the merciad, april 10, 1986

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VOLUME 59, NUMBER 22 THURSDAY. APRIL 10,1FCC dismisses WJET application, appareroadblock to*Mercyhurst's FM license

1986-87 MSG Executive Officers (I to r) Barb Sayers, Mike Kelly, Tracy Wasson, JohnWidecan and Peggy Hirsch.

Executive officers electedBy R.J. Zonna

J g e d out Mike Good forercynursrstudent Government presi-dent and John Widecan topped MattRobaskiewicz for vice-president In thetwo closest MSG elections. * *' *Barb Sayers easily outdistancedRobert Fabrey in the race for treasurer,while Peggy Hirsch and Tracy Wassonran unopposed for the offices ofsecretary and SAC chai rperson,

respectively.Incumbent president, David Arm-strong, released figures which showeda voter-.turnout of between 432-450students. Almost 1,000 students wereel igible to vote In the MSG elections."It cou ld have been better, but it wasa respec tab le t u r n o u t , " s a i dArmstrong. *The vote totals showed Kelly with227 over Good with 194. Widecandefeated Robaskiewicz by 26 votes,220-194. Sayers compiled the mostvotes, 297, to Fabrey's 95. f,Armstrong said the new} studentgovernment will begin its transitionafter the first week in May. The presentgovernment will be busy arrangingSenior Week and Activities Weekendas well as helping the new governmentget accl imated." I would tike to congratulate all thecandidates w ho ran , they are all finestudents. I'm sure the winners wil l doan oustandlng job for the Mercyhurststudents," concluded Armstrong.

President-elect Mike Kelly will seekimprovement in many areas of studentl i fe, including:h ousing , cafeteria: endclassroom faci l t ies.The newly elected vice-president,John Widecan, hopes to continue thebig step taken by this year's ad-ministration. "Ne xt year is the 60th an-niversary of the college and a lot ofthings wil l be going on."

Tracy Wasson, SAC chairperson-elect, is hoping for an expandedbudget in order to increase bus trips totrl-strate citie s, such as Cleveland, Pitt-sburgh and Niagara Falls. *The secretary-elect, Peggy Hirschsaid, "I'm really looking forward to thechallenge. My main objective is to beresponsive to the student's concernsabout MSG."

The broadcast bureau staff of theFederal Communications Commissionhas dismissed the application of JetBroadcast ing. Corp. t o t subst i tuteWSEG-FM for WJET-AM, putting an ap-parent roadblock In Mercyhurst's'at-tempt to get a clear signal frequencyfor the college's radio station.The FCC's decision, which wasmade public on Mon., April 7, statedthat it was not in the public's Interestto make the proposed substitution, ac-cording .to John Kanzius, vice presi-dent of WJET.-- f I I iIf the request had been grantedWJET wou ld have moved its broadcastsignal from 1400 on the AM band to102.3 on the FM side of the dial .Kanzius stated that WJET would filea plea for a rehearing of the requestbefore the full commission by theweek's end.> "We felt that th e transfer would havesignificantly benefitted the the com-munity in two ways. First, the transferwould have allowed Mercyhurst Col-lege to acquire the WJLT-AM band lorIts campus radio station. And, it wouldhave allowed the listeners of WSEG toreal ize the benefits*of WJET'sresources and experience for weather,news and entertainment in FM stereo,"Kanzius said.The FCC received petitions to block

