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Activity? D ay gK Success!. by Vlcki Mar tin ago J ; tIt was done to promote student,faculty and administrative in-volvement at the 'Hurst. And thatit did. JMSGsponsored the first annual"Activity Day' Mhis pasWweek,with festivities lasting frommorning 'til past midnight. To"arou se"* students from theirsleeping quarters, a brigadevisited the * dorms and

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Steve Frisina

I Last Wednesday about 500people had the time of their life.Activity Day seemed to capturethe hearts of the student body, aswell as those of faculty and ad-ministration. It was a time to laythe books down, sit in the grass,and talk to those people {weusually greet as we scurry toclass. 1 ggpaB^i P*:To be short, it was a master-stroke on the part of MSGPresident Mike Heller and thosethat helped him in the cause. Upuntil May 16 the Hurst com-munity was not much more thana collection of fragments.Activity Day-turned out to becommunity builder' this schoolhas been looking for.The day of fun and frolic mayhave helped education SAC as towhat the students want. The ageof I coffeehouses, JL moviemarathons and other passiveactivities, has passed. Bring onthe dances ana other activitiesthat give the student a chance toblow off some steam. 1jiOf course there were those thatthought the day was a waste oftime and tuition. Certain facultymembers were so adamant intheir criticism of the off-day thatthey held classes,- disregardingthe dictum passed down by theDean and the division heads thatcancelled classes. . i J 'p The dissenter's main thrustseemed to be that Activity Daywould take a class day from whatalready was a short term. Theyfelt that this was helping furtherthe decay of academic quality atMercyhurst> *&fl> * *. *I Personally, j 11 think, theirargument was pretty weak.Activity Day was planned duringwinter term, far enough in ad-vances to let {faculty get theirlesson plans together keeping theoff-day in mind. -Most of thefaculty were able to do this. A

little foresight should have beenpracticed, olrai^iibtfr w HAnyhow, Activity Day turnedout to be the highlight of the year.The mixture of art, academicsand craziness was just what theschool needed..! knew the daywas going to be something elsewhen I saw Dr. Shane rolling pastme on a skateboard. Isn't itamazing what people do on theirday off? SI | IOne of the ways ill which theschool hopes to cut costs duringthe summer (and possibly nextyear) is by eliminating first shiftsecurity. Two years ago a shiftwas eliminated. The end result ofthis mistake was a number ofrapes that left many peoplewondering how safe the campuswas. i 5 &i>rSi During the past month thesecurity staff nas consisted ofthree officers doing ten-hourshifts. Because of the lack ofmanpower the school has beenleft prey to anyone who happenslo come on campus to do somemidnight shopping. Just ask thegirls In Egan who have .beenripped off in the last three weeks.Now it's commons knowledgethat the school is trying to cutcorners to keepjcosts down.However, 111 can't see ad-ministration's logic in keepingsecurity pared to the bone. If themoney crunch is really that badthen why not let some of the lawenforcement upperclassmenearn their financial aid byworking as security officers?By using the federally fundedwork study program to beef upthe security staff Mercyhurstwould be able to benefit fromadditional personnel withouthurling its budget. With theschool watching its pennies soclosely, t they can't afford toignore these kind ! off op-portunities. *fcfflWnflBSrra 6

Out Of This World?

them e n c i a dI Editor-in-chief Steve Frisina.u Assistant to the Editor ..Rebecca L. MartinNews Writers.... Raymond Grygo, Rebecca Martin,Vicki Martinago, Alda Walker, Gary WesmanFeature Writers Steve Frisina, Bonnie James,Tim SeltzerPhotographers John Bruno, Jeff Cornish,i Nancy Knobloch Contributing Artists Jamie Borowicz,-gRebecca M artinLayout and Design John Bruno, Steve Frisina Faculty Advisor William Shelley

ootf* A c e . Xkto/ Can A^rffe ft.fts that hiscompany's ' production was atmaximum output and that hethought the gas shortage wouldbe around for the next 20 years.He thinks there are going to besome drastic changes in theAmerican lifestyle.Already the American public isbeginning to feel the crunch. Thesummer tourist traps arepreparing for one of their worstseasons ever, and airlines arebeginning to cut down thenumber of flights offered. People

