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^Jfxuil—No. 32 MERCyHURST COLLEGE
Historic Tie Broken
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May 3, 1971
By Bob ParksAssociate jEditor
the long-awaited arrival ofSpring term brings with it theannual ritual of student government and class officer elections.This yeaiy however, the elections jwvecLto be a departurefrom the ordinary. Three of themajor ^elections, R .U.S. Pre sident, Vice-President, and Treasurer, ended in fie votes. Theseexecutivelpdsitions were finallydeckled after another generalelection. % \Elected President of^R.U.S. forlWl-72|by|a wide( margin wasBetey;BienfeIdt, a* junior mathmajor.-Assisting Betsy as Vice-President will be JBeni Curreri,a junior "Elementary-Educationmajor. - Maureen Sullivan, asophomore liberal Arts major,
will assume the past of Secretary, while Karyn Smith, asophomore Elementary-Education major will serve as Treasurer. %
.President-elect's {Programfietsy's platform %m be divid
ed into four major areas: social,academic, athletic, Sand governmental. The social aspect contains such ideas as a studentactivities director, and a socialguide. The academic part stresses a student course evaluationand a revised appeals board forgrade disputes. The athleticplank of her platform calls forthe initiation of a pep club,cheerleaders, and bus transportation to athletic functions. Andlastly, nthe governmental changes Betsy Iwould like to initiateinclude an election policy!com-
*» Betsy Bierfeldt
mittee, a publicity committee,and constitutional revisions*»h
Vice President's Campaign. The Vice-PresMencjSctf R.U.S*was won by Ben Curreri with aslim victory margin. Ben showed possibly theigreatest amount
of enthusiasm during the campaigning. His vigorous and humorous campaign after the tiedelections were marked byf suchLogans as , 'What iif they^gavean$ election and'»nobody won"and*"© at first you don't succeed, tie, tie and tie again.
/Other ElectionsThe complete list of election
winners is the fololwing:R.U.S. Executive Board
President, Betsy Bierfeldt;Vice-Presddenti Ben Curreri;Secretary, Maureen Sullivan^Treasurer, Karyn Smith. ^Senior R.U.S. Representatives
Janet Adams, Banb Bradley,Barb Baum, Bill Dopierala, SueMcCulley, Ann Polito, LindaRuddy. I .Junior R.U.S. Representatives
Kathy;; Fennell, Suejh Hurley,
Sharon Ke&tlfef," Marie 01iven t
Bob Paries, Cannine Stiaftcale^pre, Mtfjynn Souders. | £§Sophomore Jt.U.S. Representa
tives ^ 4Renee' Clark, Ann Mashinic,
Betsy McCarthy, K athy Mc
Carthy, Jackie Omiatek, JulieSamick, Alexis Walker.H Senior Class OfficersPresident, Jackie Caxneyj
Vice-President, Kathy Smith;Sec'y.-Treas., Ben Skcobncz.
Junior Class OfficersPresident, Janet Radanovich;
Vice-President, Gerry Fedor;Secretary, Lauretta CaponegTreasurer, Banb Lyon. |
Sophomore! Class (Officers jr§ President, Bob Pettinelli;Vice-President^ Jack Riley;;Secretary, James McPoland;]Treasurer, Georgette Urgo.
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inowskiSecurity! Chief
Mercyhurst College has'^named jpolice veteran Carl Kaliflr-owsMfas the first director of institutional se curity in its 145-year old h istory, i- §
A former captain|of detectiv-
nedy, Mercyhurst director ofstudent affairs, K alinowski| ischarged iwith |the responsibilityfor the enforcement of all campus regulations, parking, building security, as well as the in-
fiwgerprinting and police photography schools, he Jwill alsoteach courses in police fscienceat the college beginning September, 1971. I I
Mercyhurst officials cited the
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Mr. Kalinowski. discusses! new criminology»ki and Ellen Heinrich I i | . : I .
