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VOLUME 48, NO. 25 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MAY 2 1. 1976

F r o mb y M e l is s a M c M u r r a y , M e r c i a d S t a ff R e p o r t e rThis! year's graduationceremony, held on May 30,will 4 begin Mercy hurst'sf i f t ie th a nni Versa rycelebration, fwhich j willcontinue until graduation of1977,f ' I 4 1 * |k The largest graduatingclass ever, numbering 287,this is also the first class tograduatepmorei men thanwomen. * f*Compared to the first c lassto graduate, from "acoeducational Mercyhurstwith 12 6 women a n d o n e man,this year there are 149 menand 188 women graduating.-Commencement ceremonies will be held at 2:00 p.m.in the Indoor Tennis Courts.Bacca laureate Mass* will be

held also on Sunday at 11:00ami in Christ the KingChapel, i "Speaker for thai school'sGolden Anniversary Commencement will be Commander iSir Robert Jackson,under-secretary .$ general ofth e United Nations. - IThe* Most Rev. Alfred M.Watson, Bishop of Kricv willpreside at graduation. |A reception will be held forthe graduates and theirguests at 3; 15 In th e Grotto.Students from 26 differentmajors will t b e graduating.The largest number ofstudents^ graduating from amajor is 70 from the LawEnforcement department, feiElementary E ducation with

44 , Business with 29 and Artand Sociology each,with 20graduates, respectively arethe next largest departmentsgraduating students. \ \ |Senior honors to beGi actuation

presented at graduation willbe the Carpe Diem awards theJohn Mark Gannon Award,and the Hoard of Alto datesAchievement a wards, *According to Gary L,

Bukowski. Director ofPlacement, this * year'sseniors seem to ho doingbetter, as far as employment,than compared to last year'sgraduating class, ^ j

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Dr, Francis* J . Pileckireturned for,a visit to theMercyhurst campus lastevening, Thursday/May 20.tie will remain until Saturday

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morning. M a y 2 2 .Pilecki Is the leadingcandidate for the position ofvice president of academicservices, according to RobertPrather, vice president ofDevelopment. r'; He first visited Mercyhurstfrom April 2 5 t o April 27 .During this visit, he hadexpressed the wish to returnto Mercyhurst,! in the % eventthat he were considered forth e position, f iwhether I Pilecki will fbeoffered? the position willdepend on the outcome of hisvisit and of* his interviewswith administrators and othermembers of the Mercyhurstcommunity.

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N a t i o n s V I P^Speaker for this year'scommencement exorciseswill be Commandor^SirRobert -j Jackson, . undersecretary-genera 1 of fth eUnited Nations. < iThe key not e of his addresswill be the college's anniversary celebration whichwill focus) academica l lythroughout the coming -yearon human interdependence,the global problems andtthel im i tat ions of worldresources** & |fpJackson is a! native ofMelbourne, Australia and hasbeen with the United Nationssince 1 0 4 5 . -* ' mlie assisted in establish!!

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S p e a kwith V.N.K.S.CO^iiMl theWorld 11 ea 1 th Or gby| IBM to be amarketing representative foreducational systems andgovernment agencies.yMiss;McCabe said, "I sawthe job as an opportunity for

change. I've been at Mercyhurst for eight years and Iwould like to have differentexperiences and to broadenmy horizons."She is a 1971 graduate ofMercyhurst with a bachelorof arts degree in business andhas worked here for fouryears as assistant directoran d director of Financial Aid.IWill Rice, controller, gavehis reason for resignation as"dissatisfaction with this typeof work because I of I lack ofworking resources." \ v|jf Rice has no definite plansfor a future job but he may

pursue graduate studies. } IAfter graduating fromGannon In : 1072 w it h] abachelor of sciences degree inaccounting, Rice worked for aCPA. He has been at Mercyhurst f o r t w o years.Rice also said, "Mercyhurst does not want to acceptfinancial management anddoes not appreciate the needfor it." i m i'Barrie Nolan, of the payrollstaff, said her reason forleaving Ms the "need for achange of pace."M s.

