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A t h l e t i c C o m m i t t e eCompleting six months of;tudy, a special task force forevaluating athletics and physicaleducation* atl fMercynursteleased its findings on Tuesday,Vlay 3, to the Senate AthleticsCommittee. S ^ ^ ^ S

WProposals contained in the 31-jage report will be reviewed byhe committee next Wednesday,Way ; 11 , before going tola -voteDefore the full Senate. ? f 3*jHJerome H. Kenwood, chairman)f the Athletics Committee, saidcopies of the report|will be madeavailable through! the Dean's5ffice?or by contacting a committee or:task force,member.

'Persons wishing to respond torecommendations contained inthe report must ^submit theirsuggestions or arguments inwriting, Kenwood said. Theyshould be delivered to Kenwood'ssecond floor Preston office byMay 11^ V - : | . I l \ i| One written objection hasalready been lodged, by Mercyhurst I crew^fcoach AllanBe lova rac. ^ ^ w ^I The task force re port lists jitsanalysis of both the strengths andlimitations of the crew program,but! concludes j that unless"certain barriers B a reeliminated," crew should be

dropped as > a vars ity} sport.Belovarac has filed a nine-pageresponse challenging thosefindings. I I I IWThe full I task force ^reportgenerally applauds the growth ofthe | college's athleticI andphysical* education programssince they were created, virtuallyfrom scratch, in 1971 . But it alsolists j several "urgent needs,"among them increased spendingfor wo me n's! in tercollegiatesports and improved facilities forsoccer, tennis and intramurals.m The report states that the totalcurrent budget of $4,300 forUhefour women s var sity sp orts is

P r o p o s a l s"totally unrealistic," and {concludes that, "equal opportunityfor women athletes is not beingprovided."1 |E flMPPWIt s ugge sts] that the collegebegin offering an [unspecifiednumber of scholarships andp rov ide j college-aftiliatedcoaches in all sports.^fThe report also recommendsthat t Mercyhurst jp makearrangements with city or schooldistrict officials for use of nearbyproperty as a multi-purpose fieldfor intramurals and varsitysoccer. fe^jEi pfIt also says that tennis shouldbe considered (along with men's

basketball) laI"primary sportsprogram" only if a commitmentto obtainl courts ["under thecomplete and entire control of thecollege" is made by January,1978. R ML -v' j tI The report also deals at lengthwith acade mic {programs inphysical education. jM It argues) against! elevatingphysical education to Division-major I degree-status, but endorses a phys. ed. requirement ofthree units for graduation,beginning with next fall's freshman class . i f lfeff lfe^^ ^^ S- ^RB^y. (Continued o n Page 2 ) B I H

VOLUME 49 . NO. 22 MERCYHURST COLLEGE MAY 6.1977Schedule For I timCommencement WjbtAnnounced I ^ S S j ^1 The! 19771 Commencementweekend, Mavf 28-29, J for 5 anestimated 260 ^graduates *andguests, | will cap Mercyh urst's50th Anniversary Celebration andofficially open the college's newCampus Athletjc Center. >-

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L e v e l L a n d O f f e r s M u c hT o t h e Editor :Fo r theany reasons tne area beside thebaseball field, now more than ever, needs to beleveled. First our campus is lacking a flat a reawhere numerous activities can be held at onetime; activities ranging fromlldsbee throwingto intramural football and Softball.k |f JjrlThe intramural Softball program has all kindsof\scheduling conflicts due to the lack of a flatarea where they can reserve space for games.Currently the teams are splitting time betweent h e outfield of th e baseball field (where th e wearand tear is ruining the outfield grass) and 41stand O ld French Road, which is a dilapidated Lit

tle League Field.Second, the Varsity soccer team does n o t havea field to practice and play on during theirseason. During practice time the team must usethe slanted area, which has been provendangerous by the number of sprained anklesreceived during t h e season o n this area. " I also feel that the leveling of the field willmake it easier to reach the Motherhouse andMercyhurst Prep, while also beautifying thecampus. Having the field will also bring aboutmore student involvement in Varsity, Ih^tram ural, and recreational activities.The leveling of* this area also brings forthpossibilities of having an area'where large

groups can gather for outdoor concerts,speeches and school functions like outdoorgraduation ceremonies. | IFor many of these activities time is of theessence. Fall term starts thefVarsity* soccferseason, intramural football season, and the lasttime to do m uch outdoors until April. % the fieldis leveled without much further | delay anddrainage and seeding problems are taken careof, the field still might not be m ature enough foruse by the beginning of th e next school year.With September less than four months away, Ibelieve now is the time to make a decision andhopefully get those bulldozers going. Remember, time is of t h e essence.Paul Garof olo

