LehighWeek Volume 01, Issue 07

              Lehigh Combats Acid Rain This Week In the Poconos
Since 1984, Lehigh University has been studying the health
of two acidifying lakes in the Pocono Mountains.
On Monday, Oct. 26, with funding from Living
Lakes Inc., Washington, D.C, Lehigh will put limestone
into White Deer Lake, Pike County.
It will be the second time during the study that
limestone has been added to the lake, which has little or no
natural limestone in its watershed to counteract acid precipitation.
Dr. Patricia Bradt, research scientist at Lehigh's
Environmental Studies Center and principal investigator in
the project, says the method of application will be different
from February 1985, when limestone was added by tractor to
a frozen lake. This time the limestone will be slurried with
lake water and applied by barge.
After the initial limestone application two years
ago, White Deer Lake showed reduced acidity and increased
populations of acid-sensitive plants and animals, notes Dr.
Bradt.
The effects on lake biology and chemistry of the
temporary measure are being analyzed as its effects move up
the food chain to plant and fish life. Personnel from Lehigh
and The Pennsylvania State University are sampling fish and
taking final water-chemistry readings before applying the
limestone.
The scientists are comparing the effects of rainfall
on White Deer Lake with Bruce Lake, a "reference" lake
nearby. Bruce Lake is similar to White Deer but is not being
treated with limestone. Study of Bruce Lake is being funded
by Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., Allentown.
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Indian Music And Dance
Opens Asian Studies
Association Program
An evening of Indian music and dance Friday,
October 30 at Lehigh University will open the I6th
annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the
Association for Asian Studies (Oct. 30-Nov. I).
The program is open to the public free of charge.
It will begin at 8 p.m. in Neville Lounge on the
second floor of the University Center. Nancy
Nalbandian will play the sitar, which is a type of
Indian lute with a long, fretted neck, seven playing
Pranita Jain strings and 13 synthetic strings. Following her per
formance, Pranita Jain will demonstrate Bharat Natyam, a form of Indian
dance, at 8:45 p.m.
A reception will follow the cultural program. It is sponsored by the
Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges.
Nalbandian will play classical Indian raga combined with elements
from the light classical Indian music tradition. She studied the sitar with
Dr. Lalmani Misra, dean of music at Banaras Hindu University (India) and
has been performing for almost 20 years. She has taught Indian music for
11 years at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is currently working
towards her doctorate in South Asia Regional Studies.
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Photography by PAM LOTT
A beaming Murray Goodman catches the football as the final receiver in
the "Passing The Tradition" ceremony last Friday. The new stadium, to
be built on the land behind where Goodman is standing, will be called
The Murray H. Goodman Stadium.   Please See Story On Page 5 >
ALSO OPENING THIS WEEKEND
Japanese Women Photographers
DuBois Gallery, Maginnes Hall
Please See Page7 >
Myths, Monkeys, and Metal
DuBois Gallery, Maginnes Hall
Please See Page 7 >
Recent Prints By Richard Redd
Haupert Union , Moravian College
Please See Page 3 >
Marilyn Bridges: An Aerial Survey
Hall Gallery. Alumni Memorial
Please See Page 6 >
Bonsai One Of Several Exhibits
Opening This Weekend At Lehigh
1 he Bonsai Society of the Lehigh Valley will exhibit outstanding examples of ornamentally shaped, dwarfed trees and shrubs
on Saturday and Sunday, October 31 and November 1, at
Lehigh University. The bonsai will be on display in the Faculty
Lounge on the third floor of the University Center.
The exhibit, "The Living Art of Bonsai," is open to the public
free of charge. It is being held in conjunction with the annual
meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Asian
Studies and is co-sponsored by the Lehigh Art Galleries.
Bonsai is an ancient Chinese art form perfected by the
Japanese. "The Living Art of Bonsai" illustrates the unique
combination of art and horticulture that bonsai requires. Artists-
horticulturists prune the branches and roots of trees over several
years to miniaturize the trees and create an aged look. The artists
pot the trees in successively smaller, aesthetically chosen pots,
and maintain the size of the trees by periodic trimming of the
roots.
"The Living Art of Bonsai" will be open Oct. 31 from 9 a.m.
to 10 p.m. and Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on the exhibit, call the Lehigh Art Galleries at 758-3615.