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Buccaneer Chosen To BeNew Mercyhurst MascotBy Ann Johnson

Mercyhurst Student Council voted on Sun-day to accept the recommendationthat would give Mercyhurst its new mascot. Thewinning idea, the B uccaneer, came from EricFleeken, a sophomore psychology major atMercyhurst. Because his was the one selected,Flecken will receive the $75 prize offered by stu-dent government. The Buccaneer concept waschosen from among the many ideas submittedto the special committee which was developedto decide on a mascot. Based on the responseof approximately 350 students who cast theirvotes using the ballot printed in an earlier issueof The Merciad, the committee's; selectionprocess was made easy. According to the voteof the students, the'Buccaneer was the over-whelming winner.The next step in the process of making the

Buccaneer the official Laker mascot is to sub-mit the proposal to Dr. Garvey and the rest ofthe administration. According to M ike Kelly,president of M ercyhurst student government,it is very likely that the idea will be approvedby the administration, since the Buccaneer iswhat the student population wants.Once the concept gets final approval at thelevel of the administration,a few questions willhave to be answered. How and when will audi-tions be held? Wil 1 there be restrictions on whocan audition? Will the student selected to per-form as the Buccaneer at Mercyhurst functionsbe given work study money for his efforts?From where will the costume come? Who wiltown the costume and be responsible for itsupkeep? All of these questions must be consid-ered before the Buccaneer makes its first ap-pearance as the official Mercyhurst Collegemascot.

Tom Selleck or lack Lord may no t be at the luau but the people attending the functionenjoyed the vast array of food and dancing. Here some native Hawaiian dancers pu ton hoola dance from last year's luau. Photo: FileSay ' Aloha'' To Luau AtThe Beach This WeekendIBy Jennifer Montani

Attention all natives: the Hotel, Restaurantand Institutional Management D epartment ofMercyhurst College proudly presents the 5thannual "Hawaiian Luau at the Beach." Thethree hour event will include such festivities as"The Royal Hawaiians," a fifteen member castof musicians, dancers andfireeaters; two Pol-ynesian floor shows, dining and dancing mu-sic. The evening will also include the famousHawaiian buffet bursting with over 20 items.The idea for a luau first started five years agoas an "experience to involve the (HRM)students in an actual production atmosphere."said Daniel Hann of the HRM Department.Students participating in the HRM departmentare involved in every aspect of th e productionof the luau from the early planning stages all

the way through to the setting of the scenery.HRM students will prepare and serve all thefood. Students involved have donated their ser-vices; they receive no credit toward graduationfor their participation in the luau, just invaluablehands-on experience in actually planning sucha multi-faceted evening, dealingwith the publicand marketing and sales.The theme of this year's luau is HawaiianLife at the Beach.Guests are welcomed to dress in Polynesianbeach wear and compete for prizes. The luautakes place Thurs., Fri. and Sat. March 26,27and 28 at 7:30 p.m. (Location: 429 E. Grand-view Blvd.Across from Mercyhurst PrepHigh School). Tickets are $21 per person (grouprates are available), $10 for Mercyhurststudents. Reservations can be made by callingthe HRM department at 825-0333.

Here is the artist conception for Mercyhurst's mascot/The Buccaneer," crFlecken. The character won the popular vote and now awaits approval frministration, f f '' ' ?x.

> Hurst Has New CalendaBy Chris KovskiMercyhurst College has a new academiccalendar for next year. College President Dr.William P. Garvey has yet to approve the calen-dar, but Academic Dean Dr. David Palmer saidthat approval is expected. "This calendar iswhat Dr. Garvey wanted, based on its effect onadult students," said PalmersThe new academic calendar is a 4-2-4, butnot the originally proposed schedule. The firstproposal had a second term of six weeks, whichwould only allow eight weekendsfor he adultstudents. The new proposal has an eight weekmiddle term, which has 10 weekends of classes.Classes would start on September 1. Final ex-

amsfor Fall term would end on Tues., Nov. 24 ,with Thanksgiving vacation ollowing.Wintertermjwould start on December 1, 1987.Christmas vacation would begin on December18, after the Friday classes. Classes'wouldresume on January 4, '* '-jFinal exams would end on Tues., Feb. 9,1988. After a six day hiatus, Spring term classeswould start. The Spring break would begin afterclasses on Fri., March 25, and would end onSun., April 3. The new calendar has the last dayoffinals or Spring term on May 13. This wouldhave classes ending two weeks earlier than thisyear, giving students a chance to get into sum-mer jobs or, in the case of graduating seniors,permanent employment, sooner than before.

Thiscalendar was approved by aduring the March 19 meeting of theCollege Senate. One major obje4-2-4 system is the contention thais too short a time to teach a clascalendar presents a 12-8-12 week classes. Another objection was thesix week term originally proposedhalf by Christmas vacation. The term of the new calendar will be stvacation, but a majority of the termwill be after vacation. < *The new calendar, if approved will be instituted for the next aca1987-88.

