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%0If Pictures Could Talk - Wh at th e Lak erm an iacs y e l l m o s t of th e t im e can ' t b e p r in ted h ere . Bu t h ere th eyare^a t^wo rk g e t t in g p sy ch ed . Su ff i ce i t to s a y f t h i s i s t h e q u ie tes t y o u ' re a p t t o h e a r t h e m .Name! Eleven 'Hurst StudentsT o Who's W ho Publication ! I I

Mercy hurs t facu lty mem bersand seniors voted eleven studentsof the 1979 graduating class to the1978-79 edition of W ho's WhoAmong Students in AmericanUniversities and Colleges. jL .I The Who's Who Edition ispflW>H3?!en"ahrftaNy ana ists*~thenames of students recognized asbeing among the count ry 's m os toutstanding campus leaders . M SStudents from Erie named tothe l is t were Paula Pizzat, JohnBruno, Chr i s t ine F i l ipp i andGerard NeCastro. 3 JjjjOther students!from Pennsylvania selected were JoAnnDeSa nt i s , W es t Al iqu ippa,Michael Heller, Franklin, KevinRozich, 5 Johnstown,]! MelissaMcMurray, Brookvilie, PhyllisPieffer, Pi t tsburgh and DarleneWaw rejko, S pringcreek. H&iSBarbara jHard ie , I wh o I hailsfrom Holyoke, Massachusetts,was a l so named to the honorspublication. B o | G B r a S 9 M |4 T h e .eleven s t u d e n t s ! w e r echosen on the basis of academicexcel l ence, con t r ibu t ions toMercyhurst College and potentialas future leaders of society. I Special privileges an d benefitswill be enti t led students nameda s ^members of the nationalp r o g r a m . A m o n g t h e m , a

l ifet ime use of the reference andplacement serv ice . If \ th es t u d e n t s o r p r o s p e c t i v e e m p l o y e r s ! r e q u e s t l e t t e r s o frecommendat ion the W ho 's Whoprogram wiUperform the servicef ree of charge**4MtfMMMIBhM*tf" " S t u d e nt s n a m e d w i l l ! a l s o

rece ive a personalized cert ificatea t t es t in g th e fac t th a t h e o r s h ehas been officially hon ored by th eW h o ' s W h o p r o g r a m . ^ | S SThey will also b e invited top ar t i c ip a te in national s tu d en tpolls"tmmluuteil penodicaiiy o nm a j o r E i s s u e s o f t h e d a y .Dance Marathon SlatedFor January 5 Weekend

T he Fourth IAnnual D a n c eM a r a t h o n s p o n s o r e d b y t h eCouncil for Exceptional Children(CEO will take place in thestudent union the weekend ofJanuary 5, 6, 7 . ^ J S j | ' |The 48 hour marathon wil ld o n a t e ".its p r o c e e d s t o ( e x ceptional c hildren t in the Eriea r e a . i B ^ UDr. John J. Millar, dean of theScollege and! vice president offfiacademic services, will officiate the start of the m arathon. 1kA band, not yet announced, wil lpray from 9 p.m. to l a.m. Fridaynight . Students and professionaly disc jockeys are scheduiea toBwork t h e r e m a i n d e r o f t h e.weekend. J- 82flfi' * 6 Wt

The Mercyhurst Chap ter of theA d m i n i s t r a t i v e M a n a g e m e n tSociety (AMS) met with ErieChapter members a t a > dinnerprogram on Tuesday, November28. i 5 I j g-J *mThe 17 members of the collegechapter elected Debi Coppersmith, a senior business major,as president . The m e m b e r s havebeen involved witheAMS sinceOctober but received officialm e m b e r s h i p * a t } t h e d i n n e rprogram. S $3t &*t"We' re * f inally th ro ug h; theInitial plann ing s t ag es , " Coppersmith stated. "I can see we'l l behaving worthwhile program s andprojects j throughout the rest oft h e y e a r Iwhich will J provevaluab le to members and theMercyhurst community." -The 'Hurst Chapter hopes tobring members from the localbusiness world to the cam pus forseminars and l ec tu res , a siD r . J e a n L a v i n , a s s o c i a t eprofessor of business, who servesas college advisor to the 'Hurstchap ter was recen t ly named tothe AMS board of directors. ^^Atl ernaving been affllia tedwith AMS for two years," Lavinsaid, "I real ize that a select bodyof Mercyhurst management students would profit by associatingwith W middlejM a n d u p p e rmanagem ent personnel who haveactual ized the goal s o f ourpresent students." *| I s 8 |Lavin added that, "The inner-

