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VO L 58 NO. 12 JANUARY 10,Shennanigan's to keepits doors open
for now
By Susan MarcyAs students returned to campus lastweek, rumors
developed that the col-lege's nearby social spot, Shen-nanigans, Is
going to close Its doors bythe end of this month."What you are
hearing is strictlyrumor," John Maus, controller of Mer-cyhurst
College and a member of theElm Corporation, which owns the baron
the comer of 38th and Pine Streets.While it may be rumor, Maus
said,"The place Is for sale."A fast food restaurant is currently
in-terested In the property, Maus said. Hewould not reveal to The
Merciadwhich particular chain was con-templating purchasing the
cornerproperty. n"Whether It be a Wendy's, BurgerKing or
McDonalds," Maus said, "I twill be a gold mine because of
itslocation." i lThe Elm Corporation has owned thecomer bar for six
years." During thesummer, the bar underwent renova-tions and
changed Its namerfrom TheJunction to its present name. jCurrently,
approximately ten Mer-
cyhurst students are employed atShennanigan's.Senior Kevin
Armstrong, a discjockey at Shennanigan's said," $1,000is made on a
Thursday night." Accor-ding to Armstrong, this is the nightmost
Mercyhurst students go to thebar. r jOther days of the week, M
ercyhurststudents can also be found so cializingat Shennanigan's.
Monday studentsflock to the bar for chicken wings whilequarter
drafts seem to be the m ain at-traction on Tuesdays.Armstrong
believes that if Shen-nanigan's does shut i ts' doors, theresult
will be an increase in the numberof parties on campus. He believes
thatShennanigan's Is "almost like a cam-pus bar."His words refJect
the opinions ofother students here at the co llege whohave heard
about the possibility ofShennanigan's closing . r *Sophomore Chris
Renouf believesthat Shennanigan's "is a good outletfor students, it
allows everyone to goou t and enjoy themselves."Another sophomore,
who wishes toremain anonymous, said, "Shen-
Shennanigan's located on the corner of 38th and Pine
Street.nanigan's is just somewhere to go andget together with
friends. It would be ashame if they closed it - where else canwe
go?" %"Shennanigan's is an integral part ofthe school's social
fife," Brian Boromsai d. > ]Eddie Ricci feels that
Shennanigan'sis "a conveniept college bar."The convenience is
another one ofthe major reasons the bar is so popularwith the
college crowd. The Mer-cyhurst students are a definite asset tothe
bar. According to Maus, the timeperiod between September and May
isthe busiest time of the year for the
establishment.Maus I said that without-thcyhurst students'
business, thwould have to change their buapproach and become
morerestaurant to accommodate thecommunity.In their six years of
ope ration,nanigan's has only been cited o nthe Liquor Control
Board. The"due for a hearlng^at the end month, for a second
citation," said. \Maus feels the L.C.B. "Is just their job," as a
result of their m ocent citation. I
Students enhance local businessesBy Brenda LoweThe merchants
around Mercyhurstbelieve there Is a slight decrease Insales in the
absence of collegestudents. Paul Buynan's Super Duper,Patti's
Pizza, Pano's and Marine Bankare some of the places that are
awarethat Mercyhurst students are a part oftheir business.The
manager of Paul Bunyan's SuperDuper, Tony Grandenitti notices an
in-crease In sales but he doesn't noticeany decrease when Mercyhu
rst is clos-ed for breaks. jA cashier of Super Duper notices a
large amount of students buying fromtheir store, and believes
the studentsknow how to spend their money. Shealso believes that
the locality of SuperDuper benefits Mercyhurst and themm * 4%Erie
Community.;At Patti's Pizza, the workers saidthey too notice many
students do pur-chase pizzas quite a bit at night andaround
midterms and finals. They domiss the business of M ercyhurst
whenclosed for breaks but!there isn't anoticeable decrease. -
*:Pano's Family Restaurant doesnotice a slight increase when
classes
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Local provide convenience to college residents
are in session. However their businessIs not greatly affected
during vacationbreaks. A waitress believes studentscome in at all
hours but Pano's hasmany customers because of theirllocality, which
is not far from a busyhighway. They receive a large amountof
truckers and fellow businesses inthe vicinity.\ Students also shop
at the local drugstore, Burhenn's Pharmacy, for theirnecessities
andany medicines that areneeded when they- are not 'In thepink". A
cashier believes not manystudents shop at their store becausethey
get all their necessities fromSuper Duper next door.Golden Dawn
also notices an in-crease In sales because of their easyaccess, but
