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              meal program assessed well-rounded economical forum with issues discussed and dif ferent sides presented from faculty administration and students he emphasized suggestions for improved communica tions included more productive use of the forum's courtesy of the floor for the influx of new ideas office hours for elected forum members of living groups so that people know who they are and where to find them and the periodic set up of a table in the university center during lunch hours to answer questions and receive feedback tions which have changed to an alternate system have found that their cost per meal has risen sharply the cost of lehigh's meals are in the bottom third when compared to competing institutions the dining committee which is made up primarily of students is reviewing the meal plan system this semester for changes to be made metz said problems with changing to an alternate system include computer change-over costs which metz estimated to be between 30,000 and 40,000 and management problems that arise from the difficulty in forecasting who'sgoing to eat when i think our system is better than a lot of other schools such as moravian and lafayette colleges which only have one meal plan said gary dean student chairman of the dining committee in terms of student flexibility i feel it is rather limited because you can only eat certain meals whatever plan you choose by changing from the current vali dine system the student would have more flexibility than ever before but strong student support is needed to make the change dean said ninety-five percent of any changes in the food ser vice are a result of student input any thing that is wrong or needs change should be brought to the attention of the dining committee by teresa kilcullen meal plans of competing institutions may provide more flexibility for the stu dent but through the university's cur rent system we can provide the most economical and well-rounded meal sys tem possible richard metz director of auxiliary services said the current system entails selecting a meal plan from the following choices 21 meals 3 meals 7 days a week , 17 meals saturday breakfast sunday dinner and all weekday meals 15 meals breakfast lunch and dinner on week days 10 meals lunch and dinner on weekdays and 5 meals either all week day lunches or dinners one proposal for a new system similar to one used at other schools is a point system whereby each student would purchase a certain number of meal points for a semester and use these points for cafeteria food snack bar food and bookstore food another proposal is a system in which a certain number of meals per week would be chosen before the semester but the student would have the choice to eat whichever meals he desired unlike the university's current system in which one is obligated to a certain breakfast lunch and dinner composition we have a very good meal-plan pro gram ' metz said we try and do as many things as possible within the meals for flexibility in lifestyle those institu lehigh university brown and white vol 93 — no 5 bethlehem pa tuesday september 14 1982 215)861-4184 b&w photo by doug grandin university president peter likins flanked by a cable-television camera answers questions at a press breakfast friday approximately 30 repor ters and editors from the area attended the news conference likins to valley reporters university in good shape support applied science technology and business likins added the univer sity however should continue to grow and expand in other areas including its liberal arts program likins said coeducation and minority-student representation were also discussed by likins coeducation is to some degree a numbers issue he said noting that it has been difficult for the university to attract women because the areas for which the university is well known are areas that do not traditionally attract women however with changing atti tudes about women and careers likins said he hopes the number of women enrolled will grow to a point where see likins page 4 forum group hopes to improve communication although the university is in good shape both financially and academi cally it must plan expansion wisely in the coming decade . university presi dent peter likins said friday likins speaking at his first press con ference with lehigh valley media noted lehigh's in good shape — financially sturdy and very well-positioned for this tough decade even though we cannot adopt the impulses of the 60's and just grow in any direction likins said the availability of money to support this growth maybe curtailed in certain areas due to economic condi tions expected in the 1980s it will be easier to bring money in to by mary frances donley would use an escort service he added that the dean of students office is wil ling to become involved in this project if response is good david amidon lecturer in urban stu dies agreed that responses to thesurvey are necessary so that there will not be a lot of fur flying over a service that will not be popular the subcommittee will also look into the possibility of a campus bus running near delta gamma sorority and will investigate problems with campus lighting a subcommittee for campus safety and lighting was established at the meet ing with eric neu 84 aschairman this subcommittee's major concern will be the establishment of a women's escort service on campus there is a need for female students to become more aware that rape is a reality on campus even if it is not publicized said one student during discussion on a possible escort service neu said that he would conduct a sur vey as he did last year and possibly interview students to find out if women unbearable b&w photo by rob weisstuch quarterback tony semler 85 applying ice to an injured elbow and senior guard scott fath look on from the bench during saturday's football opener the engineers lost to the main black bears 14-6 see story page 12 by kathy goldstein improving communications within the university is the main priority of the forum's administration committee according to dave bailin 84 committee co-chairman we would like to see stu dent and faculty groups operating inde pendently but also working themselves into the forum he explained at the committee's first meeting thursday communication should be more than a one-way street bailin said we would like to have a voice that is heard ' ' the forum should be used more as a