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Mercyhurs t Collegei suffered from a temporaryblackout last Thursday and

Friday evening October 16and 17 because of a short inthree of six cables providing

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This is how the halls of Mercyhurst appeared during the blackout— b l a c k . ?*. A

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electricity to the college.

The problem started about10 p.m. Thursday with apartial blackout affecting theSisters of Mercy'sMotherhouse, the Mercyhurst

Prep school and Zurn.Sisters from the

Motherhouse called theP e n n s y l v a n i a ^ElectricCompany to reportthe powerfailure. Penelec' crewschecked all lines leading tothe Mercyhurst power unit.All outside lines checked out.The problem had to be internal. I

Mercyhurst maintenancecrews and 4 a tprivate contractor went to work trackingdown the cause of ;4he pdwerfailure. Theyjdiscovered thatthree of six main cables hadshorted. ?m

In order to make repairs onthe cables, it wasfhecessaryto have Penelec shut off allelectr icity » coming intoMercyhurst College. All dayFriday and early i morning

Saturday, crews worked onsplicing the three bad cablesinto the three remaining goodcables. - -4 Meanwhile, in order to

compensate for the loss ofpower, maintena nee * crewsran a 120 volt cable from themain gate to the switch boardin Old Main and to McAuleyHall to operate the furnaces.iLater on Friday evening,

crews were* able to connectthe Learning Resource Centerto * an independent line andsupply electr icity to theboilers in Egan Hall. SinceBaldwin Hall and Zurn are all-electric buildings, they had noheat.- The LRC was connected

independently with the intentof housing resident studentsuntil heat and light could berestored. Emergency lightingin Baldwin and McAuley Hallswas supplied by small

generators in the respectivebasement. ?The three-way splice was

completed about 3 a.m.Saturday* and completeelectr ical service wasrestored. The electr icity,however, is only f temporary.The spliced cables could giveout at any time. The new 600feet of cable will arrive fromColumbus, Ohio sometimethis week.

It is hoped that the splicewill sustain the cam pus needsthrough the end of the fallterm. During the breakbetween4 fall term and in-tersessionithe cables,will bereplaced.

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T h e \ l M c e   of t h e M e r c y h u r s t C om m u n i ty

VOLUME 48 NO. 7 MERCYHURST

T o w n e

OCTOBER 24, 1975

A Towne Meeting,sponsored by l^theRepresentat ive Union TofStudents in which th e Mercyhurst community was giventhe opportunity t o | m akeknown their complaintstoward Mercyhurst Collegewas held Monday nightfin theStudent Union.*;-,

A panel, consisting ofMarion L. Shane, president ofMercyhurs t ; William w-P.Garvy, dean of thegcollege;James. Hallamyer. presidento r RUS; Sr. Phyllis Aiello,Director of Housing; WilliamKennedy, Director of StudentServices; and Glen C aruso,manager of Sesler Apart

ments; was there to answerthe questions of the students.The f main issue 5 of i the

M e e t i n g A i r s [ C o m p l a i n t smeeting was the poormaintenance on campus. Thepriorities of the maintenancestaff were ^questioned morethan once and no ope seemedto have a satisfactory answerto the question. fPresideptShane mentioned the fact thatmaintenance is seriouslyunder-staffed farta underfinanced. He made no mention, however,? of any actionbeing taken to lessen theseproblems. £

Several students wanted toknow w here | their damagedeposits were iept and? whythey weren't? being used tomake necessary ^repairs oncampus. Mr. ^Kennedy said

that damage deposits wereplaced in a general fund. Thesuggestion was made by a

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dep osi ts ! in abuilding fund tospecifically ? for repairs.Another suggestion was madethat the students should takeit upon themselves to care forthe places in which they live.

Mark ^Ruttenberg?#. astudent, brought up the'ifactthat students are* beingcharged for 5 damages notactually incurred? by "them.Some students were moreupset by!the fact that thedamages j;they paid for hadnotebeen repaired. Others feltitfunfair to be charged forsomeone else's carelessness.The panel members sym

pathized with the students butno concrete j solutions weresuggested. ^ R ^ M s ^ ^ | t 3 f f i !

.1 Photo by Nancy W illisAttending the Towne Meeting, panelists and students dls

some problem areas of Mercyharst. •. •''

R U SThe Representative Union

of Students has begunjjto layplans for a long term projectthat will result in a*|term-by-term comprehensive studentevaluation of teachers andclasses. | |ri Beginning with the Winter'76*term,|RUS will hope tod i s t r i b u t e b o o k l e t srepresenting a summary ofthe results of questionnaires

completed by students inmany" 100 series classes.Following terms will see

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Jeffrey SternMeb, facultyadvisor for the RUS project.

introduction of questionnairesto 200,300 and finally 400 levelcourses. Total length of theproject is expected to be twoto three years.*RUS advisor Jeff Sternlieb

says, "What we're trying!todo is* provide a source \offeedback |for teachers andgive students a way of findingout how other people havereacted to specific courses

and teach ers. In planning ourquestionnaire w ell be lookingat how other schools; havedone their evaluations andpresented the results.''

The evaluation will gobeyond the college cataloguecourse description by seekinganswers to students 'questions concerning workload, grading policy, qualityof lectures and or books,overall value of the course,and many other questions.Faculty i members will besolicited Ifor their own briefevaluation of their coursesand asked about their expectations of conducting thecourse in the same way next

time it is taught.A section will also be

anynotbu t

provided to includestudent comments |specifically asked for.related to the goals and aimsof this publication. t | R

A preliminary ^polling j ofstudents indicated many wereconcerned with possiblereactions from teachers,however, | Sternlieb stressedthat the anonymityg ofstudents participating?would

be complete. "I don't see anyproblem with organizing thisso that students would haveno fear" of I reprisals ifromteachers;" | ||j Sternlieb hopes {that thiseffort will become an officials t u d e n t p u b l i c a t i o n ,recognized by the J administration, independentfrom RUS, and organized byany interested students. ^

If anyone is interested inworking for a student orientedcourse evaluation, come to ameeting on Wednesday,October 29, at 3 p.m. in 114Zurn.^ Mr. I Sternlieb ispresently serving as theFaculty advisor and is willing

to discuss any aspect of thisproject.

