50 Years Of Class
Mercyhurst College will Saturday night a semiformal
officially open its 50th an-
niversary celebration Satur-
day, Oct. 9, with a Golden Fifty
Banquet?, and dedication the
following afternoon with the
Charter Day Convocatioa
In between, there will be
plenty of activities for students,
parents and college officials
celebrating the combined
Parents-Fall Weekend and ? 50
years of class at Mercyhurst.
Saturday afternoon, P booths
for food and gambling will be
set up in Garvey Park by each
department of the college!
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DuBos Convocation Speaker
Internationally renowned
microbiologist, Dr. Rene DuBos,
will be the main speaker Sunday,
Oct. ^10, at the Mercyhurst
College Charter Day Con-
vocation.
Dr. DuBos, a native of Saint
Brice, France, who later became
a naturalized U.S. citizen, has
worked and ^studied in many
fields. 1 '
He is a}< noted microbiologist,
having earned world fame with
his discovery? of the first com
mericially produced antibiotic.
DuBos is also a noted en-
vironmentalist, educator and
author.
In his convocation speech,
DuBos will introduce the theme of
human interdependence, around
which | departments within
Mercyhurst College are planning
seminars and workshops
throughout the 1976-77 academic
year. k 1 % m
The Charter i Day Convocation
will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday in the
indoor tennis courts.
Drink And Be Merry
Parents-Fall Weekend, a
combination of the Fall Festival
and 50th \ anniversary
celebration, will celebrate the
school's 50 years of learning
with a wide variety of activities
Saturday and Sunday, October 9
andUo. \ *M
( Booths will be set up by each
department Saturday afternoon
along the perimeter of Garvey
Park. Some of the booths will
sell food and drinks and others
will feature casino-type
gambling. j J munications,' i
The Hotel-Restaurant
Management department will
serve food; Student f Govern-
ment, beer and homemade
cider; and Home Economics,
baked goods. £ Because of the {cost of the
Sponsoring games will be
Psychology (black jack), Law
Enforcement (darts), Liberal
Studies (dice table), Education
(big wheel), English (poker)
and Theater (bag toss).
Iln addition, the Student
Activities Committee will show
films from the 1920's and play
ragtime music in the Student
Union. History will present an
exhibit on the college's history,
Environmental Studies a
display of plants, and Theater
will perform a scenes from
*' B r i g a d o o n . ' ' | T h e
Cheerleaders have planned a
special surprise. |
Two dances for students and
parents are scheduled for
Saturday night. §. *
A $15 per plate banquet will
be held at the new Hilton Hotel
in Erie, starting with asocial
dance will be held in the student
union. On Sunday, a liturgy and
brunch will precede the con-
vocation.
The Golden Fifty Banquet
will be held at the Hilton Hotel
in Erie, starting at 6:30 p.m.
The CharterlDay Convocation
will be held in the indoor tennis
courts Sunday at 2 p.m.
Stories on all 50th an-
niversary celebration events
appear below. ,% W J
It |is going to be a busy,
variety-filled weekend.
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hour at 6:30. Dinner will follow
at 7 p.m. and entertainment by
the New Younger Brothers at 9.
The New Younger Brothers
recorded the[ "Fifty Years of
1
Class ' jingle which can be
heard promoting Mercyhurst
College on all major Erie radio
stations through October 9.
The song is played in six
different forms with a voice-
over by| William I Shelley,
Assistant Professor ^ of Com-
'$>.
Persons attending the Golden
Fifty Banquet| must apay for
both the dinner and the dance.
Sr. Carolyn Herrmann, RSM,
is coordinating the banquet.
Golden Fifty Banquet, Student
Government will sponsor an
alternate, semi-formal dance in
the Student Union. The cost to
attend the semi-formal had not
yet been decided as The Mer-
ciad wentrto press.
Entertainment will be
provided by the band, "Wave,"
from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. The
dance is B.Y.O.B. All parents
and students are welcome.
The weekend celebration will
conclude Sunday with a liturgy
at 11 a.m., followed by a brunch
at noon and the Charter Day
Convocation at 2 p.m.;
Steve Rayan and Mary Beth
Ward are chairpersons for the
weekend. Other volunteer
workers include Jim Defner,
Chris Filippifi Olivia Longo,
Maureen . Meary, and Helen
Miscewicz. ' ± that they (the school) put the
DR. JERRY TRIMBLE, Dean of the College and Vice President of Academic Services, is pictured
here speaking to students in the Coffeehouse on Tuesday at noon. The meeting was scheduled to give
students an opportunity to meet Mercyhurst*s new dean. PHOTO BY: BOB RONKSI FY
THE Bf ERCIAD
The Voice of the Mercyhurst Community
VOLUME 49, NO. 3 MERCYHURST COLLEGE OCTOBER 8,1976
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Dr. Jerry Trimble, Dean of the comparable to a regular course, also said a larger percentage or
College and Vice President of during Intersession. \ students gwould stay fon campus
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wm Academic Services, said recently Moreover,! Dr. Trimble feels during Intersession if the
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that he favors changing the the original reasons for Inter- programs offered were more
present! procedure?'for billing
session were lost when Inter- attractive. 1 N
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students. * v
3 ' S session stopped being mandatory They present calendar and
In a statement to The Merciad, for both faculty and students. billing system will be examined in
Dr. Trimble called the present Trimble still believes Inter- January by the division | of 'in-
system of billing four or more session can be a "unique kind of stitutal research. Allan <E
times per year "ridiculoussfor a experience you couldn't have Belovarac is the director of in-
lot4 of reasons." during the regular year." But he stitutal research at Mercyhurst.
'Every time you bill, you in-
directly provide an opportunity
for students to drop out, he said.
Dr. Trimble also said the
present system created too much
work* for college personnel, and
Sesler Students Blamed
that it tends to segment the
calendar year.
Trimble explained that the five
academic sessions—fall, Inter-
For Damaged Property 1
session, winter and spring—do not BY CHRIS VAN WAGENEN
mesh t o | form a cohesive Sesler Apartments
;
(located students. He t noted that on the
academic year. Students start just on the outskirts of | the evening in question, there was a
their year in the fall and must Mercyhurst campus) and the large gathering in the third Sesler
start it all over again in January, conduct of its residents are once building (green door) M*k m
losing enthusiasm in the process. again under fire. | Dan "Moon" Ryan, manager of
Trimble cited statistics^which The | most recent complaint Sesler Apartments, denied Sesler
is how that 40 per cent of the stemmed from an incident which residents caused the destruction
faculty and 30 per cent ofUhe occurred Saturday evening, of Mizokowski's garden.
student body| leave 'campus October 2 in which the garden of "The kids from Mercyhurst did
during Intersession. Joe Mizokowski was destroyed. not touch their garden," Ryan
"These? are four distinct "They ruined my tomatoes,1 emphasized. "We do party, but
periods of one's life, particularly carrots and cabbage plants/ we don't destroy other people's
with the long Intersession," he Mizokowski, a Parade Boulevard property." • |
said. j . j resident, told The Merciad§ Ryan agreed that the incident
fej Trimble also said some faculty Mizokowski admitted that he was an unfortunate one, but
members have approached him did not actually see who caused pointed out that this was the first
with complaints|that they could the destruction, but said he time that any neighbor's property
not teach a sound course, one suspects Mercyhurst College had been vandalized.
Mizokowski, when questioned,
said he felt the problem went
beyond the incident of October 2.
"I think their hi-fis are! too
loud," he said. He also com-
plained that some of the Sesler
people screech their automobile
tires late at night when leaving.
Another neighbor, Mr. Moser,
also mentioned stereos being
played too loudly'the night of
Friday, October i, but felt
students this fall have been better
behaved, overall, than last year.
The Merciad interviewed
residents of seven households in
the neighborhood near Sesler
Apts. All had one complaint' in
common: the noise. * -&A
"The kids are told to put their
stereos down at midnight," Ryan
responded when informed of the
JOE MIZOKOWSKI'S GARDEN looked more like a tossed salad comments. "The main fault is
after vandals destroyed it the evening of Saturday, Oct. 2. The
Parade Boulevard resident believes Mercyhurst students from the apartments so -close to the
Sesler Apartments are to blame. PHOWBY:BOBRONKSLEY Continued on Paw >
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Guest Editorial
Under 21 And Bored?
I Discos Nonexistent
It's a^Friday night. Homework can wait until
Sunday. The car has a full tank of gas. So, where*
do you go? > $
Good question! -t
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College students under the age of 21 have been

