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McAuley Hall And Grounds
Flooded After Pipe \Break
A water pipe broke in front of
McAuley Hall Monday night
flooding the Hall's basement and
surrounding grounds.
The pipe, located near the fire
hydrant in front of McAuley,
broke sometime before 6:30 p.m.
The water flooded the south end
of the building's entrance and ran
toward 38th Street.
Resident Assistant Mark Schaf-
fer contacted Security,
Maintenance, the fire depart-
ment and Director of Housinj
Phyllis Aiello. Harold George an
BUI Ducz of Maintenance worked
with the fire department to shut
the water off. However, due to the
location of the break, the key
necessary for the job was not long
enough to work.
Parking Addressed At
Government Meeting]
"Mercyhurst College is a com-
munity of students. We're trying
not to segregate anybody."
This statement made by stu-
dent government representative
Maria Santangelo indicates just
one of the ideas expressed at the
January 19 MSG meeting concer-
ning a new parking proposal. The
proposal was initiated by
freshman representative Greg
Yoko, and sought to restrict park-
ing in the McAuley lot to Egan
and McAuley residents.
"The residents of McAuley
knew I was a rep," explained
Yoko, "they came to my door
asking me to bring this issue up."
A petition signed by numerous
supporters of the proposal was
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South Side McAuley (side walk)
,'- According to Aiello, the city
water department was called in
at this time. They stated that the
property was not city owned and
therefore it was Mercyhurst's
problem.
Meanwhile, the Child Care
Center and Northwest Tri-county
Intermediate Unit in McAuley
basement were flooded. R.A.'s
spent four hours clearing the
water.
Once the water reached 38th
Street, the fire department in-
formed them that the accident
was now affecting city property,
explained Aiello.
At 11:30 p.m. the«water was
turned off at the main line at 38th
Street. Baldwin Hall, the Campus
also presented to the Student
Government. | The Environmental Educa-
Commuter representative Tim
Bernik expressed opposition to
the parking proposal. "It's not
really fair to commuters to say,
'We've got a special parking
place, and you aon't'." Bernik
remarked. After much discussion
both pro and con, the motion was
defeated 23 to * 3, with two
abstentions.
Another parking issue was then
raised by Yoko, and a motion was
passed that Uhe parking lot
behind Weber Hall be left open
until 12:00 midnight, to accom-
modate visitors to Egan Hall.
Formerly, cars parked there
cont. on page 5
After South Side McAuley (side walk)
House and the Learning
Resource Center had no water for
the rest of the evening and the
better part of Tuesday. • resident, said, "Watching the
fit is gross," commented
Madeline Matos, a Baldwin resi-
dent affected by the break. "You
Environmental Phase-Out:
MajorjTo Be Discontinued
The Environmental Studies
major and possibly two other
related programs are slated to be
discontinued after this academic
year. Dr. Gerard MacMillan, pro-
gram coordinator, said that the
decision was announced in the re-
cent Mercyhurst Five-Year Plan.
Present Environmental Studies
major should not be affected by
the phase-out, said MacMillan,
but no incoming freshmen will be
accepted into the program, l
tional Endorsement program and
the Environmental Science ma-
jor have not yet been cancelled.
MacMillan stated that they may
possibly be discontinued, but the
Environmental Science major is
an "easy one to save" because
most of the courses A in it are
taught regularly regardless.
MacMillan cites two reasons
behind the administration's deci-
sion to halt the program: Low
enrollment in the Environmental
Studies major presently (there
are approximately eight ma-
jors) ; and low percentage of job
placement for Environmental
itudies graduate. X
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can't even groom. You can't even
go to the bathroom." f
Shennell Coit, another Baldwin
water gushing, that was funny
not having water in Baldwin, that
was not so funny." ±
Gerry MacMillan
The Environmental Science
Majors, according to MacMillan,
are better able to compete for the
available jobs. |
After the program has been
completely discontinued, Mac-
Millan said he expects to lose his
position at Mercyhurst. Previous
to his employment here, Mac-
Millan taught Environmental and
Science courses at the University
of Iowa. i the impression that it was going
He expresses a dedication to
environmental programs and
stated, "It's very frustrating to
JANUARY 21,1982
Beverage
System Stolen
There have been no leads con-
cerning the December 7 theft of
the beverages system used by the
Mercyhurst Student Activities
Committee for1 the Belle Valley
get-togethers,
According to Student Union
Director Jan Gatti, the system
was being rented from a local
beverage distributor whose name
could not be revealed. The value
of the system is $385. It consists of
two carbon dioxide tanks, one
KoldDraft box and lines, and
eight kegs. tr
[=? The system was stolen at
aproximately 5:30 p.m.,
D e c e m b e r 7 from the
Maintenance compound east of
Zurn.? Gatti said that a witness
saw a dark color, later model
truck drive in the compound and
someone remove the system
shed. *& $fc *
' "Someone had to have a keg,"
she stated.
Gatti is unsure if the theft will
affect future get-togethers. The
next function is scheduled for
February 27. \
SAC is offering a $50 reward for
any information leading to the
return of the system. She said she
does not care I who stole the
system, as long as it is returned.
Gatti added that 5 she really
doesn't expect to receive any in-
formation concerning the stolen
goods.
