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I by Gary Wesman Jv/This week the college beganreviewing bids from at vleastthree and f possibly four foodservice companies tot run j theMercyhurst cafeteria. | I B 3The crux of the biscuit, so tospeak, is to determine if SAGAFoods, now in its fifth year here,can deliver better meals at betterprices than its competitiors.< *That decision will be made byStudent Services zDirectori E.William Kennedy, who renewedSAGA's contract the last time thejob was opened to competitivebiddingthree years ago, in thespring of 1975. & * j j qjSgKennedy first twill get arecommendation,} probably! bythe end!of this week, from at h r e e - m e m b e r &j c o m m i t t e estudying the bids. 9 3 fAt presstime portfolios hadbeen received from SAGA andtwo competitorsCustom FoodService of? Kingston, Pa., andARA Slater of Philadelphia. gA fourth bid, from Servoma tion(which services the StudentUnion vending machines) wa sexpected but had not been turnedip by late Tuesday afternoon. 1Kennedy and Business * VicePresident George Kidd said thebidding was opened this year tocheck rising food and labor pricesin the business. The cost of mealsfor resident students, which hasremained steady for the past fouryears, will almost certainly go upnext faU-gSfe S K M ."It is Imy impression thatSAGA had done an excellentj o b , " Kidd; said. 5"But,recognizing that food costs aregoing to go up, we would bederelict in our duties if we didn'tsee to it that the increase was assmall as possible." $ ^5 *2 K e n n e d y | wrote a set ofspecifications which included notonly |the overall cost? of theoperation, v but3 also j menurotation,** sta nd ar ds ofcleanliness, banquet service anda variety of "extras," suchfassalad and dessert bars. J" .- |rKeith Crouse, who has run thecafeteria for the past five years,ever since SAGA began here, saidhis company can beat all competitors in food J quality and"fringes." | j"If they?(the committee) arejust looking at monies, then Iwould tend to be worried.".Kennedy said the college's foodservice bill went over a quarter ofa million dollars this year. Hedeclined to state how muchhigher the current bids run.Even if all other factors are

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equal, on sourcef old The Mer-ciad, only a difference of $5,000 ormore will | b e | considered"significant" reason enough, inother words to switch to anothercompany. | t IThe college also n asi insistedthat* the food service workers"who have been # with us foryears" are to be rehired jif anoutside bid is accepted.! t iSAGA currently employs 18persons fulltime. TAlthough?SAGA and ARASlater are the largest companiesin the food service Held, SAGA'sbiggest competitor in the Eriearea is Custom Food Service.SAGA also runs the cafeteria atVilla Maria College,- CustomFood has a contract at Doctor'sHospital in Erie and two yearsago underbid \ SAGA for thecontract at Gannon College. *"They are doing fwhat isnotoriously known as 'lowpbailing' in our business," said oneSAGA worker w ho asked n o t t o beidentified** "They will underbid toget th e business, operate at a lossfor a year * or two until theybecome established, and then uptheir price." % | f

Kennedy said he checked theGannon food service operationand found it;was "satisfactory"after "a shaky start." CustomFoods reportedly changeddirectors at Gannon twice in itsfirst 18 months of operation there .% Custom I Service 5 a l s o ! isestablished at DuquesnegandCanisius, A R A Slater at EdinboroState. g| . f k A ftfa iA committee source told TheMerciad the Custom Service bidis the most ^competitive i withSAGA's.) \ | jlgf"Sue Machusak, a 1977 Mercyhurst ^graduate in Hotel-Res taurant tManagement an dnow an employee of CustomService, presented her firm's bidin person. % ^ | % '-J"Sue had worked in thecafeteria here and had a lotiofinsight into the SAGA operation,"the source said. "She included alot of details that strengthenedthe Custom Service bid."Members of the committeereviewing^the bidsare HousingDirector Sr. ^Phyllis .Aiello,Student Government PresidentGeorge Venuto and ControllerJohn Maus, 7qjtEATURE^raOM^THE MERCYHURST POND? No, notreally. Actually it's a dummy erected orrlheJMercyhurst_garbagetruck, courtesy of the Mercyhurst maTm fi ffce tfl ff1 Bni*Wmiagain?maybe i t ' s , well u se your imagination.

