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T H E M E R C IADNot EverythingThat is faced can be changed;

But Nothing | \Can b e changed until it is faced."James Baldwin

VOL. XLV, NO. 16 MERCYHURST COLLEGER.O.T.C.Offeree AtHurst

JANUARY 26,11973

B e g i n n i n g W e d n e s d a y ,February 7, the Gannon CollegeReserve Officers Training CorpsProgram will offer a special clas sat Mercyhurst^ It?will meet inWeber Hall from 12:30 to 2:4514 Wed nesdays dur ing theWinter and Spring Quarters.Students who successfullycomplete the course will receive 1and !2 credit hours towardgraduation. Specifically designedfor Freshmen males, the coursew ill appeal to students enrolled inHistory or La w$ Enforcement. Itconsists of two parts, the first ofwhich deals with the History ofModern Warfare to include WorldWar Ifand World War II. Thesecond part is tailored towardstudents enrolled -J in LawEnforcement. It offers classes inRiot Control, Hand to* HandCom bat, Weapons*! Orienta tion,Live Firing of the^Pistol, Rifleand Shotgun, First |Aid, andSpecial Rescue Operations,

Students enrolling in the courseincur no obligation to> th emilitary. If they remain in futurecourses to be offered next yearand]are selected to go into theAdvanced Course during theirJunior and Senior year, they willbe eligible to compete for commissions in the Military Police,Military Intelligence and theother branches in the Army.Current starting salary for a newsecond lieutenant in the Army lisover $9,0001per year. AdvancedCourse students also receiv e $100per month for each month theyare enrolled in school and areeligible to compete for specialscholarships.

Any student wishing to enroll inthis course shouldi contact theMercyhurst Registrar before the5th of February. There will be auniform deposit of $ 2 0 , which willbe refunded at the completion ofthe course. W f t < E

Almost An Eulogyb y C a t h y S t e v e n s o n

I doubt if Mothers will everunderstand why; the daughtersthey raised in pretty dresseswould*want to cling to faded,patched, grubby jeans.My own jeans have seen me tomy third ye ar of college and w ithany luck, |w e |may graduatetogether.Our first yeariat Mercyhurst,my jeans and I were both|newand a bit stiff in our newsurroundings. Time relaxed usboth along with days full of newexperiences. ? | 'v y 1We started our second year asi 1 w e belonged together. We werealso a bit worn out.3. M e, fromMercyhurst routine and my jeansfrom a hectic Freshman year.E By thejtime this school yearstarted,smy jeans and 1 carriedmemories with us. My ownmemories were hidden, privatethings but^my jeans wore^theirmemories openly like medals.The only difference was that the

medals were cloth patches instead of the standard glitter ofmetal. * | f fThe trouble with patches is thatonce you consent to one, the restfollow immediately by demand.!One patch led to two, two tothree and the fourth patch wasshamelessly applied over thefirst. I | j fcWith each patch my^Mother'spleas to part with my companionbecame stronger but I could notdesert my friend now. Each daythey grew weaker, paler, untilwhat appearedlto be their finalbreakdown. The gaping woundeven made me give up hope andfor weeks my jeans layhopelessly on a cold metalhanger. - I Even though my jeans hadgiven u p hope, I could n o t . W e stillhad at least a year t o g o . JJ.The operation was a slow.

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THE MERCIADYears of ServicePublished weekly during the college year/ except Thanksgiving, intercession, Christmas and Easter vacations, and examination periodsby the students of Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa., 16$OI. Mailing address: Mercyh urst MailroonvP*tao Hall, B o x 3 4 .

EditorAssistant EditorEditorial BoardNews J .Feature EditorSports |Layout. $MAssistantLayouCultural |Business ManagerFaculty Advisor

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Staff!Tom Frank, Nancy Parks, Paul Ooran, Carol Alco, SophieGeret Kathy Holmes, Cookie Cebula, Rosie Schiava, M*vrppHunt, Marie Kanicki, Mary Griswold, Margot Lestrange,>GaiiStevens. TomRictor f

FROfTl THE TOWER: B OSearching ForlOur'100.000.001 IFor the pasti five years or sostudents at Mercyhurst paid a$125 activities fee which ostensibly provided the3funds to payfor student services provided oncampus. L ast year, however, thisfee was absorbed into the tuition,forming a comprehensive fee,while students nadto pay Janadditional \ $2 5 for R.U.S. Thequestion arose as to what wasbeing done with the $100,000(based on an enrollment of 1,000)which had previously belonged tothe students. Several weeks agothe clarion was called in R.U.S.

demanding to know where themoney went. We thought it was agreat slogan, making it appear asthough something was rotten inthe state of Denmark. W e decidedto do some investigating into thesubjec t to>; find out w hethe r theadministration was jugglingstudents' mone> around, andsome interesting facts came tolight.