students Gary Bukow-
<*, patrolman Kalinowski hadjteea a|membeHi>f tb e pSrie 5>o-*ce force from 1050 unftt April*» W l, when he assumed theMercyhurst securi ty Office* |
Workin£twitih B. William Ken-
vesttgafloti iof Ivandalisms £andthe %warvtilDi± of the campuspoflice Unit, lUaulbs Associates,Inc. 'jb. : SffiJA graduate of the FBI Academy I and Eastman Kodak's
need for? a full-time securitydtjteiras an Outgrowth of thecoHlege's greater J involvement
with the public in the Seventies.They!noted the availability of
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Angelica Pioneersi iForeigndStudyLJ
On^September 28, 19711 SisterM.. Angelica and thirty Artjstu-dents from eight different colleges will leave America on theLeonardo da Vinei. for the Junior Art Year Abroad program.They will pioneer the first experience of ajEuropean Mercyhurst campus in |Florence,Italy. I
(With the beginning of this newproject comes the finalizationof Sister's chairmanship of theArlr Department here at Mercyhurst, which she has chaired•since it received official approval* from ithe State of Pennsyl-vania in 1950. Under her guidance and inspiration lit^hasgrown to^e one of the largestand best known art departmentsOf small Liberal Arts Collegesin ithe nation. Repeatedly, ourar t: department has (receivedcommendation from the stateand^other crediting agencies.
iSister Angelica received herearly training at Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh an<£ continued therrart studies afc tfie ArtStudents* League in Newf YorkCiy - the Gloucester School ofPainting, |andIThe?Academy ofifine A$ts,£Venk&, Italy. She hasfurther deepened her knowledgeiby studyingjunder suchjpaintin&masters as Maxwell Starr,*John
Cheteuti, Guiseppi Santomasaand^others, as well as extensivetraveljin Europe.
•She has 'been a regular exhibitor in local and area Art Shows*and has had One-Man Shows inPittsburgh, New York City,Washington, D. C, Thiel College, G reenville,! and E rie. Herworks hang in over fiiftylprivatecollections tihrou gho utlthe country.
vWith the opening of the
Mepcyhurat extension in Flor*ence students will have $the op*portunity to study artf in theland of the great masters, andwill be offeredl courses in His*tory of Art, drawing, painting,graphics, sculpture, ceramics,Jewelry making, and weaving.
(Dr. Joseph Pizzat will succeedSister Angelica as head of theart department. Dr. Pizzat* isnow the chairman of the South-western State University ofMinnesota in Marshall, Mmne*sota.iHis experience and education weU qualify Mm for hisnew position and we welcome
him. f 'When Sister leaves for her
new home in Florence, *a bigpart of Mercyhurst's art depart-ment|will leave also, her enthus^iasm and concern for all of herstudents will be greatly missetl*
ECOLOGYt THOUGHT
OUR COUNTRY
Ignore It And
It Will Go Away
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Page Two MERCYHURST COLLEGE May 3, 1971
M ER C YHUR S T C OLLEGE, ER IE , P A .
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.Athletic Issue
One Of Prioritiesfey* Sister llUtir Brocke
* I would like to raise audibly "the burning question" at Mercyhurst .College. Is the faculty, and student body behind the sportsprogram the administration initiated with the approva l of theBoafd&of Trustees? In particular, the extramural basketball program? The reason the question Keeps arising ever since the announcement of th'e sports program, Maytl970,£is that the decisionwas made unilaterally, not to full dialogue "with the student bodynor with the faculty of the college.
Twhyldo-I press this issue when I-ant completely in favor ofMeircyhurs t College going coeduca tional and have always sbeenpulling for moite student participation in sporfe programs, and, infact, hope flha$ Mercyhurst does develop a strong program J
The issue is one of priorities. Should t we not|look carefullyfrom the viewpoint oft economics. W hy, atf a time* when universi-tieawlike|Ne^ York University aAfl the University of^Tknfpa, pullou t oftextramuraLbasketball fbi financial reasons and flack of student body support does Mei«cyhtars& getfinto th<* arena (seefErieTimes-New 4-18-71). These schools ?have'large student bodies and
access?to more -state an d fetlerai funds than Mercyhurst. Is Mercyhurst not operating at a deficit? Will students be paying forathletic scholarships (inclndingf room and iboard), reeruitang andtravel?expenses, equipment, renting a gymnasium-—obvious costsas well as hidden costs—-such as expensive insurance policies,tuition, a salary forfajtop-notch coachf and awaTds. We are goinginto this economic^ venture at a time when I hear discontent oncampus 'aboa^Jnadequate laboratory\ supplies' from students andfaculty displeased becaus e funds havefbeen cut for professionalmeetings. Why, when Jmany colleges and universities iare cuttingathletic budgets in a time of tight money,} does Mercyhurst decideto put the money>.THERE. (See CHRONICLES OF HIGHER ED UCATION over the winter|70-71.K pffi ¥ 1