are finally becoming aware ofwhat'' the term energyij crisismeans, ^vtifet % ?*a That is, everyone except theestimated 300,000 people who willbe attending our yearly tribute tothe automobile. Personally, Ithink the dinosaur deserved abetter fate than to travel at 185miles per hour. | r J p*|H Take Note HDuring the period ranging from1972 to 1076 this school had onstaff app roxim ately- eightsecurity officers.* During thenight shift three officers wouldpatrol the campus making surethat everything was safe forstudents. I I J J; At! this- time the ! schoolpresently employs three securityofficers. For the past month thesemen nave been working 10-hourshifts. During this time numerousacts of vandalism and larcenyhave rifled the campus. ?fThis leads one to an interestingquestion; Do the people on top atthis college care about the safetyof the students? If the answer isyes. then what steps are beingtaken to ensure this safety? IRecently students nave beenasked to keep their complaintsconfined to this campus con-cerning thefts and other crimesthat may have been commited.Hence, the Erie police force isbeing ignored and unused.1 Two years a go a girt; wasbrutally raped on Briggs Avenue.Certain parties asked that nomention be made of this incidentto the local media. The news didreach the media and MercyhurstCollege received & Jblack eve. _.What tlie-school failed torealize then was that the maladydetected was not a black e ye butthe first signs of a cancer. As aresult, the well-being of thestudents of this college is goingdown the tubes.Who's responsible for this? It'sthe same persons who, instead ofdownplaying a crime done untothem, will call the Erie policeforce in search of justice. Thelocal authorities are at yourdisposal as well. The choice is

Letterm Thank You

Now that Activity Day hascome and gone, I would like tolhank all of those who helpedmake the day a success. Thecooperation I received from alllevels jrt^ the colleae^was x_srandingT My" thanks to T)eanMillar and the entire ad-ministration for taking such arisk and providing us with theopportunity to hold the day. Iwould also like Mo extend mythanks to SAGA for taking thelunch outside and la specialthanks to maintenance for doinga sfantastic job with all theequipment. 1 S I

*To the students I offer mygratitude, not only for helping putthe day together, nut for handlingyourselves in such a fine mannerall day throughout the day. I amconfident that your actions willenable you to hold more jsuchdays in the future. I P M B B M E *On the negative side. I wouldlike to apologize for the mixupwith the raffle. Many people wereinformed that they need not havebeen present to win when in factthey had to be. We are attemptingto compensate those of you whowere disappointed. Our in-tentions were to get people in-volved and we felt that byrequiring presence at the rafflewe could increase the number ofpeople participating. I am surethat this problem will be takencare of in the future. ;' * .-

.Again, thanks to all of you formaking the first annual ActivityDay a success. 4 Mike Heller

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Tlie Mercyhurst library staffand work study people would liketo wish Flora Szkotnicki a warmfarewell and a vote of gratitudefor a job well done as CirculationSupervisor for the past eightyears. fShe will surely be missed, notonly by her co-workers, but by allof the library patrons as well.Therefore,we would like to wishFlora good luck and.God'sblessings in all future endeavors.

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MAY 25,1979 THE MERCIAD PAGE 3Rape Legislation Faces Senateby Phyllis PiefferThe Merciad has offered in-formation and opinions on avariety of topics. One area that Isee a need to expand into islegislative policy issues.Recently I have realized that Ihave lacked initiative and in-terest for too long. I have becomeaware that many legislatorsdepend on letters to inform themof the views of the people they aretrying to represent. How can theyknow what we want if we don'tlet them know? f; BYou might ask, "What can theMerciad do?". I know that I haveoften pleadedJignorance oncurrent issues. I often said thatthere just wasn't enough time tokeep informed. The Merciadcould eliminate these excuses.B It could include a columnpresenting a current pendinglegislative bill and give objectiveinformation on possible im-plications. It could also give thename and* address of thelegislator to be contacted. Acolumn like this could wipe outthe typical excuses for not takingour responsibility as citizensseriously. | mRtOne issue that I have recentlybecome J interested S in is thecurrent treatment of rape vic-tims. Women who have beensexually assaulted usually haveno idea of what 3 to expect, ifthey go to the hospital or police.S Currently rape crisis centersare attempting to meet the needsof the rape victim. The Penn-sylvania Coalition ion {Rapedescribes J the I rape crisisprogram I as I "n i organizationwhich has a primary programcomponent that provides directservices, | including, j but I notlimited to, crisis intervention in-formation and-or referral, andaccompaniment j through themedical, police,! and* judicialsystem." H I I fc;i IThese I centersl have done agreat deal to improve the waythat rape victims are treated.Thes e cente r s need to s pend to

