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DAN O'CONNOR

by Mark CiprianiThe wait is finally over and

Mercyhurst College has namedDan O'Connor as head basketballcoach for the 1978-79 season.

The official announcement wasmade at a press conferenceTuesday morning in the facultylounge.

O ' C o n n o r , M e r c y h u r s tassistant coach for the past twoyears, edged out* 60 other applicants for the position.

Actually the original choice forthe job was* Nick Creola, headcoach of Jamestown CommunityCollege.

Creola and the'Hurst officialscould not get together on salarynegotiations so V O'Connorreceived the nod. f

But Me rcyh urst AthleticDirector Michael Cusack wasquick to point out, "Dan is not oursecond choice, we wanted thepack age of! Creola with ex

perience and O'Connor with theyouth and personality. We onlygot one half ofthe package but wefeel it is an outstandinghalf."

O'Connor becomes only thethird head coach since Mercyhurst inaugurated the sport in1971.

He replaces Dick Fox whoresigned after a26-3 season and atrip to the N.A.T.A. Nationals inKansas City, to accept the headcoaching job at Gannon College.

Upon his departure Foxrecommended O'Connor as hissuccessor. "Dan did an excellentjob for me," said Fox, "and Iknow he will do an excellent jobas head coach.",| A veryShappy O'Connor couldonly agreei"I know the schoolhas confidence in me and I'mready for the challenge. We losesix players and two outstandingcoachesso it is time to lay down anew foundation."*

To build a foundation one mus trecruit and O'Connor admits thathe is a little behind in that area.

"I started some recruitingwhen Fox was here, but it's solate now that I will really have toget going,"Jsaid'O'Connor. "Imade some good contacts in theBuffalo and Pittsburgh areas andI have a hot tip on a local kid."

As far as setting future goals,the new Laker boss was hesitantabout making any startlingpredictions. "Let's justsay that Iwould like to have teams th at a realways contending. That hasalways been a goal*for Mercyhurst basketball -toSreach theDistrict playoffs," continuedO'Connor, "It is pretty difficult totry to come up with a definitewon-loss record."

The 27-year-old Slippery Rockgraduate) also becomes theyoungest coach in Mercyhurst'sshort history. O'Connor does not

consider his age a deterrentthoughi"I would like to modelmyself after some of the otheryoung coaches around, such asBobby Knight (Indiana) andDigger Phelps (Notre JDame)."

Mercyhurst isL currentlylooking for an assistant for thenew coach that will fit into theschool's and O'Connor'splans

O'Connor will operate on a oneyear contract. "I see no specialproblems here,"he*noted, "allcoaches here work under theseconditions."

Aside from his coaching dutiesCoach O'Connor will also coordinate the entire Mercyhurstmen's, women's and co-ed intramural progr ams; next year.

441 would like to thank everyonefor their support," concludedO'Connor, "I have confidence inthe young;men returning and Iwant to get the basketballprogram back ontrack"!

VOL. 50, NO. 24 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MAY-19,1978

by J ohn Brunoand Gar}'Wesman |j

In a widely approved decision,the college earlier this weekturned to Sr. Mary MatthewBait us, who reluctantly acceptedthe position of interim dean of thecollege.

Sr. Matthew, who has been atMercyhurst in a number of jobsfor the past18 year s, will hold thejob from June until next January,guiding the new dean through atransition period until he or shelakes over fulltime.

Sr. Matthew was officiallyappointed last Tuesday byCollege President Dr. Marion L.Shane in a meeting with the fullfaculty and administration.

She was one of a group offaculty which pressed Dr. Shaneto hire an interim dean for onevear, but did not want the jobherself. f

"I was more or less conscripted," she told The Merciad."However, many of the facultyand some of the administrationfelt that we needed a transitionperson. !

"A new dean should be acclimatedto the atmosphere of thecollege before he tries to makedecisions and actually gets intothe nitty-gritty aof the job," shesaid. ' i -4There is only one individualwho would have the supportarid

College President Dr. MarionL. Shane formally announced onTuesday comp romise solutions totwo major issues in an attempt tobridge internal divisions at thecollege.( ! " f *

In a meeting of the full facultyand administration on May.16,Dr . I Shane postponed hisPresidential Action Plans forfurther study and appointed Sr.Mary Matthew* Baft us interimdean of the college through nextJanuary.

In another, unprecedentedmove, Dr. Shane said he wouldtemporarilytake over one dutyofthe dean's office and meet

the confidence of all segm ents ofthe college," said Dr. Shane. "Ifelt Sr. Matthew was that individual." \- % ^

Divisional chairman of socialsciences Dr. Michael McQuillen

also agreed with the president'sappointment.

"Sr. Matthew is an excellentchoice - an eminentchoice, ,thebest ..decision Dr. Shane couldhave made." he said.

j | "I 'm justj sorry the appointment was not permanent,"added sociology and law enforcements Instructor PhilipPaulucci. I

The college still plans to hire afulltime dean to replace Dr.Jerry Trimble, whose resignationlakes effect atfthe end of June.Plans call for the new dean tobe hired this summer and takeoffice around September 1.

The new dean would not beginhis duties immediately, however.He would go through a transitionperiod first, working with Sr.Matthew to become familiar withMercyhurst.

The date is unspecified, but th enew dean will probably ta ke oversometime between th e end of fallterm and the beginning of winterterm," The tentative date isJanuary 1.

Dr. Shane at first opposedappointing an interim deanbecause, he told The Merciad,

"the search for a new and permanent dean should go on."

"I thought it unwise for thecollege to have an interim deanfor an entire academic ye ar," headded.

