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VOL.48 NO. 10 MERCYHURST COLLEGE • *

DECEMBER 12, 1975 * •

Bad Company The F Hurst The Mouhedin! Ballet

Company will start officially in the Fall of 1976, as a touring ballet company, one of whose functions! is to promote Mercyhurst College. " Ismet Mouhedin will be the

director of the company. The Mercyhurst Dance Depart­ment will be the.main source for| performers, i Ap­proximately Uen qualified students selected by the dance faculty will perform under an̂ apprentice's con­tract. & w>

The budget permitting, Mr. Mouhedin hopes *to hire professional dancers "for the company. The ^professionals will oe qualified Mercyhurst̂ graduates and perhaps

outside male dancers. ^One of the tasks delineated

by Mr. Mouhedin is to go to large cities like * Pittsburgh and New York, to* hold auditions. Senior high school students would audition to be accepted at Mercyhurst College and its J dance department,} to get a dance scholarship,* and to be ac­cepted in the company itself. |

Mr.f Mouhedin is setting high |i goals for his ballet company.' He jj hopes that] it will be the first i college-affiliated touring ballet company to travel to Europe.

Mr. Mouhedin-will be the company's director but once the company gets its hold, graduate students will take

of technical b u s i n e s s

and? public

over the jobs d i r e c t i o n , management relations.

Even though the company won't officially start until next fall, Mr. Mouhedin is planning to go on tour during this spring term. Included in the weekend itinerary are Buffalo, Cleveland, * Oil City and Meadville. ?

^Presently, Mr. Mouhedin is trying to create a Board of Directors, while? Betty Gartner, director of the English Clinic at Mercyhurst College, lis hoping to form supportive organizations, a Women's Auxiliary '• and a student organization.

New Merciad Advisor Takes Reins

New iMerciad Advisor Takes Reins _ _ _ . . _ , . MI in u m

Ismet Mouhedin

by Holly Chiappazzi Merciad Staff Reporter Photo by Nancy Willis

William Shelley,* Assistant in Special; Programs at Mercyhurst College, is the new advisor of The Merciad. He succeeds Andrew Roth who* has takenjj a new assignment as Director of the Business Communication Skills' Institute. In addition, Roth j has numerous professional obligations, such as ^Diredtor of Mhe Com­munications Program and TV host for "High Q." 1 4 | * t

While Rothl was coor­dinating one. of many special programs under the super­vision of Thomas Monaghan, William Shelley emerged.

In keeping with the Mercy­hurst motto, fthe ^college "seized the opportunity'J to engage someone with an extensive background in journalism as The Merciad adviso~ j simultaneously freeing Roth to devote more of his time and talent to the institutionally ! advantageous Institute

Formerly from Warren, Pa., Shelley holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of̂ Mississippi and is currently pursuing a Master's degree at Allegheny College. i s a

Shelley'sjexpansive career in communications includes such professional experiences as: sportscaster for WWGO, WWYN radio stations, and WSEE TV. He was also a sports writer jffor Philadelpnia, Meadville and Erie newspapers. ?\

Shelley was named three

times Sports*- Writer of the Year ,t reigning from 1972-74, and jhas also? received broadcasting awards.

When asked about his views

Andrew Roth* Photo by Nancy Willis

relating to the future of The Merciad, | Mr. Shelley en­thusiastically replied, "The newspaper has been showing a consistent improvement ana naturally it is our aim to keep it up. I believe in a high level of consistency?'^ Regard­ing his philosophy con­cerning news writing, Mr. Shelley retorted, "Keep it bright anc^lght!,,;He feels that the communications world is a rapidly advancing territory -and, it?is thefkey to future progression. 5 I I Both i Andy I Roth and William Shelley can be noted for ;'their initiative and willingness to contribute their tightly budgeted time.&to improve the | Mercy hurst image.* Good luck to both of these men. i\*m& -*8* \

Senior Class Given Christmas Dinner

Once again, Mercyhurst College will relive tradition by i- hosting ja Christmas Dinner for the Senior Class. The event will be held for the Bicentennial Class on Friday, Dec. 12, in the Dining Hall.

Saga foods will cater the event and a number?of un­derclassmen will * serve the seniors. Senior members of the music department will entertain. A cocktail hour will precede the dinner and The Spartan Inn will host a party immediately % following the events oh campus. f

Special; guests of the Bicentennial Class will •'in­clude jDr.? and Mrs. Marion Shane, Dr. William Garvey, Mr. Robert Prather, and the chairpersons of the academic divisions.

