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CIADVOL. XLVI NO. 21 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MAY 3, 1974R.A.'SNAMEDDORM S STILL ALIVE

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Director of Residence Life,Miriam Mashank, announces thatthe return rate to the ResidenceHalls for next year may be anindication that residence life-isalive and well on the Mercyhurstcampus. Two hundred sixty-threestudents showed up for room-drawing for Baldwin, Egan, andMcAuley Halls last week andselected rooms of their choice fornextjjyear. With so many returning students, ^programming f fornext year could develop into someinteresting and , stimulatingsessions, according to SisterMiriam. The Residence HallCouncil will be further developedwith the specific goal (of betterintegrating the men's andwomen's halls. T his* yea r'sCouncil consisting of Pat Lord,Sue Yockey, Pat Mullaugh, SueSchmidt, Meg Schiavone, KarenBenson, Linda Simpson, KathyKautz, Joe Hefferon, Pat DeVore,Dave Pike, Steve Henderson, andBill Walker serv ed as a feedbackmechanism for * Sister MiriamMAY 9,10,11

regarding life in the Halls andshe sees the Council as a groupwho can take an active part inprogram Iplanning \ and policyformulation for the residencehalls. I Mi''More than fifty applicantsapplied for residence hall staffpositions for next* year?and ofthese the following were selectedas Resident Assistants: MegSchiavone, Judy McGraw, JoAnnEdwards, Lucretia Ferri, NancyBorkowski, Joe Kelly, JimMahoney, Ed Inscho, and MarkRuttenberg. Senior staff appointments for the ^1974-75academic year are Sister PhyllisAiello, Sister Elizabeth Linsten,Directors of Egan and BaldwinHalls respectively and JimMcAndrew, Director of McAuleyHall and John Lawson, AssistantDirector of McAuley Hall. |Students stil l interested inchoosing*a room in one of|theResidence Halls may do so bystopping in Sister Miriam's office, 213 Administration Building.

Cuckoo Nest Coming

L A U R A M O N T P E T I T , W I L L S H R E A L , L O U R I C H A R D S"One Flew Over the Cuckoo'sNest" will open May 9 at theMercyhurst Little Theater. Whenthe lights come up, the audienceis,in for a truly theatrical experience that they will not soonforget. They'll be laughing at andwith M acMurphy (played byBillFrazier) and the inmates as theyharass Nurse Ratchel (played byJ o Roberts) and generally have afun, "nutty" time in the insaneasylum. : t |This life-giving experimentalplay, written by Dave Wasser-man, is not necessarily for theyoung in a ge but for theyoung inheart. For "Cuckoo's \ Nest" isvery simply about life andeverything that goes with it. TheSorrow, the pain and the laughterwhich leaves us wondering whyridiculing is .often funny, areaspects of life examined.T o begin with, the character ofR.P. MacMurphy is all about lifeand satire. He is swaggering witha cheerful smile and generally awad of gum filling his mouth. Hecame to the insane{'asylum afterescaping the drudgery of a prisonsentence in Harm work. MacMurphy proclaimed| himselfmentally ill,! not e realizing thatalthough he's escaping physicalwork, his sentence in the mentalhospital may!be indefinite.^Toescape the medical rigamarole,he organizes ja gambling syndicate, despite regulations

against gambling; he conducts acampaign for longer televisionhours; helps the mute deafIndian, portrayed byTom Heuer,to overcome these difficulties,and he generally is in constantopen conflict with Nurse R atchel.All in all, MacMurphy is an extraordinary fellow. It is not untilhis lobotomy that the audiencefeels sorry for this lovablecharacter. $- J | iWho is this Nurse Ratchel?How did she acquire her power?Perhaps she fis t the \ mythical"they who are always outthere to get us . But the audiencewill eventually discover that sheis the hostile force within thepatients. J | | jThe cast of characters are asfollows: Ed McGraw, LouRichards, Chuck Schmidt, EdFlood,? Robert Gaughn, TomHeuer, iDenise Corbin, VickiForgac, Laura Montpetit, WillShael, Tom DeStefano, RichMumford, Barb Wells, JoeRoberts and Bill Frazier.Experience "One Flew Overthe Cuckoo's Ne st" on May 9, 10,11 at 8:30 or May 12 at 2:30. Callfor preservations at 864-4694 extension 271. HHi *& v :

Congratulations to the newR.U.S. officers forithe 1974-1975 year . f\ itPresident - Frank Barry;Vice-president -4Liz Hicks;Secretary g- Char Kolupski;Treasurer - Rose Scott.