^Thte administration will tell you it is necessary to do this in -order to recruit maie^studenteji The administration is consciously
trying4o changefthe Mercyhurst image from 'a:girted school imageto $ne$that wiUft attract men. In the*proeessiof this change, will thereal purpose of Mercyhurst College |b e lost—the development ofof thinking?* principle d p ers on s. 4 i f fr- ' £ t
I We are in thesmidst o4|a world cultural crisis.* We are torn bywaqj Two*thdrds o%]feBe world livefen poverty. At any time, an ifl*fstitution ha s a.limited amoun^of given energy-^spiritual, intellect*
ual, physical,^and>c6nomical.. Where do we at Mereyiwrst want toput.ou^energies in?the 1970*5? Sports being the projected fetnagatyofMercyhurst js a concept forithe 1960's. and before* ^question verym\Kh nf. young men^today support and ape attracted by thatlcon-cept being ftps^puiority in an educational Instttutfon. •! question' i£young women whoiare looking for|a Vital education will come faa school perpetuating dead concepts. J ja| 1 j i;1
tjWher-e do.you, STUDENTS and FACULTY%EMBER,fAt tiler*cyhiirsKstancf on this issue?*' & " v. «j
K a l i n o w s k ^ .the Hursfcf plant facilities forcommunity organization meet-ings- as a factor attracting hundreds of visitors annually to thehilltop campus. I
The college heads also emphasized
1 the increasing enrollment of the college—now overthe 700 mark with fall enroll-1ment projected as a near 30frstudents—and the change froman alil women's institution to acoed college as reasons war
ranting increased security.Kfalinowski's credentials for
the Hurst .post included 21-years
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experience in law enforcement,
formal investigative trailing,and an* under standing of thelocal scene and local police operations. .. " i
Mercyhurst's new security officer received numerous cita?tions for solving cases involvinghomicides, robberies, and burglaries while a member of Erie|police department.| The Hurst security move is inline • with the national trend ofsecurity force development oncollege campuses throughoutthe country.
BETWEEN US
QUESTION
OF SECU RITY
Monday night a number of rise since his arriva l.
Binoculars were stolen from, the
astronomy lab. The next morn-ing Siv Mathew reported theincident to her class remark-ing that It was such incidentsas this which necessitated police states. I thought it strangeshe should mention police states right away. Shortly thereafter our new found friendlyflat foot was on the case.
I had only h eard . rumorsabout the new chief of security,none of which were good. So Itried to find out what he £wa sreally upjto around here. According to the Administrationhis tasiks are those oi$investiga-
-tion, heading the Daulb's men,an d 'keeping a check onjout-siders' for?a while". He is also
4 supposed to |>ut*a check on "thevandalism and%thefts,|which in-
• cidentally, appear to be. on the
I talked to7*Carr myself andhegtold me that he just meetsthe kids "on their own level,that's what they like". He continued saying: "»I ain't here toharrass nobody." He then challenged me to question someboys in the hall as to whetheror not he had harra&ed them.Needless to say, I didn't askthem. I felt that it-would havebeen like asking a boy in ma-,ririe boot camp if he liked hisjdrill sargent with his drill sar
gent present.
I presianted Garljjwith an ideawhich had been put! to me byvarious nameless individuals.The idea had arisen that^Carl'sfriendliness; .would be used a^a .weapon against students inhis investigations and^other police actions. Carl denied thatthis was his inten tion, and re-
s
Is That? t o n , Carl?
Rick \Lamb
peated that he was only tryingto meet the kids on their* ownground: It's apparent that he istrying to meet "thefkids" butI question his sincerity. It is
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not hard to see that in order form anyone to m ake any kind ofS investigation, they ar e going to
have to know who» to talk to.And vthese .^individuals he befriends will give preformationeifher consciously or unconsciously. His major access tohhestudenti body is to. 'befriendthem. This is what he is tryingto do; One can easily see that
in a community such as ours; Jfor a police force* to be effec-•tive and efficient they have tobe friendly and not forceful.The 'efflfectiveness of our security force would be greatly*hampered if it's pif fieers tried topressure students for their help.|Most students are beyond beingintimidated, and are not about
.to bequ eath power to a force Jabove them. Therefore, stu«j
. dents would not be likely toresjpond favorably to a man telling them what to do.This is another reason for the "get toknow everyone attitude" ofOarl. If students don't know his
., position, then they are not likelyto concede any power tojhim.Students w i not respond |to hisauthority as an * ndividual butrather to the£ axrthorify of hisposition. Theoretically, if any-jone wishes to; they can removethemselves from his powersimply by ignoring him. Thus,if Carl is bugging you, ignotehim. He can't shoot you (atleast|l don't think he can).
