VOL 60 NO.
18 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA 16546
Two MSG Races Fraught With Fraud
By Chris Kovski
In these days of political scandal, it is still
surprising to find the student statesmanship
of Mercy hurst College affected by such prob-
lems. We have a situation where "certain ir-
regularities have been found in the voting
procedures, which put the results of the races
for president and SAC chairperson in ques-
tion. The other races were unaffected, and we
have winners in those contests. Joe Arcadi
won for vice president, Sheila Ragus for
secretary and Paul Cefrick for treasurer," ac-
cording to Mercy hurst Student Government
President Michael Kelly, j
The MSG voting procedure consists sole-
ly of a student list, which the MSG represen-
tatives working the election cross the names
of the students off of before they vote. After
this registration, the students are given ballots
for the positions. & .
The election board, which counts the votes,
rules in cases of dispute and announces the
winners, consists of the five MSG officers—
iKelly, vice president John Widecan, secretary
Peggy Hirsch, treasurer Barb Sayers and SAC
chairperson Tracy Wasson—as well as
Chemistry representative Candy Tryon and E.
William Kennedy, director of student services.
The Merclad has learned through its
Representatives and their votes,
in order of major:
Accounting? Rich Porter X
Art: Mike Haynes X
Biology: Michael Good No
Business Admin.:"Tammy Barco No
Chemistry: Candy Tryon Yes v
Communications: Jennifer Conmy Yes
Commuter Caroline Robaszkiewicz Yes
CMI8: Gary Rail X
Criminal Justice: Kathy Schmidt Yes
Dance: Mary Campbell No
Dietetics: Sonia Ellis X
Elementary Educ: Kathy Dee X
English: Susan Marcy No
Fashion Merch.: Karen Davidson No
Freshman: Diane Conley Yes
Freshman: Rebecca Palmer X
Freshman: Rod Power Yes
Geology: David Sawicki No
History: Jim O'Conner X S everyone will be sneaking out of here on
HRM (alternate): Jean Deegan Yes
Interior Design: Michelle Hondal No -
Math: Paul Cefrick Yes.
Marketing: Julie Juenemann X
MISO: Walter Hader No
Music: Jerry Anderson No
Nursing: Cindy Lynch X
Political Science: Michael Vincent No
Psychology: Dee Regester X
Resident: Greg Latimer No
Secondary Educ: Tom Pari Ha No
Social Work: Elaine Lewis Yes
Special Educ: Theresa Klrlk Yes
Sports Medicine: Norman Gabriel No
X—Denotes rep. absent
Candidates Exonerated, Two Reps Implicated
sources, who witnessed the infractions,
that two of the election poll workers, CM IS
representative Gary Rail and Geology
representative David Sawicki, were advis-
ing voters at the election and registration
table as to the choices they should make
in the races in question. This occurred
while the two were registering voters at
the polls. According to election rules,
solicitating for candidates cannot occur
within fifty feet of the ballot box. •
|All of the candidates have been ex-
onerated. Kelly stated, "None of the can-
didates were involved. We just decided
that there was enough of a doubt to call
the results in these two races into ques-
tion." g* *
When contacted about this situation,
Sawicki refused to comment. Rail was
unavailable for comment as of press time,
due to his being out of the area. When
asked If these representatives were the
two involved, Kelly stated,'"No com-
ment."* * * *w
During the MSG meeting of April 5,
Special Education representative
Theresa Kirik submitted a proposal that
a "formal investigation into the election"
take place. Kirik gave as her reason for
suggesting such an investigation that "It
isn't fair to the student body, because, ba-
sically, we are to be running a democratic
government, and there is a question of
whether or not people were swayed in
their voting. I think that is a question that
should be addressed, and we, as student
government?representatives, should
know whether or not our constituents are
being fairly served."
jjThe ensuing discussion centered on
. pAC-
A hastily-made poster announcing new
election times tor the races of MSG presi-
dent and SAC chairperson. The elections
had to be redone due to problems at the
polls* Photo: L Hafenmaier
THURSDAY, APRIL 9,«1987
election procedures and the role of the
MSG representatives manning the polls,
with the final conclusion being that MSG
representatives, when working aMhe
polls, are to be neutral.
After the discussion, during which it
was clarified that the goal of the investiga-
tion would be to merely make the situa-
tion clear to the MSG body; the vote was
called. The voice vote was undecided, so
a roll call vote was taken. See sidebar for
results of the roll call vote.
i
Betsy Lantz Remembered
Through Scholarship Fund
By Jennifer Montanl
When Charles DeGaulle died, the people of
France named an airport after him. When John
R Kennedy died, a center for the arts and an
airporTwere named for him by the citizens of
the United States. For John Lennon, the city of
New York created the park Strawberry Fields,
and Walt Disney left behind an ever growing
world of magic.
When great individuals pass on, it seems only
natural that they be remembered in a way that
epitomized their lives. The goal is not the quan-
tity of time spent on this earth, it is the quality.
Although Betsy Lantz was taken from us at the
young age of 20, her attainable goals live on.
Not in the form of an airport, she would be the
first to laugh; Betsy's memory will live on in
the form of a scholarship, so others can achieve
her dream of education and success..
The Mercy hurst Alumni department, with
the assistance of Peggy Hirsch, Naomi Roman-
chok and Dr. Lew Lutton announce the Betsy
L. Lantz Scholarship. The scholarship will be
in the amount of $10,000, and will be awarded
to students in the field of liberal arts. Betsy's
Editor's Notej f the moment, but Betsy did. She didn't just die,
Easter-time is hopping around the corner
early this year, so there will be no Merciad
next week. Though Friday is officially the first
day of Easter break, you and we know that
Thursday, so an new issue might be missed
by those leaving the campus. When you re-
turn it will be old news, and old news is not
d news, in our opinion.
We here at the paper will be eating our
Easter candy in the office as we prepare a pa-
per for the week of everyone's return. The
issue will "hit the streets" April 23. Look for
more coverage of the MSG elections and in
coming issues the Forum column will be look-
ing into the mind of "All Things Considered"
commentator and "Nightiine contributor, the
sarcastic;'tan Shoales, as well as the usual
stuff. Until the 23, "Hoppy Easter" to you all.
Ba-bum ching. (Bad improvisation of a drum
riff, but what can you do?)
* The proposal failed, 13-10. This means that
the MSG representatives do not want an in-
vestigation of the election. Kirik declined
comment on the implications of the propos-
al's failure, f f
Voting for the two offices took place in a
special election on Hies., April 7 and Weds.,
April 8. Hie winners of these two races will
be announced in the April 23 issue of The
Merciad, as the results were announced too
late to make this issue.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer and A. Jessie But-
ler Lantz along with various persons involved
from the Mercyhurst community, will decide
on the criteria the would-be recipients must
meet to receive the scholarship. Areas such as
need, grade point "average and whether the
scholarship will be awarded to incoming
freshmen or upperclassmen are just afewof the
decisions that need to be made.fe
"At this'point, we're a little over 6(yof
reaching our goal," stated the alumni relations
department's Gary Bukowski. "We have had
various donors; some of our alumni have
already contributed, but we still have that 4(y
to go before we hit the $10,000:' Bukowski went
on to explain that the plans for the scholarship
are long term, which means that when the goal
is reached, all of the money will be placed in
the bank where the interest accrued will be what
the student receives. Bukowski remarked, "I
think this is a fitting tribute to Betsy.. .this is
a nice way to commemorate and remember her
beyond her graduating class." J Z
The motto of Mercyhurst College is Carpe
v
Diem: seize the opportunity. A famous writer
once said, "I'm not gonna die, I'm gonna go
out like a shooting star!" With a disease like
Cystic Fibrosis, it's next to impossible to seize
she went out like a shooting star.
Anyone wishing to offer donations to the Bet-
sy L. Lantz scholarship should contact the
alumni relations department ASAP by stopp-
ing in the office or calling 825-0246.
INSIDE:
Editorials.^—pg. 4
Forum pg. 5
"BHndDate" J
Review . 1 . . . 4 .pg. 6
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WMCY Moves Tbward FM Station
By Kelley Moore
Since Sept. 1983, Mercyhurst
College has been trying to attain an
FM station. Currently, WMCY is
operating at 880 AM, as it has been
for a number of years.
iDue to many.complications,
WMCY's chance of attaining an FM
station has been dismal in the past,
but things are beginning to change.
They only have one more hurdle to
overcome. ;'*-
On Monday, March 23, Mer-
cyhurstfileda settlement statement
with the FCC which simply covers
the problem the three parties involv-
From the outside, die tracks of the bulldozers show the way the gravel week
was taken into the Blue Room which...
. . . raised the floor up five feet to the level of the staircase. Overthe last MSG meeting.
900 tons of gravel was used for the job to fill the space* and then the This proposal was not voted on
cement was poured. It will be then covered with a vinyl flooring, new
lighting, and glass block windows. Photos: L Hafenmaier
87-88 MSG
Representative Elections
21
(Sift JfUrctaft THURSDAY; APRIL 9, 1987
ed arefeeing.Family Stations, Inc. great?amount without ^any in-
has filed for operation on FM 88.1. terference." Ragan said, "We've
Mercyhurst College, along with the done everything we can right now.
Martin Luther King Centerfiledfor All that's left is to wait." If the waiv-
operation on FM 88.5. Mercyhurst erHs approved, Mercyhurst could
and the Martin Luther King Center start building the long anticipated
have requested a waiver asking the FM station. The best estimate would
FCC to waive the rules in their case be another two to three months wait
to allow the minimal interference. before a response from the FCC is
The slight intervention, which will received. Hopefully, by the Summer
occur because of the stations being new construction will begin, and by
so close on the dial (88.1—88.5) will the 1987-88 school year, Mercyhurst
<5nly affect 6% of the population. students, as well as the surrounding
Mr. Richard Ragan, head of the Erie area, will have a new music
Communications Department source. f
believes, "We might have a chance WMCY Heavy Metal DJ Brian Maiden cranks up the volume to
listeners of his "Metal Matinee" Photo: L Hafenmaier
because 94% of the population is a
Phonathon Winners Announced
As \EventNears $60,000 Goal
By Ann Johnson gift of parents. This $7,000 mark is In that second place position was
high above previous contributions HSMA (Hotel Sales Marketing
This year's annual Mercyhurst from parents which typically only Association) which raised $5,000
Alumni Phonathon has already rais- reached the $2,000 mark, the alum- for the phonathon. HSMA was
ed over $52,000 of its goaljjof ni total also has already exceeded awarded $100 for its participation.
$60,000, according to Associate the previous high mark of $40,000. The third place effort came from
Alumni Director Tom Dore; the This year, in order to attract more the office of the Circle K club,
goal is still within reach. Many student volunteer phone callers, the which is a service organization af-
more alumni remain to be con- alumni office offered prize incen- filiated with the Kiwanis associa-
tacted, so the prospects look good. tives to different clubs and groups tion. The alumni association gave
The $52,000 raised so far was who would make the calls. Three Circle K $50 for raising over $4000.
gathered by 174 volunteers during a cash amounts were offered to the top Although*every volunteer was
two
span in March. These three groups which participated. awarded a 60th anniversary mug for
volunteers included faculty, ad- The top team, Phi Eta Sigma, was their help, Dore wishes to give add-
I ministration, alumni and students, awarded $200. Phi Eta Sigma, Mer- ed thanks. He said, "I can't thank
and their contacts included not on- cyhurst's freshman honor society, enough the students, faculty, ad-
ly alumni, but also parents of raised over $9,000. Dore contends, ministration, and alumni who
students presently attendingJM^ "I was very impressed with them. helped out. Because of themf-we^
cyhurst. Of the $52,000 raised, They were driven to win." Their were successful."
$45,000 is the contribution of alum- total was $4,000 more than the sec- Dore points out the importance of
ni, while the remaining $7,000 is the ond place team. (See "Phonathon'*4page 3)
Lack Of Reps, Prevent Vote At MSG Meeting
By Margaret Coffey 1 displays such as the ode outside of subject to the discretion of the body
the Student Government Office. for the next academic year." The
A proposal which would have There has been a proposal to change purpose of this change is to allow for
allowed MSG's budget to be Article 9, concerning the budget, of overbudgeting, underbudgeting and
published every fall in The Merciad the Student Government Constitu- sudden expenses. This would allow
*
*•«*
was not voted on because their tion. They would like to change the the budget to be more flexible.
weren't enough representatives at line, "... this budget will cover all
Student Government expenditures 'Student Government meetings
for the next academic year," to read, will be held in 214 Zurn instead of
because two-thirds of the represen- "this budget will cover proposed 114 for the remainder of Spring
tatives were not present. The pro- Student Government expenditures Term. * ft*
posal must be accepted by a
two-thirds majority to be passed.
The proposal would have enabled
students to know what their $60 Stu-
Attention Freshmen
dent Government fees were being
used for. The proposal inyolves in-
serting the line, "The Student
Government shall request that the
and Sophomores
Merciad, in the first publication of
Fall Term, contain a copy of the pro-
visional budget." Incidentally, at the
second meeting of Spring Term,
President Mike Kelly announced
that elections for student represen-
Have you applied to ALL possible sources of finan-
tatives would be held on April 21 cial aid for next semester, or have you tapped only
and 22. Letters of Intentforstudent government money. If so, you have probably skipped
22 reps, are due on April 10.
April is Living Organ Month.
over one, two or several of the more obscure
PRIVATE sources of financial aid that are just waiting
The purpose of the month is to
remove fears and reservations con- to be used. Thousands of dollars in scholarship
cerning organ donation. The need money are available now and? our company
Zurn Lobby for organ donors increases by 15 %
every year. One person could con-
specializes in locating them for you.
ceivably, save ten to twelve.lives. Scholarship Fund Locating Service
Organs are generally taken from
people aeeeased under the age of 55. 'A P.O. Box 2578, Bloomfield/NJ 07003
Living Organ Donor Cards will be (201) 483-5360 <
available around campus in special
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1987 Qttie fHertiaii PAGE 3

