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DEAN'S LIST DBNNERM E R C Y H U R S T S C H O L A R S H O N O R E DOn Novem ber 15, 1972, 5per cent of the student bodywas honored at theUniversity Club in downtownEri e . These were j thestudents who averaged aQPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale andfor this achievement became

the Deans List. The Dean'sList is more than just a list ofnames, for it represents thehighest honor*? any collegestudent could work for. Thefirst annual Dean's ListDinner marks the first timein two years that athleticsdid gnot overshadowacademics . As PresidentM.L. Shane stated in hisaddress to the students:'Tonight I feel privilegedto speak to you as studentswho have received theleading academic honors ofMercyhurst College for the1971-1972 academic year.Your citation as a

Presidential scholar augueswell that you may continue toachieve in whatever pathyou decide to follow in thefuture." $ Of the 43studentsrepresented on the Dean'sList, 40 students were able toattend. The evening startedwith cocktails which wasfollowed by dinner. Afterdinner, Dean Garvey introduced each student andpresented each with apersonalized plaque. Alsopresent were the heads ofeach departments and ex-graduate Vince^Doran, whowas also presented with aplaque.The highlight oftheevening was aspeech byPresident Shane in which heexplained -to the studentswhat a presidential scholaris .Closing theevening,

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VOL. XLV. NO . 13 MERCYHURST COLLEGE. . . .. DECEMBER 8, 1972URBAN STUDIESMAJOR PROPOSEDR.UJ5. REVIEW

A new Urban Studies majormay soon be offered at Mercyhurst. I $This new and unique major wasproposed by Mr. Joseph Funfarand lacks only the ap proval of thecurriculum committee as well asstudent support. The major isopen to all students and isInterdisciplinary in concept.The undergraduate major inurban studies offered by! theDivision of. Social Sciencespurpose is to expose the studentsto the problems and crises of U.S.cities. Throughfa wide range ofmajor ideas and findings fromdifferent l disciplines intheclassroom and in the field, thestudents will be able to attain theskills, information jjand> perspectives necessary to permitthem* to make intelligent anduseful applications toth eproblems of|a city or to|workeffectively in the metropolitancommunity. iStudents .majoring in urbanstudies must take the generaldistribution requirements foradegree and include the specialUrban Profiled sequence. This

series will stress the interdisciplinary nature, of urban

problems such as environment,ethnicity and BlackI America,welfare and poverty, suburbanrelationships to the central city,criminal justice, employment,industrial development, minorityenterprise, transportation, andhousing along with approaches tothese problems. In addition,specially /selected courses fromdepartments within the Collegeand University have been compiled to develop a comprehensiveprogram. Students are requiredto take eight or nine of thesecourses dealing with not less thanthree! problem areas. A list ofurban related course descriptionsis available from the Office ofRegistrar. | g

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PAGE 2MERCIAD EDITORIALJustice OrJust Us

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% by Bob P a r k s a n d A l B e l o v a r a c| In retrospect, th e manner in which R.U.S. reached it s decisionconcerning Mr. Herring's position raises questions about thatorganization's ability to devote itself to such important matters in aresponsible way. Furthermore, th e degree'to which R.U.S. w astruly representative of the student body in handling th e issue issomewhat doubtful.! Eg \In th e first place, th e action taken by R.U.S. is only a recommendation. Dean Ga rvey will make the final decision o n re-hiring orfiring Mr. Herring next year based on the recommendations of bothR.U.S. and Mr. Kennedy, the Director of Student A ffairs.Secondly, was R.U.S. acting in a manner truly rep resentative ofthe overall opinion of the student body, or did it act as an isolated,autonomous organization acting on the basis of personal vendettasrat her than on an objective judgement of the facts? f \ \At the previous R.U.S. meeting on November 8, representativeswere told "to keep an open mind and "to canvass student opinion."They were told not to take sides on the iss ue. Instea d of ^investigating their constituents' opinions, many R.U.S. membersbecame directly involved in the controversy. To a certain degree,they starte d the controversy. Some R.U.S. members on both sidesinitiated or signed petitions on whether M r. Herring should i beretained. These representatives sacrificed their objectivity to theiremotions, at t he expense of the student body whom they re prese nt.

