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I Edward J. Gallagher, Jr.,associate professor of education,was appointed to a new acad emicposition at Mercyhurst, assistantdean of the college, on August 15.Gallagher said the primaryfunction of the assistant dean isthat of dealing with all studentacademic problems, such asindependent studies, tutorialsand grade appeals. > &In his new role, Gallagher willserve on th e D ean 's^ AdvisoryCouncil, ithe group whichcollectively advises the dean onacademic policies. He will alsohelp recruit new faculty in theacademic? and adminstrativeareas that would come under thedean's jurisdiction!Forexample,it ^ s presently | Gallagher 'sresponsibility tof recrui t fadirector | of fit cooperativeeducation.IB! I 1 JbJ^Gallagher admitted that h e wasexcited about h is job and workingwith students. However, he saidthat he found it a difficultjtaskwhen he undertook the responsibility for* sendingi letters tothose studentsJ whose qualitypoint! averagfw jwere% not high

enough to continue theireducation at the 'Hurst.7 $f *I did send those letters out/1he said, "considering only whatthat quality point average was,and it was difficult receiving thefeedback from students and fromsome parents who were upsetbecause their sons or daughters,were not able to return." 0^J Gallagher added that he sawsome good in having an ass istantdean, "to lighten the load of thelean so that he can go about thebusiness |of providing the.necessary academic leadershipto help Mercyhurst become aneven better institution,academically speaking."

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b As the new school year begins, Mercyhurst will embarkupon its 51st year. Since 1926 the college has changed immensely, but the ideals of higher education haven't cha nged.They've just improved. | JI Mercyhurst is a sound educational institution with the goalof building and influencing a desire to learn. In coming togrips with this realization, the next 50 yea rs should provide astimuli of intense impa ct which will be felt by both prese ntand future students. I | W% I | \ J I No institution is perfect. Mercyhurst is not the modelschool of higher education.jlt does however thrive on bothfaculty and student input to correct its mistakes. Before westart tearing down the system, let us take time to mink ofways of improving it. After all, we must have donesomething right to get through the first 50 years. MI The mentoring program of Blueprint HI has now been implemented. The program, under the direction of RobertCisek, Barry Mc Andrew and Jacque Howey, is off to a goodstart. All of us, (at least) in student government, were concerned with this part of the implementation. Blueprint IIIwas an issue that was given much thought by many people.S| Upper classmen, in case you haven't noticed, Mercyhurstreceived a facelift this summer. Offices were rem odeled,hallways were painted and the campus ce nter was opened.- Yes, I kid you not: The campus center is open and allsystems are go. ffiHPmF^ &5 The Merciad, too, got something of a facelift recently.B Our new logo was designed by Chuck Benson, a seniorcommercial art major at the Columbus, Ohio, School of Arts. Chuck, who worked for Hammermill Papers during thesummer, also matched the logo with the new typeface seenon the masthead andall department heads. jfreshman art student at Mercyhurst.

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1 The Mercyhurst Student Government held a picnic for thecollege community at Shades Beach on Saturday, Sept. 17.The picnic was not by any means an overwhelming success. JIn fact, the government lost money. Well, at least the people,who did drop by had a good time. 9 1 jj j The picnic would not have even gotten off the ground had itnot been for the efforts of the officers and some of therepresentatives of MSG. Special thanks should be given toformer president Stephen Ryan, Al Nase and Jan G atti.i I Review On Ag ing \If like many others you are feeling a growing personalconcern about the social problems associated with a crum-Sbling Social Security Sy stem, a glutted and-or reduced workmarke t and an expanding welfare population, you may f ndSan event scheduled later this month at the Mercy Center on Aging (located on the hillside back of the College) par

