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National AverageTui t ion Inc rease W;U p TwelvefPercentj msr By Martha Camp jpjjAccording- to Dr. WilliamGarvey, a Mercyhurst educationwill cost the average studentabout $650 more next year.That figure, which j includeshikes in both tuition and roomand board,> represents an in-crease of 12 per cent, which Dr.Garvey said, is \ the nationalaverage. w r m JAlthough the exact amount ofthe increase will not be known un-til the vote of the Budget and.Finance Committee on April 29,Dr. Garvey was confident that itwould not total more than $700."We're very pleased -^it's anaverage increase," he said. "It

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would be even worse if we hadn'tbeen doing so well with gifts andgrants." * j iGarvey attributed the hike tothe rising costs in areas such asfinancial aid and salaries. g"Most students will be able tooffset the costs," he said, due toincreases in the financial aid andthe student assistance program.Despite the rise of inflation,Garvey explained, the govern-ment has kept federal aid levelsconstant. Therefore, the collegehas had to make up for inflatedstudent costs by increasing finan-cial aid, he said students will bepaying "close to what they paidtwo years ago, proportionally."College Funding LevelsAllocated For 1982r83MPtryl\tmrYewntty "receivedits tentative 1982-83 fundinglevels from the federal govern-ment for the Work Study, Sup-plemental g Educational Oppor-tunity' Grant, and the NationaljDirect Student Loan program s.Barry Zembower, director offinancial aid, said .that i theallocated funding levels are foe"virtually the same amounts ofmoney we received in 1981-82.""What that means to currentstudents," explained Zembower,"is that unless there's beensignificant change in familysituation and their need haschanged drastically,,. that theycan expect from these programs -work study, SEOG, and nationaldirect student loans - the samefunding that they received .thisyear." js T 3? *.According to Zembower, therehas not been a significant changein the PELL or basic grant theguaranteed student loan (GSL)program, or the PennsylvaniaHigher Education AssistanceAgency grant. g ^ r # .As of October l, 1981, studentsapplying for GSL's with adjustedgross family incomes of over$30,000 must complete a "needstest." Zembower said he does notexpect any significant change inloan dispersals to . Mercyhurststudents. He attributes this to thecost differentials between Mer-cyhurst and other schools."We expect that probably' 95per cent or better who receivedloans in 81-82 will receive themagain in 82-83," said Zembower.

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He aaaea mat tne mosi signnFcant GSL impact will occur atpublic colleges and universitieswhere the costs are lower.When combined with the $175thousand aid program for incom-ing freshmen and the new $100thousand student assistant gran tsfor upperclassmen, Zembowersaid that Mercyhurst maintains"one of th e most significant stu-den t a id ^progams f oundanywhere."! -f *C

StudentGovernmen tMeeting |I Members of the MercyhurstStudent Government/ discussedTuesday whether or not to fundthe yearbook next year. }^A referendum concerning thefunding of the yearbook, a seniorsupplement, or increasing the ac-tivities fee to include the cost of ayearbook was7suggested.Jan Gatti, advisor of the year-book, explained hat a senior sup-plement would not be cheaperthan publishing a yearbook. --Other topics discussed includedthe change,in,visitation hoursfrom*, l a.m. to 2 a.m. onweekends.* In a poll taken thisweek, 213 students approved ofthe change* and 10 disapproved.Visitation hours are expected togo into effect within the next fewweeksMary Baldouf, MSG Vice-President, reminded students ofthe Red Eye Special which will beheld Friday, April 30, in the Stu-dent Union from 11 p.mj to 4 a.m.Ping-pong tournaments andother activities will be held. Ad-mission is free. * 5