ATTENTION:Any student teachers whohave not answered if theywill attend the Co-operatingTeachers Dinner, must do soby* Monday, May 6, 1974.Please\contacts GeorgetteUrgo or Renee Clark inBaldwin Hall, Room 107, 864-7836. This is urgent becuaseif you do not reply , it will beassumed you will not beattending the dinner.

SPRING WEEKEND P&PLANS j IWe're hoping you've madethem because we're all setJust have to remind you thattickets a re now on sale in theStudent Union on weekdaysfrom noon until 2:00 for themere price E of $22.00 (it'sreally a bargain.). What wehave to ask is that you'llplease pick up your ticketsoon.; If you nave somedifficulty buying it within thenext few days (because youhaven't gotten your paycheck and won't until Friday,May 10), then come I to theUnion at these times landmake a reservation, so you'llbe assured'- of getting aticket. This simple 'requestwill help us in planning themeal | for the appropriatenumbers. Get your tickets orreservations NOW. m ^ i l RB

May ArtsThe month of May will featuremany presentations in the area ofthe Fine Arts. Demonstrations,Workshops and an *artist-in-residence will be among some ofthe events. During this month,the Senior Exhibition of Art willbe in the LRC. The Exhibition willopen on Friday night May 3, at 7p.m. All are invited to attend.Also featured this month will be athree-man exhibition of paintingsby Kenneth Burkhart, PatrickLally and Larry Walczak at theFirst National Bank on 10th andState Street. Th eir show will openFriday, May 10 at 7 p.m. All areinvited to attend the opening. ICongratulations to the followingMercyhurst art i st s for beingaccepted "$ in jS the Erie SpringShow: JDaniel Burke, KennethBurkhart, JohnFosco, Ira Crowe,Susan Kemineffy, Patrick Lally,Shelly Lientenwalter,| LarryWalczak, Diane Walsh.Their works are currently onexhibit at the Erie ArtCenter onWest 6th street. % %

ConferenceMay 3,1974 is the date for thesecond Annual Special E ducationConference. The] Conference,held by the Council for Exceptional Children, offers a varietyof workshops starting at 9 in themorning and ending at 4 in theafternoon. T he workshops offeredare: 9-10:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m.,Room 30 1 Main. J |Dr. Lyle Lehman"How ToHelp The Learning DisabledMentally! Retarded Child''; 1 9-10:30 a.m. ^andf 1-2:30 p.m.,Faculty Lounge. -, ?Dr. Larry Jogeman"KidsandYour Methods of ClassroomManagement"; 10:30-12 and2:30-4 p.m., Room 3 0 1 Main. |Miss Amy Allen"The SocialStudies and Language* ArtsCurriculum." 10:30-12 and 2:30-4p.m., Faculty Lounge. f %Miss Sally Schaaf"How toTeach Reading". |

STUDENT THEATRE44 It'll Never GetOff The Ground"'Auditions for Bill Byron'sone-act play entitled 'It'llNever Get Off the Ground",will be held this afternoon at3:30 p.m. in the MerciadOffice (located on the-thirdfloor of Old Main). All interested males are asked tobe- present for try-outs;openings include parts fortwo male roles, in the three-character play, "i f

