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The annual Dance Marathonfor Exceptional Children heldthis past weekend ended with atotal of $3,167.27 in pledges andmoney collected..Sponsored by Mercyhurst 'sCouncil for Exceptional Children,the event was chaired by MollySouders and Linda Loeffler.Much time and effort was putinto the Marathon by themembers of C.E.C. BrianMcHugh, Associate Professor ofEducation and Advisor of C.E.C.;Patty Lord. President; Lore

. . . F o r C h a r i t y , A t C E C M a r a t h o nLoeffler, Vice President; SueDatz, Treasurer; John Sullivan,Membership chairm an: DeserieLuchette and Mary Rita Hor-vath, Food and AdvertisingCha i rpe r sons ; Commi t t eemembers and disc;jockeys putmany hours into the planning ofthe event. ?Twenty-five dancers star ted on

ther iday, January 7, ingrueling 48 hour Marathon.Dean Jerry Trimble joined thedancers for the first eight hoursof the M arathon. He was pledgedat $8.00 an hour.At the 24 hour point, only'sixdancers had dropped out.By 6 p.m. Sunday, fourteendancers finished the Marathon.B l u e p r i n t , C a l e n d a r T o p i c sM S G i S p e c i a l M e e t i n g sOn Wednesday, January 5,Mercyhurst Student Government(M.S.G.) was given valuablei n f o r m a t i o n f c o n c e r n i n gBlueprint 5l II and the proposedacademic calendar change.On hand to provide the information was Marion L. Shane,President of Mercyhurst Collegeand Jerry M. Trimble, Dean ofthe College and V ice President ofAcademic Services.President , Shane, the firstspeaker of the afternoon, explained to the government aboutBlueprint I I I . [ rShane came with two proposalsin mind. First, to encourageM.S.G. input into Blueprint IIIand secondly, to familiarize thegovernment with the reviseddraft of the philosophystatement."I'm in the process of hearingvarious group reactions toBlueprint III," said Shane. Healso hoped that M.S.G. wouldassist \ him in getting out tostudents.I* Based on self study and

recommendation of MiddleStates in February 1975, theBlueprint III process begins, /pBlueprint III, explains Shane,began in May 1975. At that timehe appointed a task force whichconsisted of faculty, students andadministrators."The basic purpose of

Blueprint III was to set thedirection of the College's learningprogram for the immediatefuture," said Shane. \In May of * 1976 the task forcepresented a report to the collegecommunity. All students, R.U.S.,faculty and administrators wereinvited to a meeting, where theyreacted to a w orking paper whichthe Blueprint \ Committee haddrawn up. sEt; 1After the meeting and based onthe reactions of the collegecommunity, the task forcerewrote the paper which becameBlueprint III in August 1976.A forum was held on August 26,at which all administrators,faculty and students leaders w ereinvited. The forum consisted oftwo days of dialogue concerningBlueprint III.?M ?After the forum, Shane set upan Ad-Hoc Review Committeewhich then studied the input ofBlueprint III. ; *>Shane received the committee's report on October 8,1976. After studying the report forabout a week, Shane acted on thecommittee's report and appointed Dr. Marvin Camburn ascoordinator of the procedure forprocessing Blueprint I I I . SjThe ideas of the Ad HocCommittee were then to beturned into specific programs.In addition with Camburn, five

directors were appointed (fivefaculty members given releasedtime) to prepare specificproposals in five areas whichwere 1) Mentoring Program 2)Faculty Development 3) theprogram of interpersonal skills 4)program of problem solving, and5) basic skills, s Dr. Camburn and the directorsare to report to Shane sometimeduring this month.wThe Dean, along with his advisory committee, is alsoworking on Blueprint III. Thecommittee will be searching for avaluable role for liberal studiesfor today's students."Concurrently,' 1 said J Shane,"there-is to be an emphasis uponquality in learning, global perspectives, life long learning andcareer preparation incooperation with other collegesand organizations." * * K"Whatever conclusion wearrive at in Blueprint III allmembers of the college community will have had a chance todiscuss what goes into tha t,'' saidShane, referring \ back 8 t oBlueprint III. "Before ,1}sendBlueprint {ill to the board oftrustees, I want to know verymuch how the students, facultyand adm inistrators feel about it.I As of now, Blueprint; III is instage II. At stageilll I theik ^mKvkfContlnuedon Page 3) e^SnSUbtf

Dean Trimble discussed the proposed calendar changes with members of Mercyhurst's StudentGovernment at a regula r meeting held Wednesday, January 5, at 4 p.m. The Dean explained the reasonsfor the proposals and asked Student Government opinion on the matter.

C.E.C. presented each finisherwith a special prize.Dean Trimble congratulatedand thanked everyone for theireffort. He said, "I've only been atMercyhurst for five months, butI'm glad I'm here because all ofyou are here."The money collected will beused for the Brian McHugh

Scholarship Fund, conferencesfor parents of exceptionalchildren, activities involvingexceptional children in variousinstitutions in the community andother worthwhile causes.Five dancers were forced tostop dancing because of minorinjuries: Judy Holland, SueLeftwich, Joanie Stevenson,Peggy Victoria and BrendaWienezkowski. Mary JaneBarber was hospitalized aftercompleting the 48 hours. She isreported to have hairline fractures in her leg.

