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With th eextinction ofth eKoehler beer dynasty, so was theend of a landmark that has been with Erie residents since1847. rf

Koehler's significance to Mercyhurst is that the companysponsored a yearly outing for the seniors in the form of abeer blast. & if* Although I'm not anavid supporter of Koehler beer,I was

looking forward to having a couple beers at Koehler'sRathskeller.Randy Mink says, "Maybe we can gather some seniors

together, jjhead to Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh, and drinksome beers at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, makers ofIron City Beer." '- f

But still, itis ashame that th e brewery couldn't have beensaved. As one of the last family breweries in the U.S.,Koehler maynot beremembereda s putting out afirst classbeer, bu tat least some of their commercialswill b eremembered. ' v

. . . Andof courseno birthday would be complete w ithoutsaying happy birthday. So Happy Birthday to Gregg(Grogg) Yeager.Yo u m a yknow Grogg from this summer atR&B's. He was the bouncer who always had a beer in hishand. l

. . . News writer John Bruno and I met briefly withPresident of the College, Marion L. Shane. Dr. Shane's efforts as an educator can be felt around th e institution but Idoubt if an yofus canappreciate th ework he'sdone.

Recently, for example, Dr. Shane accepted the highestposition of the Conference of Small Private Colleges, onMonday, February 26, in Washington, DC. Besidesbelonging to the CSPC, Dr. Shane is on the executive committees of the Commission of Independent Colleges andUniversities, the Foundation for Independent Colleges of

Pennsylvania, and the Northwestern Pennsylvania Planning Council fo rHigher Education,Regions 9-10.H eis alsoa member on theboard of directors for the Erie

Conference, a member of the Erie Chamber of Commerce,United Way, a former director of WQLN, and an incorporator of Saint Vincent Health Center. , ; ;

. . . 1,000 tickets are on sale for the N.A.I.A. District 18play-offs to be held]at the Mercyhurst Campus Center.Tickets are $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for students. Thereason Mercyhurst students will be charged has todo withth e cost of running th e tournament.

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L e t t e r sT oT h e E d i t o r ;11 .P a t r ickDunn. . . A n o n y m o u sN o .1Dear Editor:

I also feel that Mercyhurst is being ru n wrong. N otonly dothey take your moneyand spend it for trivial things such asfour newsletters to the sam e department where one wouldbe sufficient, but whenever< you go to ask the certain"leaders" of this college, no one knows anything abouteverything. ?

My quibble involves one of my teachers. I share m any ofthese feelingswith many of the fellow students in my class.This teacher not only does not knowhow-to teach thematerial, but when you are permitted, you ask a question,she repeats the lecture and leaves you danglingabout whatshe is trying to say. Could youunderstand the delicate principles of ethics and jurispudence while the teacher jumpsfrom this issue to dentists, to ethics, thenbegins a whole ne wterritory;If I can't figure out how to collect thisinformationin areasonable way,into m ynotebook how can Iunderstandit . iL ' T u 4 I *

When I say if youare permitted to ask a question,this oneteacher ' refused to answer the cry of a mixed-up studentdrowning in thematerial ofa mixed up lecture. N otonly didthe teacher only present the material at a rate of50 milesper hour, but she refused to yield to questions because shewanted to get to hergoal which was presentingth ematerialin time for atest.

I was told that questions were not to be asked duringclass time so why do I do so? Since my other teachers useclass time for questions, I couldn'tiigure out>why thisteacher

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timeto explain that issueto ourclass.

Questions are ameans of understanding feedback. Schoolsare for knowledge and learning, but how are students tolearn if questions are leftunexplained? I was taught to askquestions to showyou understand. I feel if they can not answer th equestion,they do notknow th eanswer. If they don'tknow the material why a rethey teaching it. .

Dear Editor:This letter com esto you inresponse to criticismsraised by

M s.Delores Jablonski in your Letters to the Editor of Feb.17th,concerning the consistent use of degrading humor andart throughout th epages of the MERCIAD.jj . I

I would like to take this opportunity to thank M s.Jablonskifor her apparent interest in this publication. However, theremarks made by her warrant dome remarks of my own.

