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              seeded support is money given by the university to begin projects which can later be submitted for government grants and other types of funded support streeter explained university research enhances its reputation provides a creative environ ment for faculty supports the graduate program enhances faculty recruitment and quality enhances the undergradu ate experience and produces income and equipment according to a release from the research office research helps attract more faculty to the university goldstein explained italso keeps them sharp and on the cutting edge of what is occurring in their particular field he added government funding mainly through the national science foundation helps pay for additional faculty that the uni versity would otherwise not have we would like to be in the top 100 research universities goldstein said the university is currently ranked 135 th on a list of research universities the date the university hopes to accomplish this will be contained in the final copy of the planning document due in march 84 in the current copy of the planning doc ument the need for additional facilities is recognized it states that any signifi cant additional space will tend to accom pany graduate or funded-program growth the continued renovation of existing facilities is also emphasized increased research can only help the quality of education offered to the stu dents states the office of research release committee meets on high-techhigh university to facilitate an exchange of resources bethlehem area school board member charles szmanda said i have had some positive comments and some negative comments about the school there is a recognition that the local area high schools cannot provide for the needs of the gifted students he added that there is a good deal of enthusiasm from school districts for participation in the new program one of the strongest arguments against the creation of the school is the elitism issue he said if it the high school doesn't draw from a large enough area you rob the local schools of the gifted students and this has an adverse effect on the operation of these schools szmanda said that the program is pro ceeding on a pretty tight time table and that the final proposal should be ready so that high school students may begin to apply in october responsible for overseeing the project he said tuscher explained that during the meeting the chairmanships for eight subcommittees were assigned these subcommittees include organization and governance facilities budget and funding curriculum student selection and admissions demographics teacher preparation and research and development each of these committees will be investigating their respective tasks including where the school might be located how much interaction it will have with the university who the faculty will be and what impact on local high schools might be expected he explained tuscher added that some of the assumptions we're starting out with are to begin the program with the elev enth grade and then add the twelfth grade the following year he added that the high school might be located near the by stuart silberman the lehigh valley university high school steering committee met tuesday to di^^uss the feasibility of a special high school of math science and technology for gifted students in the bethlehem area according to school of education professor leroy tuscher tuscher one of the original advocates of the program said the committee's primary goals are to discuss proposals for the school itself as well as developing and implementing a model for teacher training and conducting research and development for instructional methods he said that the final proposal will be presented to interested groups includ ing corporations from the lehigh valley faculty and administrators of local pub lic and private schools and universities by april the feasibility study team which is comprised of nearly 35 members from the various groups mentioned above is 215 861-4184 lehigh university brown and white vol 95 — no 28 five students forced to move from brodhead s second floor bethlehem pa friday january 27 1984 slide rules university students learned to slide down the him tuesday due to early morning ice covering the campus although many area col leges were closed in the morning university students displayed their dedication by braving the ice barbara kreppel director of residence operations res ops said the students leaving brodhead were given first choice above anybody else except medical cases on all vacancies kreppel said we offered to help them move to let them cancel their residence hall contract and move off campus " and made other concessions for them in recognition of the sacrifice they were making she said university president peter likins has also sent them a letter acknowledging this she added if we had any other alternatives we would have taken them kreppel said what we did really wasn't fair but we had no choice besides an agreement that the dis placed student could change their room choice anytime this semester erik son said that they would also get a boost in the housing lottery however molnar said he and schneider will not see students page 4 funding for research increases by 1 6 percent the reassignment of five students from the second floor of brodhead house in order to make room for returning han dicapped student ken barner 86 has resulted in charges of unfairness on the part of the university and other second floor residents they just swooped down on the last day of finals and told us we had to get out mark molnar 86 one of the resi dents forced to leave said when he returned to his room following his last final molnar found area coordinator tom wignot talking w ith one of his room mates john schneider 86 i was informed of the decision about an hour before my last test schneider said i was amazed what bad timing we learned that ken would be return ing right before the beginning of finals mark erikson assistant to the dean of students for residence life said we tried to do it make the selection as fast as we could but we ran over into finals by peter trumbork by alden cushman the amount of university research funding is up 16 percent compared to this time last year due to the ben franklin partnership government grants and private business richard streeter director of the office of research said noting that because it is measured on a monthly basis that figure could change a great deal by the end of the year last year 14.1 million was spent for research of the total figure 8.3 million was spent on sponsored research said joseph goldstein vice president of research the university recovered 2.5 million of its indirect costs administra tive operational etc costs from the government which represents nearly 65 percent of what the university filed for according to john woltjen vice presi dent and treasurer that figure is slightly olsen moyer elected wed in forum vote peter olsen 84 and diane moyer 86 have been elected as interfraternity council ifc representative and one-at-large respectively for forum xiv the election held wednesday marked the first time the univer sity voted for spring replacements the appointments now complete all of the 30 student and 30 faculty spots there was a great turnout approximately 500 people said elections chairman bob raffo 84 who noted that the two appoint ments would be effective only for the spring semester better than in previous years the newly opened ben franklin tech nology center has increased the amount of research funds given to the univer sity goldstein said fifty percent of the center's funds come from the state and the rest is from private industry and var ious foundations the university's long-range research goals include doubling the present research support increasing the number of graduate students working on funded projects and awarding more than 100 doctorates per year according to the nov 4 copy of the planning document what the university needs in order to accomplish this is space for expansion upgraded facilities more faculty stu dent support equipment and seeded support for faculty and new research areas