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Phonathon Attempts To j
Ring Up "$60 For The 60th"
By Jackie Rzomp To reach this year's overall goal of $50,000,
the theme of the Phonathon is."$60 for the
When Mercy hurst alumni hear bells, they 60th." a •
may be reminded of the familiar chimes which ; Although $60 is the minimum amount which
kept them on time for classes during their years those graduates who have never donated will
on the hill. be asked to pledge, any amount will be
When Mercyhurst alumni hear bells— graciously accepted.
telephone bells, that is—from Feb. 15-26, they & Dore remarks that even small alumni dona-
will be reminded that their generosity is vital tions are important. "Besides the fact that small
to the continued success of the college. Sunday, amounts add up, alummni participation is im-
Feb. 15 has been reserved as the kickoff day for portant to any college. When soliciting foun-
the Seventh Annual Phonathon. Fifteen phones dations for support or writing proposals to get
will be set up in the Blue Room as volunteers grants, alumni participation levels are a prime
solicit donations from approximately 4,700 consideration. Chances of obtaining grants rest
reachable alumni residing in every state of the upon participation."
nation. Currentiy, average alumni participation in
Tom Dore, Associate Director of Alumni colleges across the country is in the 20-22%
Relations and coordinator of the Phonathon, giving range. 32% of Mercyhurst graduates par-
believes that this is perhaps the most exciting ticipate in various giving programs. •
year in the history of the event. There are three Alumni who donate during the Phonathon
basic differences in this year's Phonathon J will be able to specify what aspect of the col-
First, this is a key part of the Capital Cam- lege they would like to benefit. If specifications
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paign. Although the Campaign will not official- are not made, the majority of the money will
ly end until spring, the Phonathon is its final go to the Alumni Annual Fund which gives
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phase. financial aid to current students.
From last year's Phonathon, Education major Cindy Suroviec calls a Mercyhurst alumni Second, added to this year's list of prospec- Donations by parents are earmarked for the
for a donation. File Photo tive donors are approximately 1,100 parents of library fund. %'
current students. Dore points out, "Everyone The Alumni Relations Office and Phonathon
realizes that parents struggle to sent their co-chairpersons, Sally Carlow Kohler ('51) and
children to college and make additional Lance Lavrine ('83), are recruiting volunteers
sacrifices to send them to Mercyhurst. How- to help with the Phonathon, Needed are alum-
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ever, it is important for parents to realize that ni, faculty and students to assist in'calling, data
any amount of generosity is helpful." entry, mailing and a host of other activities to
make this a successful project.
Although success of the Phonathon is the ma-
From The Adviser's Desk BRR-RR. . . A lone Mercyhurst student braves the bitter cold
temperatures and lake effect snow storms that dumped over 13 in-
ches of snow on the Erie area last weekend. After a few mild winter
months, Mother Nature flexed her muscles, reminding everyone just
By Dennis McCarthy, coach standing on the sideline can- impression of the paper.
MERCIAD Faculty Adviser not block, tackle, pass, catch or run. Landmark studies by Dr. George how nasty she can be. Photo: L Hafenmaier Lit 4
A quarterback without his ten team- Gerbner of the University of Penn-
We have just completed mates can accomplish nothing. But sylvania have demonstrated con-
celebrating America's most pro- when the team wins, the coach and clusively that the average reader
found, mythic, ritual celebration - the quarterback are lionized. When over-estimates the errors in their
the Super Bowl. Two weeks of hype the team loses the quarterback,and newspaper by a factor of 400%.
and seven hours of television for the coach, are often vilified. This is because the average reader
about seven minutes of action. Ultimately, it's a matter of only of reads 25 % and tends to read
Seven minutes is what you get when degrees. Quarterbacks and coaches only things that interest them and
you put the stopwatch on every play, get too much credit when they're they are knowledgeable about. If I
from the time the ball is snapped un- successful and too much blame read any error in the sports page I SM
til the time the play is completed. when they fail. Exactly the same will very likely recognize it as a
Even in America, one of the most principle applies to^student jour- mistake because I am interested in V
Christian nations on the face of the nalism. Last fall when we were and conversant in sports. If you read
earth, our biggest annual event is the struggling against variegated colors 25 % of the paper, and that 25 % per- K.V
Super Bowl. There is a message in for our flag and rashes of transposi- cent-is the part that you are most *r ***
there somewhere, probably best left tions, schools of typos and misspell- equipped to criticize, you quickly «
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to be interpreted by each individual. ings and grammatical inaccuracies, start to over-estimate the total .?