Also, how can R.U.S. claim to be represen tative of student opinionwhen th e signatures of over 200 students in favor of Mr. Herringwere totally ignored? Furthermore, th e alleged petition againstHerring was never presented, ye t R.U.S. took it for granted that itexisted. Why wasn't that petition introduced? \One of the objections raised against th e pro-Herring petition wasthat it contained only freshman signatures. Whether this is true wasnever established, bu t even if it was, doesn't R.U.S. consider th efreshmen important enough to seriously weigh their opinion? Ineffect, R.U.S. discredited th e opinion of over one quarter of thestudent body which will not receive representation until January atthe earliest. This exhibits a lack of responsiveness to a significantportion of the student body. | A W sR.U.S. has its own means of controlling and observing the dutiesperformed by the Activities Director, Mr. Herring and his planningcommittee, S.A.C. Bob Pettinelli, theIVice President of R.U.S., isthe direct link between Mr .'Herr ing an d student government. M r.Pettinelli stated at the November 8 meeting that he had beencompiling facts on the operation of the Union under M r. Herringsince September. He said that he would present this report at theNovember 30 R.U.S. meeting when th e questions concerning th eA ctivities Director would be discussed and voted o n . However, thatrepo rt was never presented. Why not? What was the evidence? WasMr. Pettinelli performing his job, or did he feel it was more ad vantageous for him to rema in silent since "this was his area ofresponsibility ? It is entirely questionable whether R.U.S.| could accuse M r.Herring of not fulfilling hi s responsibilities in the Student Union.Technically, he met the standa rds of the limpid social policy R.U.S.had se t down for him last year. The Social Policy of R.U.S. is theonly reference to Mr. Herring 's duties and that policy only mentionsthat the Student Activities Committee (S.A.C.) is to be headed byMr. Herring, and that S.A.C. shall submit to the executive board allplans for social activities and shall enact these plans upon the approval of the executive board. Apparently, Mr. Herring has met th erequir emen ts of this policy. r* / ISThose wh o pointed th e accusing finger at Mr. Herring felt hedidn't abide by their personal standards.*The fact is that R.U.S.never explicitly wrote down Herring's responsibilities and accountabilities. A s a result, no matter how Herring ran the Union, hewould be open to criticism. If he had been authoritarian, R.U.S.would have cried thatjits power w as being usurped. Had he letstudents share a large amount'of th e responsibility, they wouldcondemn him for being lax i n h i s duties. . $[fK.U.S! acted in an unorthodox manner which calls into questionitsfability to hire and fire administrative employees. Without aspecific criteria to measure Herring, R.U.S. subjected him to accusations which, however true or false,'often found their source inheresay evidence and inferences. R.U.S. should have realized t hat aman's professional ca reer w as in their hands. It should have beenhandled in a much more mature and professional manner. R |As it stands now, Mr. Kennedy is going to formulate a list ofHerring's responsibilities an d accountabilities, something whichshould have been done nearly two yea rs ago by R.U.S. Mr. Herringwill then have until April, the month when administrative contracts

TH E MERCIAD1 Yeats of Service

Published weekly during fto college year, except Thanksgiving, in-tersessioiv Christmas and Easter vacations, and examination periodsby the students of Mercyhurst College, Erie/ Pa., 16501. Mailing address: Mercy hurst MailroonvP^ esJoi! Hall, Box 34.Editor *38Assistant EditorEditorial BoardNewsFt9lUf9SportsLayoutAssistant Layo uCultural J HBusiness ManagerFaculty Advisor

