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VOLUME 59, NUMBER 16

At MSGTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6

O p e n f o r u m a t t r a c t ss t u d e n t i n t e r e s t s

By Susan Marcy

A brief MSG meeting proceeded theopen forum dealing with fraternitiesand sororities Sunday night in BaldwinHall lobby. Tickets for the Donnie Irisand the Cruisers concert will be onsale in the Student Union, MSG Officeduring check cashing hours and atDahlkemper's in the Millcreek Mali.Radio station K104 will be advertisingthe concert for the next few weeks.The Special Projects Committee willbe needing help with ticket sales thenight of the concert. Anyone who

would like to help is asked to contactthe MSG officers.I * iThere Is,still room available on the

spring break trip bus to Florida. Onlyfull payments are presently being ac-cepted. MSG President David Arm-strong also said that students will beable to ride on* the bus to Florida,round trip, for $120. This does not in-clude hotel accomodations.

Armstrong,* along with MSG VicePresident Matt Whelan, will be bowlingfor the Big Brother and Big SisterOrganization in a Celebrity Bowl onSaturday. The MSG representativesvoted to sponsor the pair $1 per pin forthe charity organization. The college

verbally agreed to match the amount.The meeting was then adjourned andthe forum began. W i

Director .of Student Services E.William Kennedy opened the forumwith the presentation of his positionconcerning the implementation offraternities and sororities on the Mer-cyhurst campus. Kennedy startedresearching the subject in September.The research was done to see if Greeksocieties, which he feels are "uniquelyAmerican" would be advantageous tothe college. 4 *

Kennedy cited both advantages and

disadvantages, but "I don't'think theadvantages bring enough sure thingsthat would be worth the ; risks," hestated. He felt that one of the biggestdisadvantages of having a fraternity oncampus is the lack of housing formembers of the fraternity. "We don'thave that phenomenon to offer," hesaid. In conclusion, Kennedy feels thatMercyhurst is too small an institutionto be able to utilize fraternities injapositive way. 5

VDr. Charles Marr, faculty advisor tothe Sigma Tau Gamma fraternitychapter at Edinboro State University ofPennsylvania, and reg ional director ofthat fraternity, spoke on the positive

Students listen intently to both sides of the fraternity - sorority issues

aspects of fraternal organizations-oncollege campuses. He felt that frater-

nities are a "great resource for a cam-pus" when it comes to ge tting involvedin community activities. "You cannotjudge fratern ities and sororities by oneor two bad examples," Marr pointedout, preferring to the stereotypicalnegative image of fraternities. Hebelieves^that fraternities offeMhe ad-vantage of people getting involved w ithother people; "there is an advantage inassociating with people, "he said.

Mercyhurst freshman James O'Con-nor, one of the organizers of the frater-nity movement on campus, feels thatfraternit ies would bring {dif ferentgroups here on campus together.Others who attended the m eeting also

felt that way.The vice-president of the Tau

Epsilon fraternity at G annon, whpresent at the me eting, said thapresence of Greek organizationmotes more*activities and mort icipation on campus." A fmember from Gannon 'who attthe meeting summed up the dsion about fratenities by sayingsuccess or failure depends onmuch the campus wants them."

{The proposal will now be discat a Campus Life Committee mand will then go to the Seriatevoted upon. e

.This week's MSG meeting wheld on Sunday in 114! Zurnmeeting will begin at 7:30 p.m.*

Luau '86/

Fourth annual luau set for this! weekendBy Chris Cardinal!

Have ?you caught the winter timeblues yet? Attend Hawaiian Luau jj'86and get rid of them. The luau, in itsfourth year will be presented by the

complete with waterfall and severalnew Polynesian dishes.

The set will also Include 125 plants;and a number of fresh flowers, in-cluding 200 antheriums; 100 birds ofparadise, and two different kinds of tea

Loki Otani will perform two floor shows each night.

Hotel Restaurant Management Depart-ment Feb. 7, 8 and 9.

Students in the dinner theatre andquantity foods classes have spentmuch time researching, planning andpreparing this year's luau. Luau '86features many original ideas in the setand menu, Including a 12 foot volcano

leaves positioned around St. Mark'sgym, where the luau will be held.

The Polynesian feast will feature ap-petizers and egg rolls, fried won tonswith sweet and sour sauce, freshvegetables with dip, roast porktenderloin, chicken teriyaki, andPolynesian beef kabobs. Other menu

i tems inc lude Hawai ian sweetpotatoes, fresh-fruit salad, mandarinorange salad, banana bread, and manyother H awaiian delicacies, j

Injj order to prepare for the luau,quantity foods students had to order400 whole chickens, 300 pineapples,and 250 pounds of oranges, amongmany other food items.*

Entertainment and music will bepresented by "Loki Ontai", a group ofseven Polynesian performers fromNew -York City. They will present two45 minute floor shows which includeaudience participation. .Vj

Due t o communi ty support , the luau,previously held i n t he cafeteria a n d

running f o r only one night, has grownto three nights and wil l be held in St .Mark 's gymnasium. Approx imately1,000, people will be served over th ecourse o f th e luau. \

Dinner theatre student MatthewRobaszkiewicz commented, "This be -in g m y f irst luau, I ha d n o ideas t o goon from last year but I think i t turnedour pretty wel l . Since no one In (dinnertheatre) class is a carpenter o r han-dyman,^.l am really pleased^with t h ewa y t h e scenic design for Luau '86 iscoming. Everyone who attends wil l beamazed by^ it an d feel they-are in aPolynesian atmosp here." i K „

"We' re cook ing a lot of food,Krist in Vesely, a student o f both theatre a n d quant i ty foods cla"We are a l l work ing together t oth is year's* luau t h e best one yewe've come u p with a lot of orideas fo r food. Our main concerneveryone t o have fun . "

There a re st i l l a few t ickets leFriday nights ' event and Sunday'sformance. Saturday i s sold o u tcyhurst students may purchase t ifor Sunday night f o r only $1terested studen ts should seeFi l ipkowsk i in the HRM Off ice oher at 825-0333. ?