3 W O K K IT ON OUT - Brian L'HuUlier massages the leg of MaryJane Barber after a cramp set In during the final hours of lastweekend's CEC Dance Marathon. The Marathon raised over $3,000for charity; both L'HulWer and Barber danced the full 48 hours.

C a m p u s I C e n t e r O p e n i n gP o s t p o n e d U n t i l M a r c hB The projected opening date ofthe oft-delayed Campus AthleticCenter has been pushed backanother two months because ofcontinuing bad weather, tThe Center, originallyscheduled to open last October,should be completed sometime inearly March, according to R obertPrat her, vice president ofdevelopment at Mercyhurst.Allowing for further ' weatherdelays, the Center will open April1st at the latest, Pra ther told TheMerclad. | M % JConstruction of the roof wasfinally completed last Wednesday, January 5, after twoprevious weather delays postponed the scheduled opening ofthe Center, first until mid-December and then to January 1.Construction was also in

terrupted when original roofing

materials failed to meet qualitystandards. 'The latest setback was particularly frustrating."The roof could have beencompleted with just one moreweek of good weather/' Prathersaid. "Also, we couldn't makefinal orders on floor and interiorwork until the roof was completed."The total cost of the Center hasnow been placed at $675,000, withanother $22-124,000 needed inorder to build a sliding partitionbetween the lecture hall and themain gymnasium. The Collegerecently raised enough money toInstall seating in the lectureroom, according to Prather.44We went back to the peoplewho originally made pledges andasked t/iem to extendi their

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To The EditorA t t e n t i o n :L i b e r a l S t u d i e s M a j o r sLast Spring there was a restructuring of the Mercy hurstStudent Government (MSG). At this time there was a g reatnumber of undeclared and liberal studies majors (approximately 200) and it was therefore felt that these students should be represented. I , Chris Filippi, a m your representative for this year. *jl would like to encourage you to g et involved in the studen tgovernment. Meetings a re held almost every Wednesday atapproximately 4 : 0 0 in 114 Zurn. If you are unable to attendthese meetings yo u can be made aware of what is going o n i nthis student body by reading the minutes or by contactingm e , (room 329 Baldwin Hall or 866-9086 or box 235). The

minutes are posted on large posters in th e union, the dormsan d th e cafeteria under the names of all the officers andrepresentatives in the government. * \ ?I h ave voting power in MSG and would therefore be intereste d in knowing w hat your | feelings |are aboutacademics,!activities, financial and political concerns sothat I can represent you efficiently. ^ I iI w ould like y o u t o think about the following item s and thencontact me with your suggestion. First, during FallFestival, a few mem bers from the department helped m e inraising $53.20 from the dice table. Tins money is no w in thetreasury of th e Student Government but is available for ouru s e . W e can either use this money for pur department or wecan donate it to NfSG, so as to increase their funds. E itherw a y , I would appreciate your response on this matter.Secondly, I would like to hear suggestions from yo u for a c -tivities for the rest of the year and comments on the activities that were already offered. When thinking about activities p ay special attention to Winter and Spring F estivals.Changes are presently being considered for th e calendar fornext year, in particula r the abolition of free Wednesdays an dIntersession. Hopefully, on Monday, January 17 , Dean Trimble and others concerned with calendar changes will bepresent at the student government meeting. Again, I encourage you to attend because of the importance of this matter to your future at the "Hurst. ? ?% hPam looking forward to meeting you and hearing fromyou.f * I : i u IChris Filippi

To The EditorA S p e c i a l T h a n k Y o uThis past weekend I shared i n o n e of th e most meaningfulexperiences since my initiation into higher education - theDance Marathon for Exceptional Children - and I applaudallof you who helped make it happen.The marathon has become almost an annual event sinceth e commencement of th e Special Education Department a tMercyhurst and pledges this year amounted to over $3,000.In the past these proceeds have gone to such worthwhilecauses as the Brian McHugh Scholarship Fund for SpecialEducation majors, conferences for parents of exceptionalchildren, activities involving the exceptional children invarious institutions in the community, and $400 has beencontributed t o t h e College to help defray costs of th e SpecialEducation Accreditation Visit this past fall. All of theseareas are important and I feel confident that many specialchildren ar e grateful for the endeavors made by the localCECchapter. I | | f |I would like to express a very personal thank yo u and alsoappreciation on behalf of the College community to aU whodevoted their energies into organizing the Marathon: B rianMcHugh and his Special Education team; Molly Soudersand Linda Simpson, Chairpersons of the Marathon; F*attyLord, Lore Loeffler and Eileen DelSordo, Officers of theC E C , and Committee Heads, Deserie Luchetti and MaryRita Horvath; Foods and Advertising'Committee Chairpersons respectively, their committee members and discjockeys. ^ i | 5 *And many thanks to dancers - Ava Fau st, Judy Holland,Legi Jamary, Charlie Kihler,} S ue Leftwich, MichaelLamiewicz, Betsy Schaaf, Joanie Stevenson, Peggy Victoria, Brenda Wienezkowski, f Darlene Yost. Specialgratitude is extended to the dancers who were there all 48hours: Darlene3Palermo, Beverly Busch, Bridget Beck,Nadine Belovarac, Mary Jane Barbar, Casey Cronin, DanielDowning, Stephen Flatly, Brian L'Huillier, Judy Mahoney,Kati McCaffrey, Linda M cGinley, Mark Ruttenberg and An

drea Sotelo. T o all the d ancers I extend a standing ovationfor without y o u , there would have been no Marathon,&&M|iToall of yo u I want to express my good feelings about yourdedication and enthusiasm. I look forward to next year'sDance Marathon and invite the faculty and administrationto share the excitement and spirit that was generated bythese fine people in their worthwhile cause. fJerry M . TrimbleDea,n of the College

