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T H E MERGIAlDI No t EverythingThat is faced c a n b e changed;ButNothing $ |5 |Can b e changed until it is faced "James Baldwin

VOL.IXLV NO. 14 MERCYHURST COLLEGE JANUARY 8, 1973Fisher HeadsSecurity Dept WQLN-FM MercyhurstBegins \Broadcasting$A. JAMES FISHER *has beennamed director of security at theCollege. His appointment becameeffective January?!. Fisher*- aninstructor inS; the f Mercyhurst

School of Law ^Enforcement -holds a$LLB degree from Van-derbihf Law School. He was asecurity agentlat the GeneralTelephone Co! from Novem ber71 until joining the Hurst facultyin September. Jim previouslywas affiliatediwith the FBI forfive yea rs. | IAs head of security, the 33-yearold Pittsburgh native succeedsJam es Chaffee who has resignedfrom the force. Fisher 's duties atthe school I will Ibe primarilyadministrative. He will establishan adequate and effective recordssystem, give a philosophy anddirection to the force, andestablish a training program tofoster professional attitudes anddisciplined effects on the secu rityunit.ll it f *He will head the school's eight-man security department aidedby Wilbur Sydow as assistant

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b y G a r y D u d e n h o e f e r |Sunday night, after tw o years of

planning, WQLN-FM begaffoperation with a special broadcast at 5:30 p .m, |The j openingceremonies were simulcast overWQLN-FM and Channel 54.|Eachof the sattelite studios thenbroadcast an overview of theirupcoming program ing.WQLN-FM is I a 'j noncommercial station made up of amain studio and transmitter plusthree sattelite:? studios. Thesesattelite studios are run bvMercyhurst, Edinboro State, andthe Opportunities Industrializa-tion i Centeri WQLN-FM is located at 9 1 . 3 MH2 on theFM dial, broadcasting in stereowith an effective radiated powerof 35,000 watt s.As a non-commercial station,

WQLN-FM is programming bothmusical and non-musical shows.Mercyhurst's shows include "Inthe Bookstall"*, "Off? th e

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Miriam Mashank NamedDirector of Student Life

MIRIAM MASHANK, O.S.B.,has assumed the additional dutiesas director of resident life at theschool beginning with the anewyear. She is also the director of

in the halls. She will work todevelop resident hall governments ; es tablish a c loserrelationship with Xresidents staffand students, with resident

she will answer to Bill Kennedywho will continue tof handlediscipline problems i n t h e dorms.Miriam is a Benedictine Sisterand holds a rmasters degree in

Record", and 'Nocturne". "Inthe Bookstall" is a serializedpresentation of important novelsproduced by Ohio State. Thisweeks presentation I" is ?" ASeparate Peace ". \ \The Musical shows, "Off theRecord" and "Nocturne" is anhour I of classical music f appropriate pcfor late eveninglistening. "Off the Record" is asomewhat experimental showwhich attempts to synthesizedifferent elements of rock folk;and jazz. Sunday nights!programing, which runs from 8p.m. to midnight, will alternateon a bi-weekly basis. The firstweek 's show features^The RoyalInstrument", which is a two hourfeature of organ music. ^Noc

turne' and "Off! the Record"complete the^ nights* programming^ On alternate weeks, radiodrama will?replace "The RoyalInstrument." fWQLN-FM Mercyhurst is runby Fran Bangnear, StationManager;! Bob Hoff, MusicDirector and Assistant StationManager; and Gary Dudenhofer,Program Director . The announcing staff presently includesGene Shaw,|Pete Lovett. DennyWoytek, Barbara* Ann HewittsLinda Mazzotta,| Jim Zielinski*Gordon Fressora, Bob Beck, P atNewboldiand Tom BarryJ, Anystudents w ho want to become partof the staff of WQLN-FM shouldcontact Fran Bingnear on thethird floor of O ld Main.< & V & 2 &

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counselors and R.A.'s comingunder her directon; and continueas a personal counselor for bothmenandwom enstudents. Miriamwill also have complete charge ofhousing a r ra ngem en ts^As the directonof resident life.

