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vr IMPAGE 2 MERCYHURSTICOLLEGE JANUARY 19 , 1973FROm THE TOWER:

A View Of R . U . S .Presently, R U S seems to be thedominating conversational topicon campus, at least among itsmembers. A pparently, the gentleprodding of the Merciad editorsplayed a | significant role instimulating an unusually largeattendance at the last meeting.More students are now awarethat there is such a thing asstudent fgovernment on th ecampus, and w e hope this interestand enthusiasm indicates a

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growininvolve tendency to become* * *A word of commendation mustbe given to our student government for granting Miss Bliesz-nerJs request of $200 to assistBridge, a local drug help center.This year has witnessed an increasing generosity on the part oithe students when.;it comes toanswering the pleas of worthycauses.

f * * i *RUS must realize that criticalreview and debate are jmajorcomponents in a $k viabledemocracy. There |is |a contradict ion in^ crying fori morestudent interest while at the sametime being hyper-sensitive tocriticism. B lind acceptance of theactions of a governing body worksagainst itself, resulting in anapathetic constituency. Why is itthat a ruling institution neverconsiders undue praise as beingbiased in the same manner ascri t ic ism? We hope the"America, love it orfleave it'*mentality is not manifesting itselfin our own student government.The?5edition Acts were repealedlong ago.

* * *At the last RUSfmeeting wesensed a*deep-seated frustrationunderlying the actions of itsmembers and observers. |RUSdesperately wants to dosomething, to be of some help anduse to the students. The questionis what can it do, and how can itbe done? The latest attempt byMarty Keeney at generating

some kind of action was the"Freedom March". We;got th eimpression that many of thosewho showed up didn't know whythey were there, and* their confusion was compounded as theytried to figure out why RUS wasthere. Some excellent ideas werebrought up nevertheless, a strongdorm self-rule system being oneof them. We hope this and othersuggestions raised will be actedon. -| J | ||.' i i- M * * *From our own viewpoint, itseems that one of the biggestbarriers preventing RUS frombeing a productive body is itsbureaucratic entanglement in theCollege Senate. Four years ago,we thought it would be a greatthing to have such an "influentialro le " Jin college policies.Actually, the role we were givenmight* be compared to a giantpacifier handed to the students sothat we wouldn't feel threatenedby those perennial "bad guys",the administration. The administration, though well-intentioned, often uses the collegesenate as a rubber stamp toapprove decisions that havealready been*made. They havethe information ion budgets,admissions, etc. and this in|formation is power. They havethe power, not students orfaculty. -- M & t J,!I * * *Students seem to be gettingtired of going to meetings,meetings land more meetings,listening to college business beingdiscussed. We really aren't interested in budgets, admissionspolicies, and maintenanceproblems, nor do we have sufficient knowledge concerningthese mat ters | t o | make validjudgments. The result is that wevote according to the informationsupplied us by our benevolentautocracy, and again, knowledgeis power. The process is extremely slow. No small wonderthat students don't go to RUS withtheir problemsit might take 90

days for the system to digest theproposal and come to a decision.t" V I * * * J iWe are wondering whether itwould b e advisable for R U S to reevaluate its role in the CollegeSenate. RUS wants to get back tothe students, but it's almostsubmerged in the school'sbureaucracy. S tudents areconcerned With what affects themmost alcohol on campus andintervisitation policies to name acouple. It might not be a bad ideafor our student government todisentangle itself from I th ebusiness of running a college andconcentrate on the ^business ofhelping students get a square dealregarding their life-style here.We see noJ reason why an independent, self-governing studentbody with true legislative powercannot be a reality here.Proposals could be acted on bytheir government quickly I andwould not get lost in the cloggedmachinery of th e present system.

* * *If the above were accomplished, student governmentwould have run a full cycle whichbegan four years ago. Thisdoesn't mean it shouldn't be done,because it?has learned much inthose?years, which would contribute to the formation of quite adifferent organization from theold SGA. It would be a giant stepinto an unknown area however.Thomas Jefferson realized thehesitation involved in taking sucha drasticsstep when he wrote inthe Declaration of Independencethat: W t I |...mankind are more disposedto suffer while evils fare suiferable than to right themselvesby abolishing the forms to whichthey are accustomed. In otherwords, a known evil is preferredto an unknown evil. The questionwhich RUS must asnwerrthen, iswhether the present system is anevil, and if so, does it warrantabolishment andfthe setting outinto uncharted regions.