/ , PHOTO BY MARIANNE DRAKEF a c u l t y L o b b i e s T o G a i n S e n a t e M a j o r i t yk4 ^ p By Sue FussI And Gary WesmanFor the past two weeks asegment |o i the Mercyhurstfaculty has been lobbying forfaculty control of majority votingpower in the College S enate.Sections of a rough draft of thenew Senate constitution, whichwas debated at two recent publicmeetings,Jwould tip the votingbalance significantly and give thefaculty an outright majority inacademic policies, t h e ! mostimportant Senate subcommittee.These concessions wereworked out as a compromise bythe? Senate-ap pointed, six-member team thatf wrote Uhedraft. t j I I J ! |They call for a 20-memberSenate composed of nine faculty,seven students and four administrators, along with anacademic policies committee ofsixfaculty, three students andtwo administrators. ^y #$ *But some faculty want more.They see the writing of the newconstitution as an opening wedge

to bring about a Senate virtuallydominated by the faculty.Chemistry Professor Dr.Robert Blessing, who |was themost outspoken critic of thepresent* Senate at two publicmeetings, |said the constitutionshould be written to g^vefthefaculty as many senators as thestudent * and administrationfactions combined. W.< ."I would like to see a Senateorganized in such a way that theunanimously expressed wish ofthe faculty could not beoverruled," Dr. Blessing said onThursday, April 13. ? gHe also said, with the support

of others, that the president andvice president* of the Senateshould by Irule be \ limited tofaculty members. |It

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theeditorAs I was walking around campus Monday afternoon Ibegan thinking about the college and how it's-surviving anera when most small institutions have had to close becauseof their poor economic conditions.Mercyhurst has made it though, and it doesn't really surprise me when you think about the amount of people that a reworking to build the college for the future.The future of Mercyhurst does not rest upon the shouldersof just the administration and faculty. Frankly, the futurestatus will depend heavily upon the students, for withoutboth resident and commuters there would not be a college aswe know it today. fMercyhurst is a fine institution, one that I will always loveand remember. J s fWhere else can one find th e individual attention that M ercyhurst offers. It is because of the understanding that I'vereceived from both patient faculty and administrators that Ican call Mercyhurst, my home.g In four years the college has been through aItransitionperiod which is important in order for Mercyhurst to continue to be competitive with other colleges and universitiesaround the U.S. *Dr. Marion L. Shane has also been an important factor indeveloping the colleges life long goals for learning.One of themost growing programs at M ercyhurst and onethat most of us take for granted, is the PACE program. Theprogram conducted by Miriam M ishank, Jean Lavin, TyroneMoore, to name a few, has grown with the times in meeting

student needs. * iIVs tough in terms of measuring the amount of studentswhich have benefited from the program, but it's a fact thatthey continue to pickupfpositive feedback from the statewith funding. | * 'W>PACE is important to Mercyhurst. PACE is important toincoming classes that are trying to familiarize themselveswith the college way of life. Ij ? j& No place at the college can give such individual attentionas PACE. I credit the program to its students and suchpeople as Tyrone Moore who have dedicated them selves tothe student. gfThere is little doubt in my mind that M ercyhurst will survive. This has been somewhat of a grueling year for all involved, but the college has the personnel to improve itsoverall goals. | ?Within Erie, Mercyhurst has developed a fine reputationas a liberal arts college. It has done this with the help of itsPresiden t, admissions office and public relations. Public Relations in particular has given Mercyhurst th atindividuality that sets it apart from other small collegessuch as Gannon. \ \ t m l %The collegefis indeed fortunate to have such dynamicpeople working for it. If there was one word to describe Mercyhurst, it would be unique. f fI'm proud to be a par t of this institution and proud of theindividuals who have given up so much in making Mercyhurst a strong liberal arts college with a dedication to itsstudents. I| |It's is nice to''Go away to college here.'' *Happy Belated Birthdayj to Dolores'.(alias?DEE DEE)Bauer. f *' \ * %Spirits have rea lly picked up since the snow left. It makesone wonder what M ercyhurst would be without snow.Special condolences to Frances Sienicki, a elementaryeducation student at Mercyhurst whose father recentlypassed away.

