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VOL, 51 , NO . 11 FRIDAY, JANUARY 19,1979

Calendar TalksBegin Again

bySueFius I . | jjAfter dealing with the immediate budget crisis of last fall, the

college has again turned its efforts to evaluating the academic calendar.

Dr. John J. Millar, dean of the college and vice president ofacademic services, met with division chairpersons last week topropose a new calendar for 1979-80. JJ

Two different variations of the;4-3-3 plan were suggested. Bothwould eliminate Intersession and increase the course load for fall termto four courses. r

"It is not in the best interest of the college to move to the semester

system right now," Millar said. "There is a lack of clear-cut supportfor intersession." * i

"Intersession may be a high point for some students," he added,"but a bad experience for many anda burden on faculty.''

Both plans of the new calendar would begin with a 13 week fall termlasting until the middle of December. Two terms, each ten weeks inlength, would follow after the new year. t

The second plan, suggested by Millar, would call for longer clas sesduring the last two terms, allowing the college to finish a pproximatelytwo weeks earlier than the first.

"Four courses could be disasterous for some people," Millar said.1'some students have never taken more than three per term."He added, "At the same time, it could provide an easier pace for

those students attending college for the first time. The 4-3-3 calendarprovides for experimentation and can be put into action with aminimum amount of effort and change. The present system isdesigned to deal with the ten-week term."

The division heads will meet again with Millar on January 23 todiscuss further plans. Recommendations will then go to the CollegeSenate for action. Final recommendations will be given to thepresident and the Board of Trustees for final approval.

"If the concensus is to stay with the 3-1-3-3 calendar, we will," Millarassured. "The question is, 'What does the institution itself want todo?'"

E l e m e n t a r y Ed. M a jo r s!

S ta r t New Sorori tyA chapter of the national

organization for elementaryeducation majors, -LambdaEpsilon Delta, has been startedat Mercyhurst. 1

I Sr. Patricia Whalen, associateprofessor of education, cited theorganization's goal as one of"encouraging a high degree ofintellectual ability among itsmembers." " i

More than 20 people interested in joining the honorarysorority met for the first time lastSunday. ,<

Members of the new chapter,

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whoare required to carry a 3.0 orhigher QPA, elected officers tothe sorority. Melanie Tompkinswas elected president, MariannRuberto, vice president andPaula Pizzat, treasurer.

Also elected were secretaryAnn DelMedico, historian MargeZimmerman and freshmenrepresentative Mary Smith.

Members of the organization

will meet January 28, at whichtime they hope to beginorganizing various programs andskills workshops for all educationmajors. I 1 §

Winter Scene - The bare trees of the season and the gray sky give off an Erie effect.

SocialI S t u d y

With the support of the CollegeSenate and Dean John Millar,College President Marion 'L .Shane approved that "socialwork be recognized as a majorprogram at Mercyhurst."

According to Bea Weissman,assistant professor of socialwork, the major program will be"generic in form - having noparticular emphasis. This willprepare students for workingwith people in a variety of socialagencies including counselingand referral work."

Reportedly, the college will beactively searching for a secondfulltime faculty member to teachwithin the department.

"1 hope the new instructor willbe able to assist in creating agerontology (study of the aged)concentration . and minor program," Weissman stated.

In the pasi, social work was aconcentration within the sociology department. To some,

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stablishing the major is seen asan essentia] step in the attempt togain accreditation by (he Councilon Social Work Education(CSWE).

"There are some 31 social workmajors at the college right now,"Weissman noted. "There weremany more double majors andminors indicating the many whorecognize the relationship between their major fields andsocial'work."

1 Reportedly, the college will beapplying for accreditation withCSWE sometime next year. Ifapproved, it will hold for majorsgratuating from this year on.

Weissman told the Merciad,

"Accreditation^by CSWE is extremely important for keepingthe social work program atMercyhurst competitive in thisregion." \ }

Bea Weissman

H e l l e r H i t s O n ' H u r s t H i g h s A n d L o w s"I think-it's about time I say

something to the whole cam pus,"MSG President Mike Heller toldthe Merciad.

Heller was voicing his cdncernover the problems of studentapathy, involvement and action.