ticularly interesting. I ?On Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 3:30 p.m., the center will featurethe Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association ofSpecialists on Aging (ECPASA). Dr. Stephen Davis of thecollege's history department will host a review of the firstsocial history of aging in the United States, from colonial Jtimes to the present. Growing Old in America, by DavidHackett Fischer (Oxford University Pre ss, 2977) will serveas reference for the review, m M"gThe message of this historical inquiry is signficant, sur-.prising and timely. The author suggests directions for thefuture which he believes cannot?wait long-ffor implementation without dire consequences for all who will beold in twenty-five to fifty years J JI Interested students; faculty, administrators and staff ofthe M ercyhurst College comm unity are cordially invited to be guests of the chapter for this special event of scholarship.The time will be well spent for those able to attend, ithe? \merciEditor Chris Van WagenenNews Editor Gary WesmanFeatu re Editor Darlene Keith and Lisa ManendoSports Editor... $ | . . . T^rry KellyGraphics and Layout: Melissa McMurray, Darlene Keith,Gary Wesman and Terry Kelly. 2Typists JoAnn Alexander and Joy celyn PiccutaWriters and Creators: John Bruno, VicW Martinago, BobDerda Jr., Mark Cipriani, Chris Tomczak, Mary Mahon,Amy Chiznadia, Denise Moles, Sue Fuss, Maryann Ferraro,Richard Birmingham. t -:Photographers Gary Wesman and Randy MinkBusiness Manager | Lisa ManendoFacu lty Consultant William Shelley

| MICHAEL JERLING whistled In the opening of the newBackporch Cafe on Friday, September 16. Jerling and theheadline act, Spiritwood, also played the following day at theMSG picnic at Shades beach.Cafe ' Acts G rea tAtmosphere Better

Backstage, before showtime,* all was tension and uncertainty. Who's checking the sound system? Where's thebleeping coffee maker? And how d'ya make Formosa tea,anyway? 1"Nerves and confusion are standard ingredients before anopening night, because opening night means taking risksand putting them to that first big test Last Friday, September 16, was opening night at the new Backporch Cafe inthe Student Union. It was a test of a musical perform ance; itwas also a test of an idea j - N i ]Inside the darkened room, the small audience had beencomfortably seated around tableclothedand candle-lit tablesfor about 45 minutes, relaxed by conversation and refreshments.The first performer, Michael Jerling, came on stage andbegan strumm ing softly and singing about Lisa, a woman heleft behind, and the messages he wrote for her on the lamp-(/From that moment on, perhaps, Mercyhurst's old Coffeehouse was no more. The Backporch Cafe may notrepresent anything new and different, but it is somethingimmeasurably better. It is coffeehouse entertainment theway it is supposed to go down, with atmosphere, friends andgood sounds, in no particular order. $The Cafe is the product of an idea, which belonged to Activities Director Jan Gatti, of upgrading the Union concertsnow that she has, finally, a decent operating budget. She hadprops built, the stage relocated and the old coffeehousegenerally redesigned. IThe success of Tuesday's opening was the result of hardwork: by John Gable, Jeff Pond and Instructor LindaParrish of -Hotel-Restaurant Management, who helpedmake the various spice teas, coffees and cakes; and by moreUnion staff workers than I have space to mention by namebut should, anyway. .*"ReviewThe point of this editorial is to build attendance at futureCafe elates. But Tuesday's performances simply were toostrong not to mention at le ast briefly. I :i

Let me say first th at Michael Jerling is, quite simply, animpossibly good songwriter. Hehas no business being on thecoffeehouse circuitexcept that the man seems to love it somuch, i t MOther than the Bob Wills hoedown that closed his set,every one of Jerling's songs was, to my knowledge, anoriginal. | ffi ' j?Jerling's secret, as is obvious to everyone who caught his-act, is hishumor. Every one of Jerling's tunes made a point,but the point was never labored; they described genuine sentiments, but were never sentimental.What his songs consisted of were bursts of simple words,phrases and images all happily pushing/ crowding, bouncingand rolling into one another with a rhythm appropriate tothe subject. Usually they were undercut with a line of ironyor winking satire. . *. 3f^Like in "When People Fall Jn Love" ("You did thecakewalkwith style"), or "The Fight Song" ("My babyand m e, we like to keep things cool; We try not to fight...much"). J I \Jerling's humor during numbers and between allowed theoccasiona 1 strictly-serious moments added em phasis.One of the best of these was an autobiographical accountof a Chicago childhood called "The City." The lines " . . .you'll never grow up, you're always gonna be a bum; Ah, theboy's all right, his mama said" repeat as the boy watchesthe factory skyline through dusk, starlight and, finally,dawn. * i |"Mississippi Riverboat Rag" is a conjectural piece thatpresents two adolescents of American literature in middleage. One is a riverboat gambler on a run of hard luck; theother is playing out the string on a lifetime of hard luck."If you're going to St. Louie," it goes, "look up Mr.Sawyer . . . Tell him the river always w ins; -Just a friendlyreminder - from old Huckleberry Finn .'' IMark Twain himself, I believe, would have approved.Spiritwood, the headline act, made a return engagementon campus after playing a well-received c oncert las t year. / j(Continued on Page S)