First, let me assure Ms. Jablonski that as both the arteditor an d creator of "Hassles", ith asnever been, norwill itb e, my intention to produce art or humor at the expense ofsomeone'scharacter. I would only be degrading myself.

Secondly, and most important, isifte fact that M s.Jablonski, as well as myself, is aware of the existing internalproblems plaguing our institution presently.B utjust beingaware of the problem is not enough, not as long as we havethe capabilities of doing something constructive about it. Itis my only hope that I'm accomplishing some good throughthe u se of my sa tires and strips, not by"adding to the fires ofunrest'' but by adding a little smile to someone's face.

Patrick Dunn >

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Editor Chris V anWagenenNews Editor John BrunoFeature Editor Darlene KeithSports Editor Terry KeUyGraphics and Layout Darlene Keith,Terry KellyWriters and Creators: Vicki Martinago, Bob Derda Jr.Mark Cipriani, Chris Tomciak, Alda Walker, Judy AnaniaCoUeen Hottel, Amy Chizmadia, Lisa Manendo, Su eFuss/an dMary Beth Barrett JPhotographers Su eCarlson an dRandy MinkBusiness Manager Darlene Keith an dLisa ManendoArt Editor Patrick DunnFaculty Consultant William Shelley

The Merciad accepts, infact encourages, the submissionof articles, letters,an dstories from any an d all members ofthe Mercyhurst College community: .students, faculty, administrators, trustees, and friends of the school. However,as responsible Journalists we must reserve the followingrights:

1. The r i g h t to revisecopy Into standard English;2. T heright to revise copyInto correct journalistic form;3 . And, finally, the right to revise copy (but not change

meaning) to it layout design.In addition, Letters to he Editor must be signed, must be

factually verifiable, and must be written In good taste.Names will be withheld uponrequest, but false nameswillnot be used. c

Dear Editor: \Just a reminder that the endis quicklyupon us to buythat

1978yearbook. Order one today if you haven't already doneso.

Seniors, pictures deadlines have been extended until March 15 .The pictures mustbe 3x5 o r 5x7black an d white. Youmay contact Patti Nestor, room 41 ,Egan Hall; Mark Spencer in Townhouse I, Arfax Studios or other independentphotographers.

Solicitors will be selling books in the cafeteria at dinnertime from March 6 . You mayalso send money to Matt Hill inMcAuleyHall. i

There will be a yearbook meeting at 1:30 Sunday, March 5,in McAuley Lounge. A llinterested students are invited.

Thanks,Matt Hill,editor

.. . A n o n y m o u sN o .2Dear Mr. VanWa genen,

I a m amember of your "silentmajority." In thelast issueof the MERCIAD you asked for me to speak out. Ihavenever expressed my feelings to this newspaper before, buthere goes.

I think Dean Trimble does a fine job forbeing in avery difficult position.H eseems, at times,to have to play th erole ofthe scapegoat for both Dr. Shane and a very unsupportivefaculty. If you , Mr. VanWagenen, and th efaculty would tryto be of some help to this college, instead of being sonegative and thereby destructive, Mercyhurst would be amuch better place. I would also liketo see the faculty spending a little more time with an dbeing more concerned aboutthe students. Often these instructors seem to be too concerned with themselves. I would like to s ee m ore positiveelementsto aid in building th ecollegean d thereby eliminatesome of the deteriorating attitudes currently present at theHurst. '"\

As for you as an editor, I think you are too quick tocriticize. However, that isth e nature of people w hothink asyou dothey are the last to se e their ow nfaults.

Andfinally, a contribution for your "quote of the week."An oldphilosopher once said that is isbetter to remain silentand thought a fool, then to speakup and remove all doubt.Your opinions in the paper have, proven to many of the"silent majority" that you are Indeed a fool.