Yearbooks Suffer Nationally, Many Discontinued Or Change(CPS) - "All of us are intom e m o r i e s / 1 observes DickLoPachin, manager of the universi-ty printing division' of TaylorPublishing, the nation's largestpublisher of college ;> yearbooks,and * that's all a yearbook is:Memories." < Jf r * ^ ;But the yearbook itself seems indanger of becoming just a distantmemory to college students. ' I"5 At campuses across the country,many yearbooks have folded, manymore find themselves the first stu-dent service to have their budgetscut in these tough times, andan un-fortunate number are starting thisspring selling season i with theknowledge tha t, if sales aren't up topar, it may be their las t editions.The reasons, observers say, in-

clude not only money but a seem-ingly - permanent loss of credibilityfrom the wild and experimental edi-tions of the late sixties and earlyseventies. J m? *tSs *Whatever the reasons, theUniversity of Minnesota/ OhioState, and the University ofAlabama-Huntsville, among others,have abandoned their yearbooks inthe last few years. ^ * i A* Kent State's yearbook. The Burr,shaky ground for the last few years,and administrators annuallythreaten to put the publication outofIts miseiy. tf < vOthers fit the University of Pitt-sburgh mold. There, the yearbookstaff has done everything from re -naming the 75-year-old publicationto selling advertising space insideto conducting expensive direct mailcampaigns in order to keep the'publication alive. When the book'sname was changed from The Owl toPanther Prints in 1980,;officialshoped that sales on the campus of30,000 would increase form 900 tosomething in the area of 1500 books.But sales this year have leveled offat around 850, and Assistant Direc-tor of "Student Activities; LarryLunsford admits i1'we're not sureexactly how things are going to endup for the next year."

But at Pitt, "the only year in re-cent memory that we nave done|well was in 1976, when.we won thenational * football .championship.Then we sold 1800 copies/'Lunsfordsays. SB? * x iAll told, the industry nationwidewill have sales this year of around$20 million, LoPachin estimates,down about 10 percent from thepeak year of 1968. J*Student apathy seems to be themajor reason. At many campuses,students not only show little interestin buying the book, but not enoughof them volunteer to help producethem anymore. *jF J, flAt the University of Denver, forinstance, the deadline for selectinga yearbook editor had to be extend-ed for three. months this springbecause no one would apply for theposition *When the administrationfinally proclaimed there would beno yearbook unless someone ap-plied, six applications were receiv-ed within the next two weeks. Still,there was serious discussion aboutdisbanding the publication becauseof low* sales and general studentdisinterest. ~ U

Most observers credit the year-book apathy to the campus turmoiland student rebellion of the late six-ties and early seventies. V''"During that period," says NancyGreen, president of the NationalCouncil of College Publication Ad-visors, "the whole college yearbookindustry went through a mini-revolution of its own. Many year-book editors just said To hell withtradition' and began producingyearbooks in paper bags or card-board boxes or as a deck of cards, NYearbooks became politicalstatements,-and university ad-ministrators, disenchanted th at theyearbooks had lost traditional form,said they would not fund a means ofexpression": controlled by a fewstudents." [ ^For instance, Green recalls, IowaState students produced a yearbookcalled The Iowa State Bomb, whichcontained a series of booklets thathad to be Inserted into a plasticbinder. ^% jgfr ^ j p jBpyStudents at - the University ofNebraska put out a yearbook whichhad Alice in Wonderland as its cen-tral theme, j ^ J jL JAAnd at the University of Ken-tucky, the


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The issues: 1.) Should produc-tion of the yearbook be continuedand 2.) should the newspaper besacrificed to the Communicationsdepartment for use as a jour-nalism lab? r M * ig A student attending the studentgovernment meeting came upwith a suggestion which wouldresolve both issues in one stroke,fhe suggestion: Give the year-book to the' Communicationdepartment | 4This solution is good; for anumber of reasons. Consider thefollowing facts concerning ! theyearbook.Staff is a consistent problemreadily admitted by everyone.There are never enough staff peo-ple to produce the book-and theburden usually falls to one or twoindividuals. Consequently,deadlines are|missed and^costsincrease. iFunding is presently a seriousquestion m the minds of govern-ment representatives. Thej stu-dent government, which providesfunding for the yearbook, is con-sidering the worth of continuing apublication that loses money. This year the yearbook budgetwas $6500. Approximately 235copies will be sold at $15 each.This means a loss of $2975 will beincurred for the 1961-82 year.This yearbook problem is notunique to Mercyhurst. All overthe country yearbooks ar e eitherbeing scrapped or drasticallychanged in format (see storypage 1). Now if the concept of col-lege "yearbook" was adopted toserve a practical contemporaryuse, the Communications, depart-ment would have a publication totrain students. > $P> *

