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POLICYmic community,* studentsould be free,findividuailiy and^ Hectively, to express their^ *ws on issues gof institutionalliey$and on matters of^gen-

fsal interest to Jthe | student^*dy. fstudent publications and*fie student press are valuableeris?in maintaining an atmos-fe5iere of free and responsible^scussion in the intellectualaalm of a College or Univer-yo r The newspaper, then, is *a*%ans of >bringing'" student con-* rns to the attention of the ad-15frustrationand faculty,;) an dSimulating student opinion onlvejrious f3ssues concerned? primarily with the campus or the^mmunaty atflarge.05 T he responsibility for S pro-ay ding the communication of the>ove mentioned material lies01 jth | the Editorial staflff^ eir faculty advisor.iTbe sitaiff and advisor realiz-g theii^ responsibility accept) fundamental the adherence

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fr | the canons of IresponsibileIs; uraalasm. libel, ^indecency,^documented allegations, fa tJ.cks on personal;integrity, andTe techniques of hiarrassment id Innuendo will scrupulously% avoided. |However,iwe dev andifor ourselves the follow-i8 gfprotection andffreedom:. 1& The student* press should*$ free from advance approvalm eopy, and* its editors andtanagers should be free to de-Iglop their own editorial policiesi

icontent. Only for proper andstated causes should editorsand managers be subjectgto removal -and then by orderly andprescribed procedures. \IWhile demanding ithese rightswe acceptjbhe inherent limitation placed on a newspaper thatis l not; financially autonomous.Wep accept the fact that the institution bearajthe legal responsibility for the contents of thepublication and will ^endeavortojact accordingly.The following, then, are thestandards to be fallowed in*ourpublication: |. I. NEWS IA. Coverage fof news must befair and accurate and must beconcerned? with everything (asspace permits) that is of director indirect interest to all^members :of the college.|eSante?|| youldon't, read on.T te| ; PiacemeiM;|Qffice is aw ice provided by the^college^ of^hajrge), Ate main pur-ose pf whichais to h lp leadfcrcyimnt. graduates to gainfulnplo^cntl|Also offered mmwinatMm concerning graduate^ l ^ n d part ime work for^^liraduates. Here's howlityorks. l ^ 8 . office has access to in-[**&m leading to three^main^ a s

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BETWEEN USAnyone want to buy a n FM tuner?

Rick l*amb Paul Anderson| For the past few month's GOunderground, an oasis in Erie'smusical desert, has* been faltering, sputtering and begging forexistence. It is*now dead.Atodut (toe yea ago whenErie got its sfirst real taste ofunderground > radio, on WWCR)F.M&, it^wasn't very impressivebut*dver the past year it hasenvoi ved to*? Ifecome a blightspot in local radio. iPat Christopher and Dan1Geory the driving forces behindthe show! offered Erie listenerssomething,* entirely differentfroin what they are accustomedto being subjected to. It was achange from the usual youthradio program which plays music t commonly classified as"top- 40f" These programs' arepiloted by fast talking IKfJ.'Swho *yell at their listeners andare ^.chewing* too much-f bubblegum to be easily understood.

The popularity of! the showcairbe seen in the ! increase ofsales of^F.M. tuners to youths.Upon talkin g to some" peoplefrom* one of Eri e's leading electronic stores we learned thatthere has beenn the past yea great increase in the ~sale ofP.M. stereos. This was attributed directly to the new anddifferent type of programs onFMWt- In short, |Erte was ripefor I an underground radio' station and the peoplejjdug it.

On Saturday, October 3 theunderground had its last, program. The show had been previously cut from an eight hourshow to a four-hour show. Thisfour .hour cut 5was because offinancial f difficulties, fTherewere no advertisements from2*a. m. to 6 a. m., thus nothingto defray the cost| of runningthe station for5four Hours. The"TThe hange Twa ^-to -^di afc i t 0 J * L * ! j ^ a t i o l o j the show,ground music. U n d e rg ro u n d to R o n 8adth * *being .classified as contemporary rock music* which is* usually*rtoi-e ^sophisticated and is- notgenerally played on top 40 M a-tions. The presentation > of theprogram itself is different- Mu-sic is the primary iproduct. Th emusic* is. much more varied thanthat of a top 40 station. fc|This new form of 'radio pro-granfl'caught on quickly. Mostofjfthe people we have talked tosaid tney were "sick of top 40"and that they didn't Usten to it.They were?Jhappyjto hear something' new.