Marty Visnosky wanted toknow exactly what thestudents ' r ights were |a srenters! of -townhouses andapartments on-campus. Mr.

Kennedy^answered!'

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they'rethe same as any renter'swould be." Sr.|Phyllis jsaidthe residents were under therules of the college becausethey a re I considered] to [becampus residents. I W& I

The problem of noise at theSes ler apar tments -*wasbrought up. Some ^residentsfelt they are being-punishedfor the actions of summerresidents. Sr. Phyllis said thiswas not true, If or only complaints received during thisterm were being acted upon.RUS president. fjimHallamyer said j that thepeople; around the campusnave to realize they are living

next to a college not anjoldfolks hom e. %& B | (Sr. Phyllis was asked about

the rules pertaining todrinking in the Itownhouses.She said that students 21 andolder are allowed to drink inthe townhouses. She alsostated that * under-agedrinking is not! only againstthe rules of the school, butagainst state laws. Thosestudents allowing under-agedrinking in their townhouseswill be held liable. I

Frank McMahon suggestedthat copies * of the roomcontracts be made availableto students and that billing ofrooms should be done through

the students' mail boxes. Mr.Kennedy said he would act

upon these suggestions.The problem of inadequate

parking on campus wasdiscussed. There seem to beno plans to increase parkingspace at this time. Even withthis definite! shortage ofparking places, the collegehas leased part of McAuley sparking lot to the city for itsuse, thus creating a greatershortage. £

It seems Mercyhurst wasofficially deemed a "suitcasecollege44 by Eileen DelSordobecause of the lack of socialactivities. Several studentsblamed this on the lack ofinterest on the part of thestudents ftol attend thescheduled;? events; otherstudents asked 9 "wha tevents?" Pf" E

Many students were upset

because of the 25 cent chargefor having (heir doo rs openedby the Resident Assistants ontheir floors when the studentsfind them selves locked out oftheir rooms. The students felt ;this i was a form of unnecessary h arassment placedupon them. Sr. Phyllis saidthat this was necessary to cutdown on the amount of extra*work for * th e |Resident?A s s i s t a n t s ; ^ | |'«

The accomplishments ofthis meeting, at present, seemto be few. Any students trulyinterested i in seeing d uniteaction taken on   th.se problems are asked to attendthe next RUS mooting

Wednesday, October £j, at3:30 p.m. in room U4Zum

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Ralph Concert

MERCYHURST COLLEGE OCTOBER 2 4, 19/5

DYNAMITE SUCCESSb y M a r y S u e S a b o l

Being consistent is oftendifficult to achieve ; however*the members of Ralph provedthat i t can be done. On Sund a y , O c t o b e r 12, th i s

(phenomenal rock orchestrafrom th e TPocono M ountainsarea returned to Mereyhurstfor th e second t ime to entertain th e students a t a freeconcert . T h e people who tooka d v a n t a g e of s e e i n g a n dhearing Ralph ' s performancer e c o g n i Z e d £ I h eprofessionalism and superbshowmanship displayed byth i s band . T h e a u d i e n c e sr e c e p t i o n w a s a m a z i n g ;Ralph tno t only received as t a n d i n g o v a t i o n b u t w a scalled back on s tage for twoencores, in a t t e m p t to satisfythe /enthusiastic "we-want-m o r e " c r o w d s

E M ' you th ink about j i t ,Ralph's music can' t be placedinto one dist inctive category.The band utilizes jazz andclassical material in conjunction with rock to crea te at o t a l m u s i c a l e x p e r i e n c e ." T e x " , th e t rombone playeran d flutist, commented onStage that Ralph "touches alot of!musical areas"* andLenie. rhythm guitarist,!keyboard player and vocalist,

later reiterated by sayingthat their music is a "fusionof many different types ofmusic,

Ralph has incorporated into

their show a very polished,impress ive repe r to i re ,consisting of many originalsongs ana some of the morerecognisable contemporarysounds. It's been discoveredthat reallyt no one membercan take complete credit forRalph's originals, Each andevery person in the bandcontributes his own ideas tothe composition andarrangement of now works,it's quite evident that theyare multi-talented musicians,gifted with an abundance ofcreativity and I resource*fulness, '; - <•&

Along with ftheir original

pieces, Ra lph 's renditions ofsuch popular classics asMcArthur Park* / am theWalrua and Pinbalfj Wliardw $ r e o r e s e n t e dmagnificently. If you didn'tknow better, you could havesworn the orginal artists wereperforming instead of Ralph.And when a band can accomplish such a feat, it'srather indicative of theirtremendous musical abilities^

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iSpeaking of abil i ty, th ehand's presentation of the1812 O v e r t u r e w a s t r u l yunforgettable. People don'tnormally expect to heat* a

classical piece coming from arook orchestra; here again,Ralph is the exception. Theirinterpretation w a s excellent*including th e sound effects a tth e end of the piece, To sa yth e leas t , t h e audience* w a ssurpr i sed a nd pleased withRalph's superb performance.^

As mentioned previously,Ralph's success can be atlrUnited to the wide range Oft a len t possessed by eachIndividual in the group. Yet .they can't do it alone,*withoutthe i r b r i l l i an t t ech nic ia ns ,Ralph would experience somedifficulties. T he road crewcombines the i r knowledge

with*fthe band to establish ab a l a n c e d , w e l l b l e n d e d e n dresult , They a r e responsiblefor setting up and taking downR a l p h ' s e q u i p m e n t , a n dmaking sure that everythingIs functioning pro perl y. T heroad fcrew Is a vital facet ofRalph's*entourages althoughtoo often overlooked by theviewing public, f 1 S # |^ Aftef personally speakingwith th e me n who compr iseRalph, th o impression theygave is one of total love andcommitment for jtheirprofession as musicians.MuslQ is their lifeline; fromIt, they continue to grow and

t o r e a c h i out to p e o p l ee v e r y w h e r e * O ne I good

e x a m p l e of this is whenftdltiW a lon g wi th su chper formers a s Ru/Us and J oeCocker, par t ic ipa ted in thefirst rock concert to be held

