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S t u d e n t G o v e r n m e n t T o Sta r t I N e w s l e t t e rThe possibility of a MercyhurstStudent Government newsletterwas discussed at the first MSGmeeting of Winter term , fThe representatives voted 12pro and o con for the motion topursue the idea of a newsletter.The newsletter would inform thecollege community 01 * "Keyissues that affect the generalpublic" according to MSG vicepresident, Rich Lanzillo. A com-mute to begin a newsletter wasappointed. It will be chaired byMSG Secretary Claudia Englert.Members of the committee areBiology representative MariaCaruso and, ^Special Educationrepresentative Vicki Culmer. j

Representatives then had adiscussion on the effectiveness ofthe government body. Lanzilloexplained that "we are trying toisolate problems we are having."One representative felt that thegovernment body isn 't presentedwith very few major issues.In an effort to find a solution,Lanzillo asked the represen-tatives to record what they, havedone and what they would like totry. H ; ffrIn other business, a surveycommute was appointed to getthe college community's opinionson MSG, SAC- and visitationhours. The committee chairpeo-ple are Psychology frepresen-

tative Karen Kolpien and Socialwork ^representative, AnneChisolm. Committee membersare Accounting 5 major, GihaFrisina r and Senator 'MichaelSmith. J T9It was I announced that theSenate approved calendar optionZ with two revisions. One wouldmake spring break no less thannine days. The other stipulationprevents Saturday exams forMonday, Wednesday,f Fridayclasses. I J !Jan Gatti, director of the stu-dent union and yearbook advisor,presented the yearbook budgetreport to the body. The budget re-quired a total of $5010 to produce

the 1980-81 yearbook. Gatti statedthat "we will know by Februarywhat* we have^v and what isneeded," ?i *In conclusion, Lanzillo gave abrief summary of the AthleticTask Force vote on football andbasketball, stating that the TaskForce had voted in favor of Divi-sion III NCAA football.Lanzillo clarified that a footballteam -will jnot affect anyacademic or athletic budgets. Headded that "In theory and almostalways in practice ft ( DivisionIII) supports itself." \Lanzillo added that the taskforce also voted for the basket-ball team to stay in Division II.

The representatives disand debated whether orwould be worthwhile tostand on the football issuethe task force recommendpresented to the Board otors on February 5. The rtatives decided to dicuss ter further at the Januarmeeting. r&

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Hurst Denied Housing LoanFor Proposed Dormitoryby Anthony Mangeri

The Department of Housingand Urban Development recentlyrejected a building loan applica-tion from Mercyhurst College.^According to John Nesbifc;assistant tot the president forgovernment relations, the ap-plication to H.U.D. was for a loanof 1.5 million dollars.*^ &&L&The loan, which would have ex-tended over period of forty yea rs,was to be applied to the construc-tion of a new housing and diningfacility. The proposed 80-bedfacility would also house a con-ference center for work shopsand community activities. \A concept paper, dated July 22,1980, outlined reasons for the newfaculty. First, - there would bemore on-campus housing for theestimated 350 students who mustfind housjng elsewhere.The paper also stated that

there is a need for a conferencecenter.-In the fiscal, year 1979-80an estimated $120,000 was lostdue to a lack of the proper con-ference f acilitie s.^ ' . iA dining room, which would bepa n 01 me proposed dorm,"wouldprovide more practical s ex-perience for| the Hotel andRestaurant Management major.A new dining room would also aidin the preparation of cafeteriameals, which currently total 1600per day T * | |The total facility would add anestimate in revenue to the school.Nesbit said that H.U.D. onlygave out 10 loans to colleges inour category whichjwas deter-mined by our full time studentenrollment. These loans totaled$25 million dollars. He added thatfour of the ten schools receivingloans were black and none of theschools were in Pennsylvania.% \

Locked In coa l c a r r i e r s , The Presque Isle and Lehigh at Litton shipyard a rf rozen in by winter . Hurs t s tudents can b e thankful tha t the gates are s ti ll ophoto by Rick FroCollege Seeks Higher Male Enrollment;Dance Marathon Slated; Institutes New Programs And MajorsSixth Consecutive Year