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DECEMBER 8, 1972 MERCYHURST COLLEGEANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS BRIEFS PAGE 3Senior ChristmasDinner

The Senior Christmas Dinner isDecember 19, 1972. JCocktails6:30, Dinner! 7:30. P leaseR.S.V.P. by December 11,Contact: PattyTownhouseno.l, 4118 Brig gs A ve., 864-3792;Maureen or M'LynnTownhouseno . 4, 864-2878; SharynTownhouse no.7,864-0717.Senior Class |Pictures \Attention Seniors: Wednesday,December 13, Senior pictures willbe available to be picked up in thestudent union. Bring balance.Books Needed

Want to give your old textbooksand paperbacks f o a worthycause? Sr. Maura is collectingthese books to mail to Arabrefugees in the Middle East. Ifyou have books to devote of anysubject, |take them to Baldwinlobby desk or to Sr. Maura inZurnHall.

are; we know you're great andnow other people do too.Summerljobs1973 I jS u m m e r ! E m p l o y m e n tDirectory of the United States-see Placem ent Office for details.

StudentsPraisedOur Kids are Great!Barbara W eigert,Chairman Education Div.|Last weekend's flea i market,sponsored by the Council lorExceptional Children, helpedearn some money for thestudents' projects with children.It earned far more, though!People who rented boothscommented throughout the day,"What great |kids go to thisschool!" One lady said she had adaughter in high school and afterher day here at the College, knewshe would urge hereto come toMercyhurst because '*I didn't seeone student who wasn't pleasantand smiling." Many, many w armwords of praise to the studentscame from ^these visitors toMercyhurst. The faculty of theEducation Division wants thestudents to know how proud Jwe

Education Dept.Get-TogetherThe Education Departmentwould like to invite all educationmajors or thoge students whohave an interest | in teaching(either elementary or secondary)to an Education Department get-together on D ecember 14,1972. Itwill be an open house and willtake place upstairs in Weber Hallfrom 2 p.m. until5 p.m. Therewill be some entertainment andrefreshments.The purpose of this get-together is to enable^students tobecotne better acquainted withthe faculty| in the$ Education

Department and to meet otherstudents who are interested inEducation. ST | * 'tCome for a p art or for all of thetime but come!? v |Tennis WinnerMickey O'Neill a freshmanfrom Hornell, New York won theGirls Beginners Tennis Title insingles by \ defeating MarionPaterno, freshman of New YorkCity 6-3 in the finals. The finalistswere determined by a round robintourney. Third place |went toMelanie Griffith of Curwensville,and a fourth place tie betweenMarie Kanecki of Jamestow n andCarol Briggs of ErieP^Before the tourney, the girlswere taking lessons for sevenweeks in the basic fundamentalstwice a week.|A doubles roundrobin will start I for the classbefore the quarter closes.IntramuralBasketball^Intramural Basketball Leaguesare now forming. Please turnyour team name and 10 players to

Mr . Shimpeno 222 Preston immediately. We would like to h avescrimmages during intersession.League play will begin in earlyJanuary. Registrations are dueby Wednesday, December 13,1972.I.R.S. Hiring Needs

The Internal Revenue Serviceexpects to hire a substantialnumber of qualified individualsas Treasury Enforcement Agents(Special Agent - Intelligence), atthe GS-5 through 9 grade levels.Special A gents in the IntelligenceDivision of the Internal RevenueService perform work which isunique in the field of criminalinvestigations. They dig out thefacts in tax fraud: cas es ! (particularly for income tax, excisetax, andjcoin operated gamingdevices) and other criminalviolations; assists the U.S.Attorney in preparing theGovernment's case andfrequently serve as key w itnessesfor the prosecution. Applicantsmay apply for this position byattaining eligibility through theTreasury Enforcement AgentExam, Announcement? PH-0-07.Announcements and necessaryforms, as well as any additionalinformation required, can beobtained by contacting I theFederal Job Information Centerlocated at 1421 Cherry |St.,Ph iladelphia, P A 19102.

