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The Dawning S3She awoke with a start fromher dream and rolled over ? tocheck the time. It would be hoursbefore her alarm went off but itWas impossible to fight thegrowing fear and excitement andgo back to sleep. Sitting on theedge of the bed, she recalled bitsof her dream; the golden halos ofthe candles' flames, the bouquetof tiny blue forget-me-nots, andthe satiny whiteness that seemedto surround her. "Ah well, there'sno use wasting time^dreamingabout my big day. I may as wellget ready for it!" Brushing theveil of hair from her face, shepressed the alarm button on herclock and stood up. "Wher! I feela little groggy. Probably frommy* celebration last night. My^"^ private gftinfl *"y party.Mother always told me to sack towarm milk. But'I just had torejoice on the eve of my big day,my new beginning."She padded down the hall to thebathroom, as jittery as a hid onthe first day of school Climbinginto the shower, her knees shooka bit and her hand trembled asshe reached for the faucet. "Nowcalm yourself down, young lady.It's going to be all right," she saidto herself. "God, I'm beginning tosound just like Mother. Please,don't let that happen. I don't wantto ever be that noisy andpossessive. That's one reason I'mgoing to go through *with thiswhole thing. To get away fromMother and her eternal com-plaints about me."Quickly lathering herself withhen, rose-scented soap, sheworried that the running watermight wake her mother.Hopefully she had taken . herusual number of sleeping pills thenight before.Jdg>u ^.^^a^k

1 The | rosy scent filled hernostrils and the rushing waterfelt so good on her back that shesoon forgot about her mother andrevelled in her solitude. Somesoap suds trickled down the backof her neck and tickled her intoreality. She^plunged her headunder Che racing shower to rinseher hair and emerged all squeakyclean and sopping wet. "Just likea little kid." she thought. "I feellike a five year-old embarking ona new adventure." WFeeling content and relievedthat she had finally reached adecision after so many months ofpondering, she mused, "I feel sohappy. I haven't felt this kind ofrelief in a long, long time." Asshe reached to turn the water off,,she noticed a tiny speck of red onher wrist. The scab had beenwashed away and* the bloodtrickled ever so slowly down herarm. She stared at it fascinatedlyfor a moment, then shook herselfand reached for her.towel "Isuppose I should have put abandage on it, but Mother wouldhave noticed for sure and sheprobably would have thought Iwas trying to slit my wrists orsomething grotesque like that."Actually she had nicked herselfon the edge of one of the glasscases at work. * |She worked at Bermann'sJewelers. It was an adequate job.Anything was better man stayingat home. The hours were all rightand her boss didn't bother much.(Except when he would introduceherfto his cronies as his only"available" employee.) But thatwas going to change after today.She giggled. Everyone at workwould be surprised when shedidn't show up. And they wouldreally be shocked when theylound out,why. She hadn't told

anyone about it. J There weretimes when she wanted to talk tosomeone so badly she couldhardly stand it. But she knewthey would never understand. Noone ever understood3 She w as' a mystery to'mostpeople because they - neverBothered to listen to her. Or atleast that's the way she felt,which made it as true as fact toher. No oneknew the pain she hadexperienced, the anguish whenher father had died. And then hermother had taken sick shortlyafter her sister had \beenmarried. The responsibility of thehousehold had fallen unfairly onher shoulders. No one knew shehad felt trapped into an existenceof housework and bickering withher mother. She could never keepthe house clean enough, nor cook.well enough,". nor - answer thetelephone fast enough to pleaseher mother.gJMy dear, sweet,demanding, pushy, complainingmother!" Tnat was2 a majorportion of her previous unhap-piness.' Her mother had lost toomany people too .soon and nowshe just couldn't let go of another.But she was determined to breakher mother's hold on her. She wasgoing to be free at last."Mother will be so upset whenshe finds out what I've done.She'll probably cry. But Fm sotired of her running and ruiningmy life. She has destroyed anyrelationship 1 ever had withanyone besides*herself. Sh ebelittledg my friends. She gotupset when I went out with themor even talked about them. I can'tbelieve I'm finally going to be outof her reach." She smiled, "She'llhate me for doing this \horriblething' to l her. 'What will theneighbors say?' I can hear hercursing God for letting it happen.