Much of the faculty, however,felt the college should" hiresomeone within to a temporarypost in order to smooth some ofthe tensions between faculty andadministration. ^

"We thought it would be betterto return to normal and thenbring in a new dean, rather thanto bring in a new dean to changethe situation."*Dr.* McQuillenexplained.

Some 41 college- personnel,including Sr. Matthew, signed apetition sent to Dr. Shane to hirean interim dean. Dr. Shane accepted? the idea when a compromise was worked out.>

"It would effect a smoothertransit ion," he said. "(Whatchanged my mind) on the interimdean was getting a workable planthat would* not interfere withappointing a permanent dean."

Sr. Matthew said she was firstasked if she was interested in thejob "three or four months ago."*j

"Not by President Shane," shenoted. "But even before DeanTrimble resigned, differentpeople felt that if he did resignthat we should have somebodyfrom inside who knew the ins and

directly with division chairmen.I Faculty members contactedbyThe Merciad were pleased withall three decisions, which werevariously described as "substantial, "conciliatory," and "astep toward more positiverelations." i

"I believe Dr. Shane came torealize that the most-seriousproblem we face now, whatoverrides all other considerations, is the moraleproblem," said Dr. MichaelMcQuillen, chairman of thesocial sciences division. " I wouldcompliment(the President); this

: has. been an essential first step."%

. Dr. Shane scheduled themeeting to talk about the ActionPlans,but the othertwo decisionsare now interrelated.

Dr. Shane will replace the deanas chairman of meetings of thedivision heads until Sr. Matthewguides the new dean through atransition period; and at thosemeetings Dr. Shane and thechairmen will discuss course anddepartment changes which werethe most controversial parts ofhis Action Plan. *fc Set aside for the present is theAction Plan proposal to graduallyphase out-degree programs inmajor fields which have low

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She said she was approachedseveral times throughoutFebruary, March, and April, soshe was not surprised uponfinally beingselected,. &

"I had said4no' so many timesthat I felt sure that peoplebelieved me," she joked. ^

Sr. M atthew' said the mostimportant part of her job wouldbe to "realign^ our> energiestoward more positive relations."

"There's been too much internal strife here," she added.

She also wants to"reestablishthe faculty's position asJ theprimary decision maker inacademic policies."

"I don't have any answersto allthese problems," she cited."Ijust see the problems like manyother people do."

Sr. Matthew has been at thecollege as a teacher and administrator since 1960. The jobsshe has handled include dean ofstudents,dorm director, studentservices director, personneldirector. ^counseling director,advisor to the student government, *and first president of theCollege Senate.

She is now professor ofspacescience and will resume teachingwhen the new. fulltime deanfinallv takes over. [

enrollment.Dr^Shane said the Action Plan

will be studied throughout nextyear. j

Facultywho argued against thephasing out of majors did so ontwo general grounds.

One was that ending anyprograms damaged Mer-cvhurst's credibility as a liberalarts school. The other argumentwas against the method ofevaluating programs. ..

Basing everything on* studentenrollment totals, facultymembers told The Merciad, is acrude and arbitrary way ofmeasuring a program's worth.

"That is an over-simplifiedsolution." said Dr. McQuillen,who noted that a number of smalldepartments carry courses whichare needed by students in othermajors.

Dr. Shane said that concernwas " legi t i ma t e;" , I

"However."! he added, "what 1was pointing out is that thecollege has some Quantitativefactors to deal with.' ^

The major quantitative factorscovered in the Action Plan aresmall classes, the high* ratio offacuItv of students, and the

(Continuedon Pai*e 6)

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My congratulations to John Bruno, who was recentlyselected as editor of the 1978-79 Merciad. Those of us at theMerciad know of John's competency as both a reporter anda w riter. I encourage thosewho wish to write for new yea r'sMerciad,to contactJohn. *

Well this is it, my last issue as editor of this year's Merciad. Was it a learning experience?To quote a manwho hasadvised me all year, "This job will give its headaches attimes." ;:

I hope I served the community well, but if I didn't Iapologize. You have been a good audience and a fair one.Although the M erciad had its ups and down, it was you, ourreading audience, that werein searchto readour stories andour viewpoints. Thankyou. ? ^

Someone came up to me the otherday and said, "Chris,you gonna zap'em this last issue?" The question was acurious one, my replywas no,my reasoningis simple.

Criticism in any democratic society is important, to a

point. There is that one point beyond though, when thecriticism failsto achieve whatthe writer intended.

That point is basically this. I believed that criticismis agood way toright whatone believesto bewrong.

Criticism can help,but too much can tear away at whatwebuild, and the rubble left takes much m ore timeto repair.

Although I believed in everything I wrotethis year,sometimesmy judgementwas quicker then mytypewriter.

In this case, about all I can do is apologize. Im sorry ifI've torn down any buildings, but I can only hope that thebricks ofmy mistakes fall into place. -:

I enjoyed working for The M erciad and Ienjoyed workingwith its people. The Merciad has been my experience atMercyhurst. I believe the paper has made megrow M ajournalist. i

Objectivity is important. Once this can be attained, one isa better editor. If I had to do it over there ar e some things Iwould change, but this is neither the time nor the place to

cite what I believed to be pressing problems within theframework ofthis journalistic piece.Once, again, good luck to you John and don't forget the

words of thatwise old man, "Thisjob will give its headachesat times." 3

Sincerely *Chris Van Wagenen1977-78 Editor

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Packing.up and getting ready to leave are PaulSzela(the big guy) and Jimmy Kelly (the little guy) whoare preparing for graduation day. Szela, a native ofChicago, III. and Kelly a native of Philadelphia, Pa. arejust two of the many people that will be graduatingfromMercyhurst on June4, 1078. Said Szela, "1 always like topack Kel up HO he doesn't get lost. Not being from Erie,Kel always gets lost. This wayI just pay the postage,mark it FRAGILE and Kel gets home safe." Here in acouple shots, Szela and Kelly demonstrate their techniqueto the Merciad.

