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VOLUME49, NO. 18 MERCYHURST COLLEGE APRIL 1,1977

ByTheMERCIAD >'t News Staff

An attempt to bring Mer-cyhurst's lingering Intersessionproblems under control with onebroad stroke-apparently-failedTuesday. $ i *U

jg The college administrationcancelled classes from10a.m. tonoon, grouping studentsalphabetically and faculty arbitrarily in . order4o discussIntersession course offerings.But the group sessions,themselves, 'immediatelyj became amajor point|of controversy, allbut over shadowing the*- issuethey were meant to resolvef IAlthough * some noteworthycomments were received in favorof Tu esday's! "clin ics," themajority of faculty polled by TheMerciad said the project w as ill-timed, poorly; plannedl andgenerally a waste of classroomtime. I ag fi[ 51 WW!$M

4 -There is a feeling of generaldiscontents between the 'administration and faculty tr saidAssistant Professor of SocialWork PaullR. Newcomb, "andthis stimulated it. It became partof the problem, rather than thesolution" | H M f I I

Newcombw asnot involved in a

group session. Psychologyprofessor Dr. John Stewart was,and hesaid flatly that his sessionwas "not worth spending primeclass time on."* *8 | 1 I I

Some faculty ignored thecancellation notice (circulatedthrough the campus mail) andheld class, .anyway. Inat j leastone instance both facultyassigned to j a ] group] failedj toattend; after waitingabout'20minutes, the handful of studentsthere walked outfto ei|joy thesunshine Kg and ;&** 70-degreeweather. I 2*' jS-[

Most studentsdidn't wait eventhat long, skipping the sessionsaltogether. Some of those polledsaid they used the time to studyor i prep for their; afternoonclasses.A sizable num ber simplyregarded Tuesday as a day;off.a- Accordingly,the sessions werepoorly attendedover-all. Only 10students | inif-the j^Mc-Mdalphabetical group (40 are listedin the college directory) attendedth eZurn RecitalHall session,andhalf of them left inside of an hour.Only $ a 3 singlejs tudent attendedthe session scheduled withTheater Professor Igor*StalskyandjPhys. Ed. Professor DaveShimpenoi Several other groups

H u n t F o r1S u c c e s s o r*U n d e rW a yF o l l o w i n gM o u h e d in R e s ig n a t io n

By Chris Van W a gen en

Ismet Mouhedin, director of theMercyhurst dance department,submitted on March2 a letter ofresignation, effective June30 ,toPresident of5the "i College fDr.Marion L. Shane, m T-. ,; *i

Dr. Jerry Trimble, dean of the

college and vicei president\ ofacademic services, confirmedthe resignation March16.*I

Mouhedin, an integral;part ofthe Mercyhurst dance department for the past! four years,expressed regret in leavingduring a recent interview withThe Merciad. I 3 | w& -'.

"I really enjoyed my stay atMercyhurst," he said. "It didgive me timeto learn English andthe American system^ f

Dr. Trimble told The Merciad," ( I sme t ) !announced that hewould be a dance; mas ter for aCaliforn ia company, but I'mgoing to seek the very bestdanceteacher iavailable to Mercyhurst." I

D r.Trimble spoketo concerneddance m ajo rs| following theresignation announcement. Acommittee!consisting of threestudents andi three faculty hasbeen formed to: find areplacement. Already named tothe committee are Suzette Boyer,Shelagh Murphy,Kitty Megnin,Dr. Joseph Pizzat andjjMadameValentina BelovaJ One othermember from the creative artsdivision faculty will be namedlater. Jfi i i l eM ' "& & : -Dance students chose their ownrepresentatives on the committee.^ H Kg fk K$3 .

The comm ittee will be chargedwith selecting which candidatesare invited on campus, onceresumes are gatheredI by Dr.Trimble. , 8 am 8ra

\ "I'll give their folders to thecommittee and they will make arecommendation to me on whoshould be invitedon campus," hesaid, s> After the interviews arecompleted, the committee will

submit its recommendation forMouhedin's replacement. Dr.Trimble will also submit arecommendation, and both willmove on to Dr. Shane.,* Mouhedin unmistakably left hismark on Mercyhurst in his fouryears here. During that periodthe college drew top flight dancestudents, instructors and guestartists.

