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VOL. 60 NO. 21 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA 16546 THURSDAY, MAY 7Final Four Briggs BuildingBy Brian Sheridan

The problem of accomodating the growingnumber of students wanting to live in the BriggsAve. apartments has been solved. MercyhurstCollege Board of Trustees and the Budget and^Finance Committeehave approved the purchaseof thefinal our buildings in the multi-buildingBriggs complex. "We are going to buy the oth-er four buildings that exist,'* said MercyhurstPresident William P. Garvey, "Th e college willpay over a million dollars for them, about 1.2million. That will expand our housing im-mensely" | *.If you add together thefourbuildings, the col-lege willbe adding over 200 spaces. "There willbe more than enough housing for next year, welliance Institute*Plans Put "On Hold"

hope, although some of those buildings will befilled with the spill over from the Sesler apart-ments," said Dr. Garvey. Does Mercyhurst haveneedfor all of those apartments, though? "Wehave needfor hree of the buildings, but we real-ly don't need the fourth, so we may allow somethe present tenants of the building to live there.We are studying that situation right now" com-mented Garvey. Acquisition of these fourbuildings will extend the Mercyhurst campuscompletely over to Briggs Ave., squaring off theEastern perimeter, and will givefourmore acresof land to the school. Garvey thinks that the pur-chase will ultimately "give the college housingfor many more years to come."These new spaces will push the number ofstudent components to 1,000 units, or living

By Matthew J. ClarkA proposal which would have brought anAlliance Institute for Polish Studies to Mer-cyhurst has been tabled due to legal problemsconcerning the sale of the property which isnow Alliance College. JMercyhurst President Dr. William P. Garveytold The M erciad in an interview last weekthat, for the time being, negotiationsfor he In-stitute have been set aside until the problemsAlliance is having can be rectified."The Alliance deal is on hold right now," adisappointed G arvey said. "For legal reason s,Alliance has to hold on to their property forthree or four months," he added.Garvey explained that if the Alliance prop-erty is not being used and has not been sold thatit is subject to property tax, which Alliance of-ficials are now saying they cannot afford."Until they sell that property, they can't lookas if they're operating somewhere else," he said.

"Otherwise, they will be subject to taxesamounting to $270,000." f ?F * **Officials of Alliance had previously indicatedthat they wouldn't have a problem with Mer-cyhurst running an Alliance Institute here whilethey still owned their old property. But, accor-ding to Garvey, apparently all that has changed."They thought they could do it, but their legaladvice has been to hold off onany commitmentsuntil they can sell their other property," he said.What this means for Mercyhurst is that theproposal for the Institute cannot be pursued un-til the problems that face Alliance have beendealt with and there are no other legal problems.Garvey indicated that the Institute issuedoesn't mean that some Alliance students willnot attend here next year. ^"We're going to put a hold on the AllianceInstitute, although there will be Alliancestudents here." Garvey said.

Senior Mary Campbell rehearses for "SleepingBeauty/' the ballet that will be presentedat Tech Memorial, photo: L Hahnnmkr

Purchasedspacesfor students. Asfor preparing these newapartments for usage, the college will have todo very littlebecause of the work that has beenrecently done to them.|"They're in greatshape," said Garvey. 'They were all completelyrenovated. They have new roofs, new plum b-ing, new bathrooms, new kitchens, new win-dows. There's nothing left to do to them."They will, though, have to be outfitted withfurniture for the students and there is somequestion as to what route the school will takein furnishing the apartments. "We are current-ly debating how much furniture to put in them,'said Garvey. Obviously, w e have to put in thebeds, the dressers, and the desks but the ques-tion is if we will go any further. Whether thekids;prefer to furnish the apartmentsthemselves, and pay less rent, or whether wewill furnish itfor hem and let them pay a littlemore rent is just about the only decision left to

be made."Asfor student assignmentsfor he nments, that will be detailed later ashave to be worked out with the pereside there now. The college wilownership ofthefour buildings on Juapartments are the first major deacome from the $6 million dollarenovation project. Th e next step wconstruction in Egan Hall stalling aMay."It's a great opportunityfor he cotakes some of the pressure for our housing," concluded Garvey. "The tion right now, though, is how manbe pulled out of college dorm housinmuch legal responsibility we will hpeople who have leases in those Briments. We are working on those quenow." %

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The four buildings at Briggs that have been purchased by Mercyhurst win giveenough housing for years to come, photo: L Hatenmahr *

