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Fall 1983, Vol. 2, No. 1 Mercyhurst magazine

Editor Mary Daly '66

Alumni Editors Gary L. Bukowski 7 3

Regina Kozlowski Smith '81

Editorial Assistants Diedre Baas '84

Leona G. Coleman

Art Direction Judy Olowin Tucker 7 8

Illustration Brad Lethaby

Cover Photography Frank P. Rossotto

Contributing Writers David J. Thomas

Rebecca Martin Porter '82 Corrine Halperin '80 Donna Peterson '83

Dr. Allan Belovarac 7 3 Dr. Linda Colvin Rhodes 7 0

James LeCorchick Maury Breecher

Maree Lynn Cicon '83 Mary Ellen Razanauskas ' 73 Valerie Sherrange Crofoot 75

Alumni Association

Officers

Dario Cipriani '74, President Michael E. Heller 79, Vice President

Regina C O'Connor '80, Secretary

Directors to 1984

Dario Cipriani 74, Erie, PA Michael E. Heller 79, Amherst, NY

Regina C. O'Connor '80, Tonawanda, NY

Directors to 1985

Deborah S. Duda 77, Palo Alto, CA Joan Kostolansky Evans '60, Erie, PA Thomas D. Heberle, Esq. 74, Erie, PA Regina Scura Merz 77, Rochester, NY

Directors to 1986

Sr. Mary Lawrence Franklin '41, Erie, PA Russell H. Franklin, 74, Erie, PA

Patricia J. Liebel '53, Erie, PA Joyce Metzler McChesney '69, Pittsburgh, PA

Printed by Printing Concepts Inc.

Features

Women as Elders by Dr. Linda Colvin Rhodes 70

Is Justice Blind? by Maury Breecher

Marriage in the Chapel by Rebecca Martin Porter '82

Petroleum: A Geological Phenomenon by David J. Thomas

Crew: For the Pure Sake of Competition by Dr. Allan D. Belovarac 73

Celebration of the Arts by Corrine Halperin '80

Fulbright Scholar at Mercyhurst by Mary Ellen Dahlkemper Razanauskas 73

Departments

Letters to the Editor

On The Hill

Sports

Thanks Prof by Valerie Sherrange Crofoot 75

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About the cover: For one week in late August, the Mercyhurst College front west campus hummed with the sound of 24-hour drilling for natural gas that would heat four buildings of the col

lege complex. David J. Thomas, associate professor of geology, in his article on "Petroleum: A Geological Phenomenon" explains the mysteries of the formation and location of petroleum.

Mercyhurst Magazine is published three times yearly in the fall, winter/spring, and summer by the Office of External Affairs at Mercyhurst College, Glenwood Hills, Erie, PA 16546. Copyright © 1983 by Mercyhurst College. All rights reserved. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. News items and letters to the editor should be sent to the Assistant to the President for External Affairs.

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I just wanted to take this opportunity to convey the very favorable impression that was created by Mercyhurst College with regard to the presentation of "Othello" by the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival. The (summer) production was extremely well done and Mercyhurst College must be applauded for creating this type of opportunity for the citizens of Eric to enjoy outstanding theatrical endeavors.

I am pleased to add the Shakespearean production to the list of things which my family and my staff have had the opportunity to enjoy through and with Mercyhurst College. RANDALL L. VALENTINE, D.M.D., M.S.D.

Erie, PA

. . . Your new magazine is beautiful. On the inside back cover of the last issue you announced the upcoming feature, "Thanks, Prof. You helped me grow/' I will pass the magazine on to my daughter Clare '82, and perhaps she will respond to this. I want to respond personally, not to a particular "prof," but to the school generally.

Thanks, Mercyhurst. You helped my daughter grow and provided wonderful moments for me and my family when we came to visit on parents weekend or when we came up for dance and theater productions.

I always had the impression that you were trying to exceed yourselves—your own high standards; compete with yourself, as it were, to make your school excellent and to provide the students with the finest education possible. I am sure that your expanded music department will become one of the best. Whatever Mercyhurst does, it does it excellently.

I will always remember you with great fondness. You are one classy school.

MRS. VIRGINIA McAULEY Berea, Ohio

I enjoyed your first edition of the Mercyhurst Magazine. The format is one that invites a person to pick it up and look at it. Very professional!

JANET LYNN BLAKESLEE '80

The DAngelo Young Artist Competition was indeed a special event at Mercyhurst College. The 1983 piano competition was

beautifully presented and provided a rare opportunity to hear some of the most promising young musicians from around the world.

We are greatly indebted to Mary and George DAngelo for sponsoring this annual competition and to Mercyhurst College for hosting it.

Your college is certainly taking a leadership role in presenting quality art programs to the community which contribute significantly to the cultural life of Erie. We are very appreciative.

MRS. ALLEN (ALTA) BOWER Erie, PA

. . . I think your Mercyhurst Magazine is great and I only wish it came out more frequently.

TERESA BOROWSKI '82

I was very impressed with your new Mercyhurst Magazine. Once again, you have done a remarkable job with a communications vehicle designed to reach so many of your important publics. It is always gratifying to see great marketing and communications married together. Keep up the great work!

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Cleveland, Erie, New York, Dallas

Thank you for the beautiful Mercyhurst Magazine. It is a first rate edition in every way. All of the articles are good, but I am especially one of Sister Eustace Taylor's old fans. My compliments.

REV. JOHN M. DOLLINGER Headmaster

Cathedral Preparatory School

Your spring issue of the Mercyhurst Magazine was superb! You are to be congratulated for a magnificent job.

GEORGE J. DANGELO, M.D.

I just received a copy of your publication from a 1981 graduate of Mercyhurst. As I read through the magazine, I had feelings of disappointment for not finishing my education at the Hurst. After two years in your mathematics department, I left because of personal reasons. Presently,

I'm a senior extern at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and always include Mercyhurst as part of my undergraduate work when asked about previous education.

I'm proud of my association with our institution and will never forget what she has given to me.

As for the magazine, I really enjoyed the article on the chapel. Many a night I would visit after an evening in the library. Her walls provided much comfort and she seems to have the same effect over me when I come to visit.

Mercyhurst—a beautiful place, and your magazine does her justice.

RICH ORTOSKI Admissions Class of 76

I have already expressed my admiration and delight on first seeing the new Mercyhurst Magazine, but I want to say again that it is one beautiful sight in color and tone! It is alive, too, intellectually.

For content, I think you have chosen just the right mix for a variety of interests. You will be glad to know that the Sisters at the Motherhouse are greeting the magazine with delighted oh's and ah's. Good wishes and thanks!

SISTER M. EUSTACE

I appreciated your complimentary copy of the college Magazine. Things like this truly help our community and the Catholic Church.

One of my youth group members came to talk to me about your school and because of your Magazine, I was able to discuss a few areas of the college with him. Now he's a freshman at Mercyhurst. Thanks again for your kindness. I remain, in Christ,

REV ANTHONY CAPOZZELLI St. Paul's Parish, Erie

What a wonderful innovation your Celebration of the Arts is! It's one of the best educational/cultural bargains in our community. We here at WJET-TV are pleased to publicize this particular facet of your educational programming. Best wishes to all "on the hill."

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WOMEN AS

ELDERS LINDA COLYIN RHODES 7 0

T he global phenomenon of females comprising the majority of the aged in almost all societies is an

irrefutable fact. The disparate life expectancy figures between men and women is projected to increase during the next twenty years. In the industrialized world the longevity gap can be as high as ten years, as experienced in the USSR, and eight years in the USA. In the developing countries the gap is narrower: two years in Bolivia and up to five years in Pakistan.

By the year 2000 there will be six females for every male over the age of eighty years in the more developed areas of the world and the highest proportion of this 1:6 ratio will be found in North America. The most dramatic shift, however, will be among the less developed regions and the most saturated age groups of females will be among the old-old, those women over seventy years of age.

The rising life expectancy and declining birth rates indicate that by the year 2000 there will be 580 million people over sixty years of age in the midst of a world population of six billion. Even though at the present time the majority of the old (50%) are housed in the more developed regions of the world, the scales will reverse in just twenty years with 60% of the elderly being housed in the less developed regions.

We will witness in such regions as South Asia a 154% increase of the elderly, and by the end of the century, there will be more older people in absolute numbers in Asia (South and East) than in the developed countries.

Africa will experience a 152% growth of elderly, as will Latin America which will experience a staggering 215% increase of those 80 years of age and over. By the turn of the century, life expectancy will have almost doubled in Latin America going

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from 47 years in 1970 to about 74 years by the year 2000. Europe will still retain the highest concentration of those over 60 years, however the rate of increase compared to its less developed counterparts will be a mere 30%.

The hidden yet provocative fact embodied in these figures is that by the year 2000, more than half of the world's elderly will be women and among those over 80 years, a decided 60% will be female.

In less than three years from now, the ratio of females to males will be highest in the advanced age groups, especially in the less developed countries.

The rapidly increasing numbers of 80-year-olds in developing countries mean that these societies, for the first time in their history, will have an entirely new population segment—women elders. And for these "newcomers," there are relatively no social customs, norms, or values in place.

". . . by the year 2000, more than half of the world's elderly will be

women and among those over 80 years, a decided

60% will be female. II

What do these statistics mean? Does the fact that there are more women than men among the elderly imply anything we don't already know? Does it alter the politics and policy of our nations to the aged? Should it?

If we re-read the demographic profile of the world elderly through a type of "female lens" would we find anything out of focus? Would we know anything different about the elderly if we view them through the context of sex?

