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AbMelHotfman Speaks TolCrowd iOf 1300Abbie Hoffman criticized theAmerican press, government, bigbusiness and the legal system inhis speech at the Campus CenterMonday night. * Si^SPvHoffman attacked the presssaying that "news in Americaisn't really news, it's gossip."Also claiming that "freedom ofthe press belongs to he who ownsone Thus, he believes information would be censored restricting . the range of optionspresented to the citizens. The ex-Yippie leader directly attactedthe Times Publishing Companyclaiming the local newspapersdeliberately control the flowof information in order to maintainthe status quo. Hoffman also $ Abbie Hoffman 1Hphoto by Rich Forsgren

claimed that the "press are likeguard dogs - dogs that representU.S. Steel and the Army Corps ofEngineers. They don't representcommunities." Hoffman? alsosaid that! newspapers wouldn'tsupport something ike UniversalHealth Care. Hoffman awaitingtrial for charges of selling cocaine plans to start a school forcommunity organizing when he"beats this rap ". } J 1Hoffman stressed his faith inlocal community organizations tocarry out reform, but did not explain any details concerning thep r o c e d u r e of ; c o m m u n i t yorganization. .gIn this erratic speech Hoffmansupported "nobody", ^Andersonand Barry Commoner and f he

citizens party for this ? year'spresidential camp aign. Hoffmancriticized Carter and Reagan bysaying that "Reagan fell off hispony and Jimmy ca n't figure outnow to get on." KAddressing his speech to an audience of approximately 1300, hecalled Mercyhurst a conservativeschool and went on to say how thesixties "was the most excitingdecade of the century; historianswill come to that conclusion inabout 100 years' ' . F JStudents Activities chairmanRich Lanzillo seemed to sum upthe situation best by saying that"I was impressed with the turnout but not so much with AbbieHoffman's speaking ability." J

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T h e Yelping Y ippieIn a rambling 90-minutesol i loquy Abbie Hoffmandemonstrated Just how much hisfaddish appeal of the 1960's hasdied. |*JLet's face it. There is nothingcharismatic about a -, speakerwhose lecture meanders listlessly through a series of namedrop-ping memories. Sadly enough,this is what Hoffman's speechdegenerated into. "I am the only fugitive to writea book about my experiences/'he said. "I am the only fugitivewho had two agents while I wasunderground," he .said, "I amthe most 'famous fugitive," hesaid. And all this time I thoughtthat David Jansen wa s the m ost

famous fugitive. s& One might also hypothesizethat the reason Hoffman* is afamous fugitive is because hehad two agents while he wasunderground^ { S**,Hoffman claims he is neither a"con artist" nor " manipulator."I'm afraid I will have to disagree,largely basing this on my unpleasant experience of directing.aquestion to Mr. Hoffman duringhis lecture. 7^-'"Mr. Hoffman," I asked "youobviously don't like the press, yetyou work'it for publicity andpublicity enables you to ask fourto six thousand dollars per lecture. Don't you think this ishypocritical? * r'Now, Phil Donahue and Barbara Walters); addre ssed this

same question to Hoffman. Hedidn't answer them on nationaltelevision, I don't know-whatpossessed me to expect he'danswer me. But I did, so I asked,and he didn't answer. $ |What he did do is work the audience over. The press uses me!he shouted over.F "M edia^ controls people,reports go ssip, isn't interested innice things". All this time hewildly pointed his finger at me."Clap, clap, clap, respondedthe audience, isn't it great to seehim get volatile at last?Well it may have been great,but I still want an answer and I'llbet Phil does too.?In all fairness, Hoffman doespossess one innovative idea, thatof com munity* organ izing.Tragically he never expanded orexplained the concept. Actuallythe only reason I know it's a goodidea is because George Garreltsexplained It to me. And I got allthat information free. & 1w I was personally disappointedin Hoffman's presentation. JMymother tried to console m e ovejrthe phone. "What did you expect,Rebecca?" she said " The mansewed the American flag to theseat of his pants and then sat on itduring th eJohnny Carson Show."Believe it or not my motherhas, in her own way, made apoint. Today Mr. Abbie Hoffmanis considered by many to be aspopular a s nehru jack ets, flowerpower and the peace symbol.Af D ilem m a Of D eluge

