VOL. 51 , NO. 24, MERCYHURST COLLEGE FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1979 Senators Elected, Proposal Inspected, Raise Accepted! by Vickl Martina go D K H This week's MSG agenda covered the issue of the proposed revision of the General Education Requirement, the increase in th e student activity fee to $50 and the election of the 79-80 J student senators, v | Iff ff t l B Dr. John Millar, dean and vice- president of academic services, spoke and answered questions from the governing body on the General Education'Program. The proposal has been through the Academi c P olicies comm ittee and will be presented tojthe College Senate next week;for further recommendations. jjj£? The proposal consists of three parts: the S kill! Development Program, which deals with writing, basic math and reading; the Liberal Studies Program, which covers six development levels | such as Civilization, American Heritage and Human Dean John Millar Growth and Development; and the Co-Curricular Requirement, which is designed to insure active student participation in campus activities that coincide with the academic programs.! I p^J; Millar^ stressed 'thatl any department can suggest courses for the various units in < the Liberal Stu die s Program .^ f He believes the proposal is necessary in order to insure the development of basic skill s and a well rounded academic education upon graduation.Z"I believe everyone has the right to try college, but not the right to graduate," Millar stated. In ^ the | > Co-Curricular Requirement the student will receive one-third ka credit f for extra curricular activities such as participation in intramural sports, student government, college senate, an activity associated J with the ^student's field of study or some form of community service. I M $u Two credits must be earned per year in order for the student to graduate with the necessary eight credits in the Co-Curricular Requirement. ? § | 1^ ?| . If the General Education Program is adopted, it will affect only those students who begin college in the Fall of 1980.* J 8 Another important issue was the unanimous decision to raise the student activity fee from $35 to $50. According to MSG President Mike Heller, the in- crease is needed to counteract inflation, expand activities, support 1 , the yearbook and to possibly eliminate entrance fees to activities. v$ | a § & & The remainder of the meeting was spent on the election of next year's student senators. Those electedfor wo consecutive years were Tim Seltzer, Alda Walker Walker and> John Chrzanowski. The one year terms? were distributed to JoAnn Alexander, A l Lonc zak and Vick i Martinago. Senate % alternates are Mike Phillips and Jim Bolger. Steve Frisina 7 mM$; Rebecca Marti n NP&* EditorJAssistant Chosen Current MSG Treasurer Steve Frisina has been .chosen as Merciad editor-in-chief fo ^ the 1979-80 school.. year. * Rebecca Martin, a freshman English major, was named as assistant to the editor. ^^e^^^S5?^fe • ^ Both Frisina and Martin were the only applicants for the''job and were chosen after being interviewed by the iMerciad boa rd members on Monday, May 7 . ~ | i I fli Sls %t Neither studentfhave worked much' with the Merciad nor are they communications majors - Frisina is a senior business management major. a B a *-* 3 ^rfl hope to bring some? of my pasta newspaper experience I gained from working at the Meadville Tribune to the job," said Fris ina/ an unsuc cessful candidate for president in th e last MSG election. £ - V "I'm going to try to present the students th e best newspaper I can," he added. "Having worked under some good editors in the past, I've been fortunate to learn a great deal about journalism. Hopefully what I've learned will pay off in a fantastic paper for th e Mercyhurst community. The Merciad is * going to j be in- formative, entertaining and fun for those involved with it." yp^g 2 "Personally, I would like to se e more people thinking!of the Merciad as an instrument of campus communication," \ said Martin. "One idea to help this theory is that of a classified ad page. For example; students who need rides, have books to sell, want to send personal messages, etc. could submit'; these to Merciad, where a classified page would be devoted to printing of these messages." "I' m excited at the prospect •* this new position, " she continued. "f hope to -contribute creative and innovative ideas to the 1979- 8 0 Merciad. I feel that being an English major can only help me in those areas." jj|B f m £ The decision to \ appoint j an editor-in-chief and an assistant to the editor was voted on unanimously by the six members of the Merciad board. The panel Included current Merciad Editor John Bruno, MSG President Mike Heller, J E. William Kennedy, director of student services, Dr. David Palmer li ^humanities department chairperson, and Communications Instructors Andy Roth and William Shelley. Theatfe DisputejOver! Promotion lOn Plans iSet For Commencement The time schedule for activities during graduation r have been announced * by j Edward Gallagher,! assistant dean and graduation coordinator. J The busy weekend will begin with jj a i graduation dinner on Saturday, June 2 at the Erie Hilton. Seniors will be admitted free and may invite two guests who will be charged $10 pe r person. A cash bar begins a t 6:3 0 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m. An informal dance at the college cafeteria will follow the dinner. Music will be provided by "Accent on Sound" beginning at 9 p.m. Seniors may invite guests to the dance, which is a BYOB af- fair. 7* 3 * r M Activities on Sunday begin with the commissioning of two ROTC candidates, Dine Grant and JoAnne Nezovich. Open to anyone, the ceremony will take place at 9 a.m£ in the Heritage Room. ? f The Baccalaureate Mass will follow at 10 a.m. in the chapel. It will be concelebrat ed by Fr. Guy Patrick, Fr. John Hilbert and Fr. John Swartz. i, J A brunch for parents, adults and $2.50 for children. At the same time, the president's honors brunch for award'win- ners, parents, trustees and associates will take place in the faculty lounge. 5 * i * Seniors and faculty*will be lining up for graduation at 1 p.m. with the actual commencement beginning at 2 p.m. in fthe Campus Center. Sen.(Edmund Muskie, J commencement speaker, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree at the ceremony - which is by invitation only. s - j An informal reception outside of the Campus Center will follow the commencement. £L£3&59B[ by Sue Fuss HMKK' S $ Igor i Stalsky, 4 associate professor of theater here, will be named head of the theater arts department on May 15,1 ^placing Gary L. Smith. , - , Theateri Instructor 3Dennis Andres has resigned his position and will leave the college at the end of the term in protest at not being chosen for the Job. m ,-? It has not been officially an- nounced that Dr. Joseph Pizzat, head of the creative arts division, recommended Stalsky's ap- pointment.! Andres said he was told of the decision earlier and has openly told theater students of the choice. Jp <3b« S * J * Pizzat would not confirm the reports of his? choice, J saying, "There will be some changes in the department {based on the needs.' pEJ r - ' ^^-HulfflBlHS >j St a Isk y also would not officially acknowledge his promotion. However l |he told The Merciad that he has "urged (theschool) to announce it sooner to stop some of the turmoil" in the depart- ment." fffiSBBfipR S £ Both Andres and Stalsky agreed that the controversy has caused a rift among theater students here, and also that the department £quality of the department's j play productions have fallen recently. J "There's a lot of rebuilding to be done," Stalsky said. 2? "We're at the botto m," Andres said. I ; , B | * ^ The final decision on the ap- pointment of a department head rests wit h Dr.-John Millar, dean of the college and vice president of academic'services. Andres has maintained that the dean will go along with the; recommendation of Stalsky. Millar ventu red to sa y only that he respects the decisions of the division chair- persons.^- P? J * i SOAP n