'Why did you let my little girlleave me?' She said the samething when Julie got married.Mother never was terriblyoriginal." $ v |s fThinking about her mother andher tiresome meddling somehowmade her feel better. It helpederase any doubts and it gave hercourage. She snuggled up in herfleecy robe and thoughts Hermother wasn't the only reasonshe was doing it, of course. Sheneeded to feel warm andprotected lan d loved, like herfather always made her feel. Sheneeded someoneto hink of her asan individual and yet to feel shewas a part of a whole, like afragile flower petal Each a littledifferent from the rest and yet alltogether they formed somethingbeautiful. "How heavenly tobelong at last. But enough of this,I'm wasting time. Mother isbound to wake up soon." fcjg She went to her closet andcarefully removed the whitegarment she had gotten just forthis very special occasion. Sheslipped it over her head andchecked the mirror to see how itlooked.. "Not bad." she thought."I look just like a bride. I'm glad.I want to look beautiful and pureand .S3 and great!"nShe sighed and sat in *herrocking chair. She rocked slowly,lost in the gray predawn mistand in her thoughts. She wasbeginning to fee) nervous again.The anger of a few minutes agohad subsided and a creeping fearof leaving behind everything shehad known began to set in. "No,I've got to be strong." she toldherself. "If I don't go throughwith it today, now, I may neverhave another chance. I'll just endup wallowing in this swamp ofdespair and loneliness, Besides I

want to do it. I've dreamed ofgoing down that able in churchand having all the people thereand the flowers on the altar. AndI've dreamed of having the priestsaying the words of the ceremonyand Julie crying because she losther little sister. And the peopleafterwards saying how lovely itall was and how beautiful Ilooked. I want to do it. I have todo it!" InShe quit rocking and went toher dressing table. Slowly"4 sheopened the lid of her jewelry boxand took out a bottle of pills hermother had gotten for her to h elpher nerves. "Mother has come inhandy for something,:-anyway."If ever she needed som e nerve, itwas now. She took the b ottle andsat back in her rocker. The skywas beginning to turn the palelavender of early spring lilacs asshe smoothed her dress on herlapso it would not wrinkle. It wasgoing to be a lovely day. "Abeautiful day for a wedding." Shesat back and rocked, to calm hernerves and to wait until it wastime jjyL J*3 Her mother found her later thatmorning when she went in to gether up for work, There she sat inherCrocking chair, prettier thanshe had ever been. She lookedmore calm than she had everbeen. She looked so calm foronce, so serene and content, withthe early morning sunlightplaying on her closed eyes. Thereshe sat in her rocking chair,hands folded neatly on her lap. asif in prayer. There she sat in herrocking chair, quite lifeless, thebottle that contained her nerve,empty, by her side. Her big dayhad arrived at last.??. iFinis 'r, *

