INTERSESSION 1974

In an interview this week with Mr. Igor Stalsky of the College Senate Academic Policies Committee, the Merciad learned that only SO per cent of the evaluation forms which were to have been handed out to students on the final day of Intersession were ever turned in. W,

The evaluation forms were to have been used to determine student opinions 'of the Intersession

program and proposed changes in* the academic calendar. ^ 1 ^

When asked for some reasons why 70 per cent of the student evaluations might be missing, Mr. Stalsky responded that some teachers saw the evaluation forms as evaluations of their own teaching ability, and felt threatened by them. In the past, the evaluation forms hadibeen done in the short, ob-

The Voice of the Mercyhurst Community r

VOL. 47 NO. 11 MERCYHURST COLLEGE JANUARY 10. 1975

FUND HITS 50 % The deadline for jfhe $1,000,000 Campus Center

Fund Drive has once again been extended, this time indefinitely. ? ^ * M T

While declining to say that the fund-raising drive had run into trouble, Mr. Robert Prattler, Vice-president In Charge of Development, stated that the drive was running behind schedule due to a "number of factors''. i

Among the factors mentioned were the present depressed state of the local and national economy and a three week slow period in pledge solicitations due to the Christmas holiday. v

Currently the drive has resulted in pledges of $500,000 or 50 per cent of the $1,000,000 goal.

Mr. Pirather noted that a big push was now being launched to bring that total to $700,000 by the end of January. When asked when the starting date would be for the Campus Center, he pointed out that the decision would be up toUhe Budget and Finance Committee of the College. After the Committee reviews all factors involved, they will suggest a date for ground-breaking. J •? g ^ &

Mr. Prathert stated'that he saw no reason why the Committee would :• not give the go-ahead for a construction start in the Spring of this year.

One of the brighter spots of the fund-raising drive continues to be In the Faculty Staff donations, which now stand at $22,000, or $2,000 over the $20,000 goal

originally set. That figure continues to grow. One of the fields in which the fund-raising drive is

now getting involved in is getting corporations and foundations to make "challenge grants". An example would be negotiations underway with the Kresge Foundation that would provide a $100,000 donation if that same amount could be gotten from other sources. Mr. Prather also mentioned negotiations for a similar "matching-challenge" grant with the Gulf Oil Foundation. i

For * additional opinion on the Intersession question, turn to page two. This week, the Merciad will publish Mrs Stalsky's reasons why Intersession at Mercyhurst should be discon­tinued. That article will be followed next week in the same place by a /rebuttal by Mr.* James Lanahan, of the Department of Admissions, who will state the case for Intersession. M y l

tt Pace it Program

Interior view of the proposed Mercyhurst Campus Center

Off And Running Some 80 Mercyhurst College students on all class

levels will pilot a Counseling Services project during the Winter and Spring terms. The program wilhbe known as the PACE program (Pennsylvania Academic Enrichment Program) and is designed to respond to students' total educational needs and provides the following services: tutoring, study skills development, personal counseling, financial aid counseling, writing-and mathematical skills development, and career planning. The core guidance program is available to students who wish to take full advantage of the College Counseling services and program participants may utilize any or all of the above services. V .; > * %

Of special interest to seniors] are small group sessions on How To Write a Resume, How to Par­ticipate In a Job Interview, How To sell Oneself To Employers, How To Complete Job Applications. These sessions will be held by the placement office.

Sophomores and Juniors can participate in Problem Solving, Decision Making Lab Sessions, Career Planning Sessions, and make extensive use of materials in the newly* established Career Resource Center. Freshmen will continue their fall

jective question style, but this year, the forms were short subjective essays.

Mr. Stalsky also noted the fact that almost all of the evaluations that were turned in were very favorable to the program, and that any kind of negative sentiment was conspicuously lacking in the evaluations. As Mr. Stalsky put it, I suspect that those faculty members who may have gotten a negative response simply didn't turn * in their evaluations."

When asked if the Intersession evaluation forms would be used as a representative sampling of the student body, Mr. Stalsky responded that he felt not 44As it stands now, the evaluation is invalid— a 30 per cent response is worthless.'' ^

Regarding the choices for an academic calendar, Mr. Stalsky noted that 70 per cent of those in the partial sample favored the present 3*1-3-8 academic calendar, 20per cent favored the 4-3-3 calendar that eliminated intersession and replaced „ it with a fourteen week term in which students had four courses two days a week each, and 5-6 per cent favored a 4-1-4, standard semester form, similar to that in use by Gannon and Villa Maria Colleges.