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.. .G e o r g e H a m mTo T heEditor:

Students of thiscollege:Y O Uare being laughed atby anentire city and the college downon Perry Square. T hesupport that yo ugave to the basketball team on Feb . 21againstAlliance College was ex tremely shameful, and disap

pointing to ateam that h ascompiled22victoriesand a scant2 losses,by only three points. N otonly does it show that veryfew people on this campus have enough respect to go andsupport their team, but it also negates all thehard work bythe team coach, school and the little people who haveworked so hard to build what has come about this season.With your fickle attendance (onlywhen you're in themood),why should the team keep trying to improvean d work theirway toKansas City? If they were not such a dedicated groupof hard working people,I seriouslywonder if your on andoffagain support would help 1

If anycollegein this nation had abasketball team with th erecord we do, you would not find one seat empty at theirhome gam es, whether it was against a top team ora weakopponent. Now I am beginningto understand why people inthis town have been asking th e question,"How can acollegehave a sound program in only seven years?"T he answer isvery simple; we haven't. Grantyo unothing is wrong on thatpart which has to do with players and theirdevelopment,that has been proven by the success this year. But the areathat still needs work, an d plenty of it , is that of the fans. Mostof the students at this college do not know howto support awinning team, it is not only at the critical games, but atevery game.You,as a student, must show your appreciationfor that right to brag to friends here or at home that w ehavethis great team. That appreciation comes with support, notin your rooms, but at the Center where there is a homegame.. I

The shame and hum iliation that this school broughton itself the other night byno tshowingup for the gamean d thehonoring of the six seniors who have devoted several yearsof their life for that privilege of saying we areNo. 1will notbe forgotten for a long time. I would really like fo reveryone,before they start boastingabout ho wgood th eLakers are,tostart showing up . Tobe worthy of that right,youmust earni t , and y ou dothat by getting yourselfover to theCenter andtry supporting the team no matter if it's Allianceor Gannonthat they are playing. ?

I personally would like to thank all of the team membersfor a very gratifying season as a fan. I think thatyouhavedone something that very few teams at Mercyhurst in thefuture will dohave the chance to win 25games, which, forany school is some feat and you should be extremely proudof this even if the fans seem notto be .There a re some veryloyal fans who showup for every game and I hope that foryou andthem that goal ofKansas City becomesa reality andthis time, I know we're goingto win th ewhole ball of wax!!Again, thank you from he loyal fans fora very exciting an dmemorable season.

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. . .M.b.u.To The Editor:

I would like to thank all those who made the volleyballmarathon the success it was. The efforts of the students,faculty, Saga and the Merciad are what made it such a success.;^* ,

Speaking from a personal point of view, let me say thatthis past weekend will go down as one of the fondestmemories Iwill have of Mercyhurst.Thank you for showingm e that we can all work togetherand further, that we alldocare about our fellowman. f ^ yj

Sincerely,George Venuto M

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L a w A n d Yo uAttorneys from the Erie area w ill speak; onMonday, March 6 at6 p.m. in Zurn 202.

Open to all. *Law Enforcement Club members are urged toattend.

St. Mark's Seminary will be hosting its annual Weekendlive In Retreat this week. |

The purpose of this weekend isto give the young men whoare going to join the seminary a chance to live with theseminarians for a couple ofdays to get to know some of themand what they do. But this is only one purpose. The mainreason for it is to give a college studenta chance to spend aweekendaway with somegreat people and to have someonearound with whom they m ight discuss their future plans oranything else they want to talk about;. Any young men whoare just plain curious about what goeson in a seminary arewelcome. Theformat for the weekend is very looseand yetthere are to be some unusual planned activities. Be assuredit is not in any way designed to sell vocations to thepriesthood, but is intended to help clarify * vocations toChristianity. The exp eriencewill begin with registration andliving quarter assignments at 7:30 p.m., Friday evening,March 10 and end after dinner at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 12. r jj |,, i J ^

If you would like'to attend, either notify the campusministry (Rm.212Main), or callSt. Mark's (864-3005) beforeMa rch 3 for a reserva tion. ,

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by Mark CiprianiThe match was close.Ij

am not the greatest tennisplayer by any stretch ofthe imagination so I wasstruggling just to f: keep >within shouting distance.

I lost the first set convincingly 16-2 and this setwas close but I was down5-4 . f &; $ #v"

My opponent was ser-ving. I was tired but triedto concentrate on theser-ve. ^ '-;

I watched as the firstserve whizzed by me, foran ace. I returned thesecond into the net. I rapped the third out of boundsand before I knew it I wasdown 40-love and ready forthe final nail. f

The fourth was hard butI actually returned it.?Ikept the volley going forawhile but my opponentplaced a winner along thebaselinefor the clincher.