face of these self-directed students and the AMS is superb. It 'sa pleasure to work with bothgroups ." *Other college chapter officersinclude Reggie O'Connor, vicep r e s i d e n t , J i m T a r a s o v i t c h ,s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r , S t e v eFlatley,fpublic relat ions, 'MikeD u c a t o , p u b l i c i t y c o m m i t t e echai rperson and Steve |Fr i s ina,p rogram chai rperson .Counselor Karen Jones andPersonnel Director Judy Zewewere a l so named as mem bers ofthe!AMS organization at thed inner p rogram. jj'~ The guest speaker at the dinnerprogram was Joseph>.Salvia, apartne r w ith the accounting i irmof Root, Spitznas and Smiley.Salvia presented "A New Look att h e Fe d e r a l I n c o m e T a xSys tem." - ^ 1 * 3Apparently members of th eErie Chapter enjoy 4 interact ingwith the 'Hurst Chapter, as ind i c a t e d b y M a r i n e BankAssistant Vice President andSenior Personnel Off icer C.yne&.Wester-w ^

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Vo lu n teer d an cers c a n e n t e ra f t e r th e m ara th o n b eg in s an d d on o t h ave to d a n c e t h e full 48h o u rs . I Ho we ver , th ey fa re rex-pec ted to c o l l e c t ! th e m o n eyp led g ed to t h e m . H S I 2 |Dan cers exp ec t in g t o g o t h ed is tan ce a r e rem in d ed to b r in gsponsor sheet, p i l low, s leepingb ag an d Ib lan k e t s , j ch an g e ofc l o t h i n g ] n e c e s s a r y a n d reco rda l b u m s . S B 1 g $ 1K Mem b ers of the CEC executiveco m m i t tee h ave in d ica ted th a tthey are in need of albu ms for th een t i re {week en d . An y* s tu d en twilling to loan o u t th e i r a lb u m sfo r th e week en d a re ask ed t o p u tth e i r n am es o n t h e a lb u m s leeveand bring them t o t h e union b y 5p .m . Fr id ay , Jan u ary 5 . Sgt %

particip ation in the program,** hes a i d . " I n th e fu tu re , I h o p e m o rep e o p l e w i l l h e a r a b o u t t h ep r o g r a m a n d b eco m e in vo lved . "Th e co l leg e ch ap te r m ee t s o n cea m o n th | fo r in te rac t io n I withbusiness people fo r co n tac t s ind i ffe rent jo b re la ted a rea s . \\

% Debbie John, left , presiden t of the Eri e Chap ter of the A M S , p resen t sa pin to Debi Coppersmith, recently chosen a s p res id en t fo r the Mer-c y h u r s t C o l l e g e f C h a p t e r w f e of i*? ' t h e A M S .

W e r e f I l l e g a l iF u n d s l U s e d I T o ' B u i ldby Kevin Downey 2raRP2?llTh e 'Hurst has a skeleton in i tscloset - an d the closet in this ca sehappens to be the Queen's Chapelin the Old Main building, g> Almost every freshman hasheard the tale of g the hauntedchapel - usually on a dark s to rmymidnight. jg SlraSI) The tale, as told by some of the' H u r s t ' s ! more f mystic upper-c l a s s m e n , d e a l s w i t h t h eagonizing death a of an earlycollege benefactor whose ghostyearns for his intended tomb butwas buried in faraway jEurope.Actually, the story does, havesome ba sis in fact, but the skeleton in the closet is not a ghost . Itis.some allegedly illegally*obtained; funds which eventuallyfound their way to build th eQueen's Chapel . * 1 \