To The Editor:P i c n i c P l a n n e d S u n d a yTo the Editor: |As you probably know, on Sunday, May 8,Student Government in co-sponsorship with theStudent Union, will b e holding a Student-Facultypicnic at Cabin 2 o n Presque Isle. |We're hoping for a la rge turnout and a day fullof fun in the sun. Buses will run from BaldwinHall every two hours from noon till eight. ^Wewill be providing thotdogs, hamburgers J andpotato salad all day long. In the evening, for themain course, .< Steamship Rounds will beprepared b y Chef Michael. \ jAs far as games go, we have equipment forsoftball, vo lleyball, football, and horseshoes.Sunday is Mother's Day and w e're hoping thata lot of faculty will join us on this special daywith their families.The price is $3.00 per person, children under12 will be admittedafree. Also children over 12be becausespent.Sincerely,Steve RyanM.S.G. President

i H urst H appeningsMay 17 has been selected as the date iyear's Student Teachers Dinner forEducation Majors, i *Further information will be forwarded

May 16.ur campus mailboxes,lanning to attend are ask

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SET POINT- Mercyhurst's Rich Birmingham lobs from the baseline oGannon's Tom Hammer. Birmingham won handily at first singles during Tuesday's 9-0 win ova* the Knights.Tennis Team Serving B lanksUsing its big win oyer Edinboroas a springboard, the Mercyhursttennis team rolled to consecutive9-0 shutouts over. Mansfield( P a . ) , Behrend and Gannoncolleges over the week ofApril 29-M ay 3.The!defending NAIA Nationalchampion Lakers did not lose asingle set in either singles ordoubles competition, whileraising their spring record to 5-0.Gannon was the only opponentof the three to give the Lakers acompetitive match. f *Playing on their home courts,the Knights nearly pulled upsetsin two matches. The first doublesteam of Howie Levin and TomWilliamson played Mercyhurst'sBill Bonds and Rich B irminghamto a near-standoff before falling7-6, 6-4. Bonds,! who said; he"couldn't hit his way o ut of a barnin the second set, " struggled for a6-2, 6-4 victory at fourth singles.Otherwise, the Lakers breezed.Birmingham neutralized Gannonace Tom Hamm er by iden tical 6-2scores. Phil Dubsky used abooming serve and crisp passingshots to down Williamson, 6-3 andf-2; and Antero Pulkkinenfinessed the side and backlinesfor a 6-2, 6-1 victory.Rounding out singles competition, both FernandoSotoaguilar and Kaj Bogdanoffcoasted to 6-0. 6-0 sh utouts.In doubles, Dubsky andPulkkinen beat Gannon'sRoom PickMay6 j 1

fsr. M. Phyllis Aiello, R.S.M.,Director of Housing, would like toremind students that residenthousing room pick will take placeFriday, May 6, in room 214 Zurn.The sign-up schedulers asfollows: next year's Seniors signup at 1:00 p.m.; Juniors at 1:30p.m. and Sophomores at 2:00prn fStudents must have depositslips to> sign up Mor a room.Contracts will be signed at thistime. Sr. Phyllis stated that norefunds of deposits will be madeif a studentfbreaks his contract.This is a finaH*notice forhousirig. The other rooms will bereserved for the incoming freshmen and transfers. %

Hamm er and Dennis Borczon, 6-2an d 6-1. iBogdanoff andSotoaguilar had less trouble withDopiesala and Prokopchak in a 6-1, 6-1$victory. ^ - ^ iLast 'Wednesday, April 27 rMercyhurst traveled to Mansfield, Pa. for a steak dinner and,almost incidentally, a tennismatch. As it turned out, theLakers were more impressedwith the meal than with theMountaineers' brand of tennis.M u s i c D e p LP r e s e n t s R e c i t a l