"If we were going to hear
anything, we would have heard
already, "she commented.
me to see any program in it cut."
"It bothers me professionally
and personally," he added.
MacMillan said that fewer
young people are looking at the
environmental studies area for
future jobs. | |
u- "There is less interest in the en-
vironment right now it seems to
me," he stated. I
.. The Environmental programs
enjoyed | a greater degree of
visiblity and popularity during
the 1970's, said MacMillan. Sister
Maura Smith, member of the
Mercyhurst Board of Trustees,
Physical and Earth Sciences Pro-
fessor on leave, and present prin-
cipal at Mercyhurst Preparatory
School, is considered by Mac-
Millan "the driving force behind
the department" ;
in previous
years. £ J
MacMillan said he did not
realise the Environmental
Department was faltering when
he was hired at Mercyhurst. *
"When I came here I was under
to last, he remarked.
"I feel badly that it has to go -
this is the world we live in."

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Parking Is Not
Always Fun, , .
Distention continues to reign
concerning campus parking. Toe
latest embroilment: residents vs.
commuters for McAuley parking
lot i unreasonable to expect to park
McAuley parking is inadequate
for hall residents and the pro-
blem is compounded when com-
muters, McAuley staff, and Egan
residents vie for parting places
in that lot. * f
C o m m u t e r s feel it is
unreasonable to expect them to
park in Zurn when they have
class in Old Main. Conversely,
residents believe it is unfair to be
unable to park outside their
dorm.
The question; becomes a
philosophical one: Do residents
have the right to exclude others
from their hall parking lot?
Granted, everyone pays the
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Letter
Table Tennis Club
Announces Recognition
On Tuesday, January 19, the
Mercyhurst Table Tennis Club
was officially recognized by the
Mercyhurst Student Govern-
ment. This recognition took place
after a voting session by all the
MSG members. After that
positive voting session, Rich Lan-
zillo (MSG President) welcomed
the club. I J
The fact that the MTTC has
been accepted by the student
government is very important
because of growth and efficiency
matters. This is to say that the
club will be able to get some
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same price for the dubious
pleasure of parking in campus
lots. Some, however, pay more to
live here. It is not, therefore,
outside your "home .
This is not a question of
segregation. Neither is it a situa-
tion where everyone involved can
expect to "manage" and "get
by continually. It is a problem
that needs a solution.
Allowing all night parking in
Weber lot is a compromise that
will help, v i 1-
The real answer is renovation.
McAuley lot needs to be expand-
ed to accommodate the college
community. If this were done,
residents, star! and commuters
would feel less frustrated and
everyone could park their car
conveniently.
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financial help from the MSG and
therefore will undertake various
activities. These activities will in-
clude organizing tournaments,
buying equipment, and being
coached. 9
In the near future, the club will
also be member of the USTTA
(United States Table Tennis
Association) in order to achieve
its goals, the club invites
everyone who is interested in
Table Tennis. , commuter population.
To celebrate jthis official
recognition, a tournament will be
held very soon.
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JANUARY 21,1982
Letter
Student Government President
Discusses Commuter Involvement
In the past few years com-
muter students have been
neglected in many areas of the
college. The area I am most con-
cerned with is the responsibility
of the student government to the
Although a commuter student
deserves the same representa-
tion in student government as a
resident, it rarely works out that
way. This situation has come
about primarily because of two
reasons: A lack of commitment
on the part of the student govern-
ment to the commuter and an un-
willingness on "the part of the
commuters to use the influence of
their numbers to guarantee equal
representation. In both cases the
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situations are changing.
In an effort to begin correcting
this problem the student govern-
ment will take several steps. The
first step, running a legitimate
election for commuter represen-
tative, has already been
accomplished, v . who are interested and wishes to
9
Our second step is to set-up
adequate communication witn
off-campus students. To help the
student government accomplish
this, we have scheduled a special
commuter forum for Monday,
January 25, in 203 Zurn. The
forum will begin at 11:45 a.m.
and end when all concerns have
been addressed. Student Govern-
ment officers and represen-
Letter
Commuters Organize Council;
First Meeting Already Held
To the Mercyhurst Community:
A meeting was held last Thurs-
day: January 14, in the Zurn
building for all commuters
wishing to express their concern
for commuter problems*
The meeting, which was at-
tended by Dean Palmer, succeed-
ed in organizing nine people to
represent the commuters, with
Ms. Betty Gartner accepting the
office of commuter advisor. Also
listening and contributing at the
meeting were * MSG President
Rich Lanzillo and Commuter
Rep. Tim Bernik.
The next meeting, which hopes
to draw more of the commuters,
will be held on Monday, January
25, in room 203 Zurn.
Problems which are likely to be
discussed «at this meeting deal
with prices for parking permits,
prices for meals on campus,
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tatives will be in attendance.
A major concern to be discuss-
ed is how the student government
can better represent and pro-
gram services and activities for
the commuter students. The stu-
dent government welcomes all
help eliminate any inequities
which have developed.
The gap which has developed
between commuter and resident
students can be greatly decreas-
ed with a sincere effort by both
groups, ?
Richard Lanzillo
President, I
Mercyhurst: Student Govern-
ment . ¥'. *
lockers for commuters, and park-
ing access problems, among
others.
