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B u k o w s k i C a m p a i g n s H a r dF o r C o u n t y C o u n c i l S e a t '

The days are quickly fading,and November 8 is fast approaching with the generalelection of city and county officials.

Gary Bukowski, director of

placement, is the Democraticcandidate for the fourth districtseat on the newly formed CountyCouncil.

The Council will consist of oneexecutive and seven councilmen,each ' representing theirrespective district.

Bukowski comments withenthusiasm, "Hopefully, this willpromote better representation ofthe people." He continues, "Thatis the main reason I wanted tobecome involved , people will nowhave a real input/1

H e explains that the power will

not be with each individualmember, b u t with the council as ablock. The power of veto allowschallenge and flexibility indealing with the problems of thecounty. t

The goal of the council is to

provide the citizens of Eriecounty with a better, morepersonalized form of government;r I t h a s t h e potential to reachthe people and make • realchanges.

Bukowski believes hiseducation, and experienceworking in an administrativecapacity are importantqualifications in securing thisgoal. He stresses, "I am goinginto it with an open mind, to tryand overcome the biases."

This emphasizes a need for newideas. Bukowski1; explains, "It's

about time younger peoplebecome involved in government." I

C a m p a i g n i n g i n v o l v e snumerous mailings, door-to-doorapproaches, and participation in

various functions. Bukowskiadmits that it is relatively toughfor a new name to raise funds.But* he rev eals , "Sin ce theprimaries, I have a little more ofan edge, I have developed a lotmore contacts." %-t u fc

Republican candidate DennisM. Karlee provides the competition for Bukowski.,

The election is close, at hand,but who knows the outcome? Hisexperience, ideas and enthusiasm make Bukowski animpressive candidate for CountyCouncil. Gary Bukowski candidate fo r Erie County Council.

VOL. 50, NO. 6 MERCYHURST COLLEGE OCTOBER 28,1977

In his first formal address tostudents here, Tom Thompsonsaid , Cooperative Educationprograms nave spread "like aweed" to more than 1,000 collegesin recent years but remainlargely untried in liberal artsschools like Mercyhurst. £j

Thompson appeared beforeabout 45 students in Zurn 114 onWednesday, October 1 9, speakingand fielding questions for about20 minutes in an open forummeeting sponsored by Mercy-hurst Student Government.

"From my point of view it was

a good meeting," Thompson said."I think a lot of things came outin the open. They asked a lot ofgood questions considering theyprobably didn't know anythingabout (Cooperative Ed.) beforehand."

Cooperative Ed. is a federallysupported program in whichstudents hold paying jobs in theirmajor fields while attendingschool.

The college this fall got a$50,000 study grant. Thompson,hired two weeks ago as programdirector, is charged with draftinga plan which must be submittedto the Senate Academic PoliciesCommittee by January 1, 1978.

"We'll ha ve a pretty good idea,by then, if it will pass/ ' he saidWednesday.

!$ Liberal Studies ObstacleAn obstacle to acceptance,Thompson indicated, may be thatCooperative Ed. is not normallyassociated with colleges likeMercyhurst.

Although th e number of schoolswith Cooperative Ed. has risenfrom 52 in 1960 to over 1,000today, "only a few have bona fideliberal arts (curricula)," h e said,"and those that do are verylimited." L

; ;Thompson said that would not

prohibit a successful programhere. k

At Northeastern University inBoston, Mass., Cooperative E d . isoptional in the .liberal arts andmandatory in all other depart

ments, he noted.Northeastern, with a

Cooperative Ed; enrollment ofover 7,500, has the largestprogram in the U.S. |

In an earlier interview withThe Merciad, Thompson said hewill invite on campus speakersfrom Antioch (Yellow springs,Oh.) and William Patterson(Wayne,r N.J.) colleges—twosmall, liberal arts schools whichhave established Cooperative Ed.programs.

Thompson «began Wednesdayby outlining the three basic

schedules students could followwhile rotating between job andclassroom. The college, he said,"can have all three going at oncewith no difficulties, and withoutlosing or changing Intersession.

He said that among severalcalendars he is working on, oneincludes two Intersessions. *

SchedulesThe traditional, or alternate,

Cooperative E d . schedule h a s thestudent switching between workand school for varying lengths oftime. Thompson said employersprefer a 6-and-€ arrangement inwhich the student works for sixmonths then attends school forsix, but said others are possible.

The parallel plan, in which astudent works part of the weeka n d attends clsss the rest, is most

popular at community colleges.The final plan commits thestudent to a regular schoolschedule and a summer job.

In all three, Thompson said, adegree program is completed infour years. And, he ad ded, 60-70per cent of all Cooperativestudents are hired by their employers following graduation. J

Questioning thereafter wassharp. ^I Thompson said he felt "100 percent of t h e j o b experiences shouldb e for credit along with pay," butacknowledge it would be difficultto find them in fields likehumanities, history, art, lawenforcement and social work.

\ Freedom In Design

by Gary Wesman

Thompson said there wereenough job opportunities in theErie area to support the programb u t added that some jobs could befound in students' home regionsas well.I Asked if Cooperative E d . wouldrestrict a liberal studiesc u r r i c u l u m , T h o m p s o nresponded that plans call for jobexperiences to count for up to 18credits—the same as Internshipsdo now.

H e said h e is writing a proposalto expand that to 24 credits.

In several of his answersihompson emphasized that eachcollege division will havefreedom - to design its ownprogram.

