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By C.J. Christensohn On May 1st, the Julliard String Quartet will make its first appear- In an effort to improve the ance tin Erie. According to Sam musical offerings available in the Rotman, the ^director of the Erie community, fthe D'Angelo D'Angelo School of Music, "it took School of fMusic has obviously three months of negotiations to get concentrated on quality in select-, them into the Mercyhurst College ing performers for the 1987-88 series." The Quartet has made over Concert & Recital Series. 150 recordings on the CBS Master- All oHthese presentations take works label. place i n i t h e Tech Memorial High| The outstanding element of the series is the cost. Unfortunately, School Auditorium on 332 5 J V Cherry!Street at 2:30 p.m. according to Rotman, "the The first artist in the series is President's Card does not cover Oxana Yablonskaya, a concert the cost of these events." Fortu- pianist who left the Soviet Union. nately, a ticket for every event in She will execute a variety of the series, five outstanding con- pieces, including Mussorgsky's certs, is only $10. An individual "Pictures at?an Exhibition." Con-* ticket for an event, if available, is certgoers can see her on Oct. 4. $5, and can be purchased the day of the concert. j 1 The onset of )Novemberjbrings Members of the Julliard String Quartet. L to R: Robert Mann, Violin; Nathaniel! Rosen, jja top prize One factor that makes this a winner in the*?Tchaikovsky*Com- Rhodes spectacular price is the fact that petition. On the first, the concert Prize winner, CeCelia Rae Chais- March is accompanied by the New the Julliard String Quartet cellist appears in Erie after* his son. The soprano is considered^to York* Woodwind Quintet. The uplaye d in New York last year, tour of the music capitals of the be "one of the major talents on the Quintet is the|premier woodwind and the tickets went for $40 world. J! I American vocal scene? today." ensemble in the United States, and apiece," according to Rotman. February 7, 1988, marks the (Larry Stayre,Metropolitan Opera celebrated its 40th anniversary If you are interested, call 825- return of the : 1987 D'Angelo House) I last season. Sunday the 13th marks 0394 before Sunday to reserve Young Artist Competition First The proverbial '.roaring in of this event. tickets for the concert. Campus Center Adds On By Jill Chiccarino program. A new heating system is being INSIDE Here we are, four weeks into installed for the comfort of the the school year here at the 'Hurst players, fans, coaches, and staff. and hopefully you have been The now carpeted area just outside noticing the significant changes of the Campus Center will be en- atop the hill. | closed and a permanent concession Naturally, the cafeteria and area and a ticket booth will be Movie Review p|2 the HRIM addition would proba- constructed, which will give the bly be the'first noticed Jby most fans a place to congregate before students, but turn around and take the games, during half-times and Kovski's Korner P.4 a look at the Campus Center. after the games. Presently, fthe Construction; has begun for a only place to go is either to the rest $350,000 addition to the Center. rooms or outside. '$ Plagiarism P.5 Two home and two away locker John Leisering, j Mercyhurst rooms, showers facilities, a ^'laun- Athletic Director, expects I the dry area, and storage spaces are facilities to be completed "by the basis of the addition. This will early to mid November," at the Workers Look Over Plans For allow for the expected growthfin start of the men's and women's Campus Center Addition. Mercyhurst'S Sports Medicine basketball season. f Page 2 The Merciad OCTOBER 1, 1987

and tells him he is an ex- work for ajlarge corpora- Cosell from pg.7 Kelley "Stakes-Out" con, violating^parole. tion as a consultant to Remiers spots what is improve the employee/ pocketbooks,? and send going on from across the management relation- them reeling to the bar- The Movies 9 She has no idea he is a cop street and tries to aid his ship. ' After graduating gaining table to? end the By Kelley Moore and unbelievably, he for- partner. Before their from Mercyhurst Prep, I strike and do what is right. Richard Dreyfuss por- gets she is being watched many futile attempts to assumed that Paula would Then again, you also trays a funny, ex-alco- while visiting her. A great catch this