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Student Service Bureau Reviews Firstr Year Off OperationEditors
Note: Julie AnnVanVollcenburg approached thestudent government
earlier thisyear about the Implementation ofa Student Service
Bureau at thecollege. Government loaned themoney to VanVolkenburg
and theBureau has been In operationsince. m * 'The following is an
interviewwith Ms. VanVolkenburg. 1Could g- you give somebackground
Into the concept ofthe Student Service s Bureauhere at
Mercyhurst?It is a concept that flourishes onthe Ivy League
campuses. I readabout it in several different ar-ticles and
magazines over thepast five years. The ideas behindit is to make
the college com-munity itself reliant. Thestudents and {the other
com-munity m embers can barter andsell goods and services theyhave
to offer in trade off so thatthey are self sufficient. Some of
the things that they'd have to gooutside of the community
for,they can get right here'in thecommunity. One purpose of
theBureau is that it would enablethe students to earn somemoney by
performing the ser-vices or producing the goodsthat they are
capable of doing.It would give them some prac-tical experience in
businessalso! J i f ij iWho manages the Bureau andwhat is their job
specifically?Judi Rose and myself. Wecame before the
StudentGovernment in the Fall and wecame with the concept and
saidwe would like to implement it upat Mercyhurst. We asked themfor
some money to help us getstarted. 2 * 19 Why did you choose
Mer-cyhurst to introduce your"Student Services" idea?I'm an alumni,
havinggraduated in 1974. I had very
warm feelings for the ' college.and I live in Erie, so it's
con-venient. Being an alumni I wouldof course favor this school
overany of the others. H f aWhat services are provided forthe
Student body? f |E In the beginning, we hadmaybe twenty suggested
that wethought the students would becapable of ^ doing, and
thateveryone needed. We talked tostudents here and they told
usabout things they needed likecheck-cash ing, - which issomething
we never*thought of.So we were open to anything thatneeded to be
done or could bedone. i-4 $J L ! *Actually, we have five
servicesstarted. Theses are check-cashing, a sewing service,
twoused book sales, two girls whoare beauticians giving
haircuts,and a girl who helped sell T-shirts for Activity Day.What
kind of response is the
Student Service Bureau receivingfrom the students?This is the
part that is reallyamazing. Everybody said theyneeded
check-cashing. 11 thinkthe Merciad did a surveysomething .previous
and theysaw nobody had the know-howor the money to do it. >We
hadou t ; of the; total* studentpopulation only eighty som e
whoregistered for check-cashing andwe have thirty-five who
par-ticipate in it on a routine orregular basis. So the
studentparticipation wasn't at a highlevel at all . w l | J What do
you attribute the lowstudent response to?s jj BgE3This year we
tried a "grassroots" approach to it all, Justworking with the
students. Weare not associated with 5. thecollege per se. We just
thoughtwe would appeal to the students.Well I don't think that's
theway to go. I think to make itsuccessful you need the whole
college involved. You would haveto work with the
administration,have to have the faculty sup-oorting you. and you'd
have toapproach the students involved,they brought other
students.We had to almost sit out in thelobby and corral people to
do this.People would say they were in-terested but I don't know if
theywere wary, or cautious or what,to actually get them
committedwas a different story.Do you feel you have appealedto
off-campus students and to theErie community?^* tThere are "no
commuters in-volved, like I said there ar e onlyfive people that
actually haveproduced a good or performed aservice. | jIn your
opinion did starting atthe end of the -year have anegative effect
on the Bureau?I'm sure that was one of thecontributing factor s. I
don't think
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VOL. 50 NO, 24 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MAY 23. 19ftO'Hurst Awarded
Two-Year$400,000 Federal Grant 11jMercyhurst College .will begiven
a $400,000 federal grant fora computerized records system,training{
of management andfaculty, and the expansion of thebasic skills
programs.According to Tom Billlingsley,Title III Co-ordinator, the
two-year grant is the largest thecollege has ever recieved. \,The
grant proposed threeactivities over a two-year periodto strengthen
developmenras avital institution to" the a highereducation
resources of the nationand to the ,needs of society,particularly
within the regionserved by the college.The first a ctivity proposed
thatMercyhurst improve its .ad-ministrative and
managementcapability through developmentand implementation of .
amanagement information systemas well as personnel develop-ment, j,
2$ u ?Secondly, the grant proposedthat the college improve
itsstudent services by increasingbasic skills through a
develop-ment studies program. *The last activity proposed aprogram
adm inistration to insureadequate project control for
funds "f granted toward theproposed activities.Money for the b
asic skills willallow the college to hire morepersons to staff
reading, writing,and mathematics skill labs. The
number of positions to be createdhas not yet been determined.A
new management f in-formation system will enableMercyhurst to
computerize someadmissions and registrationrecords, along with
records in thebusiness office. IBecause of the funding level inthe
Title III grant.Mercyhurstwill have to make som e programand budget
revisions in the
Tom Billingsley
original proposal. Nevertheless,all project activities will
bemaintained in the revisions.;.3Details regarding
personnel,programs, and budgets will notbe final until the Grant
andP rocurement ManagementDivision of the U.S. Office ofEducation *
approves* a' satisfactory planof operation andauthorizes spending
federalmonies on the Title III project.Tt 1s expected that
Mercyhurstwill be able .Sto develop asatisfactory plan of operation
byearly June and start up T itle IIIprojects in the beginning of
July.Officials of Carnegie-MellonUniversity in Pittsburgh
helpedobtain the grant. They will alsoaid in the training of
Mercyhurstpersonnel in the use of the newequipment. ^ *The Title
III grant was an in-stitutional comm itment m ade byout-going
President MarionShane last September. "The final-grant proposal
waswritten by Tom Billingsley,director of institutional researchand
John Nesbit, director ofgrants preparation. 3"Mercyhurst College
has goodreason to approach the 1980'swith excitement,"
commentedBillinglsley. "Title III supportwill vitally enhance the
op-portunities for service and ex-cellence in people, programs,
andresources. i&i;
At Government Meet ingStudent Senate Positions Filled;Out-going
Officers Say G IS d-bye
The student governmentrepresentatives voted on can-didates for
the one two-year andthree one-year positions in the1980-1981 Senate
at the May 19thgovernment. * *English rep Bonnie James,received the
two-year position ofStudent Senator. The otherpositions were filled
by MikeSmith, freshman rep; and two ofthe new government
members.Chris McGowan, art rep, andDamien Schmidt, police
science
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alternate. Communications repMary Manross jwas named
asalternate. J g J ^Next, the government receiveda preliminary
budget for the 80-81school year from the newtreasure Mary
Gausman.The most noticeable budgetitem was the $2,500 alloted for
thepurchase of a tarp to cover theCampus ^Center floor. JimBolger,
outgoing treasurer, ex-plained that the administrationwould take
care of the rest of thefunding necessary. , !Kjr"Now we'll be able
to use thecampus center for activities," hepointed out. In other
action, President TimSeltzer commented on rumorsActivy Day may
be^cancellednext year. "We don't have thedetails yet," he said,
"but therewill be an Activity Day nextyear."* * ^*Seltzer announced
that lettersof intent for the Student ActivitiesCommittee positions
are still
!$mi
?2l Junior communications major Andy Findlay hashigh hopes while
being used in a unicycle demon-stration by the Circus Art Troupe.
The troupe per-formed in c.arvev Park Mav i s ,*Summer*Work-Study
PositionsAvailable On And Off'CampusDue to the extra federal
moniesin financial aid, more work-studyopportunities, both on and
offcamp us, will be offered -tostudents during the summermonths
claims Director ofFinancial Aid Barry Zembower."I want to get
people moreaware, f of off-campus em-ployment programs,]* he said.
