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# ^ *s< Will Svdow, security officer. 'Idon't think they made a mistake.Under the circumstances Unit wasthe way to go. t

David* Shimpeno, ass istan tprofessor of physical education: "Idon't think anyone on campus couldhave been better. If anyone canmake a smooth transiton, she can."

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**m& Jerry Trimble, dean of the collegeand vice president of academic services . "She's a super fantastic pers o n . She's symbolic of everythingthat the 'Hurst should be all about. Isuspect she will be able to give thecollege the boost that It greatlyneeds." v>K3N

Mike v Makatche, freshmanbusiness major: "He'll be a goodcoach. He's nad experience as anassistant coach. Hell do a goodJob/ I

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PAGE A THE MERCIAD MAY 26,1978Fashion Finder

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byJudyAnania *The fashions in clothing thissummer will vary as they alwaysd o . Light pastel shades in blousesand halter s will crowd the sto res.Brightly-colored peasant skirtsand dresses will be a great investment this summer becausethis style will remain ] a J bi gwinner next summe r.? 1There will be an overwhelmingnumber of Danskin body suits, tosuit your bathing needs. Theseparticular Danskin body suitscan also be worn with pants an dskirts (which match th e bodysuit). The shades consist of red,blue , burgundy, brown* a n dseveral other shades. The stylesrange from very plain to extremely sexy. I ;(TjTennis anyone? The stores a r eoffering an unlimited number of

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RozsasHonored ByArts InstituteMaryann Rozsas, a graduatingtheater \ major a t Mercyhurst ,was honored by the Erie TheaterArts Insitute for the year's bestperformance by an actress in aleading role. |M s . Rozsas won for her performance in the Edward Albeeplay, "A Del ica te Balance" ,which was'Staged a t BehrendCollege this past winter te rm. Shealso received a best actressnomination for her part in theMercyhurst play, "Summer andSmoke", which she produced forher senior thesis.The ETAI "Bravo" awardswere announced a t t heorganiza t ion ' s s ixth annua lbanquet, which w as held lastSaturday a t Gannon College.The awards a r e presented inboth - Music , and D r a m acategories with each school ororganiza t ion responsible fo rnominations.The ETAI is a volunteerorganization which supports Eri etheater by holding fund-raisings,presenting awards for the year'sbest performances, and handingout each year three $500scholarships. -1Besides Mercyhurst, Gannon,and Behrend College, th e ErieP l a yhous e and t he VillageTheater are a l l members. .Another Mercyhurst student,J a n Kramer, won a "Bravo" fo r

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by Chris Van WagenenIt started with a roll of the diceduring September of this year,and before you knew it, everyonewas! hit with "BackgammonFever, " ^ - y " " ; + &, ^Usually played at parties,between classes and those days ofdismal weather, backgammonhas quickly become the "board-game of games. "*

But why this craze? Well, asthe school year progressed, moreand more people turned tobackgammon as a form ofrelaxation. The fever soon caughton, and by January, it wasn't

surprising to see a backgammongame being played at partieswhere 200 or more people showup. m |One of the most ancient of'allboardgames ano^ne of.the mostuniversally played, backgammoncam e into existence^ over 2000years ago. ; iOriginally, it was a twelve linegame and was played by bothEgyptians and Romans in landsbordering the Mediterranean. Infact, it has been played soseriously that few Europeans, aswell as Americans, can matchthe skill of better Greeks andLevantine players.

Bathing BeautiesBare Bad Weatherby V icki Martinago flFierce winds .^ postponedbaseball games,, freezingweather cancelled crew races,the tennis team suffered, and yes,even Sesler outside parties nevercame to be.But despite unseasonabletemperatures, bathing beautiesare found on B aldwin's sun deck,Egan's patio, behind the tenniscourts, beside Sesler apartmentsand of course, there's the pond.Whenever the sun sneaks out,bodies come running withblankets, radios and suntanlotions. v 4One may ask, why do theseintelligent students, the majoritybeing women, lie in the sun, whilethe high reaches 50 degrees and40 mile per hour winds whipacross their bodies?" ^ >Certain explanations can begiven! "Face it; it's been a longtime since we've seen the sun,remarked one sophomore co-ed.Another explained, "It never getstoo warm up here . . A so youhave to take every single chanceyou can get! " W hile still anotheradded, "It's great to lay out whenit's In the 40*8 or 50's cause thenyou don't get so hot"Some industrious studentsread, write papers and docalculus problems as theyjlie inthe sun, ''Well, you might as w ell