This year marks the sixth an-nual Mercyhurst dance marathonbenefiting the Council of Excep-tional Children. January 17through January 19 Mercyhurststudents will be dancing in theStudent Union to raise money forexceptional children in the Eriearea. *^%*|Last year $3,100 was collectedfrom the marathon . The goal for1981 is $3,500 stated Meg Slisz,president of CEC. * "We're very excited about themarathon this year," said Slisz."We have a new group of officersand we're enthusiastic aboutmaking this the best J dancemarathon possible!" JFriday evening from 9 to 1a.m., the band will be "thrust".The dance is open to the entire

Mercyhurst Community. Satur-day from 9 j to 11 a.m. ChuckDaniels from WRIE will be thedisc jockey. The disc jockeys forthe rest of the marathon will befrom the campus radio station,WMCY. *Students participating in themarathon will have breaks everytwo hours, during which mealswill be provided. The athleticdepartment will be on call at alltimes to,provide first aid ifneeded. *T"We'need all the help andmoral support from the studentbody to help our dancers throughthe weekend," Slisz added.Any student interested in help-ing out with the marathon, shouldimmediatly contact Meg Slisz inSesler 314. T

by Donna PetersonDr. W illiam Garvey, Presidentof Mercyhurst, feels that themale enrollment at the collegeshould inc rease. The main reason

for this attitude, according toGarvey, is because "the girls arecomplaining". Garvey statedthat the females who enroll atMercyhurst expect a greatersocial life because this is a coedinstitution. President Garveyrceives this need for a "sociallance."^ F*The idea of a possible footballteam at Mercyhurst is an impor-tant one said Garvey, because itwould, "help to restore abalance.'** vT Garvey also commented, "Thequality is superb in our men, wejust need more." "It is hard tonave a vibrant on-campus sociallife when there is a dispropor-tionate ratio of male to femalestudents."

Kennedy also pointed* to thefact that more women are enroll-ed in higher education throughoutthe country than men. He seesthis as a "phenomena, not aproblem." | %& *According to figures providedby the office of enrollment Ser-vices, the male enrollment hasdeclined since its peak in 1975. In1969 when Mercyhurst first ac-cepted males, there were only 49males to 640 females. The maleenrollment increased steadilybetween 1969 3 and 1975 whenenrollment j statistics show 700

males to 784 females. TBillingsley, Director of ment Services, attributhigh number of male studthe creation of the Law Ement program.Male enrollment has desince 1975 and the male tratio is now 488 males females. 3 J J T Billingsley feels that negrams to be offered at tlege, such as computer sand petroleum geology, wprove the male to femalthroughout the 1980's. 2*,INSIDE...

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On The Grid Iron ?To punt, or not to punt? That isthe question, and it? is* ragingacross campus. No wonder sinceit appears the college will in-stitute a Division III football pro-gram in the near future. After objectively consideringthe situation, one may find that,with some stipulation, football atthe Hurst may not be as heart-wrenching as it seemed a t first.One stipulation would be thatthe academic * standard remainthe same for football players andthe students at large. Thisrestriction is incorporated in thetask force recommendationalready. So much for the argu-ment that football would cause an

influx in walking, talkingjarheads on campus.Another fear, that money willbe taken from other budgets, isuseless because the task forcehas stipulated that it will get itsfunding through the new malepopulation football should b ring.I have only one question at thispoint. What guarantee is therethat enough of these new maleswill actually plav baUL ^ ^ ^Long-range benefits from aLetter

football program are good. Let'sface it, football is a great alumnidraw. And alumni donate money,sometimes a great deal of money.Also, there is the possibility ofreceiving revenue from thingslike gate receipts after the pro-g r a m h a s oeen f i r m l yestablished.The crucial stipulation for thisventure is the setting of a stan-dard of quality. Mercyhurst doesnot need a mediocre anything,and that includes football team.Division in is highly competitiveand we better be prepared.If in facte a program is in-stituted, we neea the foresight to

do it right. For example, is $40thousand enough to outfit a teamproperly? Or will our playersfollow that savings bondfcom-mercial and play with paper wad-ded in their cleats becausenothing fits? J %I, for one, hope not. Should foot-ball be approved by the Board ofDirectors on February 5, onehopes that our community willput forth enough effort to makethe program one of excellence. '?

