The legitimacy! of ourfinvolved ment in Viet Nam has 1 otig been ^predicated on |the ^belief that the majority of the Viet­namese (at least jin the south) are loyal to, or atHeast sym­pathize with, the South Viet­namese governments J

But| now with respect to the conviction of| William Calley a new frame of reference lhas been brought forth. Now the people oft Vietnam are gooks, potentially dangerous Viet Cong posing as civilians^ and that the killing oft Americans by such deviousness is more than common—it's rampant.

This leads one to question which assertion islvalid. Iff the former is true than much of the case for Calley is in doubt, in fact* a gross exaggeration. If| the latter is true, perhaps we|should disengage immediate­ly. I • 1 j , | | J

Then tfiere are those who be­lieve rthat this happened in the past without any punitive .action being taken. It As probably that

bsuch occurances as My Lai fchave taken place unnoticed. *My question is, if you know

Rated X

TheSuper Soap Opera' by Mark Zine

Pairing Peyton Place and Gerald Hospital you give with to a beautiful farce intitled Doctor's Wives. Starring De-yan| Cannon and Richard Crenna.

The film is to be taken ser­iously but the approach and the means cjf conveying this is pure comedy.

The story dealsjhvith: murder, larceny, open heart surgery, brain surgery, a homosexual, a lesibian, a drug addict, an alco­holic, i a suicide case, wives cheating on husbands, husbands cheating on wives, and the kit­chen sink, to name a portion of the plot. I

Dyan Cannon! who? gets top billing is only seen| a short time. In scene two she is mur-dured by her husband who finds her during a relationship with her love. Thefbullet which kills her lands in a chamber of the

heart of her "friend". This pro­vides the necessity of open h e a r t surgery. Surprising enough a heart transplant was not written into the screenplay.

The most comical scene is Dyan's funeral. The viewer is aible to read the thoughts of her country clulb associates. Their comments are pure hysteria— 100%.f f ,| I | 1

I can't say that the movie makes no honest statements.'In scene two, *'lfor J an example, after the brain surgeon shoots his wife through the back his reaction is truthful. He said "It would have been more appro­priate if I aimed ?a little low­er . . ."I agree,!alorig with a slug for the writer, director, and cast.

There lis one good asjpect of the film. I Without these movies we could not segregate the good Jrom the bad.

©on't waste your time?

Ffee University To Begin 2nd ion The free university is a com­

munity of |individuals with the purpose of sharing knowledge for knowledge sake, free from the traditional classroom struc­ture. In effect an individual shares knowledge and interest in a particular subject with other members of the com­munity. ^The^ onlyg requirement for moderating a courses sin­cerity. The nature Jof these courses canfbe as varied as the infinite interests of people. The Free University lis not affliated with Gannon, although -its uses Gannon's ^buildings for class­rooms.

The initial session of the Free Universityi has gbeen a successful operation encompass­ing a wider score of topics such as: Ik Seminar! in American

History, Introduction to Opera, Woman's Liberation, Yoga, and Macro-philosophy. Due to 4& positive development, thefFree University would like to initiate a second session which would continue intoithe summer.*Free University is now in*the proc­ess of soliciting course modera­tors this session.-jlf-you ate in?-terested kin moderating a course, please send youj: NAiME, ADDRESS, ^ PHONE NO., name of course, a descrip­tion of|it, the times and dayfc you would bfe available to pre* sent the course and the maxi-mum no. of people you would like in it to—

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this, why wasn't something done. aboufrjit. Nuerejmberg es-fSblished the precedent for war crimes, so now you have some­thing to act upon. Yet you have done nothing.

However, it is not uncom­mon for Americans to acquiesce

liuine principles are at sjfcake,; self aggrandizement is far more important and the American Indian and Black can gfCtest to thatjfact.

$Also, to defend Calley on the basis that others have commit­ted similar crimes bute it .Was either* unnoticed or overlooked, is legally incomprehensibleiFor example, can* Charles Manson be pardoned because some mtir-ders remain unsolved,; or that southern whiteslave murdered black people^while law officials turned their backs.

