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T H E CIADVOL. XLIV NO. 9 MERCYHURST COLLEGE FEBRUARY 4, 1972FOOD SERVICETO IMPROVE

B y K im Won tenayHave you been leaving yourtray on the table, instead ofbusing it to the window in thecafeteria?? If you have, fyou can

expect a bill of one dollar perweek from now on.^ At "jthe Food Committeemeeting held Thursday, January24, Mr. McClaine explained theclean-up takes-extra time* andeffort.| If trays are left on thetable, it inconveniences otherstudents and cuts down on spacein the already over crowdedcafeteria.The Food Committee was informed that the*biggest studentgripe was about the cleanliness ofeating utensils and the cafeteriaitself. (The results of the SagaFood Service Survey are not yetbackwhen they are they will beposted.) This all important issueis being handled as best aspossible by diversified cleaningmethods and double checked bycafeteria personnel. Yet, it stillappears that thei best way toremedy dirty dishes (if you runacross them) is don't use them!Speaking of cleanliness, fromnow on anyone coming into thecafeteria unnecessarily dirty,sweaty, or muddy, or in bare feetwill be refused service.Rumors about a rise in boardrates for next year brought on along explanation about thecollege-Saga icontracts. ,Mr.McClaine explained that as longas food prices don't increase(which, unfortunately, they are),the company is satisifed with theprofit and the school is satisifedwith food service performance, arise in board rates does not occur.It came down to the need fornewer, expanded facilities in thecafeteria; along with the rise inutility rates which the*schoolfoots out of the board rates. So,although it hasn't been confirmed, i it pdoes look like boardrates are on the rise for next year.(By the way, board Irate isfigured on average student attendance to all mealswhich isfrom 60 to70 per cent Therefore,no reimbursement for all thosebreakfasts you sleep through!)

The next issue discussed wasthe possibility of starting jlunchearlier for those who have noonclasses. Mr. McClaine said he'sworking on the problem, and bynext week, after clearancethrough the college's administration board, students willbe able to receive lunch beginningat 11:00. 1 |K Believe it or not, the quality (orlack of it) of food was alsodiscussed. Hot cocoa drinkers,the mud is going, J the old kindcoming back. Although the old,help-yourself peanut-butter andjelly sandwiches were banned,Mr. McClaine said he'd starthaving some readymade forthose who might want to have theold standby. Complaints aboutthe grease in foods, too manystarchy foods at lunch, and a lackof green vegetables, especially a tdinner were voiced. Mr. McClaine

said he'd do his best to take careof all three complaints. In addition, he will try to stop servingroast beef .and spaghetti on thesame night. Itf?a coupleof weekswell be seeing fresh doughnuts atSunday -brunch and maybe atoaster out for continental breakfast. Also Mr. McClaine said he'dextend coffee hour till ten or ten-thirty if no one would rip-off thebottoms of the disposable cups.Oh! The Saturday night shrimpbasket will be continued (yum) !|Remember the I midnightbreakfast? Mr. 'McClainepromised us a couple more beforethe year is out.

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PACE 2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE FEBRUARY 4,;1972?Do You Know Who You Are?s t B y D a v e B l a n c h f i e l d

