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Organization ProposedBACCHUS To PromoResponsible Drinking

MSGIStudiesJusticeiProposal"Seize the Opportunity", headlining the new activities near Znrn Hall, will serve as a constant reminder ofthe college motto. I

and the College, *gVYoko said he would like to havecoinless washers installed in Seslerand also reduce the fee of $.75 forwashers in the Briggs a partments.Delivery of mail on Saturdayswas*-also-discussedr-Yoko said mBaldwin Hall and McAuley Halldo no t receive Saturday mail du eto th e lack of supervision. If asupervisor f can administer themail, students would be able toreceive mail on Saturdays.A resident ad hoc*committeewas adopted. A representativefrom each dorm will be selected toair any grievances to Yoko, wh owas elected chairperson of thiscommittee. %4 |p A brief discussion concerningfuture Homecoming plans wasalso brought up at the meeting.The-next MSG meeting will beheld Wed., October 6, at 4 p.m. in114 Zurn. S

A criminal justice proposal wasone of the items discussed at theMercyhurst Student Governmentmeeting on Sunday, September26. 5 j f^B ry an Doherty, Criminal justicerepresentative, presented a pro-posal to initiate a committee con-sisting of five students and j onefaculty member to act as a panelto determine if a student accusedof: a wrongdoing is guilty orinnocent. \Every student would have th eopportunity to represent himselfto the administration when accus-ed of a wrongdoing or to be judg-ed by the committee.

If a student is found guilty, thestudent still has the opportunity tobe heard by the Campus LifeCommittee in the Senate."The proposal has potential,"said RichLanzillo, president ofM S a ' j , *A decision to ? adopt this pro-posal will?be made at*the MSGmeeting.A repor t? f rom residen trepresentative Greg Yoko wasalso given to student government.Yoko said installation of cableTV m the Sesler Apartments andJrdorms ha s been delayed about a^month until a contest can becsdiscussed between Cablevision

StSr. MaryJoam Prenatt DiesfiMemberOfiAdmissions StaffI- Sister i Mary? Joan Prenatt, aSister of,Mercy an d member ofthe Mercyhurst College admissionstaff, died last Friday. She was 78and resided at t he Sisters of MercyMotherhouse, 444 East Grand-view Blvd.Born in South Troy on January3, 1904,| Sister Joan was thedaughter of the late Louis andMargaret Teed Prena tt. She join-ed the Sisters of Mercy in 1923,made her first vows on August 25,'1925, and marked her GoldenJubilee celebration in 1975.Sister* Joan received herbachelor's degree from Mer-cyhurst College an d also studiedat McGillf University in J Canadaand at the University of Delaware.She taught at high schoolswithin th e Erie Catholic Diocese,

Sr. Mary Joan Prenatt, RSM=pincluding ^Kennedy Christian inSharon, St. Joseph Academy inTitusvi l le , T and MercyhurstSeminary. In addition, she taught

at schools in DuBois, Greenville,and Corry.f ? gFrom 1970 to 1981, Sister Joanwas jja parish assistant at Im-maculate Conception CatholicChurch in Erie. Most recently shewas employed at the college ad -missions office.Sister Joan is survived by twobrothers, William A. Prenatt ofLas Vegas, Nevada, and Daniel L.Prenatt of Titusville; and twosisters, Mrs. Lloyd (Louise)Rogers of Titusvi l le , andK a t h e r i n e T h e u r e t o fPleasantville. $PjBurial in the Sisters of Mercylot at St. Catherine Cemetery inTitusville on Tuesday was preced-ed by a funeral Mass in the ErieMotherhouse Chapel on Mondayafternoon. -

i By Fran MoaveroAn organization to promoteresponsible decisions about drink-ing called .^BACCHUS (BoostAlcohol Consciousness Concern-ing th e Health of UniversityStudents)ihas been proposed byPhyllis Aiello, director of housingand safety,*to initiate a chapter ofthe national organization oncampus.{Aiello is currently in the processof preparing a proposal to submitto the President of MercyhurstCollege, Dr. William P. Garvey.The BACCHUS ProgramGuide states th e purpose^of theprogram is to encourage responsi-ble drinking behavior within th ecampus community.i Dr. Garvey agreed .with th eideas of the program and seemedpositive that the program could beeffectivet said Aiello. 4 1* BACCHUS* niain obje ctive'sto teach students how to drinkKwhile at a party and more impor ttantly, also how much alcohol|?istudents can consume *before itpbecomes harmful."Alcohol can be good.or baddepending on* its use," saidAiello. ?