Mercy Terrace Complex

Dedicated At Ceremony
By Brian Sheridan who wouldn't find housing complex and the ideals that went in-
anywhere else." The building has 64 to building it, as "a great addition
The Mercy Terrace Apartments, apartments,i 12 are two bedroom to our community."
senior citizen apartment complex units and fourjwhich are for the The ceremony was capped by the
that stands on the hill over the Mer- physically handicapped, and are for blessing of the building's cor-
cyhurst College campus was formal- It. • ' • i *
those senior citizens who do not nerstone, which reads "His mercy
p Mercy Apartments Dedication ceremony with, from left to right, ly dedicated in a ceremony held at qualify for subsidized housing. To endures forever," by the Bishop and
Msgr. Wilfrid Nash, Bishop Michael /. Murphy, Sister Carolyn Herr- the complex on Sunday, April 5, then the blessing of the apartments.
Superior of the Sisters of Mercy get the structure built was not an
mann, Msgr. Richard Stack, Mayor Louis I. Tullio. Photo: L Hafenmaier easy task for the Sisters of Mercy. Residents of the apartments will
Sister Carolyn Herrmann, Mayor be encouraged to take part in the
Louis J. Tullio, County Executive As TYill io pointed, out in his remarks
made at the dedication, "Everybody cultural and sporting activities of the
Judith Lynch, Msgr. Wilfrid J. college and a glass-covered archway
Briggs Avenue Parties Make Nash, Sister Maria O' Conner, and
Msgr. Richard J. Stack were on
wants
going
housing
to
neighborhood."
be
until they
built
In fact
find
a
in
out its
their
petition
connects the structure
Sister of Mercy Motherhouse and
with the