guy, Lecce fi- be a little bored with Erie, have the right to side with holic cop who can get scene when he forgets this nally£shoots|him in a sus- "Actually, I would prefer the NFL. To blame the himself out of any mess. is when he is trying to pensef ul scene set in a log to stay in Erie, but I am players. To attend scab His counterpart Bill Renti- leave her apartment one mill. The movie is equally aware of the limited? op- games, if the NFL can pull ers, played by Emilio Este- morning after spending suspenseful and comical. portunities and Ihnay be them off. To make sure the vez is just as sharp, and the the night there. The one-liners that Este- forced to move.'* NFL igets TV money. two of them make an Heps chased by cops vez andj Dreyfuss say -Was Mercyhurst the The NFL, a convicted ille- unbeatable team, on duty and luckily, after a few throughout fthe fmovie right choice?- "Yes. I had gal^ monopoly, currently and off meetings, Lecce < realizes gives tit flared and the wanted - a small school under investigation by the ' * i& 1 because I didn't want to be i hevhas^falien in love with drama shown indicates the Federal Trade Commis- 1 * 1 4*-ê^lWflg09MSarei -as* 'a**"V* f this girl. He is reluctant to fine4alent of the two. just another number and sion. Yes, you have a right signed surVwliance duty The movie is âction- here everything is on a to side with them, to^help on a girlfriend of an es- tell her *he is i a cop, and when he finally does, she packed and worth the time really personal level. You bust the union, and force caped prisoner,* who is to see. Dreyfuss portrays can go into a party and not the players^ back to work. believed to be driving refuses to see him again. On his final attempt to this character at his best. know as soul there and In so doing, of course, you from the prison to her Estevez grew up a little come out with 20 friends." undermine . your own apartment. reason with her, he goes to -Has college ^prepared her apartment and is and is no longenseenjjas a rights; not the fictional Once Lecce (Dreyfuss) member of the brat-pack; you?- "Definitely. Espe- "rights" of the fan to meetsf the prisoner's ex- greeted by the supposedly cially since I wasfa. com- then dead ex-boyfriend/ He is actually playing football, but the rights of girlfriend, he immedi- adultlroles and adds to muter, college has taught American working men ately falls for herjand prisoner. Lecce then tries me to balance school and to cover up why he is there the entertainment of this and women| everywhere. finds himself in hot water. movie. my family and friends. A Would you give up your normal on-campus student right to strikesto please a rofile from pg. 6 just basically has;to deal segment off the public? I with themselves and take don't think so. Then don't goals were of a commuting care of their responsibili- ask the football players to student who is contract ties to their family and do it either. majoring in English and friends* when they go BXisinessV^lânttb^getja home. I have learned that to have fun but you have Job^ anywhere ^that?'pays life isn't necessarily just a to work for what \ you big bucks! I would like to good time, it's important want." 1

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¥ >' Letter To The Editor: Photo! C a p t i o n "Morbid" collegiate crossword Dear Editor; International 1 2 3 4 5 7 i 6 ^^^^^H 8 9 10 11 | ; I recently procured a copy of the 1987 yearbook. And Essay I U\ while X applaud the efforts of those who assembled it, n 1 I must express my outrage at the caption "Abe Smith Contest M tt5 Dies" on page 51. ; 16 1 7 * U *First, Abe Smith did notdie; he broke his leg in the 1 1 II 18 S9 20 121 1 22 Villanova football game last fSeptember and, as was The sixth annual Inter- * f i**-- • t C m • nationakStudent Scholar- 9 ^^'^ pictured, was removed from the gamefbn a stretcher. 23 26 2M fflfcf Either the author of the caption had a morbid sense of ship Competition - a'na- 1 t t\U\ humor or was badly misinformed. In either case, there tionwide essay competi- 27 p8 29 ' is no excuse for something like that! tion for international stu- po 31 • 1 * Second, with all the football pictures available, why dents studying in the U.S. was that one even used? I - is now underway, reports B2 33 34 5i> 36 ~ Abe Smith left Mercyhurst after his hospital stay Tom St. Denis, Vice-Presi- 3& 39 40 dent of l International and, Fm told, entered ^the service recently. — 41 43 44 The Athletic Department wishes Aim the best. Underwriters/Brokers, *M 1 iv4kttf^ # - Inc., sponsor of the compe- 45 Sffl Sincerely, John Leisering tition. * % Athletic Director 48 49 50 51^ iFirst prize is $1,500 to 52 be* used for academic or 53 professional! advance- — ment. Deadline for the ©Edward Julius competition is Dec. 1, 41 ...not wltHL ^^ 19 Political disorder ACROSS but a whimper." 