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PAGE 2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE JANUARY 8, 1973Letters ToThe EditorWalker Reveals Actual Facts:To ,the Editors (Mr. Parks and Mr. Belovarac): ? a l l

I feel that it is necessary to inform the students at Mercyhurst ofwhat actually transpired at the last RUS meeting. Both Mr. Parksand Mr. Belovarac ignored the most important decision that themembers reached: student government will no longer pay anysalary to the student activities director. Let us examine the implications of such an important fact. RUS will only control the activities this person plans by the amount of student monies whichthey allow for his use. From this point onward, any feelings we haveabout the activities director, either as a person or a professional,can only be used as a recommendation to the administration. Mr.Parks and Mr. Belovarac declared that RUS "acted in an unorthodox m anner which calls into question its ability to hire and fireadministrative employees." Yet, both of these writers missed themost important point: the crime does not lie in the fact that we wereunable to handle the situation; it would have been a very graveoffense had the mem bership decided to try to control the po sition bycontinuing to pay an amount of the director's salary. Apparently,the authors are not aware of just how "orthodox" we were. Anyperson of any amount of maturity and professionalism (both ofwhich the writers declared are definitely lacking in RUS) knowsthat if he is unable to handle a situation, he is obligated, by duty tothose for whom he is responsible, to allow a more c apable body tobear the responsibility. This is exactly what RUS did. Knowing tha tthey were unable to separate personality from professional, itoverwhelmingly decided that it is not capable of performing thisfunction any longer; nor was it willing to force this duty on successive groups of students. This was an act of maturity that cannotbe ignored. From that point on, anything decided about the personor the position was only a recommendation and not an ultimatum .Yet, the member s acted in a satisfactory manner when conductingthe business. No one person got out of hand and many representatives asked for more information, refused to accept jheresayevidence, and carefully weighed those opinions that were expressedbefore voting.Let me remind Mr. Parks and Mr. Belovarac, as they both seemto have forgotten: they, too, are members of the student government, yet they did not have any suggestions to offer at the meeting.If they were dissatisfied with the manner in which the meeting w asconducted, why did they neglect to say so? It is not the policy ofRUS to disregar d valid criticisms without careful consideration. Ifa memb er is unhappy at the performance of the body, it is his dutyto make it known then and perhap s something could be done aboutit, rather than to complain afterwards. This, to all those who do notknow, is known as destructive criticism and no organization needsit, from its members especially.

Alexis WalkerBravo! Bravo!Bravo, Bravo on your article "Ju stice or J ust Us".|It is abouttime the process of student government in our school was taken totask. The recommendation that Mr. Herring not be re-hired isunfortunate to say the least. To say the most about this subject andto be more accurate I am prompted to offer these suggestions. One,that student government take its head out of the clouds and comeback down to listening to the hea rtbeat of the Hurst community. Itha s been operating onpetty hearsay and personal standards so longI doubt if R.U.S. could recognize a fact when it was presented tothem. Two, we the students are tired of R.U.S. operating for usinstead of with us in achieving some concrete accomplishments forthe campus. A perfect exam ple is M r. Pettinelli, you were so busycollecting facts, spelled "Dirt," that thecoffeehouse wasclosed andreopened for four days before you were aware of it. Or Mr.Andrews, you are so busy Worrying what'o said in student government that nothing is said at all. What has happened to ourpriorities? Where is the Student Union that was designed over two'^^M^^^M^m^^^^^^^^M^mMM " .

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yea rs ago? D on't you care? Where is the $100,000 from the studentactivity fee going now? Too busy to find out? Why do we still hav ecomprehensives and a thesis? Don't these things count? How aboutdemanding some action on tne lood services ot this school or is iteasier to form a committee and let the problem die? These a re onlya few of some important questions on this campus that need answering. No, it's not all your fault Mr. President, but you are thepresident. If your power and initiative begins and ends with youracting as referee in meetingslthatlwould remind us of GeneralHospital specials, then there is no hope. What is the point? The pointis that if we don't change our priorities soon we won't have any tochange. R.U.S. will become as defunct as the League of Nations.Lets get the CJIGS out of RJU*S.and get R.U.S, clicking, i f >

Against a ba rrag e! of a ttacks, few justified, fmanyi not, | MrHerring has done the following|j| | &1.) Organized S.A.C. and with the help of some en ergetic stud entsmade up an entertainment program that far outweighs anythingdone before he arrived at the 'Hurst. f2.) Found out what was happening on the national college sceneand worked toward involving theJ'Hurst in it. The result, the Coffeehouse Circuit. The entertainment speaks for itself. 5& 13.) Actively generated more interest in bettering our studentunion and providing more services than anyone before him. p jK4.) He has bent over backward s to listen and implemen t any andall suggestions by the student body. For the sake of brevity, I'll sk ipdetails of activitie s.| | |In short, Mr. Herring has met all the requirements laid out farhim by either R.U.S. or Mr. Kennedy. Although still having muchroom for improvement Mr. Herring has done a damm site bet!job than anyone before him. In recognition ou"Bravo Mr. He rring, myself and over 207 stude