I can't understand anyone befriending a man|who they knowis likely to scutinize their activi-ties1! Whatever iOaarFs redeeming q ualities may be, he is acop and cops are tali ears and
eyes. And his nose may find itsway into your private*business!
Sporty's Be!ieve|It or Not!: The R . U J S J Elections wereheM on^Thfflrs., April 22, 19».Ties resulted in the final countfor the offices of president, vice-president^ and treasurer. <jWitha total of 7 candidates and 1226votes cast, the possibilities ofthis oocuring|are one in 78 mill*ion.
LETTERS TO THE EDITORDear Editor^
~I would like to weteome CarlKalinowski, the first director ofsecurity, to Mercyhurst. His appointment a few weeks ago hasdefinitely^ strength ened the competence of the campus securityforce.
I decided -to ask! a few students what they thought of Carlhimself, and if he was a necessary- ma n on campus. I receyedjmany different, views from thestudents.
The first view I received wasthat he was only fecetious and]quite redundant. This was from
one of the male students.Another one of the >men ton
campus said that Mr. Kalinow-ski sticks his nose in where heis not wanted.
The view of the girls seemedto differ. They said that theywere scared to death with theDaub's mem protecting themand maybe Mr. K. could getthem jumping, \ * 4#>rie student, who ha<Li a.con-
frontation with Mr^K—. said heasked Mr. K—'. if this was goingto be . a * maximum securitycampus" to which Mr. K. replied "It damn well will be".
Of course only time will tell;but after chatting with Mr. K,I have to admit that a personoff his high calibre can onlyhelp Mercyhurst.
Mike Creghan•j* * *
To all the students df MercV-hur st, I wish to expr ess my sin*cere gratitude. Your interest inthe past election was gratifying-I sfialK endeavor to hQ^eqixalto the confidence you have placed in me by my election as vice-president.
Sincerely,Ben Ciirreri
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«ay 0, ,19« MERCYHURST COLLEGE
Mercyhurst
Participates
Earth W eekUnder* the guidance of three
ecoiogiy concerned faculty; Sis-_J ter M. Christian, John Lincourt,and Sister£Maura; Mercyhurst
% CoMege joined thousands of^ other institutions across the
[country in, celebrating* c OSarth
\ Week 7 1 \ Mercyhurst's public\j attempt to explore and deal withiri) ea ironmehtat problems consis-dj ted of Earth Days I and II . k§\ JFhe three. co-qhairaieii' began j3 Earth Dayll, April 20, byIan-
nouncing the two-*day schedule& ofc eventsjtmd*explaining Pror&* j i t NOW. r T 1
I' PR0PECT NOWProject "NOW, or The Institute
Jlof Human Ecology of Northwes-* tern seeflbn of "Pennsylvania,^*consists of fa numb er of ool-
legesf in the Northwester^ sec-Jtioni of Pennsylvania working™-together ^to achieve^a common^; goal. Their goal is to find a wayt-to? educate the peopie of North-
' I western Pennsylvania now,^albouto jthe ^human situation |as^ftjpeally is|in the world today,Mahout the issues {that «face us18 in our region and our society,* about the fpossible choices weibave in dealng with these is- sues and the possilble consequent
Bees ofeach choice. I
| . They|also sipoke of tentativej plans for three days of environ-rt mental'discussions during theKat&demic year 1971-72* These1 discussions will be cente redijj around the following areas: TheJ PHilosophyi oft Fun (John ti n-(| court, coordinator); Aesthetics4andfrthe Environment (Sister M.* Christian,^ coordinator) ;£ andB Ufbanf|Life and the Environ-* men#-<igister? Maurajr coordina-Ptot). f f
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I . Earth Payflfollowing their fopening £re-
raarks, Sifter Maura introducedth$. &rst>ef four speakers.->
Michael E. Wargo, ^Superin^* tendent of Presque Isle; State
Park, opened the L symposiumJ entitled "Let's Look at the-*J Prplblems'V %y | speaking | o n^ ribjw^PoHufion Affects Recrea
tion". He^pointed -out that byI the reported pollution „of |Lake
Erie, the city of Erielloses closetojlO fhUihonS dollars in tourist
I revenue a year.Jfcauf Swanson,! a i Waterway
- Patrolman. on he t ake , follow-t ^-te^ J ^ 'f&QflBofe speech.
