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- : BOB RONKSLEYS o . you like basic black when jt comes to gates? Well, our venerable gates may undergo a face lift inthe near future and sparkle with a new glow in honor of Mercyhurst's golden anniversary.Vice President of;Academic Services

Pha se I of the plan to repairMercyhurst College's electrical system was completedon Monday, April 19 . W>The plan has! been devisedas a result of last fall's powerfailure which caused a mildcase of panic o n campus. yMChurch and* Murdock,electrical contractor^sTiPcr-formed the w ork. "' *The preliminary step ofphase I was th e shutting downof power on campus,? *That job was done onMonday by the Pennsylvania

C a n d i d a t eThe first selected candidatefor the position of vicepresident of the AcademicServices will b e on th e Mercy

hurst campus for interviewsonSunday, April 25^1

C o m e s 0M e r c y h u r s t S u n d a yiDr. Francis J. Pilecki willremain on campus untilTuesday m orning, April 27 . JHe is one of the candidateswho have been sum bittedwith recommendations toPresident Marion Shane bythe Search Committee. *Dr. Shane, in turn, .hasselected D r. Pilecki and a fewothers to visit * Mercyhurst

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May 1 is the deadline forfiling financial aid applications to ithe PENN-S Y L V A N I A i H i g h e rEducation Assistance Agencyfor th e academic year 1976-77.Applications received inHamsburg after the filingdeadline *will be considered,as in, previous year s, on a"funds perm itting" basis.According to the PHEAArepresentat ive, s the applications received after tmsdate wfllfmore than likely berejected.* &However, PHEAA willcontinue its policy of accepting and processing applications after the filingdeadline^from veterans whohave been recentlyi releasedfrom active duty and applicants who have? recentlysuffered a. loss in, parentalexpected contributions due tothe death, T^disability,retirement or unemploymentof the principal wage earn er. *The term "recently" isdefined as occurring on or

after January l, 1976.

College. * *|Dr. Pilecki is presently thedean of Teacher Education atFlt6hbur-g State College,Fitchburg Mass. He is* responsible for 'theadministration ^tand^fco*^donation of teacher educationprograms and coordinationwith regional, state, andnational agencies andgovernment.He also teaches courses atth e * undergraduate level(urban education) andassumed the additionalresponsibility as actingprincip al: of a 900-pupilcampus school, kindergartenThe Skin Of Our*Teeth

through 9 th grade, jfePreviously, heiwas dean ofthe college and professor ofsocial sciences at LaboureJunior College, Boston,Mass. , ^jand ^assistantprofessor of 5 education? andacting d irector of the HumanRelations C ente r' at BostonUniversity in Boston;- |Dr. Pilecki earned a masterand later a doctor ofeducation in* Edu cationalAdministration degrees fromthe University of Rochester.H e graduated from Saint JohnFischer College With a majorin French!Jandf minors mEnglish, -education, ;and

philosophy. ?? * ,"*?Dr. Pilecki has also beeninvolved in numerous community affairs. In 1971-1972 l*eserved as chairman of .theYouth Task Force throughth e Boston Central YMCA.Also^ since 1947, the visitorserved as organist and choirdirector in various Protestantand Catholic J churchesthroughout the Boston areafe

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T h e a t e r A r t s P r o d u c e s P l a yPeople surviving throughthe ice ag e, surviving thrbughthe historic floodjand^finaflysurviving through, the WoridWar is the ultimate theme inthe i play The* Skitt^of OurTeeth. J*This play is being producedby the Mercyhurst TheaterDepartment and is inrehearsal n o w . f *W ritten by Thornton WilderinUhe mid-1940's, the playcharacterizes the ascent ofman through th e ages.During* the, ages it showsthat man survives by the"skin of h is teeth."The play isn't gloomy as itmay sound. It takes a comicallook at th at era, not a seriouso n e . f-| TMajor characters in theplay are portrayed by JohnStark,as Mr. Antrobus; PatSobell as Mrs. Antrobus;MariPat Rafferty as GladysAntrobusaand Andrea Kupetzas Sabina. :- JohmStark, an art major,graduated last year. PatSobell and MariPat Raffertyare both senior theatermajors and Andrea Kupetz isa junior. *& L *Other characters in? theplay are Tom McDermott as

Henry Antrobus and PeterSchaaf a s t h e announcer.P Dr. Gary Smith directs thisplay along with the assistantdirectorSjDelia Mirarchi andJoan Norfis. A |T h e Skin of O u r Teeth will

be performed in the Mercyhurst Little Theatre Mayjl4-16 and 20-22. ftThis production will be freeto M ercyhurst students, $2.50for adults and $1.00 to otherstudents of area colleges.