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- H*JANUARYi4; lW7 THE MERCIAD PAGE 3n e n c e R e la t e d S h a n e ; T r i m b l eA c a d e m i c L e a r n i n gIf you're eligible for yourcollege's federal work-studyprogram,;; there's a newprogram sponsored by thePennsylvania Department ofEducation that can give youacademic credit , money andwork experience in yourchosen career f ield. * II t ' s c a l l e d R E A L ,* 'Relating Experience 5 toAcademic Learning." REALoffers student internships inpublic and nonprofit! agencies . It's available to all except those in nursing, studentteaching and rel ig ion-oriented activities, * &"All colleges are in theprogram if they have federalwork-study funds," said C.KrM oore, REAL director. Statemoney is use d to pay half the

student's wages. The college,us ing jwork-study money,pays th e other half.Students earn at least theminimum wage and work atleast 10 hours a week. The

college determines how muchcredit to offer for an in ternship, which must cover atleast one term. Jobs must beassociated with the student'scareer goal or aimed atgene ral caree r exploration.For further information,students should see theirfinancial aid officer, collegecounselor or contact Director, REAL Program, Pemjnsylvania Department? ofE d u c a t i o n , Box 911 ,Harrisburg,f Pennsylvania17126. Phone 717-787-9602. :M

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As this is the year that new licen seplates are i s sued i t wil l be n eces saryto have your new plate number.Please fill in the form below, cut itout and drop it off a t the Sec urity Office , M ail Room or| InformationRoom. &gaI M Thank y o u . | % l *f SECURITYTDEPARTMENTNAME VADDRESSO ld License Plate No .New License Plate N o.

(Continued from Pag* I)president will analyze *andconsider* input from theprocess of stage II. Oncethese proposals a re? Arm,Blueprint III will go intostage IV. At stage IV thecollege senate will examineand send Blueprint on tostage V . President Shane willagain look over Blueprint IIIat stage V and if therecommendations of thesenate are acceptable to him.the president will ..sendBlueprint III\ into the finalstag e. At that time the boardof trustees will act onproposal or proposals concerning Blueprint II I and willno doubt pass it. . ^The second speaker of theafternoon was Dr. 'Trimble.Dr. Trimble- reviewed hisoriginal proposals conc erningthe academic calendar whicnwere 1) elimination of ^intercession 2) elimination of

free Wednesdays 3) vacationsbe scheduled permanentlybetwee n' terms instead ofduring them,* and 4) thesuggestion of the 4-3-3calendar. rjThe proposals were submitted to the college community and also to theacademic Pol ic ies Committee for reaction.?The committee immediately accepted theDean's four proposals butwhen the committee began toget feedback' the j proposalshad to be reassessed.Dr. Trimble, a s of n o w , willreassess th e proposals that hesubmitted earlier. ?He willthen send these rev isedproposals to the AcademicPolicies Committee who inturn will send their recommendat ion to the col legesenate. . ?^The senate!will then take

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M s. M ieszkowskiThe M ercyhurst Community is invited to attend aspecia l l ecture-demonstration to be held in the secondfloor dance studio of WeberHall, Thursday, iJanuary 13,at 8 p.mi * ''%M a d a m e J o z i aM ieszkowski, Director of theWilkes-Barr* Ballet Theatre

will present "History andTechnique 1 of Classic alBa l let. Ms. M ieszkowskiwill be assisted by dancemajors, who will interpretportions of her4 lecture.M s. M ieszkowski is wellknown in bal let c ircles ,having enjoyed a rich andvarieo Career as a classicaldancer. She has studied withthe American Ballet theatre,the 'Royal Academy! ofLondon, and with RosellaHightowerT i n Cannes ,France, JpAs. Mieszkowski i s atalented choreographer withover twenty original works inher repertoire.In addition to her duties asdirector of the WBBT, Ms.Mieskowski is the founder ofthe Ballet Society 'ofWyoming Valley, she servesas president of the NortheastRegional^ Bal let Fest ivalAssociation, and is on theDance Panel of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

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W i t h[action on these proposals andwill *- make their ownrecommendations to thePresident.If this is passed thestudents will go to a 4-3-3calendar an d only during thattime will the community beable to compare it with thecurrent 3-1-3-3 in terms ofhow they study, extracurricular activities, effecton learning, and a nu mber ofother things. 314It would, however,"Trimble pointed out, "be anexperimental calendar for ayear." ;- JAnother alternative thathas been suggested is torequire students to take intersess ion. Trimble wasquicks to point out to thegovernment that the collegelost 136,000 during this pastintersession. * *After * speaking to thegovernment Trimble openedu p the meeting for questions.It was an interesting dayfor the governmen t; and itsofficers,, but more s o, the

meeting offered n ew outlooksabout the college and thei n s t i t u t i o n ' s e m e r g i n gtransition.

