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Spring 1987, Vol. 5, No. 2

Chairman of the Board of Trustees William C. Sennett, Esq.

President Dr. William P. Garvey

Issue Editor Mary Kathleen Kappelt

Alumni Editors Gary L. Bukowski '73 TomDore'81

Editorial Board Dr. Allan D. Belovarac 73 Dr. Ludlow L. Brown Dr. Marilynn Miller Jewell '48 P. Barry McAndrew Dr. Vivetta G. Petronio '48 Sr. M.Eustace Taylor'29

Contributing Writers Dr. Ludlow Brown Dr. Thomas Donahue Joanne Druzak Dr. George Garrelts R. T Guerrein Rhonda Schember '71 Robert Shreve Margaret L. Tenpas Dr. Michael J. McQuillen

Photography Dennis L. Bachelder David Bell Rich Forsgren '84 Robert Lowry Lou Caravaglia

Art Direction Dave Nene

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ALUMNI BOARD Officers

Michael E. Heller 79 , President Lance J. Lavrinc '83, Vice President Claudia M. Englert '82, Secretary

Directors Helen A. Clancy Bavisotto '58, Corning, N.Y Allan D. Belovarac 7 3 , Erie, PA Deborah S. Duda 77 , Palo Alto, CA Margaret Anne Mooney Emling '37, Erie, PA Joan Kostolansky Evans '60, Erie, PA Sr. Mary Lawrence Franklin '41, Erie, PA Diane M. McKeon Friske '67, Glenshaw, PA H. Daniel Hill III, J. D. 76, North East, PA Jeff W. Jones '84, Cleveland, OH Sally C. Carlow Kohler '51, Erie, PA Patricia J. Liebel '53, Erie, PA Kevin J. Rozich, J. D., 79 , Johnstown, PA

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Features Big Plans For the 'Hurst; a preview of how the campus skyline will change 1

The Dance: Showcase of Talent; The Mercyhurst Community collaborates . . . beautifully 2

Strategic Defense Initiative Program; Can it work? Can we afford it? by Mike McQuillen 4

Responsible Citizenship or "Godless" Humanism? Three faculty look at the implications of last year's Tennessee Textbook Decision 6

Medieval Merrymaking; a Christmas madrigal showcases culinary and theatrical talents of Mercyhurst students by Rhonda Mahoney Schember 7 1 8

Mercyhurst: A Great Example of Victorian Gothic; the effect is produced by mass and vertical accents by R. T Guerrein 10

Fuji and Futons; an interview with an alumna by a former faculty member, Margaret L. Tenpas 12

Departments Sports 13 On the Hill 14 Alumni News 15 Class Notes . 17

Cover: Former Mercyhurst College President Sister Carolyn Herrmann has been instrumental in the direction the College has taken and the growth it has been enjoying. Now, as she steps down from her position as Superior of the Sisters of Mercy, Sister Carolyn will be receiving an honorary doctorate during this year's Commencement ceremonies. Thank you, Sister Carolyn, for your part in the 'Hurst's big plans, past and future.

(Cover photo: David Bell)

Read more about the latest plans, next page.

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Big Plans For The 'Hurst

The expanded cafeteria and Hotel and Res­taurant department facility are expected to be named after Father William Sullivan, first chaplain of the College who built the Grotto and the Main Drive. The windows of Sullivan Hall will look out over the Grotto which Fa­ther Sullivan fashioned in 1933 after the one at University of Notre Dame.

s the College prepares to leave Saint Mark's Center next year, ex­citing and extensive building and

renovation plans are about to begin. Ap­proval was granted by the Board of Trus­tees at its March meeting for $5 million in projects to be completed by the summer of 1988. At the heart of the projects are the new facilities for the Hotel-Restaurant and Music programs: The Mary D'Angelo Auditorium (see ar­chitect's rendition on this page), a 32,000 square-foot addition and renovation to the Zurn Building, has been designed to pro­vide extended use of the present facilities and at the same time provide more sophis­ticated spaces for quality performances of ballet, drama, opera, chamber orchestras, chamber groups and symphonies. The seating capacity in the new auditorium will grow from the present 250 to 792 with the balcony capable of being used as a sep­arate 182-seat lecture room. An orchestra pit will accommodate a 45-50 piece or­

chestra, adequate for any performance; a fly gallery will provide ample space for storage and changing of scenery and light­ing; the 40-feet-deep stage will accommo­date most performances; a projection room will allow 35mm films to be shown, and an entrance lobby will be provided. A new Music Wing behind the proposed stage is of great importance to obtain re­quired space for the D'Angelo School of Music without duplication and within rea­sonable cost; planned for the Music Wing are much-needed classrooms, fourteen practice rooms, a listening room with con­trol console, and restrooms. This project will cost approximately $2.2 million. The opening date for the first performance in the new auditorium is scheduled for May, 1988, with the Juilliard String Quartet pro­viding the opening concert.

Sullivan (formerly Egan) Hall (see ar­chitect's rendition), a $1.2 million expan­sion and renovation project for the Hotel-

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The Dance: A Showcase of Student

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A blaze of color and talent delighted the packed house for the Fall Dance Perform­ance directed by Jean-Marc Baier. "Dance Esoterica" and "Graduation Ball" spot­lighted students and faculty and some

wonderful surprises. A special collaborat­ed portion entitled "In Dreams Only" brought together June Hines' choreogra­phy and dancing, Angela Elston's poetry, and narration by Barry McAndrew and

Vivetta Petronio. It s haunting quality con­trasted with and balanced the uptempo finale.

Worldblind by Angela Elston

I see you now.. (I memorized the silence in your eyes and studied sunlight iridescent in your hair. I see, as though going blind, that rain drops there are better than a halo)

. . . only in dreams . . . (I learned meanings in the colors of your voice so I can say to any symphony and song as I would say to you: come to me when I remember you)

* « . . . dreams within dreams . Memory can't serve fragrant apples in the Fall or roses or dust after rain or you or me.

I see you now dream waking within dreams . . .

and if the other side of death should be eclipse without penumbra, what would I learn then?

Waking within waking I would learn to forgive to forget the braille of your birthmarks.

The gala finale "Graduation Ball" is the story of an evening of entertainment put on by young girls at a finishing school in Vienna to fete the graduates of a nearby military academy The audience enjoyed the fun even more when College Chaplain Father C. R. Schmitt stepped out as headmistress, a part he carried off with extraordinary panache.

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By Michael J. McQuillen, Ph. D. Professor of History, Department of History ana Political Science

STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE PROGRAM: CAN IT WORK? CAN WE

AFFORD IT? Mike's article can be read in the light of the proposed $1.02 trillion 1988 White House Budget which calls for $312 billion in military spending. Federal spending on edu­cation would drop from $17 billion to $14 bil­lion under the 1988 proposed Reagan budget

I early four years ago Ronald Rea­gan challenged the scientific community of this nation to de­

vote its considerable talents to one of the most challenging and potentially most re­warding tasks of this century •— that of rendering nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." In his March 23,1983 address to the nation the President noted that the only way we can currently prevent a Sovi­et nuclear attack upon ourselves is by threatening to destroy Soviet society in re­turn. "Wouldn't it be better," he asked, "to save lives than to avenge them?" He there­upon shared with the American people a personal "vision of the future which offers hope." His vision entailed resting Ameri­ca's security not, as at present, "upon the threat of instant U.S. retaliation to deter a Soviet attack," but on a proposed ability "to intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies."

Over the past three and one-half years the idea of a strategic defense against nu­clear attack has grown from a mere gleam in the President's eye into an extensive re­search program with its own Pentagon bu­reaucracy and a current budget of $3.6 bil­lion. Over that same period the President's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program has generated an increasingly passionate debate over the feasibility of its goal and the wisdom of its approach.

In this debate, of the many claims made by SDI's proponents and the equally nu­merous criticisms voiced by its opponents, the most important ones have centered on two crucial questions: Can it work? Can we afford it? To SDI's "true believers" the Pres­ident's laudable and revolutionary propo­

sal is attainable and affordable. To the "doubting Thomases" further pursuit of Reagan's dubious and dangerous "Star Wars" program will prove hopelessly futile and ruinously expensive. It is to these two issues of SDI's potential success and cost that I would like to direct my remarks.

Can It Work? Can the "promising new technologies"

mentioned by President Reagan in his 1983 speech be developed to the point where an "effective" defense against Sovi­et ballistic missiles is feasible? Clearly, the President and his supporters think so. They envisage a "layered" defense capable of attacking and destroying Soviet nuclear warheads in each of their several stages of flight (boost-phase, post-boost, mid-course, and terminal). They foresee so­phisticated sensors able to detect and track Soviet missile launches, guiding "kill mechanisms" (directed-energy and/or ki­netic energy weapons) to their targets through instructions from a complicated "battle-management" system that can process enormous amounts of data and co­ordinate the activities of hundreds, even thousands, of system components.

Skeptics note the formidable technolog­ical obstacles that must be overcome be­fore these "drawing board" ideas become reality. They question whether the sen­sors, lasers, relay mirrors, particle beams, electromagnetic rail guns, infra-red hom­ing devices, and so on can be made dis­criminating enough, large enough, power­ful enough, accurate enough, reliable enough, etc. They also doubt whether a sufficiently error-free computer software package (involving an estimated 100 mil­lion lines of code) needed to run the system can be written. They especially emphasize that we will have to rely on the system working perfectly the very first time it is ever truly utilized, since there is no way of fully and realistically testing it except in the case of an actual Soviet attack.

In the face of this technological pessi­mism, SDI's supporters never tire of quot­ing those nay-sayers who predicted that man would never fly or never split the atom or never land on the moon, etc. Con­fident in that combination of technology and American ingenuity that have so fre­quently made the impossible a reality in this country, they appeal to the "can do" spirit which is so strong a force in the American character. They also note the many impressive achievements already attained by the SDI program (too numer­ous and too technical to go into here). All that is needed, in their view, is the time, the money and the will to succeed.

Remarkable progress has indeed been made by SDI scientists in developing the ability to detect, track and destroy ballistic missiles and their warheads. We are, in fact, already capable of deploying a limit­ed system that would intercept some Soviet weapons before they struck target. And there is little doubt that future technologi­cal breakthrough will significantly en­hance this capability. But outside of the President and his Secretary of Defense, al­most no one believes that a strategic de­fense will ever be developed that will "work" in the sense of rendering nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" by pro­viding us with "a shield that could protect us from nuclear missiles just as a roof pro­tects a family from rain" (Reagan, June 19, 1986).

There is first of all, the problem of de­fending against the many other ways that nuclear weapons can be delivered — bombers, cruise missiles, "suitcase bombs" etc. More importantly, there is the problem of potential Soviet countermeasures. The atom did not take steps to prevent our splitting it and the moon did not take eva­sive action to avoid Apollo's landing. Our Soviet adversary can be counted on, how­ever, to do everything possible to thwart or destroy an SDI system. To be sure, as SDI's supporters have often noted, effective So-

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viet countermeasures will be difficult and expensive to develop. But while those same supporters, who talk so optimistical­ly about our ability to solve any technologi­cal problem, turn strangely pessimistic when it comes to their (the Soviets) ability to overcome such difficulties, others are not so sure. More disturbing than the potential counter-measures the Soviets might adopt to blunt SDI's effectiveness are the steps they might take to destroy the system before it can be used. As former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown has pointed out, the irony is that "Star Wars" weapons, especially lasers and kinetic-kill vehicles, are likely to prove most effective when used against the vulnerable compo­nents of the system itself In short, even if a "workable"SDI system can be built, there are serious concerns about whether it can be made survivable.

Because of such concerns most of SDI's many ardent advocates have pushed the idea not of a "total and thoroughly reliable" defense shield but of a "limited and par­tially effective" system. The goal of such a system would not be to "transcend" deter­rence, as Reagan dreams of doing, but to "enhance" deterrence. By protecting pri­marily our ICBM and bomber bases from a preemptive Soviet first-strike, even a "leaky" shield could ensure the survivabili­ty of most of our nuclear forces and there­by strengthen the credibility of our retalia­tory threat.

