LehighWeek Volume 01, Issue 25

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PRESTIGIOUS MEDAL
Wallace J. Richardson, professor of
industrial engineering, has been
honored for his time and motion
studies. See Story Page 2>
BI-COASTAL
Jet-setting conductor Jung-Ho
Pak makes jazz and the classics
accessible for everyone at Lehigh.
See Story Page 4>
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ANOTHER DRAW
Lehigh and Lafayette men's sports
teams each won six events in
1987-88 all-sports trophy
competition. See Story Page 3>
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Lehigh Touted
In Dukakis Visit
The excitement of the Presidential race
came to Bethlehem Saturday morning as
Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis
campaigned for votes in the Lehigh Valley.
He was introduced by Dr. Peter Likins to a
friendly crowd of political, labor and
business leaders meeting in Bethlehem
Steel's Grace Auditorium.
"I don't need to tell Gov. Dukakis
about our Ben Franklin Program," said Dr.
Likins in his introduction. "He already
knows that it works...He knows that a technologically oriented, entrepreneurial
university can be an enormous stimulus to
the economy. He has seen evidence in his
home state, and he has recognized our
leadership in Pennsylvania."
Gov. Dukakis, a graduate of
Swarthmore College, had vivid memories
of the Lehigh campus. A cross-country
runner, he competed on Lehigh's course
several times and still remembers that
"Lehigh's course went up and down hills.
It had no level stretches at all. It was even
more hilly than Lafayette's course."
Dr. Likins met Gov. Dukakis a few
years ago when he was introduced by Gov.
Dick Thornburgh at a conference spon-
Lehigh President Peter Likins listens to a point made by Gov. Michael Dukakis during
the Massachusetts Democrat's campaign visit to Bethlehem. Dr. Likins introduced the
candidate's speech Photography by PAM LOTT
sored by the National Governors Associa- ence, Dr. Likins discussed Lehigh's Ad-
tion. vanced Technology Center and the Ben
The luncheon speaker at the confer- Franklin Partnership Program.
Lehigh To Host Four
ECC Championships
Lehigh University is gearing up to host
four East Coast Conference championship
events in the next two weeks.
Women's lacrosse is first, Saturday and
Sunday, April 30 and May l, on the Murray
Goodman Campus. Semi-finals, featuring
the top four teams in the ECC regular
season race, are held on the first day with
the winners advancing to the title round one
day later.
Golf will be hosted at the Saucon
Valley Country Club Sunday and Monday,
May 1-2, with all conference members participating. Players will shoot 18 holes each
day.
Men's and women's track events are
scheduled on the Goodman campus Saturday, May 7.
Defending champions are Bucknell in
men's track and golf, Lafayette in women's
track and Delaware in women's lacrosse.
Towson State hosted the track championships. Bucknell took men's honors, far
ahead of runnerup Rider. Delaware was
third and Lehigh fourth. In the women's
division Lafayette won with 77 points and
Bucknell was second with 67. Lehigh, in its
initial season of varsity track this spring,
will be in the tournament for the first time.
Computerized Search Aids Students In Selecting Study Abroad
Have you ever thought about spending
your summer vacation living in the south of
France with a native family while studying
at a local university, but didn't know how to
proceed? Or maybe sultry, sunny Spain is
your dream, or the beautiful castle-filled
countryside of Germany's Rhine Valley?
Opportunities and options to study
abroad have grown dramatically since the
days when a "grand tour of Europe" was a
rite of passage for the wealthy. But the
growth in the number of programs available
has also increased the confusion. Do you
want a program taught in English or a
foreign language? Do you prefer living in a
dormitory, with a local family or on your
own? Do you want to be in a large city or
the countryside?
Much of this confusion has now been
eliminated through a new program developed by Lehigh University's modern
foreign languages department and Center
for International Studies.
Two Lehigh seniors, under the direction
of faculty member Dr. David W.P. Lewis,
have developed a computer program which
searches study abroad programs to find the
ones which match a student's preferences.
The new program is available to the entire
campus community through the Network
Server. It includes Lehigh courses abroad
and exchange programs with colleges in the
United Kingdom, programs offered through
the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, and courses in other countries
offered by both American and foreign universities.
"Interest in foreign study is increasing
among students," said Dr. Lewis, professor
of French and a director of the Center for
International Studies. "But there are so
many study abroad programs that it is often
difficult for students to select a program
which will meet their goals.
"For example, if your objective is to
learn a foreign language fluently, you want
an immersion program in which you speak,
think and live in the language," he continued.
"On the other hand, you may want to study a
"Interest in foreign study is
increasing among students. But
there are so many study abroad
programs that it is often difficult
to select (one) that will meet
their needs."
Dr. David W.P. Lewis
subject in another country, such as art in
Paris, yet do not have the foreign language
comprehension to study in French. In that
case, you want courses in Paris taught in
English."
In addition to the language of the
course, other considerations when choosing
a program abroad include housing options,
whether the courses will be taught by
American instructors or native teachers,
whether you will be in classes with native
students or isolated with other foreign students, and the cost.
The study abroad program can be accessed from the Network Server by typing
IN STUDY ABR at the LUNA main menu.
Instructions for copying the file are included
in the STUDY ABR file. Two blank
formatted disks are needed to download the
program. The search is then conducted from
the disks.
Each study aboard program is summarized into ten fields: the name of the
program; location; whether it is for the
summer, one semester, or the entire year;
courses available in English and courses
taught in a foreign language; the number of
credits a student receives; housing options;
tuition; and the address to write to for appli-
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