Eriefire racks at the scene of Saturday's fire in Baldwin H all.Fire in Baldwin Hallresults in minimal damagesAt approximately 11:30 a.m. on Sat.,Mar. 5,1986, smoke detectors rang andalerted the Erie fire department thatthere was a fire in the A wing garbagechutes of Baldwin Hall . *Firemen assumed that there was al ive cigarette butt or live ashes throwndown the chutes."Jean Kelllck, Tammy Barco andLori Cauldwell were instrumental- inhelping evacuate the building," statedPhyllis Aiello, director of housing and

safety."They doused the fire with a fire ex-tinguisher from the third floor whileTony DeMeo end Chuck Cook attemp-ted to put the fire out from te basementlevel," added Aiello. * IThere was only minor smokedamage to the building."The firemenare good at airing the place out andcleaning up the mess," concludedAiello. * .$

the substi tution from three local brcasting firms. JET was slated to hpaid $950,000 for the FM station, wit claims would have saved the ficial yi troubled station for the market. % iKanzius, who acknowledged thaWJET format of entertainment dbetter on FM stations, said his was "looking at the long-term maand felt that the FM band would aus to compete more head-to-head K-104 and Classy 100 for the conporary audience."Gary Laurnoff, I prog ram 'direWMCY, who was, "disappointed,not surprised" by the announcempointed out that, "almost all radio business and the protestng firms,K-104 are trying to protect their interests. >*V 'think that JET woulld have bethreat to them but I also think the losers are the other AM stations sthey now have to continue to fightdominance of JET in the local market. ^ j ^ ~ Laurnoff .continued, "the bigloser of all was WMCY because we're back to square one and sti l l dhave a radio station that can be hby the ma jo r i ty o f Mercyhstudents. We have ja small dedicated audience for shows likeMetal Matinee' in our current statuone of the first carrier current statIn this market. I fervently hope thawrong, bu t I fear we're on the waobsolescence."At MSGReps vote moremoney forSenior Weekby Susan Marcy. The Senior Week C ommute given $1,000 by the Mercyhurstdent Government for their Senior Waci tv i t ies.- Committee chairperChristie Smith ^announced somethese activities, which include a fution at the Laker Inn, a day at the Pninsula, a chicken barbeque, a senalumni cocktail party and a graduadinner dance. These activities havbe approved by the administrabefore the Invitations can be sent Th e MSG meeting was conductedTreasurer Mary Beth Tripp in absence of the other executive ficers. She congratulated all of the MSG officers for next year. .5 Major representative elections be held April 15 and 16. iPreliminary plans are still bemade for Activities Weekend. The Sing Formal on May 9 will highlight weekend. iThe next MSG meeting will tplace Sunday at 7:30 p.m. In 114 Zu


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A P RIL 10,1986 T H E MERC I ADDelta Mu Delta installation PBusiness society inducts 19 new membersBy Matthew J . Clark

On April 6, nineteen Mer-cyhurst students were in-ducted into the Delta Omicronchapter of the Delta MM Deltanational honor society duringce remon ies^ he ld In ZurnRecital Hall . 1T h e s t u d e n t s g r a n t e dmembership by national presi-dent, Professor A.J. Foranoceof the New York Insti tute ofTechnology were Mary AnnBaldauf, Scott Bensink, Heidi

To be considered for induc-tion into the society, studentsare required ^to have com-pleted the business core (21basic business courses), 60c r e d i t s o v e r a l l , w i t h aminimum QPA of 3.20. Theymust also possess good moralcharacter. J ? ] ^jThis is the sec ond year of in-stalling members for the DeltaOmicron Chapter. Last year,along with the members in-ducted, J. Robert Baldwin, A.Jean Lavin, and Mercyhurst

The newly Inducted members of Delta Mo Delta.Beezub , Char les Brower,Frederick Fielder, StephenFielder, Philip Guth, Geralynn>vid Hewett, Ton!Myers, Kimberly Novak, BethAnn Scalise, Michael Scierka,Stephen Seymour, SuanneStenglin, Michele Stepnoski,Joseph Svitek, Scott Stanton,Joan Whitney and chapterpresident Randall Williams."The purpose'of the societyis to provide recognition forstudents m ajoring in businessw h o h a v e d e m o n s t r a t e dacademic exce l l ence andleadership skills," said groupadvisor and business depart-ment director Dr. A. JeanLavin.

