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DAVE MURPHYPRESIDENT

CAY MALONEYVICE PRESIDENT

BRIAN WILESTREASURER

TRISH KUHARSECRETARY

VOL. 64 NO. 18 GLENWOOD APRIL 25.1991

Friday, April 26

9 p.m. Student Union,Philadcndron Society.

Saturday, April 27

p.m. Presque Isle,

Mercy hurst Crew Regatta.

10 p.m.g to 1 a.m. RecCenter, SAC presentsOroborosJ

Sunday, April 28

[ p .m. Government

Chambers, MSG Meet-

Monday, April 29

I p . m . G o v e r n m e n t

Chambers, SAC Meeting.

Tuesday, April 30

8 p.m. Briggs BasketballCourts, Dye your clothesat the Tye-Dye Fest. i

8 p .m. Zurn Recital Hall,Fi lms for Discussion

presents Black Rain.

Regional college tuition shuttle lifts offBy Karen McGuireMerciad News Editor

The shuttle has been launched. The price ofhigher education is skyrocketing toward a newdimension. Ten years ago the total cost toattend the 'Hurst was $5,012.50. The cost forthe '91 -'92 academic year will total $12,045.

'A s o f next fall the tuition to attend Mer-cy hurst will increase 7.48 percent from $7,690to $8,265. | J

« According to an article in The Chron icleof H igher E ducation, the average tuition for

Faculty faces

evaluationsBy Mary MedureMerciad Staff Reporter

It's that time again, time to f ill out thosetedious course evaluations. What exactly arethey? |

"Student Instructional Reports (SIRs) arestudent evaluations that provide feedback tofaculty and administration on a teacher's per-formance, the results of which aid facultymembers in improving or maintaining teach-ing effectiveness," said Dr. Michael McQuillen,

academic dean.iAccording to McQuillen, the EducationalTesting S ervice, known for issuing the StudentAptitude Test (SAT), sends the evaluations tocolleges and universities that the company hascontracts with. . >

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four-year private colleges will rise seven toeight percent on the national level. This esti-mate is based on last year's Consumer PriceIndex inflation rate of 5.7 percent

The national increase percentage is relc

to the local colleges as well. The tuition atGannon University, as reported in Th e G an-non Knight newspaper, will go up 8.5percentfrom $8,000 to $8,680.

A similar increase will occur at AlleghenyCollege. According to the Office of Admis-sions at Allegheny, tuition and fees will risefrom $13,760 to $14,850, or 7.9 percent.

The C hronicle of Higher Education re-ports that public institutions will see an aver-age rate of tuition increase approaching doubledigits. Penn State Behrend's Admissions Of-fice, however, reports that next year's tuitionwill rise only eight percent

The costof housing is also on the rise. Nextyear's Mercyhurst students will} be paying

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$3,345 for room and board. This is an 8.78percent increase,fees totaling $489 next year. That is assumingthe hockey rink is built andthe building assess-ment fee goes up $54.ilf the building assess-

ment fee doesn't go up, fees next year willremain at $435.m f t f «rV In comnarison, the cost of room and board

^ $3,500, according to the OfficeofAdmissions. This is an increase of seven per-cent Allegheny's w ill be increasing 5.9 per-cent to $4,120 for the year. Behrend's roomand boards fee will go up eight percent to'

$2,170. I44With the economy in a slump," The

Chronicle of Higher Education reports,"administrators fear that raising tuition toosharply will drive inanciallystrapped appli-cants to less-expensive competitors, or dis-courage them from pursuing higher educationaltogether."

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Maioney winning narrow victory as vice-president,and Trish Kuhar claiming wide victory as sec

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Trustees approve ice rink

On Page 4D'Angelo Competition winner

On Page 5Merciad survey results



PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD APRIL 25,1991

Editor's Note: This column is designed to let students know what ishappening in the international and national areas. The news is gath-ered from a variety of sources.

By Karen McGuirefMerciad News Editor

INTERNATIONAL:

Costa Rica — Survivors continue to dig through rubble from adevastating earthquake that shook parts of Costa Rica and northernPanama late Monday, killing at least 79 people. Relief workers expectthe death toll to rise considerably, as more rescue equipment becomesavailable.

Iraq - A tent city has been set up by United States marines for K urdishrefugees in Zakho, Iraq. American officials say they are having a hardtime persuading the Kurds to leave the mountains. T he Kurds expressdistrust of the Iraqi Government and a vast majority vow that they willnever return to an Iraq ruled bv Saddam Hussein.

Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. -- Scientists express-concern about the eroding*'sarcophagus" that engulfs the No. 4 nuclear reactor in Chernobyllike a casket The power plant erupted in a volcano* of deadlyradioactivity on April 26,19 86. Scientists say the blackened enclosureis deteriorating at a fast pace and is allowing radioactivity to seep intothe atmosphere. v

Kuwait - The effort to pu t out 500 oil-well fires in Kuwait is off to apainstakingly slow start With fires extinguished in only SI wells sofar, relations •between Kuwait and the firefighters, most of themAmericans, have become strained.

NATIONAL:

useden a personal computer w as installed in a study off of the Oval

Last week he said he was making com puter literacy a personaltoo old to learn »t

Washington, D.C . - President Bush's Chief of Staff, John Sununu,was accused of "breaking the rules" by extensively using govern-ment planes for personal travel. The President refuted accusations,saying Sununu broke no rules. On Wednesday, Bush said that theadministration should take a look at the policy.

Valdez, Alaska - A federal judge in Anchorage rejected a proposedplea bargain agreement Wednesday that called for the Exxon Corpo-

ration to pay $10 0 million to settle criminal charges arising from the

1989 Valdez oil spill. 1

New York - TheNew York Times reports that college graduates facethe bleakest job m arket in a decade, especially in New York and theNortheast Some experts say the recession has shrunk the pool of

entry-level jobs by 30 percent from last year.

LOCAL:

Erie County - According to Erie County Health Department statistics,the number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilisand gonorrhea, increased in "1990. "Health department officials saidthey cannot explain the increase.