But in any event the Super Bowl we did not control our own destiny, amount of errors. The average dai- :
has passed. Super Bowls present an and like a coach and quarterback, ly newspaper creates from scratch
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apt analogy. For the pastfewweeks, we were unduly criticized. All I every 24 hours the equivalent, in
I, and thankfully the editorial staff
of Brian Sheridan, Chris Kovski,
could do was try and keep the staff
morale up, but telling them "it's the
terms of word count, of an average
college textbook. Ponder that for a AND ALLTHE QUALITY IN
Matthew Clark and Jennifer Conmy, nature of the beast" and if they work minute. Think how many oppor- 8
have been receiving plauditsforim-
provements in the paper and that's
in the commercial press they will
find the same thing exactly. No one
tunities there are for errors when
you are producing that volume of
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Winter Films For Discussion series Dr. Garrelts claimed that the stu- commended the cast as being "all
will feature student discussion dent discussion leaders have been great." The discussion will be led by Dinner for two iDinnerfor four,
leaders throughout the term. I well received by those attending the Katie McGrath. Feb. 12 will have
The series, presented by the film discussions. Karen Cavalanica hosting a discus-
Department of Philosophy and "The audiences sticking around sion on THE GRADUATE. Tony
Religious Studies, began on Jan. 14, for discussions have been treating Marino will discuss TRUE CON-
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student involvement was initiated by mon as the brash, young Ensign a brief introduction at 7:15 p.m. with
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The Right Not Veep Feels ' 'Pretty Good
Attend About CurrentMSG Progress
By Brian Sheridan classes. '
It's not an unconcerned attitude ture series.
By John Widecan,
For the last few issues, MSG's on part of students but a sorry fact There have also been other ser-
of life. Many people have to work- MSG Vice-President
"Off the Record" column has been vices that we have made available worthwhile. I
bemoaning the fact that the Mer- including work study and off- for students, such as trips to major For instance, we hope to add
Way back in May, when Peggy
cy hu rst student body has just been campus jobs—to make enough other things such as a Lazer Tag
(Hirsch), Mike (Kelly), Barb sporting events, shuttles to Mercy-
"going through the motions" and money to stay at this school, preven- contest, team competition where
(Sayers), Tracy (Wasson), and I took hurst hockey games, and a Spring
not supporting all of the "wonder- ting them from attending school everyone can get involved and take
office in Student Government, we Break package that is superior to last
ful" MSG and SAC activities that functions. It's not fair to say to them home prizes, and possibly some
were faced with the question of what [year's. Although I feel pretty good
they have planned. Dare I use the "I'm a little disappointed "as Kelly competition between Mercyhurst
we were going to accomplish in the about those things, I feel we are far
unwelcome word at this campus that wrote in our Jan. 15 issue. They tend from done with making our step. and Behrend. There are many other
coming year. Of course we had
student Government President Mike to choose the events that really in- ideas that have yet to be worked on.
many specific goals, but our main One thing that I believe needs to be
Kelly and Vice President John terest them or coincide with their The key to having a great Activities
goal was to take another step in made better is our Activities Week-
Widecan have been hinting at each work and study schedule. Weekend is getting involved.
making Mercyhurst a better place. end. This year, I hope to do this.
week -APATHY. I'm not here to Priorities have become somewhat I am looking for input from the
We had felt that Dave Armstrong, -i Right now, what we have on tap
jump on the bandwagon and deride skewed. "Simon Sez" games might whole student body about Activities
Matt Whelan, and the others had is our Formal, Simon Sez, a band
all of you studentsfornot taking part be a lot of fun; it really isn't Weekend. If you have any ideas
done many very good things and it for Saturday Night, and the Ping
in things that hold no interestforyou something that one should get upset please stop by the Student Govern-
was our job to build on them and ex- Pong Drop. These are things that
just because you are told "it's your about if the turn-out is poor. t &j ment office at Main 209 or please
pand them. So far, I believe we have have gone well in the past and so
duty " as a student. Infeet,I'm here Sure, you do miss out on a lot of been able to do this. We have been they will be included, but we hope feel free to attend my next Activities
to justify and defend those who fun but sometimes you have to give (See PROGRESS, page 6)
able to put together an excellent lee- to add other things that will be
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choose not to take part. up frivolity for substance. Now ac-
Student involvment, or school cuse me of tearing down without
spirit as it's more commonly re-
ferred to, has its roots in the institu-
tions of learning of the Twenties and
Thirties attended by the wealthy.
building up by offering suggestions
to solve the problems. I'll accept
that accusation. Maybe there is no
solution to the problem. You just
Kovski Korner ceeds to slide for varying distances.
