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Bond Issue Finances New Athletic Fields

A portion of the grounds behind Baldwin (foreground) that will be converted Into new sports fields. f fi

By Matthew J. Clark 1

At its October meeting, the Mercyhurst College Board of Trustees approved fmv

ding foi the renovation of the athletic fields north of Baldwin Hall. The project would also include the construction of a third field upon what is now the baseball outfield.

''Hopefully, the renovation will give us suitable fields, which are a problem right now," said Mercyhurst ?P resident Dr. William P. Oarvey. "They are a disaster and are unsafe," he added.

Carson Landscaping/ a "longtime friend" of (he college and designer of the original baseball field, is doing the work at a cost of $130,000, all of-which is to be financed by a bond issue.*

Work on the project is scheduled to begin on Monday.

"We hope to create a third field," said Dr. Garvey. "We're going to rebuild and recrown the current-football and baseball fields, and reconfigure the outfield at the farthest west corner. We will then sod and seed the fields," explained Dr. Garvey. w "Recrowning the fields will allow them to dry faster and will help eliminate the wetness of the fields," noted Dr. Garvey.

"The majority of the work will take place before winter, but the sodding will not take place until next Spi ing, and no one will be able to use the fields until next August," he explained. \ $;. %•.

This means that the baseball and softball teams will have to find alternate sites for this year's home games. Decisions as to where to have the games will be left up to the team's respective coaches.

"With an additional field, we're hoping to bring the soccer team back to the main campus and have the football team use the other two fields," explained Dr. Garvey.

"We would keep St. Mark's field for in-tramurals," he added.

Dr. Garvey expressed that this decision had the future of the college in mind.

'' I hope this renovation project will take care of the field problem for many years to come," he said.

Frank Burns JWasJ\| Jerk But Larry Linville Isn

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by Robert Upton French «*

From time to time, almost everyone gets a good laugh from TV. Sometimes it's even when a television character pokes fun of TV itself. Some of the deepest belly laughs come from encountering, in a TV skit, a human being who tends to think of people on television as real. Most of the time, this individual is a little old lady in tennis shoes who is firmly convinced that all of the characters in her favorite soap operas really exist and in real life are good or bad, accor-ding to the depiction of the character. This Is obviously ridiculous; but, it is not totally surprising when you consider the incredible power of the medium of television.

Television surrounds us. We- sit mesmerized in front of it. The picture danc-ing and flickering before our somewhat glassy eyes. The sound waves rolling over our body and fading into oblivion. We need do nothing more than pay cursory atten-tion, and for many of the more sophomoric shows, even that level of concentration isn't necessary. 5

But the real point here is the fact that all of us, not just those people who have been made butts of Jokes, tend, aHeast, on a cer-tain level *to think of TV? characters representing an accurate personna of the actor portraying them.

When Larry Linville, better known as Major Frank'Burns (ferret-face) of the TV show "MASH", convulsed a near capacity crowd at Zurn auditorium, many • of the people seemed surprised at the type of per-son Burns/Linville was. When Larry lin-ville came out on stage he followed a jibe hurled by Mike Kelly, President of MSG Government and escalated the mild vulgari-ty. It somewhat set the pace for the night.

. Linville is an obviously intelligent, ob-viously witty, normal human being. He would appear to be the kind of person with] whom you could sit down and enjoy the conversation and not be intimidated by his celebrity, and certainly not be exposed to the superciliousness of Major Frank Burns. We all KNOW that actors are different from their characters, but perhaps the ultimate criterion for an actor is how deeply they can convince us that they are indeed very much like the character they play.

Burns was such an enduring character that we all got to know him. Most of the nation of the United States have had Major Frank Burns, and company in their living room at least one night a week for most of the last IS years. During the period since the regular series ended, many places have had Burns and the MASH troop in their liv-ing room several flights a week. Not too long ago, in Cleveland, they had a MASH hour where they ran two back-to-back episodes every night of the week. It is a phenomenon of TV, even tho it was such a phenomenal success, it's still somewhat dis-quieting to be so suddenly made aware of the fact the Burns wasn't linville.

In^fact.jquite the contrary. For Frank was an uptight neurotic with deep in-securities and a overpowering feeling that since no one liked him so he might as well try and curry favor by being obnoxious, unpleasant and a snitch. Linville Is just the opposite. Burns was supposed to be barely competent and not particularly bright. If you listen to linville for more than 5 or 10 minutes you will find that the man is ex-ceedingly bright and his formal educational background will indicate that, and his quickness at repartee underscores it.

Repartee that was well seasoned jwith

Former MASH star, scatology and profanity, which may have jt-l indicated to many why the term "swear Hke a trouper"}came from acting troops not military troops in the field, Linville was profane, he was vulgar, but* he was ap-propriately so. He was humorously so. He kept the audience interested, active and participating. They had a good time, and ! despite the fact that it is obviously work, it seemed that Linville had a good time. Lin-ville started by recounting his early days in the business, his familial background and his educational background. All were sur-prising, but none to the incredible extent of | educational background. j

The adolescent Larry Linville was a self- M described aviation nut; by the age of 42 he 3 was a licensed glider pilot. A decade later he was majoring in aeronautical engineer-ing at the University of Colorado and eye-ing a transfer to the newly-opened and nearby United States Air Force Academy. |

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]List Honors Excellence by Kelley Moore

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The Mercyhurst College Dance Dept. is presenting Dance Esoterica, Nov. 13, 14, and 15 at 8:15 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall on The Mercyhurst 'campus. The event displays the versatility of Mer-cyhurst dancers in both classical and modern ballet. * ; ™

There will be five different works choreographed by Jean-Marc Baier, the directoi of the Dance Dept., June Hines, instruc-tor of Ballet, and Dafna Rathouse, an invited guest originally from Israel, who has worked with the Bat Dor Dance Co. and Kubbutz Dance Co. in Israel, and various other com-panies in Spain and the USA. 1

Baier choreographed the music of Bella Bart ok's in "Unfinished Journey.** This work deals with the weight of tragic events in a human's past and frustration at the absurdity of present.