&jZembower explained that theoff-campus '-openings^ hadwidened
because of the college'sinvolvement with the REAL
being accepted. Interviews arescheduled to begin May 23rd.Jim
Bolger announced that $88from Activity Day revenue (10;% of the
$880 total) would be ad-ded to the government's $100donation to
Betty Wilson. |Wilson, a member of thehousekeeping staff,
washospitalized late in March aftershe suffered a stroke. Wilson
hasno insurance.-*%In 'conclusion , the outgoingofficers made their
finalremar ks. "I've enjoyed this yearten times more than any
otheryear," said outgoing Vice-President JoAnn Alexander.Anita
Bonamino, out-goingsecretary, wished the new reps"the*best of a
luck," and en-couraged the reps to "go getem:** IFormer treasurer
Jim Bolgersaid simply, "I'd just like tothank you all for giving me
achance." f I
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Barry Zembower (Related Experiences toAcademic Learning)
program.Through this program -, astudent is employed at a
stateapproved agency and paid fromwork-study funds. A student
canwork a maximum of 4 hours perweek and get credit for
internshipstudy with REAL. According toZembower, the internships
arebasically restricted to stateagencies in Pennsylvania andfederal
agencies in Washington.It is not restricted to Penn-sylvanian
residents exclusively."It's a flexible program," saidZembower. "you
can do justabout | anything." He listsagencies such as the Sara
Reed
Children's Home, The -CivicCenter, and the Game Com-mission
among those alreadyinvolved'? with the |REALprogram. | BIn
addition, Zembower com-mented that many federallyfunded research
(projects havebeen calling the college becausethey are in need of
student work.I "REAL is a good program ityou need internship
credit." continued Zembower. "Any majorcan fit it in." * Zembower
added that therewere also a large number ofopenings^ on-campus for
Ithesummer. *^"There will be more openingsin operations and
maintenancethan there is durug> theacademic year.*' he pou ltd
out.For on-campus work-study astudent may work a m aximum of40
hours per week only in JuneSince July begins the next fiscalyear,
work-study will be reducedto the regular maximum of 20 hrsper week
during the remainder ofthe summer and continuingthrough the 80-81
academic year.O n - c a m p u s w o r k - s t u d ypositions will
be limited tostudents enrolled in the summersessions during July
and August.At the moment Zembower feelshe has received a fair
number ofapplications. "We're looking formore," he said. "Anyone
who isinterested should come in." gThe work-study positions areopen
to any eligible student.Zembower added that studentswho are
presently ineligiblemight qualify for tne summerprogram. * v J*"We
do have a ton of openingsfor the summer on and*offcampus,"
concluded Zembower."I'm sure we'll have more spotsthan
students."
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Unwritten LawsAs a private christian college,Mercyhurst expects
that certainstandards be followed by thestudents. However, these
stan-dards,-'while usually intuitivelyunderstood, are not explained
in he Student Code of. Rights andResponsibilities.Therefore, if the
standardsshould in any way .be trans-gressed, there is no
specificguideline to follow during theensuing developments.*
Indeed,how is one to know when astandard is being violated if it
isnever actually stated? A vastnumber of potentially I
volatileissues are raised.The Student Code (which canbe found in
the back pages of thestudent directory) states, "Thepurpose of a
code of conduct isbut to provide an outline ofgeneral forms of
acceptable andunacceptable behavior." This isat best nebulous. ' 7?
j$What exactly is acceptablebehavior? What specific actionsare
considered unacceptable?Where are the decisions of rightand wrong
behavior made?
Letter
The code states further, in apartial answer to these
questions,that "each infraction should bejudged by itself" and
"Each casemust be considered in-dividually." These seem to befair
terms. ** jjt jf *7 The problem arises from thevirt ually
non-existent \ definitionof good and bad behavior. If astudent is
to be punished for awrong action, some explicitstructure is
necessary. This is notto say a ' totalitarianistic at-mosphere is
needed, only a basicoutline, j? 1The code infers that
any"interference with or destructionof" the colleges
responsiblitieswill not be tolerated. Onequestion remains . . .
Whatconstitutes a case? One assumesthen that transgression of
theseresponsibilities could make acase. 'Again, these
responsibilitiesare not written and consequentlyremain vague.
Before any in-stitution can expect students toadhere to any
standard, thosestandards must be defined andrecognized by
everyone.
Activity Day Co-OperationPraised By Co-ChairpersonDear Editor:j
I would like to use th is space to give_extra special thanks
to^omevery special people who helpedme in making Activites Day
assucessful as it was.First, thanks go out to AmyMcNichols who
prepared and1insured that breakfast w as at thecampus center on
time. She alsoprepared the c heese tray for Mr.Thomas'- wine
tasting display,Eland she did it twice as the firstche ese tray w
as 'taken bysomeone e lse. *A very'special thank you toKeith Kraus
for providing thefinest lunch in true Texas style.Originally
planned for outsideenjoyment, the Texas Barbecuewas taken a giant
step forwarddue to the weather. A finer lunchcould not have been
prepared byany catering service intownandmany compliments were
broughtto my attention for this excellentmeal. "A sigh of relief
was had whentables and chairs were deliveredfajto the campus center
due to TimMcFarland who picked them upin his truck and Bob
Delaroccowho helped him to load them upand unload them.
Originally, tables and chairswere donated by the Holiday
InnSouth, but due to last minutebanquet changes, it wa s found
outthere were none available. Aquick call by Joann Alexander toErie
Chair and Dish rental savedthe day. Without Tim and Bobbyto go and
get them, we wouldhave been in a real bind. Thanksa lot guys.Thanks
a lot for early morninghelp to Beth Gjebre, CarvnKlinvex and Carla
Gas pare llowho helped get things set up inthe morning. Russ
Wilhelm andGlen Luebke helped to bring theprizes in from
Dahlkempersearly that morning and JimSantana and Russ helped
out"mucho" again that afternoonand evening. Thanks to SteveFlat ley
and Bob Tobin whoworked with me ongetting prizesdonated.Angie
Pileggi seemed to beeverywhere all day, willing tolend a hand
whenever needed.My biggest thanks of all goesout to my co-chairman,
JoannAlexander. Without Joann'sdirection, -, leadership
andunrelenting drive, Activities Daywould not have been as sue-
^acc & f kj\ |( Koj;e to be5ofqicallif rewoued
NTO seen/ s c
It is clear we have a problemhere at Mercyhurst that many ofus
either refuse to recognize orattempt to sweep under a blueand green
rug. Whenever thetopic is hesitatingly discussed, itis usually
accompanied by ashrug of the shoulders and acomplacent "well . . .
that isjust the way it is." When dealingin a problem situation,
nothing ismore to the detriment ofmeaningful change than this
typeof attitude. $. i jraf The" problem is the effect ofscholarship
athletics on thedevelopment of young adults atMercyhurst College..