YOURlCHANCE

P R E S I D E N T S H A N E*N.* Editor's Note: I | j g | I g iB The following statement wasreleased j by President I Shaneconcerning the I self-study ]workfor Middle j States reac-creditation. rfB HH K?I Following IfljMr.^ Shane'sstatement is an opening letter

from the student committee forthe Middle States report |The early stages of * theCollege's Self-Study work forMiddle States reaccreditationhave been initiated successfullyby Sister i Mary Charles,i coordinator, and the5 SteeringCommittee. Self-study units withbroad i representation from ? ourcollege community^ plan j tosubmit preliminary reports onthe \ following I areas: \ goals,futures, alumni ,-governance,Sisters of Mercy, i program,community relations, resources,students, campus environment,consortium and faculty. | ||t The Self-Study : offers us anopportunity to analyze whe re thecollege is, land to -plan thedirection it should be taking. Iurge all members of the collegecommunity who feel >stronglyabout any of the above areas tocommunicate your4 ideas to amember 5 of the steering committee or appropriate self-studyunit. M &fe I * )K* On occasion you may be approached to answer questions orcomplete a I Quest ionnaire: !whatever help each of us ca n givethe self-study units in carryingout their assignments will insurea self-study that will reflectaccurately our current status andour aspirations. $ * fc?

I Youa bonafide MercyhurstI College studentcan finallyI speak out! This is your chance to voice your opinion about I the| issues that concern you most-Every student from the BriggsBungalows to the Sesler Suites,from the Baldwin Bedrooms tokids from Peach street will have^their say. gggK j |- j S I1 Within i the next 3 weeks astudent volunteer will contactyou and ask you to fill out anextensive | questionnaire *jonalmost every facet of MercyhurstCollege. These student volunteersinclude: I | I | Gail Bannister, Frank Barry,Sue iBa rry , iNancy Borowski,Glen Feinberg, Patty Flanagan,Russ Franklin, Char Kolupski,Laura ; Montpetit, John Ross,Sally Schismenos, RobinStegenga, Jack Switzer, WillyUrsprung, Patty Zimmer, KarenSchultz, Colleen McManamon., Our goal in this project sis tosample every student because wefeel that every student has validand important opinions concerning Mercyhurst The resultsof thequestionnaire will be usedin the Middle States Self-Evaluation Report ot Mercy hustCollege. But more importantly,the results could serve as a basefor change at M ercyhurst.If you feel strongly aboutstudent rights, the demise of theBeacon, the j ca fe t e r i a , thegrading system, you can comment on these and more issues inthe questionnaire. IWe know this a giant undertaking but TogetherWe CanMake It. i,

| Results Of Election Of Officersthe Representative Union Of Students

481 voters 44.1 per cent of Eligible VotersP R E S I D E N T S E C R E T A R Y

FRANK BARRYDAN CANNONABSTENTION

JOHN HICKLECHAR KOLUPSKIJEAN KUNICKDAN McCALLABSTENTIONV I C E P R E S I D E N T

LIZ HICKS|KEVIN KOOBFRANK SIROTNAK ABSTENTION

T R E A S U R E R>- BILL KUZMIN -KAREN SCHULTZ I

ROSE SCOTT lABSTENTION

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PAGE 2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE M A Y 3J1974Radio Spin-Offb y T . M . C a t , S p e c i a l R e p o r t e rmany of you have been Darin told him he'd think about it,listening to WQLN radio (91.3 onyour dial), the behind-the-microphone workings of thestation have been kept from yourears. I recently visited the controlroom in Old Main to give you thisreport from inside the grooves ofyour radio terminal.As I approached the door to the

station, CzarJDarin Slowhoofer,student manager of the operation,came out into the hall. He lookedrelieved and was mumblingsomething that sounded like"another show without thatsong." I asked Darin if we couldgo into the room. He said "Sure,Duchess Bee | Colorful justfinished her program.'' zWhile Darin attended to sometechnical matter, Bee articulatedher philosophy of radio communication. "A radio program islike a (bringing he r voice low)poem. You can use (quickeningthe tempo of her speech) ornateor ordinary language; you cansay* something (pausing)significant (speeding up) ornonsensical. But the sound(emphasizing) is always asimportant as th e words.'' | fIn the meantime, NoblemanBarry I was concluding! hisprogram. 'The palette of colorsthat is the earth..The soul of theuniverse^is red.-Redemption forourselves comes only in that onecolor." He instructed his undoubtedly spellbound audience tomeditate on those revelationswhile listening Ho "Red Sails inth e Sunset". W ^ ?Darin had one more interruption. Music major JackieEast was asking if he could do aprogram of "Famous Scores forPerforming Magic Tr icks" .