catch some rays; as you study,"said one female student. Shelaughlingly added, "You knowthe saying, 'killing two birds withone stone'." jjThere are all types. Some lieout just because it's the thing todo. However that doesn't meanthey like it. Amidst the gossip andpassing of suntan lotions, certaincries can be heard, "I'm bored!","Do you think I've gotten any sunyet? and "How long have I beenout here, anyway?' rThere aren't many ways topass the time. If one does standup they are sure to get blownapart from the wind, not tomention goose tum ps twice theirusual size. It's a wonder therearen't more colds, sore throats,or worse yet, cases of pneumonia.Would you believe that-threeSesler tenants admitted to lyingin the sun with temperatures inthe low 40's? They explained,"What was so funny was none ofus. would give in and go inside.And let me tell you we werefreezing!":* *Some may question why names"aren't given to these sun tandeterminists. Well, it's only toprotect the innocent. And let'sFace it; anyone who lies out in 40degree temperatures, .halfdressed, just to get a tan, needs tobe protected! J y

There has been no significantchange in the rules of the game,but tne element of doubling (thesize of the gameboard) was introduced during the 1920's. Sincethen,gits popularity has greatlyincreased/

Backgammon is both a gam e of Jluck and skill. Strategies varywith each player, but m ost agree,"It's all in the dice."At Mercyhurst, backgammonhas -grown in | great interestamong students. It's not surprising where one might find agame in progress.Though many find pleasurewith backgammon, it may wellbe one of the many fads collegestudents.around the U.S. aregoing through. I iRay Gruss, a junior atMercyhurst claims backgammon

is a thinking man's game. "Itstimulates the mind. It requires alittle bit of luck and strategy onthe part of the player," he said.Sophomore Tom Moffat playsto pass the time. "I play to passthe time at boring parties andthere's a lot of those," he said.Played with a total of 30 pieces(15 for each player with twoseparate colors) the object ofbackgammon is to get yourpieces around and off the boardbefore your opponent. It may sound relatively easy,but it's not. During the course ofthe game, if there are not twomen of the same color, occupying the same space,, a player of anopposite color can take the opposition's piece, off the board.This is sometimes referred to a sa "Smack"; * ::, -< iThe player whose pieces is off1 the board must then roll to getback on the playing surface. If allsix positions are occupied by twoor more m en of an opposite color,the player must wait till there'sI an opening.I If, in the end, a player cannotget all his pieces'off before hisopponent, and also has some inthe back ' board area,backgammon takes place.Backgammon is a growingI game among Mercyhurststudents. Although it's 2000yearsold, Its rebirth amongstudents is catching on likeI "fever," W T 1

E x - M S G P r o s . P r o u dR e a c h e s G o a l sby Melissa McMurray"When people ask{me whatStudent| Government did this

year, there isn't one;particularevent or activity that I can pinpoint as our imajor ac complishment," said GeorgeVenuto, ex-president of the 1977-78 Student Government."Our major goal, which I feelwe did accomplish, was to restorethe respect that Student government lost in previous years. Wemade it a good strong and viableorganization to act as a mouthpiece for the students andrepresent "themf to the administration," continued Venuto."Student Government becamemore organized than ever thisyear," he said. "We had manygood, working committees thataccomplished what they set out todo. By working, efficiently, wegained the respect for ouropinions from students, facultyand administrators."Venuto stated that those peoplewho didn't think the governmentwas doing its job were usuallythose who didn't really knowwhat went into the job or what thereal goals of the governmentwere. I I *One complaint that the ex-president had was that thestudents w eren't ' really interested in what the governmentwas trying to do for them. He saidthatjthey didn't get involved inschool matters the way theyshould, although there was asmall block of students who wereinterested in the academic andpolitical matters at Mercyhurst.'"If there was more input intoStudent Government, we couldhave better evaluated studentproblems and presented them tothe right factions for con-sideration. This way, thegovernment could get more