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has not been dismayed in his history class when informed of oneof the nation's previous "Water-gates ." J sThe Teapot Dome Scandal ,involving government oil wells,in the early 1920's was a lmos t asinfamous as our more I recentWashington disgrace, but theimplicat ions did not reach a s highin the poli tical s tructur e. S Two of the nuns initially involved in the building of the college had a brother in the oi lbusiness. The oil baron, JamesO'Neill, a Titusville native, wasin partnership with Harry F. Sinclair, after whom the scandalw as named. $ & I t sB Sinclair had al legedly bribed acabinet member with $100,000 inorder to al low the oil m a n a c h e a please to the 'liquid gold.' Sinclair's i companies then reaped

huge profi ts from the dealing, mThe detai ls of I the schemeeventually were leaked and , thegovernment began prosecutions.O'Neill, fearing h e'd be placed onthe hot seat , suddenly decided toleave the States and l ive out ofV%. jurisdict ion in France. |Meanwhile, Mrs. O'Neill hadattended a Mass service in theformer chapel (which is now thebusiness office) an d wa s forced tokneel on the floor in the hallbecause of the poor condit ions.Her knees convinced her of theneed for a new chapel, and shethought her husband had enoughmoney which could help the effort. I S wBt 1 ff i* O'Nei l l ' s two s i s t ers - in- lawwere very pavorab le to hersuggestion and told her f th e-donation would be very muchappreciated. S H P l '^ s

$175,000 Donation M B F . While living in France, the thenfugative O'Neill sent for his twonun sisters to tell them of his wishto return to America to be bur ied .Before he died, he also told hiswife of his wish and decided togive (he college $175,000 toconstruct the present chapel .The chapel, modeled after animpressive English version, wasto have four burial vaults, two forth e O'Neils and the remainingtwo for his two sisters, sO'Neill never got his wish,although he paid a tidy sum for it.Hedied and was buried in Francetwo weeks after he granted thes u m . .* IE Mrs. O'Neill gave the checks tothe college for the chapel construction with the instructionsthat i f she we re to die in the U.S.then she and he r husband were to

occupy the tombs, f $I She never got her':requestei ther . She d ied in France andw a s b u r i e d a l o n g s i d e h e rh u s b a n d . T h e ! other] v a u l t sremained empty a l so as the twonuns decided to be bur iedelsewhere. ^The four chapel vaults havenever been used - and the fundsfor cons t ruct ion neverques t ioned , even though thebribery funds were later t ied to aholding company in which O'Neilland the infamous Sinclair werepar tners . & .

Th e n o i ses in the c h a p e l a tn ig h t , rep o r ted ly h ea rd b y s o m e ,could indeed b e t h e O'Neillss e a r c h i n g fo r their last wish - o rth e an xie ty o f a n u p r ig h t in s t i t u t i o n q u a k i n g i n t h eI k n o wled g e of i ts p as t .

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C f t d p l J o b P l e a s e s M c M u r r a yAccord ing to Mel i s saM c M u r r a y , a s e n i o r c o m -m u n i c a t i o n s m a j o r ,"Cooperat ive education providesexcellent learning opportunit iesfor the Mercyhurst student."She i s curren t ly work ing a tWLKK Radio in Erie as t rafficman ager , a co-op re la ted job ." I was lucky to get the job ,"she expla ined . " I h eard about i ton a Fr iday and s t ar t ed work onMonday." | p tSg zShe fu r ther s t a t ed that no t a l lco-op related jobs can be obtained so easi ly. "Tom Thompson(Mercyhurst Co-op Ed Director)is doing all he can to find co-opjobs for al l who are looking forthem." ft . 2# I$ McMurray's job involvesscheduling commercial spots andprograms for the radio stat ion." I t ' s more com pl icated than i tsounds ," she assured . " I have tobe aware o f the natu re o f eachadver t i ser and t ry to schedulethem accordingly." %%

