Social Work Maj or MaryBeth Joseph

Presented Senior Service Award

By Janine Adolphson
Mercyhurst seniors, with less than 100 days
left in their college careers, gathered at the
Shriners Club on Jan. 31 to celebrate their ac-
complishments of the past four years.
One highlight of the evening was the confer-
ring of the Sister Carolyn Herrmann Senior
Service Award. The award recognizes a senior
each year based on "an outstanding record of
service to the College Community, as well as
Senior MaryBeth Joseph proudly the local Erie community." Those nominated
displays the Sr. Carolyn Herrmann Sen- were as follows: Chris Alessi, Communica-
ior Service Award presented to her at the tions; Chris Rayner, Biology and English;
1987 Senior Dinner Dance. Photo: J. Peggy Hirsch, Art Therapy and Special Educa-
Juneneman. I £ tion; Gena Kost, English Education; Amy
McQuillen, Special Education and Elementary
Education; Barbara Sayers, CMIS, Math and
Accounting; Cheryl Burgard, Music; Matthew
Shinn, Psychology; Elizabeth Yeager, Human
Growth and Development; and MaryBeth
Joseph, Social Work! ? % 1
"Presenting the award on behalf of the Na-
tional Alumni Association was a 1979 graduate
of Mercyhurst College, Michael Heller. This
year the award was bestowed on MaryBeth
Joseph. She accepted the prestigious award by
saying "I accept this award on behalf of the en-
tire senior class. They deserve this award as
much as I do." f.
Joseph has been an outstanding active
member of the Mercyhurst Community. She is
involved with such campus activities as Cam-
pus Ministry, where she is peer minister. She
has also volunteered at the Emmaus Soup Kit-
chen, visited the Geriatric Annex weekly and
volunteered in Appalachia, spending an entire
summer working with the poor. Joseph has also
served as Vice-President and President of the
social work club, and a MSG representative.
Tom Dore, Assistant Director of Alumni Rela-
tions, added, "the whole idea of this award is
to acknowledge a person who does a lot for the
college community. MaryBeth has done so
much that has gone unnoticed. She exemplifies
what the Sister Carolyn Herrmann Award is all
about." §11*

VOL. 60 NO. 15 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA 16546 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1987

Campus Renovations Million

By Brian Sheridan affected by the proposed renovations. In some
** |h
%-
cases, new buildings will be built and in others,
The Mercyhurst campus will undergo major additions to the already standing structure will
renovations in an effort to improve educational ,-f be made. j \ '£"£
facilities and to return the Hotel Restaurant
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"What has been proposed," explained

Management and the D'Angelo School of Mu-
sic to the main campus after Mercyhurst's lease
is up at St. Marks. The construction will take
place only if the Budget and Finance Commit-
tee and the Executive Committee of the Trustees
give their final approval to the $6.5 million
dollar project at its March 17 meeting. They
have already given their preliminary authoriza-
tionforthe refinancing and construction of the
project.
"The project is basically meant to fix up the
school and is in response to the St. Mark's situa-
tion." said Dr. William P. Garvey, president of
Mercyhurst College. I good position right now because the interest! this." •
"The college will borrow $6.5 million dollars
Seventh Phonathon Features
Artist's rendition of the new Mercyhurst cafeteria which is just one of many pro- and in its place will be a expanded 600 seat caf-
jects proposed to renovate the campus. Photo: L. Hafenmaier
on a 30 year note. Fortunately, we are in a very
rates are very favorable. In a high inflation!
sadl
Garvey, "is to construct the Zurn Recital Hall
into an 800 seat auditorium. It will have a
balcony, orchestra pit, fly space backstage-
all of which will enable to it be the finest recit-
al hall in Erie. A music wing, containing of-
J—~~~—1
fices and practice areas, might also be attached
to it." The whole music project will cost $2.2
million dollars.
The cafeteria will also get a new look. Gone
will be the now-unused road by the dining hall
eteria with student walkway. It now seats 350.
period we would never have been able to do On top of it, more classrooms will be con-
structed for the HRM department, and in place
Just about every part of the campus will be of the sundeck that now exists, a new kitchen
will be built with another small glass covered
dining area. The deck will look into the grot-
to. "It will be one of the most beautiful
cafeterias in the country," said Garvey. The roof
of the current cafeteria will become an outdoor

By Matthew J. Clark
Two Uncommon Occurences
Two unprecedented occurrences!have
highlighted Mercyhurst's seventh annual
The goalforthis year's Phonathon is $60,000,
and after eight calling sessions, pledges have
reached a total of more than $30,000. Dore em-
phasized that the success of the Phonathon
sary of Mercyhurst College.
dining area and sundeck. This project is hoped
to be ready by next Thanksgiving.
Another major undertaking will be a connec-
Cash prizes will be awarded to the tion between Egan and the new cafeteria. The
teams/organizations which help raise the most |(See "RENOVATIONS" page 3)
money. First place award is $200, second place, TCOCVCI

Phonathon and both have benefited the event. should be attributed to the generosity of those $100, and third place, $50. There will also be w
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This year is the first in the history of the who have made donations. individual session prizes for pledge winners.
A victory celebration/award session for all pi
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Phonathon in which the student calling session The money being raised by the event goes to-
participants will be held Sun., Mar. 1, at 8:00 «v

totals have been higher than the alumni ses- ward Mercyhurst's annual Scholarship Fund as
sion's. Also, parents of Mercyhurst students are well as renovations and improvements to the p. m. in the Faculty Dining Room. Refreshments
being called and asked for donationsforthe first Hammermill Library. Money raised from the and snacks will be served. || &£:!:&:•£

time. I alumni portion of the Phonathon will benefit the
Tom Dore, Asst. Director of Alumni Rela-
tions, was "very pleased" with student par-
ticipation. He noted that he was happy not only
with the number of students involved in the
Phonathon, but also with how well the students
did the jobs for whioh they volunteered.
"I was very impressed with the caliber of
students and with their overall performance on
the phones." he said. - - ......
Dore reflected on his first Phonathon as
scholarship fund and donations from the chairman of the event.
parent's portion will go toward the library. "Being my first Phonathon, I didn't know
Organizations participating in the event are: what to expect. But I was very impressed at the Forum . | . S . » g . 5
the Egan Second Floor Girls (a.k.a. "It's bet- sense of enthusiasm among the students and
how eager they were to get involved," he said.
ter on top"), Social Work Club, Circle K Club,
Sports Medicine Club^MSG, SAC, Writing Dore offered his thanks to all who par- Personality {Mrfile j
Center, and MBA.
Anyone who participates in any way will re-
| ticipated and added: "I hope the students em-
pathize with those calling them when they are Ttjny Marino .l.pgf7
ceive a mug commemorating the 60th anniver- i" . . (See Phonathon photo page 3) •
PAGE 2
Plasma-Tec Asks Students To "Donate"
By Jackie Rzomp
Readers of The Merciad see it
every week. An advertisement
beckons with the caption "Students
Welcome" and promises "to make
your school year more rewarding by
offering an opportunity to earn up
to $96 cash a month while reading
or just relaxing." Money for doing
absolutely nothing. It sounds too
good to be true.