Paulf Toraldo, Renate Ferro, and Sally Schismenos, chairpersons of fthe Senior Committee, request that if there *are any seniors that have not received tickets but are planning to attend, they should contact them* im­mediately. £

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Association Reinstated by Darlene Keith Merciad Staff Reporter

Sr. Carolyn Herrmann, recently named Director of Development,j; has begun: to organize at* Parents Association consisting ofcthe parents of present students and alumni of the college. * 5*

There was a Parents Association before in 1968 and it pasted for four and a half years, then it slowly faded away because of the various changes in off ices and officers of the college. '•

Earlier this fall, Sr. Carolyn sent letters to the parents of students asking

them if they would like|to form a Parents Association^ Twenty-nine responses came back and 15 said that they were willing to start one}

Saturday, December 6, .a luncheon and* meeting was conducted Sn the Heritage Room. The parents who were willing to come and join at­tended. Two sets of parents were named as chair couples. These people \were- Mr. and Mrs. Steinhouser and Mr. and Mrs. Crowley^ 1? £

Sr. Carolyn, who led the meeting* talked about the purposes of thei association. The main objectives con­cerned with were fthe public relatidASS, j6t> placfeiftehtfe, recruitments, * and fund raising aspects of the college.

The public relations view is designed so that parents in the association can get* to know the college and inform other people about it. --

Also, members of the association js* might be acquainted with fvarious people who have connections with prospective employers of the students. j

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St. Carolyn Herrmann, Director of Development, chairs meeting of newly formed Parents Association. *.

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Some parents belonging to the association "might know people who are willing to donate money to the college but haven't really thought about it. This would enable the school to know who these people are and contact them.

Other outlooks for the parents would be to better acquaint incoming students ana their? parents to the college #and perhaps even

have an i entire ^weekend devoted to the parents to let them observe the school'and the curriculum. ; ' *

Although $the Parents Association has been dead for three years, Sr. Carolyn is now trying to build a newer, hopefully more successful association than in past years. For the students and all who are connected with the school, we hope it will work. { J

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The cast rehearses for the play to open December 14.

ennedy angaroo idnapped

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At precisely 12:32 p.m. Tuesday, December 9 in the most daring daylight Kidnapping case since the Patty Hearst affair, E. William Kennedy's Kangaroo was snatched from his office. ?

Information provided by the authors of this news bulletin details that the culprits secretly slipped up the back stairs, usually guarded by Sr. Phillis, entered the unlocked office of the Director of Student Affairs and carried off the gagged and struggling marsupial to a nearby waiting van.

The caper appears to be the work of the newly formed K.L.A. (Kangaroo Liberation Army) a branch of the S.L.A. whose last crime was the foiled Elby's Big Boy case. *

A ransom note in a childish scrawl attached to a miniature Kangaroo and left on Mr. Kennedy's desk said: i i |g

Your Kangaroo has been kidnapped. She will not be f harmed if you do what we say. You will be notified as to the steps you must take for her return.

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Wt (Kangaroo Liberation Army) Mr. Kennedy has not decided whether to turn the case

Over to the F.B.I., the C.I.A., or the L.S.D. (Local Security Department).^. ? J * £v .

"The kangaroo is of inestimable value", says Mr .̂ Ken­nedy, "because of) sentimental reasons." Others have suggested that the seriousness of the loss comes from the {act that the kangaroo is the brains behind the whole Student Affairs office. * £•» i In spite of appearances, Mr. Kennedy is adamant that the

kangaroo is not pregnant. (Investigators seem highly in­terested in this aspect of the case.) % >

Information leading t̂o the recovery of the Kennedy Kangaroo will be highly rewarded.; |

WOMEN'S VARSITY TENNIS TEAM The indoor tennis courts will be reserved for the Women's

Varsity Tennis Team for practice from 8-10 p.m. on Sunday and 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday for the rest of the year."- $

Any other girl Interested in playing for the team In the fall of 1975-76 Is welcome to attend these practices. 1

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Brian L'Huillier, Maripat Rafferty, and * Robert Ronksley Jr. appear in Now I Know My Life Has Meaning, a play by Andrea| Kupetz, theater maibr. *• t - f i

The play opens on December 14 and runs through December 17. Per­formances are at 8:30 p.m. in the Student Union Coffee House. Admission is free. »r;

"Now I Know My Life Has Meaning" involves a young 20-year-old girl named Jody, her dominating ' mother named Rachel, an interfering boy friend <known as Patrick, and a gigolo named Jason.,

Call the play a romantic comedy since the plot un­winds as Jody and Patrick grow into love. Call it drama 'since Jody is desperately seeking independence»from her uptown home and 'her mother. I

The cast includes Maripat Rafferty as Jody, Delia Mirarcchi as Rachel, Brian L'Huillier as Patrick, Robert Ronksley sJr. as Jason and Melinda Mickler as Mrs. Mason, the? charming land­lady, n

Intramural Football

2 Anyone up for a ; broken nose? How about insurance? The latter 1 seems to be a frequently posed issue on the Mercyhurst campus. | 3? m g The issue seems j; to be revealed now because of the r e c e n t M e r c y h u r s t Intramural Football League season held on campus and the injuries J occurring from them. * ^ | '

What is the ^insurance program at Mercyhurst and how do we obtain it? In a recent interview with VMr. Louis Necci, Director of Operations at the 'Hurst, the school's insurance program was explained. K § J

:3j* Our inter-collegiate sports are baseball, ^basketball, crew, tennis, '& and ^ golf. Through the school program, the teams are covered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield during their active seasons. Any injuries that may occur to any participant in sports during practice or the games is paid for by* the school. However, the team members are not covered for injuries outside of the team's season. £

MercyhursU students may purchase Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance through the school for $64.00 which covers the student̂ for the school year. For a| student to pur­chase this type of insurance individually, the eost is $180.00. y

The. "school's insurance program is optional .because students may have their own

CEC Ponce Marathon

Wfflwf Important Message: Come

one, come all to the Dance Marathon on January 9,10,11 in the Student Union here at Mercyhurst College.

