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VOLUME 59, NUMBER 24 THURSDAY, APRIL 24,1

Pictured in the Student Un ion are the newly elected Representatives.

MSG Student Reps electedSG president, David Armstrong,

has released the results of the recentMSQ representative elections.} Arm-strong termed the voter turnout as,"Just about average." , j r F }

Armstrong added, "Most of the wl wners won by a large margin, whichmeans the students ap pointed the peo-ple they wanted to represent them."

F "However," cont inued Armstrong," there were a: number of clos e elec-t ions. Nursing, Music and Marketingall ended in three way t ies, whileE l e m e n t a r y E d u c a t i o n , C r i m i n a lJ u s t i c e , S e c o n d a r y E d u c a t io n , !Polit ica l, Science and Fashion Mer-chandising all were very close."

MSQ president-elect, Mike Kelly saidhe wil l discuss the t ies with all thoseinvolved and see if they c an agree on awinner. I f not, Kelly wil l ho ld run-offs Inth e fall to select the representatives.

Th e 1986-87 MSG student represen-tat ives are: Rich Porter (Accounting),Mike Hanes (Art), Mike Good (Biology),!Tamara Barco. (Business Administra-t ion), Candy Tryon (Chemistry), Gary

Rail (CMIS), Naomi Romanchok (Com-munications), Kathy Schmidt (CriminalJustice), Mary Campbell (Dance), SoniaEl l is (Die te t ics), Karen Davidson( F a s h i o n M e r c h a n d i s i n g ) , D a v eSawicki (Geology), Jim O'Connor(History), Michelle Handal (InteriorDes ign ) , M ike V incen t (Po l i t i ca lScience), Elayne Lewis (Social Work),

Dee Regester (Psychology), NormGabriel (Sports Medicine), Paul Cefrick(Math), Don Gibbon (Resident), MattRobaszkiewicz (Commuter), Amy Ward(HRM), Susan Marcy (English), TheresaKirik (Special Education), Tom Pari I la(Secondary Education) and Kathy Dee(Elementary Education). *

"I think this will be a great represen- jtat ion of the entire student body,"commented Kel ly . "We' re get t ingrepresentation from groups who werenot traditionally strong here at Mer-cyhurst . I think the rep elect ionreflects the diversity of the executiveboard and this wil l help us work welltogether next year," Kelly added.

To be aired on Erie CablevisionCommunications Departmereceives grant to producetelevision sitcom I

By R.J. Zonna

C o m m u n i c a t i o n s D e p a r t m e n tChairperson Richard Ragan has an-nounced that the Mercyhurst CollegeCommunicat ions Department wasselected to receive a $200 grant fromthe Access P rogramming Grant Fund.

The grant will be used in the produc-tion of a half hour situation comedywrit ten by Mercyhurst senior JenniferLaird. Laird wrote the sitcom forRagan's "Writ ing for TV" class in thefall of 1985. :

; tRagan has one year to film the sit-

com and he said shooting wil l probablybegin this summer. | i

The f i lming wil l be done off campusin Erie in both residential and businesssett ings. *

Laird's script entit led, "The VaseEpisode" deals with a wealthy family'syoung boy whose dog breaks an anti-que vase. The boy then tries to replacethe vase with a duplicate one before

his father returns home.Other Mercyhurst students

faculty will play supporting rolecluding Igor Stalsky, Dennis McCand Brian Sheridan.

M e r c y h u r s t c o m m u n i c astudents wil l produce, f i lm, edirecord the episode. In all, 12 stuwill be included in the commutions project. The CommunicDepartment's TV and edit ing eement will also be utilized. "I thinwill be a tremendous opportunistudents to experience. They wthrough the production from Sand deal with all the challengeproblems of producing a televisiocom," said Ragan. I[* Laird, who will help producshow said, "It'll be a lot of fun great experience for everyone invIt will give us a taste of network

After comp letion, the half hourwill be broadcast on Erie Cablevchanneri 1A.^^- * * ^

At MSQ

I ResidentstCommittee to suggestnew methods of awarding housing

By Susan Marcy |In reaction to the letter sent to Hous-.

ing Director Phyll is Aieilo concerningthe awarding of housing, PresidentGarvey has suggested that MSG ap-point a committee to write a letterwhich would suggest a new method ofawarding housing in future years. TheResidents' committee was given the

i respo nsibility of writi ng th is letter.Students should be aware of the factthat any write-ups that they are givencan be appealed to the newly formed

| Housing committee. jLThe new curriculum proposal wasg

(discussed at last week's Senatesmeeting and MSG President DavidArmstrong voiced MSG's opin ion con-

cerning the change. Students felthe curriculum should not be chaas it stands but that more of a divin classes should be available. Pdent Garvey again suggested thstudent committee be formed would write a revised curricproposal. ?. J-

The Mercyhurst Internationaldent Organization (MISO) was $100 by MSG to cover the cost oferent international foods they wpreparing at Activities Day.booths will be set up, each repreting a different country.- This foobe free to the Mercyhurst commu

Next week's meeting will take pon Su nday, at 7:30 in II4 Zurn.

The Vietnam *VJar reconsidered: A Reappraisal^Zurn Recital Hall 7:3 0 p.m.

