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VO L 60 NO. 19 MERCVHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA 16546 THURSDAY, APRIL 2. "

MS G President-elect Mike Vincent MS G Vice President-elect foe A readi

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This last line on this sign reflects the disgruntled attitude towards the problems thathave hindered this year's election. Photos: L Hafenmaier

Hation Increase Held To MinimumBy Chris Kovskl and Brian Sheridan

"We can't compare to a Gannon or Cornell.These were the words of John Maus, financedirector of M ercy hurst College. He used thesewords in reference to the fact that Gannon is anengineering schoo l, while Mercyhurst is liberalarts. |H"This same statement can be used to refer totuition increases. Gannon has a 9.8 % rise n tui-tion, while Mercyhurst is holding to a 7.5%hike. Coupled with rising lab feesat Gannon,which brings their fees as high as $175 forengineering and computer labs, die gap betweenMercyhurst and Gannon tuition has been vir-tually eliminated.The proposed increases were presented to,and approved by, the board of trustees on March17,1987. Comparison on a national level placesMercyhurst favorably in terms of tuition in-creases, since the national range is 7.5-12%.This increase amounts to $430 per student,bringing tuition to $6,190 per year. Room andboard also rises by 7.5%, going from $2,340to $2,490. According to Mercyhurst PresidentDr. William P. Garvey, this is still the lowestpriceforaccomodations among area colleges.The largest increase comes in the area of fees,

with an 18.9 % jump bringing the total to $365,compared to $265 for the 1986-87 academicyear. &These accruals mean one thing to Mercyhurstresident students fo r the 1987-88 school year:a bottom-line figure of $9,045. * \Reasonsfor he boosts include inflation, sal-ary increases and the construction planned fornext year. This construction is a reaction to theSt. M ark's situation, and would provide areasfor the HR1M and music departments.Next year, there will be an average increaseof five percent fo r faculty, ad ministration andstaff. This climb amounts to approximately$250,000. Accordingly, the pension planfor hecollege will require more money. All faculty,staff and administration a re eligible to enter theMercyhurst plan after one year of employment.The terms of the plan state that, from one to 10years, the school and the plan member each.contribute an amount equivalent to five percentof the memb er's salary. After 10 years, theschool contributes 7.5 % to the member's 2.5%.After 20 years, the school contributes the full10%. ; Therefore, when the salaries increase, thepension contributions increase propo rtionally.I (See "T\iition" page 3)

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Trumbull Resigns SoElections Aren't OverBy Ch ris Kovski

This year is a year of firsts for MercyhurstStudent Government. For the first time, a revotewas necessary, not because a tie in the votingwas involved, but because scandal was involv-ed. The election committee called for a revoteimmediately after th e election ended on April2nd, not even counting the votes in the racesfor president and SAC chairperson.In the revote of two weeks ago, Michael Vin-cent was elected president of MSG, and SueTrumbull was chosen as Student ActivitiesCommittee chairperson. Shortly after the elec-tion /however, she tendered her resignation

from the position. She had, according to MSGPresident Michael Kelly, attempted to have hername removed from the ballot before the revote.Since this was not permitted by the existingguidelines in the MSG constitution, Trumbullresigned. She was unavailable for comment. 8Joe Arcadi had been elected vice presidentin the April 1st and 2nd election, while PaulCefrick gained the position of MSG treasurer.Sheila Ragus earned the bid for the MSGsecretary's position.Another first was that questions were raised,quite loudly, about the election procedures.Why should the ballot box be sitting on theregistration table? What is the role of therepresentatives working the pol 1s? And whatshould be done to correct inadequacies in ex-isting voting procedures?Kelly answered the first question quite hand-ily, moving the ballot box away from the *registration table for the first time in recentMercyhurst history. Stated Kelly, "I noticed thepresence of thebox when I was voting last year.Its placement struck me as being inappropriate,so th is year, w e moved it.*'As for the second question, it is answeredclearly in the MSG constitution. When askedabout the discrepancies in the first election,where two MSG representatives were tellingstudents who to vote for, Kelly said, "Theguidelinesfor working the polls are in the con-stitution. Whether the problem this year was in-tentional Or not, we can't re ly on workers usingcommon sense when they are manning thepolls. Next year, we will inform the pollworkers as to their role in the process. We plan

to do this by having the-chairpersontion committee work more closely wpeople." The MSG representatives mtempt to correct future problems byfour constitution changes. The firswas to require that people running fofices have a QPA of at least 2.25, andfor president have at least 30 credit those of you who voted in both elecwill have noticed that there werefewon the ballot for the position of presecond time around. The people whwere missing were emovedfor one oreasons. | V 2$The second change involves an addconstitution stating that "Any candidto withdraw his/her name from the bdo so by submitting a letter of resignaexecutive board at least one week prtions." Before this addition,candidapermitted to withdraw their names.The third change was to allow onetative foreach 150 people in a givena major had a larger num ber of peoplhave a larger number of representatfinal change proposed was to clarifywrite-ins on the ballot. This year, aarose when people used various refMike "Pugsly" Good, the write-in for SAC chairperson. Some peop"Good'a problem since Kevin Goovice president, while others simply cwrite-in box, not bothering to indicateferred candidate. Now, a first andmust be given; no nicknames will beThe changes w ere approved in toC%

