VOLUME 59, NUMBER 9 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1985

even new reps to serve

on Student Government
By Betsy Lantz Joseph, social work; and Don Gibbon,
The votes have been tallied and 11 resident. * ^ ^ r^
new representatives to the Mercyhurst Two o f . the three positions for
Student Government will be fulfilling freshmen representatives were filled
their duties!as the voices of the stu- by Lisa Serwinski and Colleen Conned,
dent body.^ with a six-way tie between write-in can-
didates for the third position. Accor- The gates of Mercyhurst are open to students of other colleges as part of the Erie
The newly elected representatives ding Jo MSG President David Arm- Consortium. • .
for the 1985-86 school-year are: Matt strong, there will be a run-off between
Robaszkiewicz, commuter; Loretta
Layer, English; Wendy Elmer, elemen-
tary education; Mike Burke, music;
any candidates who do not wish to
withdraw from the contest.
The deadline for letters of intent
% Erie Consortium is an
Becky Baldauf, nursing; Mary Beth from prospective freshmen represen
option to: students
By Jean Kellick j | £ apply, a student simply fills out a stan-
The Erie Consortium of Colleges, a dard application of admission and
cooperative program between Mer- completes a set of cross.registration
cyhurst, Gannon and Villa Maria, had sjforms. All bills are paid to the home
its roots in the 1960's. The goal was for school. This allows the financial aid
the colleges to share students, and administrative transactions to oc-
teachers and resources, to a limited ex- cur at one location, which is more con
tent, for the betterment of the schools. venient for the student. "2tf %
Each institution had individual visions * When a course is completed at the
and plans, According to Thomas Bill- i host college, the credit hours are
Four of the 11 new MSG reps: (I to r) Lisa Serwinski, Mary Beth Joseph, Becky ing sley,* director* of administratron at
Baldauf and Wendy Elmer. *^ £ 3va ^transferred to the homecottege-and*!
M e r c y h u r s t , the program was the student's transcript. However, a
At MSG tatives was extended by MSG from the developed to give students more op- grade of at least 2.0 is needed for
original Oct. 24 date to Mon, Oct. 28 tions for education, with the colleges credits to be accepted. * ,-;§. $
after only two letters had been receiv-
Deposits now ed. According to Barb Sayers, chair-
man of the election committee, no ad-
providing the administrative
processes.
Between 1973 and 1974, efforts were
The presidents and deans of the
schools involved are quite active with
the program, meeting several times a
taken for ^ ditional letters of intent were received
during the extended time period. She
made to expand the J program,
specifically with Villa, which had;
year to discuss the program and possi-
ble improvements. According to Mer-
Florida trip 1 attributes this partially to poor publici-
ty of the extension, which was passed
by word of mouth. - *«
relatively low enrollment. At that time,
four to nine students were involved in
the exchange. In 1974, the nursing pro-
cyhurst Academic Dean, Dr. David
Palmer, if e n r o l l m e n t in the
cooperative program were large
By Susan Marcy } "Wei were disappointed that there gram was added as an option, which enough, a shuttle system for students
The bus trip to Generations last Fri- Wwere not more letters of intent submit- facilitated an increase in the number of between the schools would be a
day night was cancelled because of a t e d by freshmen," Sayers and Arm- students participating. possibility. ' A
lack of interest, according to SAC Fstrong both said.- * There are presently 25 students in- The Consortium is a useful tool for
Chairman Jim Trocano. In other SAC The winner for the special education volved in the exchange. Nineteen students who desire a certain degree
news, Trocano said that SAC will spon- representative declined, according to students from Mercyhurst attend not offered on the campus of their
sor a bus trip to Ohio for this week's Armstrong, leaving Theresa Kirik and classes at Villa for nursing, education choice. Also, students occasionallyrj
football game against Dayton. The bus Bill Prencipe.itied for the position. A and general studies. There are also need or want a course not available to
will leave Saturday at 6 a.m. and the run-off will be held if neither candidate seven students from Villa Maria who them during a certain term at their
cost will be $7. Those Interested chooses to decline. drive to the 'Hurst to attend classes in school. The choices made available by
should sign up at the SAC office in the With 100 students casting their education, interior design, hotel- the consortium are an opportunity not
Student Union.. f votes, Sayers said, "I thought the turn- restaurant management, ^criminal many colleges offer, and of which even
Tonight singer-songwriter Dave out was good compared to spring elec- justice, computer management com- fewer students take advantage. Most
Rudolph will be performing in the Back tions."* Armstrong agreed and was munications, and biology. students want to make the most of
Porch Cafe at 8 p.m. & i especially pleased with the resident There is an additional program their college careers. Mercyhurst Col-
Ad hoc committee Chairperson Amy turn-out. "Don Gibbons had a very wide available of which very few students lege has made this easier by offering
Ward has contacted thirteen private margin of 50>1," he explained. are aware. This is a coordinate program the Erie Consortium as an option for all
colleges in Pennsylvania to see how An additional question placed on the Jn social work.#A student can attend Its students. •*•*
their cafeteria systems were operated. ballot, solicited student opinion on Mercyhurst for two years and Villa
Two out of the thirteen schools did not campus sororities and fraternities. Ac- Maria for two years, resulting in a 1
require dormitory students to eat in the cording to Armstrong, there were 75
cafeteria. Of the schools, a few have votes in favor of these organizations
degree from both colleges.
In order for the program to function 1 INSIDE |
computerized cafeteria systems which and 25 against. more effectively, there ^are other op-
will be looked into by Ward. •. Positions available for math, med tions the schools have made available.
