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VOLUME 60 NUMBER 6
MERCYHURST COLLEGE. GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA 16546
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1986
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Bond Issue Finances
New Athletic Fields
''Hopefully, the renovation will give us
suitable fields, which are a problem right
now," said Mercyhurst ?P resident Dr.
William P. Oarvey. "They are a disaster
and are unsafe," he added.
Carson Landscaping/ a "longtime
friend" of (he college and designer of the
original baseball field, is doing the work at
a cost of $130,000, all of-which is to be
financed by a bond issue.*
Work on the project is scheduled to begin
on Monday.
"We hope to create a third field," said
Dr. Garvey. "We're going to rebuild and
recrown the current-football and baseball
fields, and reconfigure the outfield at the
farthest west corner. We will then sod and
seed the fields," explained Dr. Garvey.
w "Recrowning the fields will allow them
to dry faster and will help eliminate the
wetness of the fields," noted Dr. Garvey.
A portion of the grounds behind Baldwin (foreground) that will be converted Into new
sports fields.
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By Matthew J. Clark
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At its October meeting, the Mercyhurst
College Board of Trustees approved fmv
ding foi the renovation of the athletic fields
north of Baldwin Hall. The project would
also include the construction of a third field
upon what is now the baseball outfield.
"The majority of the work will take
place before winter, but the sodding will
not take place until next Spi ing, and no one
will be able to use the fields until next
August," he explained. \ $;. %•.
This means that the baseball and softball
teams will have to find alternate sites for
this year's home games. Decisions as to
where to have the games will be left up to
the team's respective coaches.
"With an additional field, we're hoping
to bring the soccer team back to the main
campus and have the football team use the
other two fields," explained Dr. Garvey.
"We would keep St. Mark's field for intramurals," he added.
Dr. Garvey expressed that this decision
had the future of the college in mind.
'' I hope this renovation project will take
care of the field problem for many years to
come," he said.
Frank BurnsJWasJ\| Jerk
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by Robert Upton French
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From time to time, almost everyone gets a
good laugh from TV. Sometimes it's even
when a television character pokes fun of
TV itself. Some of the deepest belly laughs
come from encountering, in a TV skit, a
human being who tends to think of people
on television as real. Most of the time, this
individual is a little old lady in tennis shoes
who is firmly convinced that all of the
characters in her favorite soap operas really
exist and in real life are good or bad, according to the depiction of the character. This
Is obviously ridiculous; but, it is not totally
surprising when you consider the incredible
power of the medium of television.
Television surrounds us. We- sit
mesmerized in front of it. The picture dancing and flickering before our somewhat
glassy eyes. The sound waves rolling over
our body and fading into oblivion. We need
do nothing more than pay cursory attention, and for many of the more sophomoric
shows, even that level of concentration isn't
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But the real point here is the fact that all
of us, not just those people who have been
made butts of Jokes, tend, aHeast, on a certain level *to think of TV? characters
representing an accurate personna of the
actor portraying them.
When Larry Linville, better known as
Major Frank'Burns (ferret-face) of the TV
show "MASH", convulsed a near capacity
crowd at Zurn auditorium, many • of the
people seemed surprised at the type of person Burns/Linville was. When Larry linville came out on stage he followed a jibe
hurled by Mike Kelly, President of MSG
Government and escalated the mild vulgarity. It somewhat set the pace for the night.
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Linville is an obviously intelligent, obviously witty, normal human being. He
would appear to be the kind of person with]
whom you could sit down and enjoy the
conversation and not be intimidated by his
celebrity, and certainly not be exposed to
the superciliousness of Major Frank Burns.
We all KNOW that actors are different
from their characters, but perhaps the
ultimate criterion for an actor is how deeply
they can convince us that they are indeed
very much like the character they play.
Burns was such an enduring character
that we all got to know him. Most of the
nation of the United States have had Major
Frank Burns, and company in their living
room at least one night a week for most of
the last IS years. During the period since
the regular series ended, many places have
had Burns and the MASH troop in their living room several flights a week. Not too
long ago, in Cleveland, they had a MASH
hour where they ran two back-to-back
episodes every night of the week. It is a
phenomenon of TV, even tho it was such a
phenomenal success, it's still somewhat disquieting to be so suddenly made aware of
the fact the Burns wasn't linville.
In^fact.jquite the contrary. For Frank
was an uptight neurotic with deep insecurities and a overpowering feeling that
since no one liked him so he might as well
try and curry favor by being obnoxious,
unpleasant and a snitch. Linville Is just the
opposite. Burns was supposed to be barely
competent and not particularly bright. If
you listen to linville for more than 5 or 10
minutes you will find that the man is exceedingly bright and his formal educational
background will indicate that, and his
quickness at repartee underscores it.
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a trouper"}came from acting troops not
military troops in the field, Linville was
profane, he was vulgar, but* he was appropriately so. He was humorously so. He
kept the audience interested, active and
participating. They had a good time, and !
despite the fact that it is obviously work, it
seemed that Linville had a good time. Linville started by recounting his early days in
the business, his familial background and
his educational background. All were surprising, but none to the incredible extent of |
educational background.
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described aviation nut; by the age of 42 he 3
was a licensed glider pilot. A decade later
he was majoring in aeronautical engineering at the University of Colorado and eyeing a transfer to the newly-opened and
nearby United States Air Force Academy. |
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NOVEMBER 7,1986
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by Kelley Moore
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The Mercyhurst College Dance
Dept. is presenting Dance
Esoterica, Nov. 13, 14, and 15 at
8:15 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2:30
p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall on The
Mercyhurst 'campus. The event
displays the versatility of Mercyhurst dancers in both classical
and modern ballet. *
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There will be five different
works choreographed by JeanMarc Baier, the directoi of the
Dance Dept., June Hines, instructor of Ballet, and Dafna
Rathouse, an invited guest
originally from Israel, who has
worked with the Bat Dor Dance
Co. and Kubbutz Dance Co. in
Israel, and various other companies in Spain and the USA. 1
Baier choreographed the music
of Bella Bart ok's in "Unfinished
Journey.** This work deals with
the weight of tragic events in a
human's past and frustration at
the absurdity of present.
The second work, "Windows,.*'
which is a result of the collaboration of Baier and Rathouse, deals
with the outer image of men and
women in a micro-society.
"Tender Ties*' choreographed
by Rathouse, deals with a sensitive relationship between a man
and a woman. Cesar Franck composed the music of the this work.
i$ Hines has choreographed and is
featured in "In Dreams Only,"
music written by Samuel Barber.