then returned _Darin ^ explained how hemanages the station. ''It's allbased on Aristotle's square ofopposition. You can take anysimple proposition and find thesolution to your problem.''I asked him to show me how it

works using the example ofdiscontinuing a program. "That'seasy," he began. "Take the Eproposition. No people arelisteners of Program A . If this istrue, then it must be false thatsome people are listeners ofProgram A . If this is true, then itmust be false that some peopleare listeners of Program A. Ifthis is true, then it must be falsethat some people are listeners ofProgram A. This I propositionwould be false by reason ofcontradiction."Darin is a former Whiz kid ofthe Lincourt Logic Program( U P ) . I pursued the |topic ."What happens if some peopleare listeners of Program A. ButCzar Darin is a non-liker ofProgram A ? " &* | &IHis only answer was "That's anirrelevant* non sequitur." I mustconfess that I didn't'understandth e square. But Darin seems to beable to manipulate it beautifully.No wonder his decisions areirrefutable. |To supplement my "visit to thestation, I later went to see KarenStory and Sister Marsha, whoshare an loffice opposite thestation. I was hoping they'd tellme some insightful tales. Butthey I refused. They're writingtheir observations of the radiofolk into a book to be | called"Modulated Insan ity".

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Most baseball people believe"hitting" is 5 th e name of thegame, the theory being you can'twin without scoring runs. Wellthe Mercyhurst College baseballteam realized they are the exception to the rule as the Lakersdropped three out of three gameslast week pushing their seasonmark to five and four. They arethe exception because in three oftheir four losses to date the batshave been booming while thearms have been lagging. T h e onlyperson to cool our not hitters wasa one hundred forty pound freshman from Frostburg who hurleda one hitter at u s . | - J |It started with Allegheny onWednesday, in a sloppy gamewhich we ended up dropping nineto seven. It is common knowledgethat if you can score six runs in agame, you ought to win it . tWellagainst Frost burg, | again wescored at least six runs, but againended u p losing ina wild seventhinning which saw us ! do

everything but lie down to letFrostburg win. The score: sevento six. The second game eitherout of pure frustration or just afantastic Ipitching performance,left the Lakers with one hit, andshut* out for the first time thisseason five to nothing.; =Things are looking dim for theLakers, who often jumping off toa great start, have run intoeligibility problem s, | slight injuries to key players, and a lackof solid pitching. The Lakers arenow facing the meat- of their

schedule and it's time for them toshow some stomach. Last week Iclosed by saying we'd have toovercome a lot of If s in orderto pull this season out and gain afourth seed in the District 18playoffs. We haven't done thatan a no w we're beyond "If's" anddown to "D o's". T he only way toge t t o t h e playoffs is t o d o it to therest of the teams we play. That'sit, in a nut shell, jc t -=

T H E MERCIADYears of ServicePublished weekly during the c ollege year, except Than ksgiving, intercession Christmas ana Easter v acations, and examination periodsby the students of Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa., 16501* Mailing address: Mercyhurst Mailroom,.J*re*tan Hall, Bo x 36.|5?Editor:Assistant Edito r:Editorial Board| Feature: i

vNews:'Sports:Assistant SportsBusiness Manager: |Facul ty Advisor:

Cathy StevensonKim WontenayS ue WeinerSharon WarnerDar io Cipr ianiJack Riley

Anne MashinicBarry McAndrewStaffs Diane Pickens, Cathy McCarthy, Denis Coan, John SulllCandy Yanker, Mart in Migl ioret t i , To d Alloa Eleanore Grelewic i .

SPRING M I S E R Y i B A YCONCERTThe Mercyhurst CollegeChoir, under the direction ofC. Thomas Brooks, willpresent its Spring Concertthis Saturday evening, May4, at 7:00 p.m., in ZurnRecital Hail. f f |

T h e choir is returning afterpresenting several concertsin the Rochester, New Yorkarea. Repertoire from bothsacred and secular tex ts willb e i performed includingworks by Palistring, M ozart,R. Vaughan Williams andRazdall Thompson.^ ^*Secular selections will befrom Drener,; Offenbach,Saiber and Scardilli-GreysoaM y |Works by Pachelbil andRobert Nagie will also beperformed with a brassquartet.There is no admissioncharge and all are cordially

invited.

