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Brie, Penruybanto

Vol. XLI No. 1 Mercyhurst College Erie. Penna. October 27. 1969
the college
STUDENT NUMBER jl23456.... WHAT'S NEW
Mr. Thomas IWood professor of B Any professor or student who
political science has proposed la new feels an issue of domestic or political
This year 185 students began their freshman year at Mercy hurst. There are dimension to be added to the academic
148 sophomores and the seniors number 166. According to national statistics, 1949 nature should be discussed, may volun-
life at Mercyhurst. teer to conduct these discussions or pary
was a slow year for babies, therefore, throughout the country, the 1967 freshman
enrollment was lower than usual. This class, the present junior class at Mercyhurst has It is called "Free University." ticipate in any capacity. Some issues
129 members. The juniors also comeffrom the greatest variety of places. Aside from Classes in the form of seminars and free proposed at random were the Draft,
the!regular full-time students who are catagorized in these classes, there are six discussion will be set up to meet regular- Mayorality in Erie, School Board, Black
Benedictine Sisters concentrating on Elementary Education, art, Theology, or his- ly in a designated area. These classes will Issue, and women in politics. All topics
tory, six Mercy Sisters in math, EL Ed., French or English; 20 special students; 19 be open to any interested students and are at the option of the instructor.
Gannon students; 10 part-time students. Mercyhurst now has a grand total of 689 city residents. There will be no credit If you are {interested see Tom
students. The following charts compare students' home states and majors. nor tuition for these-classes, and there- Wood.
fore there will be no grades.
State Total Fr. Soph. Jr. sr.

Conn.
Wash. DC
Maine
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1 6 2
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2 Moratorium Here ®CT15
2 1 1 Erie's Vietnam Moratorium Day The reading of all those killed in rally in Perry Square.
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was officially set underway at 10:30 a. the Vietnam War was started at the flag
Mass. The evening services encompassed
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1 m. October 15th. Aftthis time, a march draped coffin in front of the Federal
Mich. if the re-distribution of bread and grapes, a
N. Hamp.
N.J. 36
n 6 14
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of approximately 100 students led by Sr.
Rita Brocke left'the gates of Mercyhurst
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Building on State Street. The reading
lasted all day and all night and through- speech!by a Black Panther, some more
rock music and a speech by Milton
16 College and iproceeded to State Street. out this period one could hear a soldier's
N.Y. 86 25 24 19 Shapp at 9:40 p.m.
1 Upon arrival $ at 18th and State, the name and "DEAD" afterwards. Thirty-
N.Car. I1 'hurst group was met by 150 to 200 two people (high school students, college In his speech, Shapp proposed
Ohio 36 9 4 10 | l 3
Gannon students and faculty who joined students and adults from different pro- placing the money put into the Vietnam
Penna. 501 142 95 88 119 fessions) faced the cold Erie weather and
forces with us. For the rest of the jour- War into a Swiss bank and giving this
R.I. I 1 1 ney State Street was tilled with the the long duration of138,000 names. money to the governing officials of Viet-
Va. 5 3
1 sounds of "Give Peace a Chance" and Many of the people spent from 12 to 14 nam on the grounds that these officials
Wy. 1 hours straight at the casket, keeping the stay out^ of^Vietnam for ajfive year
"Peace - Now!" ^ k ^ o ^
Major it | R . Soph. Jr. Sr. Total Upon the 11:30 a. m.^arrival at vigil. It was 7:25 a.m. Thursday morning period. In this manner we would have
Perry Square, the 300 marchers joined that [the last name was read and all left new ^governing officials whereby we
El Ed 32 47 40 49 168
with the fourf or five hundred people leavingfthi sounds of "DEAD! DEAD!" could get some negotiations instead of
Art 23 12 23 18 76
already%n the square to share in the cele- to fade in the wind. : *v S I stalemates. He encouraged the President
History 11 11 10 ;5 37!
bration for peace. Father Sullivan's state- The only time Wednesday that to withdraw our troops from Vietnam
Home Ec 26 24 20 15 85
ment of "this celebration is a joyous the square had few people in it was dur- immediately if he (the President) did not
Cadet 18 6 |7 28 59 like this proposed plan.
one" opened the ceremony for peace ing the supper hour. However, a large
Sociology 11 14 16 22 63^
whereby bread and grapes (donated) crowd began to grow about 6:30 again The activities of the day ended
Biology 13 10 12 §9 46
and by 8:00 p.m. a crowd of approxi-
Business h I3 J 3 12|
1 7
were passed throughout the crowd for all with Shapp's address with only the vigil
Music
Math
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4 5
2 3
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to eat.
* At noon, Greg
£
Robbie
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proclaimed
I mately 1500 (reported by Dick Klancher
of "Go" radio) people had formed to
of the war deadjto continue on into the
next day. The Moratorium was a trouble
a minute of silence during which a flag await the arrival of Milton Shapp, the free day which hopefully will encourage
French 6 2 3 3 14^
draped coffin was moved from the west main speaker of the evening community and bring peace to this nation!
Spanish 2 5 f l 18|
side of Perry Square to the corner of the