p res iden t Dr . W i l l i am P.Garvey were insta l led ashonorary members.This year, the society will in-duct two honorary members.They are Charles H. Bracken,director and chairman of thee x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e o fMarine Bank and Robert F.Duval, retired chairman andchief executive officer of Ham-mermill Paper Company. Bothmen are members of the Mer-cyhurst board of trustees."Our chapter is eager torecognize individuals in thecommunity who have con-tributed to the community andwho are, in fact, 'role models 'of what the Delta Mu Delta

stands for," stated Lavin.The story of the DeltaOmicron chapter began * in1983 when Lavin came acrossan ad for the society and wroteDelta Mu Delta's headquartersin Chicago, IL. ??"The nat ional chai rman

evaluated the quality of ourbusiness programs in terms ofcur r i cu lum, p lacement o fstudents upon graduation, andthe credentials of our faculty,"explained Lavin. 5 ?j iThe Mercyhurst chapter wasaccepted into Delta Mu Delta

in the spring of 1984.Delta Mu Delta has tivities, per se, but is "an honorary society whivides financial and scship awards to outstbusiness students," concluded.

Curriculum forum set for April 15An open forum for studentswill be held Tue., Apr. 15 in 114Zurn to discuss the implemen-tation of Project 90 Into the1987-88 school curriculum.The meeting^ begins at 3:30and will be led'by AcademicPolicy Committee President,Dr. Robert Clsek.* j"We need thefeedback on the proposed cur-riculum. The main thing is thatright now there are fourteencourses that are required. In

this new proposal there w ill beseventeen liberal study ^re-quirements," said AcademicDean Dr. David Palmer."We wil l { still have 120credits, so something has gotto go. So it will m ean there willbe fewer e lect ives," saidPalmer. "We also want thestudents' students to be informed of theproposed new curriculum andhave questions ready aboutthe changes." \The student forum is onlyPROPOSEDj p (Liberal Studies Core s Revision VI)I. FOUNDATION CORE - 6 *- 1 course in Engl ish Composit ion &- 1 course in Research/Li terature Analysis- 1 course in Mathemat ics or Computer Programming 4* 1 course in Biology or Chemistry or Geology or Astronomy or Physics (with Labs)|- 1 course in Intro, to Philosophy or Logic- 1 course in Rel ig ious Person or Intro to Bible l rPLUS Proof of Computer Literacy (non-credit or 1 credit NC)

II . WESTERN HERITAGE CORE - 5 . _- I course In Western Classics or Brit-Amer. Classics or Foreign Lang. (2nd Course)* 1 course In History of Western Civilization (To or From Reformation)- 1 course in Western Phi losophy or Western Christ ian i ty- 1 course in Western Art or M usic 1 course in American History (To or From Civil War)I I I . CONTEMPORARY CORE - 3- 1 course In American Govt, or Socia l Problems or Basic Economics or Contemp.Science/Technology 'W " ""*"- 1 course In Contemp. World Issues f rom the fol lowing:Peace and Just ice issues \or f t^SPfrGlobal Issues rV Nuclear Disarmament Issues w v^ *- 1 course In Non-Western World (Literature Religion Culture - History - LanguagePhilosophy Art/Music) "^^

IV . HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORE - 3- 1 course in General Ethics or C atholic Values* .% *- 1 course in Psychology or Human Growth/Development or Human Sexual i ty- 1 course In Human Communication or Public Speaking or Dance/Art/Music/Theatre (Skillbased) S U MMA R Y FH 17 required courses15 major courses (maximum)5 ? 8 electives or .*."-4 elect ives, 4 course co ncentrat ion .outside majorand beyond Liberal Studies Core

