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T H EVOL.XLVI NO.161 MERCYHURST COLLEGEF e b . 25, 26, 27 jgM
ICHA EL LEWIS APPEARS
FEBRUARY.22;t974
ISml
The music world can often becompared to a garden. Naturesows the
seeds; a vast array ofdiffering pote ntials. But the see dsmust be
nurtured if they are tosurvive and flourish. Unfortunately, this
doe s not -alwaysCABLE T.V.|On Thursday, February 28 apublic
hearing Ion the Pennsylvania I House bill for CableTelevision will
be * held in ZurnRecital from 10-12 and 2-5.The? Cable Television
Act,House Bill number 1448 is anat tempt atf regulating
CableTelevision in the state of Pennsylvania for public interest,
fThe Hearing lis a result ofrece nt citizen concern shown by aE
etition sent to the sponsor of theill, Representat ive
EugeneGeesey. | )I The hearing will consist oftestimony, given by
signers of thepe tition to a small group of Houserepresentatives.
In this way thelegislators 3 will receive inputfrom groups who
would benefitfrom Cable Television in Erie . |Some of the uses of
CableTelevision to the city of Eriewould be '] increased
educationalopportunities, programming forminorities, and greate r
intere st incommunity activitie s.FILMiSOCIETY 1For those
interested in filmtechnique, the Mercyhurst FilmSociety will show
six short filmson Tuesday, February 26th at7:30 p.m. in Zurn
Recitall Hall.The films ,' varying in* style,technique and special
e ffects, willbe shown, dissected, and reshownto determine te
chnique, i gThe e vening should |b eespecially helpful Uo
anyonemaking their own!film. Thepossibility for a > film
workshopwill be discussed. 'Anyone \intere sted in this is urged to
attendthe viewing Tuesday and contribute their ideas. g \Tuesday's
film schedule willb e: |HOME OF THE BRAVE b yMike Bloebaum-3
minutesI JUMPROPE by Computer^Images Corp.-7 minutes | U| POP SHOW
(Mogubgub)-8minutes- | | TOYS by Grant Munio-8^minutes- > t
iJUNK Y ARD-10minutesCHAIRY TALE-10 minutes
MICHAEL L E W I S J fhappen, for some seeds receivethe
necessities for success whileothers do notand die .Occasionally,
however, a seedwill somehow nurture itself, growand bloom. >Such
a seed isMichael Le wis. | # Michael Lewis -is
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P A G E 2 MERCYHURST C O L L E G E FEBRUARY 22. 1974
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:Dear Editor:!As expe cted, after only a
two week stretch, my snowmobile has been banned from the Hurstcampu
s. M any of you might ask me why they would do such a thing. I can
only give you the re asonsgiven to me by a select few sisters who
shall rem ain anonymous. 1 IThemost grievous reason given was my
eroding of our cam pus hillsides. I was told, each time I
rideacross a hillside, I * will leave a path o Mr revocable erosion
never to be repaired. What ourknowledgeable sisters failed to
realize is that a snowmobile rides completely on top of the snow on
an18-inch flat rubb er trac k. Should this track eve r hit the
grass, it does absolutely no harm. I even offered to show the
sisters a b are are a on campus that I have run over literally
hundreds of times.There are no tracks whatever visible . I find our
dear sisters' argument highly amb iguous. If my mindserves me
correctly, in a very rece nt printout by the college which listed a
number of proposed grantsto be awarded, our environmental studies
group feel they nee d anew tractor. It would seem that
fourheavily-bleated tractor tires would tear up the hillsides far
worse than a flat rubber snowmobiletrack. i Z wK i k j ^A second
reason given for my snowmobile being banned was the fact that
"you're a polluter." Thisis without a doubt a contradictory
argument. They accuse me of being a polluter, but want a
newtraqtor. My snowmobile has only a one-cylinder engine. Your
tracto r, depe nding on the make , wouldmost likely have a
four-cylinder engine. I could, I suppose, get some satisfaction out
of the fact thatmy snowmobile will only be 25 per cent the polluter
your tractor is. Might I suggest, with our environment as first
priority, instead of a tractor you look into a few new wheel
barrows? Being theenvironmentalists you are , I'm sure you'll be
overwhelmed with this suggestion. Just thinkno noisepollution, no
smog from your b ig four cylinder e ngine and nougly erosion marks
to scar our campushillside. Re mem be r, no sacrifice is too great
in the respect of our environment.^ J I *I ride a snowmobile
strictly for the lack of any better recreational facility on our
campus. For theamount of money the students pay to attend this
college, I can not help but expect, at the very least,adequate
recreational facilities. I'm not asking for superior facilities,
just adequate. I'm sorry, but Ican't consider our recreation
complex in the basement of Old Main anything approaching
adequate.Sure, we h ave an indoor tennis court which can
accommodate up to eight whole pe ople, out just tryandget a court.