Keith O strows ki serving up food to students at the SAC picnic

Board of Trustees put rink on iceBy Karen McGuireMerciad News Editor

The Board of Trustees put theproposal for a hockey rink on ic euntil June 17. Last week PresidentWilliam P. Garvey proposed rais-ing the student building assessment

fee to $55 per student, per year, tofinance the facility. The Board votedto continue studying the feasibilityof the proposed costs and will takefinal action on the issue at theirnext meeting.

"The meeting turned out like Ithought it would," said StudentGovernment FYesident Robin Engcl."They approved! the proposal inprinciple, but more research aboutthe actual cost of the rink has to bedone."

Engel said the building assess-ment fee will not increase unlessthe rink is approved. If the rink isnot approved in June, the buildingassessment fee will not go up in thefall, he added. L I Th eBoard passed a vote in t favor ofimplementing a new telephonesystem, however. According;to

Engel, the new system will be inoperation by next fall. The cost ofthe phone service will be $60 perstudent for the year. The long dis-tance charges will be charged to thestudents* tuition bill each term. Engelsaid, * The way I figure it, the newsystem should end up saving thestudents money. Since the studentswill be included with the school's

phone charges, they'll enjoy thevolume discount" i

Engel said he's been workingwith the figures and it looks like thestudents will end up paying lessthan they're paying now.

McQuillen explains significance of SIRsFrom pagel Each

Division Chair, Department Headand faculty member receives cop-ies, along with an extra to remain inthe division's file,

jHowever, not all courses ar e

evaluated every term. "Non-ten-

ured faculty distribute SIR'S foreach class, but tenured faculty onlyevaluate one course of their choos-ing per term," McQuillen said. "Thedance classes and some music classesare invalid to the SIR style. For thisreason, the dance department holdstheir own personal 'in house' evalu-ations." I

After the evaluations are taken,they are then sent back to ETS toevaluate and rank each particularanswer among other f nationwideresponses. In addition, ETS takesinto consideration other forms ofinformation such |as: th e coursenumber (100-300) and the level of

difficulty of each course. ETS thenranks each question on a percentilebasis. '%

The Dean added that althoughthere is no perfect evaluation, theSIR is the largest nationally normedinstrument Prior to the SIR, whichbegan in the fall of 1983, the IdeaSystem was used, another accuratesystem much like|the SIR. Pres-ently, the SIR is the most widely

used among smaller colleges anduniversities. "Most larger univer-sities perform 'i n house' evalu-ations. They have the updated tech-nology to arrive at accurate deci-sions."

' The students have to be care-ful when answering the questions,for the anwers play an importantrole in retention, promotion andtenure of faculty,'' said the Dean.

"If inconsistencies do occur, theDivision Chair is encouraged towork with the faculty member toresolve the problem."

The Dean said that a completeSIR report is maintained for eachfaculty member in his office.

Within the next couple weeks,students will be asked onc e againtp evaluate their quality of instruc-tion.

^ ^ h e dean's office invites students to

submit nominations for theTeaching Excellence Award* to be given

at this year's graduation ceremony.

tudent&are asked to submit the name

or names of faculty they feel should be

considered for the award, along with aparagraph or two in

I Isupport of the nomination,

JBominations should be submitted to the

Dfficefof the dean by Wednesday May 1.

ast year's award went to

Edward Gallagher, professor of education.



APRIL 25,1991\

THE MERCIADPAGE 3

Bruno's column commended as 'inspiring 9

To The Editor,

What's in a name, Bruno? As theysay, "A rose by any other...'*

And I'll tell you what degrading is• wasted talent and nitpicking. Thiscampus represents a ripe atmos-phere for a multitude of oppres-sions literally screaming to beaddressed.

You spent six w eeks bitchingabout the bookstore, and now it'spseudonyms. A man with yourobvious intelligence and w it shouldspend your time on more worth-while things. What is degrading isthe flak you gave me over such asmall issue. So getoff mv case and

work with me, Bruno. We shouldbe trying to wake up this burg, not

drown it in useless rhetoric. Yoursis the only inspiring column in thepaper, but it's time you put yourgloves back on and started fightingthe real issues again. I willkeep thename - no intelligent person takesadviee that demeans them person-ally. Prove to me that journalism isstill alive. Make some waves.

* Now, on to maintenance. Withthe winter season behind us, wecan look forward to the extensivespring beau tifieation programplanned by the maintenance de-partment These fellows are filledwith energy, as they obviously usednone on the plowing of the parking

lots and walkways during winter.This revelation comes as no

surprise to commuter students who,if lucky to beable to even enter theparking lots, were effectivelyblocked in by a wall of snow whenthe plows passed down the aislesafter everyone had arrived in themorning. Amazing as itmay seem,most places have their parking lotsplowed out very early BEFOREdie masses arrive. This "ne w" ideahas apparently escaped the noticeof our maintenance staff. So younewcomers, take heed from theveterans: buy a pair of knee-highboots and/or nark on 38th Street.

Dutch

Students call fortified wine 'liquid crack

(CPS) - A powerful new •^forti-fied" wine reportedly lis gainingpopularity am ong college students,prompting several national \ alco-holism education groups to issuewarnings on campuses in recentweeks. J.

The wine, Cisco, which somestudents refer to as * * liquid crac k''because of its strength, is becom-ing a preferred drink among col-lege students " in some places "because it offers " a cheap andpowerful high/' said Jeffery Honof the National Council on Alco-holism and Drug Dependency

The group circulated letters about

Cisco at the StatesUniversity ofNew York (SUNY) College Brock-port recently, warning students ofits effects.

$ BACCHUSf International,another campus alcohol awarenessgroup, is planning to send letters toits campus chapters to warn themof Cisco's new popu larity.

Students are tempted to try thewine by packaging that makes itlook like a low-alcohol wine cool-ers, maintain Drew Hunter ofBACCHUS, which is based inDenver.