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accomplished," Venuto explained, p j"Students are generallyapathetic except* in financialareas," he continued. "The increased graduation fee is a goodexample. If that many studentshad complained about othermatters, maybe we could haveaccomplished a lot m ore throughthe government. On othermatters, students spoke up onlyafter the fact." -\Venuto felt that as president helearned much more than he couldhave in a class. By being involvedwith the college at all levels, hewas able to observe its functionson all those levels.He claimed mixed feelingsabout leaving. "I'm envious ofMike Heller and all the power hehas, but I won't miss the headaches he'll bejfacing," he ex-, plained. Venuto said he wouldalso miss the challenging,part,meeting with the people who runthe college and with the stud ents.Venuto called new MSGPresident Mike Heller ai"verysincere Band competent person."The experience will comewith the job. Mike has a verychallenging year ahead of him,especially with a new de an," saidVenuto/"He will more*or lesshave to act as mediator as well aspresident. It's a big job, but I'mconfident7 that Mike can handleit.""My officers were a big help.They did as much work as I did,and didn't receive half the creditor recognition."After spending over two yearsat Mercyhurst, Venuto had a fewsuggestions for improvement.R*"The academics definitelyneed to be worked on, as does thecurriculumJ^he^said. ^ T h ecollege must realize that itdoesn't have the resources toofferfo wide variety of majors.Mercyhurst should concentratemore on its strong points and bemore 'upfront about jt sweaknesses.""Personally," he continued, "Igot a lot from my education.Much practical experience and asolid background came from mywork with Student Government.'"I guess I have a traditionalview of education. I think there isa need for stricter academicstandards," he said. "I know Ifelt cheated by easy courses."Venuto said he would like to seemore course variety, a semestersystem in w hich 15 courses wouldbe taken in a year instead of 10,and more challenging coursesoffered at Mercyhurst. |After graduation, Venuto plansto take a month off to vacationand look for a job. He said,"Leaving here is like starting allover again. There will always benew opportunities ahead."

Hurst Co-EdAwardedSt. C atherine M edalThe medal of St. Catherine,whose namesake is traditionallyhonored as . the patroness ofscholars, is presented yearly byKappa Gamma Pi, the onlysorority of The college, as anachievement award. The womanrecipient of this honor shall haveperformed some specific outstanding service and-or have thebest record-' of academicachievement at the end of hersophomore year.Eileen Zinchiak, sophomorepsychology major, will be formally presented with her awardfor her high acedemic standingon Tuesday, May 30. A ~,Ms. Zinchiak stated, "It 'simportant to interact withfaculty, as well as with yourpeers in order to be motivated tocain a well balanced education."

She continued. "You can't justlearn through books, you have toalso learn from personal experiences.She is involved in school activities and has been recentlyelected to serve on the Mercyhurst College Senate for a termof two years. She is also active inthe Campus Ministry and folkgroup. $Ms. Zinchiak is a student aidein the Archives and her majorduty is to help Dr. Stuart Campbell, assistant $professor ofhistory, supervise other studentworkers. * |KHer future plans includegraduate school, "and hopefullyto someday i work in clinicalpsychology in an administrativecapacity, she added. |

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Writing Center: Students eligible for work study areasked to stop by the Writing Center in 308 Main for adetailed description of a job which involves meetingnew people as well as helping others and even yourself write better. Appointments for interviews may bemade at the center.Pace: Work study students interested in working Withincoming freshmen and assisting mentors with a yea rlong orientation program for these students may ap-

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u t i by Gary WesmanH m m m m m m ," beg insJoanne Cooper. Seated at herdesk, she leans forward slowlyand deliberately, cups her handsand settles Into one of thosemock-serious, eyeball-to-eyeballstares that clearly reveals thequestion she is turning over in hermind: "Do I trust you to bereasonable about this, or don't

"Hmmmmmmm," she beginsagain, "Is this for publication, ornot? Would it be p ossible Just topostpone this until Thursday,perhaps, or later? I have thisterrible headache.. .You see, I'vehad it since yesterday, and. ..Could we talk next week ?.. .I'vegot this headache. . ."But she decides to plungeahead anyway. Suddenlystraightening up in her chair,tossling her hair with one hand,she is off and. . . deliberating."I'm not certain how I feel,"she says. "I'm giving this a lot ofthought, of course.. .1, ummm, Ihaven't come up with any realconclusions. . .umm. . .1 have adilemma, you see. I have a jobthat is difficult to define.''Thus does Joanne Coopermeasure her words these days,when the subject concerns herjob, which is difficult, to define.That is , no one, including herself,quite knows where the Director of

the Learning Resource Centerstands in the labor-managementequation.Which never mattered muchbefore, but it's a dilemma, allright, now that some Mercyhurstfaculty are trying to unionize.For Joanne Cooper, this unionbusiness could, ummm, up set thebalance of her, umm mm,"special working relationship.'1It could be a headache, all right.On the face of it the questionseems simple enough. One sidewants virtually all faculty to beeligible to loin a union. The otherside, the administration, wants toexclude, among others, personswhose jobs overlap. . .what? Ttouse the terms of the equation,management and laborwith acapital L and that- stands forLibrary. *v"I think tof myself as ateacher," explains JoanneCooper. "Roughly 60 per cent ofmy time goes into teaching,mostly on a one-to-one basishow to use the libraryalthoughI teach groups occasionally."However: I do have* theauthority to hire and fire staffand I am permitted to, ummm,encumber college * moneys,without prior approval. . .Thatmakes me management.With each side Claiminglibrarians *as non-negotiableproperties, Joanne Cooper and

her assistants are left stuck in themiddle, like one coil of the rope inthis intra-collegiate tug-of-war.Asked to define her ownpreferences, Joanne Cooper. .tries. Carefully. In stops andstarts.."1 would not want to lose thecapacity, um .. .1 would not wantand I think the college would notwant, umm, someone whosediscretionary powers, ummm. ."