A Celebration For KingIn honor of Martin LutherKing's birthday, the Minority Af-fairs Club would like to offer thispoem in celebration. -Martin Luther King Jr.,a Black mana fighter for social justices,a leader of Black people,a preacher. ?A man who had a dreamthat all men,would be treated equally.A man who spoke out against:the injustice of this country.A man who still respectedthose who hated himbecause of the color of his skin.A man who respected all people,even those who harassedand threatened him. !

A man who gave Black peoplea sense of pride and directionA man who did not allow race,c creed or religion prejudicehim against others.A man who believed in^ non-violence butdied a violent death.A man who laid down his lifefor other men. \-3 %This man is \Martin Luther King Jr.and it is his dream }we must never forget.A dream that has comea long way and have * .a longer way to go.It is for this reason tha t weshould honor him nationallyon January 15 - his birth.Reginald Herring %Br

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Staff Editorial IILiteraturel Losses LamentedThe other day ProfessorRichard Kubiak offered to"crucify and burn alive in front ofthe statue of the virgin M ary" acertain hapless student who wasnot yet known to him but whoseidentity he nevertheless intendedto root out. He further added thatafter the crucifixion and burningthe student would be kicked out ofclass J and flunked (this part Ihave, no doubt Kubiak wasserious about)/The adm ittedly hvperbolic dic-tum came after the good pro-fessor discovered that a volumeof the Encyclopedia Britannicawas missing from the L.R.C.Kubiak jjhad good reason tobelieve one of nis students hadabsconded with the book. -Myguess is he was probably correctsince the volume mysteriouslyreturned to its proper place in thelibrary shortly after the conse-quences of its being taken wererealized.Having my curiousity piquedby the temporary theft, I calledMrs. Cooper in the L.R.C. to findout how common such occur-

rences were (I don't meanKubiak's irate discourse -thatsort of thing is a common thoughwell intentioned phenomenon at-tributable to Polish genetics).What I wanted to know was howmuch stuff disappears from ourlibrary. * Wf f ?What 11 was surprised todiscover from Mrs. Cooper wasthat about nine percent of thebooks added to the library lastyear were lost. That's too muchwhen one considers the expenseof stocking a library - it is also toomuch when one considers that (toparaphrase Mrs. Cooper) in asmall college we thrive on mutualtrust. | |8K? JI guess one can't be too quick toblame all lost books on the Mer-cy hurst community. After all, thelibrary is open to the public 80hours a week and there a re out-siders using the facility. But,Mrs. Cooper also pointed out thesubject areas that are mostdepleted by theft. It seems to mehighly improbable that light-fingered high school students aremaking I off with law enforce-

ment, sociology and dieteticsm a t e r i a l s . T h o s e th r e ecategories, followed closely byreligion and ethics are being mercilessly a kidnapped from I theL.R.C. | f **If that's not bad enoughm u t i l a t e d c a r c a s s e s o fmagazines and journals havebeen found abandoned in theL.R.C. restrooms after havingbeen raped of their desired articles. We do have a copymachine in the library - the dimit costs to copy an article has tobe cheaper than the eventual increase reflected in our tuition folibrary up-keep. But even if iwould cost the Mercyhurst student nothing to replace lost bookand magazines in the L.R.C.common cour tesy shouldpreclude thievery and destruction of materials. JE ...Word has it that a new securitsystem will be installed in theL.R.C. 1>y spring .. . I think it'too bad we have to resort to thaextra cost in order to deter thekidnappers and rapists of the college's literature.Flo Scutella

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ONCE... by SitMt Curc/'oWEEKThis is the beginning of what Ihope to be a weekly feature onvarious topics of interest. Of in-terest to who? Well, myself forone. Hopefully, they'll be of in-terest to you, the reader, as well.I don't ask you to agree with theideas presented here, but insteadto just consider them. If some ofthe thoughts in this column helpyou to^better define your own,then they've done their job.Although it m ay be old news bythe time you read this, January15 marks the birthday of slaincivil rights leader Martin LutherKing, Jr. For a society whoclaims to * have made greatstrides in civil rights, there stillremains discrimination and pre-judice. I cannot help but wonderwhat motivates hatred betweendifferent groups of people, whoseonly difference may be in the col-or of their skin, or in the god theyworship, or of the sex they hap-pen tobe.fi x + iI pose tins issue not to preach,but rather to self-analyze, for Iwould be lying if I said there wasnot any prejudice in my life. Ibelieve that human nature has anunderside to it, one that surfacesfrom time to time in each of us. Itmay not* be entirelyposslble^to

