Brown and White Vol. 84 no. 11

              lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa friday october «. 1t72 tuo-omi vol 84 — no 11 12 state students seek injunction against drinking age enforcement it's inconsistent for 18 to 20-year-olds to be given many of the privileges of an adult and not be truly treated as an adult said charles koslosky 20 a junior at muhlenberg college koslosky and 11 other pennsylvania students have filed suit in u.s district court for southeastern pennsylvania seeking an injunction against the enforce ment of the legal drinking age defendants named in the class action are edwin winner chairman of the state liquor control board and joseph o,neil philadelphia police commissioner koslosky explained that although penn sylvania has passed a law allowing 18-20 year-olds to be teachers and firemen to sign contracts and get married without parental permission it does not allow these same people to consume alcoholic beverages koslosky said that this violates the 14th amendment to the constitution the idea to initiate a class action arose last july at the republican college council convention the convention primarily a leadership training seminar chose the 12 plaintiffs on the basis of their contacts within the legal profession and also for their public appearance and speaking ability the plaintiffs were also chosen from different backgrounds because the convention wanted the group to show diversity since it was a class action suit which represents all 18 to 20-year-olds koslosky said the suit is not in the name of the council or the convention koslosky explained funding for carrying out the suit must be raised by the plaintiffs a meeting is being held today between the group's lawyer joseph a prim jr of philadelphia and u.s district court judge edward becker to set a court date koslosky said that the meeting will also serve to demonstrate the seriousness oi the plaintiff's case to show that it is not just a prank koslosky said that new york west virginia and as of next jan 1 new jersey allow 18 to 20-year-olds to consume liquor koslosky mentioned the dangers which arise when 18 to 20-year-olds must drive a distance to consume alcohol legally driving across the border is much more dangerous than drinking in your own town he said the republican college council is also circulating a petition around muhlenberg soon to be around other colleges urging the legislature to recognize the liquor law problems and to rectify them koslosky said that response to the petitions has been very good when asked why he thought the state legislature had failed to include drinking rights as part of the age-lowering bill koslosky said i think it was too controversial for them at this time and remodelling is proposed dining areas considered renovation of the university center student dining rooms as proposed by the forum residence subcommittee in april is under the consideration of chandler-cudlipp interior decorators according to elmer w glick university treasurer glick said that he is awaiting the decorators presentations and recommendations these will be considered the money appropriated and a contractor hired no date for completion of the project has been announced hal koplin 72 who proposed the project to the subcommittee said we mentioned an ordering of priorities soundproofing of tray return areas carpeting and alteration of ceilings lighting ventilation and wall decor it was felt that although both cort and johnson the two larger uc dining rooms could use alterations the cort room needs change more urgently he added the addition of rathbone hall is not the reason we are requesting renovation in the uc although it has provided the most recent stimulus it has made what has been for some time an unpleasant but unavoidable situation more unpleasant the subcommittee passed the motion urging renovation on the basis that it conflicts with the residence guidelines which were passed for it clearly is not providing an equal standard of living throughout the residence system stated koplin the cort room was found by the committee to be noisy unattractive and hot in addition problems resulted at rathbone because students use rathbone in greater numbers than were intended thus making it also undesirable b&w photo by mal flanagan one of the major inconveniences of the u.c dining rooms is the noise caused by the bus boys hopefully when these rooms are renovated the bus stations will be soundproofed ex-track star scott nicholas is found dead samuel scott nicholas the lehigh record holder in the six-mile run was found dead sept 26 in his apartment in shawnee okla where he was serving with the u.s public health service nicholas who was 22 had been an outstanding runner in both track and cross-country he graduated with honors last june the reaction of lehigh track coach john covert was it is a shock to me personally and to the members of the teams who were close to him the coroner in shawney termed nicholas death a suicide caused by asphyxiation nicholas the son of j samuel and violet baringer nicholas of milford pa graduated from quakertown community high school his parents are his only survivors funeral services were held sunday in quakertown rock ensemble to play on lafayette weekend by beth troy the new york rock ensemble who were forced to cancel their concert last saturday because of a series of mechan ical breakdowns will be in concert at the university on lafayette weekend since the originally scheduled rock ensemble concert had drawn an unusually good student response with more than 1500 tickets sold in advance the student activities council sac decided it would be worthwhile to have the grou return since the originally scheduled concert had drawn an unusually good student response more than i,soo advance tickets sold the rock ensemble who have a reputation for reliability and who hadn't cancelled a concert in six years offered to play on any date since lafayette weekend is the only time when grace hall will be available the sac decided to schedule the concert for the night of nov 17 tickets purchased for last saturday's concert may be used for admission to the lafayette weekend concert anyone hold ing a ticket who does not want to attend the nov 17 concert can get a refund at the student activities desk in the uc tickets am idon blasts city commission in neville talk the bethlehem human relations commission is a fraud being perpetrated on the city and should be abolished said social relations lecturer david amidon wednesday in the second of the waterhole lectures held in neville lounge in his speech the limits of do-good erism—the human relations experience in bethlehem amidon drew upon his experiences as a member of the bethlehem commission to dramatize the constraints that limit the effectiveness of humanitarian commissions in general in theory he said these commissions function in an independent non-partisan manner and are composed of volunteers chosen by public officials however he added several factors foster this ideal climate but do not guarantee it commission members are of good will but often do not comprehend the legal framework within which they must operate he said this legal framework consists of state ordinances such as the pennsylvania human relations acts b&w photo by rich backer david amidon see n.y rock page 5 see city page 4 see students page 5