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j (Continued from Page I)pledges for a year or t w o , " hesaid. * 4Student opinions of theCenter generally have rangedfrom disappointment tooutrage."That's part of the turf,"Prather shrugged, "doing thebest you can with what youhave. I think it will be functional and I think people willbe surprised and pleasedMice it's finished." I

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Melissa McMurrayGary WesmanBeth BealTerry K ellySu e PettitJudy HollandTrteha SeltzerMaureen McCaffertyB ob RonksleyWRITERS A N D CREATORS: \ *News,Department: Gee NeCastro, Chris Filipi, N adineBelovarac, Richard Frasca, Chris Van Wagenen, JohnBruno.Feature Department: Darlene Keith, Mark Nicola n o ,Mary Anne Ferraro.Sports Departmen t: Bob Derda Jr., Donna Walker, MikePhillips.iRichard Birmingham. 4Layout \ Edie HendersonBusiness Manager Cheryl StumFacu lty Consultant William ShelleyTypists: Mary- Anne Cochran, Debbie Floyd, Lynn Mar-catouli, Melanie Nash, Lisa Manendo. 2

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Angela Daugherty:I don't think it willwork. They will lose toomany students. Kids lookforward to Wednesdaysoff* Bes ides , we haveenough work. Intersessiong ives u s a chance to relax.

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I Beth Young% No, Intersession gives abreak between* regularclasses . I don't wanta f iveday week ^becauseWednesdays give us a dayto catch u p o n sleep, studyand even relax.

K en Meredith:I like intersession and Ialso like Wedn esdays off.Four classes , f ive days aweek are too much work.

Peggy Lamary:Before last intersessionI would agree. But afterthis o n e , I feel they shouldoffer more courses InInterpersonal growth.I've learned more In oneclass than I've learned inall my 19 years.

Craig Nicholson:Definitely NO. I feelfour courses over 14weeks, five days a Week istoo much*

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Academic Policies Comittee has presented aProposal by which M ercyhurst would con vert to a 44*3 term system opposed to a 3-1-8-3 system. This conversion would thereby abolish Intersession an d Wednesday holidays.\

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I it ballet is supposed to^ bebeautiful, then may I take theword one step further by sayingthat the recent performancegiven by the Mercyhurst DanceDepartment was literally dazzling. The performance tookplace on Saturday, December 11at Strong Vincent Auditorium.The ballet was a su rprise fromthe opening Verdi Ballet Suite tothe closing danc e, Gopak.Oddly? enough, the onlydisappointment was the performance of the renowneddancers, Edward Villella andAllegra Kent But before theballet bega n, it was learned thatVillella. himself, was sufferingfrom a bade injury, ye t somehowon e felt that h e w a s cheated fromwhat could have been a rare andcreative e xperience, $ \ KThe evening opened with theVerdi Ballet Suite. As the cu rtainrose, the sce ne of 28 Mercyhurstdancers, dressed in white and onpoint, was stunning, and the Erieaud ience immed ia te ly appreciated the setting/ by applauding the performers beforethe dance began. WThe Suite's closing was just asstunning, with the corps de balletforming a circ le and" glidingclockwise, on point, around eightother dancers, who at the samet ime were a l so gracefullyfloating counter clockwise withinthe frame work. jjB TAs the tw o sets of dancers wentaround and around, sen ior

dancer Allan Kinzie proceeded to

r by Chris Va n wagenenlift Kitty Megnin within thesetting, end ing the first dan ce ofthe long and eventful evening.Following . Verdi, EdwardVillella and Allegra Kent madetheir first appearance of theevening. The audience toneddown a ^bit* during r;Villella'sperformance and had goodreason to be disappointed. Therew a s , it seems, nothing veryspectacular about Villella orKent J $ *v The evening's highlight cameea rly,! just after the first intermission, as Allan Kinzie andShelagh Murphy made their soloappearance , along with ChristineCottman, Elisabeth Casey.Suzette Boyer, Lisa Owens andJenny Arold in Scenes De Ballet.Seeing a dance on point is anexperience; in itself and M s.Murphy must be complimentedon her style, balance an d most ofall, Brace.Allan Kinzie, also a soloist inmis particular dance, put graceinto his tour en 1 air andastonished the Strong Vincentaudience with his lifts, seven inall, which brought about a roundof applause as he carried Ms.Murphy off the stage.Following Scenes De Ballet,Villella an d. Kent mad e theirsecond and final appearance ofthe evening, as they performed"Afternoon of the Faun", musicby Claude Debussy.Once again, there was nothingreally to get excited about.Though it was performed admirably by both da nce rs, I* felt

that Kent' w as extremely shakyon point, no doubt both out ofshape and out of tune.The finale of the evening cameJust after the final intermission,in the form of two Russiandances, Lisginka and Gopak,especially Gopak in whichMercyhurst Dance DirectorIsmel Mohedln performed.Dressed in Russian garb themale dancers began to shout an dthe ballerinas began to clap inunison, bringing about a sort ofchain reaction feeling from theaudience, who in turn participated in the fun, by clappingalong with the dancers.As the dance was completedthe audience gave a standingovation in tribute to the dan cers.It was an exciting performancebut more so an entertainingevening. ^ IF a l l T e r a i i t C / s

PHOTO SY BO B RONKSLEYShelagh Murphy (foreground) and Allan Kinzie (background)pose during a recent rehearsal. Both Murphy an d Kinzie performedsuperbly in the departments last production which was heldDecember 1 1 a n d 1 2 a t Strong Vincent Auditorium.