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I f OCTOBER 12. 1*79 I THEMIRCIAD PogtS\ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ^ 5Prince William County Public Schools, MOO Tudor Lane. Manassas, VA, la seeking applicants for immediate and-or futureopenings in classroom positions for teachers of Learning Disabled or Emotionally disturbed students. Salary is competitiveand you should be eligible for VA. Certification. For further information contact Mr. Allan B. Nixon Supervisor of Elemen-tary Personnel-Special Education Personnel. ~ w wMentor Public Schools, 6ttl Center S t, Mentor, Ohio, 44060, is presently looking to fill four (4) positions They are inneed of two (2) Guidance Counselors and Mentall> Retarded. For further information please contact Ms.S> lyia Holland at717) 624-4616. * K *-*I , F j ^ National Bank at 8th and State Sts. is presenU> looking for a Warehouse Clerk, for a Full-time position. Contact Ms.Irene Mussolf in person.Nu-Motors at 8670 Peach St. needs a Salesperson who is aggressive with no previous sales experience in car sales. Must beclean cut ana well dresse d. The position is paid b> commission, the annual sala n should be around $12,000 or better. Call Stevefor an appointment at 868-4805Household Finance Compan> is looking to ml the position of Branch Representative Management Trainee. Musi be over 21>ears old and possess a car. The position is fulltime Monria> - Frida>. from 8:30 to 5:30 and the rate of pay is $670 a month Fo ran interview please contact Mr. Hall at 800*3161. - ,2 ESS* &The Cooperative Extensive Service at Penn State Universit) has a vacancj as Assistant Extension Agent - HomeEconomics. The position location will be In Carbon Court). The basic eligibility requirements are a Bachelor's degree in HomeEconomics is preferred and must qualify for acceptance ipto graduate school. Must possess teaching; educational evaluation,and program development skills. Demonstrate positive human relations and effective communications skil ls. Send applicationto: Dr. C.S. Oliver. 323 Agr. Admin. Bldg.. University Park, PA 16802. Applications must be received by October31,1979.Iroquois Jr-Sr High School is in need of an Assistant Swim Coach, starting from November until Februan The sal an is $845.Contact Jim Magruderat 899-7641 for more information, gMrs. Narbut at 2121 Fairmount Pkw> is seeking help around the house. Doing odd and jobs. Hours are flexible and the saiarjwill be around $3.00-14.00 per hour. Also she is interested in someone to teach Disco Lessons for an afternoon a week. She iswilling to pa> around $4.00 per hour. g ' *' 4 t }i *U-Frame-It located at 3860 Peach St. is in need oflwo (2) students to help frame pictures. No experience necessar). willtrain. Call first for appointment. Hours will be Monda) and Frida) nights and Saiurriax hours. Sa lan is $2.75 per hour. Fo rmore information call Mike Mas)na at 868-)221. ;} % &The Suburban YWCA at 26th SI. will need a Swim Desk Clerk, to band out locker ke\s. bathing suits, and give informationThe position is part-time twent)-six (26) hours a week. Contact Gwen Schroder at 838-9671.Meadow Brook at 2365 Buffalo Road needs a part-time Accountant, flexible hours. The salan will >e around $3.25-3.35 perhour. Contact Maureen Edwards for appointment at 899-3191. 5 *f M * &Times Square in the Millcreek Mall is seeking sales help, must appl) in person between the hours of 10a.m. and 6 p.m. to JitaHowell. Thesalan is $2 90 plus bonus. The hours are Mondax thru Frida) 12p.m. to A p.m. and Saturday* 10a.m -6p.m Hourswill increase around the middle of Novem ber due to the Christmas Holiday **5? - ^W v fif \ ou would like to receive the Merciad for the emplo\ ment listings, please contact the CareerSendee please contact our of-fice to get on the mailing list. !T " * & -&; 4C j?;J a m e s w a ) C o r p o r a t i o n w i l l be o n c a m p u s r e c r u i t i n g s t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t e d i n s a l e s m a n a g e m e n t and law e n f o r c e m e n t . P l e a s e

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j s Research the Company Before the InterviewChecking our a company before an interview is a must. Itnot only helps you understand the company better, but yourknowledge of the company will help sell you.t At Mercyhurst, we have made on-campus recruiter in-terviewing easier. Each on-campus interviewer has providedthe Career Services office with pamphlets, year-end reports,and other pertinent information about their company. Thisinformation has been placed in boxed files and is available toyou. By perusing the information, you can make intelligentchoices about interviewing or not interviewing with eachcompany. iJ? Take advantage of the information available in the CareerServices office at 204 Main regarding the numerous com-panies that will be oncampus November 3 and 4. Keep inmind that should you desire to interview with any of thesecompanies, you must have completed and returned the twoforms by October 19th. J- S Before ^researching the company, know your ownrequirements, then find the organization that best meetsthose requirements.jjl The Career Services office is on campus to help you for-mulate career plans, provide information as to resumewriting or interviewing techniques, and to help you find theposition you desire.* Take advantage of these and other ser-vices. It will be time well spent.

*?f TeachingTrue, the number of students entering college will begin todrop in the 1980's. But the number of students in teacher-training programs has declined even faster in recent years.So sharp has this decline been from 332,000 teachers in 1972to 190,000 in 1978 that some observers predict a newteacher shortage by 1985.5 "We're concerned that w e're not going to be able to keep upwith the demand, especially in special education," says BobReifschneider, placement director for the University ofMissouri's College of Education. "Reading teachers ar e a t apremium. And learning disability teachers are in short sup-ply. Last year, we had such a demand for social scienceteachers that we couldn't answer the demand. Certainly, thedemand is also there in mathematics, science and industrialarts. We're also finding that there is a demand at the secon-dary level for people who can teach more than one subjectarea."P The need for teachers who can also double as coaches, addsReifschneider, is particularly pressing these days.(Taken from the Septem ber 15, 1979 issue of the CAMReport.) f