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The Annapolis Brass Quintet to be performing a concert sponsored bythe D'Angelo School of Music. Photo: D'Angelo School of Music

The Annapolis Brass Quintet willbe presented in concert on March 29at2:30 p.m. at Tech Memorial HighSchool Auditorium, 3325 CherryStreet. The concert is presented bythe D A ngelo School of Music, Mer-cyhurst College, and will be thefinal concert for their 1986-87 Re-cital Series. iFor over fourteen years the AN -NAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET hasmaintained a position of pre-eminence among the world'schamber music groupsdistinguishing itself as America'sfirst full-time performing brassensemble. - ' The Quintet has introduced brasschamber music to audiencesworldwide. There have been regularvisits to Canada, Germany, France,Belgium, Switzerland, the

Spring FormalfChanges DiscussedBy Margaret Coffey

Editor's Note: These are thenotesfrom he final MSG meetingof Winter term. Though it tookplace close to a month ago, theissues covered ar e still of impor-tance. The sixth MSG meeting ofthe year was opened by MSG Presi-dent Mike Kelly. Heannounced thatwe may play Behrend in an in-tramural basketball game. Our firstplace team would play their firstplace team.Mercyhurst President Dr.William P. Garvey has presented anew calendar proposal. It would in-volve four courses in Fall term (12weeks), two courses in Winter term(6 weeks) andfourcourses in Spring

term (12 weeks). We would have twoweeks for Christmas Break and wewould be finished on May 11. Dur-ing Winter term classes would meetevery day for an hour and fifteenminutes.*The Spring Formal was alsodiscussed. It will be held at theHilton. However, there are a fewchangesthe food will be at a dif-ferent location and the floor planwill be approved by MSG the after-noon of the formal before theworkmen leave the Hilton. At theWinter Formal Bob Neumaier,former general manager of theHilton, lowered the drink prices andput them in smaller glasses as amarketing tool so people would buy'more drinks. This will not be done

at the Spring Formal; they'll haveregular drink^prices in regularglasses to encourage responsibledrinking. Mercyhurst will be able todonate the difference in the drinkprices to a charity. M SG Secretary.Peggy Hirsch suggested donating'Itto the Betsy Lantz ScholarshipFund. Thecontrols imposed on theformal will be as follows: no read-mittance, security and students atthe doors, no rooms will be rentedout, and more lighting will be pro-vided. In other news Kelly made aproposal to renovate the area downthe hall from Campus Ministrywhere commuters study. He wouldlikelto get new furnituret.andcarpeting. H e will be discussing itwith Garvey. ' i

The M e i m d Asks:*What Do You Think Of Mercyhurst?

t V"O.J. Gorton, Wilson MiddleSchool V?T 'M

ffT*tIt's all nght but I don't feel likegoing to college." *

Willie Tate, Wilson Middle School"I really liked this school and Iwant to go here. You have a nicegym, nice art room, and I liked allof the students. I hope one day tobecome a math teacher and I wantto play football."

Phillip Clark Wilson MiddleSchool i i"I liked it here. I liked playingbasketball but I want to go here andplay football."

Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Por-tugal and the countries of CentralAmerica. Of special interest was theQuintet's 1981 four-week tour of theOrient including Taiwan, ThePhilippines, Sri Lanka, Hong Kongand India sponsored by the Interna-tional C ommunications Agency.The Annapolis Brass Quintet'sfirst extended tour of the UnitedStates was in 1972, and since thattime, its concerts have taken it tovir-tually every statefrom many of hemost prestigious chamber music se-ries to small towns and remoteareas. Each summer since 1975 theQuintet has been in residence at Art-park inLewiston, New York wherethe members|.developed their"Chamber Music Feast," a col-laborative concert with stringquartet and vocal sextet, which'is

now an annual presenheld annually is the Quout series in AnnapolisIn 1980 the Q uintet esInternational Brass Quiin Baltimore, Marylangained a reputation amcomposers and the puprincipal ongoing seriobrass chamber music.The New York Timenapolis Brass Quintet "enjoyable and somewconcert. . .they playethusiasm and skill."Admission is free,must be reserved in adving 825-0394. -.Remaiwill be available at the

Students from the Wilson Middle School and RooseveltMijoyed a day on our campus last Friday. The students playthe Civic Center and recieved nformation on nutrition at thetwo students enjoy instruction from a Mercyhurst student athey like our school? See "The Merciad Asks" on this pagetion. Photo: L Hafenmaier t

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Student Questions AlcoholResponsibility atjWinter Formal Senior Bids Mercyhurst Farewlb Whom This May Concern,

Being a senior at Mercyhurst Col-lege, I would like to express mythought pertaining to last weeks ar-ticle concerning the Spring Formal.I find it very disturbing that Mer-cyhurst has agreed only to allowfour hundred students into the for-mal, when approximately 1600students are paying an adequate,amount of m oney to attend this finelearning institution. Whatever hap-pened to the idea of getting studentsinvolved with school sponsored ac-tivities? It seems to me that theserestrictions are defeating the pur-pose of student involvement. Myunderstanding of the W inter Formalis that it was totally "out of hand."However, would all the blame beplaced upon the students? Certain-

ly not, according to the state law; abar (in this case a banquet bar) isresponsible for serving an intox-icated patron. The question is,"Why were these students servedalcohol?" | | \The purpose of this letter is not toestablish blame on a particular par-ty, but to reinforce that we asstudents are only human. 1 feel thatthere are many alternatives that canbe adopted to satisfy both parties. Asuggestion for our future SpringFormal is to have it in the CampusCenter, where we can all enjoyourselves, while at the same time bespared the embarrassment of off-campus formals. *--

^Sincerely,Mark Medole

Editorial:

Dear Students,I am a senior student here at Mer-cyhurst College and Ijjwill begraduating in the Spring. Upon thisgraduation, I would like to say a lit-tle farewell and leave a few wordsbehind. The words may be few, butthe feelings behind them are sincereexpressions of concern.I leave Mercyhurst with a wellrounded education that only I cansay I have achieved.The key wordshere'are "well rounded". When Itransferred from Edinboro Univer-sity after my freshman year, I didn'tknow what to expect from a schoolthat resembles a New England prepschool. Who would help me? Whowould take care of me? Who was go-ing to be there for me? Well, uponmany lonely moments and long in-ternal research, the answer was sim-ple. No one. Reality set in at thatmoment, and from there on, I ex-

Students Must Live WithAn AdministrativelChoiceBy Matthew J. Clark

The word is out. Next year, Mer-cyhurst will be implementing a newacademic calendar. The new calen-dar will still be a trimester and riota semester as many thought it wouldbe. Instead of the current 4-3-3system, next year's academic calen-dar w ill use a 4-2-4 system.Many students opposed going tosemesters, while the majority of hefaculty showed great supportfor hesemester system.^Administrationwas fecedwith reaching a decisionwhich would be mutually satisfyingto both parties, and I want to com-mend them on their efforts. |Personally, I'm flexible, so Ididn't really care whether we wentto semesters or stayed withtrimesters. But if one looks at the

two proposals w ith an open m ind,it's clear that the semester systemwould have been the most beneficialto both faculty and students.The semester system would haveallowed faculty a more lexibleworkschedule by giving them more timeto prepare for each class. The endresult of this would be a higherquality education for studentsbecause more preparation timewould allow faculty to go into moredepth with class material. | y. Many students who opposed thesemester switch argued that they hadcome to Mercyhurst because of thetrimester system here. I have to ad-mit, I like the trimester system, butI can see how many students couldget mentally drained during thosetwo hour classes in the winter andspring terms.

I think the 4-2-4 system willwork, but I question how effectivea teacher can be when he or she hasonly six weeks in w hich to teach acourse during winter term, and Ialso question how a student, whoshould happen to get off to a slowstart during that term, will haveenough time to pull him or herselfback together in time to get an ad-mirable grade. Next year should not worry usthough; it doesn't worry me. I haveonly one piece of advicefor studentsattending Mercyhurst College nextyear. Don't waste any more timeworrying about next year's calendarstructure. Instead, concentrate onyour studies for the rest of this year,and do likewise next year. The deci-sions have been made, and now wemust live with those decisions.

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celled. Not only m tne classroomdid I realize what I could do, butalso in reality and the real world.The one which awaits all of youwhen you leave Mercyhurst.From many times of listening toother students, did I encounter theaccepted norm on this campus.There is no "real Mrc>rld" outsidethose gates. The real world exists onthe weekends when two most im-portant goals are to celebrate andfornicate. By no means am I sayingthat all Mercyhurst students con-form to this "reality", but the manywho do, are, consequently, trappedby this simple-mindedtheory. I canset back and see this type of sub-human rationalization taking place,and, upon conversations withfriends and even faculty, I am not theonly person concerned about this.I am in no way a prude or even avirgin to this type of thinking. I waspart of the "no reality" society, but,through many mistakes and two per-sonal tragedies, I realized the realworld exists. I realize we all must gothrough this transition of "feelingour oats", but in the meantime, wemust also concentrate on the for-mulation of one's self.For me to say "it's wrong to dothis" or "don't do that" would behypocritical. All that I am trying tosay in this statement is that there isa real world outside the gates ofMercyhurst and that to survive inthis society, there must be a realiza-

tion and an understandinists; and iupon. thifoundation must be buieducational opportunMercyhurst offers to its fadvantage of the instruand use it to make yoursperson.Communicate withfriends, and advisors future and what it m ay fer. The n, take a look atsee if all of this coincidea good indication of futional and physical hapThis whole conglomemay appear as an idealibut the ultimate reality ithe educational process iin the way of classical cpost-graduate studies, tmaining factor is you andNo one is going to be thbecause the others willachieve yo ur position That is the way it is.I amby no means tryinor pretend I am superiorner. I am simply stating mpoint of view and passithose of you who are reThankyoufor etting methoughts, iI would like to say onein passing. Thank you foories. I will miss MCollege. . 'Sincerely,*Christopher J. Semen

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Did "Iranscam"Become "Irangate"? Why Should!You Vote?By Brian Sheridan

A lone, hunched over figuredressed in a blue suit quietly sneaksinto President Reagan's bedroomlate at night while President Reagansleeps. He cautiously shakes thePresident's shoulder. StirringReagan, wiping the sleep from hiseyes, asks "What's going on? Is oneofmy movies on?" "No, no, Ron it'sjust me again," thedark figure says.Reagan's eyesfocus n the pale lightcast by the nightlight. Then, he seesthe dark stubble on the face of thestranger. "Well, Dick Nixon, youold salty, I haven't seen you since ...what can I do for you?" The forme rPresident smiled a wo l fish grin andextended a hand. "I just want toshake your hand and thank you formaking the- people forgetWateigate ". L* nOkay, maybe this scene neverreally happened but as the events ofthe Iranian arms scandal have cometo light, everyone except the WhiteHouse has eagerly drawn parallelsbetween-, this iRepublican iad-ministration and the last Republicanadministration.First of all, the two events are dif-ferent . I'mno bigfen of Reagan bu tits unfair to call him "the Nixon of