For example, change thePraeterita from a yearly hard-bound picture memory book to abound two-volume magazine for-mat. The format could bedeveloped in a journalistic styleunder the Communicationsdepartment's tutelage. And whatbetter way to remember a yearthan through the writing,photography, and!hard work offellow students? J ' *Charges at the MSGjmeeting,before this suggestion was brush-ed away; were thatithe depart-ment would edit, and generallyuse the book for public relationpurposes. If the Communicationdepartment isn't going to do thatto the newspaper (assalleged),why should they to a yearbook?Another , charge was ' thatstudents at large wouldn't beableto work on the book because ofcommunication major competi-tion. Since students aren't (andhaven't) worked!without com-petition, |the communicationdepartment would only add acore of workers to see the job gotdone. This way one or twostudents aren't left with all theburden. To ensure the new "yearbook"stays a student magazine, ar-rangements could be made to setup guidelines for open editor*selection. | ^f I? ? * | |^Finally, based on past ex-perience, the yearbook needs anew' format and ^differentmanagement guidelines "for con-tinued existence. The newspaperdoes not. Therefore, the only tru-ly rational decision would? be toput the revised yearbook underthe auspices of the Communica-tion department. '

LetterUnprofessional Atti tude InCareer Services AddressedDear Editor,This letter concerns the CareerServices Office at Mercyhurst.From page ten S to the currentMercyhurst Catalog comes thefollowing: # I"Employment Counseling andcurrent orientation are alsoessential functions of the CareerServices Office, beginning withthe entrance (interview* of r thefreshmen and continuing throughgraduation." ? \ PAs a freshman, I never receiv-ed an entrance interview by theCareer Services Office. Do anystudents entering here actuallyhave one? Not until this year, mysenior year, did I have any con-tact with this office. I might add,that the initial contact was uponmy own initiative because Iwasn't receiving any information(namely the Newsletter) from

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them. |After filling out the forms andwaiting a couple of months I stillwas; not on their mailing list.Thus, I returned and completedthem all again. I mow receivemail f from them and all induplicate form. An obvious over-sight and also a w aste of paper inmy opinion. W f P< , "However, the ethical standardsof this office are what I questionmost. Upon making my first ap-pointment with Mr. TyroneMoore, I arrived at the scheduledtime, i only 7to be told he hadentered my name on the wrongday on his calendar and that hewasn't in. So, I rescheduled.On the day of my second ap-pointment, I again arrived iontime. Mr. Moore was "out" so Iread the Erie Times and waited.Over a half hour later, he return-ed with two companions who hepromptly escorted into his office.When they emerged some fifteenminutes later I finally was able tomeet with him. After a brief con-versation it was obvious he hadnot familiarized himself with myfile. I was sure of this when hetold me to go out and get it fromthe secretary. The next few

minutes I again spent waitiwhile.he acquainted himself fan appointment he should habeen prepared for. iAfter alterin g a busy schedularranged a third and most receappointment with Mr. Mooreneeded | ad vic e' concerning possible job for which I cannwait indefinitely. 11 arrivedscheduled, again on time,, awas told by his secretary that had just left for "a conferenceEdinboro." I looked down at tappointment book and saw thon this occasion, my name wlisted under the correct day at ime. | | fMy question is, what servicethis office really providing? I fit rather ironic that in my tempt to gain a position, begincareer, and establish my self aprofessional 'that' I must? sedirection from such an inconstent, unprofessional office.I for one, do not plan to utilithis "service" any longer. Qufrankly, I am afraid they wouhandle my file and my credetials the same way they hatreated me! - | % Thank you,m Karen Kolpien %

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Editor-in-Chief, Rebecca L. Martin Assistant To The Editor Donna J. Peterson *Feature Editor . Bonnie JamesSports Editor..... Jack Bour *Photography Jtich Forsgren $ f IfPists..-- : Elaine Coyle, Tony Paradise,Proofreaders Jean Harris, Mary Cay MarchioneCartoonists Jamie Borowkz, Chris McGowan, TimBernik, Steveg j . General Staff Mary J0 Allen, Fran Moamo, Brent Scarpo, John& lrofl*Kk,Maree-Lynn Gcon, Theresa Sanders, Greg 6*2*. r> u . toko, Martha Camp 7 Faculty Consultant Steve Curcio MAdvertising Manager A.Bob Porter^-Business Accounts ..v ....JCen RohlerCirculation Managet... .. Carlo Gasparello