Dance Dept. Performs 44BeauThe Dance D epartment's spring productionof "Sleeping Beauty" will be a beauty indeed.Costumes valued at $30,000 are being rentedfrom Ballet West and Interlochen Arts for asmall portion of that amount to grace the ex-travaganza. The collaborative professional ef-fort is a vision of Director Jean-Marc Baier andAssistant Director June Hines, who have plann-ed all the choreography and staging. Thirty ofthe College dancers, along with KennethNiche1, guest artistfromBallet West where heis principal dancer, join to make this full-lengthproduction an exciting performance. DaphnaRathouse Baier is the rehearsal director. TheErie Playhouse's Charles Corritore is the Nar-rator. The role of Aurora, the sleeping beauty,is danced by Mary Campbell. Lisa Armstrongis Carrabosse, the Wicked Fairy, while MeganMuldoon is the Lilac Fairy. You won't want tomiss "Sleeping Beauty." It will be presented onSaturday May 9 and 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday

May 10 at 3:00 p.m. at l ech MemoSchool Auditorium. There is no chaMercyhurst community for this evenustas

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% A comprehensive state-of-the-artkitchen facility has been planned forthe new Hotel Restaurant Institu-tional Management wing to belocated on the main campus nextyear. Occupancy should take placein late November, if everything goesas scheduled. Modifications havebeen made to the HRIM facility toaccommodate the growing depart-ment and their dedication to thecommunity.Department head John Wolpersaid, "We are very excited to behoused in a facility with a com-prehensive instructional kitchen."The kitchen facility was designedwith input from the HRIM facultywith extensive lay-out design byDaryl Georger, assistant departmenthead. Under the direction of John>r\folper, extensive research was con-

ducted prior to the design of theirnew facility. *The new kitchen and wing will beadjacent to the cu rrent M ercy hurstCafeteria. Classrooms have beenapproved for the second story ex-pansion, serving the expected 300*HRIM majors beginning late Fall ofthe 1987-88 academic year.The HRIM Department's need fora new facility was due to the ErieCatholic D iocese's unwillingness tosell space for the department at St.Mark's.Furthermore, the move of theHRIM department willfostercon-tinued community involvementwithsuch showcase events as ChristmasMadrigals, Canterbury Feasts, andHawaiian Luaus. fWolper and the HRIM faculty andstaff are excited w ith the prospectsof returning to the main campus.Freshman HRIM major Ron Blum

added, "A move back to campuswill unite us with the student bodyand faculty. In turn, I hope that thiswill enable us to produce more newand exciting programs for our com-munity." Kelly Slavin, a freshmanHRIM major said, "I am really ex-cited about the changes. It's the bestnews I've heard in a long time."In closing, Wolper remarked,"We are very grateful as a depart-ment for the v ote of confidence af-forded us by the B oard of Trustees,Dr. William P Garvey, and his ad-ministration. We look forward tocontinued success and growth andwill work even harder to achievefurther success on behalf of ourdepartment and the fine name ofMercyhurst College."

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Student Assistantships Offered For 1987-88By Matthew J. Clark

Mercyhurst College has announc-ed that its Student Assistantship Pro-gram will con tinue for th e 1987-88academic year. The program, whichcurrently offers 6 0 student assistantpositions in 35 different areas of thecollege, was designed to aid Mer-cyhurst upperclassmen in meetingthe increasing costs of education.zJiach student position carries withIt a reduction of tuition costs in re-turn for a specified num ber of workhours. Th e program is intended forstudents who do not qualify forwork study or who are needed for

more hours than provided for inwork study.Like work study, the studentassistant positions pay $3.35 perhour, but students may earn up to$1,000 as assistants.To qualify for an assistantship,students mustfbe full-time up-perclassmen for 1987-88, and carryat least a 2.0 QPA. Students mustalso serve a probationary periodbefore becoming eligiblefor he tu ttion*reducfiori^?^^l*iWB!PWPTuition reduction will not begranted until the term followingemployment. Final selection, whichis determined by the department

director, will be based on a balanc-ed review of the student's ability toperform the task and on financialneed.Students may apply for any posi-tion in which they are interestedand/or qualified for. A student maynot hold both a work study and anassistantship position if the combin-ed total exceeds $1,500.Formal notice of appointment willbe sent to students by the president'soffice? SWdent applications are be-ing distributed by department direc-tors, and are due to them by May 15

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4 I 5 6 - 6 Student Questions Judgement]In MSGSoda Machine Battle