the law inan attempt to keep his job.B Reagan's problem wasn't criminalbut crossed into a gray area ofpolitical movements. He was, de-spite his improper methods, not in-volved in the arms dealsfor personalprofit. It might be even be worsethough because this involved givingaid to our enemies, l b understand

me 1V5U s . Watergate was thepresi-dent abusing his power of office tobenefit his own interests. Nixonmight claim that it was in the interestof national security to keep him onas president for another term butthat's clouding the issue. He broke

what happened think of it in termsof fast food. It'sias if RonaldMcDonald were caught sellingfrench fries to the Burger King. ButRonald thought it;would save thelives of "the fry gu ys" and figure dthat Mayor McCheese would keepeverything under control. What hedidn'tfigureon was Hamburgler notfollowing the chain of command andarranging deals on his own. So nowMcDonald land is in turmoil andRonald's head is so full of false factsand misinformation he cannot ex-plain everything without com-promising national security.I want to know when "Iranscam"became "Irangate." Was there somepoint when someone said "This isn'ta scam anymore. It's a gate!" Asnewsman David Brinkley said,**Why does*every problem inWashington have to become a gate?"The biggest trouble Reagan hadwas that he was playing president,not acting as president. He neededto be into watching what his staffwas doing or checking the facts theywere telling him. Since he didn'tseem to care, his staff became abunch of renegades. /North and(See *4IRAN" page 7)

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The Merclad is the student-edited newspaper of Mercyhurst College, 501 East38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. The Merclad office is located in the basementof Baldwin Hall, phone 825-0376.

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By Mike Kelly, ;;MSG PresidentAs you read this you will, nodoubt, be reminded of the postersand election activity around cam-pus. Many people may askyou foryour vote and will give you reasonswhy you should oblige. Some peo-ple, probably myself, will say thatit is important that you should vote.The question that you may be ask-ing is "Why Vote?" I want to tryto give you one perspective of it us

By Chris Kovski |We havefinallydiscovered the truepower structure at the White House.Nancy Reagan's, cleaning womanwas in charge of foreign policy andarms negotiations. Oliver North, aman who wasn't even a full co lonel,took the cleaning woman's place. Ican imagine Oliver North's reactionwhen he got that office in the WhiteHouse"Wow. Just think what Icould have done had I graduatedhigher than the fiftieth percentile ofmy class." He probably spent halfof his time calling his friends and in-viting them over to seehis place andhis secretary.With the removal ofOliver North,the question arises: Who takes careof arms negotiations now? I thinkthat the most plausible suggestionwould be one of he chauffeurs at theWhite House . If that fails, I believethe next in the chain is the English-speaking busboy at the Roy RogersRestaurant around the corner fromthe White House. Of course, wecould always turn command over toNancy Reagan. She alreadyfacilitated the removal of WhiteHouse Chief-of-Staff DonaldRegan. Her statement that "I don'twant that man in my house" raisedsome eyebrows. W hen did we electNancy? I thought we elected herhusband, not her. Sure, he did takeher for better or fo r worse, and itseems he's getting the worst rightnow. ?This woman refers to the seat ofpower in our country as her house.I thought it belonged to the people,not to her. In another year and 10months, she'll be packingeverything up and moving outandshe'd better leave the china.What got her so incensed in thefirst place? I thought she approvedof Regan. Her official reason wasthat he, in addition to hanging up onhersomething I'll bet more than one bu-reaucrat has wanted to doin heropinion, "forced" Ronald Reaganinto a heavy workload sooner thanhe was able to handle one.Well, welcome to reality, Nancy.Your husband has been responsiblefor the reducingof workman's com-

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Candidatefor M SGPresidentMatt IRobaszkiewiczThe 'Hurst Community,First of all, let me introducemyself as Matt Robaszkiewicz, aJunior HRM major.'_rm pursuingthe Office of Student GovernmentPresident for next year. Secondly,the reason that I have not been seenon campus during the past term, isthat I am in Florida of a Co-op,where I will.be until May.However, my being some 1,500miles away has not inhibited my in-terest or contact with MercyhurstCollege. In correspondence withstudents and faculty, as well asthrough the Merciad, I have kept in-formed on the discussions over theformals, the ongoing "debate" con-cerning apathy/involvement in MSGactivities, the proposed calendarchanges, SAC activities, the mascotcontest, the A cademic Celebration,and other topics relevant to the Col-lege Community. This intersest alsoapplies to the o ther twenty-fourstudents here in Florida.We feel just as much a part of Mer-cyhurst here, as we would if oncampus;In the past three years at the'Hurst, I have been involved in MSGas a representative, member of theJudicial Board, and in Public Rela-tions for SAC,I am also active inCampus Ministry as a Lector, in theHSMA, with theK CollegeDance/Theatre Departments andwith the Crew Teamfor awhile. I'veheld the position of Catering Man-ager for HRM, and Student Assis-tant and Manager in the Union. I amalso on the Dean's List.The decision as to whetherprevious involvement/experiencewill be beneficial to the position ofMSG President,,is left up to you, thestudents. The one guarantee I giveyou is that of initiative, enthusiasm,dedication, and responsibility onmy part.. .the initiative to get plansand new ideas into motion, the en-thusiasm and dedication to seethings completed, and responsibilityin actions and decisions . . .Whoknows, it may even be contagious .. .catch it and be a part of it ! ! . jJust remeber to take a fewmoments on April 1 and 2, to makeyour choice known . . .by voting.Thanks for your time.

