Brown and White Vol. 85 no. 49

              lehigh university brown and white vol 85 — no 49 bethlehem pa may 3 1974 v.v.■.■.v:^^■>:■:■:■:^^•:■;■.■:'^:^!;■:■.■^:■:■:v:■-■.':■-■.^■.^^^.-^^l .:•:-.-.■:...•'■.•_•: 866-0331 report predicts room shortage unless rh-12 is completed in 76 unless the university constructs a new residence hall complex for at least 200 students there is likely to be a critical housing shortage in 1976 according to a report by the residence halls office the brown and white has learned that the report states that in order to avoid a crisis the new complex rh-12 must be ready for occupancy in september 1976 the report points out that the reason for the predicted shortage is the projected increase in undergraduate enrollment university president w deming lewis has stated that the undergraduate student body will expand to 4,000 from its present size of 3,700 alternatives to new construction will not satisfy the university's residence requirements the report states and it recommends that new construction con tinue to add variety to the residence system the report maintains that it is imperative for the new complex to be built close to dining facilities and maintains that new housing could have a positive effect on the operating deficit of the dining service according to the report construction of new housing is financially feasible and is in fact financially preferable to alter natives such as undergraduate housing in smags or off-campus it states that smags is not a desirable way to solve the housing problem and suggests that the saucon valley apartment complex be devoted entirely to graduate students university properties within the master plan boundaries and adjacent to the university were examined and it was determined that unreasonable ex penditures would be needed to prepare them for student occupancy the report notes that increased enrollment of women increases the critical factor because women have a higher long term continuation rate in the residence system which may result in a further reduction of desirable housing for up perclassmen the report was completed in december 1973 and has been sent to the ad ministration b&w photo by cramer w deming lewis subcommittees are organized by forum v subcommittees of the academic en vironment committee of forum v were set up at the april 29 committee meeting frank hook professor of english reported on the progress of the tenure subcommittee and said that the report should be finished by june 1 admissions procedures are also being investigated and information is being gathered as to what can be done the admissions subcommittee reported that there is a need to diversify lehigh because the main influx of students come from new york new jersey and pennsylvania it was reported that it also appears that the quality of incoming students has declined at this time a report has not been written evaluation book committee chairman ira schulman said that he thinks a course evaluation subcommittee should be set up to publish a book evaluating all courses and in structors at the university he said that such a book was published in 1968 but that it was now outdated the book he added would be of benefit not only to incoming freshmen but to students in one college who know nothing about courses given in the other colleges restricted courses committee member ed cor win suggested that the committee should look into restricted courses he said that certain colleges have been restricting the enrollment in some courses to students in that college only rich boig reported that 16,000 is allotted for freshmen engineering coun sellors boig said that the committee should look into this tutoring method the engineering college uses the program because the dean of engineering said it was necessary boig added in ottwj business theodore terry associate professor of mechanical engineering was named vice-chairman of the committee poll shows two-thirds favor nixon impeachment approximately 70 per cent of 323 students randomly polled said that the house of representatives should bring charges against president nixon ac cording to a brown and white poll on the presidency students were also asked taking into account foreign and domestic affairs how much confidence do you have in president nixon approximately 14 per cent of those polled said that they had no con fidence in nixon while 45.8 per cent said that they had very little confidence in the president more than 38 per cent of those polled responded moderate to the confidence question however only 15 students 4.6 per cent said that they had very much confidence in president nixon and only 5 students 1.5 per cent said that they had complete confidence in nixon figures are in percentages by comparison in a browa and white poll conducted on the 1972 election two years ago the students at that time favored the re-election of nixon over george mcgovern now 69.7 per cent of those polled want the president im peached as to whether or not the president is guilty of an impeachable offense 50.2 per cent of the students polled said they thought nixon was guilty approximately 29 per cent of the students had no opinion orrthe question the responses were split almost evenly to the question of whether or not the president should resign approximately 45 per cent said he should step down while 42.4 per cent said that he should remain in office approximately 45 per cent of the students polled though said that current vice president gerald ford would do an adequate job in office if nixon were to resign or be removed from office more than 27 per cent of those polled said that ford would not do an adequate job while 27.9 per cent had no opinion robert j thornton assistant professor of economics and an instructor in statistics said that the brown and white can be approximately 95 per cent certain that its standard error of estimate is no more than four percentage points of the 323 students polled 119 were from the arts college 125 from the engineering college and 79 from the business college students were polled at random by phone last sunday monday tuesday and wednesday night results of the poll will be sent to rep fred b rooney the congressman for this district no changes will occur in tenure lewis says by martin baron it is unlikely that in the near future there will be any changes in the tenure system according to university president w deming lewis speaking in an interview with brown and white editors the interview touched on a number of topics ranging from residence needs and campus expansion to his attitude toward the forum the tenure structure is forcing us into a situation where we have an unfortunately high proportion of faculty with tenure lewis said he added that should a bad financial situation arise which he did not predict the possible excess of tenured , professors might create problems we too might have to let some tenured people go this might become a very serious matter asked what role students should play in the tenure process lewis granted that student input into tenure decisions is very healthy but he favored keeping this input informal i don't think an appointment should be a popularity contest he said i do think student input should have a part in regard lo the residence system lewis declined to say whether a new residence complex would be constructed i'm not ruling rh-12 out but i'm not going to say at this time that we're going to have it he said thai should new housing be made available il would be desirable to have it close to the main campus among the possibilities for new housing mentioned by lewis were a terrace-style complex near m&m or the construction of an apartment house located either on the site of the college theater or the parking lot of broughal junior high school lewis said that ultimately the stadium will be moved to saucon valley although this will not happen in the next 10 years he claimed that il would cost about 5-million to construct a new stadium questioned on how he arrived al the 5-million figure i-cwis said that it was estimated from a 3 million figure of a few years ago by con sidering increased building costs but he acknowledged thai it was a number pulled out of a hat while maintaining that the possibility of a lehigh law school is not dead lewis said he does not foresee it becoming a reality in the next 10 years i personally don't think it is very likely i don't see it in the cards lewis said a source of funds for a law school is the main problem commenting on a previously proposed bootstrap law school he said i don't want to see a law school start out at a marginal level and then build up as opportunities present fishkin death is reviewed by insurance companies insurance companies representing lhe parents of mitch fishkin and delta phi fraternity are now reviewing the fishkin death according to h victor pratt president of the delta phi alumni association the possibility of university involvement is also being looked into he said i — pratt said however that no civil suit has been filed he added that he turned the matter over to the fraternity's insurance company approximately 10 days ago richard groves 75 president of delta phi confirmed that no suit has been filed he added that the companies were discussing a settlement concerned with mitch fishkin's life insurance policy the process is a normal procedure he noted groves also stated the settlement would not be connected at all with the individuals involved in fishkin's death both groves and pratt declined to name the insurance companies handling the case see lewis page 5 yes no is mo op i esign 45.2 42.4 12 npeach 69.7 uilt 50.2 21.0 21.0 9 28j last b&w this is the last issue of the brown and white for the spring 1974 semester publication will resume on sept 10