Philosophers often speak ofwhat they call Hie human con-ditioa _ Under this heading theyInclude the essential characteristics of man. For example,there i s; an eternal lonelinessabout man. No man is so at onewith life that at times he dos notfeel cut off from the earth, fromstrangers, from those he loves.Or a gain; part of the humancondition i s that some kind of painis necessarily involved In allman's efforts to achieve Shisideals. N o m a n expending himselffor a cause or person does no t feelhurt, whether it be the hurt ofexhaustion or just knowing thatyour deepest efforts m a y fail.What I want to deal with here isa part of the human conditionmany of us feel very s deeply -both individually? and corporately. For most people thegreatest problem is "getting ittogether ', J-the problem ofidentity, "Who am I?", "Am Iever going to say or do or thinkanything that is me, me alone andnot somebody else," "Am I evergoing to be one, not just with theearth and others but withmyself?" It all ties together wesuspect. Somehow, all? at^ thesame time, I have to be one withthe earth, myself and others andif o n e i s missing I'm not there yet.Yet the question always remains,"How do I get to be me?" *$It's?a question a college mustask herself too. *Maybe the answer to the two question tiestogether. Believe it or not what!\fercyhurst should be is a placethat helps you to get to be you.That is whatt education is allabout, it is something you do tobecome you and the role of acollege is to set up the environment that will make thatpossible. Just two weeks agoM ercyhurst affirmed thateducation is something the individual fdoes to 'himself. Sr.Carolyn made this very point asshe presented a n honorary deg reeto Stanley Lantz. 1 don't know Mr.Lantz but just from listening tohim receive the degree I have ahunch h e Is a sincere humble manw h o is very much himself despite

hisno t going to college.T o educate yourself, to becomeyou is to first learn how to thinkcritically and then based on thatthinking to make] decisions,choices that come from deepinside jyou and which are so

team will win on Tuesday,whether or not the test will behard (or if you're a teacherwhether or not the clas s situationhas deteriorated so badly that atest is needed.) >fv? JI spend lots of time wondering if

examples from our shared ex*perience ^here at Mercyhurst."Why have we changed ourcurriculum here at Mercy hurst? " " Is a highly developedsports program desirable* ornot?" "W hat does it mean to say

fundamental they create you. Thegospels talk about your heartbeing where your treasure is. Iwould be tempted to paraphrasethat and say where your heart isthere are your choices and J thatyou a re what you choose. You areyour commitments. |The first step in becoming youthen | is thinking critically, orbetter ? understanding what isinvolved in the process that isyour thinking. W e all think, ourminds relate to the world we livein . Usually, however, thisthinking is limited to immediatean d practical matters. O ur mindstend to wonder whether or no t the

m y car is going to start (it usuallydoesn't.) All these things must beconsidered but there is a dangerin spending too much of ourmind's time there. So the firststep in becoming yourself in-thinking critically i s t o t r y a n d getbeneath this everyday level.How? |By asking yourselfquestions all the time. There are,However, good questions and badones. W hat you don't need herea r e | informational questions.These are questions that bringyou data, "W hat courses are youtaking?" W hat is needed are whyquestions or meaning questions.To illustrate! let me give

we are a * Christian college?""What does ijit (mean to beeducated?" (When you startasking questions like these youforce yourself to I start thinkingyour own thoughts. Granted youmay try to recite something youread in a textbook but somehowyou feel phony when you try toanswer your own question thatway - somebody else's questioncan fbeVanswered with amemorized response but not youro w n . So you keep asking thesequestions and soon you discoveryou are thinking, things that areuniquely your own. I fjjjSS

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Beginning in the summer of1972, Mercyhurst College will cooperate with ! the E rie D iocesanMission Office i n a n acculturationprogram in Merida, Yucatan,Mexico. The basic objective ofthe program will be to give smallgroups (3 to 8) of AmericanCollege students of the 1 ErieDiocese an opportunity to live andwork in an under developed areaof Yucatan, Mexico and experience the culture of a ThirdW orld people on their own terms.The program is generally gearedto three to six weeks, Ibut it isflexible enough to adapt tocollege intersessions and summervacations. '

Father Fernando Avila, theMexican coordinator of theMission of Friendship betweenthe Erie Diocese and the Archdiocese of Merida, will direct ateam pi English speaking LatinAmerican experts for weeklyseminars on the historyi of theMayan civilization and thepresent i impediments ofeconomic, social,^spiritual, andpolitical developments of ThirdW orld Mexico and Latin