Rumor has h it that *the C.E.C. dance marathon is going to be a smashing suc­cess! We're counting on you, the Mercyhurst Community to change this rumor into a fact. The members of "the Council for Exceptional Children have been working on this project since early October. But the time has come where they no longer can continue this project without the aid and support of the student < body, ad­ministration and faculty of our college. k

Thanks to;the help of Bea Canfield, we were able to inform the,; Erie Community of our project. And, an extra thank-you to i Sally Schismenos, Joe Dolan, Anne Clark, Frank McMahon, Ellen Minns and Bob Dubik for showing their enthusiasm, and giving of their time to represent Mercyhurst College's Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children. Their- efforts in promoting the. marathon through appearing on this TV talk show are greatly ap­preciated! .

With the coming of Christmas also comes a time of giving, but moreover a time of caring. So much has been accomplished in the past to help these special people, but there is much more yet to be accomplished and we're calling ton you to help these

Your by | Carol Gregory

personal insurance policy. Many injuries occurred this

fall in j intramural football. There were some mteorSn-juries but many were senous requiring operations and hospitalization. One [team member * sprained his shoulder during a game and a few weeks later broke his nose in another. $

Students, participate at their own risk and if someone is injured the school Js liable only if the student is under the school's insurance program.

Students should be aware of this fact before the season begins' so they know the consequences in case there is an injury. | o i- | ?

The M e r c y h u r s t Intramural Football League teams this year were Stoned Rangers, The Family, Mother Truckers, Soul On Ice, Relatively High, Ten Rats, French Ticklers and Kringo Kids. The Ten Rats suffered the most team injuries during the season. These injuries ranged from black eves, broken Angers to major knee operations. ? x

In the. interview with Mr. Necci the question was posed whether the i school should purchase some type of football equipment for the team members since so many injuries occurred this fall. He felt that since flag football is supposedly being played, equipment should not have to be purchased.

In interviewing some of the

people. Our Christmas only fasts one {day so let's help their Christmas continue through the year. ' '

On Monday, December 15th, booths will* be set up around the campus. At this time we will be seeking dancers, and accepting sponsors and pledges. Please show your concern, and help in any way possible. There will be pledges boxes set up around the school for donations. Save your pennies, and give for the children!

Thank you, and please help us make the future brighter for 'Exceptional people everywhere by supporting our Dance Marathon.

Best wishes i for a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with happiness are sent to you from C.E.C.

Dance for an exceptional cause.

Own Risk intramural jj football players, many thought the teams played too rough this year displaying "dirty" tactics which is the main reason for the number iof injuries that did occur. One player remarked, "It got to the point where it wasn't fun to day, it was more like a self-defense test and your were considered lucky to walk away from a game." i |

Some players felt that the referees should have; had more control over the games and team members that tried to show "pro" tactics in flag football should be thrown out of the game. If the team was persistent in such actions From their teams members they;* should be dismissed from i the j Mercyhurst Intramural ^Football League and perhaps join the National or American Football League or start their own.

STUDENT , COURSE

EVALUATION The Student Course

Evaluation committee will have! a meeting on Wed­nesday, December 17, at 3:30 in 213 . Zurn. X tentative questionnaire and the organisation of the editorial board will be discussed. For additional ^information to apply for positions on the staff, please contact Rosemary Durkin at 864-9171. *

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Program Informs Black Students tmZLZ itoiifrifr IVI irriri^iiflfttfiii;. . :

/Moore Assistant {Director by Darlene Keith

The 101 program is a project designed by some of the area colleges. These colleges sawithe need,of in­forming black students of their cultural and social issues.*' J *& '* •This program $k gives students ideas and ways of meeting the raciali problem head on and finding the an­swers to reach unity. 1 ? ",

Photo by: Jim Each of the area colleges

have representatives. The representatives consist of two students i and t one# ad­ministrator from each college. These people meet on a regular basis and? report their progress. | | -

I* The area colleges actively involved in the 101 program are: . Gannon, Behrend,

is Edinboro,^Allegheny and

II Sunseed II Coming Erie | Yoga Society is

bringing a lovely, spiritual ipovte TiSUNSEED" to Erie on December' 14, 1975 at St. Patrick's Cauley Auditorium, 217 East 4th street. There will be three showings of SUN-SEED, at 2:00,7:00 and 9:00 p.m. The charge will be $2.00 per person;'tickets may be

?purchased at the door. The ilm can serve as -an in­

troduction *to what is hap­pening with the young people in the United States right now. Yoga and si the spiritual teachings of the gurus and yogis are one of the prime areas of spirituality in our country now. So if you want to learn about something new or

Special Education

further what you know come to see special movie.

