Brown and White Vol. 83 no. 3

              lehigh university brown and white vol s3 !*•. 3 bethlehem pa friday september 17 i 97 i 866-0331 marching band refuses females this year's marching band has decided that although the university has become coeducational it will remain an all-male institution response to this decision has been quick to come bill jesse 72 a student member of the forum plans to present a proposal to the committee on student affairs asking them to take some action on the band's decision should their present policy be considered a sufficient affront to the rights of women on campus possible action to be taken might include a cut-off of funds to the band band members seem ready to stand on their decision the major reason behind the decision as seen by tom voistock the drum major involves the preservation of the band's famous esprit de corps band members do not want women to march with them and they maintain that the rights of the majority should not be sacrificed to those of the minority as the present finances of the band now stand a cut-off of funds would hurt female members as well as male members women in the band are presently permitted to participate in every activity of the band including playing in the stands and riding along with the band to away games but they are prohibited from actually marching on the field uniforms constituting the only band expenditure in which women are not allowed to take advantage are provided by the alumni when the alumni presented the uniforms to the band two years ago it was with the stipulation that they we're to be used by the 97 marching men of lehigh for the next 10-years since the alumni association is considered to back the band in their decision this contract might play an important role in the ability of the committee on student affairs to make any decision b&w photo by smar although the university has accepted coeds this fall - - the marching band has decided to retain its masculine image on the football field according to the alumni the uniforms were made for only men opinions on wage price freeze given by economics department among the professors in the department of economics at lehigh the opinions over the nixon-economic-football-game range from complete approval through neutral resignation and finally adamant disapproval this is not unusual it exists ' even among nixon's top advisors one member of the economics department jay aronson described the wage-price freeze as an attempt to wish away the economic problems behind inflation nixon's decision to float the dollar he says is about the same as nixon deciding that we all shall be one year older upon our next birthday the wage-price freeze has the same effects as a cease-fire in a war it allows things to cool off while everyone stops and thinks about what is going wrong dr nicholas balabkins explained that a price-wage freeze such as president nixon has instituted cannot possibly have any effect upon inflation he noted that it may not even be able to operate as an effective stop-gap measure without full rationing labor conscriptiom and floor space conscription the only way that he sees to make any good come out of this policy is to institute a tripod bargaining system in phase 11 there ne government sits at the bargaining table with labor and management more or-less dictating the terms of the settle ment in many cases both economists agree to some extent on the contribution of organized labor's monopolistic power to the difficulty of the present situation aronson said that meany's complaints about the unfairness of the wage-price freeze in favor of business were made from a purely political stance with little real basis in fact labor and business were equally caught short by nixon's sudden move balabkins agreed with this when he said that national economic interests were completely irrel evant to meany at lehigh the effects of the freeze were few the tuition increase being out long before aug 15 and the teaching salary raises allowed because of the special decision of the price control board con cerning teachers salaries upon initial announcement of the program dr finn jensen head of the economics department called the move absolutely essential in an interview with the bethlehem globe times he went so far as to indicate that an earlier inception of the plan would have been even more effective all three professors were opposed to the import surcharge claiming that it could lead to reciprocal action by other nations and ultimately a serious slacken ing of international trade aronson suggested however the purpose of the surcharge was not to restrain trade but to indicate that nixon was serious in his proposal to float the dollar u appoints chaplain after one-year search after a year of research into the purpose of the chaplain at the university and a year of reviewing candidates the committee headed by dean mann has appointed chaplain hubert flesher the 38-year-old chaplain lias taken an active part in the civil rights move ment and the democratic party presently he is the movie and drama critic for the lancaster independent press in addition to serving as the united campus ministry chaplain to millersville state college among his academic honors are pomona college scholar 1950-1954 phi beta kappa junior year at pomona and yale university fellow 1960-1963 chaplain flesher was systems analyst for m.i.t from 1964-1966 presently he is involved in the lancaster county school program for unwed mothers the chaplain graduated first in his class from the bergenfield high school in new jersey he received magna cum laude at smith college while majoring in math and history in 1960 the chaplain attended the free university of berlin from 1960-1961 and marburg university from 1961-1962 he attained his masters degree in church history from yale and was a ph.d candidate chaplain flesher resides on campus with his wife and two children b&w photo by murphy chaplain flescher forum project urges u students to register soon more than 2500 university students hopefully will participate in a voter registration project sponsored by the leviathan the government club headed by prof c.f vihon and john fields vice president of the forum students who will be 18 on or before nov 3 will be eligible to register and make the trip to the northampton county courthouse to exercise their newly-won rights until tues sept 21 5 p.m no legal proof of age or residence is required of the student registrants had only to take an oath of affirmation with respect to their birthdates and residence this simple oath helps to minimize the red tape which can slow down registration united states supreme court has held the constitutionality of the amendment to the amendment to the voting rights law which gives the right to 18-year-olds in presidential and congressional elections but the courts ruled that congress has no power to order the states to allow 18-year-olds to vote in state and local elections the law had lowered the voting age to 18 for all elections national state and local beginning jan 1 1971 concerning voter registration john fields stated that i recommend students register though the choice where to vote is personal . . the fact remains that 18-year-olds now have the vote which means they have recognized the responsi bility of society has now entrusted to the young immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lsat's i the law school admission test 1 i will be administered on the follow 1 i ing dates | october 16 1971 i december 18 1971 ; february 12 1972 i april 8 1972 july 29 1972 i the registration deadline tor that | i test is sept 24 1971 application i blanks are available in the govern i ment department and college of 1 § arts and sciences offices 1 an informational meeting tor all i | p re-law students will be held at 1 i 7:30 p.m on sept 21 in the davis i i room of the u.c