"I would like to involve all ofthem," he said "if they wouldlike to."

Thompson also said eachdivision would be responsible forsetting a grade point average

necessary to qualify for participation. ,

"If all goes well," Thompsonsaid, "(Cooperative Ed.) couldstart as early as summer (1978)or next year."

He said it would be "verydifficult" to involve seniors in theprogram, juniors slightly less so.Sophomore's and freshmen, hesaid^ "would get the first opportunities to take advantage ofi t . "

Local College InstructorsGet Grant From AlleghenyCultural Resource Overview of

the Allegheny National Forest, a$29,000 grant from the NationalForest Service, was awarded toM s. Joy Kolb, Charles Kolb, Dr.Renata Wolynec and BernardWarner, all local area collegeinstructors, under the employment of >the Northwestinstitute of Research.

The money awarded will beused to study 77 5 square miles inthe Warren, McKean Forest andElk County.

According t o M s . Kolb, lecturerin sociology, all four instructors

will work together to formulate aland u s e preservation plan whichwill be given to the NationalForest Service, a division of theDepartment of Agriculture.

Included in this plan; will besuggestions and recommendations in terms of whatlocation might require extensivesurvey, establishing of prioritiesin research and recommendingdisplay of artifacts. \

Other s suggestions arerecommending protective sites,areas which sho uld' not bedisturbed 'because of culturalsignificance, in terms of anthropology, an outline of publicrelations pam phlet, which would

b y Lisa Manendo _ r i ^ ^enhance the educational value ofthe area and a guideline for acultural resource managementplan.' During this project, all fourinstructors will b e responsible fordifferent sections of this plan. Dr.Wolynec, assistant professor atEdinboro College, is projectdirector and co-ordinator of database. Dr. Wolynec will beresponsible with the history andanalysis of the entire area. "*

Warner, head of appliedbusiness systems at Edinboro, isin charge of "Generation of

Predicted Model Using * Computers". Based o n research foundand environmental variables,Warner will develop, by using acomputer, a map which willdesignate where the best ar-cheological sites can be found.

Kolb, an instructor at BehrendCollege, is director of ar-cheological field survey. Basedon the computer map. Kolb willsurvey and test these designatedsites to see if the predictionsgenerated are valified and ifneeded, modify these predictions.

M s. Kolb, of Mercyhurst, isdirector of cultural resourcemanagement evaluation. Kolb isresponsible for the co llecting and

analyzing of sites, site preservation a n d will look a t t h e policiesof resource and environmentalprotection, by law and bytradition.

According to Ms. Kolb, "weinstructors will benefit whileworking o n this grant because ofour varied backgrounds, we willreceive different perspectivesfrom each other. ;

"Students will! also benefitbecause the instructors will passoff to them, knowledge gainedthrough their investigations." }

M s. Kolb has had other ex

periences > in the field of anthropology, at . Bryn <MawrCollege, she received a grant todo cultural anthropology inUganda. .^ -* While in Uganda, she studiededucational policies in a co-edschool with a mixture of tribalbackgrounds, h o w three differentfaculty groups (British USO,American Peace Corps andUgandan) interacted amongthemselves and their relativecontributions to the students.••

Anyone interested 1n applyingfor a job to work with the instructors will find s list of jobs onthe bulletin boards of Ms. Kolk,Main 11 0 and Len Cyterski, Main

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Would you boy anoven from a-former dean of Mer-cyhurst? Dr. William P. Garvey recently entered the adbusiness, selling appliances forArthur F . Schultz.

Dr. Garvey appeared in the October 24 issue of the ErieTimes, u ? :?i ;

Commented one observer, "How can he do th a t ? " It's no tthat bad when you think about it. Dr. Garvey's appearancein the Times is a ste p forward for Mercyhurs t ana a step upfor the appliance business. * .. £

Rumor has it that Dr. Garvey has alloted space for ArthurF . Schultz's new w arehouse. Appliances will be stored inPreston, Zurn and Baldwin Hall.

Person ally, L think it's great. It ' s about time for Mercyhurst to get out of the college business and into ap pliances. > 1

Look at it from a consumer standpoint. Appliances are agrowing business as of late. B • J 1 v

Everyday people are waking up to freezers that don't

freeze, ovens th at don't cook a n d blenders that don't blend.Think about it, Mercyhurst can employ all 2000 of itsstudents, faculty andadministrators.

Picture for example Sister Phyllis selling toasters door todoor around 6th and State Street. £' ,;

Better yet, picture Mike McQuillen sitting back inhischair smoking a pipe and telling a represen tative of the MidEast that freezers are an important commodity,; to hisgrowing country. > ->S

At the end of Mike's sales pitch, Dave Bethune points outthat an order of 2000 freezers would not only come with a 10per cen t discount, but also would cool off things in the MiddleEast. - * »* . ,r: -p- +M

What about Linda Schmidt, as a public relations personfor Mercyhurst Appliance Corporation. Linda could travelfrom city to city in a Micro Wave Oven that has an engine. Icould s e e that increasing sales b y at least a million.

Mercyhurst could even develop group salesmenprograms, with such favorites as Drs. Bud Brown, RobertCisek and Jeff Sternlieb, who would have the responsibilityof selling lamps to Las Vegas and air conditioners to NewYork City. \

Couldn't y o u just picture Cisek's sales pitch. "Life's like alamp, you can either turn i t o n o r off."At the same time Bud throws in "That's very logical."