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J o s e p h - S m i t h - F o u n d e r -Prophet-1805-1844 The scene ofthe early life and work of JosephSmith, founder-prophet of theChurch of the Latter-Day Saints(Mormons), lies thirty miles eastof Rochester, NewYork in whatis known as the Manchester-Palmyra area. Smith was born inSharon, Vermont in 1805, andmoved with his family toPalmyra in 1817.? By 1830, at 25years of age, Joseph Smith hadpublished The Book of Mormonthrough a Palmyra press and,with six followers, founded theMormon religion and church. fAt the foot of a bill known asHill Cumorah, in Manchestertownship, the Utah Mormonshave built a handsome VisitorsCenter which is arranged to showthe early life and work of JosephSmith. Murals inside the centertell the story of The Book of Mormon in one room, while in otherpaintings and simulations tell thestory ofthe early events surrounding the publication of The Bookof Mormon and the founding ofthe Mormon church.My visit helped me to put thecomplicated Mormon story intoan intelligible order. The rathergarish calender art of the muralsdid not suit me aesthetically butdid help me to get The Book ofMormon story straight. In thatstory two**5Jewish tribes, *theLamanites (bad guys) and theNephites (good guys), came tothis country centuries beforeJesus's birth. The Nephites wereoverthrown by the Lamaniteswho then lived on to become theancestors of the American Indians. The darkness of |theAmerican Indian color is a sign oftheir reprobation. The Nephiteleader (whot became the angelMoroni)!managed sto bury theplates containing the Book ofMormon story in Hill Cumorahbefore he died and was able toreturn later to show their location

Ethan Smith's View of theHebrews, the work of a Poultney,Vermont pastor who traces theAmerican Indians to the losttribesfof Israel. Ethan Smith'swork was known to Joseph Smith.The pictures in the VisitorsCenter which portray JosephSmith and his friends, and themovies shown .there all showSmith to be a carefully dressed(lace at the throat land cuffs!)statesman-type person. I resistthis image because in what I candiscover through other sourcesJoseph Smith must have been anextraordinarily vigorous, hard-w o r k i n g , s o m e w h a timpoverished frontiersman. Thetrappings of wealth and powermight be more appropriate forhis Nauvoo, Illinois period, buteven then one must rememberhe personally led a small armyoverland, on foot, from Nauvoo toIndependence, Missouri, to cometo the assistance of the Mormondisciples in that area. 11 alsoresisted the constant attempts bythe amateur theologian-guides inthe Visitors Center and elsewherein Mormondom to literalize theMormon *> mythology. 'JosephSmith comes across to me as oneof the important mythpoets ofhuman history. I see no point inmaking him an historian for ascientist and thereby clogging thearteries of an important set ofreligious ideas so as to causetheir premature lapse into sectarianism lor stock corporationstatus. .t-i-v'v^" tt-Joseph Smith was especiallycapable in his management ofUtopia and eschatology asreligious symbols. On his Utopianside he constantly encouraged hisfollowers to keep working on abetter life for themselves here onEarth, while through templeceremonies, the celebration of"eternal marriages",land baptism of the dead he kept alive astrong sense of the life beyond

theory and practice. I 9HIn his book Roots of ModernMormonism | (Harvard Press/1979) Mark Leone asks why "Ofall the Utopias founded in theUnited States during the nineteenth century, Mormonism wasthe most successful." Mormonism, Leone points out, wasthe only American Utopian movement which was able to live on asa national or international churchduring the twentieth century. Myanswer to that question would bethat Joseph Smith and BrighamYoung were successful becauseSmith's eschatogical vision of thefuture; life was *' blended withUtopia in such a way that therewas an insistence on workingcarefully in this life while lookingexpectantly to the future. In this,the Mormons were like the Rap-pites. However, Rappite celibacywas exchanged for a patriarchalplurality, assuring the Mormonchurch of new members. Thework of finding and building Zionin the desert occupied the Mormons for a long time.How theywill fare, now that they have arrived in Zion and gone perhaps asfar as they can go on Smith andYoung's blend of Utopia andeschatology, remains to be seen.Home-Maderrie*sSpecial NextWeeks

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This painting, along with others, is part of an art show featuring artinstructor Daniel Burke. The show, which runs until October 30, isbeing held at Glassgrowers, W. 2nd and Plum.