Mr. Stalsky expressed the desire of the Academic Policy Committee to get a representative straw vote from students on the Intersession and requested that the newspaper sponsor such a poll. In response to Mr. Stalsky's request, a blank will be found on page 2, which can be filled out and left in the suggestion box in the Student Union.

Mercyhurst still had Its share of dirt roads when this 1938 shot of the Grotto area looking west was photographed from the window of Egan Hall. See page 2 and find out about a new Merciad f ea ture—V Window On The Past*'.

term QUEST Communication Lab Sessions and have small group meetings with academic department representatives for assistance in planning academic programs. £ + ' \

Students participating in the PACE program will meet regularly with a counseling staff member and among other things serve as Data Banks for the Counselors so that the current needs of Mercyhurst College Students can be assessed and hopefully at* tended to. .* * * *

Though the pilot program is sizable, the Counseling Staff invites additional interested students to enroll in the program. Students may enroll*in the Pace Program during the week of January 13 by seeing Miriam Mashank, Director of Counseling Services.

it OPEN FILES" LAW RAISES QUESTIONS The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of

1974, better known as the Buckley Amendment, has caused much controversy. Some of the confusions have been cleared up since President Ford signed modifications to* the amendment on Tuesday, December 31. However, even though this bill has been signed, it is still subject to change. :l f

The Buckley Amendment guarantees parents access to their sons' and daughters' records and the right to challenge anything that might be inaccurate. It also guarantees students the same rights. Any records open to students would also be open to former students who might wish to challenge them.

Controversy in Colleges arose over the Placement

Files. In these files are contained the Student Per­sonal Data Forms which are filled out by the students themselves and are nothing more than general in­formation, and the Student Appraisal Rating Scales, better known as letters of recommendation, com­pleted at the request of the student by teachers and non-teachers. Before the^Buckley Amendment, the recommendations were held confidential. If the students have access to them, more than likely the people selected to write these letters will be more cautious and less candid. Mr. Kennedy, Director of Student Services, has commented, "I'm not sure what the files will mean when employers question the candidness ofTthe recommendations." Gary

Bukowski, Mercyhurst Director of Placement, stated that "When graduate schools or employers find out that files are open, they don't want them."

For this reason, students may waive their right of access to the recommendations. As of January 1, the open files are optional to students. However, anything put in the files before January 1 will remain con­fidential. The reason for this is that these comments were written with the guarantee that they would remain confidential.

Mr. Kennedy will be attending a seminar at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J. on January 23 to clarify specific points of the amend­ment and its ramifications for Mercyhurst.

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To Prayer is powerful—at least as a social convention.

There seems to be no more efficient way of bringing people to attention than by shouting, "We will now say grace before meals." As a crowd-silencer this far out-ranks even such grabbers as, "0 my God, he's having a coronary," or "Fire." This curious force of invocation was recently unleashed on the Mercyhurst community f!by| Fr. Guy Patrick: with 3* few penetrating words before the Christmas banquet, he accomplished what even the Triple Trio could not: for a few brief moments he held students and faculty alike in something resembling awe. | *

>Fr. Patrick's prayer, of course, was not the only religious overtone to work its way into the otherwise tasteful dinner. President Shane and Mr. Blanchfield also addressed the group with explicitly Christian words. However, their success at achieving attention was less impressive than that of Fr. Patrick. In fact many persons mocked] the President's attempt at religious seriousness, while others embossed Mr. Blanchfield's reading of the Christmas narrative with remarks suggestive of Tiajuana or Port Said. Clearly immaturity is no monopoly of the younger members of the Mercyhurst family. f

But there is a further misfortune. Our college, it seems to me, is increasingly embarrassed Iby its religion. Like America at large, Mercyhurst is put to the blush by the mention of its Christian underwear. We clutch at afterdinner Christmas carols as if to genitals we are unsure of. It is insufficient to say Mercyhurst is ambivalent about its identity; we are estranged from our origins. M f

Oddly enough i institutions less committed to definite goals than Mercyhurst are more certain of their direction. Criticizing i the American Ideal of expediency, a Yale spokesman said recently, "We've decided to drop out of the rat race, because even if you run and win you're still a rat." A college need not be narrowly Catholic to realize the ultimate futility of commitment to neutrality.

