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VOLUME59, NUMBER 23 THURSDAY, APRIL 17,

Public Affairs Forum sponsored by collegeii

By Jackie Rzomp

War Reconslhope that the forum wil l be "one stepIn leading to reconci l iation with

The Vietnam War official ly ended in1975. However, more than a decadelater, the rightful place of the war inAmerican history is just beginning tounfold. Says Dr. Michael McQuil len,professor of history, "Vietnam has tru-ly become history. Because more thana decade hastpassed, we have beenable to reflect back on the war. Now wecan attempt to answer i ts questions."

The Mercy hurst History and PoliticaScience Public Affairs Forum, "TheVietnam War Reconsidered: A Reap-praisal1' wi l l try to answer such con-troversial questions as why the UnitedSta tes became invo l ved in theSoutheast Asian confl ict and whyAmerican sentiment was opposed toinvolvement. The forum , set for Thur.,April 24 in Zurn Halt wi l l , according toMcQuil len, "share with the audiencefeel ings and insights that havedeveloped since ." t r

McQuil len is part of the Advisory[Planning Committee which developedthe forum. Also on the committee areMercyhurst faculty Dr. David Cooper(program chair), Dr. Allan Belovarac,;Dr. Ludlow Brown, Edward Gallagher,library director Joan C ooper, and direc-to r of the business department of theSoldiers an d Sailors Home, MarkRounsley. Cooper points out that MSG

officers Dave Armstrong an d MattWhelan have also provided great helpto the committee. ,;* |

The committee began developingthe program during th e fal l . Theyshaped th e purpose, direction andchoice of program personnel throughmeetings and discussion.

Cooper expressed the committee's

veterans," Empathy seems to be a keyfeature of the forum./* One event that Cooper feels may beof particular interest to students is avideotape produced by Akron Universi-ty in which music and visual illustra-tion show how rock mus ic shaped opi-nion of& th e war.^v'Rock Music andMalaise in Am erica, 1966-1972" shows,according to Cooper, "an attemptmade by peace groups during the war.

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Participants in the forum includeMercyhurst administration and faculty,members of various organizations Inthe Erie area and Congressman TomRidge. Because of various roles playedduring and after the time of th e con«f l ict, participants wil l be able to ex-press various opinions; eight fa reveterans of the war, somefwerestudents at ̂ the height of {America's

jjj campus unrest, and a number havestudied extensively on the causes andoutcomes of the Vietnam War. I l l

Principal guest f lecturer will beLeslie H. Gelb, New York Times Na-

tional Security Correspondent. Gelbserved during the wa r as ExecutiveAssistant to Senator Jacob K. Javitsand Director of Policy Planning andArms Control of International SecurityAffairs for the Department of Defensebefore becoming Diplomatic Cor-

AtUMSG

Leslie H. Gelb, New York Times Na-

tional Security Correspondent

It gives a sense of the atmosphere inthe U.S. during the confl ict. This at-m o s p h e r e was one o f p r o te s tcrystallized by war." The documentaryfocuses on such rock legends as theBeatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin,Jefferson Airplane, and th e RollingStones,

The Mercyhurst College History & Political Science Public Affairs Forum"The Vie tnam War Recons ide red : A Reappra i sa l "

, April 24,1986

Zurn Hall, Mercyhurst College

P ** * * * * I • • • • ' H - - I . . I .....Zurn Recital Hall

3-3:15Greetings;

Dr. Will iam Garvey President. Mcrc|

3:15-4:151A. "Rock Music & Malaise n America, 1966-1972"—Zurn Recital Hall

A videotape produced by the Akron University Collective in 1972Dy which music and visual i l lustration deal with Ihe Vietnam WarEra showing how rock music shaped opinion ol I he War

Panelists: < i *•Joy Kolb - Associate Professor of Sociology. MercyhurstCollege . : ^ L, * -/ . 5•Elmer Smith - Director Veterans Outreach & Assistance Center

Moderator: * ^ ^ * ^ . A_m•Or David Cooper - Adjunct Prolessoi ol History. MeccyhurslCo l lege t *

8. "The Origins of the Vietnam Wan \The Dynamics of Decision". ,„, —

P r e s e n t e r ___'JCLL. >Or Michael McQuil len Professor ol History. Mercyb«|

Moderator: %l*Mark Rounsley Director B usiness Department SokJlSaikHS Home Ene

4:15-4 :30 I

Collet Break4:305:30

..Zurn 201

.Jj rst Floor Lobby

. •The Vietnam War Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder TheControversy"— ——Z urn Recital Hall

Panelists: i J* / f !?* Edward Moran • Publications Editor. Great Lakes United•Jack Ehrhardt - Team Leader,Veterans' Center ReadjustmentCounseling Services•Rep Tom Ridge- U S Congress Member House VeteransCommi t tee

Moderator•Elmer Sm ith. Director. Veterans Outreach & Assistance Center

B.aThe Vietnam War Experience As Reflected In Fiction &

> M l M " U m m n * i g n n n i M T ^ t i t t ^ i r t i i * •»• * * * * * * * * * %- . - . . - . .«• - . . | 1 > "f c " * •• W

Panelists: jL £I * Dt Ludlow Brown Associate Professor or Philosophy. Mer*

cyhurst College•Andrew Roth Director ol Admissions. Mercyhurst College

Moderator

Thomas Billingsley Director of Administration MercyhurstCollege

C. "The Conduct of the Wan Failed Strategy or Failed Nerve "Zurn 203

P a n e l i s t s : f « i.•A I Boyce. Vietnam Veterans Leadership P rogram AdvisoryBoard .•Or Roy Stonesiler. Prolessor ol History Edinboro UntPennsylvania ' J

^Moderator t # ^ INorman Raasch. Instructor ol Criminal Justice . MercyhurstCo l lege ? ^ *

6-7:15 JDinner Break _ |

7:30-8:30 "1

Introduction™ . — —1Dr. Willaim Garvey

Main SpeakerLeslie H. Gelb N ational Security Correspondent. New YorkTimes >; •» \ -

"The Vietnam War Syndrome: Impact on the United States"No registration ol ee charged tot Forum

Forum Funded by: -Pennsylvania Humanities CouncilMercyhrust College Student Government AssociationMercyhurst College Academic Enrichment Grant

..Zum Recital Hal

respondent of.the Times in 197has also served as Senior Advocthe Carnegiepndowment forl lntional Peace and received theWoodrow W ilson Award in 1980 authoring The Irony of VietnamSystem Worked, j

Gelb wilh lecture at {the foru"The Vietnam War Syndrome aImpact on the United States."