My opponent was veryhappy andSHE had reallyearned the victory.

I had lost tennis matchesbefore but this was thefir-st time I had been beatenby a girl. I admitnow thatmy male ego was hurtfora bit butI got over it.I Any way it is jbetter gtoreceive a kiss after a game jthan I a few beers. I'm *presently planning areturn match.

But seriously, this issomething that many,males have not taken

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seriously i. and that is,women and * their > participation in spo rts.

S p o r t s > havetraditionally been for menonly and girls could eitherwatch or get lost.

Many males have scof-fed at attempts oforganizing girlssports andsome even believe that thegirls shouldn't compete atall.

There are three majorpoints 'that are troublespots for women's sports.They are (1) The misconception that spo rts can beharmful to girls, (2) thelarge shadow of men'ssports that the womenmust live in and (3) thetotal separation of the twosexes in sports.

Many, in fact most doctors agree that sports donot provide any specialand unique dangers togir ls.| Sports do not endanger girls' reproductiveorgans as manypeople feltthey could. In fact boysare subjected to muchgreater danger.

The doctors all do saythat the breasts should beprotected though.

Other | findings includeThat sports willnotimpedemenstruation, unless thegirl normally experiencescramps she can competeduring her period, a girls'bones are smaller so arenot as fragile and theyhave a much lower injuryrate than boys.

Another hurdle for thegirls to clear is the;factthat all the attentionandmost of the money goes tothe men's sports.

Only in professional cir-cles are the womenmaking significant gains.It is in the amateur rank s,high school and college,where the gains should bemade.

Girls, like the boys, havejust as much a right to thefun and competition|butthe odds are sometimesstacked against them.

You can 't forcepeople towatch or follow the femaleteams but if, the budgetwas bigger and more timewas spent the programscould grow on their own.

The situation is slowlygetting better all the timebut it has been overdue.

Finally some peoplecan't face the fact that thegirls can become goodathletes.

Separating the sexes?isnot always the right thingto do in sports. Obviouslythis shouldbe done in hardcontact sportslike footballor wrestling, where themen usually exhibit muchmore strength.

But in the non-contactsports girls can competeevenly with the guys* ifgiven the chance.

In the case of my tennismatch, I didn't take myopponent seriously anddecided to "take it easy"on her at the beginning.

I found out quickly thatshe is much better than mebut, didn't want to admitit. The score didhowever,i In l the high schools

recently a law has beenpassed that] prevents Itheboys teams from excluding a female fromtrying out or practicingwith the boys.

This non-discriminationidea lis good but if t heschools also have aseparate g irls team, a boycut from his squad couldconceivably go out for thegirls'. So this thing worksboth ways?

There^BouETbe an alternative to becoming }acheerleader. While acheerleading program isvital; to most schools thissometimes becomes abigger ego trip than beingan athlete.

What this all means isthat the girls shouldnot bedenied the opportunity tocompete in sports ifshe so

desires.But also they should not

strive for unification ofprograms, not' just yet.The main issue should beequa l bu t sepa ra teprograms.

I found out the hard waybut unless they choose tobe, the girls aren't as frailand helpless as you think.

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Th e ^health office recentlybecame the St. Vincents ofMercyhurst last week afteraveraging from 48 to 52 patients aday. Russian Flu? "No", saidSr. Joseph Mary K osarsky,R.N.,R.S.M., chief health practitionerat Mercyhurst. ' n

According to Sr. Kosarsky, themajor complaint of99 per cent ofthe patients was a severe sorethroat resulting!in difficulty inswallowing. \ \

Sr. Kosarsky pointed out thatthose students who recieved flushots in October responded m orequickly to the medication^being

provided, which was Robicillen.Sr. Kosarsky also pointed out

that those students who did havethe RussianFlu were told to forcefluids, get plenty of rest, weregiven an analgesic to relieve theaches and pains which accompany the flu and were given

Robicillen in an effort to combatrespiratory infection.