I( r Diane M. BeckerTh e j Mercyhurst? CollegeDepartment of Music will presentMiss Diane *Marie Becker in avoice recital on Saturday, May 7,at theK p.m. in the Recital Hall ofZurn Science and Fine - ArtsBuilding. %Miss Becker will graduate thisspring with a B.A. degree inmusic performance.She is presently studying with.Ms. Brenda Humphries. She willbe accompanied by MissKathleen Kelleher.Her recital is in part ialfulfillment of the fdegreerequirements. Diane's programill feature works: bv : J.A.Carpenter, V. Williams,Schumann, Grieg, Bizet andTchaikowsky. *A native of Waterford, sh e isthe daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Robert Becker of 300 TownhallRoad West * &M AMiss Becker's recital is open tothe public, at no charge.

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by Bob Derda Jr.The Lakers baseball team sawtheir second slip below .500 thispast week. ? fe;At Akron, the Green and Bluedropped a 5-4 heartbrea ker to theZips. ?fkjThe 'Hurst led 1-0 through thefirst six innings. However, a five-run Akron uprising in the seventh

did the Lakers in.^Mercyhurst didn't * give up,scoring twice *in the eighthonce again in the ninth; but it wasnot enough.That tough seventh? inningspoiled a near perfect performance by the Laker pitchingcorps which limited Akron to justthree hits. WJim JDiTullio rapped out foursafeties inlfive^at oats for theHurst. 5 |On Friday, Coach Cook's crewswept a pair from Gannon 5-4 and6-2 at Tullio Field.Centerfield Ken White's timelytriple keyed a two-run rally in thesixth, overcoming the visitors'three-run surge in the top of thesame inning and tying the scoreat 4-4. f T tThe Lakers won it in the bo ttomof the seventh on Randy Mink'ssingle*and* a rash of Gannonerrors. JDiTullio contributed twodoubles and a run batted in inthat first I contest? while hurlerGordy Karstedt got the win inrelief of starter Bo Henning. rjMercyhurst opened fast in thenightcap, scoring four runs in thefirst inning.DiTullio and White again werethe 'Hurst hitting m ainstays, theformer had a run batted in and asingle for the first run while thelatter capped the uprising with athree-run homer. >

-$ Senior outfielder Bo Henning takes a cut at a pitch in a recent'Hurst gam e. Henning and his teamm ates ar e currently 6-7 with 14games remaining. >Pitcher Ray Olszewski pickedup the win on the hill while KevinCook adde d two hits in two at batsand scored twice for the victors.Last *Saturday, Point! Parkdea It Mercyhurst 3-0 and 11-7losses.In the lidlifter, Tom Barringer

MEN'S INTRAMURAL SOFTBALLSTANDINGS wASTERN DIVISION LPot Luck. 3 ^0Rolling Thunder 3 0Bullets 3 1Dynomite Derelicts *Silver Streak 0 3Relatively High 0 4

t: WESTERN DIVISIONSOB's 3 1OT.H.G 2 1Family 2Or. Strangeglove .. x 2Hemy's 2 . . 1 3

GAMES FOR SATURDAY, M AY 7 |12:00 Noon Bullets vs. Rolling Thunder Review1:30 p.m Pot Luck vs. Dynomite Derelicts3:00 p.m Relatively High vs. Silver Streak

