Weekly news from Mercyhurst College

Vol. 24, No. 17 January 29,2007

. Erie students enjoy field trip of a lifetime at Mercyhurst About 450 Sister Michelle said the visit was designed to expose the youngsters to elementary and college life. "It's important to plant the seeds early, especially in middle middle school school. Often their grades start to slip at this age and they begin having students from Erie difficulties in school. They need to see what studying hard and succeeding in visited Mercyhurst school can do for them." last week, touring Said Steck, "We hope these students will learn about positive options after the campus and high school, as well as see that a great college such as Mercyhurst is right in interacting with their neighborhood." college students The students - from Diehl, Emerson-Gridley, Harding, Irving, McKinley, who encouraged them to Pfeiffer-Burleigh, Wayne and Wilson schools - arrived in groups of 75 and dream big as they consider their post-high school futures. then split into smaller groups to rotate through four activities. The youngsters are all part of the Erie School District's C.H.A.M.RS. Each group toured campus with a member of the Ambassador Club and program, which stands for "Creating Healthy Active Members Planning enjoyed a lunch of pizza, pop and cookies at the Laker Inn. to Succeed." The after-school program provides academic enhancement, In a more hands-on mode, the kids visited Mercyhurst Student personal development, prevention of high-risk behaviors and fun-filled Government chambers to make bookmarks with service learning students activities. and played in the Rec Center with members of the men's and Admissions counselor Emily Steck and service learning director Sister women's basketball teams. While they were putting the finishing touches on Michelle Marie Schroeck '88 coordinated their Mercyhurst visits last Tuesday their snowflake-covered bookmarks, a video describing Mercyhurst played through Thursday. softly in the background. (com on page3)

In the spotlight - Frank Rizzone, career services One summer weekend in 1993, Frank Rizzone was camping with In those pre-tape days, he points out, the 16mm film had to be in his family in a remote area of the Allegheny National Forest near Kinzua the darkroom developing by 4 o'clock if it was going to make the 7 p.m. Dam when a park ranger came calling. He had a message from Rizzone's broadcast, a far cry from today's live reports. daughter: Tyrone Moore wanted to interview Rizzone the next morning for The stories he recalls most proudly are those where he was able to a job at Mercyhurst. make a real difference for someone, like the east county family whose He packed up and headed back to Erie, aced the interview and started homestead lay in the path work that fall in the career services office. Ibday, as associate director, he of construction for 1-86. . spends about 80 percent of his time placing and supervising students in "PennDOT had settled with internships and the rest counseling students during their job searches. them, but the check got An Oil City native and Notre Dame grad, Rizzone's firstjo b was as a held up in the Harrisburg radio personality in Binghamton, N.Y. One of the public service programs bureaucracy, Without the he produced there dealt with railroading, which led him into a hobby of money, they couldn't move chasing and photographing trains. Train photos still dominate his office - but the bulldozers were decor. already tearing up their An audition tape he sent to WICU TV-Channel 12 led to a 20-year career flower gardens when I got with Erie's NBC affiliate, first on the street as a reporter and eventually as a there," Rizzone explains. news anchor. He was paired on the evening news for years with Erie news After his story on their legend Hyle Richmond, while still reporting as well. plight aired, the check "We could do both back then, and I really enjoyed it," he recalls. "We was delivered the next were the reporters. We were the producers. We shot the film, and then we day. (com on page 3) Fra kRha edited it. We did it all." " "^you r • • Worle>t or WICU-TV. News from the West and North East campuses of Mercyhurst College

January 29,2007 AH PUS directions Mercyhurst North East sets another applications record