$;Despite this, however, people \ still contend "higher ups" are responsible. I find this argument weak and unconsist-enUWhen one gives credence to such an «dkea it |becomes nothing jmore than a {question of causality^.For example, to say that Medinai (or the mili­tary system) jcaijsed Ci$ey| to act as ihe did, then one|must entertain the:t, question of #who or*3vJiat*paused Medina (or the system) to act,'andithink as he

(or it) did. When one gets to the primary cause he will, in all liklihood find it's $ the American people themselves — if such query is | possible at all. f

The truth of the matter is, Calley Mguilty of & crime, Me­dina and! others may also |be guilty,4 but that will have to*be judicated by the court. Multiple responsibility does not make Calley | innocent, but rather opens Hhe possibility of others being guilty of war crimes.

It appears although the cru-saders are attacking the*; sys~ temHo^ree Calley. They seem, to lack the genuine^concern for: the flagrant deficiencies of the American ^military system, if they were truly concerned they woifid^have^inifaated their cru? sadeftohg ago.|

furthermore, for a nation that repeatedly chastises*|its youfh for, the alleged funwill^ ihgness to accept the obligations of citizenship, it is somewhat inconsistent, for Ithese patriots of freedom and responsibility, to assume fthaf a soldier has no obligations, no ethics to gov­ern his actions. j ln the final analysis, I im­

plore the American people not tojblame the systenu but blame yourselves because you are the system.

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AP^1 2, 1971

BILL DOPIERALA

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This writer, *being part of the tennis! team, would like to ex­press in their behalf, appreciation for|the support Mercyhurst stu­dents and faculty gave usjon our recent trip to Florida. One would really have to experienci the. "lift" that the|kriowledge that most of the students and faculty of Mercyhurst? were really behind us. I^would like tojtake tills opportunity to thank Sister Carolyn and R.U.S. for the telegrams of congratulations that were sent to the team. We only^hope that we can represent Mercyhurst through­out the spring season as well as we represented you in Florida.

1 However, there Us Always ahotherj side to everyj story. This became apparent on ourfreturn, when^notice was$taken of a mon­ographed document proporting tofspeak for "academic freedom." It seems thatfwhoever wrote this "little nicety" doesn't think much of sports and boys in generation this campus. There were some vic­ious charges on that paper that were only half-truths and used to try to encourage bad-feelings toward athletics at Mercyhurst. As a sports writer, £wffl|biily reveal the trattej behind thosejparts of this "openfletter" that^deal directly with athletics. But knowing how these people|haveT«istorted the truth in this area, one can realize how this whole documen(|is a completefdistortion of reali-

ty.§§ | M • 1 i I I • -There were two "chargesjl puMagainst Jhe athlefic*program.

One stated thatjeertain members of the tennis fteam "boasted" thatfthey had receivedggrades in order to be able to play tennis in Florida. The other'said that Mercyhurst|was recruiting an AWOL soldier for a basketball scholarship. A talk with Dean Garvey brought out the truth behind both these* accusations.

To latter|"charge,,iabout:]the AWOL soldier turns out to be afhali truth. Mr. Garvey stated that^afboylwho had gone AWOL twice from the army did apply to Mercyhurst. However, this is the extenttot' the :truth to that charge. Ii*seemspiat this person went AWOL because of. family hardship and bothUimes returned on his own to the service. In eachkase, the army did not jail him as they normally d«£to deserterst Thej%ympathfeed with liis reasons and let him out of thelservice with an "Undesirable^Discharge" as op­posed to af "Dishonorable Discharge" they usually give in AWOL cases. This boy* was refused admission, to Mercyhurst only on the grounds that he didn't have the grades to enter. This so-called "charge" against*this boy thus turns out to be falsef as'Jwell as slanderous to that boy. Somebody|really had a great deal of cour­age to accuse someone who- couldn't defend?himself, and not even bother to sign their? (or his/her) name to the^chargeJ

