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MThe guy's a bum, he won't lasti90seconds," they Said. What's this guy's nameanyhow, where's he from ?" they said. Tenrounds later their jaws w ould lower and theireyes would widen in disbelief, as formerMercyhurst College student, James Douglas,delivered the punch that was felt around theworld. .|- tJames "Buster* .Douglas came to Mer-cyhurst in 1980. He stayed for one year,contrary to widespread belief that he was

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News AtGlance

By Theresa KloeckerMerciad N ews EditorEditor's note: This column isdesigned to let the studentsknow what is happening in theinternational, national and localarenas. The news Hemsare gath-ered from I a variety "of newssources.

INTERNATIONALNelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa wasreleased on Sunday. He had been in a South African jail for 27 years.BelfastJNbrthern Ireland- On February 11 gunfire forced aBritish army helicopter down near the border of the Irish Republic,the police said. Ananonymous caller said the Irish Republican Armyhad shot it down. Theforced landing was near the village of Clogherin the County Tyrone. j |

P Otiawa,Canada- The United States and its major European alliesforged an agreement with the Soviet Union Tuesday to reunite Bastand West Germany in a two stage formula The first stage will dealwith legal, economic and political issues . T he second stage will dealwith the security of neighboring states when the two Germany sreunite. jNATIONAL

Selma, Ala .- On Tuesday about ISO black students ended a fiveday sit-in at the Selma high school. The students then joined ademonstration at City Hall, part of a racial protest that has closed cityschools . The action was sparked by the vote of the school board todismiss Selma's first black superintendent .

New York City-United Nations Security Council members metin an attempt to define the international body' s role in Cambodia.Former President Ronald Reagan will record testimony onvideotape about the Iran-Contra affair. The recording will be madeon Friday. Th e Iran-Contra trial has been delayed in the courtsbecause of disagreements over classified documents.

LOCALErie Mayor Joyce Savocchio said Monday that the City of Eriewill support Gannon University's offer to either sell or lease theformer downtown Carlisle's building as a site for the new mainbranch o f theErie County Library system.Erie City Controller Brenda Pundt has refused to pay the City'selectric bill for street lights until theyare repaired by the PennsylvaniaElectricCompany (Penelec). P enelec is responsible for the repairandupkeep of the street lights. A committee is being formed to do asurvey on how many street lights are not working.An Erie based polka band, the Joe MatczakOrchestra, is one ofthe27 bands to perform on an album that has been nominated for aGrammy award. TheSlovenian polka band is featured on the album,Penn-Ohio Polka Pais Souvenir Edition.

89 crimes reported in 1989By Theresa KloeckerMerciad N ews Editor

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The crime statistics for Mer-cy hurst College haver been re-leased by the campus securityoffice.jBoth major and minor of-fenses were given for a total of 89crimes. The crimes ranged fromindecent assault, to theft and vio-lations of thePennsylvania drink-ing laws. Last year '84 crimeswere reported on campus. Theftswere slightly up from last year,according to M erill "Bud" De-

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security.areascorded on Erie police records, butdealt with by the College itself,were the keg law, and disorderlyconduct. ?

M E R R I L L ' B U D ' D E V E R Other college s in the areaalsoreported their crime statistics.They were as follows: Gannon23 , Behrend 229, and Villa MariaThe|tdifference betweenGannon's crime statistics andMercyhurst's crime: statistics

could be due to the difference inthe way crimes are reported.Some crimes may have been re-ported to the Erie police depart-ment rather than the campus secu-

rity, according to D everMercyhurst's crime still place us within thepus category comparedschools of our size andpopulation, Dever said.Security also has a SOclearance rate for crimmeans half of the crimereported are solved, accDever. This is better national average clearawhich is 20 percentDever urges students^ ^ ^ If once you Crime and it is unfoundreport it back to Camprity,' ' Dever said. An ucrime, for example, is'article is reported stolenfound somewhere elseexplained.The statistics are avaMercyhurst College stu

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parentsCamp6Hurst releases housing policy

The recent student concerns at lords."Mercyhurst College over theadministration's review of itshousing policy, resulting lastweek in a student demonstration,were resolved Tuesday afternoonwhen Mercyhurst trustees ad-dressed the issue at their quarterlymeeting, and accepted the spirit ofa new housing policy introducedby Mercyhurst College PresidentDr. William P. Garvey.Thepolicy states: "Effectivewith the beginning of the 1990-91academic year, all Mercyhurstfreshmen and sophomores underthe age of 21 (and who are notErieCounty residents living at home)must live in college housing inaccordance with the current hous-ing policies of thecollege."Junior, senior and adult stu-dents may choose to'live off-campus, but under the followingconditions:| a) The housing must beapproved by the Student ServicesOffices pi1S b) Students must sign astatement of agreement to ab ideby the college's disciplinarycode;andc) Students under age 21must have the written permissionof their parents to live off-cam-pus. This release willalso absolvethe College from any responsibilvity for off-campus problems be-tween students;and their land-

