The Merciad, April 19, 1990

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VOII63 NO. 20 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS JERIE, PA. 16546 THURSDAY, APRIL19,1990

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11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.D'Angelo Young ArtistsCompetition preliminariesbegin in Zurn Recital HallFrldajK, Apri l 20 ^^^LU a.m. to 10:30 p.m.D'Angelo Youngp* ArtistsCompetition in Zurn RecitalHall |2 to 4 p.m. Spring Formaltickets on sale in the StudentUnion mSaturday April 211 p.m. Shuttles to theMillcreck Mall depart fromBaldwin Hall7 p.m.; D'Angelo YoungArtists Competition finalsheld at Tech Memorial HighSchool Auditorium, ffiSunday, April 222:30 p.m. Zurn Recital HallMercyhurst dance depart-ment conservatory perform-ance. I IMonday, April 2312:30 to 1:30 p.m. Formaltickets on sale in the cafete-ria.1:30 to 3p.m. Formal tick-ets on sale in the Union.

Fanta spends {big bucks on activitieUnion JBaron is the only hypnotist to keep aperson hypnotized continuously for five days,according to his promoters.A club fest is next on the list, beginning at1 p.m. on Friday April 27, in which 15 clubs

which will contain tickets for $500 in will be dropped from the roof of Zurna.m.Then at 12 p.m. it will be time forbecome a"Hurst tradition. Bobby Gowill be represented. The events will include a last year entertained more than 100 s

EDF1ALABy Kevin McHughMerciad Editor

pie-throwing contest, in which such prominentfigures as Dr. Gary\Brown, director of resi-dence life, Larry Kozlowski, director of stu-dent union, and Matt Trio a, MSG president,will be victimized, according to Fanta.The festivities continue with the springformal at 9 p.m. at the Shrine club. Then, from10 to 1 ljjp.m., the controversial $1,700 man,comedian Ed Fiala, will perform!Fanta, who signed Fiala at a recent studentactivities in Chicago, said that having a come-dian at the formal4 'is a big step into unknownwaters in an attempt tohave the best formalever. Any one who wants more informationabout the formal should contact Jen Marshall,Committee Chair- chairperson of this year's Spring formalperson, Gerry Fanta, has recently been on aspending spree. He has spent $15,000 of stu-dents' money on four days of hectic activities.The madness begins on Thursday, April26, with hypnotist Ed Baron at 8 p.m. in theon Saturday morning and will run up anddown the paths of Mercy world awaking alland sundry for the \'balloon drop." fBalloons,

Brown plans for moreRAs, better organizationBy Kevin McHughMerciad Editor

All six of Mercy hurst* s building managerswill be replaced by two full time professionalsnext year, according toDr. Gary Brown, direc-tor of residence life.Brown said he interviewed four of the topprospectsata national convention in St. Louis.He added that the positions, which were adver-tised in the Chronicle of Higher Education,received between SO and 60 responses.The new building managers, onefor SouthBriggs and the Townhouses, the other forNorth Briggs, will have many of the sameduties as the present managers but. will berequiredto carry out a lot more programming,Brown said. 1

The move will result in an increased num-ber of RAs, but will still save the collegemoney, accordingto Brown.Brown said he has decided on next year's' 'Family'' of RAs and is confident that he hasmade good selections.There were at least nine turnovers in RAsin the 1989/90 year; most were resignations.accordingto Brown. He said the reason someresigned was because "they bit off more thanthey could chew." Others resigned becausethey didn't agree with some of the rules theywere required to enforce. Brown noted thedrinking laws as the main points of contention.John Deasy, oneof the RAs who quit, said thathe resigned because he felt that the rules he wasrequired to enforce were condescending tostudents who are being treated like childrenand not adults.