The second work, "Windows,.*' which is a result of the collabora-tion of Baier and Rathouse, deals with the outer image of men and

women in a micro-society. "Tender Ties*' choreographed

by Rathouse, deals with a sen-sitive relationship between a man and a woman. Cesar Franck com-posed the music of the this work. i$ Hines has choreographed and is featured in "In Dreams Only," music written by Samuel Barber. The subject of this work is that, in dreams, anything is possible in a relationship. Angela Elston has written a poem or this particular work, which will be part of the performance.

The last work "Graduation Ball** is a one act comic ballet restaged by Hines. Baier com-mented "It will draw a great deal of laughter.** This work focuses on an evening of gala put on by girls at a finishing school in Vien-na to entertain graduates of a nearby academy. Father Chuck Schraitt ot Campus Ministry, and Danielle Hahm of Meryhurst's HRM Dept. are featured in this] performance. The music is by Strauss, as well as original choreography to the music of Bar-tok, Samuel Barber, Franck, and Astol Piazzola.

Dems^-Wki^ig by Chris Kovski

The Merciad staff is proud to announce that its endorsements were 67 percent in step with the feelings ot state voters. En-dorsements last issue went to Bob Casey, Bob Edgar and Tom Ridge. T ^

Casey took a slim 51-49 percent victory over Republican opponent William Scranton. Casey lost in Erie County, 35,425 to 37,417, | but won by 128,576 votes in Philadelphia.

It appears we will now see the 44Real Bob Casey,** as he stated in his 1986 election gambit. His previous attempts in 1966, 1970 and 1978 were fruitless.

The Mercyhurst faculty survey returns favored Casey 16. to 11, while the students had chosen Scranton, 78 to 50. v *¥*

The faculty didn't fare as well in the Senate race. They. picked Edgar by a very slim 13-12 margin. The students, on the other hand, reflected the views of the state's voters, as they chose

Specter, 84-48. The state percentage, 56-44,

reflected the waning interest in campaign rhetoric, as Specter) outlasted Edgar's pointed 'references to Specter's duality. He accused Specter of flip-flopping on the issues of the MX missile, South Africa sanctions and Social Security, among others.

Specter loses some of his GOP companions in the Senate, as the Democrats regain control of the Senate after a six-year hiatus. Ex-perts have attributed this growing support for Democrats to the 18-24 year-old age group.

One candidate who didn't cash in on the Democratic revival was Joylyn Black well. Blackwell was soundly defeated by 21st Congres-sional District incumbent Tom Ridge. Ridge was favored throughout the district, especially in Erie County, where he won 61,486 to 11,750. f

bd on tms race, as me runner snowed a predilection for Ridge, 24-2, and the latter preferred Ridge 107-15.

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Baier, the Director of Mer-cyhurst's Dance Pept. since 1984, is enthusiastic about. Dance Esoterica. He asserts the "per-formers get better and better every year." Baier believes as a result of time "the works show ^ more potential to get the realm of choreography improved.*'

Tickets are available at the door and in advance. Admission for the Mercyhurst community is free. Adults, $3.50. Senior Citizens, $1.00. For reservations or more information, call 825-0257.

New |Rep. Proposed by Jennifer Singer*

On Sun., Nov. 2, 1986, MSG Vice-president John Widecan call-ed the weekly meeting to order. * SAC Chairperson Tracy Wasson announced the beginning of the SAC Clothing Drive on Mon., Nov. 3. y y, The SAC will host Family Feud on Friday at 7 p.m. First prize is

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On Saturday, shuttles will be going to and from the football game. The Sally Sehrader Award for the most industrious MSG representative will be presented at the game during halftime. ~w_

The movie VISION Ql EST will be shown in the Student Union video room Sunday at 7 p.m.

Jane Anne Mohr was then recognized. Mohr explained her proposal for the election of an open major representative. The proposal passed. In April, an open major representative will be elected during the annual) representative»elections.

The proposal requires the new position to be held by a sophomore or junior with an undeclared major. If the represen-tative declares a major while occu-pying the seat, their alternate, also (undeclared, must take over. If the alternate subsequently declares a major, he-she will continue to serve until the next election.

There are currently 126 students undeclared at Mercyhurst. This * 'open major" total includes 76 freshmen, 43 sophomores, 6 juniors and 1 senior. (

MSG President Michael Kelly then explained the latest news in the parking issue* Merrill "Bud" Dever, director of security,-In-formed Kelly that the Egan-McAuley lot will be extended if weather cooperates. The Baldwin lot will also be lengthened. In ad-dition to these improvements, the south end of the Weber lot will eventually be designated as over-night parking for Briggs residents.

The meeting was then adjourn-ed by Widecan. * V* '*- . \ i * • • * t &*?

mm Lisa Costello is officers.

Costello to the paddy wagon by two Erie police

< < Arrested 99 For Cancer Society Cause By Julie Cherico

While conducting a meeting with her student assistants, Stu-dent Union director Lisa Costello was apprehended, without warn-ing, by two Erie City Police of-ficers Wed., Oct. 29.

ficers. came thToug rudely interrupted the meeting. Little did she know, however, that |she was the "criminal."

When the officers informed her of the arrest, she panicked. Her eyes filled with tears as they read her her rights, slapped on thej handcuffs and forcefully dragged her through the Union, where everyone was laughing, to an awaiting "paddy wagon". | "I was really taken by sur-prise," stated Costello. "When they saw how upset I was, they told me it was for the American Cancer Society." ?

The officers may have felt sorry for her, but they didn't reconsider about giving in to her. After all, Student Union workers, Baldwin R.A.'s and Mercyhurst's SAC of-ficers paid a good $25 to see her go through all of this.

Costello had this feeling and stated, "I know that Matt Robaszkiewicz was the ringleader of all this." (4 | ? : ?'

Costello's destination, obvious-ly was jail. Her cell was located in the middle of the Central Erie Mall where she was fitted for a

prision suit and had her "mug shots" taken.

After the booking procedures, Costello appeared before a judge and pleaded guilty to the charges of impersonating a boss, general harassment of co-workers and in-

b o n d gWa^ ^ posteorat 3*3007 wmcnsnetuone^* had to raise, although she did have the use of a phone and phone book in her cell to contact others for pledges.

