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Ba d C o m p a n y T h e F H u r s tThe Mouhedin! BalletCompany will st ar t officiallyin the Fall of 1976, as a touringballet company, one of w hosefunctions! is to promoteMercyhurst College." Ismet Mouhedin will be thedirector of the company. TheMercyhurst Dance Department will be the.main sourcefor| performers, i Approximately Uen qualifiedstudents selected by thedance faculty will performunder an^ apprentice's contract. & w>The budget permitting, Mr.Mouhedin hopes *to hireprofessional dancers "for thecompany. The ^professionalswill oe qualified Mercyhurstgraduates and perhaps

outside male dancers.^One of the tasks delineatedby Mr. Mouhedin is to go tolarge cities like * Pittsburghand New York, to* holdauditions. Senior high schoolstudents would audition to beaccepted at MercyhurstCollege and its J dancedepartment,} to get a dancescholarship,* and to b e a ccepted in the company itself. |Mr.f Mouhedin is settinghigh | igoals for his balletcompany.' He jj hopes that] itwill be the first i college-affiliated touring balletcompany to travel to Europe.Mr. Mouhedin-will be thecompany's director but oncethe company gets its hold,graduate students will take

of technicalb u s i n e s sand? publicover the jobsd i r e c t i o n ,managementrelations.Even though the companywon't officially start untilnext fall, Mr. Mouhedin isplanning to go on tour duringthis spring term. Included inthe weekend itinerary areBuffalo, Cleveland, * Oil Cityand Meadville. ?^Presently, Mr. Mouhedin istrying to create a Board ofDirectors, while? Betty

Gartner, director of theEnglish Clinic at MercyhurstCollege, lis hoping to formsupportive organizations, aWomen's Auxiliary ' and astudent organization.New Merciad Advisor Takes Reins

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William Shelley,* Assistantin Special; Programs atMercyhurst College, is thenew advisor of Th e Merciad.He succeeds Andrew Rothwho* has takenjj a newassignment as Director of theBusiness CommunicationSki lls' Institute. In addition,Roth j has numerousprofessional obligations, suchas ^Diredtor of Mhe Communications Program and TVhost for "High Q." 1 4 | * tWhile Rothl was coordinating one. of many specialprograms under the supervision of Thomas Monaghan,William Shelley emerged.In keeping with the Mercyhurst motto, fthe ^college"seized the opportunity'J toengage someone with anextensive background injournalism as Th e Merciadadviso~ j simultaneouslyfreeing Roth to devote moreof his time and talent to theinstitutionally ! advantageousInstitute

Formerly from Warren,Pa., Shelley holds a B.A. inCommunications from theUniversity of Mississippi andis currently pursuing aMaster's degree at AlleghenyCollege. i s aShelley'sjexpansive careerin communications includessuch professional experiencesas : sportscaster for WWGO,WWYN radio stations, andWSEE TV. He was also asports writer jfforPhiladelpnia, Meadville andErie newspapers. ?\Shelley was named three

time s Sports*- Writer of theYear ,t reigning from 1972-74,and jhas also? receivedbroadcasting awards.When asked about h is views

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relating to the future of Th eMerciad, | Mr. Shelley enthusiastically replied, "Thenewspaper has been showinga consistent improvement ananaturally it is our aim to keepit up. I believe in a high levelof consistency?'^ Regarding his philosophy concerning news writing, Mr.Shelley retorted, "Keep itbright anc^lght! ,, ;He feelsthat the communicationsworld is a rapidly advancingterritory -and, it?is thefkey tofuture progression. 5 II Both i Andy I Roth andWilliam Shelley can be notedfor ;'their initiative andwillingness to contribute theirtightly budgeted time.&toimprove the | Mercy hurstimage.* Good luck to both ofthese men. i\*m& -*8* \

S e n i o r C l a s s G i v e nC h r i s t m a s D i n n e rOnce again, MercyhurstCollege will relive traditionby i- hosting ja Christm asDinner for the Senior Class.The event will be held for th eBicentennial C lass on Frida y,Dec. 12, in the Dining Hall.Saga foods will cater theevent and a number?of underclassmen will * serve theseniors. Senior members ofthe music department willentertain. A cocktail hour w illprecede the dinner and TheSpartan Inn will host a partyimmediately % following theevents oh campus. f

Spec ial; guests of theBicentennial Class will 'include jDr.?and Mrs. MarionShane, Dr. William Garvey,Mr. Robert Prather, and thechairpersons of the academ icdivisions.Paulf Toraldo, RenateFerro, and Sally Schismenos,chairpersons of fthe SeniorCommittee, request that ifthere *are any seniors thathave not received tickets butare planning to attend, theyshould contac t them* immediately.

