Brown and White Vol. 82 no. 30

              brown and white brown and white vol 82 - no 3c wmmwmmmmmm bethlehem pa tuesday february 23 1971 866-0331 ; economics week 1971 economics expert somuelson lectures dr raul a sainiiplson s superb \ qualified to s[*»ak on the subject of economics i he professor of pconomics and noi el laureate's exjiertise is i.aspd on main mars of concentrated effort in he field thursda he will highlight the philip i herman lecture series it ttie i'mversitv through his written works samuelson has had enormous influence on economic heor he developed the static and d\narnic theories of economic analysis which won him the 1970 nobel rrize his best seller economics an introductorv analysis ;•. publisher tn 52 nations and in 22 languages first published in 1948 its latest edition is the leading college elementary textbook in economics in addition to his best seller he wrote found ations of economic analysis in 1947 andinl9sb linear programing and economic analysis samuelson has also published articles pertaining to economics in 51 magazines newspapers and professional journals currently the renowned economist is a source of expert advice to the united states treasury the federal reserve board and the rand corporation he is also i member of the american academy of arts and sciences the f'conometric society and the international economic association samuelson has l>een honored with the john bates clark medal from the american economic association and the 1941 david a wells prize from harvard university prof paul samuelson ethnic minorifies in bethlehem see u as condescending by jeff brindle it is evident that j>eople don't care about minorities thev onlv care about themselves commented tony parker a former member of hang-up house in a panel discussion entitled the view from the streets last sunday at wesley methodist church hang-up house was a private drug counseling agencv run bv vouth volunteers located on bethlehem's south side other members on the panel included ed seitz 73 also formerly of hang-up house freddv rodriguez one of the seven bethlehem youths facing charges of unlawful assembly in the nov 21 emery house incident program coordinator of the protection hose firehouse and eve ross a member of illick's mill a northside youth center besides expressing various cultural viewpoints found in the south side the panel also discussed universitv south side relations bethlehem police brutality and the need for vouth . enters in bethlehem discussing how the black and puerto rican cultures differ from those of the white middle class tony parker stated we want to do our own things in our own culture rodriguez stated that meeting and talking with friends in the street is natural asked to evaluate the university's efforts in the south side volunteer program rodriguez stated we do not welcome the lehigh people too much people come down with baseball bats looking for a fight seitz stated that the universitv is developing a condescending attitude toward the south side he added that the typical attitude of the university student is don't bug me however seitz remarked that the o.e.a is helping improve conditions in the south side rodriguez who is currently facing charges of unlawful assembly stated that the emery house incident could have been avoided in the bethlehem police were not called to the he also noted that further incidents could be avoided if disturbances were settled with the living groups and more south side vouth were invited to universitv parties commenting on charges that the south side youth have suffer ed from police brutality rodriguez stated that the bethlehem police have caused approximately fifty per cent of the conflict rodriguez noted that the firehouse youth and the police do not get along verv well the police would often come out of their i their cars with billy clubs rather than ask us to move alonfz peacefully he further noted after a disturbance at a high school football game the police kicked and tear-gased seven arrested vouth asked about police fairness rodriguez remarked all police are out to get their kicks discussing the need for youth centers in the south side parker remarked the only youth center still is a hang-out for white middle class kids after the closing of the firehouse conflict between youth and the police came to a head the firehouse was closed temporarily last october by mayor h gordon payrow when the firehouse closed evprvone accumulated at ilanc-up hou e according to seitz because of r rb ances which occurred in pete's t dog stand located across the str c from hang-up house the mayor thj . tened to get an injunction closing hang-up house this action resulted in the eventual closing of hang-up house in the future if problems like those surrounding the firehouse are to be prevented the community must get in volved before rather than after the incident seitz stated baw photo by doster floodlights have been placed on campus to deter violence ugly men i ... _„, aipii nil orr.sgc k all living groups to con sider a spring ugly man contest to benefit the cam pus chest suggestions as to a date and prizes are welcome all living group presidents are asked to indicate the opinion of their group in a note to box 4 4a within one week soph arrested after accident on drug charge walter s greene 20 class of 1973 was arrested for driving while under the influence of liquor and/or drugs after a two-car accident at 4;45 p.m jan 28 the accident occurred on rt 81 ten miles north of scranton in this case the accident occurred while the driver was allegedly under the influence of drugs it is believed that this is the first time the drug clause of the statute will be used according to state police greene and a friend mb hael ames bowe of arnold md were returning from skiing on elk mountain bowe who allegedly supplied the speed drugs to greene tried to get greene to stop the car because he was driving dangerously when the car stopped bowe reportedly got out and started to walk two miles later greene reportedly ran into the back of a car owned and operated by vito amele of highlands n j at the time of arrest greene resisted : violently according to police he was charged by scranton police with resisting arrest and assault and battery these charges have been dropped bowe a minor was also charged with permitting another subject todrive while under the influence of drugs and/or liquor the arresting officer was corporal robert w lesh greene was arraigned before district magistrate james t mchale greene is presently free under 500 ball but will face a lackawanna county grand jury calendar today 8:00 p.m - panel discussion ask t he economist members of the economics department will demonstrate that a knowledpp if econ omics enables them to solve am and all world problems if you have am doubts bring yourselves and vour questions dis cussion will be open to tlif floor prof j richard aronson will moderate the panel profs eli schwartz warren pills bury richard donee robert thornton andrew weintraub and john keefe will participate place whi taker auditorium thursday 4:00 p.m press conference with paul samuelson members of the working press radio and television are invited to a press conference with the nobel pri7.p wi nner place grace hall 8:30 p.m samuelson speech dr samuelson will kick off the phillip i herman lecture series with a talk entitled what now for the new economics open to the public place grace hall