In a sense what we have here is the "mis­sion readjustment" ploy often resorted to in the Pentagon. If a weapon system fails to perform its projected mission, find out what it can do and make that its mission. Thus, if a perfect, leak-proof defense against nuclear weapons proves unrealis­tic but a partially effective system is possi­ble, then stress the advantages of a "limit­ed" defense. The beauty of this approach is that one can justify immediate deploy­ment of an imperfect system without giv­ing up the dream of attaining a perfect de­fense sometime in the future.

The problem with this approach is that it ignores the issue of whether or not our deterrent needs "enhancing" as well as the question whether this is the best means for doing so if it does (a stronger case could be made for moving to smaller, more numer­ous, mobile missiles). In addition, many critics fear that deployment of a "limited" defense, in conjunction with the growth of our own first-strike arsenal (the MX and Trident II missiles), can only result in the end of all hopes for meaningful arms con­trol agreements with the Soviets and a sig­

nificant increase in their offensive forces (in order to "overwhelm" our system by sheer numbers).

Can We Afford It? As to SDI's ultimate cost, estimates have

ranged from a mere $50 billion for a partial defense to an astounding $1 trillion for a total shield. Determining whether SDI's supporters are grossly underestimating the costs or its critics wildly exaggerating them is obviously difficult when we are talking about a defense of unidentified size based on uncertain technologies in­tended to perform an unspecified mission against an unknown threat. Perhaps the simplest and fairest description of SDI's likely cost was given by a key figure within the program itself: "staggering". In my view, no amount for the dangerously destabilizing limited defense would be worth it. On the other hand, almost any sum would have to be considered worthwhile for a total defense that could truly free us from the threat of nu­clear annihilation. Of course, we can never hope to answer the question "can we afford it?" until we know more precisely what "it" is as well as whether "it" really works.

There can be no denying that SDI repre­sents a bold and attractive vision. It ap­peals to our survival instinct, our moral sentiments, and our faith in technology. But, regrettably, I am convinced that the search for a "thoroughly reliable and total" defense that will make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" is fated to remain a modern day version of the quest for the Holy Grail. The President's overly-ambitious and unrealistically accelerated SDI program will at best result in our spending a great deal of money, we can ill-afford, trying to do what can't be done; and at worst, it threatens to destroy the fin­est opportunity we have had in the past forty years to attain a truly significant arms control agreement with the Soviet Union.

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Restaurant Management Program, will increase the present cafeteria capacity by 50%. A second floor over the expanded cafeteria will add classrooms and variably-sized conference rooms, as well as dining and training-kitchen facilities. A glass-covered walkway will connect these new facilities with the original Egan Hall. The 14,000 square-foot project will not only allow greater usage of the cafeteria for public events such as the Canterbury Feast, it will bring the Hotel and Restau­rant Management Department back to the Main Campus. A bookstore and post office are tentatively planned for inclusion in Sullivan Hall. Estimated duration of this construction is six months.

Other projects being considered and prioritized include the addition of anoth­er floor on Preston Hall. This construc­tion would be designated for additional classrooms incorporating a new computer laboratory and a modern state-of-the-art language arts laboratory. Also included in the building plans are new locker rooms for visiting teams. These facilities would be added to the Campus Center and would permit dual scheduling for women's and men's doubleheader basketball games.

An Additional Sesler Apartment Building near the existing ones and be­hind Baldwin Hall is also being consid­ered. It would create three-quarters of a university-style quadrangle and would house 48 additional students.

The Blue Room renovation begun in March is nearly completed. A new raised floor, drainage system, glass-block win­dows, lowered ceiling, storage rooms and computer-control led vent ing have spruced up the room which remains as be­fore a multi-purpose area.

Old Main renovations are also nearing completion. New wiring and video capa­bilities in the classrooms as well as the re­location of Media Services to Old Main will be a boost to the academic environ­ment of the second floor.

Alumni: Did you know? Mercyhurst College spends about $2.00 for each copy of the Mercyhurst Magazine the first time we mail it out — that's the cost of printing and third-class postage. Whenever you move and do not notify the College of your change of address, the U.S. Post Office returns only your new and old addresses to us, but does not send back the magazine itself. The College is charged 35 to 85 cents for these corrections. Sending out a replacement copy, if it is available, costs an additional $2.81 for printing and first-class postage. So, if you're planning on moving, please let us know, and help us hold down our costs. For each issue mailed just to alumni over the past two years, we've averaged over 250 magazine returns. Because of increasing costs of printing and postage, we are limiting the distribution of future issues of the Mercyhurst Magazine to those alumni who have contributed to the Alumni Annual Fund during the past three years (eg. since June, 1984). If you have been unable to donate but wish to continue to receive the magazine after June 1987, please write and let us know We want those alumni who desire to receive the magazine to receive it, but at the same time we do need to keep our costs in check.

SPRING, 1987

Responsible Citizenship or

'Hurst Profs Examine Implications of Tennessee Textbook Ruling

Three faculty members from the Philoso­phy and Religious Studies Department have recently expressed some of their thoughts coming out of last year's Tennessee Text­book ruling. Tom Donahue explained the ruling,"... that parents have the right to re­move their children from a reading course that they found religiously objection­able . . . ." In Donahue's paper Critical Thinking and Responsible Citizenship: What the Recent Tennessee Textbook Ruling Over­looked, he looks at the "relationship between the ruling and one of the cornerstones of re­sponsible citizenship — the disposition and ability to think critically."

George Garrelts addressed a Dean's List Dinner this winter on the topic Devout Hu­manism — The Student Vocation. Garrelts noted that the fundamentalist plaintiffs in the Greenville, Tennessee case were attack­ing "secular humanism."

And Ludlow Brown, participating in a debate with Donahue during the College's 60th Anniversary Academic Celebration, played "devil's advocate" to verbalize how the Christian Right views the Tennessee decision.

Following is a sampling of some excerpts from each: Dr. Donahue

. . . "Critical thinking"... is to think with a keen, probing mind, i.e., to think in a way which results from one's having developed the ability to detect when further inquiry is necessary for rational judgment, the dispo­sition to perform such gathering and weighing of additional evidence and the skill in performing such inquiry and delib­eration well. As contrasted with mindless rejecting or nit-picking, such a commitment to rationality will, in a great majority of cases, result in rejecting only what deserves to be rejected and accepting only what de­serves to be accepted.

. . . This is clearly a more reliable proce­dure for arriving at one's beliefs and for making judgments and decisions than is un­critically following one's "gut feeling" or the dominant conventional wisdom, which of course haven't been brought before the bar of reason and judged in the light of evi­dence. Such pre-judging, or prejudiced judging if you will, is clearly inferior be­cause it subjects given belief to no t e s t . . . .

. . . If one considers that many decisions are not narrowly personal but rather have profound interpersonal consequences (so­cial, political, economic, etc.) as well, one will realize that thinking critically is not only an aid in effectively pursuing one's own interests but rather is also an enabling

condition of responsible citizenship. . . . the ruling in Tennesee . . . retards the

development of the habit of thinking criti­cally . . . . When materials spanning a wide range of issues are held to be objectionable by parents and consequently purged from a child's educational experience, the child is not confronted with the disturbing yet pro­vocative reality that respected authorities disagree: their parents tell them one thing and one of their school books explores or ad­vocates an a l te rna t ive , conflict ing viewpoint. . . .

. . . So although much more than contro­versy is required to insure a well-developed critical capacity in our students (including an improved educational system which ser­iously attempts to foster critical excellence), surely allowing young minds to enter the "marketplace of ideas" is an indispensable animating condition of the critical proc­e s s . . . . the issue at hand is considerably broader than one merely of the rights of parents to raise their children in a fashion which does not violate their religious convictions . . . .

Given that it is the case both that the rul­ing recognizes the right of parents to "pro­tect" their children from exposure to any material sincerely deemed by the parents to be religiously objectionable and that the parents have been permitted by the Court to apply the term "religiously objectionable" in a truly wide-ranging manner so as to cover the "views of a feminist, a humanist, a pacifist, an anti-Christian, a vegetarian or an advocate of a 'one-world government"' one can be quite confident that the agreed-upon home reading program will not inspire the students to critically think by confront­ing them with ideas which provide thought-provoking alternatives to the beliefs which they now hold as a result of parental influence.

. . . this undermining of the development of critical thinking will not merely render these children less able to intelligently make various self-regarding decisions, it will also militate against their becoming good citi­zens, as the ability to intelligently make the many socially and politically important de­cisions of a citizen will just as surely be com­promised by a stunting of one's critical spirit and faculty. Today's personal and political choices are too complex and too muddied by misleading persuasion, ideological slanting and indeed, at times, by "disinformation" (the current euphemism for "lying") to be amenable to wise solution by prejudiced, gullible, uncritical thinkers.

Dr. Brown Dr. Donahue has argued elegantly and ef­

fectively that the disposition and ability to think critically is essential to a quality of life and indispensable to responsible citizen­ship . . . we are of one mind when it comes to the conviction that developing the habit and tools of thinking critically in our citi­zens ought to be among the primary aims of American education.

. . . I presume that we also agree that all people ought to be free to exercise their sin­cerely held religious beliefs . . . . The central issue over which Dr. Donahue and I are di­vided concerns the relative weight of these two normative principles . . . .

He has only argued that in this kind of case it is a mistake to sacrifice the good brought by critical thinking skills to the unfettered exercise of religious belief . . . .

In delivering his opinion of the case, Judge Hull appears to have read the offend­ing Holt books and concluded that "one story reinforces and builds upon others throughout the individual texts and the se­ries as a whole." (Mozert vs. Hawkins Co. P.S., 1986, p. 12) The parents in this case concluded that after being exposed to the whole series their children would have been subjected to a barrage of favorably por­trayed ideas ranging from feminism, hu­manism, and pacifism to anti-Christianity. Judge Hull concluded from the evidence pre­sented in court and the stipulations of the parties made it "hardly possible to question the fact that the plaintiffs' free exercise rights have been burdened." (ibid. p. 15)

. . . But is it really so difficult to imagine that feminism, pacifism, humanism or anti-Christianity should be thought religiously objectionable to a Christian and that sub­stantive and plausible arguments might be constructed to demonstrate that this is the case? Surely on some fairly literal interpre­tations of the Bible it is plausible to believe that God wishes women to play traditional roles in society, that we are to feature God and not ourselves among our priorities or that some ideas are worth fighting (and dying) for.

Dr. Garrelts

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. .. My own view is that the protection of free exercise rights must outweigh the obli­gation to encourage critical thinking when­ever both objectives cannot be adequately and practically reached. I also believe that there are virtually never any circumstances under which the state cannot provide a good education for its wards without dam­aging free exercise rights . . . . In those rare cases where no such compromise is possi­ble, I believe that the least objectionable di-. rection in which to err is toward the protec-t ion of free exercise . . . . I am fundamentally opposed to any solution which would tend to license the state, how­soever minor be the license, to suppress the legitimate exercise of religious belief. I would prefer to see a handful of young Americans emerge from our schools bereft of critical thinking abilities than to counte­nance a state which, in the name of critical thinking, felt free to suppress the religious freedom of its citizenry in the schools . . . . thought without preference, reason with­out value, moral argument without moral standard lead nowhere . . . . All the factual knowledge in the world coupled with the most penetrating and skillful ability to think critically will leave me in the dark concern­ing what I ought to do, what my duty is in a particular case or what I should do to be­have morally unless I possess some general beliefs about what is right, moral, good and obligatory.

. . .One of the values which has guided us for over two hundred years is precisely that government ought to avoid policies and ac­tions which could suppress the expression of religious beliefs. I am convinced that the practical reality of our time demands that we preserve and nourish the last vestiges of religious education in the home . . . .

