Brown and White Vol. 78 no. 38

              lehigh university brown and white vol 78 no 38 bethlehem pa - friday march 31 1967 866-0331 new solon for rhc opposed by arcadia by marty marasco arcadia president marty cohen 68 questioned the validity of the move by the residence halls council to hold an election to fill the arcadia seat presently held by bob kaufman 68 at the wed nesday night arcadia meeting arcadia also voted to approve the rhc rushing proposal in principle by a 7-6 vote with three ab stentions at its meeting on march 15 at the meeting on wednesday night cohen said that rhc did not have the power or the right to hold an election for kaufman's seat he pointed out that once a student is placed on arcadia by rhc he can be removed only by arcadia or the entire stu dent body jim winchester 68 newly elected president of rhc disagreed he said that kaufman's appoint njent was only a temporary appointment until provisons for a new arcadia representative from rhc could be written into the rhc constitution this provision was made in the constitution short ly before spring vacation and winchester then called for the election cohen pointed out that the arcadia constitution supercedes the constitution of any other student organization cohen and winchester will meet to discuss th problem the issue will be brought before rhc on tuesday when it meets to hold an election for the seat on arcadia in other business arcadia voted to send a letter of commendation to mike caruso 67 on behalf of the student body in recognition of his winning three ncaa wrestling championships and distinguishing both himself and lehigh arcadia also approved the social schedule for the 1967-1968 academic year at the march 15 meeting there was consid erable debate before arcadia voted to accept the rhc rushing proposal in principle the proposal would allow freshman in upper class living groups and vice versa before the rushing period except on saturdays and during scheduled parties it would also allow freshman sections to attend parties during the fall semes ter ted breton 68 stated that the proposal was unworkable and might mushroom causing more problems al burin 69 spoke in favor ot the pro posal he said that many freshmen are hurt as a result of the present system and that the rhc proposal would improve the situation ai minskc.n 68 said that arcadia should not take a selfish view we should try to consider how this will affect the freshmen the present svtem has hurt a great many people he added in other business at that meeting c"nn!e vaslh ades 68 moved that arcadia establish an ad hoc directory committee and make recommendatioas for improving the procedure bortn amended the motion by adding to empower the executive to look into publishing our own directory the motion passed as amended arcadia also passed a motion to form a student faculty committee to organize a forum for visiting lecturers the committee will consist of two faculty and three student members jack irwin 68 was appointed to head the cross roads africa committee . baw photo by hoffheins the first to win three - the referee raises the right arm of lehigh's mike caruso immediately after the engineer won his third ncaa 123-pound crown he downed bob fehrs of of michigan whom he has his arm around each of the three times yaf outlines purpose by robert j weintraub education of themselves and of the campus was the main pur pose of the newly formed young americans for freedom expres sed by michael edelman 69 leader of the politically conser vative group at an informal meet ing wednesday evening at present the main objective of the lemgh yaf is to obtain official university recognition the constitution has been sub mitted to the committee on stu dent activities with the major obstacle one of membership the constitution states that only matriculated lehigh stu dents may be voting members of the group while associate mem bers will be involved in policy making also 10 national yaf members must be local chapter members before recognition may be granted despite these ob stacles edelman anticipates no problems another controversy centered around the sharon statement of the national constitution this statement includes the term god-given free will which,ac cording to a member of the com mittee on discipline is incon sistent with another clause in the constitution claiming yaf as a non discriminating group with this interpretation an atheist could not faithfully obey the constitution the lehigh yaf will nevertheless retain the sharon statement so as to follow the national explicitly the group which expects offic ial recognition within two weeks will sponsor discussions and lec tures on topics in line with its principles non-violent demonstrations are being considered by the group should legitimate cause arise dean of student life preston parr in a memorandum to the group hinted his objection to demonstrations according to edelman the organization has distri buted political literature in line with its conservative view one pamphlet included a statement by fbi chief j edgar hoover an other called american youth must know these facts list ed the communist activities in 1964 a library of conservative books has been started a movie on red china will be obtained a news letter is planned special projects will be undertaken and a roving yaf movie collection will l>e used in addition close cooperation with other regional yaf chapters is planned to promote an exchange of ideas and aid in the more efficient operation of the lehigh chapter baw photo by evans voice of freedom-leading wednesday's yaf meeting are left to right barrett gray 70 lee fuller 70 michael edelman 69 and bob hilton 70 the group is in the process of ob taining university recognition graduate residences said not definite yet by john seitz amid rumors that the university is on the verge of building graduate residences both charles seidle vice president of development said that the idea is still in the planning stage and that " nothing definite has been done yet a letter from president w deming lewis indicated that lehigh is interested in acquiring 16-acres of urban renewal property in bethlehem's monocacy valley the area just west of the hill-to-hill bridge is also being considered hy two local industrial firms according to seidle the monor.icy area is only one of several being considered and is by no means definite atthisttme seidle said he envisions apart ments for married graduate students only he suggested that garden apartments consisting of two or three floors and about 12 individual units would be the best structures to be built seidle said that the university must be sure that enough graduate students would be willing to rent apartments from the university before they can begin construction right now he said there isn't " much housing available in bethlehem and many of the married graduate students have indicated that it is a problem finding a place to live he added that lehigh would have to make the rent for graduate apartments comparable to other housing in the area according to franz the graduate school enrollment is scheduled to gradually increase over the next few years while the undergraduate school is expected to stay at its present size seidle stressed that the graduate increase will be mainly in full time students rather than part time ones he added that in spite of the increase the size of the graduate school should remain below that of the under graduate school