This is not tosay that the same problem doesnot exist'at other
colleges anduniversities in the United States,it is intended to
raise the questionas to why we here at Mercyhurstcan't effectively
deal with theproblem.*There can be no question thaton a social
level athleticscholarships have a detrimentaleffect. If you need
proof, take alook inside the cafeteria duringthe next meal. i L*On
an academic level, and thisobservation comesfrompersonalexperience,
the tendency for"free ^ ride" athletes to takeclasses as a joke is
fadingsomewhat but still exists a corewho will see M ercyhurst as a
fouryear lesson in "getting over."An interesting aside here is,what
happens to these fellowswhen the free ride is over?Considering all
you've done forfour years i s play ball andget by,cessful as it
was.The week before Activites Day,I was in bed for a week, Joann
notonly picked up my slack, butpushed even harder to get
thingsdone.Making and putting up posters,picking up prizes,
havingmeetings with the various fac-tions, ordering needed
items,were but a fewof the lesser itemsJoann had to do. At times,
Ibegan to wonder if Joann wasexisting on bottles of
One-A-Dayvitamins. Thanks so much JoAnnfor a super job. K
Dr. Justice and the main-tenance department are alsodeserving of
thanks for all oftheir help.In closing, I feel guilty becauseI know
there are a lot of peoplewho helped out whose names' Idon't know or
have forgotten.Please accept my apology.And thankf "YOU", to
theMercyhurst administration,faculty and the great studentbody who
made it all possible. |jRespectfully, eCo-Chairman, A ctivities
Day- John M. ChrzanowskiP.S. Mike Heller, thanks to youfor starting
it all and Tim Seltzerwho helped out very much incarrying out a
great tradition. *
you've really only prepared1 for acareer as a professional
athlete.And bow many 'Hurst alumnihave joined the
professionalranks? One that I know of (J esseCampbell)I* and that
wasEuropean ball.-. In our zeal to advance ourathletic programs we
have donesomething not uncommon toAmericans; we have missed
thepoint. Webster defines athleticsas exercises andgam es
requiringphysical skill, strengh and en-durance. S Jjj.$ America
defines athletics inone word; WIN,.win, win, win,finish^irst^beat
Jhe other guv,stomp him Into the ground;therefore proving, in the
manlytradition of the old w est, that notonly are you a superior
being butalso have indicated the peculiarway you walk, talk, think
andbrush your teeth as the way to bewhat we all desire more
thananything else, a winner. >^ | |I -This attitude is about as
farremovedfromreality as an Idealcould get,- In the world
jofathletics, where victory soquickly changes defeat, shouldn'twe
at Mercyhurst be striving formore than a celebration of adecadent
win ethic?College athletics are meant tobe an added dimension to
thedevelopment of the young adult. Imean, we are supposed to
bestudent athletes. The studentcomes first in that
expression.Granted, we all get ourvicarious thrills from
watchingthe pros celebrate the win ornothing aspect of the
Americancharacter. 5(The picture of Kansas Cityshortstop Fred Patek
crying inthe Yankee Stadium dugout aftertheir 3rd staight loss to
New Yorkin the American league cham-pionship series comes to
mind.But really, a grown man driven to(ears on national television
overwhat is essentially a little kidsgame?) I think we have a
ten-dency to forget that the pros arethe pros and Mercyhurst
Collegeathletes are Mercyhurst College
athletes. Let's not * loose thatperspective.{Solutions?
Unfortunatelybecause of our tendency asmaterialistic Americans to
placea monetary value on talents andcapabilities' coupled with
thedecadent win ethic there are noeasy solutions.But lets take a
look at both endsof the spectrum here at Mer-cyhurst with an eye
tofindinganeffective compromise. On oneend there is the basketball
team." Undoubtedly the collegeshowcase program meriting thelargest
largest single portiontofthe athletic budget and whose.rank* are!
filled with fullscholarships. ^^^^^^^On the other end is the
crewprogram. Visible in a sense of thenumber of participants,
alloted aridiculously low operating budgetand- two $200 scholar
ship sawarded by team vote. jjBoth teams experienced lessthan
stellar seasons. One wasracked by dissention and internalstrife,
the other experiencedcamaraderie and a solidifying ofspirit than
can be only realizedthrough experiencing adversityjointly.
|Possibly, if there was someway to spread the attitude of theLaker
crew to other sportsprograms here at Mercyhurst wewould all be a
little better off.LetteiVPExpressesGratitudeTo the Editor:,I would
like to express mysincere gratitude to all those whohelped make
Activity Day '80 thehuge success it was. A specialthank You to the
Activity Day '80staff - without your help, it;wouldn't nave been
possible. |Sincerely, J?JoAnn Alexander
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Hurst Homecoming ScheduledWeekend Activities Plannedl1 fThe
Homecoming Committeehas chosen October 24,1960 as theweekend of the
first Homecomingever at Mercyhurst College.Jim Bolger, Chairperson
of theHomecoming Committee ,remarked, "Kent Koch vice-presiden t of
| the Alumni,Association, came and asked ifthe Student Government
wouldbe willing to do it, and we said wewould.""Letters describing
the eventhave been sentout to everygraduate," he continued.
"We'rereally pushing for them to come,especially the graduates of
thelast ten years. \ ^g xBolger stressed, however, thatthe affair
is not only for Alumni,but also for the present collegecommunity as
well. JS&The Alumni will be received inthe Student Union where
they willsign up and obtain the schedule ofevents.! Dr. Garvey will
meet theAlumni in a special* receptionbefore the semi-formal
dance
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SdUteJO > 4 "^FUr-^S?cuJWfe*^Some Facts Of Life Re: Iran
andIslam $1 Last November the Italianjournalist Oriana Fallaci
in-terviewed the AyatollahKhomeini for the New YorkTimes Magazine
Section. Thatinterview w as conducted with thehelp of Bani-Sadr,
who acted aslinterpreter for her during thatinterview. (You may
rememberMs. Fallaci as one reporter whowarned us long ago that the
Shahof Iran was a dangerousegocentric.)She says of her meeting
withKhomeini that: It was Bani-Sadrwho took me to Khomeini andacted
as my interpreter. PoorBani-Sadr didn't dare to breathe;his voice
was like the peeping of achick, his body stiffer than acudgel. Each
time I asked aquestion he grew pale and startedas if 1 had pricked
htm with aneedle; while translating heperspired a s if he were in a
saunaKhomeini really scaredhim. Will he be able to stand upagainst
Khomeini in this hostagetragedy? < New Republic, May 10,1980). ?
pTIn the interview she calledKhomeini "the new tyrant, thenew
dictator, the new Shah ofIran." She had returned, shereports in the
New Republicquoted above,*to interview Bani-Sadr on April 10, 1980.
Bani-Sadrhad agreed to the interview butdid not keep the
appointment. Itis her conviction that Bani-Sadrwill not be able to
stand up eitherto Khomeini jor the represen-tatives of Tudeh, the
IranianCommunist Partv. know to us as"the militants", who are
incharge of the hostages. Shethinks'this explains why Bani-Sadr
keeps his wife and childrenin Paris. & |g 1fe ^Fallaci points
out that the
Soviet once liked the Shah veryniiich and that Stalin
himself'SentSoraya a full length ermine coatwhen she married Shah.
Yet Mr.Bani-Sadr and Khomeini, with250,000 "Soviet troops at'
theirborders (50,000 west of theCaspian Sea, 80,000 east of
theCaspian Sea, and Si20,000 along'he Afghan border), say
nothingagainst the Soviet Union.These are questions which shewould
like to have discussed withMr. Bani-Sadr but did not get thechance.
That may be just as wellshe saysj because to these andother
important questions shedoes not think Bani-Sadr wouldanswer with i
th e! truth. (New
Republic, op.cit.)This presence of 250,000Russian troops a long,
theirborders is one of the "facts oflife" about Iran which we
shouldnote. The political identificationof the students holding
theAmericans hostage is another.Ms. Fallaci's expectation that-Sadr
is not into truth telling isstill another. That we are dealingin
Iran with Shi'a Islam ratherthan Sunni Muslims is stillanother fact
of Iranian life ofwhich we should be awareJ Sincetheir beginnings
in the middleages, the Shi'a Muslims havebeen inclined to ^an
intenseseparatism. For example, theKoran permits Muslim men tomarry
Jewishfor 3 Christianwomen of good repute, but asGustave E. points
: The Shi'a,impelled : by its intenseseparatism, explains this
per-mission away. W henever possiblethe non-Muslim is included
inthis sectarian intolerance. It iseven suggested to bar all
ad-.versaries of the Alid (referring?to AH, son of t)te daughter
ofMohammed, principal holy an-cestor next to Mohammed of
the:Shi'ite Muslim) cause from!receiving charity.
