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No April Fool
Yes, Virginia, football practice begins
this weekend. Read all about it in the
South Mountaineer.
Changing careers?
Today's graduates will likely change
jobs many times, and researchers study
links between career changes and
personality. *
Baseball Blues
Angry at rich owners and reluctant
players? Baseball literature offers
fans a potent prescription.
Vol. 3, Issue 25
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
April 4, 1990
Giscard
d'Estaing
Giscard to give
Cohen Lecture
Valery Giscard d'Estaing, former president of France,
will give the fifth annual Cohen Lecture in International
Relations at Lehigh on Wednesday, April 18 at 8:15 p.m.
in Grace Hall. His talk, "The March
Towards a Federative Union of
European States," is open to the public
free of charge.
The lecture series is sponsored by
Bernard L. Cohen, a 1936 Lehigh
graduate, and his wife Berte Cohen, a
Moravian College alumna. The
Cohens are long-time Bethlehem
residents who now reside in Boca
Raton, Fla. They are the founders of
Piercing Pagoda, a Bethlehem-based
national jewelry chain. The couple
also supports Cohen lecture series at Moravian and
Northampton Community Colleges.
Giscard served as president of the French Republic
from 1974 until 1981, when he was succeeded by Francois
Mitterrand. He is still very active in the European
Economic Community and is currently a deputy in the
European Parliament.
JASON Project
not just for kids!
By Lesa Ayers
The JASON Project at Lehigh, which will allow up to
20,000 youngsters to sit in on a series of satellite-linked
"electronic classroom" sessions this spring, is not just for
kids. The public can participate in 12 of the 60 sessions,
scheduled for April 30-May 12.
The broadcasts allow the audience to accompany underwater
scientists as they explore the
nooks and crannies of the "Hamilton," a lost War of 1812
battleship recently found deep
under Lake Ontario. Communication equipment at Grace Hall, combined with the scientists' camera-
equipped, remote-controlled robots at the shipwreck site,
will provide a unique "you are there" experience.
The two-week pilot project at Lehigh, directed by
science education specialist Judith Bazler, is sponsored by
the JASON Foundation for Education, the Pennsylvania
Department of Education, Lehigh and a Lehigh alumnus.
It is designed to spark youngsters' interests in pursuing
careers in science and engineering. Lehigh is the only
university plugged into the "telepresence" network of the
JASON Project.
Public sessions are scheduled every day at 4 p.m. The
See JASON page 4
Elizabeth Colley
William Stanford, director of financial aid, hosts 'Scholastic Jeopardy' contest at Scholarship Dinner.
A family reunion of
scholars and donors
By Kathy Richards
Lehigh University Writers' Group
The table talk was about the "good old days."
Supper was dished out family style and after the
cherry pie, everyone participated in a rousing game of
"Scholastic Jeopardy." Lehigh's Scholarship Dinner
last week was, after all, a kind of family reunion,
although many of the guests had just met for the first
time.
The occasion was the annual get-together of more
than 75 of the Lehigh alumni and friends who support
scholarships that aid 200 students. It was a chance for
the donors to talk with the students their contributions
are assisting. And it was a rude awakening for most of
the audience as they discovered some of the things
they should have known about Lehigh, but didn't.
William Stanford, director of financial aid,
moderated the quiz game in which "X" and "O"
teams of Lehigh students matched wits in their
knowledge of university lore. A team was given 10
seconds to answer each question before timer Mary
Ann Mittnacht, who does development's computer and
data management, sounded the horn. Rila Hackett of
development was the "Vanna White" of the evening,
posting the score at each correct answer.
There was one question which stopped them cold:
"Recite the first line of the Lehigh Alma Mater,"
Stanford said.
There was no answer from team "O."
There was no answer from team "X."
"O.K., audience," Stanford said with a sly smile,
since he knew there were many alumni, staff and
faculty at the dinner. "Let's show these kids. Let's
sing the Alma Mater for them."
The room was embarrassingly silent.
Finally, an elderly alumnus stood and recited the
line: "Where the Lehigh's rocky rapids rush from out
the West..."
On most of the questions, student panelists knew
their Lehigh stuff. They knew where one can rent a
See Scholar page 4