Finally, Jeff Sternlieb, using a little m ixed u p psychology toconvince the buyer that Mercyhurst is the place to buy lamp s and air conditioners. £' ' ^ '

Linda P arish would also b e an asset t o t h e Mercyhurst A p -pliance Corporation. There's a lot of restaurants inthiscountry and her kitchen appliance sales alone would b e goodfor at least tw o million dollars.

Y e s , Garvey really "hit the nail o n t h e head" as they say. -Picture it on national television. "Mercyhurst Appliance

Corporation, a subsidiary of Garvey Industries presents:Garvey Hall of Fam e Playhouse."

Picture, D r. Garvey doing a sales comm ercial from his office in 10 9 Preston. There on his desk is the product of thecentury. It 's a toas ter, but not just your ordinary toaster. Onthe contrary, it's something much more. What? It's a "Gar-vster 210Medium Special." s.

The Garvster, a new concept in making toast because ituses solar heat to make toast. £

Picture the slogan 'for Garvey In dustries. "Garveymaking m achines d o more, s o man caneat m ore." Touchingisn't it . I

By the way, any faculty member interested in a newwasher or dryer, Dr. Garvey will be taking orders from 9a.m. to2 p . m . in room 10 9 Preston. <

The first fifty faculty members to purchase either awasher or dryer will receive a 25 per cent discount.

The Garvey Blue light Special will be held from 1 p.m. to1:02 p.m.

Persons p urchasing any M aytag washer will receive, freeof charge, an autographed copy of Dr. Garvey's new bookentitled, "My Life and Times Selling Hoover Vacuums toRussian Immigrants." (Introduction by Dr. Al Lewis,author of the paper, "Law of Therodynamics, Applied toSears Kenmore Dryers.")

Dr. Garvey will also have a "Garv-a-ware" party to beheld Monday, October 3 1 i n Zurn Recital Hall at 8p.m.

The New York Yankees won the 1 9 7 7 World Series in sixgames.'Rightfielder Reggie Jackson, who, along withmanager Billy Martin, sparked most of th e controversy thatsurrounded the Yankee ballclub all season, almost single-handedly w o n the final game. Jackson nailed three hom ers,tying the immortal Babe Ruth's record for the most homeruns in one World Series game. Jackson's "slug fest,"believe itor not, even left Howard Cosell speechless. AndCincinnatti Reds pitcher Tom "Terrific" Seaver, broadcasting the series for ABC, must have been thankful hewasn 't with the opposing Dodger organization and pitchingthat game, because a s "psyched" a s Jackson w a s that night,h e would have hit Seaver, t o o . I

In the world of professional .ad collegiate football camethese upsets. T h e N e w York Giants defeated th e WashingtonRedskins for th e second tim e this season last Sunday. A n d o nMonday Night Football, the L o s Angeles Ram s trounced theMinnesota Vikings by a score of 3 5 t o 3 . But Minnesota has acollege team that was responsible for what has to be themajor upset of the year. Minnesota surprised themselves

and most of the world by defeating n o . 1 Michigan 16 to0. Noone o n earth w o n that football pool.

Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey is back inWashington, D.C. Humphrey, the stalwart of theDemocratic party, is dying of cancer. But the courageousformer vice president and unsuccessful candidate for thepresidency in 1968 said his motto was "never give in andnever give u p . " President C arter gave Humphrey a lift backto D.C. on Air Force One. The President w as overjoyed toget Humphrey back to work, basically because he needs astaunch ally and a m an of h is influence in the Senate. Carternamed the Health, Education andWelfare building rinWashington in Hum phrey's honor.

In Berkeley, California, it w as reported th at children exposed to heavy air pollution could suffer in school work andsports ability. Those who are now affected by this can lookforward to a higher increase of respiratory problems andlife-long higher medical costs than most adults face now.Blood" samples from youths in areas noted for traffic-

congestion, such as L o s Angeles and Oakland, show that 6 to8 per cent of th e children are carrying high levels of lead andshould have medication.' -

New York Justice John Starkey declared fan "unappealable rule" stating that David R. Berkowitz, accused ofthe Son of Sam slayings, is mentally fit to stand trial.Berkowitz had stated earlier that he was "dictated bydemons demanding blood" to perform th e murders.

73-year-oldRussell A . Bufalino, said b y federal authoritiesto control organized crime in upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania, was sentenced to four years inprison along with a $20,000 fine. Bufalino was convictedAugust 10 of conspiracy and extortion which involved adeath threat to collect on a debt. Government officialspleaded that Bufalino b e jailed immediately. However, U.S.District Judge Morris E.Lasker let him remain free on$30,000 bail pending appeal.

Would y o u b u y a used oven from this man?

Senate Majority Leader Robert C . Byrd stated that there

were "broad implications" in the South Koreans' refusal topermit officials of the Justice Department to question Tong-sun Park, central figure in the influence buying scandal.Byrd said that Seoul's refusal to fully cooperate with theinquiry into charges of South Koreans buying influence inWashington could affect votes in Congress on future aid tothat country.

L e t t e r s T o T h e E d i t o rIn its struggle to design an improved liberal studies

program, one of the difficulties the college faces is the so-called knowledge explosions. While n o o n e can doubt that welive in the midst of an information explosion, honest,thoughtful and informed persons disagreed on whether weare witnesses to an explosion of knowledge.