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P l a c e m e n t O f f e r s S u m m e r J o b s| Interested in a part-timejob or a summ er job, come tothe* Car eer Planning andPlacement Off c e , 204-Main.We may^ just have the jobyou're looking for.Important trends in theworld of work are revealed inthe. Occupational OutlookHandbook, 1976-77. [ M skiSeventy per cent of all jobopenings! between now. and1985 will stem from a need toreplace workers whordie orretire. Only I three out ofevery; 10 openings will resultfrom employment growth.Some job fields with thehighest demand for workersinclude health, engineering,personnel and labor relations,social work, and systemsanalvsis.Teaching occupations willcontinue to be overcrowded

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and law related' jobs willbecome increasingly hard tofind as (th e number of flawschool graduates increases. S o m e o c c u p a t i o n srequiring less than a four-year college degree with anexpected rapid employmentgrowth include constructionm a c h i n e r y o p e r a t o r s ,lithographic workers, policeofficers, wastewater treatment4 plant ji opera tors ,mechanics and repaire rs, andallied health w orkers.Secretaries, stenogra-f hers|and typists will haveavorable employment opportunities due to a rapidworker turnover and becausethe? jobs comprise such alarge field.| Although ^most of the 58million job openings expectedbetween now and 1985 will be

O u t s t a n d i n g E d u c a t o r H o n o r e dThe Mereyhurst Collegeeducation division honoredJohn C.fPeterson, a scienceteacher at Harborqreek highschool, as Erie County's"Outstanding Educator of theYear for 1976" Tuesdayevening. May 18 . W !The award was presentedat the college's annual appreciation dinner TS foreducators of the city andcounty schools!who workedA n n o u n c e m e n t s

PACE PROGRAMiOFFERINGSummer jobs are available!for students who pay at least40 per cent of their owncollege expenses and who arenot older than 21 years. *^Students work 30 hourseach week for nine weeksbeginning Jun e 21at $2.30 perhour with* some jobs oncampus, others off campus.^Application blanks areavailable in MiriamMashank's office215 Main1 HRMT h e H R M Society thank s allwho have helped * usthroughout W the year,especially recently in our 50-50 drawing. The winner wasDonna Fa chetti. Have a greatsummer, everyone!John Gable,PresidentHRM Society

I LITERARY MAGAZINEAttention: Be sure to getyour copy of thejjl976 editionof the Mereyhurst ^LiteraryMagazine. It will be av ailablebeginning Monday, May 24|inroom 214 Preston.SENIORS jStudents can 5pick upDiploma Ash trays, next weeki n t h e Bookstore,BAHAMASIGNUPS 3\ NEAR Jm Last chance for any studentto go on the Bahama trip.Signups end May 25. ContactFran jBingnear in MediaServices. SESLER Sesler ^ignupsf for thissummer may! be made bycontacting Glenn Caruso inApt. 221.* \ LOSTLOST: 1 shawl and smallwhite evening pu rse. If found,please return to TH No. 4 orSecuritv! Office.^ f NOQUKSTIONS ASKED!

throughout the year assupervising teachers forsenior education major s atthe 'Hurst. | 1Peterson, who teacheschemistry and nuclearscience, has been a memberof th e education profession forthe last 24 years. He is a pastrecipient ofj the SuperiorScience Award by theNational Science TeachersAssociation and was honoredby his students as Teacher ofthe Year. | |In 1972, he was chosen bythe Pennsylvania Departmentof Education to teach the firstpilot course in nuclear sciencejUi Erie County.He is a g raduate of GannonCollege and holds a mastersinSscience degree from$theUniversity of Pennsylvania.According to . D r . Hillkirk,Harborcreek's t superintendent, *'Peterson is respectedand admired byhis studentswho describe his classes as a'sharing rather| than ademonstration of knowledge'.He is the teacher m ost soughtby students returning toHarborcreek high schoolfollowing their graduation,"Dr. H illkirk added. | jfi | Peterson is the fourthrecipient of jjjMercyhurst's"O u t s t a nd ing Educ a to rAward." ^Past recipientsinclude Mrs. Betty Kennedy,founder of ttheF CommunityCountyf Day school, DanSkala, retired superintendentof th e Iroquois school district,and Helen P age, a!classroomteacher with the^ MillcreekSchool system, i &

filled by applicants havingl e s s , than four years otcollege, th e; growth will begrea test : for thoseprofessional! and technicaloccupations requiring acollege degree. >Apprenticeship, community and junior college

education, and other forms ofpost-high school training willtake on increasing importance for persons seekiclerical, sales, service acraft jobs. I

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BO B RONSKLEYPatty Flanagan BOB RONSKLEYJudy ScrzpczakCollege students worry andcompete for jobs. "During thelate 1960's, : the collegestudents enjoyed a * betterrelationship with each other,"explains David Reed, aUniversity of N ew Hampshiresenior.