The forum, which is jointly fby ithe Mercyhurst Student Gment'f Association, It he I MercAcademic {Enrichmen t Grant,g r a n t f r o m ! t h e P e n n s y lHumanities Counci l , is opengeneral public*.

Says McQui l l en , "Th e cshould play a role in bringingtopics of interest to the public.

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changes, housing awardBy Susan Marcy

The curriculum change proposal!issue is stirring up a lot of concernamong Mercyhurst students. The sixth

revision of the proposal Includes 17core classes as opposed to the current14 core classfrequlrement. A proposalwas made ami passed concerning theway - MSG representatives felt aboutthe sixth revision ofc the curriculumchange, students present at Sunday'smeeting felt that the Mercyhurst cur^riculum Is fine the way it is but thereshould be more of a diversity withinthe foundation core, £'more classes"are needed, many felt. MSG's opinionof the proposed curriculum was ex-p r e sse d a t y e s te r d a y ' s Se n a te

meeting. % --*? * JThe curriculum change, which wil l

no t be v effective unti l the 1987-88academic year, has a lo t of problems,students felt, mcludlng|the fact thatthe curriculum w ould almost el iminate

double majors and would pose a pro-blem with accredited majors at the col-lege such as nursing and dietetics.

A proposal to send a letter, signedby MSG, to Housing Director PhyllisAiello which asked that the process ofawarding housing be changed, wasunan imous ly^ agreed upon. Manystudents are dissatisfied with the waythe point system is being,'used fordetermination of housing and also thefact that -some students were *notaware of write-ups which were given tothem throughout the year, * >

A public affairs forum enti tled "TheVietnam War Reconsidered: A Rep-praisal" wilhtake place on Apri l 24,

beginning at 3 p.m. MSG is sponspeaker Leslie H. Gelb, national ty correspondent from the NewTimes. Representative Tom Ri

the United States Congress wibe at the event which will Inclutures moderated by various pan

Tena t i ve p lans f o r A c tWeekend are being made. MSG ining to give away a bicycle in awhich has the theme of "RecreA ping-pong drop is tenatlvelySunday, May 11 on the all-purpowith five prizes being awardeCallahan will be running from PIsle to Garvey Park on Saturday, Various clubs will be holding ditypes of booths on Saturday afte

Senior Week plans have been ed . Chairperson Christie Smquests that any senior who wouto help ge t the invitations reamailing to come to Baldwin Haltonioht at 8:30. The nex$ MSG mwill take place on Sunday. The mwill be held in 114 Zurn at 7:30.

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iniversary marksn m pet i t i

by Brian Sheridan

The D'Angelo 1 School ofM u s i c C o m p e t i t i o n w i l lcelebrate its tenth anniversarythis summer with a new loca-tion fo r Its f inal competition

and the most i l lustrious groupof judges ever convened forth e event,The date of the com-petition has also been chang-ed from the spring to July 10,11 and 12. » S I

Soviet Pianist Oxana Yablon-skaya. "In some ways she's themost illustrious judge we've everhad,** says Rotman. ! 1

Sam Rotman, professor of 'music at the D'Angelo Schooland director of the competi-t ion, says the date changejcame about because of con-flicts with the housing for thepianists on this campus. "Lastyear, when we had it In Apr il, it

w a s d i f f i c u l t t o houseeveryone with school being inful l session. I think there was apreference to going back anddoing it in the summer," Rot-man explained. "Also a lot of

students who were competingwere still in school and forthem to get away, the summerwas better especially for thosestudents that come fromEurope." -, k

The change to the StrandTheater from St. Mark's wasthe result of the competition'sgrowing crowds for the finals."It's a larger hal l , " says Rot-man. "For last years competi-t ion, it was just packed here atSt. Mark's. We will still havethe preliminaries here on the10th and 11th." \ §

Rotman Is excited about thegroup of world renownedpianists that have agreed tocome and to act as judges. "I

am very pleased with themSome are giants in the pianowor ld," stated Rotman.

Judging wi l l be OxanaYablonskaya, who came fromthe Soviet Union in 1977 and ison the faculty of JulliardSchool of Music. "In someways she 's the most i l -lustrious judge we've ever!(had," said Rotman. AugustineAnlevas, whom Rotman alsoconsiders one of the greatestliving pianists, Anthony Di

Phi Eta Sigma set for inductionBy Margaret Forsell

An organizational meeting

of the Phi Eta Sigma was heldThur., Apr. 10,1980. A total of75 students are currently!enrolled in the honorary socie-ty . * , I 2 r l

Under the guidance of facul-ty advisor Dr. Ludlow Brown,officers were elected. PeggyHirsch received the presiden-cy and Meianie Dehart, thevice-presidency. Heidi Beezubwas chosen treasurer andNaomi Romanchok was votedsecretary. Jo-Ann Israel waschosen the group's for senioradvisor. k *

An induction ceremony forall members Is to be held onMon., Apr. 28 at 5:30 In the lob -by of Old Main. Along with stu-

dent members, ten honorarymembers chos en! from thefaculty and administration wil lInducted. The ten honoraryfacu lty include d: Dr. William P.Garvey, Dr. David Palmer, Dr.D a v i d A l l e n , D r . ' A l l a nBelovarac, Mr. Peter Benekos,Sr. Eustace , Dr . Mar i l ynJewel l , Dr. A. Jean Lavin, Fr.Charles Schmitt and Dr. JackWil l iams. *

A dinner in the cafeteria willf o l l o w th e i n d u c t i o nceremonies at 7 p.m. withseveral speakers appearing,including grand secretary-

treasurer, Dr. James E. Poy.Hirsch is looking forward to

the opportunity to bring the

new chapter to th e Mercy hurstCo l l e g e ' c o m m un i t y . Sh ehopes the enthusiastic ex-hibited so far in membershipwill carry over to next year, thefirst full year of the organiza-tion's establ ishment. i

'She k also commends I thegroundwork done by BobPagni and Elaine Ruggerio ishelping to establish the honorsociety here on campus, andalso the leadership providedby Dr. Brown.