America. There are also plannedweekly expeditions into the Mayaculture areas throughoutYucatan. Short term projects ashouse building, simple carpentry,nursing, and general homeeconomics will be directed byErie's Lay Mission W orkers, Billand Joan Grieggs, whofwill administer the program in Sotuta,Yucatan.* Other area colleges cooperating in the program are:Gannon, Villa Maria, Edinboro,Clarion, and.Behrend. To maketh e program available to as manyother students as possible, basicexpenses? will be kept to aminimum - transportation to andfrom j Yucatan plus $10.00 perweek for room and board. Sinceonly tw o groups can be handled ata n y o n e session date, reservationsshould be made by early spring.T he screening of all candidates isrequested by $ the ] campusministry office. IA meeting forfall Mercyhurststudents interested in theprogram is scheduled for Monday; February 7, at 4:00 in theCampus Ministry O ffice, Room211M. 1

Staff Writers: Mary Hoffman, J.D. Havrilla, Bob Pettlnelll, Pat LyonAl Belovarac, D. Vernora, Sports; Thomas O. DiStefano, KimWontenay, Sue Weiner, Maureen Hunt, Rick Lamb, Feature;Gerald Barron, En tertainment; Tom Heberle, NewsStaff; Cathy Smith* Kathy Holmes, Christine Cebula, RoseannSchiavlo, Carol Alco, typ ist; Annette D'Urso, Mary Popvich, proofreader; Dianne Guyda, Jon DeGeorge, Terri Grzankowski, Lay out;* Fran Adhearn, Dave Rohde, ? Bonnie Clymer, AmparoAlvarado, A rt; Carol Kress, Shelle Lichtenwalter, photographer;/Mary Tupek, Circulation; Dario Cipriani, advertising manager;Bo b Beck, editorial ass is tant" | | ? *

Y O U T H H A P P E N I N GC L E V E L A N D , O H I OHear- Jean VanierLynn Haney - Cleveland Folk SingerBob Carty - Toronto's Folk TroubadourThursday, February 10,1972,7:30 p.m.Sponsored b y Campus Ministry OfficeFree Ti ckets - First come, first servedS ee Sister Rita - Room 211M

accomplish all this. W e d o createon another, that's another partof the hum an. condition. Thislistener must be ode who hearswhat you say, who tries to understand and who then reacts toyour i thoughts 1 thereby alsoenabling you to react. O riginalityis more often reacting in your ow nway to others ideas and actionsrather than being a creation ofsomething from nothing.Once you start asking these meaning" questions the nextstep is to use them to help yo u le ethat you know {more and area ware * of more than you everdreamed possible. You inay notknow lots of facts but all of youreading this have had at least 18years of coming face to face withlife (sheltered though it may be.)In this 18 or mo re year encounteryou've made many judgements,come to many conclusions,without being aware of how youg o there, flj aHKSJTt .: ^I Many of us, for exam ple, getuncomfortable when|we findourselves habitually watchingtelevision. W e many continue todo it but we sense something isno t what it should be. W hen g iventhe chance we {feel muchj morecomfortable spending an eveningtalking with a person who caresabout us or even bobsleddingdown a snowy Pennsylvania hill,How do we I account for thecomfortableness o r t h e lack of it ?Why is it there? g(note, aquestion.) \ Thej feeling is i therebecause w e have already come tothe judgement that it is better toparticipate than to be passive.This principle is a basic part oftheihidden,philosophy oF lifemany of us share. The aim ofmuch of ou r thinking should be touncover this hidden personalworld view.

Once yo u start formulating thisphilosophy of life it makes yourdecision making much simpler -no , not! simpler 3 just morepossible. oS m f { W&W%S o , ask questions, study youractions and moods (by askingyourself still more question) tose e what your philosophy of life isan d then on the ba sis of that makeyour decisions. K now all the timethat it is the thinking an d decidingthat make you, you. Never thinkor j decide and you|will alwayshave that terrible dread that youare no t really y o u . ,-JKsS g