doesn't notice that muchof a decrease in their business
whenMercyhurst Is not In sessions. ,Marine Bank's Manager Chris
Zim-merly believes the students use thebanks services frequently
because ofthe convenience. Mercyhurst studentsusually place their
loans and openchecking accounts at this branch butuse the other
branches * as wellbecause of their other localities. Zlm-merly does
not know how many of hiscustomers are students of Mercyhurstbut
believes there is a small quantity ofthem who utilize the service
of theirbranch. v *fl
ResidentAssistant Imsuspended
%McAuley Hall's second floodent assistant, Floyd Campbell, red a
two term suspension for whlege President William P. Gdescribed as
"personal ma tters"Taking Campbell's place as Rthe remaining year
will be seniorYoko. L;.Director of Housing Phyllisconfirmed the
suspension but reto elaborate on the circumstancerounding the
Incident.William Kennedy, director? ofdent Services, refused
comment Tim Weeks, McAuley Hall Director. vDr. Garvey felt the
matter waspropriately handled by KennedyAiello. -.t"Floyd has had a
fine career hDr. Garvey said, "and I hope threturns to Mercyhurst
aftersuspension." 1Campbell did not appeal his sussion. Attempts to
reach Campbecomment have been unsuccessfu
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PAGE 2 THEMERCIAD JANUARY 10More MusicWMCY census contributed to
new format
Results of the census con-ducted by college radio sta-tion
personnel, WMCY, weretabulated prior to Christmasbreak.Of the 581
residents living inEgan, Ba ldwin , McAuley,Sesler and the
townhouses,550 were contacted by variousstudents affiliated with
thestation. As faculty advisor,Stephen J . Crcio said, "We
at-tempted to contact everyone."Curcio was pleased with the95
percent response rate.Results Indicated that 194males end 356
females par-ticipated in the census. Thehighest percentage of
respon-dents were freshmen.The census showed that 97
percent knew that there was astudent-run radio station onthe
campus of Mercyhurst Col-lege. Of that, 72 percent knewthe call
letters (WMCY) andeven fewer, only 48 percentknew the frequency
(880 AM).The census showed that thefour most popular local
radiostations were: K104, WSEG,WLVU and G annon's radio sta-t ion,
WERQ, all of which areonjthe FM frequency. WMCYwas about even with
WJET, anAM frequency.Not surprising, 95 percentof those surveyed
listen to theradio for music. Favorite typesof music were, in
order: Rock,Soft Rock, Top 40 and Pop. Inthe space on the
census
where studen ts; were asKedother musical preferences,Soft Rock
topped the choices,followed by Pop, hard rock,Easy Listening, New
Wave,Jazz, Classical, Soul, Oldiesand Country.WMCY has taken
measuresto format itself this term In aneffort to provide more
musicwith more consistency. Accor-ding to Rick Wendt,
programdirector of WMCY, a format Is"a system that classif iesmusic
Into one sound." Wendtalso commented that the newformat will be
"easier to sell toadvertisers J because peopleknow what you sound
like."The format will clean-up thevariety of different shows
andclassify them into specificManaging Editor joins facu lty
By Brenda LoweThe Mercyhurst faculty is pro-ud to welcome the
ManagingEditor of the Erie Daily Times,Len Kholos. Kholos will be
apart-time faculty member Inthe Winter term. He will bet e a c h i
n g a J o u r n a l i s mSeminar for seniors.Kholos feels that it
is impor-tant to convince the publicthat journalists are ethical
andwishes to ins till what he feelsIs a sense of fairness
withinjournalism. His outlook forthis course is full of
en-thusiasm. He wishes to makethese students Intelligent
andhonest.Kholos plans to teach theattitudes of Journalists andhow
they affect the public. Hewants to explain why thepublic dislikes
journalists andhow the Journalist handles itspublic opinion.Kholos
has taught othercourses at Edlnboro (Editorial
Page) and Behrend (EnglishComposition) Colleges but henow plans
on teaching at Mer-cyhurst. He "fully supportsM e r c y hurst 's e
d u c a t i o nbecause he believes in educa-t ion, not trade
schools.Hi s4 background is Im-
pressive. Kholos graduatedfrom the University of Pitt-sburgh
with a \ degree inEnglish Literature. He movedto Erie! in 1950 to
become areporter for the Erie Dispat-cher. In 1957, the Dispatchwas
bought bygthe MorningNews where he continued as areporter. Kholos
.bought apaper in 1959 entitled TheMetropolitan Leader but
itforeclosed after a few years. In1968 he became ManagingEditor and
has held that posi-t ion. He was a Pulitzer PrizeJudge for two
years. jKholos has raised his familyin Erie and - is quite
en-thusiast ic on the oppor-tunities and lifestyle offered.He plans
to live here in hisretirement years.