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i j k ^ i i A by Darlene Keith,. jtfte J Rabbit Testf a ne\s^flm^ritten ana produced by JoanRivers is just that. A test. Only the test isn't on a rabbit, it ison the capability ofjthe viewerTto sit through the entireepisode. k j | | ;' * & j j b ?From the disgusting, bigoted humor to the somewhat absurd subject matter, R abbit Test fails in all departments. Noone is beyond Ms. Rivers stabbing dialogue., u llMStereotypes run rampant throughout the film. Not only a rePolish people and Catholics degraded,'^ but gypsies,Americans, women, overweight peopie, veterans andMexicans. W k * 1Examples of these are the veterans who are always on theprowl for women, the overweight person who eats incessantly, the Catholic who is a hypocrite and itleMexicanwho is always having babies. SB- "# 5 jIn other words, if you are a non-veteran male, thin, handsome, and not of Polish, American or Mexican descent,then you must definitely see this film. You will enjoy ittremendously and think it is extremely funny.The unique idea,?which was to portray the bizarre happenings of a man who is pregnant, was badly carried out.Much of the time the main theme wasilost amidst thetrivial dialogue and various tracks that didn't pertain tothe story at all.* 1 m W i fthem nciad

Editor Chris Van WagenenNews Editor / $ John BrunoFeature Editor | Darlene KeithSports Edito r Terry KellyGraphics and Layout *. Darlene Keith, Terry KellyWriters and Cre ator s: Vicki Marti tiago, JBob. Derda J,r.Mark Cipriani, Chris Tomczak, Alda Walker, Judy Anania.Colleen Hottel, Amy Chizmadia, Lisa Manendo, Sue Fuss,Mary Beth Barrett Nadine Belovaric and Gary WesmanPhotographers Mary Ann Drake and Randy MinkBusiness Manager Darlene Keith and Lisa ManendoArtEditor Patrick DunnFacu lty Consultant William Shelleyg. The Merciad accepts, in fact encourages, the submissionof articles, letters, and stories from any and all m embers ofthe Mercyhurst College community: students, faculty, administrators, trustees, and friends of the school. However,as responsible journalists we must reserve the followingrights: \ W'mHi i, The right to revise copy into standard English;2. The right o evise copy into correct journalistic form ;3. And, finally, the light oevise copy (but not changemeaning) o it layout design. f-In addition. Letters o he Editor m ust be signed, must befactually verifiable, and must be written in good taste.Names will be withheld upon request, but false nam es willnot be used.

I\ i- in i iB> , y oTWOUlcrot"ten wonaer if There was som e dark,hidden meaning under all the camouflage and if there was,did the writer know about it. The viewers were fooled at the beginning though. Duringthe first five m inutes of the film, the humor seemed to be innocently funny. This was carrie d out in the sequence where$illy Crystal was trying to seduce a brunette, (we could onlysee the back of her head.) k iHe went through the whole routine. Sweet talk, serving redwine as she relaxes on the sofa and dancing around the roomwere the techniques he was using. (We still hadn't seen herface.) * L'^aSuddenly, as he sits down on the sofa beside her and leanstoward her mouth, we heard a loud pop and see an inflatabledoll flying around the room. f fAs the doll finally comes to rest* on his lap, Crystallongingly looks into her sunken eyes and calmly states,"You have a distinct wayof turning a guy off." % %From that moment on the grade of the humor falls awayaimlessly and we begin to wonder why we are staying herewith the other 300-oddj misled viewers. g|Even the well-know celebrities couldn't save the film.Among those who had a tr y at it were Imogene Coca, RoddyMcDowell, Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Laraine Newman,George Gobel and Fannie Flagg. mAlthough their parts we re minor, the charac ters they portrayed were done as welluas couldjbe expected, with thematerial they had to work with. %Billy Crystal played the part of the pregnant man verywell for his first film acting debut. Crystal, who is aprofessional comedian, fitjjthe part perfectly. Too bad theRabbit Test took away from that talent. ?For Rabbit Test to succeed in the film world, it not onlyneeds a more attractive view of the subject, but perhaps avery lar ge rab bit's foot. Who knows? It certainly couldn'thurti tany.

outside lineNo word on whether or not the Senate approved the ! ? * S*"31 * ? * b u t ^ v o t m6teteking Place as theX K S ? 0 g 2 ^ 1 pV*- However, Senate Republicanleader Howard Baker of Tennessee predicted that the treatvreturning control of the Panama Canal to Panama bv theyear 2000 would win approval of the Senate by a narrowmargin. | J "3 U B I 1 U W

n ^5??*?* sPra*ujJ rmer sP^ial counsellor a HouseCommittee investigating the assassination of PresidentJohn F Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr sa?dpolitical opDortumsts m Washington may keep AmericansdSLTnowng * c o m p l e t e SSSSSpeaking in Erie last M onday, Sprague said he wa _vinced that both Kennedy and Kihe were virimnf 2 "piracies I believe Caress K ^ t ^ l L i Xtruth, and only concocted thiscommittee because KContinued