But it is true. Plasma-Tec, Ltd., a
privately owned and operated busi-
ness, will pay people to do nothing.
There is just one catch. To receive
the cash, students must be willing
to give up their plasma. Plasma is
different from whole blood. Jackie
Santiago, manager of the Plasma-
Tec center in Erie, describes plasma
as "the watery part of blood." Ac-
tually, plasma is a pale yellow fluid
which suspends red blood cells and
transports them to all parts of the
body as well as carrying foodstuffs
and waste products.
Donating plasma is a process
which takes approximately forty
minutes for repeat donors to one
hour and thirty minutes for new
donors. „***£
Because all new givers must be
If you are searching for fulfillment,
we invite you to join us. We are the
Columban Fathers, Catholic mis-
sionary priests, serving the poorj
and the little ones in twelve Third
World countries.
To learn more about the reward-
* It is at epidemic proportions and
ing work we do, and your possible
role in it, please write to: Father
Michael Harrison, Columban
Fathers, Box 125, Edgemont,
PA 19028. Naturally, there's no
obligation.
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY STATE ZIP
SCHOOL/COLLEGE
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PHONE
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Plasma
examined by a physician who is be a problem. Says Santiago, "Risks if it is made during the same busi- cause. We don't ask or care why, as
present three days per week, visits cannot afford to be taken." ness week. In effect, a healthy per- long as they do it and have clean
are by appointment only. On subse- Since September of 1986, only son could donate eight times per plasma/'
quent visits, donors have vital signs one Erie donor has been rejected month and receive, as promised in P What is "the cause"forwhich the
monitored to determine whether because of a positive H.T.L.V. Ill the ad, a total of $96. plasma is used? Healthy plasma is
they have consumed alcohol on die reaction. In comparison to the oth- Santiago tells that Plasma-Tec frozen by Plasma-Tec and sold to an-
previous night, and have a blood er two Plasma-Tec centers under the advertises only in- college other privately owned business,
count taken. All tests are done by same owner in Jersey City,'iNew newspapers. "We get afewcollege Hyland Therapeutics.
personnel trained by J.H. Thomp- Jersey, and Madison, Wisconsin, students who donate now and then Once Hyland purchases the
son Academy. I this is an excellent figure. "Erie is and have a small number of Gannon plasma, they reprocess it.
If everything is sound, plasma is a clean city with healthy people, regulars. We certainly would prefer Reprocessing consists of turning the
taken through a relatively simple states Santiago. college students because they have plasma into a colorless fluid and
and painless process. The process, What accounts for the highest less ofan alcohol problem than most separating it into various parts for
known as plasmapheresis, separates number of losses of Erie donors is of our donors and therefore have less further sale JPlasma-Tec has no
plasma from whole blood and a positive A.L.T. enzyme test. This chance of being rejected for the knowledge concerning to whom or
returns the whole blood to the body. test reveals if alcohol is present in A.L.T. test." ; I \ I for what purpose Hyland sells the
Santiago reports that the plasma is the bloodstream and such plasma "In September we usually see col- plasma. The only information
then run through a series of tests. must also be disposed of. A final lege students who need book mon- which they are willing to disclose is
One test is H.T.L.V. m , which is test, H.B.S.A.G., is a hepatitis test. ey," adds Santiago. that the anticoagulant of the plasma
an antibody test. If the plasma is Although it takes the human body Cash seems to be the primary in- is sold to hospitals. Anticoagulant
reactive, that is if an antibody is eight weeks to reproduce whole centive used by Plasma-Tec to gain is a medication derived from plasma
present that should not be, the blood, plasma returns to the system donors. "We see over a hundred which is commonly used to prevent
plasma is disposed of and the donor in about 48 hours with the intake of people on an average day in the cen- further blood clots from forming.
is prohibited from future giving. Al- fluids. Thus, it is possible to give ter," says Santiago. "Most are Hemophiliacs and burn victims are
though the test does not pinpoint plasma twice inxa seven day period. regulars who do it for the money and two of the groups who benefit most
that a specific problem is present Plasma-Tec pays $10 cash for a first some put the money directly towards from other plasma-produced
(i.e. AIDS), it shows that there may visit. $12 is paid for a second visit alcohol. However, some do itforthe medications. >
AIDS May Soon Reach Epidemic Proportions
By Robert L. French cases by "the pill". The pill, by control. According to a World War because those condoms, were used
preventing pregnancy, gave women II vet, neither the church nor the to prevent disease.
AIDS, the acronym has an intrin- control over their bodies and allow- chaplains in uniform made condem- In light of the roaring disease call-
sic irony, Acquired Immunodefi- ed them to enjoy "safe sex" or even nations of the condoms that were ed AIDS, one wonders why the
ciency Syndrome, is as far from "recreational sex". issued to World War II soldiers same logic should not apply.'
being helpful as can be imagined.! Today safe sex has a different
The only thing it really aids is a meaning. Safe sex now is more like-
premature death ** ly to describe the prevention of ve-
Atfirst,and still to a lingering ex-j nereal disease than the prevention of
tent, the disease was viewed as be- an unwanted pregnancy. In today's
ing an affliction of homosexuals and America, it is essentially true that "fa
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people who used needle drugs, if you sleep with another person,
therefore, only those who deserved you are also sleeping with *V
a celestial punishment were everybody who has slept with your
stricken. sexual partner. | | r< nt*
But it wasn't long until some in- With all the furor over AIDS the
ocents started to surface: nearly four television networks have been
percent of all AIDS cases now stem pressured to run commercials for
from heterosexuals; almost 10 per- condoms. Indeed the networks had
cent of all cases surface in people to testify before congress regarding
who have never used needle drugs their adamant refusal to advertise
or had a homosexual experience; condoms. And some major market
most poignant of all, are the little network affiliates have started to
children who have been forced out advertise condoms. The networks
of their schools by massteria. claim that their audiences would be
Today most people have passed offended. $ •#
that simplistic attitude. AIDS now The Catholic Church is totally op-j
Just some of the condom advertising warning of the dangers of
is recognized as the most deadly I posed to condom advertising since
AIDS. Photo: L. Hafenmaier. I 1 <i
disease since the great flu epidemic condoms can also be used for birth
of 1917-19, and maybe the worst)
since the bubonic plague.
in the opinion of the American
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pandemic. It has caused most
Americans to rethink their sexual 2829 Raspberry Street
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more people.
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Parent Asks Children
To Sexually Responsible
Dear Editor,t
This is a letter that I received from
myfether(as did my siblings). Ac-
tually, myfetherwrote the letter but
I believe it reflects the thoughts and
insights of both my parents. ^
Perhaps the message is obvious to
most students and maybe I'm a bit
out of line, but I sincerely hope one
can overlook any moral issues here,
and concentrate on the real ones. I
was deeply touched to receive this
letter from my parents. I thought
you might want to share it with your
readers..
Yours,
A Grateful Son
(Name withheld upon request)
Dear Kids (I am writing the same
letter to each of you),
I am writing now for the express
purpose of "making a statement"
that I should have made a long time
ago as a doctor and as your fether.