The premise of this article is that if we did, in fact, use this "female lens" we would find things askew. Gerontologists could do well to develop a conceptual framework that addresses the trends, shifts, and demands on the social order that a female elder society generates. To view the elder female as a montage of economic, political, and social bits and pieces—be they under the caption of "humanitarian" or "developmental— distorts the view of aging as a whole.

Perhaps the simplicity of "Women Aging" has been its undoing. The figures are straightforward: of those over sixty years, women are the significant majority everywhere in the world; life expectancy for women is substantially higher than for men and this is expected to continue. Yet women rarely surface as the central issue in aging. They are a side issue.

Problems of the old are cast as either generic or categorical. Issues of income

"It is not by accident that the poorest of the poor

are found in most societies to be elderly females.

It is by design."

security, labor, family, health, education, and social welfare can be readily applied to any country as worthy agenda for the eighties. Women, however, will be treated as parts of these problems. It is the general consensus that if the problems are addressed, so too, are the parts. The flaw, however, is that this parts-rendering view of the elderly society blocks a holistic assessment of how public policy toward the aged female evolved. It is not by accident that the poorest of the poor are found in most societies to be elderly females. It is by design.

Is it so far-fetched to speculate that government officials who have a keen eye for sizing up the powers that keep them in office have assessed the elderly precisely as a constituency of "dependent, harmless old ladies?" The long list of issues gathered internationally during the past two years clearly suggest that the policy-makers have not been in the practice of perceiving the aged in their society as "power-brokers." Old age for females accelerates the discriminating imbalance experienced by women during the life span. It does not reverse it.

It is the intent of this study to employ this "female lens" and focus on a number of issues that exemplify linkages between women's status and old age status. Central to many of these issues is women's childbearing and kinkeeping status in the world society. It is the purpose of this focus to trace further the influence that this central theme has had on other levels of female positioning and to link its subsequent impact upon aging women.

CHILDBEARING AND

KINKEEPING

In most cultures women are valued primarily for childbearing and kinkeeping roles. This position in society is

often considered secondary to the male role of provider. The rewards for women in these roles are rarely economic and as a result there is little personal capital that women bring to old age. Women are caught in a paradox: they are dependent and depended upon.

Essentially, once there are no children to bear or kin to keep, women are without

a position. There is nothing for them to produce or reproduce. The female elder society is rendered powerless. As stated in another way by one of my colleagues, "The principal role set for women in later life rests on a gridwork of marital status, work status, residential living arrangements, family and kinship ties." Of these role sets outlined there are three indicators that best highlight the differential impact of aging on women: marital status, living arrangements, and income. These will be the topics that our lens will focus upon.

MARITAL STATUS

M arriage marks the rite of passage for women to bear children and launch a kinkeeping career.

Along with motherhood, women tend to value their marital status more highly than men do. More than a milestone, marriage acts as a marker for when women are perceived as getting older. In countries such as Spain, Portugal, or Latin America where women marry at a relatively young age, they are perceived to be "old" at an earlier age based more upon anniversary years of marriage than by chronological years of age. This notion seems most peculiar in light of the fact that, globally, men tend to marry women younger than they. Despite the bride's youth upon entry, marriage ages women.

The role of homemaker has its origin in the childbearing/kinkeeping equation. The home is women's workplace in many societies. In the developing countries, work outside the home is near the home. What she produces usually sustains family life and basic daily living needs. It is easy not to see her work as "work."

In the developed world, increased longevity has played havoc with the homemaker role. The life span of these women extends more than thirty years beyond the time when the youngest child leaves home. The legitimized roles of homemaker, child bearer and mother end. The role of grandmother previously served as a natural extention for women, but it has now become an "endangered species" in industrialized societies. Extensive mobility and age-segregated housing have distanced grandparents from grandchildren. Even in the less developed regions, outward migration of younger adults to towns has disrupted traditional extended families. Abandoned rural villages of elders are growing more common.

The lack of formal education and illiteracy among older women cannot be underestimated and are evident in all countries. In Hong Kong, 79% of older

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females lack any formal education compared to 60% of the elderly population as a whole. In Spain, 26% of females over 60 years old are illiterate as compared to 12% of males of the same age. Even though education is found to be limited for elders in Spain, in all grades of higher education males substantially outnumber females. In developed countries such as the United States, though the elderly are found to have less education than the general population, the level of education is expected to increase from nine years (1975) to twelve years by the year 2000. It is further projected that the present disparity of levels of education between males and females will taper off in the next century. At the present time, however, a lack of education does handicap aged women.

"Old age for females accelerates the

discriminating imbalance experienced by women during the life span."

Older women less educated than men, trained for skills only relevant in the home, and geared for care-giving when there are no longer those to be cared for are without a sanctioned position in society. The death of a spouse adds to this state of abandonment. The practice of men marrying younger women, coupled with life expectancy figures, increases the likelihood that women will become widows.

In the more developed countries of Israel, Spain, and the United States, 50% of women over 65 years are widowed while 60% of men are married. It is only in these societies that we now find "senior citizens" taking care of widowed senior-senior parents.

those aged over 75 years in more developed countries such as the USA and England, more than 75% live in urban areas. Upon closer scrutiny, it is found that of this group 75% are female. Even in countries that have strong rural populations, such as South Africa, 43 % of the urban population is elderly and 63% of that aged population is female. This city dweller often lives alone.

Rapid industrialization of less developed and especially rural countries is having a marked negative effect on the elderly. Besides disrupting the family, the old must leave villages and move into high rises. This age-segregatecl existence is deteriorating the lot of the old-old female. In areas where there has been rapid urbanization there lacks a basic infrastructure of social programs, family support, and employment for the alone urbanite.

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

The second area of focus, living arrangements, provides another means to assess the relationship of

being women and being old. In Sheila Peace's work, 'An Interna

tional Perspective on the Status of Older Women," she states that, 'The living arrangements for the elderly female vary enormously and reflect the process of socialization and accompanying roles, norms, and values of each culture." This variance is becoming narrowed by an increasing trend of the female elderly dwelling in the cities. Statistics show that of

"With government support of the woman's caregiver role, men stay out of the institutions.

But once he dies, she is alone and the

institutional life she saved him from will probably be her lot

Women make up 80% of the patient census in

North American nursing homes."

For the frail elderly living alone, the West's institutional model is being introduced globally. At the Mid-decade Forum on Women in Copenhagen (1980) delegates from Italy, Japan, India, and Kenya lamented that this model is being exported to their countries.

There are several cultures that offer other alternatives to institutionalization. In Israel, though a higher percentage of women (29%)) than men (9%) lives alone, this trend declines as women advance to their eighties. At this point, 69% of these women are found living with their, children. Eastern cultures .such as Japan, Korea, and China encourage the elderly to live with a son. However, a Kyodo Press poll of 1981 reported that 54% of elderly Japanese do NOT live with their children in Tokyo.

A recent television documentary on Japan revealed a tragic view of the changes that technology has had on family. A toy company in Japan had produced life-size dolls to market during their holiday season two years ago and much to their surprise they sold out the commodity in several weeks. What was so bewildering to the company's marketing researchers, however, was the discovery that the dolls were not being bought for children; they were being bought by elderly women, not for their grandchildren, but for themselves. An estimated 40,000 dolls were purchased by these women—to talk to, to caress, to bathe, to become the kin they no longer had.

"The figures are straightforward: of those over sixty years, women

are the significant majority everywhere in the world."

There is also a relatively new living arrangement being offered in the United States. On first glance, it presents a more humane treatment of elderly. And it is. But on second glance, we find women's kin-keeping role reasserted in her old age. Adult day care provides respite for families who maintain at home an elder who is at risk of being institutionalized. The clientele, however, are disproportionately males being cared for by elderly wives. With government support of the woman's caregiver role, men stay out of the institutions. But once he dies, she is alone and the institutional life she saved him from will probably be her lot. Women make up 80% of the patient census in North American nursing homes.

ECONOMICS

The economic issues of elderly women are many and cannot be adequately addressed in this text,

however a few highlights will be examined.

One must remember that the concept of retirement, pensions, and old age beginning at 65 years is only relevant in the Western world. Nevertheless, these issues in the industrialized countries may well become the major "women's issues" of the 1980's.

The social security system in the United States and pension practices are based on the inaccurate assumption that the vast majority of women are dependent upon a male breadwinner. The high divorce rate and eight year gap between male and

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A good criminal lawyer ivill prepare a thorough defense, round up expert witnesses, present his case brilliantly and enter into sensitive plea bargaining when necessary. But all of this may not be enough. According to a study conducted by Dr. John E. Stewart II while a faculty member at Mercyhurst in the late seventies, an attorney might well send a client to a good tailor, a good cosmetologist, and a good hair stylist in order to really help his client out of a tough spot. Based on actual court cases in Erie County, Stewart *s study has since gained national recognition for what his findings mean to the American Justice System.

MAURY M. BREECHER

D o attractive criminals fare better in the American judicial system than do

unattractive offenders? A study of actual criminal court cases

has shown that physically more attractive offenders received more lenient punishment. Observers, under the supervision of Dr. John E. Stewart during his tenure as assistant professor of social psychology at Mercyhurst College, rated the physical attractiveness of 67 defendants in separate trials before different judges in Erie County. The ratings were then compared to the sentences the offenders incurred for crimes ranging from shoplifting to robbery and murder. The results:

"The more attractive the defendant, the less severe the sentence," said Stewart. "Physically more attractive offenders received less severe punishments than their more unattractive brethren."

For example, Stewart's researchers studied two similar rape cases, both involving men who were found guilty after trials. One of the men, however, was rated as attractive by the researchers. He was sentenced to a term of only one to two years behind bars. The other, considered unattractive, was sentenced to lxk to 20 years in prison.