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Feature APRIL 29,1982 PASummer On The Hil l SeriesPr in t ing Errors ! Cleared

EDITOR'S NOTE :fThe follow-ing is a reprinted section of lastweek's "Summer On The HillSeries" article. Due to gross prin-ting errors, many of thestatements in the article weremisconstrued and therefore inac-curate. {Apologies to Mr. IgorStalsky for defamation ofcharacter a re extended.I Both a Renaissance, Feast anda Gilbert and Sullivan Cabaretare I planned for Mercyhurst'sSummer On The Hill program.Auditions are open to the com-munity, bu t Mercy hurst peoplewill be given first p riority, accor-ding to Stalsky. "Emphasis isprimarily on singing, but peoplewho have never acted shouldn'tbe discouraged/' stated Stalsky."We are also looking for peoplewho can dance. " \Stalsky expressed his concernover the apparent unwillingnessof students to ; participate! intheatrical productions. "I amvery scared!; to choose produc-tions because J don't know whothe -,performers will be," saidStalsky. "With all the people inthe residence halls, there has gotto be a lot of talent not beingused." t lIn repayment for the per-

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formers' hard work during thesummer productions, there willbe an Jhonorarium of fifteendollars per performance for eachperson involved. "We are alsocounting on generous tips I fromthe audience to show apprecia-tion for the students' hard work,"explained Stalsky. MAuditions for both shows will beheld April 26 and 27 from 6 to 8 inthe Little Theatre. Those who areauditioning are to prepare a songand bring sheet music. Stalskyconfirmed that he is willing totrain the inexperienced. ,Tickets for the shows are six-teen dollars per person, reserva-tions are a must, and will only behonored if tickets are prepaid.Group rates will be established a ta later date. Contact MercyhurstTheatre box \ office "for moredetails. ? % W* 2

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Term In London Available 19Next year Spring Term, Dr. Marilynn Jewell and DDavid Cooper will be taking a select group of 25 students London, England, to study at the University of London.fi Students selected for the trip w ill spend March 21 to Mayin London, studying Eng 153 British Literature I, Hist 16Tudor and Stuart England and an Independent Study whicbest fits the students needs. . i |The program cost is $2,200 which includes Mercyhurst Clege tuition, the program in E ngland, rail pass for tra vel ffield trips, library fees at the University of London, tutors fthe independent study, cultural events and lodging for teweeks, t * ;Items not included in the program cost are air fare, mea(which can be taken in the cafeteria of the University of Lodon), passport fees, travel insurance, textbooks, and independent sightseeing. I | |% Those students who will be receiving J financial aid scholarships for the 1983 Spring Term can apply that monefor the term abroad. \Applications and further information can be picked ufrom Dr. Jewell in 222 Preston. Applications should be sumitted to Dr. Jewell by May 17,1982, with a sum of $100, antwo letters of recommendation of two faculty memb ers, icluding one from your Department Director.If accepted, the $100 will be deducted from the MercyhurCollege Term Abroad, if one is not accep ted, the money wbe refunded.

You'refaiming for a college Get the facts on feedegree. And with tha t in hand ship management training.you'll be looking fo r afjoboffer. You may find it w on'tbe automa tic. For that reasonit's important for you, aslasophomore.^to make the f-mo st of your last two yearsin college. Whatever yourcareer choice.syou'llwant tobecome competitive and 1marketable. I t won't be easybut you'll find yourself be tterprepared if you look ahead. tNow. I t :, t

Learn what increases yourleadership po tential in thejob market. Sophomore, youcan do something about yourlife afte r college.Stop by the Arm y ROTCDepartment for,this infor-mative packet. \ iRoom Z-333, Zurn ScienoeCenter, Gannon University-phone: 456-8376