The subject of this work is that, in
dreams, anything is possible in a
relationship. Angela Elston has
written a poem or this particular
work, which will be part of the
performance.
The last work "Graduation
Ball** is a one act comic ballet
restaged by Hines. Baier commented "It will draw a great deal
of laughter.** This work focuses
on an evening of gala put on by
girls at a finishing school in Vienna to entertain graduates of a
nearby academy. Father Chuck
Schraitt ot Campus Ministry, and
Danielle Hahm of Meryhurst's
HRM Dept. are featured in this]
performance. The music is by
Strauss, as well as original
choreography to the music of Bartok, Samuel Barber, Franck, and
Astol Piazzola.
Dems^-Wki^ig
Baier, the Director of Mercyhurst's Dance Pept. since 1984,
is enthusiastic about. Dance
Esoterica. He asserts the "performers get better and better every
year." Baier believes as a result of
time "the works show ^ more
potential to get the realm of
choreography improved.*'
Tickets are available at the door
and in advance. Admission for the
Mercyhurst community is free.
Adults, $3.50. Senior Citizens,
$1.00. For reservations or more
information, call 825-0257.
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New |Rep.
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Proposed Costello Arrested For
Cancer Society Cause
Lisa Costello is
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by Jennifer Singer*
On Sun., Nov. 2, 1986, MSG
Vice-president John Widecan called the weekly meeting to order.
* SAC Chairperson Tracy
Wasson announced the beginning
of the SAC Clothing Drive on
Mon., Nov. 3.
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on Friday at 7 p.m. First prize is
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going to and from the football
Specter, 84-48.
by Chris Kovski
game. The Sally Sehrader Award
The state percentage, 56-44, for the most industrious MSG
The Merciad staff is proud to reflected the waning interest in representative will be presented at
announce that its endorsements campaign rhetoric, as Specter) the game during halftime. ~w_
were 67 percent in step with the outlasted Edgar's pointed
The movie VISION Ql EST
feelings ot state voters. En- 'references to Specter's duality. He will be shown in the Student
dorsements last issue went to Bob accused Specter of flip-flopping Union video room Sunday at 7
Casey, Bob Edgar and Tom on the issues of the MX missile, p.m.
South Africa sanctions and Social
Ridge.
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Jane Anne Mohr was then
Casey took a slim 51-49 percent Security, among others.
recognized. Mohr explained her
Specter loses some of his GOP proposal for the election of an
victory over Republican opponent
William Scranton. Casey lost in companions in the Senate, as the open major representative. The
Erie County, 35,425 to 37,417, | Democrats regain control of the proposal passed. In April, an
but won by 128,576 votes in Senate after a six-year hiatus. Ex- open major representative will be
perts have attributed this growing elected during the annual)
Philadelphia.
It appears we will now see the support for Democrats to the representative»elections.
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Real Bob Casey,** as he stated in 18-24 year-old age group.
The proposal requires the new
One candidate who didn't cash position to be held by a
his 1986 election gambit. His
previous attempts in 1966, 1970 in on the Democratic revival was sophomore or junior with an
Joylyn Blackwell. Blackwell was undeclared major. If the represenand 1978 were fruitless.
The Mercyhurst faculty survey soundly defeated by 21st Congres- tative declares a major while occureturns favored Casey 16. to 11, sional District incumbent Tom pying the seat, their alternate, also
while the students had chosen Ridge. Ridge was favored (undeclared, must take over. If the
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Scranton, 78 to 50.
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serve until the next election.
in the Senate race. They. picked 61,486 to 11,750. f
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Edgar by a very slim 13-12
There are currently 126 students
margin. The students, on the on tms race, as me runner snowed undeclared at Mercyhurst. This
other hand, reflected the views of a predilection for Ridge, 24-2, and * 'open major" total includes 76
the state's voters, as they chose the latter preferred Ridge 107-15. freshmen, 43 sophomores, 6
juniors and 1 senior.
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MSG President Michael Kelly
then explained the latest news in
the parking issue* Merrill "Bud"
International Physical
Dever, director of security,-Informed Kelly that the EganFitness Association (IPFAI
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lot will also be lengthened. In addition to these improvements, the
south end of the Weber lot will
eventually be designated as overnight parking for Briggs residents.
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The meeting was then adjournOood For 1 »t Visit Only *
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By Julie Cherico
While conducting a meeting
with her student assistants, Student Union director Lisa Costello
was apprehended, without warning, by two Erie City Police officers Wed., Oct. 29.
b o n d gWa^
ficers. came thToug
rudely interrupted the meeting.
Little did she know, however, that
|she was the "criminal."
When the officers informed her
of the arrest, she panicked. Her
eyes filled with tears as they read
her her rights, slapped on thej
handcuffs and forcefully dragged
her through the Union, where
everyone was laughing, to an
awaiting "paddy wagon".
| "I was really taken by surprise," stated Costello. "When
they saw how upset I was, they
told me it was for the American
Cancer Society."
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The officers may have felt sorry
for her, but they didn't reconsider
about giving in to her. After all,
Student Union workers, Baldwin
R.A.'s and Mercyhurst's SAC officers paid a good $25 to see her
go through all of this.
Costello had this feeling and
stated, "I know that Matt
Robaszkiewicz was the ringleader
of all this." (4 | ? : ?'
Costello's destination, obviously was jail. Her cell was located in
the middle of the Central Erie
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had to raise, although she did
have the use of a phone and phone
book in her cell to contact others
for pledges.
"It was scary, but it also was an
experience," said Costello,
"because they had confidence
that I could raise that money."
She continued, "A lot of people
already there only had to raise
$100."
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The first call Costello made was
to Mercyhurst's Phyllis Aiello.
She then went on to call other
faculty members, family and
I friends continuously for 2 114
hours. She made her bond during
this time and the largest donation
pledged was $20.
After the ordeal, Costello pulled herself together and thought
about what had happened. She
sent thank you letters and her
"mug shot" to all those who
helped her to achieve the quota of
$500, which was donated to the
American Cancer Society.
Costello concluded, "It made
me feel good that I was able to
raise that much money for a good
cause."
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prision suit and had her "mug
shots" taken.
