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i \ f*Richard Fox will return ashead coach of the MercyhurstLakers basketball team thisfail.Pox will replace head coachDavid Markey, who wasreleased by* the school lastweek fdue to budgetaryreasons,-*?:,; following thecompletion of a 13-8 seasonsFox was the original coachof the Lakers, 1 havingpresided over the team from

its beginnings in 1971 untilmid-season last year. At thattime, Fox resigned as headcoach to assum e the full tim eposti ofi athletic director atMercyhurst. t fAs coach of the L akers, Fox

compiled a 59-31 record, a .656winning percentage . His 1972-73 team gained a berth in theNAIA District 18 ' playoffs,only: to lose in the finals tonational semi-finalist Slippery Rock S tate, in a gamewhich was decided in overtime. Jajfe, 9 |'Fox's fir st squad in 1971-72posted a 16-9 mark andnarrowly missed making theplayoffs. 4^Markey joined the Mercyhurst athletic staff in July,1974, serving first as assistantathletic director and assis tantbasketball coach.* When Foxresigned, Markey assumedthe leadership of the team.

Before this appointment atMercyhurst, markey badbeen head coachi atj GannonCollege. Hehad served in thatposition for four years. - 4*JIn his five and a half yearsas head coach at Gannon, thenMercyhurst, Coachi Markeycompiled a 80*55 record, for awinning percentage of .593.During his time at Gannon,Markey led the Knights totheir firstf NCAA basketballplayoff in over a decade. Hisoverall record at the collegewas 62-41. z3>In announcing CoachDr.

difficult decision as both menare excellent coaches and ar ewell-liked*** and ; highlyrespected on the Mercyhurstcampus and by the'Mercyhurst comiffunity. *f"However," * continuedShane, "since we are able tokeep only pne of these men,Mr. Fox was chosen for hisoverall contributions to ourathletic program in these pastfive yearsr| Shane, added thatl Mercyhurs t will do everything it can

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The Blueprint ^Committee,set up to form alshort rangeplan to guide curriculum atMercyhurst for the next threeto five years, held a meetingWednesday to repo rt on theirprogress to date, & % EPresident^ Marion L. ShanereviewedTus ^outline for theBlueprint Committee|when itwasfirstse t up. { ^ . |Th e ^ committee alsodiscussed trends in highereducation jg environmentalconstraints and philosophicalconsiderations being considered in * developing theblueprint.The commtttee also |ex-plained) the'^ kinds of information it will be seeking a tthe variouspcolleges th ecomm tttee members,* listedbelow, will be visiting duringMarch. p if flfSr. M. Phyllis Aeillo,R.S.M.I director of Housing,and Nj Louis Necci, directorof Operations will be visitingButler Community College.| Barat College and theUniversity Without Walls willbe visited by Sr. MauraSmith, R.S.M. professor ofenvironmental stud ies., ;|Ludlow L. Brown, assistantprofessor ofi philosophy, willbe visiting HampshireCollege and Our Lady of'theLake College, San Antonio,Texas. | |m

$Barbara Weigert, associateprofessor off education andRay Forster, senior at the'Husfy are going to |A1vernoCollege. *' * |I Antioch, College will bevisited by Judith Bradley,assistanhdirector of the LRCand reference ^librarian, andPat Mullaugh, vice-presidentof RUS. \^Paul M. Jurkowitz,assistant professor * oftheology, and David Blanch-field, lecturer in theology willbe "going r to ^OttawaCollege. 4 ftNew . College| and EchardCollege in Florida [will bevisited byJjR Edward f J^Gallagher Jr. , assistantprofessor of education.Brad Loster and Detmar W.Straub, ass istant professor ofEnglish will go to Kent StateUniversity. f \Edward M.| Lignowski,associate professor ofbiology, will represent thecommittee jin .Washington,D.C.,atjthe meeting* of theAdmissions Councilers. 1The committee memberswill be I evaluating theeducational \ methods andtrends in education in use atthe various colleges andreturn to * the BlueprintCommittees with recommendations land suggestionsfor Mercyhurst. t

announcingMarkey's replacement,Maribn Shane,? president ofthe college, stated that themove had been made forB budgetary reasons. "With theincreasing financial pressures* facing private* liberal * arts:colleges such asfMercyhurst,we could no longer justifyhaving both a full timebasketball coach and a fulltime athletic director".?* "Once we faced this feet,"said Shane, "the question thenboiled down jto whether the

head coach would be Mr. Foxor M(r. Markey. It was a very H B. RONKSLEYRichard Fo x f Campus Center