will perform "Simon says."Following Mr. Gold are the team afrom 1 p.m.to 6 p.m., in which 16 tecompete in nine differentevents. Signuwill be availablefromMonday April 2first come first served basis. Events wHi The events will include a pie-thcontest, in which such prominent fas Dr. Gary Brown, director of reslife, Larry Kozlowski, director of sunion, and Matt Triola, MSG preswill be victimized, according to Faelude tug of war, eggtoss,and volley

To end theday, Oroboros will perp.m. in tennis courts. Fanta said thepossibility of an outdoor performanceThe weekend ends on Sunday aftewitha picnic at St Nick's Grove. Thehamburgers, hot dogs and what Fantato as "fine beverages." He added thKoslowski will present his craft show.will be provided.Finally there will be a sand castlecompetition at Prcsquc Isle beginninp.m., accordingto Fanta.Letters of intentfor editorial

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PAGE 2 TH E MERCIADNtews APRIL 1News ata glance

Editor's note: this columnis designed to let studentsknow what is happening in theinternational and local arenasThe news is gathered from avariety of sources.By Theresa KloeckerMcrciad News EditorINTERNATIONAL

The Soviet Union has ordered cuts in natural gas supplies toLithuania and they may also cut oil and petroleum shipments to thecountry as part of an economic embargo. Lithuania wants inde-pendence from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union does not wantbecausebecomeSouth Africa's President de Klerk rejected black majority rule,but said apartheid must end. In the speech to Parliament in CapeTown he did not announce any new measures to dismantle theracial-segregation system, and he again insisted that the AfricanNational Congress renounce violence.Nine prisoners convicted of murder were hanged in SouthKorea on Tuesday as part ol an official campaign to stem crime,Justice Ministry officials announced. They said die action wasintended to show the public that the government is determined tomaintain law and order.

NATIONALThe Reverend David Abernathy, 64, one of the top aides toMartin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, died onTuesday. Abernathy created the civil rights movement with MartinLuther King Jr.Researchers at UCLA, and the University of Texas have pin-pointed a gene that appears to increase the risk of alcoholism.Alcoholism afflicts 18 million Americans.

LOCALErie's former mayor Lou Tullio died at his home on Tuesdaymorning after having waged a battle against the disease amyloido-sis since October of 1987. Tullio was the mayor of Erie for 24 years.During his long administration Tullio got an estimated $300 millionin stale and federal funds for the City of Erie. A Mass of Christianburial will be celebrated at St Peter's Cathedral, West 10th andSassafras, Friday at 11 am. Burial will follow in the family lot atCalvary Cemetery.Tullio is survived by his wife Grace Tullio, three daughters andmany grandchildren.

Tullio lived on EastGrandview Blvd. behind Mercy hurst College.4 Tullio was interested in helping the college with our problemsbecause he lived in our backyard,'' Mercy hurst College President Dr.William P. Garvey said. Garvey added,' he was an extraordinary manand I regarded him as a close personal friend.'*

Garvey starts gifted students programBy Theresa KloeckerMcrciad News Editor

It was recently announcedthat the Erie School District haschosen Mercy hurst as the site fortheir Gifted Student program.- The! program has approxi-mate! y 260 students, according toJames Piekanski from the ErieSchool District Superintendent'soffice. The program includes stu-dents from kindergarten througheighth grade from fpublic an dparochial schools.The program is currentlyhoused at Harding school. Thestudents in the program will haveaccess to more resources at thecollege than they currently haveaccess! to at the elementaryschool. ' 'The biggest thing is theavailability of all the college re-sources, th e library, and theschools in art and music," Pie-kanski said.The gifted student programcan only* improve the image ofMercy hurst College, according toMercy hurst College PresidentDr. William P. Garvey. The stu-dents in the program will not havemuch interaction with collegestudents, Garvey said.He explained that they willhave about 2000 feet of class-room space in the basement ofZurn Hall. The students will bebussed here and they will enterZurn bv the side doors. Studentssecaround campus classeslege students, Garvey said.Garveyj* hopes that studentswho are elementary educationand psychology majors will takeadvantage of the gifted studentprogram by using it for; learningand clinical) experiences. "Theprogram would begin when thecurrent Student Union is evacu-ated in September or October ofnext year,'' Garvey saitThere will be SO studentsfrom the program on campuseach day of the school week. Theclasses will be taught by teachersfrom the Erie School District.Garvey also hopes that collegefaculty will work with the stu-dents in the program. "The stu-dents will hopefully gain someenrichment from the college fac-ulty," he added. Garvey did not foresee anyproblems with the students from

