College Neighbors M o s t
by Chris VanWagenen wife started the petition.
Sixty residents, including city
councilman, • Pat Cappabianca
met; with school officials on
Thursday, May 4, to discuss the
possibility of ; closing the
driveway which connects Mer-
cyhurst with Parade St. Blvd.
"It's being abused, that's what
it is", said Mrs. Connie Wolf, just
one of the many Parade St.
residents who attended the
meeting. r The Merciad contacted Pat
But Mrs. Wolf wasn't the only
neighbor to '' express
dissatisfaction with the driveway
situation/ All in all, 85 other
residents signed their names to a
petition which will ask the city
council to close,the driveway
because of the enormous amount
of traffic which flows through it.
"We get traffic from Sesler, the
baseball games, the tennis courts
and the gym, but its just not the
school year, it's all year round,"
complained Jerry Wolf, whose
VOL. 50, NO. 23
Board Members
Name Bruno New Editor
John Bruno, who rose from
general reporter to news editor of
The Merciad in little more than
one school year, last Thursday
was chosen to run the Mercyhurst
College newspaper fulltime
starting next fall. f -J
Bruno, a senior, com-
munications major, was chosen
to succeed current Merciad
Editor Chris Van Wagenen by a
unanimous vote of a six-member
editorial board.
Following a? longstanding
tradition, Bruno will be in charge
of putting out the final issue of the
paper this spring. He has already
begun assembling Ids new staff.
"What I've learned since I've
been here," Bruno said, "is that
it's not only important to be
objective in presenting the news,
it's important to be accurate.
Although he is something of a
live-wire personality,, constantly
talking and cracking one-liners,
Bruno over 'the past year has
turned out more serious, hard
news stories than anyone else on
the staff.
He has covered the offices of
the dean and the president,
written byline stories on the
residents of Parade noticed an
As of now Mrs. Wolf and other
residents of Parade are looking
into the possibility of Mercyhurst
breaking a city zoning law.
George Kidcf, vice-president of
business at Mercyhurst was
quick to defend the college's
position saying that no laws had
been broken.
"I talked to our lawyer and the
owner of Sesler Apratments, and
they've indicated to me, that the
road is zoned correctly," he said.
But Mrs. Wolf says "That isn't
the case" and is currently
checking with the city to see if
Mercyhurst went through the
proper channels to build the
roadway.
"We don't think they had" an
ordinance to cut that driveway,"
she said.
One of the major complaints
concerns the newly built campus
center which' also uses the
roadway. Since its completion,
Chris Van Wagenen and John Bruno
departure of Dr. William Garvey
to county j government - and the
resignation of basketball coach
Dick Fox. On occasion he has
also interviewed local Erie city
and county political candidates.
He said he is concerned with
tension that existed between the
#
newspaper and the Mercyhurst
Student Government this year.
"We aren't the Washington
Post and MSG isn't Congress, so,
basically, we could work
together," Bruno said. "That
doesn't mean hand-in-hand; if
we have to opinionate, we will."
As a commuter, Bruno ad-
mitted there are disadvantages
to having an editor who lives off
campus - but none, he said, that
can't be worked out/
"I thought I could place
reporters in the dorms and Sesler
Apartments to get the* 'real,
untold stories'," he joked. On a
serious note, he added, "I'm
going to need input from my on-
campus editors and writers." ;
He also said there will be more
time spent proof-reading by the
editor and staff next year.
"Sometimes the mistakes'in
content and make-up have
disturbed me this year, he said.
prime objection is the traffic.
immediate increase in traffic,
especially during basketball
season. ' Paul Kausak.
| The Wolf's and other residents
of the area, said that the college
had advertised in the Erie Times
that parking would be available
on Parad Blvd., but Kidd in-
dicated that this was not the case.
"No, this is not true", he said.
Cappabianca who attended the
Thursday meeting. He felt the
situation will indeed work-itself
out. "We should be able to work
out a compromise between the
college ana the neighborhood."
But Cappabianca was not so
ready to discuss what that
compromise would be. j Prather also commented on the
"We! are hoping to come up
with a solution, but right now. I'm
looking into some possibilities,"
he said.
Other residents of Parade also
expressed their concern. "Our
MERCYHURST COLLEGE
Another problem he hopes to
correct is the cramped Merciad
office.
"Egan 9 just doesn't hack it,"
he said. "To get more people
involved you have to have a
newspaper office with necessary
equipment and space. Right now
we don't have either."
Bruno has been a member of
the Merciad staff for the past two
years, starting as a reporter in
1976 and taking over as news
editor winter term this year. He
is an Air Force veteran and,
incidentally, only the fourth male
chosen as editor in 44 years of
publication.