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P r e s e n t e dplans for theCenter werethe collegeMonday, at a

:*wwwI t \ Srh i i i 4 S. RONKSLEYThe month of March in Erie -cannot* usually *be de scribed a sbeautiful or inspiring, but e very s o often a day comes along whenMarch brings o u t a special kind of beauty. Merciad staffphotographer Bob I Ronksley had a {photographic field day onTuesday when a n overnight ice storm left M ercyhurst looking l ike am agic k ingd om . . j . < I i I 1 | i 4 t I I i 4 i M^^^^ l^^^n^W^/WWl^V /Wfy&'lfibHY

; Final designnew Campuspresented ftocommunity onspecial presentation in thefaculty lounge, Preston Hall. IIn the first section of thetwo-part presenta t ion,Pratherf traced thedevelopment of the CampusCenter from the&CampusCenter Task Force of 1971 tothe present constructionstageJ which will be completed on Jan . 1,1977.^Following fPrather'spresentation, Herman Weber,of the architectural firm ofWeber I ^and |j$ Murphy,presented the architecturalplans and floor plan of the newcenter, | I*Weber's plans stressed themulti-purpose ^nature of theCampus Center,|showing.thevarious; activities that couldbe accommodated ?by the'Center. !The reactions of those whowere to attendance at thepresentation!were varied.Several persons voiced theconcern that the acoustics forthe new center would not beadequate for some of theperformances which aresupposed to take place in theCenter,They noted that a* specialpartition would be required tomake the f| buildingacoustically sound f and expressed the concern that thispartition might! be excludedas part of cost-cutting efforts.Prattler* stated that thespecial partition is still included, in the plans for thebuilding. | i , _.He noted thatJf it should be

necessary to postpone thepurchase of the partition, thespecial track for such apartition'would still be builtinto the building "**Prattler further noted thatthe purchase of the partitionwould then be given a veryhigh priority, so? that jthebuilding would have it a s soonas possible. >'/ Others asked whether ornot the Campus Center wouldbe truly "mult i -pwpose".One student who had attendedthe presentation noted that"the building can only bemulti-purpose if the college iswilling*to buy all the extraequipment needed for thevarious activities". I rDespite this and otherconcerns, Prather believesthat those persons who chadattended the i presentationhave come away: realizingthat the! Campus Centerwould be much more than a

B. RONKSLEY^Robert Prather, vice presidentfor Deve lopm ent^

to assist Markey in obtaininganother head J coachingSsition. "Whatever colleger. Markey becomes affiliated w ith will be getting afirst-class person and a first-class coach," said Dr. Shane.The - Mercyhurst presidentalso announced that instead ofan athletic director next year,th e; college will appoint afaculty t coordinator forathletics to teach part?timeand manage the Lakerssports'programs. * v?' f

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S e s s i o nbasketball court; jfrPrather jjdid state that liewas disappointed by the poorattendance at' the threesessions of the presentation."We scheduled f thesesessions so that the collegecommunity could come andsee the plans for the CampusCenter fir st handrl am sorrythat more people did not takeadvantage \ of the opportunity."

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Four Mercyhurst Collegep r o f e s s o r s , MichaelMcQuillen, Sr. Maura Smith,Barry McAndrew and MarvinCa mourn are leaving forChicago March 7 to attend the31st National! Conference onHigher Education at theConrad Hiltoa 1 ~The conference will centeraround equality^and excellence in postsecondaryeducation and the creativetensions that exist betweenthem, t IThe four day seminar willconsist of one and two hourdiscussion groups dealingwith various topics'of highereducation. Speakers fromvarious parts of the countrywill Jecture on their idealsfollowed by a question andanswer period.