manage r,} came because of "achanged in toat for the sta-tioiB" #

'| This change of format cameabout due * to recentSratingswhich credited only about 4%of firie?s listening audience toWWGO F.ljir. as conijparedf withanother station which I: gotabout 51%. The |new formatdfangefwiir be to "top 11)0 anda larger variety of good music/',,says Smith. This is i n! hope ofincreasing the! listening audience, j ^ iVery, simply, a radio station

on advertising and adver-gtisers buy. time where the mostpeople will hear their ads. t&your ratings arejlow you can'tsell* ads and make money. So,the station is in a financial bindti-and' it is felt by the management that a change in format;will increase the E listening audience, increasing advertising po- |tentials thus-? increasing income!';:and profits. And, after all pro-gfit is the name*of the game.....Now where are all those people who liked the programs,-those people! who were :,glad tohere a change? ^hat of all*those F.M. tu ne rs ' bought tohave ^something different andyet acceptable? Why* didn'tthese people respond to the sta-^tion when the show was firstout. We heard many people,both freaks and straights alike,talking about how!, they hatedto >see the show go off the air,but unfortunately they kepttheir complaints to themselves.'It seems we are alii learningour less onsj well on how|to become apathetic A mericans, evenwhen something effects us personally, if all the people whowanted the\ underground wouldhave responded* tof the*' stationperhaps underground wouldstill be* en the air. According toMr. Smith "perhaps if enoughpetitions and! letters were tocome1 in , maybe * the . underground* would be I continued."Well people, 5?maybe We fl" getwhat wig deserve*. Anyone wantto buy an F.M. tuner?

TO THE" A | different male 's viewpoint;" In respone to' tHelletRter submitted 1in the last issueof the M1RCIAD.I| . ^ **Yes, he is aware of f the seira-ment concerning some%of thewomen on campus; what hesaid However,* inferring alMwo*men, will1 indeed not amend^anyattitude anywhere^ H& provoked stronger* resentment againstour^presence, and he did" notenvision* the resulting conse*quendessf Merely by observingdoes not* constitute perscrip tion.It is true that1 we ! are* unwelcomed^ here; but* it shall' liewrong now to entertainrthe Meatthat if any kind of male-femaleharmdny is tol exist upon thiscampus, it has to begin' \i1ththe wdmen f ITiirie,$so o*speak,fhas finallygraceiHit^* fingers across thefront %ate a# Mercyhurst, ^10I, sorrowfully observe *khe women refteeting too fondly ilptfnthe past*;- Th^v aribus* feelings,that i9L%uld|have|amendedf themselves* Id* the passing mffiwerefciilmlnated tjy^Me L into feHveftandiinore^stern?opin-Jon. of #he* dormitory Jfromen in

great disfavor of the male pop*ulatlon :od?this campus. Thewomen were$wrongly^ . accusedof what us finales attribute themlor.Women* are? of* far gifeatfersensitivity than most-men - willever know or think theni* cap-able.; By making them feel likelowjj and} contemptuous pleasureobjects; they have been moretitan deeply offended^ *T ; |jIt was immature on theiwrit-es be-half to* stimulate* suchcontroversy, % playing fupon already strained relations, and

applying "behind^ th e v barnShakespeare" for the possibleentertainment of his male coun-terpa rts. I, of which want nopart. ||To|remain within the issue athand; I have discovered, muchto^my disappointment, that thenien on this campus lack thematurity to live within this al-ttiost female i environment;! If aman mu st be alw ays. manifesting', masculinity to; b e | a> man;, Isay to him, ^ou>are indeedwe ak, for you lack rea l sub*stance." 4 iy \ fbV one, hbpefdllyf there

may be otfcers|who will agree,havejno intentions of ever making * womatf cbfflfe BSfore meto pay homage, and offer or accept anythingt upon her knees.- ^ ^ . ^ . ^Dear Male |View: ^Be^grateful you- are at Mer-xjyhurst! Vou havei the opportunity* |of I stepping^ out ofShake5peare's-i6th Ce n t u r y * ^to thTe 20th Century.f Women>libm here to staylli,

Fear rfot, you'1 Wove Jt tn ICo-ed View i 3 iOpen .Your Eyes !First of alt Kxioir^ considermyself a part of your *'minor-.H#" P^ ' ingra te s ." B believe &

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by^Catherine A. Pearson I |Bitudenits in politics? Tha-t's^a

laugh. Or a He. $m^ S t ud e n t s a a r e n U dn po l i t i c s . N t> tma-ny i a ny w a y . Ev e r y one s a idtha t ba c k in (the fiflties. T h e sixties were&3uppo$ed t o be^difffer-ent , _ I ^ H K 4 1a Were ihey? fOnly ^ten years

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That's I otoayeither. That's why it won't happen![A New Interest GroupStudents, of course,, choe student! activistsas Spiro Agnew sees themself-indulgent _ self-seekers inquest of a life without responsibility and demandingeverytfiih^ be lefone th^ir5S?a5or el&e. Or tney can be studentactivists as Robert Kennedy saw^pragmatic idealists de-termihed to &

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by Bill DopicralaThe newly inaugurated intra-mural football f league !$iasemerged so far, into a 2 andpossibly a 3 team race between"The Pack" and "The Rebels"and the "BaldvWns." When thefirst two; met on W ednesday,Oct. 7, "The Pack" which hadone loss on its record defeatedthe previously Itmbea ten "Rebe l s " . On the basis of some unfortunate circumstances, therear e "no statistics* available atthisftime to printfon the gamesfollowing Oct. 13 . All! that wecan|tell you at this time is thatthese two teams are deadlocked with 3-1 records at the t opof the 4 team league^ Both woncontest Sunday, Octo ber! 11 in*different)fashion. The^'Rebels'*won over "Baldwins" in a reg-ularl^l scheduled I game, whilethe "Pack" received a forfeitvictory^ over tthe "I f TappaKegs." The? "Baldwins"^ areclose behind thej heels of thetwo leaders with a 2?2 ledger.The "I Tappa Kegs" are currently in pthe cellar positionwith an 0-4 record.

