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VOL. XLII NO. 4 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MAY 15, 1970

CURTAIN RISES
Ii Tri College Consortium
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAMED

Coordinated by a full-time
. . (Mercyhurst) iRamon director, interinstitutional coopera-
F. Danielski of Cleveland, Ohio tion by Mercyhurst-Gannon-Villa
has been named executive director Maria will — in addition to pro-
of the Erie Consortium of Colleges moting tri-college planning — main-
by the presidents of its| member tain and strengthen particular aca-
institutions, Mercyhurst-Gannon-[ demic programs of the colleges,
Villa Maria. avoid program duplication by the
Danielski's appointment! be- institutions, and expand the educa-
comes effective August 17, 1970. tional opportunities of the Erie
| Erie's first consortium was area,
formed recently to identify and mmmmm
organize programs of common Headlines, Thursday, May 7, 1970
concern to the three private colleges.
w..~ r .™-- _~-o™ closed down. Why — 4 students killed on campus
At the same time, eachimstitution _ , Si . „ AAA _ UM~A „,U„9
^1 uHf oa ... Cambodia — why — 39,000 young men killed - why?
in the consortium will retain its fwn _^ j j ^ „_, ^^SL !*& ..
That isn't history you are reading — that's now **.A
seperate academic structure, college
dear Mercyhurst, what are you doing — your "business as usual" attitude
objectives, and faculty and adminis-
trative leaders. is not only unrealistic and inappropriate, it| absolutely stinks. Where are
|As consortium executive direc- your priorities? When will the reality of the situation hit you?
tor with offices at Mercyhurst Col- So what if the academic communities in the nation comprise only 11%
y
r~lfI7~ ~rT ""i~i •" n r ~*u of national population — why not rise that "educated" mind and mouth
lege, Mr. Danielski^ will work with « . - , . « . *. * *• J.
., . , . c lA j , . . to act. The word is dissent, gang, not violence, dissentj
»
the students, faculty and adminis- Four
^ ^ students _, ^ tkilled,
.„ , andy\ we sit back*-
.. % . ~Cambodia
* *• and__we sit back
trators ISf the three colleges to 39,000 killed and we sit back - and watch. The students wait for the
rdevelop
^ K l r and
"""•IT~«;~,
promote £ 7*7 faculty to move, the faculty waits for the students to move, the Adminis-
cooperative
programs that will best utilize the A__^,_ . -&?;«;A* > L„ L mm I *
resources oflthe member institu- tration watches — we all wait. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M « ^ — i ^ ^ ^ — ^ ^ ^ » —
tions. Academic communities around the nation plead^with the nation to
realize and understand the crisis; Mercyhurst watches and waits — how Marie Oliveri and Tony Giovannitti
His duties will includeH the in-
sweet it is. | as Aldonzo and Sancho.
vestigation, identification, imple-
i mentation, coordination, and super- A w Broadway Musical titled
Man of La Mancha opened in New
vision of cooperative ventures, such WoOoffOV/ Wl/sOfl Fellowship Awarded York City on November 22, 1965.
as § tri-college departments, joint
Chosen by the Foundation's The critics raved about it, describing
graduate programs, tri-college calen- it as "superb," "eloquent, bold and
dar, the joint purchase of a variety Selection Committee, Beverly was
original." It was not long after the
of materials, and student exchange. named one of "the imost intel- opening that Man of La Mancha was
A native of Grand Rapids, lectually promising" 1970 graduates named the "Best Musical of the
Danielski is currently a staff member who plans a career in college Season." There were those who
with? the Cleveland Commission on teaching. thought it would become a classic.
