LehighWeek Volume 02, Issue 24

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Voluntary Recycling Begins 3
Pension Changes Announced 5
Fractal Art On Display 6
Business Candidates' Day 8
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Kelly Buller (right), catalyst for Lehigh's Homelessness Awareness Week, with the Rev. Jo Clare Hartsig at the
Bethlehem Center City Ministries Emergency Shelter, where students cook meals for the homeless.
Students Foster Awareness Of City's Homeless
By William J. Johnson
Lehigh University Writers' Group
Kelly Buller, a sophomore pre-med student, didn't
expect much student response last term when she started
a movement to aid Bethlehem's homeless.
But after she spoke to all the student groups on
campus, volunteers emerged in droves. Then, when she
scheduled a meeting of volunteers on Super Bowl Sunday
and 80 students showed up. she knew things were rolling.
At last count, more than 200 Lehigh volunteers had come
forward.
The students began forming committees, planning
fund-raisers and cooking meals for the homeless at
Bethlehem's Center City Ministries.
The students' hard work is in evidence this week,
which has been designated Homelessness Awareness
Week at Lehigh, during which they hope to raise both
money and understanding of the plight of the area's
homeless through lectures, concerts, and informational
meetings.
The Rev. Jo Clare Hartsig. a United Church of Christ
minister and executive director of Center City Ministries.
says the increased activity among Lehigh and other area
college students is a welcome opportunity.
"Students at Lehigh and people from our neighbor
hood and people who are homeless can interact and learn
a lot about each other," says Hartsig.  "They just check
the stereotypes at the door."
Homelessness Awareness Week events include a free
public lecture by the Rev. John Stienbruck of Luther
"Students, people from our
neighborhood and people who are
homeless can interact and learn a lot
about each other. They just check the
stereotypes at the door."
--Rev. Jo Clare Hartsig
Place. Washington. D.C, today at 4 p.m. in Neville I and
a benefit concert by singer-songwriter STYVE on
Thursday. April 6 at 8 p.m. in Club 31.
An information booth was set up in the University
Center on Monday, and a faculty-student talent show was
held Tuesday night.
The students are also selling T-shirts with the group's
credo emblazoned on them: "It's All A Dream We Share;
Without Love in the Dream. It Will Never Come True."
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Carrier Named For
Flexible Benefits
By Robert W. Fisher
Lehigh University Writers' Group
Aetna Life Insurance Co. has been selected as the
carrier for the university's new flexible benefits
program, according to Edward Maclosky, director of
human resources.
The flexible benefits plan, which allows employees to select a mix of benefits that more closely
mirrors their personal situation, will take effect July 1.
Faculty and staff members will receive the first of a
series of newsletters describing the new plan this
week, and enrollment sessions will be held beginning
in mid-April, Maclosky said.
Aetna will provide medical, dental, and life
insurance for the university, according to Maclosky. A
decision has not yet been made on a carrier for long-
term disability insurance.
Aetna was selected from among four finalists that
were invited for campus visits March 14 and 15. A
panel including Brian Brockway and Roger Simon
representing the Faculty Compensation Committee,
Sherrill Bushner and Jennifer Volchko representing
the Employee Relations Advisory Committee. John
Woltjen, vice president for administration and treasurer, and human resources staff heard presentations
from Aetna. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
CIGNA, and Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America.
"The consensus was that Aetna offered the best
combination of price and services," Maclosky said.
University representatives visited Aetna's claim center
in Allentown and compared notes with other institutions served by Aetna — including Columbia, Princeton and Cornell universities — before finalizing the
decision, he said.
Rauch Center Groundbreaking Friday
A formal groundbreaking ceremony for the
Rauch Business Center, new headquarters for the
College of Business and Economics, will be held at
11:15 a.m., Friday, April 7. All members of the University community are welcome to attend the ceremony, which will take place at the building site, the
former site of Taylor Stadium.
The building is named for Philip Rauch, '33,
former chairman of the board of the Parker Hannifin
Corp., who will participate in the ceremony.
The $17.8 million project is due for completion in
August 1990.