We nee d recreational facilities on this campus and they re not be
ing provided. Moneyis being channeled into useless and purposeless
efforts. To open an old wound, we can use as anexample, Third: The
Representat iveUnion of Students of MercyhurstCollege w ill not
form a grie vancecommittee? as we have enoughcommittees at the
present timeand ample channels throughwhich to communicate
complaints. (F or your information,the Student Policies Committeeof
the College Senate,predominately^composed ofstudents, can se rve
you in dealingwith actual cases, or refer you toanother committee
more relevantto your nee ds.) The true "pow er"of Mercyhurst
College is held bythe Board of Trustee s andonly bythe Board. They
also are heldlegally responsible for the school.Students could not
afford! norwould they wish' to hold thisresponsibility. We are,
however,represented b y a voting memb erof this body.F ourth: If
you truly b elievethat the administration would askyou to leave the
college becauseof your letter to the editor, youhave very little,
if any, understanding of the atmosphere inwhich Me rcyhurst operate
s. We,as students, have always beenpermitted to communicate
freelyand honestly.? It is we who are
guilty of not availing ourse lves of rthis opportunity. | i| The
Executive BoardI of the RepresentativeUnion of Students %Alexis
Walker | ' f |Frank BarryMarianne Jacobsm. Julie Samick $EDITOR'S
NOTE :|The followingpeople compose the StudentPolicies Committee.\i
Any complaint or need can be brought tothe attention of this
committee orits mem be rs. They a r e : feI Paul Doran (chairman)
^Mrs. Bender Mr. Davis : *KenBurkhart Clare WhiteMr. Grossman Karen
Schnltz hMr.Sternlieb Rich^ .itMr. David ThoS1
uchtenwalterDr.Weigert J^anKunick
Each year a certain numbe r of teache rs at Mercyhurst
receivenotice. Who passes judgment on the faculty? Must the
decision tofire come only from the hallowed halls of the
Administration? Orwill the recommendations of students finally be
taken into consideration in an orderly manner? ; I & %r BB sE4
Since students are the only people on campus who observe ateach e
r's work from day to day, it is reasonab le to say that
studentshave a sound basis for evaluating the performance of
faculty. flf |IgCollege students, who have spent thirteen to
sixteen years inschool, te nd to know whether a teacher is
effective, well-prepared,knowledgeable in his field, and receptive
to student vie wpoints.Evaluation forms are an inadequate means of
communicatingstudent views of teachers to the adm inistr at ion.
Also, these formsare not used for interdisciplinary courses, the
source of manycomplaints on teacher pe rformance. \ > * |We
support the Academic Subcommittee of RUS and the F acultyPolicies
Comm ittee in their efforts toward arranging for students
toparticipate in the decisions of hiring new teachers and
dismissingineffective ones. f -* j| & J | f e pThe Academ ic
Subcommittee is currently working on a proposalwhich would
authorize stude nts to sit ondivisional b oards and so totake part
in the interviewing and selection of applicants for te
achingpositions. |* * U|-?The Faculty Policies Committee is
preparing a1" method J ofevaluating teachers which would make it
possible to review eventhose with tenure. We ask the Committee to
include some definiteprovision for student in vol vem ent in the
procedure. * $Students make a college. We can help make it be tter
b y having asay in hiring good teache rs and remo ving incompetent
ones. 8
It's a John Welsh, JohnRyck, Mark MusialPARTY! M M(often
^imitated; neverduplicated) Friday 22,1974Third Floor Sesler Apts."
(GreenDoor)*1.00 admission25c a shot I5>/2 kegs and6 qts.
whiskey3 taps! i(no waiting in lineJ for this party)Everyone* s
Invited!