The same trend was found throughout the study no matter what the charge.

"An unattractive man found guilty of aggravated assault was sentenced to a term

Study says attractive defendants get lighter terms.

of from one to two years in jail, while another man, an attractive person about the same age involved in a similar case, didn't have to spend any time in jail at all," pointed out Stewart. "He was found guilty just as the first man was. The cases and the circumstances were similar, but he was put on probation. He definitely was treated more leniently."

Another comparison involved separate but similar cases of involuntary manslaughter.

"Both men were found guilty. The circumstances of each case were similar, but the unattractive man was sentenced to a prison term of 2xh years to five years while the attractive man only was sentenced to a term of from one to two years. Note that the unattractive man," continued Stewart, "could serve a total of five years behind bars while the more attractive man could serve two years.

"Even with time off for good behavior on the part of both, the unattractive man would have to serve 2 Vi years while the attractive one conceivably could serve only one year."

Most of the defendants in the study were men, but the same findings held true for the women studied.

"One unattractive woman found guilty of involuntary manslaughter was sentenced to a term of from two-and-one-half to five years while an attractive woman, in a similar case who also was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, only drew five years of probation.

"These cases prove that, with all other things being equal, attractive defendants are treated more leniently" said Stewart. "Justice is not blind."

Why should this be so? "Human beings do not perceive others

objectively," explained Dr. Stewart. "Everyone—including judges—has their own ingrained personality theories which assume that the better a person looks, the better they actually are. This gives more attractive people a certain leeway or headstart throughout their lives."

Stewart says that a number of scientific studies have shown that people who are perceived as physically more attractive also are considered to be stronger, more sensitive, more modest, sociable, outgoing, kinder, more interesting and have better characters than unattractive people.

"We've been indoctrinated to believe that beauty equals good from our earliest school days. For example, in one study scientists asked fourth and fifth graders to identify the most attractive and the nicest of their classmates. It turned out that those rated most desirable in terms of 'niceness* also were rated the most physically attractive.

"Television, the movies and even novels reinforce this notion—that physical attractiveness equals good and that, conversely, unattractiveness is 'bad'."

Stewart pointed out that even the villains in comic strips such as Dick Tracy are hideous, unattractive people such as "Fly Face" or "Prune Face" and others of that ilk.

Lawyers have intuitively known tor years that attractiveness can moderate punishment.

"That's why it's been part of legal lore for attorneys to tell their clients to clean and dress up before appearing in court," explained Stewart. "They know it pays off in court."

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REBECCA MARTIN PORTER '82

MARRIAGE IN THE CHAPEL Summertime at Mercyhurst College

signals the end of another academic year while ushering in the wedding

season. Church bells across the nation peal happily for bridal couples and Christ the King Chapel at Mercyhurst is no exception. This, however, was not always the case. The chapel, which was completed in 1933, stood four years before the first wedding and then waited another thirty-three years for the next one.

During the 1940's and through the Sixties, the burning question on campus was, "Why can't we get married in the chapel?" Couples were told it was forbidden by Canon Law. That the Diocese wouldn't permit it. That it had nothing to do with the Sisters not wanting it. Father Robert D. Goodill, pastor at St. Luke's for the past thirty years, explained that Canon Law dictates that a girl be married in her home parish. Any exceptions made would have necessitated permission from the Bishop.

In time, Bishops Watson and Murphy eased up on the policy, granting Diocesan permission if the parish priest agrees to the location. Under present Diocesan policy you may be married in the Mercyhurst chapel if you are a current student, graduate, member of the college's staff, faculty or administration, a member of the Mercyhurst Board of Trustees, President's Associates, or a benefactor of the college.

The first couple to be married in the chapel was Natalie Ford ('32) and Paul Allen. Natalie tells how Sr. Mary Alice, then the registrar, and Mother Borgia Egan, who served as dean, insisted at graduation that she come back to get married in their 'new' chapel. "I laughed when they told

me that," said Natalie. "I didn't even have a prospect then!"

Natalie went to work for her father and five years later she had found her prospect in Paul Allen, now retired owner of Paul T. Allen Insurance in Erie. It was then that she remembered the offer to use the chapel at Mercyhurst. "I thought it was nice of them to suggest it" said Natalie. "I never would have thought of it."

The Canon Law presented a problem for the upcoming nuptials, plans of which were already underway for the twelve member bridal party. Natalie was discouraged, she says, but with the influence of Sr. Mary Alice and Mother Borgia Egan she took heart. Nat sought and received a special dispensation from Bishop John Mark Gannon, allowing her wedding to take place in Christ the King Chapel on February 6, 1937.

The next wedding took place four months later when Elba Armstrong ('37) married Carl Blila in June. Elba, who was from Puerto Rico, was married two days after she graduated. Elba explained that she was allowed to use the chapel because she lived so far away and didn't want to go home She and her bridesmaids stayed overnight at the college and the Sisters fixed her wedding breakfast, which was held in the former Bishop's Dining Room (the little room off the State Dining Room where the priests ate after celebrating the liturgy).

Thirty-three years later, Elaine Marsh, a 1970 graduate and recipient of the Archbishop Gannon Scholastic Excellence Award, was determined to have her summer wedding in the chapel. "At the time

I felt very much that Mercyhurst was my parish, my family," explained Elaine, who went to mass daily in the chapel while she was a student. However, like others before her, Elaine was required to be married in her home parish. She felt strongly about Mercyhurst though, and resolved to convince the Diocese to permit the chapel wedding. "I even wrote a letter to the Pope asking permission," she added. But it was Elaine's parish priest, Father Robert Goodill who "had the foresight to realize the chapel was a place where young people would like to be married," she said. And so, on June 20, 1970, Elaine celebrated her wedding to Paul "Lee" Britton in the Mercyhurst chapel.

Elaine was the first of many. In 1982, there were seventeen weddings in the chapel. In 1983 there were twenty-four and for 1984 twelve weddings are scheduled thus far. "I'm very glad marriages in the chapel have continued" said Elaine Britton. "Everytime we read about a chapel wedding, my husband and I feel like we're part of it."

Arrangements to use the chapel are made through Sr. Elisabeth Linsten, campus ministry director. All sacramental records are kept at St. Luke's since the chapel is one of six within St. Luke's parish boundaries. (f^Sl SEE RELATED ARTICLE PAGE 12.

Rebecca Martin Porter graduated magna cum laude with a IIA. in English in 1982. She was the recipient oftheSr Carolyn Herrmann Senior Service Award and the President's Associates Award for Excellence in the Humanities. Porter is currently a writer, working part time in the External Affairs Office of Mercyhurst College

193^ - Pirst marriage in the chapel - Natalie Ford 32 to Paul T. Allen of Erie.

NOVEMBER, 1983

O n August 30, 1983, exciting news spread over the Mercyhurst campus. Gas was struck at 3,080 feet that will

eventually provide heat for Old Main, McAuley Hall, the Egan Cafeteria, and the indoor Tennis Courts. The college and the Sisters of Mercy will share in a savings after three years. Located on the front, west lawn of the campus, the well was drilled by J & L Drilling of Dunkirk, New York-sister city of Fredonia, the site of the first gas well drilled in the United States in 1821.

At Mercyhurst, the rock that willingly yielded the gas under a pressure of over 100 pounds per square inch, is a layer of sandstone with about 10% pore space called the Medina Formation. Over 90% of the wells spudded in Erie County are successful upon reaching the targeted Medina sandstone.

This type of formation can be seen exposed at the very bottom of the Niagara Gorge at the site of the Whirlpool which is downstream from the Niagara Falls. From that location it gently plunges deeper and deeper into the subsurface beneath parts of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

This precious sheet of sand was deposited along a beach or stream bed and subsequently buried by hundreds of feet of sediment types under several different environments about 435 million years ago during a geologic time span known as the "Silurian Period." The Silurian was named after an ancient Welsh tribe called the Silurs by pioneer geologists mapping in Wales during the early nineteenth century.

The expanses of time, lateral extent, and depth suggest a certain mystique. Indeed, mystery and intrigue seem to have followed the petroleum industry since the first oil well was discovered by Colonel Edwin L. Drake in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. Incidentally, petroleum to those in the industry, is any form of natural gas or crude oil. It is interesting to note that Drake was really drilling for salt brine to sell to chemical companies. Ironically, the first show of salt brine in a prospective formation today indicates that petroleum will not be found in that formation at that location, for salt brine is more dense than crude oil and crude oil is more dense than gas. This means that, if all three components are present in a formation we are drilling to, gas should show first, then crude oil, and finally salt brine.

There is no known way to determine which of the three fluids are present other than drilling and the success of exploration wells, called "wildcats" by geologists, ranges from one in thirteen to one in thirty Of course, all wells, including the Mercyhurst well, are not exploratory wells. The Mercyhurst well is a "production well" because the likelihood of it producing gas is very high.

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The geologic history of petroleum abounds with many unanswered questions. We know that petroleum is a hydrocarbon that occurs as a liquid, gas, or one dissolved in the other. It is composed of between 11% to 15% hydrogen and 82% to 87% carbon. But how was it formed and how did it migrate and remain in the places we now find it? These are the questions that some geologists have spent their entire lives attempting to resolve. Of course, since one could not catch the processes in the act, one will never really know. As one continues to study, however, the rocks and fluids slowly yield their story, but never to finality.

he Mercyhurst well is a "production well" because the likelihood of it producing gas is very high.

So what do we think we know? What is the sequence of events that has led to the formation and occurence of petroleum? Here are some facts: The origin of petroleum may be traced back to microscopic floating organisms called plankton that settled to the sea floor with fine clay particles. This still takes place today seaward of the Mississippi Delta. These organic sediments are and must be preserved in the clay which requires that the sea floor be void of oxygen and the clay contains dissolved salt that serves as a brine preservative.

f all three components are present in a formation we are drilling to, gas should show first, then crude oil, and finally salt brine.