DJ. John, who will be spinning the platters at this year's Springt 1

Dear Editor,I appreciate the fact that the MSGused its budget surplus to improvethe secondfloorof Old Main alcove.(Merciad, Vol. 60, No. 19,4/23/87)The students Who use this area for"relaxing in between c lasses" willcertainly be more comfortable now.However, I had understood thatthis was a college that encouragedus to become well-rounded in-du viduals who can evaluate a situa-tion and use our udgement to arriveat a fair outcome. The idea of theMercyhurst Student Governmentwaging a battle against a sode ma-

chine seems to contradict thisnotion.Was the situation really as blackand white as Mr. Kelly would haveus believe? It appears that thiswonderful new furniture does notoccupy all of the available space inthe alcove. I'm sure that expendinga minimal effort would have allow-ed us to have all this comfort and thesoda machine as well.Had the MSG taken the time, theywould have realized that the majori-ty of the business classes requiredfor graduation areconducted on thesecond floor of Old Main. I wonder

how many people will bnew furnishings to catchafter jogging to the baPreston Hall to buy a sothese classes.Finally, I can only hohext time the MSG wanmuscles it would chooworthy opponent. Percould find a situation tboost their presently flreputation in this instituabout it, Mikewant totrash cans next?Sincerely,Ellen M. Owen

On Friday May 8th, the secondy of Activities Weekend will con-is anticipated that all

available to Mercyhurstpre-sale basis only.Tickets can be purchased today,in the Student Union, as

:00. The cost of the tickets isMercyhurst 's Spring Fling,

D.J.fJohn and his lightl take place at the Eriefrom 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.and 10:15. Its retur-

ning times {from the formal are12:00,12:30,1:00 and 1:30. Anyoneneeding aride s welcome toride hebus free of charge.Besides dancing, socializing andhaving a good time, hors d' oeuvres,pop and nonalcoholic punch will beserved throughout the course of thenight. Proper ID will be required forpurchasing alcoholic beverages. Theladies will receive a red, pink orwhite carnation at the door.MSG and its Formal Committeehave put a lot of time and effort intomaking this year's Spring Formal atrue success. However, students a rerestricted to the dance room and thelobby. Any person leaving theseareas will not beallowed to re-enter.Anyone who is inebriated beyondcontrol will not be admitted.

MSG Fay Raises, New Check-CashinHours Result Of April 26 MeetingBy Margaret CoffeyThe fifth MSG meeting of theyear was conducted by TreasurerBarb Sayers. SHe announced thattickets for theformalgo on sale May1. The ticket sales will be limited to500. They will be on sale in the Stu-dent U nion and in the MSG officeduring check cashing hours.Sayers proposed a salary increasefor the MSG officers to begin inSeptember. Officers now receive$1000 in scholarshipform.She pro-posed they receive an additional$500 due torising uition costs and

the amount of time involved in be-ing an officer. Under the proposal,the president of MSG would receive$3000, with half of that sum com-ing from administration. The pro-

posal was passed.Mike Good was elected as Stu-dent Activities CommitteeChairperson after Sue Trumbull waselected and resigned. There will bechanges in the check cashing hoursfor Spring Term because the currenthours conflict with the new officers'schedules. The new hours are asfollows: Monday 6 :30-8:30, lues-day 1-3, Wednesday 2-4, Thursday12-2, and Friday 1:40-3:40.In other news, two c lubs have re-quested money from MSG. TheSportsMedicine Club requested$300 to send four people to a ocn-vention inBaltimore. T his will costthem a total of $660, but they willraise the rest of the money througha bake sale. The InternationalStudents' Organization will be set-

ting up a booth on Activend. The booth winternational food, free ISO asked MSG for $10the cost of supplies theyThis money was grantecome out of the ActivitieBudget. The EnvironmClub as recognized by Mercyhurst Club. The cto all interested studentwil be no dues. The firwill be work on the 'Clean-up. Next year theMAC machine on camhas contacted Marine Binstalling it. Proposed loclude the library, the Stuor the lobby of Baldwin

he Merciad Asks:o you think there!should be a maximum age\

Dr. Alan 'Belovarac, Director,History DepartmentNo, I don't thing so. Aging is anindividual process and to set an agelimit would screen out some verycapable candidates. In a sense itwould be almost un-democratic. Ittake the process away from thevoters who should decide if a per-son is senile or not.

Lev Kubiak, EnglishI think there should be an upperage limit of 65 so the president willbe 69 at the end of the term.Jeff Roessner, EnglishI don't think a person should beelected if they a re dead, but really,can a dog have a Budda nature?