S.G.A. ON BREAK
Inglish 7 2 10 13 32
: 2 Federal Building. This coffin was the
tiemistr^ 1
itinl
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1 scene of the continouspreading of all
)1. Sci. those killed in the Vietnam War. An explanation of what has trans-
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^Following the silence the crowd pired since the last meeting was delivered
swelled to approximately §1,000 people
«W FACULTY to listen to Reid McFarlane's speech.
by Jeanne Baker prior to the S.G.A.
meeting. She said that because of opposi-
Reid covered the historical aspect of the 2
tion to the 2nd article of thejR.U.S.
velcome war and then stressed our loss of men in (Representative NUnion of Students) an
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ft Every year Mercyhurst is accus- the| Vietnam War. His speech was so ad hoc committee of five faculty mem-
I med to seeing many new faces, both
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striking that the crowd was in complete bers chosen by Sr. Caroline (Mr. Garvey,
thin the student body and the faculty. silence chairman, Mr. Sturm, Mr. McAndrew Sr.
t Plantingfof a "Tree of Life" to
4 lis year the Merciad Staff would like to Matthew and Sr. Raymond with Sr. Rita
commemorate the war dead and to Panciera acting iin ex officio) and five
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'Icome, not only the freshmen, but
symbolize growing peace took place at students chosen by Jeanne Baker as
9 «o the many new faculty members with
112:30. Each individual was encouraged leader of student body had been initi-
this fall. Spreading throughout; many
to pick up a handful of dirt and throw it ated. The students selected are: Linda
the departments on campus, our new into the hole which had been dug three
rofs'l number! a totail of; eighteen. Peluso, Jeff |Heffand, Eileen Healy,
1 ley are: David iBlanchfieid, Jr. i -
times the size needed to;plant the sap- Sandy Peruzzi and Sheila Boss. This
ling. Within an hour the entire hole was committee;-will act only^in an advisory
*ology,|Daniel Burke 4Ait, Drjblif- filled in. capacity and is to meet every ^Tuesday
t rd Cox - Chemistry, Robert Hoff - Following the tree planting, semi*]
/chology, Elizabeth Jack - ; Home and Thursday for four weeks, or until
nars on the Vietnam War were held in
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onomics, Eugene Kennedy - English, the matter has been resolved; at which
m
i Dale Hall and St. Paul's Episcopal Chap-
y Catherine Pearson | - Political time, an amendment to their constitu-
ter House. Such panels as the draft, the
ence J
> anet Price - Physical Educa- tion will be presented to the i Faculty
history of the Vietnam conflict, the eco-
n, James Ratigan - Psychology, Sr. Senate. If this is accepted, the student
nomic impact of the war and the legal
hi ^ ry Raymond - Physics, Verel Salmon body will then determine whether or not
e aspects of the war were covered. During
Biology,* Bernard Solomon* - Art, the issue shall be accepted. S.G.A. voted
the seminars and throughout the after-
' annc s
°niag - Home Economics, Sr. that while the matter is being discussed
noon, there were folk singers and $ rock
f,stme
Vladimiroff - Spanish, Sr. by this advisory body they would work
groups playing to a crowd that varied
ry J u d c
~ Drama. Wc also have three under a moratorium which states that no
from 100 to 400 people in the square.
I* Part-time faculty members: Rev. government meetings will be held until a
Interspersed with the music were read-
ward Nicbling - Art, Guy Savclli - ings of press releases from supporting
decision is reached and each member is Jeanne- working |for
'«cal Education and Carl Stout - organizations and purposes for the mora-
to continue her responsibilities within student representation
sic. s 1 her office on an independent basis.
torium.
Concentrate en UNIFIED APPROACH
making the gain ED. NOTE: Mr. Jenks may consider
advisory, and will be transmitted to |
Senate by members of the caucuses.]
this a bold step, but perhaps it is a
plan calls for monthly forum meetij
possible solution to our "bolder"
PRINCETON, N.J. - Educational before {the regularly-scheduled montl
step.
Testing Service announced that ungradu- meeting of the University Senate.
ates and others preparing to go to gradu- DURHAM, N.H. (LP.) - The University "If there is objection to
ate school may take, the Graduate of New Hampshire's new unicameral smaller size of the Senate," Jenks said]
Record Examinations on any of six system of governance replaces the reference to the reduction, "we could
different test dates during the current former system of separate Student and crease the > numbers slightly. But
academic year. University Senates.
don't want to change the student-facij
The remaining five test dates are The new structure "is at single- ratio."
December 13,|1969; January 17, Febru- body' governing system not modeled
ary 28, April 25 andfjuly 11, 1970. Prior Ho approval, several jj|
after anything," saidJR. Stephen Jenks,
Equivalent late fee ($3.00) and registra- committee members considered ^ a
Sly is coming in concert Saturday, chairman! of the Committee on Govern-
tion deadlines apply to these dates. cameral system (with three sepaij
November 15 to the Gannon Auditorium ment Organization and an assistant pro-
Choice of test} dates should'be deter- senates - student, faculty and universf
at 8:00 P.M. I f fessor in the Whittemore School of Busi- 4
minedlby the requirements of graduate but dropped the idea in favor of a
ness and Economics. "A true reorganiza-
This outstanding concert is spon- schools or fellowships to which one is cameral plan after testing the former
tion of university government has been
sored by thejMercy hurst, Gannon and applying. Scores are usually reported to working "model" by attempting to wj
undertaken Jby few schools," Jenks
Villa Maria Student Governments. The graduate schools five weeks after a test hypothetical problems through it.
added, "and none have come out with
core steering committee is composed of date. plans as bold as to have students repre-
representatives from the three colleges. 'The system was inefficient,"
The Graduate Record Examina- sented in equal numbers with faculty at* Jenks, "even more so than our fori
Sly and the Family Stone, Epic's tions include an Aptitude Test of general the highest legislative level." bicameral system. But the absoli
exciting new | recording group, was scholastic ability and Advanced Tests number of voting people is larger an]
The new senate is composed of 30
formed a little over a year ago in San measuring achievement in 21 major suppose {this could bejused as an
students, 30 faculty, 12 ^administrators
Francisco. Since that time the group, fields of study. Full details and registra- ment against the unicameral idea. Suj
which is comprised of seven talented and and 5 graduate students. All student and
tion forms for the GRE are contained in ficially the tricameral system seems
exuberant young musicians, has /ap- the 1969-70 Bulletin of Information for faculty members will be nominated and
elected on a "district" basis. offer more. After study, however,
peared in major clubs and concert halls Candidates. The Bulletin also contains feel the f unicameral system is? mi
in Las Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, New forms and instructions for requesting Senators representing faculty and liberal despite appearances."
York and San Francisco. transcript service on GRE scores already undergraduates will respectively con-
on|file with ETS, This booklet may be The committee sees three b;
stitute a Faculty Caucus and Student
The group was organized by Sly available on your campus or may be Caucus of thei, University Senate. Each advantages for the new governmj
Stoneiwho, although^ only in his early ordered from: Educational Testing Ser- group will meet monthly {with its structure. In addition to greater parti
twenties, has achieved notable success in vice, Box 955, Princeton, New Jersey "forum." t p | I pation by students and faculty the c<
the pop music world as a writer, as a 08540; Educational Testing Service, Box mittee feels students will have gainei
producer and as a disc jockey on the top 1502, Berkeley, California 94701; Edu- The Faculty Forum and Student much stronger voice in campus decisii
rhythm-and-blues station in San Francis- cational Testing Service, 960 Grove Forumlwill respectively consist of all making. The committee'sireport staj
co. Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201. faculty and all students at the Univer- that the unicameral system allows debi
sity, with members of|each being com- and decision on an issue "in a single
Organizer of the group, Sly Stone
pletely free to speak, initiate resolutions versity Senate meeting." Addition;
was born on March 15, 1944, and raised
neverywhere my| family went." He at-

tended college for three years and


Political Research and vote. Resolutions or other expres-
sions of opinion of the forums would be
the report states, a unicameral systj
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should allow a reduced committee si


studied musical theory and composition. ture ? in the university ,f replacing
He composed all the songs ion the
group's "A Whole New Thing" album, as
well as theirjhit singles "Dancejto the
dramatic p-. M ;