20 — clt. (footnote 1987. 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By Steve Rush J It's nice to see that Mi- chael Jackson finally has a Russia And Kovski sense of his own^ music. Entitling his album Bad U.S.S.R.Are was probably^ the most forthright thing he's ever Not Equal Korner done, i i :f I admit, I haven't heard the whole album. But I've By Karen Sampson By Chris Kovski gotten enough from the cuts I've heard to rate the music about the same as the There Is .a well-jc nown k- country next door to Eu- overblown Thriller album. It's time for him to start doing rope. Unfortunately, for songs that indicate more what people think aboutlhim. those of reasonable knowl- He does this on one song, called "Just Good Friends," edge of geography and done with$Stevie Wonder. I guess any time Mikey gets history,-the name of this together with a guy he has to make this point clear. country is virtually un^^- Let me emphasize, I'm not making any' statement about his sexual preferences. I'm just reiterating what known. : The name of this country people have been saying about him. ~%?' * is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the Here are the songs as listed on thefrecord jacket: Soviet Union. It seems that Side One: Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel Speed most Americans cannot Demon, Liberian Girl, Just Good Friends. '" • %? ^Ji understand J this simple Side Two: Another Part Of Me, Man In The Mirror, I fact. Just Can't Stop Loving You, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal. Russia is not the name If he were to do songs that were a little more honest, of the country; it is the maybe this is whafgwe'd see... , i. name of the largest section • • * *• A o^theiSovi<^Uttic^|ltirlH^ [ic^bne: $£$&e,jnu!^ \&"v &&¥eel sia is also the historic (subtitled "™I Wdnna Look* Like You"), Hormone Demon, name of the country, but it Liberace Girl ("I Love The Way You Dressi- Who's Your has not been officially Designer"), Just Good Friends ("Stevie's Not My Type") named this since 1917. Side Two: Another Part Of Me1/"The Part That The Referring-to the Soviet Estrogen Didn%Get"), Elephant Man In The Basement, I Union as Russia is like Can't Stop Changing My Face, Dirty Diana ("And After I referring to the United Had My Nose Changed To Look Like Yours ), Smooth And States as the Thirteen Hairless ("Scar Tissue From ThejPepsi Fire"). Colonies.^^^ !Ji t is correct to The Soviet Union is nationality. If youlwere to refer to the government as comprised of fifteen sepa- call a Ukrainian a Russian I think the only human being that jhas* had more in Russia, because Moscow rate republics, each of he will probably assault plastic surgery than Michael is Phyllis Diller. is located in this sector. which has its own separate you. Not only are they not How big a superstar can he be, anyway?|I've never The-Merciad Russians, but they do not seen him on|the Tonight Show. Charles Nelson Reilly even want to be Soviets. is always on there, chatting with Johnny, yet he doesn't Matthew J. Clark, Editor To some this may seem have a hit movie, song, or book. Chris Kovski, Managing Editor like nit-picky correctness, Another musical power that is making a tour right Ann Johnson,ijNews Editor but the Soviet Union is a now is Motley Crue. The Crue is, in addition to showing Kelley Moore, Business Manager world power and for the scantily-clad women, promoting drinking and rowdy Paula Bruno, Calendar Editor sake of better world un- behavior. This strikes me as strange coming rfrom a Karen Sampson, Distribution Manager derstanding we should at group whose lead singer was the driver in an accident Connie BIsbe,Layout least know know their that killed his passenger, the drummer from Hanoi s name. Rocks. Oh, well - "On With The Show." 1 Julie£Medwig, Layout | Steve Rush, Cartoonist by Joe Martin THURSDAY, OCT. 1,1987 MISTER BOFFO VOL. 61? NO.3 -

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Biden's Plagiarism Raises Question of Cheating On Campus