(hie of the commuter problems
has already been decided, in the
form of a proposal by residents to
restrict parking locations near
the dorms. Tins would have forc-
ed commuters- to use parking
spaces further away from their
jobs or classes. The proposal was
defeated in Student Government
after a long round of debating by
officers and representatives, but
proposals are now being resear-
ched by commuters which pro-
mise , to involve even more
debates. >
At long last,;changes for the
commuter population at Mer-
cyhurst are being made possible,
and the commuters are becoming
involved 4
t Tim Bernik
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Issues In Religion The College Perspective:

by George Garrelts The reader can get the gist of women in their own local com-
At a recent meeting (Fall-1981) Schillebeeckx's thought in the munities who were willing and
of the American Academy of following statement. He says able to serve that community in a
Religion in Dallas, Texas, the that: "There is no mention in the priestly or leadership capacity
German theologian Hans Kung New Testament of an essential but were either female or mar-
was asked by a member of the au- distinction between 'laity* and ried and therfore not eligible ac-
dience to indicate what he 'ministers'. The particular cording to existing legislation.^
thought about parish life in character of the ministry is set
Germany. 75 In the second thousand
against the background of many the Church, roughly from the
He said that a serious shortage different, non-m inisterial ser- Third Lateran Council (1179) un-
of parish priests existed in Ger- vices in the church. In this sense til the present, a more sacralized
many and that if these vacancies the ministry is not a status, but in and hierachical view of ministry
were not filled that fabric of fact a function, though it is right- has prevailed. Chalcedon was
church life which had been built ly called 'a gift of the Spirit* by reversed, 'absolute' ordination
up over the past 1500 years since the community qua assembly of became a reality, and prince-
Germany was Christianized was* God." op cit, p.31. *; ;
bishops appeared.
in some danger. I was struck by The development of an hierar- development/ Schillebeeckx
that analysis, and, like everyone, chical understanding of ministry says, "opens the way to practices
I have heard about priest shor- came later as a result of Roman which would have been un-
tages but I have never had it influence derived from concern thinkable to earlier Christians,
brought home to me so vividly for civil ministry, Schillebeeckx above all the private mass. If a
what such shortages could mean, says. Ministry to the Church re- man has been personify ordained
if not in the U.S., in places where quires *' leadership in the true1 priest, (now) he has the 'power of
the shortages might be more discipleship of J e s u s , ' the eucharist' and can therefore
severe than they are here. f
Schillebeeckx points out, "with celebrate it on his own. For the
It was from this vantage point all the spiritual which this ' early church this was quite in-
that I came to read the recent discipleship of Jesus' involves in conceivable." (p.57) .>
book on Ministry by Edward New Testament terms. Hie priest
Priests were 'set apart' from
Schillebeeckx, the Dutch is 'forma gregis' (of the form or the people they served, and
t h e o l o g i a n ( C r o s s r o a d shape of the flock), the figure celibacy tended to emphasize
Publishing, NY, 1981.) The issue with whom the community iden- that separation. Vatican II
of ministry and how the Christian tifies," ibid, p.32.
modified that separation
(Roman Catholic)! Church has r Such a situation as a shortage somewhat by ^increasing em-
dealt with filling ministerial of ministers is a foreign concept phasis on lay responsibility. But
posts and responsibilities during to the first millennium of church those who favour the events and
the past two millennia is the issue experience. In that experience the developments of the second
which Fr. Schillebeeckx ad- the community chooses from millennium of church experience
dresses in this unusual book. among its members the leader are still in power. Communities
He points out that such a situa- best suited to its needs. To be or- would have to become much bet-
tion as priestly shortages would dained absolutely is to be ordain- ter informed and much- more
have been "inconceivable" in the ed in spite of or apart from the vocal before they could choose
early church because in those needs of the local community. and dismiss their own clerical
days the community chose their Schillebeeckx understands .' the leadership.
own priests and laid hands on problems of women ministers, This method
them "so that they can also be a and of celibacy, in this context. priest 'shortage' is not an option
community which celebrates the These are concerns of the local by Fr. Schillebeeckx He has
eucharist, i.e. a 'community of community and should be decid- given us a penetrating insight in
God'." ed by the local community. this book how the early church
In the early church it was the He cites the Synod of Bishops and the first millennium of
vitality of the community, (1971) in which some bishops church history I dealt with that
Schillebeeckx claims, which was noted that there were men and problem/ . : tt
the deciding factor in the choice
of ministers and not "the
availability of a body of priestly
manpower,. crammed full of ACROSS 5 Paths
education in one place or 1 Chapeau 6 Worthless
another." *
Schillebeeckx divides ^ the ex-
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The Power Of Creativity
Man is forever faced with a ceaseless and defeating pro-
blem in life - the strive towards perfection. In every aspect of
the daily world where one is asked to perform there is the
pressure of expected standards. Vocational requirements,
classes and even extracurricular hobbies demand a level of
ability which further begs an attempt toward the ideal.