D e ad line U p com ing P l a C e H i e i i t N e W SAll students who received anEnglish Clinic Condition any timebefore the fell; term, 1976, mu stfinish their requirements by theend of this term. * ^If they do not meet the deadlinethey will not be permitted toregister for the spring term.The English Clinic is openMonday, Tuesday, Thursday,Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.;Wednesday from 9:30 a .m. to 3

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ON-CAMPUSRECRUITINGSCHEDULE |Attention a ll seniors. If you areinterested in being interviewedby, any of the followingrecruiters, stop by the CareerPlanning Center (204 Old M ain)and sign up with Mrs. Hawes.Since time slots for interviewsare limited we recommend thatyou sign up with Mrs. Hawes assoon as possible before sched ulesare filled. | | | ^Erie DioceseDepartment ofEducationFriday, February 11 ,1977. 1Hills Department Store-Monday, February 28, 1977.Kauhnann's D e pa r t me n tStoresTuesday, M arch 1, 1977.Action-Peace Corps-VistaWednesday, March 2,1977. $Baltimore County PublicSchoolsM onday, M arch 7,1977.Southwestern Life InsuranceCo.Wednesday, March 23,1977.Anne Arundel School District,An n a po l i s , MDThursday,March 31, 1977. 1 SgTCVS-Consumer Value Stores-M onda y, April 25,?1977.SENIOR PLACEMENTSEMINARSSeniors! Graduation is not sofar off. Don't out off beginningyour job search any longer. It isnecessary that a successful jobhunt be carefully planned well Inadvance. TLRC News

One of the first and most important things for you to do is toregister at the Career PlanningCenter. At this point, your^credential file will be started and&you will be put on the monthlyemployment newsletter mailinglist.,Also at this point we willE\learn who you a re an d what your' career goals a r e . From there wec a n b e of servicetoy o u i n helpingrlead you to meeting these goals.A s a senior yo u should no w alsobe working on , your resume,crede ntial file, letters of inquiry,jo b and grad school applications,and preparing for interviewstoname a few. To help you withsome of these tasks, Mr. GaryBukowski, the Director ofPlacement, Is planning a series ofbrief seminars to discuss helpfultechniques in the various a spectsof your job sea rch. A ll seniors areencouraged to attend and underclassmen a re also welcome toattend. All seminars will takeplace in the Career PlanningCenter, room 204 Old M ain.UPCOMING SEMINARS"Job Hunting Techniques' Wednesday, January 19, 1 p.m."Senior Registration" FThursday, January 20,1 p.m."Interviewing - Techniques"Wednesday. Janua,rv 26, 1 p.m."Senior Registration" Thursday, January 27, 3 p.m."The Undecided Senior"I Thursday, February 2, 1 p.m.

L i b r a r y M in i -C o u r s e O f fe r e dThe Library announces that afree mini-course on library skillswill | be offered during WinterTerm as a service to the Mercy

hurst com m un ity.Library skills are importantacademic tools; they help maketerm | paper research, researchfor oral and written reports, andany other need for information alot more bearable. Proficiency inusing the library eliminateswasted time and makes libraryresearch more productive.The Library skills M ini-coursewill consist of a series of threesessions offered on Wednesdaysat 2:00 in the M ontgomery Roomin the LRC. &Session one on Wednesday,January 19, will covert librarymater ia l s a s '- informationdevices, the Dewey Decimal andLibrary of Congress Classification systems, the use of thecard c atalog, an d, the significance of information on catalog

periodical literature, the Use ofindexes and abstracts to locateperiodical articles , an d the use ofindexes to collected works.Session three on Wednesday,February 2, will deal with thegeneral purpose and basic typesof reference books, a discussionof specific reference books, andconstruction of a search strategyas a problem-solving activity.^ It suggested that all threesessions be attended, bu t it is alsopossible to attend an individualsession..A ny member of th e Mercyhurstcommunity interested in attending the Library Skills Mini-course is asked to sign up at theCirculation Desk in the Library.For further information, seeJudy Bradley, ReferenceLibrarian, who will be teachingthe mini-course.A second Library Skills Mini-course is planned to be offered ifthe demand warrants, but it is

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i\'f m2i &i y | ', Wiy iffTrllMlffiWBgBBB^ ff PHOTO BY BOB RONKSLEY_ | Pictured above are the dancers who completed the 4 8 hours of dancing in CEC's M arathon held last $weekend. (1 . tor.) - Beverly B ush, Nadine Belovarac, Andrea Sotelo, Linda M cGlnley, Katie M cCaffrey, ^Jady Mahony, Mark Ruttenburg, Briget Beck, Steve Flately, Daniel Downing, Casey Cronin, and #Darlene Palerm o. Not pictured: Brian L'Huillier a n d Mary Jane Barber. D^SS * ^