The members of the editorial
board which chose him included
Dr. David Palmer, chairman of
the humanities division; Andrew
Roth, director of the com-
munication department: Mer-
ciad faculty , advisor William
Shelley; Student Services-Vice
President E, William Kennedy;
Van Wagenen; and MSG
President George Venuto.
Bruno was chosen over Gary
Wesman, a staff reporter who
also applied, after a series of
interviews held May 4.
Use Driveway
One solution, and the only one
There's no reason for coming into available for the present, would
a residential area," said Mrs.
be a "No Parking" ordinance
Another Mrs. Wolf also com- which wouldIeffect Parade,St.
plained. "I'm afraid someone's traffic. ,
going to be hurt. What was With "No Parking" residents
supposedly a private road, has feel at least the problems of cars
turned into a public highway", parked on their lawns and curbs,
she said. would be solved. '"'
But Mrs. Wolf indicated that
Mercyhurst officials, Kidd and she would not be satisfied with
Prather are sympathetic to the that solution/; "It is everything.
residents complaints, but told the Ninety per cent of the traffic
Merciad that the driveway will would stop, if they'd close that
not be closed. < - road," she said. •
Said Kidd, "The road is an
Mrs. Wolf blames the traffic on
access to the Sesler Apartments the campus center. "It's Mer-
where a large amount of students
cyhurst fault for building that
live." ; gymnasium. Our main purpose is
to get that road closed", she said.
matter. "We want to be a good Meanwhile councilman Cap-
neighbor, but within reason. We pabianca told the Merciad that
agreed to do something, but another meeting is tentatively
closing the driveway is not a scheduled for May 22. Until then
feasible option at this time", he the battle :for the driveway will
said. W continue. >
M AY12,1978
Kidd Turns i Down
Meet With PSEA
by Gary Wesman tention. *
Early this week the Mer- It was reported that meetings
cyhurst administration, on the of the Faculty Policies Com-
advice of its attorneys, turned mittee are open to all faculty. The
down a request to answer statement was not correct. FPC
questions siae-by-side with a meetings are closed except in
Pennsylvania State Education special cases. The meetings
Association union representative. mentioned in the "Union Vote"
"There are fstrict legal story were closed, although
restrictions on what can be said minutes were available on
or done before an election date is request.
set," said Business Vice And through a foul-up by the
President George Kidd, who reporter, several paragraphs of
formerly! turned down the in- the "Union Vote" story were left
vitation. out of (he final draft sent to the
printer.
The college thus stood at an The information left outi dealt
impasse as it entered its first with two hearings * before the
week of waiting to hear from the National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board; held at the Erie County Court-
the NLRB will rule which faculty house, on April 19 and 25,. and
may vote in an election to related developments.
unionize under PSEA-NEA. 9
"This meeting was to attempt At the hearings counsel for both
to let the faculty ask questions sides questioned partime faculty
they had, and hear both sides and representatives of groups the
give their answers," said Dr. administration sought to exclude
Paul Jurkowitz, president of the from the union because their jobs
Mercyhurst College Faculty involve degrees of management
Association. "When I presented as well as teaching. These were
the idea to President Shane, I librarians, division chairmen and
stressed that this was only in- department directors.
formational; it was not to be a. The administration also sought
to exclude the college's 14
debate."
Kidd, however, told The program coordinators, but no
Merciad any such side-by-side testimony was given. Programs
meeting could only turn into a are fields of study in which
debate. Mercyhurst does not offer
"Case law suggests there is a degrees.
very fine line and a narrow path No one contacted by The
an employer can walk," Kidd Merciad wanted to guess how the
said. "Should the NLRB set up NLRB would rule on those con-
the schedule for posting and tested positions.
holding the election, we will be "(Past rulings) seem to have
giving out as much information varied," Dr. Alan Lewis said. "At
as we can in the time allowed." some schools division chair-
A general faculty meeting to persons teach only one or two
discuss unionization was held courses a year,, and department
Wednesday, May 3, but because heads may carry only half a
of a mix-up, notices did not reach normal course .load. Here the
the faculty mailboxes until that course reductions are two or
morning. As a result, only 17 three for divisions, sometimes
attended. only one for departments."
The Faculty .Association has While the hearings were going
invited PSEA organizer Marc on, the Chronical of Higher
Kornfeld on campus to answer Education carried a report of an
questions in two sessions to be similar court case at Boston
held in the faculty lounge University.