These first students, now have to accept it, like the song says, By Chris Kovski front steps. These steps have been
remembered for their racoon skin because "that's just the way it is." specially prepared with a heavy Contestants will be judged on length
coats and megaphones, attended the Mercy hurst isn't the place where Baldwin Hall Rm. 81B, Mer- coating of snow and ice, resulting in of slide and amount of laughter
football games and other events students, it seems, want to be involv- cyhurst College The Merciad is a ramp rather than steps. generated by the event. Points will
ed. Many want to be reclusive. pleased to announce the first-ever For those interested in a more be subtracted for injuries.
because they were more concerned
There is nothing wrong with that at Mercyhurst College Winterlympics. physical endeavor, I personally Last, but not least, the Biathlon.
with "being social" than with
worrying about their impending job all. The first event in this stimulating recommend the hockey game. For those uninformed members of
placements. Most of them had jobs I could write endless editorials athletic contest is Downhill Skiing. There is no preset time for this our readership, the Biathlon is a
already lined up thanks to their dad- about the lack of letters to the editors The trials took place on Jan. 18, the event, but it will take place as soon combination of cross-country skiing
dies. College was just a place to have we get. Other papers we get have site being the sidewalk in front of as a number of individuals attempt and marksmanship with a rifle. In
fun before going into the real world. full pages of them. What good Baldwin Hall heading down to to pass a group going in an opposite this competition, entrants will ski up
We are now here, basically, to get a would it do? Zurn. The finalists are those chosen direction. This event can take place to St. Mark's, shoot out a predeter-
good job in today's tough market few who did not fall flat on the bot- anywhere on campus, but appears mined number of windows, and re-
place. The Merciad has never received tom sides of their laps. most likely to happen on the turn to campus. Points will be
many letters in the four years I've The second event is Figure sidewalk between Zurn and Preston. awarded for speed, accuracy and
It's not our "duty" but a privilege
been here. The "Off the Record" in Skating. The preliminaries of this The Bobsledding also can take number of people sent scurrying.
to attend activities set up by the
campus social groups. Our "duty" those years still talked about spectacle will be held during the place any time, but will involve a Remember, the appeals commit-
students not getting involved with next week. Doctor Garvey will be student carrying a large number of tee for any protests consists of Dr.
is to study, go to class and graduate.
student activities. I do this job sitting in Old Main, watching books. While walking on a slippery Garvey, Dean Palmer and, in the
No company will hire you because students walking in Garvey Park.
you attended all of the football because I have an internal love for sidewalk, the student places one foot case of the Biathlon, the State
Contestants will be judged on form on bare ice, twists his or her body, Police,
games but neglected to attend any (See ATTEND, page 6)
(number of times their arms pin- lands on the stack of books and pro-
wheel) as well as function (in-
dividual's rate in crossing the park). THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON
f
©he HHcrctaii All those students walking with a
person of the other sex while join-
i Brian Sheridan, Editor- ing hands or arms are eligible for
Chris Kovski, Managing Editor team competition. No need to
Jennifer Conmy, Sports Editor * enter—if you walk through the park,
Matthew J. Clark, News Editor you are immediately "in the runn-
Leslie Hafenmaier, Photo Editor ing" (or sliding, whichever the case
Paula Bruno, Calendar Editor may be). Next, we have the Slalom.
Tom Mulligan, Business Manager This affair will consist of ? jaunt!
Frank Pawlowskl, Circulation Manag er down the sidewalk toward the Grot-
Reporters to, subsequent sliding down the hill,
across the bridge and down the
Lisa Georglno Kelly Moore steps, followed by weaving around
Susan Marcy Jackie Rzomp multiple trees in an effort to avoid
Jennifer Montanl Jennifer Singer expensive bridge work on front
IV plats teeth, a quick dodge around Presi-
Bridget Presuttl, Chris Cade, Ann Johnson dent Reagan tracking the Iran arms
deal and a skid into the Grotto.
Anyone wanting to enter the finals
after going through this happening
Debra Rleger, Photographer once is advised to make an appoint-
nnis McCarthy, Faculty Adviser ment with a qualified psychologist.