^BSs speech ^"The Effects* ofon Aqttatifc l i fe" ap -
I pealed? for the stffdefits tofhelp
injfflgfttiftg the* poUuti&n prob*te*. $He sfcated that petroleumwas the^'biggest'' pollutant inLafce Erie. He suggested f thatthtf students who use the beach-
Jeslkeep them clean. He wentf on . to say that m an individual|* «eas pottuMon |in the lafcd they^should either take|a sample of^ J t *r a pieture|of |it. This can*
te fused asi evi dei ic^ ai^ should*** given to the- Erie ^County
|Helttth De|)t.
J E*iissio«—Not Mlut^ ts t9 Jfemes Zurn of Zurn^todustr?gies* told the audience thai <we* doi t know Iwhat a i ^ pollut^n' ^ | H e distinguished between| P^ution and emissions. He alsof showed, by way of a chart, that
t he transportation industry was
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M ercyh urst* RepresentedA t M a r c h
y
bV Vince DoranA Contingent Vrom Mercyhurst College marched on the na
tion's capital on April 24 to show their desire for "peace—now!"Tliis contingent included about fifty students and various faculty
members. I was part of that contingent and would* like to expressmy {feelings concerning the en tire endeavor.
I was included .in a 13 men, 1 woman section of Mercyhurst'srepresentatives. Bob Devine organized the group tha/t I traveledwith. The group included: GerryVBarron, Torn DiStefano, Joe Bar-botti, Dorothy Ostattek, Chuck Hayes, Bob- Gearhart, Jim Trom-betta, Mark Siimkiss, Bob Jancula, Make Moske, Ron^Mazonowski,Rdy Feinbe^rg, and Bob^JDevine. Belteve i* or not, we all traveleddown to and back from Washington-in a 12 fooMJ-Hadl van.
The excited start of a long andipeaceful trip to Washington, D.C.. .. "
r - « ~ ^ ««w ^ worse part of our travels.srnecvan gaveus each a ver"y limited amount ofirobm to situate ourselves com-fortabjy. To make matters^worse, weldecided ,to g|ye itwo-ahitchjhifers a Kft*?from the Pittsburgh Turnpike Entrance to our d'es-
i
tination, Needlesslo say, our>travel accommodations were not evenwor*thy*jof being called the tourist section. (Perhaps a good anal-ogyfwould be the 'bagage compartoerit:) Regardless, the three daycommune did it's best to limit the number of complaints uttered.£ * We arrived in Washington at 5 a.m. Saturday morning, 1Q%hours after" our departure if romlMerCyhurst^Wefwere tired. Fortunately, we had called ahead" to assure a reservation with St.Stephen's^Episcopal Church. We had'a rather large^room that weshared with about 400 other peace marchers. Unfortunately, ourconcrete beds served uslfor only an hour; as we thoughmt necessary to start our four mile walkfto where the peace march assembleedt ' ..f '} * " | F :
5 While walking to%he march, eighf of us decided to have breakfast. We marched aiito a corner stiore* where we^were^wai'ted^on^byone of Washington D.C.'s fihest. Personally, Ifhavetnever before"*been^waited-ort ftjyf a police officer. I kneVfthe security wouldfbetight dn that city but£... .^Wejl, itlturned out he was- only "heTrping-out" and wasireafty a nite goy. < I 38? \ f
After eating, we'corttkfued to the site of the start of tt e march.There, we disbanded into smaller groOps withtthe intention to^meetback at th«i truck tthattnigh*.-^ I f f \ P
i I went off to meefta Mend ot mine who lives?in Washington.Togetheif*weswalke63|the entire marclf route; from tnte "Washington"Monumenfe' (close tolthe White| Housed down Pennsylvania Avenueof emissionMinto the air then"hfeavy'Hindus try does. He con-tinned by stating that most ofthe ^mlsslons^ in the air werecaused, by in burning
'Solid Waste Managementantift Water Pollution Control asviewed by the Health Departsmenf
,,w s t*the to^ic^o^ Mr^
Johni Tothaand thegErie HealthDepartment. MrjToth made itclear thaUas of today-, the^pro-cess of fighting pollution andpoMutors is very> difficult because of the bureaucratic |red-
must goi through. ^e » stressedthat we must keep an open mindand^that we also must fcnow heissues. W%: i , . S
^.l?ie^atternoon|of Earth Day Iconsi/stedk)f alseries of Environ- -
mental films. The day's activities were|concluded wit^h a Massto ee'efrrate life. It was %kfcin
J, Earth-Day II ^ft Earth' Day|-Ili WednesdayApril 21* was^titled 'approximately rtLet's -|DO SomethingAbout Tftem." I The^3entire
KJercyhursf connnuntty vparticl-patedfin a clean-up of Mercy-hurst's campus. A large numbercjf faculty? and ^students (evenAdministrators) tu rned out torepair, Ipaint, and .p>lant aroundour comimunity. It was a drearyda^Aut the spirits were highand,much work was accomplishedf Afcter the hardiwork the en-• environmentalists'' were readyto sit dofwn to the picnic-supperthat concluded, the days activities.