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Library advisory committeeseeks to improve standardsBy Matthew J. Clark

The Hammermill Library ofMercyhurst College has, onceagain, improved itself; thistime through the addition of aLibrary Advisory Committee.

The committee, $voted intoexistence by the CollegeSenate, was established in ac-co rdance wi th Amer icanLibrary Association standardsfor college libraries.

"These standards requirecolleges to have a Library Ad-visory Committee," explainedJoan Cooper, director of thelibrary and ex-officio memberof the committee.

The Library Advisory Com-mittee functions independent-ly of the College Senate andconsists of two students, fourfacul tyi members, two ad-ministrators, and the directorof the library who serves as anex-officio member.

VOur-library tries to main-

tain a certain functioningwhich complies with theAmerican Library Associa-t ion's standards," Coopersaid*,'.- ? »

The committee has four

The D'Angelo School ofMusic at Mercyhurst ?Col-lege will «present TheAdams/Clarke Duo on Tues-day, February 18 at 8:00p.m. Featured .wl 11 be CarlAdams, who has been ac-claimed as "one of thegeneration's pleadingflutists" and Robert Clarke,guitarist, who was chosento participate in AndresSegovia's -1982 MasterClass in New York City. Theconcert will be held in theSt. Marks Auditorium. Formore information call 825-0394. ; <

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responsibilities which are: ser-ving as a liason group betweenthe librarian and the academic

community; considering andrecommending means whichwill offer the library its mosteffective role in the college;studying library needs interms of academic programs;and advising the librarian onmatters of general library

policy. •"Our primary role is to make

recommendat ions to theAcademic Policies Committeeand to look at problems con-cerning the library," statedPaul Edwards, professor ofphysical science and actingcommittee chairman.

The Libraryi Advisory Com-mittee is an outgrowth of an" a d - h o c " ( a s n e e d e d )committee. t

"Everyone wanted an 'ad-hoc' type committee to helpthe librarian and administra-tion solve library problems,"explained Edwards.

Edwards noted 'that thecommittee does not yet £have

goals set for 1986, but addedthat they will be discussed atthe committee's next meetingwhich is scheduled for Tue.,Feb. 18.

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Marty Lee (far left), guitarist for Donnie Iris and the Cruisersat the Campus Center on Feb. 22.

Erie Native

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By Jennifer Laird

Donnie Iris and the Cruisers

will be rocking Mercyhurst sCampus Center in just twoweeks. Marty Lee, guitarist forthe band, is an Erie native whotakes classes at MercyhurstCollege. In a recent interview,Lee spoke about the band,their new album , and their up-coming performance at thecollege Feb. 22.

Have any of the bandmembers worked on projectsoutside of the group?

"Since the members of theband are from different cit ies,we automatically do things onour own to some .degree. Infact, Donnie Iris just finished ap r o j e c t c a l l e d C . A | R . E .

(Cleveland Artists Recordingfor Ethiopia). He sang with anumber of well-known artists.One of the songs, 'Eyes of theChildren* can be heard on Erieradio. Kevin Valentine, our olddrummer, and I have a produc-tion partnership. We've pro-duced for other bands. We pro-duced three songs for Fric-t ion, Including 'Love Drive'.Meanwh i le , o ur ; keyboardplayer, Mark Ausech, workedon a solo album."

What are the plans for Don-nie Iris and the Cruisers in theforeseeable future?

"We'll have a new record

company by spring.;!We'reworking on a new album thathas some really excit ingtracks. We have our 4 newmembers. It's going to be anew beginning for us and, asalways, there will be a lot ofsacrifice and adjustment." -

What will the band's, newalbum be like? C

"I can't really tell you what itwill be like until we decidewhat songs are going to be onit . I can tell you that this willbe our first album recordedwith our two new band

m e m b e r s , T o m m y(drums) and Scott Wil(guitar)." |

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"Playing in Erie gives me a good feelthat 'roots' feeling ywhen you're in youtown. We get a lot of sIt's always new, fu n an

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"A full house and time... Concerts are tootant to be taken seriou

What would youmeone who has never see Donnie Iris aCruisers?

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Phi EtaSigma proposed for campusBy Jackie Rzomp

The Freshman Studies Of-fice is currently working tocharter a chapter of Phi EtaSigma at Mercyhurst College.This national scholastic honorsociety would be part of the

Freshman Experience, a pro-posal to improve the first yearexperience at the college. Theproposal outlines programsfor advising freshmen in thechoice of m ajors and orientingthem to college facilities.

With the current debate oncampus regarding the Greeksystem, Phi Eta Sigma is not avictory for those who favorfraternities and sororities. It isa society that recognizesacademic excellence.K A member of tthe Associa-t i o n o f C o l l e g e H o n o rSocieties since 1937, Phi EtaSigma was founded at theUniversity of Illinois in 1923.Currently there are 206 active

chapters and membershiptotals 312,005. I

Although membership isopen only to full-time studentswho are in the upper 20 per-cent of their class and have acum ula t ive qu a l i t y / po in taverage of 3.5 at the end of any

term in their freshman year,membership is permanent andthere is no QPA which must bemaintained. V

Invitations to attend adiscussion meeting on Tue.,'Feb. 4 w ere sent Mo alls t u d e n t s w h o m e t t h e

qualifications during their first

Elaine Ruggerioyear at Mercyhurst. To in-

dicate that students,-were in-terested in obtaining a charter,10 students from any onegrade level had to sign it.

