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Q to r) Floyd Campbell, Rontheir work on cancer research. Verrilla, and Candy Hoover continueStudents aid incancer researchBy Robin Patton f-The cancer research for-mula k n o w n a s CB-12developed by Sr. EymardPoydock is now being testedin Pamplona, Spain. However,research st ill c ontinu es, hereat the college.Currently, four Mercyhurststudents have become involv-ed with the research. SeniorsCandy Hoover, Floyd Cam bell,Cindy White and Ron Verrillaare seeking.more informationdealing with cancer treatmentfor senior project."I enjoy the work and it is agood learning experience. Sr.Eymard is very precise in hertechniques which makes it dif-f icult but I feel confident ofthe knowledge that I've gain-ed," Hoover said. V"Following Sr. Eymard'stechniques makes the testingeasy, although it seems dif-f i c u l t . I f i n d t h e w o r kfascinating, however I find itvery hard to sacrifice themice ." Campbell stated. JTwo other seniors, Ron Ver-rilla and Cindy White are in-volved wit h researching thepossibility of a simple, unex-pensive cobalt compound for

cancer researc h. In (theirtesting, a 80 percent survivalfactor was present in thepreliminary testing. However,it is unknown how toxic thecompound really is. A secondtesting is being performed toconfirm the results."It is very amazing {workbecause we are able to treatmice that were injected withtumor cells right here on theMercyhurst cam pus," Verrillastated. wheri CB-12 was tested oninfected mice, a 50 percentsurival factor was evident.If the mice lived for twomonths, they were consideredcured of the disease.The organs of the mice weretested and were found to haveno cancer. The mice whichwere not treated su rvived only11 days.If the formula is effective onmammals, it will work ionhumans, Eymard said.There are 100 types ofcancer, but one formula is notguaranteed to cure all types.Sr. Eymard's CB-12 formulahas revealed positive results.She found the results were"active".Registrationin two weeksStudent reg istrat ion forwinter term begins on Mon-

day, November 19 and endsNovember 21 . jThe first day of registrationwill be for seniors, Juniors andall adult college students.Registration time is from 9a.m. unti l noon.,.S o p h o m o r e s w i l l alsoregister Monday from 1 p.m. to4 p .m . F r e sh m e n w i l lschedule their classes onTuesday, November 20 from 9a.m to 4 p.m.Freshmen must be given aful l day to arrange theirschedu le because the i rclasses are'often closed and

other alternatives must beconsidered. iThe registration procedureis the same as it has been inthe past. Students shouldpick up a schedule andregistration form at theregistrar's office. Upon com-pleting the form It should bereturned to the Blue Room dur-ing the registration period.To ensure quick registrationBonnie Yost, co llege registrar,suggests "talking to your ad-visor well In advance, payingattention to the schedule anda l w a y s h a v e a l t e r n a t i v eclasses in mind."

Sixteen selected to Who's WhBy Debbie Hison -

Sixteen Mercyhurst seniorswere recently-selected to ap-pear in the 1984-85 publica-tion of "Who's Who AmongAmer i can Co l l eges /andUniversities".Those students selected formembership include: DianaBarr, Sue Bennett, Jens Caap,Joseph Gredler, Rani Hoff,P a m e l a K i n g , J o s e p hMcGraw, Fran Moavero, JeanMoniewski, Theresa Sanders,P a t r i c k So n g e r , J o se p hTarasovich, Paula Tofil, Ber-nadine Tomczak , He id iW ink leman , and GregoryYoko. ISeniors awarded for thisdistinguished honor had to

maintain a 3.0 QPA or better,according to E. William Ken-nedy, director! of studentservices.Each senior who achievedthis academic ranking wereautomatically nominated forthis honor. 3'Ballots were sent out to theadministration and full-timefaculty members. They, inturn, were asked to selectthree of the ^students on thelist. : - pStudent nominations werebestowed on outstandingcampus leaders for theirscholast ic and communi tyachievement.^ \ *"It's an honor in which thestudents picked, share theimelight with other college

students" Kennedy saidBeing in its 51st yearof the lifetime benefits members enti tle them the special Reference SeThis is maintained fc l u s i v e a s s i s t a n c estude n ts seek ing graduate employment.f These seniors were nby mail of their nomithis week . Kennedyssas tuden t may re fusenomination. Certi ficatenot be handed out^graduation in May.In addition, studentspurchase [;a copy of "WWho" which will containames and biographieother college and univwi i n n e r s .