* * * *From the o l d $ 1 2 5 activities fee,portions were parcelled out forstudent services such as health,library, yearbooks, newspaper,athletics and cultural events.This extra fee served a dual role.First, students picked up the costof subsidizing the services, andsecond, a facade was createdgiving the impression of a lowerScholarshipsFor MinorityGroups

Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity is offering 125 tuitionscholarships to minority groupstudents |for the 1973-74 year.Each scholarship covers up to 32points of tuition having a value of$3,000. Recipients are eligible toapply for re-awards to amaximum of two additionalyears.* f i > ' W- M>PurposeTo encourage well-qualifiedand eligible students whose attendance; at Teachers College,Columbia University for 1973-74 isdependent on financial a i d . '

ELIGIBILITYig.Open only to United Statescitizens. The Hocus of theprogram is to attract to thecollege Black and Puerto Ricanstudents and others who. havebeen educationally disadvantaged and are members ofother minority groups.|& . ApplicationProcedures '-MInstructions o n h o w to apply foradmission and financial aid, including special * instructions forminority group scholarshipapplicants, are included witheach application for admission.Applications for admission maybe obtained from TeachersCollege Office of Ad missions, 525

b y A l B e l o v a r a c j j j smtuition. This was a standardpractice in schools throughout thecountry. A 'problem (for administrators) developed in themid-'60s, however, when moreprogressive student governmentsdemanded control over the use ofthese fees. In Texas, for exam ple,a student government used partof its activities fee to re-hire aMarxist professor fired by theuniversity. They accomplishedthis by withdrawing funds fromthe health services, knowing theuniversity w ould b e forced topickup the tab. In schools across thenation, a disturbing instability inthese programs developed asservices were scrapped orrestored as student governmentschanged from year to year. Thecollege administrations restoredorder by absorbing the activitiesfee into the tuition, thus directingwhere it would go and destroyingthe fear of having servicesabandoned that had taken yearsto develop. Mercyhurst followedsuit and took' that step last year.T h e question is why?

Two complaints clanged fromthe | deep recesses of theTreasurer's Office under the oldsystem. The activities money hadto be separate from other funds,creat ing the headache *of

maintaining two bookkeepingsystems. Secondly, the activitiesfee was not covering the cost ofservices anymore. $300,000 wasbeing spent annually while only$125,000 cam e in from the fee.Rather than [increasing the fee,the Trustees felt it would be asound measure to abolish it andassume* the cost of servicesthrough tuition. Accordingly, thetuition increased $150 this year,while the activities fee! camedown to $ 2 5 , all of which goes toR.U.S. %* * * *

What! does it all -j mean?Students still have a free library,health services, movies, schoolpaper, yearbooks and culturalseries, all of which are fundedfrom the present comprehensivetuition. We also! have ja * verywealthy student government,with a budget of over $300,000,none oft which ha s to be pouredinto the services listed above, aswas the case under the old activities fee system .f * * * * HI&R.U.S. gained control of the$100,000 again, i t | would haveanother headache in trying todistribute the money to servicesthat require more than is in thepot. To put it simply, if we getwhat some want, we will haveless than w e d o n o w .Freshman Elections

Friday, January 26,1973I Main Lobby, ZurnPlease VoteFor PRESIDENTRichToland | .B | J John CousortJeff Davern is Vict Presidentof the Freshman Class.Congratulations! |For SECRETARYP.J .Love t t iK athy Piechrchi

For TREASURER *BobMistole JDale McintoshThe following students are theFreshman Representatives to theRepresentative Union oiStudents: Debi DAlessandris,Peggy i Flocos, Mary AnneGavrile, Elisa Guida, Sammy T.Johnson , Ray K orzeniowski,Daun Miller, Lynn Neiderlander,Nancy Peutak, Frank P. Sirot-nak, Sue Yockey.

Congratulations!West 1120 Street, Box 302, NewYork, New York;?. 1.10027.Prospective applicants are urgedto take early action to obtain andfile the ap plicatio ns; and supporting jmate r i a Is required.Completed applications arerequired by Feb ruary 1, 1973 toreceive consideration for 1973-74scholarships. * Awards f will beannounced in A pril. JH

Lodges, Cabins, Gilt Shops, etc.within the ^Nation's oldest andlargest National Park . f|f Applications m ust b e submittedprior to February 1st, and allapplicants must be available forwork until September 4 th or later.

Employment.. 1973 Sum mer Employment .