tion, party registration, and prcterence


tangle "of overlapping committees^
a unified structure representing all mi
bers of the university community."
Music," I "Every day ^People," and "Hot With thef hook-up of 15 phones, for mayor. Workers experienced an
Fun in the Summer Time." the old ceramics lab on 3rd floor Egan 80-82% cooperationj rate with people
Sly decided to form the group saw action again under the new name of called.
while j;he was a disc jockey in San Fran- the Political Science ^Institute. The In- Those participating Jin the Phone
ENTERTAINING WA
cisco. "I just looked around at the
people I knew and sought the best musi-
stitute has as its chairman, Mr. William
Garvey. Co-chairmen include Mr.
Bank, other I than the chairmen them- WITH SAUSAGE
selves, have|been interested persons and
cians I could find among them. It turned ThomasSWood and 3Dr. Catherine Pear- students from political science classes. Calling all fans of meatballs
out very well} and to this day, we've son. Work on the Institute, with a record of spaghetti! On Sunday, November
never had an argument." time, was done|in lieu of a term paper
The Institute, through the "Phone from 12:30-6:00 the members of All
An energetic and articulate young Bank", hopes to continue with :ithree for any interested political science Phi Delta will be catering It o you I
man, Sly defines the group as a "dance political research polls per year. Working student. ghetti lovers" by sponsoring their 1
and concert combination" adding that up in the antiquated ceramics lab, mem- The results of the poll will be annual spaghetti dinner, to be held at
what looks like choreography when
«t
bers of the Institute set about accom- computerized and set on cards. These Paul's Youth Center, 16th and Wall
you see us perform is really the sponta- plishing their first poll concerning the will be put in£a computer file in hopes Tickets are $1.50 for adults and $.75
neous feelings of people who just natur- present mayoral lace in Erie. Not only that the Institute will run again next children. Salad, bread and wine will
ally belong together. 99
was this a first step for Mercyhurst, but year. be served with the spaghetti. You can
also, the City Sof Erie which has never your tickets right here at school
Tickets can be! purchased at Generally, the Phone Bank has re-
had a comprehensive poll before this calling 868-2855 orfat the Bald'
Mercyhurst (headquarters 3924 Lounge) ceived much recognition from the sur- Apartments 3926 No. 2.
time.
from 1-5 and 8-9 every day. Gannon rounding area. Coverage has been given
Student Senate and Villa Student The poll itself consisted of calling on all the major radio and TV stations, You don't need a date—cornel
Senate, The Record Bar and Isaac Bakers residents of Erie at random from the plus extensive articles in the TIMES you are!! You might spruce up a lii
are also handling tickets for the concert. directory, with an aim of 32,000 to be NEWS. On Channel 12|alone, the Insti- though, rumors have it that there will|
Tickets are $5.00, $4.00, $3.50, and contacted. Upon calling the individuals, tute received 5 minutes of time. A news- more Greeks and X GDI's than there
$2.50. Get your tickets now and don't they were asked for information con- man on WICU seemed to sum up the meatballs! 1
miss out on one of the truly great events cerning their ethnic background, occupa- dynamic side of the Phone Bank when
of the fall social season at Mercyhurst. he stated: "The Poll is generating more Is PaullMcCartney dea|
heat than the campaign itself." Is PaullMcCartney dea;
Is Paul McCartney dea
Members of the Institute do not
wish to show preference to any news Is Paul McCartney dea
& media, therefore they have not promised Is Paul McCartney dea)
results of the computerized poll to any Is |Paul McCartney deal
particular organization. It has not been Is Paul McCartney dea
Congratulations are in order for
decided as yet where or when the infor- Is fPaul McCartney dea
Mercyhurst senior Lynda Brooks upon
mation will be released, but those in-
her election Sunday, September 28th as
volved are not eager to give it out before Is Paul McCartney dea^
thisfyear's Alpha'^Phi Delta Fraternity Is Paul McCartney deq
the election.
Sweetheart. Lynda, a Home Economics
major, is from Pittsburgh. She is pinned Mr. Thomas Wood, one of the co- ED.|NOTl-: To all those interest*
to Fraternity^ brother JohnlBeaver. Her chairmen of the Institute, stated his working on the Merciad, thank)]
leign as Sweetheart will last until Sep- feeling behind the scene with his remark: Because of your support, our I
tember of 1970, and she is also the APD "There is no better contact with politics and paper will be expanded Inj
candidate for 8-Ball queen. than through polling." ning next issue.
VAL'S UlEWS Shadow on Erie Schools
I it is' the duty of a reviewer not by E i l e e n Krause
V mm w ing teachers from seeking employment
. n l y to eomment on the various types of After two student disturbances at here. These still did not produce action
Entertainment available? to the students Academy High School last year, the Erie and today, more than one year after the
fcf Mcreyhurst, but also, to motivate the School Board formed a grievance com- sanctions were applied, the original
Itudcnts to do something active to im- mittee of prominent businessmen and recommendations still are not sufficient-
prove, in any way, the caliber of enter- civic leaders to hear complaints. They ly answered.
'•ainmente did not however, convene it. When final- These are just?a few of the more
ly asked directly at a meeting to do so, blatant reasons why the Erie School
I As you? probably know, Mercy-
I College Little Theatre is now in the
Jiurst
the superintendent replied that there Board needs a change. All this can take
were no problems to discuss - so why place because there is a solid power
-ehearsal stages for the Fall Dramatic bother such busy men?
Production. In the past, Mercyhurst has block of entrenched Board fmembers
When the deplorable condition of who almost always vote together -
Presented plays |by Ionesco, Pinter,
some of the lavatories in the Erie public McCabe, Robie,! Narducci, and Petrus -
Genet, Satre, Brecht, and Shakespeare.
schools was called to the attention of and support the sometimes questionable
fhis Fall, Mercyhurst is presenting a
one -school director, he responded|that (to put it mildly) actions of the superin-
fcomedy by Neil Simon. The contrast|is citizens should be glad we do not use
striking. What possessed the Greensleeve tendent, Dr. Joseph Zipper. Since just
I thought the contrast between outside facilities as is done in some about every possible means of applying
Players to participate in a production schools in the South and so should stop
Lhich is far less than significant in the the groups attending the Tuesdayleve- pressure on this group to "shape up" has
ning pre-moratorium rally and La Dolce complaining. failed (citizens' groups, publicldemon-
field of drama?
Vita shown the same night highly signifi- When a professional teachers' strations, state investigation, professional
I No doubt, the acting is excellent; cant and instructive. The apolitical association (PSEA-NEA) sent in a com- educational association investigation and
[he directing - superb; and the sets and "humanists" at the film;-seemed happy mittee of professionals in education to sanctions) the only hope seems to be in
Costumes - extravagant. The fact still re- viewing on the screen images of the investigate the Erie School District, in- shipping them out. November 5 is the
mains, however, fthatlBarefoot in The stead of being welcomed as a chance to one chance. £*
decadent society the, responsible people
park |is,not academic theatre. Thisfre- facilitate improvement, they were greet- At present, there are three "good
at MC are trying to change.
Hewer asks: Is it more important to pack ed with hostility and later referred to guys" on the nine member school board
Hie theatre - o r to challenge a mind? Is I would hope then that the trend rudely as a "Kangaroo Court" and "a - Dr. John Rewers, Mrs. Doris Snell, and
Mercyhurst College destined for only to light, enjoyable, uplifting plays, tangi- group who presumed to be Judge, Jury, Dr. Harold McLaren. This year one of
musicals and farcical comedies? What has ble sign of the direction MC is going, will Prosecutor and Hangman." them, Dr. Rewers, faces re-election. Run-
lappened to "Pinter People"? continue in future productions. We Morel than one year after the ning in the other two spots are incum-
might then look forward not only to recommendations were made by this bents Dr. Henry Narducci and Thomas
I One of our faculty members more Neil Simon, and less "culture," but McCabe vs. the Citizens' Committee for
group and no substantial action had been
4eems it necessary to speak out. to more plays which so accurately reflect better Schools (CBS) approved! candi-
taken by* the School Board, the PSEA-
DEAR REVIEWER: that best aspirations of Mercyhurst. NEA decided to try to precipitate action dates John Holier and William Riekert.
I by applying sanctions against the district If Rewers, Holter (R) and Riekert
It's lamentable that the return of A CONCERNED FACULTY MEMBER (R) can be elected the Board may have a
lecentj; family entertainment should — merely a a toothless wav of discourag-
majority for the first time of those who
pause the rash of criticism typifiedfby put education above politics in deeds as
he .-letter printed in this issue. Though well as words. A much higher quality
some intellectuals in the humanities de- education!for Erie's school children
partments may object, I say> we should "BAREFOOT" Cast and Director The cast is rehearsing daily?for should follow. Yet if even one CBS can-
evoice that MC has finally turned from' Currently rehearsing! for their their opening in November. With the didate loses, they cannot command a
he irrelevanciesl of Shakespeare, the parts in "Barefbot^in the Park" is a six .talent and experience of the cast, under majority. This election can then, be the
'apidity^jof Chekov, and the dismal
,
member cast directed by Sr. Mary Jude. the direction of Sr. Jude, "Barefoot in -turning point for Erie-schools. #
podernism of^Genet, to ^respectable, The play is a thoroughly modern farce the Park" should prove to be a thorough- Ed.'s note: Lori Weiner, of the
aon-intellectual entertainment that concerning an establishment lawyer and ly enjoyable performance. Political Action Committee on Educa
promotes the image of the college in a his mod wife. tion (PACE) ? of PSEA, is recruiting in-
pay we can all be proud of.
| These are changing times, and
Portraying the lead roles of Paul
and Corrie are John Ims and Vicki Rey.
John is a junior English major at
INVDLVEMEIf dividuals tofwork for the CBS slate for
school board. Their election is very far
from assured at the moment. Anyone
j>nly traditionalist! diehards °uld w What has the Hurst, with an en-
^ttempt to stop MC from updating its Gannon. A member of Talisman Players, rollment more than 50% future teachers, who would like to help con tacts her at
he has appeared frequently on the stage, done I about the poor situation mi Erie 521-1331, or else Eileen McFadden, Rm.
mage accordingly. We have an obligation
and has won best actor award for his schools? Has it watched passively in its 38-Egan, 1*99-9083 I f f
fo|meet the needs of the Erie commun-
ty rather than to fosterlthe tastes of a part in the one act jplay * Sugar Plum . comfortable Establishment position?
small, cliquish group of devotees. Vickilhas returned to Mercyhurst Happily, the answer is no. For those who the Education Department issued a state-
flaven'tf they an obligation to come this year and to our stage. During her were unable to follow events so far here ment | to the press explaining why. "The
^own to our level? In all branches of freshmen year she had a lead role in is a short record of her involvement. Department's decision," said Dr. Bryan,
follege operation, this leveling process is "Beggars on' Horseback". In real life November 1968 "has been based on the continuing lack
it work. The disdain for the mandarin Vicki is married to a poet Bill Rey. They Hurst student teachers were * re- of academic 5 climate evidenced in the
pedantry of a few unreconstructed have one child, a baby girl, R ani. | moved from Erie schools three days be- school system and in recognition and
lumanists which the Fall Production fore the end of the professional term in support of the sanction imposed on the
The part of Velasco, an eccentric
jxempiifies (only one such case, I am protest of school conditions. school district by the PSEA."
old|man, isiportrayed by Paul Clancy.
lappy to observe among many other), is April 1969 l
Also a member of Talisman, Paul has This was the first time ever that a
i sign that MC is growing in a new direc- After disturbances at Strong Vin-
vast experience on stage, 22 produc- student PSEA chapter honored a formal
tion toward greater social utility and cent High School, Sr. Rita Brooks in-
way from an arid conservativism culti- tions! He has spent this past summer sanction by their professional affiliate
with a repertory company doing plays vited Fr. Poux up to explain what had and the school was lauded by the Erie
vated so tenaciously by the older genera- happened. He brought with him two
don. ' «?
concerning the racial issue. Times for taking a stand.
Strong Vincent jstudents and invited
Maria Oliver is playing the role of thoseipresent to take part in the three According to Mr. Sturm of the
the mother. She is a freshmen El. Ed. days of peaceful demonstrations in Perry Education Department, it will take more
major from New York City. Maria had Square in support of the students' griev- than the |lifting of|the sanction to get
the lead role in "Carnival" while in High ances and against ?the School Board in Mercyhurst to put her student teachers
School. general. Sr. Carolyn, president of the back. Conditions must be substantially
college, a few faculty members* and improved.
Tom Guskey is in the part of the
Deliveryman, whichfisja nonverbal role about a dozen students did participate. May 1969 | jl
with much humor in it. Another member These demonstrations^led to the fe' Student members of the college
of^Talisman, Tom received enthusiastic formation of a grievance committee PSEA sponsored two public forums to
reviews in The Erie Times for his role in made up of members of the Urban Coali- discuss the issues involved in the Erie
"The Boyfriend"! at Gannon this past tion|(prominent business and civic lead- School System! crisis. Representatives
summer. . ers). This committee has/made some from the School Board, the local PSEA,
Absent from the interview was progress in answering the complaints CBS, Concerned Parents of the Black
the sixth member of the| cast - Jim students had drawn up then. It is the Community, area high school students,
Cassilo. He is in the part of the tele- only formalized channel for redress of and an Academy teacher took part in the
phone man. | £ J •• first while candidates for the school
grievances of citizens j and students in
| Sr. Mary Jude is staging her first board nominations participated in the
existence now, despite this being one of
production at Mercyhurst. Her specialty second.
the recommendations of the NEA-PSEA
is musical comedy. In the past she'has
two and a half years ago| October 1969
directed "My Fair Lady", "The Sound
The members of the college PSEA A few students are campaigning
of Music", "Oklahoma", and "The Music
voted not to place student teachers in for the |CBS-approved slate for school
Man". She has also directed serious board.
Erie city schools in September 1969 and
drama, "Antigone".
BLACK AWARENESS
The turning bint bl N Black. Y
"A culture is not aflow,nor even a confluence; the form of its existence is
One of the two greatest crises in
struggle, or at least debate - it is nothing if notfa dialectic. *from THE the United States is the "Black Revolu-
LIBERAL IMAGINATION, by I ionel Trilling. g tion". What is this revolution? And why
Mercyhurst, withes owmmicro-culture, is changing. Questions, de- is it? The "revolution" is the rising up of
Blacks as an united people against white
bates and struggles point toward an evident pulse which seems to be gener- racism. Ir is not new, but, rather it has
ating response more quicklyjthan anyone can ever remember m the past. taken a new direction. Blacks of every
i Student voice, reaction, and response is suddenly appearing as the walk of life, from the wino tofthe stu-
trend, erasing our withered!halls of ivy. The Mercyhurst'of Now is no dent to the professional, are now taking
courageous stands and demanding their
iongerWant and introverted,^ students, faculty and administration past due and [forgotten human and civil
- nWalways united and in agreement - are emerging as interested and rights.
aware individuals in a world which begs for change. These ideas and principles are not
The turning point has come. Mercyhurst will never be the same. The new. Every minority people have
Merciad, saluting Mercyhurst '70, dedicates itself to keeping this new pulse demanded and gained their rights - or by Alicia King
wants - in order to overcome their op- | l do notfthink tthat being bla|
alive. pression. Some did it peacefully; others, means either being African or Westel
violently. The Black American lies somewhere
But, what's now different about tween the two. He has to create a cult
it? There is a color difference. The taboo with Africa as his cradle, the Uni|
of the color black has shadowed the States as his playground, and anywh
1
On October 15, the Vietnam War
Moratorium was held all across the Tactic issue. Some have tried to obliterate
blackness; others to white-wash it; and,
still others to ignore it. |But, it's still
he desires his home.