DR. WILLIAM P. GARVEYthe program using college! re-sources . The materials they may Ibe using from the library wouldnot be the same materials that thecollege studentsi use, he ex-*plained.

The students in thewill probably not be seecampus that often exwhen they are walking fbus to their classroom, take a walk around theduring their classroomGarvey said. The averagwill | probably sec ^ thfrom this program as ofsee the children rom hecenter, Garvey explaine

Putting in the classrthe program will not ccyhurst anything becaschool district will be unated labor and materiathe classrooms, accorGarvey.

Brown says Judicial Bomay examine first caseThe fight in which one Mer-cy hurst student received **poten-tially serious injuries,*' may bethe first case to be brought in frontof die newly formed judicial re-view board, according to Dr. GaryBrown, director of residence life.The newly formed board ofappeal-.is composed of two stu-dents (Keith Ostrowski and AmyManion), two faculty members(Erica Pinto and Peter Benekos),and tw o administrators (Tom

Brown, who said heraged that a party could of hand that a personmedical attention, said th"handled the situation.that he interviewed and rments rom18 individualin the fightBrown added that hepleased with the way t4012 Briggs handled theHe also commended aresident, who he said s

Billingsley and Catherine Ander- RA from ^ing Punchedson).Unwanted visitor sparnew Egan safety policyBy Kevin McIIughMcrciad Editor

number of new safety mcastuts have been takensecurity in Egan Hall,certainwanted guest.Merrill "Bud" Dever, direc-tor of security said the measureswere taken despite his belief thatthe on-campus prowler is not thesame man that attacked a womanat the Glenwood YMCA. Previ.

Egan Hall were activelNow , however, only loway, the one by the cafebe in use.Any; guest wishing to vHall must ring a doorbeentrance and await an esAny resident found a door open, or interfethe security system inwill suffer severe diaction, according to Brown, director of resiEgan does not havein process that is evideously, all three of the stairways M c A u , c y Hall and Baldleading to the residential area of* bccause of * , a c k of w*-*:* . , * . . * . .v*, v t students, according to


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i " 1 . .H u r s t c o m p o s e r p r e m i e r e s t w o w o r k s i n e i g h t d a y sComposing music is an ardu-

ous task. For Albeit Glinsky, as-sistant professor of music, direc-tor of the D'AngeloVisiting Art-ists Series, and composer-in-resi-dence at Mercyhurst College

dream for any young composer.The first work is Ifor theD'Angelo Young Artist Compe-tition in voice. Glinsky has writ-ten "High Flight'' for all voicelevels. His work was commis-for the past three years, it]is an sioned especially forthecompeti-exciting and demanding task.He has composed!'two newworks that will be premieredwithin eight days of each other, a

tion that began April 19, and is arequirement for all the competi-tors to perform.Thejwinner of the best per-

formance of "High Flight" willperform the premier of this workon Saturday night, April 21 at thefinals of the D*Angelo competi-tion at Tech Memorial Audito-rium. Glinsky felt this music wasappropriate since, "Everyone incompetition is flying high," saidGlinsky.The inspiration for his origi-nal work was John Gillespie

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PAGE 4 THE MERCIAD AFKLL iyOpin ionAn outsider's adventure at Presque Isle