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Prez } Mercyhurst.

Tyrone Moore, appointed as the assistant director of, the program, said that it*was aimed also at achieving racial harmony. Mr. Moore is qualified for this position, starting his college education at Gannon! and then trans­ferred to Edinboro' State. There he received his bachelors of science degree in secondary'^education and social sciences. • * Pf^ f

Now attending graduate school at Edinboro State, he is one course shy of his master offl art degree. Upon graduation; in May 1976, he will receive his masters in

Tyrone Moore

secondary education. Mr. Moore taught in Erie

for three years. For two years he was the guidance coun­selor at Gannon College, then for one year he was the

guidance, counselor for the Public Incentive Program.

The administrators, the students and Mr. Moore have high hopes-for this new program.

Voga comes to being in Erie.

fTuesday, Oct. 28, proved tof be quite an interesting evening in the Coffee House for those who came to hear the candid] humor of Chris Rush. A one-man comedy act, Rush presented a very | in­formal show whichtkept the audience laughing continually for one hour straight.

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rienee Challenging In browsing over the

catalog fen* intersession, you may have noticed a course called {'Field Experience for the- Mentally J Retarded." Your reaction probably was, "Where did they go?" *

Where they are is Ridgely, Maryland at the Benedictine School for exceptional children, a private facility for the mentally retarded. The school has classrooms and dormitories for children from 6-16 years, a Habilitation Center for clients from 16-30 years where job skills are taught; and a Half-Way House for girls who have graduated from the job skills

by Nary Rita Horvafh courses and have gained employment in the city during the day and return to the school at night. ^ &

Seven of the Hurst's Special Education students: Sharon CullatonJ Rosalie Coletta, Mary Rita Horvath, Karen Laubner, Phyllis Peiffer, Sue Sontag, and Kathy | Souers along with their, instructor, Sisten | Kathleen Cribbens, OSB, are currently involved in the experience. I A typical day finds the girls rising at 6:00 to go4o the children's dorms, where they help them with showering, dressing, and dorm chores, They breakfast with the kids

and then are off Ho the lec­tures from the school staff and visiting personriel.f^P^P

They are booked i into classroom observations and are out on the playground for after class activities. They are with the kids in the dorms again to help put them to bed.

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Professional reading is built into the schedule as are some interesting side trips to state institutions for the care of the retarded, to Rehobath Beach on the Atlantic shore and to Annapolis.

If *the schedule sounds exhausting,j it jis!' But it is three weeks of challenge and pleasure. Ask anyone who's been there! Mv «L i&

Try itiyou'llpke it !̂ It's a must offering i for : new Intersession. p >,

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Attention all E.C.'s. The English Clinic Is open during Inter session in 308 Main. \

Monday and Tuesday—8:45-12:00 and 1:00 - 3:30 Wednesday—9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 Thursday, Friday-*:30 -12:00 and 1:00 - 3:30 Other hours by appointment.

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Sportsmen meet

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bv Mary Sue Sabol The turn-out for the show

was fantastic and the crowd was quite appreciative. The word traveled t, fast about Chris Rush's ^appearance. WCCKjonefof the local FM radio ftstations, interviewed Rush prior to show-time and it was aired twice on Sunday, November 2, during the

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program At tLarge. This program is a favorite among many; thanks to WCCK, Rush received an added measure of publicity, not to mention Mercyhurst College.

Chris Rush's humor went over well on our campus; hopefully, SAC will be able to bring him back in the future.

]The financial aid packets for the academic year 1976-77 are now available in the Financial Aid Office. z

Included in the packets are: —The Parents* Confidential Statement (PCS) or the

Student's Financial Statement (SFS). Both of these should be mailed by March 1,1976. They take approximately four to six weeks to process, t , , ' 1> \

—The financial aid application for Mercyhurst College asking for general financial information.' This applications should be completed as soon as possible, f M f> 8R lj

The Pennsylvania ..Higher.Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) renewal applications will be sent to the student's home. Applications tor students who never received a PHEAA grant will be available in the Financial Aid Office in January. Deadline for the PHEAA applications,is May 1, 1976. t \ i i i i I

Students will be able to obtain Basic Education Oppor­tunity Grant (BEOG) forms in January also. Deadline for submission of these forms has not yet been established. •*

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Guest Editorial

College Goals Examined by D m BlandifMd And Paul M o w l z

The MercyhursK College of 1975, fast approaching its golden anniversary, should be as clear and precise about its educational assumptions, values'and ob­jectives as it was ini 1926. Social critics such;as Reinhold Niebuhr claim that as an institution grows it forsakes its founding ideals for an all pervasive self interest. If Mercyhurst is subject to this process, and few institutions are not, then the college must both analyze what assumptions, values and objectives it now acts upon and decide which it wants to act upon in the future. * \ ^$ I | | f; f -«