Higher Education - an eight coHege- As a designate, the Woodrow Ironically, Maid of La Mancha
university consortium in the Greater Wilson|Foundation has advised the is not just another adaption of
Cleveland area. *.| fe B graduate schools of Beverly's choice "Don Quixote." It *is an original
of their endorsement. work that deals with a few crucial
With the Commission since hours in the life of Cervantes and
September 1969,?he^s responsible The Mercyhurst student is as-
sured fellowship support from either merges the writer's spirit and
for the development of cooperative identity with that of his fictional
programs among member institu- algraduate school or directly from creation, Don Quixote.
tions: Baldwin-Wallace,Case Western the Woodrow Wilsonf Fellowship On May 15, 16 and 17 Mercy-
Reserve, Cleveland State, Cuyahoga Foundation. hurst College becomes one of the
Community College, John Carroll Regardless of the financial first schools in the country^ to per-
University, Notre Dame College^ source, the Fayetteville, N.C. form Man of La Mancha on the
native, has been accorded the title the amateur level. Under the
St. John College, and Ursuline
College* "Woodrow Wilson Fellow." direction *of Sister Mary Jude, the
m H m i The fellowship title was earned production will be the first fully
The 34-year old executive direc- The Merciad congratulates Bev- ercyhurstjstu- orchestrated musical^staged during
one other M
tor holds ja bachelor ofJ science erly Miller, senior English major, dent in the history of the College. an academic year. The curtain rises
degree. University of Dayton, and I — whofwas
„ _ _ _ elected a winner ,. in the Sister
sistesjviana u v,uimui -«uw
Maria O'Connor - now chair- wuui- at $8:15 P.M. for the evening per-
and a
n <M.A. in sociology from annual Woodrow Wilson National ^ ^ o f t h e Mercyhurst Philosophy formances, and at 2:30 P.M. for the
Jfe
Fordham Universityf * * * ^fellowship
^ ^ ^ ^ * ^competition.
^^ — — and} Theology Department - re Sunday Matinee. Tickets will be
The consortium head has teach- Beverly is one of 1,153 Wilson c e i v e d a W i l s o n Fellowship for sold atthejdoor but it isjrecom-
»ng experience of ten years on the designates who topped a field of duate study i n Theology at
mended that you call for reserva-
tions - 864-0681t The admission
secondary and college level and has approximately 12,000 undergrade | C a t h o , i c University of America, prices are Adults $1.50 - Students
taught Cooperative Theory at the ate seniors nominated by more than $1.00. I 1
University of Dayton. 80 colleges for the honoii 1959.
Page Two THE MERCIAD

BLACK PANTHERS
in AMERIKKA
by Claudia Weeks
X^
DAPHNE
What means this - Black Panther Party? Are these*men and women G O E S POLITICAL
revolutionary vanguards of the black population or are they unrepresen-
tative of American blacks, simply killing off all the pigs and disregarding Hi there Ladies! Well, here I relevancy. No longer 1 can good
the sanctity of the individual soulfwhether thetperson's skin be black or am again — I no sooner say hello feelings run loud and deep in every,
white? I I I then I have to say good-bye! one's hearts — no longer can smiles
In less than two years, the Panthers havefmushroomed tfrom a 125 move mountains. O ur laughter has
- Seems like we just started to get
man contingent based solely infOakland, California, to a nationwide been stifled. Stifled by injustice and
into things. You'll just have to
operation with 60,000 sympathizers and chapters in 24 cities. misunderstanding. I canfno longer
get along without my sporadic,
The Panther program calls for the black community to become didactic wordlings. laugh with my eyes open anymore -
independent and self-governing. They see the |U.S. (Amerikkka) as the because I can't stand what I see!
center of anlimperialistic system which suppresses the worldwide revolu- I'm going on to far greener
pastures! They say the grass is I've tried laughing with my eyes
tion of coloredfpeople. According to Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black closed but my attempts were
Panther Party, the black people in America are a colonial people who have always greener on the other sidef—
so Ilfigured I'd hustle my bustle futile —|I couldn't relate or com-
sufferedja long list of unpunished indignities at the hands of white cops
and other "pigs" who have and are now exploiting the black community. on over to the other side so that municate with anyone.