Dr. Garrelts . . .The New Fundamentalist Right says it

is against secular humanism, and they lav­ishly lay the blame for almost all of the world's evils at the feet of this "godless mon­ster" of secular humanism — abortion, di­vorce, drug addiction, apostasy, atheism, are all traceable to this noxious source . . . . they ignore the fact that humanism is Christianity's finest hour and greatest prod­uct. Without bothering to understand or de­fine humanism they banish it and its best work to the trash heap. They not only burn the books but they try to bury the au­thors The student is called, 1 think, called by God to pursue a life of learning, to apply that learning to the improvement of the human condition, and to couple that learning with the knowledge, the love and the service of the Divine . . . . The humanist is that student who continues throughout life to make learning, devotion, and the so­cial application of that learning and devo­tion to melioration, i.e., to the conferring of real benefit, and to the resistance and elimi­nation of the inhumane and brutal.

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The New Fundamentalist Right will tell you that humanists cannot be religious be­cause they put man in the center of their lives and thereby eliminate God . . . .

Jesus, according to the Gospels, was a de­vout humanist. He was a student of the Torah; he was very religious. He studied and taught in the synagogues (cf. Luke 4/14-20) and was an authority on the book of Isaiah (ibid.) He dedicated his life to helping the poor, the sick, the outcast in those im­mortal words, he establishes the humanist charter when he says that, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath." (ibid.)

If the New Fundamentalist Right keep up their excisions from our literary heritage, they will excise works such as those of Thomas More and the Oxford Humanists of the 16th Century. . . the Roman humanist and playwright, Seneca. .. Moses Maimon-ides, the great Jewish philosopher, theolo­gian, and devout humanist. . . Averroes the Muslim philosopher . . . Hosius, the 4th Century Bishop of Cordoba, another hu­manist, one who defended the divinity-humanity of Jesus at the Council of Nicea.

Dr. Donahue and Dr. Brown

. . . All four of these elements in our heri­tage — the Roman, the Jewish, the Muslim, and the Christian — should be pursued as zealously and as thoroughly as we can manage . . . .

The devout humanist is, in my estima­tion, the finest product developed by the Judaeo-Christian tradition. The vocation [of devout humanism] includes a continu­ing, ongoing devotion to the life of study, to the application of the fruits of that learning to the improvement of the human condi­tion, and to the pursuit of the knowledge concerning God and the inclusion of that learning into one's own life of devotion. Such a life is prophetic in the sense that it is critical and constructive. It responds to im­perfection (evil) and attempts to turn back that evil wherever possible and replace it with healthy, humanizing ways of thinking, being, and acting, (fti)

By Rhonda Mahoney Schember and Lynn Clint

Medieval Merrymaking 'Christmas Madrigal7 showcases culinary

and theatrical talents of Mercyhurst College students

Reprinted from the December 3,1986 edition of the Erie Daily Times.

hile shoppers wander around in search of that perfect Christmas purchase or try to arrange vaca­

tions to the sunny south, a local college group is preparing what could be the best buy of the holiday season.

It's the "Christmas Madrigal,* a cele­bration that combines the sights and sounds of the year's most festive holiday.

"The Christmas Madrigal is our gift to the community, and each year it gets bet­ter and better," says John Wolper, chair­

man of the Hotel-Restaurant Manage­ment Department at Mercyhurst.

Originally sponsored by the HRM and music departments at its inception four

years ago, the cooperative effort has been expanded to include the dance and thea­ter departments as well. "This year," ex­plains Wolper, "the Madrigal offers a unique opportunity to welcome the holi­day season with song, dance, music and traditional food."

Over 100 students and faculty mem­bers are involved in the production of the holiday presentation, according to Wolper, and the entire event is recreated as a true medieval feast.

And a sumptuous feast it is — with a shopping list of immense proportions. Some 700 pounds of chicken, 400 pounds of pork, 300 loaves of bread, and 500 pounds of fruit must be prepared and stored.

Endless other details must also be at­tended to — "like how to serve over 350 people a hot dinner when the kitchen is located downstairs," says Wolper.

Whatever the challenge, however, it will be accepted with enthusiasm by the students. Together with the faculty they

will devise a system and accomplish the task. For that is just one of the hidden rea­sons for attempting such an undertaking — it offers students an opportunity to learn.

Behind the preparatory scenes are sophomores and juniors enrolled in Quantity Food Production and freshmen in Basic Foods all working together for class credit. Whether their assignment is planning and preparing or serving and washing — all are getting firsthand expe­rience with quantity food service.

And authenticity, in this instance, is an essential ingredient. To the casual ob­server, the intricate details surrounding the roasting of the ceremonial boar's head, may not seem important. They are, however, for those involved — not only in food preparation but in costuming and music as well.

This year over 1,000 diners will find themselves transported back to the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries as they enter the interior of an ancient castle. Greeted by servants in period costume, guests will be escorted to banquet tables adorned with boughs of fresh greens and candelabra and seated in the great hall.

Soon they will be dining on a tradition­al menu of "loigne of pore, quarterange of cicen, waldorf sallade, corn cobbe, browned rounde loofe, and chimed buttre" which translates as pork, chicken, salad, corn on the cob, multigrain bread and churned butter — a few of the menu offerings.

Proper diners, however, must follow the Rules for the Madrigal Feast — writ­ten in Old English. For example: "Let never thy cheke be made to grete with morselle of brede that thou shall ete" sim­ply put is "Do not talk with your mouth full." And everyone is encouraged to abide by this and the remaining admonitions.

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Repeated toasts of "Drink hail, was­sail!" customarily echo through the meal as an instrumental fanfare announces each course to be served. Although a deli­cious hot wassail of mulled cider and cranberry juices will be provided, diners are welcome to bring their own spirits. And the dessert? Let's just say it's a truly festive version of "figgy pudding."

Amidst the candlelight, and in keeping with historic tradition, the meal will be served on wooden boards constructed by the students. But since this is "a feast in royal fashion befitting the holiday spirit of the Renaissance," Wolper said dining utensils would be used.

Fortunately this trip back in time comes with another convenience of mod­ern times — warmth — instead of what would ordinarily be a very cold, drafty castle. And the warmth of a room filled with people continues throughout the evening with joyous song and entertainment.

Although food serves as the backbone for the evening, it is also a sumptuous fine arts event. And as such, the support and involvement from other student de­partments is crucial to the overall effect. The staging, lighting, decorating and di­recting all become critical to a successful production.

Performances by the theater and dance students create a truly festive atmo­sphere while musical selections from the madrigal singers invite all attending to join in celebration. There's even a court jester, complete with costume and bells, and a magician to provide tableside merriment.

Not all entertainment will be provided, however: Audience participation will be encouraged.

Although it is approached as a holiday celebration, The Christmas Madrigal is more importantly a learning experience with a two-fold purpose. "The entire event is used as a showcase for the music, hotel-restaurant management, theater and dance talents of our students, as well as to provide a cultural event for the com­munity? says Wolper. And judging from the response to these annual dinner-theater events, they've accomplished their purpose. Ml

Rhonda Mahoney Schember, a 1971 Mercy-hurst graduate, is a newspaper columnist and home economist.

Photos by Rich Forsgren '84.

SPRING, 1987

ByRT. Guerrein

Mercyhurst: a great example of Victorian Gothic

The effect is produced by mass and vertical accents

Reprinted with permission from the October 9,1986 edition of Showcase, a supplement of Erie Daily Times and Erie Morning News.

I here are advantages in being a lit­tle out of the way, a little apart from the busy centers of artistic

thought. That's how Erie got Mercyhurst. The main, old building at Mercyhurst is

an example of what I've seen termed "Ger­manic picturesque massing" (more on that later), but an even better example of the advantage of being a bit behind the times.

When the college was built, in the twen­ties, all the bright young architects were producing Bauhaus boxes, neat and rec­tangular and concrete. Now we look at them and shudder, or laugh. Little con­crete boxes. An art that began with such high hopes, so liberating and clean, has become the architecture of corporate America.

Recently, my alma mater, the University of Illinois, published a long article on its new supercomputer center. It's being built now, and it will be a massive building dom­inating a renovated part of the campus. It looks like an art deco skyscraper of the twenties or thirties, not at all like the Bau­haus. Times have changed.

Now we can appreciate the college, or appreciate it again.

In fact, we almost lost it, didn't we? Sit­ting in front of the older structure is the newer library complex — squatting there. That this happened shows how little the older building was valued even a few years ago. Even the brick doesn't match.

I'm told that the college's trustees have talked informally about moving the li­brary complex, but the cost would be out­rageous. Still, this shows it's no secret that the two don't go together. Or, as I put it, that the newer structures squat in front of the older ones, and mar the view.

Because the view is the important thing here. The college was built to provide a view for those inside, and to create a view for those looking up at it. The school is con­ceived as a building set upon a hill, an "acropolis" (high point of the city), domi­nating its surroundings.

The emphasis in Mercyhurst's old main is on the vertical. The dormer windows push up into the roof line. The wing to the right is narrow and given a Gothic arch, making another vertical accent. And all this verticality is anchored, so to speak, by the Norman-looking tower at the left. Since we have learned to look to the left first, then the right, the building is "read" just that way, from massive and squat on its east side to thin and vertical on its west.

I s u p p o s e you could desc r ibe Mercyhurst as a "Gothic" building, or modern Gothic, or Gothic revival, one of the last of its kind. Gothic forms took ref­uge in school buildings later in the 19th century, and survived there longest.

As Gothic revival, Mercyhurst is the daughter of late Victorian times. There are only a few Gothic details, for one thing, and several of those (like those silly, teensy pinnacles on the Norman tower) could easily be eliminated. One or two mould­ings are deeply undercut, as they should be, but there are only one or two.

No, the effect of the building is pro­duced by its mass and its vertical accents. In fact, I was struck by its resemblance to a building by the famous Victorian archi­tect Alfred Waterhouse — another school near London, built around 100 years ago and now, sadly, mostly gone. This build­ing, St. Paul's School, is pure Waterhouse, and like Mercyhurst, depends not on fine detail for its effect, but brick masses.

That's good — Gothic detail is expen­sive, dependent on fine craftsmanship (forgotten craftsmanship), and years in the making. No wonder many Victorian Gothic buildings are flops.

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What of the interior? Frankly, less inter­esting, except for the chapel. The college was, you remember, founded by an order of nuns, and the chapel had a lot of atten­tion lavished on it.

For instance, here is a mural on the sanc­tuary wall and apse (the recess at the east). It's Italian-looking and, forgive me, not as good as something you might find in Assi-si. But it's perhaps the most ambitious sin­gle artistic project Erie's ever seen.

The chapel's modern Gothic, too, but there's no effort made to disguise the canti-levered girders which actually hold up the roof. Gothic architects would have done it that way. The stained-glass windows are like English Tudor ones, say around 1520, square-headed with the Gothic details flattened away. The glass itself is among the best of its type I've seen in Erie, blue with dashes of gleaming red,

I'm told the chapel is very popular for weddings. It should be. The setting is per­fect. And that is what architect Ferdinand

Durang wanted — the proper setting. A modern Gothic pile set atop a mountain, almost a fortress.

I once was up in a small laboratory room near the roof, looking out over the city. You feel you're floating above it. ..

And that, too, was what was intended.

R. T. Guerrein edits the Morning News' opinion page and the Weekender commen­tary page. Photographer Rich Forsgren is a 1984 graduate of Mercyhurst.

SPRING, 1987

ave education degree, experi­ence. Will travel."

With these thoughts in mind, Mercyhurst graduate Pamela Kristenson (class of '73) applied to the U.S. Depart­ment of Defense to teach in one of their Dependent Schools.

The winter of '84 turned into spring, and then into summer before Pam got her assignment — Camp Zama, Japan, twenty miles southwest of Tokyo. Now, two years later, Pam has embarked on a second tour of duty at the same base.

Having taught for eleven years at the Gertrude Barber Center, Pam has adjusted quickly to her new assignment of teaching the educably retarded, grades one through six. Her students are mainstreamed for math, science, social studies, physical edu­cation, and art. She helps them gain mas­tery in reading, spelling, and language arts.

