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L e t t e r m a n W r i t e r s V i s i t f H u r s t T o n i g h tBy Ann Johnson

Two|writers from "Late NightWith Da vid Le t t e rman" will speakhere tonight at 8:00 p.m. in ZurnRecital^Hall.feFeatured are Gerard Mulligan,creator of the "Gerry's Baby" skitperformed on the show with ChrisElliott, and Jeff Martin, known toall "Late Night" fans as FlunkyThe Clown. I- Gerard M ulligan Jeff Martin

In their presentation, and Martin will cover tcludingjhow the writersideas, what's involved i"Late Night" broadcast eand stories about the guewill show video clips ofth e funniest|"Late Nighighlighting those theyon, including the weVelcro suit.I see Write

VOL. 61 NO. 7 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HIL LS, ERIE, PA. 16546 THURSDAY, OCTOBER

O v e r 4 0 0 P a r e n t s E x p e c t e d l F o r P a r e n t s W e e k e nBy Karen Sampson

Thc^Hm wAnntialT Parents'Weekend will take place Fri., Oct.23 through Sun., Oct. 25 .) Th eevents of the weekend include afaculty reception, a variety ofsportingf events, dinner and adance: | | f Iv The weekend officially startsat 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morningwith registration in the StudentUnion and a faculty reception inClipper's Cove. "The idea of thefaculty reception is to enable asmany parents as possible to meetTom Dore,Parentsfaculty members, IAlumni Director said.Parents and students danced together at lastyear'swinner/Dance at Parents Weekend.can, however, arrive on Friday 11:00 a.m. on the soccer field, aand be entertain ed by a SAC spon-sored hypnotist, Gill Eagles, 8 p.m.in Zurn Recital Hall.Saturday will include a picniclunch and music in|Garvey Park

from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. In theevent of r ain, lunch will be movedto the new Sullivan Hall.Ther e is also a w omen's volley-ball game at Edinboro, a men'ssoccer game against Grove City at

women's soccer game against Slip-pery Rock at 4:00 p.m. on thesoccer.field, an d a|l:30 p.m. foot-ball game against Duquesne atErie Veterans Memorial Stadium.Parents will be busy Saturdayevening, starting with cocktails at6:30. p.m. at the Quality HotelPlaza, followed by dinner at 7:15p.m., also at the Quality HotelPlaza.

From 9:00 p.m. to 1:00? a.m.,there will.be dancingjwith musicprovided by "The Contels," apopular band from last year'sweekend. ^Because of a largenumber of reservations, the din-ner/dance was moved from thenew Sullivan Hall to the QualityHotel Plaza. fI "Response hasf been? over-whelming," Dore said. There areover 400 parents* schedu led to

attend thisfweekend.fw-^Theiweekend wilLconSun., Oct. 25 with an 1Mass in the Christ the Kinfollowed by a brunch Dining Hall.Any parents who did nreservations by the deadstill urged to attend all ttions, but the seating for dfilled to capacity. Dore sthe large response is becaularge freshman class.The weekend gives thean opportunity to see thdren function in a college ment.Events To RememRegistration -10 a.mPicnic Lunch -11 a.M Soccer - 11 a.m.

Football - 1:30 p.mW Soccer - 4 p.m. Dinner/Dance At QPlaza Hotel Startsp.m. w / Dinner at 7INSIDE: Food Drive, Pg. 2 Check Cashing Wo es, Pg.4 Record Review, Pg

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The Merciad OCTOBERStatistics'Show*at MercyhurstIn the &980*s, Mer-t has grown consid-

here at

here in 1980 with tod ay. In1980, 205 adult studentswere instructed^ here ,compared with the 363currently attending here.The Inumber of thea* 'Hurst's resident i student1,365

jThe figures show thatMercyhurstj ha dPennsylvania stu-In 1987, those

Ironically, the exact

body numbered 464 in1980. In|1987, that figurehas grown to|871.The top majors bynumber of students are asfollows:Business and Account-ing: * 290 studen ts. HotelRestaurant & Institu-tional Management: 225students. Education De-partment: fl41 students.Criminal Justice: 129 stu-

MercyhurstEnds {Campaign W ith Banquef f

Building]DedicationAt D'Angelo School of Musicwas dedicated and namedfor the late Msgr. WilliamL. Sullivan, who was .thefirst chaplain at Mer-cyhurst when it wasfoun ded in 1926. He wasinstrumental in the designan d ithe building of ftheLourdes Grotto and theThe $1.4 million build- landm ark entrance way to

a victory dinnerheld last Friday might inhonor of Mercyhurst'ssuccessful Capital Cam-paign fundraiser, the col-lege memorialized its firstchaplain by naming itsnewest building, SullivanHall, after him.ing, which is an additionto the Egan Cafeteria andwill house the HRIMide-dents. Interior Design/ partmentFashion Merchandising:!73 students. Sports Medi-cine: 70 students. M usic: 57students.