Senator Joseph Biden (D- academic year, she said; 14 law school on a full schol- a lion Center boasted* that searching students' back- Del.) may have been em- were charged the previous arship, but actually re- its newjspractice of photo- packs as they enter'his barrassed by| revelations year and 12 were accused ceived a partial scholar- graphing students had class to take tests. | that, as a student in 1965, of cheating during 1984- ship based on! financial helped decrease cheating Yale suspended eight he cheated on a law school 85. |j need, the magazine said. on placement exams. / students Sept/4 f o i £ t h e fail paper, but cheating re- The increase is not due to When caught I in 1965, Texas also okayed, with- semester f for allegedlyari l mains widespread on a campus-wide, organized Biden convinced the law out endorsing, a teaching cheating- on |a| take-home American campuses today, crackdown, Wasiolek said, school to let him take the assistant's practice of physics exam last spring. Fiction Contest

The October Jissue of details are being made Playboy magazine fea- available \ to students tures "In Love {With Ra- through <|literary maga- chel," a short story by zines, college newspapers Steven Ploetz, winner of and the creative writing the 1987 Playboy College departments of some 1,400 Fiction Contest. Ploetz, 27, colleges and v universities is a student at Brown nationwide. The rules also University in Prdvidiftce, are featured in the Octo- in R.I. In addition to publi• - % ber issue of ^Playboy, m cation of his story, Ploetz Second prize of $500 in receives a cash prize of the 1987 contest was $3,000. I \ | awarded to Amy Michael ^Entries are now being Homes, 25, a student at the accepted for Playboy's University of Iowa, jjfor 1988 College Fiction Con- her story, "Looking .for test, open to all registered Johnny." Marshall undergraduate, graduate Bos w e l l , 21, Washington & and part-time students. Lee University; Stephen The writing competition is Coyne, 36, ^University of various sources say. but', because individual course again. judged by the editors of Denver; and Robin D. Thirty to 50 percent of faculty^ 'members have "I did something very Playboy: magazine,^! and Lewis, 25, University of all college students say become more aware of the stupid 23 years ago," the deadline for entries is Alaska, each received they've cheated during problem. Biden said in Washington, January 1, 1988. j third-place awards of their academic careers, re- On Sep. 17, Biden - a D.C., press conference last Contest rules and other $250. searcher William Raffetto candidate for the Demo- week.

found in a Carnegie Com- cratic presidential nomi- But Biden might not ff * >••• nau ,:••:•;:;• U&ii? *j&Mf^lH# mission report in :1985. £ nation - admitted that he'd have been allowed- to re- Duke, Indiana, Pennsyl- turned in a paper as a first take the course if he was a vania, and Georgia! uni- year law student at student today. THIS COUPON GOOD FOR A versities, among others, Syracuse University in Wasiolek said an ethics 41 reported increases in the 1965 that included 5 pages review board may show SINGLE V* lb. HAMBURGER number* of accusations - lifted directly from *a mercy to an undergradu- - AND A MEDIUM] though nott necessarily published law review ar- ate for Biden's offense, offenses - from the 1985- ticle. but, for law school stu- (16 oz.) SOFT DRINK 86 to the 1986-87 school Biden also misrepre- dents, "ignorance is not an FOR ONLY $1.49 years. sented his academic rec- acceptable defense. Law Good at all participating Wendy's. Not valid with ord during a recent cam- students are expected to any other offer. Please present coupon when At Duke, accusations of ordering One coupon per customer visit. Bacon, paign appearance, accord- know how to footnote a Cheese and Tax extra. 'Net weight before cheating increase when cooking. individual professors take ing to Newsweek. Biden research paper." steps to curb academic reportedly said he gradu- Schools, in fact, are more dishonesty, said Dean of ated in the top half of his vigilant :in watching^ stu- Student Life Sue Wasiolek. law school class, but actu- dents these days, f \ ally finished 76th in a Indeed, on Aug. 31 the Twenty-three students OFFER EXPIRES OCTOBER 11,1987 were chargedtwith cheat- class of 85. Biden report- University of Texas's ing during the 1986-87 edly also said he attended Measurement and Evalu- Page 6 The Merciad OCTOBER J l , 1987