Fifty dollar deposits are being taken tech, religious studies and sociology First, there is a cooperative effort bet-
now for the Florida spring break trip in representatives were not filled. "Since
the check-cashing office. Deposits this is the second time that these posi-
ween ?the libraries of the • different
schools. This- places more library
Cafnpu|' # • • • . J|
should be in by Christmas. More infor- tions have been offered, that's it," Arm-j
mation, including brochures concern- strong said. "Fad elections are only
materials at* the;: disposal of the
cooperative students to aid them in
||prganization^..j|)gJI
ing the trip, are available in the check- supposed to be for freshmen represen-
cashing office. tatives. Students in those unfilled
their studies. Secondly, the home
school of the students takes care of all Gefieva SuJTjmit^pgi 5
Next week's meeting will be held in areas have simply given up their oppor- financial responsibilities. According to
Baldwin Hall lobby at 7:30 p.m. tunity to be represented." 1 the Registrar's office, in order to cross-
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Mcrcyhurst Business Association {officers: (l-r) Carol Gunter,
secretary; Phil Guth, president; and Dave Stuhlmillcr, treasurer.
MBA sponsors Open Forum,
conducts economic study
The Mercyhurst Business
A s s o c i a t i o n is currently
engaged In an extensive
economic study of i Nor-
thwestern Pennsylvania for
the Small Business Ad-
m i n i s t r a t i o n , under the
guidance of faculty advisor
Alan Gick. *
The study i n c l u d e s
generating a report for the
SBA concerning such areas as
industry, population, transpor
tatlon, education, spending
and saving habits, and various
Other economic topics. MBA
President Phil Guth feels the
protect is Important especial-
ly t o b u s i n e s s m a j o r s ,
because It exposes them to
these various areas.
Members of the project
have developed committees
and are travelling to one of the
four courttles involved In the
study v* Warren, Crawford,
Mercer and Erie counties - as
well as libraries for more
research and data. The infor-
mation gathered will be
analyzed, and conclusions
drawn will be reported to the
regional director of the SBA to
help them improve their ser-
vices and meet the business
needs of the Northwestern
Pennsylvania area.
Guth sums up the project by
stating, "it is an overview of
everything that makes a com-
munity or a system of people
work." : , u
^ Because the MBA has been
designed to benefit and com-
plement the business
students' education, a survey
will be issued to determine
what other types of activities
Mercyhurst business students
are interested in. 1 ^
On Tues., Oct 22, the MBA
sponsored its first Open
Forum with the faculty of the
Business Department. The
faculty answered questions
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and suggested possible solu-
tions to problems experienced
by b u s i n e s s s t u d e n t s .
Although attendance by
students was less than ex-
pected, open discussion con-
tinued for over an hour. Topics
included class size, testing
procedures, .grading scales,
part-time faculty, teacher
evaluations and general
student-faculty relationships.
Faculty members present
included Dr. Jean Lavin,
Robert Cullen, Dr. Robert
Clsek, Willard Rice, Prank
Scalise, Alan Glck and James
Ozzello.
After the debate, sboth
students and faculty express"
ed satisfaction at the positive
outcome of the forum. Due to
limited attendance, the MBA
wllf sponsor^a'second Operr
Forum sometime during the
winter term. Guth was "disap-
pointed" wilth the attendance.
"I am hopeful more students
will attend in the winter term,"
he added.
Attendance at general
meetings, however, has in-
creased over the last year and
several new members have
taken active roles in the work-
ings of the club, he added. The
officers include: Sue Falkner,
v i c e p r e s i d e n t ; Dave
Stuhlmiller, treasurer; and
Carol Gunter, secretary, f *
Guth feels the MBA is im
portant to business students
"because it establishes solid
c o m m u n i c a t i o n between
students and faculty. It also
lets students see that the
faculty are people and are will-
ing to help students."
Any student interested in
helping on the SBA project or
joining the MBA organization
should contact one of the of-
fleers or one of the business
instructors.
T H E M ERCIAD NOVEMBER 7,1985
Pictured above is the Mercyhurst College D*A ngelo Ensembles.
The D'Angelo School Choral Concert, directed by Joseph Chiarelli, will be performed on Sun., Nov. 10 at
3 p.m. I %£ * f
The D'Angelo School Wind Ensemble Concert,v directed by Robert Dolwick, will be performed on Mon.,
Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. 2 ? > . I
Both concerto will be held In St. Mark's Auditorium and are free of charge.
Special Project
Schedules for Winter
Term will be available
in the Registrar's
Office beginning the By Susan Marcy
could be a "Battle of the
afternoon of Mon., Mercyhurst Student Govern- Bands", whichj would include
ment President David Arm- Edinboro and Gannon along
| Nov. 11. I strong announced that Donnie with Mercyhurst. The colleges
Registration will Iris and the Cruisers will not would each choose a "good
be performing for the Mer- caliber" band to represent
begin on Nov. 18:9 cyhurst, community. Accor- them and then the bands
a.m.-12 for Seniors & ding to Armstrong, "Donnie w o u l d p e r f o r m here at
Iris is not feasible because of Mercyhurst. '*j|
Juniors, 1-4 p.m. for the Special Projects Commit- Callahan added that, at this
tee budget, which will not be poinLin time, the_projecJ j s
Sophomo[est On No^ certain urmTNov^io:^"* * just an Idea? He wlff b&&
—19. Freshmen c a n - Special Projects Committee in touch with the other col-
leges sometime this week.
register from 9a.m.-4 Chairman Pat Callahan said
If this idea also falls
that the committee is working
p.m. All registration on a few other Ideas for a pro- through, the Special Projects
C o m m i t t e e may hire a
will take place in the ject, which he hopes will take
reasonably priced band to per-
place in late January or early
Blue Room. February. form a free concert here at the
'Hurst In the Campus Center,
One interesting project Callahan said.
