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Second ICounselorProposedBy Teresa TracyMERCIAD Staff ReporterStarting Winter term there willbe a part-time mental healthcounselor from St. Vincent oncampus and possibly an addi-tional counselor, if his appoint-ment is approved by the collegeadministration. :-uWe have an extremely weHqualified individual interested incoming here," stated ChrisGagliano, Campus Life Commit-

tee chairperson on the possibilityof a second counselor.The counselor from St. Vincentwill be here as a volunteer for halfa day every week, said Gagliano.The additional Counselor 9willbe contracted with approval of theAdministration and will be oncampus for a maximum of 8-10hours a week. In addition to per-sonal counseling, he w ill also con-duct workshops such as stressmanagement.So far, the proposal of mentalhealth counseling on campus hasbe been met by enthusiasm .bystudents and MSG, but Gaglianostresses that for these services toremain they need student par-ticipation, especially with theworkshops since the program w illbe evaluated by the amount of useit receives.

Grad fSpeakersjRecommendedBy Karen MerkleMERCIAD Staff ReporterThe committee established tohelp choose a speaker for the 1983commencement exercises has sub-mitted a list, of three names toMercyhurst President Dr. WilliamP. Garvey and*are now waitingfor the final decision. tStude nt' government {presidentRichard Lanzillo, a member ofthe committee, was not at libertyto release the names.He did say, however, that oneof the peop le being considered is aMercyhurst faculty member, andat least one of the others would re-quire travel expenses in additionto the $500 budgeted by the ad-ministration for a speaker.After making his decision,Garvey will send an invitation tothe individual, asking him or herto speak at Mercyhurst's com-(continued on page 3)

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A view from third floor Old Main as the long-delayed January snowflies on campus. * 5 i | fpTNew Leads UncoveredIn Campus Center Theft

By Fran MoaveroMERCI AD News EditorBryan Doherty, criminal justicerepresentative, submitted a pro-posal to the Mercyhurst StudentGovernment on Monday, January17, suggesting that MSG purchase$5,000 worth of textbooks forstudents to borrow.According to Doherty, studentswould initially pay a $5.00 clubfee which would enable them toborrow college textbooks fromthe student government.Alleviating the high cost of col-lege texts was Doherty's objectivewhen drafting the proposal.Many MSG members question-ed how the proposal would be ex-ecuted and if it was efficient andeffective. $%* * fTreasurer of MSG, Gina Frisiasaid, "why would students haveto join a club when they can lookat the bulleting board in theUnion for books they need?" v'" Cost was also a concern. SheilaDelaney, computer managementrepresentative, questioned thebusiness complications w hich may

By Mary Jo AllenMERCIAD Staff ReporterNew leads have recentlyjbeenuncovered concerning the nearlytwo-year old Campus Center theftin which an estimated SI200worth of athletic equipment wasstolen. J. Garry Cordes, assistantprofessor of Criminal Justice isworking toward solving the case.V "I want the students to knowthat they can't avail themselves ofcollege property," he stated.The theft in the Campus Centeris believed to have been commit-ted by non-Mercyhurst students.Cordes explained what happenedin the July '81 robbery, which in-volved him as baseball teamcoach.*"As a result of the equipmentroom being left open momentari-ly, someone went in and availedthemselves of six baseball teamjackets and six or seven T-shirtsfrom a baseball camp I was runn-ing at the time; and I'm told byP. . . Mike Cusak, the athleticdirector, at the tim e, also sometennis team sweats and a numberof other items."With on-campus crime,! thequestion arises whether it shouldbe handled internally by securityor handed over to the Erie PoliceDepartment. Cordes explained the

Campus Center situation.Usually something of thismagnitude is reported, howeverthe Erie Police Department claimsthey don't (have a record of thisbeing reported."The report was *filedwith thecollege's insurance company andboth Cordes and J Cusak werereimbursed for the equipment.But, the story didn't end there.As Cordes recalls, about amonth' and a half a go, an in-dividual was spotted wearing oneof the stolen jackets. When con-fronted by someone associatedwith the school, whose name is be-ing withheld, and asked for aname, th e individual gave a wrongname.