Pam enjoys living in her bachelor quar­ters — two rooms and a bath, with shared kitchen privileges. "One thing that sur­prises the Japanese I entertain is how much room I have. Most of them live in much smaller quarters."

As an extra job, Pam teaches English to four Japanese men employed by Sony. "They already speak English," she explains, "but want to practice conversation with native speakers. We don't talk politics, though. But they want to hear about any trips I make, and were really interested in my visit to Hong Kong. For them travel is very expensive. Many of them have never been to Sapporo to see the marvelous ice sculptures, and none had climbed Mt. Fuji."

For Pam, the climbing of Mt. Fuji was an experience not easily forgotten. "Hun­dreds and hundreds of Japanese were there, ranging from older women to kimo­nos to groups of children in school uni­forms. Immediately behind us were a group of priests, chanting as they climbed."

The climb takes five to six hours, and Pam's group started late in the afternoon, eventually needing flashlights to contin­ue. She remembers the feel of the cindery rock slipping and sliding under her feet.

I ^ v A ?~<AIO

By Margaret L. Tenpas

4*4 Each climber received a long walking

stick which was branded whenever they reached a way station. Hoping to see the sunrise, Pam's group stopped at the final station — number ten — to spend the night. She especially remembers the wel­come warmth of the fire.

Pamela Kristenson in Japan

"We'd been walking through the rain, and were soaked, even to the clothes in our backpacks. The station was just a wooden building that looked about ready to col­lapse. The fire burned right in the middle, and you could buy food.

"For a price you could also sleep. You'd be assigned a futon (a thin mattress) in the loft, with beds jammed close together. You had no choice as to who the person was sleeping next to you. We sat up all night*

Because of the rain, Pam did not see the glorious sunrise from the crater, as she had hoped. She might go back to try again, but she quotes the Japanese saying, "To climb Mt. Fuji once is a wise man. To climb it twice is a fool."

In addition to hiking, and wind-surfing, Pam's adventures in Japan include driving a car, a challenge since the driver sits on the right, and drives on the left side of the road. And if you lose your way, you see signs in symbols, not words.

Should you be in an accident with a Jap­anese national, your costs will be high, Pam explains. "You will be expected to pro­vide compensation to replace whatever earning power is lost. In addition, you must provide T'm sorry' money, which will not be covered by any insurance poli­cy, and you will be expected to go to the hospital daily with gifts and flowers."

Pam has enjoyed getting off base, how­ever, discovering Japanese food, attending their festivals, and sampling a Japanese bath. At train stations she has met school children eager to practice their English. Among the standard questions they al­ways ask is, "How old are you?"

Pam looks forward to continuing her mixture of teaching and traveling, even though she misses the convenience of American supermarkets and admits that "It's always nice to come home to Erie."

Pamela Kristenson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kristenson, 4133 McClelland Avenue. Pamela graduated from Academy High School (1969), Mercyhurst College (1973), and earned an M.S. in Mental Retardation at Edinboro University (1981). She taught for eleven years at the Gertrude Barber Center.

For the past two years Pamela has been employed by the U.S. Department of De­fense to teach in the Dependent School at the army base, Camp Zama, Japan. The base is located twenty miles southwest of Tokyo.

Pam has traveled in Wales, Scotland, Germany, France, Holland, and Denmark at various times before going to Japan.

Margaret L Tenpas is a free-lance writer and former teacher. She authored "Erie — From Forest Trail to Port City" and co-authored "Erie History — The Women's Story" Her children's stories, poetry and ar­ticles have appeared in a variety of publications.

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Tenpas was for a time an adjunct faculty member in the secretarial department during the '60's. She is married to Emerson Tenpas of Erie and has four children.

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SPORTS

By Bob Shreve

Lane Named 'Hurst Hockey Coach

lercyhurst College has named a familiar figure in local ice hockey circles to head up the area's first

intercollegiate hockey program. Fred Lane, one of the founding members of Gannon University club hockey program and currently the Golden Knights' head coach, has been named as head coach of the Mercyhurst hockey team.

"Fred Lane is well-known in local hock­ey circles," explains John Leisering, Mercyhurst's Director of Athletics. "Once his application was received, he automati­cally became a prime candidate for the job. We're excited about starting hockey and we'll try to give Fred as much support as we possibly can to be competitive at the Division III level."

Lane has been affiliated with the Gannon hockey program since 1967. As a player, he was named the Most Valuable Player as a sophomore, junior and senior. He coached the team in 1973, then re­turned in 1978. In ten seasons as the Gold­en Knights' coach, Lane has compiled an impressive 139-44-11 record. His teams have won two Western Pennsylvania Col­lege Hockey Association league champi­onships, six division championships, and was named WPCHA Coach of the Year three times.

"Martin Luther King once said, 'I have a dream.' I had a dream, to coach intercolle­giate hockeyf comments Lane. "I always thought it would be at Gannon. When I re­alized that wouldn't happen, I thought I would have to leave town. I'm really excit­ed about the opportunity at Mercyhurst. It's a dream come true. I'm going to work hard for Dr. Garvey and the Mercyhurst College people."

Hockey is presently a club sport at Mercyhurst, the Lakers competing in the Erie Senior Hockey League. The program will be elevated to the varsity level this fall and compete in Division III.

Lane realizes he has his work cut out for him building the first NCAA intercolle­giate hockey program in the Erie area. "Everything has happened quite fast," Lane admits. "I'm overwhelmed. The big­gest job ahead is recruiting. We want to es­tablish ourselves as a class program. I think it will take a year or two to get to that point."

Freshman of the YearPhalon Bass led the team in scoring with 18.2 points per game, was sec­ond in rebounding at 7.4, and led the team in blocked shots with 29. He is a $4", 225# forward.

In addition to his coaching experience, Lane is a member of the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States (AHAUS) and the Ontario Coaches' Association. He has done television play-by-play and color commentary for the State High School Hockey Tournament and play-by-play for the Erie Blades.

Kalbaugh. In all, Mercyhurst has lost play­ers for a total of 70 games due to injuries. THEME: Mercy"hurts".

Men's Basketball Coming in with a win on the final game,

the Mercyhurst men's team has a 13-14 re­cord. Coming off a 21-7 record last year, the team expected to challenge for a berth in the Division II playoffs. Injuries have made it a long season for coach Billy

Women's Basketball Winning their last game also, the wom­

en's basketball team under first-year coach Luke Ruppel has made a remarkable turn­around. The women have posted a 9-12 re­cord after winning just three games in the past three years. With their final winning game, the Lady Lakers finished with four straight wins, their best record in five years.

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O N THE HILL

Academic Celebration to be Repeated Next Year

The 60th Anniversary Academic Cele­bration "was far more successful than we ever expected it to be," commented Presi­dent Garvey at the conclusion of the two-and-a-half-day occasion. "It was a true cel­ebration of learning for learning's sake," he added and announced that plans are on for another Celebration next year. Nearly fifty events — lectures, panel discussions, films, demonstrations — attracted about 2000 attendees. David Cooper, Coordina­tor of the Celebration, was quick to point out, however, "It was not just the number of people in attendance. It was the learning and communication and spirit." Dean Palmer, Chairperson, commended the faculty's "willingness to get involved and contribute their time and energies to sup­port one another's events."

Among the highlights of the Celebration was Father David Tracy's keynote address on religious pluralism. Theologian Tracy who was introduced by Dr. Garrelts, is from the University of Chicago.

Academic Celebration Concludes with Opening of Jewish History Center

The establishment of Mercyhurst's Cen­ter for Erie Jewish History was officially announced by President Garvey at the conclusion of the 60th Anniversary Aca­demic Celebration in February. Paying tribute to the Jewish community is impor­tant to the College, he said. "We wish to have the city's Jewish heritage recognized, preserved, promoted, and honored." He told the audience which filled the auditori­um that the Center is intended to serve a three-fold purpose: first, as an archival service for records the Jewish community may wish to store; second, as a source for an annual lecture to be given by speakers selected by the Center's advisory board; and third, as a resource for development of a printed history of the Erie Jewish com­munity. The College's History and Sociolo­gy Departments, he announced, will at­tempt to develop this document within the next two years.

Judith Wieczorek of the Sociology De­partment is the Director of the Center. She feels that "the Center will serve as a reposi­tory for research and learning by estab­lished scholars as well as students." The re­pository will be housed in Hammermill Library.

Among the plans for holdings in the ar­chives are oral histories of local families. Barbara Singer of the Jewish Community Council discussed the value of such a proj­ect. Stories, she told the audience, provide a vehicle for showing compassion to the storyteller... they are glimpses into solu­tions for daily living . . . they create a lega­

cy. Her goal, she says is to gather a "tape of everyone."

Rabbi Joseph Hirsch of Congregation Brith Sholom expressed his positive reac­tion to the opening of the Center. "The Erie Jewish Community is 140 years old," he said. "It is important to preserve its signifi­cance and history."

Erie Jewish History panel included as participants (left to right) Lyman Cohen, Director of Domestic Relations at the Erie County Court House, who discussed the secular history of Erie's Jewish Community; Rabbi Joseph Hirsch of the Congregation Brith Sholom who discussed Erie's Jewish religious history; Barbara Singer, Senior Adult Coordinator of the Jewish Community Council, who talked about the elderly person as a source of history; and Moderator Mark Finkelstein ofthe DAngelo School ofMusic. Also pictured (standing) is Acting Director of the Center, Judith Wieczorek of Mercyhurst's Sociology Department.

Continued on page 16

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ALUMNI NEWS

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR DISTINGUISHED ALUM AWARD

The Mercyhurst College Alumni Board is seeking nominations for the "Distin­guished Alumna/us of the Year Award." All nominations, name and class year, as minimal information, must be submitted to the Alumni Board, c/o the Alumni Rela­tions Office at the College no later than June 15th. Nominees will then be contact­ed in order to complete the nomination form and provide supporting data. The 1987 award will be presented at the Homecoming dinner on Saturday, Octo­ber 3rd.

The criteria for nomination are that the nominee mus t be a g r a d u a t e of Mercyhurst College and have made an outstanding contribution to one or more of the following categories: Education, sci­ence and/or the fine arts, the community, to his/her profession, or to Mercyhurst College. The nominee's life should exem­plify the College motto — Carpe Diem.

MERCYHURST COLLEGE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS: 1968 -1986 Barbara Chambers '60 1971 Sister Joan Chittister '62 1986 Catherine Durkin '36 1968 Coletta Crawford Ginnard '49 1976 Sister Carolyn Herrmann '38 1980 Betty Taylor Kleindinst'37 . . 1969,1976 Mary Catherine Sherwood Lieb'42 1973 Alice Reeder Lockhart '34 1969 Martha Jane Matjasko'64 1976 Helen Fabian Mullen '47 1978 Judith A. Pitney'67 1974 Sister M. Eymard Poydock '43 1984 Sister M. Eustace Taylor '29 1982 Sister Mary Charles Weschler'40 . 1977 Margaret Hirsch Whyte '56 1981 Rita W.Weiss'57 1985 Sandra Mangone Zobrest'70 1979

BETSY L. LANTZ SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED

Students, faculty and friends at Mercyhurst have established the "Betsy L. Lantz Scholarship in the Liberal Arts" as a way of remembering an exceptional stu­dent who died of cystic fibrosis during her junior year. Despite knowing of the termi­nal prognosis, Betsy worked to the highest academic potential and will be remem­bered for her extraordinary sense of

Mary Beth Joseph (center) receives the 1987 Sister Carolyn Herrmann Service Award from Michael Heller, President of the Mercyhurst National Alumni Association. Also pictured is Tom Dore', Associate Director of Alumni Relations at Mercyhurst College.

MARY BETH JOSEPH HONORED BY ALUMS Mary Beth Joseph is the 1987 recipient

of the Sister Carolyn Herrmann Senior Service Award. She was selected as "the graduating senior with the most outstand­ing record of service to the College and the local community."