•Beginning with the idea.that(ihere is actually very littleapathy on campus, Hellerproceeded to encourage studentinvolvement and participation inon-campus decisions, f

increase student Involvement,Heller suggested to keep searching for "what the studentswant." .

ft "We have to find dur ownissues,"{he continued. "We justhave to find .something thatignites the students."

At an earlier MSG meeting,Heller stated that there was nogreat social issue the studentscould unite under such as those ofthefvietnam War or the Civil

"Students have the power . . .. . . but nobody uses it

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"Because students don't go toactivities doesn't mean they'reapathetic," he said, noting that"not all activities interest all[students." "Suggestions gofurther than complaints."

When asked about ways to

Rights issues of the 1960's. ?"We don't need massive

numbers because we're a smallschool," he emphasized."Students have the power butnobody gets together and usesit." 1 I I

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Heller also touched 4 on thesubjects of alcohol and tuition ason-campus problems.

When questioned on the formerissuefine commented that

"People shouldn'tlbe limited toparties."

"College life is going out andparticipating," he added.'"Nobody seems to want to tryanything new." £i

Heller cited the fact that few'Hurst jjeople^attended concerts

colleges.MSG Meeting ,iI At last Monday's MSGmeeting, reps divided into groupsin order to brainstorm ideas onissues confronting the college.

Some of the topics centered onin the committees are: alcohol oncampus, teacher evaluation,

"We have to find somethinglthat ignitesthe students.

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or coffee house acts, but feelsthat attendance is starting toincrease.

"In the past, we've brought ingood bands, but mainly outsiderscame ," he said. , *[.. Heller did suggest that raisingthe activity fee might increasethe quantity and quality of thevarious activities and stressedthat the 'Hurst has one of thelowest ac tivity? fees among

residence life, public relations,layoff review and [..studentopinion. i ; *i> Reps and officers feel thatsmaller committees within MSGwill enable the body to act onissues that will encouragestudent involvement. £'

As one member;put it, "Nowthat we've done this much, wehave to stop talking and begin toacL"lllI 1

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T h e n e x t ' H u r s t p r e s i d e n t s h o u l d b e s o m e o n e a l r e a d y i n v o l v e d w i t ht h i s i n s t i t u t i o n .

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t r i p h e a n d f e l l o w M S G o f f i c e r s t o ok t o H a r r i s b u r g . .P m g l a d h e b r o u g h t t o o u r a t te n t i o n t h a t t h e ' H u r s t i s n ' t a s p r o b l e m -

r i d d e n a s s o m e of t h e o t h e r s c h o o l s in t h e s t a t e . P l a i n r e a s s u r i n g i sw h a t i t is . G i v e s m e the f e e l i n g of w a n t i n g to p o s s e s s a w h o l e n e wo u t l o o k o n c o l l e g e l i f e , H e l l e r ' s d i s c o v e r y d o e s ; t h a t a n d t h e f a c t t h a ti t ' s o n l y s i x c r e d i t s t o g r a d u a t i o n . 1 i J' L i k e i t or n o t , H e l l e r ' s c o r r e c t w h e n h e s a y s t h e r e are no m a j o r

i s s u e s fo r s t u d e n t s to u n i t e b e h i n d or a g a i n s t . T h o s e d a y s a r e g o n e .R e v o l u t i o n i s o u t a n d h e d o n i s m is i n . A n d i t ' s a b e t t e r w o r l d f o r i t ; s of a r . '1 •**; :

M a y b e it's u n f o r t u n a t e , bu t s o m e h o w th e W o r l d H u n g e r P r o b l e ma n d t h e E n e r g y C r i s i s l a c k t h e n e c e s s a r y c o n t r o v e r s y t o r a l l y b e h i n dt h a t m a d e the C i v i l R i g h t s i s s u e a n d a n t i - w a r p r o t e s t t h e f a s h i o n ad e c a d e a g o . i t

I n t h e l a s t M e r c i a d i s s u e , H e l le r s t a t e d s o m e t h i n g r a t h e r p r o f o u n dw h e n h e s a i d " B e c a u s e s t u d e n t s a r e n ' t e x a c t l y w h a t o n e w a n t s t h e mt o be d o e s n ' t m a k e t h e m a p a t h e t i c . " T h i s is t r u e . I t ' s a c a s e of f r e ew i l l . S t i l l , s o m e t i m e s p e o p l e h a v e t o b e i n f o r m e d a b o u t ' w h a tp r o g r a m s , i s s u e s or o r g a n i z a t i o n s n e e d h e l p . A n d s o m e t i m e s p e o p l eh a v e t o b e r e a s s u r e d b e f o r e t h e y w i l l a t t e m p t a n y t h i n g n e w .