one aspect of Paula's per- that sticks out in myfmind als enter into the AIDS is- sonality Ithat I found the is three little kids in Flor- sue, Paula thought for a Personality Profile: most endearing was, to ida: that are carriers of the minute and then replied, iher, the [most important AIDS virus; they don't quite matter-of-f actly, "If aspect of anyone's person- have the disease, they are you have a set of morals Paula Bruno ahty, honesty. "I think it's just carriers andf "the that yqu live yourilife by, my initial laughter, I really important not to be people in the town burned you chances will be lesser thought, "Well, she's got a phony, you should be the their houses and are,"mak- than someone fwho is less personality, so what the real you and not who you ing their lives miserable." cautious."| t- hell?! I'll profile if Thus, think someone wants you When asked the touchy I wondered what the 15another ^personality pro- • tp^. be."j| Paula quickly question of whether mor- see "Profile" pg. 2 J s<» added "I like to be honest &d u o b file >yas1born. • 1 > jPaula Celeste Bruno, 21, but not tacky. I mean, I sat there sort of speechless wouldn't walk up to a total when the first question I istranger and tell him, hey asked her . was "What your outfit doesn't match, makes you so interesting?" but with people I know, She didn't answer me right it's different, because (COLLECT ALL FOUR) away so I changed the that's what a friend is question, "Okay, have you gfor." She told me every- ever met anyone interest- thing from her views of *vVMv T ing?" That changed every- life to the fact that her w thing. Paula told me the hair jwasn't naturally w&Ws blond.; I story of how A she! was 'A IS* V<| standing inja Florida ele- Then|l brought up^the X' #K mi ml vator right next to Billy subject that usually makes By Jennifer Montani SM everyone uncomfortable. M Ocean and she didn't x«S « # •v%>i ?& "What^are your views on a& 7 4**S _C*jr know who he was until he &££fl •.«* This .week's personality .v. AIDS?" Now, Igjthought to SM prof ile ki^terview^, came got out|*Then|she tokhme B£ « SBggS V «V m around quite yinadver- « H iV^ occasionally played kick- uUpD withlsomwitn some totalltotallyy me- %iV» tently. This particular day SM seemed like *any jother, I ball with David Christen- dieval point of view or she SM was down in the Merciad son, the lead singer for the won't have any comment * WITH THE with: the usual gang of Stabilizers. Then she told at all. "Well..." she began PURCHASE OF ANY LARGE PIZZA idiots and we were all me how she was coxswain slowly "I feel that people racking our brains trying for. the men's crew team are really misinformed WITH 2 OR MORE ITEMS to think of someone inter- her sophomore and junior about AIDS. People; need years but then quit to join to be educated! about {the Get# a F R E E N0ID esting to profile when COLL ECTAB LE|whe Call us. suddenly, a Woicc; from Laker Shakers. After a disease. I don't mean to un- orde r a 1 arge, nowherei pipes up and while I found I was having derrate it but it's not as pi z z a wit h t w o fun talking to her; she communicable as people more item s from 453-6938 says, "I'm interesting, you Erie Coun ty Dom ino' s can interview me!" After really was interesting. The think, L mean, one case P1zz a s t o re. C all i 442^ 18th St. \ | now, beca use su pplles Downtown Erie areg limit ed. A nd call Open for lunch* ofte n, be cause< a new coll ectab le w1l 1 be 11 am-1 am Sun. - Thura aval lable every two 11 am - 2am Fri. & Sat. Salaries For College Rrofs Down week s. S tart n ow, and coll1 e ct all four. 2 viOIc -ad l b J Dom1 no s Pizza Del 1 vers to & A v ton 021X3 ic in r •-- your hot, 1ous I DOMINO'S iDespite; five; straight 8 bschool years by such a same in constant dollars as plzz a a n d \*your FREE PIZZA years of salary hikes, col- wide^margin that college 10 years ago: $32,400 in N0ID COLL ECTABL E In] DELIVERS less Ethan 30 ml nutes, oo. FREE. lege teachers are a little teachers' buying power in 1985-861 compared with guar antee d! • poorer than ..their col- 1986 was 3-to-6 percent $32,600 ia 1976-77. Offer good Sept.*2l thru Nov. 1 6 , NOID- design in CLAYMATIOr*- leagues of 10 years ago, lower than it was in 1976- 1987, or w h i l e supplies lest, 3 by Will Vinton Productions, & Our drivers cany leu than $20.00. Limited delivery area, 01967 Domino's Pizza, Inc. the Center f o n Education 77. .