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NOVEMBER 7,1985
Campus Organizations
gaining recognition
By Julie Cherico
Many organizations on Mer
cyhurst's campus 4 are often
overlooked or taken for
granted. Three of these
organizations include Social
Work, DPMA and ABC. These
groups, however, do*provide
services to the college com-
munity and are quite worthy of
recognition. lA
: The Social Work organiza-
tion, which has existed for
three years but Is not officially
recognized on campus, is cur-
rently awaiting approval of its
by-laws by the Mercyhurst Stu-
dent Government. *
President Mary Beth Joseph
submitted these by-laws to
MSG President David Arm-
strong last month. If the by-
laws are approved, the Social
Work organization will be of-
ficially recognized on campus.
According to the Registrar's
office, there are 29 social work
majors at Mercyhurst College.
At least half of these students
are active In the organization,
which is mainly involved in
community-related projects.
Members help at£ nursing
homes and in the Emmaus
Soup Kitchen. Also, many fun-
draisers \ are held to raise
money for the soup kitchen
and for the Erie Community
Day-school. J"he Social Work
organization is presently sell-
ing World's Finest candy bars
for a dollar. Their goal is to sell
25 cases in order0 to raise
money for these projects. In
February, they will be selling
carnations for Valentine's Day
to raise money for future
activities. ^ v projects in cooperation with
In the future, the Social
Work organization would like
to bring more guest speakers
Into their meetings. They also
want to combine their efforts
with Campus Ministry for a
food drive and other projects.
A l t h o u g h social work
members engage in several
fundraisers, Joseph said the
organization wants to get
more involved in "actually do-
ing." Social Work secretary
Elayne Lewis plans to propose
the Idea of "clowning" for the
elderly In nursing homes.
Joseph will be representing
Mercyhurst College on Nov. 23
Bring a friend to CM.
Have a F R E E Coffee on us
Relax and Enjoy!
The Hospitality and
Friendship of Campus Ministry 211 Main
at the Pennsylania Associa-
tion of Undergraduate Social
Work Students In vEdinboro,
PA. The purpose of this
meeting is to reactivate the
organization, making it a
significant contributor to the
educational program of
undergraduate social work
students.
A second organization at
Mercyhurst Is the DPMA, Data
Processing Management
Association. "This chapter Is a
good way of getting to know
people both Inside and out-
side the school who are involv-
ed with computers in the
business world," said member
Barb Sayers. * y
The organization consists
mainly of computer majors
and minors, but any full-time
student who'pays dues upon
Joining may become 'a
member.
"This program doesn't
necessarily help In obtaining
an Internship," said Sayers,
"but there are opportunities to
meet professionals working at
the computer show and atten-
ding the Erie DPMA Chapter
meeting.
^.Several good speakers^ in
the Data Processing Manage-
ment field come to speak with
the association each year.
DPMA_ members, helped with
the registration and selling raf-
fle tickets at.the annual com-
puter show, sponsored by the
Erie Professional Chapter of
the DPMA, which took place
on,Thurs., Oct. 24 at the Erie
Hilton. According to Sayers, in
the future there will be some
area schools such as Edin-
boro, Behrend and Gannon
DPMA chapters. - \ I
Four $500 scholarships are
awarded each year to the three
area chapters at Mercyhurst,
Gannon and Edinboro by
Erie's professional chapter of
the DPMA. This year, Mer-
cyhurst students Barb Sayers
and Susan Trkula received
these scholarships.
" T h i s organization is
beneficial to those who par-
ticipate in it," stated Sayers,"
because it looks good on
resumes and may initiate
possible job-offers and con-
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tacts. By being a member and
having paid the dues, you also
receive monthly the Data Base
Management magazine." The
DPMA is currently looking for
more f r e s h m e n and
sophomore members, she
added. * ^ |
Another organization at
Mercyhurst that is looking for
new members is a group for
minority students on campus.
ABC, The Association of Black
Collegians, serves these
students by trying to provide
unity. "It's sort of a welcome
mat for minority students to
help them feel more comfor-
table," stated Corresponding Janet Price, of the Wellness Program at Mercyhurst College.
Secretary Jottie Williams.
j* Not many members are In-
volved yet, but according to
Williams, "It's usually slow at
Wellness program designed
the beginning of the year."
ABC hopes to have 30 or more for education in health
members participating. > | j By Jennifer Conmy see participation In the ^pro-
Future plans for ABC in The Wellness Program, gram used to help lower in-
elude get-togethers such as under the direction of Janet surance rates for the college
lectures, dances, church ser- Price, is unique ['to the Mer- and its employees. This setup
vices, ABC's annual fashion cyhurst College campus. Price would be similar to corporate
show and Black Family designed the program to fitness programs.
Weekend. jfr * '£ educate members of the col-
lege community of their own Student response to the
"The name of our club may Wellness Program has been
be d e c e i v i n g , " s t a t e d responsibility for their good low up to this point, according
Williams. "In the past, we've health. The major aspects of to Price. In the past the pro-
had white members, Puerto the program Include physical gram has been primarily
Ricans and many others. The fitness, nutrition and weight activity-based, but so far no
organization is not only for c o n t r o l , and s t r e s s activities have been held this
black members, so am/one can management. year. Some possible activities
come to see if it appeals to Currently, Price is looking to for wfhtePtefrrt? howeveft^are
them." % ^ revise the program slightly. currently under consideration.
Students interested In join- Revisions would include the
ing any of these groups con- Increased utilization of sports Price Is looking for in-
tact one of the respective of- medicine majors, who would terested students and com-
ficers or the organizations, be able to work within the pro- munity members to help plan
which are listed In the Student gram while earning experience such activities and to be more
Directory. hours. Price would also like to active In the program.