JKellyAround The Hurst

After four vears here it's hard to pick "a" mostmemorable experience. Thanks to my good friends I havehad three experiences that I won't be able to forget, orliveDC(town"On three occasions, after going to bed I woke up inastrange place. The first time I woke up lockedin a metalcabinet The second time I was between floors on theelevator in McAulev. The last time was the one I am mostremembered for. I was carried on my mattress to a partytwo blocks awav without waking up throughout the party. Ijust wishI could have been awaketo see it.

Jim Kelly,

REMEMBERWHEN . . . {3 We've been asked,"What is it like to be a Senior?"Torespond to that question we must tell you what it was liketobe a freshman, sophomore, and junior.REMEMBERWHEN . . . Freshman year? '*. . . that first look at your roommate and wondering how

you were going to make it throughthe year.. . . that first Beer Blast at Shade's Beach and a certainperson got left behind, ^ f c

. TURK used to becalled Sue.

. thereused to be kegpartiesin the dorm.

. Tuesday night parties 1 -1 j

. W ednesday morning hangovers

. Beer blasts off campus (Presque Isle. Hall, Knights ofColumbus.) f c- '. . . Kelly's on a Sunday night.

WHEN . . .Sophomore year. . . how great it was ton e considered upperclassmen Baldwindidn't have an alarmon C-wing door. f There usedto be floor partiesin Sesler. townshouse parties didn't g et busted. Rick andBarry's used to be avariety store.. . . people went for midnightswims in the pond.... Big Joe puthis;head through the wallatnownhouse

number4. T %REMEMBERWHEN . . \Junior year.. . . people looked forwardto moving out of the dorm and in

to Sesler. *. \.. A Chris was areporter an d not the editor.. . . HIGH was a response and not a constantway of life.. . . Wil l ishad a beard W M l. .. Jonesy moved his living room and kitchen into the grot-

Jo. * y * _ AyREMEMBER WHEN . . . Senior year $. . ,.you look around at the few rem aining seniors and you

wonder what happenedto everyone else.. . . you wonder, "What am I still doing here?"

Paul

After four ye ars whatmore is there to say?a. "I enjoyedmyself!"

b. "Thank-you Sister Phyllis,I had a charming time."?C. "Boywas Iever.. .Then!"d. "I receiveda good education!"e. NOne of the above. h '

And "hat do I expectthe school to say tome?a. "Thanks for coming !" 'b. "That'll b e.... and 7 9 ! "c. "How soon will you be leaving?" d. "Can you tke Snake with you?"e. None of the above.

Furthermore, whatwould the MercyhurstCommunity saytome? > i

a. "You're really graduating? ".b. "Don't worry they'11 be others...like you."c. "What'syour name?"d. "You'reone of the best kids I ever met!"e. "There'sno reason to discussit, it's only going to get you

angry!" / , v . r f. None of the above.

Finally what my parents aregoing to say whenI graduate?a. " Is that the personwe've heardso much about? "b. "You've been cutoff !$ "c. "Are all those stories aboutyou true' "d "Didyou get agood education?" /e. Hopefullynone of the above. t

Paul Szela

CongratulationsClass 1978

Cindy Patrizk) and Sue Beradinelli.. . . you gointo the cafeteria and realizeyou don't recognize

anyone there. f V %.... social lifeis offcampus and not oncampus anymore.1 .. the senior dinner and following par ty; "but then whoremembers ? ' ' |3p[. I . the anticipation of commencement and all of those

graduation parties. f 8j -;. . . MEMORIES |wWhat's it like to be asenior?" It'sthe greatest feelingin the

world and some times the saddest. We all have our ownmemories of thepast*fourayears at Mercyhurst that willlingeron with us forever. g- -r}A\ \

Sue BerardinelliCindy Patrizio"Class of 78 "

Tracey Kelly

It s toughto pick one memory when there's beenso manyin four years, so111 give you a rundown of the most outstanding. . T -

Intercessiona solid week of parties, theveryi firstwarning for eight girls on 2nd floor Baldwin. Thechargehaving two males at a party after h ours,the gorge,PresqueIsle at 8:00, Niagara falls, the honeymooners, LittleRichards Dicks and the games in the Dungeon, Baldwincheerleaders,10 cent beer d ay, pre game-post game partiesin McAuleyin the R.A.'s room no lessthe Dick Appreciation Party, the BeachBoysoldies but goodies thewomen's crew team, waiting 2-3 hours to be told you can'thave a boat, volleyball gam es, the parties in Garvey Park,NBA, ABA,Eastern league, the new crop, the very firstformal, what happened at Townhouse 5? Social director, ofcourse we'll have a party it's Tuesday isn 't it? Dinner hours

301 like the catwin, Townhouse

here? All nighters, crammingNO-Doze, thrown in theshower, icing b attle s...

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F re s h m e n Ye a rM o r e T h a n J u s t

N How does one j su m u p fouryears at i the cHurst? That ha sbeen th e question I've askedmyself for the past week. I'd likevery much to share with yo usome of the pleasant memoriesI've had since com ing to Erie andto Mercyhurstv The following is asummary of thoughts of the morehumorous inc iden t s I 've encountered since fall, 1974.

Freshmen YearFall 1974

"Some of you won't be aroundfor graduation." I remember thatline from freshmen orientationand *it turned out to be true,at least fo r s o m e of us.