Next, the organic matter must be buried deep enough to provide enough pressure and temperature for conversion of the organic matter to petroleum, but never over 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Now this newly generated petroleum must be expelled from the clay as it is compacted into a rock of very low porosity called shale. Once this occurs, the expelled petroleum and brine must flow into carrier beds. The carrier beds are either porous sandstone or limestone. The petroleum must move through the carrier beds until a trap is reached where it cannot flow anv further. Here it will accumu-late. The trap rock is usually shale or non-porous limestone.

Three types of geologic structures serve as petroleum traps. It is these three types of structures that geologists attempt to locate when in search of possible petroleum reservoirs. The first structural type is called an anticlinal trap (see Figure A). This is an upwarping of sedimentary rocks that has occurred sometime after they were formed. Note the trap rock above and below the sandstone and the location of brine, crude oil, and gas at the axis of the anticline.

The second type of structure is called a fault trap (see Figure 13). Here the sedimentary rocks have been displaced sometime after their formation. Note the carrier bed or reservoir rock abuts against an impermeable traprock.

The third structure is called a pinchout (see Figure C). Note here that the bed of sand narrows to a point and that it is surrounded by impermeable shale traprock.

If all of this is correct, the geologic history of the gas in the Medina sandstone

must have been a long arduous one. There had to be sufficient organic matter preserved in a mud or clay and the sediment had to be buried so that both the temperature and pressure were great enough to convert organic matter to petroleum. The petroleum then had to be squeezed from the mud into a sandstone through which it migrated until it reached a trap where it accumulated. And, in the case of the Medina sandstone, all of this began about 435 million years ago.

Small wonder that mystery and intrigue purvey the petroleum industry. It was inherent from the very beginning. And it is a wonder that we can find it at all.

David J. Thomas is an associate professor of geology at Mercyhurst College. He joined the college faculty in 1967 and developed the college's geology major Thomas did his graduate work in geology at the University of Notre Dame and at Bowling Green University under grants from the National Science Foundation.

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NOVEMBER, 1983

FOR THE PURE SAKE OF COMPETITION

ALLAN D. BKLOVARAC 7 3

E ach fall and early spring an armada of Mercyhurst College men and women step into their delicate, sleek

racing shells and slice through the waters of Presque Isle Bay for countless hours in preparation for the ultimate test of human endurance - the boat race.

Intercollegiate crew is a unique sport to the Erie area. Once the trademark of the Ivy Leagues, crew has overcome its elitist stigma and has been spreading across the country for the past two decades in high schools, colleges, and clubs. As a 'lifetime1

sport, rowing enthusiasts can compete on a club level after college in a host of regattas in age groups that accommodate everyone from 18 to 80. For those not serious about competition, rowing can also offer a relaxing form of recreation. It's difficult to describe the feeling of release and exhilaration one experiences while gliding across the water in a single shell on a crisp autumn morning, alone with one's thoughts and the gentle ripple of water under the hull.

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Laker Club (SI S25)

Bianca Surgo Abramoski Patricia Agnello Honey Aiello

"Education has in America's whole history, been the major hope for and society.''

improving the individual

17th Annual Alumni Fund

HONOR ROLL OF I / ^

I J v> . ne thousand and thirty-two Mercyhurst College alumni suppoi 1 of the college last year with contributions to the 17th Alumni

to June 30, 1983. Alumni dollar contributions totaled S47,34l reached 27.2% which is 5% higher

—Gunnar Myrdal

CONORS ted the fundraising efforts Fund conducted July 1, 1982 and donor participation

than the national average for alumni giving. In the past three years alumni dollar participation at Mcrcyhurst has

donor participation has increased by 249%. risen 269% and similarly,

Thank you for helping us continue the Mercyhurst Tradition of Distinction.

Constance Frank Alexandre Patricia Santo Allen Tod C. Allen Geraldine Walko Allison Joni Foster Amendola Julia O'Mahony Ancona H. Virginia Anderson Suzanne M. Anderson Barbara Lyon Andrews Janet Davis Aroh Linda L. Arrowsmith Margaret Aaron Asel Lydia A. Asplund Dianne Walsh Astry Vicki Limoggio Atkins Doris Wright Atkinson Dolores Ernst Aube Carol Klakamp Axelrod Barbara C. Ayers Patricia M. Azzarello Margaret E. Bacon Sister MaryAnn Bader Patricia Bailey Mildred R. Bajic Rita Strobel Bajura Denise Rogala Baldwin Sister Matthew Baltus Jeanette Bangs Shirley J. Banic Mary Elizabeth Barrett Ruth Scobell Barrett Thomas V. Barringer Mary O. Bauer Mary Katherine Baumeister Debbie Lynn Baumgardner Helen Clancy Bavisotto Agnes Siracusa Bays Rayetta R. Beaver

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Gail A. Bechtold Therese Bechtos Sofija Mazionyte Beiga Patricia Ann Beisel Sandra Belfiore Alice O'Brien Bell Rita Radanovich Bell Mr. and Mrs. Allan Belovarac Mr. and Mrs. Donn Bennett Shirley A. Bennetti Dolores McGaughey Bensur Karen Schultz Benzel Sandra S. Berchtold Anita Bernstein James S. Beskid Margene Betts Sheila F. Bianchi Angela M. Bishop Eileen Greka Bishop Mary Lee Bittner Jane McLaughlin Blackburn Rosemary Blieszner Bret Blomberg Roberta K. Bogart Catherine E. Bogle Christine N. Bojt Thomas J. Boltz Sarah Jeanette Bonncll Christine Shenk Borden Bernardine Borinski Sheila Boss MaryAnn Fahey Boulet Carolyn Cairns Brabender Irene Forquer Brackett Katherine Strohl Bradley Ruth I. Brandschutz Virginia \V. Braun Mary Rita Brennan Elaine P. Britton Judith Feldbauer Brody Judy Callaghan Brown

Robert F. Brown Eleanor Cavanaugh Bruckwick Virginia Bryant Kathleen Airo Buczynski Mary Ellen Budny Mary Anne Burlingham Jean Bryson Burney Mary Ellen Johnson Burns Patricia Maley Burns Linda Salem Burtis Mary Patricia Nash Butke Barbara Fleming Butler Evelyn Gerbracht Butler Mr. & Mrs. Gary Calabrese Helen F. Calhoun Kristine Monroe Camp Joyce Hill Campbell Kathleen Maloney Campbell Denise Madden Campedel Margaret Cannin Katherine McCarthy Cantoni Rita M. Cappello Carol Gene Carion Joan Warnock Carlin Irene Dolan Carlson Elaine Boyd Carroll Mary Suzette Casey Barbara Tonry Cash Joan E. Cavanaugh Joan O'Malley Cavanaugh Mary Parmeter Cawley Cecile Ceremuga Mark Chaffee Alethea T. Chamberlain Mr. & Mrs. William Chatenka Pauline L. Cheche Patricia Sutto Chiz Lorie Ann Chylak Joan Coyle Clark Lucille Heidt Clark Mary T. Cleary

Gene Hendrickson Coda Rosalie J. Coletta Linda M. Collin David Collins Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Condrin Patricia M. Connolly Guy Peter Cordaro Emily Lincoln Costigan Harriet Kantor Cottrell Cecily Cottrill Norma Scott Crane Judith Young Crews Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Crofoot Dorothy E. Cronauer Patricia Sullivan Crowley Regis K. Crowley Sharon E. Cullaton Marjorie A. Cunningham Patricia Gerace Cunningham Barbara Cyterski Edward J. Danial Rita J. Daub Constance Schneider Dean Karen Bobish DeCarlo Ann M. Deckop Sister Peirre Dembinski Antoinette Demuling Helen Cozma Deneselya Evelyn Bogdanski DePalma JoAnn DeSantis Anne Schilling Detweiler Charles P. Deufel Catherine A. Deckey Theda Best Diehl Lynn Nietupski DiPlacido Ellen McWilliams Doane Betty Doerr Jeanne Mahaffey Donato John Donico Mildred Boles Donovan Thomas J. Dore

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Mercyhurst Enrollment Passes 1,700 Mark

Mercyhurst College has a record enrollment of 1,702 undergraduate credit students this fall and according to Mercyhurst President Dr. William P. Garvey, the hilltop college has reached its optimum size.

Garvey said that another 250 students are enrolled in special interest non-credit courses, bringing the total count on the Hill to over 1,900 students.

"We've shattered every enrollment record previously held at the college," Dr. Garvey said. "In the future," he explained, we won't become any bigger, however, with an increasing focus on quality, we do intend to become increasingly better."

Garvey said "This dramatic increase over our enrollment of three years ago when we had 1,365 students was only possible because of the college's recent leasing of St. Mark's Center. We are deeply grateful to Bishop Murphy and to the Erie Catholic Diocese for helping us make this quantum leap"

At the St. Mark's Center on East Grand-view Blvd., the college houses its D'Angelo School of Music, Hotel-Restaurant Management program, the Mercyhurst Career Institute for the unemployed, and community education classes.

According to the Hurst President, the Mercyhurst freshman class came in at 352 students and ''that's about as many freshmen as we can comfortably handle. Our residence halls are at capacity," Garvey stated.

Mercyhurst's freshman class boasts 12 valedictorians/salutatorians, 53 Egan honor scholars, and the class members' board scores arc higher than they have been in 10 years.

Garvey said that 160 freshman applicants were denied admission for academic reasons, and that number is expected to rise in the future as the college focuses on qualitative growth.

