Brown and White Vol. 95 no. 49

              lehigh universiiy brown and white vol 95 — no 49 bethlehem pa friday may 4 1984 215)861-4181 dean's office reorganizes three basic changes made by kathi moore the reorganization of the dean of students office essentially consist of three changes william quay dean of students said the position of assistant to the dean for fraternity and sorority affairs currently held by larry phi lippi who announced his resignation this semester will no longer be an independent component of the office rather under the reorganization plan the position will be included in the residence life component of the office the position of the assistant dean for educational programs will also not be an independent component of the office the position will be incor porated under the student activities component of the reorganized office muriel whitcomb currently is the assistant dean of students for educa tional programs however she announced her resignation effective this month last week the position of advisor for interna tional students currently held by kathy dean will no longer be under the position of the assistant dean of educational programs currently held by whitcomb dean's postion will be incorporated under the aca demic support component of the reor ganized office the existing structure of the office allows for three assistant deans of stu dents whitcomb mark erickson assistant dean of students for resi dence life and assistant dean for stu dent activities formerly held by see quay's page 7 tenure degree discussion altered in latest plan draft by jknk marks changes in the university's distribu tion goals of bachelor degrees awarded and tenure policy are the significant dif ferences between the first and succes sive drafts of part one of the university planning document as the administra tion prepared the final document for presentation to thejßrjard of trustees at their june meeting the first flraft of part one of the docu ment intended strict adherence to the 40 40-20 goal which applied to bachelor's degrees awarded the distribution of students 40 percent engineering 40 per cent arts and 20 percent business was originally applied id enrollment the most recent draft does not plan such a strict adherence to the goal but contains a c\ause that states that the goal is to maintain a healthy balance among the separate disciplines and colleges allowing for sufficient flexibility in dis tribution goals to allow for shifts in stu dent interests and career objectives achieving this goal would improve the balance among disciplines at the univer sity without sacrificing its traditional character the first draft also projected a tenured faculty goal of 80 percent the most recent draft now rejects the concept of a tenure quota and recognizes maintain ing a large complement of non-tenured faculty as but one of the many means to the desired end a vital and productive faculty compensation policies that were approved by the board will con tinue to remain in effect the document also states the university's intention to develop policies and practices to aid in the retention and promotion of qualified women and minorities on both faculty and staff the most recent draft of the first part of the document was released feb 7 and has since undergone slight revisions according to eric ottervick vice presi dent of planning it incorporates com ments and suggestions by staff and faculty which were brought to the atten tion of a committee in charge of prepar ing part one headed by carey joint chairman of the department of inter national relations stoned b&w photo by george cook who's that man behind the foster grants packard lab.'s statu ary prepares for sunny weather with a pair of oversized shades looking fit for an afternoon spin in the vintage automobile hid den inside improvements noted in health center services by alden cushman in 1977 a survey was conducted by the student health advisory committee which found that students felt a general lack of confidence in the health services and concern over their confidentiality procedures the survey also uncovered 16 cases of alleged misdiagnoses against the health center the health center now has 24-hour registered-nurse coverage more accessible and personalized student treatment stronger ties with the athletic department and a part-time orthopedic specialist according to preston parr former vice president and dean of stu dent affairs in my opinion it's a very fine health center he said there are at least two possible cases of malpractice or misdiagnosis that may soon be filed against the health center both occurred last semester and involved university students one case involved a student who may also be suing a local allentown doctor who allegedly failed to properly diagnose or treat the patient's serious illness dr carl ruch director of health services refrained from commenting on either case there are no state regulations apply ing to the licensing or inspection of.such facilities as the health center according to curtis jennings licensing director of primary care for the state of pennsylvania unless x-rays and major operations are performed at the facility then there is no need for any state license it really depends on the complexity of the servi ces given by the individual facility " he explained and without a license it is hard to complain about bad practice the university's health center lab is the only part of the center that is state licensed according to ruch we do about 90 percent of all our tests in our lab ruch said the rest of the testing and more serious cases broken brnierfr and major operations are recorn mended to st lukes hospital in bethlehem st luke's is the local hospital where the health center sends any serious illnesses or accidents that occur on cam pus in referring to the number of misdi agnoses that have been received from the health center john patterson direc tor of st luke's emergency room said we have received a few but no more than we get from anyplace else dr robert echenberg a local bethle hem doctor has heard little recently per taining to the health center that could be good or that could be bad it could mean that it's running fine and that nothing bad has happened or it could mean that they simply lack good com n munica tion with local hospitals and doc tors which can be very important he saias —^ echenberg^lso noted that doctors who dean of students prospects reduced to five candidates by tony coppola the number of prospective candi dates to replace the dean of students has been eut down to five and a final decision should be reached by the middle of this month according to william quay dean of students there were over 110 applicants for the position quay said according to quay applicants span a broad range applicants come from as far away as oregon and as near as bethlehem pen nsylvania he said he added that the applicants have experience in student affairs work a special search committee com posed of ten members chosen from the faculty staff and students was estab lished to help in the process according to marsha duncan vice president of stu dent affairs the role of the committee was to identify finalists from the appli cant pool to invite to campus for inter views duncan said she added that during each finalist's two-day stint at the university they were interviewed by many people including the president the provost student groups and faculty a total of five applicants were invited to the university for interviews accord ing to quay he said that the interview ing process is almost finished and that the final decision should be made by the middle of may right now it is premature to com ment on the success of the search dun can said however she noted that the success will be gauged by the selection of a good dean of students who works well with faculty as well as student groups in addition she said that the new dean will be appointed this summer no later than august see p^an page 6 see health page 7