And so whatgalternatives are open?|They can't just mass on the streets and everyone will get a chance to have I have only one hope"— that is]
riot; they will be shot down. Instead it is necessary to organize in small "splendor in" their "grass." that tears will bring us together I
groups to "take care of business." (The business includes among other (Naughty me!) tears of grief, despair, hunger, death
things "executing racist cops.") No more praying and singing|"We Shall W I would like to get seriousffor and injustice willlsomehow join us
Overcome." Black people in the ghetto must rely on armed self-defense a moment. True, I do flit and flat in a universal awakening. This
and not the white man's courts to protect themselves. Each|member of around a bit, however, there is la awakening is our only hope - out
the Black Panther Party must be proficient in the use of fire arms in order last and ho e
to defendjhis brothers andfsisters against unprovocated acts by "pigs." side of me none of you really had ^ P ;
the chance to know. My philosophy So I ask you all now — to open
The termr'pig" has come to mean any white cop, but if you ask a Panther
why they haven't assaulted more white cops, they will explain that to them has always been "Laugh and the your eyes — look all around
the term "pig" means any person white or black, in uniform or civilian world laughs with you; cry and you you and take a few moments
dress that tries to beat their brothers down by denying them their con- cry alone." Therefore I've tried to and
stitutional|rights,?by|charging high prices for shoddy merchandise in the help you laugh with me —$1 enjoyed cry
ghettos, by enslaving Ithem because they feel this minority won't fight laughing with you. However, the with
back, "The only good pig is a dead pig!" "All Power to the People!" time has come when this philosophy me.
A great worry to theiBlack Panther leaders such as Huey Newton, doesn't work anymore. I can't laugh bye J
Eldridge Cleaver and Bobby Seale, is that Amerikkka has become a facist anymore, people! WE can't laugh d. d.
a fascist police state that is attempting to crush all dissent by force and will anymore! Laughing has lost it's
carry out genocide programs on the people after {hoarding them f into
concentration camps. Does this strike you as exaggerated? But one can't
help remember the plight of the Jews during fWWII. The Jewish and
minorities ghettos of Germany and Warsaw, the concentration camps, and
NATIONS of
the most abominable of all — the gas| chambers and their adjoining
cremation ovens. Not in America., you say. Well, in the case of the
the WORLD UNITE
systematic murder of six million Jews by Nazis duringfWWII, most of the Fear and despair appear as com- widening the gap of communication
world, even America, had very little or no knowledge of such extermina- mon emotions these days as people- and|thus strengthening internation-
tions. The Allied troops that liberated parts of Germany after the fall young and old-absorb the terror al ^distrust and misunderstanding,
of the Third Reich were suddenly confronted with the tools and victims; that leaks out with each new world Still is there no way out? I
they had not realized the ^torturous extent of Ayrian supremacy versus crisis. Laos, Cuba, Viet Nam, China, Perhaps the world, with its
the non-Ayrian culture. To these young Black Panthers the execution of Israel, Dominican Republic, Berlin, hundreds of nations - especially
of a police officer would be as natural and justifiable as the execution of and! now . . . Cambodia. Why can young and extremely ^nationalistic
a German fsoldier by a member of the French Resistance. This is the anyone be surprised that the peoples ones - is not ready for the answer
grim reality upon which the Panthers build a movement. of the earth are frightened? One that sees all countries united.
This movement's viewpoint fhas been described by! one political mistake, one miscalculation, or one Utopia'sjhave tried and failed, the
analyist as,|"seen from the bottom of the water!looking up, and hence intentional action could I make this League of Nations has tried and
totally distorted." The FBI's report had defined them as being, "schooled universe minus one planet in less failed, the United Nations has
in the Marxist-Leninist idealogy and the teachings of Mao Tse-Tung, who than a day's work. National peace tried and
have perpetrated numerous assaults on police officers and| engaged in movements, Ban the Bomb move- Perhaps, afterall, man is not!
violent confrontations with police throughout the country." A further ments, and interested Politicians, J mature enough yet to think of all
report declares that the Black Panthers are no more representative of among many other organizations, humanity as one. Somehow the
American Blacks than the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) are of desperately attempt to find|some curse of nations lingers, asldoe^
the country's seven million collegians. This is one side rather briefly the fear and| terror that comes in
compiled. Yet on the other side the Panthers are meeting with SDS way|to bring order out of the chaos
that has spread disease-like through the crisis that pits nation vs. nation.