Thursday, May 18, from 11 a.m. A federal court of appeals
to 12:30 p.m. and from 1 to 5 p.m. upheld a 1975 NLRB ruling which
Several additions and said division chairmen were
corrections of the story eligible to join a faculty union,
("Faculty Divided on Union but partime faculty were not, the
Vote," page 3), which ran in last Chronicle reported.
week's issue of The Merciad* The chief counsel for the ad-
have been brought to our' at- Continued on Page 4 '
PAGE 2
Guest Editorial - Mark Hoak
The history of yellow jour-
nalism has had its up and downs
in recent years, yet it sunk to a
new all time low during the
recent- student government
election campaign when, con-
trary to the journalistic tradition
of fair impartiality, your paper
pursued a policy of endorsing
candidates. By doing so, you have
again engaged in behavior that is
both unethical and un-
professional and as a result have
railed in* one of your j foremost
duties as editor of our student
paper. ,,
Regardless of this college's
policy of billing, The Merciad is
nevertheless funded by all of the
individuals presently attending
the institution. With this being the
case, the Merciad staff and
particularly you, as editor, who I
assume anticipate and envisage a
career in journalism, should
conceivably have recognized
that using such a media as a
Lectures View Planets
•^Dn*Alan Meltzer, associate
professor of astronomy at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in Troy, New York, lectured on
astronomical phenomenon here
at the college and at Gannon on
May 4 and 5. *
The lectures dealt heavily in
the physics area of astronomy,
explaining phenomena according
to presently accepted laws and
* theories.
I Sister Mary Matthew Baltus,
professor
1
space science, said
' The talks were very good for our
students' level of understanding
•of the subject. Dr. Meltzer was as
entertaining as one can be con-
sidering the subject matter.
I " H e was able to explain
complicated concepts in a
manner that was understandable
without a heavy physics
I background."
The lectures were sponsored by
student funded newspaper to
endorse | a privileged few
ultimately would be in poor taste.
Moreover, the method and
manner in which you and your
staff elected to use in selecting
the future student leaders of this
college ' was i not only
Unreasonably ridiculous and
arbitrarily absurd, but J also
fundamentally unfair.
Please. correct me if I am
mistaken, but at my count it
seems that our newspaper staff,
including yourself, consists of
twenty-two people. How in God
can you explain the fact that of
these twenty-two only six Mer-
ciad staff members took part in
the endorsement voting? $]
* Chris, tell me, how can you as
editor of a* student paper,
rationally condone such a
discriminating, and undeniable
capricious method of deciding
who in fact would be endorsed by
the Merciad? Certainly you must
a joint effort of Gannon and
Mercy hurst and were open to the
public. The 'Hurst hosted the
morning lectures in Zurn 202. The
subject was cosmology. Dr.
Meltzer explored the theories of
the formation of the solar system.
The last lecture held here was on
the plantets and exploration of
the planets by the U.S.S.R. and
1 he United States.
Dr. Meltzer, who has served as
a research associate at Harvard
College Observatory, will be
employed by the * As trophysical
Experiments Branch of the
Airborne Infrared Astronomy
Group at N.A.S.A. (Ames
Research Center.)
The two lectures held at
Gannon were on the subject of
black holes, white dwarfs,
neutron stars, and ^infrared
astronomy.
THE MERCIAD
"Pardon me sir,
but can you direct
me to the
Top Photo - Stuart Campbell,
director of Mercy hurst Archives
recently exposed the Mercyhurst
Community to their first scene of
what an archives is about.
Located on the bottom floor of the
L.R.C. the one day affair exposed
its viewers to both the history of
Mercyhurst and of Erie. Not
many people are aware of the ar-
chives existence, Sunday, May 7
answered a lot of questions for all
who attended.
T
have realized that it would be
wholly impracticable to imagine
that the 'collective wisdom" of
your staff of six would hope to
represent the 'i wishes of, the
Mercyhurst student community.
In the future, sir, while you may
not be with us as editor, I can only
hope that future Merciad staff
persons will use a bit more
discretion and prudence prior to
engaging in such highly un-
scrupulous and disdainful
journalism. For in this case,
while the candidates that
eventually were elected may in
fact be well qualified, it seems
that the members of the media
which may have facilitated their
election, are not.
Mark Hoak
College Archives
Its
Mercyhurst College Archives
had its first official open house on
Sunday, May 7 in the L.R.C. "It
went so smoothly/' said Stuart
Campbell, director of the ar-
chives, v f or published books. Secondly, it
X But Campbell gave most of the
credit to his work-study students
who thought2up, organized jand
ran the open house. r i
It was the first real exposure to
the public since the archives
opened nearly six years ago.
Campbell was pleased with the 50
or more people that turned out
but indicated to the Merciad that
he was not surprised that people
are unaware of the archives it-
self. £,•' I museum administration and
r- The archives is both the history
of Erie and of ^ Mercyhurst.
Exhibits at the open house in-
cluded over 200 collections. Of
these collections one-third to one
half of the items submitted are
microfilmed, by both Campbell
and his students.