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Pictured above and toth e left a r e some of t h e a r tworks of faculty memberswhich are now on displayon the firstfloorL R C untilMarchlSlThe faculty ar texhibit started February1 2 . It is l opened to allmembers of the\ Mercy-hurst Community a n d itsfriends.N.WILLIS 31

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The Mercyhurst CollegeAlumni Association, under thedirection of Sister CarolynHerrman n, |is planning a nAlumni College Workshop tobe held July 23 throughAugust 1, 1976 here vat thecollege. |Available to the alumniduring;this workshop will beroom and board on campus,mini-courses, with a programin Creative Arte and a sampleof Mercyhurst's^ bicentennialentertainment. MAs Director! of Development, Sister Carolyn feels th eten-day workshop will bebeneficial \ for three mainreason s. | Fir st, it willreacquaint the alumnimembers with the college;

second, it will encouragealumni involvement in theadmissions program and last,it will hopefully initiatealumni aid 'for futuregraduates in jo b placement. Assisting | the Jg | A.A.throughout this program willbe James Lanahan, Directorof Admissions andr GaryBukowski, "j Director ;^ofPlacement. >l fi' |Some of the past activitiesof the A.A.thave includeddepartmental reunions aswell as class reunions andAlumni Weekends. Thecollege provides fits alumnimembers with a quarterlynewsletter andas of this yearwill publish t h e first completeAlumni Directory. * f

MERCYHURSTLITERARYMAGAZINE

Literary artists, photographers, artists,students, faculty ami administrators:The Mercyhurst Literary Magazine Staffis seeking material to be published in thisye ar 's edition of t h e magazine. % fSubmit all manuscripts (poems, plays,short stories), photographs o r prints t o : tthe main desk of theLRC.t h e Information desk inOld Main. |Box 92 1 Preston Hall Post Office.(B e sure to include your name and phonemmber or add ress, office or room number)Deadline for submitting material isMarch 1 2 .

The artist of the future ishere today . >. . -thephotographer.. Photographyas an art form is as acceptedtoday as the traditional artistof yesteryear w a s . If you arehandyfwith'a camera youmay want to expose yourtalents / and see whatdevelops. It might b e a careeras a photographer: ; ^ ^ *

The student who hopes r tobecome a photographershould ir possess manualdexterity, and some artisticability. H e should have an eyefor form and line, and anappreciation iof light andshadow. He must be able touse imaginative and creativeapproaches to photographs,especially in /commercialwork. j. " | .f & 4Photography is a fieldwhich almost everyone with acamera' may explore. $ Sincephotography is such I adiversified field, there is no"usual" way in which to getahead. The person w ho beginsby working for someone elsemay advance to owning hisown business. : The com?;mercial photographer maygain in prestige a s m ore of hispictures are placed in well-known tra de journals* orpopular magazines. The pre ssphotographer may adva nce insalary and in the kinds ofimportant .news stories towhich he is assigned. A few

With a ; "smorgasbord ofactivity" being planned,Sister Carolyn encourages th ealumni members to bring thefamily, so all can share in aninteresting vacation.^Ap p ro x imate ly 3,000alumni members will benotified by mail of the upcoming workshop.

B. RONKSLEYSis te r Ca ro l yn Herrm ann ,Director of Alumni Association

NoticeNotice to all EC's.Don* t f waste < yourprecious time by merelyrelaxing over; semesterbreak. Work on your ECremoval, .aIndividualized take-home materials areavailable at the clinic.The English Clinic308 Main T I

W i t hphotographers1 have {becomecelebrities in tbeir own rightSome haver made singularcontributions to medicalscience, engineering science,to natural or physical science.The pay for[entry jobs inphotography depends on}thelocation of the Job and I thenature of j th e -work*;Photographers who combinescientific training and cam eraskill, I as do scientificphotographers/-will usuallystart at higher salaries thand o other photographers. Theyalso usually receive consistently larger advances insalary than d o others, so thattheir income both las beginners and a si experiencedphotographers will placethem well above the averagein this field. Photographers insalaried jobs! usually receivebenefits such f as paidholidays, vacations, and sickleave. fF o r m a l j e d u c a t i o n a lrequirements! j depend uponth e nature of thephotographers specialty. Forinstance, photographic workin scientific /and engineeringresearch gerierally requiresan engineering backgroundwith a defgpreeFSfrom arecognized ^college or institute. Although a collegeeducation is not required tobecome a photographer:}several colleges, and