A symbol f of | Yuletide, 1 thePoinsettia J or i EuphorbiaPulcherrima, is our most popularChristmas pot plant, and has longheld this esteem. The commonname poinsettia is derived fromJoel 1 Roberts aPoinsett, whoserved as the first U.S. ministerto M exico from 1825 to 1 8 2 9 . O n areturn visit from M exico, hebrought back cuttings of poin-settias and the similar Mexicanfireplant, which grow wild in theMexican countryside. At firstthey were9thought to be ftwospecies of a new genus and werenamed in Poinsett's honor, butthey were later found to^bemembers of the genus Euphor

bia, so Poinsett is rememberedonly in the plant's common name.S The true flowers are the tinygreenish yellow nubs in ; thecenters of the bracts. There aresing le and double varieties whichmay be had with white or pink aswell as red flower-like bracts.Most florists' plants are one totwo feet tall but three to four footplants are not uncommon. *$*?The poinsettia does bestjin atleast four hours of direct sunlighta day in a draft free location.Night temperatures of 50 to 65degrees and d ay temperatures of6 8 deg rees or more are ideal. Soilshould be allowed to dry slightly

between thorough wa terings. -^| Cut back plants in late Spring.after flowering a n d repot in freshpotting soil.! Cuttings from! thetips of new growth can be rootedin summer. Fertilize every*twoweeks in Spring a n d Summer; donot fertilize the rest of the year.Flowers will develop on plantsthat have had an alteration of alight period and at least 14 hoursof uninterrupted darkness eachday*for approximately 40 days.To ensure flowe rs for Christmas,place plants in a closet or in adark corner off a basement forstorage room from late afternoontil morning from th e latter part o fSeptember through October. ^?1

if Ralph will b e returning t o Mercyhurst o n Sunday, January 16, at 9 : 3 0 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Ticketsare o n sale in the Student Union. T h e cost i s $ 1 . 5 0 with a M ercyhurst I.D. a n d $2.50 fo r others.

Planning To Teach?Any person f planning toStudent teach during Springterm who has not applied forStudent Teaching should seeM r . Gallagher b y January 2 0 .AffirmativeThe\Affirmative Action Committee m eeting s will be at 1:30p.m. on the secon d and fourthWednesdays of each month. ERRORITE AT Y OURCAMPUS STOREN O W ALSO AVA ILABLE IN BROWN, RED, BLUE & GREEN

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W e e k e n d C o l l e g e N o wP o p u l a r C r e d i t A l t e r n a t i v eThe Mercyhurst CollegeSpecial Programs provides aweekend college that offers bothcredit and non-credit courses forthe full-time as w ell as the part-time student. IThe ten-week winter term forweekend college begins January1 5 . Classes are scheduled for

Saturday mornings and afternoons and Sunday afternoonsand evenings. I According to * ProgramSpecialist Kathy IjSker 1 one ,1weekend college works closelywith the Registrar and each ofth e Idivisions in the college insetting up courses and determining what the needs are." Ms.Skerlong furtherlstated thatcredit students should considerweekend college for the springterm since ma ny regular coursesare cancelled. (A few examples of the creditcourses offered during weekendcollege's s winter term includeBusiness Law, Introduction toSociology, -f Dance History,

Personnel Management andthree Real Estate Courses;Principles, Law and Finance.Certificate people pay $75 percourse and receive a grade but nocredits are obtained until thebalance of th e $238 is paid. > fcM s, Skerlong noted that thehighest^ nu mber; of full-timestudents, 33, are registered forthe winter term and are takingtheir second or third course1 hrough weekend college.O n the other hand, fee s for theSpecial Interest Courses that arenon-credit range from $2 5 to $ 4 0 .Among the courses offered tinswinter * are Adventures inAttitudes. Intermediate Tennis,The Arms Race and Detente.Conversational Polish andImprovisational Theatre.B Those students interested inweekend college for the springterm can check with the office ofSpecial Program s, located o n thefirst floor Main indirectly acrossfrom the Information Office, inlate February. &

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PHOTO BY B O B RONKSLEYJudy ZeweFor the first time in the historyof the college, Mercyhurst has aPersonnel Director. * 'M s . Judy Zewe was hired to theoffice in November. *$ Among Ms. Zewe's duties arepayroll, employee benefits, equalopportunity, and AffirmativeAction concerns.One of her main jobs now is to

set up a formal salary structuref o r t h e different departments andemployees, which u p t o this point,had no standard salaryguidelines.Her responsibilities are manyand varied. When asked abouther busy schedule, Ms. Zewesaid , "Everyday I'm learningsomething different It's hectic,but exciting."Future goa ls of the department

are to look for people interestedin helping with the AffirmativeAction Committee; as well asemployee advocates. These twogroups would be able to let Ms.Zewe know the problems orgrievances of the differentdepartments within the college.At the end of the month Ms.Zewe will; attend a seminarconducted ' by the Nation alAssociation of College andUnivers i ty Business Officers .The seminar is aimed at aidingsmall colleges who have neverhad a formal PersonnelDepartment and help them toorganize these departments andgive suggestions on how to efficiently run such an office. *The University of NorthCarolina at Charlotte will be thelocation of the seminar.