Also showing an increase this year was the Mercyhurst Corry Center where there are 6l Corry residents taking credit courses, particularly in the area of computer science. Over the summer, Mercyhurst officials relocated its three-year old Corry program to the former General Telephone building at 16 East Park Place in Corry.

On the Glenwood Hills campus, 36l Erieites over 21 years old are registered in credit courses through the Mercyhurst Adult College and another 101 Erie County residents are enrolled at the Mercyhurst Career Institute which offers free credit tuition for one year through its job retraining program for the qualified unemployed.

"Perhaps what pleases us most," said Dr. Garvey, "is that the male-female ratio at the college is nearing balance. We have over 700 undergraduate male students at the Hurst this fall and that's almost double the male enrollment of three years

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New President's

Associates Named

Bloomstine Kloecker Liebel

Monaghan Munson Schaaj

Sesler Smoot Walter

Nine Erie business men and women were recently named to the President's Associates of Mercyhurst College.

New members include William C. Bloomstine, president of R.C. Bloomstine Inc.; Francis Kloecker, Jr., owner and director of the Francis V. Kloecker Funeral Home; and Charles V. Monaghan, Jr. Northern Division Manager of the General Telephone Company.

Also appointed to the board were Robert B. Munson, owner of the Robert 13. Munson Insurance Agency; Ralph T. Smoot, president and chief executive officer of Colony First Federal Savings and Loan; and Atty William G. Sesler, partner in the law firm of Sesler & Belott.

Three alumni professionals were also added to the 39-member board. They are Patricia Liebel '53, business administrator of the city of Erie; Mary Patalon Schaaf '68, account executive, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fcnncr & Smith; and Dr. Therese T. Walter '63, superintendent of the General McLane School District.

Members of the President's Associates act as liaisons between the college and the business community and by appointment, serve on standing committees of the board of trustees.

Diocesan Insight: Chapel Weddings Fr. Robert J. Smith, vice chancellor of the Erie Catholic Diocese explained that The Church has always viewed the home parish as the strength of the Catholic Church. It was for this reason that the Code of Canon Law, adopted in 1918, strongly urged that the parish church be the place where a person celebrates the faith and receives the sacraments.

"You have to understand," said Smith, who heads the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, "that the Catholic Church is not concerned with providing people with a 'nice place' to be married, such as beautiful Presque Isle, where there is no aSvSOciation with a community of faith. It is this 'community,' " said Smith, t(which is essential to the understanding of what Church is— an assembly of believers who gather together. For most people, this gathering takes place at the home parish, but young collegians adopt and become strongly attached to their college and university chapels during their four year experience."

At the same time, Fr. Smith noted, "The Newman and campus ministry apostolates have become very important in the last 15 to 20 years. These ministries have taken shape, assumed structure and programs, and have become full-time ministries with full-time personnel who service the needs of students. College ministries have become a new form of catechesis to help young people make the transition from home to college to adult life. They recognize and foster in the college arena the spiritual nourishment that was begun in the home parish.

'And it is for this reason" added Smith, "that The Church now sees the definite tie between the student and the campus ministry program and the importance the college or university chapel holds to its students and alumni."

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CORRINE S. HALPERIN '80

MERCYHURST CELEBRATES THE ARTS

1983-84 is a year of celebration on the Hill . . . A CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS. In all, over 43 events have been planned to make Mercyhurst a center for the arts in Erie.

Our beautiful campus was a perfect setting for an exciting SUMMER ON THE HILL, which offered performances ranging from films to the culmination of the summer's events when we proudly presented the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival's Pittsburgh production of "Othello" in August. From early June through mid-August, the Hill was alive with students and Erieites who sought the beauty and tranquility of the campus and joined us for evening jazz concerts, the finals of the Seventh Annual D'Angelo International Young Artist Competition, a poetry reading by Dr. Samuel Hazo of the International Poetry Forum, a rollicking Canterbury Feast, and performances by the Mercyhurst Dance Ensemble. The success of this venture led to the idea of presenting our various offerings as a cultural series, running from September through May and CELEBRATION OF TI IE ARTS was born.

The season began on September 21 with a double barrelled evening featuring

Stanley Kunitz

Maxine Kumin

the Italian film "Canterbury Tales" as the first offering in the Fall Films For Discussion series at Zurn Recital Hall. On the same evening, Pulitzer-winning reporter Seymour Hersh discussed "The Price Of Power" at St. Mark Center as opening speaker for the Perspectives On A Changing World lecture series designed by the Mercyhurst Student Government Association. The International Poetry Forum became part of the Mercyhurst scene on September 27 when Gwendolyn Brooks presented her poetry in the first of six "Celebrating The Pulitzers" readings featuring some of America's most distinguished poets.

As the film series continued following the theme of History In The Making, Mercyhurst made history, too, presenting Ambassador George Ball in the lecture series, Bernard Goldberg, renowned flutist who inaugurated the D'Angelo School of Music's concert/master class series, and poet Maxine Kumin in rapid succession. The response from community, students and the media has made Mercyhurst the place to be to CELEBRATE THE ARTS this year.

And our season has just begun. Performances of "CELEBRATION". . .appropriate choice for the first Greensleeve Players production of the new season

. . . are underway and the halls of the D'Angelo School of Music are filled with lilting liturgical music as students practice for the unique production of "The Play Of Daniel" in the beautiful chapel of St. Mark's Center, the music school's new home. Weber Hall resounds with the lovely music of "Giselle," filling the days and weekends of our dance students as they plan for their gala performance at the Warner Theatre on November 14.

The best is yet to come. Please join us for the excitement of a year of celebration, culminating with the Eighth Annual D'Angelo International Young Artist Competition in Mid-May Mercyhurst is proud of its place in the cultural life of Erie and of the well-rounded adults our students become as they share in so many diverse cultural experiences. It is what sets a Mercyhurst education apart and points the way to a lifetime of enjoyment of the arts.

Conine S. Halperin, Director of community Education at the Hurst, graduated from the college in 1980. She is responsible for non-credit courses, special events, conferences, and seminars. She is also coordinator of Summer on the Hill and Celebration of the Arts activities.

Ambassador George Ball

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MARY ELLEN DAHLKEMPER RAZANAUSKAS 73

FIRST FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AT MERCYHURST

When Dr. William P. Garvey became president of Mercyhurst College three years ago,

he declared the 1980's a "renaissance" for the school as it strives to earn a unique status among higher educational institutions in the United States. Garvey emphasizes that "this rebirth at the College will be a quantum leap to distinction."

Certainly the recruitment of a Fulbright Scholar—the first in the history of the college—for the Fall of 1983 term is a most distinctive move for Mercyhurst. Moreover, it is a significant event for Erie and our neighboring communities. It's difficult to realize the full magnitude of our guest without scanning the Fulbright Foundation and the great effort extended in acquiring a Fulbright Scholar.

In 1946, Senator J. William Fulbright sponsored the Fulbright Act which provides government funding for the international exchange of college students. Its purpose was, and still is, to create better understanding between people of the United States and other countries. The Fulbright Foundation has grown tremendously since its inception. It now requires several private agencies and nearly 100 binational commissions and embassies around the globe to administer its many fine scholarship programs.

Fulbright scholarships are prestigious, coveted, and limited to the very best in each field of study In the United States alone, some 19,000 students are registered in hopes of studying, teaching, lecturing, or completing advanced research abroad through the foundation. However, only 650 scholarships are awarded annually to United States citizens for use in other countries, with a comparable number of foreign scholars receiving awards to use in American colleges and universities.

How are Fulbright Scholars matched with their host institutions? In the case of Mercyhurst College, the process began last fall when Dr. George Garrelts, chairman of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, along with Rick Bengel, administrative intern and campus liaison, co-authored a detailed proposal from Mercyhurst for submission to the Scholars-in-Residence Program with Western Europe. This particular Fulbright program is designed especially for smaller undergraduate colleges which otherwise might have difficulty participating in international activities.

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Finally, the proposal was forwarded to the United States Information Agency which scoured its many resources in Western Europe to find the perfect match. Thus, Fulbright Scholar Erik Borgman, a student at Holland's University of Nijmegen, and Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania were paired.

Erik Borgman is a brilliant scholar whose specialty is dogmatics. For the past two years he has been a student-assistant at Nijmegen performing research and analysis of the theology of F. A. Stauden-maier, a member of the Catholic School of Tubingen, considered to be a forerunner of modern Catholic theology.

Besides this project, Borgman is writing a cioctoraalscriptie (comparable to our Ph.D. thesis) on Liberation Theology, described by Dr. Garrelts as "an attempt to study God in the world and particularly in the world of the oppressed. Liberation Theology not only faces up to the needs of the spirit, but the needs of the body as well"

At Mercyhurst, Borgman is using this expertise to teach and lecture as part of the Religious Education and Lay Ministry Program. One seminar already slated will examine three contemporary Catholic theologians: Rahner, Schille-beecx, and Kung. Borgman, a former student of Schillebeccx, finds a strong rela

tionship among these three European thinkers regarding theology as it applies to the common person—the ordinary man in the street. Borgman is also pursuing the Marxist claim that it, too, is helping the oppressed.

According to Dr. Garrelts, Mercyhurst has reemphasized its commitment to the academic study of theology by welcoming Borgman to its staff this fall. Having Borgman on the faculty "puts that study at its highest level . . . the level of living, working theologians, who in this case are Europeans. But it would have the same significance if we were hiring a Latin American Theologian, a Canadian, or an American for such a similar post." Garrelts believes, "What is at stake is whether the college can successfully pursue the study of theology, which, along with philosophy, is one discipline that can hardly be reduced to consumerism or any other contemporary 'ism' which is basically utilitarian or money-making. The theologian, as critic of society, critic of the Church, or critic of those things in life which can improve or degrade the human condition, can and should play a most important role in our society."