"Today, with af tight jobmarket , s tudents a rebecoming mo re competitive. ' Confirmation ofthat competition comes fromRich Lopatin, an accountingmajor at the University ofIllinois, where students cam pout overnight near | th eplacement office to be sure of.getting job interviews. Mr.Lopatin reports : "If y o u don'thave a certainj grade-pointaverage, the major /accounting firms won't evenlook at you." (U.S. News andWorld Report, M ay, 1976). I

A l u m n i C i t e T w o G i r l sJudy IScrzpczak and PattyFlanagan have both recentlyr e c e i v e d outstandingachievement awards given b yth e Mereyhurst AlumniAssociation.Scrzpczak, a sophomorepsychology? major, receivedthe St. Catherine M edal of theKappa Gamma Pi nationalgraduate honor society. Shewas chosen for the top undergraduate award! as outstanding sophomore studentat Mereyhurst.Judy is the daughter of Mr.and M r s . Raymond Scrzpczakof 1026 EJ29th St., Erie. She

was also cited for demonstrating outstanding qualitiesin leadership in churchcommunity activities. .-Flanagan, a senior;with adouble major * in HomeEconomics and ElementaryEducation, received theoutstanding seniors award.

She has been named to Who'sWho | Among AmericanCollege Students. She is thedaughter of MrJand Mrs. PatFlanagan of Erie.The awards w ere presentedto the girls at a luncheon heldon Saturday, May 1 5 . ? W

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>BOB RONSKLEYTOn Friday, May 13, asuspicious character wasseen prowling in the vicinityof the Director of $ StudentAffairs Office. Armed with|agun and disguised in make-up,the hoodlum identifiedhimself as ''Geno', I aliasGene Syman, the if re eatingclown. ^ H * 2Geno was then seen makingoff with Captain Kangaroo,

b y C h ris V a n W a g e n e nthe pride and joy of E. W.Kennedy, Director of StudentAffairs. An attem pt wasmade to stop him, when fromhis pocket h e drew a gun.He was then ifollowed byMereyhurst Security .to ashady location, which goes byth e name of Rick and Barry 's.After staking out the bar forsome six hours Syman sooncame out with the Kangaroo.A little tipsy and bewilderedabout I the whole matter,Syman gave up to securitywithout a fight and was takento Mereyhurst College wherehe was questioned. Securitylater revealed that Geno wasled to believe by the Directorof Student Activities (FrankSirotnak), that the Kangaroowas* his long lost father,reincarnated as a life sizepaper mache model.| SaidSyman later one, ("He suredrank like my fa ther."

Geno was currently appearing on campus for threedays of fun and games but asfor thedKangaroo, fun time isover and it's back^fto thecorner of E. W.j Kennedy'soffice. * ?

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PLACEMENTI OFFICESemi-Supervisorypositions are open with th ePark s and Recreation thissummer. It is a 30 hourwork week, lasting, for 9weeks and beginning June30 , 1976. Pay is $2.30 perhour *>andi there are 80position openings. |Applications and further information may beobtained at the PlacementOffice, 204-Main.f \

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PAGE 4 THEsMERCIAD MAY 2 1. 1976ettersquietTo the Editor: $ |This letter has to do with Mercyhurst'sheroes". j -^In the cou rse of my two years at Mercyhurst, it hasbecome apparent to me that there are students at thiscollege who have devoted great amounts of time,energy, and hard work to the various activitiestaking place jat the coUege. What strikes me as