Caitlin Grayson,Chemistry/BiologyYes, most certainly. PresiReagan is obviously senile Have you seen him fallasleephis wife has to nudge him awawhisper him the answers?

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A Few Words To Seniors -And Those Who Love ThemBy Brian SheridanSeniors, are youfeeling istless,not wanting tofinishassignments orgo to class? Well, join the club. It'sknown as Senioritis and in theSpring term of your senior year ittends to be the only thing that standsbetween a student and graduation.It's thatfeeling hat nothing real-ly matters anymore. It's really dueto the pressures that no one exceptthe graduating senior canfeel.Theproblem starts with everyone tryingto push and pull you at the sametime. Teachers want you tobe atten-tive in their classes and often wantyou to act like you are not about tobe tossed from the warm bosom ofhigher education into the cold, cruelworld of 9 to 5. .Here at school, if we fail, it's on-ly a bad grade and disapprovingcomment on the paper. No real bigdeal. A screw-up in the workingworld, unless you are president ofUnited States and can claim youforgot, will be dealt with by your be-ing handed your termination papers.Melodramatically speaking, yourfuture hangs in the balance withevery move. That is a scary idea.Another leading cause ofSenioritis must be caused by thenumber one question asked ofgraduating seniors' What are youplanning to do?" Everyone asks thisand though they mean well, it hasto be the most annoying questionasked. I hope to get a jobhow's

that for an answer?pf~ Other related question are "Whatkind of jobvdo you want?"and"Where are you sending yourresumes?" They don't get any more,sympathetic than that. Everyone istrying their best to ensure that youdo your best and make all of yourdreams come true, but witheveryone pushing and pulling whichway do you go? Parents, relatives

and some friends want you out ofschool and making money. Teacherswant you to concentrate on yourschool work, take their tests andparticipate in class. Both are fulltime pursuits. Most of us still wantto enjoy the fruits of a lifetime ofschooling with our friends. We canbe adults now, but we don't have tobe yet.

The easiest and most usual routethat's taken when the pressuremounts is to just drop out of the ratrace before you g et into it. Papers,classes and projects take a back seatto really dumb activites likeaimlessly driving around or sleep-ing all day. We know what has to bedone. We are doing our best to getit all done, but,forgosh sakes, wecan only be jerked around so muchbefore we break. It's our "real" lifethat's looming large on the otherside of graduation.^We will getthere, but let us take it at our ownrate. | Thus you see many seniors suffer-ing from Senioritis and hanging outat "Herman's," where people don'treally seem to care much about thefutureonly the present.All of these situations do fioteventake into account the problems withthe actual graduation ceremony. Thecaps and gowns, the annoucements,the invitations and tickets. You needa personal secreatary to take care ofall of this stuff.At this time there is no cure forSenioritis. Not even a telethon couldhelp. Advice to the up and comingsenior would be this: start now. Getyour act in gear now and do all ofthe projects and papers right nowand store them until they are need-ed. Because you too will feel the"Who gives a s***" feeling of agraduating senior, and once you getit, it takes a lot to shake it. I shouldknowI'ma senior with Senioritis.

Sttfe UlUrriaiiBrian Sh erid an, EditorChris Kovski, Managing Editor. Jennifer Conmy, Sports/EditorMatthew J. Clark, News Editor

Leslie Hafenmaler, Photo EditorPaula Bruno, Calendar Editor |Frank Pawlowskl, Circulation ManagVOL. 60 NO. 21 THURSDAY MAY 7,1987Janine AdolphsonJulie Cherlco Margaret CoffeyAnn Johnson

TypistsBridget Presuttl, Karen Casolo

The Merclad is the student-edited newspaper38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. The Merclad ofof Baldwin Ha ll, phone 825-0376.

President Reflects On!Good wBy Mike Kelly, MSG President

As I draw to the end of my yearas president of student government,I would just like to reflect on a fewthings. Sitting in my position, it isalways hard to see what kind of obone does. It's similar to the saying"you can't see the forest for thetrees." I get involved with the day*to-day running of MSG and neverget to see the big picture. There area number of things I would like tomention. Hopefully the resume ser-vice which MSG just intiated willbecome as popular as checkcashing. I feel it is a step foward.Similarly, I hope that a tradition ofMSG providing shuttles to thehockey games, which were popular,will continue. I could go on aboutwhat we did but that is not the pur-pose of this, my last "Off the