Main Speaker Leslie H . Gelb

"The Vietnam War Syndrome: Impact on the United States^t j 3 : 1 5 - 4 : 1 5 ; ; ^ j .

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\ Recital Hall •• .** *"The Vietnam War Experience as Reflected in Fiction & Film "

J Zurn 201 \ e *"The Conduct of War: Failed Strategy or Failed N erve"

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B i s h o p M u r p h y s e l e c t e d t o g i v e c o m m e n c e m e n t a d d rBy Matthew J. Clark

The weekend for the 58thc o m m e n c e m e n t o f M e r -cyhurst College has been setfor Sat. May 24, and Sun. May25 as well as the schedule ofevents 'for the year-endingactivi ty. | v SL

On Sat., May 24, starting at 6p.m., there will be a graduationdinner and awards ceremony,fol lowed by^the Commence*ment Eve dance from 9:00 p.m.to midnight. All activities willbe at the Hilton Hotel. The ac-tual dinner will begin at 7 p.m.and will be of no charge tostudents. The cost for parentsand guests will be $13.50each. Tickets for Saturday'sevents will be available In theCollege Bookstore until Mon.,May 19.

On{ Sun., May 25, Com-mencement day, J festivi tiesbegin at 10 a.m. with a Bac-calaureate Mass in the chapel.Brunch will be served forg r a d ua te s , p a r e n t s , a n dguests In Egan Dining Halt, im-mediately following the Bac-calaureate Mass. For thosenot attending the Liturgy,Brunch will be served at 10:30a.m. Tickets for the brunch arerequired for all, and will cost

$4.50 for adults, and $3.25 for[children under 12. Tickets forthe bru nch are available in thebookstore until May 23.

Commencement activi tieswill then get underway at 2p.m. in* the Campus Centerwith Most Reverend Michael J.Murphy, Bishop of Erie, ashonored speaker. fe

Bishop Murphy, 70, a native

of Cleveland, OH, attendeds e v e r a l c o l l e g e s . a n dseminar ies , among themNiagara University, in NiagaraFa l l s , N .Y. , Sa in t MarySemi n a r y C o l l e g e , i nC l e v e l a n d , O H , N o r t h

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degree in Philosophy fromGregorian University in Romeand a Licentiate in SacredTh e o l o g y f r o m Ca th o l i cUniversity in Washington, D.C.

Bishop Murphy, who hasbeen Bishop of Erie since July16, 1982, has received ithreemajor honors dur ing h isclerical career, on Oct. 26.1953, he was honored as-aPapal Chamberlain; On Feb.20, 1959, he was named aDom estic Prelate. His most re-cent honor was awarded himon Apr. 25, 1984, when hereceived the Bishop LorasLane Award from the NationalC a t h o l i c E d u c a t i o nAssociation. ^ y

He has served on the Boardof Directors of the NationalCatholic Education Associa-t ion, The Cleveland MentalHealth Association, and theC l e v e l a n d C e n t e r onalcoholism. He has also serv-

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APRIL 24,1986 THE MERCIAD P

Two term cancer study

S t u d e n t s p r e s e n t r e s e a r c h r e s u l t s a t D u q u e s n e c o n f e r e n c

Five senior biology majorswill present papers on theresults of their two termcancer research experimentsat the Annual Eastern*Col-leges Science Conference(ECSC) at Duquesne on April

28-29. The Mercyhurst CollegeCancer Research students in-clude Michele Flasher, MarianSaxon, John Mahoney, DonGibbon, and Arnold Palmer.r< S r . Eymard P o y d o c k ,research director of the Mer-cyhurst Cancer Research Unitand faculty coordinator of theECSC, explained that the con-ference Is a special conven-tion at which undergraduateand graduate students atten-ding colleges and universitiesin the eastern part of the U.S.give results of their research.It provides the opportunity forparticipation in the academicenterprise, exposing studentsto the type* of exchange that

takes place in a professionalso c i e t y !

F l a s h e r ' s p a p e r is"Synergistic Interaction ofCobalt Sulfate and ,SodiumAscorbate S on Mi toses ofEhrlich Carcinoma in vivo and

in vitro" while Saxon's paperis entitled "The Antitumor Ef-fect of Cobalt Acetate andVitamin C on Mitoses ofAsci tes ! Tumors in Mice."

Cancer Research students: (front) Marian Saxon, Michelle Flasher,Lisa Mackanos, Don Gibbon, John Mahoney, (back) Arnold Palmer

and research assistant Melanle Ropski. > •' £ J

Slow but steady

nrollment increasesBy Jean Kellick

Enrollment Is increasing-atMercyhurst College, accor-ding to the Registrar's Office."The increase is small, butsteady," according to Mari lynMoore, assistan t registrar.

Presently, .there are 1,586studen ts en ro l l ed a t the

'Hurst, consist ing of 945females and 641 males. Thenumber' of students largelydepends> on adult membersand non-degree enrollment.

Fall term Is generally theterm with the-largest popula-t ion. This Is due to the numberof incoming freshmen. Eachfreshmen class is gettinglarger. According to Moore,"There Is a definite increase,just not at a rapid pace." Mer-cyhurst is attracting more highschool graduates primari ly]due to more students seekingdegrees in areas offered at thecol lege. ^

This fail marked one of thelargest classes to yet enroll inMercyhurst, consisting of 745students.