K articufarly remarkable is the number of people whoave been "quietly involved" people whose involvement has not been accompanied by the noise,ambition, and jockeying for dominant positions whichtend to go with college activities. '} ?| I would like to propose that the Merciad take itupon itsilf to award a number of "Good Guy" a wardsto those; Mercyhurst-students who have silentlyproved in the course of the last year that they?are 1among the hardest working, least ambitious, andleast egotistical students on th e 'Hurst campus.It wouldn't be possible to mention all of the possiblenominees for the Good Guy aw ards in the course ofthis letter... I would guess that there are some I"unsung heroes" who have worked so quietly that J?they may never be noticed. Still, I would like to cite afew examples of the kind of people who deserve to berecognized in this way: f l | &* ;VRosemary Durkin, who organized the CourseEvaluation Committee and devoted almost all of herspare time to that project from the time of its inception up to its unfortunate end, a few weeks ago.Frank McMahon, who worked literally hundredsof quiet hours in the course of his participation insuch diverse college groups as the Alumni Board, theCourse Evaluation Committee, *and the CollegeSenate. ' ISusan Barrie and*Maryann Crowley, who havebeen the "behind-the-scenes" ^support staff at | theMerciad in the course of the past year always inthe office on Tuesday night, quietly helping to put thepaper together.* * X \ ITo all the other "Good Guys" on the MercyhurstCampus, I would like to personally say "thank you".^You are the folks who always make things work f% I Pat Weschler \ tyTo the Editor,It is the opinion of the m emb ers of the MercyhurstDance Department,! specifically the undersigned,that Mr. Ismet Mouhedin, the De partment Director,works very hard at his jobJSJot only has he fulfilledthe required duties of his~~pbsifion but he has alsospent much personal time and effort in pursuing thegoals that he set out to accomplish for his department. Since his employment at Mercyhurst in 1973,he has developed a m ere idea into a veryfinecollegedance program that is noted in the Tri-State are a a swell as locally. ijR - ? s

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MAY 21, 1976 THE MERCIADT w i n B i l l iF r o m PAGESF r e d o n i aThe Mercyhurst baseballteam has one game remainingwith Youngstown State, thuswrapping up the first winningseason i n i t s four year history.The Lakers recently sweptFredonia Bob "Bones"Weismiller flipped a two-

hitter while picking up theshutout 1-0. Bones" struckout nine and walked only oneon the whole registering his

fifth win.T h e lone Laker run came inthe very first inning whenKevin Cook reached base onan error. Ken White thendoubled over the leftfielder'shead and Jim DiTulliosmacked a sacrifice fly totally Cook.After trailing 4-3, enteringthe final inning of the secondcontest, the Lakers rallied to

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takea5-4win.Butch H errmann started offthe final frame by rapping abase hit. Cook followed byreaching first base on anerror and White singled toload the bases. DiTullio wasthe hero again as he singledup the middle to tally thetying and winning runs.Tom Barringer pitched thewhole game and placed u p hisfourth win. * 1

3 with a 1.81 earned runaverage. Barringer is at 4-2with a 1.74 earned runaverage. |Butch Herrmann will be at

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Leech Farm in Pittsburgh onSaturday, May 29. ThePirates have invited him totry out and the sports staff ofthe Merciad would like towish him a lot of luck.

Profileb y C h r is V a n W a g e n e nThe Mercyhurst Golf teamconcluded their - winningestseason ever with 35 wins, 17losses and 1 tie. g^Leading the team was DaveCiacchini, who was also thisyear's medalist. Other teammedalists ar e: ' SteveRutkowski, last year's

medalist. Kim Kupniewski,Homer' Capotis and TerryFrontino.Coach Dick Fox felt thatthis,year'syteam could havedone better, but still the otherteams were stiff competition.During this past week'sN.A.I.A. Tournament, Mercyhurst finished fourth behindEdinboro, Indiana and justone stroke off of beatingSlippery Rock. * fGraduating are: ?KimKupniewski. captain and

medalist for last year andTerry Frostino, who playedfive man this year. FinallyTom Hixonbaugh, who's onhis way to Pitt Dental School,and who's also a four yearletter m a n . J $ jOne surprise this year wasDave Ciacchina, who finishedthird in the District Tourney.As for next year, Coach Foxhones to recruit Mike Capotis." I m verv interested inMike," said F o x . * &.