All Games Are Played At 41 st And Ol d French

gave up only six hits but thePioneers^ used them* to theiradvantage, scoring a run in thefirst and two.in theifourth. |The second game*; saw the-Lakers outslug the winners nineto eight, however, their recordfell to 6-7 on the season while thePioneers upped their mark to 13-Ken White ^continued f hi sassault on opposite pitching for

three hits and drove in four runsfor another outstanding hittingperformance. J

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Laker Bunts:DiTullio has eleven hits in hislast seventeen times at bat overfive games. fWhite 's home run againstGannon-was his second one of th eseason putting him:out inffront2-0. f f |Women SufferFourth Defeat1 The women's softball team atMercy hurst is having a roughtime this spring, having lost theirfourth game , a close 8-7 decisionat Allegheny last Saturday. 3Lakerette coach Janet Pricesaid that team is playing well but(hat experience is lackingbecause ol young p layers.Allegheny broke a 3-3 tie in thebottom of the fifth inning whenihey erupted for five runs.5 The Lakerettes came back withtwo runs in the top of the sixthinning and two more in the top ofthe seventh, but still ended up oneshort of tying the score.Sue Fagan led the JLakerettehitters with a double and a sing le,and ialso three runs batted in.Jane Nestor also doubled andsingled while Val Ferro and JoanLindy both singled twice.Mary Ann King added a doublewhile Cindy Woodley, DianeMasterson, i Mary Mahon, andPam Wolfe added one single apiece. Woodley was the losingpitcher.

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j by Terry KellyWriting sports is always much easier when the teams youare covering are winning, because obviously nobody wants towrite about losers. I once heard the following statement4 Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" and really hadto think about what it was saying. This statement might betrue for the exceptional athletes but for the averag e Joe thereare more important things. I J*Granted, there are a few select athletes her e at M ercyhurstthat might pursue their careers professionally, but themajority are here for an education. -' ; jT wHigh school sports stressed winning a lot mo re because anathlete could put more time into it because the work loadreally wasn't that much.W ' * :% I v *\,College work is supposed to be shaping us into the leade rsof tomorrow and many of the athletes are just not of theprofessional brand, thus work comes first and foremost.I think that winning is great but that it is far from beingeverything, especially here at Mercyhurst. *Now when the averag e fan glances a t the competition, it isnot hard to see why Joe Cook's outfit is where they are.Cook's 6-7 Lake rs swept Gannon off their feet Friday but hadthe tables turned on Saturday against an overpowering PointPark team. The Pioneers were simply too much for theLakers to handle, thus a pair of losses and slim chances for

the playoffs. The Lakers are playing a good brand ofbaseball, but some teams are just overwhelming. In anycase, the game must go on and Cook's diamondmen will haveto continue looking good to gain some respect.This week an added attraction to the Merciad sports pagefollows as TK gazes into his crystal ball and has come up withthe following predictions for the remainder of the springterm. :S \ I ) * t^The women's softball team will win at least one more gamethis spring. .. M qThe tennis team will successfully defend its national titleby first winning the district. l p | , iDick Fox will be out on the golf course at a m atch and spota seven-footer who can dribble, move auick. and shoot.B The crew teams will continue-rowing like they havealready been, finishing with a tremendous record.The new Mercyhurst sports facility will be operationalbefore the end of spring term.S Mercyh urst will some day h ave enough money to have oneathletic director and one separate sports information director. | I |

if Jim DiTullio, Ken White, and Bo Henning will continue torip the cover off the ball and maybe have their title changedto the "Two million dollar outfield." | | ^ %i The curren t softball craze around campu s will continue butwill soon be accompanied by a few halfs of Strohs beer.The golf team will keep shaving off strokes and as a result,will keep on winning and placing high in tourneys andavoiding sand traps .% The baseball team will finally be healthy and the therapistsat Hamot will sigh in relief. \ |Richard Birmingham will win the singles cham pionship forthe district now that he has turned editorial writer.Coach Sturm will sign a contract and Kansas City will betreated to the Lakers once again. *Incentives to all athletes will be given by various people inan effort to win that last game, match, or m eet.Last and not least, the fans will continue to give their support and follow the various sports from the crazy, m ixed-upbaseball team to the stroking oarsmen of the crew teams.Lt^Utfd^ttMUtt^A\^^^h^^^^^^^^^^^l^^i * * *

Freshman Pam Wolfe gets herself rea dy to hit in'a women's soft-ball game with Behrend. Pam is one of the many freshmen on theteam.Wct I I Photo by Terry Kelly

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SPORTSA THOMETHIS| WEEKSa tu rday , May 7Baseballvs. Behrendat 1:00

^Thursday, M ay 12W omen's Softba llvs. Gannonat 4 : 0 0