universities offer degrees inthe field, and college trainingprobably offers the mostpromising assurance ofsuccess taj photography.especially in x the fields ofindustrial, new s, or scientificphotography.The word "photograph"means* literally, "to writewith light".Although the artof photography i goes backslightly more than 10 0 years,the two Greek words whichwere chosen and combined torefer to this skill quite accurately describe what itdoes. T h e photographer, then,is an artist ,who paints;hispicture w ith light.Since photography is bothan artistic and {a technicaloccupation, ? many stillp h o to g rap h er s p ro d u cepictures which n o t only reveala proficient skill but whichare so beautifully composedthat they are real works offine arts. :' | iWhat about the future?Hundreds of talented andwell-trained people will, beneeded each yea r through themid-1980s. The "best opportunities ar e expected to bein technical work (such asindustr ial photography,scientific photography) andphotojournalism. O n the otherhand, competition for jobs asportrait andi commercialphotographers is expected tob e intense. & > lj& I

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iU hvrat C i i l *9 * Utile ThtfMatch fl56 8pmteMnmtkMs 8640681v 1 cttt.271i l l " z4SpoomRiver Anthology will be presented by the TheatreArts Department o n March 4,5, and 6 at 8 p . m . in the LittleThea tre. This fascinating collection of poems is a piece ofAmerican literature that is as valid today as when it waswritten in 1 9 1 4 . Basic human nature never really changes,and Edgar Lee Masters explores all facets of our uniquebeing through his charac ters. Ea ch of these cha racte rs tellthe story of their lives in the small town of Spoon Riv er.Under the direction of Dr. Gary Smith, this will.befatotally innovative productioa Dance and music have beenadded to enhance this production which will be performed

"in the round." Be sure to make your reservations soon,there will be limited seating av ailable. Call ext. 27 1 or stopby D r . Sm ith's office 203 in Preston! J

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S a n t i c o l a G i t e s O u t l o o k for F u t u r e T e a c h e r sThe j event 5began with

K t f i i r c ! u G l l l l a 8 h e r P i 8 e dbehind the bar passing outwine. *Meanwhile, two studentswere walking around theroom offering people cheeseand crackers.In the center of the facultylounge, students were sittingin a semi-circle joking andlaughing with one another.Given the preceding information,; have you nowguessed what the event w as?It was the Pennsylvania StateE duca t i on Assoc i a t i onmeeting jvhich. was heldWednesday, F ebruary 25.Twei&y-five students attended the meeting includingtwo faculty members .Faculty members joining inthe meeting w ere J a m esInfantino and EdwardGallagher.Starting at 7:30 p.m ., MarkRuttenburg, president ofPSEA, introduced the guestspeaker for the night, F rancisSanticola.S a n t i c o l a , r e g i o n a lrepresentative of PSEA,began his speech by cov erir^his actions concerning theassociation since February16,Som e of the topics covered Jby the regional represents tive were 12 inter-racial.

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F o o d W e e k P l a n n e di by Rosemary Bused and Debbie Mattes a A J feNATIONAL NUTRITIONEDUCATION WEEK rAre you fed up? Starvingfor new experiences? Why notjoin in on fc he Bicentenialceleb ration ; of NationalEducation week, March 7-13,sponsored' by the foods andNutrition ^Department* ofHome Economics. fiThe purpose of the' weeklong celebration is to increasethe awareness of ('the role ofproper nutrition in ! main

taining good health.i - jgp x.Plans ^ include thedistribution, of | | postersthroughoutr the? schooldepicting the national them e:"Improving Nutrition for theNation 1776-X976". t \ I WSeveral s tudents wi l lpresent programs on goodeating habits and to the preschoo lers of I the \ ChildDevelopm ent Laboratory.At noon on Tuesday March9, all members of the Mercyhurst community are .iinvitedto the soup kitchen in theCampus Ministry \ office.Students from the foods andnutrition department will be

available to se rve soup and toanswer questions one might4have -concerning * goodnutrition. On that same day at1:00 p.m. on Channel 35, Bis.Linda Schmidt, Director ofthfe Foods i and* Nu tritionDepartment, will speak on the* national theme of Nutrition'Education Week.r Jt |1 Remem ber, espe cia l lyI during times of stress such asfinal exam week, a balanceddiet will* provide the extraI energy ana nutrients one willI need to maintain good health. |I Voting 'H RegistrationS H M F o r T h e R I Primaries.