color, has become an attitude - an al


j _
I
Blackness, although it stems fii
country and Erie was no exception. by Betsy jjBierf e l d t there!
tude of being proud to be black. For,|
On Tuesday night, October 14, a What is color? To the Black man, limit blackness to the color of one's ski
Teach-In for theapurpose of discussing Some Students Ask: everything. It is the one thing which he is ridiculous; the color-range of those if
and explaining £the Vietnam War was Do you favor war^and/or are youf| alone possesses. It is his heritage, ^his longingyto the "black race" is very vajj
held in the Mercyhurst Student Union. against peace? Did you actively support being and his future. To disregard black
Organized by the Vietnam Moratorium It| is difficult to describe (1
the October 15 th Vietnam Moratorium, as being essential to a Black is to disre-
Steering!Committee at Mercyhurst, the describing limits)ian attitude.|An atjj
or were you wholeheartedly against it? gard black as being essential. Biologi-
Teach-in attracted about 400 interested tude may be ex pressed ^in many wa|
No matter what position you may have cally, blackness is 1 accidental; but cul-
students, faculty members and citizens. • Some are congruent; others are|seel
taken, it was evident that a small faction rurally - which I think is the root of the ingiy contradictory, paradoxical, or evl
According to Mike Kosares, one of the of peace loving students attempted to
main organizers of the movement, there issue — blackness is substantial. contrary. Thus, to describefthe presej
dupe the entire Mercyhurst student Ralph ?Ellison in the prologue to
were quite a few of the "over 30" group day attitude of|Blacks is impossitJ
represented. body! his book, the Invisible Mart, wrote: There are as many attitudes as Blacl
On October 8, !l969, a steering SSome of 1 these attitudes are militaf
On Wednesday morning, about 60 "I am an invisible man. No, I am
committee presented its ideas, facts, and ^radical, liberal, conservative; but, tkl
students from Mercyhurst marched from not a spook like those who haunted
figures to an open meeting of interested jlcommon denominator is inconsistent
the school to Perry Squareiwhere they Edgari Allen Poe; nor am I one of your
students. Members ^.of the SGA were !*Not until Blacks have finally united J
joined other students from the tri-college Hollywood-movie| ectoplasms. I am a
asked to approve or disavow the Mora- decided on exactly!what they want -I
community and .also members of, the man of substance, of flesh and bone,
torium. /The steering committeeheader fiber and liquids - and I might even be which rights they are seeking - will \
community in many symbolic actions in
demanded that these student representa- said to posses ajmind. I am invisible, diversity and inconsistency cease.
celebration of peace. Kosares termed the
tives vote as individuals - by the dictates understand simply because people refuse In the meantime, what is wi
demonstration at Perry Square a success
of their conscience. to see me.^Like the bodiless heads you America to do? *White Americans
even it ho ugh i there were only 700 to
1000 people] present. The people that Were they£then voting as repre- see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as grow with Black Americans. They J
were present were those that were truly sentatives, or as individuals? ^Were tljey though I have been surrounded by mir- open their minds to black awareness. ^
interested in the cause of peace in Viet- expressing the support of the entire rors of hard, distorting glass. When they
nam. student body, or merely their own feel- appreciate me they see only my sur- Time For Sp
ings? Did the steering committee inad- roundings, themselves, or figments of
Mike'emphasized that the entire by Eileen McFadden
vertently attempt to publically prove, to their imagination - indeed, everything
student body at Mercyhurst should not JC
the entire community, a wholehearted and anything except me." Honor- scholarship holders art
be taking credit for the work that was
done' by: a few students (meaning the backing of the Vietnam moratorium by Does a black want to be seen as a minority and like many minorities tl
Steering Committee). Many of the girls Mercyhurst College? black person? Some do; and some don't. have little recourse* except public c*
here, he said, are so apolitical that they It is an essential quality of man to An awareness of blackness demands that science. If they fail to achieve a
just can't be concerned about Vietnam be peace loving. It is not essential, how- one now accept that which was formerly average, they will, after a term of pr°l
and peace. "Mercyhurst girls | have to ever, that men be herded like sheep into rejected!and scorned. It requires a tre- tion, loseithe scholarship. If they canJJ
forget the traditions of the past - forget blind support of an idea. The Moratori- mendous amount of courage to say, "I afford Mercyhurst, then they must I
what this school was in the past. Change um stood out against the propositions of am black, not invisible." back the scholarship they have receij
must happen here or else it is going to be a democracy which seemingly suppress before they can be issued a transcrip.
Charles Silberman, author of be given a faculty recommendation.
a finishing school It's notla finishing an individual's rights. Any history book Crisis in Black and White, maintains that
school now,j but jit has tendencies to will clearly illustrate the process of law- the emergence of black Africa as a conti- As bondage becomes out-dateojj
become one." making by means of initiative, referen- Christian respect for the life and lib4
nent of|free and independent countries
dum and reform; On October 14, Mercy- of the individual, isn't it about time f
The Steering Committee has plans provides Black Americans with an oppor-
hurst students took the initiative. On scholarship bondage also becomes
for going to Washington in November to tunity to be proud of their blackness.
October 1 5 , | Mercyhurst students dated at Mercyhurst? As any discer
celebrate the two-day moratorium there. CThe purpose of the recently formed
^attempted a reform. Where $was the judge will see, this policy is particul
To defray some of the expenses, they referendum? Black organizations is to supplant this
plan to* have businesses finance them. courage to be black). discriminating towards the poor. If
Mike claims that there are many business does not have sufficient money to g
men who are against the war and would Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa| college in the first place, it is improb
be willing to I contribute to the cause of that one'slsavings will repay a ye
The Merciad two of college at $1300 a year. Th
peace,| by donating Amoney to send
students to Washington for the Moratori- Co-Editors . . .1 jl . . Joanne Kleinhenz, Mary Horsington the price of a transcript. The alternat
um. The present plans for this excursion Associate Editors Louise Durr, Valerie Mangin are: starting over at another college. I
,call for chartered buses and car pools to G.I. Bill, leaving the great institutioij
Lay-Out Editor | | - • X . Christa Vaughn
transport^ any students wishing to go. higher learning entirely, acquiring
Business Editor . . ,|. . . .|. . . A Tina George habit, or finding a husband?(diam°*
Further details should be available later.
Photography . | | . . iGeorge Hughes, Mike Moryc, Mary Ann Pleak are a girl's best friend).
If you are interested in working Editorial Staff i, Alicia King, Lynda Brooks, Al Messina,
for the cause of peace in Vietnam, con- To avoid ^the accusation of *
tact Mike Kosares and join the Steering Sharon Ford, Elaine Marsh, Peggy Murrell, grape sarcasm, 1 feel obligated to sug™
Committee here at Mercyhurst. Can you Linda Marcinko, Sue Williardson, Linda Maley, an alternative. Why not make the
think of a better way to show people Diane MacCarthy, Sheila Boss, Sandi Mangone, quircment for keeping the scholar
you don't want Mercyhurst to be a the successful completion of an
I Flo Golembeski, Brenda Frattlone, Eileen Kraus domic year by the beginning of tltfj
finishing school full of apolitical young Moderator |. Mr. Barry McAnd rew
women? lowing academic year.
a
4)
HE REVOLUTION AND WHY? 3
by Eileen Hcaly and mold. The student body of the CO