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An unfamiliar sight was witness-ed by those attending the MSGsponsored debate last Thursday bet-ween State Department spokesper-son Phillip Peters andprofessor/author Thomas Walker.On e lone picketer stood outside ofthe Zum Recital Hall holding a signproclaiming "Say No to U.S. In-tervention." It wasn't a concernedstudent protesting, but a concernedsenior citizenfor he "Woman's In-ternational League for Peace andFreedom." ?She, and the twodebaters, were addressing the topicof the evening'U.S. and Nicara-gua: Two Contrasting Views."The debate was moderated by Dr.Michael McQuillen of Mercy hurst'spolitical sciencedepartment who in-troduced the two guests. Walker isa professor of political science atOhio University and has served asdirector of the Latin AmericanStudies Program at Ohio Universi-ty. He was also involved with UnitedPresbyterian Church's National TaskForce on Central America and serv-ed as the founding co-chair of theLatin American Studies Associa-tion s National Task Force on Schol-arly Relations with Nicaragua. Hehas authored two books on the sub-ject of U.S. intervention in theregion.Peters has been with the U.S.State Department since 1986. He isthe Sp ecial 'Assistan t to theSecretary of State for CentralAmerican Affairs, Office of PolicyPlanning and Coordination in theBureau of Inter-American Affairs.He has had previous experience onCapitol Hill in the fields of foreignpolicy, defense and arms control.

The debate was structured so that

each speaker had 25 minutes tospeak, followed by a ten minuterebuttal time. Then both men tookquestions from the audience. Theevent drew a moderate sized crowd,with people from the communityoutnumbering students.Both speakers centered aroundthe economic and political rights ofthe people in Nicaragua and itsneighbor El Salvador. Walkerstartedoff his speech with example'sof U.S. intervention in other parts ofthe world in the name of democracyor big business. All roads, it seems, Jled to Nicaragua, which doesn'tmake our intervention against theSandinistas much of a surprise."The covert operations in Nica-ragua is the biggest attempt evermounted by the United Statesagainst any Latin American govern-ment. We again cannot copepositively with the process of .change in Latin America, "saidWalker. "Somewhere between 55%and 60% of the economy is inprivate hands. The government hasdoggedly maintained,a policy ofpluralism, encouraging all po liticalcurrent in the country to participatein the p rocess." j. The main point ofboth argumentsconcerned the amount of influenceCommunism and theU. S.S.R. haveon the government of Nicaragua.Walker maintains it has little andthat the country tries to maintain.relations witrras many countries*that will have relations with them."Nicaragua votes in the United Na-tions like every other LatinAmerican country, though you havebeen told by the Reagan administra-tion that it is a puppet of the SovietUnion, it does not bo de with theirvoting in the United Nations." It alsotries to encourage democratic par-

ticipation of the people iniitsgovernment.Walker also described how theUnited States on the surface tried tohave good relations with the San-dinistas when they came to powerduring President Carter's term in of-fice, while mounting C.I.A. covertoperations against them. AfterCarter's "ambiguous" actions,Reagan took a stronger role againstthe government. "It became 'Themagainst Us,'" stated Walker. "Hispolicy has been to get rid of the San-dinistas."The most damaging statementagainst the current administration'sactivities in the egionwas Walker'squoting then-Secretary of StateAlexander Haig, who told PresidentReagan that N icaragua "was one hecould win." By March of 1981, thecontras were training to overthrowthe Nicaraguan government and theundeclared war began to grow.I As for the contra aid which theHouse of Representatives has put asix month moratorium on until theIranscam angle can be totally u n-covered, W alker thinks that the aidisn't dead just because of thescandal.Peters made the point that we inNicaragua "aren't rejecting politicalchange and realize that there isn't aprescription that we can write outand send to Managua." What theUnited States is doing is helping outa civil war inside of Nicaraguastarted by people who wantdemocracy.Also pointed out was the San-dinistas involvement with keepinggroups that tried to speak out againstthe government from making theirstatements public through near-terrorists means. El Salvador wasalso held up as a model of how

democracy and democratic electioncan work in thisregion.The mediawas an important angle brought upby Peters. "It is a myth," he said,"that Reagan and other ideologscreated myths (about Nicaragua)through the Congress and the Houseand cowed them to change theirwhole frame of reference and writein favor of our policy in Nicaragua.I see articles every day and find a

democracy is and that's noin Nicaragua under th e SanThe question and answeonly showed how differentpoints of hemen really wegave opposite answers to qthat ranged from human riginfluence of former Somotional guardsmen in the comy. In all, there was nofirelit between the two speake

"Haig told ReaganThis is one you could win."Walker

very healthy irreverence on Presi-dent Reagan about all of the issuesand Ifindmany newspapers that tellus our policy stinks."As for Congress voting for afreeze on th e aid package for thecontras"You can't findmany peo-ple in Congress that will defend theSandinistas the way the professorwill," argued Peters, "As democraticpoliticians they Iknow what

brought out the issues anded them from their respectineither swaying from their attempting to convince thside that they were wrong.terests did, though, sustainsion for over two hours, time they agreed to end theThe debate was sponsMSG and was free to the

Next Week In The Merciad"Forum" WithP'AII Things ConsideredCommentator Ian Shoales

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The Merciad Asks: 1 jf *How do you think the M SG elections were handled?

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Chris Fraser, Criminal Justice"Not very effectively. For somethingas impor-tant as an election it should be handled a lotmore professionally."Nancy Emmi, Criminal Justice |"I don't think they were handled very fairly andI'm not too comfortable with the outcome. Idon't think the people who were elected intooffice are representative of the student body.There should have been an investigation intoit (the election irregularity), and I don't see howsomeone who was accused of being the personat fault could have had a say into whether ornot the matter should be investigated."