As of this week, the healthoffice was happy to report thatthe number of patients was downfrom the previous week at23 perday. " % I I

"Symptoms of the Russian Flu,

described by Sr. Kosarsky wereD a severe headache,- 2) sorethroat and 3) a lack of appetite.

In fighting upper respiratoryailments, Sr. Kosarsky said thatther Robicillen is the best incombating infection because ofthe advantage ofhow many timesit's

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:, taken daily. With someprescriptions, the patient mustremember to take it four or fivetimes a day, but with theRobicillen,it's taken only twice aday.* '"*. ( i

one way or another, if theRussian Fluhad hit the 'Hurst, itappears that the worst is over.

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FIN A L E XA M

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8,1978Classes that meet Final Exam TimeMWF3:30-4:50 P.M | 3:00 p.m.MS 4:00 5:50 p.m 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 9,1978Classes that meet Final Exam TimeT TH 8:00-10:00 am 8:00 a.m. |T T H 10:00-12:00 noon 10:00 a.m.T T H 12:00-2:00 p.m 12NoonTT H 2:00-4:00 p.m 2:00 p.m.T TH 4:00-6:00 p.m 4:00 p.m.

T TH 6:00-8:00 p.m 6:00p.m.TT H 8:00-10:00 p.m 8:00 p.m.

I Friday, March 10,1978Classes that meet Final Exam TimeMWF8:00-9:20 a.m 8:00 a.m. |MWF9:30-10:50 a.m 10:00 a.m .MW 10:00-11:50 a.m 10:00 a.m.MWF 11:00-12:20p.m..J . . . . . 12:00NoonMW 12:00-1:50 p.m 12:00 noonMWF12:30-1:50 p.m 2:00 p.m. 3MW 1:00-2:50 p.m 2:00 p.m.MWF2:00-3:20 p.m 4:00 p.m.MWF3:30-4:50 p.m (See Wed, Mar. 8)MW4:00-5:50 p.m (See Wed, Mar. 8)MW6:00-7:50 p.m 6:00 p.m.MW 8jpO-9:50p.m.Jlil.. . A.. . M . . 8:00 p.m.

Classes meeting at irregular timesshould take their final exams tystructor. Instructdrs are asked toirregular exam times J In

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E v i d e n tft by Sue FustThis week's column is devotedto a few ideas that weren't longenough for a whole article, butare still worth the mention.

There are all kinds of awardsthese days so why not the firstannual Mercyhurst PaperAwards highlighting the wisestand worst use of paper.|:' First prize for the wisest goesto Mary Etta Mauthe for printingposters for her art show on sma llpieces of paper. They were largeenough to say what, wa snecessary, but small enough toavoid a lot of wasted space.- Honorable mention goes to the

ChessClub for doing a lot of their

signs on the back of scrap paper.In the area of worst, first prizegoes to PACE for typing five ineson a single sheet of paper anddistributing one to each student.

Runner up is the studentelections - each candidate hasmore signs than there are activevoters. r 3 H I I 1

noting the need to cut down onunnecessary energy uses. Heencouraged community members to report any energy waste.Well, has anyone noticed that thecube on the front lawn is lit allnight? I wonder how much it'scosting me to have thebig "MC"blazing for over12 hours a day?Does the'campus need a nightlight?

For those of you roasting orfreezing in Egan and Preston -the thermostats are in and seemto be helpinga bit. Maybe there'shope for the heater. I saw Becketwearing my gloves. ?

The Environmental Studies

department held a seminar onurban problems earlier this term.Apparently the turn, out wasgood. I hope that soon we cancome up with something gearedfor the students and the averagehome owneron a practical level.

During Intersession, GeorgeKidd sent a letter to the editor

^ Does anybody go up to see thepond during the winter? I wonderwhat it looks like, frozen andsnow covered? m. 1 1

The LRC will be openmidnight Tuesday, J March

Wednesday, | Ma rch andThursday, March T hescheduletfor thel Easter! breakand Spring J termposted at the LRC and at the

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B yMark CiprianiOn the basis of a 24-2 season,

the Mercyhurst Lakers haveearned the number one rankingin the upcoming N.A.I. A. District18 playoffs.