One; final^thought, we are all(part of this earth and it is allof our.duty toikeep it|as cleanafcfposstilbte.l The work has just
begun* and^wili never end unlessYOU t°ke an ^aictave part inbeing p^rt|o f the solution|ratherthan*part of the problem! £ 1
to the United State Capital Building. We arrived ahead of the organized march in order to watch the masses of people come downPennsylvania Avenue to listen to the various speakers,
r V W * tb'VLYVk »w
of thePart of{the 500,000. peace demonstrators ^listeningspeakers on the Capitol steps,! .t
I have never seen so many people in my life. When the NPAO(National Peace Action Coalition) marshals started the march,Pennsylvania Avenue was a continuous river of people. I watchedthem come Tor four hours and 3 never saw an end to the throngs ofmarchers. At least % million people listened to Coretta King, VanceHarke, ^RalphjAbernathy and many, many other dignitaries. Theyspoke of fan immediate withdrawal of all American troops fromViet Nam. They spoke of the immediate end to the repression ofALL people in t he U.S. They spoke of peaee an d freedom. Thecrowd listened. Did the? Government?
. After the speeches, an all;night rock-concert*was held at-theWashington Monument. Some of the entertakters that performedwere: Livingston Taylor, Alica|Cooper, Pete Seager*McKendreeSprin
4 The * crowdlwas peaceful as^it had been>ithe entire day. I per-
sonally think the reason for the lack of violence was the concern'fork a peaceful demonstration by the majority of the crowd, thefineWashington Police Department to assure ialquite weekend. k
I Our*van left Washington on Sunday aJter a peaceful but busyweekend in J he nattion'gjjcapita.1.1 „ 1 . * | { L ,
One final notch upon *our arrival at this college on Monday, Iheard the statement: "Most of the students went to DX. tojhave
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a good time.'$rw£. . • - *
that a factor. But that isn't the mainreason any member of the Mercyhurst group^made the trip. And 1dofibt if itVasithe reason for many oV the marchers. |
TJie NPAC organized th€f argest march in Washington, D.C.'shistory. Over*500,000 people gathered in Washington, l>X3. o^showtheir concern for the end of the Viet Nam war—NOW!
Rated! XM
Trash" NotFortA l l
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t * £ ? f •$ . ^ Mark Zine ?i!Ftor many years Andy Warhol has* been reigning as King of
the Und^rg^buiid. But, uporit releasing tMsi latest film,*" entitlfc(t:
TRASH, he ftas started a nice dyhesty for himself overground, alsofTRASH is the story of a heroin addict named Joe (Joe Dalles?
sendro) who is unabie&to reactito sexual^stimulus. Living^ in th evillhge with Holly, (HoHy Woodlawn; ^who by ttie wayfinj reaijjife*is a(male transvestite), we get the films title in her apartment "Idecorated it myself .;. . Got everything out of the trash • ^ ."
Nudity in'Uhis film is VERYf dominate. During the4 majorityof TRASH w e see Joe just dressed in a headband. Although surprising, it is«really not offending. Joe by fhis own definition feels heacts muchjjbetter naked«i(?) " 4 g; ' | * ' J ;
| Actingjcould beja misleading^term. Paul^Morrissey who wroteand directedfTRASH^does. not^supply.the.dialogue.. Each actorUovshould I sa^^rson l . gives hi s owrtflifg iri trie^given situation.Although the film is nothing more than different^segments, few-leading into each other, there is a sense of unity in Joe's adult in-nocensetf P-
J Beside J o e ^ and Holly*^; outs tand ing perB6nmances* if mustmention a portion of the flick"where^Joe js caught vandelizing ahome a wealthyi but ^'d'unib*1 sodafite. She (Jane Forth, previousiashion model)fetids upfpiassing him off to he^ hugiband;,after hefaihs to oblige to her own rapei Her dialogue makes her character100% belfeVable| \ | ^ v £
runderstandably, this film| will not be enjoyed by even sitsmall majority. Dialogue and nudity, will turn many o*f and$by ssfewAcritics#ven referred to it as porno,? butit isfnot meant-for th eaudience shock^treatment*Worhal; who's mind no» one^wil^tunder-stafcd^appropriately is ou t to|turft on the public. Maybe^ ( ? ) | jusO
himself^ % -\ £ t jf | I *J Although he^himself admits**this film-ids not fori ail, itsiabouttime the public is ablefto ^experience" his>master-mind. And^it'san experience you won't porget for a long, long time.