Tradition has always played animportant role in McAuley Hall.A s a freshmen living on a floor

' with a< major i ty of upper-classmen, McAu ley was home.Itwa s a typical dorm, filled to thebrim, with very untypical people,such as R.A., Jo e (Kel) Kelly.

Th e BATS *It wa s two in the morning on efall term day as I, along with m y

roommate were sleeping. A veryordinary night except that Jo eKelly ha d come in late and wasbanging violently a t my door."Chris! Tom! Open the door, I'mbeing attacked by a bat."

Now naturally when any onecomes in at about r two in themorning,'one's first reaction i s ,"How much did he have todrink?" '. &I Tom Miller, (who was myroommate at the t ime) and Iignored Kelly's banging and toldj oe to go upstairs and sleep it off.

| But Kelly denied that he had beendrinking an d pleaded with/us toopen the door. And so I got up

p*from the bed, walked across theroom an d answered th e door, m

"Thanks Chris, Holy ,yo u guys oughtto see that bat outin the hallway."

"Sure Kel, I said, bu t where'sit?"*Kel turned around an d acted

surprised "I'm serious, fellas.There was a bat out here!" v.

"Good night Kel", said Tomashe pushed Jo e ou t th e door.

It was ten minutes later whenboth Tom and I heard Kel y ellingto let him in because the Bat wasattacking him again..

We ignored him and so Kelwent next door to room 203 an dwoke up two upper classmen,John TetL^and Mark ^Z"Zaniecwz* -*#j ^ ^*"Z" answered th e door and I

could hear him ask Kel, howmuch he had to drink, t

Kel said nothing and both Tetiand "Z"iiinspected th e hallway.They reported seeing nothing andsent K el down the hallway, bu tseconds later he came, runningdown yelling, "T here's abat chasing m e ! "

Immediately afterwards, " Z " ,John, Tom and m yself went outtoescort Kel to his room, except onething. There was indeed a bat"in the hallway.* **"Run for it/' yelled "Z"and as

we headed up the hallway to thebathroom as the bat continued toswoop down on the five of u s.

By this time the "Corry boys,"Rick Bigelow and Craig S ampsellwere up, along with the R.A . ofsecond floor, Jim|Mahoney.

They too made a run for it asthe bat continued i ts furied paceup and down the hallway.

Finally Kel got a hold of ahockey stick and smashed the batseveral tim es as it perched on anearby w a l l S H B m I

Enjoying the rays and packing to leave soon are Seniors(left to right) ColleenLittle, NancyDrummond, CindyByham and Judy Scholze.

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Afterwards no one doubted K el,especially about BATS! *

. . .But freshmen year J wa smore than just chasing bats withhockey sticks, Like an y otherstudents, the Jmain thing onFriday evenings was to geta kegand hope security wouldn't writeyou up, because that meant a runin with either Sister ^Phyllis orMr. Kennedy, or both.

One evening after som e friendsin room 215 threw a party, it tookF r. Guy*Patr ick to. bring theparty to a halt. I stilltpan't forgetthe expression on his face Whenhe saw twenty or more of u s in along line singing. "Party, partyand party . . . ". . . No aoubt Greg Zaffuto, Tony

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Mancuso an d Kenny (Kool)Brewster remember that.. . . But the best memory of freshmen year was little Richard andhis Dicks, and the P . Bailey andTracy Kelly Fan Club.*.. . . To this day Sr. Joseph Maryremembers 5 the time LittleRichard, Loopey Larry Law and Iwrecked into the tree located byZurn Hall. Fortunately no tonewas killed. Just some scrapesand cuts, along with a demolishedVega.? * . . .Or, how about John "Max"Hayden scaling the? windows ofMcAuley. I always wondered howhe did it without falling.. . .Then of course there was Jo e

Williams waking up Franny Giesand Dave Jordan in the wee hoursof the morning so he could look intheir mirror. Tell me about it Joe. . .How* about!Dan (Chipmunk*Downey along with SmokeandChas Jones, who's run in with thelaw at a Johnny Welsh partybrough Barry Grossman to their1 . . .Last but not least, the BonusBabies of Crew, Frank Sands,Lamont Prince, Joe* "Dapper"Dolan. Jack Fridel and Dan "BooBoo'4 Bukowski. That my friends,wa s a long trip to Notre Dame.but we had fun. Of course onlyFrank Sands ca n elaborate onlhat subject. -J. . . .about that. . SOPOMOREYEAR* I I i t *

. . .Greg Van Brammer m ade anapple pi e using salt instead ofsugar. "'. . .Townhouse four had parties,parties, parties, parties etc. It isestimated' that th e amount ofmoney spent on beer during thatyear, would have fed all thepeople in India.

The treasurer of R.U.S. foundout that he had signed HarryChapinby reading it in th eMerciad. W illis was surprised.. . .Did Relatively High beat th eKringo Kid s in the football finals?Rumor still has i t that FrankSands was blind on the final playwhen Jo e Kelly caught a verycontroversial pass, but not fromthe High's standpoint, A S KChipmunk, he'll tell you.

When James, Paul and Joeinformed Mr. David Blanchfieldbv phone, that there was a surm ise party being planned inC f V f his birthday. David,were you surprised? j

When Randy's dad, Henry,drank everyone underthe table.

When Jo e Williams and Iwalked th e roof of McAuley insearch of Randy Cooney.

When Snake5*slept in theelevator with the help of P. Hooda n d J. W . 3. ." T . . . " A.

When B . Gaughan took threetoo'many six packs from R & B's.

When Joe W illiams convincedm e to walk to Nunzi's at 4:00 a.m.with th e temp at -10.

When Bob Dubik-smashed m ybirthday cake, i n m y face.