"Cisco is fortified wine prod-uct being marketed as , a wine

The MerciadMercy hurst College 's First Class newspaper

as rated by the Associated Collegiate Press

Vol. 64 No. 18 April 25,1991

Kevin McHughKaren McGuireAngela M. Camp

Robi Taylor INick RobertsMolly McCormickJohn FurlongAndy PenhollowMaureen ConnollyMaria Kelly/Yvonne MaherTimothy Moriarty

Editor-in-ChiefNews Editor

Features Editor

Entertainment EditorSports Editor

Ass t Sports EditorPhoto E ditorCopy Editor

Design ManagerAdvertising Managers

Faculty Advisor

Merciad Staff

Mary MedureLaura BlabacDanLangan ITracy SchmitzRobin IUsey I

Jill SchreckengostLiam BarronMonique ParentAmy FitzgeraldJohn Bruno

Tricia KuharChicaga Parsons

The Merciad is the student-produced newspaper of Mcrcyhurst

College, Box 161,501 E. 38th st, Erie Pa. 16546. Phone 825-0376

Material for publication must be submitted by noon on theMonday before publication

The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor.} *tfrrs must be signed,

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cooler, agreed Hon.Like wine coolers, Cisco

comes in 12-ounce bottles and fla-vors like red, peach, orange, berry,and gold.

; In a statement, the CanadiguaWine Company in New York,makers of Cisco, denied it is mar-keting the product as a wine cooler.

"Cisco is higher-priced than

low-alcohol wine'coolers and isnot sold in four-packs. Moreover,it is clearly labeled 20 percent alco-hol by volume,*'* the statementsays.

The company has placed an-other disclaimer on the bottle that'* this is not a wine cooler," and hasasked retailers to display Cisco awayfrom wine coolers.

The leading market for winecoolers are women and youngpeople, Hon said. If they confuseCisco with a wine co oler, however,they get much more than they an-ticipated. *

v One bottle of Cisco is equal tofive shots of vodka, enough lo make

a person 150 pounds or less legallydrunk in every state except forGeorgia, Hon said.

Drinking two bottles in less thanan hour could kill a person of 100pounds or less, he asserted.

* * We 're alerting individuals ofthe possible dangers*' of consum-ing Cisco, said Joe Franek, SUNY'sdirector of residential life.

FPC chairman says facultyissues not for student ears

Kevin McHughMerciad Editor

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Last week I was invited by afaculty member to attend a fac-ulty forum meeting. As I satreading the various materials thatwere being distributed, I: wasapproached by Brian McHugh,chairperson of the faculty poli-

cies committee, and asked to leave. §Dr. Mary Snyder, who was coordinating the meeting, also ap-proached meand without asking, grabbed the material I was givenby faculty m embers. I was then ejected from the meeting. I did notattend the meeting as a spy trying to invade the faculty meeting, butsimply as the editor of the student newspaper, interested in whatissues the Mercyhurst faculty are concerned abou t

McHugh informed me in a later meeting that students had noneed to concern themselves with the issues that were discussed atthe meeting. What a load of garbage!

Some of the issues discussed at the meeting include: the rele-vance of SIRs (student evaluations of faculty); the legitimacy ofensuring that faculty spend at least two hours on campus eachweekday, a policy that may infringe on research time; improve-ments in classroom facilities; and the importance of maintaining op-portunities for faculty to attend seminars and workshops.

How can these issues not be first, newsworthy, and second, ofutmost importance to students? *

•McHugh asked me to leave the closed meeting, and I respectedhis request I would appreciate it ifhe, in his official capacity, wouldgive the student newspaper, and consequently the student body, therespect of providing information about the concerns of faculty.

McHugh said that divulging such information would inhibitfaculty from speaking their minds in the future. This remarkpatronizes faculty. From my experience, most of the faculty atMercyhurst are not afraid of being outspoken. If the issues arelegitimate, as they seem to be, what's the problem?

I asked Jfor a;general outline of the issues; no names,-nospecifics. I was den ied even tha t Is McHugh speakingforall facultywhen he says that faculty concerns are n ot student concerns? If so,

I think I may d isintegrate into a blubbering mass of incomprehen-sible babble and giggles, as men from the funny farm carry meaway. > v j£

Before^ that h appens, I would,like to address the issue ofwithholding the names of people who write letters to the editor. We

have this policy to protect people with legitimate incriminatinginformation. Take a hypo thetical example where a female student isbeing sexually discriminated against by a professor. She couldbring the issue into the open without incriminating herself. Thepolicy was not - adopted* so that people could hurl blatant andderogatory abuse at groups and individuals while cowering behind

a veil of anonymity. t | i | •"You may notice that the letter facing this column is unsigned.

Instead of scrapping the whole letter, we decided to print the partsof the letter that were entertaining, and edit the parts that w ere crudeand derogatory.

_ ^Jrclad's editorial opinion is determined

by the Editorial Boai)d with the Editor holding]esponsibility. The opinions expressed inlerciad are not necessarily those of S pJerclad . its staff or Mercyhurst College,

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PAGE 4 THE MERCIAD APRIL 25.1991

Arts & Entertaibment6Marrying M a n '

gives a bad twisttoan old institution

Violinist Kyung Sun Lee wins

D ' Angelo Young Artist Competition

By Robi Taylor

Merciad Entertainment EditorThe Marrying ManStarring - Alec Baldwin andKim BasingerDirector - Jerry ReesHollywood Pictures *Rated - R

One of the hardest things about writing about movies is to c ome up

with an opening line that hasn't been used in the film's commercials, jThis time the movie, The Ma rrying M an, described itself with its last |line, * *There are couples wh o are in love and there are couples who ar e|hot for each other and then there's Charlie and Vicki."

The story begins at an engagement party for nice straight-lacedAdele Horner (Elizabeth Shue) and her multi-millionaire playboy] turner.

fiancee Charles Raymond Pearl (Alec Baldwin). * %

By Robi TaylorMerciad Entertainment Editor

Last weekend the air around theZurn Recital Hall filled with musicof violins, violas and cellos as 95promising young musicians showedtheir talents in an effort to be namedthe winner of the 15 th AnnualD*Angelo Young Artist Competi-tion.