I li k e w h a t H e l l e r i s a t t e m p t i n g ; a n y t h i n g n e w c a n ' t b e a l l t h a t b a d .

A g a i n W i t h T h e C a l e n d a r T a l k s jT h e o n l y t h i n g I h a v e t o s a y a b o u t t h e r e s u m e d c a l e n d a r t a lk s i s f i n d

a c a l e n d a r t h a t i n c l u d e s f re e W e d n e s d a y s a n d v o t e it o n t h r o u g h t h eb u r e a c u r a c y . If t h a t i s not t o be, t h e n k e e p i t th e s a m e . B ut d os o m e t h i n g . I ' m p e r s o n a l l y g r o w i n g t i r e d of h a v i n g t o s e e it d i s c u s s e di n t h e M e r c i a d t i m e a n d a g a i n w i t h o u t a n s w e r s .

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t h e e g g e a t i n g c o n t e s t t h e o t h e r n i g h t . F o r h e r e f f o r t , A m y w i l l w i n ad a t e w i t h M r . C h o l e s t e r o l . . .

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" B a b e " H a r k i n s g o t * h i s n i c k n a m e b e c a u s e h e w o r k s w e l l w i t hc h i l d r e n . . .

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a s " a f e e l i n g t h a t c o m e s f ro m h a v i n g n oc o n t r o l o v e r y o u r p r e s e n t s i t u a t i o n . "T h i s s t r u c k m e a s h a v i n g s o m e m e r i t . Im e a n , w h y s h o u l d I b e i n t e r e s t e d i ns o m e t h i n g t h a t I 'm not a c t i v e l y in v o l v e d i n ?

A p a t h y i s a p o p u l a r t e r m o n t h is c a m p u s . It is a n a l l -p u r p o s e t e r m - i t ' s u s e dt o d e s c r i b e e v e r y t h i n g f ro m a c t i v i t i e st o c a f e t e r i a m e a l s . A s a r u l e of t h u m b ,i f y o u d o n ' t a t t e n d c o f f e e h o u s e s , a c t i v i t ie s o r s p o r t i n g e v e n t s , t h e n y o u ' r ea p a t h e t i c . P e r s o n a l l y , I t h i n k a p a t h y ist h e n u m b e r one c o p - o u t of th e 1 9 7 0 ' s .T h e r e ' s no w a y I' m g o i n g to be f o r c e -f e d a c t i v i t i e s or s t u d e n t i n v o l v e m e n t .I ' ll p a r t i c i p a t e b e c a u s e I w a n t t o .

T h e q u e s t i o n t o ask , t h e r e f o r e , i s" W h a t d o y o u w a n t ? " L e t ' s f a c e i t , th es t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t i s n ' t a l l - k n o w i n g .W e d o n l r e a d m i n d s . I n s h o r t , w e n e e dh e l p f r o m th e s t u d e n t s . W i t h o u t a n y

d i r e c t fe e d b a c k f r o m y o u , M S G is f o r c e d t o a c t . u p o n b l i n d a s s u m p t i o n s .S o m e t i m e s w e h i t i t l u c k y a n d c o m e o u ts m e l l i n g l i k e r o s e s . B u t w h e n w e m i s s ,w e c a n r e a ll y m i s s . .+; ?

I ' v e s e e n ( a n d r e c o r d e d ) t o o m a n yb u c k s t h a t w e n t t o w a r d s p o o r l y a t t e n d e d e v e n t s . I t' s t i m e to t a k e a c t i o n .I ' m g o i n g t o b e p a y i n g v i s i t s t o t h e d o r m s , a p a r t m e n t s a n d t o w n h o u s e s t o t a l kw i t h a n y o f y o u i n t e r e s t e d i n i m p r o v i n ga c t i v i t i e s a n d - or t h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s oft h e s t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t . T i m e s a n dp l a c e s w i l l b e p o s t e d . I h o p e t o s e e y o ua t th e m e e t i n g s . T h a n k s fo r y o u r t i m ea n d h a v e a g o o d d a y .