When John "Max" Haydenwas fined by Mercyhuret swurityfor parking in a ^ W which theyc l a i m e d w a s | a | " N o | P a r w n g

Zone." a . . .When Pumps, Cindo etc. shot45 COLTS!. . .Going to Point Park an dwatching Sammy T-Bone stealthe ball off the ref. 'j. . .Having Dick F ox offer m e abaseball uniform. Hmmm.. . .When Young, Bradley, andRiley'took that big jump'fromBaldwin.* v. i .Telling \ Marianne Drake tocome down^for'fa beer after thecase is gone. *. ^ .Watching Bruce: a c eElementary Statistics, f*. . .Kentwood still lovesyou.. . .W atching someone actuallycheat on a Andy R oth test and getaway with iti. . .Watching the, Great- A rtProject burn * to the ground.Thanks, Mr. X. ^ i JWatchmg a j Jonsey-CurtisParty Production.. . The Great Fall Blackout.

1976 Junior YearHectic E xperience.,. .Watching Wally and Kel, leavea rocket fuel party.'; . .Having dinner at-Arnold's,with Hast(y)ings cook. '* f. . .Seeing Bobby Gaughan pickup a keg in a truck, during one ofthe worst storms In the history ofErie. . m f. / . S e e i n g Donna an d Colleencrawl to their rooms. ' '4. . .W atching J immy D ., Scootorand Kush, scrounge for food,especially during intersession.. . Having some Kool-Aid withKevin Bradley, DonnaPlassheart and Barb Both.

I.. .BelievingScooter wore size3shoes f V 1 ^ ^ y T K j g ^

. \ .The Great Baldwin MemoBoard Stealer t ^ T. . .The * Big Streak Past S r.Elizabeth... . Spyingon Ismet. Spyvs. Spys,lampshades and peeping aroundcorners.. .|Cutting Christmas Trees withJimmy D . and Steve. i ;. . .Seeing Sammy T-Bone crawlthrough m y bedroom window atfour in the morning.. i .Taking Intro T o SpyingTechniques get*a boat.

Most ridiculous:being kidnappedat 7:00 a.m. and wheeleddown 38th Street in a shoppingcart, clad in only a bathrobe.

And the list could go on and on.Yep. that's a tough questionChris, but m y saddest m emoryisvet to some. That will be June4,1978 when I have to leave all thefriends that made thesememories v possible. It's beengreat!

P. Bailey.

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Government Survey Shows

f B yGaryWesmanMercyhurst students,w h owere

outspoken in opposing changes inthe academic calendar-at thistime last year, have grown to like

the new schedule, a studentgovernment survey indicates.Almost 1-two-thirds of the 217

students who answered thesurvey said they wetfe now happ ywith the new calenda r. The majorchange holding classesall fivedays of the week ;was an un

popular, measure a year agocause it ended "free Wed

nesdays. f?jOf the1* 144 who reac ted

positively to the calendar,122said they were* satisfied" with itand another 22 said they twere"extremely satisfied. 11

Of the rest, 42 said they were"dissatisfied," 16 "ext remelydissatisfied," and another 15didnot answer the question.

Former |MSG Vice PresidentJoAnn Alexander,who was incharge of the survey, said that,inthe beginning.^ she expectedtheresults to show the opposite.

"I thought more people wouldbe dissatisfied,"she said. "Youheard a lot of kids complainingthat there were no more freeWednesdays and no moreTuesday night parties."

But from the start the returnsshowed strong supportfor thenew calendar, Ms. Alexandersaid.

"I saw them dribble in bythrees and fours, so I wasn'tsurprise by theresults,"she said."I was calculatingall along, so Icould see where the final countwas heading."

The surveys werejlianded outduring the first weeksof springterm and the results announcedat Monday's MSG meeting.- MSG originally hopedfor 600returns buthad to settle for 217.Ms Alexander said Mondav that

advisor William Kennedy wouldgive the remaining forms toprofessors, to be handed out inclassrooms. i&

The figures willbe updatedatfuture meetings,tOf those returning su rveys,HIwere resident students and 82were co mm uters. A, totalof 24students! didn' t.answer tha tquestion.

Females turned in13 3surveys,males8 4 ;an d 20 2of th e 21 7werefulltime students. "

Also at Monday's meeting,MSG elected seven studentstonext year's expanding College

Senate.Student Senators

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Both Hellerand DeSantis willbe seniors next year. s

Ballots were givento new andoutgoing representativesan drfficers. They rated their choicesfor the Sena te seatsone throughseven.? f- '^/F*

Alsoat Monday's meeting,JoeNeCastro announced thatMSGturned a profit on the recent

Father-Daughter weekend.p . "Student Government mademoney for the first time sinceI've seen activities at MercyhurstCollege . . . to the tune of

$11.50," NeCastro deadpanned.In other i tems, | ActivitiesDirector Ja n Gatti announcedseveral events comingup soon,and, in closing, the governmentwas turned over to new presidentMike Heller. See accompanyingstores for details. ;

Officers Bow OutWithA Lot OfClass

Although it took place beforeone of the largest crowdsto attend an MSG meeting this year,the passing of the studentgovernm ent on to its new officerswas an event that nearly happendroutinely, without fanfare. *i

But an ^unexpected, closingspeech by Pat Weschler causedwhat probablywas the biggestround of applause heardin Zurn114 this year/ ? i

"It there is one thing I amoptimistic about a sI leave here,"Weschlersaid, "it is that studentshave proven theyare as capableof running the affairs of |thiscollege as anyone."*

Weschler, a political sciencemajor who has served two termsin thej College Senate,jwillgraduateat the end of this term.

