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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
October 5,1993
LEHIGHWEEK
LU is rated
"Best Value"
by William Johnson, Writers Group
Lehigh is one of 50 "Best Values"
among national universities in U.S.
News & World Report's newest
ranking system, on newsstands
October 4.
A week earlier, Lehigh ranked 4th
in alumni satisfaction in U.S. News'
7th Annual "America's Best Colleges"
survey. In that survey's overall
rankings, Lehigh placed in the top 25
percent of 204 national universities,
institutions which offer a wide range
high priority on research and award
large numbers of Ph.D.s.
U.S. News' "Best Values" rankings
combine the "Best Colleges" quality
rankings with total cost and average
financial aid grants to determine the
top 50 Best Values. The schools are
listed alphabetically but divided into
25 top and 25 runner-up Best Values.
Lehigh placed in the latter group.
Lehigh's annual alumni giving
percentage— 46 per cent— was
behind Dartmouth (54%), Duke (47%)
and Notre Dame (46%). The ratings
were based on the average percentage of a school's living undergraduate and graduate alumni who gave to
its 1991 and 1992 fund drives.
In the "Best Colleges" survey,
Lehigh also ranked 21st in graduation rate, the average percentage of
students in the 1983 to 1986 freshman
classes who graduated in six years,
and 15th in faculty resources, which
includes student-faculty ratio and
the percentage of faculty with
doctorates or terminal degree in
their field.
The "Best Colleges" survey,
conducted annually, rates 1,371
schools in five categories— national
universities, national liberal arts
colleges, regional colleges and
universities, regional liberal arts
colleges and specialized institutions.
LU is the only Lehigh Valley institution in the national university
category.
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Bruce Winter
Students were eager to start using the stairmasters on the Spiegel Mezzanine when the new Welch Fitness Center opened
on October 4th. The new center has an open stair tower giving access to the racquetball and the squash courts. The
Welch Fitness Center is used by over 500 users daily and offers programs including: exercise consultation, nutritional
analysis, walking and running clubs, fitness competitions and stress management. The new hours of operation are
Monday to Friday 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday 12 to 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Banned Books ►
Benjamin Wright,
assistant professor of
religion studies, reads
from In the Night
Kitchen, a children's
book by Maurice
Sendak that has been
banned for its illustrations. The reading
was part of "Banned
Books: a Celebration
of Freedom" in
recognition of Banned
Book Awareness
Week.
Leopoldo Gutierrez '97
Celebrating the Harvest Festival ►
Boris Levin, graduate student, playfully teases LU child care center preschoolers Nicolas Fountonlakis and Timmy Krentz with a swinging
apple. The pre-schoolers helped to decorate a Sukkah by the Hillel
House in preparation for the holiday of Sukkot.
Bruce Winter
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
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