Mercyhurst officials will alsoreview the issue of academicmerit for off-campus housingupon the recommendation o f theBoard of Trustees. IThe new policy accepted bytrustees also addresses off-cam-ousing for disciplinary ac-stating, "Students who are I ^ ^ 1 campus housing for disci- Director of Student Ser

Student GovernmentAs outlined, the boabers will 1)review existing regulations and recchanges where necesmonitor the enforcemenand the manner in whichapplied; 3) hear appealsing p enalties and, whererecommend modificatioplinary reason may continue toattend classes only if they are liv-ing in housing at least one-halfmile from campus."= College officials will care-fully monitor the effectiveness

*and impact of the new housingpolicy during the 1990-91 aca-demic "year to determine ifchanges are necessaryfor he fol-lowing year.As an important part of thenew policy, college ; officials

stated that "Mercyhurst stronglyaffirms its commitment to theprinciple that students must abideby regulations governing the fe-asible and legal u seof alcohol,> : ana au otner regulation necessaryfor living in the manner expectedof a mature person in a Catholiccollege."To support these principles,and to assist theCollege's Direc-tor of Housing in their enforce-turst

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cases resulting in boarda student appeal will be The make-up of theboard is yet to be decidever, there will be two adtors, two faculty membtwo students sitting on thAnd finally, college have also established aCampus Climate Commadvise the President of thon the best means for rcurrent student concernsa more positive atmospcampus. This commitinclude representation frdent Government, Studeices, and from the CamCommittee of the Senateend of the spring term, officials will determine or not the Campus Climamittee will continue to during the 1990-91 schooStudent Governmentsentatives unanimously athe new housing policy tbefore it was presentedCollege trustees for ratifi

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Survival tips for finals

The M erciadMercyhurst College's First Class newspaperas rated by the Associated Collegiate PressVol. 63 No . 15 February 15,199'

Kevin Mc HughTheresa K loeckerRobi TaylorKaren McGuireJohn DeasyMelissa ManginiPatty ConeglioLiz RichardsTimothy K . Moriarty

EditorNews EditorManaging EditorChief Copy EditorSports EditorPhoto EditorBusiness ManagerDirector of DesignFaculty AdviserReporters

Cassie BakmazDerrick ChristieTheresa HewittGarth McCurdy

Tammy PethtclNick RobertsTracy SchmitzSue Vivarclli

The Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of MercyhurstCollege, Box 161.501 E. 38th St., Erie Pa. 16546. Phone 825-0376Material for publication must be submitted by noon on the*jMonday before publicationThe Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed,

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The Merciad's editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Boardwith the Editor holding final responsibility. The opinions expressed inThe M erciad are not necessarily those of The Merciad, its staff orMercyhurst College,

By Theresa KloeckerMerciad News Editorfit 's almost Spring Break time,tbut first there are finals.{Preparing for finals includesfully stocking your room or apart-ment with all the essentials forsurvival. The essentials include, but arenot limited to: a six pack of highlycaffeinated pop, one can ofMaxwell House Coffee, or a fullpackage of No-Doz. Quick snackfoods with high sugar contents,candy bars, pop tarts etc.; a brightlight to keep you awake duringyour studies; and a radio with acassette player and your favorite

tapes to study by are also recom-mended. |The preceding list of itemsmay n ot! be recommended byhealfh professionals. But, it willhelp to keep you awake into theearly am. hours, so you can crammore useless information intoyour head than usual.Once the room is fullystocked, it is time^.to enter thestudy zone. Armed with only awriting implement, a notebook,and a text book the student Jwillbravely face one trimester'sworth of unreadable notes andaccumulated chapters from tenand a half weeks of courses.Some doctors recommendthat the student take a break fromstudying solitude every 45 min-utes to relax and get reacquaintedwith his roommates, housematesor family members.After a full two hours.worth ofsleep the student prepares to takea test on a whole term's worth ofnotes and chapters.Like afgoodiBoy Scout, beprepared with at least two or morewriting tools. )Good Luck on your finals!Have a great spring break!