Your mother and I have said for
years now that your sexuality is your
Spring Formal Ticket
Sales Limited To 400
By Margaret Coffey
Last Sunday's MSG meeting was
opened by MSG President Mike
Kelly. Kelly announced the ad-
ministration was very pleased with
the Academic Celebration. They
estimated that about one hundred
students went homeforthe weekend
by counting attendance in the caf-
eteria, i
The Spring Formal was also
discussed. Several controls have
been decided upon to attempt to
control student behavior. Director of
Student Services, E. William Ken-
nedy plans to attend the formal and
sales will be limited to 400 tickets.
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Phonathon's donation chart
showing the success of this year's
efforts. Photo: L. Hafenmaier^
own business and that (1) sex with-
out a significant non-sexual rela-
tionship/commitment is wrong in
our eyes and (2) sex without atten-
tion to contraception is irresponsi-
ble and, in that sense, also wrong.
Now, an even more important fee-
tor has been introduced into the
responsible sex" philosophy and
it, frankly, has me (and Mom) very
concerned. It used to be that sex for
sex sake meant you could contact
diseases which could potentially al-
ter yourfertility,could cause pain
and/or embarrassment, and could
require significant medical interven-
tion to eradicate. Now, we know that
acquired immune deficiency syn-
drome (AIDS) is moving into the
heterosexual population at an alar-
ming rate. At this time, there is no
cure, and, once acquired, it costs
you your life. I don't have any reason
to think that any of my children are
practicing promiscuous sex, but I'm
just making the statement that con-
cern about unplanned pregnancy is
no longer enough. You, obviously
He feels this is a manageable crowd.
The tickets will not be available at
the door as they were at the Winter
Formal. 579 attended the Winter
Formal. It is likely that the formal
will again be held at the Hilton Ho-
tel. Students will not be able to leave
and re-enter the formal and the
Hilton will not rent rooms to
students unless they feel the rooms
are needed to prevent students from
driving home drunk. The idea of
having a DJ instead of a band was
also discussed. This idea went over
well but limiting attendance to 400
people was not so well received.
In other news, MSG has decided
to give the men's jvol ley ball team
Renovations
(Continued from page 1) 1 simply quit showing up at our prac-
offices of the faculty will be on Egan
first floor and the first floor girls'
dorms will be moved.
The old bookstore in Zurn will be
moved, and improved; into a small
convenience-oriented store, three
times the size of the* current
bookstore. The space the bookstore
now inhabits will be turned into a
ject will occur at the end of this
summer.
I Other projects will included ad-
ditions to all of the student's living
quarters and additions to Preston
ra
Halt MQst of all, these projects will
PAGE 3
Shakers Explain
I Their Plight
can't know all the details about a
Dear Mercyhurst Community, serve. In their own ways, they have
potential sexual partner's past prac-
As many of you may have notic- contributed to this year's Laker
tices and behavior, but you had bet- ed, the Laker Shakers were not at Shaker squad. They have each made
ter know that person very well
their best last Monday, the 16th, for this year a little bit better for all of
before starting a sexual relationship. the Pitt—Bradford game. That's put- us.
The old "one night stand" is literally ting it a bit mildly, we must admit. We would like to begin by thank-
like putting a revolver to your head We really can't blame anyone for ing Chris Alessi, a senior Com-
when there is live ammunition in at laughing at us, but before you are munications major here at
least one of the chambers. It scares too quick to criticize, please give us Mercyhurst. Although,he was not
me to death to see young people to- the opportunity to explain afewim- able to help usforthe entire season,
day continuing to indiscriminately portant points.
have sex with one partner after he contributed what time that he
Number one, we work very hard could for thefirsthalf of the year.
another. " §
to attempt to learn a new dance for He taught us three dances that Jean
Well, I'm^sure you get my every game. This is not always easy; choreographed for us, and he also
message, but I do have a very uneasy however, we know that it gets bor- conducted practices three time a
feeling that drugs and AIDS could ing for you, the audience, to watch week. Thank you, Chris. We ap-
literally ruin this country, and I don't the same dances over and over until preciate any help that you were able
want you kids to put yourselves in you know them as well as we do. to give us.
a position where you could be in- Therefore, we are constantly trying
Next, we would like to thank Jean
volved with either one. to come up with original ideas and Szulc. She is a sophomore majoring
Love, then to learn them—sometime in no in Fashion Merchandising. She ran
Your Dad more than a week's time. the music for us for most of our
Number two, we never claimed to dances this year. This was very
P.S. If this letter has insulted you, be professional dancers. Dancing is helping to us. After all, what would
I'm very sorry, but it was important just something that most of us do to Laker Shakers be without music?
to me to write it. get our minds off of our studies, to Thank you, Jean. Our final thanks,
make new friends, and to get the au- is a very special one. it goes out to
dience pepped for the game. We are John Graves, who is a senior in
only human, and yes, we do screw MercyhurstVDance department.
up at times—something very badly, He has helped us out a great deal by
but doesn't everyone? You have to at choreographing a dance for us at a
least give us some credit for having time when we were ready to give up.
three hundred dollars. The team is
the nerve to get out there in front of This may not seem like much to
an audience and dance. Also, as you you, or even to him, but to us it was
know, many people went home the EVERYTHING. He give us the
week of Mercyhurst's 60th anniver- boost that we all needed. We had
asking for $500 but MSG is still
undecided about the remaining sary celebration. This made it dif- just received word that rather than
ficult for us to get all of the girls doing a different dance for every
$200. |*j | | |
^ Letters of intent for running for together for practice. We knew that game, as Jean had told us we would,
the Beach Boys dance was a little bit we were supposed to simply keep
MSG offices are due on March 2.
MSG will give the Social Work shaky, but as the old saying goes, repeating the only three dances that
"The show must go on." we knew for the remainder of the
Club $300 to put on a dinnerforthe
homeless of Erie. The Sports Last, but most importantly, we season, which was the majority of
it. Needless to say, we were all feel-
Medicine Club was recognized by have been working without the aid
MSG as a club. There was money of an advisor or choreographer for ing pretty low in spirits, when like
an answer to our prayers, John
budgeted for a Father/Daughter the majority of the season. Jean
Weekend; however, there is no ap- Moniewcski, who works in Admis- showed up. He not only taught us a
new dance, but he also gave us a pep
parent interest so far. Many people sions, was serving as both our ad-
felt this is covered during Parents' visor and our choreographer for a talk. His incredibly friendly and
energetic disposition was enough to
Weekend in t he Fal 1 and there isn't while, but she is no longer working
a real need for it. with us, and hasn't been for some give us the strength to continue. He
even gave a couple of the girls on the
time. Apparendy srie did not have
the time to continue helping us. Of squad the motivation to choreograph
course, we are only assuming that dances themselves, which is not an
this is the case. She never actually easy job. Thank you, John, from the
bottoms of our hearts. We will never
told us why she was leaving us, or
even that she WAS leaving us. she forget what you did for us. Well, in
closing, 1 would like to thank you for
tices. We are not putting the blame giving us the opportunity to explain.
not be taking away from the natural our situation and to call attention to
beauty that this campus has become for all of our problems on Jean, but
a few very special people. We ap-
knownfor.Garvey assured that as it is extremely difficult to working
an advisor, and especially without preciate it, and we hope to see you
many steps will be taken as all at Saturday's game against
necessary to preserve the aesthetic a choreographer—-just as it would be
Ashland. It's the last home game of
beauty of the college. Most of the hard for the basketball team to work
the season, so don't miss it.
proposed renovation will be without a coach.
building on top of already existing r
While we have your attention, we
structures so as not to use much of would like to give a few people the Respectfully,
the now untouched land. recognition that we feel they de- The Laker Shakers
Renovation work will be in full
swing by May i f the final approval
is given by the trustees, with initial
ground breaking to take place in
April.