The number two seed wasawarded to Westminster Collegelast Sunday in Butler, Pa. by thedistrict selection committee andas a result the Lakers and Titansreceive byesand won't competein the preliminary playoffs.

The preliminary playoffs werebrought about becau se th erest ofthe teams considered for the 3rdand 4th seeds are so closelybunched. I

The N.A.I.A. Judges teams by asystem called the Litkenhousratings. This is a point totalawarded to a team based onrecord, comparable strength,e tc .

Mercyhurst has a 80.5 ratingfollowed by Westminster at 79.6.The next six teams, St. Vincent(76.0), Clarion (74.2), Indiana(73.78), Waynesburg (73.68),Pitt-Johnstown (73.67), and PointPark (73.64) are so? tightlygrouped the committee felt alldeserved a chance.

Last Wednesday Waynesburgplayedjj Pitt-Johnstown andIndiana me t Point Park. TonightClarion will meet the highestrated winner from Wednesdaywhile S t. Vincent battles with thelowest rated winner. All theseigames have been and will j beplayed at St. Vincent.

T ocomplicate matters further,the lowest rated winner oftonight's games willb e t h efourthseeded team, and will playMercyhurst on Monday night at 8

P.M. in the Campus Center.The highest rateovwinner fromtonight will be the third seed andwill meet Westminster Mondayat 8 on the Titans' home floor.

The* winners of these gam eswill vie for the District 18 crownWednesday night at the homecourt of the highest seeded team(8p.m.)

If there li s someone who understands what* is going on it isLaker Coach Dick Fox, who paidtribute to the committee andtheir selections.

4'They have always tried to befair in the past, like they werethis year," commented Fox,"I'm Just happy to be-numbero n e . "

Who will the 4Hurst meet onMonday? "It really doesn'tmatter." said Fox. "We play

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C r ew T e a m sP re p a re F o rN e w S e a s o nOnce again the Mercyhurst

Crew Team picks u p their oarsin an attempt to retain theirexcellent reputation on thewater.

This year's season will officially begin with a week oftraining beginning March 15

at Morris Harvey College inCharleston, West Virginia.The Lakers and Lakeretteswill have triple practices dailyand a scrimage with MorrisHarvey on March 21 inpreparation for the Governor s Cup onApril 8 .Apr.8 Governor!C up Charleston, W.Vt.Apr.IS . ColgateU. .. Preaque Isle BayApr.9 Mercyhurst Invitational

' Findley LakeApr Caianovta Invitational

Cannovia LikeM t y t . ; MACRA Reg atta. . Marietta, 0.M ayU,.. . Interaquad C u pRace

Preaque Isle BayM a yaoGrand VaUeyGrand Rapids, M ichMay 21 Mich Unaing.Mkh

everyone Just about the sameway. W ewillu s e o u rman-to-mandefense and will be ready foranyone. Of course we will knowb yFriday w h owe'll play a n dthatgivesu s t w odays to get ready fora specific team. That is plenty oftime." fcj ?> >

As the "second season" isabout to begin, M ercyhurst endedthej regular campaign with twoclosewins a t Central State (53-51)and at Robert Morris (65-63).^

The Laker accomplishments sofar are a school record24 wins, aschool record 12' consecutivevictories, two tournamentchampionships ( Wilfred-Lauriera n dMercyhurst), a first-ever w inover local rival Gannon College,the Big Five title (local.college

supremacy), entering the TopTen in the NAIA national smallcollege rankings (No. 9) , thethird trip to the NAIA District 18playoffs and the highest seedingin those playoffs yet.

I'm extremely proud of ourkids," said Coach Fox. "I amvery happy with our season u p todate a n d hope we can continue tow i n . "

Continuing to win is what theLakers have done all year long.The team is physicallysound andseems to have all the ingredientsnecessary for a winning playoffteam.