Mary Beth has spent many hours in­volved in social service projects including the food drive for the hungry, prison visi­tations, peer counseling through the Cam­pus Ministry, volunteering at a camp for

mentally retarded citizens, teaching Con­fraternity of Christian Doctrine, volun­teering with the poor in Appalachia dur­ing the summer, working with student government , and tu tor ing fellow students.

A Social Work major, Mary Beth is plan­ning to join the Peace Corps upon gradua­tion. She is from Cleveland, Ohio, where she was graduated from Saint Augustine's Academy.

humor and desire to help others. Betsy, the daughter of Elmer and A. Jessie Butler Lantz of Wattsburg, PA, died on Novem­ber 21, 1986. She had carried a double major in biology and communications with a 4.0 QPA. She was an honors gradu­ate of Seneca High School and was class salutatorian, having a four-year average of 4.0. At Mercyhurst, Betsy was a member of the Egan Scholars Program and Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, and served as Assistant Editor of The Merciad, 1985-1986. She was posthumously honored with a Mercyhurst Associate of Arts de­gree , summa cum laude, and the newspaper's Editor's Award has been re­named "The Betsy Lantz Memorial Edi­tor's Award." Betsy was last year's recipient.

The Lantz Scholarship will depend upon donations received but has a mini­

mum goal of $10,000, from which the in­terest will be used for an annual award. To date, over half of the goal has been raised. Contributions may be sent to the College c/o the Alumni Relations and Develop­ment Office, 215 Old Main.

ANNIVERSARY YEAR CLASSES ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS

During this, the 60th Anniversary of the founding of Mercyhurst College, two classes have established endowed scholar­ships as perpetual memorials. "The Class of '37 Scholarship Fund" was initiated by that class in remembrance of their 50th Anniversary year. This endowed scholar­ship, from which accrued interest will an­nually be awarded, will enable an academ­ically qualified Mercyhurst junior or senior to continue his or her studies. Mar­garet McMahon, Pauline Urich Jageman

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and Margaret Anne Mooney Emling have been instrumental in developing the scholarship, and hope to set an example for future "golden anniversary" classes.

The "Class of 1977 Scholarship Fund" was established at Mercyhurst College to endow a scholarship in their name. Debo­rah S. Duda of Palo Alto, CA, who is also a member of the Alumni Board, helped ini­tiate this newest scholarship, and has writ­ten to all of her classmates seeking contributions.

If you are an alum of either of these classes and wish to add your name to the roster of contributors, please send your donation to the Alumni Relations Office at the College.

ON THE HILL

UPDATE ON ALUMNI GATHERINGS • Buffalo Alumni got together after the

Mercyhurst vs. Buffalo State game in Oc­tober which the Lakers won 40-10. Karyn Melone '86 provided local assistance for the party which was attended by alumni, current students, parents, faculty, and ad­ministrators, including Dr. Garvey.

• The Pittsburgh group also got togeth­er in October for a pre-game party in the Duquesne University Student Union be­fore the Lakers went on to win 26-14 over Duquesne.

• On a Sunday in Syracuse in October the Syracuse Chapter held its Fall meeting which was organized by Chapter Presi­dent Martha McNulty Cuddy '56. This chapter has established the "Gloria McQuillen Williams Student Athlete Fund" in memory of Mrs. Williams '47.

In February, the Syracuse Alumni Chapter sponsored a reception prior to the basketball game between Mercyhurst and LeMoyne, which the Lakers lost 91-80. Martha Cuddy '56, Bob Dubick 78 , and his wife Teresa Fiumara-Dubick '11, pro­vided local assistance.

• This January in Erie, a pre-game get-together in the lobby of the Warner Thea­ter preceded the Mercyhurst vs. Gannon game at the Civic Center. Over eighty alums had a most enjoyable time even though the injury-ridden Lakers went on to lose 79-66. Plans are under way to make the Mercyhurst-Gannon pre-game get-together an annual event. Tom Dore in Alumni Relations has details.

• The Florida Alumni Club reception at the Plantation Country Club in Engle-wood, Florida on April 5 was organized by Mrs. Betty Taylor Kleindinst '37.

• In Boston, Claudia Englert has organ­ized an April Alumni Get-together at the Charles Playhouse in the Boston Theater District, complete with an audience "who dunnit?" mystery called Sheer Madness.

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Alumni and Parents Support Mercyhurst During 60th Anniversary Year

Phonathon '87 had a minimum goal of $60,000 — "$60,000 for the 60th!" As of March 1, 1987, over $50,000 had been pledged during a two-week period, with more than $43,000 from alumni and over $7,000 from parents. According to Gary L. Bukowski '73, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, "The funds raised from alums will be used for annual fund scholarships to aid Mercyhurst students in financing their education at the College. Parents' contributions are being allocated to help increase the collections in the Hammermill Library. Some alumni and parents are contributing to other College needs, such as the 'Class of '37 Scholar­ship Fund' and departmental equipment funds." Bukowski noted that Phonathon so­licitations were continuing into March, and he hoped to reach the $60,000 goal well before June.

Tom Dore" '81, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, who coordinated Phonathon '87, said that by March first, 1,142 alums and 202 parents had pledged. Dor^ also pointed out that there was "tre­mendous competition between the Phonathon teams, especially among the ten

student groups, and that all volunteers — callers and fourteen computer data entry workers — were elated with the initial re­sults of their efforts." The Phi Eta Sigma team was the Phonathon champion, raising close to $9,000 during their calling sessions.

The alumni team composed of 20 vol­unteers worked during two sessions and had pledges of over $8,700. Bukowski and Dore'especially wish to express their grati­tude to the following alumni volunteers: Terry Gorney Bradley '54, Kathy DeSante '67, Kevin Downey '81, Joan Kostolansky Evans '60, Sr. Mary Lawrence Franklin '41, Michael Heller '79, Nancy Knobloch Hel­ler '79, Daniel Hill '76 and Debbie, his wife, Kathy O'Connor Holland '84, Rose­mary McCabe Kaveney '54, Anne O'Neill Klemensic '81, John Leisering '81, Sr. Damien Mlechick '56, Sr. Rosemary Mur­phy '57, Sheila Walsh Richter '11, Tom Richter '73, and Judy Wieczorek '61. Spe­cial thanks go to the co-chairpersons, Sally Carlow Koehler '51 and Lance Lavrinc '83.

Bukowski said that all alumni and par­ents who were not contacted during the calling sessions would be sent letters ex­plaining this year's goals and the need to support scholarship funds and library ac­quisitions. Contributions are still being ac­cepted, but must be received by the Alum­ni Relations Office at the College by June 1, 1987 to be counted toward this year's anniversary goal.

In the Blue Room the Phonothon receives the able attention of John Leisering '81, Daniel Hill 76, Debbie Hill, Sally Carlow Kohler '51, and Sister Damien Mlechick '56.

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CLASS NOTES

Joanne Druzak

CLELAND DRISCOLL KELLY and hus­band, James D. Kelly, celebrated their 50th

wedding anniversary at the home of Charles McMinn, who is the son of one of Cle's deceased classmates, CATHERINE EGAN McMINN '31. The party was put together by Cle's daughter, MARY LOU KELLY '60 and son, John Kelly. Cle noted that over 50 guests were in attendance, in­cluding two of her Mercyhurst friends, TERESA A'HEARN BROWN '31 and ALICE REEDER LOCKHART '34. The Kellys reside on 6th Street, Snow Shoe, PA 16874.

SR. MARY LAWRENCE FRANKLIN, R.S.M., Archivis t of the Hammermill Library at Mercyhurst, has been busy with artifacts of the Sisters of Mercy and various College archives for our 60th Anni­versary celebration. Sister is also an active member of the Alumni Board. She resides on Campus at 501 East 38th Street, Egan Hall, Erie, PA 16546.

WANDA GRABOWSKI YOST is retired from Public Relations at Ohio Bell Tele­

phone after having served in Tehran, Iran with American Bell prior to the revolution, when she was evacuated to Greece. Wanda writes that her hobby is collecting miniatures, and she is in the process of moving to 10268 Thwing Road, Chardon, OH 44024.

53\PATRICIA /. LIEBEL, Business Administrator for the City of Erie, has been elected the first woman President in the 85-year history of the Erie Area Chamber of Commerce. Pat has been on the organi­zation's Board of Directors since 1976, and has served as Vice President of Activities, Vice President of Administration, and on numerous chamber committees. In 1982, she earned the Chamber's "Person of the Year" Award for her outstanding contributions. Pat also received the Liberty Bell Award in 1985. In 1986, she was named 'Woman of the Year" by the Erie County Democratic Women's Council, and re­ceived the 60th Anniversary Achievement Award from Mercyhurst, where she serves on the Board of the Alumni Association and the President's Associates. In addition, Pat finds the time to serve as President of Harborcreek Youth Services, is a corporator of Hamot Medi­cal Center and Saint Vincent Health Center, and is a member of the Board of Directors of United Way of Erie County. Pat is a resident of

Erie, PA.

DOROTHY ZAK MARKES and her hus-band, Bob, recently purchased a contempo­

rary home in New Jersey. Dottie is performing vol­unteer work at West Jersey Hospital and St. Mary's Nursing Home. They reside at 9 Windsor Drive, Voorhees, NJ 08043.

SARA "SALLY" CARLOW KOHLER

is a new member of the Col­lege's Alumni Board. Sally is a guidance counselor at Roo­sevelt Middle School in Erie, and she and husband, Jo­seph, reside at 341 Shenley Drive, Erie, PA 16505.

JEAN LEE MANGOLD wrote to us recently that after a 26-year hiatus from teaching, she

has returned to the classroom as a substitute teacher in the state of Kentucky. Jean teaches every imaginable subject from basic math, typing, and business English to history, home economics, and Spanish. She works with emotionally and physi­cally disabled students, and with students who speak little or no English. Jean praises the 'Hurst for the training and her exposure to foreign stu­dents which has served her so well in the variety of subjects she is called upon to teach at a mo­ment's notice. Jean and her husband, Gilbert, re­side at 8004 Edsel Lane, Fern Creek, KY 40291.

GEORGIA LACKEY PATRIARCA teaches fifth grade for the Painesville Township Board of Edu­cation. To further her archaeological studies of the Mayan Culture, Georgia recently spent a week amid various Mayan ruins on the Yucatan Penin­sula. Georgia and her husband, Joseph, reside at 2741 Larchview Drive, Painesville, OH 44077.

HELEN CLANCY BAVISOTTO joined the Mercyhurst Alumni Board recently; her

daughter, Maria, is currently a freshman at the College. Helen is busy working as the Registrar of the City of Corning, NY. She resides, with husband Joseph, at 69 East 4th Street, Corning, NY 14830.

LINDA COLLIN has been an elementary art teacher since 1962 and is cu r ren t ly working at Grand view Elementary School in Millcreek Town­ship. At a recent school board meeting, she received a plaque honoring her for being "Employee of the Month". Linda resides at 4821 Clinton Drive, Erie,' PA 16509.

SUSAN McCARTNEY HOROWITZ was re­cently appointed to the Iowa City Planning

and Zoning Commission, and holds a seat on the Historic Preservation Commission. Sue and her husband, Joel, reside at 1129 Kirkwood Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240.

CHARLOTTE WEINERT KUNDRATH is a Sales Associate at ERA Community Real Es­

tate, Inc., Madison and has been with the company for the past six years. She was voted the Top Listing Sales Associate and the Top Dollar Volume Sales Associate for the Hartford Council at the 1986 ERA Real Estate Convention for the Northeast re­gion, which encompasses Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. As a result of a listing presentation she did for the Hartford Broker Council, she won a trip to San Diego. She has also won trips to the last three ERA National Conventions in sales contests. In addi­tion, Charlotte is the Educational Co-Chairperson for the Shoreline Board of Realtors. Charlotte and her husband, Donald, and their five children reside at 18 Lockwood Drive, Clinton, CT 06413.