Perhaps, as the snickers of some of my colleagues suggest, Christianity is simply an embarrassing remnant of an adolescent era, a superstition/like Santa Claus, which is cynically trotted out once a year to keep the nuns and kids happy. If so, for God's sake let us inform'our President of the family con­sensus. Let us keep him from actually believing we appreciate his Christmas prayer when in fact we absorb it out of courtesy for his office. For beneath

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'Point/Counterpoint Part 1

What originally started out as a student evaluation of the 1974 Intersession at Mercyhurst has developed into a verbal powder keg, with members of the Mercyhurst community massing on either side of the issue and preparing to wage their respective battles of words. | *

Mr. Igor Stalsky, Associate Professor of Theatre and a member of the College Senate Academic Policies Committee, feds that intersession should be discontinued at Mercyhurst for a number of very important reasons. %'i '

The first major reason, according to Mr. Stalsky, is purely economic. Intersession is, and has been for the past couple years, a money-losing project. Not only does the school lose money by operating with only a partial student body, but many students never return to Mercyhurst after the seven week period between Thanksgiving and the beginning of Winter term. The financial loss is large—Intersession* in 1973 lost $40,000 (figures are not yet available for Intersession 1974) At a time*when the economic future of small schools like Mercyhurst is endangered, Mercyhurst must "cover its losses", by either raising its tuition or cancelling the Intersession Program.

Another major reason why Intersession at Mer­cyhurst should be ̂ discontinued, according to Mr. Stalsky, is the fact that 'Intersession is academically worthless. Although it may work pretty well for certain departments, it is in the long run, a waste of time." Mr. Stalsky pointed out that

E ditor the smiling veneer of the Mercyhurst body there lurks, I suspect, a spirit which affirms neither the idea of the Christ nor the idea of a college based on such convictions as were His.^ |

Sincerely,;, J ^l*f I Philip Krill

Mercyhurst Syndrofrie by jj Dave Blanchfield

There is a definite pattern that builds up in many Mercy hurst students, but especially in residents. The following is meant to be a non-judgmental description of two of these patterns. * f f * W-

jg For many, life becomes a dull routine interspaced with efforts to break out of the routine. Classes are held at the same time everyday and it often seems to be more like obstacles to be overcome than an educational experiences. Time outside of classes is spent in the same ways, drinking, card playing, television, pool, a little?studying here and there. Every day you come in contact with the same people who have the same things to say. When parties come up, people rush;to them as ways to escapeIthe deadening effect of daily life but all too often the parties become as routine as the week days. They too are joyless and make the return to the daily routine even more painful. , ^

Another pattern\ is the | student who is | self motivated. These people have no difficulty in finding experiences, and projects in which to involve themselves. If anything,!their lives become Hoo frantic. Such people have an awareness of the world around them, both its riches and its needs. As they grow they rejoice in its riches (music, literature, people, art, celebrative gatherings, nature) and become more aware of their responsibilities to its needs (problems of hunger, economy, aging.) As they grow they become surer of who they are and more accepting of others. | % •*•• c Of course these two patterns are caricatures, both general and superficial but those of you who have read this far may finds yourselves tending more towards one or the other pattern. If so I may have something to offer you. | *j

The first suggestion is open ;' to anyone but especially to those who find themselves in the first pattern. Life becomes whole and meaningful only to the extent that you give. That is a very simple truth but the most difficult to live out. You become what you give yourself to. Never give yourself and you will never gain a self identity. Accordingly a college should provide its students with opportunities to give. Starting this semester campus ministry is going to set up a program so that as many of you as want to can spend an hour a week or more with a person in a nursing home. If you are interested in growing a little, in becoming a|bit more compassionate and understanding, see us in the campus ministry office and break out of the routine. i I

The second suggestion is open to all but especially those who fit into the second pattern. We are looking for volunteers in the college community 1 who are concerned about the problem of world hunger. We need people who would be willing to go Into the dorms {talk to people and raise consciousness in others about the food problem. It will not be easy, it may even be painful but we will be aiming at worth­while and concrete results. •£. I

student and faculty sentiments bear out this opinion. In his words, "students and faculty show their disapproval for Intersession with their feet—they walk out on the school during the Intersession period and just go home."