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THE MERCIAD

Behind the OFF

L the
ECORDJ
Stepping aside
scenes of MSG ^w
For this week's issue, we're a student opinion worth
stepping aside in ourteditorlal mentioning. ^ | ;& W
space for more student input. We encourage more of this
By MSG Vice President Matt my chauffeur Dave Armstrong kind of response^ In the staff
KWhelan < f r h l s f w e e k ' s Jj'Off the box|on this page,fthere§is a
drove through the City of Erie
Record" column ran a bit statementij thatf "The Merciad
to the Mercyhurst campus. longer than usual, but contain- i s t h e 1 s t u d e n t - e d i t e d
Last Tuesday proved to be Along the way we passed
ed an interesting lookfat the newspaper of Mercyhurst Col-
more thart just another "blah" several of Erie's scenic sites behind-the-scenes! workings lege." The part about student-
October day here in Erie, PA. such as the Courthouse and conversations ranging from of the MSG officers! (Make it edited also means .student
Tuesday night was the even- the^Public Dock. Both Dave politics to religion to educa- shorter next time please,
ing of student government's and I found our guests to be tion along with a whole host of Matt$) I I I $|£j' I '^p contributions. | i
long awaited presentation of quite interested In both Erie ideas and t h o u g h t s on We will wait by Box 129 for
the debate, "Divestment in | and our little home on the hill. economics and the problems A letter to the editor voiced some feedback. 1 I I
South Africa". Although the Upon arrival at Mercyhurst's in South Africa. Both Dave and
debate did not start until 8 "main campus", we gave the myself were talking and say-
p.m., for Dave Armstrong and debating team of Lamont and ing how lucky we were to be
myself, the day was long and Kumalo the "nickle tour" of able to be exposed to an op- Letter to the editor
hectic indeed. Mercyhurst. (Jean Moniewski, portunity such as this. We sat
For starters, we had to pick eat your heart out$) Answering
up the speakers at the airport, questions for the two people
and after an initial scare proved to be a challenge as to
down with four other people
and listened as each of these Listener questions
because of a cancelled flight, our knowledge of the history
we sat down to await the of Mercyhurst. Luckily we
people, scholars in their own
right, expressed facts and opi-
nions on certain issues. It was
WMCY's musical format
Dear Editor,- '2 i
delayed arrival of the two men. passed with flying colors! have become overnight suc-
indeed a learning experience! Attention W.M.C.Y. Staff: cesses because of their public
As we prepared the day's j£ We decided to let the I am writing in response to i m a g e s , t h i s d o e s not
schedule (over a cup of clam debaters freshen" up before k From here, we moved back the article that appeared in the automatically reflect the total
chowder and beer), we both dinner and so drove them to to Zurn Recital Hall where Oct.31 issue of The Merciad. listening population. My per-
felt anxious to meet the two their night's lodging. after a brief photo session, the In said article, the music direc- sonal taste in music lies with
gentlemen who would be pro- Up to this point, our conver- debate began. The hour and a tor of our radio station wrote a such bands as the Eagles,
viding the evening's entertain- sations* with Lamont and half debate was extremely i n - stirring commentary about the Doors, Boston and other
ment. O t h e ^ h a n i whaU the formative. I could go. on about pathetic listening audience groups of the 60's and 70's,
Kumalo were very pleasant in? that our^station, WMCY, 880
agenf had told us, we were urf- It* bur's tfrftce*W*TO saywiSG but there comes a time when a
deed; however/the dinner was ^ r M l r n a s brTtflTs camptisTvirr peTbonrnus^iveu^ni^per
jfamiliar with our guests. We* considers it a success. After
also to hold some very plea- Vona was unable to unders- sonal beliefs, at least in part,
discussed what they would be some final questions and
sant surprises. tand this lack of interest that and go by what society
like, how the debate would run answers, Dave and our guests
|The real pleasure' of the the students here seem to demands. F 3g
and other last minute wrinkles adjourned back to the Laker
evening came at dinner time have in the music that he is The* most critical mistake
that needed to be ironed out. Inn for some relaxation^ Over a
when along with Joy Kolb and putting out, butrthe reasons that a member of?the media
f Finally around 1:30 both few beersrand one Coke, we
Sr. Elisabethf the four of us sat are painfully obvious if* the can make is to put himself
gentlemen, Dr. Lamont and discussed the debate, some situation is examined closely.
down to a gourmet meal at the above the rest of the popula-
Dumisani Kumalo, walked more economics and the The main reason that tion and refuse to see both
through the gate into the air- Laker Inn. Although both the
food and the service were World Series. Interestingly students on Mercyhurst's sides of an issue, as was
port lounge where they were enough, a few students from campus don't listen to the recently the case with one of
given their first official MSG quite good, Lamont and
Kumalo, along with our two the debate sauntered in and style of music that Is being of- the D.J.'s on the WMCY staff.
greeting and welcome. re-ignited the fire of the fered Is because they don't The members of the media are
resident dinner guests, provid-
Without further ado, Dr. La- ed the real entertainment. debate. like it! Mr. Vona has said on supposed to be represen-
many an occasion, "If "they t a t i v e s f o f s o c i e t y , not
mont, Mr. Kumalo, myself and Dinner was served amidst want to listen to top 40, they totalitarian dictators trying to
By now It was well past mid- can listen to WJET or WSEG." push their^views of "real
night, and since our guests It should be evident that this is music" on an unaccepting
The M e r c i a d had to depart at 6 a.m. the
following morn, we decided to
exactly what they are doing. I
am not suggesting that WMCY
audience.