Phi Eta Sigma Is a freshmenhonor society open -to allstudents who receives a 3.5Q.P.A. during at least one termof their freshmen year. It wasnoted that even alumni mayapply for membership along asthey meet the requirements.The goal for the society Is toe n c o u r a g e a n d re w a r dacademic achievement amongfreshmen In col leges «anduniversities. It provides an in-centive for continuing ex-cellence and an opportunityfor students to associate withother scholars.CjThe groups hopes to be ac-tive «on the Mercyhurst cam-pus and In the Erie communi-ty. They plan to participatethrough volunteer and charityorganizations. # ™

Bonaventura, a Judgethree yearstage, Susanwho plays with ' th e

fromStarr,

EriePhi lharmonic {and Rotmanhimself. t_.

As of the Mar. 31 deadline,th e D'Angelo School hasreceived 91 formal applica-tions and over 300'inquires.Some of the participants hail

from as far as Austria, WestGermany and South America.It is the largest number of en-tries and they will competingfor the largest prize moneyever offered, $10,000. Now theprocess of listening to theaudition tapes sent in willbegin concluding with only 35to 45 performers being invited.

"This year will be piano playing that hcome to Er ie," Rotmaconf ident ly. " I eneveryone to not only to the finals but preliminaries at St. Mwell . The playing theras outstanding as finals." B

Sign up for Army ROTC Basic ICamp. You'll get six weeks ofchallenges that can build up yourleadership skills as well as your j ;body. Youll also get almost $700.

But hurry.This summer may be?your last chance to graduate fromcollege with a degree and an officer'scommission. Be all you can be .f See your Professor of Military

Science for details.

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A PR I L 1 7 , 1 9 8 6 T H E M E R C 1 A D

Security systems studiedby former police chiefBy Jul ie Cherico

Merril l Deever, former Chiefo f P o l i c e o f M i l l c r e e kTownship, has accepted th eposi t ion in the Housing an dSafety Department. O n Tue.,

Apr. 1, Deever began workingpart-t ime In order t o prepare as tudy of the co l l ege , S t .Mark 's , th e Motherhouse, a n dMercyhurst Prep's securi tysystem.. *J? T " f "v

The study will assess theneeds of these institutions.Deever will be concentratingon the training needs and thepossibility of updating someequipment in security, andalso, he would like to get thecooperation In security amongthese four institutions.

National statist ics havemade Deeveri aware that j, 70percent of campus crimes oc-cur between students. Thesecrimes us ually involve damageto the students' personal pro-perty. Through his study, hehopes to reduce theft andother damages that occur oncampus.

"The campus is a small citythat continues to grow," ex-plained Deever. "Therefore,"he continued , "there has to besecurity for protection against

ii criminal a c t i o n s . * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^Deever's main goal during

this five year period is to makesure that the security force Isan advocate for the students."Mercyhurst is an open cam-jpus," he stated. "Anyone candrive in and, possibly causedamage to the college," hesaid.

Therefore, Deever wants theM e r c y h u r s t c o m m u n i t y ,especially the students, toknow that security will bestrong. This will serve as adeterrent against crimes thatm a y b e c o m m i t t e d b y

students and non-students.Deever has bee involved

with the college since 1975.He served on the AdvisoryBoard of the Criminal JusticeDepartment and is well knownto the staff and PresidentGarvey.

in the criminal justice system.He has attended the FBI Na-tional Academy, U.S. SecretService Protective course,Pennsylvania Police Academyat Hershey, Indiana Univesityat Bloomington ^ and Penn-

sylvania State University. $ Hehas also attended coursesdea l ing w i th d rugs, ex -plosives, arson and white col-lar crime. Also, he has servedas an officer and a member ofseveral organizations and pro-grams. Deever had been C hief

Merrill Dever, former Chief of Police of Millcreek Township.

He was thrilled about beingoffered this position and helikes working with the staffmembers. He feels that P hyllisAiello, Housing Director, hasbeen doing an excellent job inthis department. {The collegeis very fortunate to havePhyll is," he stated.

Deever has been very active

of Police in Millcreek for Jhepast four years and prior tothat, he held the position ofDeputy Chief for five years. £

He has been welcomed tothe college by staff m embers.Aiello stated, "Mercyhurst isproud to have him as then e we s t m e m b e r t o t h ecommunity." * i

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There were over 11 differentteams from the college thatvolunteered to make the calls.

The alumni team themselvesraised $15,672. The other twoteams that raised a substantia;}!amount were, The MBA - with!$4,390,and HR M - with $ 3 , 4 ? 5 JThe Mercyhurst BusinessAssociation received a check

fo r $200 for their effortsHRM Department rece$100 che ck. 3.

Barfr Sayers andRobaskiewlcz were firsstudent callers for the of money raised. Phil GKaren Komarisarski weed the most amount of

for the annual event 1The Phonathon bega16, and ended on Wedevening, Feb, 26, At thisapproximately $17,000$42,000 pledged hasreceived.! i

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wasn worth•

For the past week and a half, the campus rumor mill hasbeen full .of tidbits regarding the " raid" of the Stag Party at

Pap's on Sun., Apr. 6, 1986. -..At first, it seemed like another one of the casualties of a

typical college weekend. But there was more to it. When thePennsylvania Liquor Con trol Board entered the premises andconfisc ated the alcoh ol being served, the matter becamepublic,.record. Because of the inherent interest of efforts tocombat student alcoholism, the item made the localnewspaper. * } f >

Thursday's Erie Daily Times carried a front page article onthe incide nt. Front page coverage! The article was bumped tothe lower half of the front page only because the U.S. Navyhad sent aircraft carriers to Libya.