"It will be difficult to replacehim," conceded Dr. Pizzat,creative arts chairperson.

Madame Belova, assistantdirector ofth edance department,expressed sincere sadness aboutMouhedin's resignation.

'' I feel very bad," she said. "Iknew him in Europe."

Mouhedin formerly was aprincipal dancer with balletcompanies in Belgium andFrance.

Mouhedin indicated a continuing concern withthe schoolafter ne leaves.'') "I think Mercyhurst is a goodcollege," he said. "There aremany people here working tomake it grow. I'm concernedabout it growing."

"I'm sad to leave," he added."I have a lot of friends here. Ialso can't see some of the facultywho treated me well from thebeginning." ; v | ;,

Mouhedin hopes to return toMercyhurst "in * three; or fouryears," but only as ia , guest

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reported four or fewer students.Conversely, {some of the

sessionsf were reportedly bothsatisfying Jand construct ive-even among[ those that weresparingly attended. |

"Only four students showed upat m ine, "| said junior Communication Arts? Major JoanieStevenson,T"but| it was veryproductive. The people that didcome had intelligent opinions onhow to m ake Intersession w ork."

"I enjoyed it imm ensely," saidHotel-Restaurant ManagementInstructor. Linda Parrish,.

There were only seven students,but everybody opened up and wetossed arou nd, p*d say,|25dynamite ideas.Andthe range ofideas ran the whole gamut.

"I can't comment on;thedecision to have the sessions,"sh eadded. "W ewere told to doit,we didit ,and we dida good job.VStalsfcy, who has done much

committee work studying intersession, said the clinics wereseeking "c larity and some sortofmandate" on what studentsexpected. Although Stalsky saidhe, "applauded the effort," he

also said the results were"absolutely not "(worth the expenditure ofclass time.*

Judging from he acounts of theparticipants, noclear mandateon intersession was delivered.What the sessions generated,apparently, wasja kernel ofconviction L to make a uniqueprogram workablesurroundedby much confusion, questionablescheduling and a considerableamount of utter disinterest.

In short, Mercyhurst reacted toTuesday's sessions exactly as itreacts to Intersession I

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Wow, wasn 't it gr eat to have classescancelled for two hours onTuesday?Jus t think,tw o extra hours of sleep, or alittle more time to prepare for those af-

To The Editor:W h a t A r e T h e A n s w e rs ?

While I cannot speakfor fthe author of "Pin-ball Madness" and"Hurst Graffiti/' I do feelthat I can speak for the so-called"spoon fedpablum" of "Could We (sic) Survive" since Iam the author. As I write this I have before me

To The Editor: *L e n t e n R e f l e c

L e n t i s t h e s p r i n g t i m e g if to f t h e C h r i s t i a nC h u r c h ,a t i m e s e t a s i d e f o r s p e c i a lr e f l e c t i o no nw h o w e a r e , w h y w e a r e , w h a t w e a r e c a l lt ob e .W e b e g a n L e n t w i t ha s y m b o lo f h u m i l i t y .W e s t o o d i n s i l e n c e w h i l e s o m e o n e p l a c e da s h e so n o u r f o r e h e a d s a n d r e m i n d e du s t h a t w e a r ep e o p l e w h o s e l i v e sa r e t e r m i n a l , t h a tw e a r ed u s t . . .a n d t h a t u n t o d u s t w e s h a l l r e t u r n . a r e r e m i n d e d t h a tt h i s j i sa t i m e o f t r a n s i t i o n ,c o n v e r s i o n ,o f i n t e r i o r r e n e w a lo f n e w l i f e a n dt h i s ,b e c a u s eo f t h e r e a l i t y t h a tw e a r e g r e a t l yl o v e d b yG o da n d a r e c a l l e d t o b e l o v i n g .

B u t n o w t h e f i n a l d a y sof L e n ta r e u p o nu s .W h a t h a v e t h e s e d a y s m e a n tt o u s ? H a v e t h e yt a k e n u s * w h e r ew e h o p e d t h e y w o u l d ? N e x

t e r n o o n c l a s s e s .W h a t a b r e a k . B e s i d e s c o p i e so f " C o u l dY O U S u r v i v e , "" D o Y o u w e e ki s c a l l e d T h e H o l y W e e k , t h e w e e k t h ai t was a beautiful day, why ruin it bygoing to some stupid meeting. Whatcould any ofu s accomplish at a businessmeetingto plan next yea r's Intersessionanyway. {That's almost a whole year

Remember _ _to the editor writtenby Karen Croot.