Now on the air! WMCY's newequipment. xtime slots five days a
week.WMCY's new format forweekdays will be: Oldies from11 a.m. - 1
p.m., Heavy Metalfrom 3 - 5 p.m., from 5 p.m. -1a.m. rock will be
featured.Saturday's schedule is open tovariety programming. Sundaym
o r n i n g w i l l f e a t u r e" C r o s s t a l k " a n d o t h
e rreligious programming from12 -2 p.m. Soul wil l be playedall day
from 2-11 p.m. "RadioFree Splrlfwill be hitting theairwaves from 11
p.m. - 2 a.m.As described by-D.J. JeffVona, "Radio Free Spirit" Is
an"innovative program thatdeals with music not.usually^heard on
regular radio. It getsin touch with and exposes thedark side of
people."Vona, who Is also Music,*;Director of WMCY, feels thenew,
more music format "willprovide types and varieties ofmusic the s
tude nts, want tohear on .their college radiostation." J 'Other
census results show-ed that 30 percent of theresidents believe the
WMCYtransmission signal is "poor",and another 20 percent
don'tknow.D ur i n g t h e sh u t d o wn ,engineers have worked to
tryto alleviate this problem. Ac-c o r d i n g t o C ur c i o , t h
eengineers found flaws withth e transmitter's i n i t i a l
sound due in part to r
Installation.On a more upbeat npercent of the' jstsurveyed have
listeWMCY since fall termand a good amountjwbably l isten
whencasting-resumes.In other related questions, 75 percentstudents
J would like WMCY in the cafeteria,cent would like It In thpus
Center and 85would like the stationheard in the StudentCurcio feels
having Wthe Student Union ispriority in expansion.Curcio
was*encourathe response of peoterested in joining thestation staff.
He addaside from knowing theof those interested, cotiality in
tallying the!was a high priority."The census conwhat we suspected
absignal. It surprised upeople don't know howthe signal," Curcio
saidHe commented that tsus was "valuable". Heto do one possibly
everLooking forward to thformat, Wendt is encou"We're not a pot
luck sWhen you tune in, yoexactly what to exphear."
Managing Editor of the Erie DailyTimes, Len Kholos.
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JANUARY 10,1985 THE MERCIADComputer classes arebeing filled to
capacity
Mary Pat Fink Officer Dave Robarts
Alumni recipientsjCriminalJ u st i ce IA ward
By David Geade -(CPS)The number of studentsentering the computer
sciencecurriculum has been like an"exp los ion /1 says
WilliamGreen, 19-year old computerprogramming major at theU n i v e
r s i t y of T e x a s ."Classrooms are overcrowd*ed, you can
hardly get time onthe computer system."Job hopes may be fading,too.
The very "explosion" ofcomputer programming ma-jors which is
hamperingeducation also threatens toglut the Job market.Coupled
with a new interestin -computer courses evenamong non-technical
majors,understaffed, underfunded,and under-equipped computerscience
departments are be-ing pushed to the limits t o ac-commodate the
mushroomingdemand for courses.At Texas A&M's computerscience,
for instance, enroll-ment has doubled in the last
three years, but because of s ta tis tic s.funding problems and
an ex-odus of potential instructorsinto high-paying private
{[jobs,no new computer science pro-fessors have been added
since1980. , \ JThe Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology - whicha
l r eady bans " com pu te rscience transfers from otherschools -
also fust voted tolimit computer science enroll-ment next year, as
has theRensselaer Polytechnic In-stitute in New York. \"The number
of computerscience students has simplyincreased much faster thanour
ability to serve them," ex-plains, Nell Dale, associatechai r o f
UT 's computerscience department.Between 1977* and 1982alone, the
number of computerscience graduates trip led fromjust under 7,000
to a whopping
20,267 a year, according to theNational Center for Education
This spring, an e30,000 more com putermajors will invade market
, commandaverage $25,000 yearl"Computer scienceof the two hottest (
a lo n g w i t h e l eengineering) in the coterms of demand," notor
Llndqufst, placemetor at Northeastern Un"In the short run, still a
very strong dempeople in the coscience area. But in thterm, there
will be vdemand for them,"Henry Levin, an exeducation and
technStanford. 28 million in the next Bureau oprojects thabout 1.5
million wihigh technology indus
Of theopeningsthe U.S.statistics
Former Mercyhurst graduatesMary Pat Fink and DavidRobarts were
two of three Erielaw enforcement ^profes-sionals honored at
MercyhurstCol lege 's twe l f th annualCriminal Justice
Convocationon Tuesday, January 8. XFink, a 1978 graduate,shared the
honor with RoselleWalWewicz. Both are co-directors foAhe Retail
TheftProgram and also serve as pro-bation officers for the ErieCou
n ty Adult P r oba t i onOffice.Patrolman David Robarts, a
1977 graduate from Mer-cyhurst, was cited for his con-tribution
to an undercoversting operation which lead tothe conviction of a
largeburglariy ring. Robarts wasrecently elected president oft h e
E r i e P a t r o l m e n ' sAssociation.Also honored at the
Tues-day ceremonies was seniorCriminal Justice major DeaneDobbs.