 PAGE 4
The "Condom' 'nation ofAIDS ] Kovski Korner
'Condoms. More commonly
known as rubbers,'' began Ted Kop-
pell a few I weeks ago on his
"Nightline"program. This line, de-
livered in Koppell's staccato hard-
news style, sounded a bit silly. It was
due in part to the fact that those
9
'taboo' words haven't been heard
on television with the exception of
clinical references made by Dr.
Ruth. Now, with the ever increasing
possibility of an AIDS epidemic, a
decision about condoms advertising
must be made.
jFundamentaliststhave talked
about AIDS as the new plague that
God created to wipe out the
homosexuals that have infected bur
culture. How will they explain it
now that heterosexuals and children
are getting the sy ndrome? I refuse
to believe that God would cause the
suffering and death of small, inno-
cent children because there are
homosexuals in the world, f
These fight-wingers have also at-
tempted, through political pressure
and pressuring television, radio and
print outlets, to prevent the adver-
tisement of condoms. Ifeelthat this
middle-aged thinking that condom
advertising will promote promiscui-
ty and giVe sex the ''O.K.'^sn't a
moral dilemma anymore.*lr has
crossed into alerting people that
condoms prevent the spreading of a
fatal disease. There's no "getting
better" from AIDS. "You get it, you
die. Granted, many people believe
that this subject is something that
should be kept within the family. To-
day, however, kids grow up fester
than their parents can keep up with
them. More families have two work-
Stttt Mztti aii
Brian Sheridan, Editor
Chris Kovski, Managing Editor
Jennifer Conmy, Sports Editor
Matthew J. Clark, News Editor
Leslie Hafenmaler, Photo Editor
Paula Bruno, Calendar Editor
Tom Mulligan, Business Manager
Frank Pawlowskl, Circulation Manager
VOL. 60 NO.'15 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1987
ff
I
Typists
Bridget Presuttl, Karen Cascio
Janlne Adolphson
Margaret Coffey
Robert L. French
Dennis McCarthy, Faculty Adviser
The Merclad is the student-edited newspaper of Mercyhurst College, 501 East
38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. The Merclad office is located in the basement
of Baldwin Hall, phone 825-0376. J
ing parents, or are single parent
homes, so television becomes the
information transmitter to the kids.
Sad, yes, but a fact of life. T.V.
regularly advertises women's
sanitary products without a fuss be-
ing raised. Why? Are the network
execs chauvinistic enough to think
it's okay to promote those products
because women are too stupid to
find these products on their own
without those embarrassingly dumb
ads? Now condoms, since it's a male
product, shouldn't be advertised
because it will either embarrass men
(aww, poor babies) or that we men
are smart enough to go down to that
drugstore and purchase those Tro-
jans right off of the rack? We do live
in a confused society.
If it's the possible embarrassment
that's preventing the networks from
advertising condoms they should
maybe think about calling them
something else. ^Prophylactics
sounds too clinical; condoms, too
stuffy. Maybe call them rubbers or
Mr. Happy's Latex Raincoats? Get
Stan Fr^berg, or that Vern guy, to do
the commercials? How can anyone
be offended by something that
inane? - &1
AIDS, however, is no laughing
subject?It may not be the God-
fearing, church-going, faithfully-
married types that are involved with
the spreading of the disease, but
they will be affected by it none the
less. It will be their children that
will live in the world ravaged by
AIDS unless its spreading can be
controlled or a cure can be founds
A ounce of prevention is still worth
a pound of cure. That message must
Brenda Kondik
Jackie Rzomp
*J
She UUrcfai
be delivered to those that do par-
ticipate in casual sex and the
quickest way to do it is through the
media. We can instruct morality at
home and in our churches, but if
AIDS reaches the epidemic that it
has been predicted it will, they'll be
no use for morality because even the
most moral of us will be somehow,
in someway, be affected by the tragic
disease.
"Propholactics sounds too
clinical; condoms,
too stuffy."
It's never easy to bid farewells but
we must say aloha to two very im-
portant people on The Merciad
staff, jj First is our adviser, Dennis
McCarthy, who is taking a leave
from teaching for medical reasons.
This was Dennis' second year as
adviser to this publication and he
helped us turn our newspaper into
a strong campus voice. He gave us
free-reign when we needed it and
was there to offer advice when we
were unsure. He also instilled us
with a passion for taking stands on
things we felt were important issues
and cautioned us on the conse-
quences of taking such stands. He
was also our friend. We wish him
well and hope he comes around now
and again to light a fire under our
seats if we start taking the easy way
out instead of having faith'in
ourselves. f spread of what should be a natural
The other member of our staff we
are losing to much happier cir-
cumstances. Business Manager Tom
Mulligan is graduating at the end of
this term. He wasn't as visible or as
vocal as Dennis, but was just as im-
portant, for he got us the ad funds
which allowed us to afford such
things as "The FaffSide" every
week. Mercyhurst students should
thank him every time they use an
Arby's couponfromThe Merciad.
He worked hard to get that account?
We congratulate Tom on his degree
and wish him a great life.
Editor'
Note
Hey, all of you Merciad readers, all
of the Editors here want to wish you
good I uck on all of your finals and
to hip you to the fact that this Mer-
ciad will be the last one until next
term. Let us repeat in big, boldface
type, this is the last newspaper un-
til next term. Don't think we have
deserted you. Finals conflict with
putting, out a paper next week. As
it stands now, 85 % of our editorial
staff will be staying up late next
week drinking large pots of coffee
and two-liter containers of Jolt soda.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1987
By Chris Kovski
"For neither you nor anyone else
can serve two masters. You will hate
one and show loyalty to the other, or
else the other way around—you will
be enthusiastic about one and de-
spise the other. You cannot serve
both God and money." (Luke 16:13)
I* The Amy Foundation is sponsor-
ing the Amy Writing Awards. These
awards are large cash prizes (first
prize $10,000)foreligible articles.
Eligible articles are those publish-
ed articles propagating religion by
relating God's word to problems in
today's society. I am going to tackle
one of these problems now—the
manner in which society exhorts
religiosity.
lb offer cash awardsforwriting
articles involving religion is
ludicrous.^Journalists who know
their craft will write articles in the
most accurate and non-biased way
possible. If the nature of the article
or publication allows editorializing
to an extent, writers will choose the
quotations and background materi-
al that best support their point of
view.
Rewarding a writer for using
religious quotes is not only insulting
to the profession of journalism, it is
also insulting to the sensibilities and
ethics of the truly religious. To be
religious means to live your faith,
and if living your faith means to use
religious quotes and references for
remuneration, you obviously place
your faith in the Almighty Dollar.