First, let me say that I am happy to see thatsomeone is readingECO-II 'and feels movedenough to respond, be it good orb a d . I am sorrythat Ms. Croot could not seem to find the

a w a y and bes ide s w e' re Still bu sy com - messagein my article.flf anyone is looking for aplaining about how lousy this year's In-"me ssage," "mo ral," or "solution" in ECO-II,

of Lent has prepared us for. I'dlike to sharesome refections with you, given to me by afriend, S r. Kathy Green.

I hope you canffind some time for quiet andreflections before Easter, and some waysto enter into the mystery that Ea ster, Resurrection,Alleluia,i s a l labout.

! From Ashes T o Eastertersession was, or weren'tfyou here * m afraid that yu won l fmd lt in the words -rinrina TntprQPQQinn? T r u e ' " a ^ooA argumentive article always con-uunng i n t e r s e s s i o n . teins a l t e r n a t i v e / > b u t j d o n o t w a n t t 0 l i m i t

anyone to my solutions alone, for many of thebest solutions come when one thinks about the

As hes . symbol of penance.Lent. .. newI time of

I I suppose the students and facultyalike had a hundred different reasonsfor n o t attendingth e meetingsto discuss problem forhimself. That is the purpose ofIntersession JMI Tuesday,"and I have a ECO-II, notto provide answers, butto ask thefeeling that those who didn't bother toshow up to voice their opinions will bethe oneslthat complain the loudest nextfall when the Intersession schedulecomes out.

I can hear people nowsayingfhowjitwouldn 't have done any good if they hadparticipated or not, but I| feel differently. Working together, with asmany peop le! gettingJinvolved aspossible, we could have m ade a start atimproving Intersessionand'making it a

questions and hopefully stimulate the reader tothought andmaybe even action. - ' |

Obviously, writing and editing to please 1,400people is not easy. One of the hardest things inworking onany|paper is trying to write anarticle which will hold a reader tothe i end. TheMerciad is "Voice of the Merciad Community"and w hile the worldw e enter upon graduation isimportant, I believe that the Merciad holds itsfirst obligation to Mercyhurst and the eventsthat ar e a par t of it.

N o, I don't rememberth e cranberr y crisis since I was only one at the time,but I am awareofthe problems presented byithe article from theAtlantic Monthly. The only thing I question isjust how effective thatarticlefis andfjust howmanypeople read th e whole thing.

. A _ . . , i_^x> us H y u a r e f ooking for answers to the

be was ted were p robab ly r igh t . Butif problems,I can't give them to you and Irespect-ev er yo ne in th e. 'H u rs t co m m un ity ha d fully question anyone who says they can. Butshown aflittle interest|in|the meetings, beforew e even beginto answer th e problems wet h e n ! thei t im e! wouldn ' t have been h a v e t o b e a b , e t0 f a c e t h e m open-mindedly.wasted; we could ha ve begu n to mo ve in2 2 S ^ 1^ n **?*

beginnings . . . forty days . . . apreparation .. . transition .. . conversion . ..renewal. Weeks set aside to reflect on themeaning of faith . . . ofconvenant. .t. of community . . . of suffering . . . of resurrection.Deeper and deeper into the mystery ofw h o Iam- why I am. Deeper into the mystery of lovingand being loved. Deeper into the mystery of aGod who says to me: "You are precious in myeyes and glorious, andI love you.''

Bread andWine . . . symbols of life and love.This is my body given for you . . .jj this is myblood shed for you . . . Eucharist... total

to freedom . .iving.munion.

journeyWater . . . towel. feet.

com-ex-

worthwhile experience for everyone,faculty and students.

Those faculty that said the time would

the rightdirectioi^to make Intersessionsomething to look forward to instead ofsomethingto get o u t of.

The|more new | ideas M ercyhurst isfaced with, the more it becomesap-parent tha t this school is so used to running in its safe, well-worn rut, tha t it hasbecome afraid of change. Doesn'tanyone think th at it is possibleto changefor the better? All ittakes lis a littleopen-minded cooperation.

fective way to presentthese problems to theMercyhurst Community.