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Love New YorkEarly in the Fall if you walkedby the Admissions Office, chancesI are you heard, in one form or

another, a rendition of WillieNelson's big-hit "On the RoadAgain". When September comesaround there are at least three ofus who can't wait to ''get on theroad again/' Traveling thehighways and by-ways from cityto city, from high school to highschool and motel to hotel wespread the good news of Mer-cyhurst College. \Prior to my admissions in-tineration, my solo driving ex-perience had reached j to what Ihad thought were the ends of theearth; as far east as Peak n' Peekin Clymer, New York and as farwest as the Skyway Tavern inFairview, Pa. Well, little did Iknow that in three years of work-ing in admissions, I would cover

90,000 miles across eight differentstates..Out of all the admissions trips,there is one that, took place twoyears ago that stands out in mymemory above all the others, anadventure,I would like to sharewith the reader in the lines ahead.After a week on the road, NewYork City was the next target on

my itinerary, so I thought I wouldprepare for the Big Apple. Inorder to condition myself for lifein the big city I actually walkedthrough the transit-way mall indowntown* Erie - by myself. Iknew if I could survive the city ofBrie, then I could survive the city

raw Tom Doveof "New York. For you-novicetravelers, however, I suggest youstart training for city in a smallermetropolis like Titusville orRipley and slowly work your wayup.

When, the day o f the bigjourney arrived, l\ packed mybags, filled the gas tank and h ead-ed east. About eight hours and450 miles later, the famous skylinewas finally in sight. I was really inthe Big Apple. Four hours andthree traffic jams later, if foundthe motel. tThe excitement of being in NewYork prompted me to immediate-ly drop off my luggage and take astroll through mid-town Manhat-tan. So as soon as I tipped the fivebell boys who carried both mybags to my room, I headed downSeventh Avenue. Lookingsomewhat like a naive countryboy in the big city I continueddown the sidewalk looking up atthe big buildings. A lesson to thereader might be - when in NewYork do as the New Yorkers do,and one thing the New Yorkers donot do is gawk at their buildings.Well, while I was gawking. andtrying to focus in on the top ofN.Y.C. Sheraton, I felt a handgrab my arm accompanied by avoice saying "Give me yourwallet." I" refused and suddenlyfound myself face to blade with aknife that at the time seemedabout the size of a samurai sword.

Graduate Speakers 1continued from page onemencement exercises, to-be heldon May 29. j LThis is the first year a studentcommittee has been formed totake part in choosing a com-mencement speaker.Joining Lanzillo on the com-mittee are seniors Brian Carroll,Maree-Lynn Cicon, LauraCopney, Chris Curtis, Kathy

Klapec, and Mike Smith.According to Lanzillo, the ad-ministration wanted facultymembers recommended for thehonor. He added thatr somemembers of the committee oppos-ed this and came up with their

final list of one faculty memberand two outsiders.The "Op-Ed" page is designed to be a catch-all for any opinion content that did not makethe editorial page. It can also be the page representing a variety of viewpoints otherthan those of the newspaper's editors and staff. Members of the Mercyhurst Communitywho wish to w rite a column for The Merc/acfshould contact TheMerciad

Now even though the picture thatcorresponds with this column isnot very clear, you'll notice thereare no scars on my face. Thus,another lesson to the reader - yourface is more important than yourwallet.* $ t iAfter spending the next twohours in the restroom, I decidedto make an attempt toward thedelicatessen around the corner.Besides, the f chances of havingsomething like that happen againmust be at least a million to one,right? I hadn't taken as many asfifteen steps when, again, I felt ahand on my arm. Before athought entered my mind, I haddriven my*fist into this person'schest, with all the strength existingin me. W hen I turned to see who Iassaulted, there, laying on thesidewalk was an eighty-year-old