The other accusation against members of the tennis team also turns out|to be entirely! false. fFor one thing, there waspto one playing in Florida who wasn't eligible to play. Mr.f Garvey! offered to open the records ofI anyone on the team,for in? school, to prove this fact? As for the accusation for somebody "bragging" that they got a grade in order to^play, I twill speak with first-hand knowl­edge of the situation. |For one thingjthe boys who were scholastic-ally ineligible during|the Winter term worked, or didn't, for every grade they got at the end of that term. No one on this team was "given" a- grade in any?way, and a few were denied higher grades by less|than 3 points, in some classes. Also, ii would likelto know to who these members of the tennis team "bragged'J to as they were accused of doing. The grades for the previous ineligible1 play­ers W r e rfinally made known early Thursday night, March 18th, when most ofi this campus was deserted. The team departed at 7:30j Friday morning, March|l9thjltor Florida. Therefore, I, for one£ would like to meet orjsee the "evidence" that someone on the iennis team "bragged" *about getting a grade. Also, whoever wrote|this|paper shows very little respect for the faculty of this institution by insinuating that some member (s) "gave" out grades. | f I

Af£ the Conclusion op the talk with Mr. Garvey, he mentioned an answer to|a question he had been asked. The question was what he would do if he found out who wrote|thispaper. The^Deanistated

^firstiof all, I would affirm their fright to dissent* Then, I would tell them -what,I thought of their character." Mr. Garvey also stated that he is {willing to discuss this matter with anyone who? would wish to openly question the school's policies* ff %

Nobody is trying to deny the?fact that whoever-wrote this pap­er had the right to: dissent. This is a basic freedom guaranteed by the American Constitution! However, there is another right guar­anteed by? our Constitution that states: " I . . the accused shall . . . be informed of the nature^and cause of the accusation; to be CON­FRONTED with the witnesses againstlhimj| . .".(Amend. VI o'l the American Constitution;) I hope|thathhe person or persons who put out this document can feel pride in their achievement. They must- really be proud that theyycould slander someone who couldn't defend himself, and run down the reputation of a (personally) great group of boys, and stay unknown in* the process. Thesefpeople* (or person) say that fcheylare exercising their right of speaking out! but does that right give [themtthe authority to trample on the rights of others? To whosoever wrote these accusations, I can only salute you on your fine example of "integrity," and the|"courage" you've shown in standing; up for ?your convictions.

The Mercyhurst College j Lakers" on a southern train­ing tour to Florida last week, played their first |scheduled matches Monday, March 22, against the netters of Florida Atlantic lUniversity.I £ ; |

The Lakers won 4 of the 6 singles and were 1-2 in the doubles. |lDave Williamson, a Mercy­

hurst freshman from Buffalo, was thelonly Laker to win|in tooth the singles and doubles competition. \ jMonday scores tallied:

SINGLES J % ?Wrank Bussey^ (F.A.) defeat­ed Ed Manning (M) 6-4, 6-2

Guido Alvarev j£F.A.) defeat­ed Steve Gutting (M$6-3, 6-1

Tammy Thompson (M) de­feated George Turkel(F.A.) 6-4, 6-0 f| SlfBill Dopierala (M) defeated Ralph Brink (»F.A.) 6-0, 6-2

Dave Williamson (M) defeat­ed Fred Sogert (F.A.) 6-1, 6-3

John Christophi (M) - defeated Maurice! Brieivo (F.A.) 6-3, 6-3 DOUBLES^

Alvarev & Turke (F.A.) de­feated Manning & Thompson (M) 6-0,|6-l|

IBussey & Brink (F.A.) de­feated Gutting & Dopierala (M) 0-6, 6-3, 7-8 |Willtamson & Kuhn (M) de­

feated Sogert " a n d |Srafrort (F.Af) 6-3, 6-3 I I

The Lakers ivere accompan­ied on the 9-day|tour|by their assistant coach? Roibert Sturm and E. William Kennedy, direc­tor of student affairs. 'HURST "LAKERS^ DEFEAT BROWARD?NETTERS 5-4

The Mercyhurst "Lakers'' traveled from ^Florida* Atlantic University tofBroward College on* March 24, where they de-

feated the Fort Lauderdale net­ters 5-4. f

The Lakers lest their first singles to the Broward team but recovered with wins recorded in the fifth and sixth single matches. f £ | $

The Erie team continued their winning streak by taking the three doubles.