Weschler saidhe has watchedM SGimprove over each of hisfour vears at Mercyhurstand(ailed? the 1977-78 government"the best yet."|

"This group has been incredibly organized,the best-runorganizationoncampu s." he said,in tribute. "You have outstrippedthe College Senate. . . and eventhe Board of Trustees . . . Thereason has been your abilitytostick together throughthe kindsof times that have nearly rippedthis college apa rt."

His oration endedthe meeting

with the second round of applauseof the afternoon. The first camemoments earlier, afteroutgoingMSG President George Venutohanded the gavel to his successor, newly elected MikeHeller. & }The remarks of Venuto andHeller were informal and low-key.i; "We've started something,"Venuto said in his closing."Wegot people to notice thisis a veryfunctional office. .We'vegenerated a lot of respect."

Venuto also praised thoseconnected with MSG.this year:Student Activities DirectorJanGaiti, advisors William Kennedyand Dr. Barbara Weigert,andofficers JoAnn AlexanderandGerard NeCastro.

Venuto Ih'en said outgoingTreasurer Jo e NeCastrow a s"thefinest student government officerMercyhurst has everhad."

"My feet are bigger.ibut it'sgoing to be tough trying tOjfillGeorge's shoes." Heller joked.pHeller heldoff introducinganynew business because fiveof nextyear's representatives haveyetin be elected. jkj

I "I cant wait to get started with3he new reps." Heller said."I'vegot a lot of heavy stuff to throw atya ' - but we can get into that nextweek."

BSU To Present{Fashion Show

The Black Students Union willsponsor a. fashion showpresenting the spring outfitsof

Erie designers and retailers thisSaturday,starting at noon in theStudent Union Back Porch Cafe.

A picnic at Shades Beach willfollow at Rp.m. Both are free andopen to students and the public!

Kvery year (he BlackStudentsUnion sponsors one large activitywhich is* open to everyoneoncampus. This year it* is thefashion showand picnic;.in thepast the BSU has brought tocampus musicaland theatricalgroups. One of th e mostmemorable was a performanceby the Pittsburgh Black TheaterDance Ensemble. .

"(These are)partly social andpartly cultural, said.BSU advisor Tyrone Moore. "In term sofculturethe sway has been toward'blackness,' if you want to usethat term,but they are culturalthings that shouldbe exposedtoeveryone,and haven't been."

Moore said one of the biggestproblemshas been, well, gettingwhites to attend, too: -

"The tendency is that peoplesay.-*If it's a Black thing, there'sno need for me to go. That isexactly the opposite of thereactionIhe BSU w ants/'Mooreexplained J i KrErie stores like Brooks,Fox-

moor Casuals, ()rmond's,{ J .Higgins and Hichman Bros, willbe showing their < new springclothing.

"Some of the richer individualsin the show would like to displaytheir originals," Moore added.

All the modeling willb edone by17 Mercvhurst students One ofthem, freshman dance majorSheila Nelson, is a professionalmodel, and others have donesome modeling occasionally; inthe past, | ; " Jj

M s. Nelson and Linda.l.imiosnn. a member of thecultural comm ittee of the StudentActivities Committee ar eorganizing the modeling.

Ed Jones is the BSU coordinator of the event.

Moore said the'BSU wouldprefer for students* to arrang etheir own transportation toShades Beachfor the after-showpicnic. t -i

"Cars are limited but we willmake special tripsif people getahold of us," he added. 4 ' Oth er EventsOther campus activitiesnow

being planned include the annualoutdoor Spring Festival ,scheduled for Sunday/May 21,an d a picnic aUPresque Isle setfor the following Sunday . May 28.|*1 SAC will rent tables to campusgroups which want.to sponsorgamesor sales.^The table rentalis $2.and the sponsoring groupscan keepall money made abovethttLj|k

T he festival .will be heldyfromnoon to 5 p.m. in Garvey Park.

Activities Director Jan Gattiistrying to arrange for a band toplay in Ihe Grotto that days

Few details have been workedout yet for the Presque Islepicnic.It will be held from noonto 8 p.m., free of charge; and bustransportation will be provided.

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by Lisa Manendoand Darlene Keith

As a senior or even an undergraduate, you may , becurious, if not despera te, to knowwhere your money has goneduring your attendance here.

Think about it. For some of us,we have paid approximately$2,575 a year* tow ard, tuition.

Where has it gone? \According to GeorgeKidd, VicePresident of Business Services.

this year's tuitionwas distributedin the following way.J i

The lowest percentage of thebudget, 1 per cent, went directlyto public relations. This was usedto promote'Mercyhurst and itsvarious programs. *

Following this cut was admissions getting 2 per cent andapproximaely 2 per cent going toathletic uniforms and athleticrecruitment. ,fe Next in line wasthe4athletic

Whodunit

Holm es A n d RotsonDiscover Slayer

by, Don BurgerLast week, Sheerluck Holmes

and Dr. R otson put all the piecestogether and the search for thekiller is on. iSj

'Tell me Sheerluck, how canyou make sense of the bits andpiece of the evidence ?'' asked D r.Rotson."Well," explained Holmes,"most murders occur: on darkand gloomy" nights. AtMercyhurst the re are no shortages ofgloomy nights. Although theremay be some-dead weight, fewdead bodies are found with theexception of the bio-lab andcafeteria. ?

' "What does thathave to do withmurder?"

"The killer has obviously beenan i.gitator for some time. He'sbeen insulating himself fromeveryone for a ye ar. He is also inclose contact with professors onthe second floor of Preston."