Mercyhurst North East is well on its way to a record-setting year for This latest announcement follows the applications record set for the fall applications, with the announcement that it has broken the applications 2006 term, when more than 1,358 applications were received, surpassing the record for the spring term. previous record of 1,303. The winter term was also a record-breaker, with At press time, the office had received 284 applications for the spring 2007 111 applications received and 45 students confirmed, 42 of them full-time. term, compared to 136 received at this time last year, and easily surpassing Looking ahead, fall applications are already up about 11 percent from the previous record of 189 set in spring 2004. last year, and 23 students have already confirmed, as compared to seven "The part-time nursing program has driven a lot of that application confirmations at this time last year. growth," said Travis Lindahl '00, director of admissions at MNE. "But at the "This will definitely end up being a record year," said Lindahl. same time, non-nursing applications are up, as well." Lindahl attributes the surge in applications to a variety of factors, The new part-time nursing program, which allows students to take classes including an increase in electronic communication and word of mouth. part-time on evening and weekends, has brought in 110 applications. An "Mercyhurst North East is getting a reputation as being a great place to get a additional 70 applications have been received for the LPN program, and quality, two-year education," he said. 91 applications have come in for non-nursing programs, compared to 64 Lindahl and his admissions staff are planning even more recruitment received last year. efforts, with an open house planned on Feb. 8 from 6-7:30 p.m., as well as And the applications continue to come in. "I wouldn't be surprised if we others in March and May, and a Center for Public Safety Open House in April. receive at least 50 more by the beginning of the term," said Lindahl. All will be held in the Michele and Tom Ridge Health and Safety Building.

* o *> » * * • * • * * » * * t> * * *«4*»»«*£ + ****« + * *> * « * * In the spotlight - Frances Cortez O'Connor

Frances Cortez O'Connor has had more experiences and lived more She moved to Japan for a year and places in her young life than many people do in a lifetime, She taught a half, teaching English and helping underprivileged children in Ecuador, helped open a school in Japan, and to open a school, and then returned attended graduate school in Ireland. She has taught high school students in to New York, teaching high school the Bronx, worked at a shelter in New York and is fluent in three languages. and eighth grade in the Bronx and Now, she is bringing her worldly experiences to Mercyhurst, as an instructor Chinatown. of English at Mercyhurst West. After that, she decided to pursue a "I liked every place I've been and every job I've had, but I'm very happy master's degree in Irish literature at where I am right now," she said. the National University of Ireland in O'Connor moved to Erie about a year ago when her then-fiance, now- Dublin, which she completed in 2002. husband Scott Waldman, took a job as a reporter at the Erie Times-News. At She returned to New York, where she began working in publishing, first at the time she had a good job as a project editor at Scholastic Publishing in Doubleday, and then at Scholastic, writing and editing educational materials. New York City. But never one to turn down a new adventure, she made the Now in Erie, she continues to write freelance for Scholastic. Her latest move and quickly found the position at West as one of the school's first faculty book was published in conjunction with an anti-obesity campaign, and will be members. distributed to families through pediatric offices throughout the country. She "West is a very unique environment with a unique group of students," also writes e-books for Rosen Publishing on health and wellness, targeted at O'Connor said. "I really enjoy the diversity of the age of the students. To have teenagers. several generations of students in one class is really fascinating." "I really enjoy the autonomy of freelance," she said. "And being at West I get O'Connor's life is nothing short of fascinating, as well. to be back in the classroom. I missed that for so many years." She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., grew up in Long Island, and stayed in New Now O'Connor is preparing for an entirely new adventure: motherhood. York to earn her undergraduate degree in English from Fordham University. She found out she is expecting the same day her husband found out he'd be After graduating, she traveled to Ecuador as part of a volunteer program spending two weeks in Iraq on a reporting assignment. where she taught "shoeshine children," boys and girls who make a living by "There was a news crew coming to our house that day to interview Scott shining shoes on the streets. before he left, and I had just found out a couple of hours earlier," she said. When she returned, she worked at a New York City shelter for mothers and Waldman fortunately made it back from Iraq safely, but O'Connor said their children, where she found jobs for women. That's when she decided that having him gone was difficult. teaching was her ultimate calling. "Because most of my work requires me to be home, I don't have a big "I realized that social work wasn't for me, but I really wanted to teach," network here," she said. "So when Scott was gone, I realized that it's really just she said. "I wanted to be able to educate these girls before they got into that him and me." situation." But it won't be just the two of them for long; O'Connor is due in News from the West and North Cast campuses of Mercyhurst College ^licCAMPUi S directions •^IH^ "•""^™* Men's basketball ranked 15th in nation The Mercyhurst North East men's basketball team is off to a tremendous start this Mercyhurst West announces season, receiving a national ranking of 15 in the latest National Junior College Athletic adult education classes Association poll. At press time, the Saints were undefeated in their conference, with a record of 14-4 Area adults wishing to take classes, but not necessarily work overall and 5-0 in the WNYAC. toward a degree, will now be able to do so through Mercyhurst Additionally, sophomore guard Tryvan Leech has set a new MNE scoring record, with West's new adult education classes. 842 points in his two-year career, easily surpassing the previous record of 773 points set Starting in the spring term, West will offer three non-credit classes: by Keith DeVaughn in 2005. Leech also has shattered the all-time record for three pointers Computer Basics, The Human-Animal Bond and Bookkeeping. in a career with 125. The classes will be held for five weeks and will meet once a week "Tryvan has been a big part of our basketball team's success this season," said Brian for two hours. Dewey '00, interim athletic director. "He has hit some big shots in clutch situations and "These are really intended to help people become lifelong his outside shooting has really opened up lanes for the rest of the team." learners," said Missy Lang '99. enrollment coordinator at West. It's the leadership of Leech and the four other Each class costs $200 plus materials. For more information call sophomore starters that has helped the team get off to its West at (814) 774-0704. strong start, said head coach Jeff Porter. "We've had some guys really step nicely into roles they didn't play last year," said Porter. "We're a little bit older Bridge Street Brass to perform and more experienced this year and we've been playing The Bridge Street Brass Quintet, an Ohio-based ensemble, will a little better as a team." perform at St. Mary's Chapel on the campus of Mercyhurst North Last year, the Saints lost in the regional finals. The East on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. team's goals for this season are to win 20 games, win The group will entertain with the sounds of authentic New the conference and place in the region, said Porter. Orleans Dixieland jazz, as well as baroque, gospel and modern 20th "It feels good to be nationally ranked early on," he century pieces. said. "But we have some tough teams coming up and the bulk of our schedule is still coming. So we still need to keep up the momentum."