This little Sunday afternoon fiasco embarrassed the college in the Erie community. Mercyhurst College is well-respected is the Erie area for its ded ication to liberal studiesand the arts. Perhaps those two areas have lost esteem in theeyes of the some of Erie community because of this oneincident. ;• -. ^ ^ |

From accou nts in the paper, a total of $161 was raised formthe charity event, after expenses. There are some people on

this campus who would have gladly contributed more thanthat not to have the stag party and embarrass the college.That day's article quotes some of those involved as alleg-

ing someone has it "in" for the Mercyhurst football program, jThat's probably not the case. The college just got caught do-l ing something that could have cost them more than a fewhundred dollars - namely the drinking involved, f *

There has recently been a nationwide focus on the liabilityand risk public institutions take when they "sponsor" or"host" an event. If, and this is a big if, something moredrastic should have happened that Sunday afternoon, the col-lege wou ld have been liable, and cou ld have been sued. Thatcould have been anything from something tripping over achair at Pap's and breaking their leg to an accident re sultingfrom an intoxicated patron. Ultimately, the college, by puttingtheir name t o that eve nt, could have had to pay a large settle-ment. Thank fully, that w asn't the case. The PLCB was the on-ly legal headache of the afternoon. .

It wasn't worth it . Itjust wasn't worth i tto risk the college'sname and standing in the c omm unity for $161. Maybe the

footb all team will consider other, less dangerous, fundraisersin the future. Chocolate bar sates do wel l . How about a carwash? ! f ?' *

It wasn't worth it. Wel l , maybe it was worth it as long as alesson was learned from the whole episode. Maybe morejcareful consderation will be given to those events "hosted"by Mercyhurst College. After all, a legal suit could cost thecollege millions if it came to that.

T h e M e r c i a dNaomi A. R om anc hok , Ed i to r -i n -Ch ief

Ro b e r t J . Zo n n a , Managing EditorT Bets y L. Lantz , Assistant Editor '

. J a c k i e Rzo mp, News Edi tor VSusan M arc y , Pe rspec ti ves Ed ito r

Jennifer Conmy, Sports Edi torRena Z l c a re l l l , Pho tog raphy Ed itor

G a r y Laurnoff t Graphic Art istP a u l a B r un o . C a l e n d a r Editor.

THURSDAY7APRIL 17.1986

Chris AlessiPat CallahanChris C ardinal!

ReportersJulie ChericoCindy Ferraro

Jennifer LairdJean KellickBrian Sheridanendy Kaufman l

Matt Dusko, Editorial Cartoonist Keren PouIter, Asst. Busness ManagerH. L Beezub, Busness Manager t Dennis McCarthy, Faculty Advisor

PhotographersTonl Fleet, Cind y Lochner

TypistsRena Zicarelli, Chris Cardin ali

Distribution ManagerP* Matt dark *

The Merciad is the student-edited newspaper of Mercyhurst Col-lege, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. The Merc iad office Islocated in the basement of Baldwin Hall, phone 825-0376.

Letter

A look at (he Berlin Wall (from a postcard seni by John Wolper.)

Letter to the Editor?

Faculty shares impressionsof the Berlin WallEDITOR'S NOTE: This letter

Is being reprinted this weekbecause of a printer's error.The letter was received withinthe last three weeks, it Isdated 3-13-86 and postmarkedBerlin,-|W^|ifc m^^^^u

Dear Editor,

I have travelled from theGreat Wall of China and now Isit-in view of another wall . Awall , that for many differentreasons, carries a ^constantfeeling of fear, a total feeling

of separation and above all, anabsence of what America is allabout - freedom. *

I have never, until now, seenor felt a threat to that freedomunti l I arrived in Berlin. I can sitin my friends' apartment andsee this barrier from the west,f j u s t y e s te r d a y , B r uc e

Rubino* (junior-HRM), PamTheuerkauf (1985 grad workin gas a pastry chef at the Inter-

continental Hotel in Berlin,Germany) and I jSwalked th eBrandenburg Tour - directlyup to the furthest point facingthe wail . k i

I felt nothing but hate anddisgust for the symbolism thewall has come t€*etarwt-U>i1can say only this, that for thefirst time in my entire life, I feltasnhough my? freedom waschallenged. I can also saynow, without hesitation, that iffreedom was aver threatened, Iwould be worth ten soldiers tothe surppressor's one.

Hard to fathom? Not really,a visit to Berlin and the " w a l l "will quickly clear up any ques-tions or doubts one mighthave regarding the true mean-ing of freedom and all itsliberties. } . i

God Bless America!

John M. WolperDepartment of HRM

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Letter to theiEditor

Students upseiovir newhouMg awardlprocess

Dear Editor,

H We would like to addressth e issue of college housing.In previous years housing hasbeen awarded Itipon senioritybasis,||rhis year^ as ?we ailknow, poiicies^ave changed.S*sno longer based on seniori-t y but, as Mr; E, William Ken-nedy put I t "a p r i s t i neindiv idual " f T *

Under! the policy sent toresidents| o n | March 6, onlythose residents that have hadwrite-ups would-be penalizedby assigning minus points for

each write-up^However, onApri l 3, two poi nts were award-ed to those individuals whodemonstrated exemplararyconductf by having no|*||jte~ups.1 | : | | | IgWe believe that? write-up^

should bei upheld! Under thisnew^ polic y I f he Individual isnotified of the write-up. On theother |handy| security reportsshould not be use d against anindividual because p e l in -dividual is neverf ioti f Jed of thereport. This violates It he Stu-dent jCode? of||ptg Ms an d

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governmproposchangeDear Editor,

The following is t h e . l e t t e r a punanimously Sun(4-14-86) by MSG dthe Housing Direcopies sent to|theand the Director oServices:

Statutes that igreater punishme

crime than when are examples of ex legislation and haveto be unconsti tutinew housing policyto ex post facto because it Is being tively applied. The pannounced March 6,students/are being for w rite-ups* that

-months— before . -Wethat write-ups before1986 should not be cin awarding housing

The Student Codeand Responsibilitiesa resident is found toof an infraction of tht ion, he must be no

mediately of any placed upon h im . "cess demands thatthis minimum requirmet, so that the indgiven reasonable nopportunity to be heapresent any claim oThe Housing Officeing 'individuals for they were never givof. Therefore, we conwrite-ups where thwas never previousshould not be cwhen awarding housdi t ion, security reporwrite-ups and shouconsidered* when housing.