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by Terry Ke llyIf you haven't seen the Laker basketball team in action yet,you're'missing quite a show. Coach Fox has turned w hat looked likea rebuilding year into a respectable winning season, so far. Foxhascombined'hard work and discipline to create a circus type atmosphere during the games. The various acts range from K evinBra dley 's 25-foot shots to Don Jackson's famous stuff dunks. In bet*ween all of this scoring comes the consistent hustle of Joe Ford,Paul Young, and Ed Jones. The big man Ford holds the teamtogether while Jones handles the ball with ease and Young Justplays good, sm art basketball. With all these side shows going on,the center stage is held down by John "Sweets" Burrow, amagician in the basketball trade. "Sweets" is also a famed dunker,but his specialty is rejecting opponents'!shots and pulling downrebounds. There are also many good supporting acts to complement Ithe main ones. They include Jeff Davern, ManzieWilliams, Dick Brickell, Bill Link, Greg Powell, and Jim McElrath.All in all, the Lakers look good and are very exciting to watch. Ifthey hope to improve their present 8-3 record, as they say in thebusiness, the show must go on! . g *The women's basketball team will begin play this week whenthey travel to Jamestown Community College for the7:00 contest.The Lakerettes, coached by Rhonda Carlson, play a 15 gameschedule with three games being preliminary gam es to the men'sgames. ' '** ** **On Saturday, January 22, the Lakerettes will have their homeopener against Behrend, followed by the Lakers and Pitt-Johnstown a t Gannon, the first game beginning at 6 p.m.Students may attend Laker basketball games by just showingtheir I.D. cards at the gate. There is no charge for Mercyhurst

students with cards. W.' ' *I would like to apologize to Pot Luck for not reporting their Mercyhurst Football League Championship. The Luck beat R elativelyHigh in the final an d championship game 20-13. Ken Link caughttwo touchdown passes and Mike Molnar caught one from R ay K or-zanowski. Link and Lament Prince caught extra point passes fromK orzanowski. v | | MPot Luck also had five scorers in the top ten for the league.Molnar had 66 points, Ryan had 60, Prin ce with 54, Korzanowskiwith 36, and Link with 30.Other team members include Al Nase, Mark "Z " Zdanciwicz,Mike Bridges, L arry $Law, Mark Condrin, Tom Seltzer, DanSienicki, Brian White and Charlie Brooks. ICongratulations, Pot Luck !. *#?' V

This could be the fin est year inthe history of women's basketballhere a t 7 Mercyhurst. TheLakerettes, coached by Ms.Rhonda Carlson, could very wellbring the: K eystone ConferenceChampionship'here to Mercyhurst. Now if you all think I'mcrazy for this bold assumptionyou're wrong. The Lakerettes areexperienced and are disciplined.They? lost only one player tograduation last year and have sixreturners from last year's squad.They also have a lot of desire anddetermination to make it happen.

The only real question mark Ihave about the team is lack of fansupport. This year they have afew tentative preliminary gameslined up before the men's games,so this will be your chance to seethe Lakerettes in action and myprediction to come true. MjSmj * Th e! players on j this fyear'ssquad are Sue Fagan, Mary JaneNestor, Val Ferro, Jane Ker-stetter, Mary Ann K ing, OarleenCampbell, Mary Beth K iselica,Barb Sweeny, Mary K alie, AmyMcNicholas and Sue Cavelencia.Skiing Class

There will be a special crosscountry skiing class open to allMercyhurst students beginningWednesday, J an. 26,The Department * of MilitaryScience j of Gannon College J isoffering a special 15 hour coursein winter operations-crosscountry skiing on campus, fl IThe course is free of chargeand offers one credit. E quipmentwjll be provided. | * JBThe) instructor is i MasterSergeant Michael Sedgwick, whohas had three years experienceon the Mountain Rescue Teamstationed in the Bavarian Alps ofGermany. He is also a graduateof both the French and GermanMountaineering Schools. I SffH

All interested * students mayenroll inlthe course through theRegistrar's office, or for furtherinformation, contact CaptainMichael K nopka, 456-8376. :-Jr-'This Week's Sports!

y, JanuarySt. Vincent at (< 1500 p.m.SoturdaBasketball v s.Gannon Auditorium.IWed., January 19 f;Women's, varsity basketball * vs .Jamestow n Community College. V .,at 8:00 p.m. at Jamestown N Y ^ ^ jft Women's Intramural Boiketboll3:30 p.m. Ball Handlers vs T akaTaka4:30 p.m. Hoop Shooters vs. SpaceCadets III. 4.