* * ^ * • # * * • * * « * * ft 4 9 tt * Hirtzel Foundation awards MNE $31,000 The Orris C. Hirtzel and Beatrice Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Foundation has awarded a $31,000 grant to Mercyhurst North East to fund the human patient simulators housed in the nursing arts lab in the Michele and Tom Ridge Health and Safety Building. MNE received a $31,000 Job Training Fund Equipment Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry in the spring of 2006 for the purchase of the simulators. That grant required the college to match the grant, either by itself or from an outside donor. MNE asked the Hirtzel Foundation to provide the matching funds, and it recently agreed to do so. "We are very thankful The group, formed in 2003, features Eric Brewer and Jerry and appreciative of their Benson on trumpet, Gail Collister on French horn, Brenna Brown Men's basketball support," said Dr. Tom on trombone and Jim Linberg on tuba. In addition to performing Jan. 30 - 7:30 p.m., vs. Monroe Community College Staszewski, dean of academic concerts around the area, the group performs at weddings, Feb. 3-3 p.m., vs. Genesee Community College services at MNE. community events and local schools. Feb. 10-3 p.m., vs. Niagara County Community College The 162,000 in combined The Bridge Street Brass concert is free and open to the public. and grants fully funds the Refreshments will be served following the event. Call (814) 725-6371 Jan. 31-6 p.m., vs. Alfred State College nursing simulators. These for more information. Women's basketball computerized mannequins Jan. 30 - 5:30 p.m., vs. Monroe Community College can be programmed to Feb. 3 -1 p.m., vs. Genesee Community College simulate symptoms and Get well wishes Feb. 10-1 p.m., vs. Niagara County Community College vital signs of actual patients, Get well wishes are extended to Audrey Bretz, receptionist at allowing students to MNE. Audrey had surgery on Jan. 17 after she broke her ankle and Jan. 31-7 p.m., vs. learn and practice clinical will be recovering at home for several weeks. Cards or flowers can be Niagara County Community College procedures in a classroom sent to her home, 26 North State St., Ripley, NY 14775. Feb. 6-6 p.m., vs. setting. Jamestown Community College