BACCHUS dif fers j f romAlcoholics 1 Anonymous becauseBACCHUS |i s an organizationwhich prevents abuse of alcoholand members both drinkers andion-drinkers. A.A. deals with ex-cessive drinkers.ConstitutionTo Be Revised

J By Teresa TracyThe Constitution RevisionCommittee is a newly formedcommittee of MSG. \The purpose of the committee isto revise th e present MSG con-stitution which was drafted in1980.fe "I don't think it's %epresen-^ tat ive of a college documen t," ex-plains Maree-Lynn Cicon, com-mittee chairperson.Cicon said she believes that theconstitution is lacking in clarifica-tion in some areas.by being to ospecific!) in parts and too am-biguous in others.Cicon also stated that the struc-ture is unorganized and there is aneed to correct many grammaticalerrors. %& "These should sb e correctedbecause they reflect the govern-ment itself," stated Cicon. .*jThere tar e also changes fromlast year that need to be included.1 Thejcomipitt.ee expects to take a

According to the BACProgram Guide, membersorganization learn respodecision making concerningdrinking habits in actual settings through discussionclasses where students guidpeers to become -[respodrinkers."Another thrust of thgram is that it makes non-draccept drinkers anddrinkers understand the idnon-drinkers," said Aiello.A survey was conducted iamong th e four local colleErie which examined the drpatterns of their studentsresults of the survey revealstudents at Mercyhurst comore alcohol than two othecolleges.Mercyhurst was rated secthe heavy drinking categorAiello. T "* T *During that same year,CHUS was founded; bGerodo Gonzalez, directorcampus Alcohol InformCenter at the UniversFlorida. Currently about 2leges and universities adopted this program.

Mercyhurst is the only lolege contemplating the ideaming a BACCHUS chapteAiello.An avid supporter of thgram is Rocky Bleir of thsburgh Steelers, Aiello addyear re-examining the docThey are studying ^constfrom other colleges an dinput j from J faculty meThey then intend to presrevision ho th e student botheir approval or rejection"We feel that with theofficers and student body wfunctioned well with this ction, but are hoping to iourselves," added Cicon.

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Bottoms UpTo BACCHUSHere's to the successful for- rehabilitation. But rathe r, themation of BACCHUS (BoostAlcohol Consciousness Con-cerning the Health of Univer-sity Students) Chapter on theMercy hurst College campus.And while our glasses are rais-ed, here's to all those students

group is designed to consist ofthe average college students:those who enjoy a daily beeror two to "unwind" afterclasses, those -who drinksocially at weekend campusparties, or those who celebratewho will befmaturefand in- with a pitcher after the com-telligent enough to join -*the pletion of a term, a test, or aorganization.^Although the proposal forBACCHUS at Mercy hurst? isonly in its initial stages andwill be introduced throughPhyllis Aiello, director ofhousing and safety, the groupis very much alive and well athundreds of college anduniversity campuses in theU.S. The BACCHUS chaptersar e f lour i shing bec auseAmerican students, in keepingwith the national trend, arebecoming much more con-scious of their physical andmental health.It is ^becoming increasinglymore difficult for people toabuse anything - especiallyalcohol and drugs - and 5beable to qualify it by using theexcuse, "I didn't know anybetter". Groups like BAC-C H U S a r e intended! t oobliviate this feeble excuse bye d u c a t i n g ! a n d r a i s i n gawareness levels.< - The majority of studentswho will join BACCHUS willnot be teetotalers demandingProhibition II, nor will they bechronic alcoholics seeking

paper.It cannot be denied that theconsumption of alcohol is partof uhe college way of life.BACCHUS does not aim towipe out this occurrence; onlyto help make studen ts! moreaware of the|reasons for andconsequences of this occur-rence and encourage responsi-ble drinking behavior withinthe campus community.Students involved in a BAC -CHUS chapter would not beadvised that they should?nothave parties. Instead, theywould be advised on how-tohave a go% |?arty with in-telligent alcohol consumption.BACCHUS is a peer-based ap-proach to educatioh .aboutalcohol in which members canlearn responsible decision-making in actual social'set-tings through discussion andclasses.* Through BACCHUS, non-drinkers will learn to acceptthose who drink and* thosewho drink will be able tounderstand the ideas of non-dr inkers . Bottomsx^up toBACCHUS, f & I