(Grunebaum,-Vledeival Islam, p. 190.)This separatism is
oftencoupled in Shi'ism, Grunebaumclaims, with a doctrine thatmakes
this intransigence andintolerance doubly unpleasant. Itis called
the d octrine of taquiyya(literally, "precaution.")% He says that
The Koran states:"whether ye conceal what is inyour hearts or
reveal it, Allahknows it" This verse has beentaken to condone
concealment ofone's convictions fin the ev enttheir open profession
wouldendanger the believer's safety.The Shi*as, however, built
uponthis slender foundation a doc-trine, considered fundamental,
ofthe believer's duty- to hide histrue allegiance when under
thesway of the unbeliever.'It is this approach to truthtelling that
we seem to be en-countering in bran. JThis approach of the
Shi'ashould not catch us by surprise..(Neither*should the
Russiantroop movemen ts.) However, thisIranian d issimulation
should notcause us to think badly of Islamas a religion and way of
life!President Sadat of Egypt andother learned and devout
SunniMuslims recognize and proclaimthat the Iranian treatment of
the
kidnapped Americans cannot bejustified by the Koran or byIslam.
Time magazine's recentsurvey of Islamic scholars showsthat Islamic
tradition has alw aysextended charity to diplomatsand wayfarers.
The Koran (9:6)insists that t even a religiousenemy "be granted
asylum andconveyed to safety.'' (Time,Apr.28,1980). J * fIsmail R.
al'Faruqi, professorof Islamic studies at TempleUniversity, wrote
last Januarythat "The employees of anyembassy do not fall in
this(criminal) category" whichwould make it ^permissible forthem to
be taken as prisoners.Embassy people who misbehave,!Faruqi points
out/: cannot beimprisoned, only expelled orfined to pay for any
propertydamage. Imprisonment violatesthejKoran's declaration,
whichsays that "no soul can be chargedwith the sins of
another."(Time, op. cit.| p. jjS| 3In our personal and public
livesit lis important to distinguishbetween the use and misuse
of)religion and religious ideas. Bani-Sadr may be craven or just
weakas Fallaci claims,j and it S ispossible that Khomeini
himselfand Bani-Sadr may be somehow]at the mercy of the Russians,
iFallaci notes that Kruschev usedto compare Iran to a rotten
pear;one only had to wait for it to fall.Or Bani-Sadr, Khomeini and
therest may belusing Persiandualism or Islamic Imamism orboth to
accomplish their ownnationalistic ends. S3 ;Whatever the real
situationthere, we should at least know bynow that their public
utterances]are not to be trusted. But wesould also know that it is
of theut most importance for us to try to|be oni good terms with
thatportion of the Moslem^worldlwhich is willing to live in
peaceand tolerance. We need to domore about the development of|our
understanding of Islam andour I relationship with Islamicpeople
rather than less. We notonly need to develop respect forIslam but
we need to do more toput ourselves into the minds ofthe better
Islamic thinkers sothat wefknow their mind anddisposition.jfSWe
have not encounteredenough the view of men likeSeyed Hossein Nasr.
I shall closewith his views on war, in which heis responding to the
criticism,often heard, that Islam is a
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"religion of the sword." Hewrites that: The criticismagainst
Islam as a religion of thesword is thus not a valid one.Islam by
legislating war limitedit, whereas Christianity left itoutside its
consideration. It is notaccidental that the mostdevastating total
wars of thiscentury have begun in the Westwhere Christianity has
been thedominating religious " in-fluence . . | One can at least
saythat the terrible wars of thiscentury have not come out of
theMuslim world, but out of what
some people have called the"Post-Christian" W es t.. .X It isnot
to say that Christianity is toblame for them for they camefrom a
society which had In mayways rebelled againstChristianity. |(N asr
, Ideals andRealities of Islam, p. 31). iOne may not agree with
Nasrbut one is certainly challengedtoday to be diligent in
thediscovery of the "Facts of Life"about Iran and Islam,
theirinhabitants, participants, neigh-bors, fellow Muslims,
theirpolitics and religion, fDr. George Garrelts
Library Hours:Memorial Weekend:Open regular hoursMay 27, 28, 29I
MidnightGraduation Day 12 p.m. - 4fp.m.
Summer HousingSummer housing wil l be available in Bald-win Hall
and the townhouses for the twosummer session. All residents must
beregistered for classes.Baldwin Hal l rooms are double
oc-cupancy.| I P | First Session - $100flHJJBJBlfclSecond Session -
$75?Meals are at your discret ion. You may makearrangements wi th *
K.C.f Foods or do yourown cook ing . f ^ ^ ^ H ^ ^Townhouses - must
have fat least THREEpersons for occupancy. Thefcost is $25
perperson per week.Both the hall*dnd the townhouses wil l openJune
8 and close August 16.Y o u may;'sign up in the Housing Of f
ice,Egan 48, beginning May 12.
K C FOODS PRESENTS:50's NIGHTThursday, May 22from 4:30 till
6:30In The Cafeteria, jMusic by D.J. John.Cash Prizes will be given
away for:Best 50#s outfitJitterbug ContestBubblegum Blowing
ContestMenu will consist of
PizzaHot DogsVA PoundersFrench FriesMilk Shakes
Cherry CokesChocolate CokesPopcornAntipasto SaladMacaroni
SaladBubblegumProper ID required Admission Charged To Other
StudentsFREE to Board S tudents
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The Rt. Rev. Dr. Hunter S.Thompson of the Arkedelphia,Arkansas
and Mechanic'sIllustrated School of BibleStu dies ! reigns as
thepreeminently weirdest "new"journalist of the 1970s, and theonly
scribbler since Clark Kentand Brenda Starr to grace thenation's
comic consciousnesshe being none other thanDoonesbury's Dr. Duke.
Eventhese achievements andoutrages, however, cannotredeem the movie
based upon hislife and explo its. Where the WildBuffalo Roam
sprawls across thescreen with all the energy andthree-day-old
buffalo chips.Plot, both as a word and con-cept, apparently escaped
thefilm creator's attention, for * ithas none. Instead, the viewer
isserved up ajflimsily connectedsequence of vignettes based
oncertain experience in the gooddoctor's career. Anyone in
theaudience not familiar soon with
the inspiring antecedotes soongets lost.; And those who
arefamiliar soon grow disgruntled,for a movie I based on
outrageought to be outrageous, but inevery instance "Buffalo" pulls
itspunches. The result is a slightlyvulgar television sitcom
miasmareducing the doctor's anarchicexuberance to sophomoricpost
uring. pFor example, one of the film'sbest bits recounts
Thompson'smisadventures at the 1972 SuperBowl; yet, even this
sequencedrags itself along when com-pared to the original in Fear
andLoathing At the Super Bowl inwhich a drunken, stonedThompson
hangs from the HyattRegency | balcony bellowingdamnation of a
culture whichpermits the Al. Davises of theworld to win. *Bill
Murray as Thompsonliterally saves the film fromcomplete Zeroland.
He has thenonchalant presence of mind ofone without any p resence
of mindLibrary Holds Amnesty Day; \Awards; Cash Prizes To
StudentsThe library was recentlvreplenished when students tookpart
in an Amnesty Day contestand returned one hundred andseventeen
pieces of literarymaterials. |The purpose of Amnesty Daywas to en
courage people to bringback any items belonging to thelibrary.