(Amen, and pass the cashier's
check.) Of course, the Amy Foun-
dation has good intentions—as do
most of the religious. The only
problem is that today's society does
not stop with what is, in effect, brib-
eryforbeing religious. To an extent,
bribery is one of the less
psychologically crippling devices.
The worst device, psychologically
speaking, for getting religious
behavior is a sort of extortion. In-
stead of money, the responsible par-
ty seeks conformity to a system of
THE FAR SIDE
When a body meets a body
comin' through the rye .
beliefs. The method used is cajoling
with a sort of underlying threat.
What we are dealing with is the "If
you don't obey the laws of the
church, you'll burn in Hell" men-
tality, i
In the case of organized religion,
one example is the old "If you don't
go to worship every designated day,
God (substitute Buddha, Yahwen,
'Mohammed, or any other deity of
your choice) will throw you into
perpetual suffering."^Needless to
say, the image of a deity who would
throw me into Hell if I were sick or
overslept one day is not a sight of a
benevolent Being 'filled with com-
passion; rather, it is the visage of the
wrathful God of Job and Noah, a
God who would delight in suffering.
Personally, I don't believe that vi-
sion of God. Conversely, I don't
believe that God would delight in
foundations awarding His word with
riches, when this same foundation
could helpfeedthe starving of the
world with the $31,500 in prizes be-
ing given away. He also would pro-
bably be disappointed by the use of
His name in threats. People should
spread His word and His message
through love by an act of free will,
not by bribery or extortion by acts
of terroristic threats.
For that is the issue now, isn't it?
We see many people spreading
what Jin other contexts, would be
terroristic threats, but their -in-
timidations are accepted in a world
where some fanatics feel that the
and personal phenomenon merits
drastic measures. People should be
religious by choice, not by force.
What is needed in today's socie-
ty is not a rebirth of classical values,
but rather a reawakening to self. If
our nation's youth are told that they
have some intrinsic worth, not that
they are worthless and despised,
they will, more likely than not, act
in a manner living up to whatever
trust is placed in them! The youth
need a hand up, not a hand across
the face.
By GARY LARSON
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A Psychologist Asks; Why We Like Music

By Mark & Gridley, Ph.D. j*
sionreduction.Maslow said that we to the sound of a bell if that bell had
strivefora state of mind in which previously been associated with
With the Grammys awards we appreciate beauty and find food. Analogously, humans will feel
ceremony still fresh on our minds, ourselves at one with the universe. good when they hear a certain song,
the winners make us wonder why And many of us do indeed feel just because that songremindsthem
people like the particular styles they serene when we hear a stunning per- of good times that previously had
like. But a larger question is, "Why formance of a particularly well- been associated with its sound.
do people like any music at all?" ordered musical composition. Nostalgia is one of the prime factors
Here are a few psychological prin- Maslow also said that it is in our that accounts for the periodic revival
ciples that might help us explain nature to strive for "peak ex- of pop musical styles. Like Pavlov's Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life" album that was
this. * periences/' which the "self- dog's, we often listen with our nominated for best album and best song during Tuesday night's
We've all heard the maxim "mu- actualized" person frequently at- glands. (Little did Pavlov's dogs Grammy Awards. Whether or not it won isn't as important as the
sic hath powers to sooth the savage tains by creating things of beauty. know that one day their hunger question of why so many people enjoyed the album.
breast." But much music is liked for This helps us appreciate how a would lead consumer psychologists
precisely;, the opposite reason: to musician has a peak experience dur- to this profound insight!) Children often spontaneously re- pleasure centers of our brains.
turn a phrase, "music hath powers ing the process of creating music, Harlow found that monkeys will spond to music with joyful physical Preferences for a particular instru-
to savage the soothed breast." In otiV and why musicians seem to never perform a number of tasks in order movement. In other words, dancing ment tones, for instance, seem al-
er words, certainly some of us seek tire of making more music. to be granted the privilege of peer- seems to reflect a natural apprecia- most inborn. For some of us,
soft, even-contoured sounds to Even though music is really no ing out a window. The analogy to tion of music. According to Jung, pleasure is automatically evoked by
sooth our frayed nerves and give us more than alternate compressions behavior in other primates is that a however, when we act younger than the sound of the saxophone, while
gentleness and predictability (Wind- and rarefactions of air molecules, desirefornovelty and intellectual our age and we do it on purpose, we the sound of the harp does it for
ham Hill's "new age" devotees, per- we ordinarily treat it as though it stimulation is evident in the enjoy- are "regressing" in service to our others. And many of us like the
haps?) Yet often we delight in loud, were alive. We like to have music ment that listeners get from follow- ego. So perhaps what seems natu- sound of the human voice most of
syncopated sounds for their arous- playing while we work. We feel less ing the development of a theme to ral is, at least in Jung's eyes, not all. Many of these preferences are
ing capacity (hard rock, perhaps?). alone when music accompanies see how cleverly it is manipulated. necessarily natural to people of all already apparent in infancy, thereby
When we are surprised by sudden; solitary activities.'Somehow we Intellectual curiosity seems to ex- ages, though it is alright if we con- suggesting that such tastes might be
loud sounds, the sympathetic branch automatically interpret vibrations as plain how a number of listeners en- sciously choose it before doing it. innate.**
of our autonomic nervous system companionship! In feet, when we joy studying music just to learn what This seems a bit stuffy to me. But We might never know why some
causes the liver to dump sugar into hear a singer, we often feel as sounds combine to a given effect, there is no question that extremely people detest the same music that
our blood, and it raises our blood the singer is actually talking to us just as the gourmet is tickled to loud and syncopated music really others cherish;. Physicists
pressure and heart rate. This hap- personally. During the blitz in come out of a restaurant not only does have the physiological effect of sometimes define noise simply as
pens no matter whether the cause of World War II London, people ar- with a del icious memory but also a eliciting movement because our nonperiodic vibrations within the
the sudden change in our auditory ranged to hear music while cower- precise recipe. Research by body interprets the^sound as audible range. But psychologists
surroundings is danger or syn- ing in their bomb shelters. It was as Holbrook and myself suggests that survival-relevant and sends our define it according to the response
copated music. And we like the way though,'despite the real threat of musical complexity can be pleasing body into action. Our body cannot that the sound elicits. One listener's
it feels. Music can supply an death, the music assured them that to listeners, but too much is as bad distinguish the situation from a war music is another's noise.We ought to
adrenaline kick. In-fact, neuro- life was present, even though the as too little. It seems that curiosity and the requirements of battle. For keep some of these ideas in mind
psychologists Hebb and Berlyne records themselves were not alive at and stimulus change are fundamen- example, you may be dog tired when when we try to understand the deci-
have contended that our nature is to all. P # j J tal human motives that music can you enter a discoteque, but after a sions of the Grammy judges fortius
;
seek an optimal level of such arous- Much music is enjoyed not so satisfy with varying levels of com- few ear-shattering blasts from the year's awards. Most of all, we need
al. They disagree with Freud and much for how it sounds but for what plexity. loudspeakers, you are sufficiently to remember that ultimately beauty
Hull who believed that the ultimate memories it elicits. Pavlov Many people like music because energized to dance until dawn. is in the ear of the beholder. J
for us is minimal stimulation or ten- demonstrated how dogs would drool it makes them want to dance. Many of us listen with our feet, and Dr. Mark Gridley is an Assis-
that's why we like music. tant Professor of Psychology here

From The Adviser Desk

By Dennis McCarthy!