Elaine Ruggerio andv BobPagn i o f the F reshmanStudies Office hosted themeeting along with Dr. Ludlow

B r o w n , p r o f e s s o r ofphilosophy, who may possiblybe the advisor of the society.

Stressed Ruggerio, "TheMercyhurst chapter is basically in the planning stage rightnow. First we need to see ifit's viable, then if the students

want to support it. After*that,we can start working on thecharter." f

"Activities of the honorsociety center $ around pro-mot ing h igh scho la rsh ipa m o n g s t ud e n t s i n t h efreshman year to be carried in-to the remaining years. Theyinclude honoring outstandingscholars on camp us, sponsor-ing lec tures by facu l t ymembers, and setting i upworkshops to improve studyskills. A

Benefitsof Phi Eta Sigma in-c l u d e g r a d u a t e s c h o o lscholarships to members, andeligibility for a higher startingsalary in Civil Service jobs.

According to Ruggerio, oneof the greatest benefits is"camaraderie..The society iscapable of bringing togetherstudents who have achievedacademic excellence and wisht o p r o m o t e a c a d e m i cexcellence."

James O'Connor (standing) and his brother (left) listeCharles Marr present his side of the fraternity Issue at the oplast Sunday nigh t. \

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phenomenal," commented Dr.Angela* Elston, professor ofEnglish, on the turn out of thefirst meeting of the poetryworkshop held on Jan. 14.

Elston, conductor of theworkshop, was both surprisedand pleased with the level ofinterest and quality of workssubmitted.JThirty members ofth e lErie commun i ty par-t ic ipated. Elston was disap-pointed, however, that no Mer-c y h u r s t s t u d e n t s w e r einvolved.

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Mercyhurst Student Governmentpresents:

A N D THE CRUISERS

Featuring opening band:

"Fr ic t ion"Date: Saturday, February 22,198Time: 8:00 p.m.Place: Mercyhurst Campus CenteTickets: $8.00 General Admission

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A foundation OfSupport? Open forum, Dinner-Well, the great forum commenced. It was ^surprisingly well-

attended by students; students who, however, had very little tosay.

fc When the throng of students descended on Baldwin|lobby,there was a sensed expectation of intense debate with diverse

opinions and plenty of vocal reaction. There was nothing of thesort. It could have been a funeral mass or a chess tournamentfor all the studen t reaction there was. I

There is some thing p ositive to be said about the number of in-terested students that did show up . They showed to hear oppos-ing sides and gather more information on the topic of Greek lifeon campus.

Students assert that they want fraternities and sororities oncampus. But are they serious? Are they willing to put forth theenergy and dedication necessary for the success of suchorganizations on the Mercyhurst College campus? 1

Some ! stude nts have stepped fo rth ready to meet the"challen ge" of the Greek systems on campus. These few seemto be part of those few select members that continually stepforth to accept the responsibility of leadership. And this is notintended to squelch their desire and attempts. But they alonecannot organize and guarantee the existence of Greek life oncampus. If they are the only heart and soul of the organization,what." will happen after th ey graduate and move on?$Will theforce of the student body continue to support such endeavorswithout their presence? |

These same people and others like them will be needed in afew months to run for leadership positions in student government, departmental organizations and other student dependentfunctions, like The Merciad. Will they also be ready/for thosechallenges or will they be bogged down with the whole Greeklife issue? f. |

Students seem to favor fraternities and sororities on campus,or better yet, favor the idea of them. But the more crucial issue iswhether the students will support them.

The forum conveyed the impression that stude nts are reluc-tant to contemp late the neg ative aspects of Greek life ,' i.e.potentia l law suits , out-of-hand p arties ,. rules and respon-sibilities. Few are willing to-argue, that fraternities can bepositive forces in terms of charitable contributions and com-munity service. But these kinds of activities can exist withoutGreek life, and in fact, few acts of charity or community servicehave been sustained here at Mercyhurst. $

If these students who are gathering for the purpose of frater-nities would re-channel their energies Into charity and communi-ty service, they would achieve similar ends as an organizedfraternity. There is no one stopping them from independently, orwith the help of a department, doing such activities.

Student support for fraternities and sororities may be nothingmore thanJa popular trend right now. So in the end, thermalquestion is "Does Mercyhurst-have the foundations for longterm support to provide fraternities on cam pus?".

T h e M e r c i a dNaomi A. Romanchok, EditorBetsy L. Lantz, Assistant Editor'• Jack ie Rzomp, News Editor

Susan Marcy, Perspectives EditorDebbie Hison, Co-Sports Editor

R.J. Zonna, Co-Sports EditorJennifer Conm y, Calenda r EditorRena Zlcarelli, Photography Editor

Gary Laurnoff, Graphic Artist

VOL 59 N0716 THURSDSY7FEBRUARY 671986

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ReportersJulie ChericoCindy FerraroWendy Kaufman

Jennifer LairdJean KellickBrian Sh eridan

Keren Poulter, Asst. Busness ManagerDennis McCarthy, Faculty Advisor

PhotographersTonl Fleet, Cindy Lochner, Jottle Williams

Typists J .or- Distribution ManagerRena Zicarelli, Chris Cardinal! Matt ClarkTh e Mer ciad is the student-edited newspaper of Mercyhurst Col-lege, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. The Merciad office islocated in the basement of Baldwin Hail, phone 325-0376.