Yellowstone NationalPark Wyoming, i *The Placement Office hasapplications for s tudents /interested in working in Hotels,

FILMjlS O C I E T YI F O R M I N G

.. interested students andfaculty are asked to attendan organization and planningmeeting, Tuesday January30.J1973 at 3:00 p.m. in theFaculty Lounge in]PrestonHall* Discussion will concernorganization, planning, typesof film and funding. $ | 1

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PAGE 2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE JANUARY 26, 1973Frostburg State Tonight ^ _LAKERS NOW11

Mercy hurst College add ed twobig wins to its record this pastweek and will take an 11-4 log intoFriday night's contest with Frostburg State in Frostburg, Md.The Bobcats, who have Jwonfour of their first ten games, willplay Towson State before? theirmeeting with the Lakers. * iThe first win of the past weekfor the Lak ers, 78 - 72 over PointPark, could go a long way indetermining if the Mercyhurstsquad will get a bid to theN.A.I.A. D istrict 18 playoffs. Italso made up for a defeat theLakers suffered to the samePioneers earlier in the year inPittsburgh. I |The game was close throughoutthe first half with the sc ore beingtied six \ times and the leadchanging another five times. TheLakers led* 38 - 36atf the intermission.Point Park spotted the count at40 - 40 early in the second half butthat was as close as the Pioneerswere to get. The Lakers took theEulogy | .

(Continued f Page 1)painstaking procedure, but thefinal stitch proved a success andmy jeans had once again beenreborn. \ MHaving almost lost my jeansonce, I am more considerate ofthemnow and let them rest often.My Mother is happy with mynew assorted friends and is notashamed to be seen in public withme anymore, but my friend liveson awaiting the day when theywill once again be reborn. . . ascutoffs. ?c

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lead and stretched, it to 13 pointsat 61 - 48and again held sway at 75- 62 before a late flurry by thevisitors rallied to cut the gap tosix at the f na 1buzzer. fJ.C. Carter led Mercyhurstwith 24 points, Steve Albert had 20and Albert and Jesse Campbellsplit 28 rebounds betweenthemselves. M Sj.The 58 - 54 win over Lock HavenState this past Friday, the secondwin over the Bald Eagles f thisyear, again wasn't as close as thefinal score m ay seem. >Mercyhurst came out from a 30- 24 halftime advantagerand ledby about ten*throughout thesecond canto. But again theLakers saw their lead drop from11 points, 56 -445, to the finalmarg in of four. I f Albert led the scoring paradefor the L akers w ith 24 points andhe added 13 rebounds, one morethan teammate Campbell. { 'f. J e s s e C a m p b e l l g o e s s k y - h i g h for a b a s k e t 'a g a i n s t p o i n t i p a r k .

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Tuesday/ January 16The Fa m ily 65; Four Rats on aRainy Night-42 tOriginal Over the Hill Gang 58;I* Guess What 48 ;'I Thursday/January 18Original Over the Hi l l Gang-74;Vet Set 31 ag. JSpeed Boys-62; Nimrods-4 5Knicks-73; Guess What 65

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The big guns of the M.B.A. lastThursday were Tom Monaghan,"Turkey" Johnf Mishanec andTom Heberle. I iiIn t h e ! first game off atripleheader at the Mercyhurst" A r e n a " , \ Tom I Monaghansparked the Original Over theHill Gang with 20 points as theyhumiliated the Vet Set 74-31.While Monaghan was theconsistent scorer for the old men,Gene Fahey 19 and Bill B ryan 16combined for 28 of the Faculty's35 points in the second half.High man for the Vet Set now 0-

2jjwas Rich Zambrycki with 10markers. | f | H fThe second game at the arenahad John Mishanec pop in 19points and John Crupi adding 16as the Speed Boys beat theNimrods 62-45 in the only %,B"League Gam e of the evening.Players injjdouble figures lorthe Nimrods, now 1-1 were RonK orzeniowski with 16, Bob A men10, and Terry Frontio io.Ina thrilling night cap to pleasethe fans the K nicks, paced with

Tom Heberle's 24 markers beat

Guess What 73-65. With a seven point half-timeadvantage Guess What whittled itdown to two points at least threetimes during the second half, butthe K nicks behind M ark Piliewskiand Dan Laird's*hot hands, andBob Parks'! outstanding! defenseagainst Tod Allen were the*ingredients necessary for theK nicks to hold out and win 73-65.High man for Guess What wasK ent Williamson pumping in 21John Holt with 13 and big TodAllen adding another 14 ma rkersfoT the Losers.ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

January, 1973 Beeri BlastPolish Falcons 19& Ash; Featur ingRed, JWh!te &Blueberry JThis Week's Schedule:i Tuesday January 307:00 Nosmos Kings vs Losers8:00 Fam ily vs. Speed Boys9:00 Vet Set vs. Tulsa County

& Friday February 27:00 ? vs. Over the Hil l Gang8:00 Guess What vs . Foxes9:00 4 Rats vs T- Bai lers.

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