years of However, regardless of individual talent intellect, capabili-
ty, and perseverence, man is above all else fallible and
mortal. ^ ? ,-
How is the conscientious person then to cope with seeming-
ly impossible demands of supernatural achievement? One
way is through the power of creativity. In more grandiose
contexts, creativity is the one mode in which man may
become God-like. The act of creation allows one the freedom
Such a of, establishing (and therefore maintaining) his own stan-
dards and philosophies through personal perspectives unable
to be judged by the outside world. \
Most vividly comes to mind on this subject, the thought of
the early 19th century English poets, Samuel Taylor Col-
eridge and William Wordsworth. The contention of artists at
this time was that the imagination contained the powers of
truth and insight, which were necessary tools in the process
of creation. Their belief in the imagination was a belief in
themselves; they were aware of man's capacity to create
new worlds through their art, and they realized that these
worlds were neither idle nor false. \*
What is the value of these powers of the imagination? Can
man enhance his world and nis personal life by the ordering
of his environment through vision and insight, or is the
created world (art) merely, as Locke once put it, "a matter
of wit . . . and therefore irresponsible and neither concern-
ed with truth or reality." Let me indulge in a quotation from
Wordsworth's *'Ode: Intimations of Immortality" as he
discusses creativity manifested through the artistic vision:
But for those first affections,
t Those shadowy recollections,
h Which, be they what they may,
Are yet the fountain light of all our day,
Are vet a master light of all our seeing;
Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make':
Our noisy years seem moments in the being
Of the eternal Silence:
of solving the "Those shadowy recollections", "the fountain light" and
"master light" are those sublime truths which will aid man
in his struggles on earth. Perhaps the most revealing thought
in this passage is that men's days on earth are only "noisy
years . . . in the being of the eternal Silence." That concept,
if accepted as doctrine, has the power to change one's at-
titude and lifestyle . . . and that kind of power originated
from a mere man's imagination. (
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Chisholm Admonishes
Americans
By Maree Lynn Cicon
On Thursday, January 14, Mer-
cyhurst College and the student
activities committee presented
Congresswoman Shirley
Chisholm,.
•; Congresswoman Chisholm,
who completely captivated the
attentive Mercyhurst audience,
is the Senior Democratic woman
in the United States House of
Representatives. She is also a
member of the influential House
Rules Committee, where she has
the distinction of being the only
woman and the only Black
American affiliate.
The dynamic speaker began
her discourse by revealing her
belief that the United States is
currently at a ^dangerous and
significant crossroads. *
Is America going to sprint for-
ward in a decade of new gains,
equality, and opportunity across
the board for all Americans? Or
are we going to continue to per-
sist in rhetoric that has absolute-
ly nothing to do with the attitudes
and the solutions to some of the
deep social and legalistic pro-
blems that confront us in this
country?'' she questioned. ? "We need to make sure that the
I* Ms. Chisholm referred to what
she termed "a domestic war" in
America "a war that will be won
only when the monsters of hate,
poverty, discrimination,
joblessness and deprivation are
finally slain."
It is her strong contention that
all of us in some way must share
in the responsibility for a racial
and economic {polarization ' of
America. "A divided society is an
unstable society," declared the
congresswoman. "We cannot
tolerate this status quo in which
all of us are now floundering. We
cannot live; as an orgy of
simplistic * economic nostrums
and mindless budget balancing."
The compelling legislator lam-
basted the current administra-
tion's advocation of a one trillion
dollar military budget from now
until 1985. She alleged that people
I To W h o m It May Concern:
This Is a remtodefcttrat all notices and signs posted on
door glass or fire equipment will be removed immediately.
Such signs obstruct vision and present a safety hazard.
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FILM FOR DISCUSSION
Wednesday, January 27
7:30 p.m.
Starring: Jon Voight
All Are Invited To Attend
Room 200 Old Main
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and programs that have been
built up over the last 20 years
have been 'maimed or killed by
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the budget doctors.' Chisholm
also pointed out to the audience
that in rural and minority com-
munities SO per cent or more of
the employable adults are not
employed. "They end up on the
public assistance roles of this
country," she declared. |? i
She related stories of her ven-
tures in rural communities which
are not easily accessible. "You
have to travel in a three or four
seater plane because no one goes
into those valleys to talk to those
people ... and come to the deltas
of Mississippi and Georgia ...
where children aren't getting
enough food to feed their bodies
... and these are the children who
are going to take over this great
nation?"
Chisholm vehemently stated
that Americans do not cause in-
flation because they expect a de-
cent standard of living. "How
well they know that last year's
middle class will be this year's
poor people," she ascertained.
urgencies of poor America are
not seen as luxuries which must
follow Detroit gas guzzlers into
extinction."
The Civil Rights Movement of
the 1%0's also played a promi-
nent role in Chisholm's lecture.
"What has happened to the great
coalitions of the '60's ... and all
our white allies who answered the
calls of conscience? ... Middle
class Blacks in America - have
you forgotten how you came?
You came as a result of the Civil
Rights struggle ... you .came
when those struggles were
over!" stated the influential
woman.
The prominence of Dr. Martin
Luther King in the struggle for
Civil Rights was not overlooked
by Chisholm. She asserted em-
phatically that Dr. King was an
uncommon man ahead of his
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Shirley Chisholm
time, and was one who was able
to bring social issues to the cons-
cience of the American public at
a time when no one really wanted
to hear that message. Chisholm
related to the audience that she
believed the * most significant
aspect of Dr. King's leadership
was that he never presumed that
his role elevated him above the
people, and remained humble
during the movement. . '• j
U Congresswoman Chisholm also
addressed questions from the au-
dience. Concerning one which
dealt with the idea of "majority
rule" in South Africa, Chisholm
pointed out the hypocricy and
subconscious racism*' of
Americans.