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Byjj David Armstrong, MSGPresident •

Hopefully, you were at theopen forum in Baldwin lobbylast Sunday night to voice youropinion on the fraternity-sorority issue. I would like tothank Dr. Garvey and Mr. Ken-nedy for their presence andoomments; they were greatlyappreciated by MSG. *%

Afterjthe forum I had somedoubts as to the effectivenessof the student* support fo rfraternities or sororities at the'Hurs t . A l though ce r ta instudents and faculty providedexcellent opinions for the ad-vent of a Greek society |oncampus, the students did notshow enough support in orderto pull off this major move-

ment. To have a successfulGreek society, i and othersfeel thatithree separate frater-nities at least are needed to

stimulate a fine Greek society.I did not see that kind of sup-port at the forum. It remains to

be seen if a few hard workingindividuals will fbe able tosway the Senate, which is thenext step, tojagree on frater-n i t ies and so ro r i t ies a tMercyhurst.... '/ I JS *

I would like to congratulatethe Senior Dinner Dance Com-mittee on the excellent workthey did to provide the seniorswith a top notch dinner-dance.The accolades are still pouringin and I am passing them on.Even the administration andfaculty members have madethe i r pos i t i ve commentsknown, especially in com-par ison to past d inner-dances.... | 1 J? *& .

Lastly, the travel agency

MSG is working with for thespring break trip to Ft. Lauder-dale has given us the go-aheadto extend all deadlines for the

Atrip until the bus is f i l lenext week, the remseats on the bus will bfor students who only wround trip transportatioLauderdale. The price $120. Come into MSG ator details on the trhurry because spaces ing fast, r

"Off the Record" isdependentfcontributionMercyhurst Student Gment. The MSG ExCommittee is solely resble for its content. "O

R e c o r d " appears oEditorial Page becareflects the opinionbeliefs of the elected o

LetterThe Merciad welcomes I j \ t O U C j I l C h o i C ©your

letters.

comments and

Letters to theEditor should be typed,double-spaced, andsigned by the submitter.Letters are due by noonon Tuesdays *to TheMerciad office, locatedin the ^ basement ofBaldwin *Hall, room 81.A phone number shouldbe included atjjthe end ofthe letter for verificationbut will not be published.

Dear Editor,

As a member of the Mer-cyhurst community, I feel notonly an obligation buteusuallya genuine joy in supportingcampus activities.

What I don't understand,and what certainly does not br-ing me joy, Is when I and othermembers of the college com-munity are forced to choosebetween two equally valid andgenerally attractive events.

MSG has made a substan-tial financial committment tobring "a major âct", to theCampus Center on Sat., Feb.22. > ly

That , is also Mercyhurst

Night at the Erie!

Blades. Coach DeMeo ranged with the BladeCoca Cola Bottling of provide the combinationgame and a case of Conly $9. &*

Jl'm at "a quandry;know which to attend. II would enjoy either. Itobvious that the Mercommunity is too sm allp o ^ r t b o t h e vsimultaneously. It also that in ! scheduling, uncharity, the left hand know what the right hdoing.

Stephen J . Curcio

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Cultural Gap: The Facts of Licea comm unist), explained thesefacts of lice to the Americans.

They called an assemblywhere my mother had totranslate their speeches abouthow getting rid of lice wasn'tgoing to Kill anyone, that, onthe contrary, lice carried many

By Dr. Angela El a on

What follows is part of achapter of an autobiographicalnovel-in-progress. The sceneIs an immigration camp wherethousands of refugees from alover Europe are waiting to getfinal medical, political andmoral clearance to board atroop transport ship bound forthe United States. This sectionof the novel Is an account of aconfrontat ion between Rus-sians and Ame ricans of a verydifferent sort from what we areused to. •*

The bed bugs weren't theonly vermin we cou ldn't get ridof. We also couldn't get rid ofhead lice even though theAmericans sprayed us withDOT every so o ften. We had tostand In line and go through aspecial room to get this done.H o w e v e r , t h e R u s s i a nrefugees had learned from ex-per ience and f rom theirparents that lice always leavetheir host in droves at sometime short ly before his death,so you could always tell whensomebody was going to diebecause you cou ld see the liceleaving that person. So, tokeep themselves from dying,the Russians would catch asmany lice as they:could whilestanding in line, waiting to besprayed, and they put theselice in their mouths to protectthem from the poison. Then

they'd rush to the barracks,wash off the poison, and putthe lice back on their heads."

My mother, who often actedas interpreter (and her know-ing Russian was part of theproblem In proving she wasn't

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since this was a matter of lifeand death. Further, they did

not se e. how l ice cou ldpossibly cause typhus wheneveryone knew that it was ex-actly the other way around:eating lice was the only knowncure for typhus, and what

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dead ly diseases,';* Includ ingtyphus, and that thereforetheir chances of a healthy longlife were better without lice.The Russians smiled and ap-plauded. Nothing, however,changed.

The Americans asked mymother to investigate the

s i t u a t i o n . S h e d i d , andreported back that Americanswere different from Russiansin many ways, and they did notwant to experiment to find outif they were the same or dif-ferent with respect to lice,

would they do if they ever gottyphus and didn't have any liceto eat? ; j

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and asked him to speak to hiscountrymen about lice and tostress the fact that Americanshad excellent cures for typhuswhich did not? Involve thedisgusting practice of eatinglice. W *

The P r i n c e , a v e r ydist inguished, whi te-hairedgentleman, reported back witha bow and a click of the heels.My mother translated that he,the Prince, was as differentfrom ordinary-' Russians asthey were from the Americans,and added with an ironic littlesmile that this was obviousbecause he* spoke Frencrraswell as Russian. With anotherbow, he begged them humbly

if/he might make the sugges-tion that 'they could o ffer alarge reward to any Russian ofthe peasant classes whowould offer his person toradical, absolute, and perma-nent delousing. He wouldrespect fu l ly r e m i nd t heAmericans that in the case ofpotato eating, the example ofFrederick the Great, eatingpotatoes on his balcony atPotsdam had convinced thepeasantry^that potatoes were

indeed wholesome food.The offer was made, but the

Russians sent back word thateven if a .person desperateenough:to risk his life so hisfamily could inherit the rewardcould be found, and even if, bysome miracle, he survived,this would prove nothing,since one swallow did notmake a summer.