Synapse I j S c o r c h e r s BudB ro w nThis week's cranium cruncher creates cash flow chaos withcounterfeit coins. There are ten stacks of coins, ten coins to astack. One stack contains ten counterfeit coins. You know thatthe counterfeit coins weigh two ounces while the legal coinsweigh but one ounce* You have a sc ale whichL will weighanything up to one hundred ounces in one ounce units. Howmany weighings!are needed to determine iwhich is (the.counterfeit stack? "If you determined that Edinboro won the track and field meethigh jump event, and you can explain how you know, you'll wantto be sure to enter THE HUNT. Watch for more information onTHE HUNT in coming issues . Incidentallv. solutions to all of thpprevious synapse scorchers will be available on Dr. Brown's office door in the near future. May your cortex be crazy and youineurons nimble! iP a r e n t s W e e k en dDe e me d S u c c e s s fu l

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Through The Looking GlassAn Interview With Alumna Rosemarie Janosko *by Maree-Lynn Clcon

Does the Mercyhurst ex perience embody excellence anddistinction? Does it leave the student with enriched attitudes andideals that perhaps they wouldnot be exposed to in anotherinstitution? ;Rosemarie ( S carse l l a )^Janosko believes so. A 1963grad u at e o f t h e 'H u rst ,Rosemarie \ received a B.S. inElementary Education. She wenton to graduate work at various institutions, such as Penn State,Gannon university, and ClarionState. "I feel strongly that Mersey hurst gave me that extra helpand encouragement that a largerI college would not have been ableto. Mercyhurst helped give me| strong ideals and the knowledge| that perseverance and strongconvictions are needed for a wellgrounded l i f e ," sh e s t a t edemphatically.} \ , S.Currently employed in the Westj Middlesex School District whereshe has taught for twelve years,j Mrs. Janosko feels that her involvement in the many campusactivities helped her tremendously in her career."They were such things which I, for example, had to plan andcarry out a task in, or maybe tospeak before a large group ofpeople. I fl9fl"But perhaps the most important ideal I learned through thoseactivities was to never besatisfied with mediocrity." t#E^wRealizing that many changesJiavft occurred at_JVlercyhursLsince the 1960's, Mrs. Janoskowas asked to recall what campuslife was all about during theyears '59 to '63, *pRosemarie responded, "Egan

Hall Was where I lived my firstyear since McAuley Hall was newand for upperclassmen only. Iremember that first year vividlybecause it was so full of newexperiences." ,- vl Demerits were issued for missing Mass, which all students wererequired to attend every Sunday

"social restrictions". >*SThere were even regulationsconcerning where one sa t in thecafeteria. Mrs. Janosko recal led."All dinners were si t down, anawe changed tables every week.This w a s i n order that w e wouldbe able to get to know everybody,even th e people we did not waneto know. She ment ioned thatWednesdays were "dr ess for dinner night" which mean t heels andhose. Slacks wer e taboo eve n inthe student's own room on cleanin g d a y . | sS ome of the instructors whomMrs. Janosko h ad were SisterAn n e Fran c i s , S i s ter Jan et .Sister Eym and, Mi Garvey a n dof cours e, Sister Suzanne."I think I learned a lot fromSister Suzanne inlmy field ofteaching and sti l l use many of he rid eas an d still u s e m a n y of hertactics even today in myclassroom." >."I remember Sr. Eymand forthe love of nature she instilled inme. I really enjoyed learningHistory with the new professorMr. Garvey."Another intriguing aspect ofMercyhurst during the early sixties was that there was a certain" mystique" about her girls. * ftRosemarie explained,; " AsMercyhurst girls we had to abideby certain rules, such as hats andgloves while we were downtown,no driving cars, et cetera." V*

| "We went to "m ixers" at Gannon, which was the highlight ofour social life. We did not go tomany I parties because mostsocial nunctions ;were at ourschool or Gannon's frat h ouses,"she commented, v. j^rj??2?| "Those houses were closelysupervised and except for an occasional beer, not much else happened. Villa was naturally theenemy because they were muchcloser to Gannon." 8* | $ 2Today, almost \ twenty yearslater, Rosemarie Janosko is inher14th year of teaching, is awife, and mother of a sixteen-year-old daughter. *"I feel: thatbecause of my years at Mercyhurst, lam better equipped formy life and have learned somesecrets of success ,'' she said emphatically. "My story might notbe one of monetary success, but Ifeel successful nonetheless."Mrs. Janosko went on to say,"This past summer my daughterand I traveled to Europe. Inmany of those great countries, Iwould hear an echo from the pasttelling me to see t things formyself, not just to accept whatothers always say." .Besides being a 6th gradeteacher, Rosemarie is a regionalconsultant for the PennsylvaniaDepartmentof Education concerning the JETS program, which is3K9Cfjig Continued on page 5