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body crumbled with pain. Theman was obviously a beggar whoprobably wanted a quarter. Atthat moment I would have givenanything to be back in Brie, Penn-sylvania, safely walking throughthe transit-way mall.To keep a short story short, Ieventually did escape New Yorkwithout any real damage. In fact,I even found my car. It didn'tmatter that the clothes left in itwere gone. By that time I was justthankful for being in one piece.In case you are wondering, Ihave since gotten a new wardrobea new wallet and most important-ly, a new itinerary. P.S.: I loveNew York.Tom Dore is a 1981 graduate ofMercyhurst Colleg e, and Is an Ad*missions Counselor at the 'Hurst

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Soviet Human RightsActivist To Lectureby Dariene NolanMERCIAD Staff ReporterAlexander Ginzburg has beenactive in the Human Rights Move-ment in the USSR since its beginn-ing. Ginzburg will be speaking on4 The Continuing Struggle forHuman Rights" on Thursday,January 27 at 8:00 P.M. in ZumRecital Hall.Ginzburg was born in Moscowin November of 1936. His openopposition to the USSR govern-ment's repressive po litics resultedin a total of nine years of im-prisonment in Soviet labor cam ps.In the late 1950's, Ginzburgedited the first typewritten literaryjournal, the Sintaxis which con-tained poems by young Moscowand Leningrad writers. Because ofhis involvement with the Sintaxis,Ginzburg was arrested in 1960 andsentenced to two years of forcedlabor. After his release, he wasforbidden to resume his studies injournalism at Moscow University.In 1966. Ginzburc came to in-

ternational attention when he wasarrested by the K.G.B. a secondtime for compiling A White Book.He was again found guilty andsentenced to,five years of strictregime labor camp.Upon his release in 1972, Ginz-burg and a friend created the"Russian Social: Fund" , w hichaids Soviet prisoners and theirfamilies. In 1976, G inzburg expanded hishuman rights activities by headingresearch studies on Soviet humanlights violations. These studiesrevealed living conditions inSoviet prisons and labor camps.In 1977, the K.G.B. could nolonger tolerate Ginzburg's humanrights activities, and he was againarrested. His third trial began,and he quickly became an interna-tional celebrity. D espite, protestsfrom the International League forHuman Rights, Amnesty Interna-. tional and the U.S.-based Alex-ander Ginzburg Defense Commit-tee, Ginzburg received his most

Alexander G inzburgsevere punishment: he wassentenced to eight years of aspecial regime labor camp. |While serving his third year ofthe sentence, Ginzburg was ^in-formed he was stripped of hisSoviet citizenship, and was to beexiled to the West. Ginzburg,along with four other Sovietpolitical prisoners was exchangedfor two convicted sp ies, and arriv-ed in New York in April of 1979.Admission is free to the Mer-cy hurst community and $ 1.00 willbe charged for all others.

KubiakAs Conservationist"I Don't Believe We Have An Environmental Future"By Amy Wood worthMERCIAD Staff Reporter \To most of the Mercyhurstcomm unity Richard.- Kubiak i sknown primarily as a collegehistory professor. But being anavid sportsman, Kubiak par-ticipates equally with theoutdoors.Kubiak, a former officer of theErie County Council of Sport-smen has received several appoint-

ments from Pennsylvania Gover-nor Richard Thornburgh.; Theyinclude the Pennsylvania Ad-visory Com mission of the Interna-tional Fisheries Commission(IFC) and the Citizens AdvisoryCouncil (CAC) of, the StateDepartment of EnvironmentalResources."The IFC concentrates onfishery problems throughout theGreat Lakes and are most con-cerned with Lake Erie," saidKubiak.Reclamation of land (Strippedfor coal mining and control ofhazardous waste disposal is cur-rently the primary concern of the

CAC. , |Kubiak first became an activeconservationist when there was. athreat of a steel mill moving intothe Erie area. j< "I don't believe we have an en-vironmental future," Kubiakasserted. Our biggest problem isthe permeation of toxic chemicalswithin everything society is expos-ed to," he added remorsefully.As a CAC member, Kubiaktravels to Harrisburg to attend

monthly meetings in which majorenvironmental problems of thestate are discussed. The mostpressing concern is the funding ofthe reclamation o f P ennsylvania's250,000 acres of stripped land.The cost to reclaim one acre is$6,000 to $8,000. *"We are in a disaster with noway out,*' Kubiak declared.He. feels that the imminentthreat of nuclear war is the onlything worse on our shoulders.