eliminate these qualities 1 fromhuman nature, but to atjleastrealize that each of us may havesuch feelings may be the beginn-ing of a cure. -I bring this up because of a re-cent series of news stories fromBuffalo, New York. Buffalo is acity of pride, spawned at least inpart from the success its footballteam enjoyed this past year. Butit is also a city living in tensionand fear, because of crimes ap-parently motivated by racism.Several black males have beenmurdered over the past year orso, with the apparent motive be-ing that the vie turns were black.These murders are as of yetunsolved. J T I F$t^Of course, the black communi-ty in Buffalo is justifably alarm-ed at what can only be perceivedas a threat one's own existence.Just talk to any male studenthere at Mercyhurst who happensto be black and fro m the Buffaloarea. This appears to be a crimenot only by the white communityagainst the black, but rather oneby a sick individual against blackindividuals. . i '*SiL However, the issue becomesmuch more complex because of aplanned demonstration by agroup whose actions are racially

motivated. I Representatives ofthe Ku Klux Klan have announc-ed that they will demonstrate inBuffalo on Martin Luther King'sbirthday, in an effort to bring at-tention to their racist point ofview. Again, as you read this,that planned dem onstration mayhave already taken place, soas ofpress time the result of such ac-tion is not known. However,mem bers of Buffalo's black com-munity have said they plan acounterdemonstration. Such ac-tions in a community alreadytorn apart by fear and tensioncan be comparedho throwinggasoline on a fire. Only moreharm can come from suchactions. ' SB E JB O^^r | f lMartin Luther King's birthdayis celebrated as a holiday in 11states, including Pennsylvania'sneighbors, New York and Ohio,and I would suggest that it iscelebrated as a holiday to remindus of the goal of equality for allmankind. J^SE^STI write this because I cannotunderstand what motivates peo-ple to assemble in such an at-mosphere. One student recentlypointed out to me that he feels theKu Klux Klan themselves ar e notto be feared, but rather the fearthey may generate is wha t shouldbe considered a threat. I can

agree with that, but it is not thefear that lynches, nor the fearthat discriminates and murders.This issue leaves me frustrated,because it is a helpless feeling tosit back and not be able to doanything abo ut, the op pressionthat goes on. The only thing I feelI can do is continue with my pre-sent course - realize my owntendencies and limitations, andguard against being swept up inany actions brought about by fearornate .* * & w

Faculty Focus Features Igor StalskyBy Chris SettlemireAs you walk into his office yousee pictures of theatrical topicsand he is on the phone speaking ofrehearsals, there is only one per-son we can be referring to andthat is Igor Stalsky.Mr. Stalsky came to Mer-cyhurst College in the fall of 1964,and he has done a lot for the col-lege and the theatre d epartment.He hat seen the theatrical pro-gram at Mercyhurst from allangles, the classroom - and thestage. v"I really enjoy feedback andimprovement, hecommented ashe leaned back in his chair usinghands signals, as if directing aproduction. "The literature classis less fulfilling to me than thespeech class because just like inproduction of plays you can seethe* chang e of peop le's ac-complishments and receivefeedback." ""

Mr. Stalsky commented on theelimination of theater as a major,"It was a major for about tenyears when I got here. By lastsummer I found out that onlyabout three people had becomesuccessful in the area of theater,Christie Warnick for example. >'"So due to the high competitionlevel in the line of work I thoughtit better to drop it to a minor. Ithought the false advertising tostudents that we could give thema job after college, even onBroadway was just too much tooffer the Kids. r,,,':"Now with it as a minor I feelthat it makes the students a bet-ter person because of thenumerous facets that it entails,i.e., shops, acting, speech, text,etc. Plus it m akes it sheer fun in-