Perhaps the perspective afforded by the passage ofanother century or more will be needed to resolve this

question. But even if it is merely an information explosion,this phenomenon of our age poses a problem for educationalplanners. Some have gone so far a s to say that our presentexperience renders all traditional ideas on liberal educationobsolete. ' 7

I spent part of this evening thinking about this problemfrom my perspective, in the college's division ofmathematics and natural sc iences. t My thinking wasstimulated by my reading of the essay "Some Views" thatmy colleague David Palm er wrote last sum mer as part ofhis preparation for the work of this academ ic ye ar.

It occurred to me that the information explosion has beennowhere greater than it has been in the natural sciences. Yetcollege and university curricula in the sciences managesomehow to adjust—not without difficulty, nor withoutserious and thoughtful disputation, but indeed without thenear trauma that attended the assembly of the college'sBlueprint III docum ent. Successive generations of scientists

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manage to be trained. The development of science managestocontinue. f- !

The development of'modern sciences raises profoundphilosophical andcultural questions; it may also offerlessons in curriculum design. One possible lesson: the enduring value of thorough study of the enduring fundamentals and first principles. Consider fen* example, theexplosion of information relevant to the practice ofmedicine. But has any medical school anywhere dispensedwith the requirement of thorough, basic course in humananatomy?

Consider, for exa mple, the information explosion in computer science—itself the detonator of the general information explosion. Is there anywhere a college or university program of study of computer science that dispenseswith the require me nt of thorough basic course work in symbolic logic? In the departments of mathematics and the

natural sciences in great colleges and universities all overthe world there is a quite considerable degree of agreementon what constitutes the indispensable fundamentals of thecurriculum. % '

Granting that my examples deal more with training thanwith education, acknowledging that the first concern of aliberal arts college must be humanistic education, I ask: Isany hum anistic education possible without thoroughschooling, in the liberal ar ts ; i.e., in the trivium of gramm ar(read ing), rhetoric (writing ), and logic (thinking) and in thequandrivium of arithmetic (number), music (proportion),geometry (dimension), and astronomy (motion); i.e. , in thearts whose practice develops and demonstrates the powersof the mind to apprehend, to reflect, to comprehend, and tocommunicate.

Sincerely,Robert H . Blessing **" 1Assistant Professor of Chem.

Bulletin Board} ' Egyptian NightAll members of the Mercyhurst community, students,

staff, administrators, faculty members, associates andtrustees ar e invited to attend E gyptian Night "77, Thursday,November 3 a t 8 p.m. in the Back Porch Cafe.

Guests will have an opportunity to chat informally withthe Egyptian Seminar participants regarding their impressions of life and living in Egy pt. There will be n o chargefor the evening and all are urged to make plans now to attend this gala celebration.

PoliticalSciencet With continued emphasis on the trend toward relevance inhigher education, it was announced that Mercyhurst Collegehas arranged internship opportunities for students inWashington, D . C . JV

According to Dr. Erisman of the political science department, internships are available during the winter term incongressional offices, executive agencies, public interestorganizations and judicial agencies.

There are other areas of interest such as the environment,consumer affairs, journalism, com munications, the arts andbusiness.

The internships are being handled by Dr. Erisman andhave been developed inconjunction with the WashingtonCenter for Learning Alternatives of Washington, D.C , anon-profit educational agency which develops the individualplacements and provides internship placement, supervision,evaluation, seminars, housing and other support servicesfor students from colleges throughout the coun try.

While on aninternship for a full term, students remainenrolled at and receive academ ic credit from M ercyhurst,based onevaluations performed by the WCLA staff andfaculty in Washington and\ facilitated by Mercyhurst 'sfaculty liaison with WCLA.

"•* EducationEverything You Always Wanted To Know About Student

Teaching But Were Afraid T o A s k . This features six studentteachers representing elementary, special, and secondaryeducation.

Student teache rs will reveal the true facts. *The meeting will be held October 30, 7:30 p.m. inth e

faculty lounge. Everyone is invited.f f | • • Theater

Additional auditions for the play, You're A Good ManCharlie Brown, will be held Friday, October 28,7 to 9 p . m.and Sa turday , October 29, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. F or further information, contact Dennis Andres, Preston 20 4 or e x t . 2 7 1 .

YearbookThe desperate drive to save our yearbook is presently

striving to reach its goal of 2 75 sales. Pleas e see one of thefollowing peop le if you intend to buy a book.

Denise Arnold* Baldwin 10 5Holly Booth < Sesler223John Burton McAuley 22 4Jim Daley McAuley 22 6Da rlen e Keith 734-3481Helen Kessler; McAuley suite 2Lisa Manendo 866-5744Katie McCaffrey Egan 23

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A Clown Named Angelee McHughSays Ed.Dances To A Silent Tune Jobs s t m

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Picture a typical dinner party.Casual dress, light conversation,buffet style food, \ china andsilverware. All the guests Lcomein and are properly introduced by•their host. u

Except one. :

She comes in dancing to somesilent tune, shaking hands withall the strangers and giving bighugs to little folks.

But nobody seems to mind,nobody is disturbed, In fact, theysmile, giggle and laugh. For sheis not an ordinary guest. She's aclown. ?