'Hurst Look Like A' 'Ghetto'' hand as the Most Rev. Michael J.
Murphy, Bishop of Erie, dedicated
and blessed the new structure.
was circulated
prevent the
around
building.'Tullio
the area to
said,
Center
should
on
give
Aging,
the
all
residents
of which
plenty of
"When they came to me (an East activities.
By Matthew J. Clark niture may not be put out on the In her opening remarks, Sr. Herr- Grandview resident), I told them I The well-attended ceremony was
lawns, c) Kegs are still forbidden. mann talked about how the Sisters by invitation only, but the Mercy
"The place looked like 18th The memo noted that infractions of Mercy had "discussed building was in favor of the apartments
because, though it was an election Terrace Apartments will be open for
Street!' \ That is how E? William of these rules would result in stern such a place on our own grounds for public view this coming Sunday,
measures bong taken, and remind- a long time. We built it for the peo- year, I was getting to that age where
Kennedy, Director of Student Ser- 1 might be moving in here." Serious- April 25.
vices, summed up the appearance ed students that being housed at ple we love and for those elderly
Mercyhurst " is a privilege, not a ly, Tullio praised the apartment
of the Mercyhurst campus after a
recent party at the Briggs Ave. right". £ 1 I
apartments left furniture scattered The memo also made reference
outside the building and onto the to administration .receiving "a _-*T* - „ —_H

street. A, A phone call about the place looking

Gasoline Alley, Mercyhurst
style?
The party reportedly got out of
hand, with students taking furniture area decent looking".
outside and playing loud music.
'This, allegedly, made the campus
look bad as well as disturbed the
peace in the neighborhoods sur-
rounding the Briggs fApts.
Because of^these activities, a
memo from Phyllis Aiello, Direc-
tor of Housing and Safety, was sent
to all - Briggs, Townhouse, and
Mercy Apt. residents, reminding
them of the laws that were
established last fall regarding par-
ties on campus.
The rules given in the March,
24th memo are as follows: a)
Stereos may not be played loudly
or put in your windows, b) Fur-
like a ghetto'', and told students to
4
'have some pride in yourselves
and your surroundings and keep the
In a letter sent to these residents
on Sept. 18,1986 by Kennedy, he
warned that' 'The college will press
charges both internally and exter-
nally through the criminal justice
system,'' regarding loud music and
keg parties, and he said in an in-
terview last week that "the ad-
ministration's position regarding
parties on campus has not chang-
ed." | *
* 'Of Icourse we cannot do
anything about parties we don't
know about," he said, "but those
who make themselves known to us at the Briggs Ave. apartments. Administration, however, is tryingschool.
will be dealt with."
make that a thing of the past Photo: L. Hafenmaier.
PHONATHON
(Continued from page 2)
the participation level in these
phonathons. He believes the level of
participation can? serve Kas a
barometer for Mercy hurst's ability
to raise money elsewhere. It shows
that Mercy hurst's graduates are not
only satisfied with their education,
but that they are also doing well
enough to be able to make a con-
tribution. According to Dore, the
percentage of participation helps the
school get funds from corporations
who see how much the graduates
Speakers blaring music and kegs are a common sight during parties wish to continue to be a part of the
to
So far this year, 32% of
alumni donated, far surpassing the
national average of 20 %.

The Merciad Asks: If you could choose anyone ?

who would you want as the new* Dean?