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A s s o c i a t i o n R e i n s t a t e db y D a r l e n e K e i t h M e r c i a d S t a f f R e p o r t e rSr. Carolyn Herrmann,recently named Director ofDevelopment,j; has begun: toorganize at* ParentsAssociation consisting ofctheparents of present studentsand alumni of the college. * 5*There was a ParentsAssociation before in 1968 andit pasted for four and a halfyears, then it slowly fadedaway because of the variouschanges in off ces and officersof the college. 'Earlier this fall , Sr .Carolyn sent letters to theparents of students asking

them if they would like|toform a Parents Association^Twenty-nine responses cameback and 15 said that theywere willing to start one}Saturday, December 6, .aluncheon and* meeting wasconducted Sn the HeritageRoom. The parents who werewilling to come and join attended. Two sets of parentswere named as chair couples.These people \were- Mr. andMrs. Steinhouser and Mr. andMrs. Crowley^ 1? Sr. Carolyn, who led themeeting* talked about thepurposes of thei association.The main objectives concerned with were fthe publicrelatidASS, j6t> placfeiftehtfe,recruitments, * and fundraising asp ects of the college.The public relations view isdesigned so that parents in theassociation can get* to knowthe college and inform otherpeople about it. --Also, members of theassociation js* might beacquainted with fvariouspeople who have connectionswith prospective employersof the students. j

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A Y w Q 9 W * I H *St. Carolyn Herrmann, Director of Development, chairs meetingof newly formed Parents Association. *.v, . Photo by Robert Ronksley * Some parents belonging tothe association "might knowpeople who are willing todonate money to the collegebut haven't really thoughtabout it. This would enablethe school to know who thesepeople are and contact them.Other outlooks for theparents would be to betteracquaint incoming studentsana their? parents to thecollege #and perhaps even

have an i entire ^weekenddevoted to the parents to letthem observe the school'andthe curriculum. ; ' *Although $the ParentsAssociation has been dead forthree years, Sr. Carolyn isnow trying to build a newer,hopefully more successfulassociation than inpast years.For the students and all whoare connected with the school,we hope it will work. { J

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A t precisely 1 2 : 3 2 p . m . Tuesday, December 9 in the mostdaring daylight Kidnapping case since the Patty Hearstaffair, E. William Kennedy's Kangaroo was snatched fromh is office. ?Information provided by the authors of this news bulletindetails that th e culprits secretly slipped up the back stairs,usually guarded by S r. Phillis, entered the unlocked office ofthe Direc tor of Student Affairs and carried off the gaggeda n d struggling marsupial to a nearby waiting van.The caper appears to be the work of the newly formedK.L.A. (Kangaroo Liberation Army) a branch of the S.L.A.whose last crime w a s the foiled Elby's B i g B o y case. *A ransom note in a childish scrawl a ttached to a miniatureKangaroo and left on Mr. Kennedy's desk said: i i |gYour Kangaroo has been kidnapped. She will not be fharmed if you do what w e s a y . Y o u will b e notified asto the steps youmust take for her return.SigtfetfT _ _ _ _Santa Klaus j & SElF^iWt (Kangaroo Liberation Army)Mr. Kennedy has not decided whether to turn the caseOver to the F.B.I., the C.I.A., or the L.S.D. (Local SecurityDepartment).^. ? J * v ."The kangaroo is of inestimable value", says Mr ^Kennedy, "because o f) sentimental reasons." Others havesuggested that the seriousness of the loss comes from the{act that the kangaroo is the brains behind th e whole StudentAffairs office. * i In spite of appearances, Mr. Kennedy is adamant that thekangaroo is not pregnant. (Investigators seem highly interested in this aspect of th e case.) % >Information leading to the recovery of the KennedyKangaroo will be highly rewarded.; |WOMEN'S VARSITY TENNIS TEAMThe indoor tennis courts will be reserved for the Women'sVarsity Tennis Team for practice from 8-10 p.m. on Sunday a n d 6 -8 p . m . o n Tuesday for th e rest of th e year."- $Any other girl Interested in playing for the team In the fall of1975-76 Is welcome to attend these practices. 1

