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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929 FEAUTURES SPORTS “Curioddessey” ‘Hurst LAX shop off ers antique player goes and exotic professional merchandise Page 3 Page 9 Vol. 79 No. 18 Mercyhurst College 501 E. 38th St. Erie Pa. 16546 March 29, 2006 THE MERCIAD Literary Research Festival Colloquium presents planned wide array By Jessica Kocent of talent Contributing writer By Alecia Guerra Kappa Delta Pi, the Education Contributing writer Honors Society, is excited to present the First Annual Colloquium of Edu- cational Research and Teaching on The Mercyhurst College Literary March 31. Festival brings its second artist, author This event will feature a number of Robert Coover on Tuesday April 11. student presentations, panel discussions Coover, winner of the Willaim Faulkner and a presentation and question-and- Award, will speak at 7:30 p.m in the answer session by mental health expert Taylor Little Theatre. The event is free John Perricone. and open to the public. Dr. Ruth Auld, Assistant Professor Coover is a professor in the literary in the Special Education Department, arts program at Brown University. He said that, “the education department is also a renowned American writer. Corrie Thearle/News editor wanted to organize this function to He has written 15 books and his style Senior Brenda Steib helps sophomore Hillary McCormick and other students with fi nancial aid questions. show Mercyhurst College that educa- can be described as fabulation and tion majors do more than make bulletin metafi citon. boards and that education majors have Coover has written many novels, some to do a lot of research just like other include “The Origin of the Brunists,” majors.” “The Universal Baseball Association, Tuition jumps 6.2% All student presentations are from Inc.” “Pricksons and Descants,” A Mercyhurst education majors who Night at the Movies,” and “Pinocchio Students struggle to keep pace with rising tuition costs have done research on everything from in Venice.” bias in the classroom, to stereotypes He has won a variety of awards that and socioeconomic status, as well as include The William Faulkner Award By Joshua Wilwohl Editor-in-chief a number of presentations on ways to and has received the Dungannon improve the classroom environment for Foundation’s Michael M. Rea Award both students and teachers. for his lifetime contribution to the Mercyhurst students may have to The panel discussions will feature short story. reach deeper into their pockets next students who have chosen to modify Not only has Coover won awards, but year to accommodate their tuition bill. their courses by making them keystone he has also contributed to the estab- According to Vice President of courses. lishment of the Electronic Literature Finance Jane Kelsey, tuition will hike A keystone course, according to Auld, Organization (ELO). The Electronic 6.24 percent from the national average is much like an honors course. These Literature Organization is a non-profi t of 5.9. students have simply chosen to go organization initiated in 1999 to pro- The increase, up 1.04 percent from above and beyond in the classroom in mote the creation and enjoyment of last year, rounds the total cost for the order to enrich their experience. electronic literature. 2006-07 school year to $27,822 from Keystone classes ask a student to English professor Dr. Kenneth Schiff, the current $26,187. learn “through the lens of an educa- discussed the selection of Robert The new price will include: tuition at tor.” Through these projects students Coover as a speaker and the upcoming $18,930, room and board at $7,458 and will apply skills that they have already events of the Literary Festival. mandatory fees at $1,434. learned and skills they will need for their Schiff said he chose Coover to speak According to a release from the Katie Diley graphic futures in the classroom. because he was quite famous and is fi nancial aid offi ce, the student govern- One major highlight of the Col- an excellent writer. He thinks that ment fee will remain the same from the loquium of educational Research and Coover is one of the major fiction 2005-06 school year at $165. Room The graph above displays the rise in tuition over the past three years, along with the new tuition cost for next school year. Teaching is the presentation on the Zen writers today. rates increased 4.9 percent or $174, and Art of Public School Teaching by Schiff has read some of Coover’s while board rates increased six percent Kelsey noted that the increase is also improve students’ learning environ- John Perricone. short stories and enjoyed them because or $210. due to salaries. “We need to increase ments,” said Kelsey. Perricone’s presentation can actually they are experimental and interesting. “In