ufcsi m eWith this issue The Merciad introduces "Outside Line," aweekly feature which will contain selected items of local,state, national, and world news, f gt | *We got the idea last yea r from a student. She suggested wecarry a news summary for those whocare what is happening in the world beyond the Mercyhurst gates, but wholack either the time or the inclination'to read the dailypapers or watch the 6 o'clock news. 31Since experience tells us this description fits somethinglike 99 per cent of the student body, we agreed the idea was agood one. &We started this column for another reason, too. In thepast, The Merciad has been criticized for dealing only with

camp us news and ignoring local and national concern s.While it is not our job & replace the city dailies or the 6o'clock news, we do feel a responsibility to report and comment on some of the Same issues. "Outside Line" will be ourform of shorthand. S^t I $%The job of preparing "Outside Line" will be traded aroundfrom week to week among members of the Merciad staff.The selection and play of the stories will reflect no particular point of view. T . ? Is^ *But, of course, any editorial rem arks, personal biases orjournalistic excesses that happen to show up in this columnwill be purely intentional, jOn the covers of their most recent issues, both Time andNewsweek caricatured Burt Lanee ;, as Humpty Dumpty,cracking at the seasm.J | UlThe portly MriLance, President Carter's director of theOffice of Management and Budget, concluded the third dayof his third appearance since mid-January before the SenateGovernm ental Affairs Comm ittee. ag* iThe committee once again questioned? Lance about $6million in personal bank loans, $450 thousand in checkingoverdrafts and his alleged use of a company airplane for

political purposes w hile ne headed two Georgia banks. ;*To carry tne Humpty Dumpty analogy a step further, theKing and his men had just about given up a bumbling effortto put Lance's reputation back together again. The King'shorses on the Senate committee were not exactly thoroughbreds, either. 1 5 # i I ftDemocrat Sam Nunn of Georgia was a rather transparentchoice to lead the Lan ce defense. Nunn had a point, though,when he criticized the committee, which twice investigatedLance and twice]cleared him, and now somehow feelsbetrayed. |. & * i IA second Lance supporter was tha t renowned advocate offull disclosure, Missouri Democrat Thomas Eagleton.* Mr.Eagleton compared the proceedings, to the anti-communistsmear campaigns of Joe McCarthy during the 1950's,although most people seem to feel there is considerablymore hard evidence at hand in the present case.g President Carte r's support of Lance has raised inevitablecomparisons with the cover-ups of the Nixon years. So it isperhaps comforting that Ca rter's team is not nearly as goodat this sort of thing. 1 | | .$ *What was going on in Washington was mostly penance.Robert Bloom, a carter transition aide, and P ress Se cretaryIJody P o w e l l s a i d t h e y had i n f o r m a t i o n a h a u L - L aU C B I Simaginative banking practices last January, n.-.t. failed toreport them. They apologized. - I i IPowell then got caught leaking a rumor, one that wasjproved false, that Charles Percy , the ranking Republican onthe Senate comm ittee, was guilty of roughly the same kindsof things Lance is now accused of. Powell called Percy?a'sanctimonious S O B . " in the process * 5* _> Park ma y or may not have been an agent of the KoreanK K - a k ma y or may no* v e De e n secretly employed* J ^ o v e r n m e n* toflnfluence American congressmen,some of whom may or may not have been handsomelyrewarded for voting South Korean interests. % 1Park may or may not stand trial in the U.Sor Korea orboth or neither.v!$ t n S , e n d 9f m e we ek, Park was somewhere and Houselitnics Committee Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski wassomewhereelse, looking forhim.Key members of the committee, some of whom may ormaX ? u .J IS P i ! ca . te d . w toe investigation, may or may notbe delighted if Park simply keeps li s bags packed and hismouth shut.Further details as they may or ma y not develop . . .