spend a great deal of time,however, trying j to obtain fun-ding. If they are to continue toprovide:,this important service,they need-a reliable and per-manent source of income.On May 7th Senator Opake ofReading, Pennsylvania spon-sored a bill that would establishthe Pennsylvania Office OnVictims as an i administrativeoffice of the executive depart-ment. This office will apply for,contract! for, 'allocate anddisburse funds. It \ will alsoestablish standards and evaluateprogram effectiveness.It is important to note that thisoffice would not increase taxes.Rather, it would be paid!forthrough an addition $10.00 courtcost for all who plead guilty andare convicted of any crime, andthrough an increaseof $5.00 in thefee for a marriage license. gjIf we support the creation of thePennsylvania Office On Victims,we are saving that we want to seeour local I rape crisis centerscontinue to offer their importantservice to the community.If you would like to support thisbill write to: Mtt w B f e9 Senator Opake fjjBHBaHBfcf Room 172 1 35SB8S| Pa. Senate Capitol Bid. SH|j?a Harrisburg, Pa. 17120 fifp tfeOr: Sag' Senator Quentin Orlando B$S5 105 Professional Bldg. iS&3rIf Erie, Pa. 16501 HJ PSfefwEngagement Announced1 Richard Joseph Bachmaierand Cynthia Lynn Haines wouldlike to formally announce theirengagement to the Mercyhurstcommunity. They met here fouryears ago when they were bothfreshmen and have been goingstrong ever since. rcS 1Richard is presently employedat the Toensmeir InsuranceAgency as an insuranceinvestigator. Cynthia is going onto graduate school in the fall.This summer she will be em-ployed at Caesar's Casino inAtlantic*City, New Jersey.

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Evangelist iExperienceRecaI ledby Bonnie Jam es J v J \It started out like a revivalmeeting. Claps pulsating injolting rhythms solidified thevibration of swelling voices. Tile crippled stood and dancedin exultation. The nearmuteresounded with joyous song.Each person radiated an energyof his own that increased with theinteraction of other surroundingenergies. The atmospherepounded like a beating drum,jarring my equilibrium andcreating a dull, constant achewithin my body, jlfeja OThe woman sitting next to mewas from Alabama. She seemedto contain an i inner peace, I adivine serenity. But her eyes,wide and glistening,-shone withanxiety. She was different fromme. She seemed so vulnerable. .rjo honest, so pure. |>< %All around me they were dif-

ferent. They were the people whofeasted on bread crumbs andIglorified in the gift of a smile,while I rode on the throne ofacceptance and success. But thistime I was the outcast, gThe voice of the guitar onlyechoed now; the claps, shoutsand praises subsided. As manstepped up to the microphone Hebegan to announce the speakerwho drew this crowd a 200-mileradius. K E H B B J ISERThe murmurs settled; the roomhushed; and^even as I the an-nouncer uttered the speaker'sname, he padded the tone of hisvoice with a gentle reverance.Slowly, amidst the tender thrillof applause, Jean \ Vanierascended to the stage, and as hedid so, the woman next to meleaned over and exclaimed,"He'sour'brother", atHis face was modest, but his

presence exuded j a { glowingwarmth that surrounded ourphysical boundaries and probedour inner ones.He spoke on loneliness, on theabsence of "touching" within our[culture. He emphasized the needfor j reassurance of love and(security within our families. He'focused on the wealth of childrenand their funlimited realm ofknowledge potentially availableto the adult world.E But it was not so much what hesaid - it was the woman besideme, the wheelchair behind meand his penetrating eyes in frontof me. I |j&$4 After the lecture ended and wewere filing out the door, myfriend turned to < me andasked,"So what do you think?""After something like that," Isaid, "you don't think; you onlyfeel."

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Overall view of Activity Day shows that lots of students ljke to have a good tim e. The poise and grace of Sheilagh Murphy draws a crowd to the danceperformance. , \x-""^'^L i -*'I -^-'*~v : X,K

feeing a Judge gives Pete Benekos a taste for the High Life. Sun Mountain fills the grotto with the sound of bluegras s.AttOQMMQODmy^O

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SPRING 1979FINAL EXAM SCHEDULEIWEDNESDAY. MAY 3 0 . 1979""]C l a s s e s t ha t M e e tMWFMW

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^THURSDAY, MAY 31 . 197 9 MW 12:00- 1:50 PMClasses that MeetTTh 8:00-10:00 AMTTh 10:00-12:00 NoonTTh 12:00- 2:00 PMTTH 2:00- 4:00 PMTTh 4:00- 6:00 PMTTH 6:00- :00 PMTTh 8:00-10:00 PM

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C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S t o the s tu den t schosen as 1979-1980 PACE ProgramS tu den t s Assistants:

Malinda ColemanLisa DuffyMichael EvanTracy FullerSusan GustafsonChristopher MeyersRobin TullTimothy Weeks

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I All Seniors expecting to receive a signeddiplomo on June 3, 1979, must have all billspaid in full in the BUSINESS OFFICE by WED-NESDAY, MA Y 30, 1979 a t 4:30 p.m.Also, NDSL recipients must have completedtheir exit interviews by the above date.