By Chris Kovski11 was perusing the pages of TheMilitant, which is "a socialistnewsweekly published in the in-terests of working people," whilelounging in the Merclad office lastweek, and I finally realized whymost people have such a negativeview of the media.'It's because so many of the itemsfound in the film footage of the eve-ning news or the pages of the lateedition of the newspaper are "badnews." |]

Come on, people, let's get realhere*'News is "a report of recentevents," and events are things thatare out of the ordinary. Correct meif I'm wrong, but isn't paying $936for a hammer out of the ordinary?I also think that a presidentdeliberately disobeying an act ofCongress is out of the ordinary. Butjournalists could have reported thegood side of that. Here's the lead:"Government figures released todayindicate that there were $90 billionspent in the past month that did notgo to the Contrast]Okay, I realize that's a bitjfar-fetched. So is Reagan's claim that hecouldn't remem ber approving, oreven discussing, clandestine armssales to Iran with the proceeds go-ing to the Contras.i That brings me to another of mypet peeves. Let's say that the TowerCommission report ran to 50 0pages. There were probably 10,000copies of that report-printed fordistribution. We then have a total offive million pages. Think how manytrees were cut down and processedfor that report. James Watt must besitting at home, cackling with gleewhenever he considers that amountof destruction of our naturalresources. JGovernment and bureaucraticstupidity in general bother me.

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Record".I wish instead to thank publiclythe many people who have helped usout this year. To the unsung heroesof SAC who toiled throughout theyear in providing an entertainingcalendar, the representatives whothis years'freshman will have seenworking orientation and those repswho showed up week in and weekout to hear me rattle on at MSGmeetings, I offer my thanks.To the administration, whchlistened when we had a problem andwhich, in m ost cases, either provid-ed anf answer or accepted myanswer, my thanks on the beh alf ofeveryone in MSG. An administra-tion which is sympathetic to thestudents is an asset to any school.vA special word of thanks to M r.Kennedy, (who is not as he seems,believe me). He was always helpful.

To Maureen Walsh, sef Kennedy, my thanks a* the year easier. If II'm sorry, you often caeveryone.Lastly, a special t^fellow officers, Wid,and Tracy. The job cbeen done without albeen fun, exciting ahave missed it for thI wish to leave youRemember MSG doeSyou see. Take some and offer some criticism. It is your stment andyou are thebenefit from an improtion. * Jj"Off th e Record"opinion of its writer,reflect the view of tion, its staff or adv

Really, how much intelligence doesit take to realize that there are pro-bably, at most, o ne million collegestudents in this country. For theprice of on e of Reagan's:newbombers, each of these studentscould receive a $10,000 scholarship.Okay, call me impractical, call mea Communist, even call me "Gor-bachev's Little American Buddy"(just don't call me late at night), butthese tanks aren't even running yet.If it weren't for journalists, youwouldn't know that. fYou also wouldn't knowfthatReagan has a "Ronco ReversibleGorbachev/Tip O'Neill DartBoard" on the wall in the Oval Of-

fice, Phyllis Schlafly shoot Jodie Foster belove with Ronald ReaTurner is color blindJust kidding. I maddidn't think you'd buyTfou get the idea.Bye now. Or is it selremember what the stodoing. They always rebear market, but whterms mean? Why dosay, "Okay, maybe yosome stock," or, in theRichard Simmons, "Lple! Dump those stockf i v e m i l l i o n t o e torighttoefirst!"

THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARS

'for crying out loud, Patrick fslt down. . . And enough with the 'give me thepotatoes or give me death' nonsense"

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SAC Closes Productive YearBy Ann Johnson

The Student Activities Commit-tee (SAC) is in the process of finaliz-ing plans for the last few activitiesof the 1986-87 school year. Schedul-ed events include the Miss Mer-cy hurst competition, the counterpartto the Mr. Mercyhurst event heldduring Winter term, and Lazer Tag,an event to be held during ActivitiesWeekend. Other projects are theweekly Sunday night movies, andhelping MSG with the Springformal. iWhen asked to comment on theperformance of SAC during the pastyear, Lisa Costello, advisor to SAC,declared that it was a very goodyear. Costello cited the high turnoutat the majority of SAC events as pro-of of the success. Entertainers likeBob Garner and Al Katz, and ac-tivities such as Family Feud, MonteCarlo Night, and the RoomateGame were, all well attended:Costello adds that she hopes the stu-dent community will support the re-maining activities as well as theyhave supported the ones in the past.Costello commends the commit-teefor heir consistently hard work.Says Costello, "A lot of planninggoes into providing one activity, letalone two a weekend. The membersof SAC are tosbe commendedbecause sometimes it s a verythankless job." *Tracy Wasson, chairperson ofSAC, commented on her three yearsof involvement with the group. Shesays she's seen steady improvementover the last three years. "Thingshave gone very well. W e've broughtin new, different, and exciting ac-tivities. The officers have done agreat job, and have given much timeand effort." This year's committeeconsisted of 16 members, more than