\The financial aid application for Mercyhurst Collegeasking for general financial information.' This applicationsshould be completed as soon as possible, f M f> 8R ljThe Pennsylvania ..Higher.Education Assistance Agency(PHEAA) renewal applications will be sent to the student'shome. Applications tor students who never received aPHEAA grant will be available in the Financial Aid Office inJanuary. Deadline for the PHEAA applications,is May 1,1976. t \ i i i i IStudents will be able to obtain Basic Education Opportunity Grant (BEOG) forms in January also. Deadline forsubmission of these forms ha s not yet been established. *

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Guest EditorialCollege Goals Examinedb y D m B la nd ifM d A n d P a ul M o w l z

The MercyhursKCollege of 1975, fast approachingits golden anniversary, should be as clear and preciseabout its educational assumptions, values'and objectives as it was in i 1 9 2 6 . Social critics such;asReinhold N iebuhr claim tha t a s a n institutiongrows itforsakes its founding ideals for an all pervasive selfinterest. If Mercyhurst is subject to this process, andfew institutions are not, then the college must bothanalyze what assumptions, values and objectives itnow acts upon and decide which it wants to act uponin the future. * \ ^$ I | | f; f -This call \for self examination is not a J newchallenge. Over the past two academic years fourattempts have been made to examine the basic objectives of Mercyhurst. The first effort w as the 1974doctoral dissertation of Father Charles Roland,which compared the objectives of the three privatecolleges in Erie . The second and third efforts wereinternal studies which included a faculty opinionaireundertaken by an^adthoc committee of the 1973-74faculty policies committee and a survey of studentopinions conducted by a comm ittee preparing for theMiddle States self study. The work of these threeprojects was then studied {by> th e college's MiddleStates goals committee and a final statement ongoals and objectives was put in the Mercyhurstreport to Middle States. This report w as seen by thecollege as the best? possible statem ent of the institution's goals and objectives! H ow good a job didthe college do? | f ^r T h e response of th e Middle States committee to thecollege is very informative. It announced that long-range planning is Mercyhurst's "most urgent unfilledneed," and that the absolutely necessary first step indoing such planning here is "a new, clear, and supported statement of goals." The report said that thestatement of goals in the college's self study was4'incomplete, not fully candid, timid and imprecise.''Later, the M iddle States Association announced that\m had decided to reaffirm Mercyhurst's accreditation, but asked that the college ^provide awritten report b April 1,1978, on "two Major topic s:(Da careful delineation of Mercyhurst's mission andobjectives with evidenced that the several cohrstituencies of Hhe college have played a role in thedetermination of this mission and these objectives,and (2)| a design for the effective integration ofvocational and liberal education." It w a s n o surprise,then, that President Shane created Blueprint H I TaskForce, with a principal objective of creating " a new

sense of identity, direction, and purpos e" for M ercyhurst. v * 4 ' i , s SObviously the task of precisely formulating objectives! is not finished. Nor can we expect theBlueprint Task F orce t o d o t h e task on its o w n . Inputis needed from the entire college^ To add*a smalldimension to the task w e would like to suggest usingthe Merciad as a forum. In future articles w e hope toraise some'of the value questions about Merchurstthat ar e brought out in the earlier studies, especiallyin the faculty policies opinionaire. It may seem thosereports are hopelessly out of date, rendered uselessb y t h e degree of turnover of students and faculty. B uton th e other hand the faculty turnover may add somesignificance to the Middle States comment that ourgoals statement is imprecise and timid. Please helpu s look at these questions in future Merciad issues.

To T h e Editor: JIs intersession worth it? This is the question I askmyself every* year upon entering t h e : registrar'soffice. And every year I; walk away mumbling tomyself, "Well maybe next yea r." 3 | I iIhtersession in its beginning stages offered manyopportunities for the students to concentrate in onespecific areailt gave students the chance to travel,suggest their own course or choose from a large w ellrounded selction of courses. $ ? *PA s it stands no w Intersession is nothing more than aglorified playground completewith beer kegs, rabblerousing,. fun a n d a little studying in between. W-I have noticed the general* apathetic listless attitudes of the students attending Mercyhurst Collegethis term.fLooking at the course offerings I can seewhy. |\Vhat does Women's Sports or Food andBeverage Appreciation have to do with preparing usfor the b ig bad world ahead of u s? I find such coursesa waste of time and money.