To my darling Nieces: Ist h i s . . . .-.. FAME? elephantkisses, Auntie Em fG en t l emen age , I h aveagemoneyage for gasage- ain't thatniceage? P sychageJ.P.K. Happy l year babe. Stiiilove ya. L.M.K.Vote Joe Mangano HRMA President and babysitter. ' >

Martha, Thanks for adopting me ,you're the bes t Love, Mary Jo *Doughnuts a and Rula Lenska:Halloween will com e too fast. Wewish you luck- you need it.-Elephant K isses from your futureAuntie Em and the Nieces.Rich, Explain LifeSupply AirLJK: I Lub-Dub you. TLSK

Tammy, How is Chester? Hang- ^ ^ virgmia,'Give us time,tag In? weu g e t there jFubar Guys, No Reply I Fubar Damien: Don't forget your jacksGirls i* $. $ i next week1!Playoffs here we come. The A whole year!Fubars - "kAuntie Em: My heavens, You'veBeen discovered! The NiecesAuntie Em We know who youare- but do you know who we are?Ski, Red, A.J j . , The GrillSki,i^"A.J.f^ii eGrim Do'yoiiknow who we are? The Nieces

Dear L., I Love You J.Can they make wedding cake outof pizza???!!! W afojPlease don't get frustrated, Ineed my beauty sleep!The Grill: Interesting weekend!RedTo Ski, Red. AJ., The Grill, Redwas easy. Now I need clues. Have A.J.-FMRHRN! Redan elephant kiss on me. From .,;Auntie Em fc f

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K.C. Foods will sponsor aHalloween party during dinner onThursday, October 30.

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OCTOBER 24,1980 ' * ? ' * M & H W * & * ! * yTHE MERCIAD PAGE 5Forum Fol iow e d U pby Donna PetersonIn the open forum held withj Presid ent William Garvey on O c-tober 7,1980, Garvey said that hewould "look into" various issuesposed to him? One such issue has-J been the shortness of the libraryhours and Garvey has alreadytaken definite steps to resolvethis. In a recent interview withthe Merciad, Dr. Garvey commented on the present status of5 certain issues raised at J theforum. 2 1 J SJ* The problem of needing someone for Security at the EganHall desk all night seemed like areasonable request to Garvey atthe forum. Since then, Garveyhas asked the Director of StudentServices, E.* WilliamI Kennedy,for a recommendation on theissue. Kennedy is studying theissue and will prepare a reportfor Garvey by the end of October.According to Garvey, if Kennedy.I decides it is favorable to place so -meone at the desk all night it willnot be before Winter term.When asked about the report heis preparin g, Kennedy rem arkedthat it isn't very feasible financially to place someone fromSecurity at the Egan desk allnight. He said that he is investigating other alternativessuch as giving the Egan k e y t o someone at the McAuley desk to letthe Egan women in. This would^eliminate waiting alone outsidefor Security for a long period oftime. jLiAt the forum Garvey was alsomade aware of the trouble withants, cockroaches and spiders in0 donna. The problem has been

turned over to the Business Services office said Garvey, andthey have asked exterminators toreview the situation as soon aspossible. |Garvey mentioned at the openforum tentative plans to build alodge which would house the hewStudent Union. When asked fordetails about the lodge, Garveysaid it would be buiK on I theBaldwin side on the Grotto withcollege raised funds and wouldalso house offices for StudentGovernment and the Merciad aswell as the Student Union.Garvey also mentioned that hewould like to build a conferencecenter behind McAuley withvarious meeting rooms and offices for?HRM.4This buildingwould have to be built with agovernment loan. Garvey said heexpects to receive word from thegovernment by the first of theyear. jjs fSSiSGarvey has already seen thatone problem raised at the forumwill be resolved. Students complained about the library closingat 10:00 p.m. while the Gannonlibrary remains open until midnight. Garvey has instituted thechange which went I into effectMonday, October 20, Garvey informed the Merciad that ifstudents d o not u s e the library until midnight the closing hour willbe changed to 11:00 p.m. and noearlier. i | ^

