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              see hart page 6 sourer of l ul illriutil ftl y.ivul m itcing onc nani in prmf on the pagti oi i profcfiiontl journal <>' hfarinf the ftpplaulc oi on fellow '.( lioljh 1 . at i prof<-,mom;ii mcetm ai uhlgh reiearch gnd icholanhip ot tin type arc a major goal of hi university also in this year progresi and priori lei draff from president peter likins ihe administration said t ternal funding ot research was expected to increase markedly ml the near future in addition we expect growth in faculty research in the arts humanities and social sciences in the collegei of arts and science business and fxonornics and education we expect that the increase in faculty scholarship and rcfeardi will attract increasing numhers of quality graduate itudentf and improve the reputation of the graduate program 1 last year strengthening lehigh research program wm the second of five top priorities in progress and priorities it reap peared this year in the same spot noting that the acquisition of see carnegie page 7 lu to get 17m bond for homer franklin advanced technology km9 program will put in about 1406 mm over th next five years the state has pledged 52 million and the federal government si million along with s lo million in research funds the status of the endowment fund winch the administration hopes will assist in paying for its capital projects is still uncertain however such private fundraising plays an integral pan in financing lehigh's needs according to p-ni franz vice president in charge of devd«nwirim private universities must have gift money franz said he noted that the sio-miflioa state gran going toward ihc homer project was the first major grant the onrveraty ever rrce from the state alumni's friends corporations aod foun dations to contrr . according to franz lehigh's efforts arc par of a ar pian based on three years of intensive pfauming ttat wffl jward paying for homer die proposed business college building endowments for fcoknlipji i~~o bjapml inrity pmmmi s**hotleß=age9 by steven morenberg brown and while tpy tfiiior the bulk of the funding for lehigh s planned 29-million purchase and renovation of the homer research laboratories may be covered by a 10-million state grant and a 17.5-million tax-free bond recently approved by the nor thampton county higher education authority the education authority is representing lehigh in applying for the state grant the authority's bond action must still be ratified by the northampton county council at the request of bethlehem steel corp the current owner of the complex lehigh plans to finalize the homer acquisition deal by the end of december at that time the university will take possession of five of the eight buildings and will own all of the land at the complex an estimated 12.5 million is still needed above the funds the university hopes to raise by setting up an endowment to operate the facility for the next five years president peter likins said the total amount needed for the homer deal will amount to s5o million spread over th next several years other funds that will contribute to the homer purchase arc as folio he ben by david leiqht hmwii unit u'hllr miiiliwlhh khiioi ehhor'l note iliis is tin first in v three-purl series on v report by the carnegie foundation and irish's pollele on family research leaching and cum pus service i indergruduatc colleges and universities across ihc country may he luffehng from divided loyalties according to b nation wide report faculty forced to do more than teach to receive tenure and promotions are finding they may not have lime to do all they are expected to effectively and the lehigh faculty may be suffering from the very problems the report mentions or may find themselves in that position in the near future the american college is ready for renewal and there is we believe an urgency to the task the carnegie foundation tor the advancement of leaching said their report college the undergraduate experience in america was based on in-depth studies of 29 colleges and universities and on surveys of 5,000 faculty members 5,000 college students and 1,000 college-bound seniors it was released nov 1 and portions appeared in the nov — — —^— — — - 5 j ssue of the chronicle at lehigh service of higher education carries no weight one of ci ci « ht ma /° r at all and teaching 7^l carries very little problem of , divided weight in fact loyalties within the professor fred stein faculty at many of the personnel committee universities they studied __________ ______ professors are expected to function as scholars conduct research and communicate results to colleagues promotion and tenure hang on research and publication but undergraduate education also calls for a com mitment to students and effective teaching faculty members are torn between these competing obligations yet these obligations are not equal the report adds for most of the nation's colleges and universities where large numbers of undergraduates are enrolled priority should be given to teaching not research even at research universities it continues teaching should be valued as highly as research and good teaching should be an equally important criterion for tenure and promotion the carnegie report also states that research and scholarship for the sake of promotions may not be worth the paper it's written on as much of this work is hastily and ineffectively written instead it points out the joy of teaching engaging the intellect of students and the satisfaction of participating in the building ot an institution of higher learning these too can and should be a the brown and white friday november 14 1986 bethlehem pennsylvania lehiqh university v 01.98 n0.19 tagar zionists hold jewry vigil bycaraturkowsky hmwti mil h kih ntvr wtuei ihc i'muti zionist student activist movement a now division of i r high's ilillcl society hold a cniullcllnlil vigil in front oi iiu i'.w ftirchild maitinilalc i ibiiuv wednesday night . according to lophomow jtmii kimpi jewish itudinti iri trying to make a slatcmcnl so i lie m).(mk jews denied permission to leave the soviel 1 1 inon cm imlgrito to lipml poittri reading lti mv ptopli jo gnd support soviet lewiy writ posted mound campus i'oi ihe event approximately ho students with candles stood in a circle lor 45 minutes of speeches and piayer at the vigil associate jewish studies professor laurence siiln-isiein tabbi and chairman of the i chilli valley eniei see vigil page 9 150 students gathered in a candlelight vigil wednesday night in front of mart library the vigil was held to protest the detention of jews in the soviet union colleges confuse faculty priorities mart divided 01 foreign policy iflto foil iffufl military irivolverri'-rit in latin america the latin american debts owfd up us haul the futility of hopping drugs at the source of production and ihr uit.j of democracy in latin america according u ff , ttk situation in el salvador fairly uable stalemate where neither power rm the political or military clout to overcome th other i he civil war in el salvador between the u.s support government and the i rebek ha<i been going on for more than jrc the ifuafion in nicaragua however h one of baiic tobventoq and terrorism the leftist government is under attack by the lj 9 supported contra rebete +>!,<)<} inhjrvi'jw page 7 by karen bchoonover lunwmmil white itrwt willti the unilccl slate both norst iii inurvfimi m latin america ii'ifi samuel iimt ihc woodrow wilson vlfitlni j filow ;•» lehigh thii "• ft hi pokc i tbottl 100 ptoffu i •' r i ruth iboul n '. polk / toward latin affif-n i ruffdiy nighi in sifldaii auditorium u.s ignores problems in l america 215)758-4181