Carpe DiemWeekendBusiness reorosenta lives from I B.M.. the.CJ.A.. Xerox, General 3 Telephone, anriI others will be on campus November 2 forCarpe Diemj*kem^^^^(i _ -^> B ( - i B^_ ^ TWWftjSfdfll'* businesses are senning

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THE MERCIAD OCTOBER 12, 1979Des Moines Prepares For Pope

Dear Mom and Dad,Last week I told you that thecollege rejected the candidacy ofPope John Paul for thepresidency. It seems that wewere afraid tha t, if he b ecamepresident that would make usmore Catholic than Gannon andneither we nor they could livewith that image. *But while the Pope 'was oncampus being interviewed for th epost he said some interestingthings that I thought you mightwant to know.You remember that during th ePope's historic visit to the U nitedStates he visited President Carte.What most people don't know isthat the Secret Service insistedn running a security check onhim. After all, they couldn't takemy chances and in some of hisspeeches he did sound un-American. M TImagine a foreigner coming toAmerica and calling for theredistribution of wealth. ThePope also spoke about*, disar-mament and that really scaredthe Secret Service. People whotalk about disarmament areexactly the kind of people whoare part of the lunatic fringe andnave to be watched.When the Pope told me tha t, hehad a glint in his eye. I asked himabout it and he said that he didn'tmind being investigated.What the Secret Service didn'tknow, he said, was that (theVatican Security Force did asecurity check on Jimrm Carterand decided that aslong as he didn't challenge thePope to a 10 kilometer race, therewas nothing to fear. IOne good thing, I suppose, thePope did give his blessing to ourfinal choice for president Cs) ofMercyhurst. wffiy '%Your Loving Son,f Sport>

Students Attend Conference[ Oni October^ 4,j five studentsFom lheTTorrec*tTdnsProgram atMercyhurst participated in,theNorthwest Region conference ofi he Pa. Association on Probation,Parole, and Corrections. ^The conference, which washeld at Cross Creek Resortoutside of Titusville, was coveredto assess"; and discuss the in-terpretation and implication ofthe Criminal History RecordInformation Act 47 of 1979 (for-merly Act 305). s 4The students, Patty Clark, BobHeftka. Tom Circle, Sue Goodgeand Mary Shade; assumed therole of a law enforcement orcorrections official and devised askit to depict how initial misin-terpretation of this act resulted inbreakdown of communicationand cooperation, as well asgenera l confusionuj amongcriminal justice personnel andagencies. J |The skit, which was used tointroduce the conference and setthe stage for discussion of thetopic, was prepared by thestudents and presented as ademonstration of how criminaljustice agencies and personnelwere affected by various in-terpretations ofgthis legislation.The second day of the conferencewas devoted to discussion fo thelegislation which affected theJuvenile Court and'ChildrenServices in Pa . !'^ It*'

by Carol LukawskiIf the Holy Father came to yourtown, would you be willing to giveup: going to school? using yourcar for a day? personal time tobe trained as a security,medical or other volunteer? |When your city of only 200,000inhabitants prepares to host ahillside religious service for504.00^, you can be sure the eventwill somehow personally affectyou! fDes Moines, Iowa residentsfound themselves in a flurry ofplanning, coordinating, andexecuting activity ever sinceAugust 29 of this year when JohnPaul II announced his intention ofvisiting them on Thursday,October 4.Both public and private schoolswere closed on the big day. Thisaction, which gave the studentsthe opportunity to participate inthe day's activities, enabledschool buses and their drivers toform the nucleus of a massiveshuttle system which transportedpilgrims from a variety of sites inand outside the city.Four husky high school malesfrom tiny Jewel, Iowa, spent thenight in a Gremlin at one of theshuttle stops in order that theymight catch the first bus to "the-

Farms." Only one of them wasCatholic. When asked why aProtestant would come to see thePope, one of the boys replied,"The Pop e has a lot of sway in theworld." | aAll traffic was diverted from I-80 to 1-235 as of 6 p.m. W ednesdayevening as Des Moines wassystematically sealed off fromthe outside world. Urbandale,which at 3 miles is actually closerto Living History Farms than DesMoines, used a sticker system toenable residents to pass throughsecurity roadblocks, thoughaccess was limited solely to one'scolor-coded section of town.On Thursday, only peopleworking at the Papal visit siteand having the appropriateSticker, could drive their cars atall; violators were subject to a$500 fine and i 30 f days im-p r i s o n m e n ! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^Pensive Des Moines residentsfaced a g as dilemma: would theirprecious pilgrim tourist tradecarry off their precious fuelallotment for the month? Localradio stations came to the rescuean d broadcast. a plea totravelers: please fill your tank