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&Stead of a worry*" w >Mr. Stalsky has done much forthe college as well as the theaterdepartment He has goneout intothe local community and broughtin outside agencies to perform,included the Erie P layhouse, andprofessional actors who performFor a minor fee compared to thatof a regular theater production."I would also like to bring inclowns, puppets, and even MSGmusicals because Erie did a

hangup job with the summerclassics and without theater a s amajor it leaves me other time todo more things like that," he add-ed enthusiasticallv. * u T^"I have one big thing in the worksright now, out remember thatthis is just in the proposal stageright now. I would like to makedinner-theater a major."We have the facilities, in factI'd say we probably have the bestfacilities in the area and the onlyreal cost to the school would beto hire one more faculty m ember."Erie used to have one dinner-.theater group and local peoplejust loved it, so I don't-see whyM e r c y h u r s t c o u l d n ' t b esuccessful. 1"We have the best group of kidssince I've been here and that'ssixteen years. The-kids vhavegreat enthusiasm and they ac-cept my crazy ideas and evencome up with some of their own."There wa s really only two pro-blems Mr. Stalsky could point outwith college's theatrical depart-ment. "One of course is alwaysbudget and right now I'm work-ing on a way to use a new systemin order to get the departmentmore money."And the second one is boys,there is simply not enough boysand never have been. 15"Right now I'm having pro-blems casting for Guys and Dousbecause I have sixteen maleparts and only fifteen males atauditions." ^L * When asked how he anticipatedGnys and Dolls to turn out he satstraight and a grin appeared onhis face, "Great! The leads aresensational, they look good,sound good, and are acted out

S y n a p s e ]I S c o r c h e r s BWelcome back! After a long rest y our brains should fweek's head hurter an easy challenge.* Jones says, "Smith will now tell a lie." &Smith says, "Brown will now tell a lie."m Brownsays, "Jones and Smith are lying." IWho's lying and who's telling the truth??? Incidently,took Logic, you can do this problem very quickly using slogic!! t -tig ; sp

P These months mean snow, andsnow means cold and cold canmean frostbite if the properpreventative measures aren'ttaken. WXMm -" ;*H| dfijiThe opposite} of sunb urn,frostbite re sults from a chilling ofthe skin until the surface and sub-cutaneous of the skin becomefrozen. Since cold anesthetizesthe skin, victims often have noidea they are being frostbitten.ft Prevention is the easiest treat-ment. .. wool clothing providesthe best protection against*; thecold but besure it is not too con-stricting. Be sure mittens don'tbecome soggy, because frostbiteoccurs m ost often in mo ist cold. .FiT" despifeyour efforts,frostbite does occur it is easily

recognizable* You'll slight swelling of tharea, which will firstgray or white and posred. As the skin rebecomes increasinglyHowever, mild caserecover quite well.Remember:.. rubbmassaging the skin damage underlying twill rubbing it in snow.rewarm the skin safelycool room and apply cwarm moist packs to area. Gently massagearound the affected arAfter a while, you caa victim *hot J drinks,, ustart warming him upi n s i d e , ( L * %

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L a w Enforcement jGradua tesM a l d n g i M a r k s InfTheir Fie ldSeveral present'and formerstudents in the Kinnane GraduateProgram in Criminal Justice Ad-ministration, Mercyhurst's firstMaster of Science degree offer-ing, are currently making theirmark In the field *oY lawenforcement.-4 ['4G e r a l d M o r y c , A G i r a r d n a t i v eand a 1973 'Hurst graduate, wasrecently appointed "Chief ofPolice m his hometown. Jerryhas completed his 4graduatecoursework and is presentlywriting his master's thesis on"Grantsmanship for the SmallPolice Department."Another 'Hurst alumnus, JohnRobertson, has had the honor ofbeing asked ? to present?hismaster's thesis at a convention ofthe AmericanAcademy of Foren-sic Scientists in Los Angeles this

February. John did his researchon the typing and identifying ablood sample for courtroompresention and was directed byDr. Jack Williams of ourChemistry Department. John,who received his M.S. last June,has also been addressing policeseminars on the topics oftestify-ing in court and preparing to bean effective witness.