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I'm wondering if the Mercyhurst Community
is going to be its usual apathetic self this
weekend.!
What's so special about this weekend? It's the
official:beginning of Mercyhurst*s Golden Year
Celebration and many people have put a lot of
asking
OCTOBER 8,1976 fortunately, does not offer much of an answer. un-
If you're not working, movies at $3.00 a shot
aren't much help. It's getting a bit chilly to play
Letter To Editor j
Fraternity Activities
Alpha Phi Omega, is a international service
fraternity established in 1925 and currently has
more than 550 chapters at colleges and univer-
sities across the country. \ 1 1 1
It is designed to bring service to the local com-
munity by way of fund raising projects drives for
various charitable organizations such as the
Heart * cancer Funds and other non-profit
charitable organizations in our area. area.
Two such programs planned in the near future
are the "Hike to Help for the United Cerebral
be held on October 17, and the
UMOC, or "ugly man on campus" contest.
APO
a n d te 1 to ra se ney or0
J? *"* ! T 5"J? ?
ting social fraternities, residential Is and other
that one for some time. Erie,
putt-putt, j
* If you enjoy live music, you are out of luck.
Bars, where most groups are hired, won't admit
anyone under the drinking age, unless ac-
companied by a parent. There are not too many
students or parents who would go for that, i >
There are three conceivable choices: Cruise
the dock, go to New York State, or have a party.
Observing people can be interesting,' but
traveling 10 mph with 100 other cars around the
same street is carrying it to an extreme.
Drinking and driving is not only unwise, but it
can be unhealthy as well. Parties are fun, but
every weekend of the year?
One
One should
should never
never criticize
critic without giving a
solution. Here's one: a discotheque, with live
music and no liquor. It's certain to make money.
So why isn't there one?
No one with the money is willing Ho take \ the
risk. After all, it's just for a group of "rowdy
kids." Well—rowdy or not, "kids" are people too,
with a desire for entertainment. Students do not
live by education alone.
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time into the planning of events to help celebrate school|fparticipants to nominate candidates.
our Fiftieth Anniversary. Votes for the candidates are cast by placing a Letter to the Editor
penny, nickle or dime in front of photographs of
Every department is involved in some way the candidate, usually making grotesque facial The I.D. Problem
with the events this weekend and throughout the' expressions representing weird characters. Where's your I.D.? This seems to be the most
year. Is it possible for every student to become This is just a brief idea of what type of projects popular question asked of all students who enter
involved and show their support for the 'Hurst? APO is involved in. the cafeteria. I We feel that this continuous
Who is APO harassment is unnecessary and unappetizing.
The Merciad urges everyone to participate in hours per month for the benefit We realize that this person is trying to do her job
the activities scheduled for the celebration and fortunate but her manner is uncalled for. If she would show
a
we would like to give all those involved in the Ayms^ w h o a r e not selfish ^ a r e willing to ™fle respect for the students, eventually she
planning a hand for the great job they're doing. would gain their cooperation in return.
ve 100 per cent wh< We realize that this impolite treatment is the
This is our first g< result of those few students who try to "rip-off"
We're glad that iportant one. And the cafeteria by eating there without having paid
Business Services natured guy
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good time, a good but is it|necessary to treat everyone with such
pologize to Mr. George Kidd social life and contribute significantly disrespect?
typist's error in which he was consistently ^Mercyhurst Community We would show courtesy if courtesy was shown
misidentified as George Kidel spent to us. ]
convinced Signed by '
sponsible
It looks' like the Learning Resources Center Insulted Students
willing
will be getting ready for its mid-term rush with interested persons, especially
mid-term exams coming up next week. Now we October THE MERCIAD
can find out if those 'missing Quiet Study Rooms' p . m . in the Student Union. T*t Voice of l l » IA«reyhurtt Community