members for the pooling of their Idrives against texploitation by the of I the
"pigs" in our society. | |||[ the world. But a daily glance at the We continue to think
newspaper will show that nothing "enemy" similar to the anger we
fYbu fhave elements of both the |above-mentioned groups on our
campus, as we also have our liberals, conservatives and the shades of gray seems to be effective 2 . those for felt as children when another child
in-between. Therefore do not evade the issues that suchfgroups will raise and against violence continue fto stole our candy or our treehouse. • •
not stand back because you have actually beenfeontactedland share one spread! it. |Is there| no way out. everything is still divided.
bond called Mercyhurst. And these people, you mustf remember arefall Humanity, for 2,000|years, has I > And yet, does not the brother-
Americans. Mark Twain's frontierfhumor struck Bostonian ears as being been pre-occupied with its seemingly hood of all men pose an answer toj
vulgar and odd. And therefore to write the Panthers off as a fringe group inherent! tendancy towards patriot- Ithe chaos? Is this not a way out
of little influence is|to miss the point. The Panther's roots are in the ism, nationalism, and "my country for modern man?
desperation and anger that no civil-rights legislation or poverty program right or wrong," |My country is But, alas, man thinks in terms
has touchedgin the ghetto. |The fate of the Panthers as an organization is better than your country and simi- of boundaryflines and only when he
not thefissue. What mattersfis that there are* 1,000 black people in the is old enough to be proud to be a
lar sentiments still plaque the men-
ghettos thinking privately what each one Panther says out loud.^ |
talities of|individualS|all over the man without a country . . . perhap
And why the symbol of a Black Panther? That symbol, according to
Seale, is an appropriate one for the black people in America today; it is not earth while politics, economics and only then will the| pit | in our
the panther's nature to attack anyone first, but|when he|is attacked^nd general all-around competition re- stomach's at the thought of tW
backed into a corner, he will respond viciously and wipe out the aggressor. main* i international past-times, bomb disappear.
 THE MERCIAD
**
Page Three

WHITE
by AIM na
MOVEMENT
Is America presently undergoing an identity crisis? A cleavage seems to The afttrmation|on the part of the government that the new left is a
be pervading the national psyche, one that is generational as well as social violent and destructive force is mere projection. In reality, the government
*nd political. We certainly appear to be on the threshold of an unprece- and its associated industries build and export! more weapons than any
» dented crisis in our history with no apparent program for change. nation. Moreover, violence is profitable and the manufacture of violence
, Richard
w u l f l l u Nixon undoubtedly ,
T epitomizes a generation that is willing to machinery absorbs the majority of our national budget.^Yes, the military
establlshment
I coalesce with the old and submit to it. Its creativity is inhibited by its makes a good living off violence, as their industrial extrava-
ga Ce a n d w a s t e wil1 a t t c s t A n d f r o m a
I inability to be mobile in a world undergoing momentous change. " - | political standpoint, the violence
J
—
I Adamently * opposed -* ** *** and the
to Nixon •*& so
—called
~~n^establishment
i f i f l ^ - i ^ i ^ is
S Sa dynamic
,_: industries are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. Yes,
movement of youth. Conversely, this generation appears to be one of projection is indeed the tool offohe hypocritf
In e f l n a l a n a l y s i s ix a ears t h e n e w
eLination and substitution.jits idealogy is indeed revolutionary, yet its * ' PP left, now aflts apex, will
V m m a n y respects somethin enuine
1 rebeliiousness will hopefully make America mobile once again and dislodge fT^l " ^ g g to offer, but it
and trength survive G r e s h a m s
I ts entrenchment of anachronism. Yes, it's war, but tragically speaking it's £ £ »*°™t / !° ' ' implacable law of
pohtlCS
* ?aa cIcivil
S Swar, t iMdAmericaversus
versusAmerica.
