Brown and White Vol. 82 no. 24

              brown and white vol 82-no zm4r friday december 18 1970 866-0331 taxpayers blamed for aid laws response to public opinion editor's note this is the inst in a series of articles deaii ig with amend ments to p.l i 546 passed m the state legislature this year their potential interpretations the court suit challeng i"g them and the possible effec ts they may present for students and admini strators at the university by pat hendrick in disc ussing the various reactions to the recent statutes governing eligibility for state scholarship aid dl rec tor of financial assistance william stanford stressed that lhe pheaa pennsylvania higher education assistance trency is not to blame for the laws as main people think the pheaa can turn into a fall guv here it is not the organization which makes he pollcv but it simply administers it it's not their monster stanford blamed the taxpayers for not telling their legis lators exactly what tiie want lack of interest stanford said this situation became clear a few years ago when the pheaa was in danger of being disbanded for lack of funds and popular support at this time the admissions office n ouraged thc parents of the 480 students receiving pheaa aid to write their state legislators telling them thev were pleased with the program and that thev would like to see it continued fhe parents were then in structed to send copies of their letters to the admissions office so that a head count of those responding might be kept stanford said of the 480 requests he made " i got 23 letters back " people are willing to take the money but are not willing to go back and take that extra second to tell their legislators they like it said stanford the situation becomes dangerous he continued when we get to the point where we take everything for granted and wait till the 11th hour before we sav something turn the tide legislators respond to public e>pinion said stanford so the public is to blame when an unpopular piece of legislation is passed " people are quick to complain anel slow to compliment and it's this he continued that pot the amendments to p.l 1546 passed the onlv wav to turn the tide here is a lot of mail to continue the program with a strong concern about these regulations wlvr goes fm may switch by february the lehigh university radio network currently has an application on file with the federal communications commission for an educational non-commercial fm radio station according to the network's general manager ron klasko theearliest the network could begin broadcasting is mid-february if the application is approved it will be the first time university radio stations will be able to be heard off campus the proposed station operating initially at 10 watts of power will reach a radius of 15 miles its call letters will be wlvr-fm and it will broadcast at 91.3 megacycles in the future there will be an opportunity to expand the power to 1200 watts klasko said that one of the purposes of the fm station was to offer some thing that isn't beine programmed in the valley he said that although the pro pxamming of the station would consist b & w photo by smar dr w deming lewis and forum president ferdinand beer discuss policy mat ters at tuesday's forum meeting forum passes resolution on social regulations by gary dohanich fhe forum passed a resolution concerning university social regulations and after two-hours of debate accepted a joint subcommittee resolution on freshman housing the tuesday session was later recessed and reconvened on thursday submitted by a joint committee of the student affairs committee and the community relations committee the social regulations resolution closes all parties fhe pro visions e>f the resolution are as follows 1 parties will be open only to persons holding university i.i cards and persons identified on a previously established guest list 2 all band parties must be registered with the appropriate dean in aeivance to let the campus police know where 1 parties are going to be held and how many will be held on anv given weekend thus enabling the campus police to provide sufficient protection to meet each week's demands i each living group hosting a band party s lia 11 retain the services of a pinkerte.n or some other private guard approved by the appropriate dean to control admission to the activities 4 in the event of elisorder anyone noting the disorder should notify the living group president or the next available officer who willtake what action he deems appropriate during any party at least one officer should be present in responsible charge at all times the residence resolution submitted by a joint committee of the priorities planning and resoure-es committee and the subcommittee on residence of the student affairs u loses money on residences despite profit by rick whiffen although the universit is pleading tha it is in deep financial troubles last year's raw data on rn ome from residence halls points out that the university netted a profit from residence halls but at a closer look this is not nec essarily the case depend nr on how one interprets the university's financial poli cies and philosophy gross income from residence halls from julv 1 , 1968 through june 30 1969 was 553,540 operating expenses--which include maids repairs utilities and supplles--were c losetos3oo 000 the reserve account added additional expenses to bring the total expenses to 417,077 there is an apparent profit of 135,563 which materializes when these two figures are subtracted however there are many hidden and unexpensed costs first is the operation of the residence halls office i>ean campliell's office and the gryphon society program operate on a combined expense of 72,460 this also comes out of residence halls income to leave only 63,103 of so-called profit on residence next come the eiifferences in the wav the university handles its financial oper ations last b&w this will be the last issue of the brown and white this year publication wiil resume in feb positions are now open for next semester on the news feature sports photography bussiness desk and layout staffs interest ed persons should see profess or mcfadden in the journalism office uc c 08 campus security not heavy by jeff balsai the campus police force has problems itself for one thing its size dl men total two to a shift brings up the question of what it can handle before outside help is called it's a question of what role we want the campus police to play said preston parr vice president and dean of student affairs and how much we want to move the campus police in the direction of a more aggressive police role parr added that complications arise from the fact that the campus police now have to deal with off-campus as well as on-campus populations we want to find an even-handed way of handling this problem with avoidance of a double standard parr stressed according to frank donchez captain of the campus police they are waiting for guides as to what to do if confront ed with a troublesome situation involving off-campus people if the group involved is small the campus police according to donchez would ask them to leave he added that once the situation is ex plained and people are told that the university is private property with no trespassing regulations ttey usually cooperate and leave wonderful cooperation donchez said the campus police force gets wonderful cooperation from the city force however he said that the campus police try to avoid calling the city police unless it is absolutely nec essary since the city police once called take over however once something passes the campus border where campus police authority ends the city takes over in the case where the campus police would be pursuing a car headed off campus donchez explained they would radio ahead and the city would alert its units in the area security light both parr and donchez agree that campus security is not heavy donchez observed that the campus police exercise no ironclad control and according to parr we are not organized as a police state security at lehigh is remarkably light parr stressed that our freedoms in the academic community exist as a grant from society thev are not absolute we enjoy these freedoms as long as it is seen by the community at large that we can handle them if we lose control or if we show unconcern about criminal acts it is of concern to society at large and clear that public authorities will invade the academic community to police social rules and enforce their concerns parr brought home his remarks by citing the drug problem anyone involved see criminal page 4 see u page 6 see size page 5 see fm page 5 see social page 6 financial aid applic ations for financial aid for 1971-72 are now available in the office of admission and financial aid alumni memorial building thev should be picked up before the christmas vacation to insure sufficient time for completing and processing by the college scholar ship service by the march 15 ele ad line this nejtice applies to all under graduates currentltv receiving university assistance and wishing to be considered for continued assistance and all others wishing to be considered bv the committee in its june 1971 meeting questions should be directed to mr standford of the admissions office