Season Notes: Curt Brooks,Tim Burrows, Butch Herrmann, D an Hill, P at Malone.14 Bones" , Weismiller, andKent "Haw k" Williamson willall b e missed next year.

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" H a w k " W i l l i a m s o ncurrently leads the team inhitting with a .359 mark.White follows with! a .289,DiTullio at .286 and Herrmannat . 2 7 5 . MJoe Williams ^pitchingrecord shows a clean slate at5-0 and a 1.51 earned runaverage. Weismiller shows 5-

W o m e n W i n L a s t M e e tThe first c omplete season ofthe Mercyhurst Wornen* sCrew team was ended inproper fashion by a win overMichigan State's Women

Fox Reveals Recruitsb y C h r is V a n W a g e n e nHead basketball coach DickFox revealed his recruits fornext yea r's 1976-77 season.The-first is 6-9 center JoeFord. from AlleghenyCommunity College inCumberland, Maryland;;Joe is a junior and is accompanied by another junior,6-1 Edwin Jones fromJamestown Community inJamestown, N . Y . "Freshmen Jfor next yearinclude Jim McElrath, 6-4

fromGregfromforwafd^^^alscf^Jamestown, N.Y.;Pow ell;| 6-5 forwardOverbrook High inPhiladelphia; Dave Scott, a 6-5 forward from! GreenvilleHigh, Greenville, Pa.; RickFedereci, * 6-1 guard, fromErie Strong-Vincent; DougClark, 6-3 from UpperMarlboro, Maryland; andMatt Ogden, a 6-5 forwardfrom Sharon High,\ SharonHfll, Pa . f

Varsity. T h e race w as held o nSunday, May 16 in Detroit,Michigan. \ * VHaving a consistent leadthroughout the 1000 meters,'Hur st's* Women Varsityfinished with a large 14second victory over theMichigan State boats.Finishing times for the eventswere: Mercyhurst 3:34,Michigan State 3:47 / " This finale for the oar-swomen followed an impressive race ; on Saturday,against^the MACRA;champions, Grand Valley.! Inthat meet, M ercyhurst placedsecond, finishing only fiveseconds behind G rand V alley.At the team 's last encounter,t w o , weeks ago at the Mid-Americas, Grand Valley hadw o n b y a large 20 second leadover th e Lakers, m U

Lamont Prince, currently asenior at M ercyhurst College,has rowed for crew for thepastfouryears. % 4Prince first began to row in1970 for West Catholic a ll boysschool.During his junior year inhigh school,* Lamont's boattook second in the CatholicLeagues.and second in theNationals.In a 1973* Prince came toMercyhurst and rowed in oneof th e strongest boats Mercyhurst had yet to turn o u t . f'Lamont believes his freshman year was I the mostsuccessful because of thegreater inumber of coaches,(which was four at the time),th e better personnel, the moreexperienced oarsmen and thecompetition within the boatwhich made [everyone workharder to get a seat.Prince believes that thisyears team lacked everythingthat his freshmen teamjhad,including lack of participation.; "I think otherthings seemed to be moreimportant in the boat thanrowing/^ said Prfnce Currently Lamont is an ArtEducation major at; Mercyhurst. H e hopes to teach lateron, but for the coming summer, he will work for theDepartment of Recreation inPhiladelphia.Lamont also hopes to coachrowing at Dimension, which issponsored b y' the city forunderprivileged children. PAs for the ^future ofjtheMercyhurstCrew Team, I said

Prince, "The reason we wereso good during my freshmanyear, is that Mercyhurst waslucky enough to ge t (experienced oarsmen. The onlyway they'll win is ifjthey goo u t a n d recruit"*

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tGary Arndt"I've gained aB.A. degree and a four yearcommitment to the armybecause they paid forschooling. I got a goodeducation." -.

SaUy Schismenos"I learnedto live day by day, to bemyself, I learned how tostudy to become educated,to partie hardie and most ofall friends".

Pa t Kazy"I have gotten closefriendships, good times anda lo t of great memories." Jim Carroll"I made Who'sW h o , I enjoyed myself forfour years and gained someskills which I will u s e o n myj o b . I also gained a lot offriends". Winky DeVivo "I've gainedemotional growth, friendsand a better outlook onmyself an d others".