Women's Varsity Bosketbo 11 \:i976J7| I fJanuary 19 - Wednesday Jamestown C.C. (A) 7:0January 22 -Saturday Behrend (pre) (H) 6:00January 25 - Tuesday Westminster (A) 7:00January 27 -Thursday . . Allegheny (A) 7:00January 31 -Monday Villa (A) 7:00February 5 - Saturday. St. Bonaventure (pre) (H) 6:00February 7 - Monday Jamestown C.C. (M) 7:00February 12-Saturday Gannon (Pre)(A)6:00February 15-Tuesday * Allegheny (H) 7:00February 17-Thursday 'Grove City (A) 7:00February 21 -Monday 'Gannon(H )7:00February 24 - Thursday *Behrend(A)7:00March 1 - Tuesday 'Thiol (H) 7:00March 3 - Thursday %L E J & M B J 'Westminster (H) 7:00

March 7 - Monday * Villa (H) 7.00Conference Game . X \ A ?- WBM H f l

The Mercyhurst Lakerspresented Coach Dick Fox withfive wins in eight games over theholidays. \Back on December 8, OberlinCollege handed the Lakers theirinitial loss of the season bya 79-76count on the ^Yeoman's homecourt. In that contest, juniorsK evin B radley and Paul Youngboth tossed in 16 markers.Then, Coach Fox's charges losta real heart-breaker to Edinboroat the Erie County Field House,losing in overtime to the F ightingScots, 70-69. * iEd Jones netted 21 points and 'Young added 15 in this, the*'Hurst's first NAIA District 181game of the season. %_ % JThe Lakers appeared to have*the game in the bag when Youngbanged one in off the glass with!just 14 seconds left. [$Mercyhurst ledat this point, 64-63, however,I a Questionabletechnical foul called with only 51seconds remaining gave Edin-Iboro the break they needed, thus sending the game into overtime. SThe disappointed Laker squad |did make a valiant effort in theextra session. However, fresh-1man,- super-sub * Bill Link's!desperation 12-footer a t the !buzzer fell short, thus leaving t he !4 Hurst record at 3-2. ( & IAny kind of frustration Strom |the Edinboro loss wasquicklv|wiped away as the!Greenland^Blue won their next three straight!games.Sj|S B | j |On December 15, the surprisingMercyhurai squad snapped theirtwo game losing streak with aresounding 102-76 victory overTiffin University. k. k J $ 2In this, the team's fourth 100-plus game, their offensive |fire-

by Bob Derda Jr.power showed six Lakers hittingdouble figures.John Sweetwater" Burrowand Bradley led the "Shoot-a-thon" with 19 points a piece. DonJackson and Jones (13 pts) , JoeFord (12 pts.), and Jeff "Duck"Davern (10 pts.) did most of thedamage in extinguishing theDragons' fire.The Laker roundbaHers'! fifthwin of the year was played ontheir fourth different "home"court this season, this time atTech Memorial High School. ,There, against WheelingCollege, Ed Jones (22 pts.) led theLakers to a;77-63 win over thevisiting Cardinals. FreshmanLink once again came off thebench and got the Lakers rollingwith timely passes and a few keybuckets. -g; J | g g |g The "young" Lakers\thenreturned home (? ) to Gannon andwon their third in a row, handingBuffalo an 87-80 defeat. I 1 Paul Young tossed in 22 pointsand had 11 assists while the 6'4"Burrow dominated the boards (16rebounds) against a much tallerBuffalo five. aBBS 8 gI "Swe ets" also canned 14 pointsas the Lakers ran their record to6-2 i l i H W^-Unbeaten Clarion State provedto be too much for the inexperienced Mercyhurst crew, asthey edged j the ' Lakers 86-79.Deadeye Bradley hit 9 out of 12field goals for 18 points whilesenior Davern & added 14 j in * alosing cause. SSSJS^ . $? iThe difference was at the foulline where the 'Hurst connectedon only 13 out of 23 from thecharity stripe while the GoldenEagles cashed in on 24 out of 30.tin January 9, the 'Hurst en-

joyed "Super Sunday", clobbering Dyke College 98-78.Smooth Don Jackson, ahustling 6'3" junior from Buffalo,hit on 9 field goals for 18 points.Also, Bradley continued his hotshooting with another 9 of 12shooting performance (19 pts.)and together with Paul Young (14rebounds), kept Dyke wellplugged throughout the contest.Last Tuesday, Mercyhurststopped Geneva 89-71. Burrow ledfive other double figure scorerswith 19 points.A sticky, often dominatingdefense put Mercyhurst ahead by22 at half-time.However, the Lakers, minusthe "killer instinct," let up in thesecond! half, preventing theGolden * Tornadoes from beingblown away. BBsPg'^^S^The 'Hurst basketball team hasbeen labeled a "surprise"throughout the early going of theseason. However, any observantbasketball fan should realize nowthat this year's 8-3 edition is nofluke.' I I t ^ H I H '-\:f The Lakers next return home(?) to Gannon Saturday, Janu ary15, against St. Vincent at 8 p.m.Laker Notes: flpf^S II Senior Jeff Davern reachedthe 500 pt. plateau againstGeneva. I flSflftf lpI In their last 8 games, Lakershave had five different leadingscorers. P8K g t i SBfe LEd Jones leads the team inscoring average with 14.7 pointsper gam e. K evin Bradley followswith 14.1. Paul^Young. with 13.5,John Burrow with* 12.0 and JoeFord with 8.1.&*M>The Lakers*are averaging92.6 points per game, t

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