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d . i ';:' . ' : : ; - - ' \The^F inari cial **Aidhere at Mercyhurst cepfing appl ica t ions^ Tobejeligible for this schol-arship, you must be asophomore, junior, or sen-ior student w ho is enrolledin a program to obtain a

certification to teach atthe pre-school, elemen-tary, or secondary level.Also, students must be aresident of Pennsylvania

and have graduated in thetop 10 percent of theirhigh school graduatingclass. fThe applications jlfor

this scholarship are avail-able now in the FinancialAid Office, in Weber Hall.The deadline for^applica-tions is Oct.!3lJl987. f

the college.Erie Bishop Michael J.Murphy accepted the

newest additio n Mercyhurst commMurphy said that oring an Erie dpriest, Mercyhurtribute to the wordiocesan clergym"We are very phave the works anof one of our priethe family namesCau ley, Egan,;'. Band Zurn on thcyhurst Cam pus,"said.

Food Drive Has "Tons" of Su| Mercyhurst 's CampusMinistry conducted its13th annual Food Drive onMon., Oct. 12 and Tue.,Oct. 13 to celebrate WorldFood Day on Oct. 16. jFred Washburn, CindyCarlson and JenniferHayes planned and organ-ized the event. Over 70student and faculty volun-

teers, including most ofthe hockey team and theircoach, Fred Lane, wentdoor fto doonfto collectcanned and dried foodsfor the poor of Erie.

1 The collectioplace east of Stab e t w e e n G r aBoulevard and 26Last year, 1,60of noo d were cCampus Ministrythis year waspounds. | Thanksgenerosity of than d j volunteers,pounds of food wlected.

All of the fodonated to the Ermunity^Food Ban

Limo Services At Mercyhurst?y Margaret Coffey"

Sunday's MSG meetingI decision Iatured ahich MSG an dbuy into a limou-

The service will cost1050,Sor 30 hours. How-ver, it is a $1675 value.SG will split the costiMSG and SAC will get

use oftthe limou-ine. It may also be used as

a shuttle service to andfrom the formal, and topick up guest lecturers atthe airport.The Council for Excep-tional Children asked for$395. They have been rela-tively ^inactivelfor aboutfour years. They wouldlike to start up again andneed the money to fundtheir activities. These ac-tivities involve workingwith |tarded in the area.mentally re-

MSG also|gave CampusMinistry $250 for the FoodDrive.f They may givethem more at the end ofthe year if therevis an ymoney left in the govern-ment relations fund.

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Cooking Contestfo r $$* College^ stud ent s canwinfthousands of dollarsin scholarship-money bycreating a healthful recipethat uses Sweet 4N Lowand can be prepared with-o u t a c o n v e n t i o n a lkitchen. >iThe | "Sweet 4N flowGrade 4A* Recipe Contest"features a Grand Prize of$5,000, First Prize of$2,000 and Second Priz e of$1,000. Univers ity, collegeor culinary school employ-ees who are members ofThe recipes must besuitable for preparation ina$ residence-hall room us-ing only small appliances

such as a toasteblen der,| wok, microwave or smaerator. They wjudged on the bhealthfulness, tastnality, ease of preand appearance, iEntry forms are aable fby sendingaddressed stampelope by Dec. 15, Sweet 4N Low EntP .O J BO X 1901,* NeNY 10116. ;Entries must fmarked'by Dec. and received by*1988/

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Dear Student Editor,This letter is an effort toward reaching the sincerethere.MyWme is Dennis Rocke and I am a white male, 306' 1H, 215 lbs., healthy and in good shape.rtunately, I currently reside in a state correctional. I am serving a small sentence for a non-violent??.*"'"" ' *Since my incarceration, I am leftiwith no family orfo r meaningful communication w ith the outsideorld; I am concerned with the^emotional side of me.hen incarcerated,1 a man is forced to portray a veryhard-core* image,; the tru th of the m atter is I need