The two were standing betweenZurn and Old Main when theyheard a "whirring"sound,k "Look there Holmes," said

Rotson as he pointed to the observatory on Zurn, "someone isJp'aiehingrus up there.*m ^ *

"It is, without a" doubt, thekiller. He is five feet eight inchestall, has blonde hair, and does notwea r glasses.''

"How can you tell all that fromhere Holmes?"

"I can't, but it sounds prettyconvincing didn't it? Let's goapprehend that scoundrel.Rotson, do you have therevolver?"

"Yes Holmes, but I trust that Iwon't have to use it."

Holmes and Rotson arrived atthe observatory door only to findan entire class gazing into theheavens."lx>ok Up in the sky. It'sabird.cNo, a plane. No it's- it's abug on my lens, darn it."

Near the door was a lone figuresmoking an unlit cigarette withhis left hand. He was five feeteight and blonde.

Rotson leaned over andwhispered into Holmes ear. "ByJove! You've done it. again. Thatman fits your discription. Let'sgra b. him while we ve got thechance."

Then the man boltedpast themand down the stairs yelling "I'vegot to see him. I've got to."

"Well Homes, he got awayfrom us. How did youknow it washim?"

"Elementary my dear Rotson.Just put all the facts together andyou will see clearlywho the killeris. Also I think Iknow?where wecan find him."|j As they walked, a panhandlerapproached them. "Could you

kind sirs help an old man buy an.education?" , *I "Out of the way !" said Rotson.i "Pleasesir. I've spent$8,400 on

tuiiion here-and I need $60 moreto graduate."

"You're a bit old to be going

here anyway, get out!""I've fulfilled myrequirements

but the right to graduate costssixty bucks. No one cares aboutit, but those who can't afford itare to be ripped off again."

Rotson kicked the vagrant outof the way with the same careand compassion one receivesfrom many bureaucrats."Let'sgo capture that villian Holmes.Don't i these bleedingt heartpau per s: make you want tovomit?"

"Yeah," replied Holmes asthey climbed the stairs inPreston. $ I i

All that could be heard was athumping sound. Closer observation revealed that all thedoors except two were coveredwith dents.

"What could this meanHolmes?" asked Rotson.

"It means the murder issolvedRotson.gWe know the killer isblonde. Only repo rters ] skulkaround the J* X-

"An awful lot of people seem tobe banging their heads tono availaround here."

"Rotson, do you have yourrevolver handy? There is thekiller. He's ripping up an'I amconfused' card onhis advisorsbulletin board."

"My God Holmes, the killer is,is u *

"Chris Van^Wagonwheel!"revealed Holmes.

The killer looked up and randown the hall. He jumped into ai*ar waiting outside Old M ain andsped away running down a quasi-cop writing up tickets.

"I .see now Holmes," saidRotson. "The killer was fed upwith professors'who weren'tthere so he shot one. The otherone he killed by accident(referring to the kindlyphilosophy professor). That alsoexplains why his advisordisappeared.; f

"It also explains why someoneelse is taking over the paper nextweek. Everyone will think thatBruno was chosen becauseWagonwheel is graduating. Noone will guess that the realreason is that he killed TheProfessor That Wasn't There!"

"Exactly, Dr. Rotson." saidHolmes as they turned andwalked into thefog where theyhad entered. *

Bechtel Plans RecitalThe Mercyhurst College

Department of Music will presentSusan E. Bechtel in a pianorecital on Saturday, May 27 at 3pin. in the Zurn recital hall.

Ms. Reenters recital is inpart ial fulfillment of her, B.A.dognv requirements in music

education. At present she is astudent of Jeffry Harris, instructor in music.

Her program willconsist ofworks by Scarlatti, Mozart,Debussy, Chopin, and Schumann.The recitalis open to the public atno admission charge.

department which received 2.1per ;cent of- the budget. Thismoney was used for the cost ofoperating the various teams,supplies and* the coaches'salaries. \

Debt services took over3.9 percent, staff benefits claimed 6.8per cent, and the financial aidoffice was budgeted 8.3 per cent.

The area of student servicesreceived 7.1 per cent. This wentto the St udent Union, CampusMinistry, Placement office andtesting fees.\ H JT*

And the majority of the budgetwent to maintenance, 10.4 percent, and faculty and administrators ' salaries. Thesalaries captured an expected 51per cent A

When a studentpavs $278 for athree credit course, this coversthree different areas of cost.

These are direct cost, whichgoes toward the instructors'sal ari es; indirect cost, whichincludes heating, lights andcleaning; and overhead costs,

which takes care of studentservices, maintenance and theother areas of the budget.

At the end of each school yeart here is a graduation fee which ischarged to each graduatingsenior. This is a separate costbecause there is no part of thebudget which is a otted to it.

This year the cost is $60. Themoney takes care of expensessuch as caps and gowns,diplomas, the speaker's fee,flowers, chair rentals, invitations, and the printing of thegraduationbooklet."

Another thing you may ask iswho decides where our moneygoes. According to Kidd, theBudget Committee reviews eachdepartmentand determines theamount of money to be given tothat department/ '

After the committee goesthrough this procedure, they thensend the proposed budget toPresident Marion Shane. If heapproves it, he then recommendsit to the Budget and FinanceCommittee of the Board of

Trustees. $ \this committee then reviews

the budget and if they approve it,the budget finally goes to theBoard of Trustees to be passed.

The Budget 'Committee consists of DeanJerry Trimble, VicePresident of Academic Services;Robert Prather, Vice Presidentof Development; E. W. Kennedy,Director of Student Services; andGeorge Kidd.

Also on the committee? ar eMichael Erisman, AssociateProfessor of Political Science;Robert Ronksley, Associateprofessor of Law Enforcement;and Joe NeCastro, a graduatingsenior. T if-

Now having the satisfaction ofknowing where yourmoney goes,you may feel that it is spentwisely or oppose its various uses.