.-The radio listeners of Mer-
J
call it a night. Z go back to being completely cyhurst College are not slaves
Naomi A. Romanchok, Editor
Betsy L. Lantz, Assistant Editor top 40, but if a show featuring of c o m m e r c i a l a d v e r -
I never made It up at 6 a.m. this kind of music were added tisements. They know what
Chris Cardinal), News Editor to drive our guests back to the
Susan Moray, Perspectives Editor to the line-up along'wlth the they want to listen to and will
airport (sorry Dave$), but look* "Metal Matinee" and "Super not be won over by a large
$ Debbie Hlson, Co-Sports Editor
ed back on the past evening Soul Sunday," I feel that the vocabulary, nor will they bow
R.J. Zonna, Co-Sports Editor
Jennifer Conmy, Calendar Editor with fond thoughts. How lucky r e s u I t w o u l d be f e l t down to threats.! 'fc?
Rena Zlcarelll, Photography Editor we all are to be in a nation not immediately. • j How can a station that
Gary Laurnoff, Graphic Artist torn apart by civil war, political Of course, no station can publicly claims to be' the
coups or severe racial strife. switch formats overnight, but "radio voice of Mercyhurst
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We should all learn from peo- with the right amount of adver- College" exist without Mer-
Reporters ple such as Dr. Lamont and Mr. tising around campus- and cyhurst College? I feel that it's
Chris Alessi Jennifer Laird > Jackie Rzomp Kumalo just how lucky we are .1 some gimmick to draw the time that the upper-crust
Pat Callahan Mary Loncharic Brian Sheridan I know I did. listeners, WMCY could more management of our fair radio
Julie Cherico Brenda Lowe Jeff Vona 7 than double its meager listen* station come down.from Its
Cindy Ferraro Brigid Nee ing audience. Contrary to the
"Off the Record" is an in- pedestal and listen to what the
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NOVEMBER 7,1985
The Geneva Summit:! What can we expect?
By Michael J. McQuillen
^Americans often turn op-
timistic whenever our Presi-
dent Journeys to the "Summit"
to meet personally with his
Soviet counterpart. We like to
think that direct contact and
discussions between \ the
leaders of the Superpowers
can overcome the mutual
mistrust, idealogical rigidity,
and bureaucratic inertia that
often seem to stand in the way
of improving relations bet-
ween the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Somehow, we feel, when two
reasonable and responsible
statesmen sit down together
for "tace-to-face" talks, they
cannot help but find ways to
turn our common interest in
avoiding nuclear war and
mutual desire to reduce the
burden of the arms race into
m e a n i n g f u l and l a s t i n g
agreements.
I him over Berlin. Vienna was
' JLI^IIAM
Dr. Michael J. McQuillen
When one surveys the
history of post-World War II
i summitry, however, such op-
timism appears unfounded.
Only two of the ten such
gatherings held since 1945
can be classified a "success",
if by that term one means the
conclusion of a major agree-
ment. The 1972 Moscow sum-
mit witnessed Nixon and
Brezhnev a f f i x i n g their
signatures to the SALT I ac-
cords, thereby ushering In the
all-too-brief era of "detente".
In June, 1979, Carter and
Geneva summit of Nov. 19-20
Brezhnev signed the ill-fated
SALT II T r e a t y , w h i c h
foundered six months later on
the rocks of conservative op*
position at home and the
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
abroad. One summit, the Ford-
B r e z h n e v j m e e t i n g at
Vladivostok In 1974 was a
"moderate success", produc-
ing a "breakthrough" accord
that ended a two-year impasse
In the SALT 8 negotiations and
established the framework for
the 1979 Treaty, t i g
If y o u h a v e t r o u b l e
remembering anything about
That I s . ^ u n l e s s Reagan
three of the summits (or even
that !they occurred) - the
Johnson-Kosygin meeting in
Glassboro, N.J. in 1967 and
the Nixon-Brezhnev summits
in Washington ini 1973| and
Moscow in 1974 -- that's
because they; were almost
"nonevents". Nothing of con-
sequence resulted from these
" e m i n e n t l y forgettable"!
gatherings. Similarly, no im-
portant agreement was reach-
ed at the first summit in
Geneva in 1955 or the second
at Camp David in 1959. Never-
theless, these Eisenhower-
Krushchev summits must be
classified "qualified suc-
cesses" because of the new
"Spirit" in U.S.-Soviet rela-
tions they came to symbolize.
The mere fact that the
American and Soviet leaders
were talking, no lessjjtalking
about "peaceful coexistence",
generated a sense of relief and
hopeful expectation. It needs
to be remembered, however,
that both the "Spirit of
Geneva" and the "Spirit of
Camp David" proved to be
ephemeral, if not illusory.
Two summits -- Paris (1960)
and Vienna (1961) - must be
characterized as outright
failures.» Krushchev scuttled
the Paris meeting after one
session over the U-2 affair. At
his Vienna encounter with
Kennedy, Krushchev lectured
the young and inexperienced
President and sought to bully
followed by the Berlin Wall
and Cuban Missle crises.
The summit track record,
then, is not very impressive.
Two were clearly successful
and one modestly so; two
brought temporary improve-
ment in relations; three might
as well never have taken place;
and two were downright
disasters.
What can we expect when|
Ronald Reagan, the Great
Communicator, meets Mikhail
Gorbachev, described by An-J
drei Gromyko as the man with
"the nice smile but iron teeth"
and by the conservative col-
i r- . . . i
umnists Evans and Novak as
"Gucci-slick"? How will the
compare to its predecessors? j
One can, I think, fairly safely
rule out the two extremes of
" o b v i o u s s u c c e s s " and
"outright faHure'^The major
arms control agreements sign-
ed in Moscow in -1972 and
Vienna in 1979 had already
been agreed upon, right down
to the fine print, before the
summits opened. We are
nowhere near such a fully
negotiated agreement today.
Bui neither are we likely to
witness a summit breakdown
like Paris (1960) or even a frigid
summit like Vienna (1961).
decides to '.'lecture" the
young and inexperienced Gor-
bachev about human rights
and to " b u l l y ' ^ h i m over
A f g h a n i s t a n and o t h e r
regional trouble spots.