After the booking procedures,
Costello appeared before a judge
and pleaded guilty to the charges
of impersonating a boss, general
harassment of co-workers and in-
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NOVEMBER 7,1986
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The 'Hurst 60th
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An Afternoon of Spirit
The Mercy hurst community officially celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the
college in a ceremony on Sunday
that honored alumni and friends
of Mercyhu i st.
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The day's festivities started at
11:30 p.m. with a celebration of
mass in the chapel by Fr. Chuck
Schmitt, Mercyhurst's Chaplain.
Immediately following mass,
brunch was served in the cafeteria
and in^the Blue Room for the
guests and participants.
At 1:30 p.m., the formal
ceremony began in the Zurn
Recital Hall The Mercy hurst College School of Music Wind
Ensemble, under the baton of
director Robert Do I wick, opened
the program. The D'Angelo
School of Music's own Joseph
Chiarelli sang the National Anthem accompanied by the Wind
Ensemble.
After the invocation by Mercy hurst's former (haplain, the
Rev. Monsignor Daniel J. Martin,
the guests and award recipients
were welcomed by President Dr.
William P. Garvey. Dr. Garvey
then, in turn, Introduced -Sr.
Carolyn Herrman^ the Mother
Superior ol Sisters of Mercy, the
order that founded the Mercy
colleges;!
Sr. Carolyn related to the audience i\he background of the
Convocation's guest speaker, Sr.
Marylouise Fennell, and the topic
of her address, "Re-imagine
Catholic Higher Education:
Welcome the Dream of Mercy
Education - A Tradition in Excellence. Sr. Marylouise is currently the President of Carlow
College, a Mercy institution,
located in Pittsburgh. S
Sr. Marylouise has had an extensive background in higher
education. She received her doctorate from Boston University in
Education and completed her
post-doctorate work at Harvard
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and the University of Connecticut. Besides having served on
more than two dozen community
and church organizations, she has
held a position on the Election
Commission and the Department
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Sister of Mercy Mother Superior, Sr. Carolyn Herrmann introduces the guest speaker.
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Mercyhurst FightfSong
Go for it Lakers
Fight for the Hurst
Show us the spirit^ 4
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' that has always made you first
Fight^Fight! Fight!
Win for the Blue and Green*
Bring horn? the game
Look for the lights that burn
forever in the hall of Old Main
Lyrics by Gary Myers
Music to the tune of "Anchors Aweigh"
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changes in higher education to
keep up with the constantly
changing j|world. "The major
changes in America's population,
culture and technology," Sr.
Marylouise explained, "are structuring the priorities of higher
j education." *
"American colleges and universities are going to be increasingly
I serving adult and part-time
j students," she said. Conversely,
"there will be a decrease in the
number of 18 - 24 year** old
students that are involved in
higher education. The higher
education system must ac-i
comodate these increases and
decreases to continue to exist.
Higher education also must
make a commitment to the future
of it's students. "We have
prepared people for their first job,
while other nations prepare people for careers. Higher education
i must act now if it is to produce
people with the interpersonal
| skills and motivation, as well as
the ability to deal with change that
our society and work force, lead
by corporations, must have," Sr.
Marylouise stated.
Sr. Marylouise stressed that
higher education "must become
| an agent of change in what has
become^ a fluid .society. Most
educators agree to be leaders in
higher education; they, must be
able to identify and anticipate the
trends'that will affect students."
She also recognized the importance of the liberal arts education
in today's world. *'
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Marylouise's address was most
positive. "We have not lived out
the dream of higher education."
Following the address, the
achievement awards were handed
out by Dr. Garvey and Sr.
Carolyn to those people who have
aided Mercyhurst. The Sister of
Mercy Award Recipients were
Sister M. Suzanne Eimer, '29,
who was not present; Sr. Celine
Fasenmeyer, '33; Sr. Geraldine
Hull, an Honorary Alumna who
was not able to attend because of
health; Sr. Gabriel Koch, '39; Sr.
Loretta .McHale, '34; Sr. Jane
Frances Raffetto, '29, not present; Sr. Rachel Weber, '37. The
Alumni Awards went to:
Margaret Anne Mooney, '37,
Patricia. Liebel, '53* Judith A.
Pitney, '67, Gloria Heberle
Sullivan,4 '44, and Officer Ronald
Slupski, 74, who was not present
due to being on assignment for thet
Erie Police Department,
"F)riends : of the College"*]
Awards were bestowed upon the
following: J J. Robert Baldwin,
who was ^not present due to ill
health, Helen L., Edward P., and-!
John E. Boyle, Charles A. Dailey,
Jr., Jane Theuerkauf, the late Ed-jj
ward F. Zurn and James A. Zurn.
After the presentation of the
awards, the Mercyhurst College
Chorus* backed, by! the Wind
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Sr. Marylouise Fennell giving the Convocation address.
Ensemble, debuted the school's
"Alma Mater," and "Fight
Song." Both were well received by
the guests and faculty at the Convocation, as was Dr. Garvey's announcement that the school would
be looking into the possibility of
placing a light in Old Main's
tower that would tell everyone of
the 'Hurst's victory in sporting
events.
iAfter the Benediction and Closing by Monsignor James M.
Burke, V.G., Episcopal Vicar for
the Northern Vicariate, the
Chorus and Wind Ensemble
played the Recessional. A reception followed in the Student
Union.
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proud of the way the day went.
"A college lives on tradition and
identity, from which it draws its
uniqueness. The afternoon had
spirit and verve. It was historic,
totalling 200 years of service."
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Dr. William P. Garvey gives the Sister of Mercy Award to Sr.
M. Gabriel Koch, '39 as Sr. Carolyn Herrmann looks on.
Alma Mater
We hail our College Alma Mater
The Hurst that's built upon the hill,
With love for all she has taught us,
Traditions that we carry still.
Old Main stands for the courage,
The opportunity
To seize each moment of the future
Awaiting you and me. |
The gates stand always open, s
I The trees all green upon the grounds,
And when we look to Mercyhurst,
There's no better to be found.
Lyrics by Gary Myers
*Music by Joseph Chiarelli
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Qflie Mtn'mb
Letter to the Editor
The Merciad has a policy of only
running signed letters. This, one,
however, showed enough effort, as
well as an attempt at being witty,
that we felt It deserved to be printed.