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5Jeui0"Happy Daze DanceTo Fund Scholarships

The Education Department issponsoring a Happy Daze 50'sDance on Saturday, May 22, from9-1 a.m. in the Campus Center."The purpose of the dance is tobenefit the Mercyhurst CollegeScholarship Fund," said Dr. Bar-bara Weigert, coordinator of theevent "We want to raise scholar-ship money for upperclassmanat Mercyhurst who need helpwith tuition." W$

Prizes will be awarded at thedance for the best dancers andthe m ost authentic 50's- costume.A lot of restaurants have donatedgift certificates that will be usedas awards, explained Weigert.The band for 5 the dance is"Freddyjand the Flashbacks*'.Tickets for the event are $7.50 perperson, and can be obtained bycontacting Dr. Barbara Weigertat extension 259. k

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Activities WeekendMusic, Food, Prizes,and PingyPing Balls?

The annual activities weekendsponsored by MSG will* be heldMay 14-16 in the grotto;, fBooths, raffles, and prizes aresome of the many things offeredduring the weekend. | *MAll the activities are beingplanned to take place outside. If itshould rain, everything will moveto the Campus Center, said RichLanzillo, MSG President'Various Clubs will have boothsset up and all proceeds j willbenefit each organization.Any ! organization still in-terested in setting up a boothshould contact Claudia Englert inthe MSG office/ ISrX;

Ten percent of the proceedsmade by MSG through raffleswill benefit multiple sclerosissaid Lanzillo. ;Raffle prizes include a stereosystem, TV discount foodcoupons and three free creditsvalued at $300. J' W \ tThe activities weekend willkickoff on Friday night, May 14,with a concert; by Savannah at7:30 in the Grotto. y$j$An unusual activity will occuron I Saturday at -10 A.M. Anairplane will drop 1000 ping pongballs on the grotto and one of theping pong balls will be m arked.The student who finds the mark-

ed ball will win a stereo sysj* Throughout the afternevents presented by college will take place. TgLater in the afternoon Fuzjazz band, will perform ingrotto^ f 'During this time, jK.C. Fwill serve students a picnic ner in the grotto. TThe MSG ticket raffle will place after dinner. fe| |Evening entertainment wiRichard Pryor's movie "LivConcert". . ^The weekend will end on day, May 16, with the SAC pat Presque Isle from 12-8 p.m

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Chris: MUSKRAT said "TakeCare." Love. Pooder Precious.*

Y o u r d u c k s w e a r a r m yboots!!!!! ITo my "semi-friend" Karen:You're a "Special" friend, I'm

t sorry, Happy 20th!! TerCathy, I thought ice skating infront of Sesler was too much, but; Niagara Falls, Really! !TerDiana, I am truly sorry for mycomm ents , in las t Week'sMerciad. I>My Jealousy wa s uncalled for.YourXCookie, Time for anothersweepstakes!! Good Luck. Mr.Bopped out. f "SB* J tOne more! One More! One More!One More! One More!Flan l ivesO n e B i g a p p l e d o n ' tspoil. .> $r I Iiiappy 22nd Laurie F. Don't ex-pect a flutaphone this yearBetsy McAlee is the smartestperson I kn ow ... 101!!! |

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Sonya, Dance with m e .to be your partner! I wantDoes Lisa Johnson still go here?Your Favorite Social Worker.32 days until graduation.Randy and Parrot, Diane wantsto see you Friday after class

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After another week long lay offit's back to the grindstone again.This week instead of rambling onabout something stupid TikeGeorge Bretts' current battingavera ge or why Steve Carlton is 1and 4 right now, I'm going tobreach a new subject. That sub-ject is track. % f " fAlthough I self admittedlydon't know;) to much about thesubject, I have been approached!by quite a few individuals askingme to write an article on why we/:don't have a track team. Theseindividuals continually plead thecase that it's not that expensive 1and we have plenty of potentialon the campus right now. Many ofthe current football and crosscountry competitors have gone tothe state championships in oneevent or another and would pro-bably be able to do quite well inintercollegiate competition.While I don't know any of thefinancial aspects of track andfield, most of the people do pre-sent a strong case for the interestof a track team. Whether or not itis financially possible to * field avarsity track team I'm not sure.All that I know is that there is aninterest among the-* Mercy hurststudents in track and that they'would support such a teamwholeheartedly. I f