andwill fight to keep you on." $theseffacts I sayits | % behind you

Marty Keeney

McAndrew, Pettinelli\andCipriani Reply

This article is in reply to "Justice or Just Us" written by BobParks, editor of the Merciad' and amember of R.U.S., and AlBelovarac, also a member of R.U.S. "Justice or JustiUs'lwasprinted in the December 8,1972 edition of the school new spaper andwas supposed tobe a comment on the R.U.S. meeting heldNovember 30. Instead, it appeared a s a gross mis-interpretation offacts on the behalf of Parks and Belovarac.A pro-Herring petition, which had 200 signatures, was presentedat the meeting. "Justice or Just Us" states that this petition wasignored. This is far from the truth. First, this petition was readaloud by Kathy Mauer and since, it was read in favor of MrfHerringhow could it have been ignored when Mauer was speaking for theretaining of Herring. She obviously must have been trying to sway

some votes by presenting this information. Secondly, this petitionrepresented less than 20 per cen t of thestudent body, and 75 per centof the student government voted against Herring. Sure, P arks andBelovarac could say tha t the students weren't properly canv assed,butwhat are they, mind readers for they would nave had to read theminds of 32 people at that R.U.S. meeting to substantiate the claimthat the representatives did not canvass the students properly.|f Misters Pa rks and Belovarac raised the question as to why RU.S.Vice-President Bob Pettinelli did not present a statement on thematter, since he probably was the most informed person at themeeting. Pettinelli chose not to give a formal report in order toafford the represe ntatives the chance to voice their own findings,thereby eliminating any possibility of biasing j the group. Thewriters of this article firmly believe that ifMr; Pettinelli wouldhave spoken, Mr. Herring's chances of being retained wouldn't havebeen worth the price of the ink used to sign his contract. Now reallyParks and Belovarac, don't you agree that Pettinelli's silence wasjustified? ' % >

* V| We agree that Mr. Herrin g did an adequa te job of fulfilling the

requirements for theS.A.C.director set forth inthe SocialPolicy of R.U.S.I However, |anincoming freshman eouldfnavobeen placed in the^ position olS.A.C. director andf could haveadequately followed the "limpidsocial policy" R.U.S. set downfoiHerring last year.f Obviously,comparing Herring's activities tcwhat the social policy stated wasnot the proper mann er oi handlingfii situation. |Insieadi RUSsdiscussed Herr ing's so-calledprofessionalism, lor lack of .abet ter term, andused thiscr i ter ion to make jtheirKJudgement. Glar ing! fin-efficiencies wore presentediand(this article is not the proper timeand place to present them, buteveryone at the K.U.S'} meetingheard what they were with openears . Gerry Baron. A J. Adamsand Sue Swanson wore not lying.At least the members ot R.U.Sdidn't vote that w ay!! I j M

Let's clear a few more detailsthat were mis-interpreted. R.U.S.is not hiring and firing anyone. Weare only making aTrecommendation. Also Mr. Garvey andIWrf Kennedy do not have a finalsay in retaining ordischargingHerring, Dr. Shane does.*Kennedy, Garvey and ; R.U.S. .*jvllsubmit ^separate recommendations to Dr. Shane(R.U.S.'s has been made againstB.P.H.) and he, and no one else,w ill make the final decision.| |Now that the facts have beenproperly presented} let usquestion the autentieity of Park'sand jBelovarac's s t a t ement s .Where were the myths tha$ap-peared in "Justice or Just Us"derived? It seems that MistersParks and Belovarac have someimagination because they wereboth present at* the ft?U.S.meeting which spurned] theirharsh comments. It also seemsthatjMr. Belovarac constantlybadgers HR.U.S. inthef reviewsthat are written by himself afterevery meeting. Why? If our loyaleditor and his compatriot didn'tlike the way the November 30thR.U.S. meeting was ?conducted,why didn't? they raise anyquestions? Instead, they sat backand wrote crib n otes so they couldmake the government look like abunch of four year olds in pre-Jschool. Quit playing Cecil*]Columnis t , Belovarac; ParksJ!you start printing facts and not|fiction. Youji both aremakingmatters worse. Quit trying to find|loopholes and *start acting asR.U.S. members and authors. Do>]the job right the first time, ordon't do it at all. | | | p | #IJim McAndrewI L Bob PettinelliF Dario Cipriani