4ever before. Wasson attributes muchof the committee's success to thededication of all the group'smembers.According to Wasson, next year'sFALL TERM 1987

RegistrationJDatesMay 11-May 15(Based on Current Class Status)Seniors, Juniors" *9:00 a.m.-12:00 noonMonday, May 11: i ' Blue RoomSophomores* 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.Monday, May 11Blue RoomFreshmen9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m,Tuesday, May 12Blue RoomAdult College Students ;l9:00a.m.-6:00p.m.Monday, May 11Adult College OfficeAll Students $? 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.Wednesday-Friday,May 13-May 15Registrar's Office

chairperson has his work cut out forhim, since the group's advisor,Costello, wilhnot be returningbecause she's getting married inSeptember, and is moving o Cleve-land. Wasson said that "Lisa will beirreplacable. We couldn't have doneit without her. She has been an ex-cellentadvisor, and has provided ex-cellent guidance." IYaCostello is also sentimental abouther departure from Mercyhurst. Shesays, "I've really enjoyed workingwith the faculty, administration, andstudent body at M ercyhurst. Tilmiss them, andI'm sure I'll think of-ten of Mercyhurst while I'm inCleveland ' I 1

HRIM AwardsAnnounced At Ceremony| j Mercyhurst's Hotel Restaurant In-stitutional Management Programhonored its own at its 8th annualawards ceremony held on April 30,at the Top of the Hill Club at St.Mark's. Hosted by chairman JohnWolper, students in the programwere given awards for their serviceover the past year. ?The Chris McCabe MemorialScholarship, which is presented toan outstanding sophomore foracademic excellence and contribu-tions to the department went toBrian Hines. 83

The one thousand dollar scholar-ship called the Richard C. Wlodarc-zyk Memorial that is presented to anoutstanding sophomore/junior wasawarded by William Ludwig,General Manager of Red LobsterInns, went to Mary A rango. LisaGierszal and Michael Mooreheadwon the Hotel Restaurant Manage-ment Underclassman and SeniorAwards, respectively. They werepresented by Wolper for contribu-tions to the department.. |To the senior student who hascontributed their time and effort

over their four years at Mthe HRM Faculty, AwarThis year'sfwinner wRenouf.The Hospitality SMarketing Association Astudents unselfish contria member of the H.S.Mpresented to Susan DuraThe final award of thethe C.A. Curtze Memoriship, was presented Robaszkiewicz. The awa$500. f I

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A J (PAGE 6 * \Someone had to have tamperedwith the novel to create somethingas hokey as MALONE. It shouldhave opted for being campy.Reynolds plays an ex-CIA assassinwho goes to Oregon to escape thecompany. His car breaks down in asmall town and he gets caught up ina land feud. MALONE sounds fineand dandy up to here. Reynolds getspushed by the town's baddies andfights to protect a farmer and hisdaughter, which sounds like an up-dated version of SHANE-which, attimes, M ALONE seems to aspire tobe. :ffl-] W If **!Then, it begins to suffer from asilly paranoia. Not satisfied to"justbe a story of a man fighting a warthat is not his own, the plot hasstrive for megalomaniac propor-tions. Robertson has his own hitsquad and computer network whichlinks him to the CIA and the FBI.He calls his men "patriots" anddelivers pompous "love it or leaveit" speeches about America, dress-ed in a bush jacket or fatigues.Robertson overplays to the hilt and

becomes good for a laugh. The CIAalso comes looking for Reynoldsafter a while in the form of LaurenHutton, who's just as off beat asRobertson.As for Reynolds, he looks halfasleep. Making three movies in ayear can tire one out, and makingthe same movie twice can lead oneto sufferfroma terminal case ofdejavu. MALONE seems just likeHEAT but it takes place on a farm.The ads promise the film to be"explosive" but they might havemeant "excruciating." DirectorHarvey Cokliss drags everything outfor the longest 92 minutes on rec-ord . The action scenes don't pump| in any life. They are shot in slowmotion and this film really does al-most grind to a halt because of it.You know it's a long haul when youfind yourself questioning thebelieveablity of scenes like the onewhere Reynolds spryly sprints andleaps across afieldonly a week aftertaking a belly full of lead from anUzi submachine gun.All throughout MALONE, how-ever, Burt's furry head frisbee lookspretty good. Unfortunately a nicehead of hair does not a good moviemake or so said Telly Savalas andYul Brynner. Ripping that rug offand doing character parts with DomDeLuise just might be the onlyanswer for Reynolds. He's funnypoking fun at himself on the "lb-night Show." Why can't he just dothat on the big screen and leave the"grunt and groan" movies likeMALONE to this year's model ofscreen hu nk.