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me as being very far-fetched. I also learned and I thought about all the
Some of my own research is at Mercy hurst. He has "written
beginning to suggest that many of us many papers and delivered many
like music just because particular lectures across the country on the
sounds seem to go straight to the psychology of music. I
remembered imemorizing The other people that I've met and talk-
|A few Sunday nights ago, my
family and I watched Shirley
Baltimore Catechism as a requisite ed with, people from whom I've
for being confirmed and thought: learned, and some that, I hope, I
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resident of Pennsylvania, thus college dorm $J.*-
campus mentioned to me that it*, the Baltimore Catechism termed the in the need of religion—pure relig-
students are eligible, you could be Pennsylvania's J5f
would be more appropriate to say "Gift of Faith". This seems to mean ion. A religion based on love for and representative at fthe CBS-nationally televised ft,<;
"Shirley MacLain goes Out of her that all religions or philosophies re- respect of all other human beings. Miss USA* Pageant in Feb., 1988 to compete for ™
Mind." p quire their members to accept some But I'm not sure we're ready for over $ 175,000 in cash and prizes. The Miss Penn- {{^
it. Until this point in time religion sylvania USA® Pageant for 1988 will! bes£
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went to a gathering of friends who of nature i.e. Moses parting the Red has been primarly a means of Johnson Hotel. Monroeville, Pennsylvania, April w.'
were meeting in a house in Erie, j Sea, Christ rising from death, etc. distinguishing one group from 3, 4 and 5, 1987. The new Miss Pennsylvania 4j\
The people wlio were invited to this And these inexplicable occurences another. \ ^ (JSAf along with her expense paid trip to com ^
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paranormal phenomena. But, with- the white hats of the Judeo-Christian 1988 Miss Pennsylvania USA® Pageant
years. All of the people who were c/o Tri-State Headquarters -Dept. A,
there were interested in what many | out our preconditioning, would tradition; the bad guys wear the ter-
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out of body experiences, etc. I sat body experience? land to put aside, their differences, «SU A M I "A CarVern Production"
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and heard some claims that struck possible, no/ So I listened and I (See "ADVISER" page 6)
PAGE 6
Bob Clark's "From the Hip
By Brian Sheridan
Ladies and gentlemen of the movie-
going jury, I am here to defend the
latest lawyer comedy, FROM THE'
HIP, starring Judd Nelson as Robin
"Stormy" Weathers, a young
lawyer. i Nelson, a member of the Brat Pack,
True, the film was directed and
co-written by the man who gave the
world the low-brow sex farces,
PORKY'S and PORKY'S II, but
don't hold that against my client.
Clark'sfondnessfor below the belt
humor has been tempered by co-
writer David E. Kelley, a former
lawyer and "L.A. Law" consultant,
to create a romantic comedy that
raises questions about a lawyer's
The Merciad Asks:
Do you think condoms
shouldfbe advertised?
Leigh Kennedy-Petrasek, HRM
Yes, but in a tasteful way because
society is a lot freer now than it us-
ed to be and people will be having
sex anyway. Advertising would
make people aware of the fact they
need condoms because of all the
diseases they can catch without us-
ing them.
Tim Beveridge, Criminal Justice
I think they should be advertised
because there is too much of a prob-
lem with teen pregnancy and it ruins
peoples lives. It would help out the
poor unfortunate ones that wouldn't
be aware of them otherwise. 4
personal ethics. The real guilty par-
ty in this case may be the people
responsible for promoting and titl-
ing FROM THE HIP. The title has
no meaning except it probably tested
well in market research studies.
is shown in clips from thefilmac-
ting like a manaic in the courtroom.
Those parts unfairly suggested that
this movie may just be another
PORKY'S sequel " kind* of a
PORKY'S AT LAW; f I]
It does have its moments of lunacy
as Weathers defends a slightly
sleazyibanker (Ed Winter) on
assault and battery charges. He pulls
out every shady stop, like compar-
Tony Chimenti, Police Science
I think condoms should be strong-
ly advertised if young people today Protestants, and the Protestants hate
are going to be involved with the Catholics in Belfast. It seems
premarital sex.
Michelle Chiaramonte, Sports Right, and the publicity that's been
Medicine
I don't think they should be adver- Candidacy of Pat Robinson, the Oral
tised on television because young Roberts "Death Watch"; except
people, like the 12 and 13 year olds, unlike Bobby Sands who fasted to
will get wrong idea that sex is be- death, Oral Roberts is not enduring
ing condoned. I think that's any pain other than anxiety. You see,
something they should discuss with a nine-hundred-foot Jesus told him
their parents or counselor.
Site ffflerci ab
ing this case to those of dying
children and turning the trial into a
media event. Weathers earns a
reputation as a maverick and, as
punishment from the lawfirm'sstuf-
fy partners, has been assigned an
unwinnable murder case.
I would like to call to the witness
stand John Hurt, as the English pro-
fessor who's the defendant in the
murder case. Accused of the mur-
der of a prostitute, Hurt sparkles in
a role that keeps everyone guessing.
Did he do it or didn't he? One mo-
ment you think this cross between
Jack the Ripper and William F.
Buckley is quite capable of the hei-
nous crime with which he has been
accused, but he vehemently main-
tains his innocence. A four-star per-
formance on his part.
Next in the witness box is Nelson
himself. This is his sixth film, and
he finally achieves screen maturity.
Luckily, Weathers isn't an extension
of the bland lawyer character he por-
trayed in the self-conscious ST.
ELMO'S PIRE. He starts out,
though, as the usual smug Nelson
Adviser
(Continued from 5)
delineated by the religion of a giv-
en individual, in reality it hasn't
been all that long; 300 years is
nothing in the long history of the
species. And even though the cur-
rent Arab-Israeli conflict is in many
ways a post-World War II product,
in many other ways it goes back
much further than the troubles in
Northern Ireland. Are these
religious wars?
Maybe. The Catholics hate the
like any place in the world the Arabs
hate the Jews, and vice versa.
Things have been always thus.
More people have died, more
people have killed, or been killed in
the name of God and religion than
any other single principle, to my
knowledge. I can't understand how
that can be. How could someone be
so sure of their own idealogy, that
they would kill another human be-
ingforthe purpose of protecting and
maintaining the religious-
philosophical status quo?
How could anyone have that kind
of certitude about their moral posi-
tion that they would kill those who
didn't believe along with them?
I suppose in this country, the
modern idealogs have so confiden-
tally thrust themselves forward
because of the rise of the New
given to things like the Presidential
he must have $4V& million by April
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1987
J5
Smart As
character, dumping a pan of ice wa-
ter on his sleeping girlfriend
(Elizabeth Perkins). WhenpHIP
changes venue from the assault
hearing to the murder trial and
Weathers must decide if he will re-
main faithful to his own ethics or to
those of his profession^the jokey
Weathers becomes straight-arrow
serious. A young actor like Nelson
having to face a two-time Academy
Award nominee like Hurt isn't a
laughing matter either, and Nelson,
for once, rises to meet the challenge.
