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Vol. 2, Issue 31
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
August 24,1989
1,100 Freshmen
Arrive Friday
By Robert W. Fisher
The freshman class that will enroll at
Lehigh this month will be much like its
recent predecessors in academic prowess,
size, and intended majors, according to
Samuel H. Missimer, directorof admission.
Although applications fell off by 17
percent, by August 4 Lehigh had received
1,114 paid deposits from accepted students
— 29 more than the 1,085 targeted for the
incoming class.
"You never know for sure until the
freshmen check in, and historically there are
last-minute cancellations, but if trends hold
the class will be one of the best we've ever
brought in," Missimer said.
In filling the class. Lehigh offered admission to 3,687 students (about 200 more
tfian last year) and used its wait list "modestly," Missimer said.
Lehigh officials weren't overly concerned about the decline in applications,
which was mirrored at many colleges,
according to Missimer. "In light of the
heavy competition at the top schools, there
were signs that applicants were cutting back
and being more realistic" about their
CLASS PROFILE:
• SAT range of 600-700 math and
510-620 verbal for middle 50% of the
class
• 72% in top-fifth of high school
class
• 35 percent women
• 27 states and 15 nations represented; 29.5% from outside Pa., N.Y.,
N.J.
• 2.2% African-American; 1.4%
Hispanic; 5.4% Asian-American
• 3.3 percent international students
• 43% in Arts and Science; 37% in
Engineering and Applied Science;
20% in Business and Economics
Welcome Back!
There are few hints of autumn in
the air, yet the campus is already
gearing up for a new academic
year. LehighWeek looks ahead to
the fall semester with a package of
stories profiling:
• The Class of 1993
• New policies and courses
• Hot majors and job prosepcts
Also in this issue we offer:
• Faculty promotions, page 2
• Fall arts preview, pages 8,9
• Freshman orientation, page 10
Choices Of Major As Diverse As Students
chances of being admitted to highly
competitive selective schools.
The 411 candidates in engineering
represent a 4-percent increase over last year,
in a time when engineering applications are
down at many institutions.
"We knew early on it was going to be
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By Allan Wilkins
Finance is the hottest major at Lehigh, but
if the usual patterns hold true freshmen
reporting to campus will choose majors
equally from among the offerings of the university's three undergraduate colleges.
There were 128 finance majors among the
Class of 1989, but overall preferences were
almost equally divided between business, the
arts and engineering.
Of the 1,087 bachelor's degrees awarded
during the past academic year 394 (36 percent)
were in engineering, 390 (36 percent) in arts
and sciences and 303 (28 percent) in business.
After finance, the hottest majors were
electrical engineering (95), accounting (91),
mechanical engineering (90), industrial engineering (78) and marketing (64).
"There are a lot of career opportunities in
the business world; something which is
recognized by students and parents," says
Richard M. Barsness, dean of the College of
Business and Economics.
Carl R. Beidleman, chairman of the department of finance, concurrs: "Despite the
negative impact of the 1987 market crash,
finance is still the most popular major at
Lehigh."
Some shifts in student preferences are
noticeable.
While the number of engineering applications has been declining, the number of engineering students in the Class of 1993 is up by
about 5 percent, according to Barbara Dolan,
college relations officer for the College of
Engineering and Applied Science.
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HOT MAJORS:
1. FINANCE     \
2. electrical engineering
3. accounting
4. mechanical engineering
5. industrial engineering
6. marketing
The Top Arts & Science Majors
1. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2. economics
3. psychology
4. English
5. biology
New Courses;
Party Rule Changes
By Kurt Pfitzer
Lehigh freshmen will be greeted by
several new courses and policies on campus,
including two changes in the university's
social policy.
AH social functions on campus, whether
or not alcohol is served, must now be
registered through the Dean of Students
Office. Previously, only functions where
alcohol was served needed to be registered.
Another change in the social policy
requires students to obtain guest passes from
the Dean of Students Office for off-campus
visitors over the age of 21 who are invited to
social functions serving alcohol. The visitor
must present a guest pass and legal I.D. lo
be admitted to an area where alcohol is
being served.
The freshmen can also look forward to a
wide variety of new courses and extracurricular activities being offered this fall,
ranging from intensive Japanese to computerized registration assistance.
• Lehigh students are signing up to take first-
year Japanese from Kyoko Maeda, a
graduate student from Japan who is
pursuing a master's degree from Lehigh's
department of social relations. The course,
which will be taught entirely in Japanese
five days a week, is being offered with help
from the Hokkaido Foundation.
•Responding to a growing emphasis by business on communication, me College of
Business and Economics is establishing a
college-wide writing requirement that
stresses critical feedback and revision.
•The college is also offering an exchange
program with L'Ecole Superieur de
Commerce et d'Administration de's Entrepr-
ises of Poitiers, France. Up to five Lehigh
students will study one or two semesters in
France, and the same number of French
students will study at Lehigh.
•Lehigh hopes this fall to install a computer
program that will enable students to find out
in seconds what courses they need to take in
order to graduate. The program can be
accessed by the student's adviser or by the
registrar's office. "We think this will be a
great advising tool," says Registrar Bruce
Correll. "If a student wants to change
majors, for example, he can find out very
quickly what he has left lo take."
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Parking Changes Will Affect Faculty, Staff and Students
By Robert W. Fisher
Faculty, staff and students will have to
cope with several new parking regulations
when the fall semester begins.
•The City of Bethlehem's Residential Permit
Parking program will limit the number of cars
students may have in some off-campus neighborhoods, and may affect streets used for
faculty/staff parking.
•To ease parking congestion on the lower
campus, commuter students and wage
employees will no longer be permitted to park
in the Brodhead Avenue lot. Spaces will be
provided in the parking lot to the east of
Mountaintop Building A.
•Long-term parking for students affected by
the RPP program will also be available at the
Mountaintop.
• The Mountaintop bus service has added a
stop to the east of Building A to accomodate
staff and students required to park there, and
the lower campus loop has been altered to
keep the line on schedule.
The city's RPP program, which began over
the summer, will hit students renting off-
campus apartments the hardest. The program
allows residents to request that a neighborhood
be declared an RPP zone by the the Bethlehem
Parking Authority (BPA). Once so designated,
u maximum of two permits per address will be
issued, with all other vehicles restricted to
two-hour parking, according to Michael
Spitzer, executive director of BPA.
If one street address is divided into four
units housing two students each, only two of
the eight residents will be issued parking
permits, Spitzer explained.
"We appreciate that students like to have
cars," Spitzer said. "But we're looking for
them to leave their cars at home if they really
don't need them."
The city sent a letter to all returning
students this month notifying them of the RPP
program.
If streets bordering the campus arc
declared RPP zones, students, faculty and staff
will be limited to two-hour parking. While
streets bordering campus have not yet been
declared RPP zones*, "that can change from
day to day" as residents petition for RPP
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INSIDE:
Dean Of Students Named
3
The Time Has Come For
Year-'Round School
4
Lehigh Newsmakers
5
Employees Honored By
Savings Bond Program
6
Job Opportunities
11
Calendar Of Events
12