Dear Editor, The recent (Oct. 31)
issue of The Merciad has confirmed
a suspicion I have harbored for
some time. It is than you, and
perhaps several of your staff, are
devil worshippers. Most readers are
fools, failing to recognize the subtle
temptations of some satanically
oriented print. media. Most of us
who are wary of the devil*s ways
know that most music made
nowadays can be played backward
to hear the satanic messages encoded thereon. Some of us have begun
to see through the supposed '' purity'* of print media. Your recent
issue is a case in point. We know
that the devil seduces us through
that which we want most. Today
that is money. He makes us money
I hungry, then makes us fail in our
financial endeavors, then offers to
make us rich again if we will sell our
souls. Consider your recent issue
(the "Halloween issue'*).
1. You review the movie "The
Color of Money.*'
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2. The advertisements are full of
dollar amounts and dollar signs.
3. It was not enough to fill your
publication with the above. No, in
at least three places (page 3, col. 3,
line 7; page 4, col. 1, line 45; page 7,
col. 5, line 12) you placed a dollar
[sign inside of Quotation marks1
where one did not belong. This is
the worst kind of sinister
deviousness. It is well known that
college students try to avoid looking
directly at what is inside of quotation marks (since they are afraid
that what is in there will have to be
memorized). Thus, they see your
dollar signs inside the quotation |
marks INDIRECTLY! Subliminal
suggestion? You bet! If you can't
get them with regular dollar signs
you try with hidden ones. Again this
is a favorite satanic trick.
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But you were not content to stop
there. Your prize piece, the work of
collaborative fiction, is the most in-
sidious piece of satanic craftsmanship I have seen in several weeks. It
masks as a frothy, substanceless bit
of sophomoric humor. BUT READ
IT BACKWARD, Not one word
makes any sense EXCEPT the word
"lived" which occurs in three places
(notice the mockery of the number 3
implicit in this ~ the mockery of the
concept of trinity). As you well
know, "lived" spelled backward
spells you know what!
I know you will not dare print this
letter lest your "cover will be
blown**. If you do print it it will
merely be an attempt to make light
of the whole issue by employing the
old public disclosure trick (if you
have something to hide, make it
public yourself and people will say
"it can't be true, otherwise why
would they have publicized it").
Since you will probably not dare
publish this letter I have sent
another letter which will look just
like an ordinary one. But those who
are on the lookout for satanic press
will know how to read it and be
warned of the danger your publication represents.
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Your eternal rival from the side of
the Good
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Unsigned (I know what happens
to those who reveal their identities
to the likes of you)
Editors' Response: Okay, you
caught us. We're guilty. We admit
it. There were only two occasions of
|the word "lived** in our story. If
you really want to get picky, you
failed "to Tiot!ce~Tharwe "alstf raifa'
JFAR SIDE about chicken cults and
we gave notice to the movies
[CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
and SOUL MAN. In addition, the
reference b (Column 4, lines 8-15
under, the picture) to the Book of
Revelation refers to the Antichrist,
the being born of a jackal, hence the
snout. The dollar signs weren't our
doing; they were the work of our
satanic typesetting machine. We do
take offense, however, at the
reference to our the story being called * ' s u b s t a n c e l e s s ' ' and
"sophomoric." What can we say?
The devil made us do it.
®rte iJWerriao
Brian Sheridan, Editor
Chris Kovskl, Managing Editor
Jennifer Conmy, Sports Editor
Matthew J . Clark, News Editor
Ton I Fleet, Photography Editor
Paula Bruno, Calendar Editor^
H. t . Beezub, Business Manager
Tom Mulligan, Asst. Business Manager
Frank Pawlowskl, Circulation Manager
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Julie Cherico
Matt Clark *
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER7. 1986
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cyhurst College, 501 East 38th Strset, Erie, PA 1*546 VIM
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phone 825-0376
Schrader Is Remembered
By MSG Awards Renaming
by David Armstrong ('86), former
MSG President
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On Sat. Nov. 8th, during the
halftime of the Laker football
game, a special ceremony will take
place. Due to the efforts of Mike
Kelly and MSG, Robert Schrader,
the husband of Sally Schrader,
will receive a plaque in honor of
Sally's remarkable support for
MSG which ended with her death
on July 5, 1986. 5
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Besides being Secretary for
E.W. Kennedy, Sally, in conjunc- j
tion with the MSG Treasurer,
managed all the financial responsiblities of MSG and SAC for 18
years. The plaque to be presented
on Saturday is but a small token
of gratitude for Sally's part contribution to MSG.
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Before taking over the duties of
President of MSG, an outgoing
officer mentioned that if there
ever was a problem, Sally would
Kovski
by Chris Kovskl
take care of it; this was a
monumental understatement.
Sally was always there to help
the officers in any type of situation, whether it dealt with MSG or
personal matters. Students' interests were always paramount in
Sally's work. That is why Mercy hurst, MSG, and the alumni
will dearly miss her.
When choosing a college,
students look at the advantages of
a small college over a big university. Small schools thrive because
they can offer students "the personal touch."
Mercyhurst's personal touch
was exemplified by Sally
Schrader. I lament Sally's passing
not only because I knew her, but
even more so because future
students of Mercyhurst will never
experience the love and care Sally
had to offei. *
MSG Note: The ceremony
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which Dave speaks of involves the
MSG Representative Award. In
the past, the award has been
presented to that person who, in
the opinion of the executive committee, has contributed the most,
to Student Goverment during the
year. In the future, this reward
will be renamed "The Sally
Schrader Memorial Award."
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The Student Goverment voted
to change the name of the award
to pay tribute to Sally Schrader,
who was a constant friend and
supporter of MSG as well as of all
students whom she encountered as
Secretary of Student Services.
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tasy, debating the state of my
finances, as well as the amount of
What *'wuuld —harden
•••' povei n m f T H - m o n c H could-*©*
Department of Defense sold its claiming myself a sovereign naold weapons? I don't mean the; tion about to be taken over by the1
jeeps cut in four pieces that you Soviet Union's sympathizers in a
can find in an Army Surplus bloody coup d'etat, in walked
catalog, or the old M-l or M-16 Gen. Halfwit.
rifles. I'm talking about the heavy
"Hey boys, what do you have
"hardware." Here would be a for me today?"
typical day at the D.O.D.: f
"How about one of these
"Good afternoon, sir. How gorgeous M-l tanks? Only 5
may we help you at the D.O.D. million, complete, after cost overDepartment Store?" asks the runs and markups."
young salesman, stylishly smart in
"Sounds good. I'll take 7,000."
his khaki dress uniform. (That's
"Great! Usual terms?"
khaki, not tacky.)