The last time we were in the
cinematic comedy courtroom was
for the LEGAL EAGLES trial. That
film received a light sentence
because of the leaden direction and
forced sophisticated banter between
stars Robert Red ford and Debra
Winger that spoiled much of the
humor. Nelson and Perkins have a
much less forced relationship,
which puts zip into their scenes to-
gether. Clark's direction may not be
a threat to the memory of Frank
Capra, but he does manage to
visually create a natural ease to
and if he doesn't get it he will die.
He will die in kind of an imper-
sonal way, at least that's the impres-
sion the media have given us, since
there was no specific ailment or lack
of action mentioned; it seems al-
most like an Old Testament sacri-
fice.?! Maybe I could never
understand the Old Testament God,
simply because I couldn't imagine
why he would want people to kill
sheep in his name.
•
In any event, there are people and
in many ways it would appear that
an increasing number of them are
alive today for whom religion is not
only a very important part of their
lives but it is the prime mover in
their actions and attitudes. They
make their decisions about such in-
&®&y
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Mercyhurst College Dance Department
presents "Off Off Off Broadway"
featuring a variety of works,
including modern dance, jazz,
and ballet, choreographed by Mercyhurst
Dance majors, under the direction of
Jean-Marc Baier.
n addition to student choreography,
works choreographed by June Hines and
Daphne Rathouse will be presented.
Weber Hall Dance Studio
Open Dress Rehearsal, February 27 at 2 pm
Performance, February 28 at 2 pm
Free and open to the public.
» - « ' * 1* *«
Whip
every scene. . • • M
The main reason, though, that
FROM THE HIP deserves to be
cleared of charges is that it's just an-
other wacky lawyer story is its in-
telligent script. One would be
hard-pressed tofinda finer blend of
shtick and social relevance. Here,
not only do yuppie-puppies get their
comeuppance for forgetting the
idealism of the sixties, but are
shown that, as Perkins says in the
film, there can be a middle ground
between being "Mother Theresa
and Joan Collins."
In summation, FROM THE HIP
stands as a sharp-witted but not
preachyfilmthat restrains itself in-
stead of trying to deliver one big
laugh after another. Shakespeare
said that, in a perfect society, the
first thing to do "is to kill all of the
lawyers." He might have made an
exception to "Stormy'^Weathers
and FROM THE HIP | ;.
I ask you, the jury, to make the
same exception, because your ver-
dict to see it or not will make or
break this case. I rest my review.
credibly complex issues as foetal
cell surgery, abortion itself, and nu-
clear disarmament based on their
understanding of their religion. An
understanding that may be flawed,
simplistic, and is more than likely
unilateral, in that it's been exposed
to only one side of human thought.
Ultimately we're left\with a
somewhat surprising question, that
is inescapable. It seems to me that
we have to ask if human beings are
readyforreligion? Religion does not
mean ritual, custom or superstition.
Religion «is not public piety, or
ceremony. -.•
Religion here is taken to mean a
unifying spirit that brings people to-
gether rather than a divisive force.
(See ^ADVISER" page 7)
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Adviser | §
(Continued from page 6)
I don't know what specific panaceas
will solve the world's incredible
social, economic and political
crises. I don't think, at that present
time, there is any? particular
religious institution that will keep
safe humanity while solving the
"Question of Evil" for example. If
we keep striving I thinfc someday we
will have a solution to the religious
problems of this planet. But we real-
ly aren't ready for religious solu-
tions yet.
Every faith that commands loyalty
and devotion has in one way or an-
other misused the loyal or devoted
actions of their followers. It seems
as if religion can be used to bring
out the worst in humanity as readi-
ly as it can the best, as was intend-
ed. The reason for this is perhaps
best summed up by anonymous
friend of mine, who once told me in
all sincerity that the difference bet-
ween Mormons and other religions
was that other religions felt that they
wererightand Mormons knew they
were right. This kind of boasting
about "I'm right and you all are
wrong, and you must become like
me in order to be saved and right"
seems to be a increasing plague.
And tragic irony in a world that
becomes increasingly complex, is
that simplistic answers given from
a religious or philosophic leader
make it easierforhumans to live in-
stead of being faced with hard
choices of their own.
character and showfinancialneed|
Applications are available in the
Financial Aid office and must be
returned by April 5.
RECRUITERS ON CAMPUS
Thefollowingrecruiters will be
on campus this week: Feb. 27, Saga
Corporation for HRM majors for
management trainees. Students in-
terested in interviewing should go to
the Career Services Office, Main
204, to sign up for an appointment.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers are needed for
"Children's Day" being sponsored
by CEC. A day of activities on cam-
pus are planned for exceptional
children. Contact Kim Mastrian at
825-8064 if interested. 'W
The true irony of the human con-
dition is that we cannot really func-
tion without something like
religion. But thus far, I don't think
it can;be trusted to^any of the
established religious institutions.
$. What is important is that every re-
ligion, it seems to me at least, con-
sists of a bit of the truth.r And no
religion contains all of the truth.
Every religion openly turns into a
system of religiousity. And that
system, that human system betrays
the divine nature of religion. And I
have no^clear ideas as to the
parameters of this divine aspect of
religion. I do know however, that no
religion has changed us yet, into the
type of people we need to be if the
plant is to flourish and live.
Despite today's increased
religious activity I don't see much
increase of true brotherhood or
sisterhood in the world than let's say
a thousand years ago. Or ten thou-
sand years ago for that matter. The
biggest difference isn't that we have
changed or the ways that we have
changed, the biggest difference is in
the end product. Now we can exter-
minate ourselves and our planet in
minutes. Instead of decades or cen-
turies, as would have been required
in the past.
'We have become, in a word, much
more efficient with our technology
of killing. We have learned how to
destroy the planet, and many times
seem to have learned nothing else.
All religions have some Truth to
The Erie Philharmonic Pops
presents "Hooked on Swing" with
Larry Elgart Sat., Feb. 28, at the
Warner Theatre at 8 p. m. Tickets are
$15.25, $12.25, $10.25,$8.25 with
special discounts for students. For
more information call 455-1375.
jjjj DANCE
The Mercyhurst College Dance
Department presents "Off Off Off
Broadway" at Weber Hall Feb. 27
and 28 at 2 p.m. The performance
is free and open to the public.
RIDE OFFERED
Traveling companion wanted to
go cross country to L.A. and into
Washington state, in a V.W camper-
van. Stops will be made at tent and
R.V. camp grounds. Call 864-2441
for more information.
Budda had a piece of the truth, even
atheists who totally reject an an-
thropomorphic God have the
possibility of having some truth in
their beliefs. But how can we put
these insights together in such a way
that people strive to live together in
peace and harmony.! \
How can we use religion not as a
fence to divide one group from an-
other but as an umbrella to shelter
all of mankind? Why can't we make
religion a binding tie between peo-
ple rather than afencethat effective-
ly divides because it is supposed to
divide. It may be that we all need to
be born again, but not as Christians
or Jews or Moslems but as the
children of an ever-evolving, ever-
present, all-loving god.
