function obfuscateEmail(pre, post, text, textType)
{
	if(post == "")
	post = "meadville.edu";

	if(text == "")
		// this puts together the text of the link
		// with an at between the username and domain name
		text = pre + String.fromCharCode(64) + post;

	// this line writes out - <a href="mailto: - character by character
	document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,97,32,104,114,101,102,61,34,109,97,105,108,116,111,58));

	// this line writes out the email address with an at between the username and domain name
	document.write(pre + String.fromCharCode(64) + post + "\"");

	if(textType != "") 
	document.write(" class='" + textType + "'");
	document.write(">" + text + "</a>");
}