Frank Scalisc"If what was reported was truethawho was supposed to be facilitatingwas trying to influence votersit puson who was not being favored intoposition, and something should haveabout it. It was a wrong that shouldrectified."


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*f*^VHVJ^^Vm * V W " ,i7/ie battle for control o f Old M ain's second floor alcove. Above,weighing in at more than 400 pounds, dressed in the red and white,the "temporary" Coke machine. Its opponent, pictured below,weighing in at over a thousand dollars,MSG new furniture. Photqs:L Hafenmaier *** ' v.Tuition(Continued from page 1)This $250,000 accounts for onlya portion of the $516,000 additionalExpected revenue amounting fromthe increase. Another $150,000 goesto the financial aid department,which leaves $116,000.Thegrouping called "current ex-penses,'* w hich is an umbrella titlefor operations, utilities andmaintenance, et. al.9 will receivethis money for next year.Coming on the heels of a newacademic calendarfornext year, thisannounced increase brings home therealization that billing next yearwould be on a 50-50 basis: 50% dueat the end of August, the remainderdue in January. Financial aid wouldalso be 50-50, which would entailstudents taking 12 credits for eachof the long terms to be considereda full-time student.When asked why Mercyhurstdidn't askfor a higher percentage in-

crease, Maus stated simply, "Thisamount will get us by, so we're notasking for more. We're trying toconsider the situation of studentsand parents, so we are only re-questing what we truly need."In addition, he said that "The ad-missions people have done an ex-cellent job in recruiting, which willhelp enrollment, and Bob Pagni'soffice has been good at keepingstudents here at Mercyhurst. If astudent can't stay for financialreasons, the school? is fdbingeverything possible to help. If a stu-dent needs academic help, tutors areavailable. We're increasing enroll-ment here, despite demographicsstating that there has been a m ark-ed decrease in the 18-21 age group.This decrease has hurt a number ofcolleges in the nation, but not Mer-cyhurst.'1?

Review of Past Increases andProposed Increases for 1987-88

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She UtarciadMSG Furniture Faces Off AgainstA Soda Vending MachineByi Brian Sher idan

There are some days when you tryyour best but the odds are justagainst you. Such a day was had byMSG President Mike Kelly as hetried to move new furniture thatMSG purchasedfor he second floorof Old Main alcove between Cam-pus Ministry and the Adult Collegeoffice. Little did he expect that oneCoke machine would be an obstacleas large as Mohammed'smountain.It wasn't a case of "Classic Coke"verses the "New Coke," but how torelocate the Coke obstacle from itscurrent place in the alcove betweenCampus Ministry and the AdultCollege offices. "We bought a six

foot conference table, a couch, twosoft chairs, and a coffee table," saidKelly. When the furniture arrived,however, it found it had no home. Anewly-installed Coke machine sat inthe space that all of he furniture wasto inhabit. This interloper was to betemporary, or so Kelly thought."This 'temporary' Coke machinehas suddenly sprouted roots and justrefuses to move," explained Kelly."The Maintenance departmentwouldn't move it because it belongsto Coke. Mr. Kennedy (director ofstudent services) was also anxiousto move the machine, but Coke hasto do it and they are so busy withback orders they can't move it." Justhow did this stubborn machine

come to rest on the seconOld Main? It wasn't deliMax Headroom for sure.machine was ordered bydepartment who were losomewhere to put it on thfloor. The machine endedalcove until they could finKelly said. The/ now havavailable spot on the secoWeber Hall. ^The furniture came frPlus and Bing's Furniture cost MSG 1,000 dollars. already scrapped plans to ther/Daughter Weekend awas $3,500 in that buddecided to do something iof the school because it harun down and a lot of theuse it for relaxing in classes. So we chose to bniture and the money camthe budget fromther/Daughter Weekend "Kelly. *

There comes a happy ethis saga of an institutionlearning verses a . sodispenser. "Coke tells usit will be moved on Tuesdyou are reading this it smoved," Kelly said.As for further machinesthe hallowed halls of learly thinks there might be aty of putting a Coke machsecond floor ofOld Main tbe located outside the oMedia Services which wirelocating. No plans arworks yet for a candy macomplement the soda pop

Election Problems Instigate ChangesBy Margaret CoffeyAtthe fourthMSG meeting of theSpring term, President Mike Kellyannounced that there will be anotherelectionfor Student Activities Com-mittee Chairperson. There wereproblems in the voting procedure inthe first election; Susan Trumbullwon the second election, but hassince resigned, so there will be athird election. Letters of intent aredue in the MSG office onThursday.The election will take place alongwith the elections for represen-tatives.! So far there are 33 peoplerunning for representatives and

there are still six majors with no onerunning.Due to this year's election prob-lems, several constitution changeswere proposed. The first involvesArticle 6, part 1. The change re-quires that people runningfor officein MSG have a QPA of at least 2.25and candidatesfor president have atleast 30 credits at the time of theirletter of intent. The second changeinvolves declaring candidacy. A newparagraph will be added. It statesthat "Any candidate wishing towithdraw his/her name from theballot must do so by submitting aletter of resignation to the executive

board at least one week prior toelections."fPrior to this addition,candidates could not withdraw fromthe election if they so desired. Thethird change involves Article 5, sec-tion 1. There will be one represen-tative for .each 150 people within amajor. This means that if a majorhas 151 students, they will get anoth-er representative, and another for301, and so on. The fourth changeinvolves write-ins on the ballot. Ac-cording to the change a write-in votemust contain a first name and a lastname and no nicknames. Problemsarose in this yea r's elections whenpeople tried to write in Mike Goodv

fo r SAC chairperson. Sosimply wrote in "Good" wto difficulties since Keviran for- Vice President, apeople simply checked thbox. All of theconstitutioproposals were passed. ^Inother news, SAC wilother Family Feud comSign-ups are in the Uniowill be a booklet of evented for Activities WeekeSocial Work Club sponsoner for the poor on Aprilhundred people were serSocial Work Club presideLewis said it went very w