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-filled time fand always to empty somebody'spocket. The only way to make such useless coursesworth taking would b e t o charge less for th e courses.Two hundred and twenty dollars is a lot of money toblow ona fifteen d ay course. *Will Intersession improve? Maybe, maybe n o t . It isup to the students to {petition for better courseselections or t o d o away with Intersession altogether.,*r * Dave Wallin t T i

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The Merciad accepts, in fact encourages, the. submission off articles, letters, and stories from liny and allmembers of the Mercyhurst College community;students, faculty, administrators, trustees, and friends ofthe school. However, as responsible Journalists we mustreserve th e following rights: *1. .The right to revise copy into standard English;2..The right to revise copy into correct Journalisticform;!3 . . A n d , finally, the right to revise copy (but not changemea ning) to fit layout design. nIn addition. Letters to the Editor must b e signed, mustbe factually verifiable, an d must b e written In good taste,Names will b e withheld upon request, but false names willnot b e used.

Intersession has been declining and people arebeginning to wonder w h y . The apparent reason is thelack of time and effort on both the students and thefaculty members parts. $ i fThe proof is contained in past booklets ofWinter-session schedules. In 1970 there were 53 courses offered ?and in 1972 there were 59 courses offered.Suddenly in 1973 the courses dropped to 41 and nowthis year, there are only 42 . \,The main reason instructors don't offer Intersession courses is that their teaching contracts statethat (hey only have to teach eight courses per year. *jThis means that they-can split up the classes anyway they choose. If they fwould choose not to offerIntersession, tha t's fine. \ * ?i ? TThe faculty like to fit their allotted number ofcourses into the three term s. This leaves Novemberand December open for vacation or preparatory timefor the winter term, / *| t fl$ Instructors w ho are directors or chairpersons onlyhave to offer seven courses p er year. This is becausethey have to participate in these projects on their ow nEven if teach ers do not have to teach, you wouldthink that some of them would offer courses to behelpful to the students.Apparently some of than donot possess consciences.In the past five years, the same instructors havebeen popping u p . The fact tha t they give up possiblevacations every year warrants gratitude. Theseinstructors a re Beverly D i Carlo, D aniel Burke, IgorStalsky, Ernest Mauthe, Peter Libra, BarryMcAndrew, Sr. Eymard, Marilynn Jewell, RobertSturm and M r. Higgins. j T '$These instructors have offered courses for Intersession almost every year for the past five y ears. Ifthey teach in your area of study, you should feol

lucky. T* T1*""Some of the faculty m embers names never app earin the booklets. Although itrisn't required, couldn'tthey offer Interssession courses once in a while?This leads us into the scheduling of classes. If notenough faculty members volunteer to offer classes,naturally there will be a smaller number of studentswho will enroll. Also with the limited classes, thearen't going to appeal to everyone. L 1 LThe majority of classes offered from any onesection are seven. Most of the classes offered, comefrom the Creative Arts, Education, Natural Scienceand Social Sciences Divisions. ISo if none of these are your areas of study or are ofinterest to you, you are out of luck. Apparently thefaculty in these areas are more involved withstudents.^When looking at the Intersession courses, we seeeleven liberal studies courses out of a possible 42.Some of (he students, even though they might not beinterested in what is offered, would like to take a n L Scourse instead of an elective . & ,|You m ay be wondering why there aren't too manyL S courses. The answer is that most instructors fedthat 14 days is not enough time to cover material thatis required for a L S course. i jfeThere they are correct. Regular terms a re 40 daysand intersession is only 14 days. T he students wouldhave almost three times the work load.Dean Garveylsays that they are thinking aboutmaking Intersession mandatory for the faculty. Thehope is to have instructors from every division teachsome courses related to that subject.^Hopefully in the future, Intersession will become amust for instructors and thus bring' about a new interest within the students an d the faculty.