The ability to microfilm ^per-
mits Campbell to prepare for
research, the!use of the collec-
tions which a donor cannot leave
permanently. 5>\?
The most intensive use of the
facility over recent years has
been by history majors preparing
their thesis. "A good deal of the
Erie community, who also use
the arch ives are from both junior
high and secondary schools ' said
STAFF SPEAKOUT
by John Bruno .
^Recently The Merciad came
under attack for endorsing
candidates who sought the four
executive offices of MSG. The
negative comments lodged came
from a cross-section of students.
For the most part, the complaints
were valid. Our choices could
have influenced some voters, but
no one race was decided on the
basis of what we printed. To
believe that it had, would be an
insult to the integrity of all the
candidates.
f> It was not the intention of the
staff to drum up support for the
candidates we chose. The vote, as
it may have been indicated in the
paper, was not unanimous in
every race. it ' | | k Because of our error, the
We don't feel the endorsements
were anachronistic. They did not
give the winning candidates a
distinctive edge. The Merciad is
not that influential. The day it
becomes apparent that the paper
can sway an election, that s the
time to cease beingr opinionated
in this area. i -
As it happened, three of the
four candidates who won had the
endorsement of the paper. Only
the treasurer's race was close,
having been decided by a scant
by Christopher M. Van Wagenen
James V. Kinnane was recently
the toast of the town on Wed-
nesday. May 3, 1978 at the Sixth
Annual Law Enforcement
Awards Dinner. It was a festive
occasion, one that brought some
of Erie's finest out to honor a man
that served both the college and
the Erie community.
Kinnane's sucess with the Law
Enforcement Department at
Mercyhurst put the college on the
map as the finest Law Enfor-
cement School in the' state or
should I pluralize that and say
"states."
"A great tribute should be paid
to Jim Kinnane", said Colonel
Paul J. Chylak, Commissioner of
the Penna. State Police.
"You go through life and make
a lot of aquaintances, but you're
lucky if you can make a few good
MAY 12,1978
Campbell. * J i
"Tney come for two reasons.
First, so the kids can get some
idea of the source of materials
that are not canned, such as tapes
gives them a chance to learn
about things in the community
where they live", he said.
Campbell is proud of the fact
that the archives is student
operated and doesn't mind
talking about it. "I'm pleased to
report that a number I of our
students have been inspired to
seek professional training and
employment in fields* such as
archives, records management,
history/' he said.'f
Currently the archives is
limited to expansion because of
funding, Campbell emphasized
that the administration has been
very reasonable in this sense.
Although the personnel
working in the archives are all
inexperienced, unskilled and are
full time students at the college,
Campbell feels their doing "a
great job" and is thankful to have
them.
v In its short time of existence,
the archives has managed to
capture Erie and Mercyhurst
1
in
their* own unique ' and special
spotlight, something that can be
appreciated only after its been
visited.
11 votes. The unsuccessful
candidate said the endorsement
made the difference; the winner
disagreed. We are inclined to
agree with the winner. If we
swayed this particular
M
race then
we acted as the kiss of death",
for the candidate we endorsed for
secretary was defeated by only 16
votes. J|7
It was evident that we as a staff
failed in the manner in which the
endorsements appeared in the
paper. As one unsuccessful
candidate put it: "splattered all
over the page." If we had to do it
all over again, we would have
included our choices in an
editorial.
arguments of those who opposed
our decision to print the en-
dorsements were justifiable.
Even so, it is the policy of this
paper to inform and opinionate.
And that we did in the case of the
MSG elections. We were a bit
obvious with the way we
presented our choices. There is
no excuse for that, except to say
it was the first time The Merciad
endorsed candidates for all four
offices, and we should have acted
in a more diplomatic manner.
4%mw\^
4
friends," said Kinnane. But Jim
Kinnane has lots of friends, and
you can be sure of that. And even
as the evening progressed with
Dr. Garvey's introduction of the
speakers and a couple jokes here
and there, the big moment came
when Jim Kinnane received his
award. It's a good feeling to see
something like that, but more so
it's good to see it happen to a man
that has given so much to his
college and his profession. •
,Bui the evening went fast, too
fast and when it came to an end.
you wished it was starting all
over.
Jim Kinnane is more~than an
educator. To most of us, he's a
friend and a person that has
helped put: Mercyhurst on the
map. There's not an award big
enough to thank him for that.
Thanks, Jim Kinnane!
