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Volume Two,
Issue Eighteen
February8,1989
Graphic artist Marvin Simmons with his AIDS poster "Cry Four Our Children...What Of Their Future?" and the rag
doll that inspired it in his Linderman Library studio. PHOTOGRAPH By JOE RYAN
Designer's Poster Urges Thinking About AIDS
By Suzanne S. Fisher
A poster entitled "Cry For Our Children... What Of Their
Future?" by Marvin Simmons, director of design in Lehigh
University's office of publications, will be part of an
exhibition that looks at Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) through the work of 160 prominent
American and Korean graphic designers.
The exhibition, "AIDS: Images For Survival", opens this
month at the American Institute of Architects in Washington
D.C, before touring both countries.
The exhibition's underlying theme is compassion. "The
true nature of compassion is sympathetic consciousness of
others' distress joined with the desire to alleviate it." writes
exhibit organizer Charles Michael Helmken in the forward to
the show's catalogue.
The images are powerful and troubling, dealing with
every imaginable aspect of the disease.
In his poster, Simmons depicts a rag doll falling helpless
in space. One end of a wide red ribbon is wrapped around
her: the other end streams out behind. A hat hides her face.
In the corner of the poster can be seen a bed post and part of
a bed covered with a quilt of patchwork stars. A pair of
hands reach out from the corner, but they seem unable to
catch the toppling moppet.
The red ribbon symbolizes AIDS, a disease carried in the
blood, explains Simmons. "The images that I used were what
I perceive to be American images: the five-star quilt on the
edge of the bed, a Holly Hobbie type doll are a part of
America."
The doll also represents a child's innocence and inability
to control its world. The falling doll creates a tension - will it
be caught? The fact that as yet there is no known cure for
AIDS "says it won't be caught," Simmons says.
Because the AIDS virus can strike anyone, Simmons chose
to hide the dolls face.
The hands that reach upward are in an expression of love
and caring, he adds.
At the very bottom of the poster are the words: "AIDS
touches us all...melding fear and compassion, stealing life and
dashing hope, demanding conviction to reach out and help the
child in us all." The message was written by Glenn Airgood,
director of communications at Lehigh.
Through his work, Simmons hopes to encourage the
viewer to think about AIDS. "It (the poster) is not so finished
that everything is answered. It asks something of the viewer.
It asks a completion," he says.
The inspiration for the poster came from a doll made by
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USDE Grant To Fund
Graduate Fellows
Chemical Engineering Program
Targets Minority Students
Lehigh University's chemical engineering department
has been selected for a $675,000 grant from the U.S
Department of Education (USDE) to establish graduate
fellowships in chemical engineering, an area the USDE
considers of critical national importance.
Lehigh will combine the USDE grant with matching
support from the university and industry to fund 15 new
graduate student fellowships over three years.
John Chen, chairman of Lehigh's chemical engineering
department, said the USDE program includes provisions to
encourage women, blacks and Hispanics. In seeking out
the very best candidates, Lehigh will make special efforts
to recruit students from universities with significant
minority populations, he added.
The proposal was prepared by department members
Chen, Harvey G. Stenger, Janice Phillips and Hugo Caram.
It focuses on Lehigh's strong positions in biotechnology,
polymer engineering, chemical processing and process
control.
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Maginnes Bans Smoking In Lobby
By Suzanne S. Fisher
If your habit has been to stop by the lobby of Maginnes
Hall between classes for a quick smoke yod may be
surprised to find that ash trays are gone and a no smoking
sign has been posted..
The lobby is a popular
spot for students to study
and meet friends. The
high traffic volume
through that part of the
building was one factor
in the decision to ban
smoking, according to
Judith Lasker, associate
dean of the College of
Arts and Science.
Coffee, tea and
cookies will be served in
the lobby for a small fee from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. each
weekday. "That is another reason why smoking is out of
place (in the lobby)," Lasker explained.
The area has "been pretty smokey," according to
Lasker, which bothered some of the people working there.
The move to ban smoking began with a request from a
faculty member, she said. The faculty were notifed of the
ban in writing earlier this year.
Lasker cited efforts on the pan of HealthEast, the parent
company of a number area hospitals including the Lehigh
Valley Hospital Center, to create a smoke free Lehigh
Valley. HealthEast has received large grants to work toward
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Lynn Gano