Brown and White Vol. 80 no. 30

              lehigh university brown and white vol 80 - no 30 be'fhlemcicpa friday february 14 im 144-033 jones job innovation by john seitz in his new position of assistant to the president dr robert g jonee associate professor of sociology said hs will be concentrating on academic innovation at the university jones whose one year appointment begins sept 1 1969 said in an inter view that he will be working closely with the iresimuui seminar program by offer ing seminar courses in the freshman year students would be slue to gain an educational experience usually available only to juniors and seniors a second area he may be working in is the proposed office for educational development at the university which if it goes through will improve academic development at the university snd set up s research unit to examine the campus environment jones said this research unit is basically an extension of the environmental study the high immediate relevance courses her is another ares jones will be concentrating in he said he hopes that not only arts departments will take advantage of the hlr opportunity but that business and engi nee ring departments will use it also to make innovations jones said he doesn't really know what to expect in his new position snd bs isn't sure whether the experience will be satisfying or frustrating hs believes it does give him a chance to express his views snd bring a perspective to discus si cos that might not have been present before turning to non-academic campus issues jones commented on the new dor nu coedu cation and the university faculty hs said hs is not convinced there is s need for s new residence hall hs referred to a study being conducted by roy herrenkohl assistant professor of social relations ta determine the reasons why students move off campus aad said the university should have walled until ths results wore known jones criticised ths new dorm on two other grounds 1 the faculty was not given enough voice in the decision 2 the selection of the centennial complex style of architecture was a mistake coeducation at lehigh is inevitable in jones opinion the sooner we go the better he added and then suggested we could begin as early as next fail if we didn't provide housing on campus for girl students responding to the charge that the university faculty is too conservative he said most faculties are traditionally slow moving in defense of the university he pointed out that it takes a lot to get a system of lehigh's magnitude cranked up jones called his selection a great honor his new position is part of the american council on education's ace intern pro gram the a.c.e chose 61 interns from 91 faculty members who had been selected by their universities because of their potential administrative ability jones stressed that hs will continue to teach during his year as the president's assistant what he will do after the year appointment is uncertain frosh petition for repeal of public guest regulations the freshman class cabinet approved monday a petition calling for the repeal of eh regulations limiting the hours of wo men guests in public areas of freshman residence ai_s s the petition will be circulated by section presidents throughout freshman residence halls the cabinet needs st least 800 names to bring the issue before arcadia tar ap proval former representative charles sieger bad proposed in november the abolishment of visiting hour regulations in public areas of freshman residence halls at a meeting of the social codes committee of the cabi net it passed with three abstentions aad one opposed prom there the proposal went to tee arcadia social codes committee where according to 72 president tim bayer it waa subsequently ignored now a petition ie being circulated to oring ths proposal directly before ar cadia ths freshman cabinet has also received encouragement from members of the junior class cabinet arcadia motion would guide demonstrations er b-ll chastaih j i f ttt t rtbb^bb-888 ammmtmmmm\mmm tions on campus until its neat meeting the guide - lines to be considered are contained la a report submitted by leonard poveromo arcadia xxn arcadia preeldent don iwreoaa 70 reported earlier that the student activities committee is now considering a statement regarding conflicts between extramural affiliations and established lehigh policy the statement under consideration says ta affect that in the event of conflict umversity policy _____ take precedence parsons stressed that tws statement if adopted would have a direct bearing oa the lehigh chapters of national fraternal organizations an open meet ing to discuss the advisibility of instituting this tatacr_.nl riu be held on fab is 1988-bssaling h recognized the rtght to dleeeai bat also the tact that ths academic cc4aas-nlty mast be guarded arcadia said at that time that dissent is a mease of exposing error and recognis ing ths truth sad thus mast be preserved arcadia went to work aad drew up a aot of guidelines baaed primarily oa similar documents at rut gers and u of pennsylvania it had six parts . first tha denx*a*re*or the guidelines stated the activities of others censt stent with the seaaam aim ntf ftia ■!■ ■■. iial rail ■ aims or tns osmonotreuone second activities which create a substantial i threat of harm to persons or props 1 ty will not be condoned aad those persona causing aaet harts should be disciplined third demonstrations aaa aot ba held is areas where meetings are being held ca se heduled fourth whan a university group invites an outside parson or group university officials should be notified aad should have the cooperation at the inviting group fifth demonstrations should not b held where heaarda to persons or property exist last since tha placement service is a service function a threatened demon stration against sn omployer prmrirtae as basis for denying facilities to that employer the university ob report concludes will try to aettts disputes internally however with proper warning aafaraa ment disruptions will be dealt with by the introduction of external forces in other business arcadia passed a motion to allow the second meeting of summer personnel employment consortium jspec to °»* held m hhub on feb 28 the motion waa introduced by dan sassi 69 who recently attended a spec meeting in new york city fiß-asi esplsinsd mat tfpsc ta twins orgaalaed to help undergraduates find summer jobs in technical fields arcadia is currently considering the advisibtiity of enrolling lemgh in the program or robert g jones ba photo by deason don parsons presr4twt of arcadia opens diseirssteei cm motion that would propose guidelines and rules governing student demonstrations at the university taa motion tabled wednesday night will be discussed next week u objectives ond standards settled by edpol committee editor's note this is the last of two articles by gory sims analyz ing the university's educational policy committee by gary sims the educational policy of a university consists of that body of formal and informal policy statements rules regulations procedures and practices which establish its educational objectives snd standards and which determine its methods of opera tion as an educational institution ths above statement by dr glenn j christensen was quoted from s memo to the graduate committee of jan 18 1988 it is considered the beat worded definition to date by edpol of educational policy in addition to the more general programs mentioned in part one of tats series the freshman year hhi courses sad innovations in instruction edpol has alao been concerned with annual coarse and curricular changes ths relations of tha increased number of " valentines in basic engi ncering laurjm ta the aew attendance policies ai-bbbbbbuuais vs graduate balance of c purees staff and effort ths apparent upper level courses prolifera tion total curricular hours heavy semester leads ph.d langnags require ments coarse cross-listing criteria definitions snd criteria for free electives and approved electives as the scope of education policy is very large so must edpol coordinate its activities with other campus committees councils aad commissions edpol co operates with the different department and the academic deans oa policy projects snd actions ths student governments ere another important body to be consulted for the institution of edpol policy aad were an important input in regard to such programs aa the new attendance regulations and the present pass fail programs edpol especially cooperates with tha joint commission on university life jcul which is taking over the function of the goals committee aa jcul ia saa ed pol page 4 < sunday review as this edition of the dfowbam , white went to bed wednesday plans i were being completed for the sunday i review lehigh weekly entertain ment and literary publication the premiere edition el this psfc ilication on sunday wiu feature a look at floyd mckissick who will appear at muhlenberg monday alao a review of robert kennedy's thir teen days fashion by bart bass other lively artic les about the worlds of music art bridge humor and current events