before arriving in the city, andrefill after leaving.Hotels and motels in the areawere booked within a week afterthe date was set Friends andrelations filled guest rooms,camped in back yards, andparked trailers in driveways.'Last-minute ^visitors had dif-ficulty finding nearby lodging;at an information center 150miles outside the city, late-comers were advised to beginlooking for overnight ac-comodations at the nearest exitbecause the city was sosaturated.Many businesses closed up forthe day, and Uncle Sam'sworkers were no less enthusiasticabout the opportunity. The CivilLiberties Union, however, in anattempt to keep governmentworkers on the job and thusmaintain separation of churchand state, took the issue to cou rt;(heir suit was dismissed.Commercially^ there wereprograms, buttons , pennants ,and t-shirts to prepare, as well asthe awarding of the concessioncontract to a local cateringservice, which set up tents andparked semi trailers at severalspots throughout the grounds toaccomodate the half-millionpeople expected.\ Phone service was alsoavailable in semi trailers at fivelocations. Depending upon thegood or service offered, profitwent straight to a denim pocket;toward publishing books for aspecial ed school; defraying costsof the free services (e.g., buses);and. of course, to commercialgain. i '. SI-In the short five-week leadtime, thousands of volunteerslent their time and talents towardthe effort. Medical teams,stationed every few hundred feetthroughout the crowd and easilyidentified by their pinneys, werebacked up by three ambulancesand six first.a id stations. j j. The se curity force* wasespecially impressive, keepingfirm control of the crowd withoutcreating tension. Hundreds ofncres f ^o rn ~" nd hay^wereharvested and stored in the lastweek alone; the setting up ofphysical ?facilities followed:sound system, altar, press stand,choir risers, water, and restrooms. Oh yes, let's not forget theliturgy and interfaith worshipservice planning committees!

Inter CollegeFall RetreatStudents from various Collegesfrom Northwestern PennsylvaniaOctober 12, 13 and 14Diocesan LodgeCorry, Pa. II Cost $5.00Sign up in Campus MinistryOpportunity to: play, pray and share

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En route to Des Moines, the travelling Merciad staffencountered picturesque mid-western scenery.

And now, for all you fans underthe Big.Top (drum roll) the an-swer to last weeks riddle: Simplyask either computer which doorthefcother computer would>saywas the safe one. The responsewill always be the wrong door. Goout the other one! jHave you ever walked a tight-rope? We clowns are very ver-satile. If you'll come along* I'llshow you how it's done. And I'llexpla in this riddle business w hilewe climb. **L. The point of riddling is that,given a question we presumethere will be a satisfying answer.Our questioning mind and theanswers it accepts seem to gotogether like eyes and light orlike ears and sound. All of scienceis built on the assumption that if Iask a question about quantifiablereal i ty a what is this p a p e r madeoi"? - wny is there an eclipse"' - Tcan expect to discover an answer.But in the end, science like allother rational knowledge stopsdead in its tracks when asked toexplain the unity and totality ofourfworld and reality: why isthere anything, and why arethings ultimately connected? & 1Don't look down now! Its acouple of hundred feet andthere's no net tonight But don'tworry, the platform is safe.?With these questions, both thescientist and the clown peer intothe abyss. We stand at the edge ofexistence, I and the universe ashuge posed questions (why am Ihere?) facing a nameless,rim-penetrable something we cannotdominate with our concepts. "Outthere ." there is either "Nothing"which reduces all our existence tonon-sense or there is an in*conceivable mystery which isworthy of our highest regard andworship. , I $Now comes the hard partfiftyfeet across the rope to the otherplatform. Either we walk acrossor we go back down. What'U itbe ? Most people, I think, comeinescapably to this "either-or" atsome moment of life the deathof a loved one, some severebetrayal, a moment when our