OUtSide Line Continuedpolitical year for them and it helped them, four times, togather votes," he saidf | |

Keep on Tracking : Bill Rodgers, 30, walked to victory inthe Boston M arathon held last Monday. In the narrowest victory in the event's 82year history, Rodgers' time was2:10:13, just 18 seconds Slower than his unprecedented featin 1975. W 1 'tThe Philadelphia Inquirer earned its fourth PulitizerPrize in four years. On mis occasion, the newspaper won thePulitzer gold medal {for public serv ice, due to an investigative series on abuse in the Philadelphia PoliceDepartment, i j < / I ..Jam es A lan McPherson was cited for excellence in fictionwith is "Room", J a collection of 12 short storiesn the experience of America's blacks. * * 4Other newpapers that were recipients include the Los

Angeles^ Times^ the Louisville-CourierJournal.kJheWashington Postand the New York Times. The Times swepttriple honors, the first newspaper to do so in the 61 yearhistory of the coveted awards.That botulism case which affected 32 persons in NewMexico was traced to potato salad tha t was served at a poshresort in Clovis, N.M. 12 of the 32 victims are in critical condition, being either partially paralyzed or on respirators, f aApparently a canned vegetable is suspected as being asource of contamination. But relax, the FDA said that thebrand (which remained unidentified) is disbributed atrestaurants and is not usually found on shelves at the localsupermarket.! * ? |S S ? wThe Pennsylvania House voted on April 18 to reinstate thedeath penalty after it added changes to conform with recentcourt decisions. The bill now goes to Gov. Milton Shapp, whohas vetoed the same type legislation on several occasions inthe past. s5 I

L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R :.. .F r o m S u s a n LW i le s ITo the Mercyhurst community, and specifically SisterJoseph Mary, I hope that this letter is a lot less vindictivethan my previous one. This is a public apology to you and theMercyhurst administration, gfe ?I must admit, that when I wrote the letter concerning myexperience I had no other concern than to make my pointand that still is my concern The thing that I highly reg ret isthe way in which I went about it.In reflection I know I should have come directly to youwith my doubts. I really had no idea how damaging my article could be, and for that I am truly sorry.Sincerely MSusan L. Wike.

CorrectionIt was suggested in a front pagestory in last week's issue of TheMerciad that a search comm itteechaired by Marilynn Jewell willchoose a new dean of the collegeto replace Dr. Jerry M. Trimble.The search committee will infact interview candidates andpass on a recommendation to thepresident of the college, but thefinal decision on hiring belongs toDr. Marion L. Shane.

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lage yo u serve ca n adopt ane w habit: eatine everyday.You came to the Peace Corpsto give an d you've gotten.You've learned a language.Discovered a new culture,*Found out about life: the irs.Yours. Morning h a s becomean adventure again. Sure, thehours ar e long an d hard andthe bread is lousy. But some-i times, putting bread in someone's mouth c a n b e more rewarding to you than all thebread in your pocket. ]T h e Peace Corps is alivean d well.Join the Peace Corps.Call toll free: 800-424-8580.O r write the Peace Corps,Box A, I jWashington,D.C. 20525.

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by Nadine BelovaracOne of the-most demanding,time-consuming jobs on campusfor a student to undertake is theposition of Resident A ssistant, ormore commonly known by thetitle of "R.A."These individuals are entrustedwith the I responsibilities ofmaintaining order in the dormitories, conducting floormeetings, and just generallybeing available to the wants andneeds of the resident students.% This in itself indicates that asuccessful R.A. is one who canhandle everything from being apoliceman and a referee to acounselor and confidant. 5 fg The process involved inselecting an{ R.A. is a verycarefully conducted one. First,the R.A. applicant must presentthree evaluation letters, on e froman administrator, faculty, andpeer group consisting of thehousing director, hall director,and the R.A.'s who are currentlyseniors. PiSI $ % fe