J | A Revolution has occurred on the Varricciho Government, however, had >

•cyhurst campus. Yet it has not been seemingly awakened overnight from* a
ly realized by members of our aca- complacent,? demeaning body to a CO
strongly opiniated group. The change •H
Iriic community. The opposition U
ich sprung almost immediately occurring in the outside world had
5 £> O
tlored the methods which?the Repre- stealthily bred holcs|in the walls of the
tative Union of Students has pro- contentment surrounding our govern-
mental structures. The Movement had to can't bear to watch other women get the
;ed. The pivot of the Constitution of
work underground because the govern- upper hand, especially in the case of
S was overlooked by the majority of styles and fashion;'
student body. mental structure had no elasticity. The
subsidiary committee of a subsidiary As I continued my interview j I
I Of the methods it was said; pres- committee was swallowed up byfstruc- heard several more stories with different
jje was used to attain the vote of con- ture. Government could not handleathe reasons but the same general idea. There
Jence. Guerilla theater incited the Movement because while the movement is no point in continuing these sad tales.
dents and parliamentary procedure - was breathing new life, our Government It is not my desire to sink you into the
I only means of insuring order was sus-
hded. The means usedlin bringing the
was dying. By the time Jeanne jjBaker
took the chair rigormortis had set in.
1 am going to applaud. I maylbe
wrong,|but it will be fun totfind out.
pits of anxiety and sorrow. Rather, I
would like to inform you?of a possible
folution to the front were undiplo- Government had become a government Congratulations to you! You are doing a hero in our midst. A hero? Yes, a valiant
ktic. | for its members, not its constituents. noble thing. —What is she talking about? crusader for the., rights of art and the
The Representative Union of What's agoing on?!? Well, as I was con- feelings and eyes of the students,and
I A revolution, reader, is not ducting a personal interview with the art- non-students who frequent the halls. For
Slomatic. Revolution occurs when Students has hoped to allow its student
representatives the forum to express and work on the walls of second floor Egan, as I continued 'toward S the far end of
llomacy fails. I made a few discoveries. The two labor- College Hall, past the wall hanging that is
act on the needs and wishes of the stu-
I "A constitution is not a law or an dent body. The voice of the'?, student ing old men hanging on the wall in Dr. begining totfade into the wall, I * spied
Lion, not the resolution of a dispute or body has. in the past been something to Bryan and Mr. Strum's hall complained some .rather gaping holes (not that the
i instrument of a particular program. put up with; it has not been listened to, thatlthey were so "tired of working day pictures displayed have much obvious
I isa a guiding charter, designed to nor in most cases has it ever been and night they I felt they looked faded pattern or reason for their arrangement).
'erate the abilities of succeeding gener- acknowledged, least wise understood. and old. Their farms were aching, and But there Iwere spaces where pictures
!
ons in their distinct and personal they wanted down for a rest. The neigh- weren't, and picture hangers were. Down
trch for an enlarged existence. Its The new constitution was pre- boring men on a raft across the hall said at the | very "end of the hall I made an
kievement' is gauged by the extent to sented first to the students because those they were cold from being half naked for even more unusual discovery. Two very
lien, in George Washington's words, it who constructed it felt that student so long, and felt as though they had been young and vivacious etchings were flirt-
ates security J with energy, security of support was needed before the new born and. would die sea sick. The Flight ing with a cocky young abstract. I had to
constitution was presented to the faculty into Eygpt painting sighed that one must chuckle at the impetuous nature of
fivate liberty and public order, with the
ergy of imagination and action neces- and administration. inevitably give up the running, and felt it youth for a moment, but my philosophi-
past, time to hop down and rest a while. cal speculation was cut short by the new
f y| to the beneficient conduct of public Those undersigned on the state-
burs."(RFK) £ f^M As I moved along I came across a mural question at hand. If those interviewed
ment of Intention are not radicals; they that was fussing and fuming a mile a know what is going on, they are keeping
R- The constitution of the jjPitney are not leftist and it would be fallacious minute. She was mostly neutral in color r
it a secret. I have but to speculate that
IdUcardi Governments may well have thinking if they are labeled as such. They save for several shades of green. I guess I somewhere there is someone deserving
ien such, but ?the student tbody are polite revolutionaries in the Ameri- would be'pretty upset if I was forced to recognition for a commendable deed. My
^porting those governments and thus can tradition. They have not destroyed remain in one place never changing or hand and time go tout to you, whoever
eir Constitution was of a distant time for the sake of destroying. / moving with the styles. F guess women you are. Congratulations!

RUS FELT BY MANY... STUDENTS REACT


plies that the support of the student hurst students. I have never heard of her
The following is a survey -Why does the constitution have so
hcerning the Representative Union of body is necessary in order for any effec- misleading anyone in ;the past and I'm
many different interpretations? Does it tive, act ion to be taken. In asking for a sure she won't begin now. •*
kdents, taken from a cross-section of say what we as students want it to say?
frcyhurst Students. The survey was vote of confidence from the students at The purposes of RUS are to inves-
pen about five days after the meeting Our survival as a definite power Wednesday's meeting, the RUS sought to tigate, initiate and direct all aspects per-
September 29. f| depends upon thoughtful re-examination get that needed backing. However, the tinent to the students of Mercyhurst
of the ideas of our "ancestors". Yet the vote was taken while the students re- College. Also the Representative Union
Thoughts of ourlBaby Revolu- results of these examinations must not mained largely "in the dark." In * retro- of Students will act as a bridge between
n: Human survival depends upon our cause serious repercussions simply be- spect, I feel that this approach was a students and administration. This
examination of the ideas of our an- cause the examiners wished to shock and poor move on the part of RUS. At the doesn't mean the students want to run
ftors. Our Student Government mem- didn't take enough time to consider it's same time, the student-body cannot be the school, they, we, feel we have a right
rs have done this andfereated a new effects on themselves and us in retro- commended for blindly supporting a to help it along though.
nstitution for we, its body. And it was proposal about which it knew very little. To get back on the pain topic
spect. It will only be as powerful as any
nuch needed creation. For, in so many If indeed amen {learn by experience, per- again, RUS has my complete faith. It's
immature Baby Revolution could be.*
ejects, our SGA has been hampered haps in the fu ture our student leadership strange but I made a promise to myself
necessarily byl "channels", boards, I Cagw-Junior will show a greater foresight and our last week, I promised I'd attend every
••• I student body will seek to become better meeting, I promised I'd do everything I
jher boards and red tape. In fact these I can't|deny that I was impressed
Minels are at times so lengthy that one informed. could to help, Hpromised I'd give my
with the Student Government meeting fullest attention to RUS in order to
uld wonder how the members of SGA last Wednesday. I could see the creativity Nancy Ryan-Junior
In't lose their wherewithal to continue make Mercyhurst a better College, the
and initiative that wentlinto the idea for • • •