"Yeah. Just send the bill to the
"Well, I was kind of hoping taxpayers."
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that you'd be able to help me find
At that time, I realized poor old
something for my aging Grand- Grandma wasn't going to get her
mother. She turns 80 this M-l. After all, I have to pay my
month."
share on these government
"I'm sure we can find purchases/
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something. George, anything on
When the general walked out
those French Exocet cruise
TNI f All SIDI
missiles?"
. "Sorry. El Salvador got the last
of those yesterday. We do have
some of those Super Matra
missiles. Go great on an F-4, an
F-20 Tigershark, or even a Mirage
2000."
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something a l i t t l e more
American?"
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"How about a new M-l tank?
Chrysler made, ACE support
vehicle to dig J the 2.5 million
dollar baby In for firing, a 1-year
service contract and its own fuel
truck all for the special Geritolsubsidized package price of only
3.5 million, before taxes.** r
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can I tet?"
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the startled Arab representative
a Iking in i
"Excuse me," the general said,
as startled as the Israeli. "Are you
new here in Washington?"
"Sure am. I had to check out
your bargains here to see if I can
find a better deal than in the KGB
I catalog."
The general said "We'll have to
see what these guys can do for
you. They must have something
for the discriminating buyer such:
as yourself. Hey boys," he
shouted as he headed back to the
counter. "What have you got for
my God-fearing, Capitalistloving, Russkie-hating buddy Abdul here? Fix him up and. put it on
the tab, too."
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Oh, well. Looks like poor grayhaired Grandma gets another bottle of perfume this year.
By GARY LARSON
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The Merciad Interview:
L i n v i l l e R e f l e c t s O n H i s P a s t &L i f e A f t e r
An interview with Larry Linville
conducted by Brian Sheridan
Bowl, and sometimes I envy those
people being able to do that. But
it's not for me. People see you
The scene was somewhat successful and the rest of it and
rem in scent of a setting- from a they don't see the other part of it,
Hemingway story. There was ac- when it's down and deadly and
tor Larry Linville, the man I was difficult.
to interview, sitting at the bar of
the Hilton Hotel's? saloon
" Billy's. "|The rock music of the
bar's video screen blared outfthe
latest video hits from Genesis, Rik
Ocasek and Glass Tiger for* a
smalt group of patrons, none of
whom were dancing. The casually
dressed Linville sat with a
cigarette dangling from his lips
and was taking sips from his glass
that was filled from the bottle of
Heineken that stood in front of
him.
Her was making small talk
with the waitress and the barmaid
who were obviously enjoying the
presence of the man once known
i
on television as *ferret face," but
who has yet to repeat the success
that role brought him.
"The background here is a
damn sight better than that
bleeding room," he said with a
laugh that in no way resembled
the whining giggle of Frank
Burns*
''All right," he said preparing
himsell for the on slaught of my
The Merciad: When "MASH"
questions, "sic 'em. Go."
came,along, what was so unusual
The Merciad: What was some about your audition?
of your background in high
school and college theater?
Linville: The only unusual thing
Linville: Really kind of dread- about it was that it sprung from
ful high school plays that turned one day of work on "Room 222"
into I don't know how to do it and really had nothing to do withj
without doing twenty minutes. anything else. Gene Reynolds, the
The whole point of me becoming producer, remembered two, two
an actor was that I never really and half years later and brought
wanted to be one and I had no in- me in to do this ( audition for
tention of becoming one. I had a MASH.) . This is very strange.
degree in engineering, I wanted to When you get these questions, not
fly jets at Edwards Air Force Base only from you, but from the
test school. I never wanted any students when we have questions
damn part of it. It was nothing I and answers, you get into a time
ever wanted or pursued or had machine and you go back in your
any compulsion or any kind of brain, and even if- you answered
obsession for. It was a freak from these questions hundreds of times
you still wonder. The strange
the beginning.
The Merciad: It is said that ac- thing is that you still don't know,
tors pay their dues when they first you still puzzle it out, trying to
start. How did you "pay your figure out just what; the bloody
hell
-happened
and
why.
You
dues?"
know what happened but the why
linville; Oh yeah. Washing of it is very difficult and involved.
dishes in New York for thirty six |t deals with past experience and
dollars a week. Going on in a two past efforts, quirks.That's kind of
and a half hour play and having contrary to a lot of ethics which
one line.^ Having been trained at teach that effort will be rewarded
an engineer, I did some engineer* and you can be anything you want
ing work/research and develop- to be and all that other stuff you
ment, R and D stuff, just to make hear- from\ your parents and
enough damn money to pay the educators and other people. I'm
not
getting
metaphysical;
I
don't
bills while attempting to still be an
mean
to
do
that,
but
there
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a
ceractor, attempting to live on $40 a
tain
fate
quotient
that
enters
your
week with a wife. That's paying
life,
whether
you
like
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not.
your dues, it's a pretty stiff and
difficult existence that you have to
be some kind ©f coinpuUsive to
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want you for
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Linville: No, not at all. I was a
dramatic actor. I was very scary,
always the villian. Reynolds really
had to fight to get me the role.
The irony is that once you become
funny you can't be serious. They
don't want you do to do anything
The Merciad: The first season
of MASH was low rated. Did you
ever think it would become such a
big hit?
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is In the first weeks, no.
We thought it was going to be a
disaster. Every spinoff of a motion picture has always been a
disaster, every one. The motion
picture was still being run. We
said goodbye to each other very
often. We figured that every show
we did would be our last one. The
ratings were very poor, the public
was very upset with us for making
a series from the movie because
they loved the motion picture. It
was during the summer reruns
when the show took off. No, a
first we thought it was a disaster
but were quite pleased at having a
job for a couple of weeks.
The Merciad: How did you approach the role of Burns after
Robert Duvall played him in the
movie? Essentially he was a different character.
Linville: Yeah, it was quite dif. ficult because anything Bobby did
in the picture we couldn't do on
television. We had to create
something totally new. (20th Century) Fox volunteered to bring the
motion picture in and screen for
us and we said "No." That's not
being egocentric; it's just a fact
that (Donald) Sutherland plays
Sutherland better than Wayne
Rogers. (Elliot) Gould plays
Gould better than Alan Alda.
