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Colombian economy Two-day conference set for this week See page 8 Volume 12, Issue 26 LehighWeefc The campus digest for innovation, news and events with SouthMountaineer Sports Update Strobel named Olympic coach See SouthMountaineer 12 April 14,1999 Lech Walesa: A velvet glove The inauguration of Lehigh's 12th president If Robert Schumann once described the music of Frederic Chopin as flowers veiling a cannon, a similar observation could be made about Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and labor leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in toppling communism. In a 90-minute speech here Monday (April 12), Walesa poked gentle fun at himself, at politicians, and even at the many foreign conquests that have carved up Poland's history. Beneath the bouquet of humor, however, one could discern the iron will that enabled Walesa to prevail against his country's A ceremony of the first order Lech Walesa Soviet-backed dictatorship. And one could sense a warning to those who would enjoy the fruits of the Cold War's end without appreciating the work that remains to be done. "We are a very special generation," said Walesa, whose speech was translated by interpreter Magda Iwinska. "We have a wonderful opportunity to establish world peace and economic prosperity. That requires us to be more active, to put more order in the world. "But I'm sorry to say we lack politicians of vision in the world. Today's politicians focus on local constituents and the next election. They are people not of vision, but of television." Inattention to the broad picture, combined with young people's disinterest in politics, has left the world without the new order it needs to deal with problems such as ethnic strife, pollution and disparity of wealth that are every bit as dangerous as communism, Walesa said. The war between NATO and Yugoslavia that was triggered by that country's persecution of the Albanian Kosovars could have been avoided, Walesa said, either by timely intervention by Russia "on the appropriate side" or by an earlier, unequivocal warning to Yugoslav leader Please see Walesa on page 5 Rob Uplon Holding the university mace, Gregory C. Farrington prepares to address an inaugural crowd of nearly 1,000 in Stabler Arena. The mace, a 700-year-old tradition symbolizing responsibility and authority, was given to Lehigh by the Class of 1966. Rain is often accused of spoiling a parade, but Gregory C. Farrington took inspiration from the showers that fell most of the day Fri day (April 9), when he was formally inaugurated as Lehigh's 12th president. "The Talmud says rain is a sign of God's blessing," Farrington told a crowd of nearly 1,000 people in Stabler Arena and a live Internet audience, after Ronald J. Ulrich '66, chairman of the board of trustees, vested Lehigh's new leader with the presidential silver medallion and the university mace. With that remark, Farrington set the stage for an inaugural address both serious and humorous, capping a ceremony of colorful tradition, fine music and gracious speeches. As he delivered an address on "The Nature of the University in the Information Age," Farrington looked directly out on several hundred visitors from other universities, members of learned societies, and Lehigh professors, all dressed in colored robes representing alma mater, field of study and academic achievement. Seated behind the academic guests were the 50-member Lehigh University Choir and the Fairmount Brass quintet from Philadelphia. The choir, under the direction of Steven P. Sametz, professor of music, performed "Alleluia," a many-layered a capella composition by Paul F. Salerni, professor of music, along with Sametz's "Exigi Momentum aere perennis" for choir and brass. The quintet performed Purcell's Leadership Agenda for Lehigh The following are seven areas in which Lehigh must lead: ■ In inventing what it means to be a university in the Digital Age. Lehigh should prepare students for leadership in the age of the Internet in part by creating programs that bridge traditional academic boundaries. ■ In inventing new and more effective teaching methods. ■ In generating new knowledge. ■ In being a wise steward of its resource. "The noble purposes of higher education do not exempt us from the mundane laws of economics." ■ In being a strong regional partner. "Lehigh has a special obligation to help strengthen the South Side community of Bethlehem." ■ In seeking diversity in its faculty, staff and students - "It's just the right thing to do." ■ In keeping faith with its alumni. "Their lives were energized by their Lehigh experience and [their] support can transform the lives of present and future students." Gregory C. Farrington, President, Lehigh University "Trumpet Voluntary," and mezzo- soprano Vanessa L. DeVett '99 sang the National Anthem. Seated behind Farrington were the officers of the university, the other speakers, and members of Lehigh's board of trustees. Members of Lehigh's staff and student body sat in the bleachers to the new president's left and right. Farrington, who came to Lehigh last August from the University of Pennsylvania, where he had been dean of engineering, warmed up to his theme with a brief summary of Lehigh's 134-year history. He saluted his two immediate predecessors, Peter Likins, who was president from 1982-97, and William C. Hittinger '44 (1997-98), then told of Lehigh's founding in 1865 by Asa Packer, a man he described as a "wealthy visionary who knew that the key to future' economic leadership would be knowledge." The new president did not disappoint those who know his quick wit. He called Lehigh's first president, Henry Coppee, a "one-man school of arts and sciences" who had taught history, logic, rhetoric, political economy and Shakespeare at Penn before coming to Lehigh. "It's a perfect background for this job," Farrington said. "Especially the Shakespeare whose plays are useful guides to understanding academic politics." A