Can Intersession be improved? Mr. Stalsky feels not-—the main limitation on Intersession being the number of people on the college staff. "There just aren't enough people on the faculty who can offer a selection of really great three-week courses. There are*a tot of good teachers who just cannot gear themselves to teaching an entire course in three weeks time." When asked what future Intersessions would be like, Mr. Stalsky responded that they would be much like this past one, with many shoddy courses, and a few great ones/ |

Mr. Stalsky feds that the best alternative to Intersession would be the initiation of a semester program in place of Fall term and Intersession. Students would take four courses, but would take each course only two days a week for eighty minutes each*day. The semester would be fourteen weeks long, and free 4 Wednesdays would be retained. An added advantage would be that cross-registration with Gannon and Villa would be greatly simplified.

"If the question of Intersession were put to a vote today in the College Senate, I feel that it would be discontinued, probably by, a close vote. Is Inter­session worth the cost of a tuition hike? "

Every Tuesday evening, the Merciad staff con­verges on Third Floor Old Main to try to piece together various bits of Mercyhurst news and non­sense. At times, the newspaper production business at Mercyhurst is exceedingly blightedfby a barren wasteland of seeming indifference and inactivity. .

The Merciad staff recognizes a responsibility to supply the entire campus with relevant, timely news and features. Our rambling and rantings are only limited to the campus lite we see. You may have a different perspective. Share it with us.:Send a letter, suggestion or a lead. Let' the Merciad be your paper!! ^

Merciad Iditerial Policy 1. The student press should be

free from advance approval of copy and its editors and managers should be free to develop their own editorial policies and newt coverage. I [

2. Editors of student publications should be protected from arbitrary interference suspension or removal because of student,.faculty, ad ministrative, or public disapproval of editorial policy or content. \ J

While demerging these rights we accept the inherent limitation placed on a newspaper that is not financially autonomous. We accept the fact that the Institution bears the legal publication and will en deevor to act accordingly. ,

The following, then* ere the standards to be followed in our publication:

L HEWS a. News sources must be

carefully investigated In order to ascertain their reliability and dependability.

b Newt events must be thoroughly Investigated In order to prevent misinformation and misunderstanding.

c. Newt articles. and columns may be interpretive. I.e., responsible commentary In ad­

dition to coverage of the news. Anyone who feels that an article has been detrimental to them selves will have an opportunity to submit a reply for the next Issue.

II. EDITORIALS ? a. Editorials expressed in this

newspaper are the responsibility uf the staff. ; 'x

« b. Remarks should be directed towards administrative, faculty or student concerns.

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but

I I I . LETTERS EDITOR

a.Letters shall be printed toto" wherever possible.

b A maximum length of words Is suggested when mittlnga letter*

c. Letters must be signed name can be withheld upon reasonable request,

d. Writers ere entitled to "privilege information'* status concerning the availability of their noma to anyone who might ask for same. f- e. Any letters of obviously im mature iudgement shall1, not be accepted for publication. v

f. The editorial staff reserves the right to screen material ac ceptable for publication.

the This coming September will mark the beginning of

the fiftieth year of Mercyhurst College's existence. Mercyhurst and its people have gone through a great deal since a handful of nuns and a small group of students first set up a liberal arts college in the barely finished rooms of Old Main and Egan in September of 1926. ;

In the weeks ahead, the Merciad is going to "jump the gun" a little on the college's golden anniversary celebration bv means of a new regular feature., "Window On The Past". The feature will continue as long as we have interesting material to put into it and it will consist of both written copy and photos.

It is our hope that "Window On the Past', will tell Mercyhurst students and faculty a little something about the people who went before them, along with photo views of the campus in earlier days. With this insight, we hope that Mercyhurst people will develop a "sense of history" for the school of which they are a part. 1

Next week: in the beginning.

JANUARY 10, 1975 MERCYHURST COLLEGE PAGE 3

The New Year has brought to us a world full of resolutions and so it's up to you, great cooks of the future, to resolve that this is the year that the water will boU, the toast will toast, the coffee perk, and goodies will taste good.