Electric Company at one of itssubstations.Substations, of which thereare several throughout Erie,-*control various sections of thecity. Therefore, in order fofthe power to be shut off atMercyhurst, it had to be shutoff in th e whole area a s well. *For a few moments, thewhole section ^n whichMercyhurst is located waswithout electricity.W h i l e M e r c y h u r s tremained without electricity, -the rest of the area had itspower restored l>y" Penelecwithin seconds.Church "and Murdocklocated the ends of thedefective cable by digging outthe area near the Mercyhursttownhouses. r~ | ITh e \ electr icityrestored to thearound 4 p.m.Now the electricity forMercyhurst is carried by asingle cable, as it^has beensince th e blackout* \fA second cable of highervoltage will be installed inJune and the two cables willshare the transmission of theelectric current to Mercy-hurst, although >each iscapable of carrying the' fullload. |In lease there should beanother power* breakdown,explained Lo.uis Necci,director of Operations, it willb e possible to switch from onecable to the other land thusprevent a blackout. "In order to do that switching, it is necessary to builda transclosure, a kind of"little house" above groundto house t he ends of theeables. *Necci added that that willbe done within the next fewweeks, but that the secondcable will not be installeduntil the spring term is overbecause the power wffl havet o b e shut down once again.

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r^ BOB RONKSLEYWELCOME HOME R ANDY ... Randy C'ooney is greeted by joyful teammates as he crosses theplate after smacking a grand slammer . See page four for story. &

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F A T E M a k e s f H u r s t D e b u t eFate is a widely known rock bands. Consisting of fourname am ong New England (4) musicians who combine their talents on guitars, bass,keyboards and percussions,Fate has stolen the awe ofcollege crowds throughoutthe4' Northeastern,* Mid-Atlantic v.and MidwesternUnited States. Excellentmusicianship and threesuperb voices have propelled

this act to the top of NewEngland's rock scene. ) W:-They have played all thetop clubs, including all jthe"college weeks" at thefamous Forty Thieves Club inHamilton, Bermuda the pastthree years. Fate has playedsuch top Eastern rock roomsas The Red Barn inMassachusetts, Allen's inNew York, The Stone Balloonin Delaware, Dodd's Orangein New Jersey, and BigDaddy's in Illinois. >This versatile act has had afew single record releasesover the J past two years.Other recording plans include

a new single and an album tobe released soon.J W *Fate- will be performing atthe Spring formal, May 15. Itwill be held at RainbowGardens. % *'

THE MERCIADTbf Vole* of tl Mreyhurtt Community

EditorNews KdltorFeature EditorSports EditorCopy EditorsArt EditorPhotographers

Carol QuarluceioOlivia LongoMary aim CrowleyChris VanWagenenSusan BairleMelissa McMurrayDarla Ma loneBob Ronksley

WRITERS AND CREATORS: '.. ' fDarlene Keith, Pat Weschler. Tony Mancuso, RichardFrasca, Esther Schreiber, Terry Kelly, Cindy JJarzub.Gerard NeCastro, P at Condrin, Tim Miller

B USINESS MANAGERFACULTY CONSULTANT

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The Merciad accepts, in fact encourages, the sub-mission of articles, letters, and stories from any and allmembers of the Mercyhurst, College community:students, faculty, administrators, trustees, and friends ofthe school. However, as responsible journalists we mustreserve the following rights:1. .The right to revise copy into standard Eng lish;2..The right to revise copy into correct "Journalisticform;:i.. And, finally, the right to revise copy (but not changemeaning) to fit layout design.In addition. Letters to the Editor must be signed, mustbe factually verifiable, and must be written in good taste .Names will be withheld upon request, but false names willnot be used.