The league concludes actionthis week with games scheduled on Wednesday, Oct. 14 between the "Rebels" and the "ITappa Kegs," and one betweenthe " Pa ck " and the "Baldwins." Wue to deadlines, thegames will be completed by tlie.time this |is^ in print.*Bo tluhow-ever, should prove to have beeninteresting* affairs. The i | "Reb-e l s " pulled out ailast minutevictory 2S320, over the "X^Tap-pa Kegs" ike .first time thesetwo metf The |FPack" lost itsonly game of the season to the"Baldwins"|in their only meet-ingwhen$a desperate comebackeffort failed 36-31. * |

Sunday, October 18 will seethe frematch between the"Pac k" and the "Rebels".Whilefthe "Baldiyins ,,| close- outtheir season ag ainst the | " JTappa Kegs." As was previous-Instated, this could turn|out tobe a 3 tea m deadlock afterSunday if the results ,-jof thefirst 3-gameseries match those

of the fond series. The "Bald-wtos"! are still? in the thick ofthe fight because at the end ofthe first 3-game series, * theywere tied with the "Pack" and"Rebels" with a 2-1 record.They loststheir first game ofthe year to the "Rebels" andalso the second game to themat the beginning of the second3-game series. So, there is apossibility that this first yearof intramural^ football attMer-cyhurst could end up in asveryinteresting fashion with 3 teamstioed at the top. OnSthe basisof personnel problems, the "ITappa Keg s" haven 't enjoyedany success, but could possiblyput it "all together" and provide some season-ending upsets.I

fUnfortunately, there are onlycomplete results available forthe games played* on October3 . By the next issue, fulljstatis-tics with game scores and thescoring leaders will be available.

Friday land Saturday, October 9 and 10, Mercyhurst's Tennis Team competed infthe|Ed-inboro Invitational Tennis Tournament. Besides Mercyhurst,Akron University, MansfieldState,?and Edinboro State werealso represented. On- account ofinclement weatherr on Saturday,the -tournament has|a 4-waydeadlock for the top honors. Allfoyr teams have 1-1 records.Mercyhurst lost to Akron 5-4,then defeated Mansfield 5-4. Akron, after beating Mercyhurst,lost to Edinboro 5-4 while Edinboro |had| previously lost toMansfield 5-4., Arrangementsare still "up in the air" overwhen the- tournament can becompleted. Coach Bryan's:boysfrom "the Hurst" still |have agood chance to annex a tourna-

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ment title in their first competi*tionas a team.Representing Mercyhurst thispast weekend were : Ed;] Manning, a sophomore fromu Cam-dfcn, New Jersey; Dave Kuhrt,a freshman from Buffalo, NewYork; Steve Gutting, a juniorfrom Erie; Mark Wasserman,a sophomore from ClevelandHeights, Ohio; Tommy Thompson, a freshman from Buffalo;and$ finally, John Christoph, |afreshman from Erie.

The coach of this year's team,Dr. William Bryan, did a finejob in organizing a previouslyunorganized group with| only 4days notice. During the yearCoach BryanjwOl receive assistance from Mr.^Robert Sturm.Some fine efforts need to besingled out. Tommy;* Thompsonand| Dave Williamson, freshmen, won both their \

matches in Jtheir first try atcollege competition. The doubles team of Dave Kuhrt-SteveGutting won both their doublesencounters while| Ed > Manningteamed with Thompson for thedeciding victory against Mansfield. This isfriot to slight theother mem bers of thie team,for, in this reporter's opinion,the whole team did themselvesproud and their institution al

so . They made an impressionof b'eing a power to?be reckoned with in |the coming Iseason.Hopefully, this story, asfwell asthis whole year of intercollegiate sports at Mercyhurst,^willcome to a successful conclusion.

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Theftime has comelto organize | Spring ^Weekend. This isyour weekend and|your supportis necessary. We will need people for various committees,such as: concert, after-concertparty, formal, fund-raising,publicity, tickets, etc. One meeting has already been|held forthe purpose of organizing committees. However this was notpossible 'because only abouttwenty 5 people came to themeeting. Weirealize that everyone ehasa lot of work to doiandthere are many othier placesyou would|rather be; however,our i meetings have never blastedmore than one half hour. If * youare really concerned* you canfind time to come. We wili^haveanother meeting on Tuesday,October 20 at* 12:00. At thistime the necessary- committeeswill, be organized.! If a sufficient number of people are notpresent* at #this time, SpringWeekend iwill be cancelled. Ifyoufwant a weekend you haveto help plan it^Pive peoplecannot do all &he work. This*message is for all members ofthe Juniorfciass, both residentsand day-students.

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