According ToThe LawB y B o b B e c k

.. On a recent trip through theunion, a group of students askedme a question concerning a partyof theirs that had been raided byth e police. T h e students explainedthat the police had come in answer to a complaint that they hadreceived about the party. W henthe students answered the doorthey voluntarily consented toallow |the . police enter theirapartment; W hen the ] policeentered, they idiscovered thatalcoholic beverages were beingconsumed by minors.Hereafter ensued many legalcomplications. The questionconcerns whether the studentswere required by law to allow thepolice into their premises.Luckily, the situation turned outt o t h e advantage of th e students.T h e answer Is definitely "NO*';unless of course, the police cam eequipped with that written "dooropener" - the search warrant. Inthis case, or any other life it, thestudents should only talk to thepolice at the door. They arelegally within their rights torefuse the police.entry. In thefuture, the stude nts! shouldremember their 'rights and usethem. But, they should also keepin mind that the quieter theparties, the. less official visitorsthey'll receive. I

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FEBRUARY 4, 1972 MERCYHURST COLLEGEINTO MUSIC PAGE 3Oscar award winners Marilynand Alan Bergman are working* with Barbara Streisand on a newalbum which they began twoyears ago. Miss Streisand, who isnow appearing at the Hilton inLas Vegas, and Michel Legrandcollaborated on an original yet

untitled album, which will berecorded in Europe. Although thesongs for the album are composed, they are polishing thesongs trying to make them better.The Bergmans are eyeing Oscarnominations for THE SUMMEROF '42 which they wrote for themovie. \Christmas eve was a happytime at the Hilton because Barbwas there for her |annual giftgiving pageant Her gifts to theaudience were 18 songs wrappedin silk hues and gold tones. Shemreceived a standing ovation at theperformance. |ller new year^songbag included SING A SONG(her son's favorite song fromSesame street), J STARTINGSNOW, DOIVT IRAIN ON MY

GPARADE, SECOND HANDF ROSE, JON A CLEAR DAY,W H E R E ! 1 YOl| I LEAD,YESTERDAYS, MORE THANBYOU KNOW,.MY BUDDY, ITSOVER, BEAUTIFUL, and thestartling ONE LESS BELL TOANSWER, A HOUSE IS NOT AHOME medley. One less< and ahouse is on her latest album,Barbara Joan Streisand, alongwith the song from THE SUMMER OF'42 . \ W | lNEW SINGLE RECORDS: BeeGees-MY WORLD: Gibb andGibb got together to write thispoignant driving rock ballad thatoffers a $ number one spot afterHOW CAN |YOU MEND ABROKEN HEART? BreadEVERYTHING I OWN; thebread follows BABY, I'M AWANT YOU with more of DavidGates ballad material and it looksgood. Elvis PresleyWE CANMAKE THE MORNING-UNTILIT'S TIME, FOR YOU|TO|GO;The old Elvis is still making the

Rated XStraw DogsBy Mark Zine

Straw Dogs, at the Warner, is afilm of deep rooted violence, j Thesetting is a quiet village inEngland where we* find David(Dustin Hoffman) and his wifeAmy (Susan George) residing inher deceased father's mansion.David his writing his doctoratethesis and has hired Amy's oldboyfriend and his associates tomake the; necessary householdrepairs. | & ^The violent force slowly creepsinto full swing, i From thestrangulation of a cat, to the finalgun shot, one's senses areshocked beyond belief.Miss George does an excellentacting job. She relates fear andsadness | so strongly that shebecomes the most believeablecharacter in theshow. jDustin Hoffman is dominatedby his pride and self-assuredcharacter. Unfortunately, thisplaces the feelings and wishes ofAmy behind his own. | f .During the war with the Moors.King James of Aragon requestedSt. Peter Nolasco to found anorder of men that would ransomMoorish captives. {They calledthemselves an order of Mercy. Inappreciation, King James gavethem his coat of arms, which wasadopted by the Sister of Mercyand is the baste of the Mercyhurstshield. ISPpI |h *The motto "Cape Diem" istaken from the Latin authorHorace. "Seize the opportunity"is an expression!of what theadministration hopes that j thestudent body will learn to do. ;The last part of the Mercyhurstshield is the name of the college.A name was needed that would bedistinctive!and still would incorporate the Mercy name. I"Hurst" means a grove, glen, orwoodedspot and was chosen afterhearing the | name of the Jesuits chool, Stonyhurst. $ -'The other side ofj the ring isimpressed with the coat of armsof Archbishop Gannon. ' Encircling botbishields are oliveleaves, the symbol of the peacethat the college graduates should