DIANE McKEON FRISKE is a new member of the Alumni Board of Mercyhurst College.

She is employed at the Veterans Administration Hospital of Butler, PA as a social worker. Diane, along with husband Kenneth, resides at 808 Scott Avenue, Glenshaw, PA 15116.

SUZANNE STEINES ROBERTSON is a nursery school teacher at the Child Develop­

ment Center in Reston, VA. She and her husband Richard, have three children: Laura 13, Stephanie 11, and Brian 7. They live 20 minutes from DC and welcome any alums who may be passing through their area. The Robertsons reside at 12506 Reign Court, Herndon, VA 22071.

SUSAN SUTTO has started her own real estate agency: Sue Sutto Realtors of Erie. Sue is also a President's Associate of the College. She resides at 3112 Madeira Drive, Erie, PA 16506.

DANIEL BURKE and SHELLE LICHTENWALTER BARRON 74 both of

the Mercyhurst Art Department, received "Best of Show" Awards at the Meadville Council on the Arts Exhibit. The Adjudicator was Tom Hinson, Curator of Contemporary Art at Cleveland Muse­um of Art. The exhibition featured 37 artists from within a 250-mile radius of Meadville, PA. Dan and his wife, JANE CRAIG BURKE '79, reside at 223 East 6th Street, Erie, PA 16507, and Shelle re­sides at 3401 Argyle, Erie, PA 16505.

MARY SCHLEGEL SAMIOS and husband, Mark, recently welcomed their fourth child:

Micah Charles-Paul, who joins sisters Tara and Micker, and brother Trevor. The family resides at Connemara II, RD #1 Box #287-S, Ligonier, PA 15658.

CANDACE KILBOURNE FILIOS, who re-ceived a B.A. in Home Economics from

Mercyhurst, is busy at home raising three daugh­ters: Cassandra 4, Eleni 3, and Polyxeni 1. They re­side at 1125 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.

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DONNA RIESCHL YOUNG, after many years of teaching, is now busy raising a son,

aged 9, and a daughter, aged 4. After her youngest enters school, Donna plans to resume teaching. She has been married 14 years, and the family re­sides at 157 Forrest Way, Camillus, NY 13031.

ALLAN BELOVARAC

was recently commissioned as an Ensign in the US Naval Reserve as a special duty in­telligence officer. He has been assigned to work with the Fleet Intelligence Rapid Support Team, European and Atlantic Fleets, at the Naval Air Facility in Detroit, ML Allan is also Chairman of the History Depart­ment at Mercyhurst College. Along with his wife, LEE PITONYAK BELOVARAC 74, and sons, Brian 4 and Brendan 1, Allan resides at 637 East 31st Street, Erie, PA 16504.

GARY BUKOWSKI and ROBERTA DONLEY BUKOWSKI78 gave birth to their first child, Ryan Michael, on Halloween night! Gary is the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Mercyhurst. They reside at 4210 Briggs Avenue, Erie, PA 16504.

SUSAN HURLEY CORBRAN wed Paul Corbran in September in Christ the King Chapel on the Mercyhurst Campus, with a reception following at the Saga Club. Sue is Manager of Internal Com­munications at Hamot Medical Center. Her hus­band, who is a graduate of Penn State, is a reporter for the Times Publishing Company of Erie. Fol­lowing a wedding trip to Hawaii, the newlyweds will reside in Erie, PA.

RON MAZANOWSKI Ron Mazanowski 73 , gave a show during the fall enti­tled "New Works in Ce­ramic Sculpture* at the Mindscape Gallery in Ev-anston, Illinois. His work combines the classic tech­niques of beautiful pottery interposed with interpre­tive colorful objects.

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ROBERT PARKS and LINDA THANOS PARKS are the proud parents of a baby girl, Jocelyn, born January 25, 1987. Jocelyn joins two brothers: David 6 and Matthew 3. They reside at 2720 Irish Oaks Drive, Ashland, KY 41101.

PATRICIA ZIMMER HOFFMAN and her husband, William, recently welcomed their

second daughter, Shenley Marissa, who joins her sister, Gabrielle Rhea. Pat is a teacher at Union City High School. The Hoffmans reside at 703 East Street, Waterford, PA 16441.

ROSEMARY SLATER JOHNSON wed Michael Johnson in November at Our Lady of Consolation in Wayne, NJ.

ANN CAPOCCIA ZIENO, who is a business teacher at Sidney Central School in NY, gave birth in June to a daughter, Alycia. Along with husband, Anthony, they reside at 17 Silver Street, Sidney, NY 13838.

DIANNE WALSH ASTRY and husband, Douglas, recently announced the birth of

their daughter, Lauren Margaret. The Astrys re­side at 13992 Wellington Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344.

MARY KALISTA DURKIN and her husband, James, are the proud parents of a baby girl named Caihlin Patricia. Mary is a consulting dietitian at the Internal Medicine Association of Lancaster. The Durkins reside at 3062 Holbein Drive, Lancas­ter, PA 17601.

GRETCHEN KRAMPF-DAMERON is keeping herself busy these days in real estate; she is the owner of Suburban Properties, Inc., while hus­band, James, has a thriving law firm. They live in the metro-Washington, DC area with daughters Ryan, who is 8, Annie, who is 5, and son Michael, 7 years old. The family resides at 12513 Split Creek Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.

ROBERT O'BRIEN and wife, Maureen, recently had their third child, Mary Colleen, who joins two other siblings, Caitlin and Meghan. The O'Briens reside at 46 High Street, Sharon Hill, PA 19079.

LUCRETIA FERRI PASCARELLI announces the birth of a son she named Dominic. The Pascarellis reside at RFD #3 Box 541, Wiscasset, ME 04578. SAM VENEZIANO has been promoted to Region­al Director of Food and Beverage for Marriott's Courtyard Hotel in Santa Anna. His region in­cludes California, Arizona, and Utah. Sam resides at 27832 Finisterra, Mission Viejo, CA 92692.

JOHN WELSH married the former Susan Harrell on December 20, 1986. The couple were married in Pittsburgh, PA with many of John's classmates in attendance. Following the ceremony, the newly-weds spent a wonderful honeymoon in Hawaii. John invites any alums to stop by his Irish pub, called Welsh's Restaurant & Bar, located at 349 Olivia Street in Pittsburgh, PA.

JAMES CARROLL is a teacher at Utica Faith Centers in NY. He has recently been promot­

ed to Director of the Centers, which is a branch of the Department of Religious Education in the Dio­cese of Syracuse. The school provides a course of religious studies to high school students, during school hours, for academic credit. Jim's wife, MARY ROSE DeVIVO CARROLL, is a substitute teacher in Utica. They have three daughters and reside at 50 Parkside Court, Utica, NY 13501.

MARY HANEAS CIPRIANI and husband, John, gave birth recently to a baby girl, Angela Marie, who joins 8 year old brother, Richard. Since 1982, Mary has been a medical technologist and has worked at Hamot Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Erie. The Ciprianis reside at 2628 Pennsylvania Avenue, Erie, PA 16504.

PAUL GREINER recently wed Ms. Becky June Walter of Franklin, PA. Waikiki Beach, HI was the setting for their honeymoon. The Greiners reside at 7688 Carbury Road, Edinboro, PA 16412.

H. DANIEL HILL III, J.D. is one of the newest members of the College's Alumni Board. Dan is an associate attorney at McDonald Law Offices in Erie and resides, with wife Deborah, at 11441 East Middle Road, P.O. Box #507, North East, PA 16428.

LINDA COLVIN RHODES Linda Colvin Rhodes 70, is the first professional ger-ontologist to head Penn­sylvania's Department of Aging. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Soci­ology from Mercyhurst when this was one of the very few colleges offering courses on the sociology of death. She went on to earn a Master's degree in Education from Edinboro University and a doctorate in Ap­plied Human Development with a specialty in Gerontology from Columbia. Linda, now 37, plans to focus her attention on home-based health care programs and programs for senior citizens who live by themselves. Linda feels, "a major concern with so many (elderly) is health care cost, living alone. What I plan to do in the first few months is to listen to what people of Pennsylvania have been saying.* Linda is co-owner of the Pittsburgh-based consulting firm Rhodes and Brennan, Inc., who specialize in planning long-term health care. It was while she was involved with her firm, planning a health care system for Allegheny County, that Governor Robert P. Casey became aware of her concerns for the elderly. Pennsylvania, along with a handful of other states, shares the second-highest number of elderly in propor­tion to the rest of the population. Linda is mar­ried to former State Representative Joseph Rhodes Jr. They have two children, Matthew and Brennan; with Linda's appointment as Sec­retary of Aging, they are in the process of mov­ing to Harrisburg.

PATRICIA KAZY ROTAR is married to Daniel Rotar, an engineering graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University. He is presently employed at Packard Electric, a division of General Motors, while attending law school at the University of Akron. Pat works as a medical technologist in the Bacteriology Department of St. Elizabeth's Hospi­tal Medical Center in Ohio. The Rotars reside at 1310 Barbie Drive, Youngstown, OH 44512.

ELLEN LYNCH CARTY and husband, Wil­liam, are busy raising two sons: Michael 2

and Kevin 1. Ellen is in retail and catering at D.F. Lynch's. The Cartys reside at 47 Manito Avenue, Oakland, NJ 07436.

JAMES BESKID, a detective with the Erie Bureau of Police, wed Ms. Sharon Rautine in

Christ the King Chapel Foyer at Mercyhurst, with Judge Michael Joyce officiating. Following a To­ronto, Canada honeymoon, the couple reside in Erie, PA. ROBERT RADZISZEWSKI has started a new job with Erie Insurance Group as a financial analyst in the Corporate Finance Division. Rob and his wife, PATRICIA KOHLER RADZISZEWSKI 79, reside at 1314 Lynn Street, Erie, PA 16503.

KATHLEEN MEGNIN SMITH, who is affiliated with the Venango Ballet & Performing Arts, writes to us of her recent success with the production of

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the "Nutcracker". The roles of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier were per­formed beautifully by two current Mercyhurst stu­dents: Mary Corinne Camp-bell and Edward Menapace. Kathleen resides at RD #2 Box #318, Seneca, PA 16346.

Mary Corinne Campbell and Edward Menapace.

CHRISTOPHER VAN WAGENEN is currently employed by the Petroleum Information Corpora­tion of Houston as Editor of their oil and gas news­letters. Chris resides at 12801 Roydon Drive, Apartment #309, Houston, TX 77034.

MARGARET DAMICO BARBER and her family recently moved to Van Wert, OH,

where her husband, Steven, accepted a position as Project Engineer with Aeroquip Corporation. In addition to being a Registered Nurse, Maggie is busy raising three children: Erin, Bryan, and Meghan. The Barbers reside at 134 East Raymond Street, Van Wert, OH 45891.

MARILYN COYLE FREEH and husband, Louis, recently became the parents of a second son, Brendan Joseph. The Freehs reside at 121 78th Street, North Bergen, NJ 07047.

SCOTT KUNKEL is Superintendant of Laboratory Services at Commercial Testing and Engineering in Illinois. His article entitled, "Moisture Content in Petroleum Products" has recently been pub­lished in the Oil and Gas Journal, which will also be included in the 1987 edition of the Refining and Petroleum Technology Yearbook. Scott resides at 294 Mohawk Street, Park Forest, IL 60466.

PATRICK SABOL and MARY MALLOY SABOL have a new addition to the family, a son named David John. Pat is a computer programmer/ analyst with Erie Insurance Group, and Mary is a Hostess for Welcome Wagon. They reside at 866 Newton Avenue, Erie, PA 16511.

LISA PARLAVECCHIO SALADA and husband, Donald, are the proud parents of a daughter, Sonya Marie. Lisa is a medical assistant at a local physician's office. The Saladas reside at Treasure Lake, Box #654, DuBois, PA 15801.