Ne w *COURSEOFFEREDThis Spring, I will offer a newcourse, one
which has not beenpreviously offered at the college.The course:
"Persuasion andPower", will deal withp ropaganda , b r a inwash ing
,communication, theories of social
power, obedience to authority,and attitude change. The
coursewill be constructed from severalauthoritative sources in each
ofthese problem areas. I imposeonly one restriction; that is,
thatall persons enrolling in the coursehave had at least an
introductorycourse in psychology. .g
TH E
f i t Dr i John Stewart
S I T T I N G A R O U N DTOGETHER.!LAUGHING ANDSHOOT- &ING
THE BULL.FEELING GOOD.!DRINKING BEER.|BEING. : WITHPEOPLE I LIKE.
fWHAT MORE CAN I ASK?BEER AND BULLSHIT-*TERS, | |WHAT A
COMBINATION!THE KEG IS OUT ON THE\ WINDOW LEDGE, 5 51KEEPING COLD
IN THEJ SNOW, 1 i' &THAT'S THE WAY TO GO!LIVING CAN BE A
BLAST,ATI LEAST AS LONG AS3 THE BEER LASTS. &g&BUT AFTER
THAT,*UFEl IS IJVSTING 4 * 1 |BECAUSE!'OF4JL TH ES F RIENDS
BEHINDTHE KEG> 1 |3 by M ary Michener
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ACTIVITIESFeb.Fri.2244Jacques Bre l" 8 p jn .Little Theater
fLast Day towithdraw from clas se s(or whatever)
So.t.23"Jacques BrelMLakers vs. Walsh (Away)Lakerettes vs Thiel
i(Home-2 p.m.)
Staff: Diane Pickens* Cathy McCarthy, Dennis Coan, John
Sullivan,Candy Yanker, Ma rtin Mig lioretti , Tod Allen, Eleanore
Grelewici.?
S u n . 2 4"Jacques Brel"Matinee 2:30?Movie - "Slaughter-House
5" I7&9RecitalHall(I.D.)
mon.25Mike Lewis (CoffeeHouse) 9 & 10Tues.267:30-6 film
SocietyF ilms (Zurn)Coffee House-Mike Lewis9&10Karate-11 a .m.
lp .m.(Union) \ \
Wed.27Mike LewisCoffee House9&10 ?
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FEBRUARY 2 2 . 1 974 MERCYHURST COLLEGE PAGE 3Jacques Brel"CAS T
SPAR KLESby Susan Weiner
Faculty SingsjfBlues"Jacques Br el li s Alive andWell and living
in Paris" is notyour ordinary musical.In fact, the show can
moreappropriately be called an essayon life) in song and spoken int
e r l u d e s . i Th e ^ Mercy hurstproduction, under the
skillfuldirection of Igor Stalsky, infusesthis essay with vitality
and truth.Satire and irony are dominanttones throughout the
show.Almost no aspect of humanexistence I escapes Brers
sting.Problems ofJovers, hypocrisy,war and even death are
subjectsof Br el's caustic insights. |Serious strains i
providecounterpoint to the satire. Brel'slines encompass themes
jfromaloneness and the wait for deathto | shattered dreams and
theconfusion of the world.The show opens with a
strongcombinationthe* striking posesof the performers, the lines on
theDevil, and the imaginatively
choreographed and direc ted"Marathon."Once aroused, the
audience'sattention is ; held by the dazzlingperformance of the
four players.David Green laces his songswith an absurdist tone
whichpoints up the meaning of his lines.His portrayal of the
unhappy"stiff" in "Funeral Tango*makes the scene one of the
finestpieces of theatre in the show. Thelighting for the scene and
themoments when the ^audienceliterally laughs along with Mr.Green
are satisfying touches. |He gives a saucy rendition of"Jackie" as
he expresses Brel 'swish for pe rsonal fulfillment. ButMr. Green's
ab ility to createcharacter and to move anaudience are most
powerfully feltin "Amsterdam", a story ofsai'ors.. ' ILinda
Johnson's dance delightsthe eye in the interlude about adancing
girl, Brel's first serious
note on ideals. Ms. Johnson'sreprese ntation of Timid F riedaand
the child in "F uneral Tango"are especially fine. Her singingsolos
are few but well-executed;however, she might breathe moreem otion
into * Sons of." ./ IDavid He ld dramatize s each ofhis scenes
exceptionally well. Heenlists his outstanding singingability to
convey the truths abouthuman nature between the linesof his songs.
Mr. H eld's portrayalof the honest soldier in "Statue"(a fine
dramatic device) and ofthe betrayed lover in / 'F an e t t e "are
especially impre ssive.Mari Gardner, a dynamic forcein the show,
sings "Old F olks" ina' very touching scene whichaccentuates the
dimension oftime with pale green lighting andthe repetition of
Linda Johnson'snotes and David Held'smovements.* t*r
'k>t>iMs. Gardner performs e ach ofher scene s be autifully.