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JANUARY 16,1981Financial Aid Available;Filing Deadline Draws Near

Within the past three weeks,1981-82 financial aid (PHEAABEOG) applications were mailedto the parents of every full timeunderclass student at the 'Hurstaccording to Barry ^Zembower,director of financial aid.; .Zembower indicated that thecollege has established March 15as the preferred filing deadline.Applications will, as always, beaccepted after tha t date; but it isat that time that Zembower in-tends to begin making next year'sawards.As most of the different types ofaid are offered with preestaWish-ed levels of funding, it is to thestudent's advantage to apply assoon as possible in order to en-sure consideration for each of thevarious programs available, heexplained. | ^~;> v^;"The past three years have seensignificant revisions in the aid

programs, each change havingserved to either increase pro-gram funding levels or increases t u d e n t s ' e l i g i b i l i t y fo rassistance. Wy*.% Zembower added that studentswith questions about the financialaid programs or the required ap-plications should feel free to stopin thejFinancial?Aid Office todiscuss their questions orconcerns. j

The 'Hurst director also notedthat Mercyhurst College Finan-cial Aid applications, which canbe completed by the student, arecurrently being mailed J to thestudents through the campusmail and are available in theFinancial Aid Office. Out-of statefinancial aid applications arealso available in the FinancialAid Office for students fromneighboring states.& ''

Random Survey ShowsStudents Support FootballSeventy-nine percent of 100students interviewed in a recentMerciad survey support the taskforce recommendation for star-ting a Division III football teamatMercyhuret&j* |Twenty-one percent of -thestudents surveyed did not supportthe proposed football team. Ofthe 21 percent,fiveper cent weremale and 16 percent were female.Students surveyed who favoredthe recommehdatlori* feltTnercol-lege would benefit from the in-creased!male enrollment thatfootball could cause .Others felt that a Division IIIprogram would benefit the Eriecommunity and ? that footballwould create a more collegiateatmosphere. "

One male backing the move forfootball commented that such aprogram would set Mercyhurstapart from area colleges. *" Those students surveyed whodisagreed felt that momes couldbe better spent on sports pro-grams = already existing*at thecollege. 'a l i >^ In the survey, many studentsnot supporting the recommenda-tion believe mat money for thefrotbaTl,*VrogranfsrwiiI be'takenfrom other budgets,, despite thetask force's i assurance that itwould not. * &rift>*One hundred students werequestioned for the survey. In anattempt to get fair representativeopinion , the survey used a sixtyfemale tofortymale ratio wt t a t a V fl

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recommended an increase to atleast nine days. 1 I S The second change involvedchanging a final exam dayscheduled for Saturday toanother day of the week. | I'Both of these changes havecaused the original Calendar tobe lengthened by one week.Modified calendar Z schedulesgraduation on May 30 rather thanMay 23. S i gP &:$:Dean Palmer has drawn upCalendar Z with the Senate revi-sions and feels it is "the bestcalendar for the co llege." I 1 |Dr. Palmer requests that thestudent body examine the calen-dar^ and forward any opinionsconcerning the calendar to him.The Dean will wait one or twoweeks before he sends revisedCalendar Z and a recommenda-tion to President" Garvey. fIfGarvey approve the calendar, itwill go in to effect for the 1981-82school year. BflBKK^ J S K S H P

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1980 Statistics ShowNational College Enrollment^Up;Mercyhurst iShowsiSlight Decreaset National college enrollment,expected to decrease*and thuscause profound changes in cam-pus life over the next 10-15 years,actually may have increased thisfall, according to the most recentof a series of \contradictoryenrollment studies.g^ pat T he f igureslcontradic testimates that enrollment woulddecrease this year, and start tofall off precipitously next fall. In-deed administrators at certainkinds of smaller public andprivate schools - from the Univer-sity of Hawaii-Manoa to DodgeCity Community College in Kan-sas to Stephens k College inMissouri - have reported studentpopulation declines as steep as 11per cent.Mercyhurs t College alsoreports a decline in admissions.Tom Billingsley, director ofenrollment services, reported aslight decrease of students fromlast years 1076 full-time enroll-ment students to this year's 1020full-time enrollment Billingsley

considers such a slight decreaseinsignificant. ; |But still other campuses -notably larg e, state schools - ar ereporting record enrollment.Oklahoma, ^ Purd ue,, OregonState, Wisconsin, Texts'andIdaho, among others, have setnew enrollment records.