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Fo r Sale:Matching couch and chair -beige; reasonable \price;contact Kathy McConnell atcollege switch}board orcall 45 3 - 3286 .

T h e day had all of the grandeurthat could b e expected for Mercy-hurst's First Annual Regatta. Thecrowd was the largest to everwitness a crew race on Hurstwaters and included such V .I.P.sas Mayor Tullio, PresidentShane, and various other schoolofficials. The field, | while notbeing as spectacular as it couldhave been, was interesting in thatthe three schools had squared offthe week before, in Buffalo, inwhat can only be said to havebeen a controversial race. Therewas Buffalo State, University ofBuffalo and M ercyhurs t College. I

The sun was shining as the daystarted out with th e christening ofthe three shells,'the William P.Garvey, the Louie Pin ea, and theSister Carolyn; the^peoplefwhowere directly responsible for thecreation of crew at Mercyhurst. mHowever it was not before longthat what began as a delightfulday turned into frustration andtragedy * best illustrated by the

varsity rac e for th e Mayor's cup.Possibly the only bright spot ofthe afternoon; was the Novicerace. Mercyhurst finished secondto Buffalo State, but had rowed agood race and it was overheardlater that Buffalo State's entireboat had rowed in high school.! f|In the J. V. race there was nocontest. Buffalo State simplyoverpowered the field withMercyhurst a distant second andUniversity of Buffalo pulling upth e rear. * f I IThe frustrations culminated inthe varsity race by what was an

opponent jfoul committed! byUniversity of |Buffalo againstMercyhurst. B E ^ K Tlie Hurst jumped out to anearly two seat lead for about thefirst twenty strokes of the race.At this point the University ofBuffalo shell started to encroachon th e Hurst's lane.As Cox Frank Sands yelled tothe University offBuffalo's coxand changed course in order toavoid collisio n,! Buffalo Statepowered to a*, one half lengthlead. Throughout the race theHurst shell had to make courseadjustments which almostcompletely nullified their comeback effort. I | j f

Then at the quarter mile worktragedy struck as Mercyhurstnumber three man caught a crabas the boat came to a completestop. 2g STriS I |Feeling more like the Niagarain by Misery J B ay the Hurstshell could do nothing, the racew as finished Pfe fDespite the fact? that! theUniversity of Buffalo hit everylane marker on the course, theofficial couldn't call a foulbecause he couldn't see if contacthad been made between the twob o a ts , p g f : l S f c z | & j gi It ' was a great da y | for thestrongs Buffalo State crewfwhoran away with the First AnnualMercy hurst J College Regatta.Mercyhurst has hit a low point inthe season. The crew has got tobounce shack and show whatthey're made of for toughMarietta tomorrow. ? % W

SPIRITUAL GUARDIANSSlimbo^d In Limbo Or

-*-His Fruit's Off TheiLoomPrivate Investigators

The story you are about to readis true; the names have beenchanged to protect th e guilty.T hursday, April* 25, whilesitting Ibehind our egg-secutivedesks, we received an importantphone call on our hot line. As amatte r of fact, the line was so hotthat it frazzled our brains. Sincewe ihadn't eaten breakfast thatmorning, we decided to fry eggson our hot heads while discussingthe case . We knew .right-off thatthis w a s going t o b e another hard-boiled investigation! Take thefacts, for egg-sample: 'l ) . the crime took placefbetween 5 and 6 egg-clock. Ip s^2). the; culprits wore yellowrubber gloveslike a chicken.j& I was interrupted here bv mvpartner, Sergeant Monday, whoegg-sclaimed, "Would you pleasepass th e eggnog ? " }Now back to the facts^HolySouffle! I forgot to tell you myname. My name is Sgt. Mercyhurst (if any of you are asastute in deduction as w c are, youwill realizei that that's the opposite of Gannonget th e yolk?).Speaking of souffle, we've got agreat recipe for Cheese SouffleCockaigne: |Preheat oven to 35 0 degrees.!Prepare: l cup cream sauce II(Joy of Cooking, p. 322). Bring toa boil.; Remove from- heat Veminute. Add; stirringJ weU: 5tablespoons gratedfParmesancheese; 2} tablespoons gratedGruyere cheese; 3 beaten eggyolks. l IBeaf untiHstiff, but not dry: 4e g g w h i te s , i J S s>Fold into cheese m ixture. Pourinto one 7-inch or 4 individualprepared souffle bakers. Youmay decorate the souffles beforebakingwith: w lj8m ^ ^-Paper thin slices of Swisscheese cut into fancy shapes. rajBake for about 25 to 30 minuteso r until set^f %, 'M IJ*B y .the way, we are gourmetcooks when we're not cooking up