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V VvDECEMBER 12, 1975 MERCYHURST COLLEGE PAGESPlacement News

FOODS AND NUTRITION-CAREERS TO FEED AHUNGRY WORLD-CAREERS TO CURETHEILLS OF T H E WORLDTHROUGH PROPERNUTRITION.* With fmore peoplepopulating Starship Earththan ever before, there is aneed not only for Increasedfood product ion, but alsoproi^rW nutrition. f Thepopulation is increasing andfood production is declining insome areas, so how do weaccomplish this? 'T h e answer is Agribusiness.!Agribusiness is a broad termwhich can be broken downinto | three divisions:Research, Technology andProduction. | | JUnder Research w e find thef o l l o w i n g v c a r e e r s :1a g r i c u l t u r a l ^ a i d e ,agr icul tura l economis t ,agronomist, apiculturist ,biochemist,* b o t a n i s t ,ecologist * plant and animal,entemologist, feed researchaide, | food| | scientist/geneticist , horticulturist ,nutritionist, olericulturist^("vegetable g a r d e ns p e c i a l i s t ) , p l a n tnemato log is t ,* p l a n tpathologist, soil con-servationist,*soil scientist ,soil i technologist: andtveterinarian. /Under Technologyf'we find:^agricultural \ enginee r ,

^agricultural airplane* pilot,farm equipment mechanic,farm implement dealer,fertilizer ^|plant ? owner-operator, grain elevator^manager, irrigation engineer,^voca t iona l , agr i cul tura liteacher. ^ MUnder Production w e have:agricultural produce sorter,animal breeder, bee-keeper,cattle farmer, cattle randier,- chicken sexer (determine sexof baby ichicks), dairytechnologist , dairy tester,dairy farmer, egg candler,farmer, farm f hand, farmmanager, i farm supervisor,

N u t r i t i o nfeed store operator, harvestcontractor,* irrigator, meatgrader , orchardist, pestcontrol technician, ^ plantbreeder , ]plant quarantineinspector, poultry farmer ,poultry hatchery manager,power tfarm ** machineoperator, seed analyst*In addition to Agribusiness,Aqua culture and Fishing isanother source of food for ahungry'world. A career inResearch * (Aquaculture)could lead! to : aquaticbiologist, fish bacteriologist,fish culturist, | ichtyologist,marine ecologist, marinezoologist. ;cA Career in AquacultureProduction coula mean:fisher*, fish farmer, froger, fish hatcheryworker, shellfish-bed Worker,shellfish grower. ' mFood 'has become an increasingly valuable commodity - in fact gold - whichhas long been the worldcurrency - is being replacedby food a n d o i l . I ^Agribusiness and MarineScience are careers not to betaken lightly,nor overlookedwhen choosing 1 your life'swork. W T?I According to the latestsurvey $ of northcentralcolleges and universities, theagriculture, grads that wereplaced ahead of others in 1974were those who specialized inagriculture business andeconomics , agr i cul tureeducation, agronomy, foodscience, farming, and animalscience. *%&% ? &m Over 95 per cent of i thosegraduating in 1974 from* agcolleges in the midwest wereable to find jobs in their areaof specialization. Privateindustry employed th e largestnumber ?of the- graduates,

World" c a n b e obtained at th eCareer' Planning andPlacement Office, 204-Main.NOTE OP INTEREST TOSENIORS: The Pace Exam(Federal Government) willbe given Saturday, January24,1976 at 9 a.miat Zurn 114,and on Saturday, February28,1976at 9 a.m. at Zurn 214.Application deadline for \theJanuary date is December 17 ,1975 and for the Februarydate the deadline is January17,1976. Applications may beobtained at the CareerPlanning and PlacementOffice, 204-Main.? ^ . . * .The State Civil J ServiceCommission $is acceptingapplications for student aide,summer positions v for

students who have com pletedat least th ree year s of college.Written examinations will bescheduled at statewide testcenters as , soon as possibleafter applications * ar ereceived. Applicants must bePennsylvania residents whohaye completed at least threefull years of college by Ju ly 1,1976, and who are currentlyenrolled in an undergraduateprogram; they must be ingood academic standing andmust plan to be returning tocollege in th e falliof 1976. Biweekly aide salary jjis $279.Final date for applications isDecember 12 , 1975 A so hurrydown today! Apply at th e 13thand State street Office of theP e n n s y l v a n i a S t a t eEmployment. ;# f

College seniors or graduateschool students expecting toachieve their degrees in thenear future are invited by theG r e a t e r P h i l a d e l p h i aChamber of Commerce andfollowed by farming and t t s companion tri-$tatep r o f e s s i o n a l if a r mmanagement, in-iThe 'food business isbusiness today ! ifeFurther information on"Careers to Feed a Hungrybig

business association, ThePENJERDEL Corporation,to & meet with prospectiveemployers 1 Monday andTuesday, December 29 and30,1975, while they are homeU *-i*X*^ *-* * ' itfitfl

