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by Ed OK*»f» rate outstripped its processing for such things as A new computer is now computer capacity, Penrod payrolls, ledgers and being installed to meet said. registration, Penrod said. increased enrollment in the The older Prime 550 had The Prime 750 will be used computer science program worked at 97-98 percent for student and faculty work and greater administration capacity before the purchase and research in such areas demand for computer of the new computer. The as physics, design and access. Prime 550 was handling all of mathematics. The new computer, a Gannon's administrative The tentative date for full Prime 750, was bought business computer needs as operational use of the Prime several weeks ago by the well as student and faculty 750 was Nov. 2, Penrod said. university for a reported cost research needs. The Prime 750 has been of $250,000. The Prime 750 With everything the Prime partially operational for two appears on the outside to 550 had to do response time weeks. A temporary look like Gannon's older was unacceptable for shutdown of both computers Prime 550 computer, but the students, teachers and was needed to install Prime 750 is more advanced administrators to have to communication boards from in its functions, said Burger deal with, Penrod said. the Prime 550 into the Prime Penrod, director of The problem was not that 750. Once the communication QUEEN OF THE BALL — Newly-crowned Homecoming Queen Nancy Sauers (second computer services. the Prime 550 was working boards were installed the from left) receives a congratulatory hug from last year's queen, Lynn Ruffing. Robert Hill, According to Penrod, the at too high a capacity, but Prime 750 became fully Nancy's escort, and Gannon President Dr. Joseph Scottlno wait to add their Prime 750 has two main that it was handling operational. congratulations. For a pictorial recap of Homecoming Week, see pages • and T.pkM k, Km, H-, advantages First, it has information from two twice as much memory distinct areas, he said. This capacity as the Prime 550, slowed the computer's in financial aid and, secondly, the new response time. computer has four times as One computer handling much disc storage capacity both administration and a.*the old computer academic needs is an These advantages are the improper blend, Penrod Budget act produces more changes major reasons Gannon said. The administration by MMWMI Hunter Students whose adjusted Grant and the maximum Loans to Assist Students) bought the new computer, does their processing one As a result of the Budget gross family income is above award is now $1,900, Treiber was raised effective Oct. 1 Penrod said. But he added way and teachers and Reconciliation Act signed by $30,000 must pass a "need" said. from nine percent to 14 these advantages became students do theirs another President Reagan, some test in order to qualify, yet The Supplemental percent. necessary because of the way. The outcome was that changes will be made in the those whose income is Educational Opportunity rising demands for computer the Prime 550 held back amount of aid available to $30,000 or less will Grant has set its maximum Also, the College Work access. student research and students beginning with the automatically qualify. award at $2,000 and no longer Program is now In the past two years the administrative information. 1981-82 school year. These The maximum yearly loan requires exceptional required to pay at least the number of students enrolled Penrod said the "Prime 750 changes will make it more allowance will be dropped financial need. It has also federal minimum wage. in the computer science is going to make a world of difficult to obtain financial from $3,000 to $2,500, and the removed its cumulative A free financial aid program has doubled. Since difference." aid, said James Treiber. minimum yearly repayment maximum award limit, he for parents will be computing has taken on a Now that Gannon has two financial aid officer. will be raised from $360 to said. presented by Dick Sukitsch, very aggressive role at computers it can assign Probably the biggest $600. Interest on the Parent director of admissions, and Gannon it was a "blessing" different functions to each. change has come in the The Basic Educational Loans for Undergraduate Treiber. Notification of the to receive the Prime 750 The Prime 550\will be used Guaranteed and Federally Opportunity Grant has Students (whose name has date will be publicized in before the school's growth for administration Insured Student Loans. changed its name to the Pell been changed to Auxiliary November. « Bennett attends economics forum

bySiwSippU Future: Political and to be able to go to a balanced different sectors. The issues Charles A. Bennett, Economic Incentives." More meeting where they brought and problems discussed are ASSASSINS are stalking the campus in search of director of the center of than 25 nationally prominent together people from things that students and unsuspecting victims. Beware of figures lurking in the Economics, recently featured speakers and teachers would be interested shadows and people carrying dart guns, page 3. attended the Fifth National panelists were involved in in. The information also Forum on Jobs, Money and the program. helped me directly with an READERS write to the editor this week about conditions People, held Oct. 12-14 in Bennett said the forum economic awareness in science and engineering labs and with comments on last Washington, D.C. was different from the program that I do with week's "Advocate" , page 4. Bennett was one of the 95 meetings he normally employees of a local people chosen nationwide to attended. "There were company," Bennett said. EDWARD ALBEE'S lecture at Mercyhurst College and participate in an in-depth leaders from business, labor, The annual conference is Tom Wolfe's latest book are reviewed in this week's Arts examination of the problems media and government. With co-sponsored by the Fiscal and Leisure section, pages 8 and 9. and possible solutions this mix of speakers and Policy Council, a non-profit involved in financing the participants, we got a more economic research and REV. LUKE ZIMMER knocked some people out with his country's future. balanced view of the education . unusual powers when he came to Erie two weeks ago. Bennett was awarded an problems we face," he said. Individuals who are Zimmer and professor of parapsychology Dr. John Fleming expense paid scholarship in The issues that were honored with scholarships offer explanations for the phenomenon, page 10. order to attend the forum. discussed at the forum have are chosen from hundreds of The theme of this year's helped him in various ways, nominations received from THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS, both and soccer, forum was "Financing the Bennett said. "It helped me «wnw Mrawn all parts of the nation. make Homecoming worth celebrating, page 12 November 4,1981 The Gannon KNIGHT New method makes Institutional planning fun