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patrolling the lines \\ospraying room. That help; it was too difficwatch .every Russian minute. Then they hit oIdea that they cou ld maksians rinse out their mafter spraying. That didneither. The Russians swent back to the beginnthe line and borrowed lice from5people still wto be sprayed. Some put small;vials or wrapperprotected them from ping in other bodily orOthers paid Lithuaniasecrete lice for themmother told me that mathese refugees 1weren

poor as they looked andsmuggl ing diamonds other precious stones tStates. Lice, too, becaprecious commodity.

I d o n ' t | k n o w i fAmericans ever solved thblem. They hadn't by thewe finally got clearancboarded a big grey ship the General Hershey, with thousands of othercluding Russians deterto carry their lice live tNew World , the land of otunity and plenty.

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Nothing Sacredby Brian Sheridan

Last week, or maybe it waslast month, I saw my favoriteepisode of that classic 60'ssc ience fiction te lev is ionshow "Star^Trek." The showwas about an alien womanwho steals Spook's brain. Notjust o ut of a jar, mind you, butright out. from between hispointy ears. The episode wascreatively entitled "Spook'sBrain."

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The funniest thing aboutthis particular episode Is thatthings make sense only tothose In the show. Toeveryone else, the situationwould be pretty off the wall.Case in point: When CaptainKirk finds Spock in sick baystrapped to the operatingtable, Dr. McCoy tells him thatSpock's brain is gone. Nowmost normal people wouldassume that m eans he's brain-dead. Not, however, to theever-stalwart James Kirk. Heimmedia te ly says , "We l l ,we've got to get it back."

Dr. McCoy, or "Bones" ashe's known, tells Jim that,"Even if we did get it, I don'thave the technology to put itback." Sure, Bones, you don'thave!the technology to putSpock's brain back but you

U You Namer Contest

T he Na t i o na l M u l t i p l eS c l e r o s i s S o c i e t y , n o r -thwestern chapter, Is sponsor-ing a fundraising event, "YouName It" that Involves Mer-cyhurst College. The event iscurrently running and will endFeb. 14. "You Name It" is aunique approach in raisingmoney. It has been designedas something fun for the col-lege crowd. Students get achance to test their intellectby identifying challenging rid-dles. At the same time, they

can raise money for a goodcause. -In playing the game, par-

ticipants collect pledges onthe numbe r of riddles they cancorrectly solve. The person (orgroup) who raises the mostmoney will win a color televl-s i o n s e t d o n a t e d b yDahlkemper's of the MillcreekMall. * ^

Fo r m o re ^ i n f o rm a t i o n ,please contact Lisa Bauman atEgan Hall room 39, or call herat 825-4108 or 825-9927.Details are also available atthe Adult College Office.

can set what looks like a milkcrate on his noggin allowinghim to walk around the planet.Why did they ever take a guylike McCoy with them on theEnterprise? For a five yearmission couldn't they havefound a doctor in Starf eet thatd i d n ' t w h i n e a b o u teverything?; I| don't think Icould have stood five years inspace with a guy who, in timesof crisis, would say, "Jim, I'ma doctor, not a — (fill in any oc-cupation.)" As a doctor, he'snot much on diagnost icseither. He looks at a body,turns to Kirk and says, "He'sdead, Jim ." See how importantit is to get an expert opinion?

This'episode fo r Nimoy re-quired him to just walk aroundwith a glazed, expressionlesslook on his face. In otherwords, it was no different fromall of the other episodes of"Star Trek." There are manyother things that you cancount on in any episode of"Trek." For instance, if yousee a crew mem ber in the firstfive minutes of the show thatyou have never seen before,you can bet that by the end ofthe hour that crew memberwi l l : (a) buy the intergallacticfarm, (b) become one w ith theevil alien, or (c) try to sacrificehimself so Kirk can save himand then lecture him.

If Kirk isn't giving words ofwisdom to the crew, he'susually ^seducing a womanthat turns out to be the alien ofthe week. Kirk sets a poor ex-ample for his crew by playing"space stud" each week. And

he do esn't even! have anyd i s c r e t i o n . H e ' l l c h a seany th ing that 's remote lyfemale, no matter if*she hasgreen skin or five arms.

Mr. Scott, chief engineer,seems to be a little queer. Hedoes get to fall in love, but thewoman usually is possessedby an evil spirit. She [wouldprobably have to be in order tolike this guy whose Idea of agood t ime consists of sit t ingby the ship's engines andreading technical manuals.

The person J always feltsorry for was Lt. Uhura. Here'sa qualif ied, competent off icerand what's the only thing shedoes in the show? "All hail ingfrequencies open, Captain"that's what. I would tell-thebum to open his own hailingfrequencies. I would also tellMr. Chekov to d i t ch* thatBeatle haircut and get a cutthat 's regulat ion. *w Despite all of these harp-ings, I still like the show evenwith its cabins that look likethey have been decorated byNazis, and an episode i that

starred, ugh, Joan Co llins. Mymessage to all of you is "livelong and prosper" and "boldlygo where no man has gonebefore." Even If that meansgoing into the restroom of theopposite sex.

