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VOLUME 59, NUMBER 15Student Services Directorissues position paper onfraternity - sorority issueTHURSDAY, JANUARY 30,1

By Betsy LantzFraternities. Do they belong o n Mer-cy hurst's campus? Wo uld the socialbenefits to the college communityoutwe igh the problems these organiza-tions have created elsewhere?"No , " responds Mercyhurst's Direc-tor of S tudent Services E. William Ken-nedy, in a position paper on socialfraternities which he presented to the

President's Board of Associates inDecember.

^^^^i of Student ServicesB S E. William K ennedyI? "I limited my research to the pur-poses of fraternities as related to thepurposes of higher educat ion/ ' Ken-nedy said. "I read 114 articles on frater-nities all of them negative.11 ^"Al though I went Into my-researchfrom a neutral, almost positive stand-point, I now think the college wou ld bea better college without fraternities,"he continued. "I don't have analyticalproof for this; i t 's just my perception."In his paper, Kennedy acknowledgesthe advantages to a college that frater-nities can provide: improved social life,increased retent ion of s tudents,lasting linkage between alumni and theInst i tut ion, opportuni t ies to holdleadership posit ions, provision ofpublic service projec ts, and creation ofan atmosphere that facilitates adjust-ment to college life. 1Despite these benefits, within thepast-six years Amherst, Williams andColby ^Colleges have banned fratersnities, organizations that had been apart of these institutions for over 140years. "In reaching my conclusions, Iwas most influenced by Colby Col-lege's reasons for eliminating frater-nit ies," Kennedy said. Articles In theMar. 7, 1984 issue of The Chronicle ofHigher Education explore both the Col-by and.Amherst decisionsjto abolishfraternities in an attempt to "improveresidential life."U With respe ct, to Mercyhurst, Ken-nedy outlines three disadvantages that

fraternities would present both to thestudents and the college. According toKennedy, fraternities usually requireinitiation fees of $126 to $225 with ad-ditional costs of $150 to $250 per yearto cover dues, national assessmentsand house maintenance fees. Hewrites, "At Colby College, members ofTau Delta Phi spent another $100 to$150 per member per year for parties.These amounts are conservative, butsignificant on*a campus with 80 per-cent of its enrollment receiving sometype of financial aid." J. *A second problem involves housing.As Kennedy reports, the only realisticoption for the college would be to useone of"" the. four Baldwin Garden(Briggs) apartment complexes italready owns, or to purchase the fourremaining buildings north of the col-lege's property to be used as fraternityhousing. "The Investment for the col-lege would be over one million dollars.This may be a financial burden versusthe advantages of a fraternity," Ken-nedy writes. |He continues to point out that othercolleges may "use" fraternities to pro-vide alternative housing. But si neeMercy hurst o nly houses 230 male up-perclassmen, a fraternity house wo uldbe in competition with the school forresidents. "The only condition thatwould make this feasible is a 25 per-cent increase of male residents," Ken-nedy Estates, "but the demographicpredictions for the 18 to .22 year oldmarket show a declining pool.""The last and most serious objec-tion to a fraternity at M ercyhurst is therecent court decisions relating to col-lege liability and alcoho l abuse,'* Ken-nedy reports. Suc h decisions "haveheld colleges responsible for liabilityrelated to Incidents of underage drink-i ng . " He explains, " Fraternitiesoperate with a code of silence andorganization that defies enforcementof reasonable rules and regulations.Aggressive implementation of analcohol policy is much more difficulton a campus with fraternities than on acampus without them." i IKennedy also believes that frater-nities wou ld serve as a "divisiv e" forcewithin the student body; however,*astudy conducted at Bu cknell Universi-ty, which he quotes In his research,found this not to be the case. The samestudy did find "that the values of frater-nities andv sororities were contradic-tory to the values espoused by thefaculty." | I p J |"A fraternity is an organizationwhose purpose appears to be the provi-sion of brotherhood and parties," Ken-nedy said. In his paper he states thatany serious advantages provided by