Smaller schools have not beenleft out of the population boom.*}For example, tiny DickinsonState College inn North Dakotaestablished a record enrollmentthis fall. So did Fort Hays StateUniversity in Kansas, CentralOregon Community College, andMercer University in Atlanta,among others. |The University of Alabamarecently released a study whichshows enrollment may be up asmuch as 5.1 per cent over fall,1979. The study, which confirmsan August prediction from theU.S. Department of Educationthat enrollments would rise 1.1per cent this year to 11.7 millionstudents, surveyed 1042 colleges

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and universities.In a statement accompthe release of the study's Dr. E. Mickler .of AlaEtanning and operation ofibutea the increases economy. He said the cotion of "diminished" jobtunities and increased fiaid may have convincepeople to enroll this fall.This growth has also problems on some campuAlabama, m ost of the enrincreases have been in buengineering and communischools, according to uniadministrator Dr. R. SaThose school facilities hastretched to the limit, hwhile other majors can meet the minimum ?enrollments. i *Y e t m o s t c o l l e g eministrators seem more wby a crippling enrollment to come. Demographicpredict the'number of 1year old 'Americans wabout 20 per cent by theighties. ;*'I think enrollment wisteady or have a slight incBillingsley noted about theenrol lment at Mercy4'depending on the introdunew programs being addecurriculum."

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WM CY Offers Radio Dramaby Myra Gross

WMCY will air its first radiodrama, "A Dead Issue", Sunday,January 18, at 8:0 p.m. Thedrama was adapted for radio bythe 1980 Radio Programming In-tercession clas s. \ 9Steve Curcio, instructor for theclass, explained that each stu-dent took four pages of the shortstory written by Charles M. Flan-drau, and wrote it in a dramadialogue form. iThe drama is roughly about aHarvard graduate who is reflec-ting on one of his experiences

I B B B I W B P I P Mike Fi tzg era ld loves the Grandma Dorich: Hello Helloi J afe m philosophy of my giraffe! From from your Grandson. ?HUwhen he started teaching at his lyourBoss Bgf - S 1 H S W K I !

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JANUARY 16,1981 \ 1 * * f 1THEWERCIAD PALa kers Lose To Titanslln OvertimeBy Andy FindlayMercyhurst's second half comeback against Westminster at newWilmington Jan. 7; was to noavail. With the scored tied at 72,the Westminster Titans raced toan 86-78 overtime victory.At the intermission, Mer-cyhurst trailed by nine eventhough it owned a 12 point leadafter only eig ht, minutes. Butsome particularly 30 footers byDanny Brown and a solid,penetrating inside performanceby Greg Becker helped theLakers to knot the score at 72 atthe buzzer. f- \A two bucket comeback in thefinal minute - a 25 footer fromBrown and a four foot jump shotby Becker - allowed the 'Hurst a

second chance at the Titans in theextra five minutes. But when Brown fouled out forthe first time this season a swiftturn around occurred "I haven'thad five in a hundred years,"Brown remarked to the refereeas he left the game. The Titansspurted to an 81-76 pread via RonLJyod and the diminitive JerryWoods. \ j &*Doug Birchard southpawedhome the final Laker points at1:43, but Titans Llyod and Tom-my King each made two foulsdown Westminster mar gin. FinalScore: Westminster 86, Mer-cyhurst 78. | pBrown and Becker eachbucketed 19 points for the Hurst:

Bobby Blackwell had 14. The60-56 headed by Becker's 13.From the field, the Hurst outshotthe winners by one basket with a40 percen t; efficiency. But theTitans 41 percent from the floor,won the game by cashing 26 of 40fouls to Mercyhurst's 16 of 29. IM

This is the first in a series of columns which will feature an In-tramural athlete on a weekly basis. i *. Mark "Rufus" Ricinski is the Athlete of the Week. "Rums" wasselected after his winning performance in the Miller High Life One-on-One Tournament.t& "Rufus" defeated four opponents enroute to becoming the one-on-one champion. f j | | y I \ :. fe^fl &In Tennis A atife dk

BasketballTourneyEnds IThe week of January 5thbrought out?the men of Mer-cyhurst to compete in the MillerBrewing Co. OneJ on Onetournament. J 3Over 75 students were enteredin the tournament, which produc-ed Mark Rucinski as the cham-pion. Rucinski defeated fellowfreshman John Herritage athalftime of the Mercyhurst-U.PJ.games in the finals of the four daytournament. IA representative from Millerpresented trophies to the fourfinalists and a check to Dr.Garvey for the MercyhurstGeneral fund.Taye Coles and Bryan Mahoncaptured 3rd and 4th place in thetournament respectively.