>

Lisa Durni, Business/Education: "Swamp," Criminal Justice:;. •*

Tom Kaspick, Undecided:
"jean Marc Baier because he has a world
of knowledge and has been many places. He's
very good at organizing people."
Brad Beshaw, Art: "David Byrne, the leader of the "Talking "Vanna White because oflher|fine
"I would have said Andy Warhol but he's Heads," because I feel that he would bring managerial skills that she demonstrates on
dead. No one else.
some life into this school." "The Wheel of Fortune." Turning letters is a
hard job. She also makes a beautiful playmate
in "Playboy." :
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Students Deserve Explanation
And Action From Student Govt.
By Brian Sheridan
"If it ain't broke don't fixfit"
might be a saying that applies to
many things, but not to elections of
government officials, be theyforour
school or our national represen-
tatives. The problems that have oc-
curred in the MSG elections might
just have been waiting to happen,
but now that it has we deserve some
explantion.
The'current system of voting,
relying on MSG officials to super-
vise the students voting at the polls,
has been in effectforthefouryears
I have been here. It's a shame that
the bubble finally had to be burst by
a few people who thought it might
be cute to influence students voting
for a particular candidate. Here you
have a situation that teeters on
disaster. Students who want to do
their part and vote, but do not know
what the candidates standfor,can be
easily persuaded by peer pressure?!
Then they meet; representatives
from MSG who are supposed to be
informed and trustworthy, since they
make many decisions about our how
are money is spent. If they suggest
to the student who to vote for, they
might take that suggestion, believ-
ing it is a voteforthe best candidate,
notforsomeone's buddy.
The current MSG president,
Mike Kelly, cannot be held accoun-
tableforthe immature actions of his
underlings or the inherent faults in
the voting system. The MSG of-
Sttre Mttcxab
Brian Sheridan, Editor i
Chris Kovskl, Managing Editor
Jennifer Conmy, Sports Editor
Matthew J. Clark, News Editor
Leslie Hafenmaler, Photo Editor
Paula Bruno, Calendar Editor
Frank Pawlowskl, Circulation Manager
VOL. 60 NO. 18
Reporters
Julia Cherlco Ann Johnson
argaret Coffey Jennifer Montanl
Chuck Fleet Kelley Moore
Typists
Bridget Pre&uttl, Karen Casclo
E. William Kennedy, Adviser
The Merclad is the student-edited newspaper of Mercyhurst College, 501 East
38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. The Merclad office is located in the basement
of Baldwin Hall, phone 825-0376.
ficers and representatives who want
to push this incident under the rug
are to be held responsible. Kelly can
do very little without the support of
his staff. You have to trust the peo-
ple you work with and only hope
they will carry out their? respon-
sibilities as well as you want them
to. Asforthe way the voting is done,
it has been done that wayfora while
without incident, though I think an
underlying concern that this some-
day might happen has always
existed.
Like President Reagan should
have done in the beginning of the
Iran arms scandal, MSG has to.
make this "ballotgate" public. This
might deter itjrfrom happening
again, since people would be aware
that a poll worker suggesting to a
voter who to voteforis wrong. As
for reprimands against those involv-
ed, volunteer organizations always
have the problem of dealing out
punishment, because whatever you
do, it's usually symbolic. Banning
them from meetings or dinners or
whatever only gives you less people
to work with. Though if the people
you're working with behave in this
kind of manner, everyone might be
best served without them. The MSG
Constitution cannot be ignored just
because "it's late in the year."
MSG has chosen to ignore the
problem. "A vote taken at the
meeting on Sunday showed that they
can ignore their Constitution. We
THURSDAY, APRIL 9,1987
She iflcrcinft
call for an investigation into the
situation and an official statement
from MSG. Just what is this—the
South with Huey Long? Do the
MSGreps. think they<are not
answerable to the people? This does
not apply to the 10 that wanted to be
open about the matter.
Is MSG here solely to be an elite
group, to cover for themselves, and
not to protect the rights of the
students? This matter was unfair for
those in the presidential and SAC
race that have worked hard and who
will now get no satisfaction because
MSG chooses to ignore the prob-
lem. It is also unfair to the students
here who had faith in MSG to be
open, honest and Mr, like a govern-
ment should be. Suddenly, the
blame is no longer on just a couple
representatives but on all of MSG.
By Chris Kovski f.
America. Land of the free, home
of the brave and alhof that other
stuff. It also appears to be the land
of warped values. Instead of aiding
the homeless and starving of our
own homeland,.we send* $100 themselves. Since sports require no
million and more to a group of peo-
ple called the "Contras." From what
I've seen, they don't appear to be
starving or homeless; they just seem dividuals, the community must get
to be interested in the best deal on
a Swedish-made UZI automatic
pistol.
I?": When we could be spending a fewresponsive to the* needs of large g f
billion on improving our environ-
ment, we are cranking out hundreds
of billions of dollars to find ways to
demolish our planet.!Look what
happens next: Ray Charles does a
duet with Billy Joel. Vanna White,
the Ail-American Girl, poses nude
(or semi-nude) for a men's
magazine.
We allow Oral Roberts to extort
money from poor elderly people,
we allow Ronald Reagan, the Great
Communicator, to get away with
trying the good old Soviet disinfor-
mation ploy. While Madonna could
have married almost anyone she
wanted, she chose Sean Perm, who
is two inches shorter than her, and
at least 10 points less attractive, to
boot. Now, I know that that sentence
about Madonna appears to be a non
sequitur, but I think that there is a
connection there somewhere.
I think that the Madonna/Penn
nuptials had a greater effect on
world affairs than anyone could have
realized.
For example, once you connect
two people like Madonna and Perm,
a large number of people lose their
will to be intellectuals. After all, if
Penn could catch a woman with his
lack of charisma and intellect (real -
THURSDAY, APRIL 9. 1987
Reasons For Revote
By Mike Kelly, regularities. The other positions
MSG President L were shown not to be affected!
A group of seven and the election
Most of you have witnessed an committee reviewed the facts and
usual event at Mercyhurst in the past decided in the interest of fairness to
week. On Tuesday and Wednesday have new elections for two posi-
MSG electionsforthe positions of tions. We counted the votesforthe
president and SAC chairperson were other positions, which were unaf-
reheld. Ifeltthe need to explain our fected, in a way that gave no clue as
point of view.
to the outcome of the elections for
\y} On Wednesday of the first elec- president and SAC chairperson. The
tion, stories began to come to me of decision to revote was made before
certain irregularities in the election the ballot box was opened. That is
procedure. These allegations were the official position.
substantiated and were determined I Let me give you some of my
to be against the election rules as reasons for taking the position
outlined in the MSG Constitution. which I took. I have heard of other
I had also witnessed some infrac- elections in which this practice took
tions and knew that something had place. The fact that it was ignored
to be done. At this point I wish to did not set any precedent. I am
state that NONE of the candidates charged .with upholding the MSG
were implicated in these ir-
• (See "Revote" page 7)
ly, how much smarts does it take to groups of individuals.
punch a reporter that bothers you?), ' Now, for Mercyhurst College to
so could any spineless or stupid be responsive to the needs of the
creature. M $ t community, new locker rooms must
When these people lose then* will take precedence over a new
to read, they must necessarily find bookstore. After all, who needs
another activity to occupy books anyway?
Well, for starters, every student
reading, they are a natural choice. on campus, as well as every instruc-
Once sports assume such a vital tor. Who needs a new locker room?
role in the lives of a group of in- Approximately 300 j (if that)
members of the Mercyhurst com-
involved, in the, true spirit of munity. Compare that to the 1800
democracy. The people are the com- students and over 100 members of
munity, so the community must be the faculty. = f
(See "Kovski" page 7)
THE FAR SIDE
By GARY LARSON
In the early days, living in their squalid apartment,
all three shared dreams af success. In the end,
however, Bob the Spoon and Ernie theforkwound
up in an old silverware drawer and only Mac
went on to fame and fortune.
THURSDAY,jAPRIL 9, 1987
®he HHerciab PAGE 5

C o m i c Scripter Harvey Pekar Describes Life O n " Letterman

By Harvey Pekar
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Editor's Note: This article by
Harvey Pekar was written before
Pekar's third appearance on
4
'Late Night with David Letter-
Through the good offices of John
Marshall High grad Steve CTDon-
nell, now an Emmy-award-winning
comedy writer, I was invited to ap-
pear Oct. 15,1986 on NBC's "Late
Night With David Letterman."
would be too polite to reply in kind.
Sitting in the Green Room just
prior to going on I knew I had these
advantages: Letterman generally is
cast as an anti-establishment guy,
but next to me, the old drugstore
'bubbled": "Aren't they great to-
gether?" I was held over through an-
other guest's segment. At the end of
the show Letterman asked me to
come back.! <&&
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for the Federal Election Commis-
sion is quoted as saying that election
laws prohibited companies from
contributing political action com-
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mittee money secured from

I really enjoyed working with

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employees by "the use of physical