KAREN SALVATORE writes to us that she has worked with organizations of various denomina­tions, all of which have enriched her very deeply. After college, Karen worked with the poor through VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America); in the small town of Mt. Vernon, IN, she worked with people on housing and food issues, where she was exposed to serious institutional racism. A move to Philadelphia, PA involved employment with Unit­ed Cerebral Palsy and close friendship with disa­bled people. Karen next accepted a job at Contact Teleminstry, where she scheduled volunteers for this 24-hour hotline. Here, her growth in interper­sonal skills and faith was cultivated. Karen is back home now, residing at 2061 Warfel Avenue, Erie, PA 16503.

JEANIE NORMOYLE WOOD married her hus­band, Thomas, in 1982 and they have two beauti­ful children: daughter Jordanne Lynne, who is 3 years old, and son Thomas Michael, almost 2 years old. The Woods reside at 6 Glen Brook Avenue, Hamden,CT 06514.

H. WAYNE ANDERSON, JR. is a Captain in _ the US Marine Corps, stationed at MCDEC, Quantico, VA. He and wife, Mary Beth, have two children named Jennifer, 4 years old and Ryan, 2 years old. The Andersons reside at RD #2, West Middlesex, PA 16159.

TIMOTHY KOSARSKY has relocated from Nas­sau in the Bahamas to Florida, where he is a system analyst at the Broward County School Board. He also teaches Intro-Data Processing courses at a local VoEd school. Tim resides at 12 Royal Palm Way, Apartment #501, Boca Raton, FL 33432.

MELINDA MICKLER MARCUM is a critical care nurse and husband, Stephen, is in private practice as a gastroenterology in the Houston area. Mini and Steve reside at 2206 Heather Green Drive, Houston, TX 77062.

EUGENE WEBER and THERESE TOLOMEO WEBER have a new home and a new baby. . . their first, a son named Thaddeus Tolomeo Weber. Eugene is a teacher in a local parochial grade school, and the family resides at 39 Clara Street, North Haledon,NJ 07058.

EILEEN ZINCHIAK has been appointed Assistant Director of the Senior Citizen Health Care Pro­gram. She will assist the Executive Director in all agency operations and planning, marketing devel­opment and community relations, especially with Erie County residents age 50 and older. Before joining Senior Citizen Health Care, Eileen was As­sistant to the Publisher and to the Editor of Erie & Chautauqua Magazine. She resides at 926 West 8th Street, Erie, PA 16502.

GEORGIA BOTINOVCH, Erie County Adult Probation Officer II, was recently

elected President of the Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence Association. She will oversee the operation of the organization, which includes 400 professional and lay people dedicated to fight­ing drunk driving. Georgia joined the Probation Department in 1978, and is now a state certified D.U.I. Instructor. She resides at 1109 Appletree Lane, Erie, PA 16509.

KEVIN A. DOWNEY has been named General Manager of The Corry Journal. Kevin began his journalism career at The Journal while he was still a student in Corry Area High School and has been with the paper for seven years with interruptions to continue formal education in journalism. Earli­er this year, he graduated from American Univer­sity in Washington, D.C. with a Master's degree in journalism and public affairs, and in November he completed work for a degree in newspaper man­agement at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida.

LINDA FIRST FRISINA has been promoted to commercial underwriter at Progressive Corpora­tion's Transportation Division in Beachwood, OH. She is responsible for financial and risk analysis, pricing and policy issuance for specialized motor carrier fleets. She and her husband, STEPHEN FRISINA '80, reside at 4294 Windsor Avenue, Wil-loughby, OH 44094.

JACQUELINE MILLER has joined Hammermill Paper Company as a Development Chemist HI in the Corporate Technology Department. She has worked in the product development area of Inter­national Paper Company for the past three years. Jacqueline resides at 2203 Linwood Avenue, Erie, PA 16510.

AMY MOLINARO PAGE was recently united in marriage to THOMAS PAGE '84. Amy is a dental assistant in Richmond, VA. The Pages reside at 3900 Darcy Lane, Chesterfield, VA 23832.

DENISE MOLES PETRILLO recently wed Bruno Petrillo, Jr. The couple spent a wonderful honey­moon touring St. Thomas, St. John's, and Puerto Rico. Denise is a construction loan administrator at Progress Federal Savings Bank in Plymouth Meet­ing, PA. While awaiting completion of their new home in Lower Gwynedd Township, PA, the Petrillos' address is P.O. Box #697, Skippack, PA 19474.

GERALD SHEWAN was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy after completion of Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI. He is currently stationed at Naval Communications Area Master Station, Westpac, Guam. Gerald's address is P.O. Box #8064 NCWP, MOV 3, Dededo, Guam 96912.

REGINA KOZLOWSKI SMITH and husband, Doug, are the proud parents of a new addition to the family . . . Jared Daniel. The Smiths reside at 345 Craig Street, Erie, PA 16508.

CHERYL ARON, since graduating from Mercyhurst, has worked on the copy desk of

The Globe in West Palm Beach, FL, then as a copy­writer with Admark Advertising of Buffalo, NY, and now is a copy editor/feature writer at the Dun­kirk Evening Observer in Dunkirk, NY. Cheryl re­sides at 366-C Water Street, Fredonia, NY 14063.

BRET BLOMBERG and JULIE GUYTON BLOMBERG are the proud parents of a new daughter, Tara Marie. The Blombergs reside at 26 Opal Street, Holbrook, NY 11741.

74IMARKZINE 'The Mathematician 's Daugh te r and O t h e r Works" is the intriguing title of an exhibition by Mark Zine '74, at the Asso­ciated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery, this winter. Mark's works which consist of fiber sculptures and draw­ings approach fibers and weaving in an entire­ly new way. "I deal with fiber as if it were clayf he says, "then shape and build abstract forms to glaze for a final decorative surface." From his painted fiber sculptures he has discovered the lines from which he has created his drawings. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's critic Donald Miller describes Mark's art, "All are elegant and handsomely colored, which will please those who love abstract textures. Many of the pieces are shown in sealed Plexiglas vitrines, height­ening the feeling of preciosity^ He goes on to comment on Mark himself, "Zine, of this re­gion, is a fine young talent. It will be fascinating to see how his idiom evolves from its current look backward to shapes of the 1950s en­hanced by today's colore.*

Since he was graduated from Mercyhurst, Mark has exhibited his art in a dozen shows, but this show, "Mathematician's Daughter" is his first one-person exhibit.

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ROBERT CONKLIN wed Ms. Pamela Byrd, and is currently employed as Food and Beverage Director at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. The couple recently purchased a new home at 3854-B Steppes Court, Falls Church, VA 22041.

ELIZABETH HAJDUK has relocated to the state of Washington, where she is employed in a data entry position at Alaskan Copper & Brass. In addition, she is establishing herself in an art community which she feels is an inspirational and supportive group. Elizabeth resides at 15908 4th Avenue, South, Apartment #4A, Seattle, WA 98148.

KAREN KOLPIEN-BUGAJ and FRANK BUGAJ announce the birth of their new daughter, Kaitlynne Marie, who joins her 2 year old brother, Kevin. The family resides at 222 Euclid Avenue, Erie, PA 16511.

REBECCA MARTIN PORTER and husband, Rob­ert, have two sons: Lindsay 4 years old, and Dennis almost 1 year. While Rebecca is busy with the boys, Robert does work as an independent insurance agent representing Erie Insurance. The Porters re­side at 1522 Dranesville Road, Herndon, VA 22070.

RAVINDER SINGH SABHERWAL, O.D. has joined Rite Sight Eyecare in Erie, PA. He complet­ed his undergraduate studies at Mercyhurst and earned a doctorate in Optometry from the Penn­sylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia. While in college, Ravinder was an Academic Ail-American from 1978 through 1980, and was an All-American in tennis in NCAA Division II in 19 81. He was also named Athlete of the Decade by ERIE MAGAZINE in 1979. Ravinder resides at 2672 Peach Street, Erie, PA 16508.

NANCY PAT SCANLON is continuing her educa­tion at the University of Georgia in journalism. She tells us that her first article was published recently in the Red & Black, the school newspaper. Nancy Pat's address is P.O. Box #3145, Athens, GA 30612. MARY GAUSMAN TEUFEL, recently wed David Teufel at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Ridgway, PA. The Teufels spent their honeymoon in Bermuda. Mary is a teacher at Fort LeBoeuf High School and husband, David, is a dentist in private practice. Mary and David reside at 840 East Street, Water-ford, PA 16441.

MARY KAY VONA ABERNATHY is the Di­rector of Personnel for Jabil Circuit Compa­

ny in St. Petersburg, FL. Mary Kay resides at 3535 Countrybrook Lane, Palm Harbor, FL 33563.

CHRISTINE ROMECKI AKERS wed Randall Akers in October in Christ the King Chapel at Mercyhurst; their honeymoon was spent in Cancun, Mexico. Chris is a psychiatric social worker at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, and Randall works at the Hammermill Paper Compa­ny of Erie as a market manager. The Akers reside at 256 East 7th Street, Erie, PA 16503.

BRIAN CHURCH is a Corporate Training Special­ist for Orange Julius International, Corporate Headquarters, in Santa Monica, CA. He's respon­sible for developing and conducting advanced management training seminars at the corporate office and in test market stores in Chicago, IL. SALLY LONG CHURCH has been promoted to Director of Accounting, Real Estate Development Department, at First Nationwide Bank in Los An­geles, CA. The couple reside at 2616 Mathews Av­enue, Apartment #2, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.

THOMAS J. DORE' Thomas J. Dore', a 1981 Mercyhurst graduate in Communications, became Associate Director of Alumni Relations in Au­gust, 1986. From 1981-1983, Tom was an Admis­sions Counselor at the College and served as As­sistant Director of Admissions from 1983-1986. He was the recipient of the "Kiwanian of the Year" award in 1986, is a member of the Erie Kiwanis Board of Directors and is the advisor to Mercyhurst's Circle K Club. In addition, Tom is a volunteer with the Special Olympics and also works with hearing-impaired children. Tom and his wife, Pam, are the proud parents of Patrick Joseph Dore', born last December 3rd. Among Tom's new duties are the planning of Homecoming/Alumni Colleges, Parents' Weekends and Mercyhurst Phonathons, the organization of Alumni Clubs, Alumni Admis­sions Referrals and alumni travel opportuni­ties. In appointing him to his new position, President Garvey said, "Tom is the kind of young, dynamic and dedicated individual we both want and need as the College moves to­ward the 1990's. With Tom's appointment, we anticipate being able to better serve the needs of our alumni, who now number over 6,200."

KEITH COMI, Data Processing Manager at Key­stone University Research Corporation in Erie, has been named President of the Northwestern Chap­ter of the Data Processing Management Associa­tion. DPMA is the major international association representing information processing and comput­er professionals. He is also Supervising Instructor at Northwest Institute of Research's computer data processing school. Keith resides at 3116 Zimmerly Road, Erie, PA 16506.

LINDA EATON is a legal assistant at Charles M. Brewer, Ltd., one of the largest law firms in the state of Arizona. Linda writes that she very much enjoys her work, and will soon be completing her paralegal certification. She resides at 620 East McKellips, Apartment #E227, Tempe, AZ 85281.

JOHN GEHRINGER is currently employed as an illustrator and graphic designer with Omni Studios in Columbia, SC. In addition, he serves on the Ed­ucation Committee at the Columbia Museum of Art, where he also teaches painting and drawing. John resides at 3433% Blossom Street, Columbia, SC 29205.

KAREN HUBIAK GERLACH and Robert Gerlach were recently united in matrimony. Karen is secre­tary to the Business Office Manager at Pennsylva­nia Electric Company, and Bob is owner of Gerlach General Contracting of Erie. The couple reside at 2846 Homer Avenue, Erie, PA 16506.

JANET RUPP JENKINS and husband, Gary, are the proud parents of their first child, a baby girl named Christina Elise. The family resides at 24 Chaucer Lane, Streamwood, IL 60103.