With stretched budgets taken into consideration this week's recipe will make thatfslim budget seem a little fatter. .$

Besides economics, this week we will also demonstrate convenience a quick dinner ready in an hour and a half 90 minutes, mind you. Are you ready? Take a deep breath and here goes. * f i '$

For all those meat and potato lovers this week's casserole is very basic. First take 3 medium size potatoes about the size of an orange, peel and slice thin. Place in a pot of cold, salted water and boil 5 minutes. -

While potatoes are cooking take one small onion chopped and 3 tablespoons green pepper, place in frying pan with 3 tablespoons oil, cook till onion is soft and transparent (saute). Add l pound ground meat and browa Salt and pepper to taste. ** g *

When potatoes are cooked drain. In buttered casserole dish layer potatoes and meat mixture, ending with meat. In saucepan take 1 can tomato soup, Vfe can water and V\ cup Rice Krispies, mix well and pour over casserole. IBake covered in oven\at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Serve in baking dish, § 1 *

See? Wasn't that easy? All in one dish and it tastes so yummy, all nice and hot from the oven, it makes the tummy happy. Come on don't be afraid of it it won't bite you.

Now that you're becoming such a great cook it's time to start inviting yourgfriends, not enemies, to dinner. Remember the key to a person's happiness is their stomach. Happy Eating. * j £: I* W&

4 JANUARY 10—Last day to change classes | i 10—Dance—Funky Stygian—9-12 p.m. Student Union 12—FILM—"A Clockwork Orange"—Recital Hall 7 & 9 1&—Basketball—Mercyhurst vs. Clarion (Away) -y 14—R.U.S. Meeting—214 Zurn—6 p.m. f 19—FILM—"Bang The Drum Slowly"—Recital Hall— 7&9 • I 20—Coffeehouse Circuit—Sandy Nassan—9 & 10 p. m. | 21—Coffeehouse Circuit—Sandy Nassan—9 & 10 p.m. | 22—Coffeehouse Circuit—Sandy Nassan—9 & 10 p.m. 22—Basketball—Mercyhurstl vs. Pitt-Johnstown (Away) i' it 2£—ice Skating Party—Glenwood Ice Rink— 9 -12 26—FILM—"Serpico"—Recital Hall—7 & 9 p.m. 27—Basketball—Mercyhurst vs. Fairmont (Away)

David Hollander

Hollander. In teaching, he

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A new member of iMercy-hurst's faculty is music in­structor. David addition to his will be i guiding and assisting those students who are in­terested . in music profession. t

Mr. {Hollander began studying the piano at the age of four.f He performed frequently at an early age, appearing publicly in a piano trio when he was six. By the time he was fifteen, he had performed with every symphony Iprchestra in his home town, Kansas City.

Two years later he ac­cepted a full scholarship to study with Cecile Genhart at the U. of Rochester's East­man School}of Music, where he received his Bachelor's Degree. During this time he was the recipient of several awards, including a Sears-Roebuck grant to study; with the late Frank Mannheimer in Duluth, Minnesota. |

While he was in college, Mr. Hollander returned f to the Mid-West on many occasions

to perform concerts. In 1970 he toured with the Beethoven Festival. Trio, and in 1971 he appeared as soloist throughout the state of Missouri.. His playing is known for its warmth and spontaneity; his approach is intense, - lyric, i and all the while communicative.

Mr. Hollander continued his musical education in New York City, where he coached with concert-artist Claude Frank for five years. He received his Master's Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Pin41972, Mr. Hollander accepted a position with the Diller-Quaile School of Music. He was given a large class of students, to be taught on all levels; the following year he was asked to pilot the adult music appreciation course. In the meantime, he maintained and even increased the size of his own class of private pupils because the demand for his teaching was so great.

His wife, Lydia Elisabeth Hollander, is also a pianist

SENATE MEETING

Two Woman Show

WEDNESDAY

JAN. 15

: 1:15 p.m.

Recital Hall

Speaker: Dr. Shane on

College Finances and

Budgetary problems?

Tu f oring Tyrone B. Moore, Counselor

and Skills Bank Coordinator, announces the following WINTER TERM TUTORIAL SCHEDULE y * Chemistry 203 Main Accounting 309 Main Biology |§2lOZurn

The above sessions!will be conducted on Mondays from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Tutors will be provided in all other areas upon request. |

New to the College program is the MATHEMATICS LABORATORY which I is a joint effort between the Counseling Services; and the Mathematics Department. The Laboratory is designed to assist students who would like support in Mathematics and| Mathematics related courses.