To Be Claimed...The book "BackwoodsUtopias" by Arthur Bestor .Published by University ofPennsylvania Press.|paperback.If you ordered the book, you canpick it up in the treasu rer's office....A personal lette r sent fromgaBarbara Quitugua, 8 Juinita Way,Dededovallage. Salutation reads :"Dear S. Rose," M * $...Ai business letteracknowledging check for "SilentSociety Speaks." From Ban-camora, S.A., Andorra, La Veila,'PrincipatD1Andorra. f $...A Letter sent to Richa rd (RodFaver) Greene ,! Nicholas Rd.,Saxonville, Framingham, Mass.Postmarked November l.Returned by post office. Personunknown. 5 } (See Barb in the Treasurer'sOffice) t**"M 'T*k8ft!

C a t t a i l S h o p

Cattail ShoplOpensThe CATTAIL CRAFTS SHOPopened Monday, December 4, at 9a.m. in Room l2iJZurnjArt andcrafts objects mad e by Mercyhurst ffaculty and students willbe on sale through December 20.Hours are from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.Monday through Saturday. Thegift shop is open to the public.Over 500 i tems will be available

for purchase with prices rangingfrom 50 cents to $500. f*The crafts shop is an outgrowthof the CATTAIL Intersessioncourse being conducted by MaryLouHiggins. | , fAmong articleslfor sale are:paintings by Mercyhurst facultyand student artists; $ crochetedhats, p urses, dresses, containers.

and}jewelry; candle s t icks;ceramic pots; weavings; scarfs;silver spoons J silver sculptures;dolls; space hangings;!mobiles;silver jewelry for men andwomen. j | ?The CATTAIL SHOP|is nonprofit. A rtists contributing workswillireceive the; total purchaseprice for each item sold. . **

STUDENT POLICY COMMITTEEb y J a n e t R a d a n o v i c h , S e c r e t a r y

On f November 1, 1972, FrankBarry called the meeting to orderand invited M r. Kennedy to m akeopening remarks. Mr. Kennedyurged the committee to split intotwo mainjcommittees - th eJudiciary and | the Legislative.The? reasons I were stated asfollows:1 m mm fa. The people who make the lawsM would be judging the offensesI against the laws, fb. It is simpler to operate inB teams of seven people than9 fourteenpeople |c. C o-Chairman is only operable ifm there are two committees.Th e K committee was J inagreement! with splitting thecomm ittee and volunteers for theJudiciary 8 and F Legislativecommittees were taken by thesecretary.i Two Icommittees of

four students and three facultymembers were to be compiled byDario Cipriani and Frank Barryimmediately ^following th emeeting. Dario Cipriani will beChairman? for the . LegislativeCommittee and Frank Barry isChairman for the JudiciaryCommittee. The Chairmen of thecommittees are to preside overthe committee meetings with novote. I w$m i '%Frank Barry submitted aproposal for the recognition of thePennsylvania State Liquor lawson Mcampus. * A ^discussionfollowed. MrJ Kennedy citedexamples* where liquor wasserved on campus without hisapproval and no E punitivemeasures were taken againstsuch actions. Mr. j Kennedy alsostated that, if he was approachedabout the possibility of servingliquor on campus, he would haveto deny a the reques t. ;?It was