"It was scary, but it also was an experience," said Costello, "because they had confidence that I could raise that money." She continued, "A lot of people already there only had to raise $100." •£

The first call Costello made was to Mercyhurst's Phyllis Aiello. She then went on to call other faculty members, family and I friends continuously for 2 114 hours. She made her bond during this time and the largest donation pledged was $20.

After the ordeal, Costello pull-ed herself together and thought about what had happened. She sent thank you letters and her "mug shot" to all those who helped her to achieve the quota of $500, which was donated to the American Cancer Society.

Costello concluded, "It made me feel good that I was able to raise that much money for a good cause." *

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i\i An Afternoon of Spirit Verve fd The Mercy hurst community of-

ficially celebrated the 60th An-niversary of the founding of the college in a ceremony on Sunday that honored alumni and friends of Mercyhu i st. 4

The day's festivities started at 11:30 p.m. with a celebration of mass in the chapel by Fr. Chuck Schmitt, Mercyhurst's Chaplain. Immediately following mass, brunch was served in the cafeteria and in^the Blue Room for the guests and participants.

At 1:30 p.m., the formal ceremony began in the Zurn Recital Hall The Mercy hurst Col-lege School of Music Wind Ensemble, under the baton of director Robert Do I wick, opened the program. The D'Angelo School of Music's own Joseph Chiarelli sang the National An-them accompanied by the Wind Ensemble.

After the invocation by Mer-cy hurst's former (haplain, the Rev. Monsignor Daniel J. Martin, the guests and award recipients were welcomed by President Dr.

William P. Garvey. Dr. Garvey then, in turn, Introduced -Sr. Carolyn Herrman^ the Mother Superior ol Sisters of Mercy, the order that founded the Mercy colleges;!

Sr. Carolyn related to the au-dience i\he background of the Convocation's guest speaker, Sr. Marylouise Fennell, and the topic of her address, "Re-imagine Catholic Higher Education: Welcome the Dream of Mercy Education - A Tradition in Ex-

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cellence. Sr. Marylouise is cur-rently the President of Carlow College, a Mercy institution, located in Pittsburgh. S

Sr. Marylouise has had an ex-tensive background in higher education. She received her doc-torate from Boston University in Education and completed her post-doctorate work at Harvard :and the University of Connec-ticut. Besides having served on more than two dozen community and church organizations, she has held a position on the Election Commission and the Department

Sister of Mercy Mother Superior, Sr. Carolyn Herrmann in-troduces the guest speaker. £

Mercyhurst FightfSong Go for it Lakers

Fight for the Hurst Show us the spirit^ 4 * ' that has always made you first

Fight^Fight! Fight!

Win for the Blue and Green* Bring horn? the game

Look for the lights that burn forever in the hall of Old Main

Lyrics by Gary Myers Music to the tune of "Anchors Aweigh"

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Her speech stressed the need for changes in higher education to keep up with the constantly changing j|world. "The major changes in America's population, culture and technology," Sr. Marylouise explained, "are struc-turing the priorities of higher

j education." * "American colleges and univer-

sities are going to be increasingly I serving adult and part-time j students," she said. Conversely, "there will be a decrease in the

number of 18 - 24 year** old students that are involved in higher education. The higher education system must ac-i comodate these increases and decreases to continue to exist.

Higher education also must make a commitment to the future of it's students. "We have prepared people for their first job, while other nations prepare peo-ple for careers. Higher education

i must act now if it is to produce people with the interpersonal

| skills and motivation, as well as the ability to deal with change that our society and work force, lead by corporations, must have," Sr. Marylouise stated.

Sr. Marylouise stressed that higher education "must become

| an agent of change in what has become^ a fluid .society. Most educators agree to be leaders in higher education; they, must be able to identify and anticipate the trends'that will affect students." She also recognized the impor-tance of the liberal arts education in today's world. *' A The conclusion of Sr.

Marylouise's address was most positive. "We have not lived out the dream of higher education."

Following the address, the achievement awards were handed out by Dr. Garvey and Sr. Carolyn to those people who have aided Mercyhurst. The Sister of Mercy Award Recipients were Sister M. Suzanne Eimer, '29, who was not present; Sr. Celine Fasenmeyer, '33; Sr. Geraldine Hull, an Honorary Alumna who was not able to attend because of health; Sr. Gabriel Koch, '39; Sr. Loretta .McHale, '34; Sr. Jane Frances Raffetto, '29, not pre-sent; Sr. Rachel Weber, '37. The Alumni Awards went to: Margaret Anne Mooney, '37, Patricia. Liebel, '53* Judith A. Pitney, '67, Gloria Heberle Sullivan, '44, and Officer Ronald Slupski, 474, who was not present due to being on assignment for thet Erie Police Department,

"F)riends:of the College"*] Awards were bestowed upon the following: J J. Robert Baldwin, who was ^not present due to ill health, Helen L., Edward P., and-! John E. Boyle, Charles A. Dailey, Jr., Jane Theuerkauf, the late Ed-jj ward F. Zurn and James A. Zurn.

After the presentation of the awards, the Mercyhurst College Chorus* backed, by! the Wind

Sr. Marylouise Fennell giving the Convocation address.

Ensemble, debuted the school's "Alma Mater," and "Fight Song." Both were well received by the guests and faculty at the Con-vocation, as was Dr. Garvey's an-nouncement that the school would be looking into the possibility of placing a light in Old Main's tower that would tell everyone of the 'Hurst's victory in sporting events. i-

After the Benediction and Clos-ing by Monsignor James M.

Burke, V.G., Episcopal Vicar for the Northern Vicariate, the Chorus and Wind Ensemble played the Recessional. A recep-tion followed in the Student Union. j * Afterwards,J Dr. Garvey was

proud of the way the day went. "A college lives on tradition and identity, from which it draws its uniqueness. The afternoon had spirit and verve. It was historic, totalling 200 years of service."

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Dr. William P. Garvey gives the Sister of Mercy Award to Sr. M. Gabriel Koch, '39 as Sr. Carolyn Herrmann looks on.