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The Mercyhurst Collegetennis team is currentlymaking preparations as theyready themselves for thejourneys to K ansas City insearch of the National titlewhich has eluded them thepast two yeaThe squad making theitripthis year is by far thestrongest the 'Hurst has sentout and it wouldn't be considered optimistic to predictthe National Championship isabout to come to Erie,Led by Reijo Tuomala, theFinnish sensation who couldveryiwell capture the singlescrown, th e netters*havesuperb quantity as well as

JohnVoikos. Jack Daly, an d Martin Sturgess.wellquality.At no. 2, John Voikos isattending his 3rd NationalTournament and ha s a chanceto attain All-Ameriean status,along with n o . 3 and n o . 4 men,Kari Personen and MartinSturgess. * *-Sturgess, a semi-finalistwhile representing Edinborolast year, is a money playerand can be counted on to playhis best \ tennis when thepressure is on.Turning to doubles, the n o . 1team of Sturgess andTuomala and the n o . 2 team ofVoikos and Personen are a

balanced? experiencedduet and . should provideopponents with more thanthey c a n handle. 3As a final tune-up beforethey leave before the squadleaves for K.C. on May 29,they have entered theWestwood Raquet ClubInvitational Tournament thisweekend/* j

g The tourney, held at thesite' of jthe recent {DistrictChampionship will providethe Laker {fans with one lastchance to see these talentedplayers in action against topcompetition t before theNationals. I

M o s t V a l u a b l eThe* members of women'svarsity team s here at Mercyhurst have decided their mostvaluable players. These individuals are j:nominated bytheir teamm ates who voted Insecret ballots. The coachesmade th e final decision.Jane Kerstetter , asophomore, w a s } voted mostvaluable player for this

year's tennis team.Throughout the season, Janeplayed the number one op-

P l a y e r s C h o s e nposition utilizing her talents topick up decisive team andindividual wins. jVolleyball's MVP | awardgoes to senior .NancyBorowski who has dedicatedthree years of play to theteam. Nancy's ' greates tstrength, her serve, hascontributed to the all aroundexcellence of her game.Service on, the awardscommittee and executivecommittee of WVAA are a

Men Varsity Lose IfwoThe Mercyhurst Men'sVarsity Crew Team concluded what had to be adisappointing season, losingtwo races over the weekend inMichigan on May 15 and 16 .The first loss cam e onSaturday. May 15, at GrandKapids. Michigan, againstGrand Valley State . I |Though Mercyhurst had astrong start and was leading,Grand Valley was a muchheavier crew and graduallymoved into the lead.Grand Valley went on to winby twelve seconds with a timeof 4:50 while Mercyhurstfinished 5:02. tjOn Sundav, May 16, ai

WolverineVLake, Michigan,the; Lakers againt lost, thistime finishing a distant thirdbehind Michigan State and thewinners, Wayne State. 5The Lakers gave a goodrace for the first thousandmeters but then began to fallbehind. :Again, it was the heavierboat finishing ahead. WayneState w on with a time of 5:10,followed by Michigan 5:24 andMercyhurst at 5:26.5.,> Note: This y ears steamgraduates f ive lettermen,Mark Ruttenberg, B ob Curtis,Joe Dolan, Ed Inscho, FrankSands and Bill Feehiey.

few of the duties she hasperformed in her four years.Basketball's beat goes toSue Fagan, !the _X best allaround team player of theseason. Heif consistent performances a n d leadership hasgiven th e team its fine season.Also Sue has participated involleyball and softball in hertw o years at Mercyhurst; W M[Finally, freshman MaryAnn King receives Softball'sMVP award. Mary Ann hasled the team with excellentdefense a nd '.consistent performance at the plate withthree home runs. In her firstyear, she has played varsitytennis, basketball! *nd soft-hall