"One step closerplanned for senio"One step closer" is thetheme for the annual seniordinner to be held Friday,November 30th. *

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1,1984 THE MERCIAD PAGE 3closes gapnational S.A.T. scoresBy Mary Frances LoncharicS.A.T., Scholastic Aptitude

average score was 883Andrew Roth, director of ad-

, attrib utes, the In-to the change in cur-middle, and JuniorRoth did not think that

scores. "One yeara time for an af-80 percent of studentsThe high school Q.P.A.,

their courses are moreimportant to the Mercyhurstadmissions office than thesimple S.A.T. score.The twenty year decline bet-

could be due to the factand more peopleare able to take advantage ofcollege today. ,;'"College has become opento more and more people. Onesubtle reason for the declinecould be that we are an auralcul ture, -sound oriented,television isf one, good exam-ple," Roth adds.Unfortunately, education isnot the biggest problem atMercyhurst, although 6.2 per-cent of this year's freshmenclass are education majors.This is better than the national

average of 4.6 percent cited

by the College Press Service.We do have a strong educa-tion program and a specialeducation program, which Israre of a lot of colleges, "butit's not as strong as we'd likeit to be," Roth said.Business is the biggest ma-jor at Mercyhurst, with 57freshmen chosing a businessmajor this year. The CollegePress Service says, nationallybusiness continues to bejthemost popular major, jA c c o r d i n g t oMagazine (Oct . 1,"abou t one millionbound high school seniors-one third of the class of84-took the S.A.T. exam last*;year. But each year's results!Master Plan reviewed

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have* come to be scutinized,as a signal of how U.S.schools are doing."College Board spokesman,Fred Moreno said, "S.A.T.scores fare attributed not onlyto schools, but to books,television and everything elsea child Is exposed to overseventeen gyears." Reagan'scall for excellence last year"couldn't possibly havejanyeffect" on students's scoresthis year.? Nationwide the averagescore on the S.A.T. is up fourpoin ts, for an average of 897

points.One reason for the increaseisithat females math scoresincreased, four points thisyear, while the verbal score formales went up three points.Mercyhurst 's AdmissionDirector thinks the national in-crease in math by femalescould be due to females re-cent ability to pursue [posi-tions in accounting.Females are taking advanc-ed math courses such ascalculus and trigonometry inhigh school. Likewise malesare exploring and excelling in

English and comm unications.In addition, "this year's col-lege freshmen class did betteron th e a American CollegeTesting Program's ACT col-lege admissions tests thanprior classes/'* ACT officialsreported. A half point increaseoverall was recognized.These appears to be hopethat scores will remain stableor possibly increase. FredJewett, acting dean of admis-sions of Harvard Universitytold Time Magazine, "It is tooearly to say that the battle hasbeen won ."

College obtains competitive ratingsports medicine has bright futureBy Naomi RomanchokSecond in a seriesAcademic development hasalways been stressed at thecollege.Three years ago, the MasterPlan was developed to im-prove many facetslof the in-stl tuition. Academics was oneof those specfic areas.

Reviewing the Master Planindicates some .goals havebeen carried out. Others havebeen eliminated from thecurriculum.In terms of academic pro-grams, the proposal of thedental assistant program toexpand *to a dental hygiene

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program was dropped. "Therewas insufficient enrollmentand even lower projections forthe future of the dentahygiene program," Gatveysaid. Na t i o na l t r e nds w e reresponsible* for another pro-gram not getting off theground.In thej area of graduatestudies, Garvey notes thatMercyhu rst "never picked upa third graduate program, asproposed in the Master Plan,because the graduate marketis weak all over the. coun try.We didn't feel that any of ourundergraduate programs wereready for it or that there was amarket for it." ^r Garvey hopes for moregraduate presence on thecampus. There are fourgraduate assistants, up fromtwo in past years. The addi-tion of the Shane Graduate

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Reading Room has been a "bigimprovement" in the graduatearea. * \ -4k In terms of new programs,the Master Plan called for fourto be developed. Cooperativee ng i ne e r i ng and de n t a lhygiene have both falle nthrough for various reasons.The occupational therapy pro-gram is still pending.The sports medicine pro-gram has been the bright spotof the Plan. Garvey is en-courag ed by the in i t i a lresponse to the SportsMedicine program. He thinksit has a great potential future.He admits they are develop-ing* the Program slowly tomake sure there are job oppor-tunities for the students. Theprogram plans to accept 20students a year. So there willnever be more than 50 or 60majors at one tHme,.i TO ud ,"The program will neverI r - 8 0 - 3 f b T 5 f n v :Ope