Anyone j18 f or overbefore May may registerat the court house from 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Specialregistration at theMillcreek Mall will beannounced.E I J *

SCULPTURE DEDICATIONOn March 12, 1976, at 1:30 p.m., a large wooden sculpture will be formally dedicated in the Garvey Park Area,between Baldwin and Zurn Halls on Mercyhurst Campus.This project was undertaken in commemoration ofMercyhurst College's 50th anniversary. \ yThe sculpture was created by * the Sculpture I class ofthe creative arts division, under the direction of Mrs.Susan K emenyffy. Students making it w ere: Dan S happer,John M artin, D.J. Kodk* Jim Riley, Nancy Roos, EllenFreitag, Kim Abbott, Carolyn Quinter, Lamont Prince andTon! Caltedge. | -Refreshments will be served afterwards. Everyone isinvited. In case of inclement weather, dedication will stillproceed outside, however, all are invited to partake ofrefreshments in Zurn Hall art corridor.

brDarimKtftthe teacher has droppe drk years/ ' |Santicola attributed.'thisfact to the rise of strikes andsalary disputes in the country.Turing at the aspect of

minorities and women, hecommented, "If a womanwalked in hererightnow, shewouldn't get the respect that Iwould.99. Stating thatf the disciplinecode in Erie is the best in thecountry, he then began talkingabout the political aspect ofteaching. \U After Idling of his actionssince February 16, Santicolathen began talking about thesix concerns of the educationmajor. Among the concernsw e r e ^ r e c o d i f i c a t i o n ,retirement, job availability,salaries and sick leave . **Rounding out the meeting,questions we re asked* andmo re chee se and /crackerswere passed around as EdGallagher positioned himselfat the bar once again. ^ I f *

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*A\ \n Sunday, Februarythe Friends of the MouhedinBallet Company held a p lantsale in Weber Hall from 12 to 3Through the efforts of JayKirk, president of the studentorganization, the day's act ivi t ies netted over onehundred dollars. Jay is to becongratulated | for his timeand effort since he heads theFriends in between classesand rehearsal. LindaRomanelli , vice president,Stephanie Bidden, DonnaBietta, and Becky Malinowskialso worked at the sale. |A rehearsalfforthe Gala deDances 29th performance w asrun during the hours of thesale to g ive Mercyhurst andErie an opportunity to see thecompany in j action, f Therewere so many people presentwatching the action that.Ifound myself standing on a

chair straining \ to\ se e * theactivity on the f loor. 4 lSeveral other ballet schoolscame to observe and exchange ideasv with membersof the company. NicholasPetob, director of the Pitts-neg ie - ^Mellon, * SetonHe ~ congratulated 1 ^ thedepartment on the! vast im-

bf te n Wdterprovement over such a shortperiod of tim e, pLooking around at the facesof those at the rehearsal, Icould tell t h e y * w e r efascinated and | pleased andexpressed their pleasurethrough applause. jjThe tremendous .success ofthe plant {sale gives the

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some fundsA events forof the company.Jay and the o fficers inv ite youto share any ideas for furtherevents. Anyone is invited tojoin the Friends. Those interested should contact anyofficer * for ** further | in-formation. Wm m mI RECRUITERS O N CA M PU S:March 10Kaufmann's. All Majors Welcome, j Shouldhave interest and experience in retail ing.March 25Mentor Public Schools. Various Majors ac-Icepted - see list in Placemen t Off ice 204-Main.March 29Anne *i Arundel County Public [IHjAnnapolis, Maryland. Special Education -{Science), Math (secondary).March * 30-Berea (School District,} Berea, Ohio, j AllEducation Majors. ! I ? jMarch 31Consumer Value S tores. All Majors Welcome. IApril aG.C. Murphy Co. > Business Admin., Marketing,j Liberal Arts of Secondary Education. \April 23-Shaler Area ( S chool | District. All EducationfMajors. WB J l | | | I S MApril 27Xerox Corpora tioa Bu siness M ajors or S ales? Experience. I M W f t \ i |M ay 4Boy Scouts of America! (Administration), j AllI Majors Welcome. f/ J m (jSp iI To signup, seeMrs. Hawes at thePlacement Office, 204-I Main m& tea lSlI

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4*^vastH L R . J S LThe Mercyhurst LakerClub is selling chances on$1,000 J Ticket prices are$10.00 and this; includesadm ission to a "social" onthe night of the drawing.In addition'to the mamprize, each 25th; ticketdrawn wiU be awarded a$10.00 prize. The night ofthe drawing is April 30,1976 in the faculty loungeat 8 p.m. | " * % fTickets may be purchased in Mr. JimM c A n d r e w ' s . -office(Business Office). - f *