Her mostpowerful song is "Marieke", asensitively directed scene of
awoman anxious for he r b eloved toreturn. \ & LUnder the
expert direction ofCecily Gallagher, \ the fourplayers harmonize as
a quartet.A notably effective scene, whichdemands that their voices
aloneexpress Brel's theme, is "TheDesperate Ones."* i fI "Carousel"
is one of the scene swhich takes full advantage of theintriguing
and pleasing set.Although the scene |i s artfullycomposed and ends
on a frenzie dnote, it lacks the w hirlwind effectwhich the words
lead you toexpect. i $ I !After all the satire and
seriousstatements on life, the audience isready||for a little
sincereidealism, which the final songprovides. | &g JL f . jAs
I said, "Jacques Brel" is notyour ordinary m usical. But
then,neither is life. - rj
This is an interlude in the soleson administration offices.
T.M.Cat asks the f question: Is thefaculty really concerned
aboutupcoming dismissals among the irra nks( See editorial. Page 2)
?Prologue . Last week , Istationed myself in the? FacultyLounge*
for? an afterno on ofeavesdropping. I hung a largesign reading, "I
am here as areporter,", above my chair tonotify teachers that I
might useany newsworthy mate rial. No oneobjected.! I ; |The first
teachers 8 to comedown for coffee were BruceMcAndy (English),
.PirouettaVetronio (F ren ch), and GaryBrossman (no
introductionneeded). They formed a* littlegroup. fPirouetta began
theconservation. | | | 1| "All this discussion on
studentsparticipating in dismissingteachers makes* me J& fee l
,well...This might sound terrible,but sometimes I wish teachers
had the power to fire-students,even whole classes. Studentsdon't
seem to feel responsible fortheir w ork anymore. I don't knowwhat
to do about it." P f HBruce had pan answer ."Sometimes you just
have- towalk out on a class. If they don'tprepare an assignment,
there ' s nouse in wasting your time ." |Chomping on a bagel,
Garyagreed. "Sure, Etta. Besides, ifyou would do it, the class
wouldprobably be shocked into havingevery assignment done on
time,and ! eve n typing your lec turenotes for you. | * fAfter
taking another sip of teafrom her saucer , Pirouet tacontinued.
"And their spelling is
In order to make F riday'sedition, articles must be in onTuesday
by 6:00. g
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h e e , t h o u o l d s e r p e n t , b yt h e j u d g e o f t h e
q u i c k a n d t h e d e a d , b yi h e m a k e r o f t he w o r l
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l l , t h a tt h o u d e p a r t q u i c k ly f r o m t h i s se r
v a n to f G o d , w h o r e t u r n s t o t h e b o s o m o ft h e
c h ur c h w i t h f e a r a n d a f f l i c t i o n o ft h y t e r
r o r . I a d i u r e t h e e , n o t i n m ya f f i r m i t y , bu
t b y t h e v i r t u e o f t h e H o l yG h o s t , t h a t t h o
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A l m i g h t yh a t h m a d e i n h is o w n i m a g e , a n d i f
y o us p i t u p o n m e a g a i n , I 'l l h i t y o u w i t ht h
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a tb e y o n d a s h a d o w o f a d o u b t , t h er e p e a t e d
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, w h i c h i s , o f c o u r se , a b l e t os u s t a i n l i f e
a s w e k n o w i t . Y e t t h es u r fa c e a p p e a r s d e s o
l a t e , w i t h s p a r sec l u st e r s o f v e g e t a t i o n
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;In r e g a r d s t o t h e " l e t t e r to^theE d i t o r " pr i
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d i sr e g a r d t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n h o l d s f o
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e m b e r s o f t h i s sc h o o l ' sa d m i n i s t r a t i o n i
s g r e a t l y m i s un d e r st o o d , a n d t h a t w e a r e o
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in s t i t ut i o n w h e r e t h e s t ud e n t s m a y growb o t
h m o r a l l y a n d i n t e l l e c t u a l ly .B e s i de s / we
a l l k n o w ; t h a t A n d yC a m e r o n p i c ks h i s n o s e
a n d e a t s t h eb o o g e r s . ;-r '; ^j J a m e s F i s h e r.