During the three-day competi-tion, the fieldfof contestants wa sgradually narrowed until only threeremained; violinist Kyung Sun Lee,

cellist Claudio Jaffeand

violinistMartin Beaver. On April 20, afterall the performances were over andthe judges had made their decision,26-year-old i Lee was named the 1991D'Angelo Young Artist Competition winner Kyung Sun Lee

Lee was born and raised in Seoul,South Korea, but she is no w a resi-dent of Baltimore, MD where she

ollowing the party Charlie and his four friends take of f for abachelor party in a brothel outside Las Vegas . Charlie never makes it, heis distracted when he and his buddies stop at a bar called the El Rancho I

aUends ** Peataty Conservatory.^ t. _*£?iv&m« # . f : « H • , . . . ^"Having earned her Master's Degree

in 1990, she is currently working onasmo. It is there he meets, and seduces, a sultry lounge singer named I

Vicki Anderson (Kim Basinger). Unfortunately for the two of them they jher Artist Diploma under the in -struction of Sylvia Rosenberg.

Previous titles held by Lee in-

clude: first place in the 1990 Balti-moreChamber M usic Competition,first place in the Sixth AmericanString Teacher's Association Na-tional Solo Competition, and firstplace in the 1989 Yale GordonConcerto Competition in Peabody.

ILee won the D*Angelo compe-tition, and the $10,000'prize, by

performing the Concerto for Vio-lin an d Orchestra in D Minor,Opus 47 by Sibilius.

Placing second in the competi-tion was 29-year-old cellist ClaudioJaffe who received a prize of $5,000.Third place was taken by violinistMartin Beaver who received a prizeof $3,000. r

are caught in a very compromising position by Vicki's gangster boy- \friend, Bugsy Seigel. Being the decent law-abiding man he is, Seigel I

gives Vick i and Charlie a choice—either get married or spend s ome timeat the bottom of the river. Needless to say they choose marriage.

Sincet hey never loved each other in the first place, their marriage is j r v s J - ^ A ^ A. A. A. • 2S —-^1 -^-^1a n n u l e d w i t h i n 2 4 h o u r s a n d C h a r l i e s w e a r s h i s u n d y i n g l o v e t o A d c l e . j D a i l C C d e p a r t m e n t e n t e r t a i I l S a r e a j S C l l O O l STo show how much he loves her he posts a $500,000 bond that he willbehave himself for the three months before their wedding. By Laura Blabac

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Charlie has every intent of following through with the agreement j Assistant Entertainment EditorBut guess what happens six days before the wedding... he runs into j — — — — — — — — — —Vicki again. After a very, very brief courtship (all of about 30 se conds) * 'Quick! Get me outta this costume!and a beating at the hands of Ade le's father, he and Vicki ge t married and | one dancer gasps.

4'Let me through, I'm on next,''ivorced again, and again, and again. 1

The story itse lf has a lot of possibi lities; unfortunately the director | whispers another, urgently,didn't take full advantage of what he had to work with. He did not takeinto account the level of writing and acting ability there was connectedwith The Mar rying Man . With Neil Simon as the writer and Baldwinand Basinger as the stars the movie should have been a lot better than it

Outside the dressing room door,music plays while ballet master JayKirk explains the life of a dancer.These are just some of the smalldetails of the show that the Mer-

Alec Baldwin plays the irrepressible Charlie, a man who only has I cyhurst Dancers present several timesone talent - inheriting mone y. Baldwin does an adequate job at a role ! a month during the academic school

was.

mother raising her son, and Nantesis about the death of a long, lost fa-ther. These are all creations o f MaryPrice Boday* s, with music by Ken-dra Shank. |

To end the presentation, God' sCritters (also choreographed byBoday) is the perfect '•fun'* num-ber. The dancers, dressed as various

which seems to be worthy of an actor with a lot less talent than he has.It appears that he didn't feel that The Marry ing M an was worth puttinghis full effort into. *

IBasinger, on the other hand played a role she has do ne so many timesbefore...a dumb, but very attractive blonde. The role of Vicki Andersonrequired less of Basinger's talent then her earlier role in Bat man , VickieVale. '

The one good thing abouther performance is her sing-ing voice. She sings a num-ber of songs throughout themovie and her voice can onlybe called remarkable. Otherthan that her role lacked thesame spark as the rest of themovie.

As a loyal fan of Neil

Simon I have to say that Iwas disappointed by the act-ing, the writing and the moviein general. As a critic I feelthat The Marrying Man isa poor imitation Of Simon'searlier work; it doesn't de-serve to have been made intoa motion picture.

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APRIL 25.1991THEMFRPlAn PAGE 5

FeaturesiHurst'si attitudes ondrug and alcohol use

By Angela M . Campand Robi TaylorMerciad Editors

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In a recent statement, PresidentBush said that one of three collegestudents use controlled substances.AccordingSto a survey conductedby The Merciad, 95% of the re-spondents have at one time or an-other used illegal drugs.

I've used alcohol, pot, hash andhelium balloons (because I like therush)," said one student between 17and 20 years old. However, onefaculty member said, "I tried pot

and crack -1 didn't like them."As far as present use of drugs andalcohol, most respondents said that how they feel about drug legalithey or friends use alcohol or drugs on tion and Mercyh urst policies.

a regular basis.% 'I haverfriends who use drugs

three ti jnes a weekand alcohol fourto six times a week," said a 17 to 20year old female student

Another student said that she andher friends use neither but she hasmany friends who are recoveredsober alcoholics.

The range of ages of first expo-sure extends from nine years totwenty years to never exposed.Reactions varied among the respon-dents as well. "I was 15; my highschool friends smoked pot in thecarand I waited outside."

Next week, in the second part ofthis article, respondents will reveal

Student£78%

Administrations 11%

Faculty11%

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Marijuana76%

AmphetaminesI 4%

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Hash8%

Cocaine8%

What drugs are the most commonly used?