America. - . ' p o t e n t drive out the gentle, the wicked drive out . the good,"
~ ~
i i I willjprevail. Perhaps that's projection on my part. But I must say that it
I At one end of the spectrum is middle America, the great isilent seems the most worrisome and dangerouslaspect of American life is not
i
majority, with its audacious and caustic spokesman Spiro Agnew providing the dissent of naive and impressionable youth, but rather the middle
the snectacle.
spectacle He has emerged as the leader of middle America by cleverly ly American who thinks George Oenroe Wallace
Walfo™* and*»nH Spiro
Sni™Agnew
Aon«„,are
, « the
t u saviors
**M«of „<
manipulating their prejudice and fears. He is the voice of an angry and the republic. TheWtern is evident. America enslaved the red man, then
often paranoic breed frightened|by what has happened to America in the the black man, and now the new left. It is a white-nigger movement and
P 1960's. The middle American's point emphatically to|the preponderance undoubtedly the natives will once more rise to the occasion,
of crime, violence, pornography, black militancy and drug abuse. Moreover,
0
they contend students, blacks and radicals are to blame.-; In the eyes of
middle America it is a white nigger movement, cultivating a destructive RACE TO OBLIVION
' revolutionary dynamism, thatj is leading the nation" to armadeggon. by Robert W. Parks
Liberals and intellectuals vehemently mock Agnews apparently inane
outbursts. Perhaps his rhetoric is defensive in many respects. Yet the most "Population control is the con- years. To f maintain their present
s c i o u s re ula on o f t h e n u m b e r s
disheartening aspect is that for the people, for middle America, he is real. 8 « | ^adequate living standards, the food
I They listen to him and above all trust him implicitly. of human beings to meet the needs, supply must be doubled. Every
Most people only have a vague conception of what middle America is not just of individual families, but structure and road must be doubled.
of society as a whole." The number ? of trained doctors,
I For many it is just a meaningless 'label, a scapegoat. In reality, middle
Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich teachers fand administrators must
I America is a state of mind characterized by a moral code and a construct
Americans are beginning to rea- also I be doubled. This would be an
of values, prejudices, and*fears. The youth movement injfthe U.S. is an af- extremely difficult job for a deve-
Uze
front to middle America's cherished system of values. Consequently, that the underdeveloped coun-
10 count lik e
nriddle America is imploring the government to take a hard line on disseirtr tries ofiahe world fa^^nevitablell ?^ ^ # SHI M
with its agricultural^system, indus-
Invariably, Washington will comply as it has done in every wartime period population - food crisis. Population
is far outstripping food production. tries and rich natural resources.
I
sinceithe American revolution. Spiro Agnew and the courts will, intall
likhhood, provide the necessary impetus for middle America to crush the
radical movement of the 1960's. The fanaticism and intolerance of the new
w *u u ir f *u
More than half of the world is IA
hungry, and many people are dying to solve.
i« The
xg problem
* is too
\ . .3 \
for any underdeveloped country
fdifficult pbr
2

left will prevail overf their enthusiasm and fervent hopeffbr a better of starvation. j Mankind must seek to solve the
^America. And bigotry will make it so. ^ ^ «__ Population growth must come r o b l e m of
to an end. Our long term growth P . overpopulation by ad-
Perhaps the most exciting energy force in America todayis the youth justing the birthf rate so that a
rate musty be zero. This |growth
i movement. As the antithises of middle America the youth have resolutely "death rate" solution won't be
can be stopped in two ways: lower
( countered with their own bitter cliches. Their rhetoric, as Agnews, is vin- needed.
1 dictive and indescreit. But it would be unwise tot dismiss them as mere the birth rate or increase the death
Lowering the birth rate can
Mv rate. be aciucvcu
achieved uuuugii
through aa ^series of
iffenemies of the &uue.