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Funds Now A va i lab leMr . I Norman^ L. Barber,financial aid director of^Mer-cyhurst College, announced theavailability of I funds! forscholarships for foreign students .This financial aid for studentsfrom foreign cultures is madepossible through the provisions ofthe International Studies Grantreceived by Mercyhurst from theHEW? Office 5 of | Education:

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Effective immediately allsigns posted on door glass orfire J equipment| will beremoved. Such signs obstructvision and present a safetyhazard. OSHA?(OccupationalSafety and Health Act) standards prohibit posting ofmaterial in these areas .H I 'S"3* The Security Deportment

Cultural Issues |in Preparationfor the F uture. I iSDirectors of the program areMarilynn Jewell, director of thedepartment of JlnterculturalStudies, t and jH . I MichaelErisman, director of the PoliticalScience Department.The selection committee isprimarily interested in "helpingstudents who have the potentialto stimulate conversation inclassroom and extra-curriculardiscussions and, to broaden theperspectives fof |the collegecommunity." | JStudents interested in makingapplication for scholarship aidshould pick up forms "from theFinancial Aid office in WeberHall. m r | J JCriteria for consideration arethe following: 1) citizen ship ofany | country other than theUnited States; 2)3ineligiblity forfederal for .state aid; 3) attendance at Mercyhurst Collegeas Ja full-time student, and 4)cumulative grade averag e of 2.5or better.

New MCE TutorsArefEager To Tea chOn your mark, get ready, set,tutor! The PACE tutoria 1 serviceis off and running! xi %I On Saturday,? September 17,orientation was |held| for thisyear 's < tu to r s ! inl the facultylounge. Along with learning howthe tutorial service works, thetutors learned and role-played

M e n t o r i n g . . . j |5 (Continuedfrom Page 2 ) | 1the College's commitment to theprogram. j J fe ^It is also Dr. Cisek's hope thathe will the able to |adcf|rnore

faculty as the year progressesand also perhaps t aid in adulteducation:Members of the faculty whowere chosen as mentors are: Dr.Robert Cisek, Dr. Ludlow B rown,Dr. Wolfgang Christian, Sr.Kathleen Cribbins; LeonardCyterski, Brian j McHugh,* Dr .Michael McQuillen.lAlso, Dr. David Palmer, Dr.Joseph Pizzat, Robert Ronksley,Ms. Sharon Santia, Dr. JeffreySternleib, David iThom as, |Sr.Patricia Whalen and Dr.> JamieYule. MM I 8 3 m I

the various tutoring techniques,which proved to be a lot of fun aswell as informative. i fCindy Casali and Rich O rtoski,both veteran tutors, shared someof their tutoring experiences withthe new tutors.| So far, 26 tutors representing 17courses have been recruited forth e 11977-78 academic? year.Anyone interested in becoming atutor may stop by Main 21 and getmore information. That goes alsofor new students or those who feelthey ma y need: help with acourse;; The serv ice is providedfree of charge through the PACEprogram.? | f gA new face on the tutoringscene ft this, year * is E l a i n eHilsinger. Elaine has been hiredas an academic assistant and willbe working closely with the tutorsand the Developmental SkillsProgram staff.What's happening?Thursday, September 29th, JimInfantino will lead a workshop forthe tutors >jon theirf role asmotivating agents in the learningexperience. The tutorial servicewould like to express its thanks toJim for volunteering his time andskills. ?

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jlbrahim MenteshI E C I s S e r i o u sLast year 15students did notmeetf an | English conditionrequirement. As a result, 13 ofthose students |mu st wait sixmonths before they canfregisterand the remaining two studentswere not permitted to graduate.When a faculty me mber feels astudent is not writing on the

college & level! or has f adisorganization of thoughts andideas, he must attend the WritingCenter. JThe center is a program free ofcharge provided for the 'Hurststudents who need to "brush u p"on their writing skills. Uponrcceivingfan English condition,the student first takes a pre-testin order to find out what skills hejacks. The student then determines himself how many hourshe wants to put in. 2 5Joanie Stevenson, head tutor ofthe Writing Center, stated that "afew students resent being forcedto go, but more feel the need toimprove their writing skills.'1frhe Writing Center is not onlyfor those who are .required toattend, but also forf students whofeel they need help with papers orany writing assignments. ^-Thy-cliter"!s located iffjMalTf304. . -f ILOST AND F OUND fIf you've lost anythinglately, you might want to takea walk down to the security office in Preston Hall, home ofthe Lost andlFound Department.Hours ar e 9 a.m. to noon and1 to|3 p.m. And if you finditems around campus, takethem to the security office.