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To SteedOrNot To Steal'tZffii By Julie Sarnie*: ^'' Shoplifting, which may be pettyor grand theft, involves takingand carrying away the personalproperty of another person. Theintent here is to deprive therightful owner of his valuedproperty.

When you're patronizing yourneighborhood's corner store, becareful of what you pick up. Iknow those steaks are temptingbut if apprehended they will costbetween a $25 and $500 fine or aminimum of ten days in the ErieCity Jail. Shoplifting is a n : artadishonorable art. The amateurgroup of Juveniles steal forpersonal need, an opportunitypresenting itself, the inability toresist temptation and the thrillinvolved.(or maybe you're just^hungry), d':%-, 'When you're low on cash,grocery stores with the checkoutcounters at one extreme end ofthe store can be especiallytempting. In the winter, a heavypea coat w h its roomy pocketssolves 4iiy problem of concealment. i}^

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B y B i l l D o p i e r a l aThe first few columns of thiswriter have idea It mainly withwhy the Lakers have been successful thus far. Also, it goeswithout saying that the team isdefinitely heading into 9 th etoughest part of their schedulethis week. On Wednesday j, nightthey playe d 1 Wheeling* onThursday the University of Pitt atJohnstown, and Saturday they

this one, this seems completelyridiculous. At Gannon, the smeuof a possible NAIA berth and thetype of record that Mercyhursthas would be enough to send thatschool into ecstasy.Possibly, the attitude that theathelete isn't human, much less astudent, still prevails here. Forall * the "toleration" that highereducation is reported to instill, it

A s e v i d e n c e d b y t h e b a c k g r o u n d o f t h i s p i c t u r e , t h eL a k e r s c a n ' t j e v e n d e p e n d o n h o m e g a m e s u p p o r t .will play Point Park at the Pittfieldhouse. However, this columnwill not be devoted to an analysisof the team of their schedule.What we are going to explore isthe amount, or lack of, real spiritshown at Mercyhurst I IThat the team exhibits spirit isbeyond question. From the topscorer down to the last man o n th ebench, the Lakers have shown acohesiveness tha t exemplifies allgood teams. A good deal of thefaculty and administration, alongwith about 150-200 students haveshown a great deal of supportBeyond this, there has been .'adefinite visible lack of Interest, onthis, campus. If the team waslosing consistently, itmight beunderstoodbut wehave awinning t eam !! |No one in their "right mind"could have predicted the kind ofseason the Lakers have had todate. H owever, if one visited thiscamp us, it would be hard for himto even picture the Hurst ashaving any sort of basketballteam. Except for^ the campusbulletin board in front of Zurn onecouldn't even guess when theteam was playing. There are nosigns to help build support. Roomto room solicitation to get peopleto attend home games via bushave failed a number of times. Toa number of observers, including

seems that may b e o n e only has tobe tolerant-to a certain extent.True, this might be conjecture ofthis writer's part; but he fails tosee why there is a tremendousapathetic attitude on this camp u s , A campus that is as "close"as this one is supposed tobe ,should not have the attitude that?xists here. There seems to|bemany efforts to generate interestin a number of areas. But, if theunderlying antagonism continues,it>is no wonder why so manyprojects fail. One can't blamelack of support for the basketballteam solely on agencies that areformed to generate spiri t It is thewhole rotten attitude that jpermeates this institution that markmost endeavors for less thansuccessful before they start Itwas stated once that athleticsand academics go together - itprovides a | full experience inhigher education. If one can'tsupport i athletics in any way,and just exists on this campus forgrades alone or vice-versa, thatindividual is defeating the purpose of a college education. Afuller experience is promised byall colleges, well, how'does onege t a fuller experience by onlysupporting one segment of thatexperience? Isn't it about timethat this college campus got it"all tog ether" for a change?