Te n n i sEvensR e c o r dThe Mercyh urst: tennis teamtwice wo n impressively lastweek, defeating YoungstownState and Edinboro State by iden-tical 9-0 scores. The results ob-viously pleased Coachj Bo bSturm. s | "The results Were very pleas-ing and somewhat surprising inthe Edinboro match. Edinborohas a very good team, and theydidn't play badly, but we playedvery well," Sturm commented."I think what I helped was thecompetition we've played sofar. Mercyhurst ha s] faced 10Division I opponents so far.This week the Lakers face Gan-

non and Behrend at home, thentravel to Perm. State *to par-ticipate in? the Penn StateQuadrangular. Others competingare Bowling ! Green and OhioUniversity. > jjSturm sees the Penn StateQuad as very important to histeam. "It will probably be the dif-ference between a winning andlosing season. Bowling Green andOhio University ar e tough year-inand year-out. We played PennState earlier and they ar e very8 : : #J M SturmThe Lakers look to continue thestreak of 18 straight matches thatthey have currently won. In theprocess they look to improve ontheir 8-8 record.! 1

Laker Junior Brian Mahon shown in action against Behrend in the 5-3Laker victory*Basel>all Tea m! Splits 8 |Pair Of DoubleheadersIn baseball action last week theMercyhurst Laker baseball tea msplit a pair of double headers, los-ing to Kent State University and.sweeping rival Behrend College;In action against Kent State theLakers lost the first game 4-0thanks to a pair of homers byKent Slate's Kelly Meneer. Lakerace John Costello absorbed thelossHh* the opener-despite allow'ing only one earned run. In the se-cond game poor defense cost theLakers the game as they droppeda few pop flies in a 5-1 loss. RandyLash powered the winners with ahomer while Laker outfielder LouAlvesio hit a solo shot to providethe lone run for the 'Hurst. Lakerfreshman Rick Skonieczka tookthe loss for the Lakers. | ^The Lakers bounced back fromthe losses by taking a pair ofgames from the Behrend Cubs inthe f home opener. The Lakerspounded out 12 hits in the firstgame to stomp the visiting Cubs8-6. The power for the 'Hurstcame in the 6th as Dave Snydersingled, Andy Giachino tripled,Chip Lewis and Dick White walk-Women'sfSoftballAfter suffering their first lossin I two years, the Mercyhurstwomen's, softball team is pickingup momentum going into their se-cond week of competition. :.

i Inflicting the opening day set-back was Slippery Rock by a 2-0count. The Lakerette bats didn'twake up till the seventh inningwhen they collected both theirhits. The bats caught fire in thesecond game, stroking nine hitsin the 7-4 win. Candy Hoover,Mary FatigatiTand Sherry Put-nam had two each, with Hooverknocking in thee runs.The 'Hurst extended their win-n streak to* five games withleheader wins' over Gannonand Grove City. The bats "con-tinued to sizzle versus Gannon,with Putnam driving in five runsin the 13-3 first game win. CathyCrotty and Ann r Burbules hadthree hits a piece, with Burbules

ed, Glenn Allen singled, Te dDeSanti delivere d a 3-run doubleand Rick Skonieczka singled. TheLaker defense slipped in later in-nings allowing six runs in thefinal two innings before stiffeningin the 7th to preserve* the win.Scott Lucas was the winner forthe Lakers and John Costellopicked up the save. Lucas alsohomereo to ' support '"his own.'- In the second game Lou Alveriowas the big spark for the Lakers'as he went 2 for 3 and scoredthree runs in the 5-3 victory. DaveSnyder pounded the big mow forthe Lakers as he sm ashed a 2-rundouble. Brent Pomycala was thebig stick for the losing Cubs as .connected for, a 2-run homer inthe 6th. Brian Mahon was thewinner for the 'Hurst going six in-nings before giving way to JohnCostello who picked up h is secondsave of the day. The wins broughtthe } Laker * record j to 4-6. The'Hurst continues playing SlipperyRock Thursday and Thiel Satur-day, before returning home Tues-day, May 4 to face Edinboro.