 MAY 12,1978
THE MERCIAD PAGE 3
DiVecchio
In May Primary
• ^ *

INQUIRING REPORTER ASKS

If you're 1& and in college As for the duties involved, the
majoring J in political scierwe members will meet 30 days after
chances are you're^ probably
content with learning about
American politics ffrom text
books and professors. All of this
the primary to choose a state
chairman to run the general
election. The members are also
DoJYou Think That The Front Gates
responsible for? writing the
is fine for 'Hurst freshman Mark
DiVecchio, but it's not the bottom
line. He is running as a Democrat
in the May 16 primary for state
bylaws and the party platform.
Since only five of the 26 can-
didates can win, DiVecchio was
Should Be Closed Between
committee? asked if he felt his position on the
"I feel the young people should
get involved," he said. "I
thought, to further the goals of
the Young Democrats, that we
ballot (third from the bottom)
would hurt his chances of victory.
"I don't think that really makes
Midnight and 7 a.m.?
a difference. If people know that
should have some sort of input in you're i running, and they feel
the party's politics." strong enough for you, they'll
The Young Democrats, locally, look for your name," he said.
is 75 members strong. DiVecchio When he's not at school or
is vice president of the get ting ^ involved with party Jtt
organization. politics, DiVecchio works in his
A total of 500 people are elected family's pizza business. WM
statewide as state |Committee (At press time, a photo of the w sr

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or blue or yellow, it's rainbow. check out the shades of rainbow they were. I can see the tire tracks now."
You see, if you look hard enough, in the sunset and on your way "i Kathy Arnold
there's a little bit of rainbow in across campus, don't miss the "1 wouldn't want them closed, but it
everything about spring. little bits in the ears of that rabbit might discourage some of the weirdos
There's a little rainbow in the who's been hopping around. ij around here." i
blue sky and the yellow and 3 The neat thing about rainbow
orange daffodils. You can't miss and spring is that it doesn't have
it in the green buds on the tree in to be mixed or bought in a can.
back of Old Main or the rain It's even been brushed and rolled
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The menu included: brioches, "Originally we had planned to
zesty vegetable salad, fresh invite 150, but due to space I Reggie Holand
spinach salad, molded cranberry limitations we were limited to
salad, fresh fruit salad, 100." "I'think they shouldn't close them It
cucumber salad, Oregon carrot would put a time limit on the people who
casserole, French green bean On a final note, the Inter- live on campus with motor vehicles.
bake, lyonaise potatoes, chicken national Cuisine class would like Judy Anania I
kiev, bouillibaise and saffron to thank Jan Gatti, Sr. Carolyn "No, because a student might loaded
rice, and Beef Wellington. Hermann, Pat Chiz, Cindy Cutri, and crash into them."
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PAGE 4 THE MERCIAD MAY 12.1978

by Don Burger .,
Last week, Sheerluck Holmes
and Dr. Rotson discovered that
their prime suspect was none
other ' than the nefarious
"Professor Who .Wasn't There
• ' •
4*
"Holmes, are you certain that
the; culprit is a professor?"
queried Rotson.
"Who else wouldn't be here but
a professor." replied Holmes.
The duo then decided to begin
their investigation in the student
union. As they-approached the
door in Zurn, some people formed
a blockade in their path. A guy
wearing an iron workers hard hat
with a flag stenciled on it spoke
up. J II ? scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m.
"An where does youse think yer
goto'?"
"Why, we are endeavoring to
apprehend a vicious criminal,"
answered Sheerluck.
"Well deys ain't no crooks in
der 'cept the tight fisted unfair
management." the man coun-
tered. 4 P 4 We had best question him
"We must| enter and see for
ourselves "if you please." added
Rotson. }.
Holmes looked closer at the
picket line. The signs they were
carrying 1said things
<7
like "ON
STRIKE! and KILL ;THE
SCABS." The people looked like
teachers he had seen on campus.
Not believing his eyes he
dismissed the thought Holmes
and Rotson opened the door and
and entered Zurn. As they did,
shouts of "SCAB, SCAB, SCAB"
began and one woman hit Rotson
with a sign that said'"SUPPORT
OUR UNION OR WE'LL BREAK
YOUR HEAD!" ?
"This could have something to
do with the murder, Rotson."
said Holmes as Rotson rubbed his
head. ' I f
Holmes and Rotson entered the
student union and surveyed the
scene. Only one professor was
there. As they approached a him
they noticed his stance. The
professor stood over the pinball
machine like a Sumo wrestler
over a helpless victim. His body
began to gyrate as he sent the
j)all onto the playing surface
under the glass.
"Who is that man Holmes? He
is so intense on the machine that
he didn't notice that person steal
his stack of Iquarters." said
Rotson. '•
"Elementary my dear Rotson,
that could *only be the kindly
Philosophy professor. No one on
this campus stands a chance
against him on the Bally tables.
because his foffice is near the
scene of the crime." T
"Yes Holmes, but he has a
reputation of co-operation with
students and faculty alike.- He's
always there. He hasn't missed
an appointment since? Plato
died, said Rotson. f machine.
