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20 MERCYHURST COLLEGE^GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA. 16546 Aprils Lecture to kick off Academic Celebration Inside This Week Pg3-Hain aims at Pointe By Chris Wloch the Institute.of theiSisters of This will be an energetic, in- In order to make it easier to get Blank? M News Editor Mercy of the Americas. formed lecture which will help to s e e aa many different presenta- In 1988, Burns was elected to a the college community better ap- tions aa possible Mizia said mat a This Sunday marks the begin- three-year term as president of preciate our Mercy heritage. It's Pg2-More special effort was made to avoid ning o f t h e Second Annual Mer- the Leadership Conference of good to have a presentation deal- Items Stolen On scheduling too many events at the cyhurst College Academic Cel- ing with the founding inspiration Campus Women Religious. Currently, she same time. "We tried not t o over- ebration which lasts from A p r i l behind Mercyhurst scheduled aa is a member o f t h e Mercy Health lap as much aa last year. That's 28 to Ma y 1. The week-long event the launching event for A c a d e m i c Services,';New Ways Ministry why the majority of events are Pg9-Rites of 30 different presenta- Celebration,'' he said. Board and Unity Health System. spaced out over a period of four Initiation On tions and artistic performances, Senior Michelle Mizia, who baa According to Assistant Aca- days, in hopes that every b o d y w i l l Campus most of which are being spon- served as the organizer of Aca- demic Dean Sr. Patricia Whalen, be able to attend something." sored and presented by members demic Celebration for the past Burns has lectured extensively At the beginning of this year, of the Mercy hurst community. two years, expressed her satisfac- on religious life, leadership and Mizia started the preparations for Pg6- Letters This year the inaugural event tion with the overall quality of t h e Defend New traditions of t h e S i s t e r s of M e r c y . Academic Celebration. For sev- will be the Second Annual Maura M lineup this year as w e l l as the h igh MSO President Sister Helen Marie is a very eral months, she collected propo- Smith Lecture on Sunday) April dynamic speaker with a great deal level of involvement from m e m - 27, at 6 p.m. in the Performing bers of the college community. sals, selected and coordinated the of e x p e r i e n c e at the national level. events, decided times and rooms, Arts Center. The guest lecturer u It is especially exciting b e c a u s e Pg 12 - Football I've heard her speak before and I Seniors Will Be this year is Sister Helen Marie a lot of the events are being pro- and designed the bulletin. Mizia appreciate the depth of vision also kept a dose connection with Missed Burns, RSM speaking on "Lib- she offers. Given the suffering of duced by., so many of our own era tion a nd the Works of Mercy." students and faculty. There are Bames and Noble bookstore and the world today, I think it's im- g s in promoting the Currently a doctoral student in portant t o deepen our u n d e r s t a n d - more students involved than last Academic Celebration to mem- Brown said that he is optimistic the School of Religion at the ing of h o w to live our lives from year, and this reflects the whole bers of the Erie community* mat the student who is named as University of Iowa, Burns has the perspective of l i b e r a t i o n and purpose of A c a d e m i c Celebration, Dr. Bud Brown, director of the the organizer of n e x t year's Aca- spent 17 yea rs in leadership posi- mercy," she said. which is to provide an open venue tions such as regional counselor for them to express their artistic Mercyhurst Honors Program said demic Celebration will work aa and provincial administrator in Vice President of Academic and intellectual abilities." that this is the second year that hard aa Mizia has to ensure that the Sisters of M e r c y . She served Affairs, Dr. Joseph Gower said honors students have sponsored the event remains a success. "But we need participants to "Hopefully we will get some- as vice president of the Sisters of that Bums' lecture will be a re- help keep Academic Celebration Academic Celebration. Two years •:tnl y with as much energy and Mercy of the Union from 1984 consideration of the works of alive so I strongly encourage ev- ago it was reestablished after a until 1991 when the Union joined mercy from t h e point of view of erybody to attend at least one of hiatus of several vears. dedication as Michelle has given with other congrega tions to form liberation theology. the events," she said. - over the past two years," he said. Library improvements proceed at; a m e a s u r e d pace By Chris Wloch In the next couple of weeks, the News Editor construction workers will begin putting the steel beams into place For several weeks now, teams to form t h e new framework of t h e of Hammermill Libraiy employ- building. ees and students have been work- Additionally, a new, state-of- ing in between the shelves, plac- the-art geothermal heating and ing bar codes on the more than »i: %din g system is presently b e i n g 100,000 books in the collection. installed in the area across the At this point, about half of the driveway on the north side of t h e library, Strausbaugh said. •:•:• & have had bar codes placed on them in anticipation of the As soon aa students leave for computer database w h i c h will ar- the summer, work crews will be- rive sometime in June. gin the more heavy construction According to Dean of Librar- work which involves knocking ies, Dr. Roy Strausbaugh, *thc down walls and ripping out the automation project is coming ol d ductwork for the current heat- along at a measured pace. A lion's ing and cooling system..: share of the books will be ready Even though most of the major by the end of this year,19 he said. improvements should be com- Strausbaugh said that work on pleted by the time students return the building addition to the li- to classes in the tall, Strausbaugh brary is also "right on schedule." said that any remaining work As o f t h i s week, the concrete foun- will not interfere with business as dations have been laid and the usual in the library. shaft for the new hydraul i e el eva- "Even if the paint's not dry on Work crew* Insull t h e Hemmermill Libieiy* new geolhermil Heeling end cooling system tor has been built In the outside the walls next Call we must open area where the grotto used to be. the doors for students to study'.' eVtVtVe ft ft * .V. AVAVeV PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD April 24,1997 *• m McAuley residents charged for roof damages By Todd Zielinski would have to share the expenses Merciad Writer of repairing the roof. This decision was based upon On February 21, a maintenance the Student Handbook which request was turned in by the states o n p a g e 17 that "Damage to McAuley staff regarding prob- common areas (lounges, stair- lems with water on the floor of the wells, e t c ) is assessed to the larg- est, most likely group possible ma in lounge caused by numerous when it cannot b e determined w h o leaks in the ceiling. After mainte- caused the damage.... Minimum nance .responded, all McAuley charge for damage is $5." * residents received a letter notify- Moore said that in most situa- ing- them of a finet of $20 per tions this policy has not been en- person and the J reason* for the forced, but in this case the lack of charge—to cover die cost of re- evidence provided no other solu- pairing the roof.* tion to the problem than to charge 1 According to Director of Resi- all the residents for the damage. dence Life Tyrone Moore, con- "I strongly b e l i e v e that the vast tractors were immediately called majority of r e s i d e n t s in McAuley to work on the roof i n conjunction Hall are good citizens who are with maintenance personnel. very respectful of the laws and Moore said that there were nu- policies that govern housing in merous beer bottles which had general," he said. been thrown on top of the roof. Security seeks information on stolen items Several McAuley residents ex- The impact from the bottles break- By Alissa Minner pressed their dissatisfaction over from Sullivan Hall and a bust of and the persons responsible are ing against the roof had caused Contributing Writer Michelangelo's David stolen from caught, then theft charges will be the leaks; he sa id. m being charged such a high price for the cost of r e p a i r s .