All services are free of charge fori Mercyhurst C o l l e g e s t u d e h t s . Arrangements to participate in the services may be made through Mr. *Moore, 203-Preston. %•

Tonight, January 10 at 7:00 two Mercyhurst art majors will open an art show at the 10th and State street office of the First National Bank,

"Two Woman Show" will display the works of senior Kathy Turek and junior Elisa

Guida.

Two and three dimensional pieces will be presented in the areas of painting and jewelry.

The show will be open until January 31 and all are welcome to view the works.

Around The Town by Pat Woschler

As promised a long, long time ago, this closing edition of| "Around The Town" will deal with those two final ways for getting from Mercyhurst to somewhere else, the two T's—Taxi and Thumb. ;

As a result of a recent'rate increase, tatting a Yellow Cab (the only cab company in Erie) costs $1.40 for the first mile, and $.60 for each ad­ditional mile. Thus, a round trip downtown will run bet­ween $4.00 ami $5.00! Nelson Rockefeller, where are you when we need you! In short,

taking a cab in this town is a luxury that few *Mercyhurst students can afford. i |

Which brings us to the second T— the Thumb—better known as hitch-hiking. First off, the Erie Police Depart­ment's attitude toward "thumbing it" is thumbs down—whether or not they enforce the law is un­predictable. Second, even if the cops ignore you, chances are that the drivers will do the same. Erie is not a hitch­hiker's town—its drivers are extremely suspicious of anyone standing by the side of the road looking for a ride. At this time of year, a long cold wait awaits *anyone who ventures forth Uo travel by thumb. I

Final Note—The City of Erie has donated a number of large city maps to Mercy­hurst One will be posted in the Sudent Union as a handy reference for anyone who wants to go somwhere in Erie, but doesn't know how to get there. The<> man i. will also provide hours of enjoyment for "map freaks1'.

ID'S MUST BE

PRESENTED AT ALL CAMPUS MOVIES

MOVIES THIS WEEK Cinema 18 - Freebee and the

Bean Cinema I, II, III - (Millcreek

Mall) - Earthquake, Man with ther Golden Gun, Airport 1975.-

Cinema World - The Great American Cowboy, The Longest Yard, Flesh

Gordon, Jermai Johnson Plaza - Towering Inferno | Warner - Island at the Top of

the World. Strand - Godfather Part II Eastway II, I - Jermia

Johnson, The Great American Cowboy.

and an artist of equal caliber. While they are usually quite busy with their individual concert careers, they have performed together on oc­casion; in 1971 they initiated a highly unique series of piano-

four hand concerts.

At the present!time, the Hollanders are looking for­ward to settling in Penn­sylvania and making Erie their home.

Art Dept.

Winter Abroad Thirteen Art Majors will

spend the greater part of the Winter Term in Venice, Italy, studying glass sculpture, painting, and History of Renaissance Art. On their way bade to the USA, "they will spend a few? days in Florence to see and study the great sculptures of Michaelangelo and the great basilicas of Rome. They will board the plane in Rome on February 19 and will finish their painting course here at the Hurst.

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JANUARY 10. 1976

The big game finally turned from a long lived dream into an exciting reality. The Gannon-Mercyhurst clash was met with avid enthusiasm. Although most Mercyhurst students were at home celebrating the holiday season, many fans traveled to the Gannon auditorium to cheer on their Laker team. The final outcome was gin Gannon's favor but the Lakers showed the people of'<Erie that the Mercyhurst basketball team is not a team to be taken lightly. In my opinion, the Lakers are Just as good as the Knights if not BETTER. • I I • % <. '*

It would be a definite plus to the city of Erie if Mercyhurst and Gannon! would meet every season on a "home and home" basis. This is what'the coaches, Mercyhurst* Gan­non, and, most important, what the fans want to see. The only question is, will Gannon accept the challenge and dare to play the Lakers at home? *S$ WJ '\

It took four years for this contest to become a reality. The auditorium was packed and the fans loved the game, but the crowd was obviously pro Gannon. This could have been a factor influencing the final outcome. Many may say that I am making excuses for Mercyhurst's loss, but it doesn't take much to turnaround a 3 point decision. No matter what the outcome was, the Lakers ha ve proven themselves and if Gannon will dare to play us on a non-partial court, I'm sure they would be even more surprised and impressed than they already are. ; f %% W

The Merciad welcomes* letters from any sports fans concerning the Mercyhurst sports program. If you feel that the sports page is biased or something should be added, then why not let us know. It only takes a few minutes to write a letter and if you can, drop it off in;.the information office anytime. Your cooperation would be greatly appreciated.