Alma Mater We hail our College Alma Mater

The Hurst that's built upon the hill, With love for all she has taught us,

Traditions that we carry still. Old Main stands for the courage, The opportunity To seize each moment of the future Awaiting you and me. |

The gates stand always open, s I The trees all green upon the grounds, And when we look to Mercyhurst,

There's no better to be found. Lyrics by Gary Myers

*Music by Joseph Chiarelli

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Letter to the Editor The Merciad has a policy of only

running signed letters. This, one, however, showed enough effort, as well as an attempt at being witty, that we felt It deserved to be printed.

Dear Editor, The recent (Oct. 31) issue of The Merciad has confirmed a suspicion I have harbored for some time. It is than you, and perhaps several of your staff, are devil worshippers. Most readers are fools, failing to recognize the subtle temptations of some satanically oriented print. media. Most of us who are wary of the devil*s ways know that most music made nowadays can be played backward to hear the satanic messages encod-ed thereon. Some of us have begun to see through the supposed '' puri-ty'* of print media. Your recent issue is a case in point. We know that the devil seduces us through that which we want most. Today that is money. He makes us money I hungry, then makes us fail in our financial endeavors, then offers to make us rich again if we will sell our souls. Consider your recent issue (the "Halloween issue'*).

1. You review the movie "The Color of Money.*' f

2. The advertisements are full of dollar amounts and dollar signs.

3. It was not enough to fill your publication with the above. No, in at least three places (page 3, col. 3, line 7; page 4, col. 1, line 45; page 7, col. 5, line 12) you placed a dollar [sign inside of Quotation marks where one did not belong. This is1

the worst kind of sinister deviousness. It is well known that college students try to avoid looking directly at what is inside of quota-tion marks (since they are afraid that what is in there will have to be memorized). Thus, they see your dollar signs inside the quotation | marks INDIRECTLY! Subliminal suggestion? You bet! If you can't get them with regular dollar signs you try with hidden ones. Again this is a favorite satanic trick. r

But you were not content to stop there. Your prize piece, the work of collaborative fiction, is the most in-

sidious piece of satanic craftsman-ship I have seen in several weeks. It masks as a frothy, substanceless bit of sophomoric humor. BUT READ IT BACKWARD, Not one word makes any sense EXCEPT the word "lived" which occurs in three places (notice the mockery of the number 3 implicit in this ~ the mockery of the concept of trinity). As you well know, "lived" spelled backward spells you know what!

I know you will not dare print this letter lest your "cover will be blown**. If you do print it it will merely be an attempt to make light of the whole issue by employing the old public disclosure trick (if you have something to hide, make it public yourself and people will say "it can't be true, otherwise why would they have publicized it"). Since you will probably not dare publish this letter I have sent another letter which will look just like an ordinary one. But those who are on the lookout for satanic press will know how to read it and be warned of the danger your publica-tion represents. >j

Your eternal rival from the side of the Good J$ j ^ ^ j

Unsigned (I know what happens to those who reveal their identities to the likes of you)

Editors' Response: Okay, you caught us. We're guilty. We admit it. There were only two occasions of |the word "lived** in our story. If you really want to get picky, you failed "to Tiot!ce~Tharwe "alstf raifa' JFAR SIDE about chicken cults and we gave notice to the movies [CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD and SOUL MAN. In addition, the reference b (Column 4, lines 8-15 under, the picture) to the Book of Revelation refers to the Antichrist, the being born of a jackal, hence the snout. The dollar signs weren't our doing; they were the work of our satanic typesetting machine. We do take offense, however, at the reference to our the story being call-ed * ' s u b s t a n c e l e s s ' ' and "sophomoric." What can we say? The devil made us do it.

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Schrader Is Remembered By MSG Awards Renaming

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by David Armstrong ('86), former MSG President f

On Sat. Nov. 8th, during the halftime of the Laker football game, a special ceremony will take place. Due to the efforts of Mike Kelly and MSG, Robert Schrader, the husband of Sally Schrader, will receive a plaque in honor of Sally's remarkable support for MSG which ended with her death on July 5, 1986. 5 V T ]

Besides being Secretary for E.W. Kennedy, Sally, in conjunc- j tion with the MSG Treasurer, managed all the financial respon-siblities of MSG and SAC for 18 years. The plaque to be presented on Saturday is but a small token of gratitude for Sally's part con-tribution to MSG. J

Before taking over the duties of President of MSG, an outgoing officer mentioned that if there ever was a problem, Sally would

take care of it; this was a monumental understatement.

Sally was always there to help the officers in any type of situa-tion, whether it dealt with MSG or personal matters. Students' in-terests were always paramount in Sally's work. That is why Mer-cy hurst, MSG, and the alumni will dearly miss her.

When choosing a college, students look at the advantages of a small college over a big universi-ty. Small schools thrive because they can offer students "the per-sonal touch."

Mercyhurst's personal touch was exemplified by Sally Schrader. I lament Sally's passing not only because I knew her, but even more so because future students of Mercyhurst will never experience the love and care Sally had to offei. *

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which Dave speaks of involves the MSG Representative Award. In the past, the award has been presented to that person who, in the opinion of the executive com-mittee, has contributed the most, to Student Goverment during the year. In the future, this reward will be renamed "The Sally Schrader Memorial Award." #

The Student Goverment voted to change the name of the award to pay tribute to Sally Schrader, who was a constant friend and supporter of MSG as well as of all students whom she encountered as Secretary of Student Services.

Kovski 9 Korner by Chris Kovskl

What *'wuuld —harden Department of Defense sold its old weapons? I don't mean the; jeeps cut in four pieces that you can find in an Army Surplus catalog, or the old M-l or M-16 rifles. I'm talking about the heavy "hardware." Here would be a typical day at the D.O.D.: f

"Good afternoon, sir. How may we help you at the D.O.D. Department Store?" asks the young salesman, stylishly smart in his khaki dress uniform. (That's khaki, not tacky.)

"Well, I was kind of hoping that you'd be able to help me find something for my aging Grand-mother. She turns 80 this month."