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have the numbers of a department llke*HRM or businesssimply because" the clinicaratios are limited, " Garveysaid.f The academic requirementsto enter the college have alsoundergone revision under theMaster Plan.The admissions' office currently rejects between 15 and18 perce nt of applicants fothe freshmen class.There are now tougher admissions requirements andMercyhurst 's "competit iverating ji n Barron's CollegeCatalogue helped to carry outhis aspect of the Master Planwell. v ; . r' .A\" "We have always had a goodstudent but we'veThad anumber of" weak ones. Nowwe don't have those as muchanymore," Garvey^said. \_The plan also encompasseda proposal to initiate a program enti tled," "MercymjrfcFreshman Experience". ^Garvey admits this was the"weakest are of the plan. A lotof those ideas need to ber e v a m p e d b y t h e n e wFreshman Studies area." *The Adult College was thefocus of another goal. Three ofour year ago, a marketingsurvey was conducted on asample basis. It determinedthe need for a career trainingprogram. As a result, the Mercyhurst Career Institute wasdeveloped.Other options, such as theCorry Center and the WeekendCollege, have had limited success, according to Garvey.The Corry Center attractsabou t 100 stud ents . TheWeekend College attracts between 60 and 70 students.Together, they represent as u b s t a n t i a l n u m b e r ostudents, approx imately1S0-160. | Ik Goal Statement VIII dealswith the development of thecomputer resources.

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timeto voteThe donkey and the elephant will soon con-front each other in the next five days. We ascitizens of this country also have something toconfront; our voting ^habits. I ?The right to vote is a freedom. It is an actbestowe d upon us 'at the age of 18. Uponreaching the age of majority, we are faced withthis privilege.'As a country which takes pride in its citizens,we are given the authority to select this nationsgove rning body. However, many citizens revokethis privilegefby not practicing It-A-- >> l *JThe upcoming national election may be thefirst time many studentsiwill pullfthe lever tomake a decision. On the other hand, somestudents will continue to watch the results ontelevision rather than be a part of them.)Next week is the time for stud ents to take partin the, national campaign. Locally, MSG alsourges students of their respective departmentsto vote for a representative. fMSG and the national campaign will dependon students to take part imtheir government inthe next week. The biggest step forward wouldbe to vote. | ,| Voting should not be viewed as a burden. In-stead, it is a privilege w hich should be practic-ed. Neg lecting the privilege presents an "I don 'tcare " attitude.

LetterSenator makes students aware oproposed MSG donation to campDear Editor:

think It is Important thatthe students at Mercyhurst areaware of how their studentgovernment Is handling theadministration's, requests forfunds. I believe that althoughthe majority of MSG supportsthe donation, the students asa whole may not.Because of this perceptionof student op position, and theunprecedented nature of the$25,000 do nation, there were afew of us* in government thatbelieve the students should beasked how they feel aboutMSG giving away $25,000 of

their money. Few of us did notconstitute a majority.

Taking advantage of voting privileges portraysan interested citizen willing to voice his opinion.Yes, it does count!Exercise jyour right to vote in both thepresidential campaign and the MSG election s.

Students wil l be polledabout the academic calendar,however, the same MSG whofelt this poll was appropriate,does not feel it 's appropriateor necessary to get the stu-dent's views regarding thisissue. I *Actually, those reps that didtalk to their constituents saidthe students were overwhelm-ingly opposed to studentgovernments giving the ad-ministration any money at all.T he p o i n t , i sv a l m o s tacademic. MSG has already

voted and has decided to givemoney to thefund drive. Theadministrat ion has alsostated if less was given thanMSG might as well give noneat all. At the same time, it waspointed out that a $25,000 giftis Insignificant comparedwith the $4,000,000 total.The money is said to be im-portant because the ad-ministration can then showother contributors how muchthey've raised within iMer-cyhurst's own community.MSG's tentative proposalcalls for this year's studentgovernment to give away$7,000 somewhere out of ourbudget (thet budget will thenhave to be revised), and willalso legally bind studentgovernment to donate $9,000each year, for the next twoyears towards the drive.What I feel personally aboutMSG giving or not giving themoney is not the point. Thereare pros and cons to each sideof the issue.The upsetting part is that