THE MERCIAD PAGE 5
Nor, I suspect, are we likely control for the first time In 15 definitions of what con-
to find Geneva (1985) falling In* years, t * stitutes "testing and develop-
to the ranks of the "eminently ! And maybe we'll even get m e n t " of " s p a c e - s t r i k e
forgettable" summits. Reagan "the best of all possible sum- weapons" could remove this r
has been in too many " B " mits" - a Vladivostok style last major obstacle to a com-
films to want to star in a "C- "breakthrough" meeting. The prehensive ^'breakthrough"
rated" summit, while Gor- potential clearly exists for agreement. *
bachev needs something to r e a c h i n g i m p o r t a n t Though possible, I personal-
show his colleagues at the "agreements in principle"*on ly do not believe such a
Party Congress scheduled for the major arms control issues "breakthrough" likely. If,
February for his first foray into - reduction of strategic however, Reagan's remarks In
summit politics. Both will nuclear weapons, limitation of his recent interview with four
work hard to reach some intermediate nuclear; forces, Soviet journalists indicates
agreement to be-remembered and'groundrules for ballistic
by. J missle defense. While a long
At a minimum, then, we are period of very tough bargain-
in for a "Spirit" summit. ing would still remain before "At a
Smiles and handshakes for the final treaties were ready to be
photographers (though no signed, if • Reagan and Gor-
Nixon-Brezhnev exchange of bachev could establish the
minimum,
hugs and kisses-on-the-cheek basic framework for such
as at Moscow In 1972); brief- agreements the dramatic then, weareUn
ings for reporters about "frank nature of suchlan announce-
and constructive" talks; leaks ment would impart a positive
to commentators and analysts momentum to the arms con-
for a 'Spirit'
about major progress in trol process that could well
resolving the* most conten prove irresistable by those in
tious issues; and finally an- both countries who fear and
summit. > *
nouncement of the signing of distrust this process. *
several minor agreements Real (progress has been true flexibility and not just ig-
coupled with an end-of-the- made in the past month in two norance about SDI issues, and
summit joint communique of these areas - the reduction if Secretary Schultz enjoys
pledging further discussions of offensive weapons and the marked- success in his
in several forums, perhaps limitation of 'intermediate meetings with Shevardnadze
even at another summit next arms. But a major stumbling and Gorbachev this week, then
year. f block remains- the two sides my pessimism and not! the
All this would be nothing to continue to present positions American people's optimism
sneer at. It would •certainly on »**Star Wars" that are poles will prove unfounded. „^_
represent 1a more positive apart. Even here, however, the \ would be glad irrhat were
2 S p i r i t " ; In U.S.-Soviet j rela- seemingly diametrically op- the case. ?
tions than prevailed in 1984 posite stands taken by Reagan Dr. McQuillen has been a
and when the harsh rhetoric and the Russians on defensive professor of history at Mer-
and name-calling reached its systems are less Irrecon- cyhurst since«1971. He has
bitterest level in 20 years and cilable than first appears. A taught various classes in-
when we and the Soviets were true spirit of compromise cluding Nuclear Weapons and
not evem talking about arms coupled with somej creative the Soviet Union! i
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Death Wish
by Brian Sheridan g
After New York vigilante
Bernard Goetz had his bit of
fun on the subway, the last
thing we need to see on the
movie screen is a pale imita-
tion of vigilantism like "Death
Wish 3". Despite haying more
gunplay than Goetz's little
escapade, the macho fantasy
of "Death Wish 3" doesn't
hold a candle to the terror of
reality. Besides that, this se-
cond sequel to "Death Wish"
manages to make stunts and
explosions bland.
I'm not the only one not rav-
ing about "Death, Wish 3";
even Charles Bronson, the star
of the film, wasn't too thrilled
w i t h the f l i c k . He t o l d
reporters that this movie is
"nearly the same as the two
"Death Wishes" that came
before." Whoa there, Charlie,
you're' understating things
again, as usual. "Death Wish
3" isn't "nearly" the same as
the first two films, it "IS" the
first two films. It's just done
on a bigger, dumber scale.
In the first two movies,
Bronson^ asJarchitect Paul
Kersey, guns down about*20
peoplefnere he does in nearly
200. Where there was only
minimal property damage In I
and II, four city blocks are
destroyed In 3. Bronson
doesn't Just carry a gun,
"Renew" offers spiritual
as well as social growth
RENEW is a two-and-a-half
year spiritual process that
helps parishioners develop a
closer relationship to Christ,
deepen their* prayer life,
become more familiar with the
Bible, develop closer bonds of
friendship and. unity with
fellow parish oners and IWe
their faith more fully, accor-
ding to the Catolic Diocese
pamphlet entitled RENEW. H
It has been offered to the
college campuses and com-
munities in the area. However,
Father Chuck from Campus
Ministry said, "We're not sure
yet how to work out the pro-
gram on the campuses." t
Through a training session.
the community will decide on
whether It wants this program,
and If so, how the community
will organize it. The "training
session will be done to
educate the community and
the students.
If the program is decided
on, it will begin in October of
1986 and will be arranged for
students within a school
schedule. The students will at-
tend for four weeks. The
Parish community will go to
lacks effective originality
either, but has a .475 Magnum
that's about the size of an anti-
aircraft gun. When people get
shot in "Death Wish 3" they
don't simply fall down; they
must do leaps, somersaults
and cute backflips in the air,
like the movie was a "Three
Stooges" comedy.
Kersey's luck, however, re-
mains as bad as a born loser's.
His wife and daughters were
murdered In the first two films.