When asked abou t the possibility for another open forum,Garvey said that he .woulddefinitely like to hold another onelate in winter. *-M P

Hurst Photography StudentsAccepted Into Competition

Five photography students of Mercyhurst ? College were accepted in the Fir st Annual Photographic Competition held by the EriePublic Museum 3[ ". ? nThe exhibition was judged by Richard Kleeman, Professor of Artand Photography, Allegheny College Linda Girven, Assistant Professor of Art, Edinboro State College; and Charles A Watkins, Ex

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The 80's:!Stark RealityEditors Note: The following ar ticle is a submission from 1980graduate Mike Phillips. Phillips,who graduated with a degree inhistory, is now teaching atjln-diana State University of Penna.As we move into the 80's, nowwould seem an appropriate timeto g consider what direction thenext decade might take and whatrole we will play in determiningthat direction. ~ i'ii A; quick lookiat the past 20years would seem to afford quitea contrast. There is no need Foran in depth analysis of people,places and events when discussing the general J tone I of TheTimes. The points to be made ar es i m p l e . iThey co n ce rn | thenostalgic attraction many of u s incolleges and universities have today toward the late 60's and early70 'S. * \One has to wonder if that attraction is anything but superficial. For if it isn't any morethan surface deep, what has happened to socia l' reforms theeducational community was

T h e media screams of th e sameissues that were so much a part ofthe j educational I community'sconcern 10 years ago. The environment is still being exploitedby the chemical rape of the earthwhich make headlines by thesickening tragedy of the LoveCanal, but is continuing at everyindustrial dumpsite in the country. Riots are touched off in thedeep south by a growing archaicand reactionary legal system.Congress is raked by another*,scandaT where men, supposedlycommissioned with the publictrust, are secretly filmed whilestuffing graft money into theirpockets. And where, amid all thesesame issues we were faced withsome 10 years ago, where is theleadership that a nation looks forfrom its colleges and universities?1 T o a critical observer itwould seem they are concernedwith the latest high return investment or the newest pair ofdesigner jeans . IStatistics* will label us the

responsibility ,pt leadership.Leadership to provide the 1mpetus to move into the nextdecade with a comm itment tobecome the agents of change soactive during that period we areattracted to. A commitment tobecome the agents of change thatour nation so desperately needs.Don't just merely associateyourself with the trappings of aperiod of awareness. Take thespirit of those times and plugthem.into yourself and th e realityof here and now. S B E J * ^ ^ *Continued from page 4a justice education course for theelementary grades, f"I am also * active in localorganizations such as the YMCAand Am erican Business Women'sAssociation,; as well as othernumerous activities,V she added."I really feel my years at Mer-cyhurst prepared me for theworld in more ways than I canreveal."' The^ old Mercyhurstmotto "Carpe Diem"- seize theopportunity, has really pert lined

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Paul Urbanowicz, Bill Robbins and Chock Smith are trying to find the best way of disposing of Uncle Henri with the help of their pet snake Adolphe. In the Little Theaters production oMy Three AngelsLittle Theatre Schedules Fall PremiereFeatures Comedy "My Three Angelsw

The Mercyhurst College FallProduction of 'My Three Angels'will be presented to the Erie community. Under the direction of Igor Stalsky, the comedy will bepresented in the Little TheatreOctober 30,31, and November 1 at8:00 p.m. ? 1Set in early twentieth-centuryFrench Guiana, the plot revolvesaround three convicts-Joseph(Bill Robbins), Jules (ChuckSm i th) and Al fr e d (P aulUrbanowicz)-who, while on work

probation, "drop in" on theDucotel f, family. When EmilieDucotel (Jane Anne Burns) invites g the " angels" to spendChristmas Eve with them,Joseph, Jules, and Alfredgraciosly accept and then, intheir own ways, try to help theDucotels through their impending problems. As store managerFeliz Ducotel (Ron Rossi) attempts to prepare the accountbooks for his boss Uncle Henri's(David Sinclair) visit, daughterMarie-Louise (Nora Faust) anx

iously awaits for her true lovePaul (Gary Dagan). The angelswork rapidly to restore order tothe Ducotel household - this includes a rather unorthodoxdisposal of gruff Uncle Henri.This all combines to make a fast-paced and extremely entertaining comedy. $5 Hi*** HiHumphrey Bogart, ; PeterUstinov, and Aldo Ray starred inthe popular film version of theplay. Call 864-0681 Ext. 271 forreservations. gfeSB fcy^SsSgu l