Those items whichstudents brought back overduewere not charged a
tardy fee.Joan Cooper, Director of theLearning Resource Center,
in-dicated that out of the one hun-dred and seventeen
piecesreturned, one piece of thematerial belonged to anotherlibrary
and three journalsbelonged to a faculty member.Asked if she felt
Amnesty Daywas a success, Cooper related.Tons was missing and we
should
have received at least a half of aton back and we did not, so,
no,it actually was not a success." The winners were determinedby
how much material | theyreturned. First place and winnerof ten
dollars was Angela Pileggiwho returned twenty eight items.Second
place was awarded toJane McLaughlin who received
seven dollars for returningtwenty six items. Finally, thirdplace
was taken by Barb Bur-bules who returned twenty twoitems and
received four dollarsfor her efforts. "If students that borrow
thematerials would ?only realize,"concluded Ms. Cooper, "that bynot
returning the thing they use,they are only ripping off theirfellow
students."
so crucial to capturing Thomp-son's weirdness* crucial towhich
is the ability to proceed atall times in the midst of
whatevermadness as if everything werecool, were completely in
controlHe is particularly effectiveduring the compargning
pressscenes and delivering a lecture toerstwhile collegiate
journalists.^Peter Boyle's career continuesits downward careen in
hispathetic performance as Laslo,Thompson's marginally insanelawyer
in Fear and Loathing InLas Vegas. A Dobermanchomping at Richard
Nixon'sgroin early in the picture is thepeak supporting bit;
Nixonhimself doesn't seem to mind. $In the last an alysis, Where
theBuffalo Roam exhibits all thetaste and * insight fulness of
themost obnoxious kid in your thirdgrade class and just about
asmuch courage. For a film basedon the life of one of the
mostabsurd figures of recent history,a person who relished
tweakingthe nose of the pompous andvillainous, it lacks nerve,
lacks itin theextreme. One wonders, forinstance, why the Hell's
Angelsare omitted, whyj Thompson'spursuit of chemical parity for
hisfavorite football team goes js un-noted, and why he never makes
itto Las Vegas, J he scene of hismost famous explorts and bestbook.
The answer is of course,that the film makers didn't wantto offend
anyone who could biteback.Where the {Wild* BuffaloRoam a truly
awful movie, andat $7.00 a pop, a prime candidatefor "disaster pic
of the year."
50's Day CelebrationSponsored! By K.C.jFoodsA 50^idaywiu be
sponsored^yKC FOODS Thursday. J May 22
from 4:30-6:30 in the cafeteria.Mr. John &
Washington,Assistant Manager of thecafeteria, and organizer of
thisevent, is looking forward to anenthusiastic response from
thestudent body. i iStarting at 6:00 a bubble gumblowing, a
jitterbugging, and abest dressed contests will take
place. Cash pr iz es will beawarded to the winners. sPVF
flAppropriate musiclwill beplayed by DJ > John to geteveryone in
the swing of things."If this works out well, we willbe doing many
more activities,"said W ashington."Student morale is the keyfactor
to the succe ss of this eventand others that may follow."
NOMINATEmember student body a lumniwelcome to nominate one of
the fol lowing tenured facultymembers (those persons who already
tenured during the1979-1980 school year) for the awa rd.Daniel
BurkeEd Wa rd G allagherWi l l iam GarveyFrank HaganEdward
Higgins"Mar i l ynn JewellRichard KubiakPeter LibraSr. Mary
MatthewEmestfMautheBarry McAndrewBrian McHughMichael McQui l
lenMike ErismanJanet Price
Beverly DiCarloLouis Mennin iDavid PalmerVivetta PetronioJoseph
PizzatDonald Plat teRobert Ronksley?Igor Stalsky |Detmar
StraubRobert SturmDavid ThomasBarbara WeigertSr.
PatricaJudithfWieczorekJamie Yule
All nominat ions should be submit ted in wri t ing to the
Of-fice of the Dean no laterthan May 23 , 1980. *Your lettersof
nomination should clearly indicate the reasons whyyour candidate
should be recognizedteacher using the cri ter ia l isted
above.superior
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Sheila Nelson, Junior dance major, will perform a
self-choreographed work entitled "Free To Be Me?"Student
ProductionDance Concert ScheduledFor Weekend PerformanceOn
Thursday, May 22 andFriday* May 23, the MercyhurstCollege Dance
Department willpresent a Studio Dance Concert.The concert will take
place in theDance Studio in Weber Hall at8:00 pnu 1 ti
&*>
Senior. Bernardino Borinski.will perform a-'classical
balletpiece to music by JohannStrauss.'
choreographed, modern solo.Still a fthird g Juniorchoreographer,
Donna Russo, $has composed a group number.Of the five Senior
members ofthe Dance Department there willbe two solos. Car lee
Kanopka willadd variety to the show with amodern work done on
pointe. Thisnumber is self-choreographedand Carlee has entitled it
"NoLonger a Child". The secondsenior solo will be a demon-stration
of pointe work by Ber-nardine B orinski. Bernie's danceis done to
the "AccelerationWaltz" by Johann Strauss.Sharon Artuhevich and
BethRosser have each prepared agroup ballet number on pointeand
Bonnie Slawson's eight-minute piece is a jazz comedy.Jenny Isabella
will present twoworks, one of which will be theclosing number of
the show.Participants in her pieces will beJenny's own students
from theBayfront Ballet Company.Besides the Junior and
Seniorpresentations there will be amodern duo choreographed,
byeMichael MeStraw. Mike willparticipate in his. own numberalong
with Beth Rosser. Also,there are two Freshmen pieces,ope danced by
^Colleen Angererand aT group jazz"., numbeffchoreographed by'L
Tracyi Lit-tlefield. L iAs a reminder: this springshow is the last
Mercyhurstdance production for the seniors.Tbey hope that everyone
will beable to attend this performanceas its their final chance to
perform for the Mercyhurst community. Reservations are nonecessary,
donations are $1.00
RESIDENCE HALL DIRECTOR POSITIONInquiries for the posit ion of
Residence Hoi I Director for theocodemic yeor 1980-81 may be mode
to the Director of Housingin Room 48 Egan IHoll Applications may be
obtained there.The Hall Director is responsible to the Director of
Housing and
is the administrative head of the individual hal l . Th e duties
melude supervision of the Resident Assistants and the Desk Re
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Federal Grants! Cut
President Carter's proposal tocut the National Direct
StudentLoan (NDSL) program as part ofthe anti-inflationary
^'balanced"budget will end up costing moremoney than no cut at all,
ac-cording to student lobbyinggroups. tIn testimony before the
HouseLabor-HEW subcommittee onappropriations, !? representativesof
the Coalition of IndependentCollege and University Students(usually
referred to as COPUS)asserted that lopping of $108million from the
NDSL program and^ thus f cutting off anestimated 163,000 students
fromfinancial aid would force mores'udents into the more
expensiveGuaranteed Student Loan (GSL)program. & **Under the
NDSL program, thegovernment makes a direct loanto the eligible
student. Under theGSL program, the student ac-ually gets a loan
from a bank.The government guarantees theWank that the loan will be
repaid.While the student gets the loan atseven percent interest,
thegovernment pays the bank thedifference between seven percentand
the bank's normal, typicallyhigher, interest rate. S ff "If
students are fortunateenough to find available loans,not only will
the student pay moremoney, but as the administrationopenly admits,
the .specialallowance paid by the govern-ment to the banks (under
the GSLprogram) will force the govern-ment to pay substantially
morethan would be the case had thosestudents received NDSLs,"COPUS*
Steve Leifman told thesubcommittee. IK B 1 " B **$&
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The proposed cut is consistentwith the President's
balancedbudget, Leifman added, "andappears to 'be solely
politicallymotivated."! i| .'fIf Congress did agree to
thePresident's revision, it wouldhave to waive a student aid
lawguaranteeing $286, million anstudent aid appropriations.*.
Carter's budget also asks thateach' Basic j Educatio nalOpportunity
Grant (BEOG) bereduced by $50. Overall, Leifmanwarned,^the cuts
"threaten, todeny hundreds of thousands ofstudents" financial aid
promisedby the Middle-Income StudentAssistance Act of 1978. t
|Barry Zembower, Director ofFinancial Aid, explained thathere at
Mercyhurst College wewill see a visible impact on the1980-81 school
year, since theBasic Grant funds will decreasenationally by $50* |
\For example, if a studentpreviously received $1800 inBasic Grant,
she-he would nowonly receive $1750. jYet Secretary of
EducationShirley Hufstedler says while theNDSLfcut fmight cost
thegovernment more money.neither the BEOG nor the NDSLcut will deny
funds to any needystudents. t f. IMB:* *.It isn't desirable to
squeezemiddle-income persons. That isan unhappy fact,"..