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The Representative Union ofStudents met| Wednesday,January 10, 1973, at 7:30 p.m. inroom 214 Zurn. There were 24members and 8 a l ternatespresent.Miss Rosemary Bliesznerasked if RUS would contribute$200.00 to J T h e Bridge,! a drugcenter in Erie. Marty Keeneymoved that we allot $200.00 forthe organization. Seconded andpassed. . |Marlene Smith requested thatRUS loan the business committeeof the Yearbook $500.00 in orderthat they may put on a moneymaking project. Marty Keeney

moved that $500.00 be alloted forthat purpose. 'Seconded an dpassed. ? I gMr. Herring asked tor a budgetof $1900 for activities for WinterTerm. B ob Pettinelli moved that$1900 be set aside forlthat purpose. Seconded and passed. gIt was announced thatregistration for Freshman % officers would be held bothThursday and Friday (January 11and 12) in the RUS office. Elections would be held on thefollowing F riday (January 19).Bob Parks moved *that themin utes ! of all Standing Committees of the College Senate be

THE MERCIADYears of ServicePublished weekly during the college year, except Thanksgiving, ir>tersessioa Christmas and Easter vacations, and examination periodsby the students of Mercyhurst College/ Erie, Pa., 16501. Mailing address: Mercyhurst Mailroom>J?4Jan Hall, Box 36.

on the agenda and that the|Executive Board be given thepower to review attendance atthese meet ings. Membersfrequently not in attendancewould be subject to dismissal bythe Executive Council. Secondedrand passed. | |Dan Cannon moved that theRUS treasury be closed for th enext? six w eeks. Seconded andpassed. ipIt was decided that all RUSm e m b e rs would* canvas thecampus to determine what! thestudents* at Mercyhurst wouldlike to see R U S accomplish, wDave Horvath moved that themeeting be adjourned. Secondedand passed. The {meeting wasadjourned a t 9:26.^Respectfully submitted,Alexis Walker!\%v-A * v ^ x w o W > ' w - * - M * V < - V

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PAGE 4 MERCYHURST COLLEGE JANUARY 19, 1973Dario's] D i v o t s At Lock Haven Tonight

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The year 1973 began for theMercyhurst Laker basketbal lteam the same way that |l972ended. At times they look like theDistrict 18 champs that they verywell might be and at times theylook like an unorganized intramural team who couldn't wint h i s | schools j 4 B " leaguechampionship.^ The new year began ate theBrockport sHoliday^Classic. Thefirst round saw Mercyhurst facepowerful Brockport St ate | Call itwhat you wan$ getting homered,hozed, or home-cooked, th eLakers should have? won, butdidn't; They lost 75-72. However,the next evening they facedWestern New England and cameaway with an impressive 62-48victory to carry home the consolation trophy. The team playedwell in Brockpo rt and things werelooking up as we boarded the vansfor a trip tof Rochester onTuesday, January 19th.St? John Fisher was the hostthat evening and they were stillstinging from the defeat the firstyear Lakers hung on them lastseason. That night Mercyburjstlooked as rotten as a basketballteam could look and the Cardinalsalmost blew us back to the stateborder. The score/is too embarrassing to print&so we'll skip

that tidbit of information.Twenty-four hours later theLakers salvaged something fromthe trip when they defeatedRoberts Wesleyan 86-66. As weheaded back to E rie, the questionwas still, "What 's wrong with theLaker?"On the 13th, the Mercyhurstteam traded jbaskets withAlliance in the lid-lifter of adouble Iheader at Gannon. Theyplayed well enough to take an 83-73 decision and this put them at 9-4. |As I see it, this past Wednesdaymay have told*the tale for the

Lakers in their '72-73 season.Point Park ?will have playedagainst the * Lakers at TechMemorial gym and depending onthe outcome, so goes M ercyhurstfor the remainder of the year. Ifthey won, look for us in theDistrict 18 tournament j with achance to travel to Kansas Cityfor the nationals. If they lost, lookfor a long tough road to theDistrict playoffs with a slim tonon-existent chancel of headingwest. The outcome, of course, isnow history. It's either 10-4 or 9-5as we travel to Lock !>Haventonight to meet the Bald Eagles.

With football season c oming toa formal close after * Sunday sSuper Bowl, this will be the lastarticle until the *1973 M.F.L.season begins this September.In writing this final *footballarticle, another first has? beenadded to the J other firsts that

intramural di rector ^ DaveShimpeno has prompted. $The last of the "f irsts" for thisseason has been the formation ofan intramural football All-Starteam. ^T Y i S J S J

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