Fortunately for the 'Hurst,d rops f rom semeste r tosemester remain to stay at alow count. The biggest dropoccurs between fal l and wintersemester. This year .1,766students were enrolled fromS e p t e m b e r t h r o u g hD e c e m b e r , w i t h 1 ,6 31students returning after theho l iday s e a s o n . T h o s enumbe rs are kept stable by theMercyhurst gaining studentstransferring in from other col -leges in the last two tri-

mesters.The biggest drop Is genrally

after the sophomore year, fordegree-earning students, ac-cording to Moore. The reasonbeing associate degrees canbe earned in a two-year timeperiod. The freshmen class isalso larger because of the non-degree students who are simp-

ly taking classes, but are con-sidered freshmen.Evidence of this is the drop-

_ — 325sophomores and 264 juniors.The senior class generallyloses a handful of students

from 725 freshmen to

after each winter term, depen-ding on the number qualifiedto graduate early.I As for commuters, thecount genreally stays thesame. The largest enrollmentfor the non-campus housingstudents Is generally in thefal l . Moore attr ibutes this tothe fact that weather and

transportation are more con-dusive in the fal l , iA large part of the J total

number in students is theAduit College. Moore addedthat there are 390 adultstuden ts enrolled. i

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Mahoney's paper is "GrowthInhibiting Properties of CobaltAcetate and Vitamin C onEhrlich Solid Tumor in Mice"and Gibbon's work is "The Ef-fect of a Macrobiotic Diet*onan Induced Tumor in Mice."

Palmer's paper is entitled"The Influence of a CobaltCompound and Vitamin C onthe Survival of Mice BearingEhrl ich Tu mors." T *

On Mon., April 28, Dr. MikeCampbell and approximately12 biology majors will drive toPittsburgh to hear the cancerresearch students presentt h e i r r e s u l t s to t h econference.

"The purpose of the con-ference is to give students ataste of what an actual scien-tific meeting should be like,"stated Sr. Eymard. Students

will learn from other invtions and get tips on hpresent a paper.

The conference will bcluded by an awards pretion and banquet whictake place during a threcruise on Pittsburgh's rivers.*

Arnold Palmer, whosperiment showed an incsurvival of tumorous mjected with a cobalt p o un d a s c o m p a r etumorous mice who weinjected, is looking forwdelivering his results tostudents. Says Palmer,"my paper has only presented to faculty. Thgive me a good opportutalk before a public audand I think more stushould take their work public." f l i

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Time to re-evaluate the housing se lection process?

Well, the housing awards for next year have been made.But the problems and questions still cloud the Issues.

The past few issues of The Merciad have carried Letters tothe Editor and news articles regarding the housing awards.

p First the rumors of the "al I female townhouses" flourished.And then residents got several notices explaining the "n ew "point system. '*• 5 ^

The new point system took into consideraton other factorsthan just class year. It included a "reward for good behavior"for those residents having no disciplinary action and tookpoints away for each action a resident had against them. Thesystem also added bonus points for returning to the sameunit. J- f

It seemed simple enough.But then the complications set in. The problem most

vocalized about by the students regarded giving the same(negative)j weight to R.A. write-ups as security reports.Students contend that when a security officer asks you toturn down loud mus ic, that request Is written on their nightlysecurity report and THAT then constitutes a write-up.

Many students were unaware that the security reportscounted against them. This happened mostly because thestudents are given no notice of these reports, unlike R.A.write-ups where a student must sign the form , not as an ad-

mission of guilt, but an acknowlegdement of the actionagainst th em. Moreover, students w ere unaware of the securi-ty write-ups until they got closed out of the housing theywanted for next year. "*5 3j i ;

This Isn't the first year there have been major complaintsabout the housing award system Every year around this tim e,tempers seem to flare and patience wears thin because up-perclass students seemingly have no where to live for thenext school year. The system is far from perfect/The ad-vancements made this year were too hastey and didn't giveresidents enough time to appeal (or even find out about) ac-tions against them. &• •'""> "^

The housing award system should be clear and themethods of awarding should be announced well in advancefor student response and fedback. - | £

Maybe residents have taken advantage of the system toolong. The "Oh, I'll get someplace to place to live, later" at-titude has gone on long enough. The awarding system didn 'tchange much when the college acquired the Briggs Avenueapartments two years ago, but sho uld have because of the ad-

ditional buildings available. ,Now, since all hou sing has been awarded, is the time to re-evaluate the system and clarify it for next year's awards. Thesystem shouldn't have been changed in the middle of theawarding process. You can't chnage the rules In the middle ofthe game, nor can you tear up contracts of those residentsalready awarded housing. Now is the time to seek studentfeedback and hopefully eliminated some of next year'sheadaches.