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How Election ProblemsHurt MSG's ReputationBy Brian Sheridan

Two weeks have passed since twoMSG representatives allegedly toldpeople who to vote for at the elec-tion polls and the vote had to berecast Two weeks have passed sincethe m eeting where MSG, in effect,gave its approval of such action byvoting down a proposal to in-vestigate the matter. Now moreproblems like Sue Trumbull resign-ing as SAC chairperson-elect. MSGseems to be digging its own graveand going silently into it without afight or without convictions.- Though The Merciad hasreported the facts as we have un-covered them, we still have notheard an official response to thecharges we have levied. Function-ing in a "buiy-your-head-in-the-sand** manner does not alleviate theproblem. It only makes it appearthat, like many people on campus,standing upforwhat is consideredright and proper just isn't worth theeffort for them.Problems with student govern-ments are not reserved to our cam-pus. University of South Carolina afSpartan sbu rg reported in their paperthat their student government had toinvalidate their elections and evenhad to impeach the student govern-ment president. The actions werebrought by the treasurer-elect, oth-er officers and representatives.^

The scandal was the result of theirSGA (Student Government Associa-tion) president informing a can-didate before the polls were closed*that he was losing. Then they wenton last-minute campaign to getenough votes to allow the informed

student to get the needed number ofvotes. The student won by only fewvotes and his opponent argued thevalidity of he results. So, like inourcase, their elections had to berevoted.They, however, took further ac-tion. They have tried to replacedpeople who have not ful filled theirjob before and have had officersresign in disgust. Now they want toimpeach their president. Here atMercyhurst, MSG can't even getenough votes to investigate the af-fair. Forget taking action upon it.Maybe the students don't care, butwe here at the newspaper care thatthe body that decides how portionsof our money is spent be free ofquestionable practices and beanswerable to the students. The in-coming administration comes intopower with a cloud over their heads.Some direct action should be takento show that MSG won't stand forsuch nonsense even when it comesfrom within. This whole matter hasset a bad example. Rules are foreveryone and changing the rules inthe middle of a game to protectyourself isn 't sporting. If this is anexample of how MSG will operatein the future, this school can dowithout this kind of "good oldbey"network. The changes that weremade in the election process werea result of the Trumbull'incident,not "baJlotgate." If I Were in hershoes, I'd want to resign too.Is itfo r ear of embarrassmentthat no one wanted action to be tak-en? It looks worse the way it's be-ing handled now. We applaud therepresentatives who wanted to get tothe truth. More should be done,

j )QiftfflzmabBrian Sheridan, EditorChris Kovskl, Managing EditorJennifer Con my, Sports EditorMatthew J . Clark, News EditorLeslie Hnfenmaler, Photo EditorPaula Bruno, CalendanEditorFrank Pawlow skl, Circulation Manager

VO L 60 NO. 19 THURSDAY, A PRIL 23,1987ReportersAllan Carpenter Margaret CoffeyLisa A. Shenklo

TypistsBridget Presuttl, Karen Casclo

The Merciad is the student-edited newspaper of Mercyhurst College, 501 East38th S treet, Erie, PA 16546. The Merciad office Is located in the basementof Baldwin Hall, phone 825-0376. %

though'. Incoming MSG officersmust be warned that The Merciadwill not stop being a watchdog of headministration or MSG next year. Itis the paper's responsibility and du-ty. It is a duty future editors andreporters must not shrink from, lestthe newspaper just become a gossipcolumn and not the voice of thestudents.

By Chris Kovskl i* i * mSome classifieds we'd like to see:AAAAA 72 Rolls Royces, Cheap!!!Only used to drive around Ra-jneeshpuram as many w orshippersbow and blow kisses. Must sell.Leaving the country. Call BhagwanBob's, Rajneeshpuram, 555-1343.Buy Now! M oving, need cash to payfor husband'sphilandering, sellingall makeup at rock-bottom prices.Will include free putty knife witheach order of $10 or more. CallTammy at Al's Radiator Repair andDetox Center, 555-9354j t 4For SaleOne slightly-used sele c-tivememory. Will completely denyallknowledge of scandal. Replacingwith new model that doesn't confuseparts I've played with that rascallyreality. Leave a message for Ronnie,c/o Nancy, at N ancy's Place, 1600Pennsylvania Ave.Must Sell -Do-It-Yoursclf Will Kit.Never used. Call Oral and Son,555-2346. \ I M

kOne barely-damaged Lazer lag set.Son shot by Philadelphia police.Will sacrifice. 555-9470.One good as new 38 Special. Car-ried only while on duty. Fired twice(same kid). Leaving force, mustsell. > &*Will sacrifice357 Magnum, firedonce. In evidence bag since Jan. 22,Will throw in Manila envelope. Peo-ple are losing their heads over thisone, so buy now! $250 firm. CallMrs. R. Budd, 1-555-3434. &