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etary Reasons ,?To The Editor: *After learning about the firing of Dave Markey andreading Frank DeSantis's column in S unday's Times-News, I can't help feeling sympathy for Mercyhurstfreshmaa Dave Markey was fired for "budgetary"reasons. Well, this is a remarkable reason, considering that just about everything that happensaround the college can find its origins in the budget.So, I suppose, this is a valid reason, although I feel itis an , inadequate explanation Ho fire an excellentcoach. V f iI've been at this college four yea rs now and havehad the opportunity to experience some problemsthat could also be termed ^'budgetary".; Lookingback as a member of the Mercyhurst crew team, Ican remember spending my own money on awaytrips to avoid starva tion; sleeping on the topfloorof aNotre Dame dorm, in a one room suite, right abovean operating elevator shaft, crammed in with 20other oars people; and losing two betting shifts whichI myself paid for as a result of two potentially winning races which .were lost due to faulty standard

Valby's P e r f o r m a n c eTo the Editor: f -The Coffee House Entertainment on the day of Feb.24, 1976 was something the 'Hurst community willprobably never see again. iThe performance by John Valby was la weirdcombination of fantastic singing, excellent pianoplaying, and perverted wise cracks . |Valby had a.unique way about him. He had totalcontrol of his audience by playing, singing or justsaying what the audience wanted to h ear.valby did a lot of his own material and had complete authority over his fingers as they hit thekeyboard. i ;His s songs consisted of original renditions ofotherwise popular songs.. The only difference was that in Valby's version thesongs had catchy remarks for the audience to pickup. And the audience always seem ed to. iValby, as said before, is a very unique performerwhose talent is either likeable or hateable. Therereally is no happy medium from the comments thathave been coming into the Student Activity Committees Office (S. A.C.) in the Union. JIf you missed Valby, you missed something thatwill be very hard for you to forget but if you saw himyou might want to forget it. Only you can. make upyour mind to that. " . [|m TerriPiumara . T

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equipment. I could go on, and I'm sure many otherMercyhurst athletes, especially women, could alsorelate their frustrating experiences. The list wouldbelong. fFurthermore, for the students, the Mercyhurstindoor tennis courts are available about one per centof all the available time, contn ry to what the administration seems to believe. The dungeon'' is onlyavailable occasionally, only t'.fter St. Lukecheerleaders and everybody else is through with itsuse. I guess we students should thank the administration for not making any deals with thebenefactors, for the use of the "dungeon*' duringprime hours. I * *I might be partial to crew, but we manage to get bywith what little we receive. Most of Mercyhurst^teams manage to get by. The exception of course isbasketball. They go by and beyond. As for thestudents, except those who participate in the intramural program, they get a lot of hassles. | k.So, Dave Markey was fired for * budgetarjy"reasons. But for which budget? It surely wasn't thebasketball budget. That surely didn't decrease.Maybe he was fired because no more money couldbeextracted from the other team 's budgets. Or maybethe basketball program needs more money to replacethe vacancies of four graduating seniors. *Regardless of the reason, its still true that whilemost of the athletes were barely, managing, ex DeanGarvey stated that "the school"was spending m oremoney on this year 's basketball program than in thepast.'1 Also, I would like toask whose money and howmuch is involved? Finally, how much longer will it bebefore athletic budgets are distributed fairly amongall athletes and students? To the administration thesequestions seem irrelevant and impossible to answer.But only when these questions are answered can theylegitimately say a coach was fired for 'budgetary''reasons. , >* T * * | | IH Bob Curtis % I*ifUnfair T o W o m e n

To The Editor: jl ? ? * yIt seems that here at Mercyhurst the only athleticteams that seem to matter are those for the malestudents. | j *