The job , accord ing \o WLKKSales Manager Harry Kingdom,is "a good place to find out aboutrad io and a good s t ar t in thef ie ld . " f | J% Kingdom, who is McMurray'sco-op supervisor, added that" s t u d e n t s should! b e m o r eanxious to accept co-op positionsbecause they provide invaluableexperience for the student andgive a big plus when applying fora job e l sewhere ." # ft |McMurray indicated that shefound her employers flexible toher schedule. She works about 25hours a w eek and st i l l has t im e totake classes at the 'Hurst. %" I 'm real ly g lad I was ab le topart icipate in the co-op program .I t ' s g iven m e a g rea t exper iencein a field I had never previouslyconsidered," said McMurray, aformer Merciad editor. S EgPresently she is in the processof completing the six c redit co-opjob. She has been offered afulltime positon with the radiostation after graduation.

by Judy AnaniaTen years w ork ing towards hereducation has made possibleMary Ann Dowdel l ' s f i r s tt e a c h i n g e x p e r i e n c e . Sh e i sdirector of the food servicem a n a g e m e n t a n d n u t r i t i o neducat ion depar tment a t theHurst. \ i A native of Elyria, Ohio, mostof her e igh t fami ly m embers arespread out from Southern Floridato the West C oast . | p ."I 'm looking forward to seeingmy paren t s over the Chr i s tmasholidays," she said. "I haven'tseen them for two years and Ican ' t w ai t to te l l them about myfirst teaching experience."She received an undergraduatedegree in dietet ics from KentState Universi ty and continuedher} education at Ohio StateUniversi ty where she obtained agrad uate degree . 1.She was a registered diet icianat two hospitals in Cleveland forth ree years . The bas ic t ra in ingshe experienced there includedpurchasing food, planning m enusand supervising kitchen personnel .This past fal l term, Dowdelltaught a basic food course. S he iscurrently teaching th e world foodproblem course. I B ^ t P B ?"The basic food course consisted of a small and friendlygroup, and the students workedreal well with one another. Ir e a l l y e n jo y e d t e a c h i n g | t h ec l a s s ," s h e s a id . M s E E ! $Bm

tersession course is generat ing alot of interest and enthusiasmconcerning the world hungerprob lem. .gS IDowdell is also advising sixteen students!majoring .in th e

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She does, however , find t imefor outdoor act ivit ies. During the *'summer months she spends her *spa re t ime wa ter-skiing, boating, .^fishing and swimming."This.winter I would l ike tosnow ski and I 'm planning to f e k e g f ta cross count ry course to l earn w.something different," she said/ %

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Representatives of thecheerleading squad told members of the Mercyhurst StudentGovernment (MSG) that < theproposal for the cheerleaders totake over the ticket sales atathlet ic events, was unacceptable.The proposal was made byMSG as a condition for monetaryfunding of the squad. The reason for the rejection,according to the cheerleader'sspokesperson, was the fact thatthe squad would occasionally beriding the team buses to awayathletic even ts, and would not beon campus toarrange the ticketsales. 1Members decided th at furthurinformation would be needed foran ultimate decision for thecheerleader's funding.The Mercyhurst yearbook, thePraeterita, was also a topic ofdiscussion at the meeting as

members received an update ohthe publication's p rogress.Jan Gatti, yearbookIadvisor,explained that the book currentlyvying for sales, this year'sPraeterita, will be delivered inthe fall, with graduates beingmailed th eir subscriptions.Last year's yearbook is still inthe working stage, according toGatti. She said that thePraeterita . . . "Is still missing 59pages and hopefully these pageswill be filled and ready to send tothe publishers by the end of theweek." . jA yearbook sales pitch was alsodiscussed, with a special incentive being offered to thefirst50subscribers. rcJudy Tischler, editor of the '78-'79 yearbook e xplained that therewill be 50 Mercyhurst*'T-shirtsgiven away to the first 50 yearbook subscribers. ^'

intercession CoursesRegister C o m m e n t s !by Vicki Martin ag oWhat do you do for three h oursa day, five days aweek*:fromNovember 27 to December 20,besides preparing for theholidays, Christmas shoppingand trimming the tree? Well,'Hurst students busy themselveswith an intercession class.