Tor the U.S. Army a t P o r tCampbell , Kentucky, i t was a"first" for the Army and theresponse was unbelievable.One wov11d never expect t h eArmy to agree to a concert ofthis type. Apparently t t h ereason is simple: music h a sa lways seemed to bond peopletogether* whether it be • th emilitary o r civilians, in goodt imes or in J bad .JT he Armyrealised t h e value music h a sand wanted to convey it totheir command, vi a suchar t i s t s a s Ralph. Happeningslike this offer nope that all isnot lost, even when It a p p e a r sthat the ' nation Is scraping

rock bottomit V ve rv doubtful that th e

1 Hurst students did not enjoythe* concert Sunday night.Depslte th e freezing ternpera ture In the tennis courts,the heat generated by Ralphw a s | enough j to k e e pe v e r y b o d y w a r m I O n c eagain, thanks to Ralph for adynami te concert ? *! i ]rr Notes Special thanks a r eextended to the 'Hurst roadcrews J i m Kelly, Paul Bsela,• 'Plnhead Barrett ,f KennyWard, Sammy Johnson an dWilly Acklln. Also, our ap preciation to Therese fromthe Snack Bar for helping to

p r o v i d e r e f r e s h m e n t s forRa lph* I :• J > I i I

M i s c o n c e p t i o n s A b o u t A l c o h o lIt h a s been said that If It

weren 't f ori the intoxicatingeffect s of alcoho l t ha t it wouldbe an excellent source of food.Is this correct?

Alcohol is a substance whichsupplies heat energy Heatenergy supplied by the highcalorie content of alcohol (oneounce yields i210 calories)does not qualify It a s a food, Ifa person attempted to sustainlife on alcohol alone h e would

soon suffer from s erio us

nut r i t iona l def ic ienc ies , Afobd must no t only .supplye n e r g y ; it must conta inp r o t e i n s , m i n e r a l s * orvitamins. •••* f

Alcohol cannot form new(issue, nor can It repairdamaged tissue, nor does Itregulate | or protectphysiological funetions*Hence, It should not under anyCircumstances bo recom

mended as a food, I

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Department wi n administer ad i a g n o s t i c t e s t of bas icmathematical skil ls for thosestudents who are planning toenroll in \ Chem. in(Chemistry of Life) orChemistry 121 dnorganicChemistry 1) In Winter termof this year. I f

1 Al l s t u d e n t s w h o a r eplanning (even tentatively) totake either of the aboveChemistry courses a r e urgedto take th e test, which willlast approxima tely an hour, il The purpose of the test is tohelp s t u d e n t s w h o s emathemat ica l i preparationfor Chemis t ry l«r w e a k .

S t u d e n t s w h o p e r f o r munacceptab le on the test willbe referred to the remedialm a t h e m a t i c s l a b o r a t o r y , ]where they can obtain*/re* of(hatt>v, the help which theyneed * to bring theirmathematical skil ls to ana< cepta ble level before th echemistry courses begin InJanuary* $

Anyone who has questionsregarding th e test should callor s e e Sr, Mary CharlesWfescmer, 310 Zur n or 884-4491or Dr . Ro be rt Ules slng. SOUZurn or m m iai7. < ^ 3

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defiriteacUoa6 P r ° b l e m W | t a k e n to * • Se"ate forRecom mendations for Standing CommitteesAcademic Policies: ExOfficio, William P. Garvey; Alan

Belovorac, (A); Linda Schmidt, (P); Andrew Roth, (F);Nancy Borowski, (S); and M artinVisnoskv, (S). ifLong Range Planning: Ex Officio, Wihiam P. Garvey;

Louis Need. (A); Sr. Maura Smith, (F); Paul Jurkowitz,(S); Jeff Best. and Ray Forrester, (S), I

LearningfResouree Center: ExfOfficio, Joanne Cooper;Fran Bingnear, (A); Detmar Straub, ( F) ; Judy Wieezorek, !(F) ; Linda Looney, ( S) ; and Joan Portka, (S) . *§j

Admissions: Ex Officio, John Riley; Wendy McCabe, (A );David Thomas (F ) ; Anthony Lucas, (F); Sally Gorndt,(S); and Richard Zywotko, (S). 2

Affirmative Action: Ex Officio, Marilynn Jewell; GaryBukowski, (A); John Stewart, (F) ; Elaine Pederson, (F);Renate Ferro, (S); and Nancy Willis, (S). ]

Campus Life: ExfOfficio, Sr. Phyllis Aiello: SEdwardHiggins, (F); David Bethune, (F); Mark Ruttenberg, (S);Sue Berardinelli. (S ); and David DeSante, (A).

Christian Life: Ex Officio, David Blanchfield, Sr.LlosephMary Korasky. (A); Bob Blessing, (F ) ; George Offutt, (F);CannineDeCarlo, (S) ; andKathyl£elleher, (S).

Budget: Ex Officio Willis G. Cardot: John Nesbit, (A);David Pines, (F); Sr. Patricia Whalen, (F); WilliamGlinka, ( S); andLoriLoeffler, (S). * ! 1

fAthletics: Ex Officio, Richard Fox;]Dan O'Connor, (A);,Janet*Pricef ( F ) ; Ed Blanchard, (F); and Valerie Feno,(S). | { }

Administrative Pra ctice s and Operations: Ex Officio: Dr,Marion Shane; Thomas Monaghan, (A); Dave Palmer,<F); Barb Weigert£ (F) Joe Castrignano, (S); and Mark!Hoak, (S) W M ;

jnent Advises;

O v e r s e a sLOOKING AHEAD *A career overseas may or

maylnot be for you. Butwhether or not you choose towork abroad, the chances ofyour being j employed by amulti-national company in theU.S. at some time in your life—f or at least having -closebusiness relationships withmulti-nationals — are strongand becoming stronger, i i

Multi-national companiesare creating a new kind ofbusiness executive. Such aperson is less and less acreature of- one country or

environment and is mpre andmore a citizen of the world.As comfortable ?in Brussels,or Singapore as in KansasCity. The one who can speakseveral languages, who und e r s t a n d s "internationalfinance, who is familiar withreligions and cultures on aworld-wide basis — this is themulti-national executive oftoday and the future.jln considering! an inter

national career,! a youngperson should assess himselfor herself carefully concerning J aptittide for international living. There ismuch glamour surroundingthe stereotype of interna tfonafj

living, which does not comethrough ona day-to-day basis.The kind of person who tendsto be successful overseas isthe one who has an adventuresome spirit; whodoesn't mind inconveniences,

fcdirt and health hazards; who

C a r e e r sis patient with delays, andwith* people who are lessmotivated and think differently than he or she doesabout almost eveything; onewho has as little prejudice adpossible? toward| differentraces, colors! and creeds.Anyone who tends j to *beprejudiced in the U.S. will bea disaster overseas.Additionally, I one v must beable to live away fromfamiliar scenes.