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I w a s g i v e n th e d u b i o u s h o n o ro f w r i t i n g t h i s w e e k ' s a r t i c l e onM i k e H e l l e r and h i s n e w . M S Gp h i l o s o p h y . V

I r e a d l a s t w e e k ' s a r t i c l e andf o u n d n o t h i n g . I r e s e a r c h e d t h i sw e e k ' s a r t i c l e a n d f o u n d n o t h i n g .I a m l e ft w i t h r e p o r t i n g e m p t ys t a t e m e n t s s u c h a s , " W e h a v e t of i n d o u r o w n i s s u e s , " w i t h o u tp i n n i n g a n y o n e d o w n o n a n i s s u e .

M r . H e l l e r is a p p a r e n t l y t r y i n gt o l i g h t a f i r e u n d e r n e a t h t h es t u d e n t b o d y , b u t w h a t h e f a i l s tor e a l i z e i s t h a t h e m u s t b e t h es p a r k . N o " i s s u e " i s g o i n g , t o

j u m p ou t of n o w h e r e and beg tob e a c t e d u p o n . J

H e l l er a n d * M S G h a v e t h epotential for organizing andactivating the student body. Nowis the time to stop talking about itand do som ething.

If we're going to jump on thebandwagon and prove that thereis no apathy at Mercyhurst, nowis the time to do it, not just talkabout it. i

Let's hear something concrete,Mr. Heller. Give us somethingtostand up for!

Sue Fuss

Upset. . .

M r . E d i t o r , - *A f t e r r e a d i n g y o u r la s t fe w i s s u e s oft h e M e r c i a d I a m r e a l l y d i s a p p o i n t e d a ty o u r c h e a p s h o t s at the s t u d e n t b o d y .Y o u a r e c o n t i n u o u s l y c o m p l a i n i n ga b o u t th e s t u d e n t b o d y a p a t h y . W e l lM r . B r u n o t h e r e a r e s t u d e n t s , w h o inf o u r y e a r s , h a v e s e e n th e s c h o o l g od o w n h i l l ; i n v o l v e m e n t w i s e .

T h e p a r t ie s h a v e g o n e f r o m T u e s d a yn i g h t a n d w e e k e n d p a r t i e s t o w e e k e n dp a r t i e s a n d f i n a l ly t o n o p a r t i e s a t a l l. Ic a n r e m e m b e r w h e n t h e r e w e r e p a r t ie si n the d o r m s and i n c o m i n g f re sh m a nh a d t h e c h a n c e t o g o a r o u n d a n d m e e tp e o p l e . I b i s o p p o r t u n i t y d o e s n ' t e x i s ta n y m o r e . I d o n ' t k n o w m o r e t h a n a h a n d f u l of f r e s h m a n . I b e l i e v e t h i s i s w h e r e

a p a t h y s t a r t s . I[ I d o n ' t w a n t t o s o u n d l i k e p a r t i e s a r em o r e i m p o r t a n t ' t h a n a c a d e m i c s butl e t s f a c e it c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s li k e to g e tt o g e t h e r a n d d r i n k it's p a r t of c o l l e g el i f e or at l e a s t it w a s . If t h i s a s p e c t ofc o l l e g e l i f e i s b e i n g c u r t a i l e d p e o p l ej u s t d o n ! t r e a l l y f e e l a p a r t of thec o l l e g e .

S o I ' d r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e if y o u ' d s t o pa l l y o u r a p a t h y b u l l — , b e c a u s e youh a v e n ' t b e e n h e r e t o s e e t h e t u r n a r o u n di n s t u d e n t i n v o l v e m e n t .

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Writing Center Helps GramrrSfStudents who have a problem with grammar,

spelling, organization of a paper o r a ny s imilardifficulties, c a n turn to Betty Gartner a n d thetutors wh o staff the Writing Center in 308 Main.

The Center's purpose is to help improve thewriting abilit ies of 'Hurst students. It began f ivey e a r s a g o under th e direction of Andrew Roth,assistant .{professor of E n g l i s h an d

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munications, with a recommendat ion of Dr.William Garvey , then dean of the college.

P. Barry Me Andrew, director of developmental skills, says, "The Writing Center is one ofthe major components of developmental skills."