total helplessness breaks pain-fully thro ugh. Then we choose toflee into hopelessness or simplesurrender - let ourselves go intosometh ingi totally O ther. Wesimply entrust ourselves to themystery. We make an act offaith. CWe're half way across. Don'tlook down and don't think toohard about what you're doing.Exciting, isn't it?j W '$.'Belief isn't something you dowith just your head. It's totalinvolvement or i t's nothing. Youdon't just think about it or try tocome to some logical conclusions. You become entirely engagedwith the incomprehensiblemystery - you 4et out on a limb -and you get scared and try to givethe myster\ a name so that youcan address iu call out to it..Did you sav something? Hango n T O n i > " rexVTnofe^tepIS?It has to do first with listeningproperly to yourself. Eve rymoment and even in your life thatchallenged you to riddle, or tohope or to love honestly was andinvitation, an appeal to becomeengaged with J that; in-comprehensible mystery whichalready holds you safely in itsgrasp. Every fragment of truthyou ever took pleasure in, everyhope you ever held on to, andevery ounce of care you lavishedon any part of 9creation was aresponse to the ground of all truthana hope and love.Made it! Ar e you surprised youcould walk a tight rope? You'vebeen practicing a long time andprobably didn't know it Whileyou are up here where the air isso thin you might like to con-template three mystica ls ta tements by some*famouspeople. Leon Tolstoy, the RUBRussian author and mystic said,near the end of his life, "We areall happy - if we only know It"And Thomas Merton, anAmerican contemplative said,"We are all one, it is the work of alifetime to realise i t " Hie Clownsays, "We all have faith, we justdon't know what to call itListen to the crowd cheer.Don't you just love the ap plause.

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MERCYHURST COLLEGEPARENTS WEEKENDOCTOBER 13-14. 1979Saturday, October 139-10 a.m. Registration - Coffee and donutsBack Porch Cafe, Zurn Building,Lower Level. | ;10-1 1 a.m. Conducted campus tours11:30 a.m. L u n c h * - Egan DiRing'HaH'or*-**"*'* ioff campus. F *1 p.m. Alumni/Varsity Baseball Game - :Tul l io F ie ld ;2 p.m. Performing Arts - Recital Hall and/orLitt le Theatre2:30-5:30 Leisure Time5:30-6:15 President's: R eception - Faculty LoungePreston Hal l , Lower Level. f7 p.m. Cocktails - Cash Bar - Metins onPresque Isle. *v7:30 p.m. Buffet Dinner - $8 per person - Metins9-1:30 a.m.';Dance (Informal) -- Metins

Sunday, October 1411 a.m.* Liturgy - Christ the King ChapelMain Bui ld ing | |12 Noon Brunch - Egan Dining Hall

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Baseball SquadTo Host AlumniThe Mercyhurst Collegebaseball team will play the LakerAlumni on Sturday, October 13 at1:00 p. m,^ announced AthleticDirector and \ baseball coach.Mike Cusack. J SJ | JThe game will be played at

Tullio Field featuring such for-mer Laker stars as TomBarringer, Steve Brandon, RonColeman, Kevin Cook, Bo Hen-ning.v Butch Herrman, TerryKelly, Frank Trigilio.fBobWeism lller, Kenny White andKent Williamson. JAccording to Cusack it is ex-pected that several more playerswill be on hand in what is hopedwill be an annual event.Inaddition to the players listed,the Laker Alumni will be coached

by the first 'Hurst Coach, JoeCook. * Cookt initiated anddeveloped the program, leadingthe Lakers to a 29-15 record in1976. "We are happy to have Joeback for this game, and hope thathis many friends will try to at-tend and see him in a Lakeruniform again," said Cusack.Njjjj& "He laid the foundation for aprogram of class and pride whichI have tried to maintain," con-tinued the Laker Coach J j j |5 Cook and k Cusack both 4ex-pressed the hope that many of thelocal fans would turn out to seewhat they think will be a finegame, and ..$& indicated that inthe case of rain the game willbemoved to Sunday, October 14, at1:00 p.m. I fWomen's Tennis ToClose At Home

by Chris TomscazkThe (wom en's* tennis teamfinishes the 1979 campaign withfour home matches. Thursday,October 11, the Lakers take onGrove City in a Keystone Con-ference Game. Villa MariaCollege invades ^MercyhurstMonday October 15 at 4:00. Thenext day the Lakers play Gannonand wrap c the season againstAllegheny on October 18 at 3:00.C. The Lady Lakers were perfectin outings last week, downing"S3 L* -4 L