Films Tor Discussion To PresentLutherThe Egan Scholars and theReligious Studies Facu lty of Mer

cyhurst are sponsoring thepresentation of "Luther", a filmfor discussion, on Sunday night,October 26, at 7:80 P.M. in 206Main. * % '$ ?' TV AThis 5 showing is intended tocommemorate the issuance of theConfess ion or Apology ofAugsburg in 1530 by Martin

Luther l i s ted f irst whatLutherans held as main doctrinesin 21 articles. Lutheransacceptedthe Catholic creeds; thay condemned Pelagius and Donatus,as did Catholics they heldCatholic views on the Sacramentsand their administration on themillennium.Secondly, in the document,Luther listed seven articles

both Catholics and Lutheranssince this famous confession w asissued. Meetings of the WorldCouncil of Churches, the VaticanCouncil, meeting s of Catholic andLutheran theologians havebrought Catholic and LutheranChristians much closer together.It has been said that the Popeshould have made Luther a Cardinal rather than excommunicate

A T as te OfF in e Acting In!O r d i n a r y P e o p l e

by Cheryl AronWant to hear a funny story?Listen: ^ iWe are a family of travelers.Last week I told you I was out oftown -and saw Goldie Hawn'sPrivate Benjamin. This week mysister was up in Michigan andsaw Ordinary People. (Fear not,

Erie has the same movies.) Weasked her how Michigan was andshe. answered, "Oh, OrdinaryPeople was tremendous!" *If Ordinary People was the hotspot in Michigan this week, I Egwanted to hear more.& After she had outlined the plotfor me, in which a high-societyfamily struggles through a serieso f s u i c i d e a t t e m p t s a n dpsychiatric sessions in an effortto accept the death of one of itssons, I exclaimed, "W ell, what'sso ordinary about the people in ahigh-society soap? Those Kinds ofthings don 't happen to 'ordinarypeople'." t& Neverj argue with your oldersister, just go see for yourself.So I jumped in the family carand headed for the theatre. A ftermaking, a" fewgwrong turns- because I never drive - Iwas finally there, sitting in theright lane with my left bunker on,holding up the irate and honkingtraffic for two blocks. I finallyturned into the parking lot whichharbored one solitary car (-andthis was a tremendous movie?-)and tripped through a puddle tothe door. . ,It was locked. There is no 3:10matinee on Monday afternoons..Now THAT'S the kind of thingthat happens to OrdinaryPeople!I Enough digression; OrdinaryPeople is tremendous (at leastaccording to my sister who isgenerally a very nice person and

honestly tries to make a go ofthings by joining the swim teamand becoming involved. But involvement is no easy task; every >face seems a familiar one andone that he associates with that ofhis dead brother. J JThe walls begin to fall in again,so the youth starts consulting apsyc h i atr i s t f r i e nd (JuddHirsch). '. | s j"Mrsj Ordinary" is cold-heartedly aghast at this (Whatwill people think of my son whosees the shrink?), and DonaldSutherland is torn apart by hislove for a!seemingly unfeelingwoman, his compassion for hisson, and his inability to make thepieces of his nice middle classfamily life fall back into logicalorder. ^ J*^ Each character is tryingdesperately to adjust to the tragiccircumstances in his or her ownway. Unfortunately none of theways coincide.The conflicts deepen betweenfamily members. Mary TylerMoore resents the implications ofher son's emot ional ' inadeq u a c i e s , an d h e r s onmisconstrues the resentment shefeels as personal hatred, fA wall also begins to go up bet- Sween husband and wife when he ^realizes the necessity of seeing!the psychiatrist and she insists on Ipretending that family tensionhas not smudged her emotionalmake-up. '-* *To ease the tension, Mr. andMrs. fly off to Vacationland for afew weeks, during which timethings begin to brighten for theson. He meets a girl at school andbegins dating. ; f However, his joy is short-livedwhen he finds out that-an oldfriend who had been recuperatingalongside him in the psychiatric