* «»* state. m
The fact oi
e iaci of me
the matter
matterlis their aeiiancc,
is meir defiance, ai
at utimes
mw . . . . oe u v - ~.
i odious, only visibly obstructs their authentic vision of a better America. Increases in P°P"™"* programs. Planned parenthood or
W
I The movement revolves essentially around the premise the government «ccunnguiM ! Y . . Mn h. family planning is one * possible
lndeed
and the courts are seeking reprisal for social disruption. This actionfhas P * gjg* ™J""°,:! solution but doesn't effectively con-
mt
[ inevitably led the government to be wedded to the idea of order, main- *•** ° ^ 3 ' Z L Z h ** *» popuktionfgrowth. There
tained at all costs and by any means. The premium is on order and repres- f f f *°™ " ^ f ^ , " ? " is a need for better contraceptive
relatively slow growth rates. methods especially in ^underdeve-
i non rather than rapprochment and personal liberty.
Those countries witfif rapid j ^ ^ ^ Reseafch in tropi.
i The new left contends the courts are prejudicial, racist and class growth make up two-thirds of the
*^ ented
- Furthermore, asserts the left, the courtSjare protectingjtheir cal and sea farming is also needed.
nce M d world population and coincide These are a few possible answers to
j J. white supiority by seeking to immobilize black leadership. closely with what an, known as ^^^^singprobiem.Aware-
S 6 1 , Americ
it ' t ^ " a's legal system has overtly displayed the fact that the Tunderdeveloped- countries. ^ ^ ^ ^ g M oyeT.
mi retaliator
ICh" y rather* than competant and dispassionate. The These underdeveloped countnes are ^ ^ ^ p r o b l e m c a n h e i p start
8 S8Ven black anther
sevf ° ' ** P ra>d. the Harlem five, and the Oakland characterized as being non-indus- ^ a n d a c t i o n t o w a r d s a less
a 0nly a few
! rnn! ? incident^which have cast a shadow! of skepticism trialized with an inefficient agn- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ world
i concerning the integrity of the court. culture, very small gross national
f f rCe t0 e r a d i c a e products high literacy rates and
ironicall ****• ° ° f t the protest movement in America has
given added other related problems.
the vie/ . strengtheand vitality to the:movements Certainly f
!
media° ! , n t tactics
employed by radicals are often amplified by the nwes
JThose coimtries with relatively mgipmf €oUi?s
I the rad 1 h i s t o r i c a u slow growth rates constitute the
V speaking, society is always directly exposed to upon recommendation
10 e , e m e n t s T h a t "developed" countries which are
account ? - is to say, violence associated with dissent
nly a b o u t 2 % o f modern industrial nations. £Most has conferred upon
I Yet hist ° thejtotal precipitated within this country.
Da id Boorstein people !in | thes^ countries ^re ITS STUDENTS
common^K " affirms, "disagrees seek solutions to
dissentors adequately^nourished. i i
has overlook ' seek power for themselves." But what he the degree of
d t h e f a c t t h aat
t a a conservative beauracracy is not receptive The population in underdej
The population in undcroe-
( to chanee°Th ^ conservative|beauracracy is not receptive SILENT MAJORITY
those wh f ? P r0&ress timatftlv ,a political
> ultimately Hkum»l decision,
tefah^ is
is controlled by veloped countries doubles eve y -U
controlled by
Wle,d t h e wer to 35 years, whereas in developed
one's D<JL P° and influence. Effectiveness is determined by
P Cr positi countries, it is every 50 to 200
°n. that is a truism of politics.
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drug violations, ARRESTS of With$this our last issue, and College Dean
with our departure in a few
AMERICANS OVERSEAS f f weeks for the icy world out
there, we would like to take a
andlDirector of
|The*Department of State wishes to bring to the attention of Americans second of your time to say Admissions
traveling abroad, and fparticularly of young Americans, the serious
good-bye. . . . (Mercyhurst). Sister M. I
consequences which|may result from their arrest by foreign governments
on chargeslof possessing, trafficking in, or smuggling illegal drugs. This Even in our limited number Carolyn Hermann, i Mercyhurst I
announcement is made in view of a marked increase in such arrests report- of tissues, we hope you can see President, has announced the apJ
ed by the United States consular officers. 1 that we did our best} with the pointment of William P. Garvey as
There 5were 142 Americans under detention on drug charges fin 20 time we had, the ideas we hatch- Dean of the coeducational college.