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Stoessinger iRates Reagonomicsp f e By Martha CampThe Reagan Admi nistration iis"unencumbered by knowledge,"according to John ti. Stoessinger,who spoke to an audience of near-ly 100 at Mercy hurst on Sept. 23.4' I do not th ink it is advisable tohave more horses in yourtstablethan books in your library," hesaid, commenting on the presentgovernment. |Stoessinger zeroed injon whathe called the shoot-from-the-hipattitude of the Reagan administra-t ion . "Wha t i s short| inWashington today," he said, "isconceptual creative thinking."Despite his criticisms of thegovernment, Stoessinger did nothesitate to point out its successes."I give the president very highmarks on energy policy," he said,but added that there is still muchto be done in the area of.conservation. I^Stoessinger also called thereductions in the inflation rate "amajor? achievement" for theadministration.Two of the big problems now,he stressed, are unemploymentand savings.if? "Unless the president focusesnow on unemployment, he willhave great upsets with theD e m o c r a t s , " S t o e s s i n g e rpredicted.* And he was not w ithout sugges-tions for improvements, citing anenterprise? system which* wouldgive taxs breaks . to businessesestablished in areas of highunemployment.Stoessinger then called .atten-t i o n to the national savings rate off only four per cent, which he at-tributed to low interest rates andtaxation on interest.Economic recovery will be morethan six months away, hepredicted, unless the presidentmakes saving more attractive to

the little people.Stoessinger turned! to theReagan defense5 policy, which healso criticised. Although he is notin favor of*a nuclear freeze, healso said that he is not in favor ofthe race toward nuclear superiori-ty that this administration seeks.Instead, Stoessinger would liketo see the present defense budgetdivided between the sufferingparts f of our economy and thebuildup of conventional weapons,where he believes our real failurelies. |. |"We don't have the conven-tional : wherewithal to I meet th eSoviet Union," Stoessinger said.Soviet control of communistleadership is declining, he warned,and "when a great power losespopularity . . . i t tends to reachfor the sword one more time."INonetheless, Stoessinger said,the biggest threat to the U.S. to -day is not the USSR, it is ig-norance. "The life of the mind is

John G . Stoessingertruly m danger in this land ,"; hesaid. Intellectualism

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Campus MinistryBattles^World HungerAmy WoodworthA quarter of the world'spopulation is constantly under-nourished. Over 50,000 peopledie each dayfrom starvation,malnutr i t ion and hungerrelated diseases.These harsh statistics -_ aretrue and Th e Mercyhurst Cam-pus Ministry needs ^studentsupport so that Mercyhurst cando its part to help eliminateworld hunger. World HungerDay is Oct. 16. \ This wasestablished by the U.N. Mer-cyhurst's Food Drive, organiz-ed this year by sophomoreDave Robinson, will benefitthe undernourished people ofErie. $ \The Campus Ministry needsvolunteers to collect cannedgoods from residents of Erie

on Oct. 14 and 15 between 6p.m. and 8 p.m. Robinson ex-plained that even if volunteerscan only spare an hour, theyare still urged to participate.All the food collected will bedonated to the Erie FoodBank. The Food? Bank is awarehouse, established lastJanuary Iby Sister Augusta,that receives food donationsfrom grocery stores andorganizations. It is thendistributed Uocally to theundernourished at $.10 perpound. %From January to Februaryof this year the Erie Food Bankdistributed 6,299 lbs. of food,said Robinson. The first twoweeks of this Sept. alone, theydistributed 14,300 lbs. of food,he added. "The world food

system creates enough food for15 billion people yet 1 billionof our population still goeshungry , " said Robinson."Where does this food go? Arough estimate would be: 20-40per cent is lost to pests andspoilage, animals eat enoughfood for 2 to 8 billion of ourpopulation and 2 billion peopleeat enough for 3-4 billion ofour population," he added. %iThe Campus Ministry issponsoring a food fast on Fri-day, Oct. 15. The purpose ofthis fast is to give people a feel-ing of what it's like to behungry. Campus Ministry willbe serving soup throughout theday to participants of the fast.There will also be a CoffeeHour on Wed., Oct. 13, at 3:00in 211 Main. Peter Slater, pro-fessor at > The University ofToronto, will be speaking on"Modern. Materialism". Allare encouraged t o attend.College Leases Baldwin Parking LotA two-story parking lot hasbeen {leased {from the BaldwinBrothers for the convenience ofthe Mercyhurst faculty and ad-ministration, said E. WilliamKennedy, director of Student

Services.The lot contains 40 parkingspaces and is located south of the"Big Weber" parking lot on theeast end of Campus.Each space was assigned by