While a l bachelor's inBusiness Administration isdesirable, it is not essential.

People with just a liberal artsbackground could pursue amaster's degree in international business. Forexample, the AmericanGraduate School of Internationa 1 Management!combines internationalstudies of c ulture, geography,politics, economics andhistory with intensivelanguage and world businessstu die s; resulting.*! in aMasters of winternationalM a na gement degree,

Another route might be* fora person to acquire businessexperience in this country andthen *beJ trained (usually atcompany expense) in a

foreign language to gooverseas.

F i g h t i n g C a n c e r H e r G a m e

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Mereytamin is a serumproduced through researchby Sister Eymard i*Poydock,which literally stops thegrowth of cancer. Cancer, a

growth which results fromcell division that has lost itscontrolled mechaamong the.- most painfuldisea ses today.* With herserum, Sr. Eymard stops theunnatural ceil division, thushalting the cancer in the body.

Sr. Eymard, prior to herstudies at Mercyhurst, ^hashad additional studies at theNational ((Science Institute inMicrobiology in * Durham,N . C ; J Tissue CultureTechniques and Bone MarrowTechniques at Roswell Park,in Buffalo, N.Y.; andjjmanvsummers of research at theSt ; Thomas Institute in Cin

cinnati! Ohio. . S•%1She is also a member of the

Pennsylvania Academy ofScience, the InternationalOceanographic * Foundationand the International Societyfor Cell Biology.

Sr. Eymard is currently theProfessor of Biologyfand theDirector* of .BiologicalResearch here at Mercy-hurst J She has been teachingon the college level ever since1947.: I $ *

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Sister Eymard Poydock.

a r t s deg ree a t M e r c y h u r s tCollege some years a g o , sh ethen con t inued on to t h eUniversi ty > of| P i t t sbu rgh toea rn h e r M.A. After obtainingher masters , she then went onto St. Thomas Insti tu te

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Ohio an d received her Docto ra te . '*fv ;

S r $ E y m a r d has ea rnednumer ous honors S includingadmi t tance to j t he iT r i Be taHonor Society; th e Board ofDirec to r s lo f the Amer icanCancer Society; an d g e n e r a l

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chairperson of the/ CancerPrev entio n Society. si

S he was also added to the"Who ' s W ho in A m e r i c a " forhe r significant? contributionsto cancer research .

T he | M e r c y h u r s t faculty,adminis tra t ion an d studentsare certainly proud • of Sr.Eymard, Also grateful a rethe many people who havecontracted cancer and nowhave a hope to c l ing t o jMereytam in. & i L

A n d ! T h e n H e a t l o o k A reMuch of America 'seconomic future success willdepend on the ability of itsmulti-nationals * to competewith the companies of othernations. i

AlNOTE O F I N T E R E S T INTHE EDUCATION DAILY:R e c r u i t e r s iWant B u s i n e s sGrade in S u i t s , Survey F i n d s ,Pity the nervous job applicantwho appea rs at the interviewwith long hair I and | dirtyfingernails; who disdainssuns or, if * female,brassieres; who wears

sandals, fidgets with pencils,avoids direct eye contact withthe interviewer, or speaks iniargon. Pity the applicantespecially if he or she is afine arts major;

iThe composite picture^ofthe job applicant least likelyto be admired by recruiters in171 major.? industries &hasn'tchanged much, nor has J theimage of the ideal applicant.He is clad in a suit; neat andpreferably with short hair;intelligent, relaxed, Jcordial,enthusiastic, sincere; abusiness,, engineering,computer orf physicalsciences gradua te. | |If The likes and dislikes of lob

recrui ters! in industriesranging from-accounting and

aerospace to government andutilities are documented in asurvey by Jan Anton andMichael Russell ja forHayward State University.They sampledpnore than 100recruiting officers who hiredmore than three-fourths of thecollege {graduates for theirfirms and institutions since1972.1 The report noted thatalthough the data wascompiled in 1973. collegeplacement officers nave beenemphasizing the samequalifications for applicants

for years. "What used to bethought of as just oilman'sopinion turns out to be solidfact," says the report. * *,

Copies of EmployerAttitude and • OpinionsRegarding Potential CollegeGraduate Employees" cost $4and;*are' available from thePlacement Center. HaywardState University, Hayward,California 94342. - 1RECRUITER ON CAMPUS:Ernst and Ernst, Tuesday,November 4,1975$AccountingMajors preferred,?

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Dear Editor, f *l l am completely baffled by Sr.*Phyllis fAiello's

letter to Townhouse 7 and 8 residents, if the partyw a s a direct violation of "the contract and the lawsconcerning the sale of alcohol in P a. " whv dicUthefreshmen havefa-beer'party at Shade's Beach forOrientation in 1974? Vm quite sure the OrientationBeer Blast wasn't planned by the students. N O letterof complaint was written last year by S r. Phyllis. Didshe approve of th e party of which th e students had nopart ofbuying the &?er? What seems to be happeningis that the Administration can buy the beer and let 17and 18 year o ld freshmen drink it without aiy guilt orembarrassment and not consulting the *'Student Code

of Rights and Responsibilities" or the Pa. drinkinglaws. But when th e students themselves give a party ,that's a different story. There ar e many students whodrink and are under 21 as well: as over 21. Aredrinking pa rties restricted to those who are over 21?Is a 21 year old going to turn away an 18 year oldfriend from a party because he or she \'Isn't old

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enough to drink?" If Sr. Phyllis is giving incidentreports Mo Townhouse! 7 and 8 for their party, Isuggest she issue reports to ALL Mercyhurststudents for drinking. Maybe then her .'consciencewouldn't bother h e r . 4 *£

I wonder what Sr. Phyllis thinks of the 1975Yearbook. Page after page showed MercyhurstCollege students engaging in drinking parties-andmany professors were there, too. Yet, no one complained about those parties^ N o one complained thatthe photos were printed, thus, proving mat drinkingis a large pa rt of Mercyhurst student lire.