Dear B usiness Division Students,the time of my departure from Mer~cyhurst, most of you were home for Springbreak. This did not give us a chance to saygoodbye. I did not want the year to endwithout my doing so.

It seems like a long time ago since thestudent-faculty gathering in early fall. Thatnight 1 told you that if J had one credential thatwas important to you, it was that I cared aboutyou both inside and outside the classroom.Your caring for me and the confidence youplaced in me helped me immeasurably in mywork as Business Division Chairperson. Thankyou for your support. ..,- %: -^L, -:::r... ^ :Good luck to those of you w ho will leave M er-cyhurst to begin new endeavors in careers orother activities. I wish those of you who willremain at the college continued success.Farewell *****- * ft t * i i K h i ' . 9 *

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At Sports Banquetby Andy Findlay

Highlighted by a series ofspecial award presentations, theAthletic Department held i t sannual Athletic Awards Banquetin th e Campus Center Mondayevening, honoring it s athletes ofthe recently completed athleticyearj&fMac McShane, served a smaster of'cer emon ies I for th eaffair, recognizing a l l male an dfemale varsity letter winnerswith awards commensurate withtheir respective number of yearsparticipation.$ '

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Phil Dubsky Tennis star, Phil Dubsky, wonthe Scholar-Athlete Award andthe Dean Garvey Award. DianeMasterson collected the femaleScholar-Athlete Award and MaryAnn King took the Dean GarveyAward for women. * \J.The buffet[ style dinnerpreceded the presentation of theteam awards. Each freshmanathlete received a mountedcertificate, sophomores . juniorscollected jackets and all seniorswere presented with trophies."Mac" introduced the varsitycoaches who each, in turn, spokeabout the success of their teams.Mike . Cusack, I AthleticDirector, introduced;the LakerAwards ? for outstandingachievement, attitude and effortin each of the ten Mercyhurstvarsity sports. Debbie Cnilcottreceived the award for women'stennis for leading the team to thewomen's r Keystone Conferencetitle in her freshman year. AndyFindlay took the honor in men'stennis after winning the Numberl Singles and Number 1 doublestitles in NAIA District 18 play.Gary W eber, who at one point inthe season was ranked fiftn in thenation for scoring, took the honoron behalf of the soccer team . TheErnes t Gar tner ! Crew {Awardswent to outstanding seniors

Frank Dix and NadineBelovarac. * sj- IMary Ann King? andf JeffCornish were given the honors forbasketball. | $JCoach Cusack stated, "Hecame back from beyondoblivion." Cusack was referringto Terry Kelly, the formerMerciad Sports Editor. Kelly wasrated the most valuable Lakerbaseball performer this year. Sue Cavalancia received thevolleyball vote, . and Pam"Rookies" Wolfe, the top softballaward, f f wA special presentation wasmade to Dr. Ernie Agresti, theathletic teams physician.As well as thex ten VarsitySports, Mercyhurst fields a nintramural program under thedirection Vof D a n O'Connor.Leading competi t iors SharonConnors, Cheryl Duda, DeniseKorsch, J i m 'Digger' Daley, J o eFord and Al Lonczak representedthis department. f f fFirs t year coach DennisRanalli led the women's tennislearn ^to th eir first * Women'sKeys tone Conference Cham-pionship. "We worked hard, h a da lot of fun and w e won th e WKC.The banner, now hanging in theCampus Center, will be the firstof many, " r emar ked RanalliMary Ann King w as presentedwith an award fo r being anoutstanding senior athlete.This year , Clarke "* W rayboasted th e crew program withhis experience an d guidance.Frank Dix, Nadine Belovarac,Casey Cronin and Al N a s ereceived special awards fo r theirmany years of service to Mer-cyhurst Crew. S - | HMen's coach A l Belovaracspoke highly of his squad, ex -plaining .how they I recoveredfrom a shaky start to exhibit vastimprovement by th e end of theyear.-* He explainedlhow Mer-cyhurst can now compete withthe power crews of Notre Dame,Cornell a n d West VirginiaU n iver s i ty ; y e t they stillm a n a g e d t o * call t l i s"Merkyhurst" and "Maryhurst."For the'J women, J a y Mar-cinowski s teered t h e w omenthrough th e season to a varsityfour and varsity eighth win a tW.V.U., Marcinowski presentedan outstanding coxswain awardto Laurie Mahnken.