I n t e rcu l tu ra l ClubOrgan ized! A t 'HurstHelping students Sto deal effectively with different culturesand appreciating them is the aimof the newly formed InterculturalClub. | j > J ! IIbrahim Mentesh, a student atMercyhurst and a l native ofCyprus majoring in Chemistry

and Environmental Studies, hadthe idea to start a club andsuggested it!to Ms. MarilynnNewell, Associate! Professor ofGerman With her permission, hethen began making plans for theIntercultural Club. ? g?Mentesh feels that people don'tknow enough about eachlotherand that 5isI the reason whybarriers occur between them."The best* way of allowingpeople to come and learn abouteach other and other cultures isto unite them ^together. This iswhat we are going to try and do inthis club." B iRam Nair, another student atMercyhurst and a native of India,

has worked closely with Menteshand feels that the club will be asuccess, L | fIncluded in these studies will bethe specific cross cultural issuesand acquiring a conceptual understanding of basic problemsfacing mankind today. |Talks with natives of othercountries, films of other cultures,discussions, and a possible springcultural costume party ar eamong the future activities of theclub, -jAlso scheduled for Thursday,Sept. 29, is a visit from MaciezDuruchowski from Poland whowill talk about*life in a Communist| country. fDuruchowski has earned aM.A. from the Warsaw TechnicalInstitute. $The first bi-weekly meeting isscheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 27.The time|and place willfbe announced through | the studentmailboxes.! t

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| I v| Law C lub T o Meet I$The Mercyhurst Law Enforcement Club, under thedirect ion Jof department head James Kinnane andassociates Robert Ronksley and John Sliwa, inviteeveryone tofget acquainted withfthe ful l-t ime staff onTuesday, September 27, at 8 p.m. in t h * Faculty Lounge.Guest speaker will be Trooper Clarence Hu nt of th e Pennsylvania State Police. 1jCome an d leam more about law enforcement and thepeople who each it. Refreshments will be served.*

Intercession, 1977 - In I t a lyWhere: Rom e, V enice, and FlorenceCourse: Interdisciplinary-Travel/Study Tour :ItahgR _ ul tureYesterday ancHTdtiay f3 credits T"* * "* ''"' itm m^m^^^T^Cost: Approximately $825 (possibly less, depending upon airlapfpresently being negotiated.) Price includes all air transport jtion from Erie to Rome and back, hotel, and travel, ^ nsightseeing, all breakfasts, and some dinners. *How Long: 16 daysInstructors: Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Mauthe f f |Jplf you are interested, see MrjNauthe (219 Zurn), Leslie Eller(219 Zu rn)|o r Mr. Gallagher (in the Dean's office) for passportapplications and further information. AA deposit oi $100 is required by October 3,1977.

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Will SydowChief of Campus Security"I think? it is justified.The money is supposed tohelp with the upkeep of theparking lots. Parking feesat all the city colleges havegone up, and I think Mer-c y h u r s t ' s feet is areasonable one. None of themoney goes to the Securityoffice/' &

Ray WeitzelJunior Law EnforcementMajor"I think it's too much.I'm not going to have a caron campus all the time andI don't want to pay JIf themoney is suppose to go intorepairing the parking lots,more power to them. I hopethey fix up these lots."

Melanie Tompkins JJunior Elementary&j Ed. Major t!"I guess it's fair, becausewe only have to pay onceinstead of every term.' '

Beth Estes |Sophomore TransferX Student SF"I think it's a little high. Idon't believe .they shouldcharge anything. It'sstupid to^pay, especiallywhen you're only going tobehere one term ."

jPat Murphy (right) andRichard Blanchard"We don't have ten dollars."

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| The second Backporch Cafeconcert ofBthe year, headliningblues singer Papa John K olstad,took place? Tuesday night, September 20, after The Merciadwent to press.It is not too late, though, to slipin a plug for a special StudentActivities event, "A Night At TheRaces/' which will bejheld atCommodore Downs this Friday(tomorrow) evening. . | \The college will provide bustransportation, entrance to theclubhouse, a buffet dinner, and aracing form.i The whole packagecosts $10, about half of what thesame program would cost ifonewent as an individual.Buses will leave Baldwin at5:45 on September 23. '%.* |Several other events in additionto the weekly Cafe concerts havebeen or are being planned. &a One sure date has been setaside for thejBob Myers MagicE E L I S NOTICE H B,8 Any student not wishing hisor her name published in thestudent directory please contact thefbirector of StudentAffairs as soon as possible. fij'S