After the thrills of that occurrence,
we proceed immediately to the Ski
The Merciad is the student-edited newspaper of Mercyhurst College, 501 East Jump event. Briggs Avenue Apart-
38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. The Merciad office is located in the basement ment residents are eligible, in that
of Baldwin Hall, phone 825-0376. the occasion takes place on their
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1987 She filer dab PAGE 5
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Mercyhurst Neglect Martin Luther
King5 Jr. Day Regarded As "Shameful 55
By Dennis McCarthy stance, decided to decline the invita- mean it is less important. Washington's or Lincoln's birthday
tion and it's not celebrated King. Today, both Hoover and King
Martin Luther King, Jr. is a hero
anymore, we have some kind of are dead Which one do you think
As an archetypal baby boomer it's throughout all segments of society whose name has some meaning. His bland compromise called Presi-
hard for me to realize that my in the states where it is celebrated. would be more identified with,
heroism was demonstrated in areas dent's Day and T certainly don't more admired by the majority of
generation is quickly becoming And that is more than discouraging, which we can all understand. And denigrate the importance of George
middle-aged, in less than six months it's a tragedy and a scandal. people today? Dr. King was human
if we can't remember the period Washington or Abraham Lincoln. and it was his very humanity that
I will beforty.And that is obvious- But it does seem to me that
ly an antique. Some students give made him such a charismatic leader.
celebrating their birthdays is kind of If you ever had the chance to hear
me the impression that deep inside like the koan about trees falling in
they feel that when I was a small him speak, in person, it is my honest
the forest with no one to hear them. and heartfelt opinion that your life
boy, the sequoias were saplings. They lived so long ago, in a culture
That's not really true. But I am old would ever - after be different. But,
that was so very different, that even we cannot convey this difference to
enough to remember many changes though we can intellectually ap-
in society. And, on one of them. I've the coming generations if we
preciate their accomplishments, decide, in our recreational wisdom,
reversed my opinion. Several years most people can't understand it, at
ago, when our government decided to slide his birthday into another one
least in the context of relating to it. of those "convenient" Mondays. In
to, in effect, abolish holidays as Lincoln and Washington are
celebrations, so as to give the ma- order for his holiday to have mean-
mythic figures, not really human, ing, in order for any holiday to have
jority of workers three day not really identifiable to the majori-
weekends, I thought it was a good meaning, I believe that some kind
ty of people alive today. Both were of public cognizance must be made
idea. It seemed to be a good idea to great men. But to the college student
me. I probably should have been by the bulk of society. I started out
of today, they rank alongside other talking about shame and,
leery because my father was born on mythic giants, like Shakespeare, or
May 30 and that meant thatforyears sometimes, it's good to complete the
Socrates. They are just too far circle. On Mon., Jan. 19, but even
I was out of school on his birthday removed by time and too much dif-
and since he was a teacher he was more so on Jan. 15,1 felt ashamed
ferent, by custom, to have relevance that my children had to go to school,
home too. Because in those days it Dr. Martin Luther King, )r. delivers his civil rights message to thousandsto the majority of young people
was called Memorial"Day, and r
in Girard. As I drove to work that
in August of 1963. Photo: AP Laser photo used with the permission today. day, I felt ashamed for every busi-
before that it been called Decoration of the Erie Times News. And I guess "young people" goes
Day so he had his birthday off ness that I saw opened.
There is shame on the state of from 1954-65, we can certainly quite a ways, because while I have As I started work that day, I felt
because it was a National holiday. Arizona, there is shame on every remember last weekend in Georgia. a certain predisposition in favor of
I spent one of my grade school years a profound sense of shame, for an
business, every school that did not And that is an important point. Dr. King; in all honest objectivity, institution, such as Mercyhurst,
in Texas and I got my birthday off closeforthis holiday. Every school Dr. King is renowned in an area that I cannot imagine what kind of cour-
because June 3 is Confederacy Day with a mission statement of the
district, like Girard which held still exists and for endeavors that still age it took George Washington and nature that we have, to nearly ignore
and at that time, at least, in the school, every store, like the vast ma- need to be fulfilled. He had a dream the other patriots. I can only im-
South, Confederacy Day was a legal Martin Luther King Jr. is
jority of Erie stores, that were open and it is not yet completed. This agine what kind of anguish Lincoln disgraceful. I felt vicarious shame
holiday. The first years of the three but MOST of all, for a religious col- timeliness, it seems to me, also in- faced in holding together the most
day weekends, as I said, I was totally for our society, for the school
lege to have classes on the day set dicates a certain impact. Dr. King's fragile of things—a unified district, for the mercantile com-
in favor of them. But my perspec- aside to honor one of the most he- struggle is still a struggle. Some of democracy. They become so
tive has changed. Holidays aren't munity, and, especially, for Mer-
roic (many would say saintly) in- us remember the struggle; those elevated, so hard to comprehend, cyhurst College.