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The Laker crews won sweetrevenge from West VirginaUniversity as$ both t men andwomen varsity pulled away tofinish before the Mountaineers atan away race last Saturday. JjyAn exciting race was providedby the men's varsity 8. Sufferingthe loss of five seniors last spring,the young varsity showed j hatlack of experience would be nohindrance when it came to winning races, j | JpSJumping the big Mountaineervarsity at the start, determinedLakers fought off challenge afterchallenge as the two crews battled down the course. Coming intothe last 100 meters bow on bow.the Lakers gave one last great effort, roaring across the finish lineone second in front of theMountaineers. | ICoach Al Belovarac was extremely pleased with his varsity's performance. "Our varsityhas come a long way this fall interms of their technique and really showed their hearts on Saturday when it came to their de sire

to win."In the women's varsity 8 race,the Lakers came roaring downthe stretch in a race too close tocall when the Mountaineers cuttheir own course short by missinga bouy at a bend in the river.Vigilant coxswain Mary Collins,who noted the infraction, issued aprotest to the officials who immediately disqualified the WVUsquad, giving the victory to theLakers. It was sweet revenge forthe lady Lakers who lost to theWVU women this past spring. |The women's novice crew rowed a very smooth, controlled 1500meter course but did not have thepower to overcome a determinedWest Virginia* effort. CoachBruce Belovarac commentedthat, "We've been emphasizingtechnique over training this falland don't expect the power untilthis spring." I * f II In the men's efforts, Coach AlBelovarac's novices foundthemselves in a 3-boat race withWVU's novices and their juniorvarsity. The race ended in a

dogfight betweeng the out-experienced Laker novices andWVU's JV's. The Mountaineers.bested the Lakers by 8 seconds,iwhile the Lakers annihilatedi WVU's novices by 40 seconds.The lightweight four m ounted alast ditch sprint but were unablei to catch the Mountaineers, losingi to them by a mere 3 seconds.Coach Belovarac was pleasednonetheless, noting that WVU's 4won a gold medal at the MidAmerican Regatta last year."Our lightweight 4 was just puttogether two weeks ago. Withthat strong performance againstsuch a good crew, they'redefinitely going to make theirmark this spring."

Belovarac noted that both themen's and w omen's crews at the'Hurst deserve a special note ofrecognition. "The fact rthat aschool of 1300 can compete successfully with one of 23,000speaks a hell of a lot for the workour kids have been doing. Theyreally a re a c redit to themselvesand their school."B oo ters Lose To G rove City(Although freshman DaveCross drove home two goals, onein each half,) last week's 7-2 lossat th e feet of Grove City knockedthe soccer team's overall recorddown to 6-3-1, although the 'Hursthas lost two out of its last threegames. With the NAIA D18play of fsv only two^weeks away,the Blue and Green needs a victory from either last Wednesday's gam e at Edinboro or Saturday's joust at Gannon to ensureentry into the post season event.It was a bad day for CoachShimpeno's booters at Grove City. "We^were beaten by a teamwhich played a very physicalgame," he said. "It was just oneof those days.'* ;Grove City advanced to a 3-0lead before Cross salvaged thefirst Laker score when he foundthe net with a penalty kick. GCslammed home three more goalsbefore Cross found the target

On Saturday, both the 'Hursta n d Gannon h a v e t h e i rHomecoming 'Weekend. Neitherinstitution has a football team

which is usually the attraction forhomecoming event; but they dohave solid soccer programs Thegame is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.at Erie Day SchdoHCiieaf Frontier Park>. '$&% - jl- . '^ft "We'll have to claw andscratch to beat the GoldenKnights," noted Shimpeno. "It'ssure to be a hard-fought game,just like most of the Mercyhurst-Gannon encounters, but we'll bepulling out all the stops to huntfor victory."The regular season ends nextWednesday when the Lakerstravel to SliDDerv Rock. Playoffsbegin next weekend with IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania. JM e r c y - A d s2 5 ' for every 10 wo rd sSubm it To: Merciad Office

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