Hufstedlerpointed out in congressionaltestimony. Buts she
contendedthat other commercial loans willbe available. It would not
be an"unmitigated disaster" if morestudents worked to help pay
theircollege tution. ^ |eSome question Hufstedler'sconfidence Tin
private lending
< * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
SummerWorkstudy Moneyavai lable foron and of
fcampusfstudents
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institutions' willingness to makeup students' financial aid
losses.Rep.l^foseph Early (D-MA)charges Hustedler isSrecom-mending
cutting direct loans at atime when restraints on con-sumer credit
may make banksmore reluctant to provideguaranteed loans to
students.Hufstedler acknowledged thatthe unwillingness of lenders
tolend cannot be controlled. But,she added, "we anticipate
manyinstitutions will have adequatefunds available"*through
theirown NDSL ^revolving funds."Others will simply have to turnto
loan programs of a differentkind.":: \ %The saving in switching
fromNDSLs to GSLs would come ifinterest rates dropped below the19
to 20 percent that is currentlycharged Dy most private
lenders.Though Education DepartmentOfficials are predicting a
declinein those rates, they still admitGSL costs* could increase
asmuch as 40 per cent this year and52 per cent in fiscal 1981. J
|,rThe danger," .pays Ji mBernau, executive director of theAmerican
Student Association,"is that people who get NDSLsoften are ?not
candidates forGSLs." In the past J'high risk"students have had a
much easiertime getting NDSLs than GSLs,he suggests."Our NDSL will
also be cut,"Zembower* continued, "eventhough we only have J a
lowamount of participants for thesefunds." I % IHe added by saying
thissummer we will see a noticeablechange in both the Basic
Grantand NDSL. g * : Wkg Bernau warns that studentfinancial aid had
become an easytarget for balanced!budget-crazed politicians.
''jfjBffjS"Studenfs $ a r e ^ f reallyvulnerable," ^Bernau
saySt"WhertjS the government goessearching for money, they'll
lookinTlie so f tes t a rea^^^ w"To the public it looks likethey're
making cuts, but it's likepushing on a bulge on a balloon. Itjust
pops up on the other side.
Activ i ty Day Sale Jf jg ?Kg mI Writing Center Announces
Corrections1 To Betty Wilson Cookbook& f x Spice^ This
announcement is directedto th e individu als! who w erefortunate
enough to purchase aWriting Center Cookbook onActivities' Day.
Before you goabsolutely wild preparing eachi rresisti ble | recipe,
| it wouldbehoove you to take note of thefollowing goofs we so
guiltilyadmit committing:The Special Chicken Tettrazinirecipel
ofr^pagef 14 should bechanged as follows: The sauceincludes 2/3 cup
flour instead ofrj2/3 cup butter. *. * 1 **In the Egg Fondue recipe
onpage 2,^disregard "Rudy Voss
Island (Rudy | Voss*Market no flonger exis ts^however, Spice
Island still makebeaumonde) S I S # *There is also an addition to
theBundt Cake recipe on page 23.Please insert the name of
ToniKaliszak "who so graciouslydonated directions fort1 he
rdelectable dessert.Plenty of cookbooks are stillavailable for
those who did notpurchase them on Activities'Day. They^are $1.50
andiareavailable in the Writing Center,208 Main. Or*just&call
and we'lldeliver. The proceeds will benefitBetty Wilson. ? 1 * 5
J&Student^Service InterviewCont inued f rom page 3
When we talked with StudentGovernment, we did talk with thegoal
of trying to work with fiveservices. I'm frustrated that
theyweren't all that successful for thestudents who participated
inthem. I think I wanted them to
get more out of it, and I wanted toget more people involved. On
onehand, I am a little frustrated bythe situation but we said we'd
getfive and we did. We had a verylimited goal and we achieved
it.
I wish to thank all of thepeople and businesses thathave
supportedi the MERCIADthrough their advertisingthroughout the
year.Respectfully, jJohn M. ChrzanowskiBusiness ManagerLOSTTwo chi
ldren's filmstrips w/cassettes int i t led "Noah'sArk" and "Anatasi
the Spider". Anyone whofknows th ewhereabouts of these, PLEASE
return | t o Curr iculumLibrary or to McAuley Rm. 127. AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE!
< * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ j<
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Senior English Project PresentationsI Monday, May! 26, 1980Media
Projection Room 7:00 p.m.Projects and m ulti-media projects by:Anne
Chimenti; Joyce Sparrow; Tom PeganoffEveryone welcome!
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Kernie Kowalski plays SpidermanROTC rapelling demonstration. 3MW
oniZurn^wall during the Racket River Rounders move their act
indoors as Activities Day goes on.
ft; Maree-Lynn (icon tries to hubba bubba into the regulation
sizetesting box during the huohlegum contest. Bill Kennedy shows
his trul\professional style during the an-nual Volleyball
Tournament.Oooh Nooo Mr. Bill!!! Art Therapy major Chris McGowan
exhibits and sellsin pen, ink, and watercolor. m?-.v
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Congratulations to: Tom, Ron,Vito, Mac} Steve, Walt an danyone
else that I forgot in theclass of 1980. Good Luck in theupcoming
years. Signed, D.J.Rebecca Dear, II propose a toast to
everythingworking out this summer!! 1The only and only yours,
ChrisDarling.Chris, nice thought, I hope so too.A M ercy-Ad
TVpist.3t W' SNeophytes: Good luck atinitiations. Ms.
Parsons.!Bazappa Chiwawa, jYour stocks from the Turns andDiGel
company should provevery advantag eous to your walletbut not to
your stomach. Signed,a Big Guy. fJ . J . A . M . C o n g r a t u l
a t i o n sSeniors! Diane ., Big Guy 1, Say your last
goodbyessoon,jbecause I'm packing mybeer can collection away til
nextyear. Signed a roommate.To my friends: Your support haskept me
standing and made melook ahead. Thanks, DianeTo Seargen's Ardo and
Hertz,Learn how to salute, will you?From an Airman, fCockroach: For
our timetogether , there? are alot ofmemories. BabeTo the Three Big
GuysTTakexarethis summer, and hopefully I willsee you this
September. Big GuyThese past 2 weeks have been H-E-Double
Toothpicks, but weneophytes can handle anything!To Shelby the Cola
Nut, The nexttime you decide to sing and dancein a play do it with
some decentclothes on wil lya? An Ex-roommateMary, Beth, Shannon,
and K.C.Foods: Thanks for all the help inmy project, Jimi fDave,
The year's almost over,please don't forget us . . . please.Two Toys
in the Union
- fc - v a w T ^ ' * .* *Stephen, Goodbye and good hick!Signed,
ME downstairs.
Load, The toys in the SANDBOXsalute you as "King
Toy"!!-YeaRight! Love True Ve -'Diane, It was fun! See you
inSeptember, Love MeLisa and M.B., I love everythingabout both of
you and will missyou both! Good Luck, Am.Mary my pal, I LOVE
YOU!!!Jimi i
Dave, I wasn't sleeping S. . Iwas resting my eyes after
theformal. Love veg. Jf |Oh man Loretto, its been fun,O.K., fine!
Take care Love,signed ME. * '$
Thanks for the best year everNOT Robert Redford.Needed:
Graduation Tickets.Contact Rick or Holly Sethman.Number needed: 6.
864-8515.
Dave, Thank you form a l . . . Yea- Right.Love, Amy.the
for-.GAK!!