W ^ " 1 Another heavy snowfall blanketed ihe campus Ibis week.Burke awarded arts'fellowshipBy Chris Alessi

^ Daniel Burke, director of art at Mer-cyhurst C ollege, was recently awardeda $5,000 fellowship for; his painting.Awarded annually by the PennsylvaniaCouncil on the Ar ts, the fellowship eivcompasses six areas of visual arts in -cluding photography, sculpture, in-stallation works, book works, criticismand painting.? *r One of only six painters to be giventhe fellowship, Burke stated that winn-ing the award carries no stipulation forexhibiting or completing a certainnumber of paintings. "The grant Is

Daniel Burke* standing next to one ofrecent works.fraternities can be realized throughother avenues. "On a small, personalcampus such as M ercyhurst, the disad-vantages seem to clearly outweigh theadvantages," he co ncludes.^Students wi l l have the opportunity tovoice*their opinions on the fraternityissue in an open forum to be held atthe Feb. 2 meeting of the MercyhurstStudent Government. The meeting willbe held in the lobby of Baldwin Hall at7:30 p.m. f I

simply to allow for 'creative workexplained."I'm currently working on mussize works in the neighborhood of12 feet," Burke added. *g2 3*fc Eligibility rules do exist, howfor fel lowship applicants. AHdividuals must be professional awi th , serious career commitmTheyr must also be Pennsylresidents with a minimum of tyears In the art f ield.Burke stated that^500 applicawere accepted by the Oct., 1deadline, and'that the award isfiscal year '85-'86. This past yearcouncil granted a total of $70,00Pennsylvania a rtists.Burke has received much attenover the years for his artendeavors,'Hehas won 21 nationainternational: art awards! incluMainstream's Award of ExoeUenceChautauqua Art Association Aand honors at the Greater New OrlInternational Exhibition.Since 1973, he has been listeWho's Who In American Art Intetional Directory of the Arts and Intetional Who's Who In Art ahd Antiqalong with many other publicationBurke, a member of the Mercyhcommunity for the past; 17 yearspresently asking for donations forartwork. He is in need of pieces ofleather, of any-shape or size, ahdumbrellas. He can be * contacted8254381. |i f I Inside IHSMA||tAMpgiPhotof | 1I Opinion.M...k)g. ie|tei i4--^P9-pfShowf^J.pg|6

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PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD JANUARYPittsburgh sales blitz gives HSM Astudents professional experienceBy Jean Kellick

"It was a big success for thestudents. We were able torepresent Mercyhurst as pro-fessionals in the Industry,"said Craig Medvid, presidentOf the college's chapter of theHotel Sales and MarketingA s s o c i a t i o n ( H S M A ) , i nreference to the o rganization'srecent sales blitz. *$From Jan. 20-23, a group of12 students from the HotelR e s t a u r a n t M a n a g e m e n tDepar tment v is i ted P i t t -sburgh. The students went towork for the Hyatt Hotellocated in Chatham Center,The blitz was centered aroundupcoming renovations plann-ed for the hotel from Junethrough September of 1986.Medvid also stated, "Part ofthe success was the valuableIndustry experience." TheHyatt Corporation set a goalfor the students of 700 calls tolocal businesses over a periodof two days, which thestudents were able to surpassby nine visits. The HSMA feelsconfident they will be askedback again, according to Med-vid. The group included: MikeFazio, Scott Donnelly, SusanDurante, Ann Colvin, AndrewLucchino, Jackie Keller, CraigMedvid, Tim Mulhul l , Bil lPetrel la, Kerry Putnam* AmyWard and Mary Lynn Portzer.In addition to the groupgoal, Individual achievementswere awarded. The sub groupwith the greatest number ofcalls Included Donnelly, Wardand Petrella. The highestnumber of Individual calls wasmade by Ward, while the mostcalls for catering were madeby Keller. The largest number