century later, Farrington said, universities face their main challenge*in the information technologies that are "changing the world at the speed of light." He described a hypothetical Please see President on page 4 Lehigh will continue to operate bookstore A university committee formed last summer to examine the operation of Lehigh's bookstore and evaluate the possibility of outsourcing it has recommended that Lehigh continue operating the store itself. The committee was chaired by Barry Gaal, assistant vice president for business services, and included three professors, an undergraduate, a graduate student, and several staff members. Rhonda Gross, vice president for finance and administration, who convened the committee, announced April 8 the administration had accepted the committee's recommendation. The committee reviewed the bookstore's performance and reviewed proposals from three outside vendors to operate the store. Two major bookstore companies, Barnes and Noble and Follett, were invited to campus to make presentations, along with the existing bookstore managers. "It was a long, thorough process that was fair and objective," said Gaal. "We used eight criteria in evaluating the proposals, and the bookstore beat out two very aggressive proposals from the vendors." As part of the process, the committee surveyed faculty, staff and students about the customer service provided by the bookstore. Gaal said 92.5 percent of the respondents rated the bookstore excellent to good on customer service. The committee also evaluated the store's current financial performance against national benchmarks from other college stores of similar size. The bookstore's current financial performance significantly exceeds all industry benchmarks and averages, and slightly exceeded the offers received from the outside vendors. "Other schools, such as Duke, have found similar results when evaluating their bookstores, and have decided to continue running the stores themselves," said Gaal. "If you are running a good store, the store can return more to the campus (with the university running it) than an outside vendor." "I'm very pleased with the way it (the process) turned out," said Mike King, director of the Bookstore. "I'm proud of my staff for handling the uncertainty while still performing their jobs admirably through a difficult and uncertain time. Despite the distraction of this process, we are enjoying our fourth consecutive year of success financially while maintaining a high level of service to customers. Please see Bookstore on page 8 LEHIGH University LehighWeefc Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3067 dOLTZ CLIENT MARIE C. INFO RES RH.306 LINOERMAN LIBRARY SERVICES NON-PROFIT MAIL U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015
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Title | LehighWeek Volume 12, Issue 26 |
Subject | Lehigh University--Periodicals |
Description | Reports on the past week's news, and schedules of upcoming events, at Lehigh University. Thirty issues yearly, published weekly, except for vacations, during the school year, and once or twice a month during the summer. |
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Full Text | Colombian economy Two-day conference set for this week See page 8 Volume 12, Issue 26 LehighWeefc The campus digest for innovation, news and events with SouthMountaineer Sports Update Strobel named Olympic coach See SouthMountaineer 12 April 14,1999 Lech Walesa: A velvet glove The inauguration of Lehigh's 12th president If Robert Schumann once described the music of Frederic Chopin as flowers veiling a cannon, a similar observation could be made about Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and labor leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in toppling communism. In a 90-minute speech here Monday (April 12), Walesa poked gentle fun at himself, at politicians, and even at the many foreign conquests that have carved up Poland's history. Beneath the bouquet of humor, however, one could discern the iron will that enabled Walesa to prevail against his country's A ceremony of the first order Lech Walesa Soviet-backed dictatorship. And one could sense a warning to those who would enjoy the fruits of the Cold War's end without appreciating the work that remains to be done. "We are a very special generation," said Walesa, whose speech was translated by interpreter Magda Iwinska. "We have a wonderful opportunity to establish world peace and economic prosperity. That requires us to be more active, to put more order in the world. "But I'm sorry to say we lack politicians of vision in the world. Today's politicians focus on local constituents and the next election. They are people not of vision, but of television." Inattention to the broad picture, combined with young people's disinterest in politics, has left the world without the new order it needs to deal with problems such as ethnic strife, pollution and disparity of wealth that are every bit as dangerous as communism, Walesa said. The war between NATO and Yugoslavia that was triggered by that country's persecution of the Albanian Kosovars could have been avoided, Walesa said, either by timely intervention by Russia "on the appropriate side" or by an earlier, unequivocal warning to Yugoslav leader Please see Walesa on page 5 Rob Uplon Holding the university mace, Gregory C. Farrington prepares to address an inaugural crowd of nearly 1,000 in Stabler Arena. The mace, a 700-year-old tradition symbolizing responsibility and authority, was given to Lehigh by the Class of 1966. Rain is often accused of spoiling a parade, but Gregory C. Farrington took inspiration from the showers that fell most of the day Fri day (April 9), when he was formally inaugurated as Lehigh's 12th president. "The Talmud says rain is a sign of God's blessing," Farrington told a crowd of nearly 1,000 people in Stabler Arena and a live Internet audience, after Ronald J. Ulrich '66, chairman of the board of