EDUCATIOWANNOUNCEMENTTo all Education Majors, if you are stu-

dent teaching in-the fall of 1986, please pickup forms in the' Education Office. ToâllEducation Majors who are teaching in theFall term of 1986, please pick up your ap-plication forms in the Education Office. Youmust subm it your completed application no

later than February 28,1986. I* •

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ânswer the trivia question correct-ly and win a large pizza com-

pliments of the Clipper's Cove. Placeyour name and address in the Trivia Box

in the Clipper's Cove. A drawing will be'< held, from all the correct answers, to deter-

mine a winner. The winner will be announced in

next week's issue. Deadline is each Sunday at 9p.m.:This week's question - What college basketballteam was the last team to go undefeated for the en-tire season? Last week's question -Who was the lastpresident to serve more than two terms? Answer k

Brian Borom is the winner of this week's Pizza Trivia.

Fifth Annual Joke conteoffers some comic relie

Need to escape from the mid-winter doldrums? Put yourcreativity to work' and enterCampus Ministry's CreativePractical Joke Contest.•

Now in its fifth year,5 thecontest was created * by 78Mercyhurst graduate PatWeschler. It has successfullyinspired many thoughtful andhumorous jokes. " - 5 \ §

The ground rules for thecontest are as follows: -.

The practical joke may notbe malicious.

It may not involve injury topersons or property.

It may not involve injury toreputat ion.

The perpetrator must ab-

solve Campus? Ministry and

Mercyhurst Collegepotential defamation lType-written * accou

the creative practicashould be handed in pus Ministry by Fri., M

The perpet ra tor (sreceivers) of the joke interviewed by a pansisting of Father ChucElisabeth, Karen DonnK e n n e d y a n d NRomanchok.

The first prize for ttest will be ; $15.00; prize, $10.00; and thir$5.00. Certificates will presented to all winneyear's* winners wereTeresa Kane, Noni He

Naomi Romanchok.

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Spring Registration

In the college catalog

and on the pocket calendar,the registration date forspr ing term} courses islist ed as Mar. 3. THAT*; ISAN ERROR/ The correctd a t e f o r s p r i n g t e r mregistration is Feb. 17. Thespring term schedules willbe in the Registrar's Officeby Feb. 10. r

Sports Medicine Seminar

The Spor ts Med ic ineDepartment will be holdinga seminar entit led "A Heartis a Terr ib le Thing toWaste" on Sat., Feb. 15 at10 a.m. in 114Zurn. Admis-

sion is free. Topics includ-ed in the,seminar wil l be :strength training, nutrit ion,and cardio vascular fitness.The seminar is being spon-sored by the newly formedSports Medicine Club.

Free Iris Tickets

Your chance to win twofree tickets to the DonnieIris and the Cruisers con-cert begins Fri., Feb. 7 asWMCY broadcasts "L IVE"from the Mercyhurst Col-lege Student Union. Justlisten and when one of thegroup's tunes is played, allyou need to do is approachthe remote booth and pro-perly identify the hit. Thisplus proper college'ID wil lwin you the two free t icketsto the Feb. 22 concert.

Summer Job s

Any students interestedin working in Hyanis, CapeCod, Nantucket, or Mar-tha's Vineyard over thesummer shou ld send a longse l f -addressed s tampedenvelope to: Cape CodSummer Job Bureau, Box594, Rm 8, Barnstable, Ma

02630. S

Pancake Breakfast

The Circle K Club will besponso r i ng a pancakebreakfast Sun., Feb. 16 inth e Clipper's Cove from?9a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets willbe solcHhrough Feb. 13. Inthe * Student Union andcafeteria. Prices for thetickets are: children under12, $1 ; stude nts, $1.50; andadults, $2. r \

Volleyball Marathon

A c o - e d v o l l e y b a l lmarathon will be held Fri.,Feb 21 in the CampusCenter from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.Anyone interested in par-ticipating should contactCoach Ruggiero, ext. 300,206 Preston. Proceeds willbenefit the Lady I Lakers'European Sports Tour.

Film for Discussion

This week's f i lm fordiscussion will be "YouHave Struck a Rock". Thefilm depicts South African

women >and . their f ightagainst pass laws of SouthAf r ica . The d iscuss ionfollowing will be led byDianne Frank l i n , M e r -cyhurst graduate studentfrom Sou th Africa. Also be-ing shown will be "WozaAlbert" which depicts mar-t y r e d S o u t h A f r i c a nf reedom f i gh te rs . ^ Thediscussion following willbe led by Father |ChuckSchmitt of Mercyhurst Col-lege. The fi lms will beshown Wed., Feb. 12 at 7:30p.m. in the Zum RecitalHall. 3 *

C u r r i c u l u m L i b r a r yHours

The following } are thenew cur r icu lum l ib raryhours for winter term: Sun.6 to 10 p.m.; Mon. 9 a.m. tonoon and 1:35 to 4:30 p.m.;Tue. 9 to 11:30a.m. and 6 to10 p.m.; Wed. 9 a.m. tonoon, 1:35 to 4:30 p.m. and6 to>10 p.m.; Thu. 9 to 11a.m., 1 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m. to noon. Ifthere is a need to use thel ib rary a t fo the r t imes

please see Sister Ber-nadette in 308 Main. If thelibrary is not open at t ime sposted, contact Sister Ber-nadette at ext. 469 or

453*5399.

Riddles

Are you good at riddles?Senior Lisa Bauman hasdevised a game-a-thon toraise money for the Multi-ple Sclerosis Society that

involves students solvingriddles. The name of thegame is "You Name It".Game packets, which in-clude the rules, riddles, andsponsor sheets, can bepicked up in the Adult Col-lege. You must find spon-sors for the number of rid-dles you solved. The con-test will^ continue through

Feb. 14.