one of many meetings hed i sc uss t h e P r o j e c tchanges. The latest onewith the faculty to diswith them the areas direcvolved with the core. each meeting, the AcadPolicy Committee meets corporate the feedback gafrom the , discussions. revised plan then Is sePresident Garvey. The proed plan is now in its sixthsion, j .In a cover letter for theposed curriculum to faand administration, CoPresident Dr. Wi l l iamGarvey wrote that "whileproposal is a far cry fromoriginal, we believe it hasstrengthened because othe discussions that taken place."Students currently ading Mercyhurst will not bfected by this plan. "Whestudents come in undecatalog," said Palmer, have to guarantee that will be responsible only tocatalog." I *At the fo rum, Palmer wstudent involvement withproject and to hear theiput. "We want the studenbe informed about the curriculum, and to be infed when the come toforum so they can have qtions readyabout the liarts core," concluded Pal

Students Who Want Buck$Applications are now being accepted for paid editorial positions onnext year's Merciad. Journalism experience is helpful but not an ab-solute necessity. In fact, business majors can easily profit from ex-perience in the advertising department... HRM majors could do foodand restaurant reviews... performing tarts majors, athletes f etc. couldsimilarity make a contribution while gaining some experience andsome clippings for their resume. J r ^What is needed is an interest in wh at's going on around YOUR cam-pus, a willing ness to work hard on something of true importance and adesire to learner ? .Reply in w riting to Campus M ail Box 129 or talk to Dennis McCarthy,faculty adviser by Friday, April 25J j

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David Armstrong:*the interviewStudent Government President! looks backE D I T O R ' S N O T E : T h efol lowing is'the f i rst instal l-ment of a two-part Interviewconducted wi th the 1985*86Mercyhurst Student Govern-m e n t P r e s i d e n t , D a v i dArmstrong.

we did a fantastic job in offer-ing things to the students? iGive yourself a grade.I would say, considering thelast couple of years of student

money was the most that hasever been used, the foreignstudents used i t, criminaljustice used i t, the;- LakerShakers. We've given moneyto the Food Drive and thingslike that, by the students' re-

mHow would you assess theMercyhurst Student Govern-ment this year?Mental ly, I think we did afantastic job because therewas a lot of arguing and a lotof great points in the meetingsand a lot of free proposals. Butphysical ly, I would say i t wasmediocre to ... I wouldn't saybad, but not as well I wouldhave liked physically because

a lot of th e reps and a lot of thepeople didn't really show upfor events that we needed helpon and things l ike that. \Overall, we did a fantasticjob. We had check cashing fortwo hou rs every day during theweek. We had evening hours,that's never been done before,esp ecia l ly every day of theweek, let alone evenings.We've been involved in threelectures. We've done two of|them and will be involved in ath i rd. We've had a Special Pro-jects in a year that you're notjsupposed to have a SpecialProjects. And we did it withjthe least amount of moneythat student government hasseen In a long time. So, I think

David Armstrong (I) with George Feifer and Matt Whelan at last week'sSoviet television lecture.government, I would give us avery high grade - an 85 or so.

Do you feel you achieved allyour campaign expectationsand what were they?n My main goal was to givethe money back to thestudents; we've used thatcl iche before.

I think we have. The club

quest.*So my main goal wasdefinitely accomplished. ^We had a concert. Webrought back lectures. SACdid a great job. So I think wedid give the money back to thestudents. And it's not evenover yet. We have ActivitiesWeekend, which we hope wil lbe the best in two years. We'regoing to have the best SeniorWeek ever, this year. * %

T his summer may be younlast chance tograduate from college with a degree and anofficers commission. Sign up for ROTCssix-weeklBasic Camp now.JSee yourProfessor of Military Science for details.!But hurry. T he time is short.T he space is limited.The heat is on.BE ALL YOUCAN B.

A R M Y RESERVE OFFICERSlTRAININC CORPS4 Call Cpt. Scott Tillson atGannon University, 456-8376

What was the most con-troversial issue you faced thisyear? * Jb I

It definitely has to be thefraternity-sorority issue. It wasvery hotly contested by a cer-tain number of students. Theintensity would have to be themost important issue.What about the housingIssues? { I I

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