She also happens to be AngeleeSmith, a senior music major witha big smile and gentle voice, f

"If there was one thing in theworld I always wanted to do itwas to be a clown," she explains,

Story And PhotosBy Sue Fuss

"but it always seemed sounreachable." f

The unreachable becamereality this summer whenAngelee heard of a street churchin Philadelphia that was looking

for clowns. Three; times a weekshe put on her big red nose andmulti-colored hat and entertainedthe children of the city neighborhoods.

"These kids would come up tome and say, 'Are you a rea l clownor just a person with make-up?' "

fty, wouldn't say anything, butthen I started thinking, 'That wasmy image when I.was little.'Clowns weren't people withmake-up. Clowns were real. Theywere made out of marshmallowor something. They galways

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seemed like you could put yourhand right through them and theywould bounce right back." .3

Angelee made her Mercyhurstdebut during this year's freshmen orientation. All through the

simulation game "FreshmenYear, Freshmen Year" shedanced with hurried students,passed out M & M's and played akazoo. \

"It 's unique to have thatsituation where you approachsomebody and they're not asshy,"she says. "They see you andit's like they've known youforever. I think there's arelationship you can have with aclown that you can't have withanyone else." p

Angelee bought popcorn for thekids and led a little snake danceas part of the Campus Ministrygroup at the Fall Festival. Shehelped the Law Enforcementdepartment auction off cakes,playedl cards and danced witheverybody.

The people smiled and laughed,some shook their heads indisbelief and others said a quiet"thank-you" t to their silentfriend. >j \

"At first you think, 'Oh, 'causeI can't talk I can't get anythingacross.' But when you realizehow much you can do withoutsaying a single word, you'reamazed and you just really w antto shut up." A

The worries and cares of everyday life go away as Angelee putson her make-up and becomessomeone else. She often feelspeople know her differently as aclown behind a big painted smile.

And indeed she is different. Asa clown she has a magic withpeople,! a "genu ine kind ofspecialness."

"I don't know anything com

pared to what I want to know, butas soon as I did it, I felt right."After the party's over

everybody leaves a little happier— except maybe the clown.

"It's always so sad when youtake the make-up off", she says."You know it's over and you'renot a clown anym ore."

But the clown returns everyonce in a while to make peoplesmile, giggle, and dance.^ "I'll do it as long as I can" , sheshrugs. "I don't know, maybe Iam a real clown. Maybe I ammarshmallow."

BRIAN J. McHUGH, pictured above, is the new chairperson ofthe education division. | _ |

by Judy Anania

Despite a tight job market,education majors still should beable to find jobs, maintains BrianJ. McHugh, newly ^appointedchairperson of thedivision.

McHugh, appointedafter Dr. ^Barbaracompleted her term, now headsone of Mercyhurst'si largestdivisions. The three main fie lds -elementary, secondary andspecial education — currently list

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vironments." McHugh said 60per cent of those children are innormal classrooms, the rest inspecial ed. programs. j& .

In addition to his duties asdivision chairperson, McHughteaches a freshman special ed.course, "The Psychology ofExceptional Children," whichwill be offered in spring term.

nearly 200 m ajors.The number of students

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enrolling in educationdecreased, however,McHugh attributes it to ajob market. • g

"But if the student isi wellprepared to teach,!he shouldn'thave any trouble finding a goodjob," McHugh added. I

McHugh, who has been thedirector of the special educationdepartment here since 1972, saidthe latest̂ trend is towardpreparing •'. elementary teachersto deal with exceptionalchildren—those with learningdisabilities who previously wererelegated to special ed.Programs. J ' .

McHugh emphasized the impact of the 1977 Public Law94.142, which says all exceptionalchildren "must be placed innormal classroom situations, inthe least restrictive en-

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Michael Lockovlchfreshman

dentistry major

"They should do away withIntersession. It seems like alot of time to be spent for onecourse. The courses area littlelimited; they could havegreate r variety."'-*

Sally Short•; junior

sociology major

"Intersession is about thesame every year. I'm goinghome to work, because I needthe money."

SMILE—There was a pumpkin sale going on early this week onthird floor, Old Main, as the college got ready for Halloweenweekend. That's Mike Kusenic on the left, and there on the right is,ah, hmmm . . . he bears a resemblance to Scott Raines . . .

Union Activities Up,Thanks To Students

By Amy Chizmadia

Slowly but surely, it seems,activities in the Student Unionand the Back 'Porch Cafe, inparticular, are catching on andattendance is on the rise. Nothigh enough, perhaps, saysActivities Director Jan Gatti, butgetting there.

Last Tuesday, October 18, aseason-high of nearly 140 peopleattended the Michael Lewis Cafeconcert. That is a long jump fromthe eight or so that paid to see thesecond show of the season,featuring blues singer JohnKolstad, one month ago.

Ms. Gatti told The Merciad thatLewis, himself, had quite a bit todo with the good crowd. She saidattendance still depends largely

on the a rtist."The students knew Lewis/1

she explained, "and they know heis an excellent performer."

Still, attendance had risenconsistently up to the Lewisshow. Ms. Gatti attributed it toword-of-mouth recommendationsbetween students. ''}

"Most of the students like theBack Porch Cafe because it'sdifferent than last year," shesaid. "The students are serveddifferent kinds of coffee beforehe performance, then they eatind drink while they watch theshow."

But still she would like to see

better attendance, and has acouple theories why it has beensluggish so far.

"One reason," she offered, "isthat people are afraid to trysomething new, and another isthat the cafe schedule was madeup last year when Wednesdayswere still free." i

Ms. Gatti said she is going to doa survey to see if 8 a.m. classespose a problem.