"No stone will be left unturned
in our relentless search for The
Professor Who Wasn't There!"
screamed Holmes. •
"Dr. where were you on the
night of May 2. "1978?" asked
Rotson. i ? Next Week: The Solution.!
"Take that, stupid mac nine 1"
said the professor as he smacked
the machine when the ball went
down its-gullet. "I was in my
office
1
pondering that night." ;
'Did you see the professor who
wasn't there?" asked Holmes.
"A rhetorical question at best.
If he wasn't there, I couldn't have
seen him. Perhaps Decartes' evil
demon • could answer your
question." was the reply. i
"Thank you for the information
Dr. we'll be in touch so don't
leave town." said Rotson.
"Does a tree make a sound if it
falls in the woods?" asked the
professor as Holmes and Rotson
turned to leave.
Off to their left, a dark figure
fired at the kindly professor and
ran up the stairs. The professor
got his last "juke" in and won
another game before he fell to the
floor. ', ' I I
"Who did it!" cried Holmes.
"The person has dark glasses
and a hat, however, it was only in
my mind and the mind doesn't
exist." he said before he bit the
dust. The "pull" lever of the
pinball machine was still in his
hand.
Holmes and Rotson played off
the rest of the > games the
professor had won on the
| Krupman—specialists who deal
"Which Jprofessor was it
Holmes?" asked Rotson.
"The professor gave me all the
necessary information, the rest is
merely a process of locating the
killer/'
Elaine Marie Lucas
^ Lucas Presents
Senior Recital
Elaine Marisi Lucas will
present her Senior Piano Recital
on Sunday, May 14 in * the Zurn
Recital Hall. The performance is
Her I program will include
selections by Mozart, Beethoven,
Brahms and Bartok. • J
Ms. Lucas is a music major and
is a member of the Mercyhurst
Kidd Turns Down....
Continued from Page l
ministration, Atty. Tom
Schnitzler, is a partner in the
New York City-based law firm of
Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler and
exclusively in cases like this one.
• hearings to put together an of-
During the g week un-
substantiated rumors swirled
about Schnitzler. It was said that
he is the author of a book on union
busting, that he broke recent
strikes at two Erie- industrial
firms, and that he commands a
fee upwards of $200 an hour.
The Merciad 'could confirm
none of this. On the matter of
money, in fact, Business Vice
President George Kidd said
Schnitzler's fee was in the "lower
half" of a $504100 an hour range.
The Merciad checked three Erie
specialist in labor law and found
that range to be the going rate.
Still, throughout last week
Schnitzler was spoken of in tones
of awe or bitter sarcasm, until
one began to picture a modern-
day hired gunslinger in a three-
piece, button-down shit, riding
out of the canyons of Wall Street.
Schnitzler may have scored a
procedural point inf the first
Concert Choir. She participated
in the Karen Shaw, Steven
DeGroote and Rose Bampton
Master Classes.
I Ms. Lucas was also co-
chairperson of the 1976 Arts and
Crafts Fair.
A student of Jeffry Harris, Ms.
Lucas welcomes the public to
attend. '•*
hearing when he revealed,
through questioning, that the
Association had no membership
roll and no officers. 1
No law required these, ap-
parently, but the Faculty
Association scrambled between
ficial; staff. , § I
'A memo from the Association
to all faculty went out Friday,
April 21, announcing a meeting
for the following Monday. The
memo did not mention an elec-
tion, and only about 20 or ] 25
faculty attended," according to
Dr. Paul Jurkowitz.
Dr. Jurkowitz, who had not
been active in the unionization
effort up to then, was elected
president. Dr. Platte became
vice president; Dr. Frank Hagen,
treasurer; and Dr. Lewis,
secretary.
"The election was held to be on
the cautious side," Dr. Jurkowitz
said. "At the time it/seemed a
good.idea to . . . have officers
whose names could be read into
the record sat the second
hearing," he wrote % by way of
explanation in a memo sent to all
faculty on May 5. ? {

Left to right: Kitty Megnin, Jeanne Palmer, Barb Hardie, Janet Arthuhevich, and Bob Mikrut.

'Hurst'sDance Production
Features "Silent Songs "
"Silent Songs," this year's
Senior Dance Production at
Mercy hurst College, opens
Thursday evening, May 18, in
Zurn Recital Hall.