%; £ | I The center also found , Statistics said last week. The center's report also the* gap between faculty • J: Inflation,, the center - shows that colleges con- salaries .for public and the data-gathering arm of tinue^ to pay faulty -linen private universities con- Dinner for 2! ^thei U.S.- Department- of "considerably" more than tinued to widen. Get a|l2" cheese ptzza*w1th 1 l i t e m ^Education - said Sept. 17, women, giving male full and 2|bottles of Coke for?only$5.00 ;hasv eaten up the salary professors* $4,600, more While public campuses Tax and bottle deposit! n o t 1nc1uded. gains of all college/aculty than women in 1976-77 paid their teachers 4.9 One coupon or g o f f e r per p 1 za. 4. A members nationwide: ex- and $4,500 more in -1985- percent less thanjprivate Expires: 11/1/87 campuses paid their fac- Fast. Free Deliverym cept some of thosejteach- 86. |^ • 442 WJl8th St. r jing at private campuses* The average], faculty ulty^ members in 1976-77, Phone: 453-6938 the difference had grown Inflation outran faculty member, regardless! of MM16 ® •salaries during the 1977- rank,! makes about the to 9.1 percent in 1986-87. k OCTOBER 1, 1987 The Merciad Page 7 COSELL By Howard Cosell

as one such example. Ab- depicted as the fones get- surd, to try something one ting the bad deal? The prepares for If o r years, ones being exploited? You must be admitted Wake up people! If you FLU VACCINES modeling* agencies that through certain proce- resent theiplayer salaries, Flu vaccines are avail- will be represented are dures. If you have spent look at the net worth of able now through the: end FACES AGENCY, NYC; years studying Chinese the owner and of Ithe of October in the Health BIG BEAUTIES/LITTLE The football players language, history ''and league. The players will services office, 101 WOMEN, NYC; and A- are on strike. The baseball politics, you'll be posted to suddenly Hook poverty- Preston. There is no PLUS TALENT AGENCY players union has just won China, or to another coun- stricken in comparison. charge for the vaccine.f CORP., CHICAGO. The a big victory. Everywhere try where your knowledge And these owners are the CLASS *|' convention is open to all in pro sports the unions will be applicable*fand ones to whom you're* giv- Campus ministry ' will interested of any age. If are the news, and the is- useful. If you're arfettbert j ing the$3>ene£it) of * the start a religious instruc- you are interested in sues the ûnions have in French, ?Aratiic^*Aiid ! doubt? They are the ones tion class f o r anyone who . j$ showcasing^*your talent. raised deserve review one Portuguese you .' might who won't bend. They are would like to learn more -please call the Great Lakes more time. wish for* a posting to the ones who won't com- about thQ« Catholic faith. Modeling convention at First, the NFL strike. France and instead be sent promise. They are the ones The class will meet twice af 452-4561 if o r more infor- The foremost issue here is to Brazil, one's last choice. who reject any form of week and is free of charge. ' mation. , union busting. The Na- But there are valid reasons free agency. They are the Please contact Fr. Chuck,. tional Football League for lack of choice, the ones depriving* you of Roger, or Sr. Elisabeth in DEBATE £ wants to destroy the Play- same way the military has your ^football, not the Campus ministry, room The League of Women ers Association ^perma- valid reasons for posting players. \ 211 Main. ; * *# Voters of Erie County is nently. They feel the time soldiers to certain* places, And ithe final point. REMINDER!! % | sponsoring a ^debate be- is right to get away with it. without the soldier having Your football? Well, if Just a reminder that the tween Erie County Dis- The owners want unfet- a choice. I you've managed to watch parking lot behind' the trict Attorney candidates tered control of every But|if you can block nayjor all ] of * the Senate Mercy Apartments (old Joseph Kownacki and aspect of their business. and tackle in Cincy, you hearings on Judge Robert tennis courts) is available William Cunningham on That includes unfettered can* block and tackle in Bork, you'll discover that Tues., Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. for parking. Withiits 180 control of the players via Dallas or Green Bay just as men like Judge Bork don't in Zurn 104 of Gannon the college draft; free well. There is no need to believer the I Constitution parking spaces, lit is the University. f Jargest^ parking, lot on agertcy: salaries;.compen- have a system wherieby 28 grants *you 'the right to tampus. 