We respectfully suthe process of Briggs Apartments tly be postponed utime as the TownhoMercyhurst Apartmbe re-awarded to thgroups in a manner cwith the guidelinesstatement. We wousee the whole procevaluated with oppfor student input.

Sincerely,M e r c y h u r s t S

Government'Dav id Arm st ron

President



A PR I L 17,1986 T H E M ER C I A D

M S G p r e s i d e n t u r g e s s t u d e n t s t o b e c o m e a w a r e o f P r o j e c t EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the

second and final instal lmentof his assessment of the

1985-86 year fas MercyhurstStudent Government Presi-dent by David Armstrong. Jk3

If seems that governmenthas taken a more active roleon the campus, how, wouldyou go about making recom-mendations for next year'sofficers? §j S

I think it has always been,very active and it stil l is andalways wi l l be. Hopeful ly, anyfuture governments wi l l stayactive, especial ly in pol icyissues that are facing the col-lege. We had the supposedlyall-female townhouses, thatwas taken care of in a week.

T h e h o u s i n g i s s u e , t h efraternity-sorority issue, eventhough i t was voted on in thesenate, Mercyhurst StudentGovernment faced i t and did afine job, from what peoplehave told us. And before theyear is out, we hope to have aforum on Project 90. So, myadvice to future governments

is to stay invloved with Mer-cyhurst pol icy issues. - ^

This is the fi rst year thatMSG has had a weekly colum nin The Merciad, how do youthink that worked? - ?

I thought that was fantastic.The work this year with The

Merciad was great. We reallyappreciate al l The Merciad'sef for ts . I think It helped us outbeing able to, once a week, tellthe students what was goingon in MSG.

Don't you think that them e e t i n g s o f f e r e d tha topportunity?

Who goes to meetings? Ifthey can't go to a lecture,whose going to go to ameeting? The reps come toj the m eetings, l ike I said, men-tally.the meetings were fan-tastic this year - chal lenging,argumentative, and things l ikethat. We rarely have a student-at- la rge c o m i n g t p t h em e e t i n g s . T h a t ' s s a d ,especial ly when we get tot h o s e t i g h t i s s u e s l i k efraterni ty -soror i ty , housing,[changing the grade system.Any student -coming to themeeting should be involved inthat , I mean, thars^studentg o v e r n m e n t . I t ' s s e l f -e x p l a n a t o r y , s t u d e n t

government.When I wrote that one art i-

cl e In The Merciad enti t led,"Check Cashing Stinks'1, theyassociate one l i t t le activi tythat student government pro-vides with the whole insti tu-

t ion The "Check CashingRoom" is what the MSG office

iscal led. And numerous times

we're the "Mercyhurst Bank.""Do you have money orders?"I was shocked. I mean, if thesepeople don't know about theirown country, they should atleast know about their ownschool. Bu t I don't know. Ig u e s s t h a t ' s a f a u l t o feverybody. J | ''£ t

If you don't go looking for it,I guess you won't f ind outabout i t. I guess that's a job of(Student government too, to goout and search for these peo-ple. I think The Merciad helpedus out in that. The people whodidn't go to meetings $anddidn't see the posters, they atleast, hopefully picked up TheMerciad to look for fa pizzacoupon and they could see"MSG-Off t he Record" . !

Do you foresee any issuesfo r next year that.the govern-ment will have to face?

Project 90. That's going tobe a big one. f *

What role should MSG takein it?«

A very important role in mymind. The students are goingto have to live with this cur-r iculum. I think they shoulddecide what they want, or atleast tell someone what theywan t. Dr. Garvey asked me, he

s a i d he w a n t e d s t u d e n tgovernment's opinion on this.jStudent government, and hemeans a col laboration of al lthe student opinion, that'swhat student government is.Adv is ing that to the ad-ministration and hopeful ly stu-dent government wi l l take avery large role. We hope to atleast get into it before the yearis over.

The Merciad did a big articleon i t, edi torial and front pagecoverage, and people sti l ldon't know about It.

We made 20 copies of It andha d them'in the MSG officean d they're gone. So someoneis reading it. We're going tomake more copies. Project 90wil l very much change the cur-riculm of this campus.

Short of hi tt ing people overthe head with it , how can youget them involved? A

This is what I plan on doingbefore the year is oven If wehave an open forum at M SG, Iplan to go to each classroom,everyday, every classroom andI'm going to send a memo outto the teachers tel l ing themI'm going to be there. I 'm go-

ing to come in and take twominutes of their-class t ime

and I'm going to say, "Be atthis forum. The curr iculum isgoing to change and youshould have a voice in this ." Idefini tely plan on doing that ifwe have an open forum andhopeful ly we wi l l before theyear is out. To me, that's theclosest I can come to clubbingpeople over the head. I'm sureteachers will be upset about it,they don't want me to be in-volved in their class time orwhatever, they don't want tolose their class t ime, wel l ,that's too bad. If they say no,then I'l l stand outside the doorand yel l into the room. This issomething that students bet-ter have an opinion on this. Ifthey don't, then they don't

know what the heck they'redoing with their money, T

What are your goals for theremainder of the year? •&'

To make a smooth transi-tion for Mike Kelly and JohnWidecan and the new ad-ministration, to have a verysuccess fu l V i e tnam sym-posium on Apri l 24 and thebest Senior*Week ever, I'mpositive right now that it willbe, and the best; Activi t iesWeekend in two years. Thoseare my main goals.

What advice would you giveto future officers?

The same piece of advicethat Pat Songer (last year's

MSG pres ident) to ld me,especially because I'm the op-posite kind of person, he said,"sometim es i t 's better to use al i tt le honey than vinegar."Meaning i t 's better to come offas someone who wants towork within the system and begracious about i t than comingon very abrasive and harsh andalieninating people. I hadsome Ideological problemswith that, but that's one thing I

remember.