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JANUARY 8, 1973 MERCYHURST COLLEGE PAGE 3M e r c y h u r s t(7 ih in a series on thehistory of Mercyhurst)

Starting a college requiresmore than just const ruct ingbuildings; it also finvolvessecuring the necessary chartersof authorization from the proper

G a r y B u k o w s k iauthorities. It is ^interesting tonote that even before ground wasbroken for Old Main, MotherBorgia and Sister Pierre Wilbertcalled o n the State Department ofEducation regarding|a charterfor Mercyhurst. They were informed at the time that the statedid not normally ^grant fullauthorization until the first classhad been gra duated. 4This was a serious handicap forthe young college because itmeant that the students attendingMercyhurst weref doing sowithout any|assurance that theirdegrees might be formallyrecognized. The Sisters were

determined to obtain a charte r a ssoonas possible for Mercyhurst.In the summer of 1928, theyimproved the school facilities byfinishing the thirdk floor of OldMainfby adding newf dormitory

rooms, plus a social room and ar tstudio. Then they petitioned thestate again for a charter beforetheir first studentsfgraduated in1 9 2 9 . IThe State Department ofEducation finally replied byrequest ing that Mercyhurstrepresen t a t i ves J appear inHarr i sburg to present theCollege's* Cha rter petition onOctober 5, 1928. So {MotherBorgia, Sister Pierre Wilbert,Reverend William L . Sullivan andMichael J. Relihan set out for theten - twelve hour drive toHarrisburg on October 4. On the5th of October, the. four Mercyhurst representatives arrived atth e Pennsylvania Educat ionalBuilding at 10:00 a.m.. Theirmeeting was with the StateCouncil which had 15 memberschosen from various colleges inthe Keystone State. In front ofeach council member was a copyof the 5 second Me rcy hur stCatalogue.Mother Borgia opened theMercyhurst presentat ion bystating the College policies, therecent improvements, ( and thefuture plans of the institution. Theother three Mercyhurstrepresentatives also spoke and allwere questioned by the councilmembers. The final consensuswasf t ha t Mercyhurs t ha dprogressed so well that they

b y G a r y B u k o w s k i V,should be granted their chartereven before their first graduatingclass. It was a great moment forMercyhurst*and Mother Borgiaquickly relayed the message toErie by wire, and the triumphantfour left from H arrisburg aroundthree o'clock. They arrived inErie around three o'clock in themorning and as they entered theMercyhurst driveway, all thelights in the school were turnedon. When Mother^Borgia and hergroup emerged ffrom the car,they were met with wild applausefrom the students* and ^faculty.Despite the lateness of the hour, asmall party \ was immediatelyheld as the College celebrated its"official birth". M

Later on in th e week on October10 , 1928, |the Mercyhurst community celebrated the historicoccasion by planting a CharterOak (which died in the firstwinter), and by annually holdinga Charter Day. The first CharterDay was held in 1935 on October10 , which was Mother Borgia'sFeas t Day. Thefpurpose ofCharter Day was to remindstudents for years to come of theday's importance to them and tothe school. Each ye ar a programwas presented which recalled thefounding of the college, the obtaining of the Charter, and theplanting of the Charter Oak.Mother Borgia's Feast Day wasalso celebrated on Charter Dayeven though it was five days laterthan the original Charter d ate.On Wednesday, June 4, 1929,less than six months after the

a g eCharter was received, Mercyhurst graduated its first SeniorClass of twelve students.Included in that historic classwere Eleanor Frances Krah,Marga ret Mary Reese, Mary AnnRobaskiewicz, 5 Mary EllenWilbert, Sister Mary ClaudiaRich, Sister Mary ElizabethBehr, Sister |Mary Eust aceTaylor, Sister Mary IneldaBrown, Sister Mary Jane F rancisRaffetto, Sister Mary JeromeAllen, Sister Mary SuzanneEimer, J Sister $Mary VictorineMonahan. IThe pioneer faculty of Mercyhurst was a hand-picked one.Years before the College wasbuilt, Mother Borgia made surethat the future faculty receivedthe best graduate t raining.Younger Sisters with intellectualpromise were sent off to suchschools as Notre Dame, CatholicUniversity, Michigan, and theUniversity of Pittsburgh.?