Veep Disturbed BySpring Formal RumorsBy John Widecan '; SMS G Vice-President |There has been a certain rumorgoing around campus lately that hasdisturbed me. The rumor is thatmany Mercyhurst students plan toboycott the Spring Formal. The ideafor boycotting is that "It won't be thesame as the Winter Formal." Yes, itis true that rooms will not be rentedto Mercyhurstijstudents by theHilton, but if renting a room isessential to having a good time, thenthere are many other fine hotels inErie that you can rent from. Therewill be an am ple amount of ticketssold, approximately 500. This willallow enough tickets for you andyour friends to attend. If your con-

cern is pre-sale onlygovernment "will be selliuntil early evening the nformal in the MSG officnot be subject to a breathyour way in, as some haved, and there will be ampdance since there will bely. The people in chargemal are the people you eoffice last A pril. We havery hardforyou so far, aup working hard to put good Spring Formal. I hocleared up some questionning the Spring Formal,to see you there. We proon the best formal we ca

PERSONALS:Looking for a young woman wholikes to be dominated; I'm in chargehere. Must be willing to travel, ascampaign trail can be difficult. NoW\SPsI need the minority vote.Give me a try. Phone 55C-HIEF andask for Big Al Haig.Nancy, I know all of the inside in-formation, and I'm ready to talk.You think Icahn knew things; waituntil I start to shoot my mouth off.

Then you'll be in troudomineering pain in theleast I know that in lessyears you'll be out and thwill be safe. Ronnie's notneither is G eorge. It's alyou. Don ReganWanted: One hot mamafvous in Florida hotel roomwife with synthetic facewomen preferred, but anyone who is easy. Ca555-GODS.

YHE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSO

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No i Russian! Women Snakes Desert MarBy PFC T.E. Gift, U.S.M.C. t ^

One year this month. Soun ds likeit's time for an anniversary celebra-tion. One year ago I signed a con-tract which committed me to 4 yearsof "adventure.'* I joine d th e UnitedStates Marine Corps. ^ ^ K ^ ^ S Sm Prepared to take up the challenge,ready to become one of America'sfew and proud I signed on die dot-ted line. What did I want? Excite-ment, travel, new faces, training asa filmmaker and some fun. What Igot was some travel and many newfaces, all screaming for me to shootstraighter, run faster an d sweatharder. But then that was thebeginning- Boot J Camp. I T helongest, hardest basic training of the4 combat branches of the service, 13weeks of close order drill, militaryinstruction, combat tactics and In-centive ^Training (a .k.a .Punishment).Running up a hill with a 65 lb .pack and rifle often made me won-der when th e adventure was tocome. Why was a would-be film-maker going through this? After all,I didn't sign up to be a tank driveror infantry man. I thought I hadsome idea of what I was getting in-to . I' d seenV 'A n Officer and aGentleman" and the "Boys in Company C." What movies fail to con-vey is a true sense of time. Threemonths of isolationfromsociety canget mighty depressing.One week before graduation wereceived our orders. What schoolswe were to go to and what our futurejobs would be. Thirteen weeks inwhat's called hell by some suddenly became senseless. I was going toVirginia to become an MIMMSclerk. "Wh at in Gods holy name isan MIMMS clerk?," I begged toknow. (Not demandedyou can on-ly demand something ifyou outrankthe demandee. I as yet had no rank.)My "school" lasted only 3 weeks.MIM MS turned out to be a system**i watchdogging supply an dmaintenance. This had nothing to dowith film; was I expected to shufflepapi rs for 4 years? 1 did that for thepast 3 years in the motel businesswhen I lived in Phoenix, Arizona.What kind of challenge was that?Brooding would do me no good andI had three extra weeks to wait formy orders. It had been over threeyears since I visited my home.Faithful, old and tolerable Erie, PA.I was close enough for a visit, sowhy not.I'd unwillingly left Erie under myaunt and uncle's guidance threeyears before . Unwillingly, that is,to leave my friends. I had recendybeen to Washington D.C. where Ihad come face to face with the editorof this paper. We had met over thephone 5 years earlier and had main-tained vague updates on each otherthrough a mutual friend. I was giv-

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en quite a tour of what wasformea slightly new, and not very improv-ed, Erie. But as we made our wayfrom nightclub to bar the city begantaking on an air of nostalgia. WhenI returned to base, my orders had

West * is the best."! And JedClampett's neighbors wisely in -formed him that California is theplace he ought to b e . ^ ^ v > ^Summer is all too near and it'svacation time. For those of you who

It's a fired up rock n' roll nightclub.You can see it in the Ratt video," D a n c e . " W M K gS Heavy metal to o heavy? To omuch leather and not enough lace?How about "Club Lingere?" A mix

PFC T. f. Gjffs greeting from sunny California. Gift stands in frontof the reason he doesn't lose many arguments. * . IScome through. My permanent dutystation was to be the Marine CorpsAir Ground Combat Center in sun-ny 29 Palms California. California!Sun, surf, sand! Weekends at thebeaches, hot nights in LA andUCLA to boot! Then I looked on amap. Oo ahead, try it. Find DeathValley California then move on einch South.^When I arrived I was given a 30page book on desert survival. Noconsumer information on sun tanoils or good surfboard outlets. No.What I got was everything I neededto know about the large number ofpoisonous creatures indigenous tothe area J These included BrookeShields and Bob Hope and their oc-casional visits to Palm Springs, 52miles away. iPalm Springs. T h e geriatricGrand Central Station of the west.Ninety year old joggers, grand-mothers in leather, pink corvettesand money. Once a year, pilgrimsfrom California's finest advancedlearning institutes migrate to "TheSprings" to test the cardiovascularintegrity of the local retirees. Col-lege Spring Break, ! *\jRumor has it that the city's finelaw enforcement agency has askedthe Marines to help keep some or-der, relying, of course^on ou rdiscipline and sense of civic duty.Palm Springs is the yearly gridironfo r competition in collegiate de -struction. Apparently Palm Springs'fmest are unaware that a third of thisbase's 18-24 year old population areeager to enter this competitionthemsel ves. The Marines will havelanded. ii Jim .Morrison once said . r t n e