Pianist Premier Highlight of Philharmonic

Dennis Rocke.You can write-to Dennis Rocke at:Dennis Rocke (86A2459) % . *Great Meadow Correctional Facility

Comstock, N v T 2 8 2 T r ^ ^ ^ ^ T T ^

The Erie premiere of anaccla imed | Hong Kongpianist and|the world pre-miere of a brand-newwork by a | Pittsburghcomposer highlight thenext Erie f Philharmonicconcert on Saturday, Oct.24, at 8:00 p.m.4 at thesincere, honest communication to maintain my soft side. Warner Thea tre.As a person in need of some'help, I amlhoping thatyou will publish this-letter to give youn students theopportunity to correspond with* someone on the insidereaching out! tIn closing I want to thank you for giving me theopportunity and privilege of publicly expressing my-self. Thank youffor your time and help.

Sincerely Yours,

June Chow began jherpiano studies at the age ofseven, and by the age of 11shejhad already won firstprize at the piano competi-tion of the H ong' KongSchool of Music Festival.She was acclaimed byfamous pianist Liu Shi-Kun, who recommendedher to the Central Conser-vatory of Music in Beijing,China. Miss. Chow?contin-ued her education at theUniversity of Toronto,f r o m ^ w j i e r e ^ she wa sgraduated, with honorswith a Bachelor of Musicdegree in piano perform-ance, iDuring herJyears inCanada, Miss Chow gavenumerous solo and cham-ber concerts in Torontoand Ottawa. She has per-formed with the studentorchestral of the Univer-sity of Toronto twice, andCanadian television hasfeatured here as an accom-panist ion several occa-

Isions.fin 1986, Miss Chowreceived her Master of

Music degree in pianoperformance and litera-ture from the EastmanSchool of M usic in Roches-ter, NY . She* has sincegiven recitals in Rochesterand Buffalo, and she wasfeatured soloist with theHong Kong PhilharmonicOrchestra in November1986.In addition to featur-ing Miss Chow's perform-ance, the Erie Philhar-monic will premiere thework "On The ShouldersOf Giants", written byPi t t sbu rgh SymphonyOrchestra Conductor-In-Residence for 1987-88,David StockJCommissioned to writethe piece for the EPO twoyears ago as part of aprogress ive s tate-wideprogram instigatedjby thePennsylvania Council onthe Arts, Mr. Stock.is alsothe founder and conduc-tor of the Pittsburgh NewMusic Ensemble. He hasserved on the faculties ofthe ^University of Pitts-burgh, Antioch College,the New England Conser-vatory, Carnegie-MellonUniversity, Brandeis Uni-versity, and the ClevelandInstitute of Music. *Mr. Stock'has served asa guest conductor withA u s t r a l i a ' s SeymoreGroup, Poland's CapellaCracoviensis, the Los

Angeles New Group, and the AWind Symphony tra. He has servpanelist for the Endowment for tand the PennCouncil on the A rhost of "Da^Cweekly series on FM Pittsburgh. Hsion] credits incltheme music award-winning PB"Kennedy ^Centnight",David Stock's5pation inithis promade possible through a grant frThe Composer's ers Performancewith funds from tsylvania CouncilArts and the! Endowment for th

federal agency ,| tion to generous ctions from CIGNdation; CBS, Inc.Hudson F o u nFromm Music F ouJosephine Bay PaMichael Paul FouInc.; the Helenastein Foundation;Shubert FoundatiTickets for thewith discounts dents and senior can be reserved bthe Philharmonic455-1375. I

Students Attend "Diverse" Medieval ConfereBy Ann JohnsonCollege students fromacross the United Statesmet in Cleveland on Oct. 3,to participate in the an-nual lecture series onMiddle English.|Dr. Myers, an Englishprofessor here, and fiveMercyhurst students at-tended this year's series atCleveland! State Univer-

sity.! IPresented by the Me-dieval Association of theMid West, this year's fea-tured speaker was AlainPenoir, grandson of theImpress ion is t pa in te rAuguste Renoir.Lecture s were, pre-sented by the professors ofthe various universities

eluded Anglo Saxof literature, aarchitecture, andEnglish literatusociety.All aspects of Middle English wered from both and; social pers"The diversity ofference made it veparticipating. Topics in- esting,"*Myers sa

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Kovski Korneized for two weeks.For some students,I themoney from these checksis their only source ofincome for a given periodof time. By not receiving acheck for two weeks, theyare forced, in essence, togo without pay for anentire month.