MSG didn't think input was imp ortahad to be pushedquickly that therfor any kind of a The question ident governmentlarge sum of money if the mastudents are agaI believe that if was asked individonation, you wouthat would b e 'less than $25,000I personally do fortable voting fothe majority oftuents are againsstudent wanthe a rd , a t t e nd meetings or seerepresentative anher how you feel.MSG meetingsat " 7:30 in 114Everyone can vonion at anytime.Respectfully,Dean Hail |Student Senato

LetterQuestions surrounabsence from funcDear Editor,m y concern is not withthe actual criticism containedin a letter in The Merciad en-titled "Secretary of the Armynot greeted by college,"butwith the m anner it was leveled.A college's reputation isbased on the quality andachievements of its students,faculty and administrat ion; notby what civic or social func-tions its representives attendor do not attend.,I applaud the concern voic-ed in the letter, I distain themanner in which it was done.I think a few basic inquires

should have been made priorto. the letter being printed.Was the invitation In factreceived by the college? Wasit sent to the proper office ordepartment In the collegewith authority to send arepresenta t i ve? Was arepresentative available to at-tend that particular evening?Was a represen tative in at-tendence but not announcedpublicly? Was there a deci-sion on the part of the colleg e!not to attend due to someunderlying reason? An Inquiryalong these lines to the proper

college authoritpicking up the peonly have beepropriate, but morThe unsubstanment concerningsion habits of thetion was grossly thermore, I respedent! who spendscampus taking anthe college, rathely seeking attentinews media. Thconcern ing thedependence uponachievement and of the football teappropriate \ as aster writer her acading and how mashe attended to team. Finally, I wothat the "collegerepresented by vletter writer's para member of the HShe should take pfact fact that sheopportunity" to sh e r r e p r e s e nMercyhurst. ,i

John B. Lichacz Attorney at Law

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The right to v ot e -u se i t !Reflections on the political issues

By Gary BukowskiFive days from today youwill have the op po rtun ity tomake a very impo rtant deci-sion -that is, if you areregistered - and that de cis ionis who you wi ll cho ose torepresent you as President ofthe United States, as well asmany other offic es at l oc al,state and national level.When I was asked to writefor this column, I originallythought: Would I pit theReagan camp ve rsus the Mon-dale camp? Then I said, " N o , "because 95 percent of the peo-ple reading this have alreadymade up their min ds. So,- Iwon't try to influence- youwhom to vo te fo r onNovember 6th, but I will try toconvince you that you r righ tto vote is impo rtant.How you vote will influencethe course that will be chartedfor both you and I in the nextfour years. $I would like to take you backa few years in time wh en thi scampus and many othersthroughout thi$ country weremuch more liberal than theyare today. Would The Merciadof 1984 endorse GeorgeMcGovern for President as itdid in 1972? Somehow, I don'tthink so! $ |It was in 1969 that I was. afreshman here at the college.At that time the re was a three -w ee k p e r i o d b e t w e e nThanksgiving and Ch ristm as

called Intersession. Interces-sion was a period when youtook a three-credit course insomething that you normallywouldn't have the opportunityto take during the other threeterms . In that first Interses-sion, I went to Washington,D.C. to study the U.S. Houseand Senate. It -was fan ex-perience that1 has left a markon me tp this day.JThe climate in the country inDecember if 1969 was an in-teresting and turbulent one inAmerican history. By being inWashington I was, as youmight say, "where it washappening."Two days after we got there,I watched my draft numberdrawn just a few blocks frommy hotel. I wish I could do aswell in the Pennsylvania lot-tery! My number was 80. Whatthat meant was that^ mychances of going to Vietnamwere quite g ood. Fortunately, Ihad a student deferrment, soas long as I kept my grades upI was safe. )Student unrest was com-mo n then, Columbia, Cornelland ! Berkeley were in thenightly news and they stillstick out vividly in my mind.Kent State was to follow later.It was a time when therewas a lot of movement towardgiving 18-year-olds the right tovote. This was a period whenyou could be set to fight a warthat this country, as a whole,

our timesdidn't totally believe In, andyou couldn't even have thechance to vote against theguy who wa s! sending youthere.One day while we werewaiting in the outer halls ofCongress and it was then thatwe had the chance to meetwith $Ted Kennedy, whosebrother, Bobbie, had beenassasinated the year before.