This call \ for self examination is not a J new challenge. Over the past two academic years four attempts have been made to examine the basic ob­jectives of Mercyhurst. The first effort was the 1974 doctoral dissertation of Father Charles Roland, which compared the objectives of the three private colleges in Erie. The second and third efforts were internal studies which included a faculty opinionaire undertaken by an^adthoc committee of the 1973-74 faculty policies committee and a survey of student opinions conducted by a committee preparing for the Middle States self study. The work of these three projects was then studied {by > the college's Middle States goals committee and a final statement on goals and objectives was put in the Mercyhurst report to Middle States. This report was seen by the college as the best? possible statement of the in­stitution's goals and objectives! How good a job did the college do? | f ^ r The response of the Middle States committee to the college is very informative. It announced that long-range planning is Mercyhurst's "most urgent unfilled need," and that the absolutely necessary first step in doing such planning here is "a new, clear, and sup­ported statement of goals." The report said that the statement of goals in the college's self study was 4'incomplete, not fully candid, timid and imprecise.'' Later, the Middle States Association announced that \m had decided to reaffirm Mercyhurst's ac­creditation, but asked that the college ̂ provide a written report b£ April 1,1978, on "two Major topics: (Da careful delineation of Mercyhurst's mission and objectives with evidenced that the several cohr stituencies of Hhe college have played a role in the determination of this mission and these objectives, and (2)| a design for the effective integration of vocational and liberal education." It was no surprise, then, that President Shane created Blueprint HI Task Force, with a principal objective of creating "a new

sense of identity, direction, and purpose" for Mercy­hurst. v * 4 ' i , s S

Obviously the task of precisely formulating ob­jectives! is not finished. Nor can we expect the Blueprint Task Force to do the task on its own. Input is needed from the entire college^ To add*a small dimension to the task we would like to suggest using the Merciad as a forum. In future articles we hope to raise some'of the value questions about Merchurst that are brought out in the earlier studies, especially in the faculty policies opinionaire. It may seem those reports are hopelessly out of date, rendered useless by the degree of turnover of students and faculty. But on the other hand the faculty turnover may add some significance to the Middle States comment that our goals statement is imprecise and timid. Please help us look at these questions in future Merciad issues.

To The Editor: J Is intersession worth it? This is the question I ask

myself | every* year upon entering the: registrar's office. And every year I; walk away mumbling to myself, "Well maybe next year." 3 | I i

Ihtersession in its beginning stages offered many opportunities for the students to concentrate in one specific areailt gave students the chance to travel, suggest their own course or choose from a large well rounded selction of courses. $ ? *P

As it stands now Intersession is nothing more than a glorified playground completewith beer kegs, rabble rousing,. fun and a little studying in between. W-

I have noticed the general* apathetic listless at­titudes of the students attending Mercyhurst College this term.fLooking at the course offerings I can see why. |\Vhat does Women's Sports or Food and Beverage Appreciation have to do with preparing us for the big bad world ahead of us? I find such courses a waste of time and money.

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On the other hand courses like Survival in Marriage or Elements of Finance seem to be very beneficial in preparing the student for what lies ahead of graduation. ._ | • ' j " |

It is my opinion that when a student comes to a school of higher education he expects to be taking well established courses of relevantj importance to his graduating requirements. i <

Most of the courses offered during Intersession as I see it, don't fill anything more that a fifteen day span of > time f and always to empty somebody's pocket. The only way to make such useless courses worth taking would be to charge less for the courses. Two hundred and twenty dollars is a lot of money to blow on a fifteen day course. *

Will Intersession improve? Maybe, maybe not. It is up to the students to {petition for better course selections or to do away with Intersession altogether., *r *, Dave Wallin t T i

Editor News Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Copy Editor Art Editor f Photographers

WRITERS AND CREATORS

Carol Quartuccio f Olivia Longo

Maryann Crowley Chris VanWagenen

j«g| Susan Barrie Darla Ma lone Bob Ronksley

w » ?Nancy Willis i JimPrez

Darlene Keith, Pat Weschler, Melissa McMurray, Andrea Kupetz, Terri Fiumara, Tony Mancuso, Holly Chiappazzi.

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FACULTY CONSULTANT

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The Merciad accepts, in fact encourages, the. sub­mission off articles, letters, and stories from liny and all members of the Mercyhurst College community; students, faculty, administrators, trustees, and friends of the school. However, as responsible Journalists we must reserve the following rights: *

1. .The right to revise copy into standard English; 2..The right to revise copy into correct Journalistic

form;! 3.. And, finally, the right to revise copy (but not change

mea ning) to fit layout design. n In addition. Letters to the Editor must be signed, must

be factually verifiable, and must be written In good taste, Names will be withheld upon request, but false names will not be used.

Intersession has been declining and people are beginning to wonder why. The apparent reason is the lack of time and effort on both the students and the faculty members parts. $ i £• fThe proof is contained in past booklets of Winter-

session schedules. In 1970 there were 53 courses of­fered ?and in 1972 there were 59 courses offered. Suddenly in 1973 the courses dropped to 41 and now this year, there are only 42. \,

The main reason instructors don't offer Inter­session courses is that their teaching contracts state that (hey only have to teach eight courses per year. *j

This means that they-can split up the classes any way they choose. If they fwould choose not to offer Intersession, that's fine. • \ * ?i ? T

The faculty like to fit their allotted number of courses into the three terms. This leaves November and December open for vacation or preparatory time for the winter term, •/ *| t fl $ Instructors who are directors or chairpersons only

have to offer seven courses per year. This is because they have to participate in these projects on their own

Even if teachers do not have to teach, you would think that some of them would offer courses to be helpful to the students.Apparently some of than do not possess consciences.

