Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 5

              lehigh university brown and white vol 83 - no 5 mmmmmmmmmmm bethlehem pa friday september 24 1971 866-0331 atty william kunstler set for lecture series civil rights lawyer william m kunstler one of the 10 persons acting as an apent for new york state commissioner of correction russel g oswald at the attica prison uprising wtll be a guest speaker at lehigh on tuesday sept 28 he will speak at 8 p.m in grace hall after which there will be a question and answer period the address is open to the public without charge kunstler will be a guest of the univer sity's forum for visiting lecturers committee a student-faculty organization chaired by j james spinner a junior in the college of arts and science this is the first in this academic year's series of visiting lecturers kunstler has been noted for defending the right of dissent and civil disobedience most notably in his defense of the"chtcago 7 he was bitter about the happenings at attica titled it a bloody mistake and has called new york governor nelson rockefeller a murderer for his role in attempting to quell the uprising kunstler said he will file suit in united states district court charging the gover nor and other state officials with violating the civil rights of the attica inmates during the rebellion opinions of kunstler 3 role during the rebellion are varied governor rocke feller has been implicitly critical of him and he was accused of undermining the negotiations at attica by heightening prisoner expectations on getting amnesty it's untrue was kunstler s reply to these charges and others have said that kunstler was a help to negotiations since he was clearly the white negotiator most acceptable to the predominately non-white inmates kunstler's career as a civil rights lawyer began in 1961 when he was called upon by the american civil liberties union to defend five freedom riders arrested in jackson mississippi in the past he has worked in the civil rights movement in this country sup porting both non-violent and militant william m kunstler theft is a growing problem for the university's libraries although no exact estimate has been made of the numberof volumes lost dir ector of libraries james d mack did note that at least 10 per cent of the mart library's perodical literature has been stolen since the lib rary opened in 1969 mack added that no effective security measures have been implemented ' b&w photo by mccormick resident coed convocation delays parietals decision by jill frey an undergraduate women's convocation was stymied last tuesday in its one and three-quarter hour attempt to establish parletals for the resident coeds the meeting was chaired by ruth hurley associate dean of student life in the osbourne room of the university center movements to define visiting hours were entertained and discussion of coed representation at the forum sex education and the need for better communications between coeds filled out the agenda once it was realized that afairdecision was impossible at that time dean ruth hurley decided a written vote should be taken the vote would consist of two ballots the first vote would narrow the four suggested possibilities down to the two most popular a second ballot would decide the actual hours whatever is decided by the balloting will undergo a three-week review period another meeting will then be held to decide permanent hours the coed's dorms will have the same hours for the first three weeks and then if one house decides to break off from the other two it will be possible the four alternatives presented at the convocation include 24-hour visiting privileges men off the floors at mid night on weekdays monday through thursday and 24 hours on weekends men off the floors at midnight on week days sunday through thursday and 24 hours on weekends and men off the floors at midnight on weekdays sunday through thursday and off the floors at 2 a.m on weekends resident coeds also discussed the present receptionist policy dean hurley requested that the existing policy be continued she reiterated her feelings that coeds should be willing to sacrifice and hour of their time once every two weeks for the purpose of demonstrating a bit of hospitality to visitors she added that girls will be asked to vo/unteer as guides on weekends when a number of visitors will be expected however male receptionists will be provided for the women's dorms on week ends according to miss hurley general information pertaining not only to the 132 residents but also the commuters was also discussed the question of some sort of governing body for le high's women evoked a good deal of discussion many possibilities were advanced the general consensus seemed to be that there wt*s no need for a separate govern ment since the university forum is supposed to soe to the needs of all students the girls did acknowledge a need for some easy method of communication among themselves a possible women's center in rathbone hall was among the suggestions b&w photo by mccormick ) in the undergraduate women's convocation on tuesday dean hurley requested that the present receptionist policy be continued she added that the coeds should be willing to sacrifice an hour of their time every two weeks for the purpose of demonstrating a bit of hospitality to visitors increase in thefts plagues u libraries by gary hauk anyone using either mart orlinderman libraries has only a 50-50 chance of finding any particular book at any time that's what james d mack director of libraries at the university said regard ing the pilfering of books from lehigh s two libraries mack pointed out that though most books which students cannot find are either out on loan or misplaced within the library many have been stolen he pointed out that stolen books are a problem with which every library in the country must contend there is no fool-proof solution to the problem and librarians must simply rely on people's respect for the rights of others since there is no way of taking inventory of the 550,000 volumes in mart and linderman mack could not estimate the annual loss sustained by the libraries but he did say that at least 10 percent of the mart library's periodical literature has been stolen since the library opened in 1969 several suggestions for cutting down on library thefts have been made last year mack put a proposal to the univer sity forum asking for guards at each library exit these guards would for all purposes frisk individuals at the door however the expenses involved in such a dean karakash to be honored founder's day prof john j karakash dean of the college of engineering will be one of five men to receive honorary degrees at the founder's day ceremony oct 10 the four other men include dr herman j collier jr president of moravian college dr j osborn fuller president of fairleigh-dickinson university judge a leon higginbotham u s district court judge for eastern pennsylvania and harry edmonds president emeritus and founder of international house in new york / the university will also grant degrees to 260 students who completed studies this summer karakash will be only the luh member of the university staff to be awarded an honorary degree the honorary degrees are usually awarded either to a lehigh graduate or someone outside the univer sity who had proven his outstanding pro fessional ability — ho we ver a committee headed — by prof dale simpson elected to grant see honors page 4 see theft page 4 see rules page 4 see kunstler page 4