Laker Dave Williamson again led his team J in the Wednesday matches by defeating the Brow­ard opponent in both the singles and doubles as he did earlier this^week at Florida Atlantic University.

RiESUI/TS: Mercyhurst 5 — •Broward—4

SINGLES: | | ' I •. - S Hunter Mattc«cks|(B) defeated

Ed Manning (M) 6-3, 6-2 | John Fiorio (B) defeated

Steve Gutting (M) 6-1, 6-1 Rick Reynolds (B) defeated

Tommy Thompson (M) 6-4, 6-1 Pitti Fiorio (B) |def eated Bill

Dopierala (M) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 •Dave Williamson (M) defeat­

ed Steve Efardee (B) 6-2, 8-7 John |Christoph (M) defeated

Arnold Letendref (B)| 6-0, 6-0 f DOUBLES: | | | | | |

Manning \& Thompson (M) de­feated Mattocks! & P. Fiorio (S) 6-3, 6-2*

•Dopierala & Gutting (M) de­feated Reynalds &?J. Fiorio (B\

Williamson &|. Denny Kuhn (M) defeated ^Letendre & Har­dee (B) 6-0, 6-0 fP f I f

The Mercyhurst College "Lak­ers"—on the last trek of their southern ^training tour—copped the tennis honors Thursday afternoon, March! 25, by defeat-ting their opponents from Flor­ida Comftiunity College|with a perfect 7-0 win.

In matches played at the

Baymeadows Racquet Club Jacksonville, the 'Hurst netters edged out the Florida team by wide margins in both the singles and doubles competition.

Erieite Steve Gutting, a grad-

Mercyhurst junior who uated from St. Mark's Semiih ary and transfered from Gan­non, recorded a 6-0, 6-0 win in? the singles against Stan Con-stantini.

Gutting| teamed with Laker captain Bill Dopierala in the doubles for a 6-2, 6-2 win.

Laker Ed Manning—undefeat­ed |in his two years of singles play while at Camden County College and last year's N.C.A.A. regional runner-up in the sing­les division—pulled a 6-0, 6-1 win over Dick Gaskella of Flor­ida Community College. Mann­ing later joined squad member Tommy Thompson,, a Mercy­hurst^ freshman from South Pjnes, North Carolina, fori a peiifect 6-0, 6-0 win in the doub-lesl against Gaskella and Dan Jaokson.r

•Results: ^Mercyhurst 7—Flor­ida Community Colle

SINGLES :\ | • j Edf Manning

Richard Gaskella Steve Gutting

Stan Constantini

ge-0

my (F) (M) (F)

Tommy Thompson feated* Frazier Dughi 6-1? J*

defeated 6-0,| 6-1 defeated

6-0 de-

6-0,

(F) 6-3,

defeated •v

Bill Dopierala KM)j Bruce Cason (F) 6-0, 6-2

Oaye Williamson (M) defeat­ed iDan Jackson (F) 6-1,16-1^ DOUBLES:

Manning & Thompson (M) de»" featedf Jackson & GaskellaJ(F) 6-0, 6-0 W f

'Dopierala ^Gutt ing (M).de­feated Dughi|& Cason (F);6-2, 6-2 - 1 1 1

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Burke Exhibits Nationally IWorks|J>y the Mercyhurst Col­

lege are instructor Daniel V. Burke|haveB)een ohosen|for ex­hibition in the Greater New Or­leans ^National Exhiftiition, and the 24th| American Drawing Bi­ennial of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science.

Both national competitions, Burke entered his oil-painting 'RefractionJ^n | t h e ? New Or­

leans show "and his .pen and ink drawing "Appellantff in the Norfolk show. Burke's ' Refrac­tion" was awarded the first prize of $500 in the^New Orleans Show. (His work stoodifout

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against 191 pieces sitbmitted w artfets from across the country-' ^ T h e recipient of 17 awards m 25 national and regional com* petiUonsTlor his graphics, a W ings, oils! fwatercoiors, ^ acrylics, Burke is listed ^ n j " honor publication jArtists/U.S^ 1870 7 l i I • t-