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Certain editorials that have appeared in this publication, and the mimeographed "muck-raking" sheets(finallyivouched for) have basicallyjquestioned a personwanting to be athletic ^as wellfas a student. Criticism is
anyth Ionly ask-why these people don't want to give intercollegiate athletics a fair chance to be established on; thiscampus. Is it so wrong for any student, male or female,to want to participate in athletic competition, whether itbe intramural or intercollegiate? '
I WORLD TREND
* First of all, I challenge the statement that the "jock-
attitu de" is a unique phenomenon of American* society,if? this was peculiar to America, why do millions ofpeople throughout*the world so strongly?follow-the WorldCiip soccer matches every 4th year? Soccer isn't evenplayed to any extenfcin America, football is "the" gamein the U. S. However, soccer has been proven to be theN o . 1 spectator sport in J th e world. Do alt those peoplewho avidly follow soccer do it for an intellectual exerciseor are they, (heaven forbid!) guilty of having a "jock-attitude"? " ii ? * I md & -m* -3
They, perhaps, want to feel the pleasure and releasethat athletics bring in the spectator and the participantform. \I agree that concentrating on athletics to anextreme isn't good for the development of anyone.However,-^extremes are usually always wrong. I don'tsee anyone criticizing a \ purely * "intellectual-attitude."
It woul(l be a very shallow person who Would avail himself Hotally to an?intellectual climate. IS IT SO WRONGthat college^students want to have a physical as well asintellectual exercise of their abilities? '
I /The ancient G reeks had an ideal* that a Jwell-trainedbody* w ent jj "hand-in4iand" with a well-trained mind.They felt that if the *body wa s poorly; conditioned, th iswould have a detrimental effect on the mind and "vice-versa." If the Greeks, .>who were one of the greatest intellectual civilizations ever to?exist, felt that athleticsadd scholastics complimented one another, then theymust be criticized for having a "jock-attitude" also.
ATHLETIC VS. INTELLECTUAL
The |"jock-attitude" has been attacked as a mantrying to "prove" himself, only physically, in any way.
It doesn't follow for me, that if a man has to prove himself on an athletic field, he has* to keep on proving hismanliness in every< aspect of his .existence. It happens,this l is true, but to generalize about every person whocompetes athletically does this, is stereotyping an athlete. According to this logic, a man that has to provehimself in the intellectual field, will! also keep trying toprove himselfjin all the other!aspects of his life.
f Can anyone prove that a person who has to provehimself in the classroom isn't as "bad" as a person whofeels jhe has to prove himself on the athletic field? Is itlessiari:evil that a person would go'around to prove? thateveryone is an intellectual inferior to himself, and agreater evil that a physical person wants to prove himselfthe physical superior to all. It's-easyUo see that both areextremes and just as bad (at least to me), but, of course,I'm a "jock" and I'm supposed Ho be physically inclined.
In the final analysis, it seems thatipeople who arecriticizing the "jock-attitude" don't know what a "jock"feels. Sure! there are those that are only jocks {just a sthose who are only*"intellects." Many athletes have beenscholars,i just as-many scholars double as athletes. Whydoes the NCAA pick a "Scholastic All-American" te^mevery year if not to underscore the development of acomplete person. I realize thateveryone isn't athleticallyinclined, but why be down on anyone who wants to mixsports with school, and life? The people at Mercyhurstwho want to have their "jock-attitudes" are just as concerned with; their total development ;as|those who aren'tinterested? In >sports* As fargas I know, no tone has criticized a person just wanting the intellectual experienceMercyhurst goffers.? Why * can't wef just live together—Isft too much to ask even at such a petty level as between"jocks"Iand\"intellects"?J"Jocks* fyant rtheir "world"to be as?peacefulvand meaningful as everyone e lse's . Why
not give us a chance to prove we are human too7P*
The Mercyhurst tennis teamkept "rolling" along on Itheirunbeaten path Tuesday, with an8-1 victory over St. Bonaven-ture's. This victory followed 2consecutive 9-G victories overYpungstown State and Canisus.
Individuals? who are still undefeated in aid 4 matches areEd Manning, Steve Gutting andDenny Kuhn in singles. Bill Do-peirola a n d ; ! Steve Gutting alsoare 4-0 |in doubles. TommyThompson has a 2-0 recordj indoulbles andvalong with Ed Man*ning, tis also 2-0; in doubles.