"Everybody yells about
Poland; -they should; but who
yells about the 93 per cent Black
majority in South Africa?" she
said. v p Bryant is to be seen as the prototypically liberated female, why does
Asked to comment on her posi-
tion on abortion, Chisholm stated
that she accepts the idea that "so
long as you live in a Western
civilization* you are going to have
abortion. I've seen those women
who have been aborted in back
alleys and by quack doctors ...
nearly 75 per cent of these women
would never be able to have
children again," the controver-
sial politician remarked.
In conclusion, Representative
Chisholm declared that "it is
time to life up our eyes to the
mountain top once more and time
to be... revitalized... to march...
to move again to the completion
of the business of liberation that
was left unfinished \ by Martin
Luther King." J Charles Bluhdhom to you too.
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Reds Only
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By Billy Bitzer i . .. *
Occasionally a Him comes along that, in addition to inspiring the
odd yawn, causes one to wonder. "What's all the fuss about?" Such a
film is Warren Beatty's fictionalized biography of John Reed - Reds.
Reed, an American Journalist during the WWI era who was swept
up in the fervor of the Bolshevik revolution, wrote a highly roman-
ticized account of that event Ten Days That Shook The World, helped
found the Amercian Communist Party, and died in Russia struggling
for the workers' paradise.
The film bills him as "the only American buried in the Kremlin,"
as if that imprimatur warranted his significance. It doesn't for a lot
of reasons, one of which is that it isn't true. Big Bill Hayward, the
founder of IWW and inarguably American, is also buried in the
Kremlin. £ ;7' *
Historical nitpicking to the side, Reds falls on its face for a slew of
reasons • chief of which is its cloying presentation of the domestic
bourgeois as revolutionaries lacquered over with a technicolor, high
resolution patina of sentimentalized, Hollywood romanticism.
What we nave here is a Hollywood cam Moscow variation on an old
plot - girl meets boy, girl loses boy, girl gets boy back. Warren
Beatty's John Reed finds Diane Keaton's Louise Bryant in a
quintessentially Hollywood "cute meet" and politiicizes her over an
all-night cup of coffee, comes to know her on a lush Portland lawn
beneath a meeting hall steeple, and leaves her for New York.
She follows him to the big city and they spend the next several
years cavorting amongst the pre-WWI nip set in Greenwich Village
and Provincetown. They marry, but do not spawn a child, rather
they get a puppy, go to war andfindmeaning in the Winter Palace.
Reed returns to Russia, is imprisoned in Finland, and is finally
trapped in the Soviet Union. In a last grand romantic gesture, Bryant
stows away on a ship, cross country skis across Finland, and hikes to
St. Petersburg to be with her "one true love."
As I watched this grandiloquently romantic gesture on the part of
Woman in pursuit oi her Man, two thoughts occurred to me: l) if
she spend the entire film crossing continents chasing a man? and 2)
the film lies, for in reality Louise Bryant did not undertake any
"epic" voyage, but rattier faded into the obscurity she so richly
deserved. '; '
Reds does have two virtues - Jack Nicholson's powerful perfor-
mance as the passionate realist Eugene O'Neill and the "witnesses."
One of thefilm'sdevices was to go andfindthe actual people who liv-
ed the fives depicted on the screen and interview them for their in-
sights into the reality of John Read and Louise Bryant. These people •!
including Henry Miller, George Jessel, Adela Rogers St. John,
Lillian Hellman, and others are so vital, so rich and various and deep
as people off the screen. Who can forget Adela Rogers St. John say-
ing, "Louise Bryant? Louise Bryant? I kind of remember her hang-
ing around the fringes. Didn't she have a thing with Gene O'Neill?"
She did and it is Nicholson's O'Neill that is far and away Red's sav-
ing feature. If Nicholson isn't the best American screen actor now
working, I would like to know who is?
At the last, what can one say about Reds? A couple of things come
to mind. First, that old Hollywood truism still holds - "corn sells."
And, finally, it seems there is still some punch in Lenin's wry dictum
"When the last bourgeois is hung, a capitalist will sell the rope." And
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Recent Loan it Press Conference

Garvey Announces Graduate Program
Changes Explained And Plans For New Arts Building
Barry Zembower, director of need. * Construction plans for a new performing arts building and the introduction of a graduate program
Financial Aid, wishes to inform A new loan program is the New in Special Education were announced at the January Press Conference. Monday.