Dobbs was the H 984winner of the R. Gordon Ken-nedy Scholarship
given to anoutstanding criminal justicemajor, j j
College President appointedto Erie Port(Authority boardBy Heidi
Beezub |While the^ Mercyhurst com-munity was "on Christmasvacation
M ercyhu rst, CollegePresident, Dr. William Garveywas appointed to
the Erie PortAuthor i ty . *The Erie PortAuthority was created to
lookafter and develop the Erie BayFront Area. I ^Most of the
appointments tothe Port Authority Board aremade by Erie's mayor,
LouisTullio, but a small number of
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notcontroversial because theirterms had expired and the
PortAuthority Board had not beencommu n ica t i ng w i t h t
hemayor; acting without his con-sent y on major issues. Dr.Garvey
said, "I think the mayorwas caught up in a controver-sy with the
Port Authority as tohow that land (The Bay FrontArea) should be
used in thefuture." * * : V \h It seems the mayor wantedsome
different points of viewon the Port Authority, Board. IDr. Garvey
was chosen toserve on the Board because heis president of both the
ErieMuseum -and the NiagaraPlace Committee.The Niagara Place
Commit-tee is a group formed by the ci-
ty of Erie and state osylvania to develop a complex for the
FNiagara. Dr. Garvey woto see the bay area dehistorically,
commerciresidentially so the peErie would have moreto enjoy the
bay.In the past, the Portty was mostly concernthe shipping that
takein the port of Erie..;HErie is not a big comport on the Great
Lawill probably have lesing in the future. yDr. Garvey believfuture
development of Area will largely determeconomic developmencity of
Erie. "Erie'sstrength is the Lake angreatest asset is theh a s f a
n t a s t i c p obecause of its b eauuniqueness." Dr. Garvey sees
his ment to the Port Authocivic responsibility arelated to the
collegcyhurst will receive anbenefit. "When the cityprospers so
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Tax Proposalsdeserve the axTaxes-not really a topic of concern
to the college student. Butcolleges and universities better start
taking notice of the taxproposals affecting higher education.During
the month of December while we were conveying thespirit of
Christmas, the federal government was making pro-posals to reform
and simplify the federal tax code dealing withtuition benefits,
charitable contributions, scholarships,research and travel. If
these proposals are passed by PresidentReagan, they could have a
devastating affect on Mercyhurst andevery other college across the
country.These proposals are supposed to be easy to understand
buteveryone knows taxes are not a simple subject. Three plansmake
up this so called simplified tax proposal. The U.S.
TreasuryDepartment, Kemp-Kasten and the Bradley-Gephardt plans
haveInstilled some form of taxation on higher education. IOf the
three plans, the Kemp-Kasten plan is the most accom-modating to
students and employees of a college environment.This plan does not
propose to tax those willing to contribute totheir alma mater. With
the onset of the Capital Campaign, thisplan would not Inhibit
donors from making contributions to ourcollege. However, the
Treasury Department's plan does not pro-mote individuals to donate
gifts and donations because they aretaxed. For that reason,
colleges are walking a tight rope .Tuition benefits are not
infringed upon under the Kemp-Kasten plan. If this particular tax
proposal is accepted, collegeemployees would continue to receive
these benefits without be-ing taxed. tThe Kemp-Kasten plan does
conta in one flaw. Under this pro-posal, tax credits for company
sponsored research would beeliminated. Directly, this does not put
a damper on the studentsthemselves, but the companies who are
willing to support the in-novation of higher education.The
Bradley-Gephardt plan also suggests eliminating taxcredits for
company sponsored research. But research would belimited rather
than eliminated under the Treasury Department'splan. The subject of
scholarships is another area of agreement forthe Kemp-Kasten and
Bradley-Gephardt tax proposals. If eitherof these plans are
accepted, scholarships would not be taxable.If the Treasury
Department's plan is accepted by the presidentthen the money
exceeding tuition costs would be levied., *k Colleges may become a
dying institution . These proposalswill have an affect on higher
education if either is accepted*bythe.president. A college
education is no longer a symbol ofstatus, It is es sential. If
taxes are implemented into the educa-tional system, the Average
American will not be able to pay theprice for a diploma. As a
result, colleges will be an instituitionfor rich kids. Shouldn't it
be for everyone.? *There is something you can do. Take the time and
make the ef-fort to write to your local congressional
representative express-ing your views about these tax proposals.