16-1937%

How old were you when you were firstexposed to drugs?

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By Amy L. HaslettMerciad Staff Reporter

As everyone files nto Zurn 214and*gets seated, Father Simon, aRussian Orthodox priest, begins rollcall referring to everyone as Mr. or

Miss.He admits being terrible with

names and searches every M onday,Wednesday, and Friday for who isattending his Russian Culture class.Sitting with him after class with aDiet Coke in his hand, Father Si-mon said he has two names. Rus-sian Orthodox people are given a

' name

to notice his wedding ring on hisright hand. Someone seeing this mightwonder about his being a marriedpriest Father Simon explained,twirling his ring around his fing er,that * • A married man may become apriest, a priest may-toot marry." Inhis personal opinion, Father Simon

upholds this belief. He said a priestis looked upon as a spiritual Father,and if an unmarried priest is in-volved in courting a woman, or manywomen, it could be scandalous. Hewas obviously married, then, beforehe joined the clergy.

Students feel that he

eighth day after you are born. The m ak es t he c las s i nt er es tin g

I by giving examp les of wh at

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name given to you is the nameof thesaint that celebrates his or her feast

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considered a piece of jewelry, but asymbol of the promise made toyour spouse. Since most everydaythings in the church are done withyour right hand, the ring is placedupon that hand. Looking at me in-quisitively, Father Simon said, "Thereal question is why do people wear

wedding rings on their left hand?"Father Simon's parents are

American, but three of his grand-parents were born injRussia. Hewas born in Erie and educated atEast High School. Father Simonwent to Piu Law School and hasalso practiced law for four years ina large law firm, but he was also anactive person in the church. Hischurch in Erie was in such disarraythat he and his wife realized that ifhequit practicing law, he would notmake large sums of money as.aclergyman, but he felt the church

^ ^ needed him. Ashe stands in front of

an d by actually showing tha t the class, one can see that he has theI leadership qualities necessary to leadhis student and his parish.

In his cassock, a long black|" robe," Father Simon looks as if

he glides around the room. Thisbeing his proper attireout in public,Father Simon said he felt uncom-fortable wearing it at first I asked ifa woman m ightever wear a cassocksomeday, and I received an inter-esting response. Father Simon feelsa woman will never become anOrthodox priest because the Chris-tian faith sees a difference betweenmen and women, not a lack of equal"

rjity. The church recognizes that men

and women have different bodilyfunctions and this is what is beingdealt with,. Father Simon feels that

li t would not be proper for a womanto serve in the priesthood. He feelsthat the difference between a manand a woman is valid because of theunderstanding of the role of menand women in history, not becausehis belief is archaic. '[

Instead of having a classroomlecture one day. Father Simon took

heenjoys who he isand whathe does. #

Father Simon wears his ring onhis|right hand instead of his leftbecause the wedding ring is not

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the entire J R ussianCulture class to seehischurch on East FrontStreet,The Church oilthe Nativity of Christ.;]It had unfortunatelysuffered a fire a whileago, but now thechurch is back? to itsoriginal, if not moreelaborate, beauty.

Explaining certainicons and showing usaround, anyone couldsee how much he en-joys his church. Hismajor goal § for theOrthodox faith is tomake it available tothose who are feelingempty and in need ofspiritual replenish-ment He wants thechurch to survive for]

as long as possible so to provide analternative that the people w antFather Simon has threechildren,

two girls ant a boy. With a smile inhis face, Father Simon admitted heis quite pleased that his son wouldlike to follow in his footsteps andbecome a priest himself someday.He could carry on Father Simon'sgoal for the church and the Ortho-dox faith, but *4We'll see...he's onlyeight years old."

Father Simon likes to incorpo-rate stories about where he has beenwhile he lectures, though; he doesnot consider himself to be a worldtraveler. He has been to Israel twice

and stopped in Greece once becauseit isan Orthodox country. Next yearhis traveling plans take him to theSoviet Union to see Russia becauseof his intrigue for the cultural andreligious heritage.

In addition to being a part of theclergy, Father Simon enjoys every-day activities such as: sports, mov-ies, and eating out Talkingwith andlistening to students in the RussianCulture class, the general reaction

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to him and his class lectures ^ ^some.'' Students feel that he makesthe class interesting by giving ex-amples of what he is talking about,telling stories, being fair, friendly,willing to help his students, and byactually showing that he enjoys whohe is and what he does. Plus, healways says "Good morning."

Before we ended our interview,Father Simon wanted to commenton why he is at Mercyhurst Col-lege. He began teaching at Mer-cy hurst because he felt that he "couldconvey things that people aren'taware of." He values being able totell people about the culture and

background of Russia, and at thesame time it helps him put moneyaway to send his children to collegesomeday.




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Cheating a sure way toanWFBy Joseph LeglerMerciad Staff Reporter

Is cheating a problem here atMercyhnrst? Have you ever seenthis scenario?

4iPsst...heyJohn...move your arm so I can seeyour paper...write a little bigger."

Most of us have experienced,witnessed, or taken part in variousmethods of cheating throughout ouracademic careers.

Recently, the H umanities Divi-sion had a meeting where they talkedabout cheating here at MercyhurstMany believe that it is a large prob-lem and needs to be addressed.

How do you deal with a behav-ior that is often very hard to detect?Looking on someone else's paper isprobably the most primitive]andeasy way to spot, but there are count-less other methods of cheating.

Several students (their nameswil 1 not be revealed) have shed somelight on the "modem" methods ofcheating.

The most popular m ethod is the4'cheat-sheet"; a devious little piece

of paper with tiny notes written onit, hidden somewhere on your body.The best place to put it seems to beunder your cuff.

Writing.notes on your skin isanother common technique. One girllaughingly saidi "It took me almosttwo days to get the ink off of my

teg" P .3Another student said that lshe

saw someone write!4 a tonofnotes' *

on his desk before the teacher got toclass. n

44In high school I hated memo-rizing physics formulas," a studentsaid.