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THURSDAY, MAY 7,1987 QHe fflUrctab

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FE WGOOD PEOPLENo , we're not recuiting for themilitary. We are asking that anyoneinterested in working in theStudentHealth Service, 101 Preston, duringthe 1987-88 school year, please in-quire at our office before May 20,1987. Our office is open Mondaythru Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, andfrom 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. You mustqualify for either work study or in-stitutionalemployment to apply. Formore info, stop by Health Servicesor call extension 431 or 432.PSYCHOLOGY AND THEARTSAn exciting course will be offerednext Fall called "Psychology and theArts." Concerned with usingpsychology to help us understandthe effects of music and art, it willanswer such questions from "Whydo we like music?" to "Do colorshave emotional significance?" and"Can instrumental music reveal theperformer's emotions?"\*: The course w ill be taught byDr.Mark Gridley, a psychologist andprofessional musician. He hastaught the course to students atOberlin, Baldwin-Wallace, CaseWestern Reserve and John CarrollUniversity, and led lecture tours atthe Cleveland Art Museum. He hasalso w ritten two books that teachteachers how to use psychologicalprinciples to help listeners get themost out of music. In thecourse, Dr.Gridley will play recordings he col-lected during trips to Africa andSouth America, as well as drawingupon his collection of American

music and art objects.The course is listed as Psychology297, offered Monday, /Wednesdayand Friday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Allstudents are welcome. No priorknowledge of?music or art isnecessary. Eyes, ears and curiosityare the only prerequisites.SUMMER JOBSThe Freshman Studies office willbe hiring two students whoseresponsibilities will be a residentassistant and tutor. This is for a sum-mer enrichment program being heldJune 14 through July 2 and August23 through August 28. Interested ap-plicants may pick up an applicationin Preston, Room 201.MISS ERIE COUNTY |The-first Miss Erie CountyScholarship Pageant will be heldAugust 15 at the Warner Theatre.The pageant is open to Erie arefemale residents, age 17 to 25 (as ofAugust 1, 1987). JApplications areavailable at the Erie Area Chamberof Commerce office, 1006 StateStreet, and The Finishing Tbuch byFerrariil917 West 8th Street.?Ap-plications will be accepted untilMay 15,1987. More information canbe obtained by calling Ms. LindaFerrari af 452-4443. EMUSIC DEPARTMENTThefMercyhurst College WindEnsemble, under the direction ofRobert Dolw ick, closes its 1986-87season with a performance onWednesday, May 13 at 8:00 p.m. inthe Christ the King Chapel, locatedon the Mercyhurst campus.

T H E FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON

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This concert is presented free ofcharge and the public is cordially in-vited to attend.The Mercyhurst College Choir,under the direction of JosephChiarelli, will perform A SPRINGCONCERT on Sunday, May 17 at3:30 P.M. in the Christ the KingChapel located on the campus. Alsofeatured willibe a small STRINGENSEMBLE. Admission is free.PHILOSOPHY CONTESTThe Department of Philosophyand Religious Studies is sponsoringa philosophy essay contest. Anyessay on any philosophical topic iswelcome.Submit all entries to Dr.JDonahue(225 Preston) by May&5,1987. Win-ners will be announced on May 18.First prize is $60 and second prizeis $40.

Sacred(Continued from page 6)Dating Game" so you can watch itlater really shows is that you havetoo much time on your hands.jAs for keeping time, we'havechronometers that tell us the time inevery country down to the nanose-cond. We don't need this when mostof us don't move ahead with time asit keeps slipping, slipping into thefuture. We are happy to stick to oldways and old habits so we buy wat-ches that are cute and fashionablebut don't have any numbers onthem. Next they wont even havehands on them.