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on Christmas vacations.The program, in its ninthyear, is called OPERATIONNATIVE TALENT. It willbegin at 9 a.m. both days atthe Benjamin rfranklin inPhiladelphia, Pa .T h e object of th e conferenceis to give approximately 60Greater J Philadelphia employers and college-trainedmen and women wno live inSoutheastern Pennsylvania,Southern N ew Jersey and theState of Delaware an opportunity to5 get to know oneanother. The hope is that thecollege seniors and graduatestudents who qualify w ill f indcareer * employment op

portunities in their'homecommunity, h* f7 There ar e no charge s of anykind to the students attendingOPERATION NATIVETALENT. ^Nor is there anyneed for pre-registration.Simply show up at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel eitheror both days., i t &VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ; Applications willbe accepted from January 1,1976 to February 15,1976, forthe summer positions ofForestry, Aides &Technicians. Applicationsmay be obtained ] at theCareer * j Planning andPlacem ent Office, 204-Main.

Health NewsUnawarenessO f ColdsWHAT CAUSES A COLD,AND HOW IS LOWEREDR E S I S T A N C E ANDCHILLING INVOLVED? }The cold is* caused by avirus. I Although the virusitself does little harm itprepares the Way forsecondary invaders. Theseinvaders are the bacteria thatprolong the cold and producemost of its characteristicsymptoms.! The virus towhich the body is susceptibleseems to be a causativefactor when a person'sresistance li s lowered. Aperson reduces his resistancewhen he has I a poor-diet,subjects himself to unduefatigue or exhibits poorhealth habits in general, cjiChilling as an exampletends to lower a person'sresistance to disease. Thenasal mucous membrane isvery sensitive to changes intemperature ,drafts will Chills andresult in a

congestion oft the nasalmembranes, and body'sresistance to viral attack ifone's circulatory system failsto make proper adjustment.- Interesting to note, however,is the result of a study conducted by the Common ColdResearch ^at Salisbury,England. Exposure ofSalisbury workers Ho thewearing of |wet socks, adousing with cold water andthen standing in drafts untilteeth chattered, has no effectupon their susceptibility tothe cold virus. | & ;In another study volunteersatj th e University of Illinoiswere kept awake for fifty-sixhours without indicating anymore susceptibility to thecommon cola than w ell-restedpeople. No explanation as towhy these people did notcontract a cola is offered.They offer an insight into how 4little we do know about thecommon cold* * pw *&%& v

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PAGE6 MERCYHURST COLLEGE DECEMBER 12, 1975Laker's Lose And Win

If yo u think the Lakers a re 33, think again. The Lakers,inall honesty, should b e 60. Jesse Campbell, Paul Young,Connie McCoy and Jeff Daven have b y far impressed me themost. When you consider the first game wasjostiby onepoint, the second b y eight points, a n d t h e third by tw o points,it appears that (heLakers are a better team than even JackPolancy figured. Currently the Lakers are rated 17th in theNAIA ratings. For those that say the La kers! are not awinning te am , think again. { *Special thanks to Joe "Snides" Snyder. Your articles onth e Mercyhurst Football League are greatly appreciated bythis writer. Joe, I hope you continue writing article s for theMERCIAD, if you can, because from my stand point yourarticles get more praise than a frontpage story. * *Guess who's back winter term??? Yes, it's RacquetRichard. Richard Birmingham is coming back to Mercyhurst so for all those people who have missed Richard,pretty soon you'll hear his opinions of this year's intramuralbasketball league, that if, if he doesn't hit any trees on theway back to Erie. ; >,Warning: if you are associated or a part of the Mercyhurst basketball team please make sure to fasten yourseatbelts and check to see if the vans ar e able to make it offth e campus at least. ? f 2 ! JF:

S t o r y B y : A l N a s e W r it te n B y : T e r r i F i u m a r aMercyhurst crew cam e intoexistence during the year of1 9 7 1 . Yet it has been on e of theprograms that the collegeoffers that h a s grown over theyea rs. Not many people knowof crew because it seems thatth e media tends to *con-centrate on the other sports,but Mercyhurst is doing itsbest to introduce th e sport andencourage theMercyhurstcommunity in participating orat least support th e team.The first year Mercyhurstwent co-educational w a s whenthe crew team was adopted.Larry Pintea was given thejob of head coach of the crewteam. He jihad 3 jobstacles toovercome: to find some crewequipment, find a place tostore it a n d t o find a team. Coach Pinte discovered alFthree lobstacles and*, inJanuary of 1971 tthe teamstarted practicing. Itwaspdifficult to get used g topracticing but by April 10,1971 they began. I n t h e fall theteam won their first and only|rac e of the year. I n t h e springCoach Pintea ha d to resign ascoach while initiating twomen - who were previousoarsmen for college teams,Jack Gartner and BobAngelucci, from theUniversity of -Pennsylvaniaand Syracuse University, v *In 1972 Dave Shimpeno wasinstalled as head coach andhas remained in that position.!Coach Shimperno: should J begiven a lot of cred it towardthe advancement of the team.The crew team now races insuch regattas i as the Dadsr Villi. Governors Cup, IthacaNationals, St. Catherines andMid-Americas/ Mercyhursthas developed into one of thebetter crew teams of this andareas. |5gj f|A girls crew team wasadded iust last year whichdoubled the number of participants in the sport. Mercyhurst rows against7 crewteams that all pa rticipate onfall scholarships. Mercyhursthas no * participantsorscholarships at present, to thefact thatl there is[jnoscholarship fund for the crew

team . Still the. Lake r c rewteam exists and* at least forno w their history will continueto flourish, i '< t r

After their first six games,the Mercyhurst basketbairteam has compiled a 3 win-3loss record with two of thegames being lost by a bucketor less. Mercyhurst opened uptheir season with a 73-72 lossto Edinboro during theFerraro Ford - Erie ClassicTournament which playedover a ,two day period,November 28 and 29 . fr..In the opener both teamscompiled a number of turnovers, but Mercyhurst, afterbeing down b y 1 9 points, cameback and took the lead. In theclosing seconds Edinboro hadth e lead 73-72. With 29 secondsleft in the game the Lakershad the ball, but failed tocome off with the final bucketneeded t o w i n . " ^ "]The following night theLakers exploded againstSalem with a 94-72 victoryover Salem Paul Young waslead scorer with 23 points andJesse Campbell 'had 18rebounds. r ft *The following four gamessaw the Lakers on the road.O n December 2 , Buffalo Statebeat^the Lakers 79-71 and inthe second game the Lakerssuffered another tough loss.ThiSjwas followed up by? theGeneseo es t a t e j Tip-OffTournament.! Mercyhurstopened up against HarwickCollege. With about eightseconds left in* regulationtime, Jeff Davern hit a 20footer which put the Lakers infront 64-62. Hartwick's GreggHall then took a last secondshot which was missed?but

Debbie DudaPersonalityThis week's personalityprofile looks at Debbie Duda,a junior here at Mercyhurstmajoring in Home Economicswith ; a concentration inHousing and also a major inSocial Work. Debbie is alsocaptairi of our cheerleadingsquad and a participant inwomen's # basketball andwomeivfccrew. % f *D e b b i e s t a r t e dcheerleading in eighth gradeat S t. Steven's School and alsocheered for three years inVenango i Christian HighSchool in Oil City. She hascheered for Mercyhurst sinceher freshman year, duringwhich she was co-captain ofth e squad. J ?Debbie feels there is nointerest and no student support for the cheerleade rs. Shethinks that if there were meno n t h e squad and assurance ofa place j in the AthleticDepartment that there wouldb e more interest and support.Butfornow until somethingcan be done, the cheerleaders

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b y T o r i F i u m a r awhile on the road. This year,however, they receivedmontey from Dean Garveiy andR.U.S. They feel this is a stepi n t h e right direction. Debbie also said that theattitude could be improved ifthe team showed more spiritand also ifthe studentsshowed more concern. Shealso feels that *if there weremore home games that therewould possibly be |morepeople at th e games, fl

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game was tied three timeswith Jeff Davern hitting ajumper making the*score 70-7 0. Then with just asecondleft Greg Hall once again gotoff a shot which w a s missedbut tipped in by RalphTugluse. Hartwick beat theLakers 72-70. \g In the consolation game ofthe tournament, Mercyhurstbreezed by Geneseo State 66*5 1. Jesse Campbell had 20points and 17 rebounds. Aftergoing out in front in the firstquarter the Lakers never lostthe lead.In their past outing theLakers extended their winning streak to tw o with a 95-60victory over Geneva. Onceagain Jess Campbell led allMercyhurSt scorers with 31points and with 17 rebounds.The Lakers next game will beon Saturday, December 2,when; they play TiffinatGannon College.

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