many aspects it is like we are run- salaries to attract and retain very good Kelsey pointed out that Mercyhurst benefi t not only Education majors, but He hopes and expects that the audience ning a small city,” said Kelsey. “There faculty,” she said. is still in the lowest total cost of atten- also students majoring in psychology, gains an appreciation of contemporary are necessities that need to be paid: Other causes included science lab dance out of 16 schools, including trash removal, maintenance, water and investments and maintenance of build- Please see Teaching on page 2 Please see Festival on page 2 electric.” ings. “We must constantly preserve and Please see Tuition on page 2 MSG elections gives students a voice required is available to fi ll out. of who they are voting for, and we are By Sarah Sheehan The form asks the candidate ques- providing that opportunity.” Contributing writer tions about involvement within MSG Palm also explained the purpose of and the college, information about who supplying a picture. The Mercyhurst Student Government the candidate is and why their fellow “The idea of the picture is so that elections for the executive board will be students should vote for them. voters will be able to put a face with a held on April 5 and 6. In addition to this information, a name. Often times students might not The positions that students will vote photograph of the candidate is also know a person’s name, but they are for will include president, vice president required. familiar with the person’s face.” (on the same ticket), treasurer and sec- All of this information will be made “This allows for a better informed retary positions. available to voters on election day. choice,” Palm added. Elections will also be held on April Ryan Palm, the current treasurer of Anyone who plans to run for a MSG 12 and 13 for MSG senior, junior, MSG, commented on this process. position must fulfi ll the requirements of sophomore, resident and commuter “We feel this process is better than the completing the candidate form. representatives. Letter of Intent process because this They must submit their personal The voting will take place in the Stu- will allow voters to have more informa- photograph and also read the “Rep- dent Union on the dates mentioned tion about the candidates they are going resentative Application Information” above. to select,” he said. document on the MSG Web site. This year there is a formal application “Instead of blindly choosing candi- Candidates must sign the last page of process to be completed in order to be dates, students now have the option of this document before April 5. on the ballot. reading up on the candidates and making The forms can be turned into the In previous years, all that was needed an informed choice,” he explained. Offi ce of the Student Union & Student was a letter of intent. Palm went on to say that, “Just as in Activities and the picture can be emailed This year on the MSG Web site at the presidential or congressional elec- to [email protected]. KRT photo http://msg.mercyhurst.edu/ the form tion, voters often wish to be informed Students will vote for MSG representatives in the student union. PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD March 29, 2006 NEWS To contact: [email protected] Literary festival provides different outlets of enjoyment for all Mercyhurst members World Briefs Continued from page 1 range of other artistic medi- International news ums. literature. The Lumen will be presented Coover will conduct a book as both a hard copy magazine Compiled by signing following his lecture. and an interactive CD. Corrie Thearle Youth law protest The Literary Festival will This year, the Lumen will be More than one million people also welcome Li-Young Lee on in 3-D, accompanied by 3-D are estimated to have joined dem- Wednesday April 19. glasses. onstrations across France against Lee is an accomplished poet The CD also includes dance the government’s controversial and poetry reader. clips from the dance department, youth employment laws. The climax of the Literary music from the music depart- Fighting broke out as protest- Festival will be the unveiling of ment and full color art from the ers gathered in Paris, and missiles the Lumen, Mercyhurst’s award- art department. were hurled at police as they winning magazine. This year’s Literary Festival moved into the crowds to try to Many students submit mate- promises to provide enjoyment remove troublemakers. rial to the Lumen each year for for all members of the Mercy- Reports from Paris explain that publication. hurst College community. the protest was initially mainly The Lumen is comprised of peaceful, but the mood had de- Contributed photo short stories, poetry and a wide teriorated. Writer Robert Coover will speak at the TLT on April 11.