In three months I will be 20 years old and this

college and State have placed a great jhindrance onmetSand othe rs). Many of us from New York Sta teare deprived of what we had back home. Driving 30miles to the New York State line to drink is absurd-and dangerous. But where are we supposed to gofor an4enjoyable evening? Certainly not here- ourhome away from home. *$ ,

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KditorNews KditorFeature EditorSports KditorCopy KditorA rt KditorPhotographers

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Ma ry a nn Crow leyChris VanWagenen

Susan BarrieDarla Malone

,«•' B ob Ronksley'$Nancy Willis

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C a r o l Q u a r t u c c l o

Since the m ajority of letters which I have received

for this issue have been based on the Towne Meetingheld October 20. I will discuss my views ton itsrelevancy. £JLa*

Many of th e questions directed to the individuals onthe panel were basically' concerned with maintenance, student housing rights, and parkingprivileges. T h e gripes were valid complaints and thestudents, for the most part, presented them in arespectful manner. Yet, many or their questions werenot directly answered by the panel, which is aprobably reason for the meeting being long andrepetitious. The students suggest that their questionswill not cease until answered specifically. Studentswill not b e content with prom ises. They c laim to wantimmed iate action which I feel they rightly deserve.

The meeting was generally well planned with thepanel consisting of most of the appropriate people.Yet, why were! the students themselvesdisorganized? Why were students attacking eachother instead of banning together to form one strong

unit to accomplish their goal? Whv were studentsharping on O N E example that a student speaker hadmentioned,: and not citing their own? whv werestudents reacting to minor problems which couldhave been handled privately?vThe voice of the students should be heard, but

because of the disorganized manner implicated, Ifeel little has been accomplished, if students wantaction they will have to be persistent. I doubt theywill b e . 1

Students, Faculty, and Adm inistrators:I am writing this letter t o y o u , the people w ho make

up tills "community", after the Towne Meetingwhich was held tonight ( M o n d a y ) . ; .. j

This is the second Towne Meeting that 1 have beena part of. The first, which I was instrumentalari ot. me iirsct wmen i?was instrumental inplanning and pulling off;-addressed itself to many ofthe same gripes— basically student rights and the

budgetary policies of th e college.From my experiences of the first Towne Meeting, Iwas skeptically enthusiastic about the second one.T h e aftermath of th e first w a s personal defeat and itsacrid lesson is still with me .I Now, the second Towne meeting is over- minutes

assed on the clock which will never be recaptured—nit the business of that meeting is now before the

students and the administrators. A MANDATE ofaction w a s surely placed on the shoulders of everyone*involved. T o work together on these problems greatand small i s n o w the task. O n October 29 , at 3:SOjp.m..in Room 114 ZurnHall. there will b e a meeting of R USat which we will see if the seed planted tonight hassprouted, if it has, future meetings will determine ifit s fruit is sweet, o r Be rid as w a s that of the first.ffll By your deeds, y o u shall know them *

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WRITERS A N D CREATORS:

Pat Weschler. Richard Frasca, Melisia McIVfurray,Ilia fine DILeo, jDavej VVallin, Andrea Kupetz, TerriFiumara, Briget Cusick. Fat Condrin, Mary b Catherine\Viess. Joe Snyder, KdSw earingen. * \ v

Bonny M errlkenIASINKSS MANAGER

Faculty Consultant Andy Roth

The Merciad accepts, In fact encourages, the submission of articles, letters, and stories from any and allmembers of the Mercyhurst College community:students, faculty, administrators, trustees, and friends ofthe school. However, as responsible journalists we mustreserve the following rights: §

1. .The right to revise copy Into standard English;

2..The right to revise copy Into correct Journalisticform;

3. . And* finally , the right to revise copy (but not changemeaning) to fit layout design*

In addition, Letters to the Editor must be signed, mustb e factually verifiable, and must be written In good taste*Names will b e withheld upon request, but false names willnot b e used.

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On Monday night, Ij attended a two hour TowneMeeting held on the subject of Student Housing atMercyhurst. In the course of that meeting, I listenedas dozens of students recounted the problems whichthey had encountered Jin trying to get basic main-tainence an d repair services performed in their dormrooms or townhouses. m

ft To me, the most amazing story! came from lastudent who lived in McAuley Hall.* It seems thatthere was a short circuit in his 1 room wiring thatcaused a small explosion! whenever his medicinecabinet was opened. This small explosion would then

knock out the power in eight adjacent dorm rooms.The student spoke of his repeated visits to theOperations office in an effort to get the short-circuitrepaired. In ten days time, the student got a lot ofpromises, but no repa irs. *M .-ra&

As this person recounted his experiences with theOperations (department, if thought of somethingwhich had takenplace a few w eeks before. A crew ofworkmen from operations had worked for severaldays tearing u p the flagstone walk leading to the ne wOperations office in weber Hall, replacing it with aconcrete walk, It seemed very strange to me that somuch attention and time had gone into giving a newwalk to the Operations office while the student inMcAuley was being threatened with electrocutionevery tim e he opened h is medicine cabinet!

At th e Town Meeting, President Shane took note ofth e acute need for maintenance an d repair services Inthe dorms and townhouses. He spoke of new fundsJIIHl H'fl M lllttt Mllf f If MM HIIM IMIl i ll I fMH IM1IMM 1111 if 1

tha (had been set aside just six days before th e TowneMeeting to bolster a sagging Operations fund. I feelthat this move w as a step in the right direction,

New funds notwithstanding, there is still the veryclear question ol^ misplaced priorities in theOperations Department. At a time when Operationsfunds were {critically deficient and the workloadfacing that department overpowering, why weremore than a half dozen man-days put into a newconcrete walk? 9 H J < i *

Half a dozen man-days can g o much further than aconcrete walk if they are put to the task of repairing

short circuits and changing light bulbs. Many of theproblems in the dorms and townhouses are serious,but involve little expenditure, in terms of man-hours,to correct. ? Wm I 1 I f M$

A change in priorities is needed in the OperationsDepartment a t Mercyhurst One of the primaryresponsibilities which this institution has willfullyundertaken is the housing of some 500 students.Housing means more than just providing four walls.Housing means providing basics like plumblng.thatw u ? 8 5P° light 8wJtehes that can be switched onwithout fear of explosion or electrocution I

'Project Front Walk" is over and done with. Nomatter ho w much I gripe, th at concrete walk will n o tdisappear and b e replaced b y bette r dorm conditions.All 1 ask is that the Operations departme nt get downto basics and handle those tasks that are really fm-<Portant. When those jobs have been performed, I'llwelcome Operations to pave it s sidewalk in marble !