Another year has come to an end and I thought It best tolook back a t a year In sports. ; * *It all began around September 12, 1975 when the Mercyhurst baseball team found every game a puddle of rain anda slow st art to what proved to be the most successful fallever. * * * T 5t%]It was a time when:...coaches and players alike wished I'd never started acolumn which sain t hey couldn't hit. [ ^. ...the women felt they were being,discriminated againsto n the sports page. 7 4 -^..Mercyhurst started a soccer club and really tried tohave a winning season. j fc *T...when the Mercvhurst basketball team could be foundnowhere, except o n t h e road....losing a basketball game by a bucket could shake anyfan's confidence. \ \ %...Pat Malone took third place in the Times-New BowlingTournament. y * .,,Raquet Rlckard left th e sport p age along with a numberof h is fans. & > % t% ...Campbell. Young. M olnar, Bradley and ti l the rest gaveth e area a real shock in bumping off E dinboro State....losing to Point Park made you feel like almost sheddinga tear. *...Coach Dave Markey was let go but we all stillremember h i m . i...the Laker baseball team almost made it only to getswept it s last tw o games. *;.. t he M ercyhurst crew suffered some very bitter defeats....the Mercyhurst golf team took fourth in the District litplayoffs. f- 1 j...the Mercyhurst tennis team took its third District 18title ina row. r ^ V i *-j Finally it was a time when all we hoped for almost happened. From baseball to golf, Mercyhurst almost made it,It's been a good year,jjone I hope to look back on and say:"We're still the best small college around; there Is no onebetter. There is pride here at Mercyhurst. Our teams havealways given the best a run for their money .'It 's surprisingthat a school so small, a school without sporting facilities,could have so much class winning or losing.This year, however, it's goodbye to people like MikeMolnar, Jes se Camp bell, Sally Schismenos, Tom Barringer,Bob Weismiller, Frank Sands. Joe Dolan, Lamont Prince,Tim Burrows, Bob Curtis, Sally Gorndt, John Voikos, JackDaly^Kim Kupniewski, Terry Frontino, Tom Hixenbaugh,Connie McCoy and all the rest w ho I wish I hadn't forgottenand w h o made this year's teams one of th e best. ^Let us now look on to 1076-77 and hope that next year'steams play with the same dedication and desire:as thesegraduating seniors. ' - )L e t Mercyhurst continue to excel in its sports program forthe upcoming years. If a name is to be m ade through sports,let us show our athletes just how much we c are. 1 believe ifMercyhurst i s t o produce a winning team i n a n y sport, it's upto us to back it and to push them on.' +.''We're certainly not a large school of any sort, but if wehave a firm belief tha t w e can w i n , that we can support eachother, than it's only a matter of time before Mercyhurstbecomes a small college power.I would like to thank all those w h o wrote for the sport pagethis year and I wish you best in the years to come. I wouldalso like to thank Dick Fox, Dave Markey, Dave Bohun,Janet Pric e and Joe Cook for giving this y ear's sport page astep i n t h e right direction.It will be a time w hen 1976-77 produces the best athletesever. n T

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J.V .'s End On Winning NoteMercy hur st' s J u n i o rVarsity Crew concluded theirseason Sunday, May 16, atMichigan defeating bothWayne State and MichiganState. Mercyhurst rowed sideby side with Michigan andWavne State, then went on towin bv 3.7 seconds, with a

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On Saturday, May 15, theLakers lost by a slim fourseconds to Grand Valley.This years J.V. boat consisted of Casey Coronin, BillFeehiey, Ray Weitzel, MikePhillips, AI Nase. Frank DixJJude Weiss and BruceBelovarac.

As the season draws to anend, the MercvhurstIntramural Softball Leagueprepares to begin playoffs onFrida y. May 26th.Of the eleven j teamscurrently participating, onlyeight will make this year'splayoffs, t,The Dynamite Derelictsappea r to be a favorite with a7-1 record. Hut behind them at6-1 are the Master Batters.last * year 's intramuralchamps. *In third place at 5-1 IsRelatively High. The "High"were defeated Saturday, 7-1,by 2 the Master Batters.Currently the "High"/hastaken two titles this vear. Thefirst came in the fall duringfootball, and the secondduring Intramural Basketball( centra I division).

A s of no w it appears to be athree team battle. TheDerelicts beat the MasterBatters; the Master Battersbeat the "High" but the"High" beat the Over TheHill Gang which, in turn , beatth e Derelicts, i