are really missed. Tony Quint Editor Melissa Mc Murray

School
Spirit
/ Art Editor
BY VICKI MARTIN AGO
Does anyone remember the
student uproar during dinner
on Tuesday, September 28?
The first floor - C wing
Baldwin has organized their
hall. The girls, wearing T-
shirts monogram ed* with the
initials GITS and FEA
aroused the cafeteria with
their busting! enthusiasm
throughout dinner.
The purpose "is to bring
our wing closer together and
bring some spirit into the
school" reports Beth Young,
a freshman member of the
GITS-F AE organization.
What do these initials stand
for? There have been many
creative responses but the
GITS refuse to reveal the true
meaning.
They would like to organize
all the wings in Baldwin for
competition in ^Intramural
Sports, •
News Editor Gary Wesman
Feature Editor
Sports Editor
Beth Beal
Terry Kelly
Copy Editors Sue Pettit
Judy Holland
Tr isha Seltzer
Maurene McCafferty
Photographer Bob Ronksley
WRITERS AND CREATORS:
News Department: Gee NeCastro, Chris Filipi, Nadine
Belovarac, Kichard FrascaJ Jim Defner, Chris Van
W a gen en. ^ ?r .v
Feature: Department: Cathy I lines, Kathy AgugUa,
Da'rlene Keith, Esther Schierber, Dan Theveny. •
Sports Department: Bob Derda Jr., Donna Walker, Mike
Phillips, Richard Birmingham. •§
y
Layout > Edie Henderson
Business Manager I Cheryl Sturn
Classified Section Eileen Ba ugh
Faculty Consultant William Shelley
Typists: Mary Anne Cochran, Jill Green, Debbie Floyd,
Lynn Marcatouli, Melanie Nash.
The Merciad accepts, in fact encourages, the submission
of articles, letters, and stories from any and all members of
the Mercyhurst College community: students, faculty, ad-
ministrators, trustees, and friends of the school. However,
as responsible Journalists we must reserve the following
rights: _ %,
1. Hie right to re vise copy into standard English;
2. The right to revise copy into correct journalistic form;
3. And, finally, the right to revise copy (but not change
meaning) to fit layout design.
In addition, Letters to the Editor must be signed, must bo
_ • factually verifiable, and must be written in good taste.
Take pari in the many activities scheduled for the opening celebration of Mercyhurst Names will be withheld upon request but false names will
Fiftieth Anniversary this weekend. v« . « not be used.
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New Facu I