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ToTh e Editor:I would like to comment

on Sr. 5 Phyllis! Aiello'sletter in last weeksMERCIAD condemningthe townhouse residentsfor their beer blast duringthe Fall Festival. In thebeginning! of the 1974-75school year there was abeer blast sponsored bythe Mercyhurst alumniand advertised in a list ofactivities during orientation week. (This list waspublished and distributedby the college.) Thispartly Iwas held! in landoutside the Sesler apartments. I was not aware ofand! did not receive anofficial notification of thecollege's change in policy.

|Although| advertisingparties in which alcoholicbeverages will|be|served,and holding "these partiesis normally in violation ofthe housing contract, it isno t in violation off Pennsylvania's liquor laws.The $1.00 charge was notfor!beer, although that iswhat attracted most of theparty-goers. The fee'hvas

analogousr to a covercharge. The beer wasfree, itiwas not sold by the

To the Editor, J | | | |Did anyone else happen

to notice that during theblackout on Friday thecafeteria operated as ifnothing was jj wrong? Ithink the staff of thecafeteria should becongratulated on theirgreatjob? ' J | ' I M

glass. t* djtft think| ^ ad

ministration should saytoo much about campusPartving being againsthousing codes when theadminis tra t ion! is notabove bending! the rulesslightly. Financial aidstatements could benotarized for a $1.00*feepaid at the time of signing.The notary would stampthe papers later, althoughon the document iti said

explicitly t that a notarymust witness thefsigning.There is also the matter of$10-15-lab fees for manycoursestfo "cover costs'7,which, in many cases, didnot amount to more than$10 for the fentire class. Iamfsure everyone knowsabout incidents like this.

If the housing department wants to penalize thetownhouse residents forviolating their contract,they should enforce theregulation against alcoholon the entire campus, allthe time. And? that willrequire constant policingby the Security staff. It

should be veryiinteresting,to say the least, i \<* Darla Malone

I Theblackout even gavestudents a chance to eat bycandle light, which [madefor a nice change of pace.

I think that Mercyhurstis lucky |to have such adevoted| staff that canovercome ft such| obviousdifficulties.'•$*% i \ Name withheld

Dean's ListrDinnerrThe 4th annual * Dean's

List dinnerfwill be held atRamada Inn on Oct. 30 at 7p.m.MOne hundred andtwenty-nine studen ts, or 11per cent of the studentbody, with a qualityjpointaverage of 3.5 or above forthe 1974 r jj#5 academic-year, are invited to attend.

The dinner will *befollowed by an address bySr . ^Eustace fTaylor,Professor Emer i tus ofMercyhurst; College andGeneral Co ordinator of theSisters of Mercy.4

The Dean's fList liscomputed once a year atthe end of the spring term .

It is based on a minimumof eights courses of whichseven^are to be taken fornumerical grade. Thesecourses must? be takenduring the period fromsummer session to springterm inclusive.

The students will fbeawarded a small volume,"Shakespeare: His Witand Wisdom". Accordingto Dean William | P.Garvey, "a book is moreappropriate jas a | symbolof intellectual learning."The practice of giving abook was started lastyear.

To The Editor: *m IThisiletter is in response to those issued in prioreditions of the MERCIAD concerning activities oncampus. We believe both sides have their points buteach need compromising to come to a solution.

We agree with Jimmy f Hallamyer when he contends that there is a lack of interest anddeep apathyimplanted on this campus. But one must ask WHY?We believe it is due to theUack of enthusiasm andpublicity given to activities that RUS or SAC doessponsor. It is THEIR responsibility|towidely informday - as well as resident - students through fliers,letters, signs - in advance*- of upcoming activities.And these activities must be well-planned, not throwntogether at the last minute! ^

Really, Fall ^Weekend consisted fof a few clubsponsored tables* and games ffor a few hours onSaturday and a concert for Sunday. Why wasn't adance sponsored or*why weren't the activities^ continued on through Saturday evening to replace a

regularly scheduled movie? tJpS§& fc * 1fThere was hardly ANY ADVERTISEMENT, What

happened to the big signs in the Coffee-house gettingeverybody psyched for this weekend? (which couldhave been much more successful!) } r

We consider ourselves ij active | people oh thiscampus - turning out and supporting most activ

John Colwell

and yet we, too. ar e bored! There are NOT A LOT offun things to do on this campus and there is notenough encouragement and motivation from our*SAC and RUS offices to instill a moving sp irit. Wehave Coffeehouses on school nights and sit in dorms-apts. on weekends! There has to be some coordination of activ ities! f %jThose who are trying to supplement our inactivity

are being reprimanded and threatened with loss ofhousing. Really, whatar e we to do??? For those whojlwork hard during the week, there should be someentertainment for their weekends. And the boredomthey are finding here is causing this to become a"sui tcas e" college with many students running hometohavefun. | .? . I ™ *I Thisfmay seem like a social problem not to beconcerned with the academics of a college life« but 3this is a threatening situation to any institution trying*to develop the TOTAL!individuals-*this may belevidenced by the large drop of male'enrollment -•which will probably continue if something isn't soondone. j - 4

r Debbie Flounders* Eileen DelSordo ^

Jodene CarrollEva Procopio

b y M e l is s a f M c M u r r a y

The new face Jn theMercyhurst BusinessDepartment this year isJohn Colwell, previouslyretired from a 25-yearcareer in the insurancebusiness. v f