In the past five years, the same instructors have been popping up. The fact that they give up possible vacations every year warrants gratitude. These instructors are Beverly Di Carlo, Daniel Burke, Igor Stalsky, Ernest Mauthe, Peter Libra, Barry McAndrew, Sr. Eymard,̂ Marilynn Jewell, Robert Sturm and Mr. Higgins. j T '$

These instructors have offered courses for Inter­session almost every year for the past five years. If they teach in your area of study, you should feol

lucky. T* T1*"" Some of the faculty members names never appear

in the booklets. Although itrisn't required, couldn't they offer Interssession courses once in a while?

This leads us into the scheduling of classes. If not enough faculty members volunteer to offer classes, naturally there will be a smaller number of students who will enroll. Also with the limited classes, the aren't going to appeal to everyone. L 1 L

The majority of classes offered from any one section are seven. Most of the classes offered, come from the Creative Arts, Education, Natural Science and Social Sciences Divisions. I

So if none of these are your areas of study or are of interest to you, you are out of luck. Apparently the faculty in these areas are more involved with students.̂

When looking at the Intersession courses, we see eleven liberal studies courses out of a possible 42. Some of (he students, even though they might not be interested in what is offered, would like to take an LS course instead of an elective. & ,|

You may be wondering why there aren't too many LS courses. The answer is that most instructors fed that 14 days is not enough time to cover material that is required for a LS course. i jfe

There they are correct. Regular terms are 40 days and intersession is only 14 days. The students would have almost three times the work load.

Dean Garveylsays that they are thinking about making Intersession mandatory for the faculty. The hope is to have instructors from every division teach some courses related to that subject. ^Hopefully in the future, Intersession will become a

must for instructors and thus bring' about a new in­terest within the students and the faculty.

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DECEMBER 12, 1975 MERCYHURST COLLEGE PAGES Placement News

FOODS AND NUTRITION-CAREERS TO FEED A HUNGRY WORLD-CAREERS TO CURE THE ILLS OF THE WORLD THROUGH PROPER NUTRITION.

* With f more people populating Starship Earth than ever before, there is a need not only for Increased food production, but also proi^rW nutrition. f The population is increasing and food production is declining in some areas, so how do we accomplish this? '«

The answer is Agribusiness.! Agribusiness is a broad term which can be broken down into | three divisions: Research, Technology and Production. | | J

Under Research we find the f o l l o w i n g v c a r e e r s :1 a g r i c u l t u r a l ^ a i d e , agricultural economist, agronomist, apiculturist, biochemist,* botanist , ecologist * plant and animal, entemologist, feed research aide, | food| | scientist/ geneticist, horticulturist, nutritionist, olericulturist

^("vegetable g a r d e n s p e c i a l i s t ) , p l a n t nemato log i s t ,* p lan t pathologist, soil con-servationist,*soil scientist, soil i technologist: and

t veterinarian. / Under̂ Technologyf'we find:

^agricultural \ engineer, ^agricultural airplane* pilot, farm equipment mechanic, farm implement dealer, fertilizer ^|plant ? owner-operator, grain elevator

^manager, irrigation engineer, ^vocational, agricultural iteacher. ^ M

Under Production we have: agricultural produce sorter, animal breeder, bee-keeper, cattle farmer, cattle randier,

- chicken sexer (determine sex of baby ichicks), dairy technologist, dairy tester, dairy farmer, egg candler, farmer, farm f hand, farm manager, i farm supervisor,

Nutrition feed store operator, harvest contractor,* irrigator, meat grader, orchardist, «pest control technician, ^ plant breeder, ]plant quarantine inspector, poultry farmer, poultry hatchery manager, power tfarm ** machine operator, seed analyst*

In addition to Agribusiness, A qua culture and Fishing is another source of food for a hungry'world. A career in Research * (Aquaculture) could lead! to: aquatic biologist, fish bacteriologist, fish culturist, | ichtyologist, marine ecologist, marine zoologist. ;c

A Career in Aquaculture Production coula mean: fisher*, fish farmer, frog

er, fish hatchery worker, shellfish-bed Worker, shellfish grower. ' m

Food 'has become an in­creasingly valuable com­modity - in fact gold - which has long been the world currency - is being replaced by food and oil. I ^

Agribusiness and Marine Science are careers not to be taken lightly,nor overlooked when choosing 1 your life's work. W T? I According to the latest survey $ of northcentral colleges and universities, the agriculture, grads that were placed ahead of others in 1974 were those who specialized in agriculture business and economics, agriculture education, agronomy, food science, farming, and animal science. *%&% ? &• m Over 95 per cent of i those graduating in 1974 from* ag colleges in the midwest were able to find jobs in their area of specialization. Private industry employed the largest number ?of the- graduates,

World" can be obtained at the Career' Planning and Placement Office, 204-Main.