Obviously Garrelts has strong feelings that theology is an important part of academic life with vast implications for our political and social worlds. With this premise, Mercyhurst wants Erie to view Borgman as a resource person who can help the community"interpret what theologians of high caliber have to say about current human affairs."

Evidently Erik Borgman feels the same way about Mercyhurst and Erie. No doubt he brings distinction to our area. But he believes that we have a lot to offer him. In his acceptance letter to the 'Hurst, he wrote, "Being with you, I think I can learn something about American life, American Catholicism and American thought. Especially, I would like to learn some more about American theology and I would consider my visit very much as an exchange between different theological traditions." A

MARY ELLEN DAHLKEMPER RAZANAUSKAS, graduated from Mercyhurst in 73. She is coordinator of human resources for f. II. Dahlkemper & Co. She is a contributing editor to Erie & Chautauqua Magazine which featured the Borgman story in its August '83 premier issue.

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Jim LeCorchick Sports Information Director

Nautilus Center Opens The Campus Center is busier than ever as a S225,000 addition was completed recently.

The Nautilus and Fitness Center opened and more that 300 students, faculty members and administrative personnel have already enrolled in the programs available.

The new facility houses the nautilus area, two offices, a training room and two crew tanks. The Campus Center now consists of 10 offices, one all-purpose gymnasium, two indoor tennis courts, four locker rooms, as well as the new addition.

Included in the nautilus area are 11 pieces of nautilus equipment and three pieces of hydra-fitness machinery — the hydra-fitness machines stressing cardiovascular work.

The most unique part of the 36 x 120-foot area is the separate 36 x 50 space that houses the crew tanks, one of the few facilities of its kind in the country.

This unit includes two tanks that are 14 inches deep and equipped with special oars for a more strenuous workout.

The tanks took nearly 14 hours to fill with the necessary water.

According to Dr. William Garvey, "Our crew program has now gone full cycle. As far as equipment, this puts us with the top crew programs in the country.

"We have gone from one shell and no boat house in 1970 to having the best equipment there is."

The construction took five months, with Baldwin Brothers, the general contractor and Erie Steel Products as subcontractor. Some of the labor was donated by local iron workers.

Football The surprising Mercyhurst football team will play its final game of the 1983 campaign Saturday, Nov. 12, against rival Edin-boro State at Sox Harrison Stadium in the Boro.

Included among the Lakers five victories this season was a record-breaking 69-0 win over Gallaudet College, the Hurst smashing several standards in this win over the Washington, DC area school.

7'he most unique part of the 36x 120-foot physical fitness addition is the separate 36 x 50 space that houses the crew tanks, one of the few facilities of its kind in the country.

In just its third season of football, the Lakers have already been mentioned in the coaches UPI poll that ranks the top teams in the country. Mercyhurst 40, Niagara 14; Mercyhurst 21,John Carroll 7; Mercyhurst 24, Si. Francis (PA) 0; Mercyhurst 7,1-rosiburg 10; Mercyhurst 10, Buffalo State 7; Mercyhurst 69, Gallaudet 0; Mercyhurst 10, Duquesne 10; Mercyhurst 0. Dayton 28.

Basketball Basketball Coach Billy Kalbaugh has been pleased with the work of his cagers in preseason drills as the third-year mentor welcomed back three starters with the seven returning letter winners.

Returning for their third year as starters will be juniors John Green, Rodney Cof-ficid and Jon Berkeley. Green averaged 24.3 ppg last season and is already the second leading scorer in the school's history.

He has already received pre-season All-American honors by Street and Smith Magazine.

Cofficld set a school record for assists during the 1982-83 campaign.

The Lakers open the season Monday, Nov. 21, with a contest against Houghton at the Campus Center.

LAKERS BASKETBALL

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Thanks Prof

Dr. John M. Lincourt

It's been eight years since you introduced me to logic and philosophy. Maybe you'd remember me as one of those students who gave you a run for your money. I remember one of those days when we were trying our ability at logical thinking and we tried to apply the scientific method to disprove the existence of God. Your questions forced me to crystallize my own thinking.

I remember being so angered and appalled by your black and white view that "if it can't be proved, it doesn't exist," that I drowned myself in every possible theology class to prove to myself that you were wrong.

After a few years of serious soul-searching, doubting and reading books about spirituality and secular humanism, I'm grateful to God for granting me the gift of faith. You were so adept at shaking my value system that when I finally emptied myself of rather immature notions of God, I was a few years older and blessed with a faith rooted in a personal conversion of heart.

I read about this new section in the Mercyhurst Magazine and I felt blessed and grateful for the opportunity to thank you for giving me a life-long gift—an inquisitive nature and an unquenchable thirst for answers to life's toughest questions.

I really do think of you often—especially when our five-year-old daughter asks, "Why Mommy?" or "How come?" I hope that you're not too disappointed that I still believe in God and I can see Him in opportunities like this one—to thank you, Dr. Lincourt, for helping me grow.

Fondly, Valerie Sherrange Crofoot 75 North East, PA

Dr. John Lincourt was a member of the Mercyhurst College faculty from 1964 to 1973. He is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught for the past ten years. Dr. Lincourt is affiliated with the Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Medical Center as preceptor in biomedical ethics in the department of family medicine.

Editor's Note: We hare asked Dr. Lincourt to be a guest writer for our next Mercyhurst Magazine.

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Club Notes

Erie The Erie Alumni Club has proven to be very active indeed. Erie alums from the forties and fifties met on June 25th at the Erie Yacht Club. Organizers of the affair were Joan (Gibbons) Goodill '47 and Regina (English) Ingram y44.

Also, Mercyhurst graduates from the 1960's held a nostalgic "Happy Hour" at the college on July 13th.

Various meetings were held throughout the summer to discuss the possibility of organizing a picnic for all alumni in the Erie area. Through the efforts of Bill Dopicrala 72 , Gary Dagan '82, Karen (Schultz) Benzel 7 5 , Holly Chiapazzi 7 9 , Andy Findlay '81, John Lichacz 7 8 , and Tom Richter 7 3 , an "Erie Alumni Picnic" was held on August 21 in the Hurst Grotto.

Most recently, a luncheon hosted by Margaret Emiing '37, Mary Pirrello '38, and Gegie O'Brien '39 took place October 18 at Mercyhurst's own 'Top of the Hill Club'. The informal affair was held for the graduates of 1929-1939.

Ph i lade lph ia The Philadelphia Club of the Mercyhurst alumni met on July 24th at the home of Margaret Blair Machines '33. Over 25 graduates from the Philadelphia area were in attendance at her Bryn Mawr, Pa., residence.

Buffalo The Mercyhurst/Niagara University football game provided a great opportunity for New York alums to meet. The Buffalo chapter gathered after the September 10 game at the Alps Restaurant. Among those who attended were Reggie O'Connor '80, Sal Gallo 73., Mike Heller 79 , Pam Scan-darito '82, Amy (Blood '80) and Gordon Karstedt '80, Donna Peterson '83, and Mary Collins '83.

Cleveland A casual get- together was held for Cleveland alums after the Mercyhurst/John Carroll University football game on

September 17. The affair was hosted by Mercyhurst graduate and President's Associate Helen Moran '49, who was assisted by Jeff Best 7 7 and Rosemary Durkin 77. Some of the alumni in attendance were Steve Frisina '80, Pat Weschler 7 8 , Diane Fitzgerald Kramer 70 , Mary Collins '83, and Donna Peterson '83.

Syracuse The Syracuse Alumni chapter recently organized a meeting for October. The Mercyhurst graduates gathered on October 2 at the home of Patricia Burns '56.

Fund Drive Leaders

For the 18th Annual Alumni Fund Drive, a group of individuals were asked to serve as class coordinators. These coordinators in turn asked a member of each graduating class to serve as a class agent to head the fund drive on behalf of his/her classmates. Check the listing below for your year and class agent who will be sending you a letter during the first or second week of November to encourage participation in the 18th Fund Drive. Coordinators are listed in bold type. Class agents follow, listed by year.

1929-1933 Sister Eustace Taylor '29 1929 Sr. Eustace 1930 Bianco Abramoski 1931 Mary Thompson 1932 Alice Stainbrook 1933 Sr. Celine Fasenmeyer

1934-1938 Alice Brugger 36 1934-35-36 TBA 1937 Margaret Emiing 1938 Mary Pirrello

1939-1943 Gloria M. Lutz 43 1939 Eugenia O'Brien 1940 Gertrude Merski 1941 Jane Haughney 1942 Claudia Garvey 1943 Mary Ellen Avery

1944-1948 Dolores DiVincenzo Scura '46

1944 Jane Seubert 1945 Margaret Darragh 1946 Teresa Quinlan 1947 Mary Lamp 1948 Natalie Wochrlen

Washington, D.C. An Alumni Get-Together was held at the Georgetown Holiday Inn after the Hurst/ Gallaudet football game in Washington, D.C. The October 15 event was hosted by Debbie Mattes-Kulig 76 and her husband Mike, and Cindy Belczyk 77.

New Clubs Upcoming alumni events are being organized for the Boston, Pittsburgh, and New York City clubs. Also interesting to note is a California Alumni Club, which is in the planning stage.