Miriam Mashank, director of developmentaleducation, states, " I be l ieve th e Writing Centeris a valuable resource fo r our students. I ' m i m pressed with th e diligence I s e e both on th e partof the staff and of the students who frequent thatCenter." 1 T *

The Writing Center i s an established aspect ofDevelopmental Skills an d PACE programs.

Gartner, director of the Center for th e pastfour years, is a 'Hurst grad and currentlystudying for her M.A. in Engl ish a t Gannon. S h ehas also taught at the Opportunities In

dustrialization Center an d with Project Head-start . ***• * .

M "I have an excellent group of kids working fo rm e ; they're bright, personable a n d eager ," s h estated . 'The jo b would even be more difficultwithout them."

According to Gartner, to qualify as a writingtutor a student must maintain a 3 .0 QPA, havethe ability to g e t along with others a nd be confident with his or her writing s kills.

"It i s important to realize that the tutors comefrom different majors," Gartner added. "Thisstresses the idea that the ability to write well i s atotal part of any area of study. Learning how towrite well is an essential aspect of a n y col legestudent's education, not'? just those w h o studyliterature."

Joyce Sparrow, a junior English major,discussed h e r job. " I t does g e t quite hectic uphere at t imes because of th e paper work a n dtutoring," s h e said. "But I don't mind. I enjoyhelping m y peers. Like any j o b , it does have it sfrustrations, here, however, they ar e e a s y to

overcome." i tTutor N an Swart, a freshman business ad

ministration major, adds, "We try to promote acasual (and friendly atmosphere. We dealseriously with the students and our responsibilitywhile helping them learn, but w e do m a n a g e toh a v e an occasional laugh."

Other tutors a t the Center are: Cathy Betcher,

sophomore English - Education major; TeresaBorowski, freshman, human ecology; BonnieJames, freshman, English; Mary Beth Barrett ,sophomore, communications; Lynette Mason,sophomore, special education and G. NeCastro,senior, English - Business.

This week, Co-op Corner looks at the summ er cooperative educationexperience. Students interested in a summer or fall Co-op experienceshould stop b y the office in 207 Main. The cut-off date for summer co op employment is February 2 0 . j

E ach sum mer, m ost college students are interested in earning ad ditional funds. These additional funds help p a y for tuition, room,

board, textbooks an d numerous additional needs of each particularstudent. I f THowever, most students fail to correlate their summer job with their

particular academic interest. Thus, the emphasis i s on money ratherthan goals, career interests or career kn owledge. Co-op provides bothfinancial and academ ic rewards. ' $

Cooperative education can and does combine student goals and interests with meaningful empl oymen t. Co-op is a means of defining andsolving problems through the application and testing of classroom experiences ; it helps students test career choic es; and it helps to developself-understanding. Co-op can be a meaningful experience in a varietyof other way s to any interested student. j»

It. is not too early to be planning fo r this coming summer. Manycooperative education participating employers have already selectedthe students who will be employed this sum mer. It is never too early toplan ahead.} **; jj ?

j Also, fo r your information, w e have several employers coming oncampus this spring to interview students fo r fall term co-op placemen ts. The positions are available to any interested major.

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Joe Soloraey. Senior"Instead of raising tuition all

the time, lower it to m a k e theschool more attractive."

Pau l a P i tza t , Senior"I would reco mme nd

publicizing the good aspects ofMercy hurst through the student'sefforts an d achievements."

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Teena Ac her man. Junior"Make scholarships available

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Tom McDermott and Jeanne Palmer in rehearsal for the TheartreArts Departme nt's production of "Oklahoma." I

aOklahoma t Has SeenTheatrical H istoryby Betty Crandall

With the storming success of"Oklahoma" in 1943, its new styleswept all previous musicals intothe ash heap of theatrical history.All other musical.comedies tofollow took, the example of the

successful* "Oklahoma" landpatterned itself accordingly.

Nearly every musical comedysuccess since 1943 has been amusical play complete withgenuine characters and songsand ballets integrated as part ofthe plot|

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This new experience in theatremade changes not only in thestyle of musical comedy but alsoin" the careers of many involvedwith the show.

The collaboration of RichardRodgersand Oscar Hammersteinbrought about the? birth of theplay and a new team. Agnes deMille received her first assignment as a choreographer for theshow and received overnight

recognition. Jack Happ, owner ofa small record company namedDecca, recorded the m usic from

the show;and watched his company climb, setting an examplefor others in his field. I 1

Thus the changes wrought jbythe success of "Oklahoma"changed everything from the

business aspects to the danceforms. The direction that the playpointed was the manner in whichth e modern™heatre™woulddevelop.