T h e M e r c i a dN a o m i A . R o m a n c h o k , Edi tor- in-Chief

R. J . Z o n n a , M a n a g i n g E d i t o rBe tsy L. L a n t z , Assis tant Edi tor

J a c k i e R z o m p , News Ed i t o rS u s a n M a r c y , Perspec t i ves Ed i t o r

J e n n i f e r C o n m y , Sports EditorRe na Z lca re l l l , P h o t o g r a p h y E d i t o r

G a r y La urnof t , G raph ic Ar t i s tP a u l a B r u n o, Calendar Edi tor

VOL 59 NO. 24 THURSDAY, APRIL24,1986

Chris AlessiPat Cal lahanChris CardinaIi

ReportersJulie ChericoMatthew ClarkCindy Ferraro

Jennifer LairdJean KelllckBrian Sh eridan

Keren Poulter, Asst. Busness ManagerDennisMcCarthy, Faculty Advisor • i

Moll Duska, Editorial CartoonistH. L Beezub, Busness Manager |

PhotographersToni Fleet C indy Lochner

I Distribution ManagerT ' Matt Clark

TypistsRena Zicarelli, Chris Cardinal!

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

Letter to the Editor

Studentlshocked by 'Hurst

reaction tolattacks on Libas

Dear Editor,

i was deeply shocked andfrightened by the reaction ofmy ! fello w! students here atMercyhurst about the U.S| at-'tack on Ubya, There was arevived feeffhg of nationalismand patriotism among mostAmericans that t ta lked to | i twas almost as If everyonearound me had turned fntoRambo or John Wayne, I wasshocked to realize how little|did they know about the worldthey live infand I was high ten*ed because they arelgotng to

h this country in the future.What happened on April 13

was a tragic and unnecessary

show of violence and aggres-sion on part of the U.S. Don'tget me wrong, I don't approveof kilting innocent travellers inan airport or hijacking a plane,bu% in my opinion, it theReagan administration's goalwas to put a dent in terrorismagainst the U.S., they have faih>ed miserably. If the U.S. wants|o stop terrorism against J t § y |citizens, ft has to re-evaluateits foreign policy in the M iddleEast. This Would be an uphilltask considering the strengthsof the Zionist lobby &lnWashington! D.Cj U S |

Terrorism is a weapon of thepoor and the weak f rihting opliression and imperialism, if i t

eui|s American interests inth^feare^it ch^geslin thatarea, it changes its name frorr|.terrorism |tci|reedom l ight ingi * * ! ^ ^ ^ s i p 1 Nicaragua andmuiaHMK m Afghanistan)!And i f | | l doesn't serveAmepcanf po l i t ica l andeconomic interests, the op-pressed Jand weak are labelledas l*Mos em fanatics*• and •<4Mad Dogs", like in the MiddleEast. Mr. Reagan^you are right\n calling them "Mad bogs ofthe Middle East", becausethat Is exactly what they are.But what you fall to realize isthat it's Israeli terrorism inLebanon that has turned theminto mad dogs. This new breedof Abu-Nidal style terroristswho gunned down American

and Israeli atpassanAthens airport, are the victimsof Israel's invasion of Lebanonin 1982* They are the sons,brothers and fathers of thethousands of young children,women and older people whowere ruthlessly butchered inSablra and Sniff a camps inLe i lnon , an4 for f rich evenIsrael accepts respon sibility!!

Most Americans find It apuz2lff»g question that why areAmefl i l r f citizens attackedoverseas? There are tworeason s | ori t hat | First Iy, d u r«Ing the Israeli invasion ofLebanon, Reagan sent in themarines, which was a bigmistake! as it is common,

knowledge that America andIsreai are close allies. SendingAmerican m a r i n e s w a sperceived as a reinforcementto the invaders. Secondly, inAmerican society, human lifelis a very precious and valuablething, and especially if it hap-pens to be an American life.By attacking An|ericarfe, thePfrlOft,jnjans ,arfr t tyinaAo tellthe p oHey makersy inWashington that there aresome great injustices and pro*blems witrt their policy.1 In conclusion, the average,person in America, especiallyeducated people, need tounderstand the reasonsfor thea n t i - Am e r i c a n |serftlment

abroad, if h s great country ofours has haefca history of sup|ng dictators tike the Shah

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Student's parents "seize the opportunity CancBy Jessie Lantz

When our daughter Betsycalled and asked me if Iwanted to go to Mexico, myimmediate reactions was "Ofcourse , but we cou ldn ' tpossibly do i t." * 4

Then two years of exposureto "Seize the Opportuni ty"took over and here we are InCancun in the state of Quin-tana Roo. * -y. fc $j

We came first of all to seeHal ley's Comet and see it wedid. However, it appeared as afuzzy ball of light and was a lit-tle disappointing. I must con-fess I only dragged myselffrom bed once to view it, butothers of our group were more

dedicated. Sr. Mary Matthewwas a model of patience asshe explained and we stag-gered over her telescope partsIn the sand and generallymade things difficult for her.We also saw the craters on them o o n w i t h unbefieveable

clarity. J rBut our week's adventure in

|Mexico yielded much morethan 'our i n t roduc t i on toastronomy. We traveled toChichen Itza an d Tulum, ar-chealogical zones where themysterious ruins of the an-cient Mayan Indians stand ma-jestically against the dazzlingblue'skies. One could onlystand in awe of the beautiful

architecture which has surviv-ed centuries of looters andweathering.