Which plan do youprefer? Like a vote, your Input does make a
difference. Highereducation does not have to be subjected to the
tax system. -
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n i o n " . A l l lemus t be s i gneds h o u l d c o n t a i na d d
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Why literature?By Barry McAndrewI have been asked that ques-tion
many times since I firstbegan teaching. Many timesthe questioner is
sincere inhis
or her desire for an answer.Most* of the tim e, however,there is
a negative tone In thespeaker's voice which in-dicates that he or
she hasalready decided that there isno need to read
literature.While I am more receptive tothe well intentioned
ques-tioner, my answer is the samefor both: we read
literaturebecause we must I r: : iI am aware of the
presump-tuousness of that answer, butI believe it to be true.W h y
m u s t w e r e adliterature? There are manyreasons, ranging from
themundane to the sublime, but Iwill speak of only a
few.Shakespeare's Prosperotells us, "we are such stuff asdreams are
made on, and ourlittle life is rounded with asleep." If this-is
true we hadbest make use of our liveswhile we are awake. And,
lifeis more than taking care of ourbasic needs of food, clothingand
shelter. I don't mean todenigrate the pursuit of ade-quate (even
better than ade-quate) wages to fulfill thoseneeds, but I maintain
that life,to be full, requires more.Literature is what gives
lifethat fuller dimension. It keepsus In touch with the deeper,more
intangible desires ofhuman kind. The layers of
thought and feeling which the
Barry Mc Andre wwriter unfolds allows us , totranscend the
requirements ofpractical functioning In ourjobs or classes. The
routinenature of four daily tasksdoesn't readily allow foranalysis
beyond the im-mediate end to be achieved, itdoesn't allow for depth
andreflection. It Is throughliterature that we come toknow the
Inner forces at workin life.In our normal day we in-teract with
people, places, andthings, and a reader has adistinct advantage
over a non-reader in these encounters.For instance, when
interactingwith someone a reader has aknowledge? of basic
humanmotivating factors, derivedfrom;- vicarious literary
en-counters, which he or she canuse to analyze the otherperson.Most
of us will never* travelvery far from our homes, letalone travel to
other countries.If we read newspapers andmagazines we can get
some
Idea of the nature of otherplaces and peoples, but if weread
literature we go beyondthe word and'space restric-tions found in
the other twoforms. Literature gives us notonly the visual aspects
of aplace but the smell, touch,sound, and even the taste ofthe
setting. You have been toFrance if you have read Balzacand to
Russia if you have readDoestoevsky or Tolstoy.Literature helps us
to unders-tand the many cultural dif-ferences that separate us
sothat we * might acknowledgethem and work toward ac-comodating
ourselves to thebest within each country.Ironically, it is in
literature'streatment of things that It-most achieves its
spirituality.The writer's awareness of the"suprasubstantiality" of
theconcrete allows him or her topresent to us through materialob
jects the myster i ousspiritual world which sur-rounds us. By the
use of im-age, metaphor and symbolliterature forces us beyond
theliteral world Into a world ofpossibil ity and multiplemeaning.It
is precisely here thatliterature takes on its greatestpower and
prestige. For, to theextent that we become awareor these
possibilities our livesbecome enriched and full. It isin this
fullness that the mustof literature resides. Other-wise we live in
a world of sur-face meaning and shallowreflection. !.
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F E B R U A R Y Rd Eye Special Midnight to 3am Student
UnionMiiicreek Mill ShutUaa 25a eachway Times to bo announcedMovie:
"Against AlfOdda" 7&fc15pm BPC 50c . >A steamy, sinister,
grMt-fooktag JftacthrO fHm .. fast-paced and entartaJnlngSAC
Meeting \ BPC 6:30pm X ' &FYt TBAFilm Festlval You'll Jlava to
welt for this one'Movie: "Enter the Dragon" 7 & 0pm BPC 50cSAC
Meeting BPC 8:30pm Busto 0 annon Q ame el ERt E CIVIC CENTERso'e
Day Cafe (dinner) Dine to "D.J. John11 spinningyour favorite rock
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laterFamily Feud I PtUU$$ 8pm Zum Recital Hell Back by popular
demand I Will the Wheat familyback to capture thetitle? You can't
miss this event I Team signups in SAC office * TWinter Formal
Rainbow Gardens 9pm to 1am Music by "The Moonlighters" S6 00Movie:
"Hard to Holff 7 & 9pm BPC b 50c Rlok Springfield's motion
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Center *Mystic Night 8pm to 10pm BPC 50c Bob Bens, medium -.. AURA
READINGS rPet it V Peek Enjoya Iull day's skiing More Into,
leterfMovie: "Personal Beat" 7pm & 9:15pm BPC 50c Merlel
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Film ReviewThe Mob Returns"C otton C lub " Created1 By Laura
Ruby
The year la 1928. The setting is Harlem. The-world is
goingthrough fashions, fads and frenzies never before
imagined.'Butbehind the excitement and gaiety la something very
real andvery frightening: organized crime. ""The Cotton Club", an
Orion Pictures production depicts lifeIn the 20's, the styles, the
hysteria, the bigotry and the mob. Thefilm was directed by Francis
Ford Coppola and produced byRobert Evana. i j> *The story begins
when jazz musician Michael "Dixie" Dwyer(Richard Gere), saves the
life of mob leader Dutch Schultz. Andas the gangster then put It,
"I'm you're Dutch Uncle from now onpal...I owe you one."The story
adapted by Coppola and Mario Puza holds manythemes within themes.
As the plot unravels, every detail in thefilm perfectly comes
together. * tThe 20's were big inmusic and dance. It reflected the
spirit ofthe people. The musical and dance numbers In 'The
CottonClub", were, In a word, fabulous. They were perhaps, the
heart ofthe film. > ,_, 1 1In two hours, the film w ent through
friendship, loyalty, trust,love, hate, terror, fear, and many more
emotions. The characterdevelopment seemed flawless enabling the
viewer to feel forthe"bad guys1' as well as the good. HThe fast
paced scenes kept continual interest. The endinghowever, seemed
rushed. The conflicts were suddenly resolvedwith a blink of an eye.