44So I would u st write themonthe dark flap of mycalculator.*J Hesaid that it wasn't that noticeableunless the light hits it iust righ t.

4Toot stomping*' was an ex-clusive order patented by one stu-dent in high school. On examscontaining true/false questions,hisfriend would stomp his foot oncefor true and twice for false. If it weremultiple choice, one stomp became4 'letter:a" and four stomps6was"letter d". * I I M |I By far and away the most dis-tinctive method I heard was,4 writ-

ing on the sides of pencils." Apencil has six flat sides on it.

4 4You

can't write on them," he stated.' But ifyou wrap the pencil in trans-parent tape,you can write on them .''

He added that you can fit almosttwo pages of notes on each pencil.Most of these methods were

stories from high-school; do theytransfer over to college? Is it beingdone here on campus?

Joe Hohman, a math and com-puter teacher, said that he has en-countered cheating,butdoesn't knowif it is a big problem or not. Hedescribed cheating as a "momentof weakness" on the student's part

"A student looking on some-one else's paper might notbe doing

so deliberately,' | he said. "But at apoint where the student draws a

blank on a test, that 'moment ofweakn ess' sets in and he decides totake a peek." |

Barry McAndrew, an Englishprofessor, said that he has not visu-ally noticed it on any of his tests,primarily because allof his tests areessays. He said that plagiarism isdebatable.

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I'm sure that in the last tenyears

seenpened."

Mary Snyder, a religious instruc-

tor, said that she has had someexperiences with students who cheat,

but she is very careful not to Jet ithappen. Shesaid thatshe trusts moststudents, but takes certain precau-tions when giving a test - f

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walkout of the aisles trying to keep aneye on them (the students).'' m

PART n NEXT W EEK: Therepercussions of student cheating.

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T-shirts to dye for. No , it's nota typo. SAC is sponsoring a Tye-Dye Fest on T uesday, April 30 at 8p.m. T he event will take place in theBriggs basketball courts, so bringyour clothes to dye.

The Mercyhurst College Day-care Center is now taking applica-tions for summer employmentApplicants must be eligible for PHEA,work study or state work study. Thecenter is open Monday through Fri-

day from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. CallSarah or Mary at 825-0406. ;

It' s tha t time of year again! It'stime to register fori fall'courses.Seniors willbe registering on Thurs-day, May 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30a.m„ juniors from 9:30 a.m. to 12noon and sophomores from 1 p.m.to 4 p.m. Freshmen will be register-ing on Friday, May 3 from 9 am. to4 p.m. All registration will take placein Sullivan Hall.

Once again SAC will be spon-soring Oroboros on campus on Sat-urday, April 27. The band will per-

form in the Rec Center from 10 p.m.to 1 a.m. A dmittance is free with aMercyhurst ID. Ticketsare $3.00 tothe public. £ §| 1

On Saturday, April 27, thecrew team will be participating ina regatta at Presque Isle. Theregatta begins at 12 noon. | |

Bruno says:

'Hurst should practicewhat it preachesBy John J. BrunoMerciad Staff Columnist

This is a Catholic college. Hmm. Is it Catholic or is it a college?Where does one start and Jie other end? Which one is emphasized bythe administration and board of trustees, etc. What kind of say do thestudents get fin this choice of Jreligious/academic programming?Which is the first and foremost priority? $ ' J

It seems to me that the first and foremost concern of any instituteof higher learning should be the needs of its students, and all otherconcerns should revolve around these needs. It should never be theother way around.

It is this failure to be exposed to the ideas ofothers that is damaging. It is sad when peoplewho are "ed uca ted" cannot, at the very least,tolerate the ideas of others. Instead of hearing ithem out, they shut them out or keep themquiet **

Open-mindedness should be one of the main things thata liberalarts college stresses in its curriculum. This includes trying new thingsin whatever field of study a student may be enrolled. However, I feelthat very often this is not thecase. It seems that the college frowns onthe ideas of any of its students who,"from time to time, "rock the

boat." I ) WM 1 i ItA good example is the radio station and the newspaper. Anyone

involved in either of these two programs is discouraged from beingcontroversial and/or trying new things. Why is this? If you can't trydifferent or even controversial things in college, when can you; whenyou've graduated and are trying to .get a job? Yeah right! Isn'texperimentation and free thinking what higher learning and liberalarts stand for? ?" >

Free thinking is achieved through experimenting with new ideasand exposure to the new ideas of others. If a person brings outsomething controversial on the radio or in the newspaper, everyone,whether they agree, disagree, or in fact are offended by the issue inquestion, benefits from that controversy.

Things of this nature inspire free thought and decreaseethnocen-trism. When exposed tonew ideas that you may ormay not agree with,your own values are, fin turn, strengthened (Fred Keck, 1990).Otherwise, you change your thinking and abandon or modify youroldbeliefs. To do anything else is closed- minded, self-righteous, and/or

censorous.

It is this failure to be exposed to the ideas of others that isdamaging. It is sad when people who are "educ ated" cannot, at thevery least, tolerate the ideas of others. Instead of hearing them ou t,they shut them out or keep them quiet It is exactly this sort ofignorance and closed-mindedness that paves the yellow brick road ofracism and prejudice; two of the things higher education is supposedto putt to an end. It is obvious to me that none of us students,administration, and faculty, are sincerely doing our part in the expan-sion of free hought

Why can't our school newspaper and radio station have morefreedom of expression without someone having a "rash" about it?Why are we stuck in this infernal abyss of fence-walking? Justgo withthe flow. Don 't raise an eyebrow. Just study. In the words of M ikeMuir, * * .rtsorry *if I offended you, but maybe you need to be of-fended." If you don't know w ho Mike Muir is, then I've made mypoint For each and every one of usi.there is so much we don't know.We should all be striving to achieve as much knowledge in life as we

can. If you care to find ou t who Mike is, write to The M erciad.Remember, if you consider yourself open-minded, you shouldbe able to discuss things like racism, homosexuality, abortion, birthcontrol, Satanism, and many other controversial or "taboo" subjectswithout being uncomfortable or biased to the point that it interfereswith your ability to think intellectually. If you don*tconsider yourselfopen-minded, why are you in college? | f f, I