man" which occurred a few weeks
ago. He wasflownto New \brk Ci-
ty by the show to appear at the last
minute, filling in for an unnam-
ed guest, . „ David Letterman." This unfor-
i THEME ONE: You probably
wouldn't know who I was if you saw
my name on an American Express
card, but I've been on the David
Letterman show—twice. I earn my
living as a file clerk at the Wade
Park VA Hospital here in Cleveland,
where I've worked since 1966. For
me it's a good secure job; the pay's
OK; the fringe benefits are fine; the
hours are right; my coworkers are
good, interesting people. It sure
beats being a janitor or working in
factories and stockrooms, which is
some of what I did back in the late
'50s and early '60s. But I guess my
main claim to fame is as an author.
I began doing articles and reviews
for nationally distributed publica-
tions when I was 19. Back in 1972
started writing autobiographical
comic book* stories that werel il-
lustrated by a variety of people in-
cluding Robert Crumb, one of the
world's greatest cartoonists.
(Crumb's an old friend of mine-—I
met him in 1962 just before he began
workingforAmerican Greetings on
the West Side.) Since 1976 I've self-
published stories in a comic book
called "American Splendor." It lost
money year after year, but got a lot
THEME TWO: In December
1985 the General Electric Co. ac-
quired RCA, which owned NBC,
which owned "Late Night With
tunately went unnoticed by the vast
majority of Americans. Both GE
and RCA are defense contractors,
together they figured to get a nice
chunk of change from Uncle Sam.
It doesn't seem right for a huge cor-
poration like GE, involved in trying
to push a mess of goods on the
federal government, to own a major
media arm like NBC. And GE's past
history isn't exactly reassuring.
In 1961 some GE executives were
convicted in a massive price-fixing
scandal and sentenced to prison.
During that year the Justice Depart-
ment pointed out that GE "had been
found guilty in 29 antitrust actions
in the last 50 years," Looking
through recentireditions of the
Reader's Guide to Periodical
Literature, I notice articles with
tiUeyjke""Arr Force Will Withhold
General Electric Payments Because
of Discrepancies (Airplane Engine
Contract)," "Defense Department
Disqualifies General Electric From
New Work," "General Electric
Pleads Guilty to False Claims,
Statements," "Foul Play on a
Megamerger?(Inside Traders and
the GE-RCA Deal),"
When GE gobbled up NBC, was
it like putting the fox in the chicken
cowboy, he'd look like a bank presi-
dent. If I played my cards right I'd
have the crowd rooting for me, the
underdog, the man of the people.
Also, I have no reservations about
being rude or obnoxious, especial-
ly on a show that's lightweight and
over-rated. And, it's always good to
subvert the cult of celebrity. A fast
Artist R. Crumb's illustration of comic book writer Harvey Pekar, from them, someone else would and pro-
the anthology "American Splendor".
and loud-talking guy like me can
mess up Letterman by pushing and
interrupting him, botching up his
Dave. At one point he looked at me , force, job discrimination or finan-
almost pleading and said, "Harvey,
I like you." It was a really nice thing force, job discrimination or finan-
to do, and although me aggressive
yapping continued, Ifeltmuch more
comfortable. There were points dur- angered NBC employees by order-
ing the show when I felt he was set-
ting up jokes for me,,adopting a
straight man's role. On the way back
B |
to Cleveland I was on top of the
world.
cial reprisal or die threat of physical
cial reprisal." .
Wright, who had previously
ing 5 % across-the-board budget cuts
and flaying off a\ number of
employees, despite NBC's
"escalating profits," seeming excep-
tionallyfoolishand callous to me.
How could he, a lawyer, issue the
blustering PAC memorandum in
which he threatened to violate
federal election laws? I'll bet even
Peter doesn't know how widely his
Peter Principle—people advance to
their level of incompetence—is ap-
plicable.
I Now I'll repeat—"Late Night" is
an NBC show. However, a couple of
weeks before I went back on TV I
was pleased to see Wright parodied
on it as a dull-witted, used car
salesman-type. If Letterman could
get away with it, maybe I could hit
Wright with a much heavier, and
more direct attack. It was worth
looking into. Why try to trash Dave
as shallow again? l i e fault wasn't
with him; it was with his ignorant
•
audience. If he didn't take the
millions bucks a year to play to
fm bably do a worse job at it.
Presented straight, the informa-
tion about GE and NBC, however
m

of critical praise. In 19831 was the My next appearance on "Late alarming, wouldn't interest Letter-
subject of a cover story in the coop? Well, they bear watching timing. But would the techniques I'd Night" occurred on Jan. 6. About man's audience. But I could make it
Village Voice. Finally, in 1986, anyway. honed for 40 years in schoolyards a month earlier I'd read an article in funny. I could talk about poor
Doubleday issued a trade paperback OK, so now it's Oct. 15, and I'm and on street corners, that had earn- the Cleveland Plain Dealer on George Burens, theformerGE vice
collection of my work. The book about to make my debut on national ed me a certain reputation as a wit Robert Wright, the guy GE had sent president who'd been thrown to the
sold fairly well,land again the TV. There are a couple of things I on Kinsman Ave., work on this au- over in September '86 to be the new lions in 1961, and had to serve 30
reviews were flattering, particular- want to accomplish: (1) I'd like to dience? \i> NBC president. It began, "The days'in jail. Burens, a Clevelander
ly a full page piece in the May 11 president of NBC has urged that the who quit school at the age of 16,
New York Times Book Review. I network start a political action com- began at GE as a laborer and work-
even got my mug on the cover of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday
j"lf I played my cards right, I'd mittee and that NBC employees who ed his way up through the ranks for
refused to contribute to it 'question 40 years until he reached the vice^
Magazine. *' have the crowd rooting for me." their own dedication to the com-
pany'. .." In a memorandum Wright
presidency. He was reported to have •: j
fought the price-fixing policies of
From this recognitionflowedtalk mentioned, "Employees that earn
show appearances, beginning with his bosses before finally being forc-
afive-minutespot on a small UHF sell my book to supplement the pen- I came on swinging, bludgeoning, their living and support their fami- ed to capitulate to them. But when
sion I expect to get upon retiring in talking about how bad Letterman lies from the profits of our business the price-fixing was discovered, it
station in Chicago ("A lot of peo- must recognize a need to invest
ple'll see you," said the interviewer, eight years and (2) I'm not going to looked, how he wore a toupee (he was Burens, not the president or
allow Letterman to embarrass me. doesn't), etc. A few of my remarks some portions of their earnings to chairman of the board, who went to
"this comes on just before the race ensure that the company is well
results.") Then there were a couple I normally have to get up too early weren't intended to be funny but the slammer—they pleaded in no- ;|
to watch his show, but I figure that they got laughs anyway. Some au- represented in '^Washington, cent and got off scot-free.
of radio appearances on D.C... Employees who elect not to I could point that out to Wright as
/

he has such aformidablereputation dience. If you used words longer

Philadelphia'shows, including than two syllables, or talked about participate in a giving program of a lesson, tell him on national TV his
"Fresh Air," a prize winning Na- as a cutting wit I'd better scout him. this type should question their own
I watch two of his shows. My take anything halfway serious, you could superiors wouldn't hesitate to sacri-
tional Public Radio program. Radio feel them going to sleep. I knocked dedication to the company and their fice him if they thought it expedient.
and television appearances follow- is this: Though undeniably a clever expectations." NBC employees were "Yeah, Wright" I'd say, "You ain't
fellow, he likes to lay back, take his Letterman for being a phony show-
ed in San Diego, including one on biz phony, for asking lame ques- reported, not unreasonably, to have th e only shark in the ocean, and you
a program hosted byformerCleve- time and pick his spots for his detected "a hint of coercion" in
zingers. Crowd him and he'd have tions, i.e. "How are things in Cleve- 4 * (See "Comic" page 6)
land deejay Jerry G (now Jerry G. land?" I'd do a doubletake and say Wright's statement. It is quite like-
Bishop), during which I walked trouble. Also, though the nature of ly that many NBC people, including
"Wuddya mean, how are things in
away with food from the cooking his show sometimes makes him ap-
Cleveland? What a dumb question!" some who are well-to-do, would not THE CLONE STORE™
demonstration. Oh, didn't I tell pear condescending, he's really a agree with Wright on such issues as APPLE IIC \ I
you—I'm a real zany guy. nice guy. I was impressed with how The audience dug the spunky file
corporate taxation. Did he expect DISK DRIVE 145
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genuinely kind he seemed to be to clerk insulting a fat cat TV star. A CLONE STORE
This media exposure was heady
wine for a humblefellowlike me, a nervous young woman country reporter who covered the show
them to join his PAC? XT COMPLETE |fl 995
singer. If pushed, he probably wrote that one staff member Later in the article a spokesman m NOON-6 P.M. - SAT. 10-2
but the best was yet to come. 2127 W.8TH 452-6716
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At: Least Bruno Doesn't Sing..