Study Skil ls Seminar

The next study skillsseminar will be held Thu.,Feb. 13 from 4 to 5 p.m. Thetopic of this seminar will bewriting a research paper.The seminar will take place

in the Fleckin Room of theHammermill Library. f fp

Scholarship A vailable

The Zonta Club of Erie IIwil l be offering a scholar-ship to a female student. Toqualify for this scholarshipa student must be a femaleresident i o f | Erie County,having a good academicstanding and character. Ap-plicants must be enrolledin a four year school andd e m o n s t r a t e f i n a n c i a lneed. All applications mustbe subm itted |by Apr. 1,

1986, and are available inthe Financial Aid Office.

Mercyhurst Night

The Erie Golden Bladeswill be having MercyhurstCollege Night on Feb. 22.The night includes thegame ticket and a case ofCoke for the price of $9. Ifyou would like tickets callthe Athletic Dept., ext. 228.

Any clubs ororganizations

who would liketo publicizetheir events inthe "Bulletin

Board" shouldsend news

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129 by Tuesdayat noon.

Fitness Weekend Fri., Feb7, there will be-a ski trip toPeak-N-Peek and Sat., Feb. 8, aswim party at the Erie Hilton.All details will be posted in theStudent Union.

Sun., Feb. 9 "Goo nies" wibe shown in the Zurn RecitalHall at 7 and 9 p.m. Cost of themovie will be $1.

Pool Tournament Fri., Feb 7will be the last day to sign upfor the pool tournament.Seatings for the tournament

will be posted in the UnionMon., Feb 10. ^

Wed., Feb. 12 Bus shuttleswill be provided for theMercyhurst-Gannon game atthe Civic Center. Shuttles willleave from Baldwin Hall at6:45, 7:15, and 7:45 p.m. Theshuttles will be leaving im-mediately following the gamefor the return trip.

Laker Basketball The Lady

Lakers will be hosting ClarionUniversity in the CampusCenter Mon., Feb 10 at 6 p.m.

Erie Golden Blades The nexthome game for the GoldenBlades wi ll be Fri., Feb 14.TheBlades will be hosting theNew York Slapshots. Ticketsare $4.75.

Millcreek Mall will bing the following movieof Africa", 'The BTimes" and "Down anBeverly Hills". For timm o r e i n f o r m a t i o n868-5151. *

Cinema World will bing the following m"Murphy's Romance",in a Lifetime", "Powe"Eliminator". Foretimm o re i n f o r m a t i o n

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Plaza Cinema wi ll bing the following >"Jewel of the*Nile", IV", "Youngblood" anColor Purple".^For timm o r e l i n f o r m a t i o n454-00501

Playhouse Mercyhur

School will be performwritten plays entitled ses" at the Erie PlayhFeb. 6 and 7. "Glimpsshort takes of teenageseen through the eteenagers. For more intion call 8254)210. Themance is free of charg

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Record Now 16-4

Lakers suffer two setbacksBy R.J. Zonna

After winning eight straightgames, the Mercyhurst men'sbasketball team finds itself inthe midst of a two game losingstreak. f

The Lakers dropped tworoad games last week. Mer-cyhurst lost a close 69-64 deci-sion to A shland last Thursday,before falling to Big Five rivalEdinboro on Monday by a94-88 score. ; > jf| The two losses lowered theLakers record to 16-4 and drop-ped them from the Division IItop twenty. 'Mercyhurst hadclimbed as high as 13th in therankings. ?? *

In the loss to the Fighting

Scots the 'Hurst fell behindearly and could never" catchup. Edinboro, playing in frontof its biggest crowd of theseason , used a trappingdefense to pull away from theLakers.

The win avenged an earlierl o s s t o M e r c y h u r s t I nDecember. The Lakers wonth e initial meeting 100-84 atthe Campus Center.

With .2,000 fans screamingfrom the opening tip-off, Edin-boro took the lead and stretch-ed it to 12 at the 5:41 mark ofthe first half. Mercyhurstmanaged a 12-5 spurt that cutthe 'Boro lead to five, but theScots bounced back to own an

11 point halftime lead.* Edinboro led by as many as13 In the second half beforethe Lakers rallied. M ercyhurst

actually cut the lead to threeon numerous occasions in thesecond half, but could notovercome the S cots.

The victory stretched theEdinboro win streak to six,while improving its record to11-8. The Scots also own a 3-2Big Five chart. Mercyhurst isnow 3-1 In the Big Five.? Todd Lee was the Lakers'high scorer with 25 points.Marty Cams added 19, whileMark Davis had 12. Nate Harrisnetted 11 and was the onlyother Laker in double figures.

Terry Jenkins slipped in 19for the 'Boro, while EricTrosch added 16 and Brian

Duffy 13. '} Erie native TomTaylor had 10 for the FightingScots." m

Laker boss Billy Kalbaughcalled the contest a "spec-tators' game." "It had to beentertaining as heck towatch, " added the 'Hurstcoach.

"I thought Edinboro had agood game plan and I thoughtthey-executed It-very well,"noted Kalbaugh. "At the sametime,J think we played well."

Edinboro coach Jim Simsfelt his team did what it had toin order to win. "I felt it wouldbe a high scoring game, ;afans' game. I also felt we hadsomething to prove becauseof the first loss. We did Justthat tonight.'* ^

The story was almost iden-tical in the Ashland contest.

Bob Shreve, ^director ofSports Information, <said he isexpecting a near sell-out |fort h e |Mercyhurst -Gannonbasketball game on Wed., Feb.