The first faculty consisted of 18teachers and two administrators.Two of the first faculty are stillactively in service at Mercyhurst Sister Angelica of the ArtDepartment and Sister MaryJane Frances, who first wasassigned to the Music Department and now works in theLibrary. The other faculty andadmini s t ra to rs were : % SisterPierre |Wilbert, (Biology andSociology); Sister | Fide l isO'Connor, (Chemistry andPhysics); Michael J. Relihan,(Education); Sister fPhilippaKinnan, (English); Sister Mercedes Prendergast, (Romance

Languages); Sister MarySuzanne Eimer, (German);Sister Mary Anna Clark,(History); Sister Colette Brown,(Home Economics); TRuthWhalen,? (Home Economics);Sister Agatha Hogan, (Latin andGreek); Sister Liguori Robinson,(L ibr ary ! Science); SisterC l o t i l d a S u l l i v a n ,(Mathemat i c s ) ; S i s t e rEvangelista Forsythe, (Music);Reverend William L. Sullivan,(Philosophy an d Rel igion);Sister *Mary f John Brown,(Music); Sister Claudia Rich,(Music). And the two "administrators were Mother M.Borgia Eg an, who acted as Deanand Sister Mary Alice Weber,who was the Registrar. mTable I summarizes the facultydata for Mercyhursts firstdecade of existence. The figuresshow that theffaculty increasedby almost 33 per cent in the firstten years,* but that the sala riesand educat ional preparat ionchanged very lit t le, f Th eDepression years and the factthat the faculty were almost allreligious who returned their payto the school probably ac count forthe small growth in salar y.* TABLE I !Mercyhurst FacultyI 1926-1936 t

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b y C a t h y S t e v e n s o nEugene (Gnats) Egan, aSophomore Law Enforcementmajor, is the first male Mercyhurst cheerleader. 1j Attired in white or blue pants, awhite sweater with a green letter("donated\ by! Coach Fox) andwhite sneakers, Egan makes upthe ** voice part of cheerleading".f Tm out there to get peoplepsy ched *', Ega n sa i d*At the beginning of the year,Egan got eight Mercyhurst malestogether to respond to the plea lormale cheerleaders, but|*'At thelast minute they all backed out".1 Before the first game, Eganreceived a lot of hassles from theMercyhurst populace but "'I'venever had a bad comment afterthe first game", Egan said."From what'I get they|(Mercyhurst) thought iU was reallygood." |"To be a cheerleader you haveto be crazyj*' stated Egan, "Itshard t o g o i n front of a crowd,"Although Egan is with thecheerleaders, he does not go onthe floor with them. Egan statedthat* his purpose is merely toarouse the crowd. iUnlike the girl cheerleaders,

Egan can move into the crowd bygoing into the stands. "It's apsychological move to arouse thecrowd," Egan said. | |Egan mentioned that he wouldlike al l people w h o like to cheer tosit together. "If you're (Mercyhurst basketball team) runningbehind and one whole section

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The cheerleading squad helpsEgan by giving him hints on whatto say. N o foul word s, pinpointingof one player or remarks to thereferee a re permitted.,;In the future, Egan hopes toincorporate skits in his side-lineactivities andcwould appreciate

suggestions from any interestedparty. J S&SDue to his new extra-curricularinterest "Gnats"? Egan hasacquired a new?, nickname. . ."Rah-Rah" Egan thisi doesn'tbother Egan for it shows peopleare taking him seriously, andisn't that what it's all about?ACTIVITY SCHEDUl-. . . " ' v . . . . . _ -

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Merciad NewsStaff Meeting.4:00 p.m. * ZurnRoom 114.Close -of Registration for pooland ping-pongTournament.

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SONGFORCARLIN]b y H a n e y I f I |. (Sung to the melody of "America the Beautiful") |If you can ascertain~the extent to whichVI satirize here bydiscerning the meaning of certain words, by perceiving words intheir biased relationships with other words and by logically com-%paring on e certain word with another word in the original "A mericathe Beautiful", y ou're about a ll the way home baby ! Don't forget tolook at the title.

O' ecological for effrontery MercyhurstFor green stemed and seeded waves of grass iFor purple haze's majesty .Above the degen erating plain. &O' Mercyhurst, O' MercyhurstGarvey shed her wisdom on thee * | ?A nd crown they athleticism and institutionalism with StoicismFrom wall to graffittied wall.STUDENTS NEEDEDLRC Advisory Com mittee

b y D a v e H o r v a t hM r s . Cooper, the ActingDirector of the Library? is announcing the formation of aStudent Advisory {Committee tothe Learning ^Resourcej Center.Due to the response of students inthe LRC Suggestion Box, theCommittee will work fin ^con-Junction with" Mrs. Cooper torectify certain 'problem s, improve present conditions, andimplement student suggestions.?The first action of the Com

mit tee .will $ be i to makerecommendations ;for* selectionsto improve the present record

collection. Many students havecommented through th esuggestion b o x o n t h e lack of goodrecordings in our presentcollection. Future potential of theCommit tee is grea t $and| itpresents an excellent opportunityfor student involvement in LRCpolicy. i |A meeting for all students interested in serving on thisCommittee Will be held onTuesday January 16, 1973 at 4:00in th e Staff Lounge in the L R C . Allare invited. Refreshments will beserved. < .->