Did It help you this year, to

keep things In perspective? \Oh, defini tely. Wel l , that

was one thing I was starting to

acquire anyway, being at Mer-cyhurst, learning how.to ac-cept other people's views andnot to be so forward and im-posing. In high school, in anall-boys high school, it's realeasy to do tha th * £ ^8

When you look back on thisyear, what are some of the,things that you, personal ly,are going to remember mostas MSG president?* i *

Certainly meeting with thelecturers that we've had. Thathas had a great Impact on me.Working with the,administra-tion an d beingJa part of theBoard of Trustees, that was allvery exci t ing . m :# *

I saw more of myselto work with other

That was important. Iof student governmejust the officers, buposit ion in student ment,' offers that rewalearn how to associapeople.

Being MSG presidecertainly helped in school appl ications, I 'It: gave me a chan cesomething or to asomething at my futumater. •

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'Hurst community reacts in Too many medical doc to rssupport of Libyan crisisCompiled by the Communica-

t ions class "Public AffairsReport ing" t

Reaction by the Mercy hurstcommunity, based upon an in-f o r m a l survey conductedTuesday, was primarily in sup-port of the United States' at-tack o r Libyan targets 'lateMonday evening.

Students in Stephen Cur-cio's .c l ass , "Public AffairsReport ing" , randomly con-tacted f 19 persons, includingstudents, administration, andfaculty. Fourteen said theysupported the attack, whichU.S. off icais said was an act of"self defense" against ter-rorist activi ty.

Two of three history pro-fessors said the attack wasJustified. College President Dr.William P. Garvey said the ac-t ion was "long overdue" and"fully justi fied." Garvey addedthat he hopes that future ac-tion wil l be diplomatic innature, rather than an escala-tion of violence.£ Also in support ot the actionis Dr. Allan Belovarac, wh onoted that nearly^30 plannedattacks by terrorists con-nected to Libya were stoppedbefore they oould take place inthe past few weeks. * LikeGarvey , « Be lova rac hopesfuture developments do not in-clude violence.L Richard Kubiak disagreesstrongly With the attack, say-ing there are other ways todeal with terrorists. Kubiaksays the entire situation is a"disaster", and that It wi l l "on-ly get worse, out of control."

Studen ts con tac ted ex -p ressed suppor t fo r themil i tary response as well .Kevin Lagos, a freshman fromSt. Paul, Minnesota, fears theterrorism would continue ifsomething wasn't done. KimMeabon, a sophomore fromErie, believes the attack mayhave prevented Libya fromsending terrorists into theUnited States. J

No t all students agree. AlanCarpenter, a sophomore fromWaterford, feels the attack wil lpromote more terrorism ratherthan prevent it. Lisa Vesheccoand Brad Washburn both ex-pressed opposition to theattack.

Director of Admissions An -drew Roth expressed supportf o r t h e a t t a c k b e c a usesomething had to be done. Headded that i t is unclearwhether the action wil l stopany terrorism. •?

Other members of the Mer-cy hurst comm unity agreedthat the problem of terrorismis one that the United Stateshas 4o4 deal* wi th. Almost ,universiai is the hope that thebombing that took place Is thelast one of it's kind, and that Itdoesn't lead to a full-scalewar.

Nat ionwide, opin ion ex-pressed Tuesday was primari-ly In favor of the attack. As ofnoon Tuesday, White Housespokesman Larry Speakessays they have been floodedwith phone cal ls, with about80 pecent in support of thebombing. Speakes added theai r ra ids on Tr ipo l i andBenghazi were a success.

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by the turn of the cen tury?By Matthew J . Clark

Although the federal Depart-ment of Health and HumanServices has warned thatmedical schools may have tol imit enrol lments to avoidcreating an oversupply of doc-tors or a "doctor glut",?Mer-

cyhurst biology Instructor an dpre-medical advisor Dr. LewLutton is not convinced thatsuch a glut w i l l occur.3^

"From a doctor's point ofview, I'd say, (Yes, there pro-bably will be too many doc-tors1, but from a consumer'spoint of view, I really doubt It,"he said. S ? I r*

"Speaking as a consumer, Ireally have trouble understan-ding how we can have toomany doctors. Unti l doctorss t a r t l i v i n g i n m yneighborhood again, I reallydon't see how there can be adoctor glut, and even if therewere, doctors wou ld just lowerprices and get more patientsthat way," explained Lutton.

k glut can «onlymean good things for the con-sumer," he cont inued. " I twould mean more reasonablehealth care rates because doc-tors wou ld, at last, be in com-peti tion with one another," hesaid. * ^

Lutton also added that con-sumers could also get somebetter medical care because adoctor glut wou ld cause manydoctors to be concerned abouttheir own welfare and that typeof s i tuat ion would *cause"more attentive and betterphysician care."

Lutton stated that a doctorglut would eventually have aneffect on medical schoolenrol lment. "I 'm sure medicalschools would start cuttingback on enrollments accep-tance and make-it harder forpeople to'become doctors,"he explained. However, Luttonstressed that such enrollmentrestrictions could actual ly behelpful by eliminating pro-spective students interested

In money only.%"MaybeJ. there will be a

higher percentage of peopleapplying who are truly in -terested in humanity," heoffered. f

"• He suggested.that the bigcities »and high populationareas would be most pro-minently affected by a doctorglut and that "rural people willcontinue to have inadequatemedical care" because theglut won' t affect their area andprices will remain high, scar-ing consumers away from get-ting proper health care.

But Lutton emphasized thata doctor glut might never oc-cur. "I believe in the freemarket system enough toassume that people in medicaltraining w i l l d e c i d e f o rthemselves what they want todo with that training and thatthe level of doctors will sek orfind its own balance in a freemarket system," he stated.

"People go to medicalschool for a wide variety ofreasons and often they're note v e n su r e e x a c t l y w h y .Medicine does offer security,and has the possibility ofr e sp e c t , i f y o u ' r e g o o denough," he continued. "Itcertainly Is a marvelous way to

reach human ity," said Lutton.He pointed out that a career

in medicine can be verydemanding. "It can be an ex-citing, mental ly chal lengingjob. My primary concern, aspre-medical advisor is that mystudents real ize how s tressfulthe medical profession is andthat , they be confident thatthey can handle the stress andbe aware of that stress Beforegoing to medical school.