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P A C EO f f e r s S i x !P o s i t i o n sT h e PACE Program invitespresent * freshman m andsophomore students to applyfor positions as StudentAssistants for fthe |1976-77PACE Program. ,c *I Student Assistants willaugment J the workj of theProfessional Counseling Staffby: assisting in-coming freshmen deal with|their concernsand needs as they orientthemselves to the. Collegeduringf their* first ^year oncam pus i i| Student Assistants willparticipate in an in-depthtrainingfprogram^ which willbegin in May and continuethroughout next year. |Dr.Jean Lavin will jj conduct thetraining program-, and M r.Tyrone Moore will coordinateth e program. A stipend of $100per term will be awarded toeach Student Assistant: fSelection criteria forStudent Assistants a r e : aboveaverage academic standing,time availab ility,! resourcefulness, dependability,creativity, land a strong interest to serve in a helpingrelationship. vApplications for StudentAssistant ^positions may besecured in Miriam Mashank'soffice o n Friday, April 2 3 anda r e t o b e returned t o t h e sameoffice by 1 Wednesday, April2 8 . S i x positions wiU b e open,&

P H O T O S B YB O B I R O N K S L E Y

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Madeline Brooks"I never hadlo go to it, but it-is importantfo r people w h o don't know howtowrite/f *Jim Henning"Yes and now. It'sgood f o r a writing course b u t alot of kids don't have jjmuchtime for i t . " fel 1 Mary Kalie ?Yes, it helps outpeople 7 with grammaticalproblems."

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Th e subjectis leadership.The courseis Army iROTCTheentire curfriculum i sexciting, challenging, andflexible. Soflexible hat, ifqualified, you can enter atany time du ring your first I,two years on campus. *%experience, you will learnhow t o lead. The acquired *'discipline ofmind and spirit}

and the abilityto perform unde rpressure areimportant. The .people who tdemonstratethese qualitiesare the people w e want to |become Army officers.As an Army officer,you will not only have to \manage people but m oneyand materials as well. Tomake more important plan-1ning decisions than most^yourig executives, i * tAt Mercyhurst, you can learn w hat it takes to lead.

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j "( urt I?rooks takes a cut during the D uquesne gameP H O T O S B Y B O B RONKSLEYJ o e Williams

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i u t e r losing their first twog a m e s , t h e M e r c y h u r s t 'baseball team ha s bouncedbapk to compile a presentrecord of 8 - 5 . *Following the two Cal. Statelosses, the Lakers took tw ofrom Allegheny by scores of 2-o and 4-2. r ? FTom Barringer fired ,a tworhitter in the 2-0 shutoULwhilestriking out 6 and walking one.Ken White and Bo Henningeach had run scoring singlesfor the Lak ers' runs.In the second game-withAllegheny. Joe Williams wasthe winning pitcher as TerryKellyiand.Bo Henning contributed run scoring singles to

b y T e r r y K e l l ythe Lakers' cause.Next. the$ Lakers playedhost to Behrend where theysplit winning the first game 2-0 and then losing 2 - 1 . :?Bob "Bones'4 Weismillerwon the opener with heq> fromRandy *Cooney who had tyosingles. In the second game,Cooney jlost despite a goodperformance on the mound.Following the Behrendcontest, the Lakers traveledto Youngstown *and teplit;losing thef first 4-2, thenwinning the second 6-2. RayOlszewski was the losingjjitcher in the; opening gameJs the Laker's jeould not puttoge ther! a? dr ive . , Joe* k

S I D D i r e c t o r R e l e a s e dDave Bohun. spor t s in formation director a t Mercy-nursf College, h a s beendismissed from h is positioneffective June 3 0 . IV i c e - P r e s i d e n t ofD e v e l o p m e n t , R o b e r tPrather, said Bohun was le tgo because of b u d g e t a r yreasons. "We had to let Davego because of the financials i tua t ion a t t he c o l l e g e " ,remarked Pra ther .% Bill Shelley, former Eriesportscaster an d newspaperreporter , will take over t hespor t s informat ion dut iesalong with maintaining threepositions he currently holds a tthe school. v \, ;Shel ley , t h e a s s i s t a n tdirector of special programs,also leacnes at Mercyhurst-sWeekend College along withbeing t he faculty advisor fo rthe Merc iad , t h e s tudentnewspaper.

Bohun, 22, c a m e to Mercy-hurst following his graduationfrom Ohio University wherehe served for two vears a sstudent assistant SID underFrank Morgan^rf tDave Bohun becameMercyhurst's second sportsinformation director Ion Jul y1 , 1975. He replaced J o eMattis who retired from theprofession. It was in June ofthat same year that Davegraduated wi th a B.S .J ,degree in Public Relations.Bohun w a s responsible fo rcoordinating the coverage ofthe five varsity sports a tMercyhurst. fBohun is a member of theCollege Sports InformationDirectors of America, th eNAIA Spor ts Informat ionAssociation and the NationalAssoc ia t ion of Ba s k e t b a l lCoaches of the United State s.