"I'm sure we can find something. George, anything on those French Exocet cruise missiles?" . "Sorry. El Salvador got the last of those yesterday. We do have some of those Super Matra missiles. Go great on an F-4, an F-20 Tigershark, or even a Mirage 2000." , 1

"I don't know. How about something a l i t t le more American?" *

"How about a new M-l tank? Chrysler made, ACE support vehicle to dig J the 2.5 million dollar baby In for firing, a 1-year service contract and its own fuel truck all for the special Geritol-subsidized package price of only 3.5 million, before taxes.** r

"I don't know. What kind of can I tet?" $ * *

••Chrysler's standard 2.9 per-I financing.** jffi fe" %

"Wett, let me tMnk this over." As I stand there in my little fan- *JJJ

tasy, debating the state of my finances, as well as the amount of

•••' povei n m f T H - m o n c H could-*©* claiming myself a sovereign na-tion about to be taken over by the1

Soviet Union's sympathizers in a bloody coup d'etat, in walked Gen. Halfwit.

"Hey boys, what do you have for me today?"

"How about one of these gorgeous M-l tanks? Only 5 million, complete, after cost over-runs and markups."

"Sounds good. I'll take 7,000." "Great! Usual terms?" "Yeah. Just send the bill to the

taxpayers." * $ At that time, I realized poor old

Grandma wasn't going to get her M-l. After all, I have to pay my share on these government purchases/ *

When the general walked out TNI f All SIDI

the narrow doorway, he jostled the startled Arab representative

a Iking in i "Excuse me," the general said,

as startled as the Israeli. "Are you new here in Washington?"

"Sure am. I had to check out your bargains here to see if I can find a better deal than in the KGB

I catalog." The general said "We'll have to

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The Merciad Interview:

L i n v i l l e R e f l e c t s O n H i s P a s t & L i f e A f t e r M A S H An interview with Larry Linville conducted by Brian Sheridan

The scene was somewhat rem in scent of a setting- from a Hemingway story. There was ac-tor Larry Linville, the man I was to interview, sitting at the bar of the Hilton Hotel's? saloon " Billy's. "|The rock music of the bar's video screen blared outfthe latest video hits from Genesis, Rik Ocasek and Glass Tiger for* a smalt group of patrons, none of whom were dancing. The casually dressed Linville sat with a cigarette dangling from his lips and was taking sips from his glass that was filled from the bottle of Heineken that stood in front of him. Her was making small talk with the waitress and the barmaid who were obviously enjoying the presence of the man once known on television as i*ferret face," but who has yet to repeat the success that role brought him.

"The background here is a damn sight better than that bleeding room," he said with a laugh that in no way resembled the whining giggle of Frank Burns*

''All right," he said preparing himsell for the on slaught of my questions, "sic 'em. Go."

The Merciad: What was some of your background in high school and college theater?

Linville: Really kind of dread-ful high school plays that turned into I don't know how to do it without doing twenty minutes. The whole point of me becoming an actor was that I never really wanted to be one and I had no in-tention of becoming one. I had a degree in engineering, I wanted to fly jets at Edwards Air Force Base test school. I never wanted any damn part of it. It was nothing I ever wanted or pursued or had any compulsion or any kind of obsession for. It was a freak from the beginning.

The Merciad: It is said that ac-tors pay their dues when they first start. How did you "pay your dues?"

linville; Oh yeah. Washing dishes in New York for thirty six dollars a week. Going on in a two and a half hour play and having one line. Having been trained at an engineer, I did some engineer* ing work/research and develop-ment, R and D stuff, just to make enough damn money to pay the bills while attempting to still be an actor, attempting to live on $40 a week with a wife. That's paying your dues, it's a pretty stiff and difficult existence that you have to be some kind ©f coinpuUsive to survive that and go on, or you don't. You go for the forty hour week, a can of beer and Che Super

Bowl, and sometimes I envy those people being able to do that. But it's not for me. People see you successful and the rest of it and they don't see the other part of it, when it's down and deadly and difficult.

Linville: No, not at all. I was a dramatic actor. I was very scary, always the villian. Reynolds really had to fight to get me the role. The irony is that once you become funny you can't be serious. They don't want you do to do anything

The Merciad: When "MASH" came,along, what was so unusual about your audition?

Linville: The only unusual thing about it was that it sprung from one day of work on "Room 222" and really had nothing to do withj anything else. Gene Reynolds, the producer, remembered two, two and half years later and brought me in to do this ( audition for MASH.) . This is very strange. When you get these questions, not only from you, but from the students when we have questions and answers, you get into a time machine and you go back in your brain, and even if- you answered these questions hundreds of times you still wonder. The strange thing is that you still don't know, you still puzzle it out, trying to figure out just what; the bloody hell -happened and why. You know what happened but the why of it is very difficult and involved. |t deals with past experience and past efforts, quirks.That's kind of contrary to a lot of ethics which teach that effort will be rewarded and you can be anything you want to be and all that other stuff you hear- from\ your parents and educators and other people. I'm not getting metaphysical; I don't mean to do that, but there is a cer-tain fate quotient that enters your life, whether you like i: .it not.

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serious. It all has to do with marketing, giving the public what they want and expect. This is a sale,..let's sell what's popular, not even what's possible or good or wonderful. The public has been quite amazing; they* 11 accept me in any arena playing a variety of parts. The merchandising type people tend to bet on sure things. If they make a half-ass mistake it's going to cost them their job. You get to a peculiar point where you wind up playing the same roles to the point where the public gets damn sick of it. I am aware there's always another piece of meat coming down the road and if you go into oblivion, fine, they can go on with the new piece of meat.Jit's like that rock and roll song: a "new boy in town." You get to the point where you say "No. I'm not doing that role."

The Merciad: What were some of the roles you turned down?

linville: Frank Bums reincar-nated. I said no and went back to the theater. I got to play drunks and mad people, and it took me a while to get around not the public but the'damn network merchan-dising people. There is a strange situation that exists in the industry where we have MBA-types dic-tating to people have spent their lives Being creative and telling them how to create. mTheir ra-tionale is | that that »u$? have viewer demographics i- »><-ft don't mean a damn thir.ij. u you got a good thow people will watch it. £

The Merciad: The first season of MASH was low rated. Did you ever think it would become such a big hit? \ 28B8?. ?

is In the first weeks, no. We thought it was going to be a disaster. Every spinoff of a mo-tion picture has always been a disaster, every one. The motion picture was still being run. We said goodbye to each other very often. We figured that every show we did would be our last one. The ratings were very poor, the public was very upset with us for making a series from the movie because they loved the motion picture. It was during the summer reruns when the show took off. No, a first we thought it was a disaster but were quite pleased at having a job for a couple of weeks.