President j
Vice President
Tony Marino: File Photo
Personality Profile
Tony Marino
By Brenda Kondik
What do the Air Force, golf, ex-
istentialism, and classical music
have in common? They are all parts
of what make up one student here
at Mercyhurst. He's a senior and his
name is Tony Marino. Although he
was born in Erie, he grew up and
graduated in Warren, Pennsylvania.
As a Theology major, he attended
St. Bonaventure University in
Olean, New York his freshman year.
Then he served as Staff Sergeant in
San Antonio, Texas.
"It is difficult to explain this to
people, since I consider myself a
pacifist," comments Marino. "I
worked in health care and not in
warfare."
After his four-year service,
Marino entered Mercyhurst in 1984
to study Religious Education. He
has been active on the golf team for
three years and recently^won the
Gannon Tournament this past
September. $ and eventually teach at a university
Existentialism, the next subject
on the list, brings the focus to
Marino's minor. His favorite classes,
such as "Introduction to Existen-
tialism", "Eastern Religions", and
"Wofld Masterpieces" have con-
tributed to his interest in philosophy.
Marino recently took a trip to
Tbronto to witness Chinese and Ko-
rean Buddhist Temples.
Marino is the oldest with three
younger sisters, appreciates
classical music and possesses a phi-
losophy of life all his own. Im re->
sponse to the question "What do
you consider to be the key to hap-
piness in life?", he observed,
"you've got to look for it within ^ 1
yourself, not from outside . . . and
openmindedness toward others."
Marino continued further, "And
wherever I am, whether it be in San
Antonio, Texas, Olean, New York,
or Erie, Pennsylvania, I try my best
to be a happy person"
Marino plans to obtain his Mas-
ter's Degree in Religious Studies
level.

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Lakers! Defeat Centralist.,
by Jennifer Conmy ^^
The Mercyhurst Lakers won both
of their games this past week,
defeating Central State 86-78 on
Saturday, and, earlier,in the week,
Pitt-Bradford, 82-78.
The Lakers jumped out to a 17-8
lead five minutes into the the Cen-
tral State game; they increased their
lead to 30-15 with seven minutes re-
maining in the first half. The 'Hurst
entered the locker room at halftime
with a 46-24 advantage.
Mercyhurst had a strong; lead
throughout the second half, up by 20
at 70-50 with nine minutes remain-
ing. Central State came back with a
10-1 run to bring the game to with-
in 71-60 with seven minutes left in
the game. State had the game down
to a six point spead with 2:41 re-
maining before the 'Hurst pulled
awayforthe 86-78 win.
Lady Lakers Win Number Seven
by Jennifer Conmy
\
The~Lady Lakers gained their
seventh win of the season when they
defeated Pitt-Bradford 55-52 in a
close game. Mercyhurst and Pitt-
Lightweight
Crew ^Raises
Cash For Trip
CThe Mercyhurst College men's
lightweight crew team held a row-
a-thon recently to raise funds to
assist the team in travelling to San
Diego for the Annual San Diego
Crew Classic Regatta to be held the
first weekend in April. Head coach
Mike Purcer said "It will give us the
chance to compete against UCLA,
Stanford and the University of
Washington and some stronger
schools on the west coast."
The crew team rowed continuous-
lyfor24 hours, taking turns at 40
minute breaks each hour to eat and
drink. The team managed to raise
$1,426 in pledgesforthe trip.
The entire crew squad will begin
on-water training in Oak Ridge,
Tenn. during spring break.
Tickets are available for the Sun-
day March 1 Erie Golden Blades
game at 2:00 PM. Purchase them
at the Athletic Dept. at a discount to
students. It is Mercyhurst Night so
the group Will be announced at the
game.
(She Mtttiab THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2B, 1987
The Lakers were led by Ronen hands of Earl Moncrieffe who turn-
Pitt-Bradford
Ginzburg, who dropped in a game ed in a game high 29 points. He was
leading 23 points, 19 in the first half 10 of 18fromthe field, 1 of 1 from
including three three-pointers. three-point range. Moncrieffe was
Phalon Bass and Chris Mindach followed by Mindach with 19 points
contributed ;14 and 12 points, and Ginzburg with 18 total points.
respectively. Central State was led Mindach led the Lakers in re-
by Reggie Robinson with 19 points bounding with nine followed by
followed by Maurice Brighthaupt Bass with seven off the boards.
with 17. I Ed Robinson led Pitt-Bradford
Rich Lipscomb came off the with 29 points and 20 rebounds. He
bench for the "Hurst to make eight was followed by Joe Strouse with 15
of eight free throws in the final min- points. Mercyhurst out-shot Pitt-
ute and a half of the game. Matt Bradford 33-29 from thefield,with
Nesser contributed 15 assistsforthe Pitt-Bradford turning in a better
Lakers, tying the school record set shooting percentage of 51.8% corn-
by Sherrad Bennard. In earlier ac- pared to Mercyhurst's 49.3%.
tion, Mercyhurst defeated Pitt- The Lakers will finish out the
Bradford for the second time this season at home on Saturday when
season. In an exciting game the they host Ashland in the Campus
'Hurst came back from a 43-40 half Center at 8 p.m.
time deficit to defeat Pitt-Bradford
82-78. ' lp|s& *!? 41
Mercyhurst was led by the hot
Bradford went in to the locker 17, followed by Karen Garland with Phalon Bass (44) hits a short, baseline jumper against Pitt-Bradford
rooms at halftime tied at 29-29. The 16. Mercyhurst out-shot Pitt- in last Monday's game. Photo: J. Conmy }
Lady Lakers came back out to Bradford from thefield25-20, also
outscore the Panthers by three,
26-23. Mercyhurst's top scorer was
freshman standout Lisa Maxson
turning in a better shooting percent-
age of 36.2% compared to Pitt-
Bradford's 29.8%* H- 2 $£•
Scoreboard
who scored 19 points before fouling _ Pitt-Bradford had a better night at
the charity line, converting 12 of 17 Men's Basketball Women's Basketball
out. She was followed by Kelly
Murphy who dropped in 17 points shots for a 70.5% {average. Mer- Mercyhurst 86 Mercyhurst 55
cyhurst was unable to get the
and 10 rebounds, freshman Tina
Palm led the team in rebounding buckets from the line, however, con-
Central St. 78 Pitt-Bradford 52
verting only 5 of 16 for a 31.3% Mercyhurst 82
with 11. Leading Pitt-Bradford in
scoring was Cindy Steadman with average. Pitt-Bradford 78
Kaliszak
Makes * Merc*ho«l??!!292
Nationals Catholic Men
Mercyhurst swimmer Mary
Kaliszak has qualified in two events Talk About
for the NCAA Division II nationals
to be held in Long Beach/Ca. Mar.
11-14. Kaliszak qualified in the 100yd
breaststroke with a time of 1:08.8
and in the 200yd breaststroke with
a time of 2:29.4. She qualified while
competing at the Penn-Ohio cham-
Priesthood and YOU
pionships in'Cleveland, Oh. The
Mercyhurst women finished fifth A Quiet Time Away... 1
overall'while the men finished For Talking, Wondering,'' Finding Out'.'
eighth.
You and 30 Other Men...
W/io Have Some Questions.
\oin the St. Mark College Seminary Community...
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Special Weekend
COLLEGE LIVE-IN
through Sunday Noon
March 13,14,15, 1987
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