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seniority, commented Kennedy.Although the\parking lot veryoften seems empty, it is due to thedifferent schedules of each facultymember, said Kennedy. *"Theoretically it will not be fullat all times," he added.Many faculty 5 members havecommented that this parking lot iscloser than the Zurn parking lot.It will also be advantageous in thewinter because the ground floor isenclosed, stated Kennedy.FreshmanCouncil IOrganized' T h i s year's M e r c y h u r s tFreshman Council has been form-ed. A small group of upperclassstudents will serve as resources tothe council, explained MiriamMashank, director of "freshmanstudies.Freshman council members are:Patrick Callahan, Amy Wood-worth, Teresa Deffenbaugh, San-dy Wiltig, Brett Frederick, PatHautzinger, Jo-Ann Israel, PaulaDischner and Jothany Williams."We've had two meetings ofthe council. We discuss problemsof freshmen, and ways freshmencan get to know upperclass men,"said Amy Woo dworth. "We wantto promote student involvement,"she added.I Upperclass students? assistingthe freshman council are: JoeMcGraw, ;Grace Ricci, FloScutella, Joan Karmanocky, DaveAlexander, P aula Tossel and PattiPersuitti.

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Congress Aid VetoNot To Affect!Col legeI Karen M erkleCongress' override of PresidentReagan's veto of a "budgetbusting" appropriations bill willadd some $217 million to two stu-dent aidfprograms this year, ac-cording to the College Press Ser-vice (CPS ). So far this means very little toMercyhurst College, according toFinancial Aidf Director CathyCrawford."Our allocations were not;cutat all for this year," she said, butadded that the final allocationtotals for the 82-83 school yearwill not be known until October.Currently, $60,000 is available

WorkshopSeries !OfferedThe Freshman Studies Office

has undertaken four major pro-jects for the enrichment of Mer-cyhurst College, explainedMiriam Mashank, director offreshman studies.The four projects consist of aworkshop se r i es , a PeerAssistance Program , a Career Ex-ploration Series, and a 'Heard inthe Halls' program.The w orkshop series focuses onLeadership D evelopment. The up-perclass management students willbe assisting with the|workshops."These workshops will helpstudents analyze leadership style,develop leadership skills, and helpfreshmen to m eet other freshmen,as well as upperclassmen," saidMashank.Sessions will also' be held onThursdays at 3:30 p.m. ins thelower level of McAuley Halls tohelp students. These sessions en-compass, how to take lecturenotes and how to plan study time,explainedt Mashank. "Theseworkshops and seminars willsbeopen to all Mercyhurst students,no t just freshmen," addedMashank. i ,*The Peer Assistance Program isbeing created to assist freshmen.Upperclass students w ill representtheir major program of study, andbe available to freshmen havingquestions about academic majors.These upperclassmen will staff anoffice in the lower level ofMcAuley. ' This program willcome in handy for freshmen

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to Mercyhurst students from theSupplemental Educational* Op-portunity Grant program, whichis awarded directly through thecollege. \The SEOG program will receivean additional $77 million, and thePell Grant program will get an ex-tra $140 million, resulting fromthe Congressional voteiPresident Reagan originallyvetoed the appropriations billbecause it spent too much onsocial programs and too little ondefense programs, according tocpstBut Congress handed Reaganone of his few defeats when theyespecially prior to advising ti me ,"stated Mashank. IThe newly created Career Ex-ploration Series is primarily forundecided majors. *It givesstudents the opportunity to take aStrong-Campbell Interest Inven-tory. This inventory or question-naire serves as a guide to help pin-point the undecided student's in-terests. The surveyTis then com-puterized, explained Mashank.'' Workshops are even lined up forthese students concerning goal set-ting and decision making," saidMashnak.The Freshman Studies Programalso developed * Heard In theHalls'. "This is a process whichbrings faculty members into theresidence 4halls ," explainedMashank. These meetings will beheld on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. inBaldwin Lobby . Dr Jewell will bediscussing students opportunitiesfor study abroad on October 5, tobegin the tseries j 'Heard In theHalls'. 3

4Cathy Crawford foverrode his veto on September10. 4Crawford said she expected tha tmore would be discussed aboutthe funds at the State Conferencefor Financial Aid Administrators,to be held next week.AdmistratorLoaned ToUnited WayMary Jo Allen |The United Way has borrowedMercyhurst development officerin institutional advancement,Mike 5 Diaco, as th e college par-ticipator in th e Loaned ExecutivesProgram for the first time.John Nesbit, assistant to thepresident and director of institu-tional advancement, explained theprogram.* 1 |Every year the United Way askslarge businesses, *organizations,and educational institutions toloan their executives to the UnitedWay for two months, while keep-ing them on the payroll. Duringthese two months, the UnitedWay is able to strengthen theirstaff with top executives without

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