holidays anymore. dividuals of modem times is beyond who don't can at least see his legacy. that much of their meaning is u Above all else, Ifeltashamed of
Christmas and Thanksgiving are shame.-A Catholic college in par- His children are becoming involv- diluted. myself for not being successful in
in too many cases centered around ticular devoted to the teachings of ed in activist politics. His eloquent, Their own status as myth, my attempts to convince the ad-
pro football. No one really Christ should lead the celebration widow, Coretta Scott King, is still ironically, makes them somewhat ministration of this college, that
remembers what Memorial Day is. honoring the man fwho best here to remind the students of today meaningless. Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King, Jr. is worth
When it was celebrated on the day represented the teachings of Christ who her husband was, what he did Jr. is not that distanced. And al- more than 20 minutes in the chapel
it occurred, there were parades and in our era. And we can't do that. We and why it was so significant. This though- he is also a hero to many and 10 minutes in Campus Ministry,
celebrations. If Memorial Day fell probably won't do it simply because alone makes it important enough to people, he is more comprchendable. having tea and cookies.
on a Wednesday it would be a one of an editorial opinion. I've argued differentiate this holiday from the The knavery of J. Edgar Hoover
day holiday, not enough time to take the point at two different colleges other holidays. Dr. King and his and his bureau of investigation at-
the family on a three day fishing ex- with no success but that does not legacy is still current. We don't have tempted to expose and discredit Dr.
cursion. Consequently most people,
in most towns, celebrated it as a
holiday The celebrations were in-
trinsically bound to the meaning of
Editorial: ft
the holiday.
Well, now we don't have holidays
per se. We have titular holidays; but
they get shifted to the nearest Mon-
Cleveland Wasn't The Only One To
day. This is convenient and no doubt
beneficial to the entire recreation i n-
dustry. I'm sure that the three day
weekends pump millions of dollars
Get The Denver Boot
By Matthew Clark be solved so easily.
The "color coding" solution in-
already shelled outforthe privilege
of parking on campus.
other side of campus.
Personally, I don't relish the
into the economy and it's nice to What this does, in effect, is take thought of walking across campus
have families get an opportunity to In regards to the new parking lot volves the enforcement of laws
procedures which eventually will which will punish naughty little away our basic rights, as Americans, during one of Erie's famous bliz-
have a mini-vacation together. But to freedom. Being told where to zards when I can park my car in a
something important was lost. come into effect here at Mercyhurst: boys and girls who leave their cars
I must say that I'm truly disgusted in parking lots that do not match park is just as disturbing as being lot that's closer to my class.
That something is a sense of with the Idea of "color coding" our their color code. told where to live, where to eat, I think it's great that the college
meaning. Holidays don't mean very If you leave your car in a parking where to sleep, or anything else that is expanding its parking capacity,
much anymore'and that is sad. parking lots. »
The Director of Security, former lot to which you are not assigned, violates our freedom. but I also think it's wrong to tell peo-
What makes it especially sad is Millcreek Chief of Police Merrill you could have your car towed. It This plan is going to unfavorably ple where they must park. If there's
the most recent national holiday. Dever, apparently has decided on an could also be held hostage by the affect commuters. As a commuter, anything that's wrong with this new
Martin Luther King, Jr. has a holi- extremely simplistic solution for a "Denver Boot" until you pay a fine. you now must park in an assigned procedure, it's the simple fact that
day in his honor. It is not honored problem that, I feel, cannot really A fin*—on top of the SIS you've lot, even if you have a class on the our basic rights are being abused!