Uving "happily ever after" took away fromthe film's realism. ."The
Cotton Club" Included many of the Important events andpeople of the
20's; Jazz, bigotry, wealth, the stock market crash,Gloria Swanson,
Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. This addedto the film's believable
flavor. i 4 gThe film's "R" rating was due to Its adult theme. It
must becommended for not relying on gratuitous violence. "Blood
andguts" were kept to a minimum and the language was
properlyvulgar. \ fI Much r more can be said about and read Into
"The CottonClub". It's combination of humor and seriousness, and
musicand dance, make It a film not to miss. I g
Counselor awarded;Takes the time to bridge the By Sandra L.
Taylor"It's more important1 to be
human than to be important,"explained Tom Calabrese, in-structor
of.Life Career Plann-ing courses and a counselor atthe Mercyhurst
College CareerInstitute.But Calabrese is a very im-portant person,
not only to hisstudents at Mercyhurst, or thecitizens of Erie, who
receivehis counseling services, buthe's highly respected and
ap-preciated by his, professionalpeers and colleagues. He
wasrecently presented 1 with the"Eminent Practitioner Award"in
Harrisburg. The award Isgranted to a counselor foroutstanding
achievement inthe field and to those whopractice
counseling.Calabrese felt humbled andpleased to received such
anhonor when the state of Penn-sylvania has many
excellentpractitioners across the Com-monwealth, four of whom
holdnational office.There is good reason forCalabrese to be proud
of thisaward. He has been assertiveand a diligent workerMn thefield
of counseling. Heassisted in writing ethicalstandards for
counseling inPennsylvania as well aspublishing several
articles.During 1983-84, Calabresewas elected President of
theAssociation that CounselsCouples and Families and wasmost
recently elected Presi-
dent of the PennsylvaniaCounseling Association.A graduate of
GannonUniversity, Calabrese is alsoan employee of the NorthWest Tri
County IntermediateUnit. He Is assigned toCathedral Prep. He is a
na-tionally certified counselor byexamination.Calabrese Is a very
Impor-tant man. His awards and of-f ices h e l d .are
aloneprestigious but the most im-portant accomplishment is
hisattitude and willingness toprovide his students, peersand
associates with supportand secured feelings of selfesteem.He equips
them withknowledge and ways to con-quer fear, anxiety, stress
andrejection. Calabrese feels tak-ing a, chance is not taking
achance but$ encountering anew adventure and a new lear-ning
experience. His Instruc-tion Is laced with totalencouragement.Most
people would considerCalabrese to be very un-conventional but no
one goesto sleep in his classes.Students are his best
publicrelations agents. The word isout on Calabrese...he's
in-teresting, informative andgives you a shot of the "realworld". I
,He has been associatedwith the college, for, three .years and
feels lucky to be a
part of the continued-growth
of the institution, "Mhas maintained anbecome a viable
encommunity.Mercyhurst has to a unique spirit. Ttion of
traditionaladult students astudents has blenstudent body
frombackgrounds, needperiences for studbenefactors of I
thregardless of wherefrom, they will all hato go." f *He continued,
"Iqueness of what throughout! the MCollege communityquality for all
studesacrificed. Dean Pmade sure that exceducation is
consisCalabrese, reflectcooperation betweecommunity and Msays,
"Erie is a fine eutilizing money to citizens, business,and labor
with eduform partnerships many of the dilemmdisplaced workers
unemployed.Because of the creof John Nesbit with tion of the MCCI
prothe trust and blessindent Dr. William Pmore is happeningcyhurst
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Thursday, January 10 - FY Ipresents Bob Bens who willspeak on
mediumship, ex-trasensory perception, andparapsychology in the
BackPorch C afe at 8:30 p.m.* JFriday, January 11 Stu-dent ID's
will be taken in theStudent Union from 1 p.m.-4p.m. Cost is $3.
Hereafter, allIO's will be taken on the firstof each month.Friday,
January 11 - A bustrip to "Generations", 'anightclub In New York.
Busleaves Baldwin at 8:30 p.m.Sign up at the Union desk.Must be 19
years of age andhave proper ID. *
Sunday, January 12"Lassiter" will be shown In theBack Porch Cafe
at 7 p.m. and9 p.m. Cost Is 50 cents.
Shenanigans - 3728 PineAve. Happy Hour'continuesfrom 1 p.m.- 7
p.m. with quarterdrafts of Strohs. Thursdaynight Mercyhurst's own
KevinArmstrong will be spinning thetunes from 9:30 p.m. to 2
a.m.Peninsula Inn 44 Penin-sula Dr. Friday and Saturdayfrom 10
p.m.- 2 a.m. "NorthCoast1!Band" will be playing.Saturday will be a
pool tourna-ment with two person teams, ifyou would like to
participateregistration fee is $20 call838-3257 to sign up.
Cashprizes will be awarded.Sherlock's - 508 State St."Visions" will
be performingFriday and Saturday from 10
AuditionsAuditions for,the musical"Grease" will be held
January11 at 7 p.m. and January 12 at 1p.m. Auditions held at the
Lit-tle Theatre. ^ Prepared songpreferred but not required.Paul
Iddings Is directing theshow which opens February22.