By Theresa HewittMerciad Staff ReporterHere in Erie, we're fortunateenough to have the Lake for d i-version. You know how it is thistime Iof year: the weather getswarmer, the sun is shining, andRocket 101 has found the perfectprogramming mix. So you get inyour (or your friend's) car, rolldown the windows, turn up theradio, and head for the peninsula.No problem.Let 's take, for instance, Beach11. Fine yellow sand. Gentlewaves. Still no problem. You rollup your windows, turn off the

radio, make sure all valuables areout of sight under the seats (afterall, you w ouldn't want anythingto get stolen), and you lock thedoors before heading for the sand.Then, and only then, do you no-tice if the gleam of keys, lying onthe front seatOnly the locked door and thewindshieldare separating you from

your transportation home, butthere's no hope of getting back inthe car. So you call the Park Po-lice, but they can't jimmy the lockbecause your car is too new andthe locking system is electric. Nowyou're in for aride o the Admini-stration Building, where you'llcall all over the place, looking for

you the hell up so you can get thespare key in your dorm room,take your other friend's car backdown to the peninsula, finally getinto your own car, and head backto campus.The moral of the story: if you'regoing to skip class to go to thebeach, be prepared for theconse-someone to come down and pick quences.

Drive In leveled for condosTheater closing angers movie criticBy Robi TaylorMerciad Managing Editor

' A couple of weeks agoI droveabout 130 miles to see PrettyWoman in a theater that seatsmore than 300 people. I was inmy own version of paradise, see-ing an excellent movie in a roomlarger enough to seat 1,000people. I was on my way backwhen the bubble burst.Driving on Route 5I saw thatsomeone had torn down the Sky-The Merciad

Mercyhurst College's First Class newspaperas rated by the Associated Collegiate PressVol. 63 No. 20 April 19,1990Kevin Mc HughTheresa KloeckerRobi TaylorKaren McGuireJohn DeasyMelissa ManginiPatty ConeglioMaria KellyLiz R ichardsTimothy K. Moriarty

EditofNews EditorManaging EditorChief Copy EditorSports EditorPhoto Editor:Business ManagerAssistant Business Manager

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The Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of MercyhurstCollege, Box 161,501 E. 38th st, Erie Pa. 16546. Phone 825-0376Material for publication must be submitted by noon on theMonday before publication mmThe Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed,but the name can be withheld by request]

Th e Merciad's editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Boardwith the Editor holding final responsibility.The opinions expressed inThe Merciad are not necessarily those ofThe Merciad, its staff or Mercyhurst College,

way Drive In, one of the last twoin town. To make matters worsethey were building condomini-ums on the site.That made me think. Since Imoved to Erie 10 years ago, threetheaters and four drive ins haveclosed, The oldf Plaza Theater,which had over 1,000 seats, hasbeen split' into I four tiny boxeswhich have a seating capacity ofbetween 100 to 300 people, andthe Millcreek Mall has built* acomplex of six theaters with aseating capacity equal to thePlaza. |There is nothing like the expe-rienc e of seeing a movie with 800other people allsharing die sameemotions, laughing at the samethings with the smell of popcorn

coming from the snack bar at theback of the theaterJUnfortunately, most of yougrew up in a generation when allthe romance of going to a bigtheater or a drive in has beentaken away in order to make aprofitThere is one remnant of thepast still alive, at least for now , inErie, The Peninsula Drivejln atthe entrance to Presque Isle. Thissummer take an evening and stopin for a double feature and let thecontractors and Millcreek Com*missioners know that you wouldlike to keep this one Erie land-mark alive for your children toenjoy.