Ms. Gatti books the artistsherself. This year's selectionswere based on what she saw andheard at a coffee house festivalheld last summer and "scouting"trips to nearby colleges.

"I saw the people in different

settings," she said. "I won't hireany entertainers unless they aregood and* also professional.

"I try to get a variety of different acts and expose thestudents to different types ofmusic," she added.

Scheduled for upcoming weeksare Bottom Dollar, a male duo,on October 25, Bob Franke onNovember 1, Betsy Rose andCathy Winter on November 8.

Also, mimic Tim Settimi will beon campus as artist-in-residenceover Intersession during theweek of November 4-9, "concluding with a scheduled show inthe Back Porch Cafe. N aturally. ,j

Kate Faulknersophomore

education major

"The choices are all right.I'll end up taking something—probably Igor Stalsky's audio-drama course. I don't thinkmany others sounded very interesting." 1 B

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Nancy Foustsophomore

biology major

"I'm going to Florida for the

marine biology course. I knewabout it last spring so I didn'teven look at the rest. We'lllearn a lot but we'll have a lotoffun, too."

Ibrahim Menteshchemistry and

environmental studies

"The courses are not thatgreat, but they're better thanlast year. I'm going to take thegemology course with Dr.Williams. Some others sounded good, especia 1 ly the groupdynamics course, so I had achoice this year."

Earth-Space ClubEnj oys Scenery

by Sue Fuss

Last year our E aster vacationwas short and rather than take

the time and expense togo home Idecided to go to the Blue RidgeMountains with the Earth-SpaceScience Club. -

For five days we enjoyed thebeauty of spring in Virginia whilecamping at the foot of the BlueRidge. We gazed out frommountain tops, searched throughcaverns, and watched the sunsetfrom the valley.

The Earth-Space Science Clubis trying to get organized againthis year and the need forpublicity was brought to myattention. s Remembering thegreat time I had in Virginia aswell as what I had learned, Ithink that it is 'time the clubreceived a little recognition andencouragement.

The purpose of the club is to

promote experiences in geologyand astronomy in an'enjoyableand interesting way. Throughcamping, fossil digging,planetarium visit s and other fieldtrips members learn some of thepractical aspects of the twofields. .

Virginia was no exception aswe looked at various outcropsand learned how the Blue Ridgeand most of the Appalachianswere formed. Here we were ableto see for ourselves the layeringand folding which most peoplejust read about. ,;

Dues for the club are $5 a yearand cover most of the expensessuch as equipment and transportation. The only other cost isfor food which is usually two orthree dollars a day.

The entire Virginia trip cost me$17 - less than half of what itwould have cost me to go home toNew York.

Membership in the club doesn'trequire any specialqualifications; anyone in theMercyhurst community iseligible. All you have to do is getin contact with Dave Thomas ofthe Geology department.

The Earth-Space Science Clubprovides a great opportunity forthe Mercyhurst community tolearn more about the earth belowus and the sky above use. TheBlue Ridge trip is just oneexample of a large list* ofpossibilities for the future. If youlike camping and learning in the

field, check out the club and itsactivities. It just might'be what

you're looking for.

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D e b a t e sA resolution which would add

10 new representatives to thestudent .government roster, increasing the total to 28, was introduced at the October 19 MSGmeeting. >

The proposal calls for alldepartments with 10* or moredeclared majors to have o n e M S Grepresentative and all those with

100 majors to have two.Its effect would be to givegreater representation to boththe largest and smallestdepartments of the school. |

MSG put off voting until theOctober 26 meeting. Results w illb e published in next w eek's issue.

Under present guidelines eachdepartment̂ with 25 or ^moremajors has a single representative. Those that don't qualifyare lumped together underdivision headings and thus havethe benefits only of somewhatindirect representation.

The latter rule applies in thenew proposal, too, but becausethe number of majors requiredhas been lowered from 25 to 10,nine more departments would beeligible for the first time.

*' Eighteen representatives (thepresent total) is far too small toreflect th e opinions of 1500," s aidPresident George Venuto. "Weshouldn't limit MSG to the largedepartments."

O n e group would lose o u t underthe new plan. Sociology, whichn o w has a representative but onlyeight majors, would be absorbedby social work.*

At the same time, however,some of the la rge conglomerateswould be chopped u p into smallersegments, each with its own rep.

The best example of that wouldtake place under what is nowheaded "c h e m i s t r y . " ' ^ .*"

Patty Kohler represents adisjointed coalition of eightdepartments and! 19 4 students.Under ? th e. new [plan biology,

dental assisting, environmental

N e w S y s t e m ! F o r R e p r e s e n t a t i v e sscience, geology and nursing allqualify for individual reps;chemistry, math and generalscience combine for another.

Thus, the same 194 studentswould have pin differentrepresentatives, rather than acommonly-shared one.

Likewise, four other presentgroups would divide roughly inhalf. N e w qualifiers include earlychildhood education, foods andnutrition, political science, plus acombination of English, French,Spanish and hum anities.

Mercyhurst's two monstrousdivisions, law enforcement (with300 declared majors) andbusiness (with 1 6 2 ) , would get anextra representative each.

"I don't think anyone in thisroom could say they couldadequately represent that manypeople," Venuto said. f

I ArgumentsIt is doubtful that the proposal

will pass without amendment.Voting was delayed for a week tohash out some details.