The senior project is produced
by Kathleen Megnin and Robert
This entails handling all
costumes, lighting, publicity and
promotion for the concert. ^
Choreography to be presented
is by junior dance majors and
Moss Cohen, director of the
Dance Department. The program
includes an interesting array of
pieces from the areas of classical
and neo-classical ballet, modern
*<"~ dance and jazz. h ne Palmer; a modem jazz piece
Each dance has a theme or
message expressed in the style of
the individual choreographer.
Moss Cohen presents a unique
form of interpretive modern
dance in his "Stellar Silence," by
which he relates to the imagery
of Rilke: "And in the nights the
heavy earth is falling from all the
stars down into loneliness. We
are all falling. And yet there is
One who holds this falling en-
dlessly gently in His hands."
Other modes of the "Silent
Songs" include a neo-classical
piece by Shelagh Murphy called
"Diamond Dust"; a vibrant
interpretation of "Victory At
Sea" by; Janet Artuhevich;
"Eyes of a City Bench" by Jean-
by Barbara Hardie called "Joy in
Movement," "Conflict", a dance
including classical, modern, jazz
and neo-classical ballet by Lori
ShacDey; and a sequence by Jack
Chaitman and Sharon Wester
entitled "A Man's Crys Echo In
The Heavens and His Tears Fall
Upon The Earth".
The choreographers also learn
to direct as they are responsible
for teaching ana rehearsing their
dances. Casting for the per-
formance was handled by Mr.
Cohen and the two seniors. I
Dancers from all classes are
involved in the production and its
various aspects. The public is
invited to attend the concert on
May 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. in Zurn
Recital Hall of Mercyhurst
College. Admission is free.

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Cardiac Lakers Are Becoming lard To Believe
I As the final four baseball
games of the season are upon us,
(he 11-17 "Cardiac" Lakers have
seen enough mistakes s
to fill a
lifetime.
The phrase "Cardiac" was
coined by Laker 'fan Mac
McShane following one of the
Lakers heart-stopping recklessly
played games. You see, the
Lakers have this habit of going
into the late innings with a lead
and coming back searching for
runs and reasons. '§-.':
Thus was the case twice this
past week and almost a|third
time, which almost sent coach
Mike Cusack to Saint Vincent
Health Center.
"What are you trying to do, kill
me," muttered Cusack to his
(earn following a near late-inning
loss to Gannon. This time the.
Lakers lucked out, twice before
in the week they hadn't.
The Lakers blew a one-run lead
in the seventh inning at Frost-
burg, giving them a split and then
dropped two to Slippery Rock the
next day giving them a 9-15 mark.
On Sunday, Akron came, to
(own and the Lakers carried a 2-0
lead into the seventh inning via a
walk and a Frank Kudlac triple
plus a v Rick Shaheen single that
produced the other run.
"'^"^^W^^WW^W^1
Now, here is where the "car-
diac" Lakers took over. With two
outs in the bottom of the seventh
and final inning, losing(?) pit-
cher Craig Nicholson walked a
batter. The following batter hit a
very easy and routine pop to first
base which popped out of the
firstbaseman's glove. Error
number one.
This was followed by a double
which only scored one run. Still
Lakers 2, Akron 1, with second
and third and still two outs,
another fly was hit to rightfield.
This, as the previous one, also
popped out and two runs scored
making it Akron 3,. Lakers 2.
Rowing Honors
Three of the four
Mercyhurst crew teams
took honors in the 14th An-
nual Mid-American
Collegiate Rowing
Association held last
Saturday at Marietta,
Ohio.
The 'Hurst _junior
-^^•^^V*J sity men finished] second,
with the women's novice
and women's varsity r
both
finishing third. $* *n >«f:
In women's varsity,
Tennessee finished first,
followed by Marietta. Mer-
cyhurst then crossed the
line trailed by the teams
from Grand Valley,
Michigan and West
/ The 'Hurst bounced back in the
second contest to win 2-1. Gordy
Karstedt picked up the win as
Jimbo Walters and Scott
Bar ringer both singled twice.
Monday the Lakers split with
Gannon at Cannavino Field.
Holding on desperately to a 4-3
lead, the "Cardiac" Kids almost
let the Knights off easy. I j
With one out in the bottom of
the seventh, three Laker errors
almost did the trick as Joe
Williams and his mates hung on
for the win. & for the most part this past week.
Randy Mink had a big game
with two doubles, Kudlac doubled
and Walters and Ron Coleman
Virginia!
^ In the women's novice
class, West Virginia was
first in, followed by Grand
Valley *with'i Mercyhurst
13.5 seconds behind the
winning clocking.
P It was Marietta in ahead
of the i Lakers by 18.2
seconds in the men's
junior varsity event. \ |
The men's varsity
placed fifth *in their event
behind first place Mariet-
ta.