Jolly Irish Priest

Enlightens Campus
BY DARLENE KEITH
If you are walking through the Being named director of the
second floor of Preston and you Redem trist publications in Dublin
hear a hearty Irish brogue, your in 1964, Rev. O'Connor then went
ears are not deceiving you. to Rome to attend the final
More than likely it will be the session of the Vatican II.
new assistant professor« of Returning to Dublin, he founded
theology, Reverend Michael and became editor of a national
O'Connor. Catholic magazine. * I
And if upon reading his name When'he came to; the United
you! find the four mysterious States in 1968, he began to study
letters C.S.S.R., dorft worry. at Fordham University in New Dan "Moon" Ryan
They're supposed to be there. York and received a master's PHOTO BY; BOB RON KSLE Y
These (four letters > stand for degree in religious educatioa
Congregation of the Holiest r The year 1970 found him once
Redeemer Redemptorist, of again journeying back to Dublin
which he is a part. to become an associate professor
Born in County Kerry in the 'of pastoral catechetics? ati the
southwest of Ireland and living Major Theologate^ He*also lec-
Sesler
there |most of his! life, Rev. tured on the subject of print and
O'Connor attended the National television journalism.
University of Ireland. Arriving in the United States
Students
While there he received his once again in 1971, Rev. O'Connor
bachelor's degree in English studied in? New York at the
Literature and decided to con- Woodstock College and Union
tinue his education. 5 Theological.3 % s
Blamed
(Continued from Page 1)
In a total of six years of further After completing this, he began houses."
study, Rev. O'Connor attended to teach£at Wheeling College in S Residents of nine of the twelve
the Major Theologate of Galway West Virginia, and then went on to Sesler apartments were asked if
in Ireland| the University of Scranton, Pa. they thought they were making
Philosophy, church history, Asked what special values and too much noise. Nine out of nine
systematic theology, j, sacred missions Catholic colleges should said, no. |
scripture, moral theology and possess, he said, "The values and ^"Anyone Jin their right mind
Cannon law were among the missions: should be to help both ought to expect noise from
courses he studied. | J H the teachers and the students to college
4
students/* Ryan said.
Upon completion of his recognize and foster man's inner 'The kids are t better, overall,
schooling, he was then ordained dynamism, which reaches than last year's." |. *
as a priest and began work as a toward 1 full maturity | and Ryan; also jpointed out that,
theological journalist. wholeness." before the garden incident, he had
aiH
received no other complaints.
Most residents in the Sesler
V, area {said they did notice 1
an
improvement in students con-
duct, comparedTto last year.
Oddly enough, the two most
frequent complaints were the
concerfrfheld last Sunday^ at the
indoor tennis courts and the
screeching of tires in the Sesler
l
Cashing
parking lot.^ I t W-
The incident over Mizokowski's
garden is still- unresolved. But,
EARTHWORKS Checks
shortly before presstime, * one 18th I /
Mercyhurst student claimed to
have witnessed the episode, That and At Burhenn's
witness, who will come forward if
Please write 1 on the back •if
asked, said he saw a group of
high school students leaving the State your check:
area of the garden* holding (1) Your signature.
carrots. t (2) S tu den t ID number
Mizolowski saidfhe suspected Fri/Sat (3) Home Address
Mercyhurst students (because (4) School Address tg
when he questioned a group of (5) School phone number
them the following day, he got Your Mercyhurst I.D. is a
some "wise remarks for an- definite must. No checks will be
swers. I Blues, Jazz, cashed without it. All checks
The problem still exists for
students and townspeople to come and must be o.k. 'd by the pharmacist.
With your cooperation.
to some sort off agreement or
understanding over this incident Hard Rock Burhenn's swill | continue this
and other complaints. generous service to the 'Hurst
students
Education Seminar
The Education Department's
student teaching seminar will be
held Tuesday, October 12 at 4:30
p.m. in Room 206 Main. &
All student teachers this term
are urged to attend.
Reverend Michael O'Connor Guest speaker will j! be Gary
PHOTO BY: BOB RONKSLE Y
Bukowski of the Mercyhurst
Placement Office, 1
Students will conduct I mock
interviews with Mr. Bukowski at

Business Discussion this time.

ACADEMIC
I

Panel To Be Held
"Actions of Erie Countyr
Businesses in Eastern Europe '
will be the topic of a panel
discussion Tuesday, October 12,
at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall.
Guest speakers * will be local
businessmen involved Jin in-
ternational affairs for their
respective companies, says
moderator Richard Kubiak.
Gary Lunger of Erie Press
Systems, the ^world's largest
manufacturer of hydraulic
nresses, will base his presen-
On transactions in Poland and
RESEARCH
East Germany by Penn Brass and
Copper will be Richard Knoll.
PAPERS
The program, mainly to supply
general information to local
businesses interested in "Iron THOUSANDS ON FILE LAVER'S FLORISTS
Curtain" commerce, will consist
of brief speeches from each guest
on their positions in these coun-
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tries, followed by questions from 11926 Santa Monica Blvd* flowers for every occasion
Kubiak and a 30-45 minute
discussion of questions from the Lot Angeles. Ca. 90025
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Florist's telegraph
i Special invitations will be sent
to the Erie County business Enclosed Is $1.00. delivery; • * • * *

tation on that company's ac- community and to^the banking Please rush the catalog to: • f ^ ^ ^ - ^ a ^ a a i ^ a ^ B W »• <

tivities in Romania. 3 m J industry. 1 . 1 , Name

Erie General Electric will be Invitation to < the local and
Mercyhurst community is open. Address 7f)9JEA$T AVE!
represented hy Roy Beaver. He
will speak on his company s in- A reception will follow the City PHONE 454-7156
volvement in the Soviet Union and program, in the (second floor State -Zip
Yugoslavia. ...;.• foyer. I | i &^a
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publication of the paper.
If you wish to place a classified ad; fill out the form
below and drop it in the box at the information desk.
1 This Week's M o v i e Mercyhurst Night For further information see Eileen Baugh, Room 29,
Egan. •? 2
THREE DAYS OF THE CON R With Erie Blades Name .......
Cost: Robert Radford, Foye Du noway, Max Von Sydow, and Wednesday, October 20, 7:30 Address: .... v. • • • • • •*r
f. (where you can be contacted)
• Cliff Robertson p.m. at the Erie County
Rated* F Fieldhouse. Tickets are on sale at Ad To Read •
the Student Union desk and are
7:30 and 9:30 p.m Zurn
c
Recital Hall $3.00. Bus transportation is
I Admission - 25 ? X provided free. Date:

Creative Arts Meeting Trip Rescheduled Sauna Is Open

The Creative Arts Student
Association will meet?Tuesday,
October 12 at 4:00 p.m. in Zurn
121. The association is open to all
students with interest in one or
more of the arts*- If you can't at-
tend pleasecontactJ^Pizzat
Welcome home Sinbad!
Lots of Love,
Your Moms
Senior Portraits I
Senior portraits by G. Caruso
and J.F. Smith. Contact: Sesler
231,899-0929. Price: $15.00.
The trip to Black Mashannic
State Park planned for the Oc-
PACE P R O G R A M . The College's Sauna facilities
are ready for this year's
tober 1 weekend has been
rescheduled for October 22-24. To STUDY SKILLS LAB operation. Located within the In-
door Tennis Center, the Sauna
sign up, contact, club moderator Every Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - Noon has posted hours for the use of the
David Thomas or Sr. Matthew in facility for both men and women.
Baltus. ? H $ The men's and women's alloted
Due to limited sleeping space, %\ 210 MAIN time schedule follows:
the trip will be available to the ANYONE NEEDING HELP IN STUDY SKILLS AREA WOMEN: * *
students on a first come first ser- IS INVITED TO COME. MTTHF 2r00-6:00p.m.
ve baste. The only expense to par- M WTH... | 8:00a.m.-Noon
ticipants is $2.00 per day to aid in Sun 12:00 noon-2:00 p.m.
food purchasing.
The club is always open to new SunThF 0:00-12:00 p.m.
members. Dues fare $2.00 per The Athletic Department
term. I
Mercyhurst Crew Pre-lnternships reminds lyou that the saunas
directions and observations
should be noted for safe useage.
Pre-Internships will be offered
Has Openings \ during Intercession, 1976. This

Yearbook
The deadline for senior pictures is November 14 and all
photographs must be submitted in black and white glossy
prints, size 4x5 or 8x10. 5 ^
Student Chapter NAEA«
Art Education and*Creative
Arts majors are invited to join
the Mercyhurst Student Chapter
of the National Art Education
Association J Interested students
please contact J. Pizzat, Z123.
Intramural Wrestling
An organizational meeting for
Intramural Wrestling will be held
October 27, 1976, at 3:00 p.m. in
McAuley Main Lobby for all in-
terested students and faculty.
The Mercyhurst Men's and
Women's Crew team wishes to in-
form all freshman, transfers and
upperclassmen that it is not too
late to become a participant in
this unique ^exhilarating sport.
Anyone interested in becoming a
member is urged to take ad-
vantage of Mercyhurst's growing
men's and women's crew before
the fall season ends. * ministrative Assistant,} (First
Please contact Assistant Coach
Al Belovarac, in the Registrar's
Office. I ? 1
will be an opportunity for fresh-
man and sophomore students to
spend a three-week period with a
law enforcement or criminal
justice agency. Arrangements
Happy Birthday
Stroke and Kama-Kasi 6!
Your b-oaring friends,
CP, JM, CD, AS, KM, AND J
must be made as soon as
possible. Enrollment is by per-
mission only. •/•*
For details see <Le Pitonyak,
Law Enforcement Division Ad-
Notice HUM Majors
There will be a meeting on Oc-
tober 12 in room 201Z at 3:30 p.m.
floor, Old Main), or Mr.
promptly. -W
Ronksley, Room 124 Preston
Hall. i i %
Science Club Trip
According to «Mr. Joe

Please Reserve CLINIC Guzowski, president of the Earth

the weekend of April 23-24 for
the 14th Annual Father-
Daughter Weekend.
Law Enforcement
All Law Enforment students in-
terested in applying for an In-
ternship course during the Winter
Term should contact Mr. James
V. Kinnane no later than October
22. B I this time.
Space Science Club, the camping
trip is rescheduled for the
Ed rtment Seminar weekend of October 22. The cam-
The Education Department's pers will be observing the
student teaching seminar will be geology of the Harrisburg region.
held Tuesday, October 12 at 4:30 Provides help with writing skillsl In the upcoming months, the
p.m. in Room 206 Main. 9:00-12:00/1:00-3:00 Club will be fossil digging in the
lAll student teachers this term
are urged to attend. »
Guest speaker will be Gary
Mondoy, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
10:00-12:00/1:00-3:00
New York state area. For further
information,. contact Mr. David
Thomas, Associate Professor of
Bukowski of the Mercyhurst Earth Science.
Placement Office. m f Wednesday
Students will conduct mock in- OTHER HOURS BY APPOINTMENT
terviews! with Mr. Bukowski at
i
Operas ?
Planned \ B
Dr. Louis Mennini, professor of
Intercultural Campaign
•