To all the j-b's in Sesler 224, havea good summer! *M^t V
1BoZappa, The Sandbos will neverbe the same. Goos Bye to a
truefriend and close buddy, GoodLuck at Minster, The Big GuysTo the
Original VegI won't everforget our little talk. Good Luckin Africa.
Signed, lit tle Me . 1
Katrinka, '*These past few weeks have beensuper! I hope the
upcomingweeks are even better. Signed"BabyB" i imShrimpy Pie. I
love you. But Iwon't buy a hamster. Love S.F.Hey Special King.
Don't hit mysckablers. Good luck at L acklantT.X. A Roommate 3OPt
J
True Veg Goodbye from theSANDBOX. Every GRAIN willmiss you.
Love, The Big GuysJudy andJack, Good Luck! Jimi
Thanx to all the big guys andgirls, and grains of sand thatmade
this year j unforgettable.Big Guy,jl.j j ' J | -,M.Congratulations
and best wishesSween and Terry. Love, Us.
JAB and Jack n' Judy Good Luckin the future You'll be missed.The
Big Guy W & c'.,&. The SANDCASTLE is crumblingwith every
GRAIN that leaves.Somehow your GRAIN will bereplaced, but not as
perfectly asyou. Love, The Remaining sandTO OUR AUNTIE Eflfi. TT Sr
LBEGANFWITH THE BEDS INTHE BATHROOM CARE OFTOTO OVER THE SUMMERWE
LOVE YOU!!!!*HA! Forthe first time I snuck one inwithout _ you
seeing, j YOURDARLING NIECES.
Baby B: Florida "Huh" Whatabout Jan. 7? Katrinka.Dr. What a
year! We'll do it againnext year! Roomie.Rob and Ernie: No-one
couldever capture the times we havehad. I Love Yo u.
...Knuckleheads. -Dave- (Arf, Arf)Specianking^sTatchou oUTTor th
edirt shoot. pwobably huh-IfeST-
Dear Vidal Sassoon, What comesafter the white shorts? M.K
"2*
Mom, Thanks for the big $15 itcame just as I was about to pickup
the phone. Love Chris | \"'To All Vegetables, This is i t . . .time
to toss the salad. It's beenfantastic knowing all of you!Love Ya,
True Veg.
Hey Veg: Walk up the stairsmuch? Signed Veg II * aA 1Vegi-Why
don't you pull yourpants up, you poot. Signed Veg II
Ve g II and Judy, Never forget ours p e c i a l n i gh t ' ou t
, c au s e Iwon't!!! Love, A True Veg.Veg I, Drop any peanut
butterlatelv?? Love. True Veg. it'&iHey Honey i Looking 1 F
orHamsters, Yea Right! Signed AFriend
Hey Little Feet, Moo Moo hereand a Moo Moo there- Signed
ARoommate. $Amy: Someday you'll go to adance and notI fall asleep
af-terwards. Love , A Guy.. Veg: I hope you run out of
clothesbefore the end of the year. Veg.
Dave, Your a special guy, whohas deeply touched me!! Love, Agirl
i fPam S. I'll see you this summer?Always next year. Who
Knows.Still be a friend.Steve Frisina,Good Job Buddy. Good time
s.Best of luck to you. And to youBecca. John Chrzanowski. 5
Goldie: Nice donuts, nice eawas,nice boats, de de dee -THEATRETo
The Rainbow Builder: Did youstand on a chair? Chiwawa
M.B., Lisa, Sween and Kathy,You really made our year, we'regoing
to miss you! All the loveand luck in the world. Lovealways,
"UsT
TO our wall mates: It's been nicelistening to you, no one Will
everbe able to take your place. LoveForever, L.M. AND B.P.To my
roomie, congratulationson cheer leading. Its been greatliving with
you. I'm really goingto miss living with you next year.Ca-Ca Ann.
JAIda, Dave and Amyit was agreat Christmas! Thanks. LoveDavid,
Mondays. comingtheelder Italian. * j |A Ida; keep in shape for the
big"48" in 81. Your old dancingpartner . . | . . . J . J . Jimi and
Mary: Thanks for agreat yeara senior. W | pLittle one: keep in
touch, learn tosomesault-whip it. 3Mary: take care and smile.
LoveFatty. f3j8{ jPf .4 Markus: Is the boy emit??BillAmy and Kathy
from PhillyYous made the Merciad. Steveand BiU. Jg gMartha: You're
the greatest.Take care. Love BillS teve: you're a great l i t t
lebrother!!Bill L ^ ifci**Dave You're gonna look prettyfunn^vith
that knife sticking outof your ear. Clint. ??._'We would like to
extend ourthanks to the Mercy hurst com-munity for your prayers,
andhelp you have given us over thepast few months during
Betty'sillness. Betty and Harry Wilson.Da ve..Touch me . . . .
.yea, right!Love a girl.To 1st floor Baldwin: Thank yaall for a
super year! Your R.A.Load, Breakfast..yea right. Goback to bed
dave, someones in th ebathroom, love, true veg. JJim.Glen, Mike
Biliy, Russ ChildRich and Newt, super year guysThanks for
everything. Yourfriend John. 1'Laurie Gee: Thanks for being m
yfriend, tutor, .helper an dbelligerent.\ Gonna miss you.John,
fT.B. i loveyoui loveyoui loveyo-uilove youiloveyouiloveyouilo-v e
y o u . . . .TO THE NIECES: "AND THEFIRST SHALL BE LAST."YOUR
*AUNTIE * EM LOVESYOU ft a
Handwriting pnreadable. . .f The Writing Center is offering help
incursive every Tuesday and Thursdaymorning at 9:00. Come in for
help. . .The Writing Center308 Ma in
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HW4l*4ttHWWs ine Champs; By Chris Tomczak *| "One of the keys to
a successfulseason," Coach Shelley Monassaid. "Is a good
pre-season. Weworked hard this year and it paidoff.' -The softball
payoff was theKeystone Conference Cham-pionship and a perfect 7-0
recordin the conference. Grove Cityplaced second with a 6-1
record.The Lakers were 15-3, overallan outstanding turnaround
fromaje year ago. Two big ac -compl i shmen t s , wer e two
nohitters, one by Laura Ames andone by Tina Tomczak. Amesblanked*
Allegheny 11-0 an dTomczak thumped Villa MariaCollege 13-0. Another
highlight ofthe season was a 4-1 victory overEdinboro, the first
ever winagainst the Scots. The softball team wrapped upthe season
with a bang. Th eLakers defeated Villa MariaCollege, Behrend an d
TheilCollege for the flag. gIn the ^Behrend g ame , Mer-cyhurst
scored five runs in thet op of the fourth inn ing for t he bigblow.
The Lakers claimed 8 hitsand Behrend four in the 7-2victory. Ames
was the winning
pitcher. In the error department,
the Lakers had only four whilethe Cubs committed nine, fe^In the
Villa contest, Tomczakwas the spark at the plate as sherapped two
triples and drove infour runs. Ames also drove infour runs while
Kathy Chudzickicontributed three runs.p*' 'To wrap up the
conference theLakers shut out Thiel College 100in five innings, the
entire gametaking less than an hour. Amesallowed only two hits,
whileLoretta Powell and Annie Bur-bules were the offensive
stars.Powell slammed two home-runsand drove in five runs.
Burbulesalso hit a round tripper and adouble for three runs batted
in."We were sound both of-fensively and defensively. Weknew we
could win and we didn'tlet down, "3 Coach Monas com-mented. "It was
a great year."The following are the seniorswho played their last
softballg a m e for the Hurst : ' JudyGluvna, and Pam Wolfe.The
Lakers placed five playerson the WKC 1980 Softball allConference
team , the I playersa r e : Laura Ames, I KathyChudzicki, Annie
Burbles, MaryFatidati, and Pam Franceschi.