The Merciad: How did you ap-proach the role of Burns after Robert Duvall played him in the movie? Essentially he was a dif-ferent character.

Linville: Yeah, it was quite dif-. ficult because anything Bobby did in the picture we couldn't do on television. We had to create something totally new. (20th Cen-tury) Fox volunteered to bring the motion picture in and screen for us and we said "No." That's not being egocentric; it's just a fact that (Donald) Sutherland plays Sutherland better than Wayne Rogers. (Elliot) Gould plays Gould better than Alan Alda. Bobby Duvall plays Bobby Duvall better than I do. But I play Lin-ville better than Bobby Duvall ever could, and so on. So, we all created lour own identities | and kind of ignored the motion pic-ture as if it never existed.*If we had attempted to ape it, we would only come up with a sad percen-tage of their efficiency.

The Merciad: As the series pro-gressed, Alan Alda gained more behind-the-scenes control. How did the atmosphere change on the set? 5 JQT

Linville: The time I was there, not at ail. Only Alan did more than one job. For us that was real-ly all there was to it. The script came up, his name was on it, the director came in and it was him. That as the only mark of delinea-tion. We were all partners, an ensemble, and if anyone got out of line or became egocentric, even Alan, we would jive them hell to regain the sense of proportion. That comes from being theater

not film people;

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The question I'm sure cvtryoue asks, why did you leave the show?, "• m f 1" ?

Linville: Burnout. Gelbart once said we are our own worst enemy because we make it look easy and that's true. We spent 14 to 16 hours a day for 5 years. That's 27 full length motion pictures, back to back. Your personal life goes to hell. You basically don't have any. Five years of your life go by; you don't know where the hell they went. It was enough. The people who stayed beyond f that are not quite the same. How I don't know; I won't make any comment on that, but it is in-credibly difficult. We make it look easy, but it is not. When peo-ple come up to me and ask me the trivia questions, I can't answer them. It was the ultimate cram and scram routine where you cram those lines in your brain, put it on film and get the bloody hell out of there. Enormous pressure and tension, but it was all very worthwhile, though I might sound negative. How do you sustain it, though? You have to make choices. It was a one camera show, shot like a motion picture, where all the scenes were quite

i|short and you had to be there all the time. You're talking about hit-ting that stage at 7:30 a.m. and being damn lucky ii you got out of there at 9:30 at night. The public thinks that's glamorous because you're making lots of money. It's ideal being one of the most recognizable faces in the United States, yet when you're in the middle of all that, your life is going by and you don't know where the hell it went. You turn around and look at your peers, they're dying, they're stroking, farting out and- falling on their faces deader* than door nails. Then you begin to wonder what the hell all this is worth. Five years was enough for me and I left. You are given a great deal but for everything that's given to you,« something gets taken away from^ you. Moments f become minutes, days, years.

The Merciad: If you could go d back to the beginning of "MASH" is there anything you would change in Frank Burn's >« character?

Linville: Nothing, not a thing. There has been some horse's ass criticism that he should have been a more fully-rounded human be-ing, but these are people with no conception of dramatic art. If he would have changed in any way, he^wouldn't have been' funny. That's my one criticism of the show as it went on. By the year sine, everybody was Hawkeye. Who was das antagonist? Who was the dipsh-? Who* was she

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44 Bandits f Quite A Bore by Brian Sheridan

From the film's title, and from its advertisements, SKY BAN-DITS appears to be about two turn-of-the-century bank robbers who turn from attacking on horseback to dropping on banks and trains from a newly invented biplane. Wrong. After seeing the movie and discovering it has to do with World War I and very little about^ Western bank robbers, I feel that this should have been titl-ed BOX OFFICE BANDITS.

SKY BANDIT'S two main characters resemble every cliche that has ever been used in a "bud-dy" film but really steals from the classic "buddy" film, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUN-DANCE KID. -

Just like Butch and Sundance, Luke (Jeff Osterhage) and Barney

(Scott McGinnis) are bank rob-bers at the turn of the century and Barney always uses too many ex-plosives on the job, blowing the bank into smithereens. After this opening, you expect one to turn to the other and say "Think you us-ed enough dynamite there, Butch?"

If brains were dynamite, though, these two wouldn't have had enough to blow their nose. They get caught robbing a bank, but instead of going to prison, they are drafted into the army and sent to France to fight World War I. It's here, twenty minutes into the film, that you begin to suspect that you're not going to get what you've been promised.

Now at the front, Luke and Barney somehow just simply walk away from their regiment, never are missed and hook up with a

British Air Force outfit after destroying one of their biplanes. Now instead of being shot they are taught how to fly despite their inabilities to read or think logical-ly. Don't ask me why Luke and Barney just don't sneak away like they did before; I can't even figure out why they have the odd habit of using each other's name after every other sentence as if they feared forgetting to whom they were speaking if they didn't.

Now from the title, you would guess they learn to fly, steal the planes and start a barn-storming bank-robbing scam in France. That's not even considered by these two numbskulls. This film now becomes a limp version of THE BLUE MAX as Barney and Luke agree to shoot down a Ger-man airship that's as big as a city, which has been raining death

Original Choreography To Highlight Recital V

by Kelley Moore

The Mercyhurst College Dance Dept. is presenting Dance Esoterica, Nov. 13, 14, and 15 at 8:15 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall on The Mercyhurst campus. The. event displays the versatility c$ Mer-cyhurst dancers in both classical and modern ballet.