1949-1953 Helen Pat Curran '52 1949 Dorothy I. Stiglmeier 1950 Mary E. Kienzle 1951 Margaret O'Connell 1952 Janet Miller 1953 Judy Carlow

1954-1958 Rita A. Walter Weiss '57 Class Agents TBA

1959-1963 Joan Kostolansky Evans '60

1959 Dr. Helen Zimmerman 1960 Mary Lou Kelly 1961 Kathy Cook Hoffman 1962 Carolyn Kaczmarek Zack 1963 Sheila Himes Fiscus

1964-1969 Joyce A. Savocchio '65 1964 Tania Hanlin 1965 Judith Mastrian 1966 MaryAnn Daly 1967 Kathy Cantoni 1968 Jane Carney 1969 Kathleen Cermak Polito

1970-1975 Russell Franklin 7 4 1970 Lorraine Weiner 1971 Gretchen Langner 1972 Tom Becht 1973 Marlene Smith 1974 Julie VanVolkenburg 1975 Jim Mahoney 1976-1980 Patrick Weschler 7 8 1976 Mike Lattanzio 1977 Jeff Best/Rosemary Durkin 1978 George Venuto 1979 Joann DeSantis 1980 Steve Frisina

1981-1985 Andrew Findlay '81 1981 Pierre Priestley 1982 Gary Dagan 1983 Richard Lanzillo

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38 FRANCES C. MALONEY is employed at Yale University as a librarian.

55 MAUREEN HAMMOND MURPHY is editor of the "Oyster Bay Guardian", a weekly newspaper in Oyster Bay, NY.

57 Two students of PATRICIA KUHARSKY KREGER, Lisa Kregcr (Pat's daughter) and Mary Amenta, recently received $25.00 savings bonds from Mercyhurst College for their excellent scores received after presentation of their papers at the Region X meeting of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science for 1983- Lisa and Mary are 8th grade students at St. John the Evangelist School in Girard, PA. Pat has had first place winners among her students for the past four years but this was the first time that the high scorers received recognition from Pat's alma mater and in the area of her concentration. Pat majored in biology and minored in chemistry.

CHARLOTTE TISDEL TESONIERO taught elementary school for 15 years in New York and Massachusetts. After her marriage to Angelo Tesoniero in 1972, Charlotte gave up teaching and is enjoying married life as a full time homemaker.

58 JEAN CRISWELL WHITE is living in Lockport, New York with her family of four. Jean has been a substitute teacher and is now seeking a full-time position.

60 MARY ANN KOSS FLYNN is co-author of a Word Processing textbook for post secondary students published by Reston.

61 JULIA KOSCO MULLANEY and husband, James have three sons majoring in biology at various colleges: Patrick is a senior at Penn State; Daniel, a junior at Villanova University, and Joe, a sophomore at Grove City College. Daughter, Katie, is in second grade at Sacred Heart School. Julia hopes that Katie decides to attend Mercyhurst when the time comes. If Julia's wish comes true, Katie will be a member of the class of 1997! JEANNE BOES MOREHOUSE is the School Improvement Coordinator at the Center Street School in El Segundo, CA.

62 Kristin Vcsely, daughter ofJAQUEI.INI-PONTELLO VE.SKLY is a freshman at Mercyhurst majoring in dietetics.

64 JOAN JARZOMSKI is self-employed as a consultant dietitian in long term care health facilities in the Canandaigua, New York area. ELIZABETH FOGARTY DUDZINSKI, a teacher at Joanna Connell School in Erie, was one of 22 educators who completed an intensive two-

week workshop at Westminster College this summer. The workshop was co-sponsored by the college and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She is using the knowledge she gained at the course on integration of computers and space technology in the elementary and high school classroom and producing a television program for other educators in the Erie area.

CAROL WEBER COLLIS was recently elected to a three-year term as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Greensboro Historical Museum, Greensboro, NC.

68 BONNIE HORDINSKI TRIOLA has just published her second instructional book on knitted coats. Her first book on designer suits is being internationally acclaimed. She specializes in designing and fitting knitwear. She is head designer for "Les Trois Amies" and is assisted by her sister SHIRLEY HORDINSKI 76.

69 MARY JO LIPANI is principal at St. Michael School in Greenville, FA. CHRISTINE SYGUDA BAILEY was selected for participation in the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, "Jennings Scholar Program." This honor was awarded those teachers selected by their school system as "best and most competent" in their teaching. Chris is a 1st grade-teacher in the Jefferson, Ohio School System.

DAN BURKE'S paintings were recently featured in a one man show in the Rike Center Gallery ai the University of Dayton.

70 JOANE HOGAN BUCHOLZ has three children: Jennifer, 4; Connie, 2; and John, 1.

71 SYLVIA MOORE LIKASIAK has been awarded a graduate assistantship in Edinboro University's school administration program.

BRIDGET McCUE is executive chef at the David Mead Inn, Meadville, Pa.

KATHLEEN SULLIVAN YATES and husband, Michael, have 3 children. Kathleen taught second and third grades for a number of years in the Ballston Spa Central School District and is now serving on a School Board Committee in the Saratoga Springs School District.

7 3 DAVID G. STEPHANY has been promoted to supervisor of Personnel Relations at Hammermill Paper Company.

74 KAREN HUNT KOZAS son, Michael, celebrated his first birthday February 4, 1983.

GARY DUDENHOEFER and his wife, Mary Ann (Terraro '80) are living in Canton, Ohio where Gary is a communications engineer at Ohio Power Company. They have one daughter, Jessica and are expecting a second child.

RUSSELL H. FRANKLIN joined the staff of Colony First Federal Savings and Loan as corporate internal auditor for the Association's three divi

sions. He was previously associated with the First National Bank of Pennsylvania and was also controller of the Erie Beer Company.

75 JACK FREIDEL is in med school at the University of Cincinnatti. DR. KATHLEEN JURKIEWICZ BUKOWSKI is supervisor of Elementary and Middle School Curriculum for the School District of Millcreek Township. She was formerly Supervisor of Special Education with the Millcreek School District.

JOHN B. CRUPI received a Master of Arts Degree in Labor Relations from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

CHERYL SMITH OLSON is a clinical dietician at Encino Hospital in Encino, CA. WILLIAM CHATENKA is a New Jersey State Trooper and is now residing at Forked River, NJ.

FRANK P. SIROTNAK is in charge of media relations and statistical analysis with COPE, a section o^ the Baltimore County Police Department in Baltimore, MD.

76 PATRICIA KAZY is a medical technologist at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. THOMAS HEUER is regional executive director of the White Water Way Region for the American Cancer Society servicing four counties in Pennsylvania. He is also Secretary of the Board of Directors of the American Performing Art Theater Company in Jeannette, PA.

MARIANNE SHERTZER has recently been appointed assistant director of Admissions at LaRoche College in Allison Park, PA. BILL GUYTON is general manager of the Holiday Inn in Lenexa, KS. JOEL MILLER joined Vineyard Securities of North East as a registered representative. He sells oil and gas well tax shelter programs and stock of the parent company, Vineyard Oil and Gas Company. HARRY (DAN) HILL, III received a juris doctor degree from Dickinson School of Law on June 4, 1983. CHARLES L. RUFO is a naval aviator with the United States Navy. PATTY MALLOY CRUPI recently completed her Master's Program at the University of Pittsburgh graduating from the School of Health Related Studies.

DEBRA MATTES-KULIG is a research nutritionist with the Center for Molecular Nutrition Sensory Disorder at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC and was recently awarded the Ross Professional Development Award at the annual spring meeting of the Virginia Dietetic Association in Williamsburg, VA.

SHIRLEY HORDINSKI won the "Best by Popular Demand" Award at the National Knitting Machine Seminar in Washington, DC. Her pattern design for the garment contest will be featured in the Fall '84 editions of Vogue Knit-


ting, Vogue Pattern Magazines, and Bntterick Sewing World. Shirley's designs are a feature of "Les Trois Amies" Custom Knitting Company in Fairview, PA. Ms. Hordinski is also a sales representative with Printing Concepts in Erie.

/ / DAVID E. BURK has been appointed chief of the Titusvillc Police Department. In addition to his bachelor's degree in law enforcement, David earned a master's degree in criminal justice administration from Mercy hurst in 1982.

PETER DAMICO has been named sales and banquet manager of the David Mead Inn, Meadville, PA.

7 8 CHERYL A. STERN has been named officer of manpower development and training with the First National Bank of Pennsylvania. She was previously with General Electric where she served as an employee relations specialist in the Locomotive Product Division.

VICTORIA A. REIDER received a juris doctor degree at The Dickinson School of Law commencement ceremonies held June 4th. ALLEAN YOUNG GAITHER and husband, Anthony, have a 2Vz year-old daughter, Alexis Nicole. Allean is working for the Department of Health and Human Services, Cuban/Haitian Mental Health Unit in Rockville, MD.

JOHN GREGORY is working for an advertising firm in Houston, TX. In the past year, he has won a silver medal from the Houston Advertising Federation for a piece of stationery which he designed for an oriental rug company.

7 9 GREGG RAUTENSTRAUCH is in land development in West Palm Beach, FL.

ANNE VALENTINE NEUBERT and husband, Andrew, are keeping busy with their two children, Emily Marie, 5 and Adam Paul, 3. Anne also does reupholstcring part-time from her home. ROBERT MIKRUT received a Masters of Fine Arts degree in choreography emphasizing theatre jazz and musical comedy from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts, and has assumed a faculty position there. JOE WEINDORF was elected to the 4th Ward District Justice Seat in the city of Erie on both the republican and democratic tickets.

8 0 THERESE MANNING is a full-time student in graphic design at Northern Virginia Community College. ROBERT J. FRANZ was presented the law enforcement award for 1983 at the 11th Annual Criminal Justice awards ceremony at Mercy-hurst. He has been with the Eric District Parole and Probation Office since 1973. MARY ANN DANGELO is now Mary Ann Petrillo and has graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a juris doctorate degree. ROBERTA K. BOGART is a computer programmer at Erie Insurance.