This year, 41 applicants haveapplied, and ou t of these, 10 are tobe selected | \g There are certain abilities thecandidate should' possess to beconsidered for the position.According to Sr. Phyllis v Aiello,director of housing, tw o are veryessential. "First of all, friendliness or the well-integratedpersonality type i who can getalong easily with people, one whodoesn't turn kids off. Secondly,good judgement, or commonsense, which means knowing tobe flexible in certain situations,and knowing?when to draw theline." iB The present R.A.'s also holdsimilar views. As Rick Sethman,a th ird floor McAuley R.A., says,"we are not here to harass thestudents. I believe there must bea certain amount of discretionand flexibility involved in dealingwith situations where rules are tobe enforced." I g | MSenior }Jack | (Sammy Was)Beck emp hasizes! that "in ad

dition to handling the role of R.A.,it is also just as necessary toassume the role of student also,not just R.A."Egan R.A. Chris Filippi alsoagrees with the importance ofintegration, but adds, "it can be atough position!at t imes i . . . astruggle between being anauthority figure of sorts, yet atthe same time being part of thegirls." IJunior Joanne DeSantis viewsher jo b being that of a "big sister,one who is accessible to thestudents, able to j listen toproblems and offer solutions, tohelp in any problem situation thatarises." ? ?: gNaturally, as in any soundliving structure, problems arisethat must be dealt with by theR.A.'s. Consequently, trainingorientation sessions are > conducted before each school year,with frequent meetings heldduring the year to help sort outdifficulties and problems. '|The staff has also! been en-ECOIILearn To^tvenJnique^Gif tsv US I ky Sue Fuss c hik Sit back and; think for amoment. What gifts did you'receive last Christmas? What didyou d o t o celebrate your birthdaylast year? What are you gettingyour little brother or sister for hisor her birthday? jjffiOiSjlgBj

Chances are that you'll draw ablank on one, if not all of thesequestions. Our celebrations havebecome sort of meaningless. Mfe W e i "excha nge". rather thangive gifts at Christmas and thereis an endless line of goods for the"person who has everything."i*DoeS*"%nybody46 have anysuggestions? An organizationknown as I Alternatives does.

Alternatives is a group of peopleinterested in voluntary simplicitywith -. special emphasis Poncelebrations. BEaa I I mTheir primary goal is to divertmoney from needless consumption to life-supportive, andhuman welfare groups, m j !P What all | this means isrelatively simple. The people ofAlternatives believe that ratherthan giving your folks a 23-speedsuper blender for their anniversary, how about somethingyou made yourself: a picture, aweaving, a card, a photo, justabout anything. * &. Instead ol giving candy orflowers, how about a book, a treeor a candle. Instead of sinking

your money into Sears or M acy's,now about buying a present fromthe Audubon Society, a non-profitbook store or a local churchbazaar. I f S S fcgThe fourth edition of theAlternate C elebrations C atalogueis coming out this summer.The three previous editions a restill available jalong withresource packets for celeorationsof spring, Thanksgiving,Christmas, weddings, funerals,birthdays and just about anyother occasion you can think of.fe For more information, you cancontact them at Alternatives,1924 East Third S t . , Bloomington,Indiana. 47401? - ^? W\M e r c y l t u r s t S t u d e n t s ' P a p e r s ! H o n o r e dPapers byjf five JMercyhurstCollege students were among the56 presented "J at theUndergraduate i PsychologyResearch Conference held April15 at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, i ?Among these students wereStan Gajewski, Pauline Cote*

Lisa McGee, Judy Ghivna and

Eileen Zinchiak. fThe sixth annual conferencewas sponsored S byf the Northwestern Pennsylvania Psychological Association, one of whichMercyhurst is a member.Other member colleges includeAllegheny, Gannon, Edinboro,Behrend and Chatham.Presentations by un-

L ocal News M ed iaS potlig hts Co-O pE Reporters from Erie's radio,television and newspaper presswere on campus Tuesday, April18 , for a press conference atwhich the college announced theformation of its new CooperativeEducation program.The press conference was heldin the H eritage Roomfrom9 o10a.m. T he reporters were told thatMercyhurst is the only college ina 100-mile radius to offerCooperative Ed.Questions were general, sawprogram director Tom j Thompson . ."It was all new to tnem vinemedia)," Thompson said. ''Theypredominantly^wanted to know,what is Cooperative Ed.; andt w o , what Is the distinctionbetween it and internships, whichthey were aware of."A meeting between Thompsonand the various departmentcoordinators was scheduled forWednesday. 2 J"We alm ost have to know soonwhich students want to be inCooperative Ed. and where theywant to be placed Pittsburgh,Philadelphia, here, orwherever," Thompson said.

