Brown and White Vol. 85 no. 45

              lehigh university brown and white vol 85 — no 45 .......... ' k!tt bethlehem pa april lt 1974 • ■ 866-0331 government can economize in many ways proxmire says by peter menard there is a great deal right about our government we're on the right track and i think the next 30 years can be really dazzling said sen william proxmire speaking at the forum convocation wednesday night before about 350 people proxmire's speech dealt with a broad variety of governmental problems and ways that the government could economize he also held a press con ference after the speech in which he denied having any intentions of seeking the presidential nomination in 1976 proxmire added that if nixon is removed from office there will probably be a smashing victory for the republicans and if he stays in office the democrats will win concerning party candidates for president proxmire said that if ken nedy wants the democratic nomination he'll get it adding that it would be very hard for any democrat to beat ford proxmire described vice-president gerald ford as being an honest decent guy in every way except he's wrong in everything asked whether nixon should resign proxmire said no if he's not guilty he shouldn't resign and if he is he should be impeached one of the main targets of proxmire's speech was the armed services branch of the government he said that we now have one-sixth as many people in the ar med forces as we had in world wrfr ii adding that we have more generals and admirals than we had at the height of world war ii another area of excess military spen ding cited by proxmire was the billions of dollars spent on aircraft carriers an amount that totaled to more than we spent last year for all the federal aid to elementary and secondary education in the entire country one of the things needed to provide reform in governmental spending ac cording to proxmire is that congress establish a firm overall ceiling on the spending as all people and businesses that live on a budget have to do proxmire also donated part of his speech to telling what is right with the govern ment he cited education as one of the major fields in which the government has done a remarkable job in the last 15 years proxmire described the discrimination against women in the united states as disgraceful ridiculous shameful discrimination against half of our population he said that a study of 6,000 top executives showed only 11 women held such positions and only one had worked her way to the top the rest happened to be the boss wife or in some similar position foreign aid the intelligence budget the central intelligence agency public works the space program housing program and health care were also used as examples of extravagant government spending campaign spending and contributions were also mentioned there is very serious corruption in our campaign spending proxmire said adding that the large contributions by organizations amount to contrived and concealed bribes he also said that you do not bribe a senator anymore you contribute 10,000 to his campaign b&w photo by teich debators peter flaherty far right debated herbert denenberg far left as moderator david amidon and jeff bloom of the college young democrats looked on b4w photo by heck william proxmire denenberg and flaherty debate campaign issues by lauren eisenberg herbert denenberg former penn sylvania insurance commissioner and pittsburgh mayor peter flaherty met in a mild debate at tuesday's candidates night denenberg and flaherty the only pennsylvania senatorial candidates to accept the invitation of lehigh's college young democrats to debate spent 90 minutes discussing the impeachment of nixon campaign financing inflation the energy crisis and federal aid when i get down to the senate i promise to help change government from the consumer fraud it is now into the biggest bargain in town denenberg said denenberg gave the audience an in formal shopper's guide to senatorial candidates warning them against campaign speeches and to consider the candidates past achievements recom mendations and potential in washington flaherty aimed his remarks at what he called the energy hoax city problems and the federal role in state budgeting i am proud that i had ixon figured out in 48 said denenberg when asked by the young democrats to offer his opinion on what constitutes a presidential im peachment denenberg said that there need be no fine line of impeachable defense in nixon's case since the evidence against nixon is overwhelming he added that the house should move on with im peachment proceedings and the senate with trial plans immediately flaherty called for a fair non-partisan review from the house judiciary com mittee on nixon's dealings with watergate he said that definite proof of misconduct will be necessary for any impeachment considerations i think that nixon should produce all documents and tapes requested for a fair review of the case he said one major difference between the two 3 students suspended for various offenses three university freshmen were suspended after being found guilty of several infractions of the student conduct code two students were suspended for the fall 74 semester the other student was suspended for the entire 74-75 academic year in addition all three students have been placed on disciplinary probation for the rest of this semester the three students were found guilty of violating the following sections of the code as stated by the university committee on discipline by their failure to comply with fire and safety regulations en dangering the welfare of others by their use of f*ro in burning signs on doors notk on bulletin boards trash in cans etc . by the use of alcohol which results in interference with the rights of others including loud and boisterous behavior that prevents others from sleeping or studying and by failing to comply with published residence halls regulations specifically the areas dealing with good conduct and prohibited activities in addition two of the students were found guilty of uninvited entry into residence halls rooms and refusal to leave when asked to by one or both of the oc cupants the other student was found guilty of indecent exposure in a residence hall lounge thereby offending a woman student and verbal abuse of a woman student pleaded not guilty on april 16 the disciplinary committee listened to several hours of testimony by 14 students supporting the charges and five students refuting the charges the three students had pleaded not guilty to all charges testimony given by the 14 sup porting witnesses included details of loud stereo playing and the burning of several pictures on a dormitory room door testimony heard several students were present at the m m lounge and testified that one of the students found guilty had entered the lounge nude and verbally abused a lehigh coed present a witness accused one of the students of starting a paper fire in the recreation room and adding furniture to the blaze the charges were filed against these individuals by edward m corwin 74 on behalf of various residents of mcclintic marshall hall section 81 tlie three students were found not guilty of destruction of residence halls furniture and possession of stolen property women protest residence hall assignments a lot of women wanted to live in the same place and we hadn't anticipated that said tillie lannarelli assistant to the dean of residence concerning the i urn er oiis complaints made about the room assignments for 1974-75 lannarelli said that the demand for housing for women is large due to the fact that only a small number of women leave the university by graduating moving off campus and transfering compared to the amount that enter lehigh as freshmen upperclassmen were given preference and received their first or second choice while the rest of the assignments were done by a lottery lannarelli said in the lottery names were listed alphabetically and then coordinated with a table of numbers if for example 30 women listed as first choice a residence hall with only 20 available places their numbers would determine which ones would live there women who could not be placed where they wanted but had paid their deposit fee were put on an unassigned room list this meant that there was a room for them women who hadn't paid their deposit were placed on a waiting list lannarelli said that the complaints came mostly from women m these lists she said most of the problems were being worked out due to vacancies becoming available and some changes being made lehigh will have five all-female or coed residence halls mcclintic-marshall richards stoughton palmer carouthers and bishopthorpe see candidates page 4 research grants the official opening of the 1975-76 competition for grants for graduate study or research abroad and for professional training in the creative and performing arts was announced by the institute of international education for further information and ap plication forms contact dean ellis in maginnes hall