Mercyhurst isquick, c a nJump,can shoot, can play defense, hasexcellent leadership, is strongand to top that off has an im

pressive bench.The quickness can be best

typified in leading scorer, EdJones. Jones possesses speedalong with his quickness makinghim a premier all aroundpenetrating guard as Q well as ascoring threat. i

The jumping ability is evidentwith Bruce Hennings and JohnBurrow often skying well overtheir taller opposition to clutchvaluable rebounds.ft' The defense is scrappy. TheLakers are always hustling,trapping, and playing an intensified man-to-man defensethat is hard to solve.D o nJacksonperhaps more than anyoneexemplifies this tiring yet effective style of basketball.

B yChris Tomczak \As I sit here writing, it isdif

ficult to believe that the term isalmost overan dmore incredibly,th ebasketball season will be filedin the record books.

There isalways a b i tof sadnesswhen things end. During theseason there are many ups anddowns, highlights and low points.Sometimes you wish the seasonwould end tomorrow..But moreoften, you are eagerly anticipating the nextday % practice.

For me and a group of teammembers, there is[ always nextyear. But for seniors Sue Faganand Val Ferro, their basketballdays at the Hurst must end soon.

Sue Fagan is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. Her name wouldappear in the newspaper as highLaker scorer practically eachgame. Sue played asa leader andinspiration to her teammates.Her rebounding and defensiveability were also a key to hergame.

Cortland, New*York's ValFerro played guard for theLakers. Val could control thecame with her ball handling outfront. S h ewould contribute to thescoring and excelled in steals.

Perhaps the greatest asset ofthese tw oball players is that theyare successful on ! and off thebasketball court.

Robert Louis Stevenson oncewrote about success. He stated:

"that man is a success1 who has lived well, laughedoften-and loved much;

who looked for the best inothers

and gave the best he had "Good luck,:Sue and Val, in all

your future goals.The Lady Lakers have excelled

defensively in almost all theirball games. *$ , jf .In Conference games they haveallowed their? opponents 50.2points while they have scored a56.4 average.

> Overall, the Lakers gave up47.5 points per game and scored52.5 points. }

The r eal! killer has been offensive turnovers this year. Theteam h a saveraged18.4,much toomany to control a ball game.

Coaches Ronda Carlson andJim Kann must have^gained agray hair each time someonewalked with the ball, fumbleditor threw the ball away.

Thanks to all the supportersand fans of the women Lakers. A

N e t te r s In E x h ib it io nO nSaturday, February 11 ,the

Mercyhurst College Tennis Teamwas invited to participate in aPennsylvania - Ohio all startennis exhibition against the U.S.Naval Academy. The exhibitionwas held at the Shenango ValleyRacket Club in Sharpsville,Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania- Ohio all star team consisted ofthe top two players from thefollowing colleges: Mercyhurst,Univ. of Pitt, Duquesne U.,Westminster, Grove City, Slippery Rock an dYoungstown Univ.Only representatives of theMercyhurst and YoungstownColleges came away victoriousagainst a strong Navy team. RichBirmingham played in thenumber one slot for the all-starsand was defeated by Navy topnetter Gene Miller 6-3, 6-3. TomChybrzynski, playing in thenumber 6 slot for th eall-stars lostto Bill Radford in the most exciting match oft h e d a y1-6,6-2,6-7. He had the crowd on itsfeetwhen he battled to 4 all in a 9point tie breaker in. the third andfinal set. Birmingham andChybrzynski then teamed up ast h e N o . 2doubles team forth e allstars and defeated a strong Navyteam of M illera n dBaylor 2-6,6-3,6-2.

Coach Dennis Ranalli gave alecture and demonstration in acoaches clinic held earlier in theday. *

1978SpringTennis Schedule

Sunday, March 12 College ofCharleston 3:00 p.m. atCharleston, S.C.

Monday, March 13 FlaglerCollege 2:30 p.m. at St.Augustine, Fla . J

Tuesday, March 14 GeorgeMason 9:00 a.m.? at FlaglerCollege. I

Thursday, March 16 Eckhart

College 2:00 p.m. at St. Petersburg, Fla. >f vFriday, March 17 Seminole Jr.

College 12:00 noon at Sanford,Fla.