Communications deptneeds more support

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As you will have noticed onthe front page, applications foreditorial positions on TheMerciad are now being accepted.The reason the notice is on thefront page is because it is important JIHowever much I hate to say it,The Merciad and the comcations department does not have a very good name amstudents and faculty. It has been labeled a weak departmenSomeof themost prominentadministrators a t Mercyhursreferred to the department as a dumping ground for stlacking direction."The department and, for my intentions, The Merciad, more support from students, faculty, administrators and truAs I have said many times before, there needs to be a recrprogram for the departmentWith so much emphasis placed on having winning athteams, the need for having a winning academic program, suthe college newspaper, has been overlooked.The M erciad 's design and layout looks as good, and incases better, than!other area newspapers, as confirmed bAssociated P ress. However, its size and content are not asI can 't understand why students are not interested inconing to the paper. In these days of changing ways etc., no mwhat career you intend to pursue, you will need to be able toand write well.There is no better place to improve your writing and havwork printed than in the college newspaper. The Merciad issame sad position as it was last year, as all of the editorial powill be virtually unopposed.ThefMerciad has improved in most areas except in stuinterest ineditorial positions. This year, the paper has movspacious, more prominentoffice, hashad updates in computesoftware, and has undergone changes in format and design,have have given the paper a cleaner, more modern appearanAll the college needs for a winning organization is a littlemoney and involvement The reason the communications dment needs more^support and stronger direction is to tryeradicate the huge gaps which exist in the strengths of the vdepartments.The departments should be categorized in a two, ratherthree, tier level. There should be strong and very strong dements. There should not be any weak departments. vIn essence, support of departments should be distributed evenly.


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Stalsky looking for music/poetry writersBy Robi TaylorMerciad Managing Editor

The Mercy hurst College thea-ter department! is looking for afew good poets and songwritersto submit material for their fallproduction.The production will |be amultimedia event featuring be-tween 20 to 24 origina l songs andpoems ^written exclusively byMercyhurst students, accordingto Igor Stalskv. director of thetheater department "I am look-ing forward to see what surprisesthe students add to the content ofthe show ,'' he said."The show is open to allMercyhurst students, {not justmusic majors," he said. "We arelooking Tor all styles of music;ballads, rock music and country.Rock bands are encouraged tosubmit material

cians from die D'Angelo Schoolof Music, Stalskv said.**Stalsky said he will spend thesummer selecting material andchoosing the right background inorder to help the audience visual-ize the words and music. He addshe wants to "create an evening ofmemorable theater. "I believewith quality material and partici-pation and this could become oneof the main performances for our1990-91 season," Stalsky said, f

Stalsky said that althoughmost of the songs should averagethree to four minutes in length,"If somebody produces somethinggood that happens to be 23 miniutes long," Stalsky said, "Iwould most likely use it. r>

The material will be per-formed, in large part by the au-thors. Although the details haveyet to be worked out, some songsand poems may be backed up bythe dance department and musi-

' The biggest reward for sub-mitting material is the pride andsatisfaction of h aving a piece ofwork performed on stage," Stal-sky said.*Stalsky said students can sub-mit as many pieces as they like.All songs must be submitted oncassette with a lyric sheet, W$L

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gram at Mercyhurst too lightly."They don't realize how difficultit is," she says."It's not sports oriented asmuch as it is medicine and healthoriented. It's ironic that we attractpeople who are sports minded,but because of the workload welimit the trainers to participatinginone sport in the major seaso n,''Price said.Students may have to give

up sports so they can do well intheir major, according to Price.An individual who is just inter-ested in sports should probablylook into another fiel d of studybecause with this program theymay have to give up sports, Pricesaid. However an individual thatis interested in people andpeople's health might find thisprogram very interesting, Priceadded.