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W* ' Q ary B u k o w s k iTed, at that time , symbolizedto me the only string of hopeto carry the banner of"Camelot."There was another man wewaited a whole day to see, andfor a w hile it looked as thoughwe might?never see him. Wesat outside of CongressmanAl Lowenstein's office until 11p.m.The reason weihad to wait

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so long to see him was thatCongress was burning themidnight oil in an attempt toget last minute legislationpassed so they could go homefor their Christmas recess.Congressman Lowens te infrom New York was one of theprimary sponsors of legisla-tion granting the right to voteto 18-year olds.To me, that mom ent in timewhen we had the opportunityto speak to Lowenstein was ahistoric on e- sitting there talk-ing to this liberal con-gressman who was for theyouth and a spokesman for theissues of the time. This manwas at the cutting age of the70's. ITwo years later, on July 1,1971, the 26th Amendment toth e f Cons t i t u t i on whichlowered the voting age from 21to 18 was passed. It wouldn'tbe until the spring of&1972 that18-year-olds had the chanceto vote. | ijfc > tIt's ironic for me that by thetime the legislation was pass-ed and we had the chance tovote under the age of 21,1 turn-ed twenty-one. jThe November election of72 was the first time that18-year-olds had the oppor-tunity to voice their vote in apresidential election.Eleven years after I met AlLowestein, in ."1980, rthisforerunner for the youth. of America was gunned down by ]

an acquaintance of his, by the name of DSweeney. What is eventragic is that 24 hours eLowenstein spoke on bof handgun control leg isMcGovern, the liberal '70*8, never made it in election of 72. Instead w"Tricky Dick"for anothein offic e. However, thaw a s s h o r t e n e d d uWatergate. So ends recollection ?of a turbt ime, %k In closing, it is impthat in five days you exerright that many people ffor - your right to vote. people tell me thastudents of 1984 don'tabout the politica l fututhe U.S., and all they aterested in is how money they can makegraduation.Others say that they aly interested in themselwould like to think that people are wrong and thstudents of '84 do carethe i r f u t u r e a n d countries.^jVote on Tuesday, Nov6,1984! Exert the right tyours! Many people fougive you that right. Donit for granted.b Gary Bukow ski is the tor of Alumni "RelationAnnual Giving. He is alscounty councilman in thof Erie. *vLUCKY MAN'S RESTAURANAND PETESERIA1001 Peninsula Dr.838-9882FREE Delivery to Mercyhurst5, 7, 9, and 11 p.m

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running from fearBy Laura Ruby

Have you ever walked out-side sand suddenly realizedvou're agoraphobic? Ormaybe you've climbed up tenflights of stairs and started tofeel acrophobic.These mild forms of mentaldisorders arise from inner!conflicts? and are commonlyknown as phobias.In a broader sense, phobiasare a type of psychoneurosis.Psychoneurosis, or neurosis,is typified by a variety of reac-tions to fear rand anxiety,phobias included. * ;Phobias are simply fears,mild or intense, of variousthings for situations, i %jA phobia is a persistent fearof something ft hat actually

presents no danger to the in-dividual or in wh ich the dangeris grossly exaggerated. * !Some common phobias areacrophobia-fear; o f h ighplace s; agoraphobia-fear ofopen places; claustrophobia-fear o f c losed p laces;pyrophobia-fear of fire; andzoophobla-fear of snakes orother animals. i

Some of these phobias in-volve fear of situations thatmost of us fear to some ex-tent, such as high places.Others, such as fear of openplaces, involve situations thatdo not elicit fear in mostpeople.P e o p l e w i t h n e u r o t i cphobias cannot account fortheir fear. They experience in-tense anxiety if forced to facethe phobic situation .These fearful situations donot usually involve a singlefear, but an overall pattern offear. As a result, an avoidanceof the situation persists.Dr. Robert Hoff, professorof psychology at Mercyhurstsaid, the approach to curingphobias "depends on what thefear is."

One of the best known waysof curing phobias is a techni^que called Systematic Desen-s l t l za t ion . In sys temat icdesensitization, the individualis asked to imagine fear situa-tions. Hoff stated that "theprognosis for helping peoplewith phobias using this techni-que is very good."According to Hoff, the first

step to systematic desen-sitization is to "learn to deeplyrelax';your muscles becauserelaxation is incompatiblewith fear. The next step is toconstruct stages of feararousing situations relating towhatever It is you?are afraidof.";= 4,For example, if the fear ispublic speaking, lalophobia,the stages may begin withspeaking amongst friends andend with speaking in front ofan audience of thousands. $'Next, Hoff said, "begin atthe bottom of the ladder andrelax to each situation beforemoving up . The key is one stepat a time. Moving up the lad-der, relaxation \ must occurwith each step." fu 'To be afraid doesn't meanyou have a psychologicaldisorder," Hoff said. * 'He also stated that "ifyou've learned to be afraid ofsomething or some situation,you can 'un-learn* to beafraid." W v r-.i f '^t: There are other techniquesused in curing phobias. Butsystematic desensitization isa powerful technique that has