Mercyhurst Students of the Parents Loan to Undergraduate . Mercyhurst President William P. Garvey explained that plans to build a $1.2 million performing
changes in the student loan Students (PLUS). This program, arts building will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval on January 21.
program. also referred to as the Auxiliary If the Board approves the building, finance plans will be submitted in April. The target date for
Effective immediatly, these Loan to Assist Students, states beginning construction is Summer of 1982. *^|| «3
changes include a "needs test". that parents can now borrow up The building will include an 800-seat auditorium, an art gallery, practice and class rooms, as well
This is simply having the student to $3,000 per undergraduate as faculty studios, explained Dr. Garvey. F| ??j£ ;
demonstrate a need for a loan. dependent student. Parents bor- - The President announced the implementation of a master program in Special Education. He
The student can then borrow up row in much the same way as do pointed out that this was the second master's program in a planned sequence of three. The first was
to this need figure, t students. ' in Criminal Justice Administration. I M
Another change is that pay- Repayment begins 60 days The College received approvalfromthe Pennsylvania Department of Education to offer the pro-
ment of at least $50 a month is after disbursement and is at a 14 gram. The Special Education Master will focus on training of teacher and consultant educators.
due for a payment of the loan. per cent interest rate, but repay- The press release stated that Mercyhurst is the only private college in Northwestern Pennsylvania
The minimum ^payment was ment can take up to ten years. to offer this program. ^ 87 f\J
previously $30. V Zembower says that he sees Commenting of the Master Plan, which also goes before the Trustees for approval on January 21,
A 5 per cent loan origin fee is PLUS, "as a super new avenue Dr. Garvey said, "The five year plan is designed to make the college on the hill an attractive alter-
now required. Students now pay for Mercyhurst families." He ad- native to Gannon and other area colleges." )
to the fender a 5 per cent loan ded, "It can be used to supple- The purchase of Sesler Apartments was also announced to the Erie media. Dr. Garvey explained
origin fee which is taken from the ment or replace available family that the purchase was made to fill out the needs of the institution. He added that the main growth goal
amount borrowed. This passes resources and. should enable of the college was academic and not necessarily enrollment. I
back to the borrower charges many current and prospective "Our coal is to become a quality undergraduate institution," he said. "Plans are to improve the
once covered by the government. students to enroll at the 'Hurst qualitative aspect of college. -* • 4 *
Also Social Security and without causing undue hardship
Veterans Benefits are now con- on the family." ,l/$
sidered in determining financial
WINlfl PRIZE ATTENTION! Folk Group
CLASSIFIEDS All students desiring to do If

Design The Winning their student teaching ex- Is looking for new
To Baretta, Linda, and Carol - If perience during this corning people to join us as
any of-you were crossing the Coal Board For,; spring term must pick up theft the new term gets
FOR RENT street and saw Saudi Somorra, application forms from the
tell Dan (age 34) that
A lower one bedroom apartment. him on a bad night Remember you caught The fTlercyhurst fllumni education office NO LATER ^underway.
Living room, bath and kitchen, Braddock, Illinois. Love always, than JANUARY 26,1982 We need singers, players, and
washing facilities $210 a month Sandy Anderson.
Phon-A-Thon ffl Deadline for incompleted r» people who can do both
includes utilities, security deposit | forms: February 1st, to be Guitar players can receive "on the
Call 459-8406. ill Chief: Sorry, out of ticks. How Deadline Jan. 27 returned to the education of- job" instruction, so beginners are
welcome.
about dinner??? < fice or-1 Slater^ Kathleen
For more details Cribbins. ' Rehearsals are Thursdays at 330
LOST Promises... Promises...
See Gary Bukowski
(Student Teaching is a required
15 week experience March 23 to
1
p.m. in the chapel. : iW.
Please join us then, or get more informa-
KAL: I didn't know Schmite June 30,1982). tion in Campus Ministry. T ^
If anyone found records in the ,

cafeteria, please return to Mar- Schoked. ^ J

tha in the kitchen. Reward.
Whose got the tiniest mow in
town? 4 %
PERSONALS Duane and Tom: Thanks, without
you we couldn't have made the
whole 48. Love, Kathy and Linda.

REBATE
Nancy, I think and care about you
very much. Your Chem Major. Mike, my knees appreciate all
your time I Thanks - Kathy. :
Allen - Let's go to the library to
talk for a couple of hours.
Tim: You got lucky this time,
Barb, thanks for all your support
through the 48-Kathy. , On your College Ring
Congratulations - An Associate Congratulations Silent - Susan,
we're all proud of you!
Duane. Tommy, Mich, and There's room for more than one
everyone else. Thanks for all in Argentina! *• -
your support I wouldn't have
made it without you. CC and con't from page 1
JB. after 10:00 were ticketed. Final-
ly, a motion asking that the cur-
Jane, Congratulations, we made rent parking problems be
it again. i brought before j the Board of
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Tilt, I knew you could do it. Go, unanimously.

Go, Go. All MSG representatives also
t i l l * * * * voted to give official recognition
+ * # * * • * • • * # # * » t l l l f i t l l t l t M l t l M l *

Who let that dog in? to the newly formed Table Tennis
Club. Recognition entitles the
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MiLady Sif, I crave thy love as club to an MSG representative,

the breath of life itself, I want but club members present at the
thee with me • at my side now and votiing session indicated that
forever. Thy love, Steve. they, would decline to send a
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Marathon Dancers Generate Over '2,000

Last weekend's 7th annual vibration of the speakers.
"Dance Marathon for the Council Dean Palmer kicked off the
of Exceptional Children" dance Marathon Friday followed
generated more than $2,000 in by-student and faculty D.J.'s
money gifts and donations. straight through Sunday at 6 pm.