of calls for group businesseswent to Medvid, and-Mulhullmade the most calls to travelagencies. -5 *This blitz was different fromothers made by the HSMA inseveral ways. Because nofacu l t y accompan ied theg ro u p , It was especia l lychallenging. The studentswere on their own to make"cold calls." In this oase, allbusiness, rooms, catering andbanquets were personallysolicited by the students.In the past, the departmenthas dealt with the MarriottCompany. This was the firsttime Mercyhurst has beenassociated with the Hyatt Cor-poration because they havenever recruited on campusbefore last year. Impressedwith the records of 1985graduate, Tracy Tyiman, thepersonnel director of the Pitt-s b u r g h H y a t t c a m e t oMecyhurst to* investigate theHRM program. Medvid madecontact w ith the company andfinalized plans for the blitzover Christmas break.The group's agenda washectic. The students weregiven a welcome receptionwhen they arrived on Mondaynight and had the chance tomeet the people with whomthey would work. The Hyattprovided free accomodationsfor all students? T * * rAt Tuesday morn ing 'sbreakfast, an organizationalmeeting took place where thestudents went over plans anddivided themselves into subgroups. Downtown Pittsburghwas split Into four sections,with three students responsi-ble for each section. At theend of the day the groups turn-

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ed in call sheets which toldwhere they had been, whomthey talked with and what kindof services the firms desiredor could use from the hotel.Wednesday morning studentgroups were given differentassignments. One group madesales calls in the suburbs,another at the offices of theUn ive rs i t y o f P i t t sburgh ,another in Monroeville and thefourth went to the Greentree insouth Pittsburgh."It was my first blitz," saidAnn Colvin. I was nervous inthe beginning but the ex-perience was definitely wor-jthwhile." Medvid said on oneof his calls , he ran into anothergraduate of Mercyhurst. "Itwas amazing to run intoanother person who went toMercyhurst, especially sincewe're such a small school."Fortunately for Lucchino,his worst problem was findingthe elevators in one of the of-fice buildings in Pittsburgh. "Ihad to ask the same recep-tionist for directions twice,"he said.The trip concluded Wednes-day night * with * a banquetwhere all the achievementawards were presented. Allthose involved felt the blitzwas a good experience andworth the trip. Concluded Pitt-sburgh native Lucchino, "Be-ing from Pittsburgh, I knewbetter how to confront thebusinesses. The Hyatt peoplewere (great, they treated uswell and wou ld help in any waypossible.*! felt we conductedo u r se l v e s * a p p r o p r i a t e l y ,especially with no professorsaccompanying us. We got a

real feel for the industry."

IJsreal honored byRhodes nominati| Jo-Ann Isreal , seniorpolitical science major, wasrecently nominated for thep r e s t i g i o u s ! R h o de sScho la rsh ips * | | w a shonored to Denominatedseeing aslfnoughithere areonly a certain number ofnominations from the coun-tr>|and a certairlnumbeppfnominations from Penn-sylvan a ^ K e saidim fEfenfffl dtdoTlget tostudy in England, it washelpful to be recognized,*shejstated.. fj ; fI f s r e a i t w h o w a snominated lor tie scoter-ship by Dr> Davidp|ten|ofthe po litical science depart-m e r | has a c g l * ' * *background In serving theMercyhurst community*

Jo Ann IsreaJShe fiaslbeen a member ofstudent govern|hentS|forthree years asJthe politicalscience representative J As

a sophomore she member of the CSenate and a coxswthe women's! crew|Her|3.7f CfpJI l has eher a spot on theLfet|for|each year shbeen at Mercyhurst.I The NewMlerseywho now resides ifcAwas p feandldate ftoTtuman Scholarshisophopnore^ear^Thas a senior, she is aBaldwin Sail|and j m shonole

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JANUARY 30.1986 THE MERCIAD PPhoto OpinionD o y o u ! t h i n k f F r a t e r n i t i e s | s h o u l d { b e a p a r t o f l M e r c y h u r s t ?