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Tennis team keeps winningBy Molly McCormickMerciad Staff Reporter

The men s tennis team won animportant match this past week-end against Fairmont Stale in WestVirginia. The final score was 8-1.Gordon Quinton, the numberone for Mercyhurst, played anexcellent game; his scores, 7-6and 7-5, reflected it. CoenBuys,the 'Hurst's number two player,also won his match. B uys crushedhis opponent with scores of 6-1and 6-0. VRaul Raymundo, the numberthree player, won his match 7-6.3-6, and 7-6. Phil Clark scored 7-

6,3-6 and 6-3, and Greg Dixsonwon with 6-0 and 6-0. BecauseFairmont State failed to produce anumber six player, Mercyhurst'sPatrick O'Keeffe won by default^ Quinton and Buys stayed inthe hunt for the Nationals doublebid with a win, while O'Keeffeand Pakulski lost their doubles inthe final set, 7-6. |

y Hie Mercyhurst tennis is look-ing forward to continuing theirsuccessful season. Said teammember Phil Clark,' This was agood match to helpgear up for theupcoming w eekend when we willplay East division ivals or a chanceat a National team bid."

Unsettled weatherhampers tsoftballBy Nick Ro bertsMerciad Staff Reporter

The women's softball teamfinally completed their first gameof he season, two and a half weekslate, last Tuesday.Many problems may arise incollege sports, such as scheduling,academic commitments versus sporting commitments, conflicts betweenplayers and conflicts between coaches. Often, these types of problems canbe resolved.Here at Mercyhurst we all have one problem which is very difficult toresolve, as it often hangs over us in the shape of a big fluffy cloud. Theweather, of course!The women's softball season this year can only be described as anightmare. A lready 14 games have been wiped out due to Mother Nature.For the team to be able to qualify for theplay-offs, upcoming gamesmay end up being played every day. " Gre at!" thinks the team, "threeweeks of softball! College isn't such a bad life after all." But to stand backand look at this realistically, this situation is going to have severeconsequences for the athletes' academic performance: teachers tearingtheir hair out at poor grades and coaches desperate for the games to beplayed.The players, who have been practicing since Christmas, have onlymanaged to play one game as of April IS . Surely this cannot benefit theirplaying sharpness or enthusiasm for thegame. Who wants to practice formonths on end without any reward for their effort and time?Sadly this is an irritating situation for everyone involved: the team, thecoach, the teachers, and the worms.The students, who are supposed to benefit from the enjoyment ofparticipating incollege sports, are suffering academically. If anyone hasa solution to m other nature please call the athletic department

RICHIE Vanderwoude and Adrian Spralden bringing their shell toPhoto by PaulM

Crew victorious at IthacaBy Molly McCormickMerciad Staff Reporter

ptfercyhurst's spring -crewseason started off victoriously. Inthe past two weeks, the men'steam has been undefeated in thefours, and combined for a strongshowing in the heavy eight Thewomen's novice eight crew racedtheir personal best their first tworegattas, showing their improve-ment and gaining experience forbetter finishes in the future.

On April 7, the team raced atIthaca College against Ithaca andSt Joe's of Philadelphia The eventwasa success for the enure team.Crew raced again on April 14 inthe Presque Isle Bay. The men'slightweight Jfour defeated Cani-siusCollege, and the heavyweightmen's four brought in a powerfulfirst place finish against Mariettaand Canisius.The! women's noviceJeightrowed J well, but finished thirdbehind two Marietta boats due to

a bad start Two womenboatsfromMercyhurst placand fourth against MariettThe future looks profor Mercyhurst crew. Roderwoude, a member of thvarsity lightweight four teathat they * are planning towinning at the next coupltas, and keep up hard trainbuilding toward the best pfinish at the National Chaships: hopefully a first"

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On Monday, April 9, theMercyhurst golf team began itsseason with a one-on-one withGannon University at DowningGolf Course. The Golden Knightsedged the Lakers 4-3 after someexciting golf. Tom Saccomannoled t he 'Hurst with a 76. He wasfollowed by Tony Sartini and MikeMcPherson both with 78 s. Scor-ing for the remaining Lakers in-cluded Randy Lague with 80, TroyWinch with 81 , John Melody with81 and John Deasy with 85 . 1The firsts ournament of theyear was held at Slippery RockUniversity, with the 'Hurst finish-ing tenth. Their team total was414. two shots ahead of Gannon.

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