Bobby Duvall plays Bobby Duvall
better than I do. But I play Linville better than Bobby Duvall
ever could, and so on. So, we all
created lour own identities | and
kind of ignored the motion picture as if it never existed.*If we
had attempted to ape it, we would
only come up with a sad percentage of their efficiency.
serious. It all has to do with
marketing, giving the public what
they want and expect. This is a
sale,..let's sell what's popular, not
even what's possible or good or
wonderful. The public has been
quite amazing; they* 11 accept me
in any arena playing a variety of
parts. The merchandising type
people tend to bet on sure things.
If they make a half-ass mistake
it's going to cost them their job.
You get to a peculiar point where
you wind up playing the same
roles to the point where the public
gets damn sick of it. I am aware
there's always another piece of
meat coming down the road and if
you go into oblivion, fine, they
can go on with the new piece of
meat.Jit's like that rock and roll
The Merciad: As the series prosong: a "new boy in town." You gressed, Alan Alda gained more
get to the point where you say behind-the-scenes control. How
"No.
I'm not doing that role."
did the atmosphere change on the
The Merciad: What were some
of the roles you turned down?
linville: Frank Bums reincarnated. I said no and went back to
the theater. I got to play drunks
and mad people, and it took me a
while to get around not the public
but the'damn network merchandising people. There is a strange
situation that exists in the industry
where we have MBA-types dictating to people have spent their
lives Being creative and telling
them how to create. mTheir rationale is | that that »u$? have
viewer demographics i- »><-ft don't
mean a damn thir.ij. u you got a
good thow people will watch it. £
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Linville: Burnout. Gelbart once
said we are our own worst enemy
because we make it look easy and
that's true. We spent 14 to 16
hours a day for 5 years. That's 27
full length motion pictures, back
to back. Your personal life goes to
hell. You basically don't have
any. Five years of your life go by;
you don't know where the hell
they went. It was enough. The
people who stayed beyond f that
are not quite the same. How I
don't know; I won't make any
comment on that, but it is incredibly difficult. We make it
look easy, but it is not. When people come up to me and ask me the
trivia questions, I can't answer
them. It was the ultimate cram
and scram routine where you
cram those lines in your brain, put
it on film and get the bloody hell
out of there. Enormous pressure
and tension, but it was all very
worthwhile, though I might sound
negative. How do you sustain it,
though? You have to make
choices. It was a one camera
show, shot like a motion picture,
where all the scenes were quite
i|short and you had to be there all
the time. You're talking about hitting that stage at 7:30 a.m. and
being damn lucky ii you got out
of there at 9:30 at night. The
public thinks that's glamorous
because you're making lots of
money. It's ideal being one of the
most recognizable faces in the
United States, yet when you're in
the middle of all that, your life is
going by and you don't know
where the hell it went. You turn
around and look at your peers,
they're dying, they're stroking,
farting out and- falling on their
faces deader* than door nails.
Then you begin to wonder what
the hell all this is worth. Five years
was enough for me and I left. You
are given a great deal but for
everything that's given to you,«
something gets taken away from^
you.
Moments f become minutes,
days, years.
The Merciad: If you could go d
back to the beginning of
set?
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Linville: The time I was there, would change in Frank Burn's >«
not at ail. Only Alan did more character?
than one job. For us that was really all there was to it. The script
Linville: Nothing, not a thing.
came up, his name was on it, the There has been some horse's ass
director came in and it was him. criticism that he should have been
That as the only mark of delinea- a more fully-rounded human betion. We were all partners, an ing, but these are people with no
ensemble, and if anyone got out conception of dramatic art. If he
of line or became egocentric, even would have changed in any way,
Alan, we would jive them hell to he^wouldn't have been' funny.
regain the sense of proportion. That's my one criticism of the
That comes from being theater show as it went on. By the year
not film people;
sine, everybody was Hawkeye.
Who was das antagonist? Who
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a!.-, irlerciau
Bandits f Quite A Bore
by Brian Sheridan
From the film's title, and from
its advertisements, SKY BANDITS appears to be about two
turn-of-the-century bank robbers
who turn from attacking on
horseback to dropping on banks
and trains from a newly invented
biplane. Wrong. After seeing the
movie and discovering it has to do
with World War I and very little
about^ Western bank robbers, I
feel that this should have been titled BOX OFFICE BANDITS.
SKY BANDIT'S two main
characters resemble every cliche
that has ever been used in a "buddy" film but really steals from the
classic "buddy" film, BUTCH
CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. Just like Butch and Sundance,
Luke (Jeff Osterhage) and Barney
(Scott McGinnis) are bank robbers at the turn of the century and
Barney always uses too many explosives on the job, blowing the
bank into smithereens. After this
opening, you expect one to turn to
the other and say "Think you used enough dynamite there,
Butch?"
If brains were dynamite,
though, these two wouldn't have
had enough to blow their nose.
They get caught robbing a bank,
but instead of going to prison,
they are drafted into the army and
sent to France to fight World War
I. It's here, twenty minutes into
the film, that you begin to suspect
that you're not going to get what
you've been promised.
Now at the front, Luke and
Barney somehow just simply walk
away from their regiment, never
are missed and hook up with a
British Air Force outfit after
destroying one of their biplanes.
Now instead of being shot they
are taught how to fly despite their
inabilities to read or think logically. Don't ask me why Luke and
Barney just don't sneak away like
they did before; I can't even
figure out why they have the odd
habit of using each other's name
after every other sentence as if
they feared forgetting to whom
they were speaking if they didn't.
Now from the title, you would
guess they learn to fly, steal the
planes and start a barn-storming
bank-robbing scam in France.
That's not even considered by
these two numbskulls. This film
now becomes a limp version of
THE BLUE MAX as Barney and
Luke agree to shoot down a German airship that's as big as a city,
which has been raining death
Original Choreography
T o Highlight Recital
by Kelley Moore
The Mercyhurst College Dance
Dept. is presenting Dance
Esoterica, Nov. 13, 14, and 15 at
8:15 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2:30
p.m. in Zurn Recital Hall on The
Mercyhurst campus. The. event
displays the versatility c$ Mercyhurst dancers in both classical
and modern ballet.
There will be five different
works choreographed by JeanMarc Baier, the director of the
Dance Dept., June Hines, instructor of Ballet, and Dafna
Rathouse, an invited guest
Linville
continued from page 1
After all, his ultimate goal was to
be a test pilot at Edwards Air
Force Base, not that far from his
boyhood home in Sacramento. He
was born in the small northern
California town of Ojai, in 1939,
into a family that he describes as,
"being run by my father, the
fascist. His name was Sir$"
According to Linville his initial
interest in things thespian did not
exist until puberty threw his glandular system amok. Then in a
fevered search for surcease, he
even tried football until deciding
that it was too painful, even as a
means of becoming attractive to
young ladies of the female persuasion. When he learned that the
high school drama club had 25
girls and no boys, his opportunity
presented itself and he seized it.