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Agoraphobic or Claustrophobic!proved to be very succ essful.Many classi f icat ions ofphobias exist. Astraphobia isthe fear of thunder or lightn-ing; mysophobia, the fear ofdirt and germs; nyctophobia,fea r o f the dark ; pec-catophobia, fear of sinning;phobophobia, fear of fear;xenophobia, fear of strangers;

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Film for Discussion -The film for discussion onWednesday, November 7, is'Tm All Right /Jack". PeterSellers takes on labor 5andmanagement in an elaboratecom edy ' concerning Brit ishlabor relations. Introduction at7:15 p.m. and film starts at 7:30p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall. Stu-dent admission is free.

Student I.D.'s -Student identif ications willbe postponed from November2 to November 9. It willresume on November 9 from1-4 p.m. In the Stude nt Union .

Dance -The Alpha Phi Omega Ser-vice Fraternity will sponsor aDance Marathon to benefitthe Erie Crippled Children'sAsso ciation. The dance isSaturday November 17, from11 a.m.-11 p.m. ^at the BeyerHall Lounge at GannonUniversity. For more Informa-tion call 452-6163.

lege, Zurn Lecture Hall 114.The seminar is on Wednesday,November 14 at 7:00 p.m. Dr.Souder will discuss how com-puter information systemsmodel curriculum can assistin classroom situations, Thisseminar Is open to the public.

tion of Mercyhurst College.Refreshments w ill be served.All are welcome.

Seminar -Dr. H. Ray Souder, a regenton the board of DPMA Educa-tion Founation, will conduct aseminar* at Mercyhurst * Col-

Graduate School 4The Egan Scholars are spon-soring a question and answersess ion about ; GraduateSchool on Monday, November5 in the Faculty Dining Roomat 6:30 p.m. The panelis madeup of faculty and* administra-

Skatlng -The Glenwood Ice Rink issponsoring several skate-a-thons in November to benefitMarch of Dimes and its fightagainst birth defects.,ThreeCommodore 16 home com-puters will be awarded to loc alparticipants. A marathon all-nighter will be held Saturday,November 10 from 8:15 p.m. to7:15 a.m. Call 868-3652 or8 6 8 - 5 4 3 6 ' # f o r m o r einformation.

Liturgy -On Sundays thereevening mass in thRoom at fl0:00 p.m. athe regular 11:00 a.m.the chapel. Also , thChristmas cards on saCampus Ministry for 2a piece or 10 for $1.50

Check Cashing -Checks can be casMain. Hours are 2:45-4:00 p.m., Tuesdap.m., Thursday 1-3:30Friday, 11:30-4 p.m.*

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Billy's Saloon -10th andPeach St. "Ike Smith and theFree Spirit" wiil be perform-ing. Every Tuesday is Men'sNite with assorted drinkspecials.King's Rook Club -1921Peach St. Thursday is LadiesNite with 35 cent mixed drinkspecials. November 3th will bea Male dance revue. Sundayfrom 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Is a foot-ball buffet and 60 cent drafts,7"p.m.-9 p.m. Skeeter's JazzFest, and 9 p.m.-2 a.m.dancing.Tim's Tavern -340 E.l2thSt. Every Wednesday, Friday,and Saturday D.J.Flyer from9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Every Satur-day noon-6 p.m., and Wednes-day 7 p.m.-1 a.m. 25 cent 12OZ.draft beers.The Hold (below the Dry

Dock) -3122 W.8th St. EveryThursday Taco Night all youcan eat for $2.95.Changes -3619 McClellandSt. "Alexander"will be perfor-ming Thursday with 25 centdrafts and a $2 cover charge.Friday "Fair Weather" atheatrical rock group will per-form. Cover Is $3. "Friction"wi l l be performing onSaturday.Ramada Inn Lounge -6101Wattsburg Rd. Every Tuesdayand Thursday Wings and TacoNight all you can eat for $3from 8 p.m.-11. p.m. "TheClassmates" will be perform-ing Friday and Saturday from9:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.