Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 32

              t he brown and white bethlehem pennsylvania lehigh university 215)758-4181 v 01.98 n0.32 friday february 13 1987 work against status quo u.s rep chisholm urges by karen schoonover hitiwn uiul uhiii ni-ws wrlltr the end of discrimination has locome from those who have the audacity guts perseverance and willpower to speak out against the status quo shirley hisholin told a group of about 15 in her talk on knowledge is power monday night in packard lab auditorium chisholm a congresswomun for 14 years campaigned for the democratic parly presidential nomination in 1972 she wus also they were torn from the bowels of africa crammed into ships and auctioned off like cattle shirley chisholm the first black woman to serve on the mouse rules committee black people in america have had a heritage like no other group that heritage has been their blessing and their burden she said chisholm s lecture is part of lehigh s black history month program if you understand our history you will be more tolerant and understanding of people who are different we are all alike all thai is till lei cut is this outer covering she continued according lo hisholin because black amerlcam were brought here by force and pluced at he bottom of both the social and economic ladders they cannot be compared with americans of european heritage they were lorn from the bowels of africa crammed into ships und auctioned off like cattle it was no joyful voyage to the promised land but a descent into the gates of bloody hell when they reached america they were separated from their families and enslaved lo build our country into a mercantile and financial center bui they were not to receive any of the economic benefit the words at the base of the statue of liberty did not apply to them according lo hisholin freedom equality and justice were the basis for the american revolution during the signing of the con stitution in 1787 s(x),(xx blacks were enslaved in the south although 3 xx blacks fought for the principle of liberty their sacrifice meant only political freedom from english rule the end of the war only brought more oppression and bondage she said budget increases blamed for rise in tuition bynickjanulis brown ami while desk editor the 900 tuition increase for the 1987-88 academic year will help pay for the necessary expense percentage increases for lehigh's budget allocations and increases in faculty salaries according to director of the budget office james tiefenbrunn it is also justifiable during the present 1.1 percent inflation rate he said the next academic year will have increases in seven categories for lehigh's budget allocations the greatest increase of the seven is the 10 percent increase for library materials tiefenbrunn explained other expense percentage increases for budget allocations include an 8.6 percent increase of the student life series a 6 percent increase in printing and reproduction and a 5.2 percent increase in utilities there will be a 5 percent increase in contracted maintenance services building maintenance and general repairs a 3 percent increase in general and building supplies and a 2 percent increase in general expenditures travel and internal charges he said increases in faculty salary account for the other expenses involved in the tuition increase tiefenbrunn said the increase will be about an 8.57 percent increase in last year's tuition raising next year's bill to l 1,400 most undergraduates with the additional payment of room and board will pay a total of about 15,260 director of financial aid william stanford said there is financial aid budget increase for the upcoming academic year which will help cover the tuition increase he said that students who were previously on the borderline of receiving aid will now be more eligible for loans lehigh gives financial aid in one form or another to about 30 percent of its students stanford said most schools offer 37 percent of their students financial aid a few schools such as princeton university offer 42 percent he added tiefenbrunn said that lehigh has been concerned about becoming only accessible to students with affluent backgrounds adding that we would like to have more financial aid stanford said the quality of lehigh's financial aid package compares favorably with other schools but the quantity of aid to students is much lower it has been for a long time a shortcoming that everyone has been concerned about he said ed feitzinger 89 wrote a letter to the brown and white published in the feb 6 issue entitled voodoo ac counting the letter complained about the tuition increase the quality of education isn't worth it they the administration have to find some other way of paying it even if they have justifications for it he responded after reading about the increase tiefenbrunn said that the consumer price index cpi of 1 . 1 percent cannot be used as a good comparison with the tuition increase because we the administration don't believe we an compare ourselves against the con sumer price index austin gavin executive consultant to the president said the cpi is based on figures from a market basket which does not account for many academic expenses tuition has in creased but so has the cos of bcabh coverage he added in his article thinking about tuition princeton lnive president william boven wuttfkiacd gavin's and tiefenbninn's remarks at universities ihe cos per sroden has tended to rise 2 to 3 n n < agr points faster than economy-wide in dices like the consumer ate thus it is unrealistic ".-" evrej _ : :~ to rise no faster than the cpi o*er aa hal todd 90 left and joe braverman 89 buy valentines from dani rasmus 89 karin verkooyen 90 tina reynolds 90 in the uc prof tony james dies chapel services today by elizabeth varqa iiiiiwn anil whut managing idlioi english profwior i an ihony jamei died tuesday in si luke'i hoipltal jii the age of 51 james had been on i medical leave of absence at the time of his death according to the of flee of the provoit a ipecialiii in inih century british literature and con temporary a mer i ca n literature james came lo lehigh in 1%2 and was promoted lo full professor in 1979 he was a fine teacher a hard worker with high standards said englifh depart incut assistant chairman i-dward oaltagher according lo gallagher lames had been on leave for one year and had cancer i h ultimate cause of his death has not been confirmed by either st luke's or the funeral home handling the arrangements i think we've lost a real treasure from the department and the university said english professor lame prakei lames graduated cum laude from princeton university and received his englifh ma.i'c and doctorate from the university of pennsylvania among other publications he was author of danirl defoe many voices a rhetorical study of prose style and literary method memorial services will be held 4 p.m today in packer memorial c hapcl e anthony james se*tumo«pages see chisholm page 6