plan to work for a living it's pro-bably your last. Make it your best.Los Angeles has everything any ea-ger college graduate could want. Ofcourse it's the movie capital of the pworld. Spend your days at Univer- Asal Studios bu t your nights onHollywood Boulevard.Uncle Walt's Magic Kingdomheld the same charmforme as it didwhen I first visited it 12 years ago.That is, the old attractions did. Thenew "Star Tours" ride based on"Star Wars" stinks and we all knowwho and what "Captain Eo" reallyis. The Parade of Lights down MainStreet USA can't compare to thespandex clad beauties parading atthe "Whiskey A Go-Go." No, it'snot a "Go-Go" bar in the 60's sense.

of New Wave and Art bandsfind a-vor here. Occasionally outrageousmusic and a classy mix of peoplemake for interesting mingling andfriend making.$ A weekend at the beach doeswonders to relieve the tensions ofbeing one of Uncle Sam's own. Girland car watching arefar more relax-ing than experiencing, 5 days wat-ching tanks blow apart the desert.It's great for summer break too.Much better than watching yourparents blow up when theyfindou thow many credits you didn't earnlast semester. * ..Ladies, ifany ofyou ever visit thebeaches of sunny California andmeet a group of Marines, please inform them that you read about what

Marines like to do in thepaper. Hopefully you wacross me. I'd be more thno, desperate to escort yoof southern California. Gwe'll play a game of frisbly one 'cause I'm a busyTraveling in search of da must for a Marine stationext best thing to thenowhere. L.A . is full of ntheatres, famous attractheme parks. Th e arid wmy duty station can cauloss of that all important mI explore more of Californ1 could be stationed (a.k.on our Marine Base in GBay. That's Cuba. CastroRussians.,2 Finally for those of youbeen .misguided by th"Heartbreak Ridge" let afew hings: 1. No re-cwould ever be allowed todegraded as the one inbecame. 2 . Yes, many, bMarines are as gung-ho aHighway, played by stClint Eastwood.* \" 3. And finally. Marinea lot, and at everybody,you.?

T.E. Giff is a former Eriwho is now with the UniMa r ine Corps . He iprocla imed "white sp u n k " whose interestsscience fiction and promusic. All of the photopage were taken by GiffWe promised we'd give twhen we were done Wi

United States Marines march the ho t pavement as a lone palm treedoesn't give them any shade to shield diem from the blistering DeathValley sun. The landscape is typical of the arid desert that surroundsthem, (Allphotos by the author) .-.


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Allan Carpenter'sWMCY MusicBy Al lan Carpenter

Do you remember Peter Wolf-that cafcwith the husky voice whosang "Centerfold" with the J. GeilsBand and later hit it big with "lightsOut" on his own? Well, his newalbum, COME AS YOU ARE isout, and it's sure to be a kick in thecrotch to those folksyou knowwho I meanwho purport to make"dance/soul" music. >Why do I say that? Well, it's nosecret that Stacey Q. has about asmuch soul as June Cleaver, and, un-fortunately, that seems to be the caseall over. But Wolf is a fabulous sing-er with a fine sense of rhythmandhe throws it down.At least most of the time anyway.There are some real gems onCOME AS YOU ARE, like theopening song, "Can't Get Started."This is much.more "R & B "oriented than much of today's dancemusic, with a modified sax hornsection to prove it. And Wolf, everthe audio party host, gets into themix with pinache and his s6nse offun intact.Similarly, the title song "ComeAs You Are," is eminentlydanceable, although more rock-oriented.

IFOT variety, a crisp Springsteen-style raver, "2 Lane" is included, asis the moderately successful "MagicMoon," which could easily be one

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of Bob Seger's ballads.True, some of the songs, such as"Thick As Thieves" and "MammaSaid "leave one hankering for amelody line to accompany thekinetic rhythm. Worse, a couple oftunes, like "Flame of Love" veerdangerously close to being filler.But, overall, COM E AS YOUARE is a thick, juicy slice of soulfor those disillusioned with today'sgutless synth-pop scene.iMaybe you don't remember diemovie ATHENS GAi/INSIDEOUT, Wejl, if you do, you probablyknow that it's a very tired cliche toconsider Athenshome of theB-52s and R.E.M. among manyother bandsas a new Mecca forcreativity. The film's soundtrackshows why. Talk about an unevenmix! Eight groups are featured, andfor many, their anonymity seemsjustified. Among the more en-joyable groups are the Flat Duo Jets,whose Gene Vincefit-through-a-blown-amp-sound reminds me ofthe way the Beatles:must havesounded in Hamburg back whenJohn Lennon wore a toilet seataround his neck on stage. Hisholiness Michael Stipe and R.E.M.manage a surprising and pleasingcontribution with a reverent, simplecover of the Everly Brothers'classic, "All I Have To Do|lsDream." Amazing!Of much of the rest, Time Toy's"Hi," about a sweepstakes prizewhich turns into an elephant andthen a tree, is typical. The creativi-ty is forced, the artistic stancepretentious. There is simply notenough talent to stretch this far.Overstatement abounds.Well, at least they tried. But it'ssort of like Peter and Gordon tryingto record "Sgt. Pepper." Even if itnever gets off th e ground , you canbet there will be a lot of noise madein the attempt.From one soundtrack of mediocrequality to one that comes close tomaking history. Blue Note Recordshas released THE OTHER SIDEOF 'ROUND MIDNIGHT whichfeatures tenor man Dexter Gordonand comes from the critically ac-claimed movie about jazzmen inParis 'ROUND MIDNIGHT Gor-don and a group of outstandingsidemen recorded this album righton the set of the movie, which is afirst.Columbia released the officialsoundtrack but this Blue. Note re-lease isn't just filled with leftovers.It has different versions of a numberof the tracks on the first album andcontains such jewels as an improvis-ed "Call Sheet Blues" eaturingsax-aphonist Wayne Shorter, f