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sf o r h i s b i r t h d a y , o r a n i r o n l u n g i n aR a l l
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r u c k l o a d o f d e a db a b i e s w i t h a g o l d p i t c h
f o r k , o r o t h e rn e a t o s tuff l i k e th at .B o b S u t
h e r la n dWJET-TV I
by T. M. CaUSpecial Reporte ratrocious. The other day
someonehanded in ?ai Frankenstein storywith the sentence 'He loved
her invain/ and the last word wasspelled Ve -i-nT'At that point,
political scienceprofs Ben Benuthe and MiguelErinsam joined the
group. Miguelpicked up the discussion. "But,Etta, J don't you find
the freal
problem is getting people to readtheir texts? Ben came up with
asolution during Intercession, buthe won't tell me what it is ."J
|After a few encouraging wordsfrom k his colleagues, Ben toldthan
what to do. "You I justdistribute a bunch of suckers tothe class on
the first day andhavethem?staple one after every 50pages in their
books. It j worksevery time. " \ f 8 B-4 Bruce McAndy had a
question.
4 What's to prevent the class fromtaking thei suckers
withoutreading the page s?" I f"Nothing/' Ben replied. "But ifthey
do that, they won't be re adyfor their unannounced quizze s."Music
professor Sr. JeanellenStaffnote and theatre artsdirector Harvey
Shakespearecame into the lounge, whileHarvey [adjusted his scarf,
Sr.stattnote noted her troubles overher music students. "If I
hadn'tinsisted on having that tim e clockinstalled, the music
majors wouldstill* be getting away with lessthan 40 hours a week of
practice. "g She turned to Harvey. "How doyou kee p your drama
students soinvolved in their work? " 35"It's quite easy, Sister. If
theydon't come to rehearsals on timeor study their lines or read
theirtwo plays a day, I just make themwatch re-runs of Gomer Pyle
."The group was still e ngaged inlively discussion when I had
toleave. B S I f IEpilogue. When I told! mycolleagues about the
discussion,there arose two opposing conclusions. There are those
who saythat I the entire scene was spontaneous and genuine. There
arethose who say ) that IBruceMcAndy wrote the dialogue andHarvey
Shakespeare directed, theteachers in a put-on. You ; willhave to
decide -the a truth * foryourself, vl >f | i Seals\And\Croftsb y
J a c k R i l e y
I A little man dressed in red , withan old brown cap pulled down
tohis ears, entered the room andintroduced himself las JimmySeals.
After gesturing us to movein closer he announced hi s"buddy" would
be along shortly.Dash Crofts fired into the room,quipped a joke,
and sat down.They made as if you had knownthem,: for ye ars, and
what wassupposed to*be a "press conference" turned out to be more
ofa conversation.The first question stemmedfrom their next playing
site(which they didn't know untilhanded an itinerary) to
theirmusical background. ?Seals nervously * picked at thechair as
he e xplained how he hadbeen on the road since he was nineyears
old, at which time heplayed the fiddle.| JJimmy and Dash met in
JuniorHigh in Texas where they playedin a group that lasted
throughouthigh school. t % || gIn 1958 they be came part of
the"Champs", whose hit "Tequila"sold six million copies and
keptthem popular enough to be able totour the world for seven
years.Crofts played drums for Hhisperiod and also for a small
stintwith * a group called* th e"Dawnbreakers . * WThis, along with
t he finding ofthe Baha'i faith, led to the soundthat we know as
"Seals & Crofts".During this transition periodDash be gan
playing the mandolinand together with * the irtremendous "harmony
\they usedmusic as a vehicle for e xpressingthe truth.- iBoth? men
in talking of theirreligous beliefs were so interesting that you
forgot theywere so famous as singers. AsDash Crofts said,- "It
helps tokeep a realistic view of life. I get
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basicBaha'i principle, and it's evidentin both the music and lyrics
of"Seals & Crofts". %They walked on stage one at atime, sat
down and without evenlooking at each other, broke
into"Hummingbird". Their sound isintricately produced and
yetinately simple . The concert was amasterpiece of work with a b
lendof jazz, rock, country and blues.Their music, like the men,
ishonest and lively. iJimmy Seals and Dash Croftsappeared at* the
Erie CountyField House on February) fourteenth before a sell out
crowd.F or those who attended I'm sureyou know what I me an. F or
thoseof you who didn't, don't pass upanother chance to see one of
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PAGE 4 MERCYHURST COLLEGE FEBRUARY 22. 1974Lakers 12-9FAIR
WEATHER FANS
b y D a r k ) C i p r i a n iThe 1973-74* b aske tball season is
approaching its end and theLake rs are assure d of at least a .500
seaeson. with victories over ifBehrend and Hillsdale and a loss to
Clarion State, the Hurst standsat 12-9 for the year. Three road