Williams st arte d jthe secondgam e and was the winner withrelief i$he lp I from ToijiBarringer. T h e highlights ofthis contest were home > runsby J im DiTullio, ajjtwo-runhomer, and Bo Henning, athree-run blast. -,| *The Lakers then returnedhome to split a doubleheaderwitrulndiana, winning 1-0 andthen losing 2-0. $ 1*v '.^Weismiller was sharp whilehe struck out 7 and walkednone asfhe firedlthe shutout*His support came from K enWhite w ho squeezed homeKent Williamson from third.Topi Barringer was! theloser in the second game ont wo unear ned runs, fThe following d a y , t h eLakers topped Clarion in 15innings,* 3&Tand th e secondg a m e w a s called because ofdarkness, a 3-3 tie.Clarion took th e lead 2-1 fnth e top of t he 15th off RandyCooney. In the bottom of the15th, J im DiTullio singled andKevin Cook doubled h imhome to tie the score. ThenButch Herrmann s ing ledhome Cook to secure th e win.Joe Williams started andWeismi l le r re l ieved , butCooney picked up the win.This w in brought t h eLakers ' record to 6-5. Victories 7 and 8 came againstthe visiting Duquesne Dukes.In th e opening game, J o eWilliams was the winner as hewas supported by Cooney whohit a grand slam home run.In th e second game, R a yOlszewski tossed a three-hitter a s both the Laker runswere unearned on wild pitchesby Duquesne. \" |The Lake rs' . next ^homegame will be on April |29against cross-town Gannon a t1:00. t-

ATTENTION: CHEERLEADING TRYOUTINFORMATIONAnv girls or guys interested in cheerleading for the 1976-77 seaso n Ther e willbe a meeting concerning tryouts on Monday, April 26. Place an d times will bepost ed t he week we get back from bre ak.This is just a reminder for anyone who wants to look into cheerleading nextjvear. Attendance at this meeting will be mandatory so we can get an idea of howI'many judges wijl be necessary fo r tryouts. Hopefully, the 1976-77 sqjuad will bechosen by Friday, April 3 0 . * 1* 5 i fI i vou can not attend or have anv questions please feel free to contact: DebbieI Hicia 804-5282, Cindy Bartolo 868-9772, Ju dy Ma hone y 864-7910. ULook for signs, posting place and ti me for the April 2 6 meeting. See you there.

What th e heck i s going on?What is with this budgetgarbage? I swear if one moreperson loses their job due tobudget problem s, I'm going tobe forced to change my majorto business an d look over thebudget myself.Firs t i t was Dave Markeyan d now the SID (SportsInformation Director) DavidBohun. It's getting to the pointthat one almost has to sign alifetime, no-cut c ontract, It osave his job a t this institution.As a mat te r of fact, i t ' sbecoming a lmos t l i k e , aprofessional sports team.Mercyhurst is .playing ahew type of game. Instead ofput t ing the i r p layers onwaivers, | they give them t heold BUDGETARY DROPKICK! I have a feeling,though I don't have an officialcopy of thejBudgetary DropKick Rule Book, that the onlywa y a person can win at thisgame , is by two methods.First , have a n undefeated

basketb all team an d go all theway to Kansas City. Second,give your teams th e publicitythey deserve, by taking u pfree lance writing. Once thisis done, write a n art icle onevery single person involvedin sports a t Mercyhurst andsend it e i t h e r to S p o r t sIl lustrated or Sporting News,making every sports figure a tM e r c y h u r s t a n A LLAMERICANIf jyou' ve gotten th e im*

pression that I 'm speaking offormer heady baske tba l lcoach Dave Markey, andformer SID Dave Bohun,you're right, K am. If youwould Ike a copy of the 1975-76Budgetary Drop Kick RuleBook, send a self addressedenvelope (with a s tamp ofcourse I mean (he budgetmight not be able to stand th estress of a 13 cent st amp !) toany administrator who givesyou the jive phrase: DUE TOBUDGETARY REASONS!!!J Women's Varsitv AthleticM > MeetingWednesday, April 28* f 5:00 in the Faculty Lounge ^Important - All female varsity athletes must attend!unable to attend see Ms. Price at 219 Preston Hail. If

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