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S u m m e r P A C E P r o g r a m W e l c o m e s I n c o m i n g F r e s h m e nT he PACE program will beoffered again this summer.The program is designed forincoming freshmen but isavailable to all Mercyhurststudents. [J M i-Miriam Mashank, Directorof the Act 101 PACE program,alone with her staff, willconduct thef? orientation.M embers of the staff are Dr.Jean Lavin, Tyrone Moore,Len Cyterski , land KarenGilmore. I f $Funds for PACE wereacquired from the Pennsylvania Higher Education col leg e exp erience, t heequal J Opportunity Act 101 students live in the dorm, eat

personal relationship withstudents and staff, tutoring,study .skills lab. careerdevelopment sess ions , selfand social group sessions.PACE also provides personnel for thecmath andEnglish clinics. Courses ? indevelopmental ^reading tohelp correct problems incurred at their respectivehigh school s We * m adeavailable. ft * if* qThe framework of theprogram is V establ ishedduring a four week pro-

T he financial aid staffprovides information to thePACE students to help insurethe m aximum aid possible.The PACE staff helps parentsfill out the applications forgrants on request- i

grant. At the present time 87students are participating inthe program this year, anincrease from \ 65 last Summe r. There are 47 institutionsinvolved besides Mercyhurst.Our program is to beevaluated this Thursday andFriday by the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Education .The rating is determined by students who want,, to take fullthe Equality ofI service ren- advantage of the col legedered. Last year, Mercyhurstrated fourth, ahead of Carnegie M el lon , Se ton | Hill ,Gannon, and Behrend. * VThe services include a close

in the cafeteria, take classe s,and engage in social functionsat M ercyhurst. Last summ erthe students had ^ picnic andattended a major leaguebaseball game as well asattending events at Edinboro.Mashank sta tea that "this ist o r p o o rfornot designedstudents. *1t is PdesigiI

RONKSLEYHeaders f thePACE artftitiFragrant areftra* M Itoright:Len Cyterski, Miriam Mashank, director. Kami Gimore aai JeanLavta. Miss ag fraaa tae picture k Tyrant Mare.with- information regardingth e Incoming # freshmen.Letter are sent to freshmencontinuing an invitation toparticipate, fa *$$&All services are providedfree of charge&to the applicant No tuition money issupplied and thelcourses inthe program? are not forcollege credit, s

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experience. a . |During the four week stayat Mercyhurst i ihe studentswill attend non-credit cou rsesintended for preparation for

college ? level courses, h Thestudents will visit r regularclasses that are in sess ioaMashank has tabulatedresults by taking a sample ofnon-PACE ^Mercyhurstand comparing themthrough college board scoresidentical to PACE students.The result showed a substantial number of highergrades by PACE students. |T he 1 admissions staffcooperates| with J the PACEstaff by supplying information while on tour. Theyalso supply the PACE staff

The summer PACEprogram is limited tsylvania residents b ecausegrant requirements. Smust apply for it and providetheir own transportation toand from the school. Se rvicesare available to all Mercyhurst students and trans-fers.T he main trust of thecourse is academic successwith a stress on close personalrelationships. Asked what isthe cause for PACE'S successMashank replied, "I attributethe success of the PACEprogram to the initiative andcooperation of the studentsana the deification and enthusiasm of the PACE staff."'

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WMtaSbhf EfoflolI-In I October of 11961, theeditorial page of the M erciadtook on what it thought wasone of the great m oral threatsof that era: modern^dancefads. The following editorial,reprinted from ! the October,1961, issue of the Merciadspeaks for itself:*SHALL WE DANCE?'Are? you a person who iswilling to sacrifice principlesin order to be a "typical"college student? Do you feelwhat the crowd is doing isnecessarily ? wha t *5& youshould do? Are youHrying sohard to *make Mercyhurst &

"typical" American collegethat you are ready to loweryour personal standards andthose of your ^'school, toaRftdeveyOur aim1? * ?Your answer ^ to thesequestions is undoubtedly anemp hatic N O .. But this isexactly what you are doingwhen you -condone each newdance craze jwithout considering fits morality. Theclever names of these dancesand the fact that they are"good exercise" does notlessen the censure they mustreceive | becau se of theirsuggestiveness. These dances

faring out the base instincts inman which he ? should beconstantly trying to suppress. A college student should beold enough to call a spade aspade tot recognizesomething for what it is,regardless of any personalfeelings that m ay be involved.Mercyhurst students havebeen confronted with similiarfads in the past, but allowingtheir moral principles f andsense of maturity to comefirst, they have never fallenfor them. Are we golngpobreak this tradition now? -|