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"How Creative Are You?" is anew contest sponsored by the Stu-dent Activities Committee (SAC),explained Mar j one McDermott,director* of student activities atMercyhurst. JMcDermott said that thesouthwest wall of the StudentUnion is blank and needs to bedecorated.'"SAC is sponsoring the contestto utilize the space in a creativemanner. Graphic images, designsand t mural concepts are allsuitable for entries," saidMcDermott.According to McDermott, thecontest is open to the entire Mer-cyhurst community. The designon the wall in the union must beoriginal, and the necessary sup-

plies will be furnished.All'entries must be completeand turned into McDermott's ofice in the Student Union by Monday, February 21 at 4:00 p.mJudges for the entries will bmembers of the Mercyhurscommunity.' 'The winner of the contest wiexecute his or her signed originain the Student Union, receive free one year membership to thErie Art Center, and free pool ithe Student Union for sprinterm," stated McDermott.I The winner of the contest wibe announced in the February 2issue of The Merciad. -For more information, contacMarjorie McDermott in the Student Union or at 825-0433.

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First In A SeriesPresident LanzilloAssesses StudenfGovemm entBy Caria J. AndersonMERC1ADAssistant EditorRichard Lanzillo, president ofthe Mercyhurst Student Govern-ment, was recently interviewed byThe MERCIAD. The following isthe irstof a two-part series of hisviews and assessments of studentgovernment this year and lastyear. *Q. What is your assessment ofstudent governemnt this year?I would say it's done basicallywhat we set out to do in the begin-ning of the year, specifically toimprove our committee system,update our services and increaseour visiblity. .We also improvedthe Shuttle Service by having shut-tles to the mall and footballgames. Those were our generalgoals.I would say that we've felt it hasworked!reasonably well so far.We've got a long way to go. But,for being in the middle of theyear, the government has done ex-actly what I intended it to do.Q. Are you pleased with the in-put you receive from represen-tatives in student government?That has improved year to yearI think. This year is no exception.It has gotten a little better than theyear before. In terms of reps beingin touch with their constituencies,I think that has improved quite abit. i K \ IIt was not an earth-shakingthing giving department reps theright to attend their departmentmeetings. It was an'importantstep, because it helps the represen-tatives to identify with their con-stituencies. They are elected by a

group of people and they shouldat least have a general knowledgeof the concerns that face theirconstituencies. *In terms of the officers, thathas improved also . I've given a lotof thought to better ways to keep

In touch with the student body. Itseems one of the best ways to dothat is not only-to keep a highlevel of visibility on campus, butalso to attend as many of themeetings of the different campusorganizations, clubs, etc. on cam-pus. We also encourage the repsto do so to keep in touch.Q. What'do you think is thequality of student govermmentmeetings this year?Improved. The way I'judge ameeting is by how much input isgiven by the representativesthemselves. It is very important tome, and every year I have pointedout that the government is notfunctioning well if most of itsbusiness is coming from the of-ficer core. That's not what we'reelected to* do. The officers aretherefto oversee and coordinatethe government. Most of theissues should be generated by therepresentative body. This year ifyou compare the number of pro-posals and so on submitted by therepresentative body , and studentsat large, it is much improved. So,under that criteria I think themeetings are better.

Procedurally, we've changedvery little. I still use a relativelyloose form of parliamentary pro-cedure, stricter than past studentadministrations have used. But,just enough to maintain order andkeep the government on the sub-ject. But, government meetings gowell and I think they have been in-teresting and since we are in themiddle of winter term, I have ex-pected a lull in terms of govern-ment. Usually, it happens year toyear. But, so far it hasn't reallyhappened this year, so I am happyabout that.