It was pointed out that the newplan would have to be updated

and revised at the start of everynew academic year, at least,because of fluctuations in thenumbers of declared majors ineach department. ^

Elementary education, forinstan ce,. lists 97 and som edaymight g o u p t o 1 0 0 and qualify fora second representative. At theothe r fiend of the spe ctru mgeology, which lists 11 majors,might dip below 10 and lose itsstanding.

There was some questionwhether probation-parole, nowincluded m law enforcement,could form i t s o w n representativegroup. Law enforcementqualifies for a n extra rep becauseof its size.

MSG also will decide whetherto make the proposal, if it is

passed, effective immediately or

Rocky And BugsyAre Now Soliciting

b y D o n Burger

While walking from my carthrough the parking lot the otherday, my friend Sylvester and Iwere stopped by two m ysteriousmen. v

"Eh, are youse |two J punkscommuters?" one said! in athroaty whisper.

They were both on the extralarge size, s o w e didn't hesitate toanswer. "What was thequestion?" said Sylvester.

"Dese here must be commuters Bugsy. Dase stupido eh? "

We checked the bulge inRocko's pocket that he indicatedwas not his hand.

"What d o you nice fellows w antwith us?" I asked.

"Youse guys want * a ^parkingpermit?" .

"I thought you were into drugsand gambling and prostitution."

t4Dis here* is much morelucrative. Five bucks a crack andsecurity never finds out."

"How long have you boys beenselling counterfeit parkingpermits?" M .

"Ever since my Godfather gota ticket, God rest his soul."

"What happened «̂ to him?Sylvester added.

"He refused to buy a perm it so

da uh, m ade a planter out of *im.He's pushin posies in de biologylab now." m ' „*,"Are you making a profit f

"Profit? Wese cleaning up. Noqua si-cops is gonna give ourclients a ticket.

"How d o y o u know that Rocky?Those g uys - give everyoneticke ts." .5

"Wese got a man in the Dean'soffice pullin some strings andoccasionally squeezing sometriggers."

* * H ow many people were (gulp)

liquidated?""How many stars is in da sky,pig nose."

"What happens if we refuse tobuy a permit from you two nicefellows?" said^ Sylvesterdefiantly.

"Same thing that happens tosides of beef when Rocky'straining for a fight."

"You mean he's .. . . ""Well what did youse expect?

Lose one fight and da peopleforget." '

"What do we get for ourmoney?" I said.

"Da right to see da sunrisetomorrow, and we guarantee aticket free parking space."

"Gosh," 1 said. "T hat's morethan the school can offer."

"Yeah, said Sylvester. "Andwe also get protection."

"Youse also get to walk awaywith yer life." *1 . . . L ./'That's a good req

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at the end of the academic ye ar.Another loose end involves the

intriguing category of 19 3 "Other-Not Classified students listed inthe Registrar's otherwise precisestatistics.

The college has 51 undecidedmajors, and they are alreadyrepresented. Venuto said he

would find out what "Other-NotClassified" means.Other Business

Other business conducted atthe October 19 meeting included:

—Cooperative Ed ucation. NewDirector Thomas i Thompsonspoke and fielded q uestions fromrepresentatives and about 30interested students attending theopen forum meeting. S e e story o npage l for details.

—Faculty and courseevaluation. MSG discussed plansto include them in the studenthandbook it will publish for nextyear's incoming freshmen.

MSG will study models offaculty and course evaluationsprepared by other schools. Plansare to process through a computer information obtained fromstudent questionnaires, similar to

t h e w a y S I R reports are run. j—SAC. It was reported that 15

students, - including five commuters, had volunteered for theStudent Activities Committee.

The officers and ActivitiesDirector Jan Gatti will interviewthe candidates and present theirrecommendations for four SACofficers, to be voted on by thereps. V * £

History rep. Doug Petroffargued , that, if given onlyrecommendations to go on, MSGwould be "voting blind." y £j

Venuto said he would providebackground information on othercandidates if it is requested.i , ; Committee Reports

— S e n a t e s u b c o m m i t t e ereports. Walter Green said the

Christian Life Committee wasasking for an amendment to theSenate constitution which wouldremove the committee'sresponsibility for Christian activities. Campus Ministry, Greensaid, is handling activitiessatisfactorily. *j

Gerard NeCastro said the

Academic Policies Committeesuggested giving credit tostudents for completing basicskills requirements. ,

NeCastro said the committeerecommended giving one creditfor completing a Writing Centerrequirement, for instance, if thestudent had not previously takena regular course which coveredthe same area,

fc—Faculty advisors. Dr. Bar

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What at first seemed to be acut-and-dried piece of business,wasn't.

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Dr. Weigert, who reportedlyexpressed interest in the job lastyear, was nominated momentsbefore the vote a n d w o n with 1 4 o f17 cast. /•;*

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B o o t e r s E v e n R e c o r dTlie Mercyhurst Laker soccer

team evened its record at4-4 witha 3-1 victory over Youngstownldst week

Th e 'Hunt netted all of theirgoals in the first half andheld onto capture their fourth triumph intheir last five games. 14

Once again , M ercyhurstfeatured a well balanced scoringattack, this time with three

different Lakers getting into thescoring act. : \ # *

Fleet-footed R.T. Bence beganthe' Hurst scoring with his fourthgoal of the season at the 15:28mark. *#< i

Doug Clark cont inued theLak er assault with his fourth goalof the year as Mercyhurst builtup a 2-0 lead midway through theopening session. jj

Youngstown then recorded itsonly tally of the day with twominutes left in the half. ?