These stresses, Lutton sug-gested, are what can causedoctors to become chem ical lyabusive. "Drug and alcoholabuse and suicide rates arevery high in the medical pro-fession and It's a tragedy to be

so overtly successful and yet

so unhappy," he saidAmong the things

cause* chemical depand suicide are "Peoyou really care abouton you, lawsuits, the of the environment yoYou can get very frbecause your time isown - you can be calany time," he suggest

Lutton felt that a debt would not preseof a problem for newcoming out of medica"I always tel l my stulive like a college pwhen they get out oand they shall have thepaid off in a matter ohe said.

In regard to beco mintor, Lutton said he'd nit again. "I don't bdoctors for the monmake, because if I hadall over again, I wouldnmedical school becwould not want that Jodeeply respect the peoare wil l ing to fake thatstated"

Lutton d id, howeververy positive concluthis story. "Becauseoversupply of doctorsbig cities, many doctobe forced into rural arethat wou ld be a very woresulUof a 'so called'

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Campus Improvements

Interested in improvingclassrooms, visual aids orh o u s i n g ? T h e A d -jministrative Pol icy andOperations Committee isforming a sub-committee tomake recommendations asto ways in which thec lassroom env i ronment ,audio-visual media andcampus housing might beimproved over the next fiveyears. Areas of concern in -clude such things as pur-c h a s e o f n e w i t e m s ,r e p a i r s , b a s i c i m -provements, asthetics and

health considerations. Anyfaculty, staff of member ofthe s tudent -body whowould be willin g to serve oilsuch a committee are ask-ed to contact Dr.*NormanRaasch (128 Preston,, ex.330),'William Kennedy (201Main, ex. 421) or CatherineCrawford (Financial Aid Of-

f lee, ex. 287). * • *

Art Show

M ercyhurs t Co l l ege 'sCummings Gal le ry w i l lfeature the husband and

wife team of Ernest andMary Etta'Mauthe beginn-ing Sun., Apr. 20 from 3-5p.m. An unusual pairing oftalent with Ernest Mauthe'snew impressionistic styleand Mary Etta's rare Insightinto the comm on, everydayI m a g e t h r o u g hphotography. The public isinvited to attend the open-ing day reception, Sun.,Apr. 20 from 3-5 p.m. Thee x h i b i t w i l l c o n t i n u ethrough May 5. For more in-formation call 825-0200.

Outlook

The Mercyhurst LiteraryMagazine is organizing astaff for the 1986-87 schoolyear. Most of the presentstaff will graduate in May.We are on the LOOK OUTfor ne w; edi tors, typists,artists- for new talent andnew submissions . For moreinforma tion, please contactSr . Usa Mary, Preston 224,or mail your subm issions toMercyhurst .College, EganBox 118, Erie, Pa. 16546.

D'Angelo Concert

The D'Angelo School ofMusic will present the Con-cord ^String Quartet onMon., Apr. 21 at 8 p.m. in St.Mark's Auditor ium. Thecost of the concert will be$2 to? the; public, free ofcharge to the MercyhurstCommunity. A meet the ar-tist reception will followthe performance. For moreinforma tion call 825-0394.

Parents Weekend '86

Attent ion sophomoresand juniors: anyone in-terested in working as co-chairperson for ParentsWeekend '86 or just helpingou t, please c ontact* ChrisRiazzi at 866-0237. ff.

Mercyhurst Honors

Anyone interested injo in ing the Mercyhurs tHonors Program, pleasecontact Lew Lutton fordetails at 825-0372 or Zurn112. * I

Sexual Harassment

A fo rum on Sexua lHarassment will be given atGannon University on Apr.17 at 7 p.m. in ZurmHall.The forum will be hosted bySenator^ Buzz Andrezeskiand Attorney Chris Chase.*

Senate Meeting

The next meeting of theMercyhurst College Senatewill be on Tue., May 6 at3:30 p.m. in Zurn 114. It wil linvolve any proposals com-ing from the -AcademicPolicies; Comm ittee regar-ding Proposal 90 . There willbe a meeting on Thur. May15 for the fin al vote.

Film For Discussion

This* week's f i lm fordiscussion wi l l be; "LesComperes" ja n amusingfarce about two men whosearch for^there son bytheir former mistress. Thef i lm was w r i t t en and

directed by Francis VebeiThe discussion followingwill be led by Sr. PeterClauss of the French Dept.of Mercyhurst College. Thefilm begins at 7:30 p.m. onWed., Apr. • 23 in ZurnRecital Hall. ^ t

D a n c e D e p a r t m e n tLecture 1

Pat Downey, physicaltherapist for the PittsburghBallet, will guest lecture forthe dance department Fri.,Apr. 18 at 1 p.m. She willdiscuss her experienceswith dancers and lead an

open discussion of in-d iv idua l p rob lems anddance injuries. The dancedepartment would like toinvite anyone interested to

come to the lecture.

Junior Harp Ensemble

The t Cleveland JuniorHarp Ensemble will be per-f o rm ing a t S t . 'MarksAuditorium on S at., Apr. 26at 1:30 p.m. The concert isfree to the public. For moreinformation call 825-0513 or825-0394. *%

Residence Hall

Residence hall sign upswill be held Wed., Apr. 23 inthe Blue Room. Juniors wills i g n u p a t 1 - p . m . ,sophomores 1:30 p.m. andf r e s h m e n \ 2 ? p . m . A l lstudents must have adeposit receipt before theycan sign up.

Any clubs ororganizations^

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The Concord String Q uartet will perform at Si. Mark's AuditoMon., April 21 at 8 p.m.. Admission is $2.00. %

Fri.,Apr. 18 Chicago CityLimits in the Zurn Recital Hall,8 p.m. Cost $1. gj* ™

SAC Interviews.for officers,Wednesday and Thursday. »

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Sun., Apr. 20 the movie "TheBig Chill" will be shown in theZum Recital Hall. The cost willbe $1 and the show begins at 9p.m. .2

r Musical " A Chorus Line"will be showing April 18 & 19and 25 & 26. For Informationcall 864-3923.