But finally, it must be said:"I have the responsibilities tospend money, and to hire andfire," she says. "Frankly, Iwouldn't want to give up either ofthose."Frankly. And yet, there is that60 per cent of her, at least, thatremains a teacher. An either-orproposition, administration orfaculty, is clearly unpalatable.It is important to note here thatto say IJoanne Cooper is notpicking sides is not the same assaying she lis straddling theproverbial fence. Others pushedfor the union, others countered toexclude her from it, and if anyfences happen to materialize-, itwill' be others who plonk thosemiserable bricks into place. Shedoesn't even know where.Regardless of how the NationalLabor Relations Board rules,Joanne Cooper will still teach."One can't be a librarian at a

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New MSG Officers And RepsDiscuss Next Year'sIssues 'by V icki Martinag oThe recently elected 1978-79MSG officers and representativesm et fo r the first t ime this w eek a s

th e n ew governing body.An important item on theagenda wa s th e government ' sapp roval ofi the people recentlyappoin ted to the execut ive boardof th e Student Activit ies Commit tee . (SAC) , They were : J i mD i S a n t i , c h a i r p e r s o n ; A l d aWalker, vice-chairperson; AnitaBonamino, secre tary; and PierrePriest ly, treasurer. A ll four wereunanimously approved by MSGrepresentat ive s .Mike Heller, pre s ident of MSG,introduced a discuss ion on theo r g a n i z a t i o n of P a r e n t ' sWeekend fo r next year. H e ex p l a i n e d t h a t S i s t e r C a r o l y nH e r r m a n n , d i r e c t o r o fD e v e l o p m e n t a n d A l u m n iRe lat ions , h a d sugge sted thatMS G b e re sponsib le f o r thisannual event. Heller supportedt h i s p r o p o s a l , " T h o u g h l a s tyear ' s government . got a w a yfrom activit ies, I feel that M SGshou ld involve themse lve s insometh ing l ike th is ," h e sa id toth e M SG body.

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M S G U r e a s u r e r Steve Fr is inaquestioned from where fundingc a m e fo r such a n activity. I t wa sexplained that, in the p a s t ,Parent ' s Weekend payed fo ritself through t icket sal es, jThe agenda also included J a nGatti's, director of the StudentU n i o n , r e p o r t o n t h e f i l mp r e s e n t a t i o n f o r 1978-79 . S h estated that th e p a c k a g e d e a linc luded 29 movie s p lu s car toonsfor each film. This year's movieswere budgeted fo r $5600, whilethe total cost of next year ' sp a c k a g e is lower a t about $5300.M s. Gatti explained that withnext year ' s package y o u a reg iven a considerable discount ifyou take a t least eight WarnerB r o t h e r ' s f i l m s . T h i s a l s oprovides a higher quality ofFilms, with such box-sellers a s :" T h e D e e p , " > " T h e H e r o e s . "" T h e G o o d - B y e G i r l , " " T n eExorcis t" , "Al l th e Pres ident ' sMen," "SlapshDt," " T h e OtherSide of the Mountain," "BlazingSaddle s" a nd other s .At th is t ime , M s . G a t t iproposed that th e admiss ion tom o v i e s b e raised to 80 cent s fo rn e x t y e a r . M u c h d i s c u s s i o nresulted, with th e majority ofstudents protest ing this proposal.President Mike Heller stated thatthP movies are the one thing on

c a m p u s t h a t } b r i n g < p e o p l etogether, a n d sugge sted leavingthe price a t 25 cents . While othersstated that th e m o v i e s a re th eonly real bargain left o n c a m p u s .Bos. Gatti argued that with th ehigher quality of f i lms, peoplewouldn't mind th e quarter in c r e a s e . S h e al so s tated that th eincrease would he lp to fundadditional film fest ivals such a st h e M a r x B r o t h e r s a n d t h eHalloween Film Festival. Othersfelt that th e money in take a tm o v i e s i s presently insignificant,and that a n y increase would b enominal . T h e proposal to r a i s ethe movie price w a s voted downby th e governing body.This w a s t h e las t vote of theday, a n d concluded th e firstmeet ing of the newly electedMSG.

col lege th e s ize of this withoutspending a sizable amount oft ime teach ing ," s h e says . "Be ingexcluded from th e union wouldnot hurt m y t each ing ." *The uncertainty, s h e s a y s , is"what it would d o to m y relationswith th e faculty." ; *H e r e i s t h e m a d d e n i n g ,frustrating pa rt . Personal sens ib i l i t ie s integrity, even a r einvolved here.