Q. How do you view the con-troversy that has been created bythe commencement speaker situa-tion for this spring? iWell, that's hard thing to ad-

dress for a number of reasons. Inone respect, the whole controver-sy brought about some good.Number one, for the irst ime thestudents through student govern-ment actually do 1have input indetermining the commencementspeaker, which to my knowledgehas never happened before."What the controversy aroseover was the fact that our selec-tion* would * have to be limitedbecause of budgetary limitations.

Richard LanzilloWhen the *administration turnedover the role to us to recommenda speaker, they intended us toselect from the faculty of the col-lege. 'When the comm ittee satdown and met, it decided that thefaculty would be a worthwhileconsideration. But, we alsowanted to leave ourselves open forother possibilities. Not to say thatwe wouldn't select a* facultymember. But, there is thepossibility that we may recom-mend someone other than a facul-ty member. That caused someproblems with the administration.They may have seen that as a snubfrom us. But, it really wasn't. Wesat down and met and the concen-sus of the committee was that wewould give three recommenda-tions, and not all of them wouldbe faculty members.As it ended up, since we havecompleted, one of them ended upbeing a faculty member althoughnot our top choice. We wanted togive possible consideration to a

past alumnus or som eone else thatis on the speaker's circuit.*Whatended up was that we gave recom-mendations of an alumnus, afaculty member and a formerfaculty member. So, what hap-pened was more or less a com-promise. The committee gave theadministration what they had,and one of the recommendationsis a faculty member. Also attach-edI were some recommendationsthat they really weren't lookingfor. At this point we forwardedthose recommendations. I can'ttell you what they are now,naturally, because if one of thepeople is not selected, we don'twant*to, since there are feelingsthat may be involved. We wouldrather not release that informa-tion until the administration gets achance to consider what we'verecommended. But, we said tothem who we think would be thebest commencement speakers. It'sup to them to decide whether theywill accept* those recommenda-tions or not.

The selection committee con-sisted of several seniors. Werestricted it to seniors since it wasof'primary concern to seniors.The committee was open to anysenior who w anted to participate.It was announced in the studentgovernment meetings and also .itwas covered!by the newspaper.We had several senior represen-tatives and also several seniorstudents at large participate. Itwas a committee of seven seniors,BO it was well-rounded.Q. What is your reaction to thethefts that occurred at theMasonic Temple during the SACsponsored event?j-rEver since we've been doing,beer blasts where you have a lot ofdrunk people, between 300 and400 consuming alcohol, we haveanticipated that there, sooner orlater, would be a problem. It hap-pened that this Masonic Templewas the one at which problemsarose. I'm glad it was nothingworse. Someone could have beenin an accident or severely injuredor something along those lines. I

am disappointed about theIt's sort of a cliche, but ittrue that a few people ruinthe whole. A few immaturedecided to rip off the rest ostudents. The cost of the stthat was stolen and the cospoliceman's jacket that waswill have to be taken from tivities fees. ^ ^I don't think it is, in anypoor reflection on SAC. Thonly people, and they cacontrol events to a certainThey cannot control indactions. I think they monitwell and did a nice job wThey are not to be blamed fjust think it was a few peophad no concern for the rtheir peers. rQ. What is currently beinto remedy the situation?Well, there are a couplblems involved with this These events take place as the outside community them to do so. They reallyan illegal ^nature. When thside community partiwhen the police perceive thbe a problem, they can at ashut them down. Or, allowto take place and bust themmiddle which has always worry of ours.N Right now it's up in the astudent government officeSAC officers at this pointthat any other events likewill take place. SAC is tryinflexible and pattern othtivities of a similar nature, more legal than busing peobeer blasts. Maybe SAC wstudents of legal age to Newclubs as a possible replacemthe typical beer blasts we'vholding, i ;If we do have anotherblast, we will have to tsecurity. There are a few corrections that have toplace. It may require addpolicemen. But, that'snecessarily going to preveproblems. We have to deal on a case by case basis and many precautions as we ca