NOTE OP INTEREST TO SENIORS: The Pace Exam (Federal Government) will be given Saturday, January 24,1976 at 9 a.miat Zurn 114, and on Saturday, February 28,1976 at 9 a.m. at Zurn 214. Application deadline ̂ for \the January date is December 17, 1975 and for the February date the deadline is January 17,1976. Applications may be obtained at the Career Planning and Placement Office, 204-Main.? ̂ . .' * .

The State Civil J Service Commission $is accepting applications for student aide, summer positions v for students who have completed at least three years of college. Written examinations will be scheduled at statewide test centers as, soon as possible after applications * are received. Applicants must be Pennsylvania residents who haye completed at least three full years of college by July 1, 1976, and who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate program; they must be in good academic standing and must plan to be returning to college in the falliof 1976. Bi­weekly aide salary jjis $279. Final date for applications is December 12, 1975 A so hurry down today! Apply at the 13th and State street Office of the P e n n s y l v a n i a S t a t e Employment. ;# f

College seniors or graduate school students expecting to achieve their degrees in the near future are invited by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and

followed by farming and t t s companion tri-$tate p r o f e s s i o n a l if a r m management, in-iThe 'food business is

business today! ife Further information on

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business association, The PENJERDEL Corporation, to & meet with prospective employers 1 Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30,1975, while they are home

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on Christmas vacations. The program, in its ninth

year, is called OPERATION NATIVE TALENT. It will begin at 9 a.m. both days at the Benjamin rfranklin in Philadelphia, Pa.

The object of the conference is to give approximately 60 Greater J Philadelphia em­ployers and college-trained men and women wno live in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and the State of Delaware an op­portunity to5 get to know one another. The hope is that the college seniors and graduate students who qualify will find career * employment op­

portunities in their'home community, h* f 7 There are no charges of any kind to the students attending OPERATION NATIVE TALENT. ̂ Nor is there any need for pre-registration. Simply show up at the Ben­jamin Franklin Hotel either or both days., i t &

VACANCY ANNOUNCE­MENT —•; Applications will be accepted from January 1, 1976 to February 15,1976, for the summer positions of Forestry, Aides & Technicians. Applications may be obtained ] at the Career * j Planning and Placement Office, 204-Main.

Health News

Unawareness Of Colds

WHAT CAUSES A COLD, AND HOW IS LOWERED RESISTANCE AND CHILLING INVOLVED? }

The cold is* caused by a virus. I Although the virus itself does little harm it prepares the Way for secondary invaders. These invaders are the bacteria that prolong the cold and produce most of its characteristic symptoms.! The virus to which the body is susceptible seems to be a causative factor when a person's resistance lis lowered. A person reduces his resistance when he has I a poor-diet, subjects himself to undue fatigue or exhibits poor health habits in general, cji

Chilling as an example tends to lower a person's resistance to disease. The nasal mucous membrane is very sensitive to changes in temperature, drafts will

Chills and result in a

congestion oft the nasal membranes, and body's resistance to viral attack if one's circulatory system fails to make proper adjustment. - Interesting to note, however, is the result of a study con­ducted by the Common Cold Research ^at Salisbury, England. Exposure of Salisbury workers Ho the wearing of |wet socks, a dousing with cold water and then standing in drafts until teeth chattered, has no effect upon their susceptibility to the cold virus. | & ;

In another study volunteers atj the University of Illinois were kept awake for fifty-six hours without indicating any more susceptibility to the common cola than well-rested people. No explanation as to why these people did not contract a cola is offered. They offer an insight into how 4 little we do know about the common cold* * p

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Laker's Lose And Win

If you think the Lakers are 3—3, think again. The Lakers, in all honesty, should be 6—0. Jesse Campbell, Paul Young, Connie McCoy and Jeff Daven have by far impressed me the most. When you consider the first game wasjostiby one point, the second by eight points, and the third by two points, it appears that (he Lakers are a better team than even Jack Polancy figured. Currently the Lakers are rated 17th in the NAIA ratings. For those that say the Lakers! are not a winning team, think again. { *

Special thanks to Joe "Snides" Snyder. Your articles on the Mercyhurst Football League are greatly appreciated by this writer. Joe, I hope you continue writing articles for the MERCIAD, if you can, because from my stand point your articles get more praise than a frontpage story. * *

Guess who's back winter term??? Yes, it's Racquet Richard. Richard Birmingham is coming back to Mercy­hurst so for all those people who have missed Richard, pretty soon you'll hear his opinions of this year's intramural basketball league, that if, if he doesn't hit any trees on the way back to Erie. ; >,

Warning: if you are associated or a part of the Mercy­hurst basketball team please make sure to fasten your seatbelts and check to see if the vans are able to make it off the campus at least. ? f 2 •!• £JF:

Story By: Al Nase Written By: Terri Fiumara Mercyhurst crew came into

existence during the year of 1971. Yet it has been one of the programs that the college offers that has grown over the years. Not many people know of crew because it seems that the media tends to *con-centrate on the other sports, but Mercyhurst is doing its best to introduce the sport and encourage the Mercyhurst community in participating or at least support the team.