STUDY IN LONDON, ENGLAND Music at the * Hurst, announced

today that the Music "Depart-
ment, in association with the
Lake Erie Opera Company, will
The Intercultural Studies
Department is starting a cam-
paign tot re-emphasize in-
Intercession 1976 . present two operas later this
month. Gian Carlo Mennotti's
tercultural travel.
Mrs. Marilyn Jewel, of the
Intercultural studies Dept., has
"The Telephone" and Mr. Kurt admitted two proposals to get
Weill's "Down In The Valley" will government money for In-
be presented in the Zurn Recital tercultural enrichment She As
Contemporary British Culture Hall on October 22 and 24.
The operas are being directed
also planning a trip to Germany to
be offered during Intersession.
: Interdisciplinary~Cours&t by Mr. Edwin Blanchard,
associate professor of voice,\ Mr.
The Intercultural Dept.'s long
with Edward L. Gallagher Jeffery Harris, a new member of
range goals are to bolster interest
in languages and cultivate global
the faculty, will coach and play interdependence. They want
piano for the affair. | today's students to be aware of
Almost all members of the the characteristics of other
Enrollment is open to everyone. Cost will be approximately Music Department will be in- cultures.
$600 plus tuition. The course will be graded as .pass/fail. volved in the productions, as well
After a week of classes on campus, the group will travel to as members of the newly formed
London, England, for a two week study tour of contemporary Lake Erie Opera Company,
British culture. This interdisciplinary course will attempt to which is made up of members of
examine the social and cultural history of England with em- the Erie community who, through
phasis on the contemporary scene./ Visits/seminars) on British ;
auditions, have been:
accepted Everyone deserves the right
education, art theatre, music and politics will be conducted. into the group. | £*
Special costs: Approximately $600 which includes all airfare The performances will be fully- 1 to be heard. ?
from/to Erie; hotel accommodations with private bath; all staged and in costume, according
breakfasts; six theatre tickets; some sightseeing and some to Mennini.
evening meals. i
Interested persons contact Mr. Gallagher in 302 Main or Ex- Moke the Merciad your form
Happy Birthday, Undo
tension 236- or call at home evenings (864-2552) Seven students
are needed for the trip to take place, dk Love, Joe of communication. *
P.S. Give Hermie a hUs for mel
 OCTOBER 8,1976
Look At It This Wov
Student Center
Campus
Has anyone noticed the erector
set on campus? Connect strut (A)
to beam (C) and you have it, a
prefabricated barn. Judging from
the
4
rate of construction on the
'student center" we feel the
administration must have picked
the design out of a catalogue:
"Yes, that's it, the n in the upper
right-hand corner, 'Basic Barn 21-
A. You gentlemen are familiar
with it. It s just a bit bigger than
the indoor tennis courts." I
Judging from the size of the
structure, we fail to see where all
of the plans are going to fit. It is
realistic to assume that all the
student center is going to be is a
basketball court with | a ] few
bleachers and a locker room.
Only time will tell how much use
this new \ facility will be to the
entire student body. As for ap-
pearances, if the student center
Only looks like a bigger version of
the tennis courts, how much will
it beautify the campus?
Residents of Sesler and north side
of Baldwin will have two
aluminum monstrosities to look
at instead of one. All that is
missing is a giant can opener to
lay beside them. i f center, you have to wonder....
These aren't even the major
issues, only peripheral ones.
The major issue is that (this
construction, perhaps, is
representative of a changing tide
in our administration and-'school
policy. Is the Mercyhurst ad-
ministration ? also prefabricated
and structured? Does this reflect
the passing of Dean Garvey? ^
We have seen much more in the
past year than the changing of an
administrative! post. Perhaps
Dean Garvey represented the old
small college image, and with his
resignation, the death offthat
image. $ isn't. We are the students. We
Dean Trimble, on the other
hand, may represent a new "big
business" image (hat Mercyhurst
I nqu i ri ng Reporter Asks
m •fa.
• *
*s
JanteeKelamaJka
HI
It's a bummer. Tm againstlt
It's alright for the JSfvk*™
not for the pool tables. Some
days students don't have
anything to do between classes
so thev play pool.
seems to be bringing across. The
image that this is a "big time"
school. J |
Build a student center this
year, a new dorm next year. So
what if it only takes three weeks
to build each? Just raise tuition
and cram a few more freshman in
here to pay for it all. Who cares
what goes into it as long as
Mercyhurst looks good on the
outside. Maybe we're being too
| pessimistic, but it seems ap-
propriate to raise these
questions. Otherwise one day we
will turn around and find we're
right in the middle of a production
line assembly.
Penn State, Michigan State,
Ohio State. Schools of this size,
maybe, are prefab, big business.
and, "production line diploma"
schools, but not Mercyhurst.
When you attend big state
schools, you expect and accept
big time, impersonal handling.
When you attend Mercyhurst, you
don't. .
But everytime you hear that
commercial radio song the school
paid for or note that pre-
fabricated bam of a student
Let's step back, all of us,y as
students of this school and ask
ourselves a few questions. Why
did we come here? What were we
looking for?
If it wasn't to see your college
advertised all over the.T.V. set,
or if it wasn't to see that nice little
sign at the entrance of the school
replaced with a commercialized
cubic logo, and if "you feel that
Mercyhurst is striving * to be
something it should never be,
then change it. \ *
That may (sound hard, but it
make up the vast majority of the
Mercyhurst community,r and \we
can do it!;
__ JohnGleaaon e
life no! right For to**?**
one day we were ene mlnite
^o^tiii^ll^tandth^
d^ged us 15 ceirfBjVe dont
even have any J decent cue
rticks, most of them are
broken. The movies erent
worth 25 cents.
THE MERCIAD PAGE 5
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New Campus Center Under Construction.
PHOTO B Yi BOB RONKHUCY
BY MARK NICOLAZZO
This week's article will be centered upon the Chloroi
Comosum, or Spider Plant, another toughie that will survive con-
siderable neglect. Originating in South Africa below the stony
Kalahari Desert, the southeast terrace, or 'bush', is the richest
area for species of its size in the world. About 16,000 species of
flowering plants have been recorded. ? { I
The plant sends up long wiry arching flower stalks from a central
rosette. These become pendant once blooming is completed. The
tiny white lily-shaped flowers are inconspicuous, but the stolons, or
\ new plants, develop in chains along the flower stalks,thence the
common name Spider Plantf &, I
This tough and rampant* grower prefers a cool; temperature,
moisture, and* sun* or partial shade (east? or west window).
Propagate the plant easily by dividing its root sacks, or by rooting
plantlets produced on the ends of its flower stalks when the flowers
fade. To be guaranteed Of a finer healthier plant, place a 3" pot
filled with rooting or potting soil near the mother plant. Place the
plantlet in the soil and hold it down by means of a hairpin,
clothespin, or some similar device. When the plantlet has rooted,
you can remove the plantlets
from the runners and place each plantlet in a separateflowerpot
and treat them as you would cuttings. 1 J
For more foliage variety, try Chlorophytum elatum "Vittatum",
the Bracket Plant. It has banded green and white leaves. Spider Plant
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m
Diane Carino
III don't think it's right. We Marsha Blystone
already pay too much to go What's the $25 fee for. As long
as they keep the price
here. i Jose Moguel
v If the money is used for the reasonable.
improvement of the facilities
then I won't mind. The im-
provements will benefit the
users.
PHOTOS iVr i o i *ort«stir
 PAGE 6 THE MERCIAD OCTOBER 8,1976