By Brian Sheridan f underlying theme of man's total a Seagram's Wine Cooler. In a
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At first BUND DATE sounds like
a one joke movie. Walter Davis
(Bruce Willis) has been fixed up
with the gorgeous Nadia Gate (Kim
Basinger) and has been warned not
to get her drunk. He doesn't heed
the advice, lets her drink, and she
then ruins his entire life. That's
about the whole movie. It may
sound like a one joke movie and it
is one. But its straightforward at-
titude makes it a winning one joke.
BLIND DATE is one date you don't
want to be late for. % BLIND DATE doesn't prove he can
Writer Dale Launer has taken the
one joke premise and garnished it
degeneration, but how Bruce Willis
does in his first main movie role. He
does just fine.
This isn't his first time on the big
screen. He did appear in THE
VERDICT, PRINCE OF THE CI-
TY and THE FIRST DEADLY
SIN, but I'll buy a wine cooler for
anyone who canjremember old
Bruno's roles in those movies. Now
you would have to have been visiting
Mars for the last year not to know
him as being co-star of the hip, fast-
witted T.V. series "Moonlighting."
function o\jt on his own j but mere-
ly that his charm transfers well on
strange twist,? his role more
resembles Cybill Shepherd's "Mad-
die Hayes", right down to acting ex-
asperated, and leaves the antics up
to Basinger. There, Willis seems to
have met his match. As the blonde-
not-brunette knockout, Basinger (in
a role originally conceivedforrock
star Madonna) acts like a Kansas
Twister throughout BLIND DATE.
When intoxicated, her transforma-
tion has her reverting to her natural
Georgian accent and losing all
refinement, whirling around, ran-
domly destroying anything in her
path. Mostly it's just Walter's life.
Basinger mixed beauty^ with
shameless slapstick in true Carole
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like a fine meal with off-the-wall the big screen.

slapstick gags, wild performances Luckily, he doesn't sing in Lombard tradition. Her, Willis, and
and tops it off with Blake Edwards BLIND!DATE and plays the role John "Night Court" Larroquette,
playing her psychotic ex-boyfriend
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doing his best directing since VIC-
TOR/VICTORIA. It results in the
most edible movie that isn't French
cuisine, but more like fast food in
expensive, we 11-decorated
wrappers. * i
Few people will be interested in
how well Edwards directs or the
rather straightly. Walter doesn't dif-
fer greatly from his David Addison
character-
even his sunglasses are the same—
but that pigheaded boorishness that
often makes Addison irritating isn't
present. You stillfeel,though, that
at any time he's going to whip out
who hilariously tries to kill Willis,
make a winning trio.
BLIND DATE is screwball com-
edy that's harsh, mean and one that
never stops for air. Launer's script
wrecks havoc on the high class, low
class and no class. Basinger drives
David Bedford (John Larroquette), Nadia's insanely jealous ex
boyfriend, wages a war of extermination against Walter (Bruce Willis),
Willis all over town, from pen- after the alcohol wears off, which is
thouses to outhouses, in a drunken exactly what happens to BLIND
frenzy. Like real life, though, the DATE. It's the after-effects of the
consequences of a drunken bac- post-party BLIND DATE that wear
chanal always are bleak and painful (See "Bruno" page 7)