games against Lock Haven(Wednesday), Walsh and Shaw will bring the
curtain down onMercyhurst s third ye ar of intercollegiate compe
tition.The loss to Clarion followed the same trend that has
beenpredominant throughout the season* The Lakers failed to make
the*big play when they had the Golden Eagles on the ropes. As
JohnWooden would say "Our team.lacked the Killer Instinct." DickF
ox's b unch has lacked this instinct all year and consequently
has*lost seven games by four points or l ess . Tnese close games
are whatmakes the difference between a*good season and a so-so
season, iTnree additional victories fromithose seven close games
would!have guaranteed the Hurst a spot in the D-18 Playoffs.Monday*
night the L ake rs closed the home fportion of theirschedule with a
97-89 victory over Hillsdale. The night belonged toJeff McConnell
and Dave Wieczorek. Wiz and Stretch performed forthe last time in
front of their home audience. Both we re placed inthe starting
lineup b y Coach F ox to honor their achievem ents overthe last
three campaigns. Also Renee Clark, the spunky littlecaptain of the
Laker chee rleade rs, was given recognition for thefine job she has
done over the last two seasons. Renee and hercohorts are seldom
thanked for the great inspiration they instill inthe t e am. And
speaking of support brings me to my next topic.The worst partsabout
both the Clarion same and the Hillsdaleaffair was the attendance.
Bill Vernal, who keeps the score book forall the Mercyhurst games,
remarked before the Hillsdale game,*4'Mercyhurst loves a winner."
By this, I am sure he meantjthatwhen the Lake rs are winning
everybody and his b rother shows upfor the game , b ut when they
are losing, the opponents bring in morefans than we do. Fan s who
love a winner are called fair-we atherfans. We don't nee d them .
What Mercyhurst nee ds is the type of fanwho attends games and
supports the team no matte r what their win-loss record reads.
These are called the die-hard* fans. From ex-perience^I can say
that Mercyhurst has no more than fifty die-hards. This is pathetic.
No matter what anyone says or thinks about|our downtown rivals,
Gannon, they have at least 2,000 people whoshow up for any home
game . We pride ourselves on be ing a community, yet our people
won't travel less than three miles to support?their school's
efforts. g * | *| y Saturday afternoon at the Audi 800 rooters were
on hand. Lastseason when Mercyhurst was togplay Clarion in the
District 18playoffs the pe ople who didn't show up Saturday we re
the first onesin line clamouring for tickets to the big game.
Clarion is only twohours away and isn't it a shame that we couldn't
get more than 800people to Gannon when it's practically w ithin
walking distance.Monday night was the re al clincher. The final
home game for the73-'74 season and|the last home appearance of two
graduatingseniors filled only 400 seats at the Fieldhouse. The
people of Mer
cyhurst do not deserve a first-class basketball team . They have
oneand won't support it. $'; l pS c i e n c e / M a t h . .
(Continued from Page 1)have not had enough graduates inthe given
areas .In the fall .there were requestsfor a general science
teacher, anearth-space science teacher, twotechnician positions in
industriallaboratories, one position in abiology research
laboratory. InJanua ry therewas anotherrequest for J a general
-scienceteacher, i Since; the beginning of1974 the re have b een
inquiries forthre e persons with a backgroundin che mistry.
i;American Sterilizer, LordCorporation, and ZurnManufacturing have
acceptedapplications from a* biologymajor with a chem istry
"minor"(unofficial). Van-Air, a smallchemical specialty company,
isexpecting to build a new plant in1974-75; Calsicat Chemical hasbe
en hiring at the technicanlevel .The Hoover Company wasi n t e r v
i e w i n g m a t h e m a t i c sgraduates when it was on
campuslast month. Hie Food and;DrugAdministration wants three
orfour persons%with atleast twoyears of chemistry* HoppersChemical
in Pittsburgh is alsohiring.SThe Division . of NaturalSciences^ and
Mathe matics isWorking closely & with the
Placement Office Jin trying tomatch graduates to
positions,whether theyhave just graduatedor have been out of school
a fewyears. fG ! %Summer research opportunities for upperclassmen
inscience and mathematics whohave earned a QPA of 3.0 orbe tter are
available e ach year.^|This ye ar two- juniors haveapplied to
programs at ArgonneNational Laboratory operated bythe University of
Chicago and tothe Oak Ridge Instittute ofNuclear Studies in Oak t
Ridge,Tennessee.Announcements of two otherprograms have bee n
received: a10-week appointment at theUniversity of Minnesota
forstudents who have taken at least 6courses in chemistry; and
asimilar appointment with a lowerstipend for either biology
orchemistry majors at RoswellPark Me morial^ Institute , inBuffalo.