The route to Chichen Itzawas through the dense lowjungle of the Yucatan Penin-sula, where villages of thatch-ed huts occupied by presentday Mayans fringe the isolatedroadway. One cou ld see many)pigs and turkeys in the In-d ians ' fenced cour tya rds ,where adorable little childrenpiayed in the red dirt, whiletheir mothers gardened or

h u n g o u t t h e l a u n d r y .

Although these people seem-ed poverty-stricken by ourstandards, our guide assuredIs that the Mayans weregenerally a happy people.Never the less, my husbandwas surrounded by childrenbegging for pesos when westopped among the huts forphotos. t

Sr. Mary Matthew viewing thecomet with a iMercy hursttelescope in Cancun. T r

Traveling by bus or taxi in

Mexico is an experience initself. Our guide to Chichen It-za assured us that our busdriver was the second best inall of Me xico, and that the bestone would soon be releasedfrom the hospital. Generally,people don't hurry in Mexico ~motorists are the exception.Everyone In the group wasquite breathless after a taxiride to a restaurant by the seawhere we all dined Mondaynight. Sr . Mary Matthewbrought down the house that

evening by announcing that

she would need several men inher hotel room at 2 a.m. Thenshe added that she neededh e l p t o t r a n s p o r t t h etelescope to the beach.

The beaches are by far Can-cun's greatest attraction. Thehotel zone stretches alongsparkling clean white sand.The Pacific has such incredi-ble shades of blue and tur-quoise that it defies descrip-tion and photography. We par-ticularly enjoyed the ocean onour boat trip to Isla Mujeres,another island five miles fromCancun where many in ourgroup snorkeled. >• J

Betsy and I tried out hand(and fins) at snorkeling at

Xelha, a gorgeous lagoon nearTulum. For those who weresuccessful, l ike my daughter,the tropical fis h they were ableto see were very impressive. Imanaged to drink a good dealof sea water, but the fishseemed willing to share. *

In Cancun, we also attendedthe Mexican Folkloric Balletwhere we thoroughly enjoyedjthe native music and dancesof Mexico.

Saturday evening the groupcelebrated with a picture-taking session and dinner atthe hotel. Perhaps t he , bestthing we gained from our Mex-ican fiesta was friendship. Ourdiverse group was wonderful.

The Mayan temple at Chichen Itza.

Sharing our experiences madethem all the more interesting.

Our farewell dinner wasclimaxed with a huge birthdaycake for Gena Kost, quite amemorable way to turn 21. Thegroup again dissolved inl a ug h te r w h e n a w a i t e rmistakedly gave Gena the billfor the cake, which came to14,000 -v pesos, that Is. OneAmerican dollar is currentlyworth 485 pesos. Our inabilityto handle their currency waswell expressed by one waiterwhom my husband accidentlysh o r t - c h a n g e d * He § c r i e d ,"Amigo, you are confused."

And with most Mexicansspeaking only broken English,we usually were lost. Wefound ourselves smiling and

nodding a lot. I think icans employed th

strategy with us.I just can't say e

thank Sr. Mary MattEymard and Dr. MarilyT h e y w e r e o u r shepherds and abfriends. Without themus would probably be somewhere in Mexicomango tree, trying down a cab. ^

Mr. and Mrs. Elmown a dairy farm in WPA. Their youngest B e t s y i s c u r r esophomore at the Jessie Lantz has a biology from West Wesleyan College.

This summerimay be your last chance tograduate from college with a degree and anofficers commission. Sign up for ROTCssix-week Basic Camp now. See your fc

Professor of Military Science for details.But hurry. The time is short. |T he space is limited. Th e heat is on.BEALLYOUCANBE. * I \ I 1

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Chemistry students studying local wines to improve qualityBy Susan Marcy

It is probably true that notmany of us know that wine isp rodu ced in - Pennsylvania.

When we think of wine, we pic-ture the California sun beatingdown on massive vineyards ofgrapes on the television series"Falcon Crest ."

But wine is produced in Pen-nsylvania and Is being studiedright here on .the campus ofMercyhurst College. Dr. PaulEdwards, associate professorof chemistry, along with sixcurrent research assistants,has developed chemical pro-f i les Of some "northeasternUnited States wines. "Theult imate goal of this researchIs to improve the quality ofPennsylvania wines," sa idEdwards. § ?;

Also working on the project

are Dr. Mary Chisholm ofBehrend College and DouglasMoorehead who owns thePresque Isle Wine Cellars. ?

The wine research began in1983 when it received its firstfunding from the Ben FranklinSmall Business Partnershipprogram. Research of this kind|has been going on for years bythe Department of Oenologyand Viniculture at the Universi-ty of California at Davis. Theresearchers there "defined"California wines in taste, howthey were made and how theywere analyzed. In other word s,all California wines were verysimilar in their characterist icsand all followed the same

criteria when produced. But

wines in the northeasternUnited States had not beendef ined as the Cal i fo rn iawine s had. ::

M a h l e r , is s t u d y i n g t h ephenolic compositon of thewines. Once these results arestudied, they can be used by

Dr. Paul Edwards

The researchers here at Mer-cyhurst began by f inding out ifthe published procedures foranalyzing Cal i fo rn ia w ineswere "appro priate fo r nor-

theastern wines . They pattern-ed their work after that whichwas done at Davis.

