LehighWeek Volume 05, Issue 01

              Fall Sports Schedules
See South Mountaineer, page 4
What's Happening This Fall?
See Special Pull-out Calendar, pages 9-12
Frances L-Dutko — 33 Years with Lehigh
See her profile on page 16
Lehigh Home to Keystone Games for Second Year
The 10th annual Keystone
State Games were hosted at Lehigh
for a second year. The 28-sport
state athletic competition was held
Aug. 6-11 throughout the Lehigh
Valley. The "official" opening of
the games were held in Stabler
Arena on Fri., Aug. 10. Approximately 6,600 players, coaches, officials, staff and volunteers made
their way through Lehigh's campus. According to Jessica Dunlap, manager of conference
services, 1,100 of these participants were housed in Lehigh
residence halls. "We were the
organization which housed the
most people—and every hotel
in the area was sold out," she
said. | Pictured is the cycling
competition held on the Mountaintop Campus. Other games
held at Lehigh were: volleyball,
wrestling, cross country running,
field hockey and soccer. The
Keystone games were among 35
events held by conference services this summer, which attracted
more than 3,400 participants to
Lehigh's campus.
HOME
Class of '95
from 34 states
and 24 nations
By ROBERT W. FISHER
Lehigh University Writers' Group
Lehigh University's Class of
1995, which arrives on campus Aug.
23, is the first to benefit from a new
financial aid policy guaranteeing
assistance to all regularly admitted
students.
The incoming freshmen represent 34 states and 24 nations. As of
Aug. 8, Lehigh expected 1,128
freshmen, 48 more than the university's target of 1,080.
"We've been able to bring in a
solid, talented and diverse class in a
year that has been very unusual in
terms of college admissions," said
Pat Boig, Lehigh's director of admissions.
Last fall, Lehigh's trustees approved a policy guaranteeing need-
based financial aid to all qualified
students who are U.S. citizens or
permanent residents and are admitted during the regular admission
process. The move boosted Lehigh's
aid budget by more than $2 million
to approximately $20 million.
A 10 percent increase in applications, due in large part to the new
aid policy, gave Lehigh a better
pool of students from which to draw,
Boig said.
But the number of high school
graduates with verbal SAT scores
above 550 — the candidates for
which Lehigh competes with other
selective institutions — has shrunk
by 37 percent since 1976 and is still
contracting, creating a "buyer's
market" for students. As a result,
many schools have opted to offer
scholarships hot based on need to
attract top students, heating up
competition in the process.
Virtually all of the financial aid
Lehigh offers is need-based. Half of
the new freshmen will receive some
form of aid, including 43.6 percent
who will receive university scholarships averaging $8,913. Financial
aid packages, including scholarships,
loans and on-campus jobs, ranged
up to $21,340 and averaged $ 12,660
for the Class of 1995.
Class of 1995 at a Glance
Applications: 5,707
Offers of Admission:     3,788
Enrolled Freshmen:      1,128
416
37%
Women:
Hispanic or
African American: 5%
Other Minorities: 7%
SAT Scores (for middle 50
percent)
Math 580-680
Verbal 470-560
In top fifth of H.S. class:68%
Please Watch Where You Park
1. Both Grant St. and the roadway south of the Chapel to
Taylor St. are now ONE-WAY EAST.
2. Brodhead Ave. above Packer Ave., Packer Ave. between
Webster and Vine Sts., Taylor St. above Packer, and Eighth Ave.
from Montclair to Trembley Apts. are now FACULTY/STAFF
PARKING ONLY.
3. Half of the Maginnes Hall parking lot is now reserved for
students in Brodhead House.
4. Two, four, and ten-hour meters are now on several city streets
to provide short-term parking for visitors and students.
Pa., N.Y., N.J.
73.4%
Arts & Science:
41.8%
New England
11.0%
Business &
South
8.3%
Economics:
21.2%
Midwest
3.0%
Engineering &
West
1.9%
Applied Science:
34.9%
Southwest
0.3%
Arts/Engineering
2.1%
International
2.2%
LEHIGH Snapshots
Lehigh facts you might not know
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Source: Student Activities Canter
Graphic by Scott D. Mora*
MARIE C- BOLTZ
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