The next crew meet is
the Intrasquad Cup Race
on Presque Isle Bay ten-
tatively scheduled for May
13 at 11:00 a.m. £
singled. " i
The second contest saw the
'Hurst jump out in front 2-1 on a
Terry Kelly two-run homerun.
Gannon won this one in the
bottom of the seventh on two
singles and a fielders choice, 7-6,
Kelly doubled and tripled in
addition to the home run, T.J.
Fa hey doubled twice, Barringer
tripled, Mink doubled again and
singled and Russ Wilhelm was
tagged with the loss. & (
So, all-in all,,;the "Cardiac"
Lakers did live up to their name
The question is, how much longer
can this go on before somebody
has a heart attack? i *-.

Chris Tomczak
Last week Terry wrote in his
column about a game he used to
play with baseball cards. That
reminded me of the days when we
first, began our gambling ways.
The Tight was dim as he
shuffled the cards. The four of us
sat on the back porch, the cool
summer breeze rustling through
the trees. -,
Pat smiled as he looked at his
cards and started the bidding at
two pretzels.
Gary wisely threw in his cards.
Mike paused as he pondered his
move. After much silence, he also
folded^ :..',
It was up to me. I put in two
pretzels and raised Pat two
bubble gum. .
Smiling, he added the gum and
laid out his cards.
Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie
Jackson, Carlton Fisk, Jim
Palmer, and Brooks Robinson.
Two pair, Red Sox and Orioles.
I smiled triumphantly and
turned over Pete Rose, Willie
Star gel 1, Manny Sanguillen,
Johnny Bench, and Roberto
Clemente. A full house, Pirates
over Reds.
I collected my winnings and
shuffled the cards for the next
hand.
Unfortunately injuries are a
part of any sport. Sometimes I
cringe when I think of how a
career can end so quickly. The
most common and the < most
dreaded area is the knee.
Cheri Haughey, freshman and
catcher for the softball team,
recently suffered contusions of
her knee. Hurry,and get off the
crutches, Chips, and get well
soon.
If you looked at Tullio Field
recently, you noticed the roofs of
the dugouts have been replaced.
A note of thanks to all involved
for an excellent job.
contribution
Last year, Americans threw away
150 milliontonsof materials—enough about how to reduce waste, write to:
to fill garbage trucks lined three
abreast from New York to California. environmental
Our throwaways cost us more than $4
billion each year. This collection and
disposal of trash' is now the second
largest item in most city budgets,
surpassed only by public schools.
The problem is more than litter
along the highway. It is the waste of
our nation's resources—resouces
which are becoming more scarce
and expensive.
We need to conserve materials now City 1
more than ever. And you can help— State
by not making a contribution. For
example, by repairing worn Items, you
can save yourself money, reduce
waste and conserve materials.
Netters Blank West Liberty,
Softball Lacks Cohesiveness
TENNIS j
The Mercyhurst Men's Tennis column. women's team their fifth loss in
Team earned an easy victory by The undefeated doubles team five outings. The Villa team
defeating West Liberty College in of Findlay-Birmingham swept scored four runs in the first, two
a home match last Thursday. West Liberty's .first doubles in the fifth and seven in the sixth
The Lakers, under Coach teams 7-5,n 6-0. I f. '"'$ ? for a 13-7 win over the Lady
Dennist- Ranalli, blanked West The * team| of Dubsky- Lakers.
Liberty 9-0. ^; ; { Chybrzynski, also undefeated, Villa Maria A collected 15 hits
In singles action it was the won their sets 6-4, 7-5. Doubles while Mercyhurst had four. In the
Hurst leading all the way. Senior duo LaFuria and Culbertson also errors column the 'Hurst com-
17
Richard Birmingham won in picked up a 6-2,64 win. i mitted five and M two. £j
straight sets as did Juniors Phil Chybrzynski and Dubsky The Laker's big ning came in
Dubsky and Al Culbertson. remain undefeated in singles the seventh as Tina Tomczak hit
Newcomers Andy Findlay, Tom matches for the Lakers. % • a triple and Pam Wolfe knocked a
Chybrznski and David LaFuria The District 18 Tournament is three;run homer for a five-run
also added points to the win scheduled for May 11 through the inning. '•,
13, at Behrend. , VT Kathy Grieb suffered the
pitching loss while Mary Mahon
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SOFTBALL. , performed catching duties. \
'There are many piaye Coach Price commented-" "We
unfamiliar4 to their positions." will start to win when the players
Coach Janet Price spoke of the learn each others abilities and
softball team. "There is talent begin to read each other on the
but the team is; lacking field.''
vow cohesiveness, due, to inex-
perience." J
Villa Maria College handed the
Saturday, May 13 is the team's
final home game as they face
Behrend at 10:00 on Tullio field.
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