Using an apparatus called aspectrophotometer, studentsdiscovered the metal contento f n o r t h e a s t e r n w i n e s .Through other test ing , such asg a s a n d l i q u i dc h r o m o t o g r a p h y , s t u d e n t sTearnec^the aromsP^mdphenolic composit ions of thewines. All of the results ofthese experiments were puton graphs and charts to be

stud ied.p Candy Tryon and JeanneNyst rom are two of thestudents who are studying the|metal content of the wines.

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One example of this wouldbe that if it was discovered

that a certain wine contained ametal compound which wouldturn the wine cloudy in sixmonths, then certain ingre-dients or even the winem akingprocess itself would have tobe changed to ensure a longershe l f l i f e becau se sma l lw inemake rs , u n l i ke la rgew inemake rs , do no t u sepreservatives to prolong shelfl i fe.

Tradit ional tests, such assugar, alcohol, solid and acidcontents are also done on thewines. i

The type of wine beingstud ied is a white wine calledVidal Blanc. This type waschosen because it is "relat ive-ly unique to the northeasternwinemaking reg ion," said Ed-wards. This wine Is suppliedby over 20 area winemakers,who also make monetary con-tributions to aid the research.

The current student resear-chers include: Susan Mahler,J e a n n e N y s t r o m , JamesParnell, Charles'^Piano, KarenPierce and Candace Tryon.Former students have alsoworked on the project./'Thisresearch provides experiencefor students that they havebeen able to put to good u se,"comm ented Edwards. Some of

the students get researchcredit for doing this workwhile others receive f inancialsupport .

"So far we've gotten goodresults," said Jeanne Nystromof the research. \

"This research is a good ex-e r c i s e t o l e a r n h o w t opublicize what we have done,"said Candy Tryon.

Students wil l be giving apractice presentation of theirwine research in preparationfo r a presentation next week att h e E a s t e r n C o l l e g e ' sSciences Conference at Du-quesne University. The prac-t ice wil l be given tomorrow at3:30 in 314 Zurn and the p ublici s i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d .

Nothing Sacredby Brian Sheridan

Every? generation of schoolchildren had something to

fear. Some had "The Bomb,"some had civil defense riots,while others were afraid ofVietnam. Our parents wereprobably being scared of the"Permanent Record." I f youthink about it , our omenwasn't all that nasty. It wasfear of the metric sy stem and Ican recall being in the f if thg rade g rade and havingteachers threaten that the themetric system would replacethe English system by the1980's. If we didn't know it,they said, we would be lost inthe world because everyonewould be using it .

Well, the 80's are here andthe metric system is as scarce

as liberals at a Klu Klux Klanmeeting. Even the Saturdaymorning cartoons would takevaluable time away from Bugsand Elmer to show kids dopeyanimated shorts of rulers(wooden ones, not PrinceCharles) singing about themeters andf liters. Everywherewe looked we saw the

_ [igns that e*wouIds o o n be t a l k i n g a bo u tki lometers. Weather forecastswould tell is the temperaturein Fahrenheit and Celsius. Carspeedometers would have themetric equivalent of miles perhour. Everyone back thenforgot one thing however. Thisis the big U.S. of A. We don'tchange for anyone no matter

how wrong or ignorstands are. Metrics looked upon as a Cominvasion of sorts.

When we would askstructors for a reason need to change to metstock answer was thwere more precise tEnglish system. Thewant to know how lonmeter was and they wus "about the size ofclub." So much for ac

So all of us childrenly memorized the system while the worldus talked in feet andThe result was bind igof both types of measu

Where today do youmetric system used inOnly soda pop compandrug dealers use thesystem for the generalWe do n " c a r e thatcomes in a "two-litetainer. We like it becabig and cheap.

The metric systemturns out, was just hype, another scam Leyou jn on another There was no PeRecord" either.

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Consider this: if you invest just two years inArmy, you could come ou t with valuable experiein a skill of your choice.

The Army has a wealth of two-year skills tochoose from. Skills in Armor, Engineering, Communications, and more. Many of these skills havcivilian job applications. So you won't go into thinterview empty-handed.

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APRIL 24,1986 •

Out look

Th e Mercyhurst LiteraryMagazine is organizing astaff for the 1986-87 schooiyear. Most of the presentstaff will graduate in May.We are on the Look Out fornew editors, typists, art istsfor new talent and submis-sions.? For more informa-t ion, please contact Sr. LisaMary, Preston 224, or mail

your submissions to Mer-cyhurst College, Egan Box118, Erie, Pa. 16546. I >

D'Angelo Concert

The Cleve land Jun io rHarp Ensemble will be per-f o r m i n g a t S t . M a r k sAudito r ium on Sat., Apr. 26at 1:30 p.m. The concert Isf ree. Fo r more in format io ncall 825-0513 or 825-0394.