Netter Lose To Nittany Lirepare For NAIA Tourneyby W.D. Bud
Prize |The netters met their matchwhen they went down, 7-2, to
thePennfState Nittany Lions lastFriday. 5 & &" I think that
we can benefitfrom this defeat," remarkedRanalli, the NAIA D-18
Coach ofthe Year. " We lost to a veryrespectable team. The loss
willhelp because we know what wemust practice before nationals."The
Lakersfinished he seasonwith an 18-6 record. tg_JMI believe, that
this is thetoughest Schedule* tha t anyMercyhurs Tennis Team
hasplayed, and to win 18 out of 24 isnot too shabby,
commentednumber two singl es! player,Ravinder Sabherwal. *In the
lion's den, the netterswent downfighting.Sabherwal at
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number two won his duel with BillSchillings, 6-3, 6-3, and
TomChybrzynski I succeeded in thenumber four slot f versus
TomBeckhard 6-4, 7-5. flSg fGary Dagan threw in a valiantchallenge
at number six, but wasovercome by Jon Whiteside, 6-2,2-6, 6-2. J
/Andy Findlay at number one,Steve Spies at number three, andPaul
Spies, in the number fiveslot, each found i the going tooheavy and
were beaten instraight sets. .1 A m^Tjast year, the Lakers lost to
theNittany Lions, 6-3, gaining two ofthe victories in doubles play.
Butin. the 1980 pairs events, PSUswept the board. Although
thenumbers one and two events were.close, theLakers did not
manageto gain a set. jrj& | *The next action on the scheduleis
the nationals. The blue andgreen depart for Kansas City onSunday
May, 25 for the NAIAnationals. Finals of this tour-nament will be
held on May 31.The Mercyhurst Community cankeep abreast of j
tournamentresults through the sports news at11 o'clock on all three
T.V.channels and in the local Erienewspapers. I Results vs. Penn
State.Mercyhurst 2 Penn State 7Andy Findlay (M) lost to TimMcAvoy
6-4, Mr Ravinder Sabherwal (M) beatBill Schillings 6-3, 6-3. |
>Steve Spies (M) lost to DanLowry 6-3, 6-4. ITom Chybrzynsk; (M)
beat TomBeckhard 6-4, 7-5.Paul Spies (M) tost to Bill Sch-mucker
6-2, 6-1.Gary Dagan (M) lost to JonWhiteside 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.Findlay:
Chybrzynski (M) lost toMcAvoy:Whiteside 6-3,7-6.Spies:Spies I(M)
lost toLowry:Schillings 6-3, 7-6. IAshmeade:Sabherwal (M) lost
toBeckhard :Schmucker 6-1, 6-3.;
Freshmen whohove notcompletedadvising formsjnext year,mustSee:
Mir iam Mashauk213 Old Main
ygeiIncoming President of Mercyhurst, Dr. Win. P. Garvey
(center),eposes with athleticHff award winners (from left to right)
Garv Weber, Darlene Marsh, Sue Cavalancia andHEFhrBob Heftka. ^M \
* f .Hurst? AthletesHonoredAt Annual Sports BanquetSoccer star,
Gary Weber andtwo-sport I stand-out, j Sue
Cavalancia, garnered J thecoveted Dean Garvey Awards atthe';
Laker Sports Banquet,Monday evening. $ 2gJ I 1BScholar-Athlete
Awards*werepresented to Bob Heftka andDarlene Marsh, both
seniormembers of the crew team, byDean John Millar. \ J \P These
awards are the highesthonors that are bestowed onMercyhurst
athletes, and farebased on both fathletic and
Sue Caualancia
academic proficiency .,John Leisering, from WLKKRadio, served as
j master ofceremonies for the affair whichrecognized all male and
femalevarsity letter winners withawards commensurate with
theirrespective number of years ofparticipation, gjjj S ^BflJBaThe
Lake r I Awa rds werepresented to a representative ineach of the
eleven Mercyhurstvarsity sports. Each represen-tative satisfied
criteria of out-standing achievement , attitudeand effort. | g %
jjSparky4 Mills took the LakerAward for the baseball team.
JimMcElrath and Debbie Chilcottwere given g the honors forbasket
ball.The Ernest s Gartner CrewAwards went to JoAnn Rice andJim
Morycz. i \ j' Jack BOUT was presented withthe Laker Award for
golf>R.T.Bence took the top honor onbehalf of the soccer team.
"He'sthe finest soccer player that I'veever seen; you'll see Bence
in thepros," promised j Coach Shim-peno. j jg| ..Laura Ames'
outstandingpitching gainedv he r the LakerAward for softball.
Having won
23 straight matches and makingthe all-conference team for
twoyears in succession, Millie Choicegained the top tennis
honor.Paul Spies took the top honor onbehalf of the men's tennis
team.Volleyball standout U SueCavalancia! took the award forthe
spikers. 5? K 1 Each [ f res hma n m athletereceived a mounted
certificate,sophomores were given mugs,juniors collected jackets
and allseniors were presented withwatches. jj| A special
presentation wasmade to Joe Hepfinger on behalfof^the entire Laker
AthleticProgram. Peter Grimaldi, thebasketball trainer, also
receivedspeci al recognition. iMike Cusack was reluctant totalk too
much about the baseballteam, but commended the effortput into the
seas on. Gary Cordeswas given special recognition_forhis job as
assistant coach. I-Outgoing Pr es iden t of {theCollege, Dr. Marion
L. Shane,concluded the evening with somefinal remarks. "Everybody
heres t ands for what Mercyhurstrepresents: effortI,
enterprise,exper ience ian d enthusiasm,remarked the President.
In BaseballLakers Drop Pair;Close 79-80 SeasonThe Laker baseball
teamclosed out it's season on a sournote, dropping a pair to
theYoungstown Penguins.In the tirst game, the Lakerscame across
with,a run in thefirst inning with Joe Roccosingling, then stealing
a base, inturn scoring on a sacrifice fly bvJimmy Hess.Down 4-1 in
the 6th inning, theLakers pushed across 3 runs withJoe Rocco, Jimmy
\ Hess, AlYoung frail singling! JimmyRadloff sacrificed and
TonyViera, and Bobby Dellarocca alsosingled.- - :^MIn the tenth
inning Youngstownpushed across the decisive runwinning the game 5-4
on twosingles.Sparky Mills of the'Hurst wentthe distance lowering
his earnedrun average to 1.15 while strikingout 3. % & W *The
second game was scoreless
till the 4th inning when DonBaker of Youngstown hit a
solohomerun to put the Penguins onthe board.In the7th inning, Al
Young hit asolo shot to tie the game at one apiece. The Lakers
againthreatened later in the inning, butfailed to produce anymore
runs.The 8th inning clinched thegame for the Penguins, as
theyscored 2 runs while collecting twohits and a walk.The g game |
ended with theLakers losing 3-1.Senior Craig Nicholsondisplayed an
impressive pitchingperformance, striking out sevenwhile walking
only one.The Lakerss have fourgraduating seniors: RickShaheen,
Gordy Karstedt, CraigNicholson, and Sparky Mills.The seniors had a
few com-ments about the close of theirseason at Mercyhurst.
Senior Rick Shaheen said it wasdisappointing in two
aspects:first, a broken thumb, then asprained back. "I was never
ableto get off on the right foot," statedShaheen, "because of the
in-juries.' * Secondly, it -was mysenior year I played quite wellmy
junior year, and I had highhopes for this year, but it didn'twork
out. I leave hoping thatthese guys can turn it aroundnext year for
the play-offs. "?':-:Gordy fKarstedt felt disap-pointed on a whole.
"We justdidn't win the games we couldhave won," said Karstedt,
"The,team has the potential to playgood ball,"Craig Nicholson
stated that hehad high hopes in the beginningbecause of the talent,
but, be "wejust didn't put it together." To sum it all up,
"Nickel"stated that, "You win as a team,you lose as a jteam."
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