Women'siCrew TeamBeats WestsideSatu rday 's! Women's Crewcompetition featured the LakerOars women w s . B uf fa lo ' sWestside Rowing Clu b. j jIn the women's four event,Mercyhurst fell behind Westsideduring the nRrst 300 Tneters.However, the *Hurst's power wa sevident as the Laker four walkedby Westside during the final 1000meters to take the victory by an18-second margin. The winningMercyhurst Pour consisted ofstroke: Barb Jakob; 3: PattyMarchwinski; 2: Bar b Burbules:bow: Elaine Gionti^Cox: Mary

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In the women's eight event,Laker novice faced an experieed AVestside Crew. Again, contioning ' was evident as Mcyhurst pulled to a > 2V&-lelead going into the final 3meters. In the last 30 strokes,Hurst's drive was impededequipment problems. Westspulled for the win in the final fstrokes of the race. Times for women's eight event were: Mcyhurst 6:06, Westside 6:03.This Weekend, Mercyhurst wcompete for divisional honorsthe Mid-America > RegattaMarietta. Ohio.f I.

Men's CrewlTeamSails By Canisusfhitting the first Laker homerun ofthe season. The speedy Lakeret-tes pilfered 10 ba ses. Gannon fellby a 6-5 score in the second gam e.Hoover and Fatigati belted outtwo hits, .with Hoover addinganother homerun. r Laura f Ames'? 5-hit pitchin govercame a sluggish offense asthe 'Hurst defeated Grove City,5-2.. In the nightcap, LisaJacobitz, Hoover and Burbulesbanged out two hits each in a 6-4triumph. *-/ |Coach Shelly Monas, while ob-viously pleased with the 5-1record, feels her team can playbetter than they have shown."I'm worried about the inconsis-tent hitting. Our defense has beengood,,and as good as our pitchinghas been it still isn't a s dominantas it can be." \ ; -,Monas did admit.her girls areplaying pretty well, though. Shelooks to get rolling this week asthe Lakerettes take on VillaMaria an d Clarion in singlegames and Point Park and Edin-boro State in doubleheaders.THE MERCIAD

The Laker men's varsity crewgained their long-awaitedrevenge against Canisus Collegethis past weekend on nearbyFindley Lake. Late last fall, theGriffins from Buffalo, New York,had} upset the Lakers by tenseconds. This time r Coach AlBelovarac had his crew ready forthe kill as they blasted their op-ponents off the water by a stunn-ing 33 seconds.' The 1 Lakerslumped to a boatlength lead afterten strokes before settling downto the 2,000-meter race. With 1200meters to go,' Canisius made amove on the Lakers but wereunable to gain an advantage; atthe 1000-meter mark the Lakersput the Griffins away for good asthey punched out a power 20,followed by an aweso me sprint asthe finish fine approached, bring-ing th e rate up to a sizzling 38strokes per minute. The Hurst'svarsity was powered by DaveIacovetti at bow, followed by J imBracken, Bruce Pancio, JohnSalvatori, I Bob Breslin, KevinMurphy, Joe Lennon, Randy Pat-terson at stroke, and Laurie

Mahnken as coxswa in. kThe Laker J.V. eight handthe Griffins more of the samethey powered past them by-seseconds. It was a close racethe way down the course wCanisius nearly overtakingLakers at the 1000-meter maThe intrepid Lakers .woul d nplay dead, however, and charback on the Griffins, beatthem by seven seconds. THurst's eight wa s mannedCorky Pr em at bow followedJoe Mangano, Tom Bucci, MFitzgerald, Rich Leach, DMussett,' Jack* Wyland, BryDohe rtyat stroke and John Kat coxswain. T% Canisius' lone victory?ofday came in the fours racewhich they downed the Lakers10 seconds. Rowing in theircond race of the day, the 'Huran out of gas in the last 5meters and let the visitors swby. ^ - ^ k r '* I. This weekend the Lakers tato the road again as they traveMarietta, Ohio, to row in the MAmerican Regatta.

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The Merciad, April 29, 1982