If you have a submission for Campus Directions, contact Jen Duda at 824-2095 (Erie), 725-6120 (North East) or Jduda(ci)mercyhurst.edu. DID YOU Verizon gift supports Lacrosse team adopts ft Learning Differences cavalry unit in Iraq Mercyhurst has received a $10,000 grant from the Mercyhurst's highly ranked men's lacrosse team Verizon Foundation to enhance technology for its has goals both on and off the field this year. Many facilities and programs on Learning Differences Program. Besides gunning for a league championship, campus are named for former m The Learning Differences Program offers students they've established a "foster" relationship with A with learning disabilities access to technology such Company of the U.S. Army's 3-8 Cavalry, based at presidents of the college: Egan 4 as Kurzweil Personal Readers, which convert text Fort Hood, Texas. They're preparing to mail care Hall for founding president to audio, and textbooks on tape. This funding will packages in early February to boost the morale of the # provide additional technological equipment including 150 soldiers now deployed to Iraq. Mother M. Borgia Egan (1926- ft speech recognition tools, text to speech readers and Head Coach Chris Ryan pointed out that the 27); Preston Hall for Mother visual mapping products. soldiers of the 3-8 are about the same age as his M. DeSales Preston (1927-1933, "We are very appreciative to the Verizon lacrosse players. "It's sobering to think about the Foundation for their support of Mercyhurst College responsibility these young kids are carrying and the 1939-1945 and 1948-1954); Taylor and the Learning Differences Program, which is dangers they face," he added. "We want to show Little Theatre for Mother M. « celebrating its 20th anniversary," said Gary Bukowski them our support in whatever way we can." 73 CFRE, vice president of advancement. "These His office is fillingrapidl y with donations, from Eustace Taylor (1954-1960); the funds will allow even more students access to ft phone cards to toothbrushes and everything in Mcliale Distinguished Speakers ft academic support that will help them achieve their between. So far, the gifts have come mainly from dream of a college degree." Series for Mother M. loretta players and their parents, but they're inviting the "We are proud to partner with Mercyhurst's entire college community to help. Mcliale (1960-63); the Herrmann « ft Learning Differences Program so students can pursue The relationship was arranged through America Student Union for Sister Carolyn a quality educational experience and lifelong learning Supporting Americans (ASA), which creates links * skills, especially through the use of technology," said between American servicemen and women and Herrmann (1963-1972); the ft Susan Kanonczyk, director-external affairs, Verizon communities back home.

Shane Reading Room for Dr. ft Pennsylvania. Linda Patterson started ASA in 1967 when Learning Differences Director Dianne Rogers said, she convinced her hometown to "adopt" her Marion L. Shane (1972-1980); ft ft "This equipment will provide more technologically brother Joe's unit in Vietnam. Though the war was and Garvey Park for Dr. William ft * advanced avenues allowing students to bypass print unpopular, the people of San Mateo, Calif., believed « P. Garvey (1980-2005). The O'Neil ft materials so they can learn more effectively." that individual soldiers needed to feel the interest ft "Mercyhurst is proud to offer such a unique and concern of those stateside. Memorial (including the O'Neil ft opportunity in the Learning Differences Program at Patterson's husband played lacrosse at Bucknell lower, Christ the King Chapel and both our Erie and he has helped ASA build a special relationship * the Queen's Chapel) is named ft and North East with college lacrosse teams across the country. * campuses," Donations for the care packages can be dropped for fames O'Neil, whose sister, ft Mercyhurst off at the men's lacrosse office on the lower level of