Some of the courses this yearinclude, {"Vampirestin Literature", {"Body Language/',"Philosophy of Sex", "CrSnePrevention Seminar", "Principles of Clinical Instrumentation" and "Relativity andBlack Holes."~ incent Ward, assistant

professor ofhuman ecology andinstructor for the class "HumanSexuality" stated, "This is thethird time I've taught this courseand its going thebest its evergone. I'm surprised!" at \theoneness and frankness off theclass. I thought that was g oing tobe one ofmymajor tasks of thecourse.

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Mercyhurst has3 arrangedinternship^, opportunities inWashington, D.C. which will beavailablei during spring term1979. According to Dr. MichaelErisman, associate professor ofpolitical science, internships inCongressional offices, executiveagencies, : public interestorganizations ' and judicialagencies will be available. "Other areas such as the environment, consumer affairs,journalism aid communications,the;arts and business arealsofeatured. ;V S *The internships will be handledby Erisman andhave been developed in conjunction with theWashington Center for LearningA lternatives (WCLA) * ofWashington, D.C. ;y The non-profit educationalagency develops the individualplacements and provides internship placement, supervision,evaluation, academic courses,seminars, housing and othersupport services for students.While on the full term internship, 'Hurst students willremain enrolled and receiveacademic credit from Mercyhurst based on evaluationsperformed by th e WCLA staff andfaculty in Washington andfacilitated by Erisman, thecollege's faculty liaison withWCLA. f*3_ \ '*&*Even though most interns arejuniors, seniors and graduatestudents, some sophomores haveparticipated inthe past with theWCLA program. ~ v-B Students interested inpossiblypursuing an internship in D.C.should contact Erisman at 864-0681 (Ext. 255) for more information . S 8S 7* :*>*v* *.*\-. _ /

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To th e Mercyhurst Community: |Ass youl know, fthef yearbook staff is now selling subscriptions for the 1979 Pr ae terita . Some of you have expressed concern over the fact that you have not received theyearbook which you paid for last yea r. This may be causingyo u to hesitate to buy a sub scription to th is year 's book. Youwill receive last ye ar 's book. I fWe have a new and different staff this year. C an't you seethe difference? We're excited about the Praeterita and wewant you to be too! W e feel that the Praeterita should be ameaningful reminder of the time you spent at the 'Hurst.W e're working to m ake th is year 's Prae ter i ta the best ever .Please take a chance o n u s . Remem ber, the yearbook is just$10.00. You c a n order yours from: |Jim Daley, 22 6 McAuley Lo retto Thom pson, 134 BaldwinJane McLaughlin, 23 1 Sesler Kim Flick, 21 5 BaldwinJudy T ischler, 30 1 Baldwin ISandy Einhipple, 31 1 Baldwin!

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Spor ts Ta lkF a n S u p p o r t I s P a r a m o u n tby Chris TomczakA fan is an integral Jpart ofathletic activities. He may be am e r e spectator*who wants towatch the game for his ownp l e a s u re a nd e n joym e n t . H ecomes to a g ame to chee r, to booor simply to let out frustrations.Then there is another type offan. This type of follower livesan d dies with h is t e a m . H e i s a diehard rooter. -He feels ' gloriouswhen his team is victorious, butwhen his team loses , he hurt s a smuch as the players do. The i rloss is his loss. I " J,_?Over the weekend both types offans w ere present in the C ampusCenter. T h e excellent fan supportin the Mercyhurst - InvitationalTournament was a plus forMercyhurst College. SI D e s p i t e ! t he d i s r e s pe c t fu loutburst during th e singing of theNational Anthem, the crowd,along with the pep*band an dc h e e r l e a d e r s , g e n e r a t e d e l e ctricity that was i simply contagious. BH &L 4 ' IThe well-balanced atta ck ? ofCoachJDan O'Connor's charges