How's that for gloves, Dutch. The word for today is * witch hunt"



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Galvinj loves life on the lakeBy Tricia K uharMerciad Sports Writer

No clue about crew, Irish sen-ior Peter Galvin felt when he firstcame

how he first got involved, I Fresh-man year, I walked into the Cam-pusCenter and wondered what therowing tanks were. I chatted with aman about them, and he suggestedI go out for crew. I started out as anovice and worked my way up tovarsity/*

As a member of thecrew team,Galvin trains year-round. His fall

and spring seasons are spent rac-ing, and his winter season is spentintensely conditioning. He appliesa lot of hard work and discipline inorder to balance crew and school.Galvin spends his little time leftafter school and crew to relax and

PETER GALVIN

try and catch up on sleep lost afterthe early morning practices. He alsoenjoys cycling or playing some ofthe Irish sports like hurling.

Crew is only one of Galvin'svarious talents. In high school h eplaced third in the whole nation of

Ireland two times for throwing theshot put He was also active insoccer and Galic football. Galvin isalso skilled at working with wood.He has improved his apartment bybuilding a bar, bunk beds, and a

storage unitPeter is not the only Galvi". on

campus. His brother Eamonfis a

Junior here at Mercy hurst IPetergets along well with his brother,but thinks he should, "Do some-thing with his hair ."

As a Biology major, Galvin spentlast summer working on his seniorproject, which was f nvestigatingthe Lyme Disease problem in ErieCounty. He hopes to havehis paperon the project published some timein the near future.!

| After graduation, Galvin planson attending Optometry school ateither Pacific University in Irelandor Ohio State University.

Men' s var sity crew team practice their strokes in Mercyhurst tanks

Crew teams win medal honorsBy Nick RobertsMerciad Sports Editor

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iOn a weekend when most ofcampus was enjoying the festivi-ties of Activities Weekend,?theMercyhurst Crew team travelled toCharleston, West Virginia to com-pete in the Governors cup. Thiswas the Lakers' first major regatta

oftheyear. 1 | ' 1

y The first day of racing saw almostevery boat qualify for the finals.Head Coach David Baugh, racinghimself in his single, also qualifiedwith relative ease.

The following day of racingstarted with a win for the 'Hurst as

Leanne Peters took the gold in thewomen 's open single. The secondplaced rower in the field was leftway behind at 400 yards. In thefollowing race, Coach Baugh, rac-ing against other coaches, produceda gold medal for thesecond 'Hurst

victory.The third medal of the day was

won by the women's eight, whocame in third behind Purdue andOhio Smte/fAfter qualifying onSaturday in convincing fashion, the

men*5 varsity eight were unable tomedal. They took sixth lin a dra-

matic and explosive 500 meter dash,which brought the weekend's rac-ing to a close. <

Coach Baugh commented on

Ihe weekend, saying,' Tm pleased

with the women, but I feel the men

have been jgetting off to a slow jstart We have made some changesand expect to go much faster now."

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NCAA legislationRestrictions on college

athletes prove too severe

By Molly McCormickf

Merciad Assistant Sports Editor

W The NCAA thinks that stu-dent athletes| spend too muchtime involved in their sport Dothey? At the 1991 NCAA Con-

vention in Nashville, a proposalwas voted upon pertaining to

this issue. It basically said that itwas to restrict playing and prac-tice seasons in all Division I andII sports. Each aspect of the on and off-season was touched upon inthis proposal.

I spoke with some of the coaches at Mercyhurst about this newproposal. One of the coaches pointed out that the reason for theproposal was because some schools were practicing their football,basketball and hockey teams way too much. For example, footballhas practice, lifting, games, technique drills and tapes and videos.All this cannot be accomplished within the new regulation's twentyhours a week. Well, it's not regulation quite yet; it will start inAugust 1991. The new rules basically say that no Division I or IIteam can practice for more than twenty hours a week, and theycannot practice for seven days straight without a day off (this

includes games). *

1 1 believe that some restriction is good, but twenty

hours? That is kind of short, considering that most

of the teams have to leave campu s or get equipped

for practice.

Since the rule came about with football, hockey and basketballin mind, is it fair for the other teams that want to practice more thantwenty hours a week? For example, the Mercyhurst baseball teampractices five daysa week and has approximately four tofive gamesa week. Their practicing and game time is being restricted becauseof this new proposal. Coach Joe Jordano said, "I think timebudgeting and discipline is magnified when the athlete is in sea-son." Soccer coach Trevor Warren also commented, "It teaches

them discipline and time management" fThe overall attitude of the coaches is that being in a sport helps

the students with their schoolwork and at the same time helps themstay in shape and out of trouble. Therefore, the time spent playinga specific sport is helping the students rather than hindering them.If this is true, why can't they play as much as possible. I think thecoaches and most of the student athletes know that studying comesbefore a sport; therefore they make sure that their work is alwaysdone before they enjoy participating in extracurricular activities.

il believe that some restriction is good, but twenty hours? Thatis kind of short, considering that most of the teams have to leavecampus or get equipped for practice. i

Merciad Sports Editor Nick Roberts stated in an article earlierthis year that, "Due to the NCAA letting problems of this natureget

out of control, it has now decided to combat these problems right

across the board, affecting all sports. Many of the non-revenue

sports areclearly not in need ofreform." I agree with Roberts in thismatter, at least

All in all, I think the new NCAA rules are good, and it is nice tosee some organization finally being displayed in the area of sports.But sports, coaches, schedules and schools are so different thatsomeof the regulations should have dealt with each sport separatelyor in similar groups. If the GPA ofa specific team is good, and they

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Baseball drops three offour for a 121 recordBy Molly McCormickMerciad Assistant Sports Editor