There will be five different works choreographed by Jean-Marc Baier, the director of the Dance Dept., June Hines, instruc-tor of Ballet, and Dafna Rathouse, an invited guest

Linville continued from page 1

After all, his ultimate goal was to be a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, not that far from his boyhood home in Sacramento. He was born in the small northern California town of Ojai, in 1939, into a family that he describes as, "being run by my father, the fascist. His name was Sir$"

According to Linville his initial interest in things thespian did not exist until puberty threw his glan-dular system amok. Then in a fevered search for surcease, he even tried football until deciding that it was too painful, even as a means of becoming attractive to young ladies of the female persua-sion. When he learned that the high school drama club had 25 girls and no boys, his opportunity presented itself and he seized it. He even convinced a brawny friend from the football team to join him. The Air Force and the gridiron both lost Larry Linville to acting. With the spread of American television, it is no exag-geration to say that their loss was our gain. "T ; I

originally from Israel, who has worked with the Bat* Dor Dance Co. and JCubbuti Danc^Co^in. Israel, and various other com-panies in Spain and the USA.

Baier choreographed the music of Bella Bartok's in "Unfinished Journey." This work deals with the weight of tragic events in a human's past and frustration at the absurdity of present. \

The second work, "Windows," which is a result of the collabora-tion of Baier and Rathouse, deals with the outer image of men and women in a micro-society.

"Tender Ties" choreographed by Rathouse, deals with a sen-sitive relationship between a man and a woman. Cesar Franck com-posed the music of the this work.

Hines has choreographed and is featured in "In Dreams Only," music written by Samuel Barber. The subject of this work is that, in dreams, anything is possible in a I relationship. Angela Elston has written a poem or this particular work, which will be part of the performance.

The last work "Graduation

Ball" is a one act comic ballet restaged by Hines. Baier com-mented "ft-wttHfraw a-«:rea*-deal of laughter." This work focusesj on an evening of gala,-put#n by girls at a finishing school in Vien-na to entertain graduates of a nearby academy. Father Chuck Schmitt of Campus Ministry, and! Danielle Hahm of Meryhurst's HRM Dept. are featured in this ^performance. The music is by Strauss, as well as original choreography to the music of Bar-tok, Samuel Barber, Franck, and Astol Piazzola.

Baier, the Director of Mer-cyhurst's Dance Dept. since 1984, j is enthusiastic about Dance Esoterica. He asserts the "per-formers get better and better every year." Baier believes as a result of time "the works show more potential to get the realm of choreography improved."

Tickets are available at the door and in advance. Admission for the Mercyhurst community is free. Adults, $3.50. Senior Citizens $1.00. For reservations or more information, call 825-0257.

JT O r U I T l continued from page radical conservative? Nobody. In the first year there was only one Hawkeye, only one liberal voice of reason of, humanity and everybody else was a kind of horse's ass for one reason or another. Look at year nine. Even Hot Lips is being a bloody Hawkeye in drag. Where's the contrast vwhere's the color? Peo-ple are not all the same. The ac-tor's profession is to portray these people and not kid the public and say "I don't like my image so I'll change and show you I'm kind and loving." That's crap, that's ego. An actor's job is to portray a

human being as they have seen them. If they're disgusting, fine. If they're noble and wonderful, fine*

The Merciad: If someone in the future looks back over the career of Larry Linville, what do you want them to rememeber?

Linville: I have a*daughter who's 17 going on 40. Screw show business. If 1 could have any type of epitaph, it would be that 1 was a good father. The rest of it d o e s n ' t m e a n shd

down from the skies on the troops.

It would have been all right if SKY BANDITS wanted to play war, had they fulfilled two re-quirements to all good adventure films. One, give us characters we care about, or at least like; and two, and most important, make the action exciting.

McGinnis and Osterhage need a crash course in charisma. They are supposed to be loveable rogues, but since they can't transmit any kind of charm to the audience, they come off as nothing more than knuckleheads. The chemistry between them comes through only when they are punching each other in the face, something they do with curious frequency. The script gives them dull dialogue to recite, and the funniest trait scriptwriter Thorn Keyes created for Barney was that he kept forgetting his matches with which to ignite his dynamite. A totally yuckless piece of work -devoid of any humor.

After seeing hundreds of movies containing flawless, realistic looking special effects, you forget that not everyone is a George Lucas. SKY BANDITS uses techniques, like back projec-ting an image behind a plane set to make it appear to be flying, that cause it to Too the old SUPERMAN TV, series. The shots of the monstei airship are either fuzzy and out of focus

or clouded in a tV/ so it won't look like a model. It doesn't help, and neither does the overuse of background paintings to create the illusion that it's a war torn country. j *

The only effects that work are the explosions, which are done to an excess. Director Zoran Perisic follows the rule "when in doubt -blow it up" quite closely as planes, buildings and fields go up needlessly in flashes of fire and smoke.

Another curious quirk of Perisic's is that he rarely shows people indoors. Everyone, from the commander of the squadron to the local girls, stands around outside, staring skyward, as if j they hope the great god of film will take them from such a wret-ched picture. Another reason could be that they spent all of the budget money creating those whiz-bang special effects, and couldn't afford sets.

SKY BANDITS wouldn't have needed state-of-the-art special ef-fects had it just had a clever script. We aren't that jaded yet that we need everything to look totally realistic. I could have even forgiven the film's conclusion that dives straight into silly fantasy as airplanes fashioned from cars and spare parts try to attack the Ger*

hfff^Wtth the-Wand and uncreative script though, SKY ! BANDITS goes over as well as a lead zeppelin.

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SKI CLUB

Anyone who is interested in ski-ing during Winter term call Karen Yoviene at 825-9453.

EAT-N-SPEAK*

Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, is sponsoring an Eat-n-Speak next Wed., Nov. 12th at 5:30 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room. Keith Hardner will be speaking on the Volunteers in Probation program and Victim Awareness. All are en-couraged to attend. This informa-tional session is also being spon-sored in part by the Academic Enrichment Grant.

AUDITIONS

Auditions for two short skits to be presented at the Christmas Madrigal Dinner on Dec. 4,5 and 6 will be held on Sunday, Nov.9 at 1:00 in the Little Theatre. No preparation or experience is necessary. There will be seven r e h e a r s a l s p r i o r to the performance.

STUDENT DIRECTORIES

Commuters can pick up their copy ol the current student direc-tory in the Student Union or from Sister Damien at the Information desk.