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Westminster an d Thiel twice. Th ematch string of t h e Laker 's i sextended to 18 consecutive vic-tories. Th e Hurst is now 8-0 forthe season an d 4-0 in Conferenceplay- i g; V fIn the Westminster contest, theLakers managed a 5-2 outing.Debbie Chilcott, number onesingler, smashed Peggy Bruns 6-2.1 6-0.^ Westminster JCathyNicoloff defeated Laker HollyBi mifby scores of 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.Senior Laker Millie Chsice^ex-tended her win streak by downingGinniefConklin 7-6, 6-3. In "thefinal singles contests, DeniseMall ousted Sue Wilson 6-2,6-2.& In doubles play, Kathe Lowryand Chris Stroebel knocked offMelissa Magi la and Sue Shaffer6-3.6-4. With scores of 6-2, 5-7, 6-2,Lakers Judy Richer and JoanPodohnski defeated Kathy Fisherand DeAnn Horner, t In thirdPhylis Hawkins and Lisa Johnsonbeat i Mary j Gousman I andMaureen Cray 6-4, 6-3. &j UAgainst Thiel College, theLakers won 5-2 on the Tomcatscourts, an lashed a 6-1 KeystoneConference^win when Thielplayed at the Laker home terflast Saturday.Volleyball TeamCommences Season

Mark t h e Women's volleyballteam 2-1 in this week's matches.The Lakers defeated Behrendand Villa Maria College. Sand-wiched * be tween thepTwinsMeceryhurst recorded a lossagainst Fredonia. / k r 2In the Fredonia contest, theLakers won the first game 15-9.?We placed the fball well ,"commented Assistant CoachMary Artello. "In the second andthird game we lost ouraggressiveness. We did not callas a team." Coach Artella con-tinued, "We definately lost on ourown errors." The Lakers lost thesecond game 15-11, then fell toFredonia 15-8 for the match;:Mercyhurst regained the in-tenisty against Villa MariaCollege. 5Captain Duising wellplaced serves. Colleen Burbulasand May Mahon aided the 'Hurstwith well timed spikes. With th escore 10-2, Car a Smith of theLakers hit five serves for a 15-2first game edge. 3 |

In the second game, Mer-cyhurst mounted a 12-3 lead. Th eVilla Victors rallied to-a 12-9threat before th e Lakers called at imeout. 'With th e score 14-11 inthe Lak ers favor, Mercy hurs t'sAnne Burbulas smacked a spikefor th e winning point.; y:In th e * Behrend match, th eLakers bounced th e Cubs 15-11and 15-12. Mercyhurst now holdsa 4-3 record this season with th ebulk of Keystone Conferenceaction yet to come. $ j Letter _(Continued from page 2)any of the garbage we take inrunning * intramurals. Mr.Philips, if you don't like the waysthings are run, then don't par-ticipate in them. However, keepyour nose on your own face anadon't ruin intramurals for thosewho still wish to play. &-Andrew J. Giachino

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The Baseball Team, seated in the CampuslCenter, anxiously awaits the Oct. 13confrontation with the alumni, scheduled for 1:00 at Tullio Field. J iLakers* Host Quad Tourney

The Mercyhurst College menstennis team host a quadrangulartournament^ this weekendbeginning Friday, October 12 at 2p.m. The visiting teams makingup the quad are Edinboro, KentState and i the University ^ofPittsburgh. I i IJ "This will be our 4 firstq u a d r a n g u l a r t o u r n e y , "remarked Laker head-coach,Dennis Ranalli, " . . . and itfeatures four of the strongestschools in the tri-state area." JGThe current Lakerjteam hasnever met the Pitt Panthers orKent Scots at Edinboro. $fMercyhurst returns 7 six let-termen from last .year's teamwho were the NAIA District 18champions and tenth rankednationally, t 'pm'% Junior, Tom Chybrzynski, is anAll-American high school per-former who hails | fromBrackenridg e, PA.; Gary D aganhas held down a place on thestarting line up since "walkingon" the team last season. Garycomes from Newcastle, PA. AndyFindlay, from London, England,was 2 last ?year's district 18Number 1 singles winner.!j? Former Mercyhurst Prepstandout Ravinder Sabherwalenters his sophomore year at the'Hurst^as the^Lakers' primeperformer. The team is roundedup with the Spies brothers. Pauland Steve ha ill from St. Peter-sburg. Florida. j& &&.