Mother M. Xavier O'Neil, served « College Baldwin Hall. You can also contact Ryan at ext. 2138 ft President Dr. or e-mail him at [email protected] for more as president from 1933 to 1939- ft ft Tom Gamble information. ft ft ft said. ft ft Happenings on the Hill • VISIONING CONFERENCE: More than 5,000 comments and suggestions were Pennsylvania at the International Brain Bee. The regional competition, generated during the "Strategic Dialogue" phase of Mercyhurst's strategic hosted by the biology and psychology departments, features questions planning process, through focus groups and town hall meetings and online about neuroscience pulled from the Society for Neuroscience publication at stralplan.mercyhurst.edu. About 40 members of the college community Brain Facts, which can be obtained by visiting wwiasfn.org/co?itent/ are reviewing all that input during a two-day Visioning Conference that Piiblication.BrainFactslindex.html. Anyone interested in the competition concludes today. The group - including administration, trustees, faculty and should contact Darlene Melchitzky '89 at ext, 3342, dmelchitzky(o) students - is working to whittle down the suggestions into manageable goals mercvhurst.edu, or Robert Hoff at ext. 2380, rhoff(5)mercvhurst.eduT for for the college's future that merit further study. See next week's issue of more information. Monday Morning for an update on the conference and the next steps in the planning process. CELEBRATING MARK MARCHANT'S LIFE WORK: On Tuesday, Feb. 13, the D'Angelo Department of Music will present "Mark Marchant: A Celebration CALLING A FEW GOOD BRAINS: Mercyhurst will host the sixth annual Brain of His Life Work." At 7:30 p.m., the Ensemble Room on the lower level Bee Saturday, Feb. 10, at 10 a.m., in Taylor Little Theatre. Area high school of the D'Angelo building will be dedicated in his name. At 8 p.m., a students are encouraged to compete for a chance to represent northwest presentation in Walker Recital Hall will feature performances and remarks Applause! Applause! Field trip... (from page 1) In all, about 100 Mercyhurst students helped Dr. Missy Breckenridge, associate vice president of introduce the grade-schoolers to college life and academic affairs, spoke on "Rethinking Women in answered their questions. Also assisting were the Leadership" when Leadership Erie met last week at admissions staff and Sodexho staff who served lunch. Mercyhurst. The group also heard County Executive Each student went home with a bag Hill of Mark DiVecchio and Erie Mayor Joseph Sinnott informational materials, along with a Mercyhurst gift discuss their inaugural years in office. Leadership and a free ticket to the men's basketball game on Erie is designed to enhance the future of the region Feb. 8. by identifying individuals who have demonstrated a The C.H.A.M.P.S. program is coordinated by commitment to the Erie community and a potential Dr. Barbara Pittman, director Lorri Bland '96, who returned to college as an for leadership and promoting their involvement in of the Centeijbr Instructional adult student and earned her degree in family and community issues and organizations. Technology, has been accepted consumer sciences education at Mercyhurst. into the 2007 class of the Frye The college visit gives the C.H.A.M.P.S. students "a Dr. Albert Glinsky, professor of music, was quoted sense of future," in the Arts and Leisure section of the Sunday New Leadership Institute at Emory Bland said. "Many York Times on Jan. 21 about a new CD recording University in Atlanta, Only of them weren't by virtuoso thereminist Clara Rockmore. Glinsky's about 26% of applicants were brought up biography of inventor and spy Leon Theremin, creator selected. After a two-week to think that of Rockmore's theremin musical instrument, was resident program at Emory in published in 2000 and released in paperback in 2005. college was in June, she will be working on a their future. one-yearpracticum to improve They may be Dr. Kathleen Bukowski 75, associate clean of the the first in Hafenmaier School of Education & Behavioral the CIT that she devised as part their families to Sciences, conducted a workshop with middle and of her application. It includes graduate from high school." high school language arts teachers in Millcreek School developing and implementing Mingling with college kids makes them focus on District on Jan. 22. She trained the teachers on how to a technology literacy initiative use "literature circles" in their classrooms to promote academics and the future, she added. "This might be for faculty and students, active engagement of students in response to reading the beginning of a dream they're going to go after." coordinating technology both literature and content reading material. adoption with curriculum Rizzone... (from page 1) Analida Braeger, an adjunct faculty member in the development, and being a Rizzone still enjoys the satisfaction of knowing interior design program, has had an article published resource for assessment he's helped someone - only now he feels it at in The Journal of Erie Studies. "The Lustron House: technologies / w graduation as he watches the seniors cross the stage One Man's Answer to the Housing Crisis in Post War ' and a training and knows he helped a bit to get them there. America" discusses houses produced in Columbus, center for • He's extremely proud of what career services Ohio, between 1947 and 1950. Constructed entirely of offers to Mercyhurst students. "I don't know of any steel, they were aimed at mid-market customers and adopted •\ other school that does as much as we do here," he returning GIs. About 24 of these homes still exist in technologies. Erie County. says. Frank's wife Mary (his high school sweetheart) works as a Breast Care Navigator at Hamot Medical Center. A five-year breast cancer survivor, she's now trying to help others who have received that diagnosis. They have three children: Erin, 32, a by Mark's students, friends, his community colleagues and Mercyhurst alumni. Anyone interested cosmetologist; Jamie, 25, a Mercyhurst interior in speaking briefly during the evening should e-mail kcoyle85(5)mercyhurst.edu or call ext. 3664 design graduate and manager of Dewey's Car Care; before February 1. and Josh, 20, a student in the culinary program at Mercyhurst North East. PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: Mercy Center of the Arts Preschool will host an open house on Frank, who earned a master's degree in Sunday, Feb. 4,1-3 pm. at AAA E. Grandview Blvd. Call 824-2519 for more information. communications at Edinboro University, has a small business as a mobile DJ playing weddings and TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPO: The Mercyhurst chapters of Kappa Gamma Pi education reunions. After all those years in radio and TV, he honor society and the Council for Exceptional Children hosted about 100 education students says it helps him avoid "microphone withdrawal." Jan. 20 for the Second Annual Teaching and Learning Expo. Those attending chose among He's an active community volunteer as well, with 12 workshops, from "Creating Creativity in the Classroom" and "Making Learning Meaningful organizations like Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Through Thematic Units" to "Interviewing Well: How to Make a Great First Impression" and Erie DAWN and WQLN. "Balancing Life In and Out of the Classroom: The Art of Time Management." And, perhaps someday he'll finish that model railroad layout he started in his basement. This Week at the'Hurst Jan. 29-Feb. 4,2007 Sports at Home The Arts