best li in the Commonwealth, even the


5 resign to an apathetic pit of hell in Ifwas truly fascinated!with the
a Representative Union of Students. It Country. I promised I'd do all this be-
b* °* a "higher board's" knowledge. Representative Union of Students (RUS)
shows that somebody is thinking -around cause of one small, simple meeting.
to Yet our Student power leaders are here-thinking about us. For this I am meeting last week. Never before have I Something wonderful must have been
jt weak; they wanted ourl voices grateful. agreed with people as I did then. I was said, anyone not there missed a thrilling
f>ugh a dynamic SGA to survive. And impressed with the way the meeting was experience. I hope, maybe even pray
I see it as a step forward in solving carried on, everyone there had a chance
jough the ideas of a new, freer Consti- some of the problems around here, one that more will attend the next surely
Son, to also grow. Yet they lashed out to say something, anything.
of them being an ineffectual {Student even better meetine.
|Se new ideas just as a frustrated child Without knowing fully what was ^ Carol Helmle-Freshman
Government. Progress is the most im- r
.ies out when confronted with an portant product of Youth. And I'm sure going on, I stood in agreement. I felt as • • •

f-some Problem. And unfortunately if a new kind of light was shining on me. I; have to admit; I h ad \ forgot ten
w we are making progress. completely about the meeting until the
p ere many irrational "lashings They (those in charge) had my fullest
f • Consider these few: fj Melanie Carlucci-Sophomore attention and complete trust. I knew as girls put on the microphone at dinner
• • •
soon as they started to speak they knew that; night. I went to the meeting and
jhy the alienation of teachers from the That the students who formulated when the surge of students poured in I
jwion? Aren't they to be our equal what they were talking about. I knew
the constitution for R.U.S. expressed a they would explain everything to fits started feeling proud of Mercyhurst. (Al-
)ver cohorts? *
sincere desire for a more active involve- though I had no idea what was to come
absolute capacity and if I or anyone else
jhy were some of our elected repre- ment of the student body in the affairs about.) With the new Representative
had questions they would answer them.
(tatives to SGA excluded from the of the college cannot be questioned. Per- Union of Students I feel that we are real-
Pmng programs? Aren't they to repre- haps it is the means by whieh this group I keep referring to they because ly going to have a good year. \Maybe
r us
in v any student representative of students hoped to achieve that end I'm not sure of all the names of those everybody will start to care about things
r ssed?
We helped to elect you, not which warrants some criticism. The very that spoke. One? name I'm sure of is goingJ on around here and; outside. I
pause bitter feelings among each of us name of the new organization, the Jeanne Baker! I know she has always know that its about time I did.-:
the administration. * Representative Union of Students, im- given a large part of herself to Mercy- Sue Willardson-Senior
"policy" or work of an instructor. It
r FACU LTY Tl I seems that certain attitudes of a stu-
dent-body may pre-condition a definite

L COMMENT U | type of procedure of controlling the


learning-process.
The "ideal" student needs only a
by Dr. George Kovacs m
minimum amount of control as an imme-
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
diate motivation of regular work. How-
The time! has come^ when we ever, fin the occurrence of at less than
should be able to re-assess our self image "ideal" student-body there is an increase
in a learning situation at Mercyhurst in the temptations of an instructor, who
College. The beginning of a new academ- for some students, ^supposed to be re-
ic year canfbe a favorable occasion for sponsible for their personal success or fc

self-identification. The situation of this failure, to set up a type of more "every-


standing in-between an immediate past day" motivation for persevering study.
a classroom and not because that was a
and an oncoming future may promote a
required reading? Are all the students This is one of the more palpable
growing awareness of the "place" where \

even aware of the manifold possibilities signs of the, otherwise fortunate, inevit-
we stand or fall, walk forward or back-
of learning at the college? How many able interaction between the instructor
ward. | i
students ever took a course just for the and the class as a whole. One may won-
V i Is the individual student really in-
sake of intellectual curiosity although it der if the some time frequenticontrol-
volved in the difficult process of higher
may not have been required? procedures (those that are not required i
learning? Does the college itself truly
Take the example of the student by the veryimethod of learning a parti-
offer the challenge of higher education
unrest phenomenon at Mercyhurst: this cular subject)* may harm the free|and Jeanne Andraska
or merely that of training for the use of
movement di4 not show forth a genuine spontaneous growth of knowledge in the
"tools" in a pre-defined social machin|| !

concern with the complex question of context of higher education.


ery? So we indeed care about knowing
cross-examining the academia. It may
or do we try^to reassure ourselves of the A re-thinking of the examination
well be that the "ideal" student is satis-
orthodoxy of our successful understand- system and its assets seems to impose
fied with her (or his) individuality and
ing of all that we need in order to organ- itself instead of repairing the holes (made I spent this summer with Cherri
neglects the social dimension of the
ize a happy life in the immediate months by the. impact of the years) on | the Creque's family, an ex-Mercyhurst
or years to come? i learning-process.
The responsibility for the experi- edifice oft traditional procedures. This is student, in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Iglfjsiich questions makefus won- a task for both instructors and students. Living with St. Thomians exposed me to
der, then we may honestly think that we ence of college life, obviously, rests not
only on the shoulders of the student; the These were just a few examples an entirely different culture; a culture I
guess where we stand and that the dawn American only in the dollar and Coke.
of a new day is on the horizon of Mercy- work and the activity of the faculty as a and fthoughts on the necessity |for an
whole inevitably sets up certain condi- authentic dialogue within those involved These people have a definite European
hurst-world. Is the Mercyhurst student
tions or a general atmosphere of|the in the learning situation at the college culture modified to fit island life. This
actively sharing an experience of
learning situation. The student may level Obviously, the questions to be ana- small island is a possession of the United
knowing or is she merely undergoing a
"take or leave" the challenge offered by lyzed, and to be answered, are many and States and hopes to be up for statehood
process of fulfilling requirements? With-
the faculty. Take the example of inde- more complex than they seem to be at a soon. Uncle Sam tells them they are citi-
out any doubt|there are those who in-
pendent study. first glance. However, this is just one zens already; they pay taxes and since
deed become concerned in a genuine
way with the meaning of knowing and of Ajfaculty member may suggest a more invitation to a jgenuine concern World War II their young men have been
knowledge. These take the challenge and meaningful and up-dated program of per- about them; a concern ithat ijis shown drafted to serve our country. Right now
really advance in the adventure of learn- sonal research or study as a possible part forth in action in the present tense and many of Cherri's,-friends are fighting in
ing. of a course. However, the individual stu- not merely in an apparently patient ex- Viet Nam with our friends. These ^citi-
The intellectual curiosity and dent may itake the easier "way out" by pectation of some miraculous event of zens, however, are a special breed, since i
capability is a discoverable phenomenon remaining^satisfied with a usual kind of the future. - •-5 they have no voting rights either in our
on this "green hill" of ours. Many stu- course-work. Mercyhurstifaculty, by and elections for President* or fin choosing I
dents tby^and large, however, give the large, seems to encourage at a least in It should not be forgotten that their own governor. Naive as I am, I was
impression of an apathetic undergoing of principle this kind of learning, even action is not merely re-action, nor a put- shocked. Mom and apple pie propaganda J
an ambiguous process called college-life. though there is still much to be done in ting into I practice lof some knowledge, had me hooked. Although we fought a
Real care and concern is still not a daily this area. but it is part of the learning process it- Revolutionary War for justiee and equal
occurrence for the majority of the stu- | The student, let us face facts, can, self, since it is by action and in action rightsjl wonder if we still know what
dents. M • J inf some way, "force" a definite type of that man is enabled to know. these words mean in 1969?
jThis apathy cannot be considered
as the attitude of those who "give up" at 3
least for a certain time. It is not even the