7%, w ic is encourage ^saiicm; atoa pensions. This Wen^ttictati* tfftereû COMING UP to attend and will be given is the very bottom line live and work and-raise a the size of your very own The D'Angelo School of an opportunity to submit here. Union destruction. family, because it suits family. If his view of law Music will open its Con- questions to the candi- Push aside for a mo- them financially. is correct - which ^sub- cert Recital Scries on dates, j- .?ment, if you will, the spe- Which brings me to the ject to intense debate - Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4 FILMS FOR ^DISCUS- cific issues, and the record third point: The NFL is a then he'll be the first to at 2:30 at* Tech£ M e m o r i al SION •is clear. Union busting. private business, not the tell you that the fan has no High School. The first This Wed., Oct 7, CHILE: Management breaks the State Department, not a right to football.* It is ft- recital will feature con- HASTAf CUANDA, a union by hauling in scabs branch of | the United nowhere written in the cert pianist Oxana Ya- documentary^ by David Sto do the job for [the men States I government. How Constitution that Ameri- Bradbury and < WOMEN on^strike. It's a time-hon- can anyone seriously com- bloskaya. The following 1 cans have the right to day, Oct. 5, our HRIM FOR AMERICA...FOR ored, and uglyj way ffor pare the business of con- watch the :NFL on| Sun- department will feature THE WORLD, a documen- management ' to behave. ducting U.S. foreign fpol- days and Monday nights. I its first guest lecturer of tary by Vivian Verdon .All along the NFL has icy with |the business of know this willlcome'as a Roe will be shownîn.the arrogantly,^proudly even, playing pro football? shock, and a huge blow, to the year: Pete Hub- 1 schmitt, who was recently Zurn Recital Hall. Intro- and publicly announced The next key point is all of those talking end- named' Marriott Hotels duction will be at 7:50 and its intention to field scabs the way in which the NFL lessiy of the "rights of the General Manager of the the f i l m | will start at 8:00 if it can. Is there no clearer has managed to be treated fans" but those rights do Year.

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outfit. sMercyhurst leads the series with Frostburg Lakers Play Tough State three games toltwo, Coach Experience including [a 24-7 win at Against Div. I Wildcats Frostburg last year. As Strongpoint By M.C. Casey seven passes for 106 yards By Connie Bisbe meet. g despite suffering a con- When| asked what his Despite playing> well cussion. Athlete! O f "Lay hold," "Walk it to goals were for this year, against Division jl Villa- The 'Hurst ground the center of the boat- Purcer stated the desire to nova, the Lakers lost to the game was once-again house," "Walk it down,"... build up the men's heavy- .Wildcat** 35-26. ;Once •spearheaded iby ) junior pfhe Week! 41 weight eight team. "Last! r Up and over" as the again,Jturnovers rhtoved% fullback *?Lo*u^ Konyha, coxswain belts out the year's entire lightweight be the fatal blow for the running through the Vil- Uoe Behr commands to put the boat eight team is returning. We 'Hurst. Both teams piled lanova defenses with 96 in the water, the crew need to build up the up yardage offensively, yards on 23 carries, with a members interpret the heavyweight team and the Villanova with-445 total pair of one-yard! touch- § JoefBehr, a sophomore commands and put them women's team." | yards to Mercyhurst's 419. downs. Rostek added the from Erie, is the Mer- into faction. There are 42 returning Aside from^ turnovers, fourth Laker tally with an cyhurst "Athlete of the The Laker crew team team members, with 7 new the Laker offense per- eight-yard burst. The Week" for Sept.pi to 27. started in 1970 approxi- recruits. *What fjs the formed well, putting to- Laker offensive line was Behr was nothing shortfof mately 17 years ago, and coach's goal for these gether impressive drives outstanding against rthe spectacular in the 'Hursts was coached by Larie people? "To have them not of 71, 92, and a pair of 80 bigger Wildcat line. | 1-0 victory over 13th- Pintea