Cheerleaders ' advisor EleanorWiniarczyk introduced her squadby announcing that they willcheer a t home soccer games inthe fall. This is the first year thatthe cheerleaders have been in-corporated; in the Laker awardsystem, a s they are a part of awinning basketball team. Mini

AttentionSeniors!!Senior Party Iat the Stadium Lounge26 East 26th St.from 1-4 p.m.WEDNESDAY, MAY 30Bring your own M UG

Mickler was honored as the lonesenior on the squad.Introducing t h e bas ke tba l lcoach, McShane commented,"He made th e local press \ ea ttheir words." Dan O'Connor waswritten off by the media beforethe season began, bu t bouncedback with a 15-12 tally. T h ea lw ays modes t Laker men to rdesignated a lot of the credit for asuccessful year to the formerassistant, Steve Huefner. "Stevemeant a lot to our program an dI'm sorry to see him leave," saidO'Connor. Seniors Dick "Duke "

^ ^ M a r y A n n K i n gBrickell and Bruce "Helicopter"Hennings received awards fortheir dedication toy Lakerbasketball.* j s \ BBBr* "The year has had its ups anddowns, but it was a tremendousaccom plishme nt? to win ISgames, said the Laker chief."This year we were probably twogames aw ay from the District 18playoffs. Nexfyear we should bethere.1! \ | 5jj m^W "We were inexperienced; wewere sm all, but we did as well aswe could this year," said CoachRhonda Carlson, J speaking onbehalf of girls basketball. TheLakers were 8-9 overall and 4-3 inthe Ketstone- Conference. Thetallest starter on the squad was amere 5'7", so it was a tough taskthat the Laker basketball girlsfaced. Seniors Mary Ann Kingand Diane Masterson werehonored for their four-year ef-forts on the basketball court. | p"They were awesome, and wewere not so awesom e."^ Thisquote is from M ike Cusack aboutthe Point*.Park Pioneers whoproved t oo strong for the Lakersm the NAIA D istrict 18 baseballplayoff game. The team was 9-4in the fall term and 12-8 in thespring. Assistant coaches GarryCordes and Frank Trigillo hadmuch to do with the success thisyeaft Terry Kelly,J a com-munications senior was "theteam's leading hitter this year.He hit .367 and had 25 base hits.Ray Grass and Ron Colemanwere the other two seniorshonored for baseball. A specialpresentation was made i to JoHeflinger for outstanding serviceto the baseball team. - 4 * V ^ :" Dave | Shimpeno's soccerplayers made the championshipgame in NAIA District 18, but,like the baseball team, fell iustshort of their goal at the lasthurdle. In an exciting televisedgame, Behrend clipped the'Hurst 2-1. "I don't expect to loseto them next year. We play hard,tough, aggressive soccer, and Iinvite you all to come and supportus in the fall,".* said Shimpenowho founded soccerj at Mer-cyhurst. Jim Riley and BobGeorge will graduate this termand Shimpeno. will miss {their.

performances on the field. Fre sh-men Bret Blomberg and DonSmith were standout recruits whomade the all-star team in theWestern Pennsylvania CollegiateSoccer Conference. 'Shimpe no,who is a fourth year coach, iscurrently involved in presentingthe first Laker Soccer Camp thissummer.Senior Jane y Nestor was on thevolleyball squad that'had a 14-6season. *This is the most, suc-cessful year since^thefspikersfirst played at Mercyhurst. TheyI ied for third place in the WKC,but coach Susanne Jarrett, whowas on that first laker volleyballteam, explained, "Next year I'msure we'll do a lot better." iCoach Janet Price spoke highlyof the soft ball* team when sheintroduced them as a unit, "Ifthere is a team on this campusthen we have it." Price continuedexplaining. Seniors Janey Nestorand Diane Masterson receivedtheir last acclaim and specialmention went to Tina "Hotshot"Tomczak; and JPam "Rookie"Wolfe.