The * Hurst diamondmen took ashort break from their winning streakthis past week, losing three out offour games and dropping severalmore to the weather.| On Tuesday the 'Hurst weredefeated by G eneva College twice,5-4 and 4-3. Edinboro, the arearival for the team, was the next todefeat theLakers. M ercy hurst wasup 7-3 going into the bottom of theseventh, but the rival Scots cameback and pinched the Lakers by

one, with a resulting score of 8-7.This did!not get* the 'Hurst toofrustrated, butjust enough to comeback and beat Edinboro in the sec-ond game of the double-header, 5-3. I ' *

Coach Jordano says that there isnot only one reason for the losingstreak, it isa combination of things.He believes that all the postpone-ments have resulted in a lack ofcontinuity which has brought theteam a lack of enthusiasm. Therehas also been a collapse of all threeaspects of the game: pitching, de-fense and offense. Jordano said,

"We haven't gotten that many

breaks, and that equals a losingstreak. Hopefully, we will recover."

At this point in the season, witha record of 21-8, the team has doneexceptionally well, esp ecially TomCraig, who has hit seven homerunsand has an average of .404. SeanHennessy is also a leading hitterwith an average of .378, and PatLieblcr is on the list of leaders,hitting .341. § f

One of the most importantpositions on the team is, of course,the pitcher. Starting pitchers forthe 'Hurst are Bill Kieklak, JeffEvancho, Al Rush and Tim KirsL

The 'Hurst will be playing S tBonaventure soon. St Bonaven-ture is in second place in the Atlan-tic TenConference, which is averystrong conference. The competi-tion is going to be tough for theLakers, but if they win this one,maybe they will start their winningstreak up again. Jordano said, "I fwe do well in the next week, wewill be in the play-offs." Theyonly have eleven games left untilthe play-offs. f

The 'Hurst diamondmen will

Men's softball team plays on the football field behind Baldwin

Buys looking toward nationalsBy Nick R oberts'.Merciad Sports Editor

match to the strong Bloom sburg9-0. The 'Hurst have one more re-

back. •

• i t Tuesday against

Slippery Rock University. Game

time is 1:00 p.m. at Slippery Rock.

The Mercy hurst men's tennisteam is having a very successfulseason with a current record of 15-8. Last year the 'Hurst finishedwith a record of 12-8.

This past week the Lakers wonthree games and dropped one. Theydefeated Bucknell 7-1, Millersville

6-0, Concordia 3-2 and dropped a

maining match at Slippery Rock,Head Coach Frank Clark is pleasedwith the Lakers season, "I am verypleased with the team as a whole,we should start next year beingranked in the top ten in the coun-

try. 5 I |Clark is also excited with the

way CoeniBuysfhas played this

year. Buys has only lost to oppo-nents who have been ranked as topten players in the country. This lastweek against Concordia Buys de-feated one of the top players inDivision II, Ricardo Pereira. This

continues Buys push for a place inthe national finals which at thisstage looks highly likely. Buys hasa record of 30-9. J

Another player pushing for aplace at nationals is team memberPhil Clark, who is Mercyhurst'sNo 2 player. Clark has a record of15-9. I I

Phil Clark and Buys team upfor the Mercyhurst doubles andcurrently have a record of 10-9.

The Mercyhurst Tennis teamcomplete it s season on April 25traveling to Slippery Rock to takeon the Rockets, and to hopefullyround off another successful sea-son.

Laker sports update

VOLLEYBALL:

The w inners of the M ercyhurst Volleyball Raffle, held on Satur-day April 20 , are: Dan Weidner from Saegertown, Pennsylvania, whowon a CDplayer; Mike Kirik, who wo n fifty dollars; and Ken Koch

from Pittsburgh, who won twenty-five dollars. Toby Echias and thevolleyball team would like to thank all the people whobought ticketsand helped in supporting the team. They would also like to inform theMercyhurst community and all those interested that they brought inover one-thousand d ollars. i I

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Women's intramural softball get their swings in the rare spring sun

Golf looks for 'the missing link 9

By Liam BarronMerciad Sports writer

The Lin ksters competed at theirsecond tournament last week andfared quite well in spite of somefierce competition. The 'Hurst placed12th of 15 at the Slippery RockInvitational, w hich was won by the

hostteam.v * |Kurt Johnson topped 'Hurst

scoring with 78, while Tom Sac-camanno shot a very respectable

^Conditions have not favoredthe4Hurst team in their spring sea-

son. Tournaments have had to bepostponed because of the saturatedground. Even when the conditionswere deemed playable, they were-

n't conducive to good golf, but theteam has struggled on and'man-aged to put together > some good

scores. *Head Coach Paul Demyonav-

ich commented, "The guys havebeen playing fairly well, but theweather has not allowed them toget out and practice as much as wewould like."

44 McPhersonSaccamanno have been consisten

in the 70's, while Kurt Johnson hasbeen doing very well lately, butwe're just not able to put togetherthat vital fifth score. We've been

competing at some very toughtournaments, butthe competition isgood for us," Demyonavich said.

This competition is illustratedby the fact that the winner of theSlippery Rock tournament shot one-

under-par, and is destined for theNational Championships in May.

The Linksters complete theirspring season this week, travelingto Edinboro and Elmira N.Y. to tryto escape the dreary Erie weather.

The Lady Lakers were washed out this past week. All of theirgames were cancelled due to poor weather and field conditions. The'Hurst will|return to action on April 26 versus Slippery|Rock

University. |

WOMEN'S TENNIS: (14-4) f

The Lady Lakers closed out their 1991 spring season losing to theLady Raiders of Shippensburg University, 7-2. Janet Holtzhauscr ledthe way for the 'Hurst throughout the season.

LAKER UPCOMING EVENTS

-Ba seba ll: Tuesday, April 30 at Slippery Rock Un iversity, 1 p.m.

-S of tb al l: Friday, April 26 at Slippery Rock University.

-M en 's ten ni s: Thursday, April25 at Slippery Rock University.

-Crew: Saturday, April 27 at home (Presque Isle Bay), 12 noon.

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