who is now The be late for practice." yarders. The Lakers had a Senior Chris Ellis ranked Gannon. Behr re§ Morning Times News Crew members f s t a r t e d last gasp attempt to make snatched a pair of inter- corded 14 saves in goal as Managing-Editor. workoutsfon the j. first of the game tighter, but a ceptions, with|Senior|Pete the Lakers imoved their Now, Ithe [ September, fumble at the Wildcat 18 Starrett also nabbing a record to 5-4. ? Lakers find and* train spoiled a Laker drive that Wildcat toss.f Ellis; alter- their leader- five \ times started at their own 22. nated his defensive duties ship , in the per week. with punting, averaging form of Mike The novices nothing to be asHarried bf ,** 4117 yards Oh three kicks. Qreyx §£a§an Purcer,} a un rgoS in- said Laker coach Tony Mercyhurst will try-to Starts Well, * full-time stu- structional DeMeo. "They played very get back on the winning dent at Mer- training five hard and very well." track against a rebuilding By Paula Bruno f cyhurst.l times per The Laker mentor, now Frostburg State outfit. Purcer has 12 week, |rather in his seventh year at the The Bobcats are 1-2, with The Laker crew began years of than the fit- helm, noted that he's more their lone victory coming their 1987-88 season with coaching ex- J Head Coach Mike Purcer. ness training. interested in? playing a in a 37-0 shelling of a successful day fin Pitts- penence, 1 durinduringg those The team has a lofty goal respectable schedule^than Wesley. They have man- burgh last Saturday. years he was involved in for itself: to attend Na- building a record. aged onlyjthree points*;in Mercyhurst placed second 17 National Champion- tionals in Philadelphia. "If all I was interested their pair of losses, a 10-0 in overall f points jjwith ships, coached at the With competition such as in was building a record, I disappointment against Cornell winning the Head- World Championships and Princeton and Harvard in wouldn't schedule Villa- Glassboro State in their of-the-Ohio Regatta. the Pan-Am Games. Coach the Head-of-the-Charles nova. The Mercyhurst opener, and a 40-3 shel- Laker points were earned Purcer was at the highest Regatta in Boston, the athletic program needs to lacking at the hands of in the men's single and the level of coaching in Can- team has an excellent be associated with that powerful Salisbury State. varsity women's | light- ada. opportunity to achieve type of atmosphere." The Bobcats stayed with weight eight with both This experience'will pay such a milestone. *- * Several Ji Lakersv^had Salisbury for the opening placing first* in their re- off for the crew team, and <^tfcnaing;peffdrtf antes' llPlrriftuftes/ tfhiling only spective races: The 'Hurst has already shown results ISM^COREBOAIP> in 'tf fdUng 6au«£ SeMoif 7*3 with Tour minutes to placed secondjdn^the;var- in the. first outing of the quarterback Brian Rostek go in the first half, but big sity men's eight andfvar- year. (See related story to Co|£d Volleyball passed for 274 while com- plays; in the second half sity men's lightweight the left.) 4 pleting 17 of 37 passes for accounted for the laugher. eight. The women's four To explain the crew Crews t e r s . H-o .. one touchdown and two With its offense in high placed third, while the team, we need to have our 'Bama; Slammersi 4-0 interceptions. The touch- gear, the Lakers ride into men's four placed sixth. terms straight. The heavy- Late Nighf I 212 down came on a school- this Saturday's game with Head coach Mike weight rteam is composed Y The Need 2-3 record 79 yard bomb to confidence, but must be Purcer was very {pleased of rowers 160 lbs. and Who Cares| P Scott Gorring, who was careful to avoid over-con- with the crew and believes over. The lightweight l|800 Gondy brilliant, once again, in fidence against the under- this was a great start; for team is made up of oars- n catching three passes for dog Bobcats. The Lakers the Lakers. The next men averaging 155 lbs., Flagl-Football 92 yards. Darryl Lewis have played the tougher challenge for the 'Hurst is with no one over 160 lbs. was Rostek's favorite tar- schedule, and should be the Head-of-the-Charles ; Winners are determined No Names 1*0 get against the Cats, the well prepared to face the Regatta Oct 18 in Boston, by individual ;time, over- Butches Nuts m senior halfback collecting shaky Frostburg State MASS. all place, and wins each Mosey|Iii4 Stagger Out 0*2