Dave Kuhrt andfcJohn Christophwho will be Mercyhurst's thirddoulbles entry at Districts, are
1-0 in doubles.This Thursday and Friday,
April 29th and 30th, will be the"moment off truth" for the first-year tennis squad. It isjon thesedates they play fin the NAIADistrict 18 Tennis Tournamentat Westminister College in NewWilmington, Pa. This ftourna-ment is the high point for thedistrict's ?NAiEA-afifiHated tennisteams. The winner of this tournament qualifies for the Nation-
Begins Sept.
Law EnforcementSchool Developed
(Mercyhurst College will become a center for systematic^theoricai training in police science with the opening df a law$enforcement school in* Septembe r 1 9 7 1 . f * I I
Now in its final stages of development—the jtotfgram willjoffer the bachelor off-arts degreein sociology with career specialization in police science orprobation work.
A two-year associate programs(focusing on police techniquesand designed for area police oil-.ficers is also part of the curriculum blueprint. .|
(Mercyhurst officials have submitted their application for federal funding of the program andareiawaiting government approval under President Nixon'sOmnibus Crime-Control x andSafejstreets Act.
I Once received, collegians en>rolled in the program would beeligible lor annu al loan s of $1,-800 for their law ;"enlorcement
studies. The | government wouldfurther encourage the baiccaiau«reate training by cancelling the-student'sjlpre-service deibt by 25percent [with each year of sei>vice in police or probation worlsfollowin^graduation, •£-
Thev President's- Act has abuilt-in bonus for persons already working in the law enforcement* field. fSLocal policeand probation officers would beeligible §for grants^ up Ho i$600annually for studies' pursuied
in the Hurst program. |The proposed curriculum for
Mercyhurst's Law Enforcementschool has-been developed withthe expertise of a five-man ad-vistory team. Serving on theboard are Judge Edward! H.Carney, former PennsylvaniaAttorney General William C.Sennett, Erie? chief of police!Charles E. Bowers, "Morning
News" managing editor LariePintea, and James V. Kinnane,former FBI agent.
The program, as outlined, willrequire all law enforcement majors to study seven core or basiccourses in the sociology area-principles of sociology, sociological!! methods, social discrimination, minority groups, urbanSociology, criminology, and deviant behavior.
JHowever, students followingthe probation officer curriculum will supplement the corerequirements with icourses injuvenile delinquency, adolescent
psychology, correctional systems, correctional counseling,Ahierican legal system, andcriminal codei
? The Hurst probation curricu*lum—making the first such program within a?300|mile radiusof Erie—roll be geared towardcounseling, understanding, andknowledge. It will also?ofiferprospective probation officersactual involvement with theparole jgand probation functionsas senior year students in the
al NAIA Tournament to be heldin Kan. City June 1-15. The DistTournament has been the focalpoint for the Hurst players sincepflactice*jbegan earlyvjjn March,Strong competition is to be expected from Ediiboro, Califorlnia State (Pa.) and JWestmins}ter.lThe Lakers, however, areaisofgiven a J good chance tobring back th e recognition thatgoes with being the District'sN o . 1 team. H u S
Alfter the tournament, theteam will return to Mercyhurstfor their first home encounterSince April 2nd when they faceYoungstown Statefon TuesdayMay 4th. JMBPSffi
Probationwith local
program's ten-weekInternship ^arrangedand state agencies.
The police science curriculumof thef proposed* la w enforce,ment school was|reviewed*andfinal orevisions made last \weekby chiefs of police Charles Bow.ers (Erie), Joseph Marshall(Millcreek) and Captain OliverA. Smith of the PennsylvaniaState Police, Troop E. head*quarters.
The police program — asagreed upon, jjby top area offie.ers-HWill train students|in localpolice (adm inistration, police
ethics, public safety laws' and
regulations, police responsibilities in court, ^general policetatic s, criminal code, and theAmerican legal system.
Technique courses taught willcover ^interrogation procedures,for solving crimes, modern detection techniques, mob con«trol, and industrial and retailsecurity. J . W& • «'
(Planned for the sprihg.of fte
senior year, a| ten-Week Policeinternship wi-Ii place the collegeians for- a four-week period with.the ^Pittsburgh police force andwith the^Erie police department
for six weeks training.• • •
Police science enrollees wouldcomp lete fthe curriculum tystudying the various facets ofmodern plant protection, m ttj*ods employed to protect fa#"ties, security problems of retail enterprises, and *the relajjtionship between * -institutionalami local police. •
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