National Migration WeekThe Sisters of Mercy haveInvited the
foreign-bornstudents of Mercyhurst Col-lege, Mercyhurst Prep,
St.Luke and St George Elemen-tary Schools to a NationalMigration
Week celebration onJanuary 10V1085. RegistrationWill take place at
the Grand-view Avenue Motherhouseat 7p.m, A l i turgy will
becelebrated and a reception willfollow In the CommunityCenter of
the Motherhouse.Reservations should be sent
to Sr. Mary Lawrence Franklin,RSM, Mercyhurst College,Erie, PA
16548.Study Group
A study group about theU.S. Presidents and theirfamilies is
being started byMary Cole, in The HeritageRoom on Saturday
morningsfrom 10*2. If Interested, bring abook or article
concerningpresidential families andchildren.
Film for DiscussionMercyhurst Film Series willbegin January 16.
The films,held Wednesday evenings, areIntroduced at 7:15 and begin
at7:30 In Zum Hall. Discussionfollows film. General admis-sion $2.
Free to MercyhurstCommuni ty . Communi tyseason ticket 7 films for
$10.On January 16, the film serieswill begin with Hitchcock's"Rear
Window".
p.m.- 2 a.m. Drink specials in-clude 2 for 1 drafts and 75
centsuper shooters.Docksiders - 420 State St."Albert of India"
formally "TheGarage Band" with newmember Marty Lee will beplaying
Friday from 10 p.m.-2a.m. Drink specials include 3for $1 ponies.
Saturday "TheZipper City Blues Band" willbe playing from 10 p.m.- 2
a .m.Kate's at the Holiday InnDowntown - Will present"Angel Fire"
Friday and Satur-day from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.Ramada Inn - 6101 W
att-sburg Rd. Every Tuesday andThursday taco and wing nlte$3 all
you can eat from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. ^rl i
Mlllcreek Mall 4 Thisweek's movies include "TheRiver",
"Protocol" , and"Johnny- Dangerously". Call868-5152 for time
schedules.Plaza - 800 W.Erie Plaza.
Recruiters on CampusRecruiters from the follow-ing businesses w
ill be on cam-pus to interview interestedstudents; Eat *N
ParkRestaurants, January 18, Har-borcreek Home for Boys,January 23
and Marine Bank,January 25. Students in-terested In Interviewing
withany ofv the above recruitersshould come to the CareerServices
Office, 204 Main, tosign up for an appointment.Students must have a
com-pleted credential file in orderto Interview.
Check CashingPermanent check cashinghours for winter term at
theStudent Government Officeare as follows: Monday 1-3p.m.,
Wednesday 2:45-4 p.m.,Thursday 1-3:30 p.m., and Fri-day 12:30-3
p.m.
Shows this week are "CottonClub", t "Pinocchio", "Star-man", and
"Flamingo Kid".For schedules call 454-0050.
Cinema World - 2206 W.15th St. Will be showing"Beverly Hills
Cop", "CityHeat", "20lO-.The Year WeMade Contact", and "Mickland
Maude". Call 454-2881 frotime info.
Erie Playhouse -l3W.St. "Peter Pan" held oveanother week will be
perfed January 12th at noonJanuary 13th at 2 p.m. Ad$8 and children
12 and u$3. For more Information454-2851. I
Erie Playhouse 13 W.St. "Anastasia" will beformed January 17-
20. m o re i n f o rm a t i o n 454-2851. .%| Erie
Philharmonic"Kathryn Selby" will be peming at the Warner
TheSaturday, January 12 at 8 Ticket prices $15, $12, anFor ticket
reservations 4 5 5 - 1 3 7 5 . -
Warner Theater - NeilS i m o n ' s n e w c o m e d y"Brighton
Beach Memoirs"will be performed Thursday,January 17th ay 8 p.m.
Formore information Icall theWarner Theater.
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Hurst hoopsters take twobites out of the
Jon iBerkeley added this re-bound and basket to his credit Inthe
Lakers win over St. JohnFisher.Before yesterday's game,"JJ> ."
needed just eleven pointsto become only the fifth Hurstplayer to
score 1,000 points in hiscareer.
By Bob ShreveJon Berkeley's reboundbasket with one second
re-maining gave Mercyhurst ah e c t i c 78-77 v i c t o r y a
tSouthhampton on Saturday.Coupled with a.74-61 win overMercy the
previous evening,the Lakers- concluded a suc-cessful two-game road
trip toNewYork:City in fine style.The two w ins upped the
'Hurstchart to 7-4. ^Todd Lee broke a 73-allltiewith 1:11
remaining, connec-ting on the front end of a one-and-one. When John
Greenfollowed w ith a layup at the 48second mark, the Lakers had
a76-73 lead. JSouthhampton came storm-ing back, Patrick Robinson
hit-ting a pair of free throwsbefore Darryl Cambrelen gavethe
Colonials a one point leadwith nineteen seconds left ona layup.Rod
Coffield put up whatlooked like the Lakers finalshot, an eight foot
jumperwhich fell *short. Berkeley, asenior frorrt Troy, NY,
grabbedthe rebound underneath thebasket and powered it;in withone
second showing on the
YokesEasyy Greg YokoHey, YoulfLet's getwild & rowdy
Despite two unnecessaryand disappointing losses, theMercyhurst
men's basketballteam is stil l in pos ition to havea very
successful 1984-85season . As 2 Coach Bi l lyKalbaugh stated to|me
Mon-day, the Lakers! are in goodstanding."We're in a great
position,"began Kalbaugh, "With a 7-4record (at the time) in
fwhichonly four of the games were athome, we are now^capable
ofputting things together* r"With the two wins in NewYork City, we
^establishedourselves as a team that canwin on the road. Now,"
ex-plains th e fourth-year coach,"we play nine of our nexteleven
games at home. This isa big stretch for us."Every night we have
tocome out and be ready to play.We have the? potential to win
every fgame...but, we couldalso lose them tall, if we
loseIntensity/1This Intensity that Kalbaughrelates to Is important.