brought to the attention of thecommittee tha t serving liquor oncampus would effect the entirecollege community and thereforewould need to be referred to theCollege Senate. ?jFrank Barryrepudiated that statement,saying it only affected the peoplewho ar e twenty-one and thereforeit was not necessary for the entireCollege Senate to vote on theissue. If the committee decided itwas not necessary for the entireSenate to vote, it was suggestedthe Student Policy Committeepetition the Executive Com mitteeof the College Senate. It was alsostated that the proposal needed abetter structure and specificstipulations^ on time, place,moderator responsibilities andclarfty add to the proposal. Theproposal was tabled and referredto the Legislative Committee ofthe Student Policy Committee.The division of the Committeeinto subgroups jj was discussed.Q uestions were raised concerningthe ? committee's responsibilityfor the Merciad, i thef healthservicejthe cultural committeeand| th e f Student jj Union. Adi scuss ion! on thef CulturalCommittee followed. Mr.Higgins suggested that studentswho are very enthusiastic aboutthe cultural program should worko n I t h e ! committee, jit $ wa ssuggested that the *planning forthe cultural series start as soonas possib le. The am ount of moneyalio ted for Ithe cultural committee will be investigated by Mr.Kennedy. Frank Barry statedthat Sister Joseph Mary wouldlike to address the comm ittee onthe Health Service on Campus.Mrs. Higgins suggested that weinitiate some sort of benefit fundfor a new Student Union. IIRiSS

E MPLOYME NTBabysitter: For 3 year old.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,a.m. Own transportation. ContactMrs. Edward Goebel, 866-1179. %$ Kitchen Aid: 2 male studentsneeded from 2:00 to 10:00 p.m. atBattersly Convalescent Home,2686 Pe ach Street. Ask for Mrs.Reutenauer:453-6641?' i

Male Practical Nurse forStroke patient. Contact RitaGun ther at 454-6337. ^|gjDish washer at Serafini'sRestaurant, 5 p.m. to*midnight-Tuesday^ through Saturday and1:00 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.Phone 521-7432. Male preferred.

SOPHOMORE MALES!WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUNG MEN

WHO DESIRE POSITIONS OFRESPONSIBILITY.!

HERE IS WHAT WE OFFERSPECIAL INSTRUCTION IN LEADE RSHIP$100 A MONTH WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOLSUMMER EMPLOYMENT f |GUARANTEED JOB A FTER GRADUATION j>STARTING SALARY OF OVER $8,600 PER YEAROPPORTUMTYfTO TRY OUR PROGRAM WITHOBLIGATION % W * i NO

HERE IS WHAT WE AREi LOOKING FORCOLLEGE SOPHOMORE MALES2.00 GRADE POINT AVERAGE

MEN WITH Ai DESIRE TO GET AHEADII' voti would like more inform a (ion on the ROTC Two YearProgram, a representative will be in the Zurn ScienceBuilding on the 18th thru (he 21st ol December or call 156-8376. ^ 1 !* : * f-

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PAGE 4 MERCYHURST COLLEGE DECEMBER 8J1972Sects I Bal dfEagles , Polar j BearsF irst L ake r V ictims ! * >Finally, after a large amount ofpreseason ink had been spilled,the Lakersjare off and running

into their 72-'73 schedule. Threetough opponents have tested thevalidity of various newspaperclaims, and all have come up onthe short side when th e final countw as tallied. M V jThe 'Hurstopened last Tuesdayat McComb Field House inEdinboro, before the largestcollege basketball crowd ever onthe ESC campus and walked offwith a hard fought 71-64 victory.This victory, up to this point, wasprobably th e sweetest in the shortLaker history. Edinboro? is thedefending District 18 Champs andthey know now who the team tobeat is for this year's crown!Lock Haven State opened theMercyhurst home schedule onFriday evening and came lookingfor* their third straight victoryover the 'Hurst. However, DickFox's crew had other ideas andthe 'Hurst crew shaved the B aldEagles a little closer with a 71-64victory.The following evening theGreen & White Laker vans rolledup to the gates of Taft Gym inAda, Ohio to do battle with OhioNorthern. They left the PolarBear Cage with a 59-53 victoryand earned revenge for lastyear's setback. mThe "Laker performances? intheir opening games can by nostretch of the imagination betermed classics. The team is stillin itsf forming stages and everyplayer has learned somethingduring these first encounters.Probably the one intangibleswhich has been the most evidentin the three" Laker victories li s

t by D a r i o C i p r i a n i ,S p o r t s E d i t o r

GUTS. ?Each | victory by theLakers was the cause of a guttyperformance by the entire team .This is what was lacking fromlast year's squad. fThe victory at OJiio Northernconvinced this writer that theLakers had more than what was

ran his heart out and especiallythe big men who lumbered to thepoint of exhaustion, but not one ofthem gave up until the finalwhistle sounded and we were plus6 on the scoreboard. A s part of avery I small contingent (12people), I was very proud to walk