RICHARD LANZILLO and JO ANN ISRAEL '86 have announced their wedding plans. After a June nuptial in Sparta, NJ, and a Bermuda honeymoon, the couple will make residence in Phoenix, AZ. Rich, in his third year of law school at the Universi­ty of Pittsburgh, is ranked #1 in his class. He has accepted a position, beginning in September, at the prestigious law firm of Lewis & Roca of Phoenix. Currently, Jo Ann is working as a congressional aid for Congressman Gallo of New Jersey, and has plans to attend law school at Arizona State Univer­sity. Rich resides at 222 North Craig Street, Apart­ment #3, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Jo Ann's address is P.O. Box #318, Sparta, NJ 07871.

BRUCE MILLER and MARYGRACE YAKOVAC MILLER proudly announce the birth of their first born, Rachel Elizabeth. The Millers reside at 9502 Centerbrook Court, Centerville, OH 45459.

PATRICK PAPARELLI has just been promoted to manage a newly established corporate subsidiary of The First National Bank of PA, which will be lo­cated in the Orlando, FL area. Pat says this is the first such subsidiary to be established by any bank in the Northwestern Pennsylvania market area. As office manager/broker, his primary responsibility will be to originate loans for the Florida area. Pat resides at 3275 Cranes Roost Boulevard, Apart­ment #425, Altamonte Springs, FL 32730.

MARK SUTKOFF is employed as a police officer of the City of Tampa, having satisfactorily com­pleted a 344-hour course of training at the Tampa Police Academy. Mark resides at 4714 North Ha-bana Avenue, Apartment #2709, Tampa, FL 33614.

LINDA WIZIKOWSKI is the Admitting Manger at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL, where she has been employed since 1984. She was re­cently honored at a monthly management confer­ence, where she received an award recognizing her for excellence in guest relations. Linda was chosen from among 250 managers, directors, and vice presidents by the Hospital's administrative staff to receive this award. She resides at 11601 4th Street, North, Apartment #1004, St. Petersburg, FL 33702.

GLEN ALLEN, JR. married Lori Puhl re­cently. Glen is a case manager at Specialized

Treatment Services. The Aliens reside at RD #2 Box #549-A, New Wilmington, PA 16142.

JAMES DANIEL wed NANCY CLUTTER DAN­IEL in Edinboro on November 1st. James is manag­er of Hilltop Apartments in Edinboro, and Nancy is a print coordinator at Applied Idea Marketing, a division of Snap-Tite. The Daniels reside at 401 Hillcrest Drive, Edinboro, PA 16412.

BETH ANNE DOW is a social worker at Catholic Charities of Buffalo. She currently supervises all of the foster homes for these charities in Niagara County. Beth Anne has recently been named "Rookie of the Year" by the Buffalo Junior Cham­ber of Commerce, as well as being elected to the Board of Directors. She resides at 748 Elmwood Avenue, Apartment #2, Buffalo, NY 14222.

KATHLEEN O'CONNOR HOLLAND is the new wife of JACK HOLLAND, JR. '85. St. Amelia's Catholic Church was the setting for the November 22nd wedding. Kathleen is a second grade teacher with Central Elementary School in the Wattsburg School District. Jack is Manager of Holland's Dairy Queen Brazier, the family business. Following a wedding trip to Orlando, FL, and a cruise to Nas­sau, the Bahamas, the couple reside at 3216 West 23rd Street, Erie, PA 16506.

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JEFF W. JONES, C.P.A. recently joined the Mercyhurst College Alumni Board. Jeff is a senior accountant at Arthur Andersen & Company of Cleveland, OH. He and his wife, SUSAN IMBURGIA JONES '85, reside at 34864-D South Turtle Trail, Willoughby, OH 44094.

PATTY PRESUTTI LEUSCHEN is the director/ building manager of Brevillier Village Adult Day Center and Barnabas Court, an elderly apartment complex, in Erie. Patty is recognized as having es­tablished policy, procedure, and formating of the first non-profit adult day center in Northwest Pennsylvania. She resides at 2720 Berkeley Road, Erie, PA 16506.

BETH PASQUALE was recently promoted to Per­sonnel Management Specialist with the Veterans Administration. Her current assignment is at the VA Outpatient Clinic in Los Angeles, CA. She is also serving as President of the VA Medical Center Toastmasters International Organization in Long Beach, CA. Beth resides at 6481 Atlantic Avenue, Apartment N-306, Long Beach, CA 90805.

FREDERICK FIEDLER wed Ms. Teri Spallanzani in September at St. Jude the

Apostle Catholic Church in Erie. The bride is a graduate of Erie Business Center and an office manager at Don Walter Kitchen Distributors, Inc. Fred is a merchandise manager at J.C. Penney Company of Erie. Following a Hawaiian honey­moon, the couple took up residence at 1644 West 41st Street, Erie, PA 16509.

DAVID MARSHALL is enjoying his work at Fort Lauderdale High School in Florida. He teaches American and World History, is the boys' basket­ball coach, and is assistant trainer for football. David resides at 532 SW 2nd Street, Apartment #27, Pompano Beach, FL 33060.

ROBERT NIES has just accepted a position as geol­ogist with the NUS Corporation of Edison, NJ. His recent bride, MAUREEN O'HARA NIES, works as a leasing agent with Linpro Corporation of Plainsboro, NJ. The newlyweds reside at 24-01 Pheasant Hollow Drive, Plainsboro, NJ 08536.

SISTER JENNIFER RITTER, after having complet­ed her canonical novitiate studies, will take the tra­ditional Benedictine vows of stability, conversion of life, and obedience. Sister earned her Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Mercyhurst, and served after graduation as a staff member in the Pax Christi USA national office. Sister Jennifer resides with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie at 6101 East Lake Road, Erie, PA 16511.

KATHLEEN GARVEY SMICKER and Jeffery Smicker were wed recently at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Kathleen is a teacher at St. Andrew's School and husband, Jeff, is employed at General Electric and is a student at the Erie Insti­tute of Technology. Following a wedding trip to Williamsburg, VA, the couple reside at 3860 Stellar Drive, Erie, PA 16506.

BROTHER JEROME SULLIVAN received the reli­gious habit of the De La Salle Christian Brothers at an investiture ceremony at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY. A native of Elmira, NY, Brother Sullivan earned a Bachelor's Degree in Special Ed­ucation from Mercyhurst, then taught at La Salle Academy in Manhattan, NY. He resides at 44 East 2nd Street, New York, NY 10003.

WILLIAM WHEELER II was graduated from Alle­gheny County Police Training Academy. He is now working as a patrolman on the Ohio Township Po­lice Department located in Pittsburgh, PA. Bill re­sides in Allison Park, PA.

CYNTHIA EVANS has joined Root, Spitznas & Smiley, Inc. as a staff accountant.

She previously served as an intern in the firm's Ac­counting and Auditing Department. Cynthia earned a B. A. degree in Accounting at Mercyhurst, and received the President's Associates Achieve­ment Award for high achievement in business. Cynthia resides at 104 Averlon Avenue, Apart­ment #8, Erie, PA 16509.

LYNN FISHER accepted the position of Interior Designer with Spectrum Corporation in Pitts­burgh, PA. She resides at 426 Meadow Lane, .Edgeworth, PA 15143.

GARY LAURNOFF is currently working as a back­ground animation artist with Filmation Anima­tion Entertainment Corporation. He's working on the "He-Man & Masters of the Universe" series and is scheduled to be working as part of the produc­tion staff of the motion picture version. Gary re­sides at 343 Sparkhill Avenue, Erie, PA 16511.

JAMES LENGHAN, who is a 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps Reserve, was graduated from The Basic School, located at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command Quantico, VA. Jim was prepared, as a newly-commissioned officer, for as­signment to the Fleet Marine Force and given the responsibility of a rifle platoon commander. The 26-week course included instruction on land navi­gation, marksmanship, tactics, military law, per­sonnel administration, Marine Corps history and traditions, communications, and the techniques of military instruction. He was also taught leadership by example and the importance of teamwork, and was required to participate in a demanding physi­cal conditioning program. Jim resides at 10 Plaza Road, Flanders, NJ 07836.

LYNN PIOTROWICZ is studying for her MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the Uni­versity of New Haven in Connecticut. Lynn also does work as staff assistant to the coordinator of that program. Her mailing address is University of New Haven, Box #87, 300 Orange Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516.

CHRISTIE SMITH writes to us that she is present­ly employed, full-time, by the Erie County Bar As­sociation as a Lawyer Referral Service Administra­tor and Committee Coordinator. Christie resides at S-4867 Morgan Parkway, Hamburg, NY 14075.

RENA ZICARELLI is Production Coordinator at Vencompass, Inc., a corporate training tape pro­duction company working mainly in video-based training for the management level. Rena resides at 511% East Avenue, Erie, PA 16507.

DENISE COOPER KNOLL and Walter Knoll exchanged marriage vows at the home of the

groom's mother. Denise is employed at Kaufmann's department store. Husband, Walt, is a graduate of Triangle Tech and is a carpenter for Kitchen Interiors by Gil Knoll, the family business. Following a week-long sailing charter, the Knolls reside at 822 West 5th Street, Erie, PA 16507.

CARRIE TOMPKINS STOKES wed Kevin Stokes on New Year's Day at the Wesleyville Baptist Church in Wesleyville, PA. Carrie is seeking em­ployment in the field of elementary or special edu­cation, while husband, Kevin, is employed by Jo- . seph B. Dahlkemper Company as an assistant supervisor. The newlyweds reside at 615 Irvine Drive, Erie, PA 16511.

DECEASED

Louis Friant, husband of Agnes Bremer Friant '30 and father of Trudi M. Friant Harclerode '62.

Alice Loebelenz, sister of Helen Loebelenz Boyle '34, aunt to Trustee John Boyle.

Russell C. Anstead, husband of Helen Crowley Anstead '35.

Winifred O'Dell'36.

Elizabeth H. Fallen Doerr '38.

Harrison J. "Harry" Herrmann, brother of Sr. Carolyn Herrmann '38 and father of Andrea Herrmann Michali '82.

Elaine Boyd Carroll'40. Msgr. Lawrence Franklin, brother of Sr. Mary Law­rence Franklin '41.

Robert G. Culhane, brother of M. Agnes Culhane Grant '47.

Mary Ann Pulakos Zeller '47.

Mary Brocke, mother of Sr. Rita Brocke '48.

Raymond E. Davies, husband of Rosemary Guinnane Davies '49.

Daniel DeCarlo, husband of Lucille A. Heintz DeCarlo'49.

George A. Baltus, father of Sr. Mary Matthew Baltus '50.

Mrs. Charles Ellermeyer, mother of Mary Julia Ellermeyer '54.

Harvey Lorei, father of Sr. M. Lois Lorei '63.

Francis L. Whalen, father of Sr. Patricia Whalen '63 and Thomas Whalen '86.

Frances Warner Courneen, mother of Sr. JoAnne Courneen, R.S.M. '66.

Clementine R. Hallamyer, mother of James G. Hallamyer '76.

James L.BolgerIII'80.

Michelle Ann Artman '81.

Eric M. Leisering, father of John M. Leisering '81.

Betsy L. Lantz '87.

Sr. Mary Elizabeth Behr, R.S.M., retired faculty member of the Education Department at Mercyhurst.

Dr. Florence L. Burger, retired faculty member of Mercyhurst.

Elizabeth C. "Bess" Dailey, mother of Charles A. Dailey, Jr. who is a member of the Board of Trustees of Mercyhurst.

Amy Christine DeMeo, infant daughter of Head Football Coach, Tony DeMeo.

Maude Sweeney Dugan, mother of Marjorie Fessler who is Circulation Supervisor of the Hammermill Library at the College.

Grant W. Gick, father of Business faculty member, G. Alan Gick.

Walter McCallion, father-in-law of school nurse, Jean McCallion.

Margueritta Theuerkauf, mother of Mercyhurst Trustee, Jane Theuerkauf.

Louis H. Truitt, husband of Ruth Truitt who is Bookstore Manager at Mercyhurst.

SPRING, 1987

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