* by Dov* Sdtutti Enterprises, which includes center, is now underway, You might expect that the films, Disneyland and Haas said. people serving on university Disney World. Haas said. So far these are the only planning teams find their It was brought to Gannon two projects being planned tasks dull, tedious and by Haas and Gannon with this method, which boring, but you almost President Dr. Joseph "seems to lend itself to certainly wouldn't expect Scottino with help from a planning for specific that institutional planning man who used it at General projects rather than more could be fun. Electric in Erie. "We found comprehensive planning," Yet that's how Rev. out one of the most know- he said. Francis Haas, director of ledgeable persons at So the special projects planning and institutional General Electric was Mr. planning committees use research, described the Robert Mclntyre, and so we this, but the many other planning lhat was done for contacted him and he agreed planning bodies Gannon has the move of offices to the to help us understand what it don't. Gannon has a standing new Student Services Center was," Haas said. Mclntyre University Planning Team and that is being done about explained it, Scottino and that deals with planning the proposed student Haas were impressed by it, affecting the whole recreation facility. and they decided to use it university. Gannon also has The people involved in initially on two projects. 14 standing Component those two planning projects •Planning Units. Special said they have "never been The first one, the move of project planning is done by offices from Old Main to the in a planning meeting where committees — like the ones it's been so much fun," Haas Student Services Center on working with the storyboard said. 5th and Peach Streets, was planning - which are The reason for the fun is a begun in August and finished created for a special purpose new type of planning being in September. The move is and then dissolved. used by Gannon for the first now underway, with some The way it works - and offices planning to move in time for those projects: it's the reason it's so fun — is called storyhoarding and by Thanksgiving and the rest through the placing of cards by Jan. 1. was originated by Walt containing ideas, THE BOARD TELLS THE STORY — Richard Dunford. vice president for student Disney, who used it for all The second project, the suggestions and proposals personnel services, makes a point using the storyboard at last Thursday's institutional aspects of Disney design of the recreation from members of the planning meeting. The committee is using the storyboard to help plan the student union and planning group on a large athletic facility. photo by Mik. MCCWK board for a 11 to see. CELEBRATE WITH "It's a technique lhal is learn was doing simply by 1 "More is better." 2. wild, crazy or stupid. Han entirely visual," Haas said. looking at the storyboard. he "Wilder is better." 3 Ideas said. BIG SAVINGS AT There are no papers to page said. In other methods of can be piggybacked, that is. There is no criticism in through and no minutes of planning "communication is one idea can lead to another this stage so that people who OUR BIRTHDAY SALE the meeting to take. All the a problem because which can ride on the first. may ordinarily be afraid to thoughts coming out of each everything has to be v*ntten 4. No criticism is allowed. submit ideas will soy what meeting are placed on cards down and read " No idea is they think without fear of on the board which tells the lost with storyboarding. he Storyboarding "stimulates being told it's a lousy idea story of what the group is said. creative thinking" because it The design of the entrance ©YAMAHA doing, he said. According to Haas, there encourages people to throw of the Student Services FEATHERWEIGHT HEADPHONES Anyone not on the planning are only four rules for the out ideas, ali of which get on Center, for example, will be ORTHODYNAMIC DESIGN learn could tell what the first stage of storyboarding: the board "no matter how- continued on pog» 3 SAVE PORRECO MOTORS ALL Sales-Service-Parts MODELS

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The games are exactly semester in order to remain At the beginning of each work; 4, there are no truces; will not be used in order to by Dov»Gr»«h protect their innocence, The assassin walked that — games. The weapons in the organization. session, a game official S, the organization is not are dart guns and the bullets assigns a specific "victim" responsible for any personal stress the fact that their inconspicuously through the organization is not a night fog. His hand grasped are rubber tipped darts. The The entrance fee for each to each member. The damages; and 6, violation of victims, who are fellow club new game session is two assassins then proceed at the rules results in the fraternity, but a means by the gun as his index finger which to provide social quivered on the trigger. The members, don't really die, dollars per participant. The random to seek out their violators being dismissed but are only eliminated from winner, that is the last respective targets, who are from the organization. interaction between on victim had only enough time campus students and to notice the silhouette of his the game upon being hit by person "alive," or left to be fellow members, being sure one of the rubber tipped eliminated, receives the to obey the rules of their own The members of the students who live off hunter against the full moon campus. as he fell slowly to the cold darts. money as a prize. constitution. Assassin Club, whose names ground. Some general rules The purpose of the Also receiving small included in the constitution Although greatly JEUS, MIRTH MRTS, JMKETS AGAPE FELLOWSHIP exaggerated, this could be Assassin Club is to provide monetary rewards are the are that: 1, the NLRC and all members with the most classrooms are off limits to UMTS, JWEITHS, SMES, ETC. PRAISE. PRAYER the scene as members of the social interaction among its ft MRU STUDY Assassin Club at Gannon members, each of whom creative "kill," and the all shootings; 2, the use of stalk each other during their must participate in at least members with the most body guards is prohibited; 3, American Surplus Store THUWOAY AT 11:00 Z-SIS game sessions. one game during the "kills." no one can be shot while at 411 Stit. Strwt ALL STUDENTS WELCOME Put It on your calendar now... ALPHA PHI OMEGA'S Storyboard planning New at the library 3RD ANNUAL Here's a list of new books available at the library: Earth Sciences Galileo At Work: His Scientific Biography by Stillman PANCAKE BRUNCH saves time, effort Drake. for StMdy Striven Of Eri* County Sociology Equal Employment Policy For Women by R. 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