Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 15

              brown and white vol 83 - ho^/^r friday october 29 1971 866-0331 fine arts dept library do not meet needs by gary s hauk lehigh's floundering in several academic areas is reaching the crisis stage this was the general message of wednesday's meeting of the forum repre sentatives with the board of trustees the representatives and a dozen members of the faculty focused on two points specifically the fine arts department and the library system associate professor richard redd of the fine arts department commented that in the past lehigh has relegated the department to enrichment it has been the policy of the university to use fine arts as a supplement to liberal education redd pointed out however that enrollment in fine arts courses has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past two years and if that rate con tinues the university will have to think about expanding both facilities and staff for the department assistant professor carlos alvare noted that the department will have three directions in which to move it can improve instruction in etther general art art history or architecture as a professor of architecture alvare was particularly concerned about the state of the architecture curriculum there are presently 40 architecture students who must share only 12 drafting tables the department provides virtually no space for storing tools and drawings and three levels of instruction are carried on in the same room at the same time prohibiting close teacher to student relationships alvare said he would like to see the creation of a pre-architecture school which would lead eventually to a graduate forum representatives left to right richard greene paul maloney 72 prof george dinsmore and prof charles vihon discussed the fine arts depart ment and the library system with members of the board of trustees wednesday members of the faculty in both departments noted the need for expansion of facilities b&w photo by richardson w stanford says financial support to students good by john klucsik approximately 40 per cent of the university's undergraduate enroll ment needs financial assistance according to william standford director of financial aid and the university tries to meet as much of the need as possible it grants 1,030,000 in scholarships and 240,000 in loans money for these expenditures comes from only a few generous but finite sources according to stanford approximately 30 per cent of the scholarship and loan money comes from the university's en dowment of that fund stanford says there are not many schools with a scholarship endowment as healthy as lehigh's is in a recent debate over the majority and minority reports of the university's ten year development plan students voic ed considerable concern over the future of the university's endowment stanford whose ability to aid students depends b&w photo by west old palmer house is the probable site of the university's next undergrad uate housing project the site was approved by the subcommittee on residence it currently houses the urban studies division of the social relations dept palmer house seen as site of future housing by bruce g toole approval of the old palmer house site for the next undergraduate housing project was given by the subcommittee on residence wednesday it was part of the committee's criticism of a report on future housing sites and residence construction by preston parr vice-presi dent for student affairs however the committee set aside all other proposed sites for more study chairman david goodman said the com mittee should set up a list of basic requirements for future housing but that any details should be worked out by the architects in consultation from time to time with the committee he recommended that detailed building plans included in the report be disregarded at this time the committee set up basic guidelines for future housing as follows the five proposed buildings for the palmer site should include space for 200 residents allowing 190 square feet per resident of living space the present centennial buildings afford about 140 square feet film — a personal statement says movie maker wiseman by scott penniman i don't think its possible to be an unbiased observer said frederick wiseman at the showing of his film basic training wednesday night in packard auditorium wiseman a well known documentary film maker was brought to the university by the forum for visiting lecturers committee fvlc according to wiseman all films are a personal statement even a doris day picture he said must be classified as such a statement wiseman a three-time emmy award winner told the audience that the response to a documentary is dependent on the audience's ideological position he ex plained that the army didn't object to his film because they think the ideals expressed in basic training are great his film basic training is a study of he army's preparation program for soldiers bound for vietnam as in all of his films wise man inserted no editorial comment but let the audience decide from the facts asked if people tend to act differently in front of a camera wiseman replied that their nervousness makes them revert to normal behavior which is what he wants frederick wiseman drug bill considered penalties eased two bills concerning the control of dangerous drugs are presently being considered by the pennsylvania legislature the hills passed the state assembly by a 193-1 vote in july and are now awaiting consideration by the senate the first bill the pennsylvania drug narcotic and alcohol abuse control act . . establishes a governor's council to take care of emergency medical treatment and civil commitment for drug and alcohol abuse the bill is i>eing opposed by the penn sylvania independent youth council a student-youth organization the second bill is the drug device and cosmetic act of 1971 it lessens the penalty for possession of marijuana and distinguishes between a dealer and a user the penalty for the possession of marijuana changes to a misdemeanor by this bill which is punishable by a fine of up to r>oo a maximum of 30 days in jail or par ticipation in a state ope rated course on drug abuse possession of drugs other than marijuana carries a fine of up to 10,000 imprisonment for up to two years or both the penalty for trafficking in drugs becomes a felony the penalty varies from 10 to 20 years depending on the drugs involved according to assemblyman william rybak of bethlehem legislation was needed and these were the best bills presented at the time the independent youth council however has raised objections to several sections of the bill one section states that thecofcnmlttee has the power to subpoena pertinent books and papers by persons whom the council believes to have information of i mportance the youth council said this gives the commission power to subpoena " pertinent books and papers by persons whom the council believes to have information of from switch boards hotlines etc about cases presently it is difficult to obtain such material the second section to which the youth council objects states any responsible person may file a petition committing a person to the council if such a person shall refuse to submit to an examination before the committee the court may issue a warrant to bring him before the commission for examination the youth council contends that that section of the bill is unconstitutional it also objects because the rehabilitation is handled by the justice department rather than by mental health officials see books page 4 see privacy page 4 see lehigh's page 5 see audience page 4