trustees, vested Lehigh's new leader with the presidential silver medallion and the university mace. With that remark, Farrington set the stage for an inaugural address both serious and humorous, capping a ceremony of colorful tradition, fine music and gracious speeches. As he delivered an address on "The Nature of the University in the Information Age," Farrington looked directly out on several hundred visitors from other universities, members of learned societies, and Lehigh professors, all dressed in colored robes representing alma mater, field of study and academic achievement. Seated behind the academic guests were the 50-member Lehigh University Choir and the Fairmount Brass quintet from Philadelphia. The choir, under the direction of Steven P. Sametz, professor of music, performed "Alleluia," a many-layered a capella composition by Paul F. Salerni, professor of music, along with Sametz's "Exigi Momentum aere perennis" for choir and brass. The quintet performed Purcell's Leadership Agenda for Lehigh The following are seven areas in which Lehigh must lead: ■ In inventing what it means to be a university in the Digital Age. Lehigh should prepare students for leadership in the age of the Internet in part by creating programs that bridge traditional academic boundaries. ■ In inventing new and more effective teaching methods. ■ In generating new knowledge. ■ In being a wise steward of its resource. "The noble purposes of higher education do not exempt us from the mundane laws of economics." ■ In being a strong regional partner. "Lehigh has a special obligation to help strengthen the South Side community of Bethlehem." ■ In seeking diversity in its faculty, staff and students - "It's just the right thing to do." ■ In keeping faith with its alumni. "Their lives were energized by their Lehigh experience and [their] support can transform the lives of present and future students." Gregory C. Farrington, President, Lehigh University "Trumpet Voluntary," and mezzo- soprano Vanessa L. DeVett '99 sang the National Anthem. Seated behind Farrington were the officers of the university, the other speakers, and members of Lehigh's board of trustees. Members of Lehigh's staff and student body sat in the bleachers to the new president's left and right. Farrington, who came to Lehigh last August from the University of Pennsylvania, where he had been dean of engineering, warmed up to his theme with a brief summary of Lehigh's 134-year history. He saluted his two immediate predecessors, Peter Likins, who was president from 1982-97, and William C. Hittinger '44 (1997-98), then told of Lehigh's founding in 1865 by Asa Packer, a man he described as a "wealthy visionary who knew that the key to future' economic leadership would be knowledge." The new president did not disappoint those who know his quick wit. He called Lehigh's first president, Henry Coppee, a "one-man school of arts and sciences" who had taught history, logic, rhetoric, political economy and Shakespeare at Penn before coming to Lehigh. "It's a perfect background for this job," Farrington said. "Especially the Shakespeare whose plays are useful guides to understanding academic politics." A century later, Farrington said, universities face their main challenge*in the information technologies that are "changing the world at the speed of light." He described a hypothetical Please see President on page 4 Lehigh will continue to operate bookstore A university committee formed last summer to examine the operation of Lehigh's bookstore and evaluate the possibility of outsourcing it has recommended that Lehigh continue operating the store itself. The committee was chaired by Barry Gaal, assistant vice president for business services, and included three professors, an undergraduate, a graduate student, and several staff members. Rhonda Gross, vice president for finance and administration, who convened the committee, announced April 8 the administration had accepted the committee's recommendation. The committee reviewed the bookstore's performance and reviewed proposals from three outside vendors to operate the store. Two major bookstore companies, Barnes and Noble and Follett, were invited to campus to make presentations, along with the existing bookstore managers. "It was a long, thorough process that was fair and objective," said Gaal. "We used eight criteria in evaluating the proposals, and the bookstore beat out two very aggressive proposals from the vendors." As part of the process, the committee surveyed faculty, staff and students about the customer service provided by the bookstore. Gaal said 92.5 percent of the respondents rated the bookstore excellent to good on customer service. The committee also evaluated the store's current financial performance against national benchmarks from other college stores of similar size. The bookstore's current financial performance significantly exceeds all industry benchmarks and averages, and slightly exceeded the offers received from the outside vendors. "Other schools, such as Duke, have found similar results when evaluating their bookstores, and have decided to continue running the stores themselves," said Gaal. "If you are running a good store, the store can return more to the campus (with the university running it) than an outside vendor." "I'm very pleased with the way it (the process) turned out," said Mike King, director of the Bookstore. "I'm proud of my staff for handling the uncertainty while still performing their jobs admirably through a difficult and uncertain time. Despite the distraction of this process, we are enjoying our fourth consecutive year of success financially while maintaining a high level of service to customers. Please see Bookstore on page 8 LEHIGH University LehighWeefc Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3067 dOLTZ CLIENT MARIE C. INFO RES RH.306 LINOERMAN LIBRARY SERVICES NON-PROFIT MAIL U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 |
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