Saturday, March 18 NorthernFla. Univ. 12:00 noon atJacksonville. ;

Sunday, March 19 GeorgiaSouthern 9:30 a.m. and Armstrong S t.2:00 p . m . a tStatesboro,Geo \

Monday, March 20 CoastalCarolina 1:00 p.m. at MyrtleBeach. ?

Tuesday, March 21 HamptonInstitute 1:00 p.m. at Hampton,Va. |

Wednesday, March 22 TowsonState 8:00 p.m. at Towson, Md.

special thanks to manager JanieNestor, score keeper KatheLowry and Mary Mahon forgiving their time and spirit.

L a k e r e t t e sE n d s S e a s o n

The women's final basketballgame of the*seasoif^ias theLakers tangling against GenevaThursday, March 2 at theCampus Center.

Sue Fagan*s 22 points and 19rebounds led the team to a 53-30Keystone Conference win overWestminster, Monday night.

The team pulled out to a 31-18half time lead land outscoredWestminster 22 to? 12 the nexttwenty minutes. '

Amy McNicholas scored 12points and grabbed 18 reboundsenroute to the victory. iBarbSweeney added 10 points.

High scorer for the 0-5 Westminster team was Lindey Gilbertwith 14 counters.LADY LAKER STATS: allstatistics as of Feb. 16. j

Sue Fagan leads the team infield goal percentage with a 42.9p ercent as shemade 7 3 o u tof 170shots attempted. Second on theteam is Amy McNicholas as shemade 43 out of 10 1for a 42.5 percent.* 5 I

Sue Fagan also leads the teamwith a 17.6 average followed byAmy McNicholas with a 12.7points per game average.

Leader in free -throw percentage isMarv A n nKing as shehit 2 4 o u tof 32 freebies attemptedfor a 7 5 p e rcent average from theline. Second is Sophomore SueCavalancia with a 70 per centaverage as she hit 7 for 10. "

Leading rebounder of thewomen's Laker team is AmyMcNicholas with 96, followed bySue Fagan's 89 .

Mary Ann King leads the teamin steals with 3 9 .Tina Tomczak issecond with 23. ^ fi

T h eteam is currently in fourthplace in the K eystone Conferencerace, with a 4-2 record. J

N A I AD I S T R I C T1 8P L A Y O F F S

Monday,March 68:00 p.m.

Campus CenterCome out and cheer on ournumber seeded lakers on their w ay toiKansas City.

When you think of leadershipyou have to think of Paul Young.Young has calmed his team downwhen they most needed itthroughout the year and wouldeffectively guide his?- offensiveand defensive units. Duringmany games it was Young whosank the key basket or made theclutch free throw that put thegame out of reach.

If you need shooting, enterKevin Bradley. It would be hardto find a better pure shooter thanBradley. All year long he wouldbreak up troublesome zonedefenses with his patented 25-foot e r s .

6-9 Joe Ford J provides theneeded strength under theboards. Although taking aphysical beating during theseason Ford had another strongcampaign.

The Laker bench has been oncall all year and has usually metthe challenge.' Bill Link, Dick

Brickell, Greg Powell, GregKurt, Jim McElrath, Walt Clark,Dan Brown, and Gene Thorpehave all performed effectivelywhen called upon by Coach Fox.

Add this to the excellentcoaching jobs done by Fox andhis assistants, DanO'Conner andTom Barringer, the Mercy-hurstLakers are not Just an ordinaryball club. ;

If the., Lakers continue theirunselfish team,play along withtheir tremendous desire, thereshould be no reason why Mercyhurst won't b e o n eof t h e 3 2teamsin Kansas City on March 13,vying for that NAIA* NationalChampionship.

REMINDER: Mercyhurststudents will have to pay to seeMonday night's playoff game atthe Campus Center. Since this isa NAIA sanctioned event andMercyhurst is only supplying thebuilding everyone attending hasto pay. 1000' tickets will b eallotted to Mercyhurst as well as1000 tothe visiting team's sch oolUnsold tickets will be sold at thedoor. Tickets are $1.50 forstudents and $2.50 for adults.They can 'be purchased at theCenter during operational hours.If Mercyhurst wins Monday, thedistrict championship game willbe held at the Campus Center onWednesday night at 8 p.m. andthe same ticket information willbe in effect.':

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