foreign countries in February 1969 but by February 1970 the total had ed, and the experience we lacked. The administrative change was
risen to 404 - the largest number of Americans held! for narcotics The time was well spent, the made known March 16, at the
violations since records havelbeen kept by the Department of State. college's third annual press dinner.!
ideas took some hard knocks,
Young Americans (under 30), who are now traveling widely and in Dean of the College, effective
andf the experience proved well July 1, GarveyMs the^flrst layman
larger numbers than ever before, representfthe greater number of U. S. worth it as we tried to fulfill
nationals arrested abroad for narcotics violations. Most of them are unaware to hold the administrative post in
our main goals of keeping the the history of the 44-year old
ofIthe grave potential consequences of violating the laws off a foreign Merciad on the press when it
country, and of the limited capability of their government |to assist them college. W
if they are arrested overseasjSome are the dupes of drug peddlers who seemed dubious that it would As Mercyhurst Dean, Garvey
subsequently inform on them to the authorities. be there, and of bringing some- becomes the chief academic officer
The penalties for narcotics violations in most countries are severe. thing a little different into your of the college under Sister M.
The charge — whether possession or, more serious, trafficking - is usually life with each issue. Carolyn, President. Mr. Garvey will!
determined on the basis of the quantity of narcotics involved. Possessions We'll take this opportunity be the chief advisor to the Mercy-
of more |than 500 grams (about one pound) results in a minimum of six to thank all who gave us help hurst President and in her absence
years in jail plus a heavy fine in some countries, onelto three years in a discharge presidential duties. His
and |moral support, especially responsibilities will include the
"detoxification asylum" — usually | a mental Jhospital {— jin pothers. Mr. McAndrew, and also to wish
Trafficking in drugs evokes |a penalty of ten|years to lifefin others. general development of the college
good luck to the new co-editors as a coeducational institution, in
In some countries prison conditions are primitive (e.g., damp, for next year . . . Al Messina
underground locations; rats and* vermin; insufficient light, heat, and addition to Ihis academic duties.
foods; absence of sanitary| facilities; abuse by other ^prisoners). Pretrial and Bob Parks.
confinement of those charged can be prolonged — in some countries up to Our best to a l l . . . James G. Lanahan, son of Mr.
1 year without bail. Some of it is spent in solitary confinement. Language Joanne and Mary andiMrs. William A. Lanahan, 234
difficulties compound the tragedy. | W. Rose Valley Road, Wallingford,]
Case histories llike those which follow are increasingly common: Pennsylvania has been named Direc-
—A naive experiment in marijuana smoking by a newlywed couple, CAPPABIANCA tor of Admissions fat Mercyhurst
who wound up a picnic on a Caribbean beach by smoking "pot", turned College, Erie, Pennsylvania, effec-]
into a nightmare of arrest and imprisonment. They are still in afforeign TRAVEL AGENCY tive July 1,1970. '§ f ? f
jail awaiting trial three months after their arrest. | 718 State St., Erie, Pa. Mr. |Lanahan, a* graduate of
—An American coed traveling in Europe to tour the art,centers went Use Boston Store Charge Archmere Academy in Claymont,
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to prison Ion a 2 A year sentence for the possession of narcotics. Delaware, ^received his under-
—A U.S. college student on a summer vacation in a Middle Eastern graduate and graduate degrees from
country accepted from a friend a gfft of ajhalf gram of hashish which he St. Bonaventure University, StJ
carried in his pocketffor several daysjintending some time to try it. He MARTUCCI'S TAVERN Bonaventure, New York.iHe has
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amount of hashish^ was found |on|himl He was sentenced to 2Vi years in Delicious Spaghetti & Ravioli Admissions at St. Bonaventure
prison. An appeal was denied.! % University since 1966. Presently, he
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