After retiring he waslooking for some kindfofpersonal challenge andbecame interested inMercyhurst as the resultof a conversation with afriend. Colwell felt thatwith his past experiencehe could possibly addsomething to the coursecur r icu lum ! at |Mercy-hurst.fj | * i

Mercyhurst's growingbusiness department andit s I particular concentration in insurancewere two factors inColwell's choice of Mercy-

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"Originally from lPittsburgh, Colwell is agraduate of {Grove CityCollege.'He is married andhas a son and twodaughters, all graduatesof variou s; colleges anduniversities.* |

When | asked about theMercyhurst campus I atm o s p h e r e , C o l w e l lremarked on |the friendliness of everyone. •f Col well | was looking

forward to having plentyof free time to pursuesome of his interests, suchas > golf, fishing! and

traveling, but finds he isbusier than ever .1 John Colwell

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David S. Pines- "I had apositive reaction. It receivedthe tension of a test day andeveryone was in a morereceptive mood.'\%

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When confronted with thesentence "theatre is dead," Ifeel my blood curdle. But onsecond thought, where hastheatre in*Erie gone thesedays. *fe In Metro Erie, theatre isthriving with Erie CivicTheatre, The Village Dinner,Theatre, Gannon LittleTheat re. IS th e ] BehrendPlayers, Mercyhurst Little

Theatre and in Edinboro it'sthe Edinboro State CollegeTheatre. Theatre in our townthen is far from dead.

The Mercyhurst Theatre,consisting ot a handful ofmajors,* continues its campaign to increase its community importance. For thefirst i t ime, the maiorproduc t ion . "Seagu l l , ' *opening October 31. will befree to % all Mercyhurststudents. ^

Furthermore, through theFundam entals of Acting classat Mercyhurst. Le -Cabaretheld every Thursday in theCoffeehouse a r c : 30 is now a

marvelous success.Le

Cabaret is open to air studentsand consists of acting scenes,musical presentations, andanything your heart desires.The? atmosphere* is relaxing

and the Jpeople are veryfriendly :... everyone iswelcome. The MercyhurstTheatrej Art's mottof thenseems to be: "We ain't muchbaby, but we're all we'vegot!" |

At Gannon, Camino Rea l byTennessee Williams willexplode in the quaint GannonTheatre on October] 24. Adifferent sort? of production

entitled M oonchi ldren ispresently being performed atBehrend. And Edinboro StateCollege is pleased to presentthe Cave Dwel lers for £yourenjoyment* Moreover, theVillage Dinner Theatre isperforming Anything Goes, akicky musical foir the youngand young at heart. MusicMan, an "ole-time" favorite

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is playing at Fairview HighSchool through the auspicesof Erie Civic Theatre, t

Sofyoujcan see that Erie,hometown . USA.4 has anabundance of theatre for atown its size. Erie thrives onthe performing arts and itspatrons tflockHo see drama,musicals^ and experimentalproductions. Erieites seem toknow that "art is for man's

sake" and theatre like art isvital, a part of life. Forwithout artland theatre, manwould be reduced to littlemore than cavemen—shallowand dull! Theatre comes aliveon stage, shows us ourselves,makes us laugh and cry, andentertains us. Above all then,theatre is life. And in Erie, thetheatre lives! W f§

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a t by Mary Sue Saboltributing writers, Chris Rush,will be performing. in ourCoffeehouse on Tuesday,October 28 at 10:00 p.m^forone night only. If you've evenglanced at one of the issues ofNational iLampoon, you'llimmediately know the calibreof humor contained within itand his program, jpRush includes in his actsubjects pertinentf toeveryday living, but in adifferent light. At times hislanguage can be extremelystrong, yetf it gets | themessage across. Rush talksabout sexual taboos, racialprejudice and official

corruption, to name a, few.One critic stated that "Chris

Rush Ms a £ comedian whomeasures up admirably tothat standard of honesty.,r

i- Chris Rush can be com-,pared to such well-knowncomedians as Cheech | andChong,j George Carlin, BobKlein Jand Ac e| TruckingCompany. He also compareswith Carlin and Cheech andChong by recording an albumon Atlantic Records. He isdefinitely on the |:way tonational recognition. ,ul you think youj can ap

preciate Rush's \ candidhumor, make a point to attendhis oerformance. Remember- Chris Rush in the Coffee

house at 10:00 p.m., Tuesday,October 28.

John * Diagagi- character:Treplev - "I've only worked incontemporary theater in the pastand Seagull-is my chance to doClassic Theater. Also *the extensive characterization providesa wealth of material to work on."

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A u d i t i o n s for the M e r c y h u r s t Li t tl e T h e a t r e m u s i c a l1776 w i l l be h e l d in t h e Z u r n Recital Hall, S u n d a y , O c t o b e r27 at 7:00 p. m. , \ a nd o n T u e s d a y , O c t o be r 2 8 i n t h e L i t t leT h e a t r e f r o m 4 t o 6 : 30 p .m . P e r s o n s interestedfin t r y i n go u t s h o u l d c o m e p r e p ar e d to s i n g a s o n g o f t h e i r c h o i c e .A u d i t i o n e r s w i l l a l s o b e p e r m i t t e d t o p r e s e n t a n a dd i t io n a lf i ve m i n u t e au d i t i o n p i e c e . R o l e s to b e f i ll e d i n c l u d e twoa c c o m p l i s h e d f e m a l e s i n g e r s a n d 2 5 m a l e roles, sixofw h o m m u s t a l s o be a c c o m p l i s h e d s i n g e r s . F o r f u r t h e ri n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g auditions, c o n t a c t D r . G a r y S m i t hat Ext . 271. Produc t i on dat e s f or 1776 a r e J a n u a r y 29-31,F e b r u a r y 5-7.

• Maryann Rozas- character:Nina- "I'm very interested gintheater and Seagull is* a goodexperience. So. I auditioned and Igot the part.