nYes. I thinklitbothMike Burke f88-Music) would | stimulates competi t ionacademically land |athletlefjly^hile g f lstudent^ajsense of closenessifeentHyianbelonging!* I & |Mary Beth Joseph j i J

Karen ^Donnelly (Campus Ministry)No. Having been b member!of a Grsystem for foulyea& atla large universifeehMercyhurst is too small!o house franities|l*in also afraid they would beco

1 Brian Carroll (Criminal Justice gradustudent)!I'No.ffou come to a smaH schso youl can know everybody! and l o t segregated into small groups" w w

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Forumneeds-inputBy Mary Beth Tr ipp, MSG treasurer

This Sunday, there will be a meet ing on the possib i l i t iesof br inging f ratern i t ies and soror i t ies to our campus.There wi l l be an open foru m, which P resident Garvey andMr. Kennedy wi l l a t tend to g ive their repor t and opin ion onthe sub jec t . f * \Stud ents are encouraged to at tend. Your opin ion doescount . Many feel Mercyhurst is too smal l for f ratern i t iesan d sororities^while others feel they would br ing moreac t iv i t ies . |This m eet ing begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Baldw in Lobby.C o m e , find out what i t 's a l l about , and g ive your input .Being t reasurer of MSG, I real ize how imp ortant your in-put i s . I've seen how m uch money - your m oney - is spenton act iv i t ies and such , and i t Is impor tant you know wherei t is going."Off the Record" is an Independent contr ibut ion of theMercyhurs t S tuden t Government / The?MSG Execut iveCommit tee Is so le ly responsib le for i ts content . "Off th eR e c o r d " appears on the Editorial Page because It reflectsthe opin ions and bel ie fs of the e lected of f icers.*

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By Humayun AhmedListening to the Boss",Bruce Springsteen, singing"Born In the U.S.A.", can be alittle depressing if you werenot born in these UnitedStates. Especially if you are ina bar or at a party and you aresurrounded by people who arescreaming at the top of theirlungs, "I was born in theU.S.A."-At times! like that Iwish I had a video camera andI cou ld record that a t -mosphere. Everything f about

to the U.S.A. It 's a small coun-try, approximately the size ofTexas, in southeast Asia. Thenational language Is Urdu,which is a mixture of'Arabicand Farsi. Almost 96 percentof the population Is Muslim. Itis surrounded by India, China,Iran, and Afghanistan. IIf one tries to look forsimilarities between Americansociety and Pakistani culture,one might have to look for along time as there aren't toomany . Un l i ke th e" Un i ted

Born in Pakistan, Humayun Ahmed plans to return to his nativecountry once his education is completed. T * *that place Is so Americana; thesmell of beer, music, beautifulAmerican gi r ls with theirpainted faces, and huge andhealthy football players gulp-in g dow n beer so vigorously asif their lives depended on it.IIt's an environment that cannot be described fairly to so-meone who has never been tothe States.I You have to bethere.Well, I wasn't born in thejU.S.A. I was-born in Pakistan, acountry in complete contrast

States, social life of Pakistanipeople does not revolvearound alcohol and women.There are no bars or discos inPakistan. In fact, it 's illegal todrink or sell alcohol. It's acrime punishable by oneyear's imprisonment and 10 to15 lashes, depending on the"kindnes s" of the judge. ! dPre-marital and extra-maritalsex are also crimes, withpunishment far more severet h a n t h a t f o r d r i n k i n g .Pakistan is an Islami dictator-

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THRIFT DR UG rpertsMercyhurst needed to shootthe slights out because St.John Fisher out reboundedthe 'Hurst 36-30. The Cardinalsshot an impressive 52.5 per-cent from the floor and canned21 of 26 free throws."This was really a team winfor us tonight," noted HeadjCoach Billy Kalbaugh. "Theirfront line players are verygood, but I felt going into thegame that we had a lot morepeople that we could use ef-fectively than they did."The Lakers used an 18-8spurt'at the end of the firsthalf to break away from thedetermined Cardinals to lead47-36 a t intermission, i"I would have liked to see usget out of the gate a little bet-ter; we're not starting par-t i c u l a r l y w e l l , " a d d e dKalbaugh. "We've been kind oflucky the last couple of gamesin being able to come frombehind, but it's going to hurtus one of these nights."In the Davis & Elklns game,the Lakers trailed by four athalft ime, 42-38. However, the'Hurst stormed out to capture