M ercyhurst College willpresent this classic on February2,3,4 and again February 8,9,10 inthe Little Theatre. Dr£ Gary-Smith,! assistant professor i; ofdrama, is the director. JohnBurton will do the musicaldirection and Jeanne Palmer isthe choreographer.

Palmer is also in the cast, asAdo Annie. Other cast membe rsinclude, Kevin Rozich as Curly,Jane Ebert as Laurey, TomM cDermott as W ill Parker, JohnBracken as Jud, Alda W alker asAunt Eller and Rick Radziszkiski

as Ali Hakim. I I

| Tickets may be purchased bycalling the Little Theatre at 864-0681 ext. 271. Curtain time for allshows is 8 p.m. 1 1

M o m e n t B y M o m e n t :JANUARY 19J1979

Even Travolta Can't Save Itby Vicki M artina go

"Moment! by Moment" is adefinite flop. Even its titleprewarns the audience of theslow and dragging move from anuneventful beginning to end.

Lily Tomlin portrays the infamous older married womanwho begins apprehensive, butsuccessfully seduces Strip, thecharacter of John Travolta .Tomlin captures the passion oftheir relationship about as well asa'dried prune, j*. Her monotonerepitition of the script leavesmuch to be desired. 'f fp \

Poor John Travolta. He tries toadd some sparkle to his alreadybland lines, but it's hopeless.Even his childlike innocence,bright eyes and boyish grin areoverpowered by the mechanicalgrind of bad acting combinedwith empty dialogue.

W ith all that trying, Travoltaoverdoes it at times. He.spoutsmushy sentimentali ty andbroods like a love s ick puppy dogover the changing inclinations ofTomlin. Never has there been a

movie so dull.The entire story line shows

Travolta unrelentlessly chasingTomlin, who is struggling toaccept her husband's desertionfor a younger woman. She succumbs to Travolta, who finds herpleasing despite her age, andbegins to put her life backtogether. FYom there on therelationship's an on and off thing.

There are some excit ing"chase" scenes when Tomlin,repenting her errors, runs afterher wounded love who has flownfrom the warm nest.

But the plot just doesn't click.II has too many undeveloped sub-themes that do not connect withthe main story-line. ^

The film goes off on tangents.Travolta tries to save a friendfrom the mob, Tomlin makes aneffort once again with her societyfriends and her husband attem ptsa reconciliation.

The movie lacks a dynamicstory-line, developing charactersand quality dialoque. Unfortunately for the producers, manyviewers lack the stamina neededto sit through the film.

And if-all this wasn't}enough,John Travolta parades around inthe same black underwear hewore in "Saturday Night Fever."Tacky. f

SACfI"Mr. Hypnosis," be tter known

to his family and friends as LarryGarrett, will be in Zurn RecitalHall on Friday, January 19. Showtime is 8 p.m. r I

SAC is in need of help inmaking decorations for theFebruary 16th Winter Formal.Volunteers can check fOr*moreinfo and details in the StudentUnion. «

READING LABThe Reading Lab, located on

third floor Main, will present aVocabulary •'Improvement Classt wice a week. Hour s are from 91o10 a.m. or 2 to 3 p.m. on Mondayand W ednesday. The hours onTuesday and Thursday will befrom 1 1 a.m. to noon or from 2 to 3p.m.

The Reading Lab will also holda | Reading Comprehension andRate Improvement Class twice aweek. The Monday and Wednesday times a re from 11 a.m. tonoon or from 1 to 2 p.m. The hourson Tuesday and Thursday are

from 10 to 11 a.m. or from 1 to 2p.m.

DEVELOPMENTAL! EDUCATION

Any student who has neverbeen ass igned an academicadvisor should contact M iriamMashankJn 215 Ma in J

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EKEND 1The Father - Daughter

W eekend, set for April 7 and'8 isin need of volunteers on thefollowing committees:

For the talent show, 3 or 4 girlsare needed to organize the show.Participants in the show are alsoneeded. 1 f

5 or 6 members are needed forthe decoration committee; 10 ormore for the invitation committee and two people for theboutonniere committee.if interested in helping out,

please contact Judy Tischler at864-2834. 5 V™

C R E A T I V E * W R I T E R ' SWORKSHOP ||f The Creative W riter ' sWorkshop will resume weeklymeetings beginning W ednesday,January 24 at ;3 p.m. in theW riting Center, 308 Main.