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PAGE 4 AAERCYHURST COLLEGE JANUARYS,H973Boast 6-2 Record

Lakers Noi^Up To Parby Dario Cipriani Sports Editor J

Girls B'BallfOpens

The Laker basketball teamentered the new year with muchto be desired from such a talentladen ball club. .After five consecutive victories over Edinboro,Lock Haven, Ohio Northern, WestLiberty and Fredonia the Lakersuffered a setback to Point Park,were destroyed by Clarion Statebefore closing with ?a victoryhapless Behrend.Thus far,f Steve Albert is theteams leading scorer averaging14.0 points per game. |He isfollowed by J.C. Carter who isaveraging 13.4. Jesse Campbell

has hauled down the ^mostrebounds ^averaging 11.8 pergame. I I 4Even in victory, the Lakers,have yet to display their talent.The Clarion shellacking was oneof the worst defeats any Mer-cyhurst team has suffered in thethree year history of the athleticdepartm ents and Clarion is theteam to beat for the District 18title! It seems to be quite a chorefor them to put points on theboard. Probablyithe only brightspot so far this season has beenthe team I defense > which j theLakers have displayed most ofthe time.If the Lakers are ever going tojell this season, the BrockportHoliday Classic would be theideal time. Here they will faceextremely $ powerful BrockportState in the first round. Brockportnot only boas ts the n ations leadingNCAA small college scorer (RonGilliam-35.8); but also, are ratedthe No. 1 small college team inthe country" according to theDunkell Basketball Ratings. They

will probably be ft he finestbasketball team Mercyhurst hasfaced in their iv2 years of competition.!* The other team s in thetournament are highly ratedMaryland-East Shore (5-0) andWestern New England (6-5)As mentioned before, theLakers seem to be having aproblem putting the ball throughthe hoop. This fact is verifiedwhen we look at last years teamshooting percentage, 48 per centand compare it to this years 38per cent thus far. If the Lakersare to be successful for theremainder of the? year, fmorepoints must be scored. No matternow much defense a team plays,the name it of the game is whoscores the most points. Let's hopethe I Laker sharpshooters I findtheir range soon. L flBgra

Last year, the MercyhurstLakerettes basketball | teamturned in a 7/fand 6 season opposing such teams as theAllegheny Gators, the EdinboroScots, the Thiel Cougars andothers including Villa MariaCollege. We; are interested inseeing the team come up on top1 but wcj can'tl do itwell-rounded squad.this j yearwithout, a

Anyone interested in playing girlsbasketball on an intercollegiatebasis should see MK; Bingnear;The program can't get off Its feetwithout a lot of support 1 rom bothmembers! and % the sch|ol com-munity. Best 01 luck to the coach,Mr. Fran Bingnear and the learnmem bers I for | a * successful*"winning" season. * i

AUDITIONSiSET111 IButterflies! Are! Free

..Mercyhurst is the first collegein the U.S. to be given productionrights to the comedy, Butterfliesare Free. IAuditions fori Butterflies la re Free by | LeonardGershe will be held in the Meit*cyhurst Little Theatre bydirector Paul C. Iddings January

11th atj 7:30. Interested areacollege students and residentsshould contacts Mr. Iddings inadvance of the audition^time Joreceive specific instructions forthe audition. F%for ma nee datesare M arch 1st, 2nd and 3rd at 8:15and March 4th at 2:15.r

SENIORSIntramural Basketball FSEE TES T

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Four Rats on a Rainy N iteFoxesGuess WhatKnicks V',The Losers .Original Over The Hil l GangTulsa County CougarsVet Set |&League B

The Fami l y ?Kinnane's Cadets5Nosmo King 's * %Over the Hill Gang (B)Speed BoysT- Bailers

Schedule

Organizat ional m e e t i n gTuesday/ January 9 at 7:30 p.m.in the Gym to d i scuss ru les andprogram in genera l . Each teamshould have a t least one memberpresent .