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Lady Lakers Riding High With 13 RecordBy Jennifer Conmy

The Mercyhurst Lady Lakersraised their season record to 13-5when they split a doubleheader withsixth-ranked Allegheny on Saturday.Allegheny gained die win in thefirst game, 2-1, with the Lakerscoming back to defeat the LadyGators 7-3 in the second match up.The Lady Lakers were led with afive run sixth inning. Debbie Bon-niger pitched the first game, bring-ing home a six hitter.Kathy Burick and Tammy Phillipseach hit triples in the seventh inn-ing, but the Lakers could not

capitalize on them , losing the gameby one run.The Lakers paired up five hitswith two errors in the sixth inningof the second game to put togetherthe 7-3 win.Lisa Pallotto was the winning pit-cher; she also had two hits, twoRBIs and scored two runs.5 Julie Kemling lost her 16-gamehitting streak when she went 0-3 inthe opener. In the nightcap, Keml-ing went 3-4at bat, scoring two runsand two RBIs.Earlier in the week, the Lakersposted their sixth straight win w itha sweep of a doubleheader with

Grove City on Thursday. Phillips ledMercyhurst to its 9-6 win in the firstgame, going 4-for-4 at the plate.Kemling, Angie Foster, and Pallot-to al 1 had two hits in the opener.Pallotto had two hits in the secondgame, while Kemling turned in ahome run in the Laker effort. Pinchhitter Debbie Smith produced twohits for the Lakers.The Lady Lakers also swept adoubleheader from Gannon early inthe week, 4-2 and 9-1. Kemling hadtwo hits in the first game, whilePhillips had two hits with two RBIsin the second game.

Improved jLakersDown Behrend TwiceBy Jennifer Conmy

The Mercy hurst Lakers gained adoubleheader sweep over PennState-Behrend 9-4, 8-6, raising theirrecord to 8-19.John Kosko was the winning pit-cherfor he *Hurst in the first game.Scott Gorring hit a home run, whilePhil Sorensen, Frank Yuskula, andUrn Donovan each had a pair of hits.On the Lions' side, Marty Cunn-ingham had two hits in their losingeffort. %

Yuskula pitched the winninggame in the nightcap, while turningin three hits as well. Steve Loshelderturned in two triples and a single inthe Lakers'strong win.Pena State-Behrend's ReeseWitzels two triples were not enoughto top the Lakers, in their 8-6 win.The Lakers will finish theirseason today against Allegheny Col-lege at home, Brabender Field, at1:06 p.m. f

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Crew Teams Capture EightFirst?Places In MariettaBy Jennifer Conmy

The Mercyhurst crew team cap-tured eight firstplace finishes in theMid-American Rowing AssociationRegatta in Marietta, Ohio. The raceswere held on Sat., May 2. jThe * Hurst finished in the firstplace-in the women's freshmaneight, women's freshman four,men's freshman four, men's varsityheavyweight four, men's varsity

heavyweight eight, men's varsityheavyweight pair, men's varsitylightweight eight, and the 500-yarddash. |Mercyhurst competed againstMarietta College, University ofCharleston, Toledo, Michigan State,Ohio State, and Duquesne. Theteam will travel to Philadelphia thisweekend to compete in the Dad VailNational Tournament.

By Jennifer ConmyTThe 1987-88 Mercyhurst Collegecheerleading squad was named aftertryouts on Apijl 24. The judgingpaneTconsisted om986-87 SeniorCo-Captains Julie Juenemann andKaren Davidson, cheerleading ad-visor Judy* Richter, Dave Curtis,Luke Rupple, and John Leisering.The new 1987-88 squad will con-sist of thefollowingstudents: jEMary Arango, (Jr.) who will be in

her third year.Lori Bartone, (Soph.) who will bein her second year. x-ijB ecky B e i ge , ( F r . ) who w i l l be i nher f i rs t year .K a t i e F e r r a r o , ( S o p h . ) wh o wi l lb e in he r s e c o n d y e a r .

M i c h e l l e H o n d a l , (Jr.) who w i l lb e in he r t h i r d yea r .C hr i s t i L i v i , ( S oph . ) who w i l l bein he r s e c o n d y e a r .K a r e n M a l l o w , (Fr.) who wi l l bein h e r secon d yea r . ? .J o a n n e R o v e r s t a h l , (Fr.) who i sn e w t o th e s q u a d .g Tina Sementelli, (Jr.) will be athird year member.Kelly Feohig, (Fr.) will be in hersecond year on the squad.Rounding out the squad will beMelani Weidner, a sophomore inher second year.Sementelli and Hondal have beennamed co-captains of the squad.The squad will begin duties withthe firstfootballgame of the '87-88season.

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