S ue Fuss I

Everyone deserves the righ tto be heard.:

press ion of loving service . . . humbleryet. .1 .servant lord . . .servant Church. Deeper anddeeper into the mystery ofw ho I am - why I am .Deeper into the mystery of lovingand> beingloved. Deeper into the mystery of a God$whosays to m e: "What I just did was to give youanexample: asI have done,so you mustdo. \ jy The Cross . . . paradox of the life of faith ..ilife comes throughjdeath . . . take up yourcross . . . unless a gra in ofwheatffalls to theground and dies...into *your hands I commendmy spirit. . . salvation. Deeper and deeper intothe mystery ofw h o Iam -why I am. Deeper anddeeper into the mystery of loving and beingloved. Deeper into the mystery of a Godw ho says tom e : "There is no greate r love thanthis: to laydown one's life for one's friends.

Fire . . . Ligh t . . . 0 Truly BlessedNight. . . Easte r . . . the Lord is Risen . . .Rejoice, heavenly power. Death has no moredominion . . . time has no more dominion . . .there is butone Lord . . . Deeper and deeper into the m ystery- of who I am- why I am . Deeperinto the mystery of loving and being loved.

Make t h e Merciad yOlir form I Deeper into the mystery of aGod whosays tom u n _ 1 ^ _ l_-_ _! _. * l r> . 1 1 A

of commu nication.

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m e : "Go and make disciplesoff all nations.Teach themto carry out everythingI have commanded you. And know that Iam fwith youalways untilt he endof th e world/

Sr. Peggy $Campus Ministry I

To The Editor- 1

U s e O u r M a ilI'm curren tly a junior here a t Mercyhurst and

I am getting pretty disturbed with college activities andth e advertisement of them.

The paper "This Week", which was devisedlast fall, is a good publication, and when it firstwas put to service, was placed in commuters'mailboxes.

Since then, very infrequently, it has beenthere, thus finding out about campus activitieshas occurred usuallyto o late to attend them. |i It would be nice if ads could be put out sooner

and "This Week" start to be redistributed onCampusi n themailboxes, i i

John Martin

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by Terry KellyAS THE SPRING season has

finally arrived, the sports sceneat the?'Hurst"is really booming.'Around : campus there Tseverything going on from varsityathletics practicing for upcoming seasons topicR-up gamesof Softball to students jogging.Unfortunately everything is justgetting started and nothing hasreally happened yet inthe way ofactual competition. ? {

THE BASEBALL TEAM hadsome rough going on their springtraining trip through the south.The competition wasgood, theweather was hot, and the Lakersworked12 games in nine days toiron out the weakpoints.-CoachJoe Cook said they still have a lotof work to do before the openinggameon April6 at the Universityof Akron. The home opener isslated for April 9 againstYoungstownf State, at 1 p.m.Tullio Field.fi

THE CREW TEAM traveled toWashington, D.C.Uo work out,making this the first time in theseven year historyajcrew teamhas gone southto practice. CoachJack Gartner hopes the practicepays off when the Lakers returnto the water in Erie forthe springseason. # 15 * I

WOMEN'S VARSITY SOFTBALL is getting underway withthe registration deadline being

Monday, April 4. The Lakerettesunder Coach Janet Price have a10 game schedule and are led bycaptains Mary Ann King, JoanMohr, and Joan Lindy. T

THE SOCCER flTE AM faredwell over the spring break in theIndiana University-* (Pa.)Invitational Soccer T ournament.The indoor, day-long event hadteams from all over Pennsylvania competing.| Coach Dave Shimpeno's firstyear team did a good job andcame in *> second place in the Cdivision and made the playoffbracket. The first Laker victorycame when they shut-outShimpeno's hometown, Har-marville, 3-0. Gary Weber hadthe "Hat Trick** bylscoring allthree goals. |

Later in the day, the Lakersprevailed over Shimpeno's AlmaMater, the University of Pittsburgh, 3-1. Jose Moguel notchedtwo goals and W eber added one.