faredextremely well hopefullysetting the stage for a successfulbasketball season. & $ The Mercyhurst fans, in facthad much to cheer about theentire fall season of athletics,g The wom en's tennis team wonwhat;' e v e ry o t he r oppone n twanted t o w i n . What more can besaid? They proved they were thebest this season by winning theKeystone Conference title.The soccer team also did thebest in Mercyhu rst history, eventhough they lost in the championship game for the NAIADistrict 18 t i t le against Behrend.The women's volleyball teamcompleted an excellent seasonwinning 14 games and los ing onlyfive. This was a convincableshowing considering the frifeffort of a year ago, }B a s ke t ba l l a c t i on c on t i nue sduring the Winter term for boththe men 's and women's teams.Crew, baseball and softball willcommence after the snows fall (ifthey ever w ill this y e a r ) , and theMercyhurst fans will have moreto cheer about. I

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W H A T E V E RMercyhurs t In t ramu ra l Co-ed Vollevball Champions - Members of W hatever a r e , front r o w , left to right,Sherry Duda, Mildred Choice, Gail Hess, Chris Bittorf and Gary Weber.Back row, left to right, Nick Grandine tti, Scott Brechb uehl, Tom Moffat, John W oodruff and Jo e Ford. In the Intram ural Co-ed Volleyball playoffs W hatever brushed aside the three challengers to gain thechampionship. , ; :7 ' .,"., *;vThe competit ion was in the form of a round robin tournament. Whatever finished unbeaten on 3-0.Oedipus Wrecks were 2- 1 and Super Spikers 1 - 2 . Overheads trailed the d ivision without recording a win.. ' . - .:, .=, ' &V1" *"". ;''jiJ#tif-- .-;vS fe' (photo b y Diane Crandall)

"^msmx^Mark Richert was the winner of the 1 9 7 8 Turkey Tro t, a one and ahalf m ile race around cam pus. Mark won, you guessed it. a turkey.

r FOOD DRIVE *?/$. H I SA food drive i s being sponsored b y M S G t o provide a Christm as dinner and toys to 5 0 needy families in association witht h e Martin Luther King Center. & |On campus collections of canned goods*and monetarydonations will b e m a d e o n Tuesday, December 1 2 , beginningat6:30p.m. jj | p \ %$0^Other contributions can be left at the C ampus Ministry office o r in the Student Union office. A n y help would b e greatlyappreciated. ^ ^ ^ ^ S f ^ ^ H I Sf aB11 i II * t * i t t i i * 9 ' H w v J B i * f # - * T i > *

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L a k e r s P l a c e S e c o n d I n M e r c y h u r s t T o u r n a m e n tby Bob Delia RoccaThe Second Annual MercyhurstInvitat ional Tournament, playedDecember 1 an d 2, brought somegood news and s o m e bad n e w s .The good news was the Lakerswon their f i r s t home gam e of theseason with a stunning 85-82overt ime victory over Queen'sCollege in the opening round ofplay. It was also Dan O'Connor'sfirst home win as head coach *jiNow for the bad news . Thefollowing evening, the Lakers lostthei r own tournament to BehrendCollege. This w as the first loss recorded by the Lakers at h o m es ince the Cam pus Center openedone year ago . * ^ > *

Still the ' 'Hurst , now at 2-2,provided fans w i th an abundanceof excitemen t d uring both nightsof p lay a ct ion . ' . *f jgF i r s t the V L a k e r s t o o k onQueens College of New York C itywhere, inciden ta l ly , Ath le t i cDirector Mike Cusack previouslycoached jj basebal l . Both t eams

relied on their quickness in thefirst half to try and put points onth e board, fc %jj | ijpTh e Lakers , with a sl ight heightadvantage and the 14 first halfpoints off hot-handed Greg Kurt,couldn't pull away from theerrat ic Queens five. The halfended with a home lead of 48-47.

In the second half the Lakerscam e out shooting and soon builtup a four points lead, w Thisgradually t increased, andl withseven m inutes left the score was67-60. ^ S S * J m I