Sports To I k
I bv Terrv Kellv
volleyball team for omitting them in last week's issue. I was
really embarrassed when {learned that the team had been
practicing and ready to begin games this week.
Coach Suzanne Jarrett has upperclassmen Sue Fagan, Becky
Malinowski, Jane Nestor, Debbie Luke, and Andy Sotelo. Five
freshmen make up the rest of the team and they are Barb Sweeney,
Sue Cavalancia, Katie Temple, Mary Mahon, and Daren Rudisi. £r The Mercyhurst baseball team double and single, and DiTullio, record to 2-4 for the season.
I'm not out to get on any one team or any players, I just thought is bavins a rough "time winning Engler, and Terry Kelly two Buffalo State handed Mercy-
that volleyball was a winter sport and didn't realize they were games, this fall, as they have singles apiece on the day. hurst two more losses on Monday
playing. dropped five out of their last six Last Saturday the Lakers split by sweeping the Lakers 3-0 and 6-
Congratulations; go to Dave Ciacchini, a Mercyhurst golfer who contests. a double header with Gannon at 1,
finished in a tieforsecond in the Erie District Best Ball tournament Last Wednesday the Lakers Cannivino Field, losing the first Barringer took the loss in the
dropped a twin bill to Niagara at game 2-1 then winning the second first game while striking out
at Culbertson Country Club on Sunday. Niagara Falls, losing 2-1 and 11-5.
Dave shot a 70 in the low gross category. - game 9-1, seven and yielding three hits.
I was pleased to see the soccer team get their first goals of the Tom Barringer pitched in the Craig Nicholson suffered the White collected two singles for
season against St. Vincent. They practice hard and deserve the first game loss, striking out 10 defeat in the opening loss as the the Lakers in a losing effort.
recognition just as any other varsity sports. Niagara batters and allowing six Lakers could only produce one Olszewski was the losing pit-
hits. i \ cher in the 6-1 defeat but got
After losing five out of the last six baseball games, Coach Cook The Lakers could only produce hit, a single by DiTullio.
has initiated a new practice plan to get the team mentally ready for support from White with two
one run for Barringer on a walk to Mercyhurst bounced back in singles, Trigilio with a double and
the remaining six games. Jim DiTullio and singles by Bo the second game by pounding out Cook, Henning, and Engler all
The Cook Plan brings back my memories of football practice with Henning and Dave Engler. 10 hits for nine runs. with singles.
the grass drills and killer instinct tactics. ?T Ray Olszewski was the loser in > Kip Wolfe picked up the win With a 2-6 record, the Lakers
the il-5 defeat as the Lakers allowing Gannon only three hits. have three more double-headers,
pounded out 10 hits while scoring Leading hitters for the Lakers the first being at the University of

Irish Team only five runs.