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Inside Impressionsj|B fig^S?|In|Order TolWinM W< 111 By J o h n i W o jd y l a B I K l l l ^On Monday, January 17, theCrew Team, led by Coach LariePintea, assembled in the Mercyhurst gym for the first workout

of 1972. The two mo nths of funand easy living were ov er. Now,it's back to work, and work it is .g There were a bunch of soremuscles that day walking into thecafeteria. And,* if you wereamong the "privileged" to see theguys stumble into dinner, youknow I'm not exaggerating!Coach Pintea is looking forward to a successful season In thespring, with a trip to Florida fastbecoming a reality. It's not goingto be a pleasure trip byanymeans. J We're scheduled to rowagainst iTampa,I Alabama, i andMarietta onour tour* of thesouth, iThese three teams area mong the best i n t h e nation. f[|I This year, as last|year, thereare about twenty-five men out forcrew. The difference this year isnot something new. For most ofus, it's part of us.I JTo be honest year, whenthe Coach told us thatTworkoutswould be hard, we stuck it out

because there was nothing else tod o . This year we'll stick it outbecause we are a team. nSCoach Pintea expressed^ his"sentiments" on the first day ofpractice. He said we w ill be in topphysical condition by the time ofour first race against Tampa onMarch 25 in Florida. This meansa lot of hard work and sacrificeso n t h e part of all twenty-live men.I This past fall we proved to theschool, and to ourselves, that weweren't going to be a pushover.;*All of th e work w e d o in the winterpays off in the spring. We provedthat toourselves last spring.With the schedule we have it willtake muc h! hard . work andpractice to keep i n condition. But,with the memoriesiof the' victories and the g rea t: feeling ofaccomplishment that came withit last fall, w e won't give u p . : *;;I Last} fall we lost a couple ofclose races.gK That's why ' theCoach is so intent on putting us inthe best physical shape. You see,he has this philosophy it's nothow you play the game, it doesn'tmean a thing if you don't win.r-,':' ,s

tFunnymTh ing< HappenedOn!T h e IWay |7of Thel Forum

Roman style farce is packingthem in at The Erie Playhouse."A Funny Thing Happened on theWay to the Forum", opened onFriday, January* 28 , and tilingshaven't been the same since. Infact they may never b e the same.Fo r a long time now, peoplehave been saying that the reasonpeople don't go out to the theatreany more is that they want to beable to forget the cares of the dayand find something to relax andlaugh about. The thea tre and themovies have $become more andmore preoccupied with thetroubles of the worldeven NealSimon has been getting more andmore involved with humanproblems.The Erie Playhouse havingtaken notice of the grumblings ofAmerica's non-theatre audiencehas put together a noholdsbarred!production of the mostnon-message show to come alongsince * Helzapoppin''I Adaptingthe philosphy that if a little is

good, a lot should be better, theyhave taken a musicalforceandproduced it in a style that shouldmake anold burlesque comic turngreen with envy. | f | E fig"A Funny Thing Happened onthe Way to the Forum " steals itsplot from the comedies of Platustiie Roman Playwright who keptrather broad-minded .Homanaudience institches over twothousand yea rs f ago. All thegimmicks are there, mistakenidentities, masquerades, men indrag I and good old-fashionedpratfall slapstick. To be honestthe show doesn't really have aplot, it has an excuse..an excuseto keep an audience laughing untilth e theatre flow. W I ITickets are still available formost performancesthe *showruns through Sunday, February6th. Show time is 8:30 except forSunday Night's performancewhich begins at 7:30. To reservetickets, call the Playhouse box-office, 899-7008. 2? i