Revue. That will take place onOctober 11. TTentative dates have the Cafebooked for a Mace Electronicsdisplay and workshop on October6 and 7, and for an Ice CreamSocial,?probably on October 20.There also may be;'a campusphotography contest and exhibitlater in the year. No date hasbeen set.One new feature added toheStudent Activities program lis*a"Movies at Lunch" series.Admission is free. The movieswill be shown in the coffeehousebeginning at noon every!; thirdFriday of each month.Most of the scheduled noonflicks are comedy or curiositypieces. The series begins "thisFriday, September 23, with TheBellboy.* starring JerryfL ewis.World Without Sun from theJacques Cousteau collection, willbe shown October 21, and a GeneAutry epic, Cowboys and Indians,will follow on November 11.6

In a sadistic scheduling move,Activities Director Jan j Gattiplans? to run The Endless Summer on January 20. * S 3|" I did it on purpose," she says,"so everyone will eat their heartsout." 5 ' ! t

| The harvest they reapedthis year was rather grim. Poverty and hunger and ig- Inorance seem to be their %major comm odity. l i l jBp8lThere must be something we can do to correct thisbalance of payment. And * %there is something. Some-.^thing called the Peace Corps.It'll never save the world. JLjInaTs an illusion better left aFhome. But a small piece, justa tiny piece, that's been donebefore. 2,000wells in thedrought stricken Sahel. Grainlosses cutfrom 33% to 3%.Those are no miracles, but it'sprogress. JjBi,: |I Peace Corps volunteersare people who won't allowthe world to go gently into 1that dark night. No, they'dfiarather rage toward the fight.But what can they possibly

ge tfrom hat? The rewards,*they're just too many to Icount. A language, a culturalexchange, a mutual giving ofknowledge. Of course th ere'sall those and more. But howJ*do you m easure pride? Andwh at's satisfaction bringingon the open market? Andhappiness, that ought to beworth something^,T T Ask any Peace Corpsworker who they did the mostfavors for. The answers seemto come back pretty much thesame all the time. Himself.Herself. They got back muchmore than they gave.The Peace Corps isalive and well. Call tollfree: 800-424-8580. Orwrite the Peace Corps, BoxA, | p | a aWashington, JZS^p {D.C. 20525. C O T |iHush little b a b ydont you cry.If someone d o e s n tdo som eth ing,you'll just d ie .

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Bob Sheehy has been appointedDirector of Operations at Mer-cyhurst College. Sheehy has beenhere at the 'Hurst three years andsays he is very happy. What helikes vbest about MercyhurstCollege is the people and thecommunity. He also said thestudents are very helpful andcooperative. f|Sheehy got his A.A.s degreefroni the Milwaukee School ofEngineering. From there he wenton to work as the Director ofPhysical Planning at LakelandCollege in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.'A At Mercyhurst, Sheehy hasmany duties and responsibilities.He is in charge of maintenance,where he assigns work ordersand makes sure the!work getsdone. In housekeeping he oversees the scheduling. Another oneof Sheehy'sf obs is purchasing.He issues the purchase and is incharge of Budget Control.Sheehy hopes he will do a goodjob, he feels tha t the job was notdone as well" as it should havebeen in the past. He also said thathis department will fwork withother, administrative offices tomake sure that1, things are running smoothly and that they areworking together for the benefitof t he iipp-o ft Y iiii Jga jjj|jj

Lee and Larry Lawson are a very likable if somewhat nervous couple whose music contrasted sharply with Jerling's.The Lawsons trade off on guitar and piano and that, alongwith their tight, well-rehearsed harmonies, make for a muchfuller sound. Buttthe main difference was in their lyric styles. BothLawsons are college graduates and it is my guess that theyhave formallystudied poetry.During the set they covered a song by Steeleye Span, asomewhat obscure English band that revives and rewritesancient folk music. At their best, the Lawsons approach *h~breadth, mystery and fragile elegance of Steeleye Spanof the originals, for that m atter. *

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Soccer is beginning its secondseason of varsity competition atMercyhurst this year. 'Under the direction of CoachDave Shimpeno, the Lakers willfield a "young but experienced"team.Experience gained from lastseason^ pius the addition of fourexperienced freshmen Jgives the'Hurst a teamfuncomparable tolast year's 1-5-2 squad. 3"Last season we \ taught