The Dance Marathon, ant an- When DJ's couldn't make it,
nual event here at Mercyhurst Marie Santangelo of MSG was on
College, is the single largest fun- call Santangelo was pulled out of
draiser Mercyhurst has each bed several times to help out.
year. I i ^ Steve Kayner was also on hand to
The theme song "Let's help out with any problems that
Groove" by Earth, Wind and Fire arose with MSG's "prized"
was played at the top of every stereo. In addition to the enter-
hour getting the 42 dancers closer tainment provided by the DJ's,
still to their goal 48 hours. Only 11 Marathon dancers had the hit
of the 42 dancers dropped out In band "Friction" on hand. ;
comparison'! with last year's The Polish-American Dancers
numbers, this is an extremely instructed the 'Hurst dancers in
small number of dancers. :! Polish dancing on Saturday mor- "Friction," a local band, provided the marathon dancers with top-40 and Rock on Friday night.
Last year the Marathon had ning. This was as natural for the
close to 60 dancers and \made dancers as moving their feet.
over $4,000 for the kids.. Dancers who made the most
Kelly Steen Vice President of money for the marathon were FT.
CEC explained that the amount of Chuck Schmitt, of the Campus
money collectedfromlast year's Ministry and Cindy Crain, a se-
dance marathon is considerably cond year dancer. Pr. Chuck,
different than the $4,000 figure. who appeared around 1:00 a.m.
Last year's officers of CEC were Saturday, danced a total of four
not available to give the actual hours collecting $50. Cindy Crain
amount dollar figures. ~^ made the largest' amount of
The marathon 5 did not go money in CEC Dance Marathon
without problems the entire '48 history collecting $303.84. / V
hours. Steen said that at about Prizes were awarded to the of-
6:30 pm (Ms hour after' the fice, or in this case, offices who
marathon began) "the music Just contributed the most in the way ••••£&
K.
stopped. Something went wrong of service to the marathon. The
with the stereo system that was Campus Ministry and Special
donated by Mace Electronics." t- Education received a trophy for
When the stereo stopped work- the most contributions. FT. Chuck
ing, CEC members tried calling and - Sr. Kathleen of Special
MSG president Rich Lanzillo to Education accepted the awards.
get permission to use their CSC members were on hand Stephanie Hultberg, Renee Domowicz, and Mary Baldauf speak to the 42 dancers doling a break from
stereo. Lanzillo could not be throughout the marathon, but 10 the music. *?' > 1
found, so Dean Palmer authoriz- peopler were especially helpful
ed the use of MSG's stereo, taking staying the entire 48 hours, they
full responsibility. Jim Kop- are: Carrie. Sue Schwartz,
chuck, a student intern at Shelley Inter, Andrea Hermann,
WMCY, was on hand and helped Heidi May, Becky McKinney,
set up the new system. Peggy Wilson, Sheri Ptaszek,
WMCY, the on-campus radio Barb Donovan, Toni Dillon and
station, was going to air the en- Sr. Kathleen Cribbens. /
tire Marathon live, but, due to the Over 30 area businesses
failure of the Maee stereo donated food and prizes to the
system, the hook-up was not CEC Marathon, helping to make
made. This made WMCY stag- it a success.
nant the entire weekend./ 1 Renee Domowicz and Kelly
Among other problems that Steen, President and Vice Presi-
arose were the * extremely low dent of the Council for Excep-
temperatures and snow which tional Children, thank all-who
kept many of the D.J.'s from get- were involved. ,£ -' *
ting to the dance marathon.
D.J.'sfromHarborcreek and the 1. The money for the dance
Erie area couldn't make it in to marathon'is to be collected by
do their air shifts said Steen. dancers and turned in to either
Problems with the $5,000 MSG Townhouse 4 or the Education Of-
stereo were limited to wires jiggl- fice located on the third floor of
in loose during the constant Old Main by January 31. Student and faculty D.J.'s entertain dancers. photos by Rich Forsgren

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Sunday is the big day. It's time
for the annual pageantry of
Superbowl Sunday. And with this
pageantry comes a question even
more perplexing than who shot
J.R.? This question is who's go-
ing to win the Superbowl. In an ef-
fort to find out what the Mer-
cyhurst students think we went to
the streets (or should I say the
cafeteria) to find out According
to the official Beanstalk poll we
find 'that 35 per cent of the
students didn't have a response
or know who was playing, 29 per
cent said Cincinnati would win,
and 36 per cent preferred San
Francisco in the big event. Some
people might question the integri-
ty of this study, so to prove them
wrong I'm going to make public
some results from the survey to
show the quality of the subjects
questioned. The questions asked
was "who's- going to win the
Supebowl?" or "what's the score
of the superbowl going to be?"
Some responses were, Mike
Fitzgerald Cincinnati 27 San
Francisco 24, Mark Hutchinson
Cincinnati 27 San Francisco 21,
Bruce Pancio San Francisco 24
Cincinnati 17, Randy Patterson,
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Faherty and Greg Yoko agreed
exactly with Brace's predictions
while Paul Quinn told us, "its go-
ing to be a high scoring affair.
Cincinnati 35 San Francisco 28."