Candidate fforMSGPresidentAmy S. Wardl b the Mercyhurst student body:

My name is Amy S. Ward and Iam askingfor your consideration forthe office of Mercyhurst* StudentGovernment president. I believe thatmyrecordof continued involvementin Mercyhurst government for thelast two years, helps qualify me forthis position. I|Thus far I have been elected fortwo terms as HRM representative toMSG, I have held a student Sena-tor's positionfor wo years and dur-ing this time I have served asvice-president of our Hotel, Salesand Marketing Association, LakerChapter. Presently I ama junior Ho-tel Restaurant Management major.Each ofmy elected positions and myparticipation has given me the verynecessary insight and experience ittakes to be your student governmentpresident. ;g As president, I feel my role willbe to organize MSG so that it willfunction professionally, epresent tsconstituencies esponsibily, providequality services, and make itselfeasily accessible to the students ofMercyhursUIt is my firm belief that as Mer-cyhurst College takes strides for-ward, their student governmentshould not be left behind. I will usethe position of MSG president toseek changes and improvements onbehalf of the, student body. Whenelected I will remain on campusduring the summer. Ifeel his is im-perative in order to effectively rep-resent the student's interest inadministrative policies that takeplace. Also this summer I wouldlike our student government to playa stronger role in the freshmenorientation program, so that thetransition from high school to col-lege might be somewhat easier forthose with apprehensions.Besides committing more MSGeffort toward the "future Mercyhurststudent," I will use this time to buildupon the present very successfullecture series. More controversialsocial issues need to be brought tothe studnet body and addressed byknowledgeable persons.Perhaps I will be taking a chancepresenting to you a much morespecific goal, but I feel it is unfairto request you support and onlyvaguely refer to improved changesin'our campus life.T would likeMSG to work with the administra-tion in developing an organizedmeans for students to sell their us-ed books. Most college campuseshave a used book section in their

book store or the government spon-sors "Book Swaps." Currently Mer-cyhurst has neither option andco-ordinating such a service wouldfinancially benefit most of thestudents.In addition, it is not necessary toonly focus upon serving our ownneeds, Iffeel your? MSG has thepotential to make much m ore of animpact both on our campus and oursurrounding community. I wouldlike to direct m ore student govern-ment effort toward involvement incommunity services. As your MSGpresident I will carry the burden ofdealing with "lack of student in-volvement in activities." Apathy isnot just a problem of our campus,it is a problem of society. The morecomplex an organization becomes,the more the individual within itfeels as though their participationgoes unnoticed.Mercyhurst is comprised of 1800

students; we have varied interests,likes and dislikes. It is unlikely thatall MSG sponsored activities wouldappeal to every individual.The stu-dent should be free to take part ornot to takepart without receiving thelabelapethetic. ? *My role I feel will be to directMSG efforts in sponsoring broadand varied activities. As our cam-pus expands, it becomes increasing-ly difficult to determine thestudent's "common ground," yeteveryone shouldfeel hat their $60government fee is being used effi-ciently. '$When casting your vote, elect thepresidential candidate with the ex-perience, the ideas, the enthusiasmand the determination to make yourMSG an effective and espected partof our college. April 1st and 2ndelect AMY S. WARD your MSGpresident.Candidate IforMSGPresidentMichael Vincent

To the Mercyhurst Comm unity:Hello. My name is M ichael Vin-cent. I am a Junior at Mercyhurst asa Marketing/Political Science majorwith a minor in Business Ad-ministration and an emphasis on Fi-nance. I am a Representativefor hePolitical Science major; also, I ama member of the Judicial and analternate in the Senate. I have alsobeen a member of the Football teamfor three years. I am carrying a QPAof 2.9, with a 3.3 in my major. |My high school experience hasbeen varied. I was a two-year letter*man infootball,one-year lettermanin track, and top lifter in the Lift-a-Thon/I played and influential role

in the Prom committee two years,and was the initial organizer of theCardinal Run.My future aspirations are in thefield of Finance. I have been ac-cepted for employment with theERC (Energy Regulatory Commit-tee) in Washington as a FinancialAssistant. The primary reason formy candidacy as president is to helpthe student voice be heard.?I feel thatwith a motivating and responsivegovernment we can acheive an in-terrelationship between students andadministration which will greatlybenefit our college community.Thank you for your time and pleasevote on election day.Michael Vincent

Candidate forMSG IVice-PresidentJoe Arcadi

Hi. My name is Joe Arcadi andI am seeking election to the officeof Vice-President of MSG. I amma-joring&in the Hotel-RestaurantManagementfields.My leadershipand organizational skills include,part ownership of a small businessand a consultant to that businesswhen available. I have managed oth-er small businesses such as a smallgrocery and gas store, a landscap-ing company, and am currentlyhelping to manage a Seminarianfeeding program for the St. MarksSeminary. My | employmentbackground has gained me 2 keyskills which Ifeelare a neccesity toany type of government. They aremanagement and r esponsib ility.