Since he is out of relatives, his
friends have to start getting
killed to give him an excuse to
Ire-load his weapon. Kersey is
In New York City for less than
ten minutes before his friend
Charlie gets beaten to death
and Kersey is arrested for his
murder. While in jail, he's not
only beaten by a cop but by
the prisoners as well. ^
Chief of Police Striker (Ed
Lauter) then recognizes
Kersey as the vigilante and of-1
fers him the license to hunt
the human scum in his
precinct. Kersey declines the
offer saying he's "No more Mr.
Vigilante." £ and blood that looks like red
it's the "human scum" in I
"Death Wish 3'' that is the big^
gesP]6ke~Wlth tnefPs'tyfish
make-up jobs, natty leather
jackets and embarrassingly
silly names like "The Giggler",
they look as if the only thing
they could break into would be
meetings In the spring and fall
for five to six weeks.
RENEW is a broadening ex-
perience. Those who had
a l r e a d y p a r t i c i p a t e d in
RENEW,* felt * good about
themselves^ People are open
and t h e y r e s p e c t one
another's views.
"It's a good social-related
program," said Father Chuck^
This program will be like an
extended family community.
"It will be good for the cam-
puses," stated Father Chuck,
"because students miss their
community and family." * ~&
People will be* able to in-
teract with different people of
different ages. Students* will
f e e l more c o m f o r t a b l e
because of the "family-like"
atmosphere.
Anyone can become part of
RENEW. Father Chuck said,
"It will be; a Biblical and
c o m m u n i t y - f o r m i n g ex-
perience." It is open to
everyone on campus and in
the community. Anyone in-
terested in the program please
contact Campus Ministry at
Mercyhurst College.
NOVEMBER 7,1985
THE MERCIAD
a song from "West Side of importance. In fact, the ac- lead in this movie. Stay tuned
Story". ? m | tion of the popping corn may for "Death Wish 4"jcomlng
The cops also act like buf- be more exciting to watch soon. Any guesses on what
foons. They walk into elderly than the action of the flying that one will be about?
peoples' homes to relieve
them of their illegal handguns f
while the punks roam the * Answer the trivia ques-
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ed some paranoid touches hin- from all the correct answers, to deter-
ting that this anarchy would ?
mine a winner. The winner will be notified
happen if we had handgun and also announced in next week's issue.
registration. His arguments Deadline is each Sunday at 9 p.m.- }
This week's question: What'university is
would hold-up if our nation "Love Story" set at? ^ 1
was protected by the type of Last week's question: Who sang the theme
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Erie Philharmonic
Anyone interested in en-
joying an evening with the
Erie Philharmonic can ob-
tain tickets free of charge
from! Lisa Costello in the
Student Union. The next
performance, is slated for
Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. and
features Mercyhurst's own
career interest in a certain
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Student^Union, please;see
Lisa Costello. All concerts
will be held at the Warner
Theatre. The next perfor-
mance wi 11 be Nov. 7 at 8
p.m. and will feature the
National Folk Ballet of
Yugoslavia. The tickets are
compliments of Dr. Garvey
Thursday - Nov.7 Dave
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songwriter, will be perfom-
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at 8 p.m. * |
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tickets will be $13.75.
Night Ranger - There are
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each and are available at
the Erie Civic Center and all
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THE MERCIAD NOVEMBER 7,1985

Lakers Now 6-2

Capital edges Mercyhurst, 10-7
By R.J. Zonna
For the second time In the
past-threes weeks, the Mer-
cyhurst Lakers played in a vir-
tual quagmire at Veterans*
Memorial Stadium. This time,
however, the Lakers lost by a
10-7 score to Capital Universi-
ty.* Mercyhurst had defeated
Duquesne 20-0 in similiar con-
ditions two weeks earlier.
Only 550 fans were in atten-
dance as the 'Hurst lost its se-
cond consecutive game. The
Lakers now stand at 6-2 with
two games remaining. Capital
Improved its record to 4*5.
A l l of t h e * g a m e ' s
touchdowns came In the first
minute and six seconds of the
contest.; A field goal by
Capital's Ben Styer with just
over five minutes left in the
first half completed the scor-
ing. The rest of the game was a
battle of missed opportunities
and fumbles. % .}
The Lakers, losing four of
eight fumbles, three in the se-
cond half, blew two,scoring
opportunities on fumbled
snaps and another on an er-
rant pitch in the second half.
Mercyhurst also.threw three
Interceptions anrWias^now
committed 16 turnovers in its
last two games, both losses.
The Crusaders had five
fumbles but lost only two.
Capital got on thei board
first, as Gary Phifer bolted 60
yards for a TD on the game's
John Loshelder tries to turn the corner against Capital. Loshelder
sco red Laker TD on a 52 yard run. * Region.
Photo by R.J. Zonna
much time knotting the score.
Mercyhurst must now turn
John Loshelder broke loose its attention to the Dayton
for a 52 yard touchdown on Flyers. The 'Hurst travels
Mercyhurst's second offen- Saturday to face the Division
sive play. Tim Wilkin's extra III powerhouse on the artificial
point evened the game at 7-7. surface of Weleome Stadium.
" T h e w e a t h e r had a The Stadium holds 11,000 and
dramatic affect on Jhe game," is sure to be packed for the
commented.. Coach Tony Flyers' final game and their se-
DeMeo. "The team that gets cond Parent's Day contest.
an early lead has a big advan- DeMeo believes the, Dayton
tage in a game played in these game will give Mercyhurst an
OPPortunitv^toikfurtherAiiis
conditions," added DeMeoj
DeMe6Tnowever|atd not of^^eputatlon as alegitfrnaftTDlvi-
fer the weather as an excuse. jSion III power and also the
"We just didn't'capitalize on chance to play in front of the Ends fall season
the opportunities when we got biggest crowd in the pro-
t h e m . We' played g o o d gram's history.
defense, but we just couldn't
13-4-1
Soccer finishes
best season ever The Lakers opened the week
By Debbie Hison with their ninth straight vic-
The Mercyhurst soccer tory, a 5-0 decision over Pitt-
team ended theirbest season Bradford. ? ?v
ever with a 13-4-1 mark. In their Scoring for the 'Hurst was
last game of the season,:the junior Tom Mulligan with two
Lakers went down to defeat at goals and two assists, while
the hands of crosstown rival freshmen Dave Delzell and
Gannon University 4-0. Mike Nelson each had a goal.