Deadlines for these twoprograms are F eb ruary 28 andMarch 1
respectively, i |Two alumnae participated inprograms ofthis nature:
DonnaSchleutermann Sivak at OakRidge A Institute ; of
NuclearStudies and Mary Zeitler'atArgonne National Lab oratory.
KEEP AWITH I * , COOLHEADDOG
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SA NDWICH ES A ND LUNCH EONSAL W AYS AVAIL ABL EGRAYI15 EAST
26th STREET
Now Open On Sundays - Till 10:00 p.m
Intramural PlayoffsIEASTERN I ib y T o d d A l l e n
Scores as of F e b . 18,1974Knicks-71Mann-71ZigZags-70Mann
-78Foxie Ladies -78Salt & Peppe r -57
Guess What -Zig Zags -Guess What Knicks -T-Ballers
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Well the Mercyhurst ^EasternIntramural basketball champ-tionship
race is on. Already thedouble elimination tourney hasseen a J team
bite the dust, andseen another win two in a row.Well the season for
the GuessWhnu team is over as theydropped a pair; one to the
Knicks71 to 58, which saw Jones with 35big points and Seltzer with
18 forthe Knicks and Allen with 25,
Benson with 13 and Keith with 11for Guess What; the other
losscame to the hands of the Zags, 70to 54. Gray had 32 to lead
theZags, followed'.by Teti 16 andWhitey 10. Guess What saw Ke
ithwith 18 , Dillon 14 and Palmer with10. Mann came on to take
twovictories, one * over Zags, 71-47with link having 25, Jones 18
andLips 14 to lead Mann and Whiteyadding 15 and Gray 10 to head
theZags. Mann's other win was overthe Knicks, 78-51. Mann was
leadby Link with 30, Lips with 20 andJones 16. C.Jones and
Corkypopped in 24 and 12 points for theKnicks. In a low scoring
contest,Salt dumped Hill, 57-31. For Salt,Swee twater had 14 and
Carter 10;
Hill sawiFahey with 11. Fourplayers in double figures helpedthe
Foxie to beat the tennis t eam,76-45. F oxie saw Z 21, Prince 20,T.
Burrows 19 and Ball 14; Bryonhad 15 and He y 10 to lead thetennis
te am . Some^ excitingshowdowns I are coming. up asMann waits for
the winner between Foxie and Salt;-the Zagswait for the loser in
that contest.The Knicks wait for the winner inHill ve rsus
T-Ballers (the loser iseliminated due to having - twolosses).
Mayjthe bes t team*win.The championship game is to b eplayed at M
ercyhurst Pre p Gym.I hear that the high school girlsup | there
enjoy watching thegames . The J attendence *at thedungeon improved
all season. W$WESTERN
FINAL STANDINGS ? ? ^ M W o n Lost
Mother T ruckersCellar DwellarsDeadwood DicksKangaroo KidsBig
Cyunes *^Amazing TenRatsBooty Kickersfl
6654211
1123566With the champion of theWestern Division regular
seasonplay still undecided due to a tiebe tween the Mother Truckers
andth e , Cellar Dwellars, theDivisional ^Playoffs have
gottenunderway. f |Fe b rua ry 14The initial1- game was played
Thursday evening \ between theDeadwood \ Dicks and the BigCyunes
resulting in a 74-53 vietoryfor the Dicks. Aiding the Dicks
inrecording their first playoffvictory was Paul Gorniak whoscored
26 points along with DaveSammarco (18) Dave Shreck
andBrettjMahoney* each with (15).Bruce Stebick led the Cyuneswith
20 points followed by KevinCook with 19. I J!Later than evening the
CellarDwellars once again proved thebetter team by defeating
theBooty Kickers by the score of 66-
b y R a y L a u s t e r49. The hot hand of "Moon" Ryansank 31
points, a league record, inleading all Dwellars in thescoring
bracket. He was followedby Bob Aman with 13 and TerryFrontino with
10. fFe b rua ry 17Not showing up in full force, thefearless and
amazing Ten Ratswent down to defeat at the handsof the ruthless
Mother Truckersby the margin of 61-25. "Buzz"Brandon led the Trucke
rs with 18points followed by Jerry Effertand Bill McLain with 15
and 9points respect ive ly . MichaelDiaco was high" for the
Ratswith 9 followed by Mr. Nungesser(7) and Rick Zywotko with 6.