a c a s e . J ^But as you will see now, theunsuspecting victim of this casedoesn't I appreciate gourmetcooking. When Hhe crime tookplace, he was out getting a pizzaat Patti's (egg-norant of whatwas about to happen). While hewas gone, two egg-stremelyclever chicks pecked the lock ofhis coop. | The;; plan that theyhatched was well laid out, eventhough these Chiquita bananaswere real fruits who worked in aloom factory. ?Chichy-Chiquita-c o o ! t | f IN o w . i n order t o b e promoted tohead lo om ,| (the position wasvacant because the present headloom went? bananas and wastaken away! to the fruit? farm tospend the rest o f h i s days with theother miggots, all the whilehoping to be saved by theSpiritual * Guardians, but that'sanother story) the Chiquitas hadto find threads to weave with-you know the shortages we havethesev days. The result of theirdesperation was the peachy planwe started to tell you about 20lines a g o . IThe goal of this plan was toconfiscate 20 pairs of white undershirtsveryS briefJ size 28slimfrom a pear-y nice guy.iAfter the?lock was pecked,everything cam e out smoothly. Itwas a prune of a plan. After thedirty work w as over the Chiquitaswere able to egg-lax in the safetyof their ow n home;All of a sudden, there was aknock at th e door. Thinking it w asth e coops, the culprits ran aroundlike chickens with their heads cutoff looking for a hiding place forthe stolen bads. Luck-egg-ly oneof them spied a red plaid suitcase(which has nothing I to do witheggs or fruit) in which they hidth e bads. A ; j f iUpon answering the door, theybreathed a sigh of relief! It wastheir sick buddies, Dia and Rhe a.w ho were nothing but a couple ofbums. MS h $! ' .

They had come in through the

bathroom window, fnot knowing|that the bathroom door wasflocked from the outside. Ofcourse, they're right at home inbathrooms, but that's fanotherstory. I f * fDialand Rhea, who were runaways to Johns-town, came toborrow a suitcase. In a ll the egg-citement, the two chiquitaloomers forgot the bads were inthe case and gave it to the 2bums.2 Three days later, the pear-ynice b o y , w h o turned out to be thegrandson of the head loom, camefor his bads. We, Sgt. Mondayand Sgt. Mercyhurst, told himwhere he could find them immediately, not wanting to egghim on. j >f In the meantime, the Chiquitashad decided to go into businessfor themselves. Seeing that thiswas a grape opportunity, thegrandson decided to join them intheir v enture.I The business was a fruit factory-combination loom house.Besides being a pear-y nicefellow the grandson was also agenius who figured out?how togrow fruit off th e looms. >* |But much to their dismay, thesize of the fruit, wasn't very big;as a matter of fact, i t w a s brief.But these three soon found outthat brief fruit was selling bigthis.: year an d their businessloomed. J $% ^ ?As a matter of fact, you mightbe wearing their egg-complishment right nowbetterknown as Fruit of th e Looms.Briefly yours, *Your SpiritualGuardians and Secretary tP.S,,Dueao the fact that theSpiritual Guardians are startingtneirfannual May binge the articles during the remainder of theyear may not be as cohesant asthose i n t h e past.> | ^ ?P.S. Our? sincerecongratulations to FRANKBARRY on his recent election.We know he'll make R.U.S. work.