BUSINESS IDEPARTMENTThe 'Hurst College Chapter of

the Administrative M anagementSociety has announced its firstprogram of the new year.

Donald Aldstadt, presidentj ofLord's Corporation, will t.be oncampus Thursday, January 25 at4:15 p.m. in the faculty lounge.

Aldstadt will speak on the topicof "Leadership Styles." f M I

PLACEMENT OFFICEThe following businesses will

supply recruiters for interviewsthe month of January! in theCareer Planning and PlacementOffice: Hill's DepartmentxStore,Jan. 23; IBM, Jan. 24 and YorkSteak House, Jan. 29.

THEATRE DEPARTMENT| P The Theatre Arts Department

is looking for student s who wouldbe interested in ushering for theirproductions.

For more information and-or ifyou are interested leave yourname, address (or room number)andjmone number in Box 29,

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ment is located in the Security jOffice, basem ent of Preston Hall.

If you have ;found any lostarticles, please turn them in. Ifyou have lost anything, please]contact us first. We may have it.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENTAll students who will be student

teaching during the spring term,1979, should pick up their application plus three (3) letters ofrecommendation from theEducation Division Office in 306Main.

1 Applications must be picked upno later than January 26^-1979.

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eye view.

Idea lly, he should be able tolook down and see the truesituation, and broadcast it tothe unwary public.

This :unique percept iveabi l i ty is avai lable to almostanyone — the only differencebeing the journalist is paid touse it -

There are a number of incidents which at the outsetap pear perfectly harmless —then end up signif icant or atleast amusing.

One of these cases is one Iam sure everyone has ex*perienced.

After the extended vacationof the past holidays, manystudents f ind it hard to getback in the work schedule —and;work very hard at no tworking too hard.

To do this, many off th e' H u r s t e r s t r y t o f i n d t h eperfect excuse why this papercan't be turned in or why thatassignment Is late.

Many of our New York Citycollegiates tried the sure-fireexcuse from back home of "Igot mugged on the bus on the

way over and the thief tookm y b a c k p a c k w i t h jthehomework inside."

Unfortunately, that excusewas f ine for the 'Big,Apple',b u t w a s a l i t t l e h a r d t oswallow in Erie.

A st u d e n t i n f r e s h m a nEnglish was overheard telling a professor the tragicstory of a fire at her home theprevious night. The story hada semi-happy ending though— the f iremen were able tosave everything ... but herterm paper .

The real clincher has to bethis one: the*-absolutely truestory that absolutely no onewill believe. A young ladyw h i l e t r y i n g t o r e p a i r f abroken f ingernail with Super-Glue, somehow managed toget her homework involved.Thejresult — one very stickysituation, no homework, and

a slightly skeptical professor.

H o w d o Mercyhurstprofessors .handle excuses?

"Well," one commented, "I usually try to let them knowthat I 'm on to them. If theyuse an unimaginative excuselike a.sickness, I tell them

they look sick, should be inthe hospital, and then escortthem to S r. Joseph Mary 's off ice." w-.:

"If they use a good excuse," he continued, "I |usttell them that it hadn't worked when I used It either."

Since Mercyhurst is a veryr e l i g i o n - o r i e n t e d s c h o o l ,some try to take unfair advantage of the holydays, andbecome strict conformists toth e old not working on Sundayrule. J

But students drop thatwhen they learn watching thetube is also against the rule.

Basically, these days, itseems that excuses are likenoses — everybody's -,got a tleast one.

Mine? I lust tell the profthat I was up a t ree — working on a good excuse...

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Lakers TrounceSiena Heightsby Bob Delia Rocca *

The Laker Basketball Teamresembles U.C.L.A in one particular way: They're both unbeatable at home. **

The Laker home courtsupremacy held true again lastMonday night as the'Hurstsoundly defeated Siena Heights ofMichigan 89-73. This marks theLakers' third straight homevictory and sixth win of seventhis year.