13 at the Erie Civic Center.Shreve said picket sales aregoing extremely f well so far.Once again, t ickets areavailable at the ^CampusCenter. The $3 tickets can stillbe purchased for $ 2 w ith stu-dent K>i£ i

Gannon University's AthleticDepartment? I

In case you're wonderinghow the Mercyhurst Lakersmen's basketball team couldhave dropped from fourteenthto seventeenth in last week'sDivision II top twenty, .youneed not look farther than

Mercyhurst is situated Inthe Eastern Committees Theathletic directors of IGannon,C *W. P o s t l l U P a n dWestchester vote on JtheEastern Region. From there,the heads of all eight regionsvote on a national top twenty.It just so happens that GannonUniversity's Athletic Director,Howard "Bud" Elwell, is theEastern Region's represen-tative to the national commit-tee. That Is why the Lakerswon three games and droppedfour places, while GannonUniversity lost twic e and mov-ed up one place, from fifth tofourth. *W

The Lakers fell behind only tofall short in their comeback at-tempt. Despite numerous op-portunities to take the leadlate* in the game, Mercyhurstfell 69-64. ; *

The 'Hurst trailed by onlyone point, 65-64, with 2:17 re-maining but could not find thehoop again. The loss was theLakers' first in 1986.

Once again Todd Lee led the'Hurst in scoring with 18 on a 9for 16 shooting performance.Lee also reached doublefigures*;in rebounds with 10.Nate Harris had 10 points andfive steals in the loss.

"It was a typical road game;

you try and playjthe first 38minutes to get into a positionto win, which we did. When itcame down to crunch time, theshots Just didn't fall," explain-ed Kalbaugh. »

The Lakers finally get toplay in the friendly co nfines ofthe Campus Center this Satur-day against Cen tral State. Mer-cyhurst then battles cross-town rival Gannon on Wed.,Feb. 12. The M ercyhurst- Gan-non game is expected to be asell-out but tickets are stillavailable.;^ Ir' "This is a big, big week forus," concluded Kalbaugh."We play three quality teams,two at home and the Gannongame at the Erie Civic Center. Ithink we 'll play well, just as wehave been. H opefully" we'llcome out on top." : i

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iJean Deegan, a sophomoreon the fwomen's basketballt e am | | was ^chosen asf Mer|cyhurstÂthlete of Jthe Weekffof4he week of Jan. 27fto Feb.

|The 5 p 1 " center played amajor role in helping the LadyLakers snap a {two season, "J47game losing streakf! m

jl n iMercyhurst's 172-66 mmtoryfoyer Penn-State Behrend|

Deeganfcame off the bench tolead the team with 14 points!Deegan hit seven of herfnineshots from the fie c£in the w i n !She also grabbed nine re lbounds for the 'Hurst. 1

iThe Mercyhurst Lakersmen's* and wom en's swimm-ing teams had their first everhomo meet canceled > lastweekend.] The 'Hurst was tohost St. Francis (Fa.) at TechM e m o r i a l H i g h S c h o o l .However, travel conditionsforced a cancellation/ -5P >

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Snap 47 Game Losing Streak

Lady Lakers WiBy R.J. Zonna

The M ercyhurs t- Lakerswomen's basketball team end-ed a two year drought with aConvincing 72-66 victory overPenn State-Behrend last w eek.The Lady Lakers had dropped47 consecutive games, datingback to the 1983-84 season.

For first year coach RickBengal, it was the first win in14 attempts this year.

The 'Hurst women endedtheir winning streak at one,however, with a 71-48 loss atThiel on Monday night.% Senior Jeanna White saidthe "w i n " was a big relief forthe team. "It (the streak) wasaffecting the way we wereplaying. I thought that if wedidn't get the win againstPenn State-Behrend it wouldbe a long time c omin g," addedWhite. "We know we can winnow and I think w e will be play-ing with more confidence."

Five women finished in dou-ble figures for Mercyhurst inthe win. Sophomores JeanDeegan and Jean Ruby led theway by evenly splitting 28

points. Deegan hit 7 of 9 sh otsand had 9 rebounds, whileRuby contributed 6 reboundsand 3 assists. Both} Deeganand Ruby came off the benchto spark the Lakers.

White and Kelly Murphy ad-ded 12 points and eight re-bounds each. Laura Kalish net-ted 11 points to go with hernine rebounds.

Bengel was ecsthe win. "They've bing very .{hard andshowing up in our rwin showed us that we wereS doing waoff," he said.

"We really expecthis game. Howevernever able to openlead and I was concehow we would reactsituation," Bengel a

Mercyhurst shot 4from the field, whilthe Lady Cubs to jucent, including a mecent in the crucial seThe Lady Lakers 53-47 rebound advthe contest. ;

Although it's onlyBengeLbelieves it wpositive effect on "Our schedule getough from here onthink our attitude wgreat impact onf in ish." I Bengel thteam cou ld pull sprises before the sover.

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the Thiel game as tlowered their recorThiel moved t o 9-7 on

High scorers for Mwere Gina Torchia wMurphy with 10.

Th e :Mercyhurstbegin |their final leseason on Mon., Febthey host;!the ClarioEagles.

The Total AthleteNew course to help the student-ath

By R.J.Zonna ]

Coach Ken Brasington hasbegun a new course designed

to improve academic skillsamong co l lege s tuden ts ,primarily freshmen athletes.

The course, "The TotalAthlete," Is designed to aidthe student-athlete in becom-ing oriented to the college en-vironment with the main em-phas is (be ing p laced onacademic survival ski lls.

The course does not involve[credits and Is strictly

voluntary. The, class meetsTuesday and Thursday nightsin 213 Zurn. Brasington saidthe class c ontain s' mostlyfreshmen football players;however, a number of basket-

ball and tennis plaalso taking the cours

There is < no texand no testing done

Brasington uses aprogress reports fstudents other instre v a l u a t e * t he - s tprogression. *

Brasington has adegree \n counselinas a degree in s tudennel. "We're trying tostudent to get'acclic o l l e g e c o u r s e s .students need f thnecessary f o r acadevival. The collegeseems to be very supt h i s c o u r se , " c oBrasington* (

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