COMIC If you can't be rude to a boss where

you work, be rude to .one
down GE. He said people would be
fired, sued, and my remarks would
damage. What if GE is again accus- Harvey Pekar's collection of
ed of breaking the law; will NBC comics "American Splendor" is
(Continued from page 5) t
somewhere else.) *• 5? ; % g e t b l e e p e d . ••* « * v * covet the story closely? Think about published by Doubleday and his
ain't the biggest one either. You bet- Yeah, wasn't I clever? I'd make a Well, it had been a long shot. I it. second collection "More
ter watch out because somebody serious point and still get my laughs.didn't want to sacrifice people to I Hmmm.. .fWell,^uh, (Riinng!) American Splendor" is how in
might be sneaking up behind you." If it could only be brought off. I make myself look like a populist Oh, 'scuse me, gotta get this call. bookstores. The Merciad editors
Then I could add, "If you don't talked to a couple of people on the hero. So I reassured the guy and "Hello. . .yeah, ? this's would like to extend thanks to
agree with me, Wright, I'll tell you Letterman staff, and the only objec- went ahead and acted with Letter- him.. .who... Montague, I don't Harvey Pekar, Dr. Mark Gridley
what; m give you equal time on this tions they had concerned my man pretty much the way I had dur- know no Montague!.. .Oh, and Joanna Connors of the Cleve-
station to present your own point of discussing GE too much, so that ing the first show. It was fun, now Donahue.. .Troy Donahue? Oh, land Plain Dealer for their per-
view. Or 111 debate ya, for money, people wouldn't get to know me. But that (I think) we were more famil- Phil, Phil Donahue! From the West mission and help in obtaining and
marbles or chalk." (It's often good when I walked into the studio to do iar with each other. We got a bun- Side, right? Mr. Mario Thomas, reprinting this article. |
to be rude to people in authority, just "Late Night" on Jan. 6, the ex- cha laughs. At one point, during a right?... Naw, naw, just kiddin', I
to keep them humble. Chances are ecutive head of the show—we'll call commercial, he leaned over and said won't call *&! that... Really, I'm 1
they're not particularly competent. him Mr. X—begged me not to put something like, "America is a great the soul of tact. "Nah, I'm not doin' THE CLONE STORE "*
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do it in a way that wouldn't put him
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his underground comic of the same name. The comic book has got- well, but because of NBC's connec- Friday, April 10th I
ten rave reviews from everyone from the "Village Voice" to "The tion with GE I was told to keep quiet
Catalogue of Cool." The "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner" thinks the about something I think was impor- in the MSG Office,
comic book "as good as first-rate fiction." Pekar's work has also drawn tant. Huge scandals like Watergate
comparisoms to Theodore Dreiser, Dostoevsky and Umny Bruce. Thearen't discovered every day, but lit- 209 Old Main.
book k priced at $6.95 and is published by Doubleday. In Erie, copies tle things that erode freedom are
can be found at Waldenbooks in the Millcreek Mall. "More American common, and an accumulation of
Splendor has just been published. - | them can eventually cause great
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1987
ROTC Program * DISC JOCKEYS WANTED
A new program is available for
college students who have a
minimum of 2 years of academic
graduate or combination of
undergraduate and graduate work
remaining. Graduate work can be
completed and at the same time a
commission as an Army Officer ob-
tained. For more information con-
tact CPT Werner at Gannon
University 456-8376. I
BRUNO
(Continued from page 6)
a little thin. ALL OF ME, probably
the finest screwball comedy of the
(5last ten years, kept its tender rela-
tionship between Steve Martin and
I Lily Tomlin in check until they ex-
hausted the slapstick elements.
BLIND DATE vainly attempts to
complicate its story by allowing
Larroquette, who's conveniently a
defense lawyer, to marry Nadia in
^return for preventing Walter from
going to jailforwhat She did on her
drunken spree. BLIND DATE ap-
pears at this point to have exhausted
gits one joke and acts like it has a
» hangover.
'Hurst? Chapter Of Alpha
Phi Sigma Wins Again
The Mercyhurst College Upsilon
Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigriia, the
National Criminal Justice Honor
Society, won the 1986-87 Outstan-
ding Established Chapter Award at
the Alpha Phi Sigma/Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences Annual
Meeting held in St. Louis,
Missouri, in March.^
The awards are based on a scrap-
book of the year's activities entered
in a national competition with over
Campus Ministry is
accepting applications j
1987-88 Academic
year. \ Both Leisering and Asst. Athletic
Application deadline
next Thursday, April
WMCY needs D.J.s. Anybody
can sign upforthe training program
which begins April 22. Call Debbie
at 825-0260. 1
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
^Students are needed to help with
this year's Senior Week. Needed are
two Juniors and two Seniors to help
plan and implement the activities for
May. Please contact Peggy Hirsch at
825-3333 is interested in nebine.
REVOTE
(Continued from page 4)
Constitution. I was elected to do
this. Ifeltthat if something is wrong
it's wrong. The outcome could have
been affected but this was not my
main concern. If elections are seen
as having been tampered with, the
credibility of that election and, as a
result of that, the organization, is af-
fected. My concerns about your
right to a fair vote and to MSG's
credibility were utmost in my mind.
100 other chapters eligible, in-
cluding those which have held na-
tional offices.
This year's success marks the
third Outstanding Award in the
chapter's short history. The college
chapter, founded five years ago by
Paul Benekos, had received the
Outstanding Award for 1982-83 and
also won the Outstanding Establish-
ed Chapter Award-last year.
3be fflactiab
AIRBAND COMPETITION^
SAC will be holding an airband
competition at the Zurn Recital Hall
from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April
SAC MOVIE
The SAC movie on Sunday, April
12 will be "Animal House." The
movie will be shown in the Student
Union.
I don't see myself as beginning a
moral crusade. If it is possible that
this will occur again and at that
point whoever is in charge will
make their own decision. We did
what we thought was right in this
case, I hope you will think so too.
"Off the Record" is solely the opi-
nion of its writer and does not re-
flect the view of this publication,
its staff or its advertisers.
Mascot Madness Continues At! Mercyhurst
By Julie Cherico
Upon waiting for approval from
Dr. Garvey and administration, it is
hoped that Mercyhurst's tnew
mascot will become "The Buc-
caneer." Its acceptance by MSG had
been based upon a populous vote
from the student body.
The Athletic Staff at the campus
center is thrilled that there is going
to be a mascot who will, hopefully,
generate even more spirit and en-
thusiasm at the Laker men's, as well
as women's, sports events. Accor-
ding to the Athletic Staff members,
a mascot representing Mercyhurst
has been overdue—before it was
"Crazy Dave," and now it-will be
"The Buccaneer." it
Eric Flecken created "The Buc-
caneer"figuringthat it would stand
out in the community's mind. "I
wanted it to be something young,
different, and vibrant,"-IFlecken
stated, "so that it would get the col-
lege to rally behind it."
Athletic Director John Leisering
commented "The Buccaneer has the
potential to increase school spirit
and exhibit a source of identity to
which the fans can relate."
Director/Sports Information Direc-
tor Bob Shreve agree that the suc-
cess of the Buccaneer is going to
largely depend upon the individual
who will portray the mascot; there
needs to be somebody who will
"fit" the part. "i
Shreve expanded upon this and
stated, "An individual is needed, but
the Buccaneer has to be an in-
dividual who will be funny,
dedicated, and have no fears about
going out in front of the crowd."
PAGE 7
W H O dU>ir iT ?
"Who Dun ItV which features the works of Lisa Palloto, Jude Grant
and Liz Shewan, opens Sun., Apr. 12, at 3:00 p.m. in the Cummings
Gallery.
KOVSKI
(Continued from page 4)
Oh, well. Thanks, Sean. You cost institution, not an NFL, NHL or
us some money that could have gone NBA team. :. f
to the new bookstore. Okay, As Patrick Henry once said,
students. It's time to rebel. Let's rise "Give me showers or give me lear-
up and demand that Madonna di- ning." (Okay, maybe he didn't say
vorce that buzzard. Then and only it—but he should have.) The only
then can we have a bookstore up to thing we can learn from a shower is
the challenge of changing college that water swirls down the drain.
1 ife. We want a structure that meets Will wonders never cease?
the requirements of an educational
If 4 t * t »!! Wjrf.
Head football coach Tbny DeMeo "right" costume is also needed.
simply stated, "I think that if it's a Through experience, he knows that
crew member, then it (mascot) will
be a major success because they
it is very expensive to find a cos-
tume which looks high quality and
(crew team) have the best spirit."
Women's basketball coach Luke
realistic. The Buccaneer, he sug-
gested, will be a difficult and expen-
sive character to create in real life.
Ruppel feels that it's critical to get
the student body involved, especial- The creator's answer to Shreve's
ly when the events take place on suggestion seems simple. "I would
campus. Ruppel said that the like to see the Buccaneer in the
typical Errol Flynn costume,"
cheerleaders and Laker Shakers are
great as groups, but Mercyhurst also Flecken explained. "A white shirt,
vest, and cap is what I had in mind,
needs "an individual" who can get
the crowd even more enthusiastic. but it doesn't matter." "I don't know
what they're going to decide,". he
Comparing Mercyhurst to a larger