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r Compromisefinally resolveshousing issueBy Kevin McHughMerciad Editor i

i I hope w e have allheard the last of the housingpolicy issue after two weeksof heated debating. Every-body is no doubt sick oftfear- jing about the issue itself, however, the repercussionthe whole rigamarole are auite interesting. fH | |The first thing that the * 'housin g sit-in I demonstwas who holds the power in Mercyhurst Student Govment. The sit-in would never have been|instigatedMSG had it not been pressured by the representativestaking action. The reps are the people with the pow

The second thing the whole episode demonstratedthat the opinions and attitudes of individual adminitors are no t necessarily those of the administrationwhole. f I I I ' 3One major outcome of the sit-in is the openingmore direct line of communication between stuleaders and Dr. Garvey. As he bias said before his doalways open, so students should take advantage ofFm sureieveryone would agree that somethindrastic as a sit-in should be avoided In the futurstudents respect the administration's authority^andadministration listens to the students9 voice, this forprotest will be avoided. I l l |The students achieved their goal and thereasonwas possible was becausefthey acted like dignifiedrespectable adults during the protest, proving that*were demonstrating not to cause trouble but to showthey had strong feelings about the issue-in questionDr. William P. Garvey, the college fpresidentgiven MSG the ultimatum that if there was a sit-in,everyone, including-* seniors, would have to>livecampus. Had the students been antagonistic or disrupmayoe thiswould have happened. f I * |In referenceito the housing issue, Garvey citedadaeei''Agree to disagree, but don't be disagreeabBoor sides disagreed but neither proved disagreeabSpring is in the air. It's time to leave the restrictivof discontent that filled the halls of old ma in, andinon to fresh and con structive topics such as the new un

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Sell books for cash* Bring themto the student union T ues.,Feb. 2 0and Wed., Feb. 21from9 a.m. to4 p.m. Hardbound or paper, webuy all bodes having a nationalresale value.Cardigan sweater sale: TauSigma Mu, the Mercyhurst Hon-ors Society, is selling Cardigansweaters (Letterman sweaters) foranyone interested. They willcome in three colors: white, gray,and navy -blue. Three Greek let-ters, TEM, will be embroideredon them. Price: $27.95. Deposit$15.00 by Feb. 20. Sample sweat-shirt available |in Dr. button'soffice (Zurn 112). Call TimO'Neill at 825-9271 after 4 p.m.for an order blank.

A>Winter danee performance Academic celebration high-has been scheduled for 8:15 p.m.in Zurn Recital Hall on Sat, Feb.17 and2:30 p.m. on Sun., Feb. 18."Illusive Dance Choices," a

lights: Dr. David Palmer says thatthe overall attendance for the 41separate events that occurredduring Mercyhurst* s fourth Aca-demic Celebration was 2,771.

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choreographer's showcase high-lights the creativity and versatility That's a 67.5 percent^ average,of Mercyhurst's dance majors. Last year's 50 events gained a57.5 percent average. There were12 speakers from outside the col-lege community,fiveMercyhurstspeakers, fouri student-operatedevents, one shared event betweenfaculty and an outside organiza-tion, two expert!panelists fromoutside the college community,one administration and one MSGsponsored event, three musical/performance events,|three filmsfor Discussion and two luncheonspeakers.

.Attention SeniorsJust a reminderjthe SeniorpinnertDance will be held qn Saturday,March 1 0 | 990 af Raymond'sBanquet Hall. Between Sand 7 p/mthere will be a cash bar, then at

7 p.m. dinner will be served.There willfbe fun and dancing withD.J. John spinning thejtunes unti1 a.m.Admission!is jfree to traditionaseniors and there is a $15.00 chargeto non-seniors and Adult Collegel l seniors.Photos by Mike Miller will be takinggroup photas. Prices will range from.$^00 to $15.00. You will pay for11 them at the dance.j !Please limit one guest per,senior.If anyone hasiany questions, or ifianinvitationlhas not been receivedlCall Brad at 825-7645 I

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WINTER 1989-90FINALS SCHEDULETUESDAY. FEB . 20 1990

MEETING TIMET TH8:15-10:05 A.M.T TH 10:15-12:05 ?M.T TH 12-35-2:25 P.M.T TH 2*30-4:15 P.M.T TH 6:00-7:50 P.M.T TH 6:00-9:50 PJVI.T TH 6:00-10:00 P.M.

EXAM TIME8:00 AM .10:00 AM .12:00 NOON2:00 PJVI. I6:00 P.M.6:00 P.M.6:00 P.M.WEDNESDAY, FEB.211990

MWF 8:15-9:30 AM .f MWF 9:40-10:55 AM .MWF 11:05-12:20 PJV1.MWF 12:50-2:05 P.M.|MWF 2:15-330 P.M.I M W 6:00-7:50 PJVI.IMON 6:00-10:00 PJVI.WED 6:00-9:50 PJVI.

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WEEKEND COLLEGE EXAMSSAT 8:30-12:00 NOONSAT 12:00-3:30 M |SUN 2:00-530

FEB 208:00 P.MFEB 19 8:00 PJVIFEB 218:00 P.MCLASSES NOT MEETING AT REGULAR TIMESNOT COVERED BY THIS SCHEDULE. STUDENTSHOULD SEE THEIR INSTRUCTOR FOR DATESAND TIMES FOR THEIR FINALS M

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' said that I have to increaseMerciad Classified Ad s.reluctantly) with the next isprice of a classified ad will g$2.00 per ad per issu