T h e s t u d e n t s fwho arec u r r e n t l y involved^ in theu p c o m i n g pl a y ''Seagull"j o i n e d t h e cast f or a vari e t y ofr e a s o n s , the m a i n being in?t e r e st T h e c o n s e n s u s of th ec a s t m e m b e r s is t h a t thes c r i p t and c h a l l e n g e iof"Seagull" j are w h a ts t i m u l a t e d t h e i r interest.*

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and punctuation usage. Tentative t imes a re from l p.m. to 2 p.m. and f rom 2p.m. to 3p.m . respect ively. - • wi ^

All sstudents are welcome to attend. tContact Betty Gartner.in the Engl ish Clinic, 308 Main, for details

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i EDUCATION MAJORS TAKE HEED!!. .If you were at thetown meeting Monday night, then y ou knowthe great response b y students who were concerned about theirhousing rights. Well, education students have rights, too! Morespecifically, you have a right to your grade, which at this point isbeing threatened. Too many good grades they say! Are you readyto stand up and defend these good grades? Think about ail thehours put into articles, papers, and practicum. Are you going tolet these hours of effort be put aside and receive a lower grade,because of a system of percentages? Well, if you're ready todefend yourself and the education department, be at the PSEAmeeting and be prepared'to discuss this subject with someonewho intends to listen.sNamely: Dean Garvey. This is your right,so exercise it!! * ,

The meeting is Monday, October 27 at 6:30 p.mtin the ZurnRecital Hall, Dean Garvey will be there. WILL YOU ?!?

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OCTOBER 24, 1975MERCYHURST COLLEGE PAGE 7

Tom Olsen of Pitts ton. Pa., decided that the only way to win a race was to make waves. Unfortunately Tom's waves weren't big enough, Mercyhurst lost in the Governor's Cup Regatta but at leastTom didn't have to shower when we was finished. Tom is currently a sophomore at MercyhurstCollege. ;

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It would be obvious to mosteverybody watching ourLakers battle their waythrough a baseball game, thattile Mercyhurst colors arewhite, green and blue.However, many people in ourcollege J commun ity, accept-only the white and green, notbeing sure where the bluecame from.

The addition of royal blue tothe original white and^greenwasn't just somebody's whimbut was included when this

co-ollege ibecameeducational.! %

In 1969. the MercyhurstAthletic Committee initiatedplans *for an intercollegiatesports program concurrentwith co-educational structuring.

Mr. (Richard Fox laterjoined the college staff asdirector of athletics andfurther implemented f'thesports program. Mri Fox andhis department wanted fid

combine green*, and jblue tocreate the color of sea w ater -a color design for new basketball ? uniforms. When 'theuniforms wererreturned fromthe tailor, the, colors weredistinctly ^white. green and

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blue. • 1 ' ^The clipper ship, afloat on a

body of royal blue water andthe approp riate i name"Laker", was characterizedto further symbolize Mercy-hurst's Department offIntercollegiate Athletics. - ^ S s S l

Women's Intramural's?b y l e n i F i u m a r a

Do women at Mercyhursthave any interest in thepresent intramural programprovided by the College?

This seems to be thequestion asked by Miss Price,Athletic Director of Women'sSports at M ercyhurst.•i The problem is simple,women on campus have notshown interest in the currentintramural program. Forexample, intramural tennisand golf hav e been advertisedin the paper and no one signedup for either of these sports.| Students • on campus areconstant complainers that theCollege offers nothing interms of activities. This is nottrue. Women's intra muralshave tried to get underway •but how can they if the womenwon't sign up for them.-;•| This used to be an all-girlschool, but now it seems matit's all men's competition.Granted Women Sports-has alimited budget, but that is dueto the fact not enough sportsare offered for women, andthe ones that are are nevertaken advantage of.

Another factor may betime; not enough of it. Toomuch school work, a lot ofstudying, no leisure time.That's understandable. It'sjust too bad that .peoplecouldn't find the time forathletics. | t ^

There are people with alittle understanding of thegames and could really *helpout the teams a great deal. Ifonly these girls could find th etime and maybe arouse themterestToiJthe rest of theirpeers, possibly Women'sIntra mu rals wouldn't alwayshave to "be cancelled.3 Wecould also add other sports tothe schedule and have Jsomeextra competition against the

men on this campus.Keep your eyes open for

new activities which will beput in the paper and also beposted on Miss Price's door,219 Preston, and - sign up!!

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Mercyhurst vs. Morris HarveyVARSITY MEN *1. Jack Beck f # $*2. Michael Jones^ '••• ;i | t

3. JoeDolan I* f f | |4. Mark Ruttenberg ^ | ?,5 . Greg VanBramer6. Kim Keith 4 ' I f p7. Lamont Prince y '*$$•8. Ed InschoCoxswain: Fran k Sands t.p

•, 1 1. Morris Harvey 4:10.11 ** 2. Mercyhurst 4:14.6 | K } |

VARSITY WOMEN ' f gf fi1. Karen Shumac • *£• •>2. Kris Doran I ^3. Mary C laire Redden ^y[4. D.J. |5. Katie McCaffery - J6. Linda McGinley i fh7. Rosemary Buseck %• IllEjilSl8.SueViner j m %Coxswain: Joanie Stevenson > _ „ #

I l. Mercyhurst4:30.0

2. Morris Harvey 4:42.5 f

The Mercyhurst I SoccerClub chalked upj their firstvictory of the season with an 8- 0 win over Cathedral Prep on

Tuesday \ October 21.1 Thesc oring went as follows: JoseMoguel scored first followed

by Jim Culhane, BUI Orioffand Bob Curtis.. Jose thenscored three 5 more goalsfollowed by? a; goal-near the

end by Pa t Condrin. •Craig Kern was in goal for

Mercyhurst and did a superbjob as far as goal tendinggoes. Although the g ame wasmerely a scrimmage at leastit's nice to know that Mercyhurst can score goals. As of

now the Mercyhurst! SoccerClub is l - 4 and the newlyformed club is coming aroundslowly. | ^ ^ B H B fKJjUUH

Photo by Nancy Willis

In Monday's game of the20th, [Mercyhurst lost toEdinboro by the score of 6 - 1 .

Scoring Mercyhurst's onlygoal was Jose M oguel. This isimpressing considering thatMercyhurst scored^ on^ avarsity Soccer^Club. Yes, itcertainly appears that theMercyhurst Soccer Club isfinally coming around.

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Seventy-seven days 'tilthe CEC Dance M arathon.Thirty-six' people alreadysigned up to dance. Getbusy - Sign up!

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