Joanne Cooper, y o u s e e , h a snever p layed it safe, hist runningher department while * sitt ingback on her faculty rank a n ds tatus and al l the other contractual lega l i sms. No , s h e h a salways been in there pitching, inthe College Senate, o n subcommit tee s a n d task forces a n dwhatnot, in there pitching for thefaculty viewpoint, * th e facultyposit ion, th e gung-ho liberal artsfaculty philosophyshe, JoanneCooper, the certified, papers-and-tit le-to-prove- it administrator!Galling, i t i s , the thought ofwhat could conceivably happen ifs he is excluded from th e union.To b e cu t of f from her colleagues( B Y h e r c o l l e a g u e s ? ) ! i s o l a t e d ,considered. . .over there, withmanagement . . . " I hope ," s h esays , "regard le ss of what th efaculty does decide, that, ummm,openness a nd trust will continue."This is spoken with a hesitant,tentative upturn of the voice, s othat it sounds almost l ike aquestion, a s i n , "openness a n dtrust will continue. . .hopefullymaybe poss ib ly ye s?" ,' {Ah , bu t what e l se c a n o n e d o ,

these days? Solidarity Foreverand pass th e aspirin.( Ed . N o t e J o a n n e C o o p e r ,d i r e c t o r o f th e L e a r n i n g

R e s o u r c e C e n t e r , c\vas in terviewed fo r this story duringthe first week of May, when th ei s sue of faculty unionization h adr e a c h e d t h e ' s t a g e of officialhearings.On Friday, Jane 2, al l fullt imefaculty will vote to deckle thisissueon whether it wants toform a local chapter of thePennsylvania Higher EducationAssociation.The National Labor RelationsBoard h a s n o t y e t decided if theholders o f two jobs which carryfull faculty status ar e eligible toJoin th e bargaining unit. One i sArchivist 'Stuart Campbell . T heother is Joanne Cooper.Mrs. Cooper a n d Dr. Campbellmay vote June 2 , but their ballotswill b e sea led a n d held until th eN LRB cond uct s ^ ^ f ur t taerhearings.) ..v

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by Mark C iprianiHas anyone out there everwondered what happened toMercyhurst golf team.Wait, let me rephrase that,does anyone out there care whathappened to the golf team?In case you don't already know,the golf team Is in limbo rightnow, after being suspended thisspring term, t |The program as far as I'mconcerned , should stay insuspended animation, or furthermore completely droppedfrom the list of sports here atMercyhurst.It was suspended due to budgetproblems and with all the otherbudget problems around herewho needs another? ' ,1Golf just does not lend itself tospectator interest.* To me It isdeathly dull to, even co nsiderwatching.The sport does not benefitstudents from the school in anyway since the links are offcampus. J' j The only students it benefitsare the six . who are activelyparticipating. tIt is just too expensive for whatan institution (especially Mercy-hurst) gets out of it.

Chris TomczakIt is difficult to believe that thisis my last column of the year. Ithas been a ye ar of experiences. Iremem ber whe n, Chris VanWagenen first let me write thiscolumn. I am thankful to haveworked with Terry Kelly. Thanksfor all the help and ips,Chris andTerry. >The first sport I covered waswomen's tennis. I got to see somepretty exciting matches. HollvBring vs. Vic Casper of Gannonwas perhaps the most exciting

Hopefully, officials in char ge ofthis will see fit to can theprogram and use the money toupgrade some of the other sports./Work certainly has been slow inconstruction of our new soccerfield and tennis courts. In factthere has been no work at all.Weather conditions and otherexcuses are being used to halt theprogress in these areas.Witnessing how long it took to

have our Campus Center completed, Coach Shimpeno mightnave his field by the turn of thecentury, f f 4 f"Tennis coach Dennis Ranallisaid last Monday' at the SportsBanquet that he set three goalsfor his upcoming season.They were (1) to beat Edinboro(his alma mater), (2) to win theDistrict and (3) n to A win theNationals.^ f $ Twoiof the three have beenaccomplished and he gets his shotat the third when the team leavesfor Kansas City Sunday.Good luck coach, but regardless of ^what does happen,remember what the song says,

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