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Laker crews outdistanceCincinnati and CantaiusBy Jim Whitley and JohnMcKenna

Mercyhurst hosted thei rf i rst: regatta of the Springseason on Sat., Apr.-6 againstIthaca and Ma rietta. The crewsfaced some tpugh competi t ionas wel l as Mother Nature!Thelack of water t ime wa s evidentjas the crews did not win asingle race, al though theywere not outclassed in any ofthem. The coaching staff werenot pleased with the resultsbut they were optimistic aboutt ra ining at Find ey Lake al lweek for what would prove to

be the Lakers most succes sfulshowing for the 1986 season.

On Apr .12, the Lakershosted Universi ty of Cincin-nati and Canisius. Out of f ive

races, the Lakers posted fivevictories with Cincinnati conn-ing in second in several racesfol lowed by Canisius.

The first event of th e day pit-t e d t h e w o m e n s v a r s i t yagainst the other two schoolsw i t h t h e L a k e r v a r s i t ydominating the entire 2, 000meters. Mercyhurst's spunkynov ice l ight weights out-distanced a much larger Cin-c innat i cont ingent in thenovice mens eight. Women'snovice eights had a very* pro-ductive day. The two latter en-tr ies along with Cincinnati , ex-ploded down the course withMercyhurst 's A boat out-

maneuvering the Laker B boat

who in turn edged out a toughCincinnati boat. Half of the A

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Championship decided

Try 'n Stop us wins titleTry *N Stop Us used i ts

heights and depth to over-

come Top Gun's hustle to winth e Intramural baske tba l lchampion ship last week at theCampus Center, 59-51. y

Playing ful l -court and withtwo twenty-minu te halves, TopG un simplyCran out of gas inthe final minutes.. Top Gunsuited only f ive players, com-pared to Try 'N Stop Us

1 nine JTry *NStop Us moved out to

a 29-25 halftime lead, behindMike Morehead's eight points.Mike Scierka and Scott Ben-sink each had six points in th eopening stanza. j , >

Chip Lewis kept Top Gun

close with 10 markers, whi leBob Tirpak netted seven in the

first half.I Top Gun remained close inthe second half, cutting thelead to 5249 wi th just undertwo minutes remaining. Try 'NStop Us used an effectivespread offense to stretch i tslead and close out the contest.

Try 'N Stop us had fourplayers in double figures, ledby John Hogue's 13. Moreheadand Bensink both ended with12. Mike Scierka finished w ith10. $

Top Gun's Lewis led al lscorers with 17 points. Tirpakha d 11 , while R.J. Zonna net-

boat of novice gir ls outclassedCincinnati In the novice gir lsfour early In the day. In themens vars i ty e ight , Mer-cyhurst, Canisius, and Cincin-nati exploded off the start withCanisius dropping off, leavingth e 'Hurst to eventually out-distance Cincinnati by a con-siderable margin *r ' ^

The coaching staff is verypleased w ith the mu ch improv-ed resu l t s o f th i s Jpastweekend. The crews are nowconcentrating on travel ing toCharleston, WV to defendtheir crown at the GovernorsCup. *

The crew team wou ld l ike tothank the fans who endured

the hazardous weather condi-tions at last weekend's event.

Netterssplit; twomatches

Currently standing at 11-6,the Lakers nationally rankedDivision II mens tennis team,split a pair of matches lastweekend on the campus atPenn State University. Thoughlast year the Laker netterdefeated Penn State 7-2, thisdecision was reversed thisweekend, jj fj,^ Fol lowing the Penn Stateloss, Mercyhurst bouncedback to dispose of Layfette bya score o f 8-1 . Senior Phi l 'Nykyforuk was 4-0 on theweekend, the only Laker to gounbeaten.

T h e * t r i a n g u l a r w a shighl ighted by the Number 1doubles victory of Nyknforukan d Mikael Jonsson overSponaugle and Hui tqu i s t ,6-3,6-3. I i i I

The 'Hurst plays cri t icalreg i ona l matches aga ins tEdinboro, West Chester and- , - ~.

B l o o m s b u r g a w a y t h i sweekend.

ted 9 points, 7 In the secondhalf. -: ~ * ^

I n ra m u ral D rector, DaveCherico congratulated bothteams for their outstandingplay and thanked ail those whohe lped ou t th i s season,especially WMCY, who broad-cast the championship gamelive. BothiTry 'N Stop Us andTop Gun wi l l recieve T-shirts,while Tiy *N Stop Us will haveits team name placed on theIntramural Championship pla-que on permanent display inthe Campus Center. 1.

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coftliniwtl frtHH pstiitL* 4

R e s p o n s i b l l i t ! e s , whichstates: " i f a resident is foundto be guilty of an infraction ofIthe regulations, - he must benoti f ied immediately of anypenalties placed upon hlnV\ |Under the new hous ingpol icies, any securi ty report|lean and wi l l be used againstyou, clearly violating a stu-dent's r ights. The secondreason these reports shouldnot be val id. Is that the reportsare written against an entireapartment, or townhouse, andnot the specif ic individual guil-ty of the al leged infraction.|Securi ty reports are incidentswhich occur, but are notnecessarily a violation ofschool pol icies.

In addition we agree [th e recent student govern-ment letter which states thaiwrite-ups issued before March6, should not be used whenawarding housing. | % -••;fe We wou ld also l ike to ad-dress the inadequacy of theappeal process. We first ques-tion the fairness of the com-posit ion of the board, I

Secondly, a fr iend wequested to assist us in thepeal process was deniedtendance before the apboard by the Housing DireThe Student Goo" e of Rand Responsibi l i t ies uprocedures and right of adent in relation to appeal hings, states "the personpearing befpre the board shave the right to be assiby anyone of his or he r ch[from the college commun

Thirdly, we found # veryappropriate for tne Of ectoStudent Services to giveword to th e women who wawarded our apartment thwas theirs, before our appwas heard, espec ially si neis on the appeal board.

In essence, the houspolicy has failed to upholdstated purpose lor awarhousing on seniori ty bathis leaves us as seniors, sing housing for next yCould the answer be a ten<3arvey Garden s?

The Unhappy CampersAndrew A. Luce h moMichael Peters

the merciad, april 17, 1986

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