Gary Baron exemplified the
spirit of apathy at Mercyhurst by
telling us, "I don't care" while
Merciad Editor Rebecca Martin
said she couldn't comment
because, "I didn't read my
Newsweek article yet." Don
Smith felt that Cincinnati would
win by 6 while P.J. McKenna told
us that San Francisco would win
by 4. Merciad cartoonist Jamie
Borowicz told us San Francisco
would win 28-21 while Joe
Mangano disagreed telling us
Cincinnati would win 21-17.
Not to leave out the female
population we asked Carol
Thompson who told us that the
49ers would win 28-14. Her room-
mate Kelley Welsh responded,
"who's playing besides San
Francisco?" * £ »£.
My personal favorite response
came from . our typist Elaine
Coyle who when asked''who's go-
ing to win the Superbowl?" asked
me back "Is Clemson playing in
it?"
As for me I again hold to my
earlier statement that I don't
care who wins. The only thing
that I do think, however, is that
whatever happens it won't be my
predictions that are wrong (for a
change). The only really safe per-
son is Elaine, whose team can't
lose no matter what. By the way
Elaine, Clemson isn't in it.
JANUARY 21,1982
Lakers Drop Last Two Games
Record Stands At 5-
The Laker Basketball team bad
a disappointing time last week
dropping games to Canisus and
Central State.
Against Canisus, a powerful
Division I school, the undersized
Lakers fell prey to superior
height 104-74. Canisus, who
sported a 7-footer in the line-up.
poured on the offense punch and
took a 16-point advantage to the
locker room at the half. The se-
cond half turned out to be Just as
bad as thefirstas the 'Hurst lost
by 30 points. Canisus placed four
players in double figures led by
Hall's 27. Seymore, Turner, and
Martinson each*chipped in 13.
John Green led the Lakers with 16
Football Prepares
For Next Wear
As the snow piles up, one can
hear the moaning and groaning of
people shoveling and lifting snow.
On the Mercyhurst campus one
can also hear these moans and
groans, but it is notfromthe lif-
ting of snow; ratherfromthe lif-
ting of weights by the Mercyhurst
football team. The basement of
Baldwin Hall from 10:30 a.m. to
12:00, and againfrom2:30 to 6:00
is where the players are now
pushing the weights rather than
opposing players.
Under the careful supervision
of assistant coach Fred Congers
the fall weight program began a
few weeks after the final game.
This period of 'pumping iron' was
primarily for the players to
establish their own program and
to provide a sound foundation for
the proper execution of these
basic lifts: the benchpress squat,
and the power clean. As the
coaching staff stated, "We feel
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markers. Jon Berekelv added 14
while Booby Blackwell chipped in
10 markers. .
The Lakers had another rough
battle that weekend falling to
Central SUte 100 to 78. Although
the Lakers outshout Central State
49 per cent to 46 per cent they
were embarrassed at the free
throw stripe as the only shot 57
per cent. Central State carried a
14-point advantage at the half but
the 'Hurst quickly cut that
margin to 7. It was then that Cen-
tral State lit up the score board
and marched on to the win. Eric
Love, a Street and Smith All-
American, led all scorers with 28
points. He was followed by Bruce
J3D
weight training is essential for an
athlete to increase his strength,
speed, endurance, and most im-
portantly reduce the risk of
injury." 1*
Presently, the football players
are involved in competitive lif-
ting. Each member of the team
has been assigned to a particular
group and each group is trying to
compile points by attendance, the
basic three lifts, and timing on
the 'power runner' (a machine
which tests legs strength and en-
durance). Overall the coaches
feel,"Good physical condition is
important to success in athletics.
All else being equal, the athlete
who has strength and stamina is
the athlete who will be a winner."
The way the Mercyhurst football
players are moaning and groan-
ing over the weights, they are
sure] to be winners in the '82
season. •. 1'
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Davis with 22. John Blackmond
13, and Calvin Cage 10. John
Green again led the Lakers with
24. He was followed by Berekely
with 16 and Blackwell with 12.
This put the Laker record a 5-7.
This weekend the 'Hurst begins a
series of homestands starting
with Daemen on the 23rd.
Lady Lakers
Bow To
St* Bonaventure
The Lady Lakers hoopsters
took to the road on January 14 to
challenge the St. Bonaventure
hoopsters. After a long rest from
break the girls came up with a
defeat by the Bonnies. It was a
tough loss for the girls. The final
was 72-51.
Coach. Shelly Monas stated,
"We were having problems
defensively to offensively with
the rebounds. We also struggled
with our snooting. Many times
the girls came up empty handed
with missed baskets. There were
a few steals the Lady Lakers
were able to put inforbaskets."
Trish Mahoney scored an im-
pressive 17 points leading the
Hurst Joan Koloja and Joan
Podalinski put in seven each
while the rest of the squad picked
up the; remaining baskets. The
team is now 3-2 and will meet the
girls from Behrend on Wed.,
January 20, at the Gannon Audi.
Coach Monas said "We are ready
to get them."
Al Students
Interested? in
participating in a
track program
please meet in the
Campus Center
Monday, ^January
25,at8p.m.tf ;
Coming Up:
Table Tennis
Tournament
For preparation, join
The Mercyhurst
Table Tennis Club
Every Tuesday Night
X
From 7:30 to 11 p.
in the Student Union
For Sign Up Contact:
Dr. Williams l
Zura301A
Phoiw 8254000 Ext. 252
Pletie Donyegro
Phone 8254413
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