i i u r s t "a^u5v i l edTo Tourney *On his way to compete in theNational Collegiate Indoor Ten-nis Tournament on Friday isMercyhurst s tar Ravinder

Sabherwal. The Erie junior willrepresent the NCAA Division IIEast Region at the San FranciscoeventAll the finest NCAA DH andDill players in the United Stateswill converge on San FranciscoTennis Club to battle for nationalrecognition, u ' 1} '2""Ills a big honor to have a Mer-cyhurst player selected for a na-tional tournamenti in our first

member year in the NCAA,"remarked fourth year coach Den-nis Ranalli. [fij"We have a fine reputation for

building nationally competitivetennis teams here at Mer-cyhurst," stated Ranalli, referr-ing particularly to the 1976 NAIAtitle which the school owns. IRavinder's selection is a pro-duct of this reputation," he con-tinued. Sabherwal will be accom-panied on the weekend trip byTony Mmoh, St. Augustine's Col-lege, NC. 1 y g k :.

h-JRavinder SabherwalMercyhurst College

picture by Andy Findlay

Developmental Studies Center-Ground Floor McAuley-

Tutor ing inPrlnc of Acctg IPrinc of Econ I IElementary AlgebraArithmeticM-W-FTuesThurs

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Fundamentals of ChemistryM-W-F 3-4 p.m.T-Th 7-8p-m.Tutor: Shawn FellnerEvening Study Session in Acctg IWednesdays 7-8:30 p.m.Tutor: Jon Marc Gatanzaro

The Lakers Tom Frank battles for the ball durinPitt-Johnstown game. photo by Rick FonsgrIn Men 9s BasketballLakers Clawed By CatStuff The Fighting ScoThe Cardiac Kids of Erie, also

referred to as the MercyhurstLakers, continued their ways asthey lost to University of Pitt-Johnstown and beat the EdinboroScots in e xciting, basketball ac-tion at. the Campus Centerrecently.In the Pitt-Johnstown game onSaturday, both the Lakers andthe M ountain Cats come out gun-ning early and often as the fanswere treated to a high scoringcontest.| "Downtown^1 DannyBrown pumped in 19 points forthe Lakers, but, neither he nor aferocious comeback attempt bythe Lakers were enough as theLakers fell 89-82. The score wasnot indicative - however, off hereal closeness of the game a s the'Hurst came within inches ofbeating the Cats. Greg Beckerfinished with 12 points for the'Hurst. Bruce Gunter .was highman for the Mountain Cats with25. f UIn Monday night's action, the

'Hurst exchanged leads times with the Boro unLakers rallied to a threehalftime lead. The seconstarted slowly as the leadchanged hands many timneither team seemed in cIt was at this time that theby Blackwell Show" sBlackwell exploded for 19game high 27 points in thehalf. The most importanthowever, j came with oseconds on the clock as hea full court pass from Bmade the basket while fouled for a sensational fouplay that put the 'Hurst ongood. Greg Becker also down 11 rebounds for ttorious Lakers. Final M er73 Edinboro 68. j j Laker Notes: StarterQuinn sat out the Edinborbecause of an ankle injutained in the I.P.J, game.The Wheeling game on will start at 6:30 in the CCenter,

No Appointments Necessary!

Lakermania Returns To Camby Michael Fitzgerald J dAnyone present at the M ercyhurst- Pitt-Johnstown game onday night got a chance to sect a very historic eve nt; The returLakermaniacs. % |The Lakermaniacs are super Laker fans who generate enouto make life unbearable for opposing teams. 'Tit was greattthem back" commented Laker Jamie Borowicz, one of themaniacs' favorites, "They make a big difference to u s."Though the maniacs were not wholly successful again st U.Preally snowed their stuff against Edinboro as they rallied the 'to victory. Irvington Worthing ton, the crew duck and masconewest additionto he Lakermaniacs and he will be on hand Fthe Lakers take on the W heeling College Cardinals. Be there!

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