Campus Improvements

Interested in improving

classrooms, v isual a ids orh o u s i n g ? T h e A d -m in is t ra t i ve Policy an dOperations Committee isforming a sub-committee tomake recomendations as tow a y s i n w h i c h t h e(classroom e n v i ro n me n t ,aud io -v isua l med ia andcampus housing might beimproved over the next fiveyears. Areas of concern in-clude such th ings 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 an dhealth considerat ions. Anyfaculty, staff or member ofth e s tudent -body w h owou ld be wil l ing to serve onsuch a committee is askedto contact Dr. NormanRaasch (128 Preston, ex.330), William Kennedy (201Main, Ex. 421) or CatherineCrawford (Financial Aid Of-f i ce , ex. 287).

Parents Weekend '86

A t te n t io n so p h o mo re sand juniors: anyone in in-terested in working as co-chairperson for ParentsWeekend '86 or just helpingout, please contact ChrisRiazzi at 866-0237A

Mercyhurst Honors

Anyone interested n jo in-ing the Mercyhurst HonorsProgram, please contact

Lew Lutton for details at825*0372 or Zurn 112.7

Campus Ministry

Applicat ions are beinga c c e p t e d a t C a m p u sMinistry for Peer Ministersfor the 1986-87 school year.Interested students shouldcome to Campus Ministryat 211 Main and see Sr.Elizabeth.

Film For Discussion

Th is week 's f i lm fo rd iscuss io n i s "A Ma nE s c a p e d " , j t h e f i l md e sc r ib e s a re s is ta n celeaders escape from a Nazipr ison. The film will beshow n Wed ., Apr. 30 at 7:30p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall .

Music Recita l

Cheryl Burgard, a JuniorD'Angelo School of Musicstudent, wil l g ive a sopranor e c i t a l a t S t . M a r k sAud i to r ium Sun. , Apr 27 at3 p.m. The recital will befree and open to the public.

F o u n d : *Gold Chain engraved MBJ 8-10-85. Ifyou lost this chain please contact MaryBeth Joseph in Egan 34 .

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Theatre

Mercyhurst's Na t io n aPlaywrights Showcase wilpresent a world premiere ofRandall Silvis ' "Driven ToActs Of Kindness" on May2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 at 8 p.m.and May 4 at 2:30 p.m. Thecost will be adults $5,s tud e n ts w i th I.D. an dsenior citizens $3. The playwill be performed in the Lit-tle Theatre. ^

Erie Civic Ballet

The Erie Civic Ballet willbe giving a performance onThur., May 1 at 8 p.m. at theGannon University Theatre.Tickets will be $4 for adultsand $2 for children u nder 12and senior citizens.

Recruiters on C ampus

T A recruiter from Califor-nia University of Penn-sylvania will be on campusFri., Apr. 25 for anyone in-

t e r e s t e d i n G r a d u a t eDegree Programs. For morein fo rmat ion .contact th eCareer Services Office ex.426 or 427.1

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Thurs., Apr. 24Bob Garner,Magician, in the Back PorchCafe at 8:00 p.m. No charge.

Sat., Apr. 26 Blizzard ofBucks Game Show, 8:00 p.m.in the recital hall. Teams com-pete for money. Sign up in theUnion.

Millcreek Mall will be show-ing the following movies;"Sleeping Beauty" , "Of fBeat", "Lucas", "Legend","The Money Pit". For timesand more information call868-5151. «T * * *

Cinema world will be show-ing the following movies;"Murphy's Law", "Qung Ho","Police Academy III: Back inTraining" "Heathcllff, TheMovie", " Nightmare on ElmStreetPart 2". For times andm o r e i n f o r m a t i o n c a l l

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Junior D'Angelo School off Musicstudent Cheryl Burgard will give asoprano recital on Sunday, April27 at 3 p.m. The recital will beheld at St. Mark's Auditoriumand is free to the public.

The Erie PlayhoWitness for the Proseopens tonight and coApril 25-27, 29, and Mamission is $8. Call 454-2additional information.

Musical "A Choruslast two shows FridaSaturday at 8:00 pRoosevelt Auditorium.formation call 864-3923

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Netters Add Four WinsWhen Phil Nykyforuk punch-

ed a forehand volley winnerpas t Bloomsburg's Steve

Augustine on match point lastSunday, I t wrapped up a verysuccessfu l weekend for the'Hurst Net ters.

Playing at number threesing les, Nykyforuk's volleywas an integral part of the 8-1victory over Bloomsburg. Oneday earlier the Blue and Greenhad bounced West ChesterState 7-2 . and last weekdefeated Youngstown by thesame score, plus Edinboro, awhitewashing 9-0.