^pcke ts fo r thq | Few $2Mercyhurst^Gannon ^basketjibait (game ait %e $Srte fC&lcCenfetf are available* at theCampus .^tester Jplckets jlareforreserved seats and are pric-edjat $4 | andf$3.fMercyhurststudents cari purchased he $3tickets for$2?SMtl*; their stu-|enyo. | jpi Millm WMCY Sports &e d o r |PeteWerbanetS^asiannounctfedfthat the campus radio sta-tion^wilt provide bothMaiftimeand* final scores of al iptef l

cyhurstiLakersimerj^ basfeet-balliaway games.'? fJunior Todd Lee has beennamed to the East! CoastAthletic ^Conference 4ECAC)Honor Ro ll for the second timethis year. In addition to theECAC award^Lee has-beenchosen as i the Mercyhurst"Athlete of the Week*|Lee ledlhefLakers;1o|threewins last week* helping the'Hurst to a 16-2 record. In winsover |Pi t t -Bi$t f ford*Jp. JohnFisher and Davis & Elfcins, Leeaveraged 24 points,* 8.7 re-

bounds, 2 3 assists and B.3steals Fo&thosephree games,heihtf i a'sizzHflig 68stspercertlfrom the Se p and 80.(?percen|from the charity stripeiHonors *and lawardsj con-t inue p o * a$c^ula$e -fofjmembers| ofMhe Mercyhurs|j i a k e r s f * > o f b a j | p $ e a r n |LirtebackepDoft Gibboj& hasbeen named tdftthe FootballNews N0AA Division!!! ! FirstTeam All-Americarj Tearrt$ |^Gibbon set afschoofrecord$|th I25>tacldes Injl985|jhe

*t9*d straight yearhe has ledth e Lakers prt stops. | Gibbonalso had arv|nterception and afumble recovery, for th e 8-2Lakers. He excelled on specialteams, blocking* a f ield goatandean extra poin t f T}\n addition to the FootballNews award* G bbonpjwasear l ie renamed ft o t h eAssociated Press Little All-American team} He was alsonominated fosjAcademic All-American honors with|a^3.33Q.P.A. Inlpre-rnedF W

the lead early In the secondstanza. JOnce again it was Todd Leeand Nate Harris leading theLakers' scoring parade with 19points each. Matt Nesserscored 11and Marty Cam s ad-ded 10 points as the only otherLakers in double figures.Mercyhurst also got plentyof help from their benchagainst - the Senators? asChuck Brower had five pointsand freshman Earl Moncrieffenetted eight. Fellow froshChris Mindach added* sixmarkers. > * >

The Lakers begin a threegame stretch of away gamesthis Thursday when they travelto Ashland to battle ' theEagles. Mercyhurst then goesto Edinboro and LeMoyne.

"The last month of theseason is^the toughest, con-sidering not only the numberof games we have away butalso the competition," notedKalbaugh. Of the remaining 10games, just Jhree are ^at. theCampus Center, plus the Gan-non match-up at the CivicCenter. '*readjust week's^LakerJWijjjtes.If you did, you knew the out-come of Super B owi XX beforefrhe ktckoff. i predicted a 27-6JJUears 'w in , f alsc> predict ec(M$ew England; they ended up|^with 17 yards rushing, l|predicted big plays out of JimMcMahofb and | W p ^ ( 5 a u l | .Both had bijgamesiHowsvef,l thin^im^b est^redjctlon/ wasSteve%rogam finishing linegame foCthe Patriots. |3roganreptaced| an|Ineffective $oi)$Easoriliphe second quar te t

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