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Clark's Picks For * 87Major-League BaseballBy Matthew J. Clark f

The Major League baseballseason has begun. I know I'mcheating a bit on these picks,because I have been able to see allof the teams start their respectiveseasons. I could write my picks bas-ed on what I've seen so far, but todo that I'd be copping out on mypredictions^ made before theseason, so I'm going to try to avoidthat temptation and stick to myguns.National League East: 1stST.LOUIS CARDINALS. A healthyJack Clark, along with a very goodrookie prospect in the slugging JimLindeman will give the Cards thepower mat's been missing from theirlineup. John l\idor should continueto pitch well. Last year's rookie sen-sation relief pitcher, Todd Worrell,will have to do the job, however, ifthe Cards are to repeat their perfor-mance of '85 when they won the Na-tional League Championship. TonyPena is a much-welcomedadditionto the club at catcher.2nd-NEW YORK METS.Dwight Gooden's absence, alongwith the pressures that come frombeing champion, will be enough tokeep the Mets from recapturing thecrown. Gary Carter has age andweak knees creeping up on him. Ifthe Mets' pitching staff dominatesas it did last season, and DarrylStrawberry lives up to his awesomepotential, the Mets could sneakaway with the division crown.3 r d - P H I L A D E L P H I APHILLIES. The Phils haven't real-ty improved enough from last yearto finish any higher than this. Withsome injuries, and a poor seasonfrom the outstanding Mike Schmidt,the Phils could slip to 5th. ^v4thPITTSBURGH PIRATES.Yes, the Pirates will escape thecellar this year. The reason: Mon-treal and Chicago are worse. Eventhough the Pirates aren't blessedwith a lot Of talent, they do hustle,and that's what will save them fromthe basement. *5thMONTREAL EXPOS.This team makes the Pirates looklike World Champs. Trading relieface Jeff Reardon will prove a cost-ly mistake. The Expos could makea run at the division title, in about1990. w *" ^6thCHICAGO CUBS. Theworst team in the National League.If Harry Caray recovers and con-tinues to announce their games, theycould wind up 5th.National League West: 1stCINCINNATI REDS. The youthfulReds, under the guidance of PeteRose, will finally bring the "BigRed Machine" back to Cincy. Theirpitching must come through,though. If not, it's going to be a long

summer for the Riverfront Stadiumfeithful. I t I2ndHOUSTON ASTROS. Ex-pect the Astros to continue their suc-cess of a year ago. A fine pitchingstaff, 'featuring Mike Scott, and agood offensive lineup could put the*stros back on top.3rd-SAN FRANCISCOGIANTS. Almost but no cigar againfor S.F. Candlestick Park is toocold. It's as good a reason as any forpicking them 3rd.4th-LOS J ANGELESDODGERS;! The Dodgers still havewhat it takes to win their division.If Pedro Guerrero has another hotJune, look for the boys in blue to beplaying in mid-October.5thATLANTA BRAVES.Chuck Tanner is a fine manager,even if his teams were horrible inPittsburgh. With Bob Horner in Ja-pan, the Braves have a major sourceof offense gone from their roster.Their pitching isn't good enough towin without a productive offense.6thSAN DIEGO PADRES.Larry Bowa will have a miserablesummer at Jack Murphy Stadium.Joan Kroc saw that '87 was going tobe a crock and she sold the team.Isn't amazing how the '84 N.L.champs fell apart in three years?American League East: 1stCLEVELAND | INDIANS.Remember what I said about notcheating on my picks. The Indiansare off to a traditional Clevelandstart. But I feel they can still wintheir division if the offense wakes upand the pitching staff, which isweak, can hold its,own. I'm goingto see my psychologist tomorrow, sodon't worry. 2nd-NEW YORK YANKEES.George Steinbrenner's multi-talented, overpaid club just might doit this year. If the offense produceslike it has in the early season, Yan-kee Stadium could be the scene ofsome fall fireworks this season.3rdMILWAUKEE BREWERS.Surprise! I picked them for 3rdbefore they had their tremendousstart. This team has talent, and a de-cent if not exceptional pitching staff.Afewbreaks, andthe division couldbe theirs. i4thTORONTO BLUE JAYS.The '85 East division champs are al-most a carbon copy of he team thatnearly brought the first MajorLeague championship to Canada.Like every team in the A.L. Eastthis year, they could finish 1st ifsome luck comes their way.5th BOSTON RED SOX. Theyshould have won Game 6 of theWorld Series when they had thechance. Now, it may take yearsbefore the Sox get another shot atthe title. A good pitching staff couldbe the team's salvation. But th eirbullpen is still second rate.