He even convinced a brawny
friend from the football team to
join him. The Air Force and the
gridiron both lost Larry Linville
to acting. With the spread of
American television, it is no exaggeration to say that their loss was
our gain. "T
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originally from Israel, who has
worked with the Bat* Dor Dance
Co. and JCubbuti Danc^Co^in.
Israel, and various other companies in Spain and the USA.
Baier choreographed the music
of Bella Bartok's in "Unfinished
Journey." This work deals with
the weight of tragic events in a
human's past and frustration at
the absurdity of present.
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The second work, "Windows,"
which is a result of the collaboration of Baier and Rathouse, deals
with the outer image of men and
women in a micro-society.
"Tender Ties" choreographed
by Rathouse, deals with a sensitive relationship between a man
and a woman. Cesar Franck composed the music of the this work.
Hines has choreographed and is
featured in "In Dreams Only,"
music written by Samuel Barber.
The subject of this work is that, in
dreams, anything is possible in a
I relationship. Angela Elston has
written a poem or this particular
work, which will be part of the
performance.
The last work "Graduation
V
Ball" is a one act comic ballet
restaged by Hines. Baier commented "ft-wttHfraw a-«:rea*-deal
of laughter." This work focusesj
on an evening of gala,-put#n by
girls at a finishing school in Vienna to entertain graduates of a
nearby academy. Father Chuck
Schmitt of Campus Ministry, and!
Danielle Hahm of Meryhurst's
HRM Dept. are featured in this
^performance. The music is by
Strauss, as well as original
choreography to the music of Bartok, Samuel Barber, Franck, and
Astol Piazzola.
Baier, the Director of Mercyhurst's Dance Dept. since 1984, j
is enthusiastic about Dance
Esoterica. He asserts the "performers get better and better every
year." Baier believes as a result of
time "the works show more
potential to get the realm of
choreography improved."
Tickets are available at the door
and in advance. Admission for the
Mercyhurst community is free.
Adults, $3.50. Senior Citizens
$1.00. For reservations or more
information, call 825-0257.
JT O r U I T l continued from page
radical conservative? Nobody. In human being as they have seen
the first year there was only one them. If they're disgusting, fine.
Hawkeye, only one liberal voice If they're noble and wonderful,
of reason of, humanity and fine*
everybody else was a kind of
horse's ass for one reason or
The Merciad: If someone in the
another. Look at year nine. Even
Hot Lips is being a bloody future looks back over the career
Hawkeye in drag. Where's the of Larry Linville, what do you
contrastvwhere's the color? Peo- want them to rememeber?
ple are not all the same. The acLinville: I have a*daughter
tor's profession is to portray these
people and not kid the public and who's 17 going on 40. Screw show
say "I don't like my image so I'll business. If 1 could have any type
change and show you I'm kind of epitaph, it would be that 1 was
and loving." That's crap, that's a good father. The rest of it
ego. An actor's job is to portray a d o e s n ' t m e a n shd
NOVEMBER 7,1986
down from the skies on the
troops.
It would have been all right if
SKY BANDITS wanted to play
war, had they fulfilled two requirements to all good adventure
films. One, give us characters we
care about, or at least like; and
two, and most important, make
the action exciting.
McGinnis and Osterhage need a
crash course in charisma. They
are supposed to be loveable
rogues, but since they can't
transmit any kind of charm to the
audience, they come off as
nothing more than knuckleheads.
The chemistry between them
comes through only when they are
punching each other in the face,
something they do with curious
frequency. The script gives them
dull dialogue to recite, and the
funniest trait scriptwriter Thorn
Keyes created for Barney was that
he kept forgetting his matches
with which to ignite his dynamite.
A totally yuckless piece of work devoid of any humor.
After seeing hundreds of
movies containing flawless,
realistic looking special effects,
you forget that not everyone is a
George Lucas. SKY BANDITS
uses techniques, like back projecting an image behind a plane set to
make it appear to be flying, that
cause it to Too
the old SUPERMAN TV, series.
The shots of the monstei airship
are either fuzzy and out of focus
or clouded in a tV/ so it won't
look like a model. It doesn't help,
and neither does the overuse of
background paintings to create
the illusion that it's a war torn
country.
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The only effects that work are
the explosions, which are done to
an excess. Director Zoran Perisic
follows the rule "when in doubt blow it up" quite closely as
planes, buildings and fields go up
needlessly in flashes of fire and
smoke.
Another curious quirk of
Perisic's is that he rarely shows
people indoors. Everyone, from
the commander of the squadron
to the local girls, stands around
outside, staring skyward, as if
j they hope the great god of film
will take them from such a wretched picture. Another reason
could be that they spent all of the
budget money creating those
whiz-bang special effects, and
couldn't afford sets.
SKY BANDITS wouldn't have
needed state-of-the-art special effects had it just had a clever
script. We aren't that jaded yet
that we need everything to look
totally realistic. I could have even
forgiven the film's conclusion that
dives straight into silly fantasy as
airplanes fashioned from cars and
spare parts try to attack the Ger*
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uncreative script though, SKY !
BANDITS goes over as well as a
lead zeppelin.
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SKI CLUB
AUDITIONS
Anyone who is interested in skiing during Winter term call Karen
Yoviene at 825-9453.
EAT-N-SPEAK*
Alpha Phi Sigma, the National
Criminal Justice Honor Society, is
sponsoring an Eat-n-Speak next
Wed., Nov. 12th at 5:30 p.m. in
the Faculty Dining Room. Keith
Hardner will be speaking on the
Volunteers in Probation program
and Victim Awareness. All are encouraged to attend. This informational session is also being sponsored in part by the Academic
Enrichment Grant.
Auditions for two short skits to
be presented at the Christmas
Madrigal Dinner on Dec. 4,5 and
6 will be held on Sunday, Nov.9 at
1:00 in the Little Theatre. No
preparation or experience is
necessary. There will be seven
r e h e a r s a l s p r i o r to the
performance.
STUDENT DIRECTORIES
Commuters can pick up their
copy ol the current student directory in the Student Union or from
Sister Damien at the Information
desk.