Friday 's f2 p.m. matchesfeature Mercyhurst against theUniversity of f Pittsburgh and JKent State versus - Edinboro State.? "S sT S 2Saturday at 9 p.m. has Mer- -icyhurst pitted against Edinboroand Kent playing P itt. At 2 p.m. Jthe round-robin tourney si s *completed (with Mercyhurst "%versus Kent! and the Pitt duel fwith Edinboro. j 3The matches will be played attwo sites: Mercyhurst Collegeand the Billie Jean King TennisCenter. I ^ j P $Letter a k %(Continued from page 2)this until you have beenelsewhere. i JFinally, * programs for \par-ticipation ar e plentiful."Activitiesof every sort can be found her e toaccomodate every interest. W%This is not i to say that I amunhappy, because I'm trulysatisfied with my transfer movethus far. I do miss the 'Hurst andstill feel very close to the facultyand students with whom I wasassociated f while attending1Mercyhurst. * 5 -So step back and look again. Ifyou're unhappy here, the chancesare better than 50-50 that thej problem is in^your mirror**. k^ Good luck to all, and I hope to *T e e y o u ^ g a i n ^ o o n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^David A I.aFuria Wt/L jftftfti ffifkfiTemple University

4lutLADIES NIGHT OUTEvery Monday? between 5 and 11 p.m. all Mer-cyhurst ladies ore invited jt o "Come In for Good" !Show us-your college ID and, wi th the purchase ofany pizza, pasta, or sandwich, receive a free trip toou r all-you-can-eat salad bar. This offer is good onlyat the PIZZA HUT at E. 38th St. and ZimmermanRoad.* t?"Watch For Other Surprises!

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Soccer TeamHow 4-3 iScoring three unansweredgoals in a 15-minutejtime span,the Mercyhurst | | Lakersregistered their fourth victory inseven games.|shutting.out theGolden Eagle s of Geneva College4-0 Monday afternoon at TullioField, g ] m f iThe one-sided victory cam e twodays after the Lakers dropped a3-2 verdict at the hands of highlytouted Grove City College in agame marked by a two-goaleffort by freshman Badger JimPennell. The newcomer scoredthe goals w ithin 21 seconds of oneanother^>| Against Geneva, Mercyhurstgot rolling in the early going withsenior Gary Weber netting a tallyunassisted at 6:49 of the openingperiod. The goal was Weber'ssixth of the season. |The opening score turned out tobe the only offensive output of thefist period as neither team couldget untracked in the cold, muddyconditions prevalent that day.The second period started outmuch like the first had ended asboth teams battled at midfield foran offensive edge. Mercyhurstwon the battle at the 62:04 m arkas sophomore left winger talliedotLaJLass'SLfjom R.T^Bence. Atbegan to dominate play as theypushed the ball deep into Genevaterritory. I :Taking advantage of theirmomentum, the Lakers rifled theGeneva nets for two more goalsin the next 15 minutes as frosh EdMasharka and Bence netted thetallies which put the game on icefor the Leakers, iComplementing the offensiveattack was a sterling effort byfreshman goalie Dave Reimold,starting only his second gamesince coming to the 'HurstBlessed with a couple of shotsbouncing off the side posts,Reimold turned away 13 shots ongoal. g^ r |Assisting Reimold in theshutout was center fullback Jim"Burley" Grimes. Laker coachDave Shimpeno cited Grimes forhis outstanding play during thegame as well as his 100 per centeffort every time he steps on tothe field. jg- f i Outside of 21 seconds onSaturday, the Lakers controlledplay against a deep Grove City-team. However, the momentaryletdown proved to be too much forthe 'Hurst squad to overcome asthe visitors registered a 3-2 nod.on the Laker's home turf, jScoring at the 12:28 mark of theopening period, Pennell tookadvantage of a scramble in frontof the Laker net to push a ballacross the goal. Intercepting apass moments later, Grove Citypushed the ball up field in work-manlike fashion with Pennellstriking again at the 12:49 mark,f Settling down for the rest of theperiod, the 'Hurst 11 took controlof the game, With less than thre eminutes remaining in the period,Smith scored on an assist byMark Richert to narrow thedeficit to one at the half.The second period saw theBadgersf strike early as JoeCaruso banged one in at the 47:51mark of the . Playing catch-up forthe rest of the game, the Lakerscould only manage to. bring thedeficit back to one with Smithnotching his second tally of thegame. On October 13, the Lakerstrek south* to J take on Pitt-Johnstown in an attempt togarner? their fifth win of.theseason. # * *