The Lakers finished sixth in Sophomore Bernie Valento
the Atlantic Region and se- scored his first goal of the
cond in the Western Penn- season on a pass from Dallas
sylvania Intercollegiate Soc- Kaiser. 11
cer Conference. $ The Lakers outshot their op-
Meanwhile Gannon came in- ponents 33 to 1. Senior Gary
to the contest ranked second Peterson recorded his seventh
in the nation in the Division II straight shutout, i
polls and first in the Atlantic Having made his first]
season at the 'Hurst, one to
According to first-year remember, Burns commented
Coach Rick Burns, everything on the season and his players,
was in G a n n o n ' s favor " I ' m delighted with our
throughout the game. The season. We accomplished a
Golden Knights dominated the lot with a very young teafn^lt
young Lakers, outshooting was my most enjoyable year
them 22 to 6. "With their as a coach. These guys are
superior skills and a severe good people as well as good
wind blowing against us we soccer players." * P • >
could not break past midfield Burns believes the team has
in the first half, " Burns said. made a positive impact on thej
"If we wouldn't have had the school academically and per-
wind, we might have made the sonally, as well as athletically.'
match more interesting. They "I eagerly anticlpate^next
were clearly the better team." Jseason,'fc he concluded. - --i

ecute our offense."TSBJ i

opening play from scrimmage.
Phifer was seemingly stopped
for no gain when he bounced
outside for the score. Styer's
kick put the Crusaders up 7-0.
The Lakers didn't waste
Theg|Mercyhurst women's
volleyball:' team pipped its
record to 20-14* winning six of
nine ^matches and capturing
first -place in the St. John
Fisher Tournament. Trie Lady
Lakers began tournament play
wltK alwin overNazareth, then
defeated-* L e M o y n e ! and
Niagara before losing to Penn
State-Behrend; Trie 'Hurst
spikers knocked off Gannon in
the semi-finals before beating
Nazareth again in the cham-
pionship match.
Sf The Mercyhurst football
team takes on on of the most
powerful teams in Division IH|
when they travel to Dayton
this weekend. Dayton won the
Division III national champion-
ship in 1980 and finished as
£
Dayton w i l l . carry a 7-2
hold onto the football and ex- record Into the contest. The
Flyers have lost to- Division II
Laker crews win \
?T|m Ruth provided the only Butler and DePauw, which is
bright spot in the game as he ranked In the Division III top
went over the 2,000 yard mark twenty. Dayton was ranked as
Speakmon Regatta
for career rushing yardage. high as jj3th in Division III /The Laker crew team cap- In the premier event, the
Ruth gained 73 yards on 12 before losing to DePauw last ped off their fall training men's championship eight
carries In the game. week. season by w i n n i n g the finished in second place, just
Speakmon Memorial-Regatta four seconds behind the Cin-
in Columbus, OH this past cinnati Rowing Club, which
weekend. Competing against contained several oarsmen
SCOREBOARD fourteen colleges, universities who rowed in the 1984 Sum-
and clubs from the Midwest, mer Olympics. \ •.
the Lakers earned a rash of fn other action, the men's
Football f i r s t and second place pair lost a heart breaker to the
finishes,; garnering enough Cincinnati Rowing Club while
Mercyhurst |7 points to be declared overall in the men's freshman divi-
runner-up in 3B1^The Flyers Capital 10 winner of the Regatta. sion, the Lakers eight placed
blanked | Mercy hurst 28-0 in %The men's lightweight 4
third out of fourteen crews. In
Erie two seasons ago-and lost captured the 'Hurst's first gold the J frosh four event, the\
j&o the the eventual Division 111 Socoer of the|day by taking a com- Lakers came In fourth out of
champs,| Augustana, by one manding* lead right off the thirteen, g
point in|last year's playoffs. Mercyhurst 5 The Laker women's crew
start and carrying it through to
Dayton was again headed|foir Pitt-Bradford 0 the. finish. £ also brought home ia gold
I h e playoffs Until theyjost to medal, competing In the
No. 17 DePauw las®yeek, The men's heavyweight 4
rowed off to an early lead, but Novice 4 event. In the varsity
35-31. The game against Mer- Mercyhurst 0 eight event the ladies came in
cyhurst wtU be Dayton's post unfortunately, in the last 750
meters strokeman Ray Brewer fourth out of seven. ?
season, because it Is their Gannon 4 suffered a»knee Injury; the The women's varsity four
final game and their second placed fifth out of^ eleven
Parent's Day contest of the crew icould not continue at
maximum efficiency, dropping crews, while the ^lightweight
year. The Flyers, especially Volleyball back to a fourth place finish. four placed third out of a field
the seniors, will have no pro- of seven^ In the varsity eight
blem getting up for this one. Mercyhurst 15 16 The Lakers coaching staff
event, the Lady Lakers placed
The Lakers, Who have lost two Gannon 2 14 teamed up for a master's 4 fourth out of fivecrews.
straight games, just do not face against four *£>ther The crew team takes to the
have the manpower this year master's crews and came |indoors for intensive land
to defeat a team the caliber of Mercyhurst 15 13 15 away.with the gold in one of training beginning this week
Dayton. My prediction: Dayton Nazareth 10 15 8 the most exciting races of the in preparation for the spring
35, Mercyhurst 24. § day. jL m i racing season. :%i £