13,14,and 15 at 8:15, and Nov. 16
at 2:30. Admission is $3.50 for
adults and $1.00 for students and
Senior Citizens. For reservations
and more information call
825-0257. All peformances will be
held in Zurn Recital Hall.
RECRUITERS ON CAMPUS
The following recruiters will be
on campus this week: State Farm
Insurance • Nov. 12, for all majors; PA State Police - Nov. 13,
for all majors; U.S. Marine Corps
- Nov. 11, for all majors - interviewing for officer training
programs.
SEMINAR
DANCE
The Dance Department of Mercyhurst College will present
DANCE ESOTERICA on Nov.
CLOTHING DRIVE S.A.C. is
sponsoring a clothing drive
through Nov. 20. Drop off
clothing in the S.A.C. office.
SHUTTLES Shuttles will be
available to the football game
S a t u r d a y . Times will be
announced.
R FAMILY FEUD Everyone is
invited to attend the Family Feud
game this evening in the Back
Porch Cafe at 7 p.m.
MOVIE The movie for this
week is VISION QUEST at 7 p.m.
in the Student Union.
The D'Angelo School of Music,
Mercyhurst College, presents the
second concert of their 1986-87
Concert Recital Series on
November 16, at 2:30PM, at the
Tech Memorial High School
auditorium, 3325 Cherry Street.
At this concert the New York:
Vocal Arts Ensemble will perform
works by Schubert, Brahms,
Ravel, Strauss, and Folk Songs of
the British Isles.
CONCERT K104 presents Alice
The Washington Star called
Cooper with speqml euest Vmme them "as fine a vocal quartet as
Vincent in concert, Nov. 9 at the you can hear anywhere.'* After
Civic Center. Tickets are $13.75 in their debut in Paris, the music
advance and $14.75 the day of the critic wrote that the New York
show, and are on sale at the box Vocal * Arts Ensemble provided
office and all Ticketrons. Charge "some of the most beautiful
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The New York Vocal Arts
Ensemble has performed
throughout the United States,
Canada, South America, and
Europe. They have performed in
New York City at Lincoln
Center's Alice Tully Hall, the
New York Cultural Center and
for the New York Choral Society.
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The Career Services Office will
be presenting a seminar on interviewing skills on Nov. 12 at 1:30
in the Heritage Room, Main 203,
The Merciad is 'seeking photographers and
reporters to develop their skills with the
camera or the pen.
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NOVEMBER 7,1986
Season Record 15-4-1
Lakers Finish Season With School
record for most wins in a season.
The 'Hurst finished with the
The Mercyhurst Laker soccer record after? action last week,
team finished its season with a posting a win over Penn State15-4-1 record. This record not on- Behrend before losing to second
ly tops last year's impressive ranked Gannon in extra time, two
figures but also sets a new school ten-minute periods played in the
event of a tie.
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The Lakers' game against Gannon proved to be one of the best
yet. The Lakers scored first, early
in the second half. Senior Tom
Mulligan scored at the 47 minute
mark of the game. Gannon came
back eight minutes later to even
the score at 1-1. The match ended
in a lie before Gannon capitalized
in the extra time periods. The
Knights scored once in each ten
minute extra time session giving
them a 3-1 victory.
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Earlier in the week the Lakers
scored a record-tying tenth
shutout
as
they
posted
a
1-0
win
Chris Mohr advances the ball past
a Gannon defender in Saturday's over Penn State Behrend. Derry
Kiely scored for the 'Hurst off
game.
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There's a group on campus
making a big splash! It's the Mercyhurst Swimming and Diving
Team. Next Friday the team will
travel to the Wittenburg Invitational meet in Ohio where they
will compete against Wittenburg,
Ohio Northern, Mount Union and
Wooster College. Although this
will be their first time at the Wittenburg Invitational, the Lakers
expect to dive into one of the top
three places.
Pool time for the swimming
and diving team at Tech Memorial
High School-has been limited
because of scheduled water polo
games. Coach Terry Stempit has
Donnough Shaffrey's assist.
Freshman John Melody also
recorded his seventh shutout of
the season in goal. The Lakers out
shot Behrend 17-1 in the match.
Head coach Rick Burns stated
he "was real pleased with the
spirit and intensity of play the
team showed in the Gannon
game." He went on to say that the
team tried as hard they could and
played and even match with Gannon for 90 minutes. Gannon
dominated the extra time periods
and recorded the win. *
The Lakers have scored the
highest number of goals in the
NCAA for the '86 season with 78,
while giving up only 20.
Sophomore defender Tim Valento
was named athlete of the week for Bernie Valento (left) and Tom Bade (middle) defend against Gannon's
Oct. 27 to Nov. 2.
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New Floor, NewRegulations
-» Mercyhurst College installed, a
new floor in the Campus Center
over the summer. According to
Dave Cherico, Director of
Athletic Maintenance, the new
floor is replacing the synthetic
rubber floor that had been in
supplemented the workout with place for 10 years.
weightlifting and aerobics for
The new floor is a hardwood
both swimmers and divers.
floor, which means there will now
k This year's diving * coach is be tougher rules regarding the use
Doug Vickey, a four year letter- of the floor. Because the floor is
man at Kent State, who also dove
I for Wright State. "He really
knows his stuff," said Nanette
Downey, a first year college diver
who has some past competitive experience. Divers with past competitive experience as well as summertime fun divers are welcomed
on the team.
National competition for swimming and diving will be held in
Long Beach, California.
£wThli year's co-captains are
Mary Kaliszak, Jane Anne Mohr,
Denny Hogan, and John Ritz.
SwimTeamtBegins
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Congratulations to the co-ed intramural
volleyball winners "Who Knows".
Sign upsjor Intramural basketball teams
are now being taken. Pick up maters In
rosters
back
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Turkey Trot Fun Run Thur., Nov. 20 at 3
p.m. The first male and female finishers
get the choice of a ham or turkey. Sign
up now In the Intramural.Office by Nov.
20 at 2:30 p.m.
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street shoes or turf cleats will be
permitted on the floor. Also, no
black soled shoes of any kind will
be permitted on the new floor.
Cherico added "the floor
should cut down on injuries and
last longer than the synthetic rubber floor." The court also will
make for easier play. The use of
the new floor is now for court
purposes only; it is no longerga
We innovate while
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Thursday will be 8 p.m. to 10:30
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Friday nights with Saturday hours
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Cherico would like people to
"use common sense and courtesy
when using the new floor".
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