However, Gary Weber, theLakers leading scorer, retaliatedwith his sixth goal of 1977 withJust 42 seconds remaining in thefirst half. f v

Neither team managed a goalin the second period, thus theLakers hadnotched their fourth

straight home victory. '•; jCoach Shimpeno commendedhis bench for a reputable" job inthe second half. j

"Once more our bench hasrepresented us well," said theLaker mentor. "We had manyscoring opportunities with thesecond unit in. They alsoprevented a score which showsnow dependable they a r e . "

"It really helps, concludedShimpeno,! "when you have a

by Bob Derda Jr .

good bench; especially one likeours which does not make manymistakes."

Shimpeno also noted the fineplay of Tom Moffatt and MikePribesh, who share the team'sgoaltending duties.

"Both goalies have done agoodjo b "for us this season," saidS h imp eno . "W h en - P r ib eshreplaces Moffatt or visa versa,

th e r e is n ev e r a noticeabledownfall in the team's p lay."

Other members of the Lakersbench who saw action in theYo u n g s to wn g ame wer e lettermen Stan Gajewski,fRich

by Chris TomczakIngram andBill Orloff as well asseniors Terry Sullivan and Mike"Jonesey" Jones land freshmanJeff Hicks.

The Lakers hosted Edinborolast W ednesday andwill travel toWheeling College on Saturday,October 29, at 2:00 p.m.

Mercyhurst's last game of theseason is tentatively set for

Saturday, November 5, againstGrove City at Tullio Field. Thisgame was originally scheduledfor September 17, however inclement weather forced itspostponement.

fi t began when I said I wanted tojog. The mistake I made wastelling my brother. For somereason, he thinks the only time togo jogging is at 5:30 a.m. •) | |

I [alway s thought the onlypeople to get up at that ungodlyhour were either crazy, drunk, oron drugs. I never thought I'd beone of the crazies.

Now, the Campus Center hassaved my life, (or so I thought) Ican now sleep until 8:00 a.m.

Do you know all the facilitiesth e center'offers? My brothersure does!

Whoever heard of doing situpsa t a 75 degree angle? Thanks tothe exercise room, I have. 'i

Our next escapade is jumpingrope. "Youhave to jump until ithur ts , " says my brother. littledoes he know-it hurts after 100jumps, but I manage to keep up.Sibling rivalry is my motivation.

Finally, we run a mile. I amproud to say I can keep up withhim until the last lap as he sprintsacross the gym and 1' huff andpuff to the finish line. \

Yes, the Campus Center hassaved my life, if I can musterenough strength to shower and go

on to classes. f I

They showed a good deal of per-serverance, also, as they cameback the second game againstBehrend. ' J

Unfortunately, the momentumshifted and Behrend won the match , m

* • * • *

I was pleased to see the numberof people at the volleyball game.

One fourth of the seats werefilled.Hopefully, the interest in

women's sports is increasing.I don't think the fans were too

disappointed in the quality ofcompetition, either.

The teams of Behrend, Thielan d the 'Hurst all put on a goodexhibition ofvolleyballj

* * * * *

Time is running out forregistration for the Turkey Trot.The final date to register isNovemb er 8.

Don't wait until the last minuteas some of the participants havebeen getting in shape the lastthree weeks.

* * * * *

P EEK A BOO, I FOUND YOU. Johnny2Nystrom (No. 3) getsready to take possession of a loose ball during the/recentYoungstown vs. Mercyhurst soccer gam e. PHOTO BY RANDY MINK

BASKETSA U

SCRIMMAGELakers scrimmage Jamestown

Community College. Saturday,October 29, 11:00 o.m. CampusCenter. 1

p . The Laker volleyball team impressed me at their match, lastThursday. r I

They^are a very intelligentteam as they capitalized onThiel's| mistakes Ifii the firstgame. 1 *

The team looked sharp as theybumped, set and spiked so effectively. I $* T|

Women's VolleyballThe Mercyhurst Women ' s

vol leybal l team upped theirrecord to 3-5 onMonday as theybeat cross-town rival Gannon 3-1.

Last Thursday the Lakerettessplit in a triangular match,beating Thiel 2-0 in a KeystoneConference game then falling toBehrend in the second contest 2-1.

The Lakerettes started withsenior Sue Fagan, juniors DebraLuke and Jan ey Nes to r ,sophomores Sue Cavalancia and

Mary Mahon. Coach SuzanneJarett filled the remaining spotby alternating freshmen MaryBeth Garnack andJeanine Baas.

Jaret t was pleased with herteam's play in the Gannon contest and cited captain Fagan forher spiking and Mahon for hersetting up. i

The Lakerettes have four moregames reamining andJaret t andher team would like nothing morethan to improve on their record.

fBtoMMM*- M

I THUMBS UP ! Coach David Shimpeno talks tohis team during recent game at Mercyhurst The 'Hurstwon over Youngstown by the score of3-1. J PHOTO BY RANDY MINK

Open ChallengeMentor Lyen Cyterski and his group of "mentees" wi l l chal lenge any

other mentoring group to abatt le of vol leybal l .An y group with courage enough to accept this challenge isasked to con

tact Barbette Hi l l in Mc Auley 1 1 7 ^ ±

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