I could understandjnotprocessing a check ifsomeone shows up at 3:00on a Friday afternoon an dsays, "O.K.,| here's mytimesheet, now I want mycheck processed." IThree hours late is a bitmuch. However, one hourwouldn't make that much

By Chris KovskiIt's th

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* JThis puts students who difference. Those whoBy Matthew J. Clark are dependent upon thismoney in a very toughposition. If a student has

couldhourThere must be a better to, for example,!use this

process the checkspick them up onelater than they normallywould and I don't think itway. That is what I said tomyself as I walked awayfrom Weber Hall on Fri.,Oct. 9JI had returned^ ^ ^ ^ J just ]from a very hectic noon-hour and was finally turn-ing in a timesheet when Inoticed! a sign saying"Timesheets are now lateand will not be processeduntil the next pay period".As you may kn ow,Mercy hurst 's work-studychecks are disbursed everytwo weeks. That means

that if you are one hourlate in submitting yourtimesheet, you are penal-

money for groceries and would be that detrim entalother necessities, then he to their routine. While anextra hour probablywouldn't mean that muchthose p rocessin g' theor she will be in a veryprecarious situation ~ byth e time ithey finally gettheir next check. | I| I guess wha t I'm ques-tioning here is why do the \ Jtimesheets have to be Iturned it|by noon on Fri- Financial|AidjOffice by

to tnose processingchecks, it would make aworld of difference to

inearmgjagain. Start thinkingclasses you'd like next term. Will it bgious Persons or Artciation? Should yoWorld Masterpieces Programming? a^^^^^ ] Personally, I thintime that-the school gives us some interesting cones we can really^ink our teeth into, f'm talkinprograms so interesting that everyone will wantthem and not miss a class.For Art majors, we'll have a class titled "ForgiGrea t Masters." This course would teach these pcareer skill with high pay -just like those owelding that you can send away for during the lmovie on Saturday nights. | $In Biology, what could be;more useful than "F

students who may!havedays? Many [of us j haveclasses on Friday morn-ings and can't iget to theFinancial Aid office bynoon. Ano ther thing? thatbothers me is the apparentimpatience of those whoare in charge of the checkprocessing.! |

Grape Nuts to Yogurt?" This class would disceffect of putting an engineered breakfast matera living organism. In*anjattempt to study such antrouble getting over to the:*P$ests would b^perforrrted by feeding Grape Nutspeople wrftfwrfte the scripts for "Perfect Stran^Business students could be offered a class in !th*i

The M erciadVol. 6I IN0 . 7 October 22, 1987Matthew ClarkChris KovskiAnn JohnsonConnie BisbeKelley MoorePaula BrunoKaren SampsonJohn KupetzLisa McLellan

Steve RushJulie Medwig

Editor fManaging EditorNews EditorSports EditorBusiness ManagerCalendar EditorCirculation ManagerFaculty Adviser JPhotographerCartoonistGraphics &

noon.One extra hour. Is itreally that much to ask? Idon't think so. I think aone hour addition to thetime limit would make abigf difference for ^thepeople who really matterin this situation: the stu-dents. Those who are de-pendent on the moneythey receive from thesechecks and those who haveto suffer, in reality, for anentire m onth because theywere an hour late in turn-ing inMtimesheet.Is it ridiculous to argu eabout something like this?see Checks page 8\

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ _ _ "rate Takeo ver," taught by none other than Ivan Students will take a trip to Wall Street to ppractice/what they have learned, using $5 milliothe Capital Campaign to assess their talents. "Nuclear Weapons - Construction &nd Detowou ld] be offere d to Chem istry) and Physics ^Targeting is an optional course, offered only to tMilitary Science. Otherwise,!students will hdirection. Offered only on a trial basis, so sign up as possible. Radiation suits optional, but can bchased in the books tore. For Communications and Theatre majors, we'"Yellow Journalism - Write for The National EnqStudents get a chancef to work for a wellpublication. Also offered to pre-law students foon libel.

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MISTER BOFFO by Joe MaReporters

Katie BrownAllan CarpenterJill ChiccarinoKaren CascioMargaret CoffeyRobert Lipton FrenchBrenda LoweJennifer Montani

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