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" 1 a n d t s i t u a t io n f o r th e ' H u r s t at t h e f o u l * l i n e . rrwritten on paper. Playing beforea n opening game home crowd thePolar Bears were sky high forthis affair" and in the pre-gamewarm ups the Lakers seemeddull. We could do nothing rightthe first half and they could doalmost no wrong. At one time the'Hurst trailed by 12 points and itlooked like an upset was in themaking. During the time ! outCoach Fox | inserted a pressingzone-trap defense and from thatpoint on, it was mostly all Mercyhurst. Every Laker performer

out of that gym and say I was astudent at Mercyhurst College. |The Basketball team is makingmistakes, but they are learningby those mistakes. The biggestmistake they could make wouldbe to lose their desire and theirpride within jj themselves. Theseare the ingredients i for GUTS.Y ou either have it or y ou don*t. JjTonight the Lakers take (-onFredonia State. Cmon' down tothe Gannon Audi and help themalong. They need y o u .G o LAKERS. . .

M.F.L. TODAYRebels Capture Superbow l

On Wednesday, -November 29,1 9 7 2 , the first annual M.F.L.Superbowl was held at the TullioAthletic Field between theregular season league champions, the Rebels;and the Bud-men, who captured the PlayoffChampionship.When the final w histle blew, theRebels had won their third flagfootball crown. ?A lthough {the Budmen drewfirst blood in the opening quarterby way of*a John "Silverheels"Holt touchdown pass from BobCurtis*| the Rebels retaliated inthe second quarter withscrambling Ralph Sortino passing15 yard s to Ken A ntalak. JackRiley added the P.A .T. by clutching another Sortino aerial.The only third quarter actionwas the second Budmen touchdown with Rufo scampering 45yards making the score 12-7 infavor of the Budmen J T

| b y T o m F r a n kThe Superbowl was truly adefensive match, but the Rebelspoured it on after Sm ack B axter'spunt rested on the Budmen fouryard line. The next play earnedRoy Fienberg and "Long IslandE d" Childs a safety and two moreneeded Rebel points. EThe Rebels scored again in thefourth quarter when Jack B axterreturned a Budmen punt the fulllengths of the field, 60 yards,making the final score : Rebels 15,Budmen 12. m m |H f 1 BUDMENHolt-pass from Curtis, 8yard s; Rufo-run, 45 yardsI iREBELS : IAntalak-pass from Sortino,15 yar ds; Childs and Fien-berg-safety ; Baxter-puntreturn,,60 yards; P.A.T.IRiley-pass from SortinoBUDMEN m 6 0 6 0 12 .REBELS 0 7 0 8|15At this time I would like to

congratulate Mr. David Shim-peno, the director of intra mura ls,on the outstanding job he performed in organizing and helpingthe M.F.L. * \ p fThroughout the season, itappeared that through * hi sleadership there was morestudent interest and participationthan in previous years, with arecord eight teams playing in theM.F.L. W: I J [ 1Without the help of this man,many g ames would not have beenplayed or{ would have beenrescheduled ibecause of unmarked fields, no jerseys orbelts, absent timekeepers andunwilling officials.inthis man exerts the sametime and effort into intramuralbasketball and Softball as he didin football, Mercyhurst studentswill Ihave $one of thef best intramural sports programs anddirectors in this area.

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