campus, Ruppel stated, "Being a concluded. Being that Mercyhurst's
sports program is enlarging, Leiser-
small school, we^have the oppor-
tunity to generate a lot of spirit and ing thinks that whoever accepts the
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1987 MERCYHURST COLLEGE
SPRING BASEBALL SCHEDULE
April 2 THU at Cleveland State University (2)
4 SAT at University of Pitt-Johnstown (2) Johnstown, PA
5 SUN at SUNY-Fredonia (2)
7 TUE at Penn State-Behrend (2)
9 THU at Ashland College (2)
11 SAT at Gannon University (2)
12 SUN at Point Park College (2)
16 THU PENN STATE-BEHREND (2)
21 TUE GANNON UNIVERSITY (2)
25 SAT at Geneva College (2)
28 TUE POINT PARK COLLEGE (2)
30 THU at Edinboro University (2)
May 2 SAT at Westminster College (2)
3 SUN ASHLAND COLLEGE (2)
May 5 TUE SUNY-FREDONIA (2)|
7 THU ALLEGHENY COLLEGE (2)
HEAD COACH: Bob Shreve f
ASSISTANT COACH: Dave Cherico
Men's Volleyball
Now At The! 'Hurst
As of March, there's another first
at the 'Hurst. Mercyhurst College
lias a Men's Volleyball Club Team.
The club team came about due to the because of injuries his football ca-
interest of several students who had
played men's power volleyball in
high school. The main reason for
the conception of the team was the
hard work of Elaine Ruggiero, the
head Women's Volleyball coach and
Charles Fleet, a senior at Mer-
cyhurst who has been Ruggiero's
assistant for the past two years.
"I've been trying since I was a
freshman to get a men's team here
and I'vefinallybeen able to get one
together," said player/coach Fleet.
"Coach Ruggiero deserves a lot of
creditforhelping. She was the one
who got us a ten game schedule,
which is great, especially since we
didn't have all that much time to get
organized. I had gone to Tom Bill-
ingsley with the idea and he helped
to get the ball rolling. Most teams
had already had schedules made up,
so to get ten games.in the first
season is great."
"A lot of people didn't really
realize that men's volleyball even ex-
isted until the gold medal men's
team this past Olympics," continued
Fleet. "I came from a high school
program that had been ranked in the
top five teams in Pennsylvania for
the past ten years. During my Jun-
ior year in high school we were
1987 SPRING MEN'S VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
FRI., MAR. 20 at Behrend (L)
WED., MAR. 25 Behrend (W)
WED., APR. 1, at Grove City (L)
FRI., APR. 3
^MON., APR. 6
at Slippery Rock (L)
at Allegheny
1
THURS., APR. 9
TUES., APR. 14
SLIPPERY ROCK J
At Gannon i$
WED., APR. 22 GROVE CITY
FRI., APR. 24
TUES., APR. 28
GANNON
CLARION
COACH: Chuck Fleet
| ADVISOR: Elaine Ruggiero
PLAYERS .
f Tom Conrad
Kurt Houser
Derrick Christy Chuck Fleet Rudy Higgins
Tom Kaspick
Dave Par meter 1 Matt TWola
(ghe fflerciaft THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1987
The last basket was shot, the David Robinson, standing at atten- C rum's Cardinals not being picked
Cleveland. OH 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
buzzer sounded and Indiana was tion after his final loss, while the as one of the top 64 teams in the
Fredonia, NY 1:00 p.m. crowned the 1987 National Cham- Navy band christened their flagship. country. We must get the selection
Erie, PA I 1:00 p.m. pions. It was a white knuckler. And who could forget John Chaney, process out of the hands of power
Ashland, OH 1:00 p.m. I So now the lights can be turned my coach of the year. If the cor- brokers in smoke-filled rooms. An-
Erie, PA 1:00 p.m. down, the party's over in the Cres- porate world only had the values and other thing: I feel strange, when I
Pittsburgh, PA 1:00 p.m. cent City, and first of all I want to intelligence of John, then we look in the mirror and my conscious
ERIE, PA 1:00 p.m. say—General j Patton, wouldn't have a deficit trade balance
ERIE, PA talks so much about amateurs in
1:00 p.m. with Japan.
Beaver Falls, PA 1:00 p.m. Michaelangelo, Con Edison, what- sports, and all.I hear in the back of
ERIE, PA 1:00 p.m. ever you want to call him, an Adidas Other memories of this last my mind is cash registers ringing,
Edinboro, PA 1:00 p.m. sweater with an Archie Bunker season: Dean Smith, with the trio of commercial endorsements, to the
New Wilmington, PA 1:00 p.m. waistline, you're the best. Hobson, Wolf, and Kenny Smith bank, to the bank, again. Let's face
ERIE, PA 1:00 p.m. showing class in their early swan out it, it's time to be constructive, and
I This time around for Indiana, the
ERIE, PA 1:00 p.m. of the NCAA tourney... Dale not only split the NCAA tournament
ERIE, PA 1:00 p.m.
whole was definitely better than the
parts, the kids did a magnificent job, Brown doing the miracle of the money between the 290 schools, but
and this should be your proudest loaves and fishes again at LSU... do a little charity work for die stu-
moment - even above the Olympic The UCLA Bruins showing they're dent athletes involved as well. To-
back, that the drought has ended... day, it seems, the only people we
gold and the two previous cham-
pionship teams, one led by Isiah
Thomas, and the other by Scott May
The Iowa Hawkeyes and their mar-
riage with Dr. TomfDavis that
lock up are the student athletes,
while the rest of us are living high
and Quinn Buckner. This one was
all Robert Montgomery Knight. The
should last as long as the Duke of
Windsor and Wally Simpson...
on the hog. It's a sad thing, but
there's so much money in this thing
ranked number one in the Western image is a clean program, kids that Tark the Shark having his first it's frightening. f :
£
half of the state." m$ | | | go to class, front and center, get doubts about the time remaining for It's crazy, but when some faculty
Fleet went on to explain that their degree, and it's a good step for him to win the Kentucky Derby he rep starts talking amateurism, I sud-
the roundball world and in the direc- wants so much... and Ricky Ratino denly feel dirty. What's going on to-
reer at the "Hurst was ended. That tion the NCAA, the university telling his team "We'll cry later" day has nothing to do with bettering.
is when he decided to help Ruggiero presidents and the NABC want to after his infant's death. More mem-
ories: Lucky, lucky, lucky, David We've completely lost the idea that
coach the Women's volleyball team. go, so Coach, congratulations. education is an opportunity, and not
In speaking about the new men's Rivers. A crunch time player with
il also think Jim Boeheim has blueblood class lines.«. The heart- just for the elite. | j
team, Fleet stated, "It's funny finally received the credit he so just- And while we're at it, let's stop
because most of the guys on the ache being over for the freshmen
ly deserves. His production players that were down with Proposition making the band and the
team were freshmen and were predominately underclassmen, cheerleadersfee!like second-class
sophomores when I played them in 48... The fears and anxieties of the
and the future looks unlimited for graduate assistant coaches, whose citizens. They travel 42 hours by bus
high school. We re a young team; as the upstaters. So Jim, a job well to get to the tournament, while the
a matter of fact, I'm the only sen- jobs were sacrificed in the political
done, and it's been a long journey, arena*of the .athletic directors rest of the entourage gets there by jet
ior, and there are two juniors. The but you're finally eyeball to eyeball in an hour and has a limo waiting.
rest are freshmen and sophomores. meeting... iThe sham of charging
with Dave Bing. And, in a photo money for seats at the Superdome Meanwhile, I'll stay in my wind-
The Men's team has a record of 1-3. finish, ahead of John Thompson and breaker and cap, and try to give a
"You have to realize that most of the Lou Carnesecca. that would make a mugger look like
an alter boy... Two wrongs not marquee to the people who have no
players on our team have not played ?Now, he's above the trees, has springboardforexposure, that have
for two years. We are also very small shed the Rodney Dangerfield tag, is making a right, with Memphis State
winning the metro and Denny no sounding board.
in height compared to most of the his own man, and this game mirrors
teams we play, but the guys on the the shotfiveyears ago that Michael
team are not going to let that both- Jordan made against the Hoyas of
er them. Even though we've only Georgetown, and let's hope the
played one game at home and won, same thing happens to you, Jim—
I'd like to start the tradition of never that you win the championship the
losing on our home court. As for following year. |
next season, we just have to take
each day and game as it comes. I r While I'm at it, I'd also like to
hope that the team is here again next congratulate New Orleans. The ci-
year." ty did a great job in the hospitality
Fleet concluded by stating his
end of things. The championship
game itself was a toss-up: Either
We at PLASMA-TEC, LTD.
gratitude to the Student Government
for providing the funds to start the
team could have won it; it just so
happened to end at a time when In-
would like to make your
team, which is now trying to raise
money for its own budget.
diana was leading, and I think the
deciding factor was truly Keith
School year more rewarding
Smart having a hot hand at the final by offering an opportunity to
curtain.
fI'd like to look back now, at peo- earn up^ to $96 cash*a month
or just
ple and things that impressed me.
*First, Tom Jernstedt, the NCAA's
whilei i reading
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deserves
executive
to be
director.
thejjhead of
He
the
relaxing. »
7:30 PM
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(Rescheduled] )
6:30 PM
6:30 PM Walter Byers, cashes in next year. For more information on
H
6:30
7:00 PM
PM This man has been No.
Byers,* and I think the job should
2 behind
becoming a plasma donor
7:00 PM • stay in-house. You know, we use the
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
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but it's an impossible job, in trying
to handle 290 city state Division I
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