Everyplayer and every team needsthis vital ingredient| to$
suc-ceed.|No matter how muchtalent you have, without inten-sity!
you'll be just like anyother mediocre team| | |OK, so? what is the
point?Have you feverf been to aSteeler football game? Howabout a
hockey game? O r evena Gannon I basketball game(heaven forbidS)? |
mThe crowds at these affairscan be an"intimidating factorin any
athietici^ontest. lousedto be that fwayl around Mer-cyhurst
affewfyears back. Butnow, we seemlto have lost ourintensity.! f
HHey....yes you I Why don'tyou and your friends gettogether and GET
ROWDY 1Take a two hour break fromyour studies (or your beers)and
check out the gang at theCampus Center.With a little luck maybe
wecan pack the Campus Centerto see John Green become thefirst
player in Western Penn-sylvania to break the 2,000point barrier.
fAnd who knows, maybe >wecan turn thewomen's basket-ball team's
season openingdive into some sort of winningdrlvei
Appleclock. Mercyhurst interceptedthe Colonials inbounds passto
seal the win.Green again led the Laker'sscor ing parade. The Ai l
-American candidate canned 9of 15 from the field and 4 of 4from the
line to finish with 22points. Berkeley followed with11 points and
10 rebounds,with Co ffield netting 10 pointsand dishing out 7
assists.One facet of the gamewhich greatly pleased CoachBi l l y Ka
lbaugh was theballhandllng. After com mitting22 turnovers against
Mercy,the Blue and Green had aseason-low nine miscuesagainst
Southampton, in-cluding Just three in the se-cond half. *"The
turnovers being insingle digits says a lot foritself," noted
Kalbaugh. "I feltour four guards played wellthe whole trip,"
referring toGreen, Coffield, Matt Nesserand freshman Nate
Harris.iiV "TheySouthampton gamewas a very, very good road ef-fort
for us," continued thefourth-yearicoach. "I was par-ticularly
pleased with our shotselection."
Mercyhurst started slowlyat Mercy, trailing 7-0 beforetaking the
lead and coasting to
This jumper by John Green (10) against St. John Fisher putsenior
two points closer to the coveted 2,000 point plateau. Arent pace,
Greenwill probably break the barrier either in nexday's contest or
next Saturday's.The Mercyhurst * 'shooting machine''had 22 points
in bover the weekend.
the w in. Green had 22 points,hitting 10 of 17*from the fieldand
2 of* 2 from the charitystripe. Coffield and Lee eachdeposited five
bu ckets.The Lakers also received afine effort from reserve
DaveMarshall. Marshall came of thebench, when centers MartyCams and
Chuck Bower bothgot .Into - foul trouble, andscored 3 points, but
more im-p o r t a n t l y , h e h a d sixrebounds."The two week
layoff show-ed early," admitted Kalbaugh.
"The plusses were goselect ion and verydefense. We found a da
1-3-1 zone press - tcouldn't handle. Also,throw shooting was
exhitting 80 percent. n e g a t i v e ^ s i d e waballhandling and
the laMercyhurst plays itsit's next eleven at homCampus Center. The
tand began last nigrelated story) with a against the Golden
EaClarion State Univer
Lady Lakers get bounceThe Mercyhurst women'steam met one of the
premieroutfits in NCAA D ivision, IIIthis past weekend, and
CoachDarlene Rosthauser's youngteam took it on the chin.
Pitt-Johnstown scored a 104-34win over the Lady Lakers
onSaturday.The Hurst narrowed the gap,but still lossed, * when
they
No t once, bu t twicedropped a 89-59 decision toAllegheny
College last Tuedayevening. With the defeat, theLaker's record
dipped ftp (awoeful 0-5. t, 1In the Pitt-Johnstown game,senior
Sherry Putnam was theonly member of the Blue andGreen -to score in
doublefigures as she netted 14 pointson the evening.
You'll alsofnotice I'velplac-ed | the Erie Golden f Bladeshome
hockey schedule in;thisweeks Issue fo r yourfInterest.
it you get a chance to|checkout the Blades, go ahead.
Theyprovide|a v&ifferent|source ofentertainment which can
helpspeed boring Erie evening!
ErieBlades
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