"That will give us a few monthsto set things up."Thompson said interested

sophomores and juniors shouldprepare sapplications an dresumes for Cooperative E d. jobswithin a week or two.Six: of | the school's eightacademic divisions will? participate nexti year, Thompsonsaid. I i | |? Human Ecology and Educationwill not offer Cooperative Ed.,nor will aj few individualdepartments within the other sixdivisions.Thompson, however, said therepresentation J w a s " t remendous." p w.Faculty members will act astheir own Cooperative Ed.coordinators ana student advisors. Thompson said a proposalwhich would provide higher payfor faculty as compensation hasbeen sent to the dean. '"For advising on iiuershipsmost faculty get compensation,up to a certain number ofstudents," he explained. "Forcooperative Ed. the plan issimilar X-number of dollarsfor up to X-number of students,and after that they are providedrelease time." 2$"As long as the number ofstudents they are responsible forstays small, they don't seem tomind," Thompson said.

dergraduates at the day longconference dealt with suchdiverse areas as perception,personality, developmentalprocesses, learning andphysiological psychology. ITwo Mercyhurst papers wereincluded in the Verbal Learningsession. One was by StanGajewski entitled, "Replicationof the primary effect on freerecall tasks," and a second paperby P auline Cote, entitled," S e m a n t i c i n f o r m a t i o nprocessing of concrete and abstract ideas." ^The Social Processes sessionincluded papers by Lisa McGee,"The conditions influencing aperson's decision to mail a lostletter;" Judy Gluvna, "Violationof personal space a s a function ofchoice;" and Eileen Zinchiak,"Bystander effect and customerresponse to free pencils.".

These had all been done as partof the course requirement forRobert Hoff's Experimental II:Human Psychology class held inwinter term.> $Other ^students presentingoriginal research, included thosefrom the mem ber colleges as wellas other colleges includingSlippery Rock, Duquesne,Hiram, Washington 'and \ Jefferson, | th e University ofDelaware and C.W. Post Collegeof Long Island University.T he keynote address was givenb y D r . James V . McConnell fromthe University of Michigan. Mostfamous forhis work with learningbyflatworms, his research hasled to the finding of a chemicalprotein basis for memory.Accompanying the students toPittsburgh ^were Robert|Hoff,Associate Professor ofPsychology; Dr. John*Stewart,Assistant j Professor ofPsychology;%Dr. Jeffrey Stern-leib, Assistant? Professor ofPsychology and other Mercyhurst students. '

couraged to take advantage ofclasses dealing with personneland man agem ent, i includingactive participation in P ace andcounseling services. |* f| Senior Jack Beck points ou t twonecessary factors for the housingsystem to function effectively."First, there must be qualityhousing personnel, and lust asimportantly, a strong desire andmotivation on thepart of studentsto make it work. .$He? adds that most arecooperative in obeying rules andaccepting disciplinary action, butadds that "there are always face r t a in ' few \ that causesproblems." | S K '^ 2 1Bob Tobin, sophomore R.A.,admits there are certain"grinds " fin his floor, as \ heterms it , who do pose problems a ttimes. Ways of dealing} withcontinual breakage of rules arethe issuance of monetary fines,and warning slips, with the mostextrem e measure** beingdismissed from the dorms. }

Students view R.A. treatmentwith I mixed feelings. PetePollione, states "they're been

pretty fair about the decisionsthey've had to make . . . J I 'venever had any problems."Steve Frisina, however,awhileadmitting that "they do a prettydecent job considering they'vegot to deal r with 30 differentpeople," goes on to say,""thereare times where I see rulesthrown to the winds.'Other students have expressedthe desire that more activities beinitiated to establish at closerbond in the hall floors?| Darlene March, a transferstudent, noted that "there shouldbe m ore planned -outings,perhaps i roller skating, bikingexpeditions, etc." 4There was a generalagreement, on all sides, fromstaff and students, that thequality of housing has definitelyimproved over the past twoyears. fAs Sister Phyllis aptly states,"the staff is an excellent group ofpeople doing a very good job."Hopefully, the trend will continueto move upward toward goodhousing conditions and competent staff personnel. *$ t