8 1 RICK TRENSKI is a state policeman in Houston, TX. PEGGY WITTENBURG has been appointed director of sales-marketing for Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Erie. Prior to this appointment Peggy was employed at United Way

of Erie County where she served as administrative assistant and campaign associate. CHRISTINE K. STROEBEL is office manager at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, DC. RAVINDER SABHERWAL claimed the Men's Open Singles title in the 22nd Annual Erie Tennis Tournament this past August.

8 2 TERESA BOROWSKI is a graduate student in Family Studies in the College of Human Ecology at Michigan State University.

8 3 LISA L. COSTELLO is assistant resident director in Finegan Hall at Gannon University while pursuing a master's degree there. MARY KAY VONA is administrative supervisor of CIGNA Health Services in Clearwater, FL. JOHN COSTELLO was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and is a starting pitcher for their Erie minor league team. MICHAEL C. SMITH recently was named as the assistant credit manager of the Corell Steel Company.

It's A Girl Margaret Jean to Frank '75 and Jean Abate.

It's A Boy Matthew Virgil to Joseph and Linda (Colvin '70)

Rhodes. David Edward to Ed and Joan (Bucher '75)

Evenski. Michael Benjamin to Ronald and Emily (Fatica

'69) Sertz. Daniel Jonathan to Randall E. and Joyce

(Sparrow '80) Bukowski. Bryan Patrick to Steve and Maggie (Damico 79)

Barber. Brian Patrick to Patrick '80 and Mary Malloy

'82 Sabol.

Marriages Denise A. Corbin 77 and Richard S. Order, Esq. Julie A. Guyton '82 and Bret (i. Blomberg '82 Bruce Fenstermacher 78 and Tricia Waterhouse Rich Ingram '80 and Karen Browne Patricia Ann Knecht '83 and Donald Keith Buck Karen Kolpien '82 and Frank Bugat Thomas Alan Kraut '81 and Cynthia Kay Shoop Becky A. Malinowski 79 and Richard E. Greiner Regina Scura 77 and Gary E. Merz Beth Young '80 and Gregg Rautenstrauch 79 Dione Louise Zorn '81 and William David

McClelland Kim Flick '80 and Ronald Borczyk '80 Judith Bradley '69 and Dr. Robert Maxham

Is Justice Blind? continued from page 6

Although the Mercyhurst College study is the only one done of actual court cases, there have been many experimental studies of simulated court cases which bear out the conclusion that physically more attractive offenders receive lenient punishments.

One such study was conducted by Dr. Richard A. Kulka, a social psychologist, while he was at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.

"We examined the influence of physical attractiveness on the decisions of 91 undergraduates w h o played the role of jurors in an automobile negligence trial" explained Kulka, now a survey method-ologist at the Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, N.C. " O u r students watched audiovisual presentations of mock trials. Students exposed to an attractive plaintiff and an unattractive defendant more often found in favor of the plaintiff and awarded more money in damages than the students who viewed films of an unattractive plaintiff and an unattractive defendant."

Kulka called Stewart's study "important" because it was the first done in actual courtroom situations.

"I'm not surprised about his results because they support the conclusions of others in the field including myself. I think there is overwhelming evidence for the belief that justice is not blind. In our

culture, there's a general belief that beauty is better—that attractiveness is good and that unattractiveness is somewhat bad."

Why does society seem to value physically attractive people more?

"It's called the halo effect," answers Dr. Marsha Jacobson, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, who has also studied the role of physical a t t rac t iveness on judgment.

"When we give attractive people the benefit of the doubt, it's called the halo effect. Psychological studies have revealed that when we perceive people with positive traits, such as kindness, or intelligence or whatever, there is a tendency to give them the benefit of the doubt as far as other qualitites are concerned as well."

Dr. John 11. Stewart 11 was a behavior psychologist at Mercyhurst College from 1974-1979-Currently Dr. Stewart is an independent consultant with the Civic Education Associates of Scotsdale, Arizona, where he is also the director of the corporation's new subsidiary, the Human Behavior Laboratories.

Maury Breecher is a professional writer and member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. His works are syndicated by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Breechers 'Justice Blind'1 article has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal, and Tampa Tribune.

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December 2 , 3 , 4

January 8 19 25 February 1 8 14 15 16 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 22 24, 25 28

March 2 , 3 , 4 15 23 April 1 5

10 11 14 18 25 29 May 2 4,5,6 10, 11, 12 9 10, 11, 12

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Celebration of the Arts

Calendar of Events December-May

"A Christmas Madrigal Dinner" - DAngclo School of Music in cooperation with the Hotel-Restaurant Management Department

School of Music Trio Dr. J. Allen Hynek - "Visitors from a Parallel Universe" Film "Seven Beauties" (Italian)

Film "Say Amen, Somebody" (American) Film "House Made of Dawn" (American) Stanley Kunitz - Pulitzer Poet Film "David" (German) Florynce Kennedy - "Coalitions for the 80's"

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" - Theatre Film "The Cow" (Iranian) Robert Dolwick, Trumpet Recital and Master Class Film "The Year of Living Dangerously" (American)

"New Choreographers Showcase" Anthony Hecht - Pulitzer Poet Joseph Chiarelli, Voice Recital

Carolyn Englert, Oboe Recital John Rouch - "Critical Equations: How to Tell the Good from the Bad" Dr. Ixmis Simpson - Pulitzer Poet Film "Shoot the Piano Player" (French) "An Evening of Classical Ballet" (Warner Theatre) Film "Casanova" (Italian) Film "Chinatown" (American) Orchestral Concert

Film "Playtime" (French) Theatre production to be announced (An original play by an Erie author) Film "Brewster McCloud" (American) 8th Annual DAngclo International Young Artist Competition (Voice) Film "Obscure Object of Desire"

For further information on all events, call Mercyhurst box office — 814/825-0255.

Reunion Dates

Alumni College Reunions

July 27-29, 1984 Alumni celebrating will be members of anniversary classes whose year ends in a 4, 5, 9, or 0. Plan on it!

Send news for the Class Notes section and Inters to the Editor to the Mercyhurst Magazine, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 16546. Please include your class year, maiden name (if applicable), address and telephone number. We welcome black and white pictures with alumni class notes.

Moving Include the Mercyhurst Magazine on your list of publications to receive your address change.

Alumni Travel The Alumni Office has two exciting trips planned for 1984.

March 11 through 19, a trip to London, England with three days in the lovely English countryside followed by four days in London is being planned.

May 25 through June 9, Mercyhurst Alumni can journey to Oberammer-gau for the Passion Play. Included in this trip are tours of Munich and Vienna.

For more information on these up-coming tours, contact Gary Bukowski, director of alumni relations at 814/825-0245.

Woman As Elders continued from page 5

female life expectancy simply proves that this is not true. Women's status as a worker is penalized when her kinkeeping and childbearing roles contribute to an intermittent work record that does not build pension equity. A guaranteed minimum income for homemakers based on the principle that marriage is an equal partnership is more than a woman's issue . . . it is an aging issue.

Structural advances must be made that recognize women's work in economic terms regardless of how it is defined in varying cultures. Otherwise, the old old will continue to be tagged the poorest of the poor and our trusty lens will dutifully report that the poorest of that group is still our old women.

WHERE DOES ALL THIS

BRING US ?

Agovernment document from the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare includes a

statement that reads, "The single most important demographic fact for women is that the aging society is a female society." 1 would like to rephrase that quote and state that, "The single most important demographic fact PERIOD is that the aging society is a female society." This is not a problem for the women. They alone will not change the status quo.

If the status of the elderly is to be advanced internationally, then the impact of social policy must be measured and traced throughout the life span for each respective culture. Policymakers must be encouraged to understand that the common denominator to much of the status of old age is how their culture views women. It is a crime that women's survival through old age is in large measure an ignored resource in our world. Advisors must inform government officials that the aged are a resource and with structural shifts they can remain in the mainstream of society as contributing members.

Changes in public policy, however, involve an arduous effort of both the female and male sector. The task is no small one.

Linda Colvin Rhodes is a 1970 graduate of Mercyhurst. She received her master's and Ed. D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Rhodes who owns the firm of Rhodes and Bre)inan, Inc, is also a consultant with the Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, School oj Medicine, Columbia University. She is the chair ofZonta International's Status of Women Committee and was a delegate to the United Nations Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) forum on aging in Vienna, 1982.

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Thanks, Prof.

You helped me grow. You remember him . . . or her. The Mercyhurst professor whose sparkling lecture awakened in you a lifelong quest for learning. Or the one whose droll humor evidenced a deep wisdom about life.

Perhaps it was a quality of compassion, understanding, and acceptance that endeared your favorite professor to you and countless other students. Or it may have been a mock fierceness that demanded your best, then rewarded it with a glow of pride in your accomplishments . . .

If you stop to reflect on your student days, there's probably at least one professor you would like to thank. That's why we chose the theme 'Thanks, Prof," for the new section in the Mercyhurst Magazine. We want to give you a chance to say a public word of gratitude.

All of the letters we receive will be forwarded to the individual professors they mention (or, in the case of deceased members, to the closest relatives). A large selection of the letters will be printed along with photographs of the professors.

We must receive "Thanks, Prof letters by January 15, for the next issue, but we encourage you to begin sending them to us now. Type the letter, if at all possible, and try to limit it to one page. Be sure to include your name (and maiden name, if you're married), class year, and current address. letters must be signed. Mail your letter to:

Thanks, Prof. c/o Mercyhurst Magazine Mercyhurst College Erie, PA 16546

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