FRL, FEB. 2 FILM:'CATCH A FIRE' Women's ice hockey vs. Niagara 7 p.m. WED.,JAN. 31, 2&8P.M. Wrestling vs. Findlay 8 p.m. Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center

A political thriller that powerfully tells the story of a South African hero's SAT., FEB. 3 journey to freedom, "Catch a Fire" takes place during the country's Women's ice hockey vs. Niagara 2 p.m. turbulent and divided times in the early 1980s and in the new South Africa of today.

Open skating at the Mercyhurst Ice Center General admission: Tues., Jan. 30, noon-1 p.m. Adults, $5; seniors, non-Mercyhurst students and youth 15 and under, Thurs., Feb. 1, noon-1 p.m $4; President's Cardholders, $3; Mercyhurst students with ID, free.

ERIE FESTIVAL OF DANCE SAT., FEB. 3, 2 AND 7 P.M. Festival to showcase dance Mary DAngelo Performing Arts Center from ballet to tap to swing Festival features 20 dance groups, performing swing, ballet, ballroom, modern, tap and jazz, as well as Irish, East Indian and Filipino cultural Mercyhurst will host the 4th Erie Festival of Dance on Saturday, Feb. 3, dances, and a guest appearance by two principal dancers from Pittsburgh at 2 and 7 p.m. in the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. The event is Ballet Theatre. Tickets $10. (See story at left.) staged every other year by the Erie Dance Consortium, of which dance chair Tauna Hunter is president. Mark Santillano, assistant professor of dance, THOMAS PAQUETTE LANDSCAPES organized the show. THROUGH FEB. 18 Twenty varied dance groups will perform swing, ballet, ballroom, modern, Cummings Gallery tap and jazz, as well as cultural dances from Ireland, East India and the Philippines. Special guests for this year's festival are Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre The book "Thomas Paquette: Gouache Paintings" will be introduced principal dancers Julia Ericson and Christopher Rendell-Jackson, who will and available at the gallery. Gallery open Tues.-Sun. 2-5 p.m., and Thurs. perform the Black Swan Pas de Deux from "Swan Lake." 7-9 p.m. Admission free. The Mercyhurst Dancers will perform "Symphonie Italienne" to music by Felix Mendelssohn, choreographed by adjunct faculty Michael Gleason. The piece features 18 dancers. Meetings and Events SoMar Dance Works, a "company-in-residence" at Mercyhurst directed by MON., JAN. 29 Santillano and adjunct faculty Solveig Santillano, will perform a piece called GLOBAL ISSUES SPEAKER SERIES "Zoom Tube," choreographed by the Santillanos in collaboration with junior 'LEBANON IN CHAOS' 11:30 A.M dance major Alyssa Marquez. The three will dance the piece to solo flute Mercy Heritage Room music composed by Ian Clarke, performed live by Anna Meyer. WED., JAN. 31 In conjunction with the festival, COLLEGE COUNCIL MEETING 3:45-5 P.M. The Acholi African Traditional Dancers Alumni Board Room will present a demonstration in Cummings Gallery before the evening show. Brian Pardini's sculpture "Movement in Driftwood" will be displayed in the PAC lobby. In the weeks leading up to the festival, consortium members visited third and fourth graders in Erie schools with programs of dance awareness and participation; The Mercyhurst Dancers visited nearby Jefferson School. Tickets to the festival are $10, and are available at the door or at the PAC box office, 824-3000. Weekly news from Mercyhurst College

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