Whichever direction you leantoward, you can now feel like aninformed personon the subjectofyour tuition.>* 'i

After all, now you know whereyour money is going. ^ I

Boggled by notecards, footnotes and plagarism?Come to the Writing Centermini-course "The Research Paper" on Monday,May 22 at 3 p.m.We 'll explain every aspect of preparing and writing term papers.

It's not too late to leam the essentials!

i ' . Writing Center 308 Main

BACKBY POPULAR DEMA NDThe W riting Center is offering the minicourse entitled:

HOW TO ANSWER ESSAY-TEST QUESTIONSTuesday, May 23,1978 at 2 p.m. in the Writing Center 308 Ma in:t( A sim ple way to help you prepare forf inals.

' A c t i o n ' . . .money J both are costing thecollege. f

Dr. Shane said Tuesday thecollege should redistribute thenumbers of faculty in somedepartments to reach a betterbalance. And he said somecourses should be more flexibleand less specialized to attractstudents other than majors.

Involving each? division in'Making a hard look at itscurriculum" and havingaccessto the president while doing so isa "more sophisticated"solution."McQuillen said.

The decision to appoint 'a ninterim dean met withunanimous approval among thefaculty contacted by TheMer-

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clad.Chemistry Professor Dr.

RobertBlessing,who has been anoutspoken critic of i administration policies, said theselection of Sr.Matthewwas thebest step Dr. Shane could havetaken "if he is sincere about thehealing process." ^

The story on Sr. Matthew'sappointment appears on pageone.

Dr. Shane's decision to chairmeetings with the division heads a job formerly doneby thedean is part of an overall planto reducesome of the duties of thedean's office.

"We have been analyzingadministrative areas," said Dr.Shane, "and one of the realproblems is that we've had 19individuals reporting directly tothe dean." $

"We'll be "looking at thatproblem ," he continued,"maybegetting admissions and financialaid and the regi stra r's office intoa?1 unit' where the director willreport to the president."

Sr. Matthew said the new deanwill have ajob along the lines of adean of faculty and students.Reorganization of the administration would channelacademic services throughsomeone else before reaching thedean.

Littm an, KubiakTo Speak AtHurstThe Jewish experience of the

holocaust has had a great impacton the world of ideas andliterature. It has inspired playssuch as The Man in theGlassBooth by Robert Shaw, moviessuch as the powerful Night andFog of Alain Renais andnovelslike that of Elie Wiesel's Nightand The Gates of the Forest

Even television has triedtocome to grips with the horrorandtragedy of the extermination ofsix million Jew s. The latesteffortto sensitize men to the humanpotential for evil was that of thetelevision series "Holocaust."

The series> about J the concent ration camp s, shownduringmid April, seemed to have asignificant impact here at thecollege. Each class day followingthe program themain topic ofconversation in the campusministry officewas the series andits implications. How couldit. beotherwise? I

The extermination of sixmillion Jews raises manyquestions for both Jews andChristians. For both thequestionmust be asked, "Was God silentin that historical period?"Christians must further decide iftheir lack of response to the

Jewish plight was atall anti-Semitic. For the Jewishtheologian a pertinent questionis "To what extent is? theexistence of the state of Israel ananswer to the horror' of theholocaust?" ?v I &

Since so many people atMercyhurst^ expressed an interest in having a more in depthdiscussion- on the issues, thecampu s- min istry office issponsoring a panel discussion onthe topic of the holocaust.

On WednesdayMay 24th at 8:15p.m. Rabbi Lewis Littman andRichard Kubiak will look at therealities of the concentration andextermination camps, Dick willpresent slides and a commentaryon the major exterminationcamps in Poland:A us h wit z andMazdamek. Rabbi Littmanwillthen respond from hisposition asboth a theologian ana spiritualleader of Temple Anshe Hesed.

Both Rabbi Littman andRichard Kubiak are well knownto people at Mercyhurst. TheRabbi has spoken here often andDick is of course a veteranmember of the faculty.

Rabbi Littman is a graduateofRutgers University, where he

was- ordained by the HebrewUnion College - Institute ofReligion in 1967. He also holds aM. A. degree from the Institute.The Rabbi is very activ e in localactivities. He is on thefaculty ofVilla Maria College andi s a ^ nadjunct professor at Behrend. In1976 he was the recipient of thehumanitarian of the year award.This humanitarian interest isoften., the focus of his presen-t at ions.Following theshowing of"Holocaust', he led a discussionat the office of the inter faithministries. Over a hundredpeople attended the event.

Richard Kubiak came toMercyhurst in1963 as part of thefirst major influx of laymen inthe faculty. He is an expert onPoland, having studied therefor19months under grants from theKosciuszko foundation. Dick isfamiliar with all parts of thecountry and has*a number ofslides on the exterminationcamps at Aushwitz and Maz-dameck.

The panel discussion willbeheld in the faculty lounge andshould result in some stimulatingconversation. All are welcomedto attend on Wednesday May 24that 8:15. *

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W o m e n E n d O n H ig h N o teAlthough the women's Softball

team finished winless, the seasonended on a high note. The teamlost to Gannon in a 6-5 sweakerthen tied Allegheny before thegam e was washed out.

Playing at 12 and Hess AvenueThursday, the Lady Lakersperformed possibly their*bestgame of the season. Gannonjum ped out to an early 6-1lead on

a triple and double by CindyColucei and- Kathy Prest. The'Hurst retaliated with four runsin the fifth as Mary Ann Kingkept a rally alive with a two-rundouble. ?