DANCE

The Dance Department of Mer-cyhurst College will present DANCE ESOTERICA on Nov.

13,14,and 15 at 8:15, and Nov. 16 at 2:30. Admission is $3.50 for adults and $1.00 for students and Senior Citizens. For reservations and more information call 825-0257. All peformances will be held in Zurn Recital Hall.

RECRUITERS ON CAMPUS

The following recruiters will be on campus this week: State Farm Insurance • Nov. 12, for all ma-jors; PA State Police - Nov. 13, for all majors; U.S. Marine Corps - Nov. 11, for all majors - inter-viewing for officer training programs.

SEMINAR

The Career Services Office will be presenting a seminar on inter-viewing skills on Nov. 12 at 1:30 in the Heritage Room, Main 203,

CLOTHING DRIVE S.A.C. is sponsoring a clothing drive through Nov. 20. Drop off clothing in the S.A.C. office.

R FAMILY FEUD Everyone is invited to attend the Family Feud game this evening in the Back Porch Cafe at 7 p.m.

SHUTTLES Shuttles will be available to the football game Sa turday . Times will be announced.

CONCERT K104 presents Alice ml euest Vmme

MOVIE The movie for this week is VISION QUEST at 7 p.m. in the Student Union.

Cooper with speq Vincent in concert, Nov. 9 at the Civic Center. Tickets are $13.75 in advance and $14.75 the day of the show, and are on sale at the box office and all Ticketrons. Charge by phone 452-4857. <v $

The Merciad is 'seeking photographers and reporters to develop their skills with the camera or the pen. \

{Apply by contacting Mr. Dennis McCarthy, Brian Sheridan or Chris Kovski at the Merciad office - the' basement of Baldwin Hall, phone 825-0376

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The D'Angelo School of Music, Mercyhurst College, presents the second concert of their 1986-87 Concert Recital Series on November 16, at 2:30PM, at the Tech Memorial High School auditorium, 3325 Cherry Street. At this concert the New York: Vocal Arts Ensemble will perform works by Schubert, Brahms, Ravel, Strauss, and Folk Songs of the British Isles.

The Washington Star called them "as fine a vocal quartet as you can hear any where.'* After their debut in Paris, the music critic wrote that the New York Vocal * Arts Ensemble provided "some of the most beautiful sounds ever heard."

The New York Vocal Arts Ensemble has performed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and Europe. They have performed in New York City at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the New York Cultural Center and for the New York Choral Society.

They record for the Vox, Tur-nabout and Desto Labels.

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Season Record 15-4-1

L a k e r s F i n i s h S e a s o n W i t h S c h o o l R e c o r d by Jennifer Conmy

The Mercyhurst Laker soccer team finished its season with a 15-4-1 record. This record not on-ly tops last year's impressive figures but also sets a new school

Chris Mohr advances the ball past a Gannon defender in Saturday's game.

record for most wins in a season. The 'Hurst finished with the record after? action last week, posting a win over Penn State-Behrend before losing to second ranked Gannon in extra time, two ten-minute periods played in the event of a tie. ?

The Lakers' game against Gan-non proved to be one of the best yet. The Lakers scored first, early in the second half. Senior Tom Mulligan scored at the 47 minute mark of the game. Gannon came back eight minutes later to even the score at 1-1. The match ended in a lie before Gannon capitalized in the extra time periods. The Knights scored once in each ten minute extra time session giving them a 3-1 victory. i'

Earlier in the week the Lakers scored a record-tying tenth shutout as they posted a 1-0 win over Penn State Behrend. Derry Kiely scored for the 'Hurst off

SwimTeamtBegins » 86 » 87 Season by Jane Anne Mohr -

There's a group on campus making a big splash! It's the Mer-cyhurst Swimming and Diving Team. Next Friday the team will travel to the Wittenburg Invita-tional meet in Ohio where they will compete against Wittenburg, Ohio Northern, Mount Union and Wooster College. Although this will be their first time at the Wit-tenburg Invitational, the Lakers expect to dive into one of the top three places.

Pool time for the swimming and diving team at Tech Memorial High School-has been limited because of scheduled water polo games. Coach Terry Stempit has

supplemented the workout with weightlifting and aerobics for both swimmers and divers. k This year's diving * coach is Doug Vickey, a four year letter-man at Kent State, who also dove I for Wright State. "He really knows his stuff," said Nanette Downey, a first year college diver who has some past competitive ex-perience. Divers with past com-petitive experience as well as sum-mertime fun divers are welcomed on the team.

National competition for swim-ming and diving will be held in Long Beach, California. £wThli year's co-captains are Mary Kaliszak, Jane Anne Mohr, Denny Hogan, and John Ritz.

Congratulations to the co-ed intramural volleyball winners "Who Knows".

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Donnough Shaffrey's assist. Freshman John Melody also recorded his seventh shutout of the season in goal. The Lakers out shot Behrend 17-1 in the match.

Head coach Rick Burns stated he "was real pleased with the spirit and intensity of play the team showed in the Gannon game." He went on to say that the team tried as hard they could and played and even match with Gan-non for 90 minutes. Gannon dominated the extra time periods and recorded the win. *

The Lakers have scored the highest number of goals in the NCAA for the '86 season with 78, while giving up only 20. Sophomore defender Tim Valento was named athlete of the week for Oct. 27 to Nov. 2. iu

Bernie Valento (left) and Tom Bade (middle) defend against Gannon's Todd Linden math, v -2&Lji' >

New Floor, New Regulations -» Mercyhurst College installed, a new floor in the Campus Center over the summer. According to Dave Cherico, Director of Athletic Maintenance, the new floor is replacing the synthetic rubber floor that had been in place for 10 years.

The new floor is a hardwood floor, which means there will now be tougher rules regarding the use of the floor. Because the floor is

tt_i w x id no street shoes or turf cleats will be permitted on the floor. Also, no black soled shoes of any kind will be permitted on the new floor.

Cherico added "the floor should cut down on injuries and last longer than the synthetic rub-ber floor." The court also will make for easier play. The use of the new floor is now for court purposes only; it is no longerga

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