The Merciad would like to thank Joe Mattis, Mercyhurst Sports Information Director, for his assistance in creating the Merciad sports section.

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The (Mercyhurst Lakers had their five game winning streak snapped in the finals of the Porreco CUD Tournament this past Sunday but still ended the month of December with a 7-2 record. Gannon beat the Lakers, 70-67. I "I have to be extremely

Eleased with the record we a ve thus far" voiced head

mentor Dick Fox. "We have already beaten the defending NAIA National Champion (West Georgia) and the team that was seeded No. a in the NAIA National tournament last year (Fairmont State). We also won two tournaments and were the runner-up in the Porreco Cup/' continued the fourth year coach. "Our only losses were on the road against once-beaten Slippery Rock State and to undefeated Gannon* We have had a tough schedule during the month but come out of it as well as I could have expected,1' | The Lakers will how-get a

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much needed rest before resuming action against Edinboro State at the Brie County Fieldhouse on January 7. The fighting Scots will travel to Erie with an unblemished 6-0 record and will be the sixth team the Lakers have faced in ten games) that is unbeaten coming into its game with Mercyhurst. | &;

The Lakers disposed of the University of Delaware 80-64 in the opening round of the Porreco Cup Tournament to set up its championship en­counter with cross-town rival Gannon. Ail-American Jesse Campbell led the way with 22 points, 20 rebounds and eight blocked shots. Carl Jones added 16 points and Mike Molnar 12 from their back-court positions to aid in the win. j 3 I j

The Lakers led in the championship encounter by 12 points in the first half before

settling for n 35-33 advantage at intermission. But the Knights poured in the first six points oi the second sessions and the Lakers could never catch up even though the gap was just one late in the con­test, i

Again Campbell was the leading scorer in the game with 19 points and he added 13 rebounds and blocked four Gannon attempts. Jones had 17 points five assists and three steals and he made the all* tournament team along with Campbell. Molnar, with 11 points, and Hixon, with 10 markers also hit double figures for the Hurst.

Campbell continues to lead the Lakers in scoring with a 22.1 average and in rebound­ing with a 14.3 mark. Jones follows with a 13.8 norm, Hixon is at 11.7, Monar at 9.6 and Bob Repko is second in rebounding with 6.8 grabs per game and Hixon pulls * down five missed shots per contest.

The Mercyhurst College junior varsity basketball team is following the foot­steps of the varsity by win­ning five of its six games in contests played through the month of December.

The high-scoring Lakers of Coach Steve Brandon are currently averaging 193.3 points per same. The Lakers JV's topped the Scots early in December 84-66. That was the first of five consecutive wins for the Blue and Green, |a winningf streaky that was broken in their last? outing against, Jamestown Com­munity I College. $ The Jayhawks, who averaged over '104 points per game Ja year ago to annex the junior

college national scoring championship en route to a 26-2 record, dropped the Lakers 94-89. I f

Freshman Jim Marshall of Pittsburgh paces the scoring attack with 153 points, a 25.5 average.; The 6-5 center-forward has 51 field goalsjto lead the team in that category and has canned 51 of 70 free throws in six games, aj.799 figure. Also averaging over 20 points per game is 6-4. center Connie McCoy with! a 24.0 norm in just t hree games. •

Three others are hitting in double i figures. ': Kevin Bradley, fa 6-0 backcourt performer, has a 14.3 average with 86 points. Right behind

him is 6-4 John Burrow, another freshman, with 85 points, a 14.2 mark. Paul Voung has pumped in. 78 pomts in six contests. Fresh­man Young, who stands 6-3, has a 13.0 scoring a verage. J

Sophomore James Harris has also seen plenty of Action for the Lalkers. He is currently averaging 8.2 points by scoring.49 markers in six games.

Brandon's charges won't let any rest after the Edin-ioro contest, traveling to

Meadville the next evening to meet, the Allegheny College junior varsity.

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