6thBALTIMORE ORIOLES.The Cal Ripkens, Jr. at shortstopand Sr. as manager, are the heart ofa club that has the talent, butsomehow has not been able to returnto its World Championshipformof

7thDETROIT TIGERS. SorryDetroit, but somebody has to belast. But don't worry, it may not beyou. The A.L. East will probably bethe most closely-contested of alldivisions this season.American League West: 1st MIN-NESOTA TWINS. Some good pit-ching, andanother banner year byKirby Puckett will be what it takesto win the West for the twin cities.Even if they don't take the division,the Twins will be in the thick of itin September.12ndCALIFORNIA ANGELS.Last year's Western division champswere a very aged group. Some youthhas been brought into the lineup, butnot enough to keep the Angels fromslipping this year.3rdKANSAS CITY ROTALS.One of the best offensive clubs in theA.L . Rookie, and former HeismanTrophy winner, Bo Jackson can helpthe club if he produces offensively.His glove doesn't do much talking,however, so the Royals will probablyplatoon him .^Pitching staff haspotential, with former Cy Youngpitcher Bret Saberhagen. If he pit-ches well, the Royals could win itall. George Brettwell, is GeorgeB r e t t ^ J 5 14thTEXAS RANGERS. BobbyValentine's boys came very close tomaking the Texas Rangers a respect-able team last year, but they fini shedsecond. Had they won the division,sportswriters probably would havejumped the bandwagon, pickingthem to win it again. The club couldfinish 2nd or 3rd, but no higher.5th-CHICAGO WHITE SOX.The Sox, like their namesakes fromBoston, will finish fifth this year.The only difference is that these Soxhave absolutely no chance ofcom-ing close to a division title.6thSEATTLE MARINERS.The managerial skills of DickWilliams will be enough to turnthese bums into a winning organiza-tion, someday. For this year, theMariners will have to settlefor hereward of escaping the basement;that great honor goes to the teamWilliams piloted to three World Se-ries appearances in the early 70's,the Athletics of Oakland. |7thOAKLAND A's. Baseball inOaklandis orevercursed. There arestill ghosts of Reggie Jackson, RollieFingers and Catfish Hunter roamingaround Alameda Stadium. Nochance of inishing higher than 6th,and they'll have to do battle withSeattle for that.

Lakers Improve SteadilyThe Laker m en's baseball squadearned a split of their doubleheaderwith Behrend last week, pummelingthe Cubs 13-6 in the nightcap, after

squandering an 11-4 lead in theopener, and losing 12-11.The 5-10 Lakers jumped out to a6-0 in the second game, and menputit away with a six-run outburst in thesixth.'Scott Gorring had three hits, in-cluding a home run, in pacing theLaker attack. Tim Donovan hadthree RBIs, with Frank Yaskula,Andy Casper andGorring drivingin two each. Jamie Butera picked upthe win in relief, while Ray Myerstook the loss for Behrend.Trailing 11-4 entering the top ofthe seventh in the opener, the Cubsused three hits, three errors, twowalks and two passed balls to scoreeight runs andsteal the victory.Mark W illiams had a hot bat forthe Lakers, with three hits. Eric

Opron drove home threewith a triple and a homeplated a pair with two douFeeney had a triple andtwo RBIs and Phil Sorena pair of hits. %Cubs' pitcher Dave Brthe win. Chris Fraser was|j In an earlier matchup, thwere swept by a sizzling Pwho owns a record of 30The Pioneers jumpedearly lead in the opener, ton for a 5-4 victory. In thethey scored eight runs in thto claim a 17-5 win and athe doubleheader.Mercy hurst was led by Sring's two doubles and a twple by Eric Opron. In thcontest, the Pioneer's led 9sealing the win with their barrage in the final innDonovan had the lone ba'Hurst with two hits.

Two Shutouts HighlightOf Lady iLaker SoftballThe Mercyhurst Lady Lakers us-ed outstanding pitching in blankingPerm State-Behrend twice in collegesoftball last week.Debby Bonninger and LisaPallato permitted Behrend just onehit in each game as the 'Hurst roll-ed by with scores of 8-0 and l6-0,respectively.Bonninger fanned nineand walk-ed one in the opener, hurling a no-hitter until Lisa Butch blooped asingle with one out in the seventh.Cathy Brick had three hits and twoRBIs for the Lakers with JudyKemling adding twohits and tworuns batted in.

Palloto gave up a singlerie Pavlik in the ifthfo rlorie hit in the secondLeading Mercyhurst hittKempling, Nancy Emmi amy Phillips with two hiKemling and Phillips droruns apiece.In an earlier game agLady Scots of Edinboro, tfell victim to the hot-hittinthe 'Boro's Stacey Babay aly Herzing in dropping 6-2at Edinboro.Babay and Herzing led Scots with two hits each.

Athlete Of TheWfeekJohn Ritz, a sophomore fromRochester,tN.Y. and Aquinas In-stitute, was selected as Mercyhurst's"Athlete of the Week" for April612. Ritz hurled the Lakers to a6-3 win over AshlandCollege, thendrove in three runs in an 11-6 loss to

the Gannon Knights in a game

played at Gannon.The right-handergave uhits in six and two-thirdsagainst Ashland to move hto 2-1. Ashland came intotest with a 14-4 record. Htwo-run single and an RBdout against Gannon.

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