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By now you are well awar eof the fact jthat the expectations of division playoffs in the* sports world canaffect teams in many strangeways. * ^Mnd now it is 'becomingapparent that the once high"flying 'Hurst Hockey team isnot immune to this play-offsyndrome either. % fMost of you are well a Warethat the 'Hurst squad isfcap-proaching the end of a verysuccessful season. A season inwhich we saw them out skate,out score, and out play everyteam in their division.However, in theirs past twooutings I have I noticed adefinite change in their styleof play, as well as in theiroverall enthusiasm on the ice.I feel this apparent changein their style of play wasresponsible *for their poorshowing last week, which hadthem just getting by a sloppyKeystone Club and losing to afired up Plymouth * Tavernsquad. ' y iIn Tuesday nights outingagainst Keystone, the 'Hurstwas lacking that aggressivestyle of play th at has become

their trademark.9This failure to playaggressively and the poorpassing:on the part of the'Hurst almost,cost themj the

game. * | In Thursday night's gamethey were not as lucky. ThePlymouth Tavern Club cameout firing and took an earlylead over "Bad Boys."The Plymouth Club continued to pound away at the'Hurst, throughout the game,which helped them pull out avery satisfying victory.tWith the* play-offs * justaround the corner the 'Hurstmay have been looking ahead,which could > explain theiranything but* sparkling performances. *Or it could be that maybethey peaked too early in theseason.But whatever the cause thisturnaround in attitude is notimportant..What is important is thatthe 'Hurst skaters get ittogether their next game andplay the kind of hockey we a llknow they are cap able of.As I had said earlier, playoffs affect teams in many

...To say I was alarmedupon learning that* DaveMarkey* was no longer coachof the Mercyhurst Lakersbasketball team-is an understatement. 1After his first completeseason ast head coach,Markey compiled a 13-8record. 5 *| T.The question {that moststudents are asking is "whatwould fhave been PresidentShane's decision had Markeytaken the Lakers to a play-offberth?'! J No doubt Shane'sdecision was a hard one tomake and I grant you a lot ofthought went into the finaldecision. BuUstill you almosthave to wonder how an .institution such as Mercyhurstcan declare itself growingwhen 'it 's diminishing itssports department.Maybe I'm a doubtingThomas but it's hard to accept Ma rkey's; leavingbecau se of budget problems.\j I guess I won't really beable to accept the fact untilthe day comes when I can see

the budget in its ^materialform. Mercyhurst will missyou, Dave. Good? luckwherever you ventu re on to....March 20th opens up crewseason. The Lakers will hostNotre Dame at Presque Isle....The Mercyhurst baseballteam will be down south forspring practice, under thesunny skies of Alabama.The trip has not beenjpaidfor by the school. The playersraised the money themselvesthrough a raffle. ^ ^ ] .The team will be leaving onMarch 12th. |

by Pal Condrin

Hockey team skates toward play-offs J. V A R H O Ldifferent and strange ways.But I am hoping that theyaffect our team in a verypositive way. iAs many of the local sportsfans know all too well, every

itame is r important anddoesn't pay to ook ahead.If the Tiockey team continues to play as they did lastweek, then they* could beheaded f6r trouble come play

off tim e.However, if they return tothe type of play we are accustomed to seeing, then I amcertain they will have a verysuccessful season./

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Personality Profileby Terry KellyGust Brooks, a f senior atMercyhurst, is one* of 'theorigina Ifbaseball players leftsince the rogram began backIn1973. M I;A *graduate of McDowellHigh School* in Erie, Curtplayed his junior and senioryears there when the teamwent 17-1 and 14r5 respectively.5? Curt played third base lastyear for Mercyhurst, butCoach Joe Cook moved himacross the diamond for hissenior ye ar. His good fieldingand timely hitting thisfpast

fall, along with his overallsteady play, ?ma ke| him adecisive factor in the Lakerattack, fNowlbefore his final spring

in a Mercyhurst uniform, thefirst!/,baseman had a fewcomments to make about theteam. [ ; ] \ijCurt stated that there was amajor difference this yearover years in the past. Hesaid, rTne teaimplays bettertogether and there Is a lotmore depth than before."When asked about* anyplayoff' hopes this spring,Curt washrery optimistic'inhis response. "I think we willdefinitely be in contention forDistrict 11-J just from the waywe played in* the fall," hesaid. \ vFan support was the finaltopic that Curt emphasized,while discussing the up