In the same division, theLakers were beaten by N.H.United2-0 tomake their record2-1, thus earning-them a playoffspot. ':>

In first round playoff action,the Mttf Lebanon; Soccer Clubscored a 5-3 win. Once again,Weber turned the trick and accounted for all three of theLakers' goals.

This entire MercyhurstCrew Team, both men and women, traveled to Washington.D.C. on a trainingtrip and practiced on the Potomac River. The trip w as the firstin the seven year history of MercyhurstC r e w . *& i * * *jfc P H O T O B Y B O BRONKSLEY

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Deadline for Registration! | April 4th

This spring, the MercyhurstCrew Program is looking morepromising than at any other tim ein the team's seven year history.

For the first time since crewwas initiated at Mercyhurst, theteam has had the benefit oftraveling south during springbreak enabling them 'on thewater' practice time muchearlier than in previous years.

The men's crew team and thewomen's crew club traveled to"Washington, D.C; during thespring break for a | week ofrigorous spring training.

The members of the crewteams rowed upwards of15 milesa day, practicing in four shiftseach day, which provided formaximum water timeffor the

men's and women's teams.The spring water time gave the

novice oarsmen and women anopportunity to learn the Lakers'new rowing style, while the experienced team mem bers'got therust out' after a winter of tediousworkouts and weight lifting.

The members of the m en's andwomen's teams were able tosightsee between practices andhad the honor off beirigphotographed on the steps of thecapitol buildingy withCongressman Mark LincolnMarks, freshman congressmanfrom the Erie area. CongressmanMarks' staff was responsible forthe arrangements made in theWashington area for the Mercyhurst crewtteam, making thewhole trip possible.

The-coaching staff of JackGartner,,Al Belovarac and Jay

Marcinowski was greatly impressed by the progress m ade bythe team during their week inWashington. The staff is lookingforward to the heavy springseason schedule of the crewteam. | ^

This year the crew team will behosting several racesat;PresqueIsle Bay. |

Coach Gartner said that theteam "is going to surprise alot ofpeople|this year and win someimportant rac es."

The team is looking forward tosupport from /the MercyhurstCommunity during their season.The first home race is a grudgematch against the Michigan StateTeam on Saturday, April 16. Theteam invites everyone to showtheir support by comingtoftheMercy hurstJBoat House for thefirst race. ** 4

Jay Marcinowski

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Coaching ProfileB YJoanie Stevenson

IMany have viewed thesculptures on display in the ZurnHall lobbies, but few are awarethat the artist, Jay Marcinowski,is coach of the Mercyhurstwomen's crew team.

A1973 graduate of M ercyhurst,Jay j has gained increasedrecognition ar an illustrator andcartoonist, having contributed toPub and T riangle magazines. Hiswork is regularly featured in theOarsman, the national magazineof' the National Association ofAmateur Oarsman. With severalsculptures on display in the Eriearea, J ay is also the illustrator ofa cookbook and a ch ildren's book,'Me and the Letters ISee.' bothsoonK to be released forpublication. |

While at M ercyhurst, Ja yrowed as Varsity bow for twoyears and has since : beenassociated with coaches from thePrinceton and Northwesterncrews. Hisi position here is hisfirst coaching experience, havingjoined the 'Hurst programpastfall. Jay admits to being apprehensive whenfirst'appointedto the women's teamby headcoach Jack Gartner. But he wasimmediately satisfied with theabilities of the oarswomen, whichhe feels were well proventhroughout the fall season.

The crew team is currentlyundergoing many improvementsaimed toward a better structuredprogram.One hope is to upgradethe competitiveness with theteam."Racing is the only way todevelop one's rowing," believesthe wom en's coach, who plans tocontinue the intense trainingexperience during their Springbreak trip to Washington, D.C.The trip helped to explore the

novice members and developskill and style. -.

"The following weeks w ill nowbe used for strict , competitiverowing.''

The newest member of the'Hurst coachingstaff appreciateshis involvement with the teamand with the sport itself. Thenature of crew, he feels, enablesa-coach to see a rower developfrom an uncertain novice into anadequate oarsman and confidentindividual.

"Crew, atits best,is 80per centconditioning and 20 per centintangible, that intangible involving the oarsman's mentalmaturity and overall attitudetoward himself, his team andwinning.

Cartoonist-Coach Marcinowskii

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