The first year Mercyhurst went co-educational was when the crew team was adopted. Larry Pintea was given the job of head coach of the crew team. He jihad 3 j obstacles to overcome: to find some crew equipment, find a place to store it and to find a team. £

Coach Pinte£ discovered alF three lobstacles and*, in January of §1971 tthe team started practicing. It wasp difficult to get used g to practicing but by April 10, 1971 they began. In the fall the team won their first and only| race of the year. In the spring Coach Pintea had to resign as coach while initiating two men - who were previous oarsmen for college teams, Jack Gartner and Bob Angelucci, from the University of -Pennsylvania and Syracuse University, v *'

In 1972 Dave Shimpeno was installed as head coach and has remained in that position.! Coach Shimperno: should J be given a lot of credit toward the advancement of the team. The crew team now races in such regattas i as the Dads r Villi. Governors Cup, Ithaca Nationals, St. Catherines and Mid-Americas/ Mercyhurst has developed into one of the better crew teams of this and

areas. |5gj f| A girls crew team was

added iust« last year which doubled the number of par­ticipants in the sport. Mercy­hurst rows against7 crew teams that all participate on fall scholarships. Mercyhurst has no * participants or scholarships at present, to the fact thatl there is [jno scholarship fund for the crew

team. Still the. Laker crew team exists and* at least for now their history will continue to flourish, i '< t r

After their first six games, the Mercyhurst basketbair team has compiled a 3 win-3 loss record with two of the games being lost by a bucket or less. Mercyhurst opened up their season with a 73-72 loss to Edinboro during the Ferraro Ford - Erie Classic Tournament which played over a ,two day period, November 28 and 29. fr..

In the opener both teams compiled a number of turn­overs, but Mercyhurst, after being down by 19 points, came back and took the lead. In the closing seconds Edinboro had the lead 73-72. With 29 seconds left in the game the Lakers had the ball, but failed to come off with the final bucket needed to win. " ^ "]

The following night the Lakers exploded against Salem with a 94-72 victory over Salem Paul Young was lead scorer with 23 points and Jesse Campbell 'had 18 rebounds. r ft *

The following four games saw the Lakers on the road. On December 2, Buffalo State beat^the Lakers 79-71 and in the second game the Lakers suffered another tough loss. ThiSjwas followed up by? the Geneseo e s t a t e j Tip-Off Tournament.! Mercyhurst opened up against Harwick College. With about eight seconds left in* regulation time, Jeff Davern hit a 20 footer which put the Lakers in front 64-62. Hartwick's Gregg Hall then took a last second shot which was missed?but

Debbie Duda

Personality This week's personality

profile looks at Debbie Duda, a junior here at Mercyhurst majoring in Home Economics with ; a concentration in Housing and also a major in Social Work. Debbie is also captairi^of our cheerleading squad and a participant in women's # basketball and womeivfccrew. % f *

D e b b i e s t a r t e d cheerleading in eighth grade at St. Steven's School and also cheered for three years in Venango i Christian High School in Oil City. She has cheered for Mercyhurst since her freshman year, during which she was co-captain of the squad. J ?•

Debbie feels there is no interest and no student sup­port for the cheerleaders. She thinks that if there were men on the squad and assurance of a place j in the Athletic Department that there would be more interest and support. But for now until something can be done, the cheerleaders will do their job out*r of ̂ en­joyment and concern for a .winning team.

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by Tori Fiumara while on the road. This year, however, they received montey from Dean Garveiy and R.U.S. They feel this is a step in the right direction. ±

Debbie also said that the attitude could be improved if the team showed more spirit and also if the students showed more concern. She also feels that *if there were more home games that there would possibly be |more people at the games, f l ±

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tipped in by jBill Martin putting the game in an over­time. : ; 1E> £ During the overtime the

ile Debbie would like to get the

C h e e r l e a d e r s i»more recognition by getting a place in the Athletic Department. She feels that cheerleading is a sport and deserves more recognition than is received.

Debbie would like to further her education ' upon graduation from Mercyhurst at Michigan State or Purdue. She would likef to i someday design low-income housing for people and show them how to use it. K u 1 LI

game was tied three times with Jeff Davern hitting a jumper making the*score 70-70. Then with just a second left Greg Hall once again got off a shot which w a s missed but tipped in by Ralph Tugluse. Hartwick beat the Lakers 72-70. \ g In the consolation game of the tournament, Mercyhurst breezed by Geneseo State 66* 51. Jesse Campbell had 20 points and 17 rebounds. After going out in front in the first quarter the Lakers never lost the lead.

In their past outing the Lakers extended their win­ning streak to two with a 95-60 victory over Geneva. Once again Jess Campbell led all MercyhurSt scorers with 31 points and with 17 rebounds. The Lakers next game will be on Saturday, December 2, when; they play Tiffin at Gannon College.

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Mondays after 8, Thursday after 4. Tuesday: iff O VME JM0GHT