Henning was the big stick on the
day for Mercyhurst by going five
for eight with two doubles.
Kevin Cook collected a triple
were Henning with a double and
two singles, White with 'two
singles, Kel ly with a double and a
single and Engler and DiTullio a
double apiece.
Buffalo today at 1:00 p,m.

Visits''Hurst
and single, Frank Trigilio a This split brought the Laker's

BY BOB DKKDA JR.

The University College of
County Cork, Ireland, soccer
team invaded Mercyhurst
College last Wednesday for an
exhibition .soccer match against
the Lakers.
The Irish team, comprised of 15
very'. talented college athletes,
ended a three-week tour of
American colleges Monday at
Indiana University of Pennsyl-
vania, g* * | Dowd also said Americans use ^ an outstanding effort in their 3-2
The tour was designed for
American soccer? teams to
compete-against foreign teams.
Each member of the Irish team
paid his own expenses on what
college, of Cork head coach
Kierian Dowd9 called a "holiday
for the boys. ' W W
The Irish coach said his team
learned a few things on the tour
but added, "The American teams
learned more than we did, for
Coaches Retu rn
After winning | the NAIA
National Championship last June.
Bob Strum and Chuck bailey said
they would not return the9
following season as the Lakers
tennis coaches.
However,! in July, they
reconsidered and are now again
mentors of the team. But the
decision was made to accomplish
certain goals.
Repeating as national champs
is of course a goal but some of the
others may be even more im-
portant. ;•
Sturm stated that he would like
to see the tennis team become
more a part of the school. He
wants clinics to be set up where
the team members could teach
tennis to the faculty and staff.
Also Sturm has proposed to the
newly appointed athletic com-
mittee that the tennis team work
with the physical education
they saw the European style of
B ooters Get
irst Goals
play, which is very different than
American soccer.
Dowd noted one major dif-
ference in playing styles on the
two continents. Americans stress The MercyhurstfLaker soccer Geneva. £
playing the middle of the field, he team made history last week. ^"We have three * games
said, whereas in European The team scored the first goals remaining and we will be nigh ly
"football" the strategy is to ever in the school's history. competitive In each Our next
penetrate the sides first, then Both scores were netted by match will be in Geneva
work quickly to the middle. J freshman Gary Weber, who had tomorrow under the lights. It will
be our first nigh I game ever and
too many short passes and are too loss to St. Vincent. i we nope to have some school
conservative. For this, he blamed Getting assists on the scores support, especially from the
American coaches «for limiting were senior Dennis Szkult and cheerleaders." if
their players to fundamental 1 freshman Bob SchulUes. The Lakers travel to Geneva
skills. , The 'Hurst also suffered a 6-0 tomorrow for that 7:30 affair and
"They need<more variety," he defeat to Behrend last weekend. return back for the last home
noted Although the Laker hooters are game next Saturday against
"We really enjoyed the tour and still win!ess, Coach Shimpeno Ma lone.
hope to return to American soon." . believes his team will be ready
Dowd concluded,""but for right for their final three matches. He
now, we cannot wait to get back also adds that he is quite excited
home." about their next match against This Week's Sports
Today, October 9
Women Wim Today, October a t
Baseball, Lakers vs. University of Buffalo, away, 1:00 p.m.
Mercyhurst women's tennis
department in teaching tennis to team received its first victory 1*. Saturday, October 9 f...
the students. this season on Saturday with a 4-3 Baseball, Lakers vs. St. Bonaventure, away, 1100 p.m.
"It's up to the committee to win over Gannon, t Women's tennis vs. Behrend, ,^.. i'fe. .*... home, 10:00 a.m.
judge how important they feel the Pam Barbato, Andy Sotilo and Soccer team vs. Geneva\\ , , away, 2:00 p.m.
tennis program Us and in what Michele Durant won'individual 1 Intormural Football
direction it is going in," Sturm. singles for the team. The Family vs. Rolling Thunder Review. i...... at l: oo p.m.
"However, weTe very grateful The doubles team of Mary Ann Henry's vs. P-Funk ? ^ & & K*.. .V^ at 2: oo p.m.
for the support that the school has King and Rose Ann Bauer also Pot Luck vs. Relatively Hlgi i.. . * *,.f 3:00 p.m.
given us up to now." . won to complete Mercyhurst's W All games played on Tullio Field
In the future, Sturm would like victory, $ | * Monday, October 11
to see a center built" on campus Last week, the team lost two Baseball team vs. Point Park, home l :00 p.m.... Tullio Field
wherej the students could watch matches. Villa took a 4-3 win from Women's tennis, Lakerettes vs. Gannon, ... Home, 4:00 p.m.
the tennis team play. He hopes the Lakerettes on Tuesday and i ' Tuesday, October 12 \
this can be accomplished through Clarion won 4-3 on Thursday. Women's Volleyball vs. Grove City /Clarion, at G.C., 7 p.m.
monetary supportfromthe town. The season record stands at 1-4. i Thurtday, Octobor 14 J
Women's tennis match, Lakerettes vs. Allegheny away. 4 p.m
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