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Wanted An y information concer-ning the tampering with and theftof a van parked in Weber parkinglot Wednesday night (1/12/83). Itwould be appreciated if thebelongings in the van - pictures,books, etc. , would be returned.Any information or items shouldbe left at the McAuley desk.PersonalsDariene . . Happy 21st Birth-day!! We love yon!!! Carta, Deb-bie, an d Robin . . 1 ,2,3Hey Skippy! Our "Gang of Five"had an "awesomely-righteoustime" at the NJ on Saturday. Ca nwe -assume that there will be more"thriving" times in th e future?Thanks, Biff > |Kathy Poner (co-favorite senior):How about a chocolate-quickie?From your favorite freshman andthe "other** co-favorite senior.TS-DINNER RESERVATIONSHAVE BEEN MADE FO RMARCH 1984-TT |

*Attention GOF members-Are weall ! wearing ou r CFM's to allfuture "engagements"?!?Chicken Wing: I don't botherchasin' mice around; Love, yourLady Cat .Hey Steph, What are CFM'sagain? You Know Who!Roomie-What do you think th elibrary is for? TeresaDariene, Your no t only an olderwoman now, bu t you're over th e

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Hurst Playing Tougher Opponents;Losing, But Looking AlliRightbyGfegYokoMEKC1AD Co-Sports Editor

The men's basketball team is ontheir toughest road trip of theyear. They are traveling to partsof the Eastern United States. Last Monday, the team traveledto New Jersey to challenge Divi-sion I Fairleigh Dickinson. OnWednesday, they took off forMaryland to oppose CoppinState. & NSaturday evening, the Lakerswill travel to Wheeling to playWheeling College and then theywill finally wind up their road tripon Tuesday. The team will travelto Johnstown to attack the Moun-tain Cats of the University of P itt-sburgh at Johnstown. j 1~Before I get ahead of myself, let ^us go back to last Friday's contestagainst Cheyney St ate.The Wolves of Cheyney enteredthe game hungry for another vic-tory. They entered the game witha 6-1 slate and a second placeranking in the nation in the Divi-sion II category.They received more than theybargained for. {Mercyhurst, after a five day]layoff, was prepared for a goodballgame. g *The game was tight throughoutthe first half. After one full ses-sion, the Wolves led the Lakers31-28. The lead had switchedmany times.Cheyney States' hot shootingguard Kevin Taylor accounted for13 of the Wolves initial 15 pointsat the onset of the second half.Taylor alone built Cheyney'slead to 44-34, 5 minutes into thehalf. * .- i

The Lakers fell behind even fur-ther. With 7:24 remaining in thecontest, the 'Hurst was down by ascore of 58-45.Mercyhurst, however* didn'tgive the game away. The Blue andGreen fought back valiantly asthey narrowed the gap 60-68 withthe clock showing : 16.The 'Hurst couldn't pull off amiracle in the short time remain-ing, but they tried.The 64-70 loss put the team'srecord at 6-7.There were three major brightspots for the 'Hurst in the game.First was John Green's 22 points.Second was the squad'sshooting percentage, '53 per cent(28-53). \ \ ),Thirdly, and most importantly,was the crowd. For the first timethis season the 'Hurst had a loudand sizeable audience to play infront of.Monday evening, Mercyhurstagain proved that they can hangtough against a large school.Although losing 80-88, the'Hurst had a respectable outingagainst Fairleigh D ickinson.Sophomore forward JonBerkeley was high scorer and re-bounder for Mercyhurst bypump-ing in 18 points and grabbing tenrebounds. *The Lakers connected on morefield goals than Dickinson(36-34), but the game was won onthe charity. stripe as the hometeam went to the stripe 30 times,connecting on 20. Meanwhile,Mercyhurst only saw the sin line12 times, hitting eight of those.The 'Hurst made a strong lastsurge, jbut it simply wasn't

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