Their only loss at the CampusCenter this year was to BehrendCollege in the; MercyhurstInvitational Tournament. •

As in their previous two games,the 'Hurst, now at 8-4, jumped outto an early lead and just built itup after that, <

Their lead at halftime was 50-35and t hey opened up to as many as19 points ahead on several occasions in the second half,courtesy of the strong shooting ofDick B rickell, who led all scorerswith 22 points.

The Laker starters gave way tothe substitutes with seven minutes of play left. The freshmenfoursome ofDoug Birchard (8

pts), Bill Hall (5 pts), Paul Quinn(4 pts) and Jamie Borowicz (2pts) took the last wind out of theSaints by shooting 60 per centdown the stretch, much to thedelight of the partisan Lakercrowd.

Once again 'the 'Hurst gotstrong performances from BillLink and W alt Clark, both with 10points apiece, * and SherradBennard, who again took assist

honors with se ven.Much of the recent Lakersuccess is attributed to Bennard,who Coach Dan O'Connor says"is a steadying influence on theteam, forming one, cohesiveunit." I 3

With this lates t winning s treakand their Campus Centerdomination, the Lakers will makea strong bid at the District 18playoffs if they can improve ontheir current record.

The 'Hurst {took on? top-ratedW estminster at the CampusCenter last night. The "team'snext home game will be againstGeneva tomorrow evening wi'h atip-off time of 8 p.m.

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Dodd and Lindy M cCartney. -\Back row, left to right, Mary Mahon, Debbie Chilcott, Amy M cNicholas, Darlene Marsh, Lani Krantz and

Tina Tomczak. ^Missing from photo are Mary Reiber and JoAnn Rice.

by Chris TomczakThe Lady Lakers got off on the

wrong foot last Tuesday night asthey lost 54-47 to Behrend in theopening game of the season.

The 'Hurst owned a 28-23 leadat the halfway mark but wereout scored by the Lady Cubs 31-19the second twenty minutes.

Debbie Chilcott led the Lakerswith 14 points while Tina Tomczak added 13. Lindy M cCartneyhit for eight, Diane Mastersonhad six and Mary Ann:Kingrecorded eight tallies. AmyM cNicholas rounded out the'Hurst scoring with two counters.

Behrend was led by CherylRandell's 15 and Patty Hillkirk's14 markers. *

This weekend, a four-gamehome stand begins for the WomenLaker Basketball Team.

Pitt-Johnstown visits theCampus Center for a 7 p.m. gameFriday, night, January 19.Saturday action commences at 6p.m. as the Lakers take onJamestown Community College.

The Lady Lakers are coachedby Rhonda Carlson and assistedby- Jam es Conn. A successfulhome stand should give theLakers the start for an improvement over t he 9-7 record oflast season.

Gannon and Villa play at theCenter before the team's firstaway game against Allegheny on

January 30.

Seniors on this year's team are

Mary*rAnn King andDianeMasterson. Masterson sees action as both forward and center.

AmyMahon,JoAnnjuniors.

McNicholas, MaryDarlene Marsh and

Rice are the team's

Tina Tomczak is the onlysophomore mem ber of the squad.

The freshmen members of the'Hurst squad are,DebbieChilcott, Kim Dodd, Lani K rantz,Lindy M cCartney andMaryReiber, who is the tallest Lakera t 5 ' 9 " . T '• '

Tough Lakers Upset Point Parkby Bob Delia Rocca •The Lakers, led by the strongperformance off Bill Link, upsethighly favored Point ParkCollege before a very en-thusiastic 'Hurst crowd lastweekend.

Link, who scored a game high15 points and collected six rebounds, "does many thingswell," ^according to Coach DanO'Connor. Link played his normal steady game and helpedbuild up the six point lead whichthe Lakers took into the lockerroom at halftime, 40-34. *£

The second half saw both te amsuse afour corner stall as theytried to out-think one another^But the Pioneers did too muchthinking and not enough scoringagainst a strong zone defenseapplied by the Lakers. Theycould only score a mere 18 points.

O'Connor credited assistantcoach Steve Huefner with settingup the defense.

With this s trong hard-fought 55-52 victory, the Lakers are beginning to make a move after twotough Tosses over the Christmasvacation which put a damper onthings for awhile.

But the 'Hurst isn't out of thewoods yet. They still must fighttheir way through the second halfof a very difficult and demandingschedule.

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Laker Bruce Hennings looks for two against Point Park.

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