THE MAUE MINORITY REPORT


way of those who because of their in-
grained structure are already fixed for
once and for all; and, consequently,
apathy became! their life altogether. by Al Messina found | that^ most of the opinions ex-
These kind of students form part of the prevalence of a j Puritan ethic,{and an
Mercyhurst College is now in its pressed were specifics pertaining to ultra conservative attitude with no in-
total student-body on any campus. academic and social conditions at the
The ^apathetic undergoing is the first full year as a co-ed institution, and sight into radical, contemporary society.
certainly one year is not enough to build College.
apathy of those who do not care and Whether these criticisms lack objectivity,
up a sizable male student enrollment. As With regard to the academic quali-
they know that they do not care; they or a just consideration, is another ques-
to the number of male applications re- ty offMercyhurst, most of the students
are aware of the fact that ithey are not tion. However, I do feel that categorizing
ceived by the!College during\the past generally voiced favorable remarks. Jeff
concerned and that they go through the the whole school into one ethic or mode
school year, I can offer no precise statis- Helfand, a transfer prom Perm State,
process of "education" because they ful- of action is unwarranted. But, there is
tics. But, I can safely say that many male stated: "Mercyhurst doesn't have the im-
fill the requirements and even maylbe- still an element of validity in their indictj
applicants were rejected because of mar- personal attitude that is present Jin so
come efficient in their projects. True ment.. "Mercyhurst jdraws fromJfor the
ginal academic \ performance tprior gto many of the larger institutions. Further-
apathy, therefore, is a more complex most part, Catholic girls schools", stated
their desired intention to enter Mercy- more, there is more of an intellectual at-
phenomenon. It concerns the un-concern Russ Sundy. He went on to say that this |
hurst College. Mercyhurst, then, is main- mosphere and students seem to take
of the apparently concerned student results in an\ultra conservative attitude |
taining its acceptance requirements even more interest in the topic of the courses
who is successful in going through col- resistant to the changes Mercyhurst must
lege. H | though the College is faced withfthe outside the classroom." Joe Fallon, a
veteran of thg Viet|Nam War, said^that make to successfully go co-ed. A number
Apathy, then, is thejsign of the financial difficulty over a tdecrease? in of other students made?relatively shnilat
student enrollment overs the |past few one of|the reasons|he has.come to
absence of the activity of knowing as comments in their judgment of the social
dialogue, that is, J of a living encounter years. |The male studentsfadmitted are Mercyhurst is because it has a relatively
nigh academic standing. "Classes are condition at Mercyhurst, but to state
with the wonders and puzzles of human reasonably intelligent people. More im-
smaller and more personal, but I often them all would only* belabor the issue, j
existence built on the experience offthe portant, however, isfthe fact! that I this
free and the open self as the human per- speaks I well for the administration's feel out of place because of it", was the The overall importance of tlu>
son. Apathy, therefore, suggests a stand- ability, under the pressure of a foresee- opinion expressed by Paul Anderson, a presentation is to give the whole student
still of|the vibrating growth called truly able financial crisis, to maintain the aca- Michigan University transfer. Lou Fallan, body a better understanding of the
and fully human life at its best. Apathy, demic standards of the school. a freshman, had a more optimistic view, frame of reference in which male stui
letjus put it clearly, is the escape from stating: "I enjoy attending Mercyhurst. dents are operating. Certainly I have
the call to be oneself. This is the root JThe primary intention of this arti- 11 h a 8 8 0 d facultv and l
:
been unable to voice each j student s
cle | i s | to voice the opinion of male jf ° Kke the
that nourishes the apathy-explosion courses available. And as the male enroll- opinion completely, and many specific
everywhere. j. students at the College land to state issues were omitted because securing a
tnev ment increases, I feel Mercyhurst will im-
generally! what experienced!upon prove academically." general impression was my primary con- |
^ ^ It is not difficult to findfmany entering Mercyhurst&jSome of the sideration. Some of the opinions stressed |
examples of this apathy. How many stu- I Although the academic situation
students complimented Mercyhurst as were not qualified and perhaps not en-
dents can say that they read a book be- at Mercyhurst received afnumber of
being a fine school, yet others pointed to tirely objective, but nevertheless, they
cause they just wanted to know favorable comments, the social life at the
the need for|change in a number of represent what the average male student
something more than what they heard in school was, for the most.part, attacked.
areas. Generally speaking, however,! I considered significant. *
Most opinions were directed against the
YOU H •

aOTTA H KIDDING
STUDENT TEACHING I S . . .
Hi! Hope you are all looking for- said a wordito you since she fixed you Student Teaching is|a 3-day cram course called Methods... a 20 seconds notice
%d to a smashing, stimulating year at s|up with a real live handi-wipe... You before an evaluation a dead car battery when you have to be in homeroom in
I Portnoy's Complaint of Erie! | say you were grossed outf 22 times be- .130 minutes lesson plans decided upon five minutes before you teach a class.
What's that| you |say? . . . You ifore you even hit the ladies room at the Student Teaching is a lot of fun on a rainy day because that is when the kids start
te this place?!..Oh horrors! What- mixer? . . . and some adorable APD tap- climbing the walls and you face your biggest "challenge"
ped you on the a - and asked lyou
| r leads you to utter such words of Student Teaching is when you end up teaching a lesson on something you haven't
"What's coming down?"... You say
ntempt?...|Ah!...No?...Real- you were}mad when you found out it had yourself since 9th grade..* "$
l You don't say? . . . Tsk! Tsk! . . . wasn't a line, but really your panty
'op it - your're making me cry! . . . To Student Teaching can be a cooperating teacher who) never lets you out of his/her
hose? . . . What's that about an "Intel- sight or a cooperating teacher you don't see again after the second day you
Ink that he would do somethingjlike lectual Wasteland"... the faculty
fit to you!... Oh dear, and with your are there. *; i W
lounge? . . ,|My, My, dear child, you cer-
st friend!... and what's t h a t . . . Your tainly are up tight! . . . Oh, your friends Student Teaching is being sick for a day and having your class ask you why you came
aommate? .. I Gracious me! . . . I find are t o o . . . well, this is your lucky back it's being hit in the back of the head with a paper wad it's being
at hard! to believe!...'What's this day . . J Don't fret, pet - Daphne's told to get at the end of the line because the cafeteria lady doesn't believe you are
out your Poli Sci prof? . . . No! . . . here . . . Address all your gripes, groans, a student teacher. g
k! Tsk!... Well, you'd never tliink to gasps, garbage, fgooseflesh, gospels, gos- Student Teaching is when you don't know what to do because a Sophomore boy
I k at him... And you| say your sip, goldenrules and gaiety to: asked you out an hour after you said no to the 50 year old Chemistry teacher.
mmer love was idyllic,| ephemeral,
Daphne Delight Student Teaching is coming back on campus at night feeling like an outcast because
"eezy, sandy, zingy, swingy, but your
Merciadf .' lyou haven't the slightest idea what is going on around you.
*mmer's end was disillusioning, tearful,
Drop them in the big box in the Post
M tearing and torturous!... You say Student|Teaching is having a -soggy lunch sore feet headaches and
Office with my name on i t . . . all letters
*.u can't make up your mind between toothpicks to hold up your eyelids because you are so tired.
will be answered in the Merciad or per-
erry and gray or green and white . . .
1 sonally by request... so let| yourself
d your bed's smack up against the
go . . . it's all between you and me and
Ithroom wall in Egan and you'd like to
B the world! So 'til next time, remember ..:-.&\ ••:.- J * <-•'•:':",:•' '• •'•'-

iow when theylwill be serving|prune

soautomatic
the words of D. D "If you got it, 3§
Ice for breakfast so you can sleeptin
cAuley? . . . And your Big Sister hasn't flaunt it!"

I The following|is a discussion concerning the change of our college name by


• VSS f « i YES YESf YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 0) five students presently attending school here: f
U& YSS YES YES|YES YES ?YES YES YES YES YBg BOB ZONA: |"My first impulse, beingfa male student, is to say yes. But when I
. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES D consider what is at stake, I thinkfthe matter should be examined very closely
e iS YEo YES YES YE| YES |YES YES YES &ES YEb before action is taken. >f

. YES;YES YSSJYB6-Y&b V A / , i n . , YES YSS


BRENDA BROMLEY: ^'Bclng a Freshman, I've only been here for a month. But I
sES YES YES YES YES Y\ VVe Ve L » 0 - e a ^ YES feel a college such as this needs a name like Mercyhurst. It's a 'different' sort of
J YES YES YES YES YES YES fe| *ES I I I YES YES place and|it needs a name to express that. College, to me, was always made to
m jm Y|S|YF.S YES YES YES YES YES YES I YES
i YES YES YES YES YESf YES YES JYKSjYKS YES YES
o sound* cold and impersonal. At Mercyhurst, however, |l have found love and
concern much more prevalent and I think the name expresses this atmosphere."
MARY HORSINGTON:, "I definitely feel that Mercyhurst should change .its
I5S YESiYPS YES YES YES YEo YES YES YES YES
name. » »

I YKSfYiiS Y f s YES YES YSS YES YES YES YES Y l O) MAGGIE ?BOSTAPH: "But, I think to many hard feelings will result from a
change. it

BOB ZONA: "And it must be remembered that it's taken more than the 600
I students presently attending the college to make Mercyhurst what it is."
(NAME WITHHELD): "That's right;jalumni, faculty, adminstration, etc. should
"also have a say."
MARY HORSINGTON: "But Mercyhurst connotesja feminine?institution, and
obviously we are notlonger feminine. It's like calling all the men on our campus
•Ann'" |1 | | •
MAGGIE* BOSTAPH: "We think of Mercyhurst as affeminine name. But, as was
I t mentioned at the 'Lady of Mercy' Mass a few weeks ago, the most merciful person
that has ever walked this earth (Jesus Christ) was anything but feminine."
BOB ZONA:* "The connotation of femininity has been with the school since 1926,
but after Mercyhurst has been co-ed a while that connotation will drop."
MARY HORSINGTON: | "But meanwhile we have to recruit more co-eds to keep
* this new change Imoving along. A name that appeals |to everyone will help
'encourage' men to apply here."
BRENDA BROMLEY: "They seemed to manage to bring quite a few masculine-
type co-eds with the name as it is. What's the importance of a change?"
MAGGIE BOSTAPH: "And what about names with similar 'feminine' sounds -
boys schools like Villa Nova or|Notre Dame - they certainly don't seem to
suffer." W
BOB ZONA: 'There's a lot of pride associated with the name Mercyhurst, as I have
noted since the beginning of my fstudent teaching. People lookfup to the name
and we should be cautious about any change."
MARY HORSINGTON: "Cautious maybe, but let's not be over-protective. Mercy-
hurst - the 1926 girls' 5finishing school - has outgrown this one-sided
femininity."

WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS ALSO? THE


MERCIAD WILL TABULATE THE VOTE AND RESULTS WILL BE
PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT ISSUE:
Mercyhurst should be renamed: Yes, No

If yes, what name do you suggest?


% *
••

What's this Colloquy weekend called Involvement '70 all about?


First of all, a colloquy is an "explosive" happening, a "total' experience
beginningSon Friday nightland ending on Sunday afternoon. A mass of persons -
college students from the tri-state area, doctors, lawyers, businessmen, politicians,
magazine editors, radicals, moderates - people with deep convictions and those with
deep confusions arrive on campus for the weekend - they eat with the students, live
with the students, think with the students... communicate with the students -
conversation never stops from the wee hours of the morning 'till late at night.
The idea of Colloquy Weekend originated at Bucknell University in 1966 - its
appearance has changed but not its ultimate purpose as it sweeps campuses across
Pennsylvania and New York. It is Jan entirely student organized program whose
ultimate purpose is to enable a communication between man — to bridge a part of
the communication gap here and now.
"Colloquy is the voice of challenge. To become informed, to test values and
convictions, tto come up against committed personsjto learn from differences of
opinion, to try tojfind healing within our society, to care deeply about something
more than self, and in general to stretch the mind: yes, to be uncomfortable.
by Sandi Mangone Colloquy succeedsjin shocking individuals into the realization of|the world in and
{Recently, there fwas a survey since it is not effective they feel we are around us. That is, to become aware by becoming involved."
taken of the Mercyhurst residents con- now very susceptible to any "outsiders" Mercyhurst Colloquy*'70 will be held this year on February 13th, 14th, and
cerning the effectiveness of the. Daub's that may wish to enter our|grounds or 15th. It has changed slightly in appearance from last year - there will be a concentra-
Security Service on our campus. The buildings. The students, therefore, are tion of six issues: Sacred and Psychedelic, Minority Groups, (Puerto Ricans, ex-con,
following comments and suggestions requesting that Sr. Rita Pancierajcheck Indians), Experimental Living, Philosophy of Love, Morality of Modern Medicine,
were submitted to Sandi Mangone by a up on some of these points and remedy and New Politics. There are only six issues this year so that there can be a greater
floor representative and were then given them if possible. If involvement with each issue.
to Sr. Rita Panciera for consideration, f
*5 * •K«K*t • K f K *
>
ED. COUNCIL
1. The Daub's men should be fully •K** «K4-T+ «K«fI*
informed of all the rules and regula-
tions concerning permissions, hours *
JftJ*

> •*»^^HTM<«K_*
PROPOSED
for locking buildings, etc. An idea for something new has
«-7*» ' + > ! * > : «K « K * been launched by the Education Depart-
2. The Daub's men are too "friend- by Mike Moryc ment here at Mercyhurst. On September
ly" with the students and are often 29th, the members of the department
seen in: McAuley Hall lobby* talking I Long for the solitude of that morning
met and approved of a plan whereby stu-
to Ithe - girls instead of patrolling our Whenithe forest with its dents would begin to take part in the
campus. decision-making power of the Education]
breath of freshness,
3. The doors are never locked on Department. Together with several faculj
time and sometimes are not locked at wearing|a patchwork quilt ty members, the plan calls for students
all. This is especially true of the Bald- I of new fallen!leaves, to have voice and vote on what is termed
win apartments. an "Education Council".
4. There is not adequate lighting Silently cried out The idea for this Education Coun-
near the library, chapel, and! other in sorrowful Jubilance- cil springs prom the fact that students
various places on campus. Change can and should participate in their own
education. Typical of many college stu-j
5. There should be a direct number
I Walked toward the ancient hemlock dents today, the| Mercyhurst student
or location in which the students can
seems to be making his or her presence
get inf touch with the Daub's men.
Too often they are nowhere to be
Marveling in its known more dynamically than ever be-
|immortality--j fore. To supplement and aid this growing
found when they are needed. interest in the student appears as one ofl
6.|If the present system of security A crystal snowflake fell the goals of the proposed Education
was carried out in the proper manner in a moment of selfishness Council. I I
it would be more than adequate.
f Dr. William Bryan, head of the
7. There should be more Daub's men And I watched her melt Education Department, states in the
on duty. Two men aren't enough for in tbefpalm of my hand. proposal: "I see fthis academic year as
this campus and the; Mother House. critical in the innovation of our educa-
The apartments needs one tman on tion program. I foresee many needed
duty at all times.
8. Phone numbers! should not be
given out to anyone by the Informa-
tion Office. I
> Child
Mercyhurst is the snob on the h i l l . . . it is the class tree no one has ever seen
changes and feel that the students whose
education is involved should have a say
in how their education is organized and
implemented." The> Education Council,
or heard about jg lit's the Grotto full of machinery for the new dorm. hopefully, will act as the generator bej
g The majority of the students felt
Mercyhurst is the bookstore - the department store without adequate hind this participation.*
that our present system of security books . . . it's "Let's order out; dinner's lousy!" . . . it's flying kites off the cafeteria
would be more than adequate if it was roof. Membership on the Education
carried out bv the Daub's men. However Council will consist of: Sister Susanne.l
I Mercyhurst is tradition . . . Little Sisters and Brothers, the Koehler beer party, Sister Patricia, Miss Cappello, Mr. Libra,
Herman's after the play.. |it|is|revision . | . unlimited hours, no dress code, no* Mr. Sturm, Dr. Bryan, Senior elementaryj
compulsory religious practices... it is growth . . . expanding library?, a new dorm major, Senior secondary student, Juniofj
Burhenn's Pharmacy the seniors don't want to live in, night classes. | 1 n elementary major, Junior secondary
Corner 38th St. and Pine Ave student, Cadet teacher in|first or second!
^Mercyhurst is culture . . . the "cooperation" of the college group . . . itfis
Phone 456-7762 religion . I, daily Mass at 11:00; what chapel? • I year of teaching. The entire Council vw
Erie, Pa. serve as the policy!making body of thej
Mercyhurst is students... papers Ito sell, optional finals.. lit is Resi- Education Department. Each membel
dents, . . prowlers, bull sessions 'til 4:00 a.m.Jthe senior Big "E" award . . . it is would have a single vote. Student memj
"dayhops"^ . . the "zit" lounge, a ride to the,3-D's, parking on the grass. bers on the Council would be elected b]
Colonial Bakery Shop H Mercyhurst is social|activities... the "basic" lounge, beer and conversation, the elementary andlsecondary students]
Pasteries, Decorated Cakes concerts, Colloquy. M |J respectively. They would be elected foA
I §3717 Pine Ave. two yearfterms to insure continuity on
Mercyhurst is a blind date for Friday night... no money, so polish your the Council. The Chairman of the DH
456-0811 thumb * •
partment would also act as the chairman
Mercyhurst is faculty . . . T.D., Dr. Pullano, SMAFI. ^ties optional... no of the Council. I
Quality Dry Cleaning habits... help when we need i t . . . coffee with the students .§1 Herman's.
During a time when students ]
Shirt Laundry Service Mercyhurst is R.U.S.G.A.? . . . the movement . Agnostics Anonymous Mercyhurst seem toibe striving|to
PARIS CLEANERS student activities center M . S.Uf... Merciad office. heard and recognized as vital factors o\
this institution, the Education Depart
4025 Pine Ave.| | | Mercyhurst is school pins? . . . commuting student teachers... inde- ment appears to have initiated a pi*
I 866-7641 pendent studies... intercession abroad . . . it is the final march of the jobless which will allow this very nccesi
vestal virgins . . . an end and a beginning, fa way to the future in spite of the past. point of departure. Bravo! |

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