Ifeelby encorporating these skillsinto our own government we, to-gether, canreapnothing but successand have the most efficient and ef-fect give government in th e historyof Mercyhurst College;Thank you and please rememberto vote on election day. *w

Candidate forMSG Vice fPresidentMatt DeibertTo the Mercyhurst CommunityMy name is Matt Deibert, l.amcurrently completing my third yearat Mercyhurst. While here I havebeen studying Dance and Art.These two fields have becomevaluable assets to m e. the creativi-

Candidate foMSG VicePresidentMichael FalkTo the Mercyhurst ComHi, my name is MichaI am running for the offiVice-President. I am a smajoring in Social Sciention with a minor in Histerest in leadership extenmy years at McDowell Hwhere I was involved wgovernment for two yearman Club for four yearsI was treasurerfor wo yeior class representative ancoach for the past two suthe cross-country team. a founder and PresidentCarmel Teen Council witiated many communityI was a commuter studthe first half of my freshbut moved on campus ibecome actively involvMercyhurst community Since I have tutored in boning disability programregular^history program

I am anxious to servestudents of Mercyhurst, amy best to see that youheard and answered. Thayour time and don't forgMichael %alk for'MSPresident.Sincerely,Michael Falk

ty involved with art anu din dance have evoked an etitudes to my lifestyle. I tbackgrounds would be anbase for someone holdingof Vice-President since hadedication and creativitykeys to being successful.I am running for the ovice-president and if electdo the best I possibly can1987-88 the most successfuMercyhurst history.Respectfully,Matthew Deibert

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Candidatefor M SGVice PresidentKevin Goode

As we all know, the recent eventsthat have transpired ovef the lastcouple of months have generated anenormous amount of confusionwithin the whole spectrum of thestudent body. As a direct result ofthis the students have been cast intoa state of helpless confusion. Let'slook at one isolated example: at a re-cent meeting on the 4-2-4 calendarchange proposal it was mentionedthat in the survey conducted prior,8(yof the students who respondedfavored the present calendar withonly a slight change, but theargumentsfor ts change still lingeron in the halls of Old Main. Whatthishas shown me is that the studentbody who are the primary investorsand consumers of the school's prod-uct really don't have enough say asto how to shape the present andfuture decisions of the school thatwill effect us the most. What I'mproposing to do if elected MSGVice-Pies, is to bring about a g reaterrealization within the whole spec-trum of the student body and theMSG that we can work together andmore actively with the administra-tion on a higher level of coop erationthan ever before to bring about,create, and effect changes that willbenefit us, the primary investors andconsumers, the most. You mightthink this goal is unattainable but thepotential is there to attain it; how-ever, realization has to come first.

Sincerely yours, i- Kevin Goode *MSG Vice-Pres. CandidateCandidatefor M SGSecretary

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Sheila RagusMy name is Sheila Ragus and Iam runningfor Secretary of the Stu-dent Government. I am presently aSophomore Interior Design Major.Ifeel hat I am quite capablefor hisjob. I have an abundance of ex-perience with leadership positions,in high school) I was involved w iththe organization of many activities,and am also a representative of Stu-dent Government and CampusMinistry. My job over the summerhas given me the experience ofclerical skills which I can employ in

the position I am seeking. This jobwill involve hard work and devo-tion , which I am willing to give. Ihope your vote is for Sheila Raguson April 1st and 2nd! Thank Youvery much! | jSheila Ragus

Candidatefor|MSG|Secretary^Nanette Downy

My name is Nanette Downey andI am running for the position ofsecretary of MSG. Throughout myhigh school career, I have gained ex-perience in various areas which Ithink will enable me to better servemy college community. I have beeninvolved in many committies andhave held numerous positions as anofficer for my class. I ?I am an ambitious and responsi-ble person who is seeking new op-portunities and experiences. Ibelieve envolvement is the keywhich opens up life's doors. By be-ing active in MSG, I feel I will haveand opportunity to express my ideasand opinions and work towards amore satisfied student body.Through my secretarial skills andmy ability to work with others, I feelI am qualified for the position ofsecretary. Given the chance, I willprove to be a* very productiveofficer.

Sincerely,Nanette Downey

Candidatefor M SGTreasurerPaul Cefricklb the Mercyhurst Community:

iMy name is Paul Cefrick, and Iam running for the offices oftreasurer of Mercyhurst StudentGovernment. I am currently a jun-ior math major and accountingminor/ i11feel hat I can use both my ac-counting and math skills to suc-cessfully complete the duties of thetreasurer. ' I have been9 mathrepresentative for MSG for he pastyear during which time I have serv-ed on the preliminary board.iMyqualifications also include runningthe check cashing duties during Ml

term 1986. Since check cashing is amajor responsibility of the treasurer,my experience has shown that I canhandle the hob. Also, during myhigh school years, I served as presi-dent of my class for four years. I,therefore, feel I can handle theresponsibility of holding an office.From my qualifications and ex-perience, I am confident that I cancompetently ^fulfill the duty ofTreasurer of MSG.