Incommenting on the game, TenRat Superstar, Michael | ( TheHomo"
Cerbo stressed,1'wait tillweplaytheminpinbal l ." \With the score
tied 24 all at thehalf, the Kangaroo Kids behindWilliamson's 16
points upendedthe Rookies 53-50. Williamsonwas helped by DeNiro
(12) andHaskin (10). The Rookies wereled b y Willy Tyler (16),
ButchCrupi (12) and Suminski (10) andpool ole Glenn Caruso with a
big2. i I IFe b rua ry 15In | the j opening round of thelosers
bracket, the Big Cyunes
scored an impre ssive 2-0 victoryover the Booty Kickers, reason,
aforfeit. -* I \ IThe Deadwood Dicks j- movedinto the semi-finals
by posting anupset decision over the CellarDwellars 75-61. Four men
scoredin double figures in leading theDicks to victory. Heading
thegroup was Shreck (27), followedby Gorniak-(20), Mahoney (16),and
Sammarco (11). PetePeterson tallied 22 points for thelosers, while
Frontinojadded 16and Yonkers 11. * | B MThe schedule of other
divisionalpi ayoffs are as follows : c S l i l B LOSERS BRACKET
jjfeSF e b . 19Ten Rats vs. Rookies 1
F e b . 21Big Cyunes vs. lose rs inwinner bracke t Fe b . 19 | f
i>F e b . 24Cellar ^Dwellarsl vs.winner ofFeb . 19 . ^ 3WINNERS
BRACKETF e b . 19Mother TruckersKangaroo Kids MF e b . piDeadwood
Dickswinner of F e b . 19, * ^
vs.vs.
Currently the No. 1 record across the nation, "Seasons in
theSun" was written by French songwriter-entertainerJacques
Brelwhose musical is being staged this week at Mercyhurst
College.Curtain time for "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living
inParis" is at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday (F e b ruary
21-23)and at,2:30 p.mi on Sunday. Call 864-0681, ext. 271 for
reservations.
Help Support the Lakers intheir last 3 games ofUhisseason.
Listen to the Lakergames on WWYN-1330 onyour dial.
KarateI by C . K imTwo Karate demonstrationshave been scheduled
during themonth of F eb ruary. They* will b eput on by Tom Myers, a
thirddegree black belt instructor of theKarate Fighting School of
Self-Defense, andhis students. 1 ^The first demonstration will
beheld at Baldwin Hall on Thursdayevening j(2-22) at 8:00 p.m.pt
isaimed primarily for the self-defense for women. Bothresident and
day students areinvited to atten d. The* demonstration willv be j
followed v by aquest ion-answer discussionperiod. If you are intere
sted andhave any questions, this will be aperfect chance to find
out-moreabout the art of Karate, g, |jg The second demonstration
willtake place at the student unionbetween 11:30 a.m. and l :00
p.m.on Tuesday, February 26th. Itwill again be performed by
TomMyers and his students. It is opento eve ryone involved w ith M
ercyhurst College. This\ demonstration will show; you whatKarate
really is, as they areplanning to demonstrate Uhedynamic power and
varioustechniques of Karate . fBothdemonstrations i ar e J free
ofcharge, * f
Final performances of themusical "Jacques Bre l" willb e
February 22 and 23at 8:00p.m. and Fe bruary 24 at 2:30p.m. in the
Little Theater . Besure to catch one of theshows if you have n't
alre adyseen it!!.! tNext -on ij th e 'Hurst'sTheater agenda is
"Cat on aHot Tin Roof" openingMarch 7 at8:00 and March 10at 2:30.
This TennesseeWilliams1 play Jwill s tarChristi Warnick,
MichaelMorris, Ben Agresti, MinaEisenberg and Fran Binegar.
T H E P L A C E3619 McClelland Ave
H O W L IV E M U S I CE v e r y W e d , F rL & S a tTues.,
Thurs.-Beer Nite< Wed. Nite is stillDrink 'n Drown NileComing
attractions:* "Lincoln""Red, White & Bine Berry""Saginaw""Quill
EUer"I "Connections West" jplus Bands from Cleveland,
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