DEPOSITS DUE |D e p o s i t s f o r r e s i l i e n c e b a l l l i v i n g a r e

d ue b y M o n da y , M a y 1 s t R o om p i c k w i l lb e T u e sd a y , M a y 2 n d in l u f z u r n . J u n io rsw i l l p ic k a t 1 : 0 0 p . m . , S o p h o m o r e s a t 1 :3 0p . m . a n d F r e s h m e n a t 2 : 00 n u n . A f t e r M o n d a y , t h e r e s t o f th e r o o m s w i l l b e r e s e rv e d f o r t h e i n c o m in g f r e s h m e n .

j B R I6 G S A V E N U E R E S ID E N C E H A L LT h e B r ig g s A v e n u e R e s id e n ce H a l l w i l l

o p e r a t e s o m e w h a t l i k e t h e t o w n h o u s e s i nc h o i c e . G r o u p s ! m a y ; - a p p ly on aS e n i o r i t y B a s i s b y A p r i l 2 5 t h . Th eg r o u p s w i l l b e n o t i f i e d o n W e d n e s d a y ^ th e2 6 t h of A p r i l . T h o s e d e p o s i t s a r e d u eF r i d a y , A p r i l 2 8 t h . H t h e r e a r e 4 p e r s o n st h e r a t e i s $ 6 9 0 ; p e r y e a r p e r p e r s o n . Ift h e r e a r e 3 p e r s o n s t h e r a t e i s $ 7 9 0 . A l lp e r s o n s w h o l i v e i n t h e B r i g g s A v e n u eR e s i d en c e H a l l m u s t ; b o a r d a l s o . T h e r e a r en o e x c e p t i o n s .

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T h u r s d a y , A p r i l 2 0 t h a n d F r i d a y , A p r i l 2 1 s tT o w n h o u s e s w i l l b e d e c id e d o n a p o i n t b a s i sw i t h S e n i o r s h a v e 4 ; p o i n t s , J u n i o r s 3 p o i n t sa n d S o p h o m o r e s 2 . p o i n t s . I f f a p e r s o n h a sb r o k e n a h o u s i n g [ c o n t ra c t , th o s e p o i n ts w i l ln o t b e c o u n t e d . T h e g r o u p s w i l l b e n o t i f ie d o nM o n d a y t h e 2 4 t h t o h a v e t h e i r d e p o s i t s i n b yW e d n es d a y t h e 2 6 t h . I f a l l d e p o s i t s a r e n o t i nb y 4 ^ 0 p j n . o n t h a t d a te , th e g r o u p f o r f e i t s t h et o w n h o u s e a n d t h e n e x t g ro u p i n l i n e w i l l h a v et h e o p p o r tu n i ty t o c h o o s e i t -

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Lakers Hit Rough Road~The name of the game so farhas been trouble for the Mercy-hurst baseb all te am * as theystruggle through rough t imes.They finished this past week at3-7 as a result of splits withYoungstown, ^Indiana ; an dCalifornia State and sweeps "byBehrend and F r e d o n i a . ^ mIn the first Youngstown game,Joe W illiams ran his record to 2-0by holding the Penguins to fouihits. Williams struck out six andwalked four in the 3-1 victory.The Lakers could only managetwo singles of their own, one ofwhich was a key two-run shot byMike Conroy in the two-run Lakerfourth. This erased a one-run leadby Youngstown and the Lakersadded an in surance runv in thesixth for the win. J; *j&&A I&*e

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California State: 2 - Mercyhurst: 7 at California, PaThursday, April 13,1978SINGLES1. Andrew Findlay2. Richard Birmingham3. Tom Chy bryznsk4. Phil Dubsky5. Dave LaFuria6. Albert Gulbertsonlostbeatbeatbeatbeatbeat

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3*66-36-2t"? ^"SSSISSWvSSQMichael Tomczak M i c h a e l T o m c z a k ,sophom ore^ Law enforcement student, won the29th annual Great; LakesSingles Handball^ tournament this past week end.Nineteen-year-old Tomzak is the youngest- playerever to win the downtownYMCA event. ".. -g* 3 5In the^semi-finals, Tomczak defeated the defendingcham pion, ;J eff^Ca t ro n

from Sharon, Pa., 21-20, 21-20. In the finals, Tomczaklost the first game 21-18 tohome town favorite, RonnieZack, then came back to winthe tourney with scores of 21-12, 21-5?E i gh t y p l a ye r s sfromBuffalo, Toronto, Hamilton,Rochester, Cleveland landErie j part i c ipa ted in thetournament.

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