Brown and White Vol. 86 no. 31

              brown and white mmmkjoi vol m no 31 bethlehem pa tuesday february 4 197s campus policeman was frat intruder by peter hauser the university's investigation into an alleged illegal entrance into kappa sigma fraternity during winter vacation revealed friday that the so-called in truder was a campus policeman in vestigating an open front door at the fraternity according to eugene dax captain of the campus police the campus policeman joseph gori was reportedly patrolling sayre park shortly after 12 midnight when he saw that the front door to kappa sigma was standing open dax said gori reportedly parked his car in front of the fraternity and went inside to in vestigate according to dax once inside dax said gori walked around the ground floor and finding nothing went upstairs where he found a room door partly open dax said that gori opened the door causing some debris to fall to the floor the noise aroused the student sleeping in the room edward vees 76 who asked who was there according to dax gori then left that area and proceeded downstairs to leave the building dax said \ as he neared the front door he en countered another student brandt carter 76 dax said and asked what he was doing in the building the student did not an swer dax said gori being unfamiliar with the building then asked the student how to get out dax said and after being directed left the building thinking nothing was wrong dax stated that part of the confusion fairchild lab construction to begin soon construction is expected to begin this month on the sherman fairchild laboratory a building which will serve as a focal point for the university's ex panding activities in solid state studies humphreys & harding inc of new york has been retained as construction managers for the building which is ex pected to be finished by august 1976 nils f larson of the larson group of win ston-salem n.c was the architect the construction site is across memorial drive from williams hall between chandler chemistry laboratory and the physics building the new laboratory is made possible by faculty votes to forbid exams eight days before finals period a motion specifying that no quizzes or examinations be given in the eight calendar days preceding the final examination period presented by the educational policy committee was passed at yesterday's faculty meeting the only exceptions to this rule are laboratory courses that are ineligible for final examinations and make-ups for missed quizzes the amendment will go into effect in the fall 75 semester several amendments to the motion were defeated including that of peter beidler associate professor of english which would have allowed examinations and quizzes to be given within the eight days if the teacher and the students in a class unanimously agreed there are cases where a later examination is advisable beidler said william quay dean of students said this amendment to the motion permits a loophole and that students would be coerced by teachers and peers to vote a certain way it would be hard for a student to stand up to this pressure quay said john hunt dean of the college of arts and sciences added to leave the door open would be a mistake an amendment introduced by alvin cohen professor of economics which said the eight-day rule should only be effective for courses in which a final exam was given was also defeated in opposition to cohen's amendment brian brockway dean of the college of business and economics said we want to leave those last days free so that there will not be any scheduled class tests a motion by prof george krauss chairman of the forum to change the drop period from seven to nine weeks was barred from discussion because the motion had not been circulated 10 days prior to the meeting as the rules specify robert folk professor of physics said that the 10-day rule could only be waived if 40 percent of the entire faculty voted for a waiver but the necessary number was not present at the meeting however c leon tipton professor of history and chairman of the educational policy committee urged the faculty to inform students of their standing within the seven weeks paul franz vice-president of development said that there has been a definite slowdown in the rate of new gifts to the new century fund only 300,000 a month has been collected during the past six months while the collection rate was 1 million a month in 1972 and 1973 according to franz â–  ' in 33 months 25,061,000 has been collected which is 83 percent of the phase - i goal franz said in the 1960'5 it took seven years to raise 25 million for the centennial drive he said trustee says budget balance is imperative by linda bondemore i think that it's imperative that the university keeps a balanced budget said kirk pendleton a corporate member of the board of trustees pendleton speaking of the discussion concerning economic policy which took place at last friday's board of trustees meeting said the question of the budget is one which concerns the trustees more than any other according to pendleton an institution such as lehigh cannot afford to bank on the future he added that the fact that the file access law modified by robert feldman a modification of an amendment which gave students the right to inspect and review official files and records has been signed into law by president gerald ford and is intended to put teeth into a law over which many college administrators raised serious objections the original bill sponsored by sen james l buckley c-r-ny went into effect nov 19 and gave students access to any and all official records files and data directly related to them including all material that is incorporated into each students cumulative record folder and intended for school use many college administrators objected to the law on the grounds that it would jeopardize and comprise confidential letters and recommendations in the areas of job placement admissions receipts of awards etc the modifications which were attached to a bill calling for a white house con ference on library and information sciences in 1977 was signed by president ford on dec 31 1974 the modifications will deny students access to confidential letters and recommendations which were placed in their files before jan 1 1975 allow students to waive their rights of access to future confidential recom mendations deny students access to their parents confidential statements deny students direct access to college medical psychiatric or similar records which are used solely in connections with treatment purposes and only available to recognized professionals or para professionals in connection with such treatment students however could have a qualified doctor or professional counselor of their choice inspect their records guarantee that the parents of students who are financially dependent upon them have access to information such as grades without having to gain the student's consent tim lanigan a press aid in senator buckley's washington office told the brown and white that there was some february constructlon construction will begin this month on the sherman fairchild laboratory in solid state studies completion date for the building is set at august 197 the three-level structure was made possible by a 5.25 million fairchild foundation grant kirk p pendleton see balanced page 5 see faculty page 4 see inexperience page 5 see law page 4 â–  see construction page 5