in all of the states. Arizona for in-
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Nothing Sacred The reaction of the people I told To which I replied, "But I hardly tisement. Nobody told me there was
Meeting
By Susan Marcy
was predictable. "You? A model?" know you." Someone should invent a leak in it. I quickly felt a water
They all laughed. It's not that I'm in velcro tuxes for such occasions. stain soak into my trousers. With no The second MSG meeting of the
no shape to wear designer clothes. Make-up and hair styling was also time to change, I was lucky that the year was opened by SAC Chairper-
InfeetI'm skinny (sorry, make that something a typewriter-bound jour- jacket just covered it. I don't son Tracy Wasson, discussing the
lean) enough to allow me to fit in to- nalist rarely encounters. The hair- remember Blake Carrington ever success of the Winter Formal at the
day's streamlined clothes. But dressers did more work on my hair I having a wet rump. If anyone notic- Erie Hilton. "We were very pleas-
models move with ease and ele- in one day than I do on it in an en- ed, it would have looked like I was ed with the formal but we are look-
gance, and most of my friends still tire week. They shaped it, styled it modeling tuxs for very, very ner- ing for a new place for the Spring
remember last year when I fell off and applied about ten gallons of vous people. Formal because of the crowded con-
of a two inch curb, severely sprain- guck to it. I had to be careful after All of the women looked terrific ditions," Wasson said. Over 1,000
ing my ankle. There are times when the stuff dried. If I fell, I might have |in their gowns with the long, flow- students attended the dance last Fri-
I have the grace of an elephant with broken my hair. ing trains. They were some of the day Night. In regards to a motion
jock itch. So now here I was, a man After that, I dressed myself, just prettiest dresses that I've ever step- approved in November to do
who makes his living sitting on his so I wouldn't forget how, in a white ped on. something for the homeless in Erie,
duff, thrust into a group of people jacket, pants and shoes with a bright The one in the finale cost seven MSG President Mike Kelly talked
who know the ins and outs of look- green shirt for the first set of casual grand. You'd have to sell your Chevy about the idea, of playing musical
ing good. The first thing that goes wear. I looked into the mirror at Chevette to buy it. chairs. The purpose would be to
out the window is modesty. Half- myself and had one question, "Who My moment of glory came when break the record held in the Guiness
By Brian Sheridan dressed people run past you as you the hell is this guy?" All of the pro- I danced down the runway in a pro- Book of World Records for par-
are trying to change your clothes. fessionals did it though—they made duction set to Steve Winwood's ticipants in the game, which was
It was 11:15 a.m. when the call Soon youfeeltotally at ease standing me look like a model. "Higher Love." I did a somersault 5,150 people.
came in to the office. It wasn't the clad only in your underwear and a I also was vague on the wedding and the audience of women started
smile. There's little that's exciting terminology. They told me I was the whistling and cat calling. Hundreds Mercyhurst and the other.area
Chief but Meg Tunney, manager of
and erotic about near-naked models, best man in the wedding set and had of screaming, wild women. Soon- colleges would all take part in the
the Warner theater. She wanted to
no matter how beautiful they are, the "M. O. B." What? Anyone who to-be married women^Great. A lot fund raiser, which will be held at the
know if I wanted to model tuxedos
struggling to get into a dress. After calls me a "M. O. B." is asking for of good that does me. Civic Center. Thirty ballots have
in the K104 Bridal Expo to be held |
the initial shock, they become just a fat lip. I found out it stands for Everything went successfully. I been received so far concerning the
on Saturday and Sunday at the
another body, like the nude pygmy "mother of the bride." i j$? J didn'tfelloff the stage or trip. I even mascot competition. Any more
Warner. Me? A model? I wasn't sure
women of Ghana in the NA- In the tuxedos, I tried desperate- received offers to do other shows. ideas for the contest are welcome.
she had the right person. Models
stand in front of audiences and don't TIONAL GEOQRAPHIC. ly to look like Cary Grant. I came For the first time, I was treated like Shuttles to the Mercyhurst hockey Jj
say anything. You put me in front of Having to change from one tux in- closer to looking like Ulysses S. a piece of meat. No one cared that games will continue for the next two A
a group of people and usually you to another in just over a minute Grant. Everything would have gone I could think or recite the last names weeks. If successful, the shut ties J
have a hard time shutting me up. should only be done by Clark Kent smoothly for Cary. of all of the Three Stooges, in-' will be continued until the end of the,,
"Sure:' I mumbled in disbelief, "I'll in a phone booth, but I had to do it After the intermission, I had to eluding Shemp. I felt like I was on hockey season. Kelly also announc-
three times in the show. So I had a walk down the aisle of the Warner display, used for only my looks, like ed that Thomas Walker has agreed
do it." , ^
dresser, who was female. I haven't to come to campus and take part in
What a great- gig. You stand dressed in a grey "Dynasty" tux a cheap sex object. All right, I'm not
been dressed by anyone since my a Nicarauga debate.
around in expensive tuxedos with with a pink cummerbund and tie. | too proud. "
beautiful women and they PAY you mother when I was a child. I would Before the set, I plopped myself I'll admit it. It felt great. jjjj
to do it. You can't get that job if you run back after a set and this woman down on a waterbed that Waterbed
try- would say, "Take your clothes off." Emporium had set up for an adver-
m \ — Athletic Dept.
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