Pe r fo rm ing agg ress ive ly ,the Lakers' 14th rated NCAADiv. II team defended Its posi-t ion with ease. With their prideand their rankings on the l ine,all top six players won a cou-

ple of singles matches versustop-notch regional teams lastweekend. %

Segun Balogun and MikaelJonsson, the top two Lakers,p l a y e d " a g a i n s t d o c t o r ' sorders" accord ing to Coach

Andy Findlay. Balogun waswhisked Into the team vanfrom Hamot Medical Center

where the doctor was busyscheduling him for surgery fora dangling knee cart i lage, buthe p layed "common sensetennis", reserving his CarlLewis speed for next month'snationals. 2£

Jonsson, plagued by a con-t inuous bronchial coughingbout, his energy drained, st i l lmanaged to hit lethal passingshots past his Bloomsburgand West Chester opponents.Tra iner Norm Gabrie l satcourtside throughout the toptwo players' matches and keptthem "upright and mobi le"sa id coach F ind lay . "Wecouldn't have won the mat-ches wi thout Norm," con-

t inued the fourth-year coach.Brian Demuth and Tom Con

rad were undefeated last weekIn both singles and doubles.Walt Hader and Juan Blazquezwon everything except a toughdoubles encounter with West

Baseball SplitsDouble-HeaderBy Jennifer Conmy

The Laker baseball teamfinally played two games overthe weekend after being rain-ed out all of last week. TheLakers played Westminster ina double-header Saturday. TheLakers took the first game 5-1while dropp ing the second 4-0.Earlier in the' week th e Lakersposted a victory over PennState-Behrend 5-3. ) I ?

In the Saturday games Mer-cyhurst pitcher John Koskopitched for the f irst t ime in 18months. While he did not gainthe win, Coach Fred Conger]said he was "pleased with hispitching". Freshman John Ritz(relieved Kosko to gain his firstvictory. Chris Frazier got thesave when he pitched theseventh inn ing.*

The Lakers had a great

game hit t ing with Scott Goringgoing 2 for 3 and and ScottThompson going 3 for 3.Thompson also picked up 2runs and an RBI. \

The second game of the day|saw a turn-around for theLakers, Westminster got thehits while the 'Hurst go t co ld .Westminster held the'Hurst toonly 4 hits the entire game.

Earlier in the week theLakers Senior Bil l Julio pitch-ed a complete game againstPenn State f inishing with 12Jstrikeouts. »*•

Conger stated "the teamlooked good for their secondand third outings. There werea few mistakes in the secondgame." He went on to say thatthe lack of playing t ime show-ed and the team wasn't hit t ingwell in the second game.

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at Fredonia St., 2:00 p.m. (DH)at Slippery Rock, 3:00 p.m. (DH)at Gannon, 3:00 p.m.

a t P i t t - J o h n s t o w n , 1:00 p.m. (DH)

St . Bonaventure, 1 :00 p.m. (DH)

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Chester, Seemingly , the teamis get t ing st ronger everymatch.

, With four matches remain-ing on the schedule, the 15-6Lakers are optimist ic for thenationals in Los Angeles, May12. The national tournament isdivided into three segments --team, singles, and doubles.

"We have an outside chanceof a team bid," stated Findlay."And an even bigger shot atentering four singles playersand a couple of doublesteam."

"All we can do now is prac-t ice hard, win our remainingm a t c h e s , a n dcont inued.

w a i t , " h e Phil Nykyforuk, Laker senior, prepares for a backhand volleBloomsburg last weekend. *

Governor's Cup Regatta

Laker Crews Finish Thby John McKenna

The Mercyhurst men's andwomen's crew team traveledto Charleston, W.V. to com-

The women's novice fourstarted the day off with se-cond p lace f in ish behindMarietta. They then teamed upwith four others to take

pete th e MP another silver in the womens'Regatta on Apr. 19. Both themen's and women's teamsfaired well despite st if f com-pet i t ion f rom competetors,Marietta, Duke, University ofCincinatt i, Alabama, Universi-ty of North Carolina, GeorgeMason, University of Ten-nessee and host team Univer-

sity of Charleston; as well asgusty wind condit ions.Although the teams came

|up with numerous f irst, se-cond, and third place f inishesthey were narrowly edged outby Marietta and Charleston forthe total points trophy . Mariet-ta took the trophy with a totalo f 58 accumulated whi leCharleston and Mercyhursttrailed with 57 and 55 ac-c u m u l a t e d p o i n t srespectively.

novice eight. They were edgedout by Charleston. : |

The mens' novice had st if fcompetit ion but came up withkey placements in their racesfor the day. In the novicelightweight eight, the menp l a c e d t h i r d b e h i n dCharleston and Marietta. The

mens' novice heavyweighteight placed f i f th, edged out ofa fourth place by a mere tenthof second by University ofCincinat t i . 4

The varsity teams also add-ed key placements on the day.The mens' varsity four placedsecond behind strong Univer-sity of Cincinatt i. The mens'pair also captured a silver;they were beaten by OhioState. \

B o t h t h e m e n s ' a n d

womens' varsity l ighfours did last minute reduction in order to coThe weight reduction pas the woman took thjwhile the men. took afinishing behind Charle

The varsi ty menswomens ' c rews camagainst st if f competitheir races, both comwith fou rth place f inishmen did get some rwhen they captured thethe 500 meter dash eve

The highlight of thIcame when Chris Spencomplished a first inc y h u r s t r o w i n g p rhistory. Spencer entermens single race, a sevent, and breezed docourse to an easy victo

The crew teams witrain intensively for thtwo weeks in preparatthe Mid America RegaMarietta, May 3.

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^Westminster........... 1

So f tba l l con t . TennisMercyhurst

Mercyhurst....... 9 Youngstown State

Mercyhurst 0Westminster 4

Penn State-Behrend....!!: 4

SoftballMercyhurst 11Penn State-

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