Candidate*for&ACChairpersonSusan TrumbullMercyhurst Student-Body:

SAC (Student Activity Commit-tee), that is the organization. SusanTrumble, that is the person whoshould be next years committeechairperson.^ I am writting to you the studentsbecause that is who I would serve tothe best of my ability. | |I have been a member of SAC forfour years and I presently serve asSAC XVice-Chairperson. Myfreshman year I was a MercyhurstStudent Government representative.Now you know that I am familiarwith the running of MSG and SAC,to which if elected I will serve.I have seen the progress our Stu-dent Activity Committee has madein the last few years. It is obviousthat the studesnts like events thatthey can participate in (MonteCarlo, Family Feud, etc. . .).Now that I know in what directionto take the committee, I will, ifelected, concentrate on those goals.I will try to encourage and promotethe addition of new membersalready started byjthe presentchairperson. I will also continue topromote the kind of' self-participation in events that hasworked well in the past, while striv-ing for new ideas and im-provements. Working with MSG wecan improve school spirit sorrowlylagging at Mercyhurst. -"

Lastly, my ideas can be question-ed at the student forum, J myqualifications speakfor hemselvesand my honest committment to getthe job done are the best reasons toelect me SAC Chairperson 1987-88.Thank you, ySusan Trumbull

VOTE(Continued from page 4)will have more respect in the eyesof school officials and will betreated more seriously. When youvote, and it is important for thisreason that you do, ask yourselftwo things: Does this person repre-sent you as you would like to berepresented, and is \ this personcompetent enough to put yourviews J across in a mannerreasonable enough to be listened to.Dealing with the question of com-munication between governmentand students at large I would saythis. Elect someone who realizesthat student government is not a jobof suits and ties and formalities.Some of that is needed but by andlarge the job of a member of stu-

dent government is to solicit responses to pertinand to consider what peoKeep this in mind whespeecheslin the cafe onand Tuesday, 30th and 3it in mind at the open Baldwin on Tues. 31. Ekeep it in mind on Apriwhen youS vote. >Remeshould not be a popularitVote^for the person wthink will do the best jothink of next week, thinterm or next year, i.Edito r's Note: Off The Rsolely the opinion of itand does not reflect theThe Merciad staff or adv

44Heat ?> Burnson Low FlameBy Brian Sheridan

All of the supermarket tabloidsof dubious trustworthiness?havebeen carrying headlines lately like"Burt Reynolds' Dying of AIDS,""Reynolds Turns His Back OnHollywood ," "B urt Secretly Mar-ries Loni Anderson" and "MachoBurt Possessed by Clark Gable'sGhost." These magazines havebeen making clever guesses to ex-plain to their inquiring readers whyReynolds hasn't been in the publiceye recently. The real reason , as itturns out, isn't as exciting as thosefabrications. He was away makingyet another "comeback" film'which, as it turns out, was to be yetanother Reynolds movie dud. Allright, lets dispense with the mostobvious joke about R eynolds' latestmovie. Yes, Burt Reynolds is inHEAT. Only if this is his idea ofheat,: most of i the women inAmerica are going to be disap-pointed. It's not even close to be-ing lukewarm.Reynolds hasn't make a goodfilm this decade. There are notmany film stars, good or bad, thatcan lay claim to that distinction. Hestarted out the 80's with CAN-NONBALL'RUN, a film that setthe tone for every film he madeafter it. From that, an even worsesequel followed. ^Everyone'sfavorite, STROKER ACE, camenext and will be only rememberedbecause in it, Reynolds ran aroundin a chicken suit. Then he teamedwith Clint Eastwood for the accep-table CITY HEAT but it was thejwry, self-mocking Eastwood thatmade the film enjoyable not*the

oafish Reynolds. |STICK tried to break bad Burt'sstreak of losers with no success. By Jthat time, it seemed like ReynoldsVjsole purpose for making movies

was to givefilm critics sto put on their ten worsthe iyear lists .? HEAT doubtedly make it onto thlist P * li 'HEAT* suffers from problems that plagued Sgreat writer, in this caseGoldman who wroteCASSIDY AND THDANCE KID, writes a sby the time it made it to tmakes no sense. They mweave in and out with noreason. It's like it's two fed, kicking and i sctogether. This script'sshould not have been thissince Goldman adaptedhis own novel. Elmore Le4 ^See ^HEAT

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IRAN(Continued from page 4)Pbindexter, the Laurel and Hardy ofthis caper, would seemingly doanything to expedite the arms deal.Donald .Regan, the White HouseChief of Staff, whose job it is tomake sure the president knowswhat's going on, didn't fulfill hisduties. And the president reliesheavily on his staff which in itselfis alLright. As it appears, though,in this case he gave mem too muchof a free reign . As I asked earlier lastyear "Who's in charge at the WhiteHouse." Will we soon see Reagansaying "I'm not your President, butI play one on TV."

The First Lady Nancy seems to bethe only one who has any idea of

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDVolunteers are needed for"Children's Day" being sponsoredby CEC. A day of activities on cam-pus are planned for exceptionalchildren. Contact Kim Mastrian at825-8064 if interested.Students are also needed to helpwith this year's Senior Week. Need-ed are two Juniors and two Seniorsto help plan and implement the ac-tivities for May.Please contact Peggy Hirsch at825-3333 if seriously interested inhelping.LUAU TICKETS Tickets for theluau are $10 for Mercyhurststudents. For more information, callthe HRM department, ext. 333.

how to regain control. She hound-ed Regan out of office and everyonecalled her a snake.SShe, however,did the only sensible thing the WhiteHouse has done lately. If the guyscrewed up, throw him out. Reaganwants to operate on the White Houseon the buddy system whereif youra buddy of the Pres, you can't getfired. This is wrong. Reagan hasbeen touted as the "tough talkingPresident" but he can't evenfireso-meone who did wrong by him. Theonly way to get past this embarrass-ing web of deception and misinfor-mation is to wipe the slate clean.The damage has been done. It's timeto tell the truth and move on.

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ptiri.(Continued from page 6) Ithe same with STICK, then accus-ed Reynolds of changing the story.Reynolds did not have the same in-volvement here so he's not at fault,just his acting is.For Reynolds, there is no goodold boy hijinks here. He plays NickEscalante, Nevada's only licensedbodyguard. Sorry, he.likes to becalled a chaperon. Intercut\withhim helping a wimpyguy look likea macho man in front of hisgirlfriend by taking a beating fromthe little guy, in a scene that's anobvious set-up, shows* a bloodyfemale staggering> to a hospital.Despite being joined, neitherstories have any bearing on eachother like a lot of things in HEAT .The main plot it about that beatenyoung hooker k (Karen Young),who's a friend of Nick's, and wanthis help to get revenge on Danny(Neill Barry), the young mobsterwho raped and beat her. Thatmakes an interesting short story butinstead of expanding it, HEAT justadded another plot. Suddenly,there's a plot and mood change.From a heavy, dark and depress-ing atmosphere, a 28 year old com-puter whiz named Cyrus (PeterMacNicol) shows up at Nick's

THURSDAY, MARCH

Personality ProfileAllan Carpenterby Jennifer Singer| | Allan Carpenter, from Waterford,Pa., is a Communications major andno common Mercyhurst student.Unlike the more business orien-tated, he wants a life not a lifestyle.His goal in life is to "marry an old-er rich woman and stay at home totake care of the children and keephouse."

The tall, ruggedly handsome jun -ior has a diverse field of'interestsfrom studying Buddhism to playingguitar. The usually low-keyCarpenter has risenfto meet thechallenges of being the news direc-tor for Mercyhurst's radio stationWMCY.I MCarpenter is the kind of man whodoes not like to limit himself. Histaste in music is a perfect example.To ask him for his favorite type ofmusic he'll quote lyrics andmelodies from Bob;, Dylan'sdiscography to the hip lounge styl-ings of Sammy Davis, Jr. About histhoughts concerning today's popmusic performers, Carpenter onlyshakes his head and utters, "Oh,they're all right but they're no DickHaymes." His insightful commentsabout new record releases cansometimes be seen in the "WMCYMusicTNotes" column of TheMerciad.

Mer-arpenter chose to acyhurst because his sister was atten-ding school at the time. He feelsMercyhurst is a "nice size and thereare very nice people here. I like al-most everything about Mercyhurst

Allan Carpen'Photo:L Hafenmexcept I think its too closty " *. p jm fHe doesn't ignore thewith the campus eithecyhurst is not cultural Carpenter says, "We nstudents' from different We also need more olderjust more women who lyoung Anne Bancroft /

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Laker Baseball HopefulFor Upcoming SeasonBy Jennifer Conmy

The Mercyhurst men's baseballteam brought a record of 3-2 backfrom its spring training trip ID Flor-dia. Coach Bob Shreve stated hewaspleased with the 3-2 record and feltthe team played very well. The tripenabled Shreve to find out moreabout players since the team had notpracticed outside before the trip toFlordia.While in spring training coacheswere able to find out more aboutplayers abilities, which ones to workwith and those who show morepotential then originally anticipated.On the whole Shreve feels the teamis sound!with a weakness in pit-ching. He says the team will be"thin in pitching." In the reast of theareas however the team is fairlysound, the team has decent teamspeed and is defensively sound.They will also be able toput the baton the bait.The starting lineup for mostgames will be as follows:Catcherstartingat catcher will bejunior Scott Goring, who was"5 of17 during spring training. Goring hit

.370 last season at catcher. Thisseason Goring will be hitting leadoff which is the first time a catcherhas hit lead off. This is being doneto take advanged ofGo ingsspeed.Sharing the catching duties will befreshmen Doug Orr.First basewill be filled by FrankYaskula. He is the only lefty startedand showed great potential duringspring training.Second basewill again findSteve Loshelder in the starting p osi-tion. This will be the second yearfor Loshelder at second where heplays a solid game. \

JThird basehas a new face inTim Donovan who has moved fromleft field. He has played well in thefield, f I I f \ % 0ShortstopEric Opron will bethe starting sho rtstop. Shreve feelshe is an outstanding, smart playerwith great range. Opron will also bea key offensive player after hitting6 of 17 in the*frve training campgames including onehome run.

The outfieldwill be starting twofreshmen, Mark Williams will bestarting in left while Dan Maloneywill have the duties in right alongwith being the designated hitter.Maloney made the bestcatch of theweek in Flordia according to um-pires. Phil Sorensen will be fillingthe duties in centerfield,he was hit-ting the ball hard during springtraining. %PitchingJohn Ritz and DaveKucenski will be the top startersboth of whom played very well inFlordia. Chris Fraser is the top stop-per out of the bull pen. Fraser alsothrew very well in Flordia. DaveMartin threw well and will gain

more playing time this season. Alsoin pitching will be Greg Haski whowas excellent in high school but hashad arm trouble. Shreve